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Zarif sanctions show Washington is 'not interested in diplomacy'
Sanctions against Iran's foreign minister reveal Trump's call for dialogue with Tehran is disingenuous, analysts say
Mohammad Javad Zarif says Washington's sanctions will not affect him (AP/File photo)
Ali Harb
Published date: 2 August 2019 19:18 UTC | Last update: 5 months 2 weeks ago
As anti-Iran hawks in the United States have intensified their "maximum pressure campaign" against the country, Donald Trump has kept a diplomatic window open by urging dialogue over the past several weeks.
Still, US sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have dealt a blow to the prospects of talks between Washington and Tehran and cast doubt over the Trump administration's claims that it wants dialogue, experts say.
"This proves to the Iranians that the Trump administration is basically not interested in diplomacy," said Ali Vaez, Iran director at the International Crisis Group, a Washington-based think-tank.
"It gives credence to the strong Iranian belief that the Trump administration was always seeking regime-change in Iran."
Trump has repeatedly said that his policies are not aimed at changing the government in Tehran.
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However, last year the US president abandoned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a multilateral agreement between Iran and several world powers that saw Tehran significantly scale back its nuclear programme in exchange for easing economic sanctions against its economy.
Since then, Washington has gradually imposed sanctions on various Iranian individuals, groups and industries, including vital oil exports.
On Wednesday, Trump's sanctions reached the top of Iran's diplomatic corp, with the Treasury Department freezing Zarif's assets in the US and barring Americans from doing business with him.
The Iranian foreign minister dismissed the measures, saying that he and his family do not have any "property or interests outside of Iran".
The US' reason for designating me is that I am Iran's "primary spokesperson around the world"
Is the truth really that painful?
It has no effect on me or my family, as I have no property or interests outside of Iran.
Thank you for considering me such a huge threat to your agenda.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) July 31, 2019
Still, the sanctions reveal a lack of foresight by the Trump White House, said Imad Harb, director of research at the Arab Center Washington DC. "This is surreal. This is absolutely ridiculous," Harb said of targeting Zarif.
Washington has said that its "maximum pressure" campaign aims to pressure Tehran to end its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, halt its support for allied groups in the Middle East, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, and withdraw its forces in Syria.
Harb said that diplomacy requires offering something to one's adversary, not pressure alone.
"They are not credible," Harb said of Trump's calls for dialogue. "If you want to make Iran, or any other regime for that matter, listen to you, you allow as much diplomacy as possible."
'Incoherence on full display'
US administration officials have stressed that sanctions are crippling the Iranian economy, but so far, Washington's campaign has succeeded in forcing Iran to adhere to Washington's demands.
What the sanctions have achieved is to foster tensions between the two countries, bringing them to the verge of war; Trump called off military strikes that he had approved against Iran minutes before their launch in June.
The White House has no interest in changing course, as evidenced by the sanctions against Zarif.
'On the one hand they say they're interested in reaching a better and broader deal with Iran. But then they turn around and sanction Iran's diplomat in chief'
- Ali Vaez, International Crisis Group
"We will continue to build on our maximum pressure campaign until Iran abandons its reckless foreign policy that threatens the United States and our allies," a senior administration official said earlier this week, according to a transcript provided by the White House.
Harb ridiculed the notion that Iran would give up its strategic ambitions as a result of the sanctions.
"That's not what Iran is interested in. Iran is not interested in doing what pleases the Trump administration," he told MEE.
"It's a fool's errand to keep asking Iran to compromise while at the same time you are showing Iran that you're not willing to compromise."
With Zarif under sanctions, it also is unclear with whom the Trump administration intends to negotiate if talks were to take place.
The administration official said that while Zarif was Iran's primary negotiator when the JCPOA was signed in 2015, the foreign minister is not the "primary point of contact" for the Trump administration.
"I think if we do have an official contact with Iran, we would want to have contact with somebody who is a significant decision-maker," the official said.
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Analysts say it is a mystery who that "significant decision-maker" would be.
The de-facto highest authority in Iran is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who also was slapped with US sanctions, late in June.
In that context, Vaez of the International Crisis Group said coming after Zarif "puts the Trump administration's incoherence on full display".
He said the White House is portraying Zarif as an influential figure who needs to be penalised, while also saying he is not powerful enough to negotiate.
"On the one hand they say they're interested in reaching a better and broader deal with Iran," Vaez said. "Then they turn around and sanction Iran's diplomat in chief."
'Children on the playground'
Washington also is struggling to court its closest allies to adopt its rhetoric and policies against Tehran.
More than a year after leaving the JCPOA, European countries are sticking to the agreement. And earlier this week, Germany rejected a US proposal to join a maritime force to patrol Gulf waters against possible Iranian attacks.
Saeed Khan, a senior lecturer in Near East studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, said the sanctions against Zarif demonstrate Washington's frustration with its failing diplomatic efforts against Tehran.
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Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister has been meeting with his counterparts around the world.
On Wednesday, the administration official said the White House was not pleased with Zarif's reputation as a "reasonable" diplomat.
"For far too long, he has been indulged as the reasonable and credible official representative of Iran," the official said, according to the transcript. "And today, President Trump decided enough is enough."
Khan said lashing out against Zarif was a sign of an immature foreign policy.
"For the US to go ahead and do this is tantamount to children on the playground who are upset that somebody came around and is playing with the other kids better," Khan said.
"And so the United States wants to pick up the toys and run off with them."
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Does migration result in people having greater aspirations for their future well-being, or are people with higher aspirations more likely to migrate, or both?
This paper by IMI's Mathias Czaika, with Marc Vothknecht, is about the connection between an individual’s decision to move from one country to another, and his or her expectations for future well-being. The authors ask whether future aspirations drive migration, or whether migration results in higher aspirations, or both.
They use data gathered from three waves of the Indonesian Family Life Survey between 1997 and 2007. The authors compared the well-being and aspirations of people who had migrated recently, and people who hadn’t migrated at all. People with recent migration experience did not rate their own well-being more highly than people who hadn’t migrated at all. Both groups seemed to be equally happy with their current economic situation. However, it was clear that people who had migrated did seem to be much more ambitious about their future well-being.
So what explains this difference in aspirations? Is it just that people who have greater aspirations are more likely to migrate? Or does the migration experience itself actually generate higher aspirations?
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Alberni (McCoy Lake) Climatological Station fonds
The fonds consists of meteorological register (1958-1973) for the Alberni (McCoy Lake) Climatological Station.
Canada. Alberni (McCoy Lake) Climatological Station
Board of Park Commissioners (Nanaimo) fonds
CA NCAI 2007 036 C
Fonds consists of scrapbooks of clippings and photographs related to various parks and recreational facilities in Nanaimo.
Nanaimo (B.C.). Board of Park Commissioners
Bown family fonds
CA EMA V986.16;V986.19;V988.24;V989.7;V993.37;V986.16;991.1
[before 1930], [198-?]
The fonds consists of photographs of Esquimalt, with special emphasis on Gorge Park, including the Japanese Gardens. Also includes a video recording of Toyo Takata speaking to a group interested in forming the Takata Gardens Society.
Bown (family)
British Columbia Waterfowl Society fonds
CA DMA CR-9
The fonds consists of three files: the first being contracts, plans, pamphlets and loose papers related to the building of the Reifel Bird Sanctuary; the second being the constitutions of the British Columbia Waterfowl Society and the Pacific Flyway Waterfowl Association; and the third being minutes of the B.C. Waterfowl Society from 1962 to 1967.
British Columbia Waterfowl Society
Brownlow Billiers Layard fonds
The fonds consists of a diary describing weather and general activities at Deep Cove on the Saanich Peninsula of Vancouver Island.
Layard, Brownlow Billiers
Emma Roberts Hardy fonds
The fonds consists of photographs of events, scenes, sporting activities, individuals and buildings in Revelstoke and the National Park in the vicinity.
Hardy, Emma Roberts
Frank Allwood fonds
The fonds consists of correspondence, ephemera, and photographs relating to the filming of the movie, "The Silent Barrier" (also known as "The Great Barrier") in Revelstoke and area in 1935 and 1936. The movie depicted the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Allwood, Frank H.
Fraser Basin Council fonds
The fonds consists of a study prepared by Jennifer Krotz, Bsc, titled "Shuswap and Mara Lakes Aquatic/Development Fringe Study". The goal of the study was to gather, organize and map, the available background information, to enable the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, senior Governments, and the community to incorporate environmental, economic, social and institutional values in land use practices on Shuswap and Mara Lakes. The study gathered other studies, reports, surveys, geo-referenced data, concerning fish habitat, wildlife habitat, foreshore/riparian habitat, water quality, hydrologic interactions, human activities, and historic/cultural sites. The study contains maps and lists.
Fraser Basin Council
Harold Smiley fonds
Fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, briefs, reports, articles, and newspaper clippings written and collected by Smiley during his activities as a member of STRRADA and the Salmon Arm Municipal Ratepayers Association while researching the water diversion scheme.
Smiley, Harold
Harry Bullen and Richard Broadbridge fonds
The fonds consists of photographs of Vancouver, Stanley Park, Burnaby, New Westminster, and White Rock of Harry Bullen and Richard Broadbridge.
Bullen, Harry, b. 1880
Hedley Heritage Museum maps and plans collection
The collection consists of maps of Hedley and other areas of the Similkameen Valley including subdivision maps, survey maps, forest cover maps, fire insurance maps, and mineral claims maps. Collection includes various plans of the Nickel Plate Mine (Kelowna Exploration Company) and architectural plans of mine houses (1936).
John J. Porter fonds
Fonds consists of 1 bound volume comprising the personal diary of John J. Porter, a labourer for the Canadian Pacific Railway, working largely between Field and Revelstoke.
Porter, John J.
John Landysheff fonds
CA DMA CR-104
The fonds consists of submisions and briefs, correspondence, minutes, landscape plans, and reference material generated by Mr. Landysheff's interest in promoting better community parks and recreation facilities for Delta. The fonds also includes Mr. Landysheff's original registers of meteorological observations taken at Pebble Hill, Tsawwassen, as well as publications from and correspondence with the Meteorological Branch. The fonds also includes memorabilia and writings by Mr. Landysheff on topics related to his work in the sugar beet industry, and to his interests in the history and welfare of his adopted country. The fonds has been arranged in four series: Weather observation materials; Community campaign and project materials; Writings; and Memorabilia.
Landysheff, John Joseph, b. 1893
Kaatza Historical Society maps and plans collection
The collection consists of cartographic and architectural material relating to the Cowichan Lake and Cowichan Valley areas including geological and topographic maps, forestry, logging and timber claim maps, timber licence plans, road maps, recreation maps, townsite and subdivision plans, and fire insurance plans for mills on Cowichan Lake. Maps and plans are of Lake Cowichan, Honeymoon Bay, Gordon river, Meade Creek, Riverside, and the Port Renfrew area. Collection includes forestry maps and plans for mills of Western Forest Industries at Honeymoon Bay.
Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association fonds
CA KMA 84.10
The fonds consists of minutes, financial and banking records, receipts, membership books, correspondence and reports.
Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association
Lake Cowichan Society for Pollution and Environmental Control fonds
CA KSM MG27
The fonds consists of 6 series outlining the business and interests of SPEC. the fonds consists of a constitution, minutes, correspondence, reports and reference material.
Society for Pollution and Environmental Control (Lake Cowichan, B.C.)
Maritime Museum of British Columbia chart collection
The collection consists of nautical charts created by over forty institutions, including the Canadian Hydrographic Service, the Admiralty Hydrographic Office, the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, the Danish Hydrographic Office, the London Board of Trade and the British East Indian Company. The largest number focus on waters around British Columbia, along with a number of surveys charting the coast of Alaska. The collection also includes charts, including Admiralty charts, of water of the United States, Europe, Africa, and Australia and New Zealand. The collection also contains LORAN charts, meteorological charts, fleet reviews and shipwreck charts.
Mayer family fonds
CA CMX 05.10
The fonds consist of correspondence to Francis James Mayer as well as Richard James Neville Mayers from Hamilton Mack Laing and Wife Ethel Laing. Fonds include photographs taken by Hamilton Mack Laing documenting his and wife Ethels homesteading adventures in Comox and typed unpublished manuscript BayBrook Lifes Greatest Adventure. Fonds include handwritten and typed natural history articles that were published in various outdoor sport magazines. Copies of magazine articles are also include in fonds. Hamilton Mack Laing was a well known wildlife author, photographer and museum collector, and artist, and made his home in Comox on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Born in 1883 in Ontario, Laing grew up on a Manitoba farm, attended art school in New York, and traveled the American west before becoming a school principal, photographer, writer, naturalist, bird collector, and nut farmer during his 99 years. He was well known in hunting and wildlife circles on Vancouver Island.
Mayer (family)
Merle Bonnick fonds
The fonds consists primarily of colour slides of Comox, Denman and Hornby Island, Point Holmes, Little River, Sproat Lake, Quadra Island, Royston, Buttle Lake, Campbell River, and flora and fauna of Comox area. There are a few photographs of people. Fonds also include a notebook.
Bonnick, Merle
Nanaimo and District Fish and Game Protective Association fonds
CA NCAI 2005 027 A ; 2007 027 A
Fonds consists of records generated by the activities of the Nanaimo and District Fish and Game Protective Association. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Constitution and bylaws; 2) Minutes; 3) Correspondence; 4) Annual Reports and 5) Newsletters.
Nanaimo and District Fish and Game Protective Association
Nanaimo Recycling Exchange fonds
The fonds consists of records which document the development, administration and operations of the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange and its predecessor, the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. The fonds is arranged in four series: 1) Administration; 2) Funding; 3) Personnel; and 4) 3Rs.
Nanaimo Recycling Exchange
Neck Point and Piper's Lagoon Parks collection
Collection consists of a scrapbook about Neck Point compiled by Annie Clark and a folder of photocopied newspaper clippings about Piper's Lagoon collected by Arnold Westaway.
New Westminster Parks and Recreation Department fonds
CA NWM IH 004.24
Fonds consists of five record series: Parks and Recreation Committee meeting minutes (1927-1998); financial records (1953-1968); parks photographs (1909-1954); plans and drawings (1934-2001); and news clippings and memorabilia (1968-1983).
New Westminster (B.C.). Parks and Recreation Dept.
Princeton and District Fish and Game Association fonds
The fonds consists of certificates of incorporation, bylaws, cashbooks, membership records, and correspondence.
Princeton and District Fish and Game Association
Revelstoke Museum photograph collection
[ca. 1880-ca. 1980]
The collection consists of photographs of Revelstoke area (including Rogers Pass, Big Bend, Glacier, Arrowhead, Three Valley, and the Upper Arrow Lakes) depicting industry, forestry, transportation networks, sports and recreation, community events, individuals, and organizations.
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DODGER WRESTLING PREVIEW: Clear Lake Invitational
DANA BECKER
Messenger Sports Writer
sports@messengernews.net
NEXT UP: Wrestling will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Clear Lake High School gym. Joining Fort Dodge in the field will be the host, Clear Lake, along with Algona, Charles City, Creston/O-M, Emmetsburg, Forest City, North Butler/Clarksville, Okoboji/HMS, Saint Ansgar and West Fork.
PROBABLE LINEUP: 106 — Max Bishop, fr., (12-6); 113 — Lane Cowell, jr., (15-3); 120 — Drake Ayala, jr., (20-0); 126 — Carson Taylor, sr., (18-1); 132 — Brooks Cowell, sr., (16-3); 138 — Dreyzon Phillips, jr., (17-4); 145 — Brandon Mills, sr., (14-6); 152 — Kody Cook, jr., (9-4); 160 — Savion Wheat, sr., (7-10); 170 — Dylan Zimmermann, jr., (6-3); 182 — Austin Lee, sr., (12-6); 195 — Levi Egli, sr., (14-3); 220 — Sawyer Springer, jr., (10-9); 285 — Colton Munter, sr., (9-11).
LAST TIME OUT: This marks the first action of 2020 for the Dodgers since winning the Don Miller Invitational last month for the fifth consecutive time. Lane Cowell, Drake Ayala, Carson Taylor, Brooks Cowell, Dreyzon Phillips and Levi Egli were all individual winners, with Brandon Mills, Kody Cook and Austin Lee in second.
KEY FACTS: Fort Dodge is third in the IAwrestle team tournament rankings, and third in The Predicament Top-10 for 3A.
RANKED DODGERS: The Dodgers enter with eight ranked wrestlers (IAwrestle) in Lane Cowell (No. 7), Drake Ayala (No. 1), Carson Taylor (No. 2), Brooks Cowell (No. 7), Dreyzon Phillips (No. 3), Brandon Mills (No. 6), Kody Cook (No. 10) and Levi Egli (No. 2).
ABOUT THE FIELD: Thirteen ranked wrestlers from teams other than Fort Dodge are scheduled to be in action. Charles City boasts three in Alec Staudt (No. 8, 138), Roush Jaeger (No. 8, 152) and Jack Sindlinger (No. 9, 195). Algona has Andrew Hamilton (No. 5, 220) and Gavin Meints (No. 9, 285) and Emmetsburg features Bret Hoyman (No. 10, 160) and Mason Griffin (No. 6, 170).
Clear Lake (Max Currier, No. 7, 113; Sam Nelson, No. 5, 126); Creston/O-M (Jackson Kinsella, No. 3, 182; Sam Chapman, No. 5, 195); and Forest City (Kellen Moore, No. 10, 113; Reese Moore, No. 7, 182) have two each.
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The extra resource burden of in-hospital falls: a cost of falls study
Renata T Morello, Anna L Barker, Jennifer J Watts, Terry Haines, Silva S Zavarsek, Keith D Hill, Caroline Brand, Catherine Sherrington, Rory Wolfe, Megan A Bohensky and Johannes U Stoelwinder
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (9): 367. || doi: 10.5694/mja15.00296
Podcast with coauthor Ms Renata Morello
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MJA InSight: Falls a costly health burden
Objective: To quantify the additional hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs associated with in-hospital falls and fall injuries in acute hospitals in Australia.
Design, setting and participants: A multisite prospective cohort study conducted during 2011–2013 in the control wards of a falls prevention trial (6-PACK). The trial included all admissions to 12 acute medical and surgical wards of six Australian hospitals. In-hospital falls data were collected from medical record reviews, daily verbal reports by ward nurse unit managers, and hospital incident reporting and administrative databases. Clinical costing data were linked for three of the six participating hospitals to calculate patient-level costs.
Outcome measures: Hospital LOS and costs associated with in-hospital falls and fall injuries for each patient admission.
Results: We found that 966 of a total of 27 026 hospital admissions (3.6%) involved at least one fall, and 313 (1.2%) at least one fall injury, a total of 1330 falls and 418 fall injuries. After adjustment for age, sex, cognitive impairment, admission type, comorbidity and clustering by hospital, patients who had an in-hospital fall had a mean increase in LOS of 8 days (95% CI, 5.8–10.4; P < 0.001) compared with non-fallers, and incurred mean additional hospital costs of $6669 (95% CI, $3888–$9450; P < 0.001). Patients with a fall-related injury had a mean increase in LOS of 4 days (95% CI, 1.8–6.6; P = 0.001) compared with those who fell without injury, and there was also a tendency to additional hospital costs (mean, $4727; 95% CI, −$568 to $10 022; P = 0.080).
Conclusion: Patients who experience an in-hospital fall have significantly longer hospital stays and higher costs. Programs need to target the prevention of all falls, not just the reduction of fall-related injuries.
In-hospital falls remain a major cause of harm in acute care hospitals; a multicentre study estimated that falls comprised about 40% of all reported patient incidents (11 766 of 28 998) in the British National Health System.1 They result in additional hospital costs because of their impact on hospital length of stay (LOS) and use of resources.2 Previous studies of the costs of falls have had methodological limitations — small samples from single hospitals, capture of fall events using single sources (resulting in measurement bias),3-5 modelled costs based on diagnosis-related group or per diem costs (known to be crude estimates of cost), or costing data more than 10 years old. Poor capture of fall events will result in inaccurate estimates of cost,6 while modelled costs are unlikely to reflect the true total cost attributable to the fall. Further, most studies have focused on falls resulting in serious injury,7,8 underestimating the total financial burden of in-hospital falls.
In Australia, only one study has examined the differences in the demand on resources by fallers and non-fallers in the acute hospital setting.9 This retrospective study was undertaken in a sample of 151 patients from a single hospital. Fallers were grouped by diagnosis-related group, and it was found that the LOS of patients who experienced a fall in hospital was up to 11 days longer than that of non-fallers (matched for age and sex). Costing analysis was undertaken for patients with complete costing data in the three most common diagnosis-related groups (39 pairs). Total hospital-related costs for fallers were reported to be double those for non-fallers, although no figures were cited. While this study provided insights into the increased consumption of resources caused by falls, the small sample consisted of a select group of patients from only one hospital. For this reason, data that can be generalised to the broader acute population in Australia are still needed.
Given the lack of comprehensive and contemporary data on the cost of falls, the aim of our study was to identify the economic burden associated with in-hospital falls in six Australian hospitals. The study had three main objectives:
to calculate the difference between the hospital LOS and costs of patients who experienced at least one in-hospital fall and of those who had not;
to calculate the difference between the hospital LOS and costs of patients who experienced at least one in-hospital fall injury and of those who had a non-injurious fall; and
to estimate the incremental change in hospital LOS and costs associated with each in-hospital fall or fall injury.
This multisite prospective study of the cost of falls was conducted as part of a larger falls prevention cluster randomised control trial, the 6-PACK project.10 A detailed description of the methods used in this study has been published elsewhere.6
Study population and setting
Our study included all patient admissions to 12 acute hospital wards in six public hospitals (metropolitan and regional teaching hospitals) in two Australian states (Victoria and New South Wales). The sample was restricted to wards randomised to the control group of the 6-PACK trial to minimise confounding due to the effects of the 6-PACK program. Participating wards included four general medical, two general surgical, one general medical short-stay, four specialist medical and one specialist surgical wards. All wards continued their standard care falls prevention practices during the study period.
Data collection and data sources
Data were prospectively collected in each hospital over a 15-month period during 2011–2013, including 3-month baseline and 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial study periods.
An in-hospital fall was defined as “an event resulting in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground, floor, or other lower level”11 during their hospital stay. A fall injury was defined as any reported physical harm resulting from a fall; the injuries were classified as no injury, mild, moderate or major according to the definitions provided by Morse12 (Box 1).
Falls data were prospectively collected using a multimodal method to ensure maximal capture of falls events: (1) daily patient medical record audit; (2) daily verbal reports from the ward nurse unit manager; and (3) data extracts obtained from hospital incident reporting and administrative databases. Radiological investigation reports were reviewed to verify fractures. All recorded falls were reviewed and re-coded by a second independent assessor, and disagreements resolved by a third.
Patient hospital utilisation
Patient hospital utilisation was assessed on the basis of inpatient LOS and hospital episode costs. LOS was defined as the total number of hospital bed-days (calculated from the day of hospital admission to the day of discharge) and was extracted for all study participants from hospital administrative datasets. Patient hospital episode costs were extracted from hospital clinical costing systems. Hospitals with incomplete or poor-quality costing data (three of the six participating hospitals) were omitted from the costing analysis, but not from the LOS analysis; this involved 13 489 admissions, or 49.9% of the total number of admissions. Costs are reported in Australian dollars and were inflated to the base year 2013, based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics consumer price index for hospital services.13
Other hospital admission covariates
Data on patient demographics (age, sex) and admission characteristics (admission source, admission type, diagnoses) were obtained from hospital administrative datasets for all participants. Age was coded into four categories (< 55 years, 55–69 years, 70–84 years, ≥ 85 years). Admission type was coded into four categories (emergency v elective, and medical v surgical, based on diagnosis-related group classification). To account for comorbid illness on admission, comorbidities were generated with the Elixhauser comorbidity method.14 The assessment of cognitive impairment on or during a patient's admission was based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Australian modification (ICD-10-AM) codes for dementia or delirium. A history of falls was defined as presenting with a fall or a history of falls coded as either the principal reason for admission or as an associated condition on admission.
Hospital administrative datasets were linked to data on fall events (linking variables: patient identifier, date of admission, date of event, ward). Data were then linked to patient hospital costing data (linking variables: patient identifier, date of admission). Three patients (0.02% of cohort) with missing costing data were excluded from the analysis of costs.
Descriptive and bivariate analyses of patient and admission characteristics and of hospital utilisation for each hospital admission were undertaken. Hospital LOS and costs were reported as means (with standard deviations) and medians (with interquartile ranges). If a patient was admitted to hospital several times during the study period, each admission was treated as a separate event. For patient admissions with an identified fall or fall injury, we analysed the average additional hospital LOS and costs with multivariate linear regression models (Box 2).
All analyses were adjusted for prespecified variables (age, sex, cognitive impairment6) and clustering by hospital (to account for in-hospital correlations). Additional admission covariates were included in the regression analysis if P < 0.25 in the bivariate analysis, or if they were clinically significant according to clinical opinion and literature. Standard errors were calculated using a bootstrap approach.15 Statistical significance was defined as P < 0.05 for all analyses. Data were analysed with Stata version 13 (StataCorp).
As hospital LOS and costing data were each positively skewed, cross-validation of the linear regression analyses was undertaken with generalised linear models that estimated the adjusted relative increase in LOS and costs for falls and fall injuries, using Poisson and gamma error distributions, respectively, and including a log-link function. In addition, multivariate linear regression analyses were undertaken, with log transformation of LOS and cost data. The smearing estimator developed by Duan and colleagues16 was used to retransform covariates from the log-scale back to the original scale (Australian dollars).
Sensitivity analyses were undertaken that separately compared the data of non-injured fallers with those of non-fallers, and of injured fallers with those of non-fallers. To examine the robustness of the cost of fall estimates, sensitivity analyses were undertaken that individually removed each of the hospitals to determine their influence on hospital costs and LOS, or that excluded patients who were deemed by visual inspection to be extreme statistical outliers (costs or LOS).
This study received multicentre ethics approval from the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (project number CF11/0229–2011000072). Ethics and research governance approval was also obtained from local ethics committees at all participating hospitals.
Our study included 21 673 unique patients and 27 026 patient hospital admissions (Box 3). We found that 966 hospital admissions (3.6%) involved at least one fall, and 313 (1.2%) at least one fall injury, a total of 1330 falls and 418 fall injuries. A summary of the numbers and types of fall events are summarised by hospital in Appendix 1.
Data for hospital LOS and costs for the total cohort and by group are summarised in Box 4. The total hospital costs of fallers in this dataset were $9.8 million, with $6.4 million attributable to non-injured fallers and $3.4 million to injured fallers. After adjustment for age, sex, cognitive impairment, admission type, comorbidity, history of falls on admission and clustering by hospital, the mean LOS for fallers was 8 days longer (95% CI, 5.8–10.4; P < 0.001) than for non-fallers, and on average they incurred $6669 more in hospital costs (95% CI, $3888–$9450; P < 0.001) (model 1a, Box 5). Each additional fall was associated with a longer LOS and additional hospital costs; the LOS for patients who experienced three or more falls was estimated as being 23 days longer (95% CI, 10.7–35.4; P = 0.003) than for non-fallers, and they incurred more than $21 000 in additional hospital costs (95% CI, $3035–$39 355; P < 0.001) (model 1b, Box 6).
Within the cohort of fallers, the mean LOS for an injured faller was 4 days longer (95% CI, 1.8–6.6; P = 0.001) than for a faller without injury. Consistent with our other findings, mean hospital costs were also higher (by $4727; 95% CI, −$568 to $10 022; P = 0.08), but the difference was not statistically significant (model 2a, Box 5). Each additional fall injury was associated with increased LOS and additional hospital costs (model 2b, Box 7); patients who experienced three or more in-hospital fall injuries were estimated to have a mean increase in LOS of 9 days (95% CI, 2.8–15.1; P = 0.004) compared with a faller without injury, and incurred more than $7000 in extra hospital costs (95% CI, −$3126 to $17 636; P = 0.171) (Box 7). There were no statistically significant differences in hospital LOS or costs associated with the severity of a fall-related injury (189 hospital admissions with mild injury, 89 with moderate injury, 35 with severe injury; model 2c). Results from models 1b, 2b and 2c are summarised in Appendix 2.
The cross-validation analyses of the linear regression using generalised linear models and log transformation of LOS and costs (Appendix 3) did not alter our conclusions.
Sensitivity analyses
Fallers who did not sustain injuries were estimated to have a mean increase in LOS of 7 days (95% CI, 5.1–8.7; P < 0.001) compared with non-fallers, and incurred mean additional hospital costs of $5395 (95% CI, $3788–$7002, P < 0.001). Injured fallers were estimated to have a mean increase of LOS of 11 days (95% CI, 5.1–8.7; P < 0.001) compared with non-fallers, and incurred mean additional hospital costs of $9917 (95% CI, $3273–$16 561; P = 0.003). Additional sensitivity analyses were undertaken to examine the robustness of study estimates by individually excluding each hospital from the analysis, and by excluding 78 patient admissions that appeared to be outliers with respect to hospital LOS or costs. There were no appreciable differences in the excess LOS or costs calculated by these analyses (results available from authors on request).
This study found that in-hospital falls remain highly prevalent, with 3.6% of all patient admissions resulting in at least one fall, a third of which caused a fall injury. They are a significant burden on hospital resources because of the resulting increases in hospital LOS and costs, with patients who experience an in-hospital fall having nearly twice the LOS and costs of non-fallers. Our study shows that more than half of the additional costs associated with a fall injury can be attributed to the fall itself, not the injury.
The increase in resource burden associated with an in-hospital fall, whether the patient sustains an injury or not, may be caused by changes in the patient’s care pathway and discharge planning. Previous studies have found that a fall (regardless of injury) will affect the patient’s confidence and independence,17 and therefore influences their rate of recovery and plan to leave hospital. Best practice guidelines recommend that patients who have a fall be provided with strategies that minimise the risk of subsequent falls and an assessment of safety and readiness for discharge home.18,19 As a result, delivery of guideline-based care is likely to influence the overall hospital LOS, regardless of injury, and thus their use of hospital resources.
However, as our study was observational, it is possible that a fall might be the consequence of a patient’s longer hospital stay rather than its cause. Patients at risk of falling in the acute hospital setting are typically acutely unwell, often have multiple comorbidities, and take several medications. A fall may therefore reflect deterioration in an individual’s health and function rather than cause it. Further exploration of temporal trends in the occurrence of falls and the care pathway of patients following a fall event are warranted.
Some limitations should be considered when interpreting our findings. While we adjusted our analyses for potential confounding factors, unmeasured characteristics may have influenced hospital cost and LOS outcomes. These include differences in patient management across wards, severity of illness and acuity of care. There are also limitations associated with analysis of routinely collected hospital data for the assessment of health conditions,20 which may have resulted in the undercoding of confounding factors. However, the coding quality of ICD-10-AM in Australia has been found to be good to excellent for many diagnostic codes and comorbidities.21
The use of hospital costing data also poses challenges. While analysis of clinical costing data is a powerful research tool and aims to preserve information about variability in individual patient resource use,22 clinical costing standards are relatively new for Australian public hospitals. We observed some variability in the completeness and quality of the available costing data, and hospitals with incomplete or poor-quality costing data were removed from our costing analysis, resulting in a sample that included about half of the total study cohort. Finally, the results from our study only incorporated costs of hospitalisation from the acute hospital perspective, potentially providing a more conservative estimate of the overall resource burden.
Fall rates in the acute hospital setting remain unacceptably high and are clearly associated with longer hospital patient stays and higher hospital costs. The resource burden of in-hospital falls for the Australian hospital system is considerable. Our findings highlight the fact that falls prevention programs in the acute hospital setting need to focus not only on the minimisation of harm resulting from falls, but also on the prevention of all falls. In the absence of evidence from randomised control trials that supports the effectiveness of any single falls prevention strategy in the acute hospital setting,23 the challenge remains to develop innovative ways to prevent falls in hospital and to reduce the additional resource burden associated with these events. Our findings have important financial implications for hospitals in light of an ageing population and the growth in the burden of disease, and the complexity of patients within a health care system facing major cost constraints.
Box 1 – Fall injury classification, according to Morse12
No injury: No physical damage (observed or documented) as a result of the fall
Mild injury: An injury (such as a bruise, swelling, abrasion, laceration or skin tear) that does not require medical treatment other than simple analgesia, such as paracetamol
Moderate fall injury: Dislocation, sprain and/or an injury that requires medical or surgical treatment
Major fall injury: Any fracture or head injury (open or closed), including subdural haematoma
Box 2 – Linear regression models for analysis of additional hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs associated with a fall or fall-related injury
Additional hospital costs and LOS of patients who experience at least one in-hospital fall (fallers), compared with those who do not (non-fallers)
Additional hospital costs and LOS of each additional in-hospital fall (1, 2, ≥ 3 falls) compared with non-fallers
Additional hospital costs and LOS of patients who experience at least one in-hospital fall injury (injured fallers), compared with those who fell at least once but were not injured (non-injured fallers)
Additional hospital costs and LOS of each additional in-hospital fall injury (1, 2, ≥ 3 injuries) compared with non-injured fallers
Incremental hospital costs and LOS associated with the type of fall injury (based on the injury classification: mild, moderate and major fall injuries) compared with non-injured fallers
Box 3 – Characteristics of the study cohort
All hospital admissions (n = 27 026)
Hospital admissions by faller status
Hospital admissions by injury status
Faller (n = 966)
Non-faller (n = 26 060)
Injured faller (n = 313)
Non-injured faller (n = 653)
< 0.001
≥ 85 years
Sex (female)
Medical non-emergency
2421 (9.0%)
Surgical non-emergency
Surgical emergency
Admitted from nursing home
Reason for hospital admission
Circulatory system diseases
Respiratory system diseases
Genitourinary system diseases
Musculoskeletal and connective tissues disease
Endocrine, nutritional, metabolic diseases
Mental and behavioural disorders
Presence of cognitive impairment during admission*
Total number of comorbidities on admission, mean (SD)†
History of falls on admission‡
∗ICD-10-AM codes for delirium and dementia: F050, F051, F058, F059, F104, F106, F114, F124, F134, F144, F154, F164, F174, F184, F194, F430, F00-F03, G30, G311, G309. †Elixhauser comorbidity method.14 ‡ICD-10-AM codes for history of falls: W00, W01-10, W13-15 W17-19.
Box 4 – Hospital length of stay and hospital costs for patient hospital admissions
Hospital length of stay
Hospital admissions with a fall (n = 966)
Hospital admissions without a fall (n = 26 060)
Admissions without a fall injury (n = 653)
Admissions with a fall injury (n = 313)
Mean hospital length of stay, days (SD)
Median hospital length of stay, days (IQR)
Hospital costs
Mean hospital costs, $ (SD)
9368 (12 572)
19 289 (21 712)
Median hospital costs, $ (IQR)
6038 (3658–10 585)
12 833 (8314–21 261)
IQR = interquartile range.
Box 5 – Adjusted increased hospital use by patients with an in-hospital fall or fall injury (multivariate linear regression models)∗
Mean hospital length of stay, days (95% CI)
Mean hospital costs, $ (95% CI)
Faller (model 1a)
8.1 (5.8 to 10.4)
6669 (3888 to 9450)
0.4 (0.2 to 0.6)
566 (41 to 1092)
839 (−1575 to 3253)
1,698 (−856 to 4251)
5229 (943 to 9515)
0.9 (−0.3 to 2.2)
906 (−524 to 2337)
7,330 (3730 to 10 930)
12 407 (1487 to 23 327)
Number of comorbidities†
−0.3 (−2.7 to 2.2)
4549 (−2697 to 11 794)
History of falls on admission
−549 (−2490 to 1393)
Injured faller (model 2a)
4727 (−568 to 10 022)
−7095 (−20 182 to 5992)
6865 (1575 to 12 155)
10.3 (5.2 to 15.2)
−4.0 (−13.2 to 5.3)
6953 (−14 912 to 28 819)
−3778 (−7787 to 231)
∗The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.002 for the number of falls (95% CI, 0.000–0.005) and 0.001 for number of fall injuries (95% CI, 0.000–0.003). †Elixhauser comorbidity method.14
Box 6 – Adjusted increases in hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs associated with each additional fall (total study cohort)
Data expressed as means ± standard errors.
Box 7 – Adjusted increases in hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs associated with each additional fall injury (faller cohort only)
Received 10 March 2015, accepted 7 September 2015
Renata T Morello1
Anna L Barker1
Jennifer J Watts1
Terry Haines1
Silva S Zavarsek1
Keith D Hill3
Caroline Brand4
Catherine Sherrington5
Rory Wolfe1
Megan A Bohensky4
Johannes U Stoelwinder1
1 Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
2 Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC
3 Curtin University, Perth, WA
4 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
5 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Correspondence: renata.morello@monash.edu
This study was funded as part of a larger falls prevention project, the 6-PACK project, by the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1007627). Additional funding was provided by the Victorian Department of Health. Renata Morello was supported by an NHMRC postgraduate scholarship (APP1055604), Anna Barker by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1067236), Catherine Sherrington by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP632929), and Terry Haines by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (APP1069758). We acknowledge Sheral Rifat and Elysia Greenhill for their assistance with data management. The study could not have been completed without the collaboration and support of the participating hospitals, their data analyst units and our data collection staff. Special thanks are also extended to Gigi Chan (Decision Support, Eastern Health) for providing valuable information on the hospital clinical costing systems and hospital costing data.
No other relevant disclosures.
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American Idol 14: Twitter Twist Save Me Songs Will Be Live Streamed!
American Idol has officially announced tonight’s twitter save. There is a SIGNIFICANT component to the twist! AmericanIdol.com will carry a LIVE FEED of the Save Me songs, allowing those not near a TV or on the West Coast to partcipate in a meaninful way. It also appears to be a permanent fixture of the results. Otherwise, it works just as Tyanna Jones explained it. The bottom two are announced and perform, Ryan announces their respective hash tags, the show goes to break and five minutes later, the saved contestant is announced. Only one vote per Twitter account is permitted.
Check out the press release below:
“IDOL” FAN SAVE ON TWITTER ADDS NEW AND DRAMATIC REAL-TIME TWIST TO SEASON!
East and West Coast Fans Can Watch a Live Stream of the Final Moments Before the Elimination on AmericanIdol.com
Kelly Clarkson to Mentor and Perform on AMERICAN IDOL XIV Tonight on FOX
Beginning this week, IDOL fans have the opportunity to save a finalist from elimination by a real-time vote using Twitter. Once host Ryan Seacrest announces the bottom two finalists and they perform, the IDOL Fan Save hashtag #Save(ContestantName) for each will appear on air, and fans across the country will have a short window (approximately five minutes) to Tweet their Save votes (one per Twitter account). Once the IDOL Fan Save window closes, no more votes will be accepted and the real-time, immediate results will be revealed by Ryan Seacrest.
Those fans who are not able to watch AMERICAN IDOL XIV during the East Coast or central time broadcast, can follow @AmericanIdol on Twitter to find out which contestants are in the bottom and when the vote window is open and/or watch the live stream from the studio by visiting AmericanIdol.com. Viewers can see the results of the Twitter vote on AMERICAN IDOL XIV when it airs in their markets.
IDOL winner Kelly Clarkson returns to mentor and perform tonight, Wednesday, April 1 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. The finalists will perform from Clarkson’s song book in the “Evening with Kelly Clarkson”- themed night.
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Enabling 10 Sick Hajj Performers in the Mina Share Al-Jadid Hospital to Perform their Hajj Rites
The Mina Share Al-Jadid Hospital received the medical convoy including the Hajj performers detained in the Hospital after enabling them to ascend the Holy Site of Arafat, and complete their Hajj rites.
Meanwhile, this year's Hajj convoy official, Mr. Mohammed Owaid Al-Motairi noted that a bus equipped with all the medical supplies was prepared to transport the Hajj performers.
He also added that it is being coordinated with a number of volunteers to perform stoning of the devil on behalf of the patients unable to do so. He also added that the patient whose condition improves will be allowed to complete their Hajj rites.
Within the same vein, the Director of the Hospital's Medical Services Department, Dr. Qassem Lmphounm pointed out that the convoy was provided with a medical team trained to attend these cases during the journey to and from Arafat. The medical team is made up of physicians of all specialties and nurses, as well as engineers for the medical devices.
For his part, Dr. Khaled Al-Shahrani made clear that the hospital is part of the Ministry of Health's (MOH) and the Health Affairs Directorate's in Makkah plan aiming annually to ascend the sick Hajj performers unable to perform their rites on the Day of Arafat, through well-equipped buses.
This convoy is usuallyequipped with self-contained medical team and a pool of medical equipment; with cardiac monitoring and resuscitation devices included.
He also noted that this convoy is a distinctive service for the Hajj performershelping them perform their Hajj rites and bring joy into them by completing the pillar rituals.
Al the more, the convoy is accompanied by a fully equipped ambulance; in order to keep a close eye on patients whose health cases could need being imperatively returned to Hospital.
It is worth mentioning that the convoy includes ten sick Hajj performers from India, Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco; of which there areinternally-detainedfive cases, four intensive care cases, and a case of an isolated patient transported by an ambulance.
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William Head on Stage has collaborated with SNAFU Dance Theatre to co-produce an original dramatic comedy called The Emerald City Project, which riffs off character archetypes from The Wizard of Oz. (Sam Redmond/SNAFU Dance Theatre)
William Head on Stage play explores transition, transformation, community
Inmates at minimum-security institution will perform original play, The Emerald City Project
Shalu Mehta
William Head Institution in Metchosin opens its doors for The Emerald City Project, an original play created by its resident theatre company.
William Head on Stage – or WHoS – is Canada’s longest-running prison theatre company. WHoS has collaborated with SNAFU Dance Theatre to co-produce an original dramatic comedy that riffs off character archetypes from The Wizard of Oz.
The men in WHoS co-devised, performed, produced, co-composed, costume designed and constructed the play.
In it, Tin Man, Lion, Scarecrow and The Witches take a journey that leads to the discovery that they already have what they seek. The play explores themes such as how boys are conditioned to be men, transition and transformation and looming gentrification.
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It is set in 2019 on a run-down Kansas Avenue where residents are dealing with the issue of renoviction. Featuring live music and hip-hop, the play explores what home means to a community that is trying to find balance on unsteady ground.
Ingrid Hansen, co-artistic director with SNAFU, said the men in the show did free-writing and invented songs, images and character ideas that would form this original play.
“Creating a play from scratch is an incredibly challenging task for any group of humans and this group has risen to the challenge,” Hansen said. “Being a part of this requires an intense level of teamwork, trust, overcoming fears and supporting each other.”
Prison theatre projects are in institutions around the world, providing a challenging and rehabilitating experience to prisoners. Director Kathleen Greenfield said theatre gives men the chance to work towards a collective goal, despite social behaviours being discouraged in prison culture.
“Theatre allows them to practice social scenarios both on stage and in producing a play with their incarcerated peers,” Greenfield said. “William Head on Stage is not a mandatory program and the men freely choose to be involved in the process. This gives them a sense of ownership for the outcome and the product.”
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Greenfield said she has enjoyed seeing the men in the show make discoveries about their skills and gifts as singers, dancers, writers, designers and leaders.
Actors in the theatre company, whose names are required to be anonymous, said they felt supported and encouraged by their peers and were able to face their fears and build confidence by being a part of it.
One of the actors said the theatre company has given him a chance to change his life for the better.
“WHoS is a safe place where we don’t have to wear a mask or project an image that we think we need when living in a prison population,” he said. “When guys like me become involved with WHoS they enter into a positive environment where they are supported in what they are trying to do; the positive chances they are trying to make.”
There will be performances of The Emerald City Project every weekend from Oct. 4 to Nov. 2. Audience members must arrive early to go through prison security and no latecomers are allowed. Tickets must be purchased in advance and must be printed out. Those in attendance must be 19 years of age or older with valid government-issued photo ID.
Personal items including wallets, purses, phones and money are not allowed in the facility.
For more information visit whonstage.weebly.com.
Tickets can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com/event/4337176.
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Interview With Starlight Runner Entertainment
Published on Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:01
We have a treat for you today! MTBS is joined by Caitlin Burns, Transmedia Producer for Starlight Runner Entertainment. Her career has featured work on such franchises as Avatar, The Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron Legacy, Halo, and more. Her latest project is a 3D broadcast series called Battle Castle on The History Channel. With a balanced career in film and video games, she gives us the low-down on what it takes to keep a franchise in check.
Part one is up today, and part two will be made available later in the week. Come back regulalry though, because the MTBS team is going on a special trip today, and will have plenty to share soon enough!
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Pub chain Antic has withdrawn plans for houses in the Crystal Palace triangle
The company already has plans to turn a shop in Westow Hill into a pub
Tara O'Connor - Local Democracy Reporter
Updated 18:15, 6 FEB 2019
The Antic group wants to open a new pub on the former Plumbase site in Crystal Palace. (Image: Google Streetview)
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Pub chain Antic has withdrawn plans to build three houses at the back of the former Plumbase shop in Crystal Palace .
The London-based company already has plans in to transform the former plumbing shop in Westow Hill into a pub.
The most recent proposal from Antic was for the demolition of an existing warehouse to make way for a two-storey two-bedroom house and two three-storey, three-bedroom houses, as well as space for bicycle and bin storage.
A statement on the planning application said: "The new houses proposed are contemporary in look and mews-like in style, with their main elevation
facing onto the access way.
"The proposal pays attention to preserving and enhancing the character and appearance of the Conservation Area by being created with high quality design and avoiding having an imposing townscape impact.”
New pub in Crystal Palace triangle is one step closer to pulling pints
Before the application was withdrawn on Friday, February 1, the plans attracted 21 objections and one comment in support.
The company has also submitted plans to transform the old plumbing shop into a new pub which would be known as the Cambridge Coopers.
It already runs two pubs in Westow Hill, Walker Briggs and Westow House.
It is the second time the plans for 58-60 Westow Hill have been submitted after Antic founder, Anthony Thomas, could not make a planning committee meeting where the plans were set to be discussed.
Last month Mr Thomas said: "I think it will be great for the already flourishing high street.
"It is a very attractive building but it has seen better years."
Croydon Council has still not made a decision on the proposal, but the plans for a new pub in the Crystal Palace triangle have gained 58 public objections and 23 supporting comments.
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Panama City resident speaks out after losing home in devastating fire
by: Taylor Rambo
Posted: Sep 11, 2019 / 08:41 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 11, 2019 / 08:42 PM CDT
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — A complex fire that broke out last Monday night left seven Panama City residents without a home, and one of the victims is speaking out about her experience.
Wanda Bair lost her home of seven years after an accidental cooking fire put her West 11th Street house up in flames. She said she is living her worst nightmare.
“All the smoke and the fire blew me back backwards into my room, the ceiling fell out and at that same point the lights went out,” Bair said.
Bair says 19-year-old Dekota Seale and 20-year-old Wyatt Hamilton pulled her out of her home as the fire was spreading rapidly and saved her life.
“All I could do was make some noise, and they came in and found their way down on the floor and got me,” Bair said. “They grabbed me under each arm, they pulled me and yanked me out of there.”
She wants them to be recognized for their bravery and wants them to know that she will be forever thankful.
“They need to be recognized,” Bair said. “They need to have some sort of plaque that they can put on their wall so when they look at it, it will remind them of the good that they did and will inspire them to want to do more.”
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Chris Gallo, film critic/nerd/Oscar obsessed Est. 2005
The Rock and a Hart Place: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” Entertains but Wears Thin
1995's “Jumanji,” while not quite the epitome of great art, was an entertaining thrill ride and didn't just depend on your fondness for the great Robin Williams. The new “Jumanji” with it's awkward “Welcome to the Jungle” subtitle, requires a serious tolerance for The Rock and comedian Kevin Hart. They're funny guys sure, but the film relies way too much on their comedic schtick. And then there's Jack Black who spends the entire film acting like a stuck-up 15 year old girl. It's a funny gag that is stretched to its limits. And let's not forget the awkwardness of modernizing the story of a board game, now a retro video game. “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is fine for a few laughs and thrills, but it's basically a one-joke movie that relies too much on its somewhat clever premise about kids being stuck in a video game. There are attempts to connect the film to its 90s predecessor, but too much time is spent watching its decently charming cast react to their surrounding and it quickly wears thin.
At the end of “Jumanji” the board game and it's beating drums ends up washed up in beach in Europe. At the beginning of “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” it ends up back in the same New England town where the first film took place. The game is gifted to the son of the man who found it, and for no apparent reason, the game transforms itself into a video game which sucks in the curious teenager who begins playing it. Many years later we're introduced to several new teens who all reflect typical teenage personalities. There's the nerdy introvert Spencer (Alex Wolff), his former best friend, the dumb jock Fridge (Ser'Darius Blain), selfie-obessessed mean girl Bethany (Madison Iseman), and outcast Martha (Morgan Turner) who obviously has a thing for the equally outcast Spencer. The four kids find themselves in detention one day, stumble upon the Jumanji video game, begin playing out of sheer boredom, and end up getting sucked in and appear in the bodies of the avatars they chose. Cue a lot of dialogue that basically explains how video games work to those audience members unfamiliar with such things. And lots of “body swap” humor which mostly involves Jack Black coming across like a flamboyant gay man as he portrays the smart-phone obsessed Bethany.
The foursome then set off an adventure to finish the game and hopefully get transported back home. From here a bunch of borderline corny special effects take over. None of which are that much improved from the borderline corny special effects of the original film. There's no real sense of wonder or excitement as the film relies too much on typical body swap humor which mostly involves Bethany reacting to being trapped in a shlubby 40 year-old's body. There are way more penis jokes here then there ever were in the first film. The Rock is fine in the role but one can take so many references to the fact that Spencer how has gigantic muscles. Hart is fine basically playing himself and Karen Gillan gets decent mileage as the beautiful adventurer who's stuck wearing skimpy clothes in the jungle.
The film is directed by Jake Kasdan whose film is bright and colorful but lacks real imagination. The script meanders and struggles to make itself worth existing. It's somewhere between “this could have been a lot worse” and “why do we need this.” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” certainly doesn't need to exist and I'm still certain that if the film had nothing to do with Jumanji it would find success on its own. The movie is certainly entertaining enough and is harmless fun, I just don't think it's as smart as it thinks it is. Fans of The Rock and Kevin Hart is certainly in for a fun time, others can tread cautiously. GRADE: C+
Posted by Chris at 11:40 AM 6 comments:
Lord of the Rings: “The Greatest Showman” is a Surface-Level, Enjoyable Spectacle
It must be said that if you're expecting to actually learn much about the life of circus man P.T. Barnum than you probably shouldn't see “The Greatest Showman.” If, however, you just want a really entertaining, gorgeous musical with high quality musical production numbers than you should definitely see “The Greatest Showman.” I went for the latter reason and thoroughly enjoyed the ride. With songs by the Oscar-winning song writing duo of “La La Land,” “The Greatest Showman” is a well-oiled musical machine featuring catchy songs, exuberant performances, and a sense of wonder. An in-depth documentary this is not, and whatever your thoughts are about the real Barnum (let's just say he's a controversial historical figure), the movie is undeniably fun. There's no real surprises in the story and it follows the formula set up by any other lavish musical but the film sends you out of the theater on a high and considering what a downer year it's been that's not the worst thing in the world.
Ripping a movie like “The Greatest Showman” apart is just way too easy. So let's focus on the positives. Hugh Jackman gives a charismatic performance as PT Barnum. He grows up constantly wanting to entertainment people. He quickly achieves what musicals are usually about (love) and so the film thankfully doesn't waste too much time on the romance between him and his wife Charity (Michelle Williams). Stuck in a routine job that he ends up losing anyways, the born-to-entertain Barnum opens a museum of curiosity. It isn't a hit and then invites strange and usual people (ie the bearded lady, a little person) which causes quite the sensation. Before he knows it the PT Barnum Circus is born.
While the film is obviously taking place in the 1800s, the film has a very modern look and feel. And that's probably for the film's benefit. The glossy pop songs, simply put, are extremely entertaining. And the visuals orchestrated by director Michael Gracey (in his feature directorial debut) are quite impressive. There's a love ballad with Barnum's eventual business partner Phillip (Zac Efron, in his first musical since 2007's brilliant “Hairspray”) and acrobat Anne (Spider-Man Homecoming's Zendaya) as they fly around on ropes under the big top. There's power pop ballad “This Is Me” sung with prowess by bearded lady Lettie Lutz (Keala Settle) and the film's opening/closing number “The Greatest Show” which brings down the curtain.
Sure the film's entertaining, but it feels like it was made by a corporation to sell tickets. Which it was. General audiences will eat it up. Even the old ladies down my row, who didn't even realize the film was a musical enjoyed it. You won't learn anything about the real PT Barnum, you won't really learn anything about the circus, and the film hits all the generic plot points to the point that it's pretty much all telegraphed. The script from Jenny Bricks and Bill Condon is pretty standard stuff but it gets the job done. And the circus, in general, while historically significant as a form of popular entertainment, is by and large a pretty terrible thing.
But you know what? I'd be lying if I didn't enjoy every minute of "The Greatest Showman." There's a power to the musical performances that are indisputable. The cinematography from Seamus McGarvey (“Atonement”) is really breathtaking. To think that a first time director was capable of creating such a beautiful looking film is pretty astonishing. The singing is great, the music is catchy, and the film looks pretty. If this film was translated to the stage, it would probably be winning a handful of Tony Awards and no one would think twice about it. The film basically functions as a 105 minute trailer for what is probably a more in-depth look at the life of PT Barnum, but what a fun trailer it is! GRADE: B+
Posted by Chris at 3:57 PM 10 comments:
I Know Who You Did Last Summer: The Understated “Call Me by Your Name” is Gorgeous and Truthful
If “Lady Bird” is a comedic slice of life coming-of-age story of a 17 year-old girl from a lower middle class family, “Call Me By Your Name” is the dramatic version about a 17 year-old boy from an affluent family living abroad in Northern Italy. Both films even share a key ingredient, a new rising star named Timothée Chalamet. This gorgeous film is about desire and heartbreak (they usually go hand-in-hand) and is about that moment in your life where your views on the world open up and anything seems possible. Director Luca Guadagnino has crafted a reserved and quiet film that is almost a bit too literate. It's hard to connect to a family whose patriarch is an archeology professor and whose son refers to novels and musicians no one's really ever heard of. But on the flip-side it is easy to connect to an introspective teenager as he discovers more about himself because we've all been there at some point whether it has to do with sexuality or not. In a lot of ways the film would work well as a double feature with last year's Oscar-winner "Moonlight."
Set during the summer of 1983 in an old school sun-soaked Italian countryside, “Call Me By Your Name” can't possibly get any more beautiful. The film follows 17 year-old Elio (Chalamet) as he's forced to give up his bedroom for his professor father's graduate school research assistant moves in for the summer. This happy-go-lucky man is Oliver (Armie Hammer) and there's a fleeting connection between the introverted Elio and Oliver's more extroverted personality. From here we sort of get a collection of moments between Elio, who, while pursuing a sexual relationship with his girlfriend, find strange attraction to the new guest. Meanwhile, Oliver who also catches the eye of a young Italian woman and is strangely fascinated by Elio as well. Oliver and Elio soon form a bond that begins to go beyond mere friendship. You know the drill. It's like the Italian countryside version of “Brokeback Mountain.” It's also yet another film about gay people, who don't identify as such, who can't simply be happy and content with being who they are. They're secretive about their relationship but because this is a film set over thirty years ago there's no way they can really end up together. Of course, it doesn't help that Oliver is moving back home to the United States at the summer's end.
The film, written by James Ivory (yes from the Merchant & Ivory duo) certainly takes its time exploring the characters are they traverse various Italian locations whether it's a swimming hole or bike path. The film looks exquisite but it's a direct counterbalance of the darkness and confusion going on between the two main protagonists. They long for each other but for half the film neither of them act on it. And in those terms it feels like an extremely long waiting game. But once Oliver and Elio do finally get together it feels worth the wait and the fears and anxiety and anticipation give way to happiness and pleasure and comfort. And then the sobering realization that there's no way this can have a happy ending. Eventually the heartbreak that comes from lovers being forced to part gives way to a scene between father and son that is emotional apex of the entire film and features a truly moving piece of acting from Michael Stuhlbarg.
“Call Me by Your Name” is an ultimately moving film. Its beautifully lyrical and the performances are subtle even if a lot of the overly intellectual dialogue goes over the head once in a while. The chemistry between the leads is palatable. The film is erotic without ever being exploitative. There isn't a lot of flashy over-the-top dramatic scenes it's a very quiet film that likes to take its time. Guadagnino even uses music in a unique way and the soundtrack is filled with classical pieces and nostalgia-enduing pop tunes. Even if the film doesn't leave you on a high note, it's not dark or depressing or tragic the way some gay love stories turn out. The film is naturalistic (if not completely realistic), earns empathy for the main characters, and even though I still find it hard to identify with a family living it up in an Italian paradise (even with Italian in my blood), the film's more obvious themes are things any human being will easily find relatable. If the melancholy film doesn't immediately click with you, there are aspects that will certainly stay with you. GRADE: B+
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Beauty & the Beast: “The Shape of Water” Casts a Fintastic Spell
A tale as old as time. Girl meets sea creature. Sea creature meets girl. They fall in love. End of story. Guillermo del Toro has been telling fairy tales for adults for quite some time and may have finally crossed a bit into the mainstream with “The Shape of Water.” Sure it’s not going to be everybody’s cup of tea. It’s erotic and violent, but those not expecting that will probably come for the exquisite lead performance from Sally Hawkins who shows us her heart without saying anything at all. “The Shape of Water” works so well because deep down it’s a very traditional story told in a really extraordinary way. Del Toro can address a lot about society just by setting his story in a 1960s research facility where scientists have discovered a male sea creature and the lonely mute woman who falls for him. The film has some really special performances, a beautiful color palate, and a really good story that satisfies.
Sally Hawkins is great as a mute janitor named Elisa. She communicates through sign language though her hearing is fine. She’s friends with her co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) who both work the late shift at a Baltimore research facility. An “asset” found in South America is brought in one day and it turns out to be an amphibious humanoid. Elisa is curious about the bizarre creature and begins leaving him hard boiled eggs to eat. Michael Shannon is the hard-ass, and horribly mean Col. Strickland who’s in charge of the research team and spends most of his time beating the thing with his electric baton. Both the creature and Elisa are “freaks” for all intends and purposes and they two form a bond, but no before things begin to get a little out of hand.
“The Shape of Water” is about connection and longing. It’s not unlike a similarly themed romance “Call Me by Your Name” that also displays another form of “forbidden” romance in an age where people were way more uptight then they are now. But of course, as much as things have improved, they tend to stay the same. Which means that stories like these are just as relevant today as they would be to when their stories take place. In that way “The Shape of Water” can easily be read as a metaphor for the once taboo subject of interracial relationships. It’s not a coincidence that Elisa’s friend and neighbor played by the always wonderful Richard Jenkins is a gay man looking for love himself.
Guillermo del Toro brings his trademark brand of whimsy and darkness to the film that balances out rather nicely. The film has some pretty disturbing and sensual elements which makes the film back to its roots of fairy tales being adult stories rather than being for kids. Even if the premise seems a little preposterous, like the best storytellers, he makes it believable. There’s a real sense of artistry here from the beautiful production design and Alexandre Desplat’s whimsical score to the film's lower budgeted byt fantastic special effects. The whole thing, even if it’s a decidedly “American” story, has a decidedly European feel. It’s a universal story that can easily be loved by anyone who needs a dose of imagination in their lives. GRADE: A-
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Rian's Hope: The Thrilling “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Takes the Series in a Fun, Exciting Direction
By my count, and it’s not that difficult, there are now eight Star Wars films, and technically 10 if you count spin-offs “Rogue One” and the animated “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” By all accounts we’ve “been there and done that.” But not so fast. Those who complained that the highly entertaining reboot “The Force Awakens” followed too closely to plot elements found in “A New Hope” are in for a big surprise because “The Last Jedi,” while overwhelmingly classic Star Wars in every sense, very much takes things into its own arena. It’s glorious. This 8th adventure in the Star Wars saga is just as thrilling as ever and has some really fun and surprising story elements up its sleeve. New-to-the-franchise writer/director Rian Johnson takes some risks and directs with an assured hand; the force is strong with this one.
As the most non fanboy Star Wars “fan” imaginable (aka I’m not really much of a fan, sue me) I have to say that these new films are supremely entertaining in a way that I never felt with the original trilogy. Watching 2015’s “The Force Awakens” something awoke within me. I got that feeling a person gets when they first watch Star Wars for the first time. Something that never happened with the other six films. Though "Revenge of the Sith" came close. But since everyone’s entitled to an opinion and you obviously came here for it I’ll give it any way: “The Last Jedi” could easily be one of my favorite Star Wars films. For a film that takes nearly two and a half hours to tell its tale, I was enthralled the entire time. No need for any nitpicks here. If you can believe that space ships can travel at the speed of light there’s no need to pick apart anything else. These movies were always meant to be fun. And that’s exactly what I had.
Me trying to explain the plot of a Star Wars film is like trying to watch your grandma explain how Twitter works, so I’ll do the best I can. Not too much time has passed since the last film. Rey (Daisy Ridley) is at remote island seeking help from Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). General Leia (Carrie Fisher) is still leading the Resistance but they’re in extremely poor shape since the New Order can now apparently track them through hyperspeed. This sets off one of my favorite storylines which involves Finn (John Boyega) teaming up with mechanic Rose Tico (newcomer Kelly Marie Tran) to disable the New Order’s tracking device. And resistance pilot Poe (Oscar Issac) is at odds with a new leader in the Resistance named Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern).
The last film left us so many questions like all great trilogy starters do. Why is Rey so significant? Who is this evil Snoke character? How come Chewbacca hasn’t aged at all? With expectations so high for this entry some people are bound to be either thrilled or disappointed with the many revelations throughout the film. I dug everything. And that’s mostly due to Johnson’s fantastic script and tight direction. It has humor in all the right places, the porgs are a cute, but not distracting addition in the weird creation department, and Adam Driver still stuns as the constantly conflicted evil Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren.
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is just plain fun from beginning to end. The special effects are as convincing as ever, the movie has a nice worn-in look and feel that fits with the original trilogy, and it has a constantly engaging story with characters that are easy to root for. Johnson challenges the norms here in really interesting ways. There’s simply no way to predict how this one is going to turn out even if you’ve spent the last two years wasting time theorizing. Going with one of the film’s main themes, I’m certainly looking forward to the next installment. GRADE: A
The Room with a View: “The Disaster Artist” is a Hilarious & Heartfelt Ode to Terrible Filmmaking
It takes a special kind of non-talent to create something as atrocious as the film “The Room.” It’s a film so flat out terrible that it seems to exist on its own plane of being. But how could a film about something so bad be so surprisingly good? Because the passion behind the love of the hatred of “The Room” propels the fantastic docudrama “The Disaster Artist” into legendary status as one of the great films about Hollywood and the film industry. Put it simply, “The Disaster Artist” is the “Ed Wood” for a new generation. It’s both a tribute and satire of such a horribly misguided piece of “art” that it seems to transcend time and space. Director James Franco has collected an impressive Robert Altman level cast to recreate the making of one of the most notorious films in Hollywood history. It’s brilliant, funny, scathing, and has an unexpected amount of depth and heart. It will leave you feeling as much as it will leave you laughing.
“The Disaster Artist” is based on the mysterious, aspiring filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his attempt to make his own Hollywood movie after being rejected by what seems like everyone in town. He's obviously a foreigner, with a thick Eastern European accent, (though he insists he's from New Orleans) and seems to be obsessed with no one finding out anything about him. He’s played by James Franco in a show-stopping, transformative performance that is half great impersonation and half in-depth character study. Tommy moves to LA with his aspiring actor buddy Greg (Dave Franco). Tommy is such a weirdo you’d never believe he was a real person. After several attempts to get into the film business Tommy writes his own movie script and Greg reluctantly agrees to co-star, despite the fact that his script for “The Room” is utterly atrocious. Tommy finances the entire thing from his own seemingly endless pockets and so sets off an adventure of Hollywood filmmaking that is the stuff of legends.
So let’s discuss. Why exactly is “The Room” such a terrible movie and why are people obsessed with it? The film has terrible dialogue, wooden acting, characters and storylines that come and go from the film for no reason, and such horrible production values you’d think a blind person directed it. It’s one of those movies that has to be seen to be believed. Even the most talented filmmakers could never make a film this inept. The ineptitude really attracts people to “The Room.” People are fascinated by it; drawn to it. Like it holds some kind of cinematic power over them. The movie is more than just “so bad it’s good;” it’s so bad it’s legendary. Enter a group of filmmakers so obsessed with this piece of garbage, they had to make a movie about it.
As someone who loves films about filmmaking, “The Disaster Artist” hits all the right buttons. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (who also wrote the brilliant “(500) Days of Summer”) the film is a both a tribute and tease of “The Room” but more importantly it’s about a friendship and how easily that can be tested. The Franco brothers obviously have great chemistry together and easily slip into their roles. Alison Brie shows up as Greg’s eventual girlfriend which begins to drive a wedge between these two guys which actually has significant bearings on the “plot” of “The Room.”
The film is also a character study of a mysterious eccentric who is unlike any other movie character you’ve ever seen. At times he’s lovable and at times he’s an asshole and Franco plays him with seemingly no effort. But there’s a degree of difficulty here and he pulls it off flawlessly. Wiseau, the character, isn't a complete moron. He just isn't very talented. The other actors who show up to be part of “The Room” include everyone from “The Hunger Games’” alum Josh Hutcherson, to multiple Oscar-nominee Jacki Weaver who all give great dual performances as struggling actors turning in horrendous performances. Franco’s friend Seth Rogen plays a member of the crew and other Hollywood icons Sharon Stone and Melanie Griffith show up in bit roles.
The story of “The Disaster Artist,” oddly enough, is not unlike another so-bad-it’s-good cult classic, “Showgirls.” Both films are about eccentric people with mysterious pasts who struggle with achieving fame. It doesn’t feel like a coincidence. You really get the sense of love that is coming through the screen in “The Disaster Artist.” It’s fascinating to watch. Your level of enjoyment might be based on how well you know “The Room” but I don’t think it’s a necessity. Like “Ed Wood,” it’s more than just the making of a cult film; it’s about life, friendship, the creative process, and how none of that apparently made it into “The Room.” This movie is so good, it’s great. GRADE: A
Guitar Hero: You’ll Go Cuckoo for Pixar’s “Coco”
It’s rather ironic that with all this horrible controversy about a border wall between the US and Mexico over the past year, we now get a beautifully animated film that’s so rich and respectful of Mexican culture and tradition. Oh Pixar you did it again. It practically erases the critical slump you’ve had with a trifecta of “meh” releases including “The Good Dinosaur” (which I enjoyed for what it was), a fine, but unmemorable sequel “Finding Dory,” and the nearly unwatchable “Cars 3” (a film so misguided I couldn’t even bear to write even a scathing review of it). “Coco” is Pixar’s return to form and features everything you really love about a great Pixar movie: memorable characters, moments that make you cry, jaw dropping animation, and a clever and original story. In fact, “Coco” is so perfect that the only bad thing about it is that you’re forced to watch a subpar 22 minute “Frozen” short that prepares you for the feature film by forcing you to go through the five stages of grief.
“Coco” tells the story of a young Mexican boy named Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) who loves music and aspires to be a famous guitar player like his deceased hero Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). But his family forbids any form of music since Miguel’s great-great grandmother was abandoned by her musician husband. Her family now makes a living as shoemakers and music is strictly prohibited. But Miguel, like so many Disney heroes and heroines before him is a rebel and has secretly taught himself to play guitar and still longs to be a musician. He then goes on the adventure of a lifetime when he’s accidently transported to the Land of the Dead during the annual Día de los Muertos and learns a lot more about his heritage.
This “Day of the Dead” celebration is where deceased family members are honored and remembered. Well this is a Pixar film so they’ve taken a real life tradition and turned it on its head in a really fun way. Dead relatives can “visit” the world of the living if their family members have displayed their photo in an ofrendo (an alter that honors a deceased relative during the celebration). They visit by going through a customs-like border area between the afterlife and real life. While in the Land of the Dead Miguel attempts to find his deceased hero and teams up with Héctor (Gael García Berna) a down-on-his-luck musician who is trying to crossover to the Land of the Living. Might I add that all the folks over in the Land of the Dead are skeletons that are gorgeous rendered? The world that directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina and their team have created is, in a word, astonishing.
And of course it’s not quite a Pixar masterpiece if you aren’t about to bawl your eyes out by the end. Music is the soul of the film and here the emotional song “Remember Me” (from the “Frozen” songwriting team) plays a crucial role. You’re probably wondering why the film is called “Coco” if the main character is a little boy named Miguel. Coco is Miguel’s extremely elderly great-grandmother and by the time the film enters its final act you are completely and emotionally sucked into this fantastic story. If you’re not fighting back tears by the end then you aren’t human. The film is about family, tradition, and the power of music and it’s another brilliant and funny piece of entertaining art from arguably the greatest animation studio ever. In other words, to miss “Coco” would be a crime against humanity. GRADE: A
Best Films of the Year
2018 - Love, Simon
2017 - The Big Sick
2016 - La La Land
2015 - Mad Max Fury Road
2014 - Boyhood
2013 - Gravity
2012 - The Dark Knight Rises
2011 - Bridesmaids
2010 - 127 Hours
2009 - (500) Days of Summer
Best Films of the '00s
2008 - Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2007 - Into the Wild
2006 - The Departed
Worst Films of 2006
Oscar Forecasts
Oscar Nomination Predictions 2020
Oscar Predictions 2019 - GREEN BOOK
Oscar Preditions 2018 - THE SHAPE OF WATER
Oscar Predictions 2017 - MOONLIGHT
Oscar Predictions 2016 - SPOTLIGHT
Oscar Predictions 2015 - BIRDMAN
Oscar Predictions 2014 - 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Oscar Predictions 2013 - ARGO
Oscar Predictions 2012 - THE ARTIST
Oscar Predictions 2011 - THE KING'S SPEECH
Oscar Predictions 2010 - THE HURT LOCKER
Oscar Predictions 2009 - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Oscar Predictions 2008 - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Oscars Predictions 2007 - THE DEPARTED
Oscars Predictions 2006 - CRASH
The Golden Gallo Awards
2014 Golden Gallos
Best Movies of All Time/Misc
101 Best Horror Films
Airplane!
Best Opening Titles
Friday the 13th films
Halloween series
Scariest Movie Moments
Spielberg's Super Eight...
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"Hello, Clarice." Welcome to my film review blog and Golden Girls blog. I've been reviewing theatrical movies since 2005. In addition to writing movie reviews (not to mention best of year lists, Oscar predictions, and other fun movie-related lists) I have had reviews and articles published on DarkHorizons.com and at WhatCulture.com. I've also achieved my longtime dream of appearing on RottenTomatoes.com. My favorite film genre is horror though I have rather eclectic cinematic tastes. I can easily go from watching artsy stuff like Under the Skin to stupid action stuff like Transformers (but please dear lord make them stop). I also enjoy running, cooking, and eating the spiciest foods I can find.
Annabelle Comes Home B-
Avengers: Endgame A
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, A B+
Black Christmas B
Bombshell B+
Booksmart A
Captain Marvel B+
Cats D
Child's Play B
Crawl B+
Ford v Ferrari A
Glass B-
Greta B
Happy Death Day 2U B+
Isn't It Romantic B
It Chapter Two B+
Jojo Rabbit A
Joker A-
Knives Out A
LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part, The A-
Lion King, The B-
Ma B
Midsommar A
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood A
Pet Sematary B
Rocketman A-
Shazam! C-
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Terminator Dark Fate B+
Us A
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Aquaman A-
Avengers: Infinity War A
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Black Panther A
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Bohemian Rhapsody B+
Boy Erased B+
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Deadpool 2 A-
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First Man A-
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Game Night B+
Green Book B
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Hereditary A
If Beale Street Could Talk B+
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Love, Simon A-
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again B+
Meg, The C+
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Ocean's Eight B+
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Ralph Breaks the Internet A-
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Vice B+
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Baby Driver A
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Get Out A
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Happy Death Day A-
I, Tonya A
It A
Jigsaw B-
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Justice League B
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Life A-
Logan A-
mother! B+
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Post, The B+
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Stronger B+
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10 Cloverfield Lane A-
Allied A-
Arrival A
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Blair Witch C
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Deadpool A-
Doctor Strange B
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Moana A
Moonlight A
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Ouija Origin of Evil B+
Passengers C+
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Rogue One B
Sausage Party B
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Sully C+
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Everest B
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Paranormal Activity 4 B-
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Silent House B+
Silver Linings Playbook B+
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Snow White & the Huntsman B+
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This Means War B
To Rome with Love B
Wanderlust A-
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Zero Dark Thirty B
30 Minutes or Less C+
50/50 A
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Albert Nobbs C
Artist, The A-
Bad Teacher B
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Bridesmaids A
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Carnage B-
Cars 2 C-
Contagion B+
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Crazy Stupid Love B+
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark B
Drive A-
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close C+
Final Destination 5 A-
Footloose B+
Friends with Benefits A-
Fright Night B
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Green Lantern C-
Hanna B
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 B
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Hugo A-
In Time B+
Insidious A-
Iron Lady, The B
J. Edgar B-
Kung Fu Panda 2 B+
Midnight in Paris B-
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol A
Moneyball A-
Muppets, The A
Paranormal Activity 3 B
Paul B+
Puss in Boots B+
Rango B
Red State C+
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Roommate, The B
Scream 4 A
Shame A
Shark Night 3D B-
Source Code B+
Straw Dogs B
Sucker Punch B
Super 8 B
Thing, The B
Thor B
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy B
Tower Heist B+
Transformers: Dark of the Moon C-
Tree of Life, The B
Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, A C-
War Horse B
We Bought a Zoo C+
We Need to Talk About Kevin A-
What's Your Number? C+
X-Men: First Class A-
Young Adult A-
Your Highness C
127 Hours A
Alice in Wonderland B-
Black Swan A
Blue Valentine A-
Burlesque B+
Charlie St. Cloud B
Clash of the Titans B+
Conviction A-
Crazies, The B
Date Night B+
Death at a Funeral B
Devil B-
Diary of a Wimpy Kid B
Easy A A-
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Fighter, The A
Frozen B+
Get Him to the Greek C+
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Grown Ups B-
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1 B
Hereafter B+
How to Train Your Dragon B+
Inception A-
Iron Man 2 B
Kick-Ass C+
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King's Speech, The B
Knight & Day B
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Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga'Hoole B
Let Me In A-
Love & Other Drugs B
Machete B
Megamind A-
My Soul to Take D-
Nightmare on Elm Street B
Oceans B
Other Guys, The B
Paranormal Activity 2 B+
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Predators B
Prince of Persia The Sands of Time C+
Rabbit Hole A
Red B
Robin Hood C-
Saw 3D C+
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She's Out of My League C+
Shutter Island A-
Skyline D
Social Network, The B-
Somewhere B+
Splice B
Step Up 3D B-
Tangled B+
Town, The A
Toy Story 3 A-
True Grit B
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Unstoppable A-
Way Back, The B+
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You Again B-
(500) Days of Summer A
17 Again B-
9 B+
Adventureland B
Angels & Demons B-
Antichrist B
Avatar A-
Away We Go B
Box, The B
Brüno A-
Capitalism: A Love Story B
Collector, The B-
Coraline B-
District 9 B
Drag Me to Hell A
Fantastic Mr. Fox B
Final Destination, The B
Friday the 13th B-
Funny People C+
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past B-
Halloween II F
Hangover, The B+
He's Just Not That Into You C
Hurt Locker, The C+
I Love You, Man A
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The C+
Inglourious Basterds B+
Invention of Lying, The B+
Jennifer's Body B
Julie & Julia B
Knowing A-
Last House on the Left, The B
Lovely Bones, The C+
Monsters vs. Aliens C
My Bloody Valentine 3D B+
Nine C-
Observe and Report B
Orphan B+
Paranormal Activity A-
Perfect Getaway, A B
Ponyo B+
Precious Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire A
Princess and the Frog, The A-
Proposal, The B
Public Enemies C
Road, The C
Serious Man, A B-
Sherlock Holmes B
Single Man, A A-
Sorority Row B
Star Trek B+
Stepfather, The B
Terminator Salvation C-
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen D+
Twilight Saga: New Moon, The C
Up A
Up in the Air A
Watchmen B+
Whatever Works B
Where the Wild Things Are B+
Whip It B-
X-Men Origins: Wolverine C+
Zombieland A-
American Teen A-
Australia D
Baby Mama B+
Be Kind Rewind B+
Burn After Reading B
Cassandra's Dream B+
Changeling A
Cloverfield B+
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Dark Knight, The A-
Doubt B
Eagle Eye C
Forgetting Sarah Marshall A-
Frost/Nixon A
Funny Games A-
Get Smart B-
Ghost Town C+
Gran Torino A-
Hamlet 2 B-
Hancock B
Happening, The B-
Happy-Go-Lucky B
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay B-
Horton Hears a Who! B
House Bunny, The C+
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Iron Man A-
Let the Right One In A-
Mamma Mia! B+
Milk A-
Pineapple Express B+
Quantum of Solace C
Quarantine B
Rachel Getting Married A
Reader, The B+
Religulous B+
Revolutionary Road A
Role Models B+
Ruins, The B-
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Smart People C+
Speed Racer C
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Strangers, The B+
Superhero Movie D
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Twilight B
Untraceable C+
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
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Diving Bell & the Butterfly, The
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Feast of Love
Good Luck Chuck
Hostel Part II
I Know Who Killed Me
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Ocean's 13
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Saw IV
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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You, Me & Dupree
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Conor Washington among trio of Northern Ireland internationals released by Sheffield United
Striker, Conor Washington has been released by Sheffield United
Published: 21:04 Wednesday 08 May 2019
PREMIER LEAGUE new boys, Sheffield United have released a trio of Northern Ireland internationals following their promotion to the top flight.
Versatile striker, Conor Washington, defender, Danny Lafferty and front man, Caolan Lavery are all now free to find a new club.
Ipswich Town reportedly lead the race for 18-cap Washington whose short term deal with the Blades has come to an end. He made three league starts and 12 substitute appearances for the Bramall Lane club after making his mid-season switch from QPR.
Lafferty had spent the season on loan at League One side Peterborough United whereas Lavery earned promotion to League One with Bury playing 21 times for the Shakers.
A statement on the club’s website read: “Following the conclusion of the Sky Bet Championship season, Chris Wilder has acted swiftly by announcing his retained list.
Paul Coutts, Martin Cranie, Conor Washington, Daniel Lafferty and Caolan Lavery will all leave Bramall Lane when their current deals expire this summer”.
Numbers show Larne’s Martin Donnelly still up with finest in Irish League
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December 4, 2018 by Tony Farina
LaTona’s Tax Case Could Help Parlato
Joseph LaTona, the lawyer from Niagara Falls who won a landmark tax case before the U. S. Supreme Court that could help a Cataract City businessman and newspaper publisher currently facing federal tax charges, will be honored next month in New York City by the New York State Bar Association.
LaTona will receive the Charles F. Crimi Memorial Award which recognizes the professional career of a defense lawyer in private practice that emobdies the highest ideals of the NYSBA’s Criminal Justice Section.
“It is indeed a high honor, and it puts me in the company of some of this area’s very best attorneys of the past and present who have received this very prestigious award,” said LaTona. “I am humbled to be named this year’s recipient and will travel to New York’s Hilton Hotel on Jan. 16 with my children and grandchildren to receive the award.”
Word of LaTona’s selection comes shortly after U. S. Judge William Skretny sided with LaTona last month, sparing his client more jail time, in a landmark tax case that LaTona took all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court and won in a 7 – 2 decision last March with one justice saying it put too much power in the hands of prosecutors who could not be relied on for the use of discretion. It is a case that attorneys for newspaper publisher Frank Parlato and codefendant Chitra Selvaraj hope to use in their defense against pending federal tax charges in a motion based on the decision and scheduled for argument Dec. 19 before federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah McCarthy.
Local federal prosecutors had attempted to put LaTona’s ailing 72-year-old client, Carlo Marinello, back in prison on his federal tax conviction despite the Supreme Court decision, and LaTona was successful in arguing before Judge Skretny that the government’s efforts amounted to an abuse of power. Skretny sentenced Marinello to time served, the 21 months he already spent in prison on his felony conviction in 2014 of tax evasion and obstructing the IRS.
LaTona was successful in winning Supreme Court review of Marinello’s conviction even after three appeals court upheld the conviction and only one court agreed with the defense attorney’s arguments.
LaTona said the issue was whether the government should have had a proceeding in place against Marinello before bringing charges, and while three appeals courts said it was not necessary, the fourth court and the Supreme Court agreed with LaTona.
“Thank God we have an independent judiciary,” said LaTona, “and the Supreme Court’s decision is a victory for Carlo and all taxpayers in the country.”
LaTona added that recent Supreme Court decisions have helped dampen efforts by the Department of Justice to pursue cases beyond the intent of Congress.
Attorney Joel Daniels, who represents Parlato’s codefendant, Chitra Selvaraj, said he and Parlato’s attorney, Paul Cambria, have filed a motion to drop conspiracy charges in the case based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Marinello. Arguments are scheduled for Dec. 19th.
“Marinello is a high roadblock for the government trying to try and make an end run [in this case],” said Daniels.
Federal prosecutors in Buffalo earlier this year dropped charges that Parlato stole $1 million from the Seagram’s heirs linked to the NXIVM cult after Parlato was credited with helping prosecutors in New York indict the leader of the cult, Keith Raniere, for allegedly forcing women to engage in sexual activity with him as a condition of membership in the secret society.
It was Parlato’s vigorous reporting through news outlets across the country that was widely credited with pushing the government to investigate and ultimately charge Raniere and Seagrams heiress Clare Bronfman in the NXIVM case.
Morinello Opposes Raising Taxes to Close New York State Deficit January 8, 2020
Niagara County Independence Party Endorses Seamen for Niagara County District Attorney January 1, 2020
DA, Sheriff Take to Airwaves to Warn About DWI Dangers January 1, 2020
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Ambush Alert issued to Cleveland Police officers
By: Tim Rearden
Cleveland Police officials are alerting their officers about the threat of an ambush attack, a source confirms to newsnet5.com.
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Police are looking out for two threats, according to the source:
1.) Juveniles on dirt bikes pulling up to police cruisers and opening fire
2.) Suspects kicking police cruiser doors to initiate a chase, then ambushing officers
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"It doesn't come from the division very often so it is credible," said Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Steve Loomis.
Loomis is telling officers to be "excruciatingly" aware of their surroundings at all times and continue to back each other up. "And do not hesitate to defend yourselves and the lives of citizens out there, do not hesitate for one micro-second," he said. "If you're life is in danger than you do what you need to do to go home."
In the face of this threat and the recent murders of police officers nationally Loomis said many police officers feel they're out there on their own.
"No political leaders, no faith based leadership, no self appointed leadership, no civic leadership. everybody's keeping their mouth shut," he said.
It also comes at a time when efforts are underway to boost community policing which he said his officers are behind but these threats make it tough.
"Imagine how suspicious they're going to be of just general citizens walking up to them now because you don't know who gots the gun and who wants to do you harm, you have no way of knowing that."
The police warning said the threats originated from Harvard Wine & Grille, a restaurant at E. 142nd & Harvard.
Owner Claude Carson was floored by the association and said he had no idea from where it came. Carson proudly showed off the restaurant and the money he's invested in the neighborhood where he was raised.
He believed it stemmed from something someone thought they heard. "Someone overheard a conversation of some young guys sitting having dinner or whatever plotting to do something to law enforcement."
He said is a strong supporter of police and investor in the community.
"We're one of the few, we've been here and we're going to remain here," Carson said.
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Introduction to Court Interpreting
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Importance of Court Interpreters in Legal Proceedings
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Importance of your Communication with the Parties
"Listen with your Eyes." How can you monitor the Interpretation?
Challenges in Working with Interpreters
Tips for Working with Interpreters
Court Interpreters' limitations of Practice
Judicial Mannerisms that Make Interpretation Difficult!
Jury Selection: No Interpreter is Available. What are your options?
Working with the deaf and hard of hearing
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Native Americans in our Courts
This page is being developed as part of Improving Access to Justice for Native Peoples in State Courts Program and includes the perspectives from the Navajo and Pueblo languages represented in this project.
Video Documentary on Project
Navajo Team Collaborators:
Frank Morgan, Translator & Trainer
Blanche Raymond, Certified Navajo Interpreter, Staff with the Farmington Magistrate Cour
Joanna Manygoats, Certified Navajo Interpreter
Pueblo Team Collaborators:
Prof. Creel, Director of the Southwest Indian Law Clinic, UNM School of Law
Sarah Pino from Zia Pueblo, Former Education Director for the Pueblo of Zia
Judge William Johnson, Tribal Court Judge, Isleta Pueblo
Diane Williams, Keres Language Teacher, Cochiti Pueblo
Dr. Christine Sims, Associate Professor, UNM College of Education, Acoma Pueblo
What can the judge and attorneys do to improve communication and the flow of the proceeding?
Judges and attorneys can find ways to improve communication and the flow of proceedings.
I think Judges need to be patient and be willing to communicate with attorneys, interpreters but also be aware that our languages and some of our words, there's no translation . . . . all of these terms that are now coming . . . from mainstream society, it's not something we've grown up knowing, using, those are not our words so I think judges/attorneys need to be mindful of that.
And then just again, just because we know how to speak English, a lot of us are more common basic English and not big words. So when clients are being asked a question, they might not know what it means and if there's not a word to translate it then you know, you're kind of stuck . . . . So even the Tribe’s interpreting might be a little different. . . .
The judges should at the beginning of a proceeding by introducing him and what his role is. Explain the type of proceeding and what the roles of each of the players are. The attorneys, any witnesses and the defendant’s role in the proceeding. That would be the judge’s tip, to take the time to do that explanation before he elicits any testimony.
And for the attorneys to also when they're presenting their case again, be as clear as possible and take their time explaining or speaking what it is they're offering to the court so that the defendant or the witness that's a non-English speaker or a Native speaker through the interpreter understands the question or the statement that's being made. So there's no delays in what did he mean . . . or what did that mean. To try and make it as succinct and as clear as possible so that the interpreter’s job is easier. I think that would be the best thing for an attorney.
Additional Suggestions
• Attorneys and judge should slow down by explaining situations and procedures, i.e. Motion, Questioning witnesses, and explaining laws pertaining to a certain crime. When LEP Navajos do not know what is going on they will not answer questions very well.
• Explaining to defendants, plaintiffs, and witnesses that a hearing is usually specific to one element. For example, child custody, that not everything involved in the Divorce is to be discussed. When a Navajo being interrogated begins to talk he or she will include things unrelated to the main question. This wears down the interpreter.
• Some traditional Native language speakers do not know how to ask questions, they start to tell what they think, or start to blame people, etc. There has to be a way to keep statements or testimonies focused on the essential points in the questions.
• Most defendants do not know how to assist their attorneys to prepare the case. Some individuals will make statements inconsistent with their attorney’s case.
What are cultural considerations that judges need to take into account when dealing with a defendant who speaks the a Native Language?
Even fluent speakers of two languages may need to take some time to figure out how certain terms can best be interpreted from one language to another.
Tribal governments traditionally have had their own forms of jurisprudence so the way in which you explain concepts like guilty/not guilty in English might not be quite the same for instance in a Native language. Because the ways in which we deal with those kinds of things may be very different. So I think this is the challenge of interpreters especially in Judges and Attorneys need to understand then that process of translation isn't always a quick one to one correlation of terms.
I think Judges need to . . . be aware that our languages and some of our words, there's no translation. And we would have to go back to the English language because all of these terms that are now coming for or from mainstream society, it's not something we've grown up knowing, using, those are not our words so I think judges, attorneys need to be mindful of that. . . .
. . . Any time you're communicating across cultures with different concepts and different words and sounds there's going to be an opportunity for a misinterpretation.
. . . there's a myth to say there's a one to one translation. So given that there isn't a verbatim the interpreter is going to have to use these concepts. . . .
. . . it's my responsibility as the attorney . . . to check in with the interpreter and say is he or she understanding? Is this concept translating? Does this make sense basically but it's also the interpreters responsibility to ask me questions and say, “are you trying to say X or are you trying to say Y?" . . . .
. . . I would hope the interpreter would not use a word for word translation if there isn't a word that explains all of those legal concepts that are embodied in the word guilt but instead the attorney and interpreter together would explain what's happening in the arraignment and explain what responses are appropriate.
Navajo Cultural Traits
• Eye contact: Traditional Navajo parents teach their children not to look directly into another person’s eyes. They believe that a person’s eyes have the ability to affect or sway someone’s beliefs and actions. Therefore, the Defendant and witnesses may look downwards when Judge, Attorney, or other Court personnel are talking to him or her. The judge and attorneys can look at them, but they will not look directly back at the speaker.
• Timid: Most older Navajo will tend to be timid, quiet, and not aggressive. They are in a place (court) where everything even people are foreign and alienating. Language spoken in the courtroom are intimidating (frightful, forceful, and threatening).
• Frequently, Navajos with limited English proficiencywould not know how to explain him or herself or crime they’ve committed, even when the question and answer is interpreted. In most cases they will just plead guilty, they may or may not have committed any crime, they may have been blamed, and was near the scene of the crime. Often, defendants with limited English proficiency don’t know and understand the court system, procedures, practices, and formality, etc.
• Many Navajos are unfamiliar with their rights, Miranda Right, constitutional right, specific to any alleged crimes. They do not understand that there are rights that authorities must honor.
• Typically, Navajo people are not familiar with court etiquette when speaking to judges, lawyers, and men and women, i.e. saying Your Honor, Sir, madam.
• A person might look to another (daughter, son, or relative) to help make a decision concerning their situation.
• Navajo speaking defendants tend to tell their side of the whole story almost immediately. They do this even though they are told, “to remain silent” in their advice of rights. Navajo individuals do not know how to work with their lawyers.
• Speakers of Native languages with limited English proficiency don’t understand the implications and things related to an alleged crime committed.
• Generally speaking, Navajo defendants do not have ready access to any amount of money. They are under the impression that if they pay the fines they are forgiven and will be free of any wrongdoing. For example, when a person is ordered to pay DWI fines, sentenced to attend DWI School, ordered to attend counseling sessions, that individual will many times believe that he or she is free and that their record is clean.
What are some examples of Native cultural traits that may be misinterpreted in court?
Because judges deal with diverse cultures, it is important to recognize Native cultural traits that are frequently misinterpreted.
. . . . Cultural traits include thinking through a question and the responses and all the possible reactions before you speak out loud. This may take time . . . . Native people they understand authority and the need to respect . . . .
Tone and volume are also going to be very different and the judge may misinterpret someone who is speaking softly as someone who is trying to be deceptive . . . there's an expectation that people when they're confident and commanding they speak loud, that's not in the Native trait. . . . It's really inappropriate for you to be loud to defend yourself.
Sometime Natives will not look directly into the eye of an authority as a form of respect and that may be seen as, by a judge as a weakness, a disrespect, an avoidance. So a judge should always remember a defendant because they're not looking them directly in the eye and demanding justice so to speak or being very assertive should not take that as a negative and become either ineffective in their decision, their analysis of the answer, a bias and try to take it as a characteristic that they need to be patient with and considerate of.
Sometimes there'll be questions that will go to cultural aspect and belief of the defendant that they are reluctant to answer or explain the meaning of. Let's say they have a deep spiritual belief in something and . . . in the American culture it may not be something as important to the Native thinker and practitioner and is unable to either answer or can't answer in fact.
Many of our languages, Pueblo languages especially have their own unique aspects and differences . . . many people describe them as softly spoken languages. You can be forceful in a Native language but it sometimes doesn't carry the same weight that English does. So what does that mean for a client who might respond in English but . . . he's using it in the way he's used to using his own Native language.
It might mean for example a person speaks softly in English when the expectation from the other side of the table so to speak is, well how come this person isn't responding forcefully. Does it mean he doesn't care. . . or maybe he's not intelligent enough to understand what's going on here. . . .
Their outward demeanor and how they carry themselves when they're speaking or speaking to people in authority positions may be very different. You know the direct eye contact is one that has been mentioned before. Your tone of voice is another one. How you answer and carry yourself even physically could be misinterpreted as someone who either doesn't care or doesn't appreciate the seriousness of a court preceding. All of these things are often times part of people's body language and that may be very different for a Native people.
But for Native Americans, especially Native peoples here in New Mexico, it really is important people understand those basic differences.
• If a Navajo person is looking downwards and not looking at the person who is talking to him or her. The person is concentrating and listening. It is a showing of respect for an authority and remorse for any type of wrongdoing.
• A Navajo person will often speak softly to show kindness and respect.
• When there is complexity and uncertainty a Navajo person may not attempt to explain situations and behaviors. Court procedures, justice system, terminology are complicated and uncertain so the person will provide very limited explanations.
• Older Navajo people dress very conservatively. A man, especially, may wear a head band. It shows respect for authority. However, in the society today, a young Navajo man who is obviously anti-social and disobedient may wear a head band and in this incident the young man is not respectful of others and authority.
• Navajo people wear turquoise jewelry in public or formal places and for most Navajo people a courthouse is a formal place. It is like a man wearing a suit and tie or woman wearing a formal outfit.
• Older Navajo people will ask their children and relatives for help in decision-making on how to address a situation.
• Older Navajo people often tell long stories about events and situations when they are asked to explain things.
Are there any specific topics that Natie People may find more difficult than non-Navajo to discuss in public?
Some topics that arise in court situations may be more difficult to discuss in public for Native peoples than for non-Natives.
. . . specific topics that Native people find more difficult than non-Natives to discuss in public. . . . Sex and sexual situations, religious and ceremonial issues, death and murder, family relationships, kinships and complexities and these aren't just a matter of being shy. It's not a matter of being demure. These can range from things that are taboo, to confidential, to inappropriate outside of the community. So it's not a matter of cajoling the person to say the word or the body part. . . . It might really be a cultural rule that these things shouldn't be spoken about.
Some of the things . . . we find relevant in all of our languages are . . . serious things like death. How you talk about death. How you talk about things like murder. Those might be some very serious areas in addition to things related to our own ceremonial life in communities. I've heard people try to explain away, oh Pueblo people are very secretive people, well it's not being secret for secret's sake.
There's a reason why for example certain knowledge is not available to everyone in a community, cultural knowledge. There's a reason why certain genders will have some cultural knowledge and another gender might not. And all of this is part of the cultural, social/cultural society that Pueblo people come from. So that translates often into not sharing that information to the public . . . .
So when people are asked about, pointedly about certain things that deal with cultural traditions, they might not be ready and reticent to share that information and so here again, I think it falls on the responsibility of the people who are involved with these court proceedings to at least have some background knowledge about who these clients are.
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Volkswagen Group could be preparing to buy back as many as 115,000 diesel-powered cars in the U.S. as part of the fallout from its emissions scandal, a German newspaper reports.
That number would represent about a fifth of the 580,000 cars and crossovers with diesel engines that are believed to violate their certification levels, says the newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, as reported by Reuters.
VW would either have to offer the refund price or a deep discount on a new vehicle, the newspaper said. The remaining vehicles would need significant upgrades to their emissions systems to try to bring them into compliance with U.S. emissions laws, the newspaper says.
Fixing the older models with 2-liter, four-cylinder engines would be harder than modifying the new diesels.
The mass buybacks results from VW's admission that it rigged 2-liter diesel engines to allow them to pass emissions tests even though they spewed much higher levels of pollutants in everyday driving than was permitted for them. VW's 3-liter diesels have also been drawn in the mess.
VW is yet to say how it will fix thousands of the cars.
This article originally appeared on USA Today.
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MS for the Physician Assistant: A Practical Primer (.pdf)
This book is a practical starting guide for physician assistants who work with MS patients.
MS in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers (video)
This video is a resource for employers, featuring discussions about multiple sclerosis in the workplace.
MS Navigator (.pdf)
Finding answers and making sound decisions relies on having the right information at the right time. That’s what the National MS Society provides — answers to your questions and access to information about the options available to you.
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MS News (video)
This video features Richard Rudick, MD, who discusses Ampyra, Tysabri, and stem cell research.
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MS: A Focus on Rehabilitation (.pdf)
The progressive nature of MS, the unpredictability and variability of its symptoms, and the emotional and social changes it can cause, combine to create a complex, clinical challenge for rehabilitation professionals.
The Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Inventory (MSQLI) user's manual was developed as a comprehensive outcomes assessment battery.
MS-The Nurse Practitioner’s Handbook (.pdf)
MS is a complex, unpredictable disease that challenges patients and clinicians alike. As nurse practitioners, our role is to guide our patients on their journey with MS.
National MS Society Fact Sheet (.pdf)
This fact sheet explains about Multiple Sclerosis and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
National MS Society's Research Program (video)
This video features a discussion with Richard Rudick, MD, who discusses the multiple sclerosis research programs funded by the National MS Society.
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Nervous System Repair and Protection Initiative (.pdf)
This paper explores the promises the National MS Society has made and how those promises have blossomed into functional results.
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Nurse's Quick Reference (.pdf)
The Nurse’s quick reference serves as a guide for nurses caring for patients with MS.
Nursing Home Care of Individuals with MS (.pdf)
This document was developed by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to provide guidance to clinicians and administrators of nursing home communities who are seeking to develop more effective care plans to 1) manage the unique set of clinical conditions that residents with MS present, and 2) maximize the quality of life for these residents.
Palliative Care (.pdf)
For healthcare providers, this booklet provides an overview of palliative care.
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Opinion Paper-Rehabilitation (2004) (.pdf)
The Medical Advisory Board of the National MS Society has adopted the following recommendations to provide guidance to physicians, nurses, therapists, insurers, and policy makers, regarding the appropriate use of rehabilitative therapies in MS. This document addresses physical rehabilitation.
Our Strategic Response (.pdf)
This white paper reflects key information gathered from all audiences and was used to inform the development of the National MS Society's Strategic Response for 2011-2015.
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Pain (.pdf)
This clinical bulletin for health professionals explores how pain - a common MS sympton - impacts MS patients.
Pediatric MS Program for Physicians (.pdf)
This brochure on pediatric MS and the network of Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence has been developed as a tool to inform doctors, families and donors of the resources available to them.
Physician Medical Information (.pdf)
The purpose of this worksheet is to assist you in supporting your patient’s Social Security Disability Insurance application, in compiling medical records, and in writing the Medical Source Statement (MSS).
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Physician's Guide to Mobility Options & Prescription Documentation (.pdf)
This guide for physicians explores customized wheeled mobility options for MS patients, and explains what prescription documentation may be needed.
Policies and Procedures: Research Funding Programs and Other Awards (.pdf)
The National MS Society is empowered to make grants of money for use by individuals within lawfully established agencies or institutions to further its mission.
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Poor Vision (.pdf)
This clinical bulletin for health professionals explores how MS patients may experience vision problems and explains common diagnoses.
Prototypical MRI Findings in MS (.pdf)
MRI findings (images)
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Rehabilitation: Recommendations for Persons with MS (.pdf)
The Medical Advisory Board of the National MS Society has adopted the following recommendations to provide guidance to physicians, nurses, therapists, insurers, and policy makers, regarding the appropriate use of rehabilitative therapies in MS.
Reproductive Issues in Persons with MS (.pdf)
This clinical bulletin for health professionals explores reproductive issues in people with MS.
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Request for Applications on Risk Factors for MS Progression (.pdf)
This announcement from the National MS Society introduces a 2010 research initiative to develop and pilot test innovative methodology to test risk factors that predict, and correlate with, disease progression in MS.
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Research Directions in MS: Strategies and Progress (.pdf)
Explains the Society’s comprehensive research approaches to stopping MS in its tracks, restoring what’s been lost, and ending MS forever. For nonscientists. (last updated April 2016)
Research Programs Advisory Committee (.pdf)
2013-2014 National MS Society Research Programs Advisory Committee
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Research-America MS Fact Sheet (.pdf)
This fact sheet explores MS, research and hopes for the future.
Review of Regular Medications and Supplements (.pdf)
A form to help people keep track of their prescription drugs, over-the-counter remedies, herbals, vitamins, or other dietary supplements.
Sample Physician-to-SSA Letter (.pdf)
This sample letter is designed as a guide to help you draft a personalized medical report documenting physical impairment.
Sample Psychologist-to-SSA Letter (.pdf)
This sample letter is designed as a guide to help you draft a personalized medical report documenting mental impairment.
Serving Individuals with MS in Adult Day Programs (.pdf)
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society developed this document to provide guidance to staff and administrators of adult day programs who are seeking to better meet the needs of their participants living with MS.
Society Research Efforts in Progressive MS (.pdf)
Progressive MS is a focus of the National MS Society’s Strategic Response to MS. MS progression can be slow or it can be fast, but it occurs in many of those who have the disease, even in people successfully treated for relapses.
Society Response to Evaluation (.pdf)
Learn about the National MS Society's view regarding Philanthropy Advisory Service's philosophy regarding intellectual property.
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Society-issued Letter to 60 Minutes (.pdf)
Society-issued letter to 60 Minutes regarding a misleading broadcast.
Special Focus on Rehabilitation (MS Professional Connection, June 2012) (.pdf)
The focus is on rehabilitation and on some exciting new findings related to vestibular rehabilitation, walking and exercise training that reinforce the benefits of rehab for people living with MS.
SSA Criteria for Evaluating MS Impairments (.pdf)
This document is a summary of SSA criteria for evaluating impairments caused by Multiple Sclerosis.
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SSA MS Listing and Criteria Reference Sheet (.pdf)
This reference sheet contains SSA’s listing of impairments for Multiple Sclerosis in easy-to-understand terms.
SSDI Guidebook for Professionals (.pdf)
If you have patients with multiple sclerosis who have become too disabled to seek or maintain gainful employment, they could be eligible for Social Security disability benefits. This resource book includes a brief summary of the application process, template letters to SSA, a Disability Evaluation Checklist, a Summary of SSA Criteria for Evaluating MS, and a glossary.
Strategic Response to MS (.pdf)
This brochure outlines the National MS Society's goals as an organization.
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Summary Evaluation Charts (.pdf)
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Summary of 2007 Stem Cell summit (.pdf)
A four-day Stem Cell Research Summit convened by the National MS Society and the MSIF brought together leading stem cell and MS experts from around the world to explore the potential of all types of stem cell research.
Supporting MS-Related Disability Claims to Private Insurers - The Physician’s Role (.pdf)
This guide was compiled by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as an aid to health care professionals who are supporting their MS patients through the process of filing claims for private, long-term disability benefits.
Sylvia Lawry Patient Database (.pdf)
Since 2001, the Sylvia Lawry Centre for MS Research has been building the world’s largest database of patient information. With this invaluable tool, we hope to enable researchers to plot the way this mysterious disease develops in patients and find effective ways of treating it.
Symptomatic Treatment Trials
This document outlines Symptomatic Treatment Trials.
Talking About Wheeled Mobility (.pdf)
This booklet is designed to facilitate conversations with your patients about strategies for remaining functionally mobile with the use wheeled mobility devices.
Tecfidera Appeal Letter & Abstracts (.pdf)
This document includes a letter of appeal for MS patients who may have been denied coverage, as well as supporting facts and information.
The Nursing Perspective (.pdf)
This book provides an overview of MS and its treatment, with an emphasis on the unique role played by nurses in the treatment process.
Timeline of MS Research (.pdf)
This timeline highlights a selection of major landmarks in research into MS and the launch of programs to propel this research forward.
TipSheet: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald Criteria for the Diagnosis of MS (.pdf)
This document provides the 2010 revised McDonald diagnostic criteria for MS.
Trials-Funded-by-National-MS-Society (.pdf)
Trials funded by the National MS Society as of September 2013.
Twins and MS (video)
This video features Mary Hughes, MD, who answers a viewer's question about why she got multiple sclerosis but not her twin.
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Why Quality of Life Matters in MS Research and Care (.pdf)
This document reviews the importance of assessing an MS patient's quality of life in addition to other signs and symptoms.
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Against The Grain at Small's in Hamtramck,MI on 31-July-2015
Craig Newman
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Amaranthe releases their fourth album, Maximalism
Interviews, Rock, US
Elize Ryd talks about the sound of the new album, Maximalism, which the band wanted to change to an organic sound and what their songs mean.
Formed as a project in 2007 by guitarist Olof Mörck and vocalist Jake E., Gothenburg, Sweden’s Amaranthe have carved their name into the annals of metal in capital letters. Band with an exceptional vision right from the outset, Amaranthe is an institution; trailblazers of a genre they almost single-handedly forged.
The new album expands their music and will be released via Spinefarm Records on October 21.
NRR: When did the group start writing new songs for the album?
Elize Ryd: We started at the end of December and we wrote most of the songs during January and February. You know the darkest months in Sweden and the most cold and depressing ones. And that’s why we have more of a positive vibe on this album (laughter) the more dark and depress it here at Sweden the more positive songs we come up with to lift up ourselves mostly and helps you think when it is quiet and dark. It’s the first time we write and album like this when we didn’t have so many shows and the time was reserved to write the songs.
So we had a lot of time to re-think, and the reflects on the album that we brought in new elements and change a few things, and that was because we more time to think through what can do different on this one and you know not doing the same kind of songs and just another album.
NRR: How many songs did the band write for this album and to choose from?
Elize Ryd: Oh, what I know we had sixteen songs I think and we put twelve on the record.
NRR: Listening to this album and is the band sound with no question and did you guys decided to change it up a little bit? It seems the sound is a bit lighter than the last album.
Elize Ryd: We spoke to few people now and went to a radio show for example at Finland and she said this album is heavier than the previous one. I am thinking all the time in what perspective do you mean heavy or light? The heavy part is that maybe Henrik Englund Wilhelmsson (Screams) drew more growls on this one the last one and brought in more of a rock influence that may appear heavier to some listeners. Maybe depends on the speakers you are listening too (laughter).
NRR: Yeah, (Laughter) and how the volume and equalizer are set. Is like you can take a song that sounds one way and keep that sound and have the same song and change the arrangements a little bit?
Elize Ryd: I guess the arraignment changed a little bit and also the mix change a little bit too. The previous person I talk said the harmonies were not as loud as they used to be and that I was thinking about when we were doing the mix. And maybe the lead melodies are straight? I don’t know how to explain that.
NRR: When a group brings out a new album, the sound can be same, but the texture is not the same.
Elize Ryd: I know what we changed. I wanted it to be more organic the wish I had for this album. Like you put dub on your vocals, you mix it a certain way. I am mostly vocals obviously, and why can’t we keep the vocals itself and not mix it out all the way like we used to do and would be a refreshing thing for this album? And you can hear the music more that is more organic, and if you listen and focus on the drums, you can hear them extremely good. And you hear the guitar and even the bass; you can follow all the instruments in what we did with the arraignment.
If you had spoken to Olof Mörck (Guitar, Keys) now, I guess he would have given you this answer: Yes, the instruments are made to be standing out by themselves more and not blurred together with the keyboards. We [remixed] a lot in a few songs because they were taking over and everybody is wondering where is the keyboard player when we are doing live shows.
It is Olof obviously (laughter) who can’t play guitar and keyboards at the same time. We were thinking a lot when we wrote the songs like as if we were playing these songs live, and also a nice change that we are not dependent on the keyboards or backing tracks we could pull off those songs make it sound very close to the album. And maybe that could be what you hear.
NRR: That is fine because you still have the band’s sound when you hear the first track you know it’s your band.
Elize Ryd: That’s good because we would never like to change so much that people suddenly say what happen to that band we liked a lot. But we still want to make a few changes, so it doesn’t get boring like your listening to the same album over again, that would not be so much fun.
Also for us being living creatures playing a couple of hundred shows every year is also nice for us to put in a little more diverse as the album is diverse that we felt we were missing on the previous ones and feel like we are bringing in something new into the show and to play live and so we don’t have ten “Drop Dead Cynical” songs.
NRR: There are few songs I want to talk you about. The first is “Boomer rang” the sound and the arraignment is similar to the 80’s new wave band Dead or Alive song “You Spin Me Around (Like a Record).”
Elize Ryd: No! Really? Do I know that song?
NRR: Go to YouTube and listen to that song and you will hear similarities. And it doses break the monotony of the songs and gives it dance flavor which is not a bad thing because it expands out to those who like to dance. I’ll ask Olof if used that song for a reference.
Elize Ryd: I never heard this song. That is amazing! I will contact Olof just for fun if he had heard it?
(Note: During the whole conversation and after She did contact Olof and he did respond that it was a reference for writing the song)
NRR: On this album there two ballads. One is “Limitless” which a poppy sound but Jake’ vocals are softer and is nice. He a has good soft vocal sound
Elize Ryd: Oh yes, that is also one idea we had to make it more personal and like the way we sing there is like the way you sing to someone before they go to bed or something. Is that we never put ourselves out there like that. We thought it would be nice we put one of those songs on to this record. I love Jake’s verse on the song; it’s amazing because we are humans and we focus on the digitalize and the futuristic, and here we get a little more personal.
NRR: The last song on the album is “Endlessly” which is love ballad song that can be used for a soundtrack and is a nice change for the album and your vocals stand out more. Was this intentional to put this song on the album?
Elize Ryd: We wrote the song on a dark and depressing night (Laughter) because it makes us think a lot and feel a lot. I remember we very emotional, both me and Olof we felt let’s write a ballad and I felt like that was the day to write. And we always write based on the mood at the moment and what we need. I said is it ok to write a ballad today? I have so many emotions to get out so I had to paint a picture how I like this ballad to be and I started to sing a little bit, and Olof put his chords on the piano, and I think it took us like one hour or less to write this song.
And the lyrics were there also and this was the first idea we had and represents the mood and we have changed a lot of the things, it would not be as honest because it was taken from the moment completely. And we talked about it and should there be growls on this song? Should Jake sing the second verse? And then we recorded it and played it for Hendrick, and he said, “Why should we change the song? It’s good as it is and has a lot of diversity.” I don’t think I need to be there and I don’t think Jake should be singing it because it won’t be the same song.
And thinking it shouldn’t be on the album and save it for myself another time. In the end, we felt it should be and it’s the fourth album and we would never out a song like that on our previous albums because we weren’t ready for something like that. With four albums and over forty songs sounding the same way it could be very nice for a change.
NRR: This song could be used for soundtrack for movies and television shows for romantic stuff.
Elize Ryd: I hope they will do that. Thank You. And the strings on it are real strings and composed by a friend of mine who won a Grammy award in the US last year worked on Taylor Swift’s album and composed strings for many metal bands. He lives here at Gothenburg and sent him a message on Facebook saying maybe you like to play strings on it and we responded immediately that it would be a fun and easy job to do an arraignment completely. First of all, it is the first time we did string arraignments.
We have string arrangements maybe on other tracks, but they are keyboard strings. Not so clear, not obvious. It is the first time we used real strings. I never mention this did this before, but we were inspired by the song “Sounds Of Silence.”
NRR: By Simon and Garfunkel
Elize Ryd: Yeah, but by the rock band did “Sound Of Silence” by Disturbed. I saw them on television program with a real orchestra with strings, and it was amazing. It’s a story telling a story and very organic.
NRR: The other song “21” is that about drinking booze and having fun is how I was taking it?
Elize Ryd: This is so much fun that was not the idea at all. It was called “Let it Run” at first then Olof the day before the mix said we should change it to 21. He had strong will about that, and we like ok and change the last line to Let it run, let it run it’s 21. It’s the highest number. The idea about that is the highest, the best number when you’re having fun and want to reach the highest point of the night or life. It’s the highest score you can get.
Then Morton (drummer) came and told Olof said these are really bad lyrics. We were like, “What the fuck are you talking about (lLaughter)?” He was saying you can’t sing about turning 21 and parting and we were like what? I didn’t think about it; Olof didn’t think about it. The song is no way about buy alcohol.
NRR: For the new tour, how many songs to be performed from the album?
Elize Ryd: Well,we are discussing the set list at this moment that which seems a little late and is not completely done yet. When we started, I put in eight and everybody said it was too much and I agree. We cut it down to seven and might even include two older songs and when the album comes out we might add a few. When we are done with the discussion it will be at least five or probably six (laughter).
NRR: You might put “Endlessly” on there?
Elize Ryd: You know what, it might be on there.
NRR: This song is powerful and an emotional song where can be sung as a duet with Jake while hugging him or if you brought somebody or a couple on stage and if guy wants to propose to his partner. You can sit down on a chair or the drum riser when singing it. But it has to be during the middle of the set.
Elize Ryd: Wow! You have a lot of ideas for that song.
NRR: What are the topics of the songs or based on when you write them?
Elize Ryd: Emotions, messages since we since we have the opportunity to write music and to get hear and emotions we want people to feel when they listen to these. What do we want to encourage people to do and obviously not so much negativity but bring positive energy like to someone you like, you want to say something to someone you really like, don’t care about those people who bring you down. We are limitless; you have all the opportunities in life. You can be exactly who you are and its ok and never change yourself because of some weird rules about stuff. Like there are these unwritten rules and laws and stuff that can make people feel exclude or exclusion.
NRR: Will you consider having a guest musician or vocalist on your next albums?
Elize Ryd: Well, since we are so many and a lot of people in the band and to bring another guest vocalist, I think that would be amazing. For example to bring Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) for the growls I have had that idea for a long time. And we can already do that since we have three vocalists.
On the other hand, we are so many do we don’t need to bring other influences to make the music interesting. I wouldn’t close any doors to bring in guest vocalist or guest musicians. To be honest, I love Lindsey Stirling, and I try or we try, get her to play the electronic parts in “Limitless.” We got inspired by her after we wrote the song and the song was done we realized she would be perfect as a guest. And if she had said yes we would probably have her but we didn’t hear back from her so now it’s only us (laughter).
NRR: Good to know I ask questions that the others didn’t ask or know that they didn’t ask.
Elize Ryd: It was fun for me to have diversity also in the interviews.
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Today, among Celebrity’s ten ships are its Solstice Class ships, which exemplify Celebrity's emphasis on designing stunning ships and inviting onboard experiences for vacationers who appreciate the finer things. The ships have taken stylish cruising and impeccable service to new heights. Celebrity Solstice set sail in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, and Celebrity Eclipse in 2010. All three hold 2,850 guests (double occupancy) and have a tonnage of 122,000. Celebrity Silhouette joined the fleet in 2011 and Celebrity Reflection in 2012. Celebrity Silhouette holds 2,886 guests (double occupancy) and has a tonnage of 122,400. Celebrity Reflection holds 3,030 guests and has a tonnage of 126,000.
Celebrity's Solstice Class features the industry's first "Lawn Club" - an outdoor, country club-like venue featuring a lawn of real, growing grass where guests can practice their putting, play lawn games like croquet and lawn bowling, or simply relax under the sun and stars; the first Hot Glass Show at sea, presented in collaboration with The Corning Museum of Glass; and a slate of breathtaking new shows created in partnership with POET Theatricals. The Solstice Class also offers larger, more intuitive staterooms influenced by "Celebrity's Leading Ladies," five Boomer women with unique travel and hospitality insights. The new ships present fewer inside staterooms than other ships - 90% of the ships' staterooms offer outside views and 85% of staterooms have verandas - and feature an entirely new category of staterooms, "AquaClass," designed with spa enthusiasts in mind, offering a host of exclusive amenities. AquaClass guests enjoy unlimited access to the Relaxation Room and Persian Garden, as well as priority seating in Blu, a specialty restaurant with healthy dishes created specifically for AquaClass guests. The ships also present a two-story AquaSpa, with the Relaxation Room and Persian Garden similar to those found on several other Celebrity ships. Celebrity's Solstice Class ships also are the first in the industry to utilize solar technology, with some of the solar panels serving the dual purpose of providing shade within the Solarium as well as energy production. Celebrity Silhouette introduced several new venues, including The Lawn Club Grill, the industry's first outdoor, interactive grill venue; The Porch, with a chic Hampton's-style design, and offering casual breakfasts and lunches overlooking The Lawn Club and the sea; The Art Studio, where guests can participate in intimate, hands-on instruction from experts in drawing, painting and beading, as well as the art of food, with culinary-themed classes; The Alcoves, eight cabana-style settings for partial or all-day rentals on the perimeter of The Lawn Club, offering themed picnic baskets, an á la carte beverage menu and WiFi; and The Hideaway, with its avant-garde, cozy, tree house design, creating a quiet retreat for reading a good book or a high-tech escape for vacationers relaxing with iPads, which are available to rent.
Dining on Celebrity's ships is an exceptional experience. The vision of our James Beard featured chef for creating fresh, exciting, innovative dining experiences has produced such successes as Qsine, the "uniquely unordinary" specialty restaurant first introduced on Celebrity Eclipse, and the Lawn Club Grill, the first outdoor, interactive barbecue grill experience at sea introduced on Celebrity Silhouette. Our culinary vision is evident everywhere, from the recipes and ingredients to the table presentation to the service. Our hope is that you'll leave a Celebrity cruise having tried new tastes and gained a deeper appreciation for the way cuisine can influence your experiences. Before the launch of Celebrity Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Cruises had five specialty restaurants fleetwide; by the end of 2012, there be 45 in total.
Just as we elevated Celebrity's culinary excellence, Celebrity's Solstice® Class has redefined the brand overall. Many of the design elements, experiences and dining concepts introduced on the Solstice Class ships are so compelling that in early 2010, Celebrity announced plans to "Solsticize" its Millennium Class ships by incorporating iconic Solstice Class attributes through a significant revitalization. The first ship to be "Solsticized" was Celebrity Constellation®, that same year. Since then, four other ships have been enhanced to a Solstice Class sheen.
With its pulse on what guests want, and with an eye toward the future, Celebrity Cruises continues to innovate and to deliver unforgettable, award-winning vacation experiences.
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Jay Ajayi’s transition to pro gaming is not going well
By Adam Hermann January 09, 2020 8:35 PM
Former Eagles running back Jay Ajayi switched from football to virtual soccer this week when he signed with the Philadelphia Union’s eMLS League Series One team, signaling a new branch for the 26-year-old’s pro sports career.
After one day of play with the Union… well, Ajayi needs a little work if he wants to add a new title to pair with his Super Bowl win:
life comes at you fast pic.twitter.com/GN8BAiObBL
— Maxi Rodriguez (@FutbolIntellect) January 9, 2020
Oh, Jay, no.
Every other competitor won at least two games, while Ajayi didn’t manage a draw. He tied for last place in goals scored, with 11, but gave up a whopping 72 goals, 31 more than anyone else.
Now, here’s the thing: it’s easy to clown Ajayi for getting steamrolled in his debut, and part of that teasing would be warranted. Athletes often believe they can switch sports and continue to succeed, but they overlook the need for a host of specialized skills. Sports are complicated and hard!
Plus, video games lower this bar even further. Everyone has a friend who dominates friendly round-robin video game tournaments, and thinks they can take in the world.
This is a nice reminder: pro gamers are on another level, just like any other athlete.
But it’s also easy, for me, to feel for the former Eagle. It’s his first day in an entirely new world, and he didn’t back down (though he probably should have at some point). Now, I’m excited for Ajayi to get his first pro win.
Despite the fact that he is dead last in the eMLS standings, Ajayi is still playing in Friday’s knockout rounds at Union Transfer - his spot was guaranteed ahead of time. Which is good, because he clearly needs some time to find his feet.
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How close were the Eagles to keeping Raheem Mostert?
By Reuben Frank January 19, 2020 8:45 PM
Several years before his monster game for the 49ers over the Packers, Raheem Mostert was just another undrafted rookie trying to make the Eagles' roster. Mostert on Sunday became the first player in NFL history with 200 rushing yards and four touchdowns in a playoff game.
Four years ago, he was an Eagle. Here's a story NBC Sports Philadelphia's Reuben Frank wrote on about Mostert's preseason back in August of 2015.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Just when we were all set to concede a roster spot to Kenjon Barner, Raheem Mostert does this.
Fifteen carries for 69 yards, eight catches for 93 yards and quite a statement that if the Eagles are going to keep a fourth running back, it should be him.
Barner, a third-year pro from Oregon, was terrific the first few games of the preseason, with two punt returns for touchdowns, a 50-yard gain on a screen pass and a rushing touchdown.
Mostert, a rookie from Purdue, has quietly been very good playing in Barner’s shadow, but with Barner getting just a couple touches Thursday night against the Jets, it was Mostert’s turn to shine.
He became the first Eagle in at least 15 years with 60 or more yards both rushing and receiving in the same preseason game.
For what it’s worth, only five Eagles in the last 50 years have had 60 rushing yards and 90 receiving yards in a regular-season game -- Brian Westbrook four times, Wilbert Montgomery three times and Timmy Brown, Ricky Watters and LeSean McCoy once each.
“I was just really trying to focus on the task at hand and trying to make a couple big plays out there and help the team out,” Mostert said at his locker.
“That was my main focus. I thought I did a pretty good job, but there’s always room for improvement. But I really tried my best and that’s all I can do.
“I came in with focus, My mentality was I’m going to stick it out, I’m not going to quit, I’m going to keep fighting, keep pushing, and at the end of the day that’s all anybody ever asks me to do in the NFL.”
Mostert finished the preseason with 351 yards from scrimmage, most by an Eagle in a preseason in at least 20 years.
That’s a ton of yards. Nearly 90 per game.
He averaged 4.0 yards on 39 carries and added 194 yards on 14 catches.
No back in the NFL had as many yards from scrimmage this preseason or as many total yards, including returns. He finished fourth in the NFL this preseason in receiving yards and fifth in rushing yards.
All of which guarantees Mostert absolutely nothing.
Barner’s numbers were impressive too. And with DeMarco Murray, Ryan Mathews and Darren Sproles -- three Pro Bowlers -- there may not even be a spot on the 53-man roster for a fourth running back.
Final cuts are due Saturday, but head coach Chip Kelly is expected to trim the Eagles’ roster on Friday afternoon.
“I’m not really too worried about it,” Mostert said. “Whatever happens happens. I’m just going to continue to push and just do my thing. Honestly. I’m not too worried about the cuts. I’m going to just work on what I’ve got to work on, regardless.”
Mostert was a two-time Big East sprint champ in college, but unlike most track guys that come to the NFL, he’s a physical runner, a capable blocker and a polished receiver.
“When you look at some of those track guys, you’re like, ‘OK, they’re fast and that’s about it. They can’t catch, they can’t block,’” Eagles running backs coach Duce Staley said. “He’s totally different. He brings a lot to the table. He’s aggressive, he can block, he can catch.”
There’s a school of thought that Barner, as a third-year pro who’s bounced around the league a bit, will be easier to sneak through waivers if he’s released. So you keep Mostert instead of leaving him unprotected and release Barner, hoping to add him to the practice squad.
The other school of thought says that Barner has done more than enough to warrant a roster spot and you keep him and let Mostert go, hoping nobody claims him, then bring him back on the practice squad.
The only certainty is that Mostert will be somewhere. Either on a 53 or on a practice squad.
Not that he wants to get released and start over somewhere else.
“I definitely think that [I’ll be somewhere], but I’m not going to be happy about it,” he said. “I know I can do a lot more and minimize the mistakes that I’ve had because I’ve had a lot of mistakes.
“It’s all on what I put on film, that’s what really matters. I’ve just got to continue to do the little things right in order to be special and be great for the team.
“Whatever the outcome is, I’m not too worried about it. I’ve just got to keep pushing, keep fighting. … Just to be the ultimate player.”
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Andy Reid’s former Eagles players are thrilled he’s going back to Super Bowl
By Dave Zangaro January 19, 2020 7:25 PM
One of Andy Reid’s biggest strengths — one he shares with Doug Pederson — is that his players love him. He connects with them.
That’s why it should come as no surprise that so many of his former players are really happy for him right now as Reid is heading back to the Super Bowl 15 years after he took the Eagles.
It seems like most of Philadelphia will be pulling for the Chiefs in two weeks.
Are you rooting for Andy Reid to win today and finally get his first Super Bowl?
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) January 19, 2020
But we also know a bunch of Reid’s former players and co-workers from Philadelphia, some who played in Super Bowl XXXIX, will be rooting hard for Big Red in Super Bowl LIV.
Here were a few of their reactions on Sunday night:
Congrats to Andy. A lot of quality people in that organization, many of whom came from Philadelphia.
— Joe Banner (@JoeBanner13) January 19, 2020
So happy for the guy. Best I ever had as a coach. That’s my coach 😂😂😂😀 congratulations Andy Reid.. pic.twitter.com/CZ4GPk4WZv
— Donovan McNabb (@donovanjmcnabb) January 19, 2020
Man I’m happy for guys, Big Red and #ChiefsKingdom !
— Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) January 19, 2020
Big Congrats to a great man Andy Reid & the @Chiefs !!!!!!!!! #NFL #NFLPlayoffs #eaglesforlife #Chiefs #titansvschiefs
— Trent Cole (@Pro_Hunt58) January 19, 2020
That’s still my Coach!!! #BigRed #SBLIV #ChiefsKingdom #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/5zURGSmGQK
— @Ike58Reese (@Ike58Reese) January 19, 2020
Congrats to Andy Reid and the @Chiefs on making it to the SuperBowl!!! #BIGRED
— Brian Westbrook (@36westbrook) January 19, 2020
Congratulations to my coach Big Red!!!!! pic.twitter.com/1JDO03bJl2
— Tra Thomas (@72TraThomas) January 19, 2020
One more trophy to hold up Big Red!! So happy for all my old coaches, trainers, teammates and even front office folks with the Chiefs. Congrats and go get that hardware. #nfl #nflalumni #brothers #teammates #superbowl #chiefs
A post shared by David Akers (@david_akers2) on Jan 19, 2020 at 3:28pm PST
Congratulations to my former coach Andy Reid on winning the AFC championship and making it to another Super Bowl! Definitely well deserved! Go get that SHIP! 🏆 #ChiefsKingdom
— Jamar Chaney (@Jamar51Chaney) January 19, 2020
BIG RED!!!!!!!! #ChiefsVsTitans
— Hugh Douglas (@Bighugh53) January 19, 2020
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10 Threats from the Canadian Tar Sands Industry
At every turn, the tar sands invasion would put people and the environment in harm's way.
August 13, 2015 Nicole Greenfield
The battle over Keystone XL was long and polarizing, with activists and environmental advocates standing up to big polluters and urging President Obama to stop the dirty tar sands pipeline that would cut through the heart of America.
But KXL was just one front in the larger war to stop tar sands oil from invading our country from sea to shining sea. Despite economic losses, Big Oil remains determined to triple production of the dirty crude over the next two decades, and it has plans to flood the United States with up to six million barrels a day.
The tar sands invasion will pollute our land, air, and water if we don't stand up and say no to the real and widespread threats it represents.
1. Digging up tar sands wreaks havoc on Alberta's boreal forest.
In northern Canada, mining operations are digging up and flattening forest to access the tar sands oil below. They're already leveling trees and destroying wetlands at alarming rates, putting millions of migratory birds, caribou, bears, wolves, and endangered species like the whooping crane at risk. Boreal wetland ecosystems also trap massive amounts of carbon—so the more the forest is developed, the more climate-wrecking gas is released into the atmosphere. How much more can it take?
The Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada
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2. The production process wastes enormous quantities of freshwater.
Tar sands mines use 2.4 barrels of freshwater for every barrel of tar sands produced. Companies get the water from the Athabasca River—one of North America's longest free-flowing rivers—and nearly all of it ends up too contaminated to return. The Athabasca is already at risk of being overdrawn, and adding more tar sands operations would imperil the river, its surrounding wetlands, and the people and wildlife that depend on them.
3. Tar sands development produces huge amounts of toxic wastewater.
Mining companies don't send the toxic, sludgy wastewater left over from tar sands production back into the river—at least not directly. Instead, they store it—three million gallons' worth every day—in vast, open pools. But these tailing ponds, as they're called, are leaking into rivers like the Athabasca, harming wildlife and increasing cancer rates in humans. If Alberta can't handle the toxic sludge it already has, how will it deal with more?
4. Burning tar sands oil creates more pollution than regular crude.
Because of its sludgy composition, mining and refining tar sands oil demands an enormous amount of energy. Tar sands generate 17 percent more carbon emissions than conventional oil. Ramping up dirty tar sands oil production means a giant step back in the fight against climate change, and that's the last thing we need.
5. A web of new pipelines will fan out from Alberta's tar sands pits.
If Big Oil gets its way, a sprawling web of new or expanded pipelines—some larger than Keystone XL—would carry millions of additional barrels of tar sands crude from Alberta every day. The Alberta Clipper pipeline would feed 800,000 barrels daily into the Great Lakes region, while Energy East's would transport more than a million barrels to the East Coast. A similar amount would be moved westward by the Trans Mountain pipeline, feeding tankers, barges, and rail cars that would then carry it south—a crafty workaround to that KXL problem.
6. We aren't prepared to deal with tar sands spills.
When tar sands pipelines rupture or tanker cars derail and spill the crude over land and water supplies across the United States, we face an especially big challenge. Unlike conventional oil, tar sands is heavy, stubborn, and difficult to clean—and traditional response methods don't cut it. Just look at the 2010 spill that sent more than 800,000 gallons of heavy tar sands crude spewing into Michigan's Kalamazoo River. Five years and more than $1 billion later, the river is still contaminated. The cleanup is the longest and costliest in U.S. history so far.
Cleanup of the Kalamazoo River oil spill in Battle Creek, Michigan
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7. Exporting tar sands will put rivers and coastlines at risk of spills.
Once the millions of barrels of tar sands oil reach the end of these pipelines, an armada of supertankers and barges will be waiting to haul them away—threatening marine habitats and beaches and crowding iconic waterways like the Hudson River and the Great Lakes, posing a much greater chance of a catastrophic spill. And worse, because tar sands crude contains a unique brew of chemicals, spills in oceans, lakes, or rivers can't be cleaned up with conventional technology. We should probably work on figuring that out first.
8. Rail cars carrying tar sands crude will pass through densely populated areas.
Transporting tar sands oil by rail has already proven itself to be risky business: "Bomb trains" keep jumping the tracks, setting towns ablaze, and contaminating water supplies. And the problem will only get worse with expanded tar sands development. Do we really want mile-long trains of rupture-prone, aging tank cars rolling through big cities like Los Angeles and Seattle?
An oil tanker train
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9. Tar sands oil refineries produce dangerous petcoke waste.
Another hazardous byproduct of tar sands production is petroleum coke, or petcoke, a dusty black residue that's left over from the refining process. Tar sands produce a lot of it—so much that some refineries have started sending the toxic dust to residential areas like Chicago's Southeast Side, where it sits uncovered in massive piles and blows through the neighborhood whenever the wind kicks up. A boost in tar sands development will mean more petcoke piles coming to a town near you.
10. Low-income communities will be disproportionately impacted.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the infrastructure supporting the Tar Sands Invasion will exact an especially high toll on low-income communities located in railway corridors, near oil refineries and crude-by-rail terminals, and adjacent to petcoke waste sites. We don't have to look further than Alberta's First Nations or the town of Port Arthur, Texas (where the KXL pipeline would have ended), to see the devastating harm the oil industry can cause. From start to finish, tar sands oil is dirty and dangerous, and we need to stop the invasion before it's too late.
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Still No Approved Route for KXL in Nebraska
Yes, Trump has green-lighted the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. But Nebraska’s got a slew of public hearings on the calendar, and legal challenges loom large.
Meet Jane Kleeb: One of Nebraska’s First and Fiercest KXL Opponents
The founder of Bold Nebraska has led the Cornhusker State’s years-long rallying cry against TransCanada’s tar sands pipeline.
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In the middle of it all! Utah Valley University (UVU) is located in Orem, Utah, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. UVU’s campus is recognized as one of the safest universities in the country. UVU has more than 32 buildings for classrooms, labs, research and administrative uses. Serving more than 39,000 students representing 32 different countries and all 50 of the United States, it is the largest public university in Utah. With large school resources, high diversity and inclusivity, UVU offers low tuition rates, and small class sizes where you really get to know the instructor. US News & World Report ranks UVU among the top four comprehensive four-year public institutions in the West. With more than 75 Bachelor’s degree options UVU offers something for everyone. Within 20 miles students can enjoy water attractions like fly fishing on the world renowned Provo River, and boating on Lake Utah as well as seven ski resorts, hiking, rock climbing, camping and many national parks.
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Almost all campus buildings are interconnected providing students with ease in getting around. UVU has a lot of parking available.Some off-campus housing provides a shuttle to campus & local department stores. Most class sizes are still small & faculty are eager to help you succeed.The National Science Foundation recognized UVU’scommitment to STEM & awarded UVU millions in grant funding.UVU students took 2nd place at the national Adobe digitalanalytics competition, besting 50+ other universities
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Education: Adapted Physical Education, Business and Marketing Education, Child Development, Childhood Studies, Communications, Early Childhood, Elementary Education, English, French, Health Education, Kindergarten Education, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Preschool Education, Secondary Education, Spanish, Special Education, Theatre Education
Engineering: Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Drafting and Design, Electrical Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering
English: Business Writing, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, English, Film Studies, Language and Literacy, Literature, Poetry, Professional Writing, Rhetoric, Technical Writing, Writing
Environmental Studies: Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, Fire Science, Sustainability Studies, Waste Management
Food Science: Culinary Arts, Food Science, Food Science and Technology, Food Services Management, Food Services Management Technology, Nutrition
Forestry: Biotechnology
General Studies: Arts and Science, Gender Studies, Humanities, Individualized Degree Program, Individualized Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, Leadership Studies, Liberal Studies, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Social Studies
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History: History
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Information Studies: Applied Computer Science, Computer Applications, Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Technology, Data Processing, Data Processing Technology, Information Science, Information Services, Information Systems, Information Technology, Robotics, Systems Programming
Interdisciplinary Studies: Digital Media Informatics, Interdisciplinary Studies
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Mathematics: Actuarial Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematics, Mathematics-Physics, Statistics
Medieval/Renaissance Studies: Medieval/Renaissance Studies
Military Sciences: Army ROTC, Military Sciences
Music: Choral Music
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Physics: Applied Physics, Energy Studies, Materials Sciences, Nuclear Physics, Physics
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Pre-Professional : Engineering Pre-Professional, Law Pre-Professional, Medicine Pre-Professional, Optometry Pre-Professional, Pharmacy Pre-Professional, Veterinary Medicine Pre-Professional
Psychology: Behavioral Science, Chemical Dependency/Addiction Studies, Child Psychology, Counseling, Human Development, Psychology
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Theater: Performance and Directing
Campus Detail Info
GPA and Other Academic Requirements
No students accepted from NSE members within my own state
2.5 GPA
Exchange Preferences
Full-year exchange Accepted
Single term exchange Accepted
Mid-Year Exchange (Exchange that begins with the Spring/Winter Term)
International Students (Visa Students)
Will not accept
-- Campus Budget --
Fees are subject to change without notice.
Two semesters = one academic year
Three quarters = one academic year
Tuition and Fees Per Semester - Host Payment (Plan A) Students
Figures are current as of 07/11/19.
Estimated cost: $2863.
Expect 5-15% increase for the subsequent academic year.
Figures are based on 15 hours. Actual costs may be greater or less depending upon your actual enrollment.
Figures do not include costs you will incur for course specific enrollment (e.g., laboratory courses, student teaching, studio art)
See below for credit hour restrictions and/or miscellaneous fees applicable to Host Payment (Plan A) students.
Tuition and Fees - Home Payment (Plan B) Students
No tuition/fees are paid to the host campus.
See below for credit hour restrictions and/or miscellaneous fees applicable to Home Payment (Plan B) students.
Maximum Credit Hours Per Semester
Host Payment (Plan A): 18 ($384 per additional hour)
Home Payment (Plan B): 18 ($384 per additional hour)
Miscellaneous Fees - Per Semester
Application Fee $35 Year Plan A & B Mandatory
Exchange with Canada - Health Insurance
Students do not need to purchase health insurance.
Host Payment (Plan A)
For Plan A U.S. students, aid is awarded by and disbursed from your host campus. Students apply for federally funded financial aid by using the FAFSA code of their host campus. Host campuses award aid to eligible incoming Plan A students on a first-come, first-served basis as long as funds are available. Ask your home campus NSE coordinator if your campus awards aid to their own outgoing students. If so, do not apply for aid from your host campus.
For eligible Plan A applicants U.S. federal financial aid may be available in the following programs:
SEOG
Use FAFSA CODE: 004027
Home Payment (Plan B)
For eligible Plan B students, aid is awarded by and disbursed from your home campus.
Regardless of Payment Plan, students exchanging to or from Canada, apply for financial aid at their home campus.
Figures are current as of 07/11/19
On-Campus Housing Per Semester
0% living on campus
Approximate monthly cost: $450
Proximity to campus: Walking Distance
Local Public Transportation Available to Campus
Notes About Housing
To find housing near the university please check out our housing map at http://www.uvu.edu/housing/docs/housing-map-web.pdf All of the complexes located on our housing map are on the UTA bus route. A UTA Transit Pass can be purchased from the university http://www.uvu.edu/campusconnection/general/utainfo.html Some of the best websites to find contracts for a single semester include KSL Classifieds and on the following Facebook pages BYU/UVU Student Housing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BYUUVUStudentHousing/ Provo and Orem housing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/917519881593301/ BYU/UVU Student Housing, Roommates, Subleases and Apartments - Provo & Orem: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1827480924244931/ Housing complexes with the Residential Engagement Coordinator program. Great for Transfer students. Wolverine Crossing Village on the Parkway Summerwood Condos University Towers General Student Email Since UVU does not offer on-campus housing or dorms, the majority of our students live in the many complexes located near the university. To find out pricing/information about nearby housing complex’s please visit our website at www.uvu.edu/housing. Some of the complexes offer virtual tours on their individual websites. Most complexes tend to fill up by the first of July and prices tend to go up as each complex starts to fill up. On our homepage, under the “Housing Search” tab, use the drop-down menu to assist you in searching for various off-campus housing options. In the drop-down menu, you will find the following helpful pages: • Proud UVU Sponsors • Housing Map • Housing Classified Search Or check out our Housing Booklet at: http://www.uvu.edu/housing/docs/uvu-housing-booklet-web.pdf You may also want to visit our Frequently asked questions page: http://www.uvu.edu/housing/questions.html
Meal Plans Per Semester
Meal plans are not available.
Notes About Meal Plans
https://www.uvu.edu/dining/ This link shows the various dining facilities available on campus. https://www.uvu.edu/dining/campus-meal-plan/index.html Use this link for meal plans. https://www.uvu.edu/dining/about/jobs.html Use this link to find jobs on campus from the Dining Department.
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Pokies Form Majority of Aussie Gambling, Report Finds
Jacob Marshe, 13 June 2014
In a recent report, the top 20 percent of Aussie gamblers spent 87 percent of total betting expenditure, with pokies bagging the most. (Image: Courier-Mail)
In news that will probably not surprise anyone who’s pitched up at a local TAB to enjoy a few spins on the latest Aristocrat game, a report has suggested that most of Australia’s gambling bucks is spent on pokies.
According to the report, published by leading Aussie research firm, Roy Morgan, the top 20 percent of Australian gamblers spend some 87 percent of all dollars wagered Down Under from April 2013 to March 2014.
Serious Gamblers Are the Top 20 Percent
The Roy Morgan Gambling Monitor findings show that Australians spent $16.3 billion in the last year. While 40 percent of gamblers in Oz are what Roy Morgan call “medium gamblers”, they contribute just 11 percent of money wagered, showing just how fervent a gambling nation Australia has become.
Exploring a more detailed breakdown of gambling expenditure in Australia, casino table games like blackjack and roulette took up 4 percent – $0.6 billion – of expenditure, with sports betting a little higher at 5 percent, or $0.9 billion, and racing betting 15 percent, or $2.5 billion.
However, by far the largest chunk of gambling is taken up by pokies, where a staggering $9.8 billion – 60 percent of all gambling money spent in Australia annually – is bet on the ever-present poker machines.
Jane Ianniello, International Director of Tourism, Travel & Leisure for Roy Morgan, said: “The fact that the bulk of Australia’s gambling revenue is generated from just 20 percent of gamblers illustrates that although heavy and even problem gamblers certainly exist, most Australians are not big spenders when it comes to gambling.
“Light gamblers tend to be those who buy lottery tickets (81 percent) and an occasional scratch ticket (26 percent) in an average three-month period, but rarely partake in other types of gambling. By contrast, heavy gamblers participate in many types of gambling, especially poker machines (80 percent), lottery tickets (69 percent), and betting (40 percent).”
Report publishers Roy Morgan Research is the largest independent research company in Australia, with over 70 years of experience collecting independent information on consumers.
An Aussie Love Affair With Pokies
Poker machines, or pokies, are ever-present in Australia, and can be found in casinos, pubs and clubs across the country. The latest video pokies give gamblers in Australia the chance to bet even quicker than before and have the chance to win even bigger jackpots by utilising cutting-edge video technology and often carry progressive jackpots. Australians do not have to pay tax on pokies winnings.
The majority of the pokies in Australia can be found in just three states: Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. A recent estimate put it at over 200,000 pokies in the whole country.
The report figures should be no surprise to anyone who follows gambling in Australia. According to a 2011 report by The Economist, Aussie gamblers lost almost $1,300 per capita compared to just $400 per capita in the United Kingdom. However, there are some signs that Singapore may have just taken Australia’s crown as the world’s biggest gamblers – including all the ancillary match-fixing scandals.
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About Antsirabe
Built up by Norwegians in the late 1800s, the small town of Antsirabe is a quiet but appealing destination for travellers looking to get off the beaten track during the trip through Madagascar. The town is used by many residents of Antananarivo as a quick getaway where they can escape the chaos of the capital and breathe in some fresh air as they stroll through the wide, leafy boulevards. While the city's former colonial glory is not quite as brilliant as it undoubtedly once was, the stunning architecture that lines the streets hints at Antsirabe's elegant history.
One of the main reasons that people come to Antsirabe is to take a dip in the town's natural thermal springs. Originally used by those visiting the town on a health retreat, the waters are said to have curative powers. Many travellers still choose to stay at the opulent Hotel des Thermes, which, although having lost some of its former glamour, is still the most magnificent building in the town. The stunning facade has maintained its splendour to a much higher degree than the somewhat fading interior but, when taken as a whole, the hotel is sure to wow visitors.
Once you feel restored and refreshed from the springs, head to the Alliance Francaise for an evening of music performed by talented, local musicians. If you find yourself with a whole day to fill and want a bit of adventure, just outside of the city sits the fantastic Lake Tritriva, a lake-filled crater than can be easily accessed by bike. The roads aren't the flattest in the world but they are well paved and with the majority of traffic consisting of bikes and rickshaws, they are pretty safe to travel along.
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Cardiff Road, Llandaff
Expected Completion Spring 2020
Excellent Location, Two Parking Spaces
South Facing Balconies With Views
Three Bedrooms, Three Ensuites
EPC: TBC
Waun-gron Park (0.7mi.)
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DESCRIPTION MGY are pleased to offer for sale two luxury apartments of approximately 1500sq.ft. in the sought after location of Llandaff. The apartments are situated in an imposing Victorian residence where the current owners have lived for twenty years and will retain the ground floor for their own pleasure. The apartments will offer feature high ceilings, spacious rooms including three double bedrooms and plenty of light with views from all aspects. High specification throughout with each bedroom having its own en-suite. Large South facing gardens. Two private allocated parking spaces. Fibre broadband. Gas central heating. Private entrance off Howells Crescent/Palace Road. Expected completion Spring 2020.
LOCATION Llandaff is a popular and sought after residential suburb conveniently located for schools | Llandaff Cathedral School and Howells School lie either side of the property which are two of the best schools in Wales | The high street offers shops, cafes, public houses, restaurants and banks, including a commuter railway station and a frequent bus service to and from the City Centre | Excellent surgery, pharmacy and dental practices are close by, as is the University of Wales (Heath Hospital) | The Taff Trail offers parkland walks all the way to Cardiff City Centre.
DAY ROOM 17' 4" x 12' 4" (5.3m x 3.78m)
KITCHEN 18' 6" x 10' 5" (5.64m x 3.2m)
LIVING ROOM 20' 2" x 19' 5" (6.15m x 5.92m)
BEDROOM ONE 17' 0" x 15' 8" (5.2m x 4.78m)
BEDROOM TWO 13' 10" x 11' 3" (4.24m x 3.43m)
BEDROOM THREE 10' 2" x 9' 6" (3.12m x 2.9m)
PARKING Two private allocated parking spaces per apartment located to the rear, off Howells Crescent.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The apartments will be sold with a long lease. Lease term, service charge and ground rent to be confirmed.
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Exceptional. High Specification. Sought After Location. Recently completed, this architecturally designed executive detached house is set at the end of this quiet cul de sac in Llandaff. Boasting an open, light and spacious accommodation which has been superbly finished throughout. The...
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Newly constructed and located in a prime position in the heart of Llandaff is this two storey end of link home with accommodation over two levels. The property has been constructed and finished to a high standard. The accommodation comprises of spacious lounge, kitchen/dining room with fully fit...
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BTJunkie pulls the pin as file-sharing fear spreads
8 Feb, 2012 3:58pm
File sharing sites are cutting their losses as fears of massive copyright fines or even prison terms are threatened. Photo / Thinkstock
Herald online
By: Pat Pilcher
The raging copyright war has seen another file-sharing casualty with peer-to-peer torrent tracker site, BTJunkie voluntarily shutting down to avoid being stung with sizeable legal penalties.
"This is the end of the line my friends," BTJunkie said in a brief message posted on the home page of the site along with the dates of its existence: "2005-2012."
"The decision does not come easy, but we've decided to voluntarily shut down," Britain-based BTJunkie said. "We've been fighting for years for your right to communicate, but it's time to move on.
"It's been an experience of a lifetime, we wish you all the best!" it said.
TorrentFreak quoted the unidentified founder of BTJunkie as saying that BTJunkie's decision to close down stemmed partly from recent legal actions against Megaupload and The Pirate Bay, which faces legal action in Europe.
While the owners and operators of BTjunkie may have been adamant that they were on the right side of any looming copyright dust-up, recent shots fired by the entertainment industry such as the MegaUpload raid and the failure of the Pirate Bay appeal appear to have convinced them otherwise.
With a user base in the millions, the decision to pull the plug may have been an easy one to make, but doing so has probably saved the owners of BTjunkie a very large amount of money as Hollywood's legal machine hunts down offenders.
Will the death of BTJunkie be a real win for intellectual property advocates? It will more likely be a hollow victory for other tracker sites who pop up to mop up users who'd previously been using BTJunkie?
With recent wins scored by the entertainment industry, available options may have shrunk slightly, but the sheer number of torrent tracker sites remains boggling.
Not only does the list include the high profile Pirate Bay, Torrentz, isoHunt, KAT and Extratorrent, but there dozens of lesser known trackers and services which make the likelihood of current strategies of the entertainment and legal industries arguably ineffective.
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Is Bridges at Kraemer Place a model for Orange…
Is the Bridges at Kraemer Place transitional center in Anaheim a ‘model’ for future homeless shelters in Orange County?
Larry Haynes, Mercy House Executive Director, speaks in the clinic reception area during a tour at Bridges at Kraemer Place in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Jun 1, 2018. The homeless facility recently added 100 beds, 200 total, to bring it to full capacity. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Theresa Walker | thwalker@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: June 2, 2018 at 8:00 am | UPDATED: August 7, 2019 at 5:08 pm
ANAHEIM — It didn’t happen as quickly as hoped, but the transformation of a former lighting factory beside the 91 freeway into the multi-service, 200-bed Bridges at Kraemer Place transitional shelter for homeless people is close to completion.
During a guided tour for news organizations on Friday, June 1, county officials and providers used words like “model” and “gold standard” to describe the makeover of the 30,000-square-foot facility and supportive services.
The shelter began operating in May 2017 with 100 bunk beds available. Construction to convert the warehouse-style building has continued over the past year.
At completion in a month or so, the facility will include an on-site medical clinic and pharmacy, meals prepared in a full-service, industrial kitchen, a computer room outfitted with six stations, and a recreation room for playing board games and other activities.
Medical treatment — including mental and behavioral health services — will be provided through the nonprofit Share Our Selves, a longtime operator of community clinics for the uninsured and the indigent in Orange County. A licensed clinical social worker whose background is in addiction treatment will be on-site and there will be access to psychiatric treatment.
Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who represents the 3rd District where Kraemer Place is located, said at the beginning of the half-hour tour that he hopes to see the multi-service center replicated in other parts of the county.
Darcie Poindexter, 44, talks about her stay at Bridges at Kraemer Place in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Jun 1, 2018. The homeless facility recently added 100 beds, 200 total, to bring it to full capacity. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Residents watch TV and socialize at Bridges at Kraemer Place in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Jun 1, 2018. The homeless facility recently added 100 beds, 200 total, to bring it to full capacity. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The pantry is beginning to fill at Bridges at Kraemer Place in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Jun 1, 2018. The homeless facility recently added 100 beds, 200 total, to bring it to full capacity. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A sign at Bridges at Kraemer Place in Anaheim, CA, shows that 98 residents have transitioned to permanent housing on Friday, Jun 1, 2018. The homeless facility recently added 100 beds, 200 total, to bring it to full capacity. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The kitchen is coming online at Bridges at Kraemer Place in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Jun 1, 2018. The homeless facility recently added 100 beds, 200 total, to bring it to full capacity. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A diagram of Bridges at Kraemer Place in Anaheim, CA, was on display during a tour of the facility on Friday, Jun 1, 2018. The homeless facility recently added 100 beds, 200 total, to bring it to full capacity. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
“This is the model of the greatest probable success we can envision,” Spitzer said, emphasizing how crucial it is for Kraemer Place to provide services that result in moving homeless people into housing and giving them the means to remain stable.
Elected officials, from the Board of Supervisors to the mayors of Orange County’s 34 cities, are under pressure from a federal judge overseeing a pair of civil rights lawsuits related to the clearing of more than 700 people from homeless encampments at the Santa Ana riverbed. The judge said last month he wants locations for three emergency shelters identified at the next court hearing on June 13.
Kraemer Place serves as an example of the effort it takes to overcome obstacles to opening up shelters for the homeless — mainly community backlash. After years of attempts to secure a site for a transitional center, and the jettisoning of suggested locations in Santa Ana and Fullerton by public outcry, county supervisors approved the Kraemer Place shelter in late 2015 over fierce opposition.
The shelter was a collaborative effort, with four cities in north Orange County — Anaheim, Fullerton, La Habra and Brea — contributing a combined $1.3 million to help the county cover construction costs. Homeless people in those communities have been given priority since the shelter opened in April 2017.
Almost complete
Even with an elevator yet to be installed and a few other finishing touches remaining, Kraemer Place is operating at near capacity, said Larry Haynes, executive director of Mercy House, the nonprofit contracted to run the shelter.
Nearly 100 people have transitioned over the past year into permanent supportive housing. A whiteboard placed in the intake area for new shelter residents pronounced, “As of today: 98 people have found their way home!”
Time in the shelter is not expected to exceed 180 days, but exceptions are made. So far, 70 people have stayed beyond that limit, with 28 of those people still at Kraemer Place. The average stay for those who transition to housing is 98 days; for others who have left it is 58 days.
Resident Darcie Poindexter, 44, said she has met with her housing navigator once since arriving at Kraemer Place on May 10 with her mother, 65, and her son, 19. City Net, a nonprofit that does homeless outreach under contract with Anaheim, got them into the shelter.
The trio had been sleeping for three weeks near a park in Anaheim. Back in 2010, Poindexter spent a year at the Civic Center in Santa Ana, then was able to stay in a motel for several years with her mother.
More recently, they rented a room in a house until the high cost of housing prompted the landlord to move everyone out, she said. She had worked for a pizza place until going on medical leave with health issues.
Mostly, Poindexter said she wishes the food at Kraemer Place, strictly brought in by volunteers until the kitchen is fully operational, was more nutritious and not overcooked, and that other residents weren’t such busybodies.
Still, Poindexter said, “it’s a good place” where staff treats her with respect.
‘Remember that we’re all people’
Supervisor Spitzer called Kraemer Place a safe facility that has not disturbed merchants or homeowners in the area because it does not allow walk-up service. Most clients use shuttle buses that take them to established drop-off and pickup points; a few own cars.
But Spitzer acknowledged that in the rush to open Kraemer Place and begin serving people as quickly as possible, there have been bumps along the way. One unfortunate incident involved the death in April of a middle-age client, Robert Estle, who was found lifeless after he spent hours in a restroom locked from the inside. His cause of death is pending the results of toxicology tests.
“Obviously, that was a tragedy,” Spitzer said, adding that measures have been taken to prevent a situation like that from happening again and that he has asked for panic buttons to be installed in the restrooms and showers.
Estle was among dozens of homeless people who had been living in tents at the Santa Ana River Trail and eventually ended up at Kraemer Place after the county cleared away the riverbed encampments in late February. Estle stayed with his dog in one of the cubicles inside a large military-style tent structure temporarily erected on the shelter’s back lot.
There are still 10 people and their pets living in the tent, which will be taken down once they are transitioned into housing, Haynes said.
Construction on the building continued even as people began moving into a dormitory area that housed both men and women in the same space. Now there are segregated sleeping quarters separated by a wall, with a capacity of 130 on the men’s side and 70 on the women’s.
The common areas include a dining hall where about a dozen residents sat at long tables on Friday morning, conversing or watching TV as the tour group walked through. Some called out hello. Jenna Matlock got up to deliver a message about the decency of acknowledgement.
“Please remember that we’re all people,” Matlock said. “We’re not refuse. So if you pass somebody, at least smile.”
$8 million in construction costs
$2.2 million annual operating cost
$1.8 million operation dollars from county general fund
$400,000 operation dollars from grants and other resources
$550,000 construction contribution from Anaheim
$500,000 construction contribution from Fullerton
$150,000 construction contribution from La Habra
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Why not cash? The case for cash transfers for refugees in Mozambique
There are two areas where cash transfers could play a role in humanitarian assistance in Mozambique: in response to natural disasters and in support of the long-term refugee population. This working paper focuses on refugees.
Why not cash? The case for cash transfers for refugees in Mozambique is one of a series of case studies building on the work of the High Level Panel on Humanitarian Cash Transfers. The Panel concluded that cash transfers are not used enough in humanitarian responses and not used in ways that take advantage of their transformative potential.
Most of the country case studies look at how cash transfers have been and should be used at scale in large humanitarian responses with numerous aid organisations, donors and government agencies. The Mozambique case study is different because it focuses on one refugee camp, hosting a relatively small number of people, assisted by only a few agencies. By analysing the potential for cash transfers in Maratane camp, we can better understand opportunities and obstacles in the humanitarian system to using cash transfers when they are appropriate.
Why not cash? The case study for transfers for refugees in Mozambique
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The politics of cash: a case study on humanitarian cash transfers in Ukraine
This case study examines the evolution of cash transfers in the humanitarian response in Ukraine.
Scaling up humanitarian cash transfers in Nepal
Despite some progress towards large scale cash response in Nepal, cash preparedness still remains a low priority given the disasters that will continue to affect the country.
How cash transfers can transform humanitarian aid
This event will seek to chart out a path for scaling up humanitarian cash transfers in the future, launching a new report by a high level panel of experts.
Cash Transfer Programming in emergencies
As Cyprus takes over the presidency of the council of the European Union, the council held a workshop on cash transfer programming in emergencies. Sarah Bailey presented an HPG report: The impact of cash transfers on nutrition in emergency and transitional contexts.
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They Did the Monster Math
The odds of the zombie apocalypse striking Pittsburgh, or anywhere else for that matter, are pretty much zero. But that doesn’t stop Distinguished University Professor of Mathematical Biology G. Bard Ermentrout from playing devil’s advocate every Halloween with an exercise that breaks down the math behind surviving hordes of infectious monsters.
Around 30 students gathered in the William Pitt Union on Halloween for Ermentrout’s seventh Monster Math lecture — a day of zombie and vampire film clips, discussions on creepy creature strengths and Achilles’ heels and a discussion of problem solving that ended with the complete annihilation of either monsters or the human race.
The exercise may be based on fiction, but the math behind it is used by epidemiologists and researchers across the globe to save lives every day, said Ermentrout. He explained to the students that skills learned at Monster Math could be applied to working on the set of a zombie film or to tracking the spread of an epidemic at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The nice thing about the zombie model and vampire model is it works for every disease. Every disease model is basically the same thing,” Ermentrout said.
For Ermentrout, an energetic figure who donned a hazmat suit and held a bag of blue rock candy in homage to Walter White from “Breaking Bad” for part of the lecture, the occasion is a chance to merge a love of monster movies with an affinity for mathematical models used in real-life scenarios to track the spread of infectious disease.
Disease modeling uses the differential equation called the basic reproduction number, or R nought, (R0 = x) to represent the average spread of an infection. If the value of the equation is greater than one, each existing infection can cause multiple new infections and potentially lead to an epidemic. If it’s equal to one, the infection will cause one new infection, and if it’s less than one, the infection dies out.
Ermentrout's Monster Math equations start off as greater than one to represent a spreading zombie infection, but this year’s equations upped the ante to include models that represented humans being eaten by, enslaved by or turned into vampires. Thankfully, as always, there were also variables to help humans fight back in the end.
This particular intersection of concepts is a personal favorite for the professor, who recently published “When Humans Strike Back: Adaptive Strategies for Zombie Attacks” with his son, Kyle Ermentrout, and is working to publish a paper titled “Vampire and Human Servants! Oh My!”
Derek Orr, a 23-year-old graduate student studying mathematical biology, said the Monster Math lecture has become a favorite among math majors, with students drawn in by the professor’s quirky and charismatic delivery.
“If you have people talking about vampires, that’s pretty cool, and people are interested in how the math ties into it. It doesn’t seem like it does but it really does,” Orr said.
For as much fun as he’s had with zombies over the years, Ermentrout admitted that adding a more dynamic monster allows for more complex equations and better exercises.
“Zombies are kind of monolithic, kind of stupid,” he said. “They’re cool but brainless. Vampires make it more interesting.”
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Using digital analyses, PhD candidate Sarah Reiff Conell examines cults in medieval Europe, sculptors working for French royalty and, in a first, collections at the National Gallery of Art. Her work could help museums display more diverse works of art.
People Look to Their Neighbors on Climate Change Opinions, Study Finds
For every 1,000 solar panels installed in Australian neighborhoods, seven percent of the neighbors will switch from skepticism to belief in climate change, a recent study by Assistant Professor of Economics Andrea La Nauze found.
Anantha Shekhar has been named senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. His start date is set for June 2020.
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When Bridget Hunt-Tobey (MED ’19) took a course on human anatomy as part of Pitt’s Biomedical Master’s Program, she had no idea it would lead her to study bones of African American blast furnace workers in a first-ever internship program with the Smithsonian Institute.
Researchers Find More Effective Way to Administer Tuberculosis Vaccine
As part of the global push to prevent tuberculosis, Distinguished Professor JoAnne Flynn and a group of Pitt and National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered that intravenously injecting the standard tuberculosis vaccine could boost its power.
Enjoy the Nationality Rooms’ Holiday Splendor
The Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning are decked out for the holiday season. Tours run through mid-January, or you can visit virtually in a gallery on Pitt's Facebook page.
Researchers from the Swanson School of Engineering and the Learning Research and Development Center discuss the promises and challenges that lie ahead for artificial intelligence.
Pitt-Bradford Student Wins National AIDS Memorial Scholarship
Applying for scholarships can be intimidating, but Pitt-Bradford biology and pre-med student Jariatu Stallone found a perfect opportunity, thanks to her background with HIV/AIDS work in Sierra Leone and a tip from a resident advisor. The Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship will support her future efforts to combat the disease.
Business Professor Wins Aspen Institute ‘Ideas Worth Teaching Award’
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Main Street businesses may not compete with national and online retailers on price, but they can win by serving customers in ways these giants can’t, says Pitt Business associate professor and consumer behavior expert Nicole Coleman.
Trauma Care in a Rucksack
A multidisciplinary team led by Ron Poropatich is working on a specialized medical backpack for the U.S. Army that could help injured patients in the field survive until they reach a fully staffed hospital.
Religious Studies Researcher Offers Tips on Self-reflection
Clark Chilson, an associate professor who studies Buddhism and self-reflection, is one of a handful of scholars outside Japan studying Naikan—a form of structured meditation for thinking about relationships.
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President Trump changes tune on House health care bill, now says it’s ‘mean’
Posted: 6:55 AM, Jun 14, 2017
WASHINGTON — Less than six weeks after he helped revive a flagging House Republican health care bill and push it to passage, President Donald Trump now says the measure is “mean” and is asking GOP senators to make it more generous.
President Donald Trump speaks about health care after arriving at General Mitchell International Airport on June 13, 2017, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Trump used those words Tuesday at a closed-door White House lunch with 15 Republican senators, congressional sources say. It was a startling slap at legislation that was shepherded by Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and whose passage the president lobbied for and praised. At a Rose Garden ceremony minutes after the bill’s 217-213 House passage on May 4, Trump called it “a great plan.”
The president’s criticism also came as Senate Republican leaders’ attempts to write their own health care package have been slowed by disagreements between their party’s conservatives and moderates.
Trump’s characterizations could undercut attempts by Senate leaders to assuage conservatives who want restrictions in their chamber’s bill, such as cutting the Medicaid health care program for the poor and limiting the services insurers must cover. Moderate GOP senators have been pushing to ease those efforts.
Facing expected unanimous Democratic opposition, Republicans will be unable to pass a Senate bill if just three of the 52 GOP senators vote “no.” Alienating any of them could make approving the measure trickier for
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who’s been hoping for a vote before Congress’ July 4 recess.
Trump’s comments were described by two GOP congressional sources who received accounts of Tuesday’s White House lunch. They spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal a closed-door conversation.
One source said Trump called the House bill “mean, mean, mean” and said, “We need to be more generous, more kind.” Another said Trump used a vulgar phrase to describe the House bill and told the senators, “We need to be more generous.”
Two other congressional GOP officials confirmed that the general descriptions of Trump’s words were accurate.
The sources say the president did not specify what aspects of the bill he was characterizing.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined to comment, telling reporters aboard Air Force One Tuesday evening, “We don’t comment on rumors or private conversations.”
The remarks nevertheless provided ammunition to Democrats who have unanimously opposed the Republican effort to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
“Americans won’t forget that @HouseGOP passed a “mean” bill to rip healthcare from millions then celebrated @ the WH,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.
In an embarrassing retreat, Ryan had to abruptly cancel a March vote on the House measure after a revolt against it by Republican conservatives and moderates that would have ensured its defeat.
The measure’s final version reflected a compromise by conservative leader Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and centrist Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J. They agreed to language letting states drop requirements for higher premiums under Obama’s health care law to protect with pre-existing medical conditions, and requiring insurers to cover specific services like maternity care.
At the White House ceremony celebrating House passage of the GOP health care bill, Trump and Ryan praised the legislation as the fulfillment of campaign promises that Trump and GOP congressional candidates had long made to repeal Obama’s statute.
“Many of you have been waiting seven years to cast this vote,” Ryan said to the scores of Republican House members present. “Many of you are here because you pledged to cast this vote.”
Asked to comment on Trump’s remarks about the House measure, Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said, “Congressional Republicans, with President Trump’s support, are working to repeal and replace this terrible Obamacare law that is harming Americans.”
Meadows, who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said, “I have no knowledge of the president characterizing the health care bill in any other way than to suggest that we need to lower premiums and” protect people with pre-existing conditions.
Just last weekend, Trump used his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., to hold a fundraising event for MacArthur that netted $800,000.
MacArthur’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s description of the bill MacArthur helped resuscitate.
Trump had not publicly criticized the House bill previously. But in a May 28 tweet that raised questions about his intent, he said, “I suggest that we add more dollars to Healthcare and make it the best anywhere. ObamaCare is dead – the Republicans will do much better!”
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Hôtel La Louisiane is a film which was been released in 2015 direct by Michel La Veaux, what was only this year and its release language is Français with certain dubbings. It has been recorded, as almost all theaters in USA and got a score on IMDB which is 0.0/10 Other than a length of 89 minutes and a monetary capital of . The the actors who worked on this movie are Olivier Py. Simone de Beauvoir. Miles Davis. Hôtel La Louisiane is, at its core, a film about freedom and dignity. Freedom for those who wish to live in a place where they are able to feel inspired. Dignity for the hotel owner to stand by his promise to his father and keep their mission alive: to provide an affordable sanctuary for artists and students in search of fulfilling employment, which they certainly won’t find at other hotels. Freedom, too, to be in an environment of tolerance and rid of prejudice. This film is not just a story about a mythical setting in Paris; it portrays the microcosm of a lifestyle in which collective values reign supreme. A film where what’s real and true is placed above national borders or cultural barriers.
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5 Questions With Dogfish Head’s Founder & President Sam Calagione
August 6, 2019 | Taylor Laabs
It is still the biggest news to come out of the craft beer industry this year: Boston Beer Company purchased Dogfish Head Brewery for a reported sum of $300 million. The move merges the two brands under the collective roof of Boston Beer Company bringing together the 2nd (Boston Beer Co.) and 13th (Dogfish Head) biggest producers of craft beer in the U.S. It’s a massive move that caused shockwaves throughout the craft beer industry and beyond. Craft beer is no longer in its startup phase: It is big business, which sometimes warrants massive moves that can shift the entire trajectory of the market with it.
Of course, Boston Beer Company bringing the Dogfish Head brand onboard also comes with the totemic leadership of its founder, Sam Calagione, who will sit on Boston Beer Company’s Board of Directors. Calagione has always been an outspoken and vibrant voice in the craft beer community who frequently zigs where others zags and takes pride in the innovative spirit on which Dogfish Head has built its market share. With the new merger comes a new role for Sam and a new path for Dogfish. In the days following, beer drinkers have voiced valid concerns that the Dogfish brand might get diluted or complacent post-acquisition. True to form, Calagione thinks otherwise and is rather bullish on what the merger can do for his brewery.
I asked Sam five questions about what life looks like for Dogfish Head in a post-merger world, what beer fans can expect from the brewery, the collaboration opportunities that are now available with Boston Beer Company and more. Here’s what he said.
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The PorchCast | Ep 42 Sam Calagione at Avanti Food & Beverage
October 16, 2017 | Tristan Chan
Episode 42 of The PorchCast was certainly a special one. Not only did we have the chance to remote broadcast live for the first time from our friends at Avanti Food & Beverage, but we did so while interviewing Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, and one of craft beer’s most recognizable and outspoken advocates.
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Meet Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione at Tomorrow’s Live Broadcast of The PorchCast
October 3, 2017 | Tristan Chan
Guess what, folks! We’re gonna get to do something pretty cool tomorrow and we’d love to have y’all join us. The PorchCast, PorchDrinking.com’s Podcast, will be broadcasting live tomorrow, Wednesday, October 4, from Avanti Food & Beverage, 3200 N Pecos St, Denver, Colorado, at 4:30pm and we’ll be welcoming Dogfish Head Founder, Sam Calagione on the show.
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Dogfish Head Requests to Sever Ties with RateBeer Amid Anheuser-Busch Acquisition
June 5, 2017 | Tristan Chan
Dogfish Head Founder, Sam Calagione penned a blog post earlier today admonishing ties between RateBeer and Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) after it was announced on Friday that ABI’s venture arm, ZX Ventures had acquired minority shares in the popular beer rating/ranking website.
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X-ray showing severe Lis Franc fracture and dislocation of the midfoot. Irvine, CA.
Symptoms of Foot Fracture in Irvine, CA range from pain and mild swelling to significant bruising, obvious foot deformity, and an inability to bear weight on the foot.
Midfoot / Foot Fracture in Irvine, CA
Midfoot fracture, also known as Lis Franc fracture is a serious injury in which the metatarsal bones are fractured and often displaced from the bones within the midfoot (tarsal bones). The fracture may involve one or more of the metatarsal bones. Often, the bones that make up the midfoot (cuboid, navicular, and cuneiform bones) may be fractured along with the metatarsals. Our Irvine Podiatrist / Foot and Ankle Surgeon can evaluate and treat your midfoot / foot fracture at our Irvine, CA or Huntington Beach, CA offices.
Lis Franc Fracture in Irvine, CA
Lisfranc injuries may occur with low energy foot sprains or with direct or indirect trauma to the midfoot. High energy injuries, such as a fall from height or traffic accident, greatly increase the likelihood that the fractures will be much more serious and will require surgery. Lis Franc fractures and dislocations are also seen in sports injuries. These injuries are not uncommon in athletes playing sports such as football, baseball, and basketball. Dancers may also experience such injuries, due to the pivot position of the foot.
Navicular Fracture in Irvine, CA
The navicular is a bone on the inside of the midfoot. A common fracture causes the bone to break into two fragments. The surgical technique involves an incision over the fracture. The fracture is realigned to restore its anatomic position and secured with screws or a plate and screws.
Cuboid Fracture in Irvine, CA
The cuboid is a bone on the outside of the midfoot. Typically a cuboid fracture is due to a compression injury and results in shortening of the outside of the foot. The goal of foot surgery in Huntington Beach is to restore the anatomy of the cuboid, and as a result restore the length of the outside of the foot. This may be done with a plate and screws directly applied to the bone or with another method.
Symptoms range from pain and mild swelling to significant bruising of the foot with obvious foot deformity and an inability to bear weight on the affected foot. Due to the possibility of significant instability, the patient should not walk on the affected foot until fully evaluated by a foot and ankle surgeon.
High energy injuries are generally easier to diagnose, due to the increased likelihood of significant fracture and displacement of the bones from their original positions, but this is not always the case. Low energy injuries may be more difficult to see on a normal X-ray. Our IrvineFoot Doctor will take X-rays and fully evaluate your foot for occult or significant fractures. In low energy injuries, X-rays may show only widening between the 1st and 2nd metatarsals.
More serious injuries may show significant displacement of multiple bones with numerous bone fragments (comminution). Radiographs do not always fully display the extent of the injury or fracture pattern. In many cases advanced imaging, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan may be needed to fully evaluate the injury.
Treatment of Foot Fracture in Irvine, CA
Treatment may be non-operative in low energy injuries, which have been fully evaluated and determined to be stable in nature. In these cases, casting or a removable cast boot may be used. You will not be able to put weight on your foot during this time. This will allow the bones and ligaments to heal and minimize the likelihood that the bones will further displace.
Many midfoot fractures require surgery consisting of open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF), or in severe cases primary arthrodesis. The fracture is realigned to restore its anatomic position and secured with screws or a plate and screws. Our Irvine Foot and Ankle Surgeon is an expert in midfoot fracture surgery and will help determine the best procedure to stabilize your foot and restore function as close to the pre-injury level as possible.
Following surgery in Irvine, CA you will be unable to put weight on your foot for several weeks, after which you will transition to partial weightbearing for several more weeks. Physical therapy may also be considered. Due to the significant nature of midfoot fractures, post-traumatic arthrtis is not uncommon. Patients may experience progressive or increased pain over time as the joints at the site of the injury continue to degenerate as arthritis progresses. Surgery to fuse the midfoot joints is indicated in these instances in order to minimize pain and maintain function.
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The Lilith: a graphical, mouse-driven workstation from 1980
Thom Holwerda 2012-08-30 Hardware 34 Comments
Just driving yesterday’s point home some more: “The Lilith was one of the first computer workstations worldwide with a high-resolution graphical display and a mouse. The first prototype was developed by Niklaus Wirth and his group between 1978 and 1980 with Richard Ohran as the hardware specialist. […] The whole system software of the Lilith was written in Modula-2, a structured programming language which Wirth has developed at the same time. The programs were compiled into low-level M-Code instructions which could be executed by the hardware. The user interface was designed with windows, icons and pop-up menus. Compared with the character based systems available at that time, these were revolutionary metaphors in the interaction with a computer.” Jos Dreesen, owner of one of the few remaining working Liliths, wrote a Lilith emulator for Linux.
I know it’s just down to what you’re used to / familiar with, but vertical screen just look weird. Particularly on old CRTs:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Diser_Lilith-IMG…
It looks a little like a sony eVilla :
http://cocktailmarketing.com.mx/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/e-v…
http://www.winsupersite.com/content/content/127159/reviews/P0000659…
No idea why BeOS and Be Inc has to arrive in all things, but apparently it does 🙂
anevilyak
If memory serves, didn’t the Xerox Alto have a similar screen orientation?
It did. And (looking retrospectively) that looks weird for it too. As does the Sony’s linked above.
It’s probably just me being the weird one though
bassbeast
The reason they did that back then was the original machines were built for businesses and the vertical layout made it so you could fit an entire paper form onto the screen without scrolling.
As an old greybeard I can tell you a LOT of computing in the late 70s-late 80s was all about filling in forms in the business world and by having the entire form on the screen it was easier for your average worker in government or business to just tab their way through the form filling out the fields.
Of course now our screens are made for television viewing first, computer usage second, so maybe they had the right idea? i know I certainly would have a lot of leftover whitespace if I did everything fullscreen like we did back then.
Doc Pain
Correct. A typical “text processing computer” of the 1980’s era is the CPT Phoenix. I still have one, even though without the software. It looks like this:
http://www.minotaurz.com/compmuse/museum/pix/CPT1.jpg
The idea of “having more Y than X” is interesting when you see today’s 16:9 screens littered with title bars, menu bars, start bars, icon bars, extension bars, selection bars and so on, leaving only a small amount of the program window for actual work, while to the left and the right there is unused space. Some 16:9 screens allow turning them 90° mechanically (while logically it’s no problem with e. g. “xrandr –rotate right”).
While 3270s and 5250s were typically limited to an 80×24 grid, vertical screens allowed to bring a better overview about the whole form at first sight. I think that was a benefit for datatypists. Young people, grab a dictionary and look up “datatypist”! 🙂
Of course now our screens are made for television viewing first, computer usage second, so maybe they had the right idea?
It’s still possible to buy 4:3 or 16:10 screens, but they are more expensive than the cheap 16:9 screns. I think this is also an economical consideration: When you say, for example, “this is a 21 inch screen”, then you have a smaller (in terms of pixels to be “produced”) one at 16:9 than at 4:3. So basically, I’d say 16:9 is cheaper. People want cheap, they get cheap. And if advertised as “excellent to watch movies on it”, why not?
i know I certainly would have a lot of leftover whitespace if I did everything fullscreen like we did back then.
I suppose you also consider “modern” web pages with fixed width, so they would fit three times in a row… 😉
Yeah, I figured that might have been the case. You still see some secretaries these days with vertical screens (though it’s far from common).
Personally I find horizontal screens better as shorter but wider terminals make scanning through log files easier when fixing broken UNIX boxes. Plus, with Tmux, it’s easier enough to divide the Window up if you then need vertical tiling rather than horizontal.
I do think you’ve hit on an interesting point about how computer usage has evolved and dictated the design of the technology.
… standing by what we discussed yesterday – nice achievement, but it’s hardly on a par with what Xerox was doing, and then Apple with the Lisa and Mac. Again, no one said Xerox invented the idea of a user interface, they didn’t. I’ve sat in front of enough BBS and Mainframe’s to verify that the UI was alive and well in the early 70’s. And don’t think of these UI as being just text, they were amazingly graphical in their own ways.
The modern concept of a Graphical User Interface with bitmapped (or vector, or whatever) graphics is the next logical step, but this is a proto-GUI. It is mainly text based. The pointer is there to direct input, but as with the Blit yesterday, it is not a GUI as we define today (windows, xwindows, aqua, whatever), it harks back to the earlier terminals driven by keyboard and NCurses.
… standing by what we discussed yesterday – nice achievement, but it’s hardly on a par with what Xerox was doing, and then Apple with the Lisa and Mac.
As I understood it, the point of these articles isn’t to say that Xerox/Apple did nothing but copy others. It is to show, using clear evidence from the time, that GUIs were a convergent trend across the entire industry and that it was merely a question of months, if not weeks, of when they’d spill on the grand scene. The technology had matured enough, the need was there and skilled developers tend to come up with similar ideas given the same set of problems.
This is to counter Apple fanboy statements that Apple and Steve are the most inventive minds in the whole world of computing. In fact, they simply were a product of their time and general mindshare. Nobody here has a problem with Apple taking credit for the markets they helped build. What we object to is if they subsequently turn around and use underhanded legal tactics to prevent anybody else from following them. We all stand on the shoulders of giants.
Alfman
saso,
I agree, common development is inevitable since most of our technology evolves in lockstep. It’s pathetic that a player should take credit for the whole enchilada. Being at the forefront should be enough of a reward. It’s tough enough for new players to join an oligopoly market, but when bloodthirsty suits are screaming “all your base are belong to us” in court, that discourages competition and innovation.
I think we have become over dependent upon litigation. It should be applied in exceptional cases rather than become routine business. Over a 50 year interval, US population has grown 78%. Over the same interval, the number of lawyers has risen 350%.
http://i.imgur.com/ZuE8n.png
It’s also from a time when the IP landscape was quite different, and from a more open culture (academia). Back then, the creators did not have and/or chose not to utilize or enforce the mechanisms of IP protection that are available and mature today (notably design patents, and software patents).
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THOSE PROTECTIONS OR NOT, they are available, and Apple et al are leveraging those protections for their designs. Apple, specifically, has obvious experience with seeing it’s work taken by others. That experience likely fueled their drive to protect the IP that they feel “make Apple Apple”. As Jobs said, and I paraphrase, “We patented the crap out of this.” Apple has zero motivation to fuel a market of clones and copycats.
Now much of this is being challenged, and we get to wait and see how much of it sticks.
danger_nakamura
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THOSE PROTECTIONS OR NOT, they are available, and Apple et al are leveraging those protections for their designs.
And, thankfully, we still live in a world where it is possible for poeple to criticize them for doing so, along with the manner in which they are doing it.
Having a “right” does not mean that enforcing that “right” is the “right” thing to do. It also does not mean that no one may criticize your actions. It ALSO doesn’t mean that those criticisms are not valid or correct – they very well may be.
… standing by what we discussed yesterday – nice achievement, but it’s hardly on a par with what Xerox was doing, and then Apple with the Lisa and Mac. Again, no one said Xerox invented the idea of a user interface, they didn’t.
The Lilith was just one of many GUIs that came out before any Apple GUI. In the late 1970s and early 1980s computer world, there was considerable excitement about GUIs.
Other players had more sophisticated GUIs, including the Perq (mentioned in the BLIT thread). The Perq had all the elements of a modern GUI, and it first appeared in 1979 — four years before the first Apple GUI.
Which is surely what I said?
Other players had more sophisticated GUIs
Which, again, no one is denying, next?
including the Perq (mentioned in the BLIT thread). The Perq had all the elements of a modern GUI
To me, it looks on a par with the early versions of Windows on a monochrome monitor. But, its hard to tell, given the lack of info containing any graphical screenshots that are not blurry.
and it first appeared in 1979 — four years before the first Apple GUI.
No. Firstly, it as only announced in mid 79. It didn’t ship till 1980. Bear in mind, the Lisa was 2 years in to development by that point, and was was released very late. Then compare this “complete” GUI to the Lisa (and Alto/Star) and then tell me, straight faced, you’re still serious.
You keep making these purely subjective qualitative arguments, passing them as facts, about machines and systems which you have never used, which I find hilarious.
BTW, let me let you in a little “secret”: when the project that eventually led to the Lisa was started in 1978, it wasn’t a GUI. In fact, Apple did not have any personnel working on GUIs until 1980 at the earliest.
To me, it looks on a par with the early versions of Windows on a monochrome monitor.
Lisa and the original Mac were monochrome.
The Perq could use different GUIs — PNX, Accent, a native system (apparently), and app-specific GUIs, such as the advanced Intran Metaform GUI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fap-mXY80ls
But, its hard to tell, given the lack of info containing any graphical screenshots that are not blurry.
There are a lot of Perq screenshots and videos. I already linked one video in a recent thread. A web search should reveal much.
No. Firstly, it as only announced in mid 79. It didn’t ship till 1980.
Negatory.
It was definitely being shown at sales demos and trade shows in 1979, with an 8-page brochure (and Three Rivers was taking orders in late 1979 — not that sales matter to the existence of a device).
And don’t forget: the Perq was shipping in 1980 — three years before the first Apple GUI shipped!
Bear in mind, the Lisa was 2 years in to development by that point, and was was released very late.
There is no reason to doubt that the Perq (and its GUIs) were in development before the Lisa was in development.
By the way, the Three Rivers company was founded in 1974, two years before Apple existed.
Then compare this “complete” GUI to the Lisa (and Alto/Star) and then tell me, straight faced, you’re still serious.
Definitely serious.
The Perq/Accent GUI had icons/folders, overlapping windows, etc. The Perq/Metaform GUI added even more, such as drop-down menus and scroll bars. By the way, both of these GUIs existed prior to the Apple Lisa. However, the Xerox Star probably preceded the Metaform additions (Metaform also worked on the Star).
Of course, the Xerox Star also preceded the first Apple GUI by two years.
I don’t know why old technology is so cool, whether it’s oil wells, farming equipment, aviation, robotics or computers, it’s just neat to watch how it all worked.
The industrial technology of the past was totally user serviceable and could probably be built at home given sufficient craftsman skills. That can’t really be said about today’s specialised technology built in multi-million/billion dollar fabrication facilities.
I’m impressed with that whole era, shows that innovation did happen before the damn lawyers got involved. Mark my words, lawsuits are going to be the downfall of this country (US).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob0lznzkykc
Tony Swash
This article is like someone trying to understand the origins of birds. They look at the evidence and see that some fossils have been discovered of a couple of ancient species of bird like creatures that both lived on separate islands millions of years ago around the time that birds first emerged. They seem to have wings, the walked on two legs, they both had primitive beaks and they even had feathers. Both species only ever had minute population sizes however and both species died out and left no descendants and so played no role in the evolution of the many numerous bird species that exist today. Lets call these birds Blit and Lilith.
At the same time as the two island species were living another species of bird like creatures lived on on the main land mass, this too had wings, walked on two legs, had a primitive beak and had feathers, except this species had a population that was vastly bigger than the other two, this species prospered and is not extinct even today, and this specie left numerous descendants. Let’s call this species the Mac OS
If the person looking for the origin of birds jumped up and down and kept going on and on about how the Blit and the Litlith were more important, or at least as important, as the MacOS in understanding where birds came from they would look a bit sill. And maybe a bit obsessed.
It’s time to let go. Nobody copied the Blit and the Lilith because they were obscure and unsuccessful back room experiments. They influenced no one. They led to nothing. They left no dent in the universe.
The Mac OS on the other hand had an enormous impact not least because Microsoft spent the next ten years building a rough copy of it and then went on to dominate the world’s PC markets with that copy (and if anybody wants to quibble about the use of the word ‘copy’ just read the insider accounts by the people from Microsoft – Marlin Eller’s a good place to start).
This is a dead parrot of a debate. Give it up. Just let go. Move on. Apple made a dent in the universe. Get over it.
ferrels
The only dent around here is the one in your head. Some of us were actually around when all this ground breaking GUI development was occurring and history was being made (yeah, I’m old). These projects went on to influence a number of operating systems out there including the Amiga, Mac and Windows. Steve Jobs and Apple stole every good idea they ever had. They were just very clever at marketing. Sounds like you’re just another Steve Jobs fan-boy who has drank too much of his own Kool-Aid. I bet you also believe that Al Gore invented the internet!
flypig
It’s possible I’m misinterpreting your post, but it seems sad to me that the vast contribution that so many people have made to the sum of human knowledge can be brushed aside so casually.
Development comes from many places, and it’s not just the success stories that shape the future (even if they’re more likely to shape the history books). There are lots of different types of dents that can be made.
Your analogy with birds relies on the asumption there was no interbreeding. Can you be sure that there was no shared knowledge that seeped between all of these systems?
Apologies if I have misunderstood your point.
I think you may be responding to a point I was not making. I was critiquing the Apple haters and iPhobes.
There seems to be a desperate obsession by many commentators here, often including Thom I have to say, who to try to pretend that Apple’s contribution to the development of the development of the PC, the smart phone, the tablet computer are all relatively insignificant. A constantly repeated attempts to argue that the Mac OS, the iPhone and the iPad were not inflection points. Some go as far as to argue that Apple’s contribution to the development of PCs, phones and tablets (as well as music players, online software and digital content distribution systems) are at best copies and at worst just copies wrapped in good marketing and a zombie like cultish group of deranged followers.
To those who are propose such silly absurdities I say shame on you. Not just for arguing the patently absurd, not just for trying to distort the history of technology but also for parading in public such a weird obsessive need to belittle one of the worlds great technology companies.
What is wrong with you people?
You claim to like technology but you hate one of the giants of technology. And for why? because they didn’t die, they didn’t fade away, instead they came back, and by being boldly innovative, in a matter of a few years boldly entered and utterly disrupted three entirely new markets and in the process gutted the old Microsoft hegemony and became the world’s largest technology company. And that sticks in a lot of people’s throats, that pisses off some people because it’s not how the script was supposed to play out.
So we get this endless, tedious, juvenile, degrading parade of delusions whose sole purpose is to cut Apple down to size.
It’s not that Apple has grown too large.
It’s you who insist on being so small.
There seems to be a desperate obsession by many commentators here, often including Thom I have to say, who to try to pretend that Apple’s contribution to the development of the development of the PC, the smart phone, the tablet computer are all relatively insignificant
The crux of why your posts are often downright absurd: I never claimed anything like this ever. This is a huge strawman, and everything else you write hinges around this false assumption.
Here’s the introduction to my article on the iPhone turning five:
Exactly five years ago today, Apple officially released its entry into the mobile phone market, the iPhone. Immediately loved by customers the world over, ridiculed by the competition, and, in my book, not particularly innovative feature-wise, it changed the mobile phone industry virtually overnight. Love the iPhone or hate the iPhone, its industry-changing impact is evident.
See how that doesn’t jive AT ALL with the imagery you conjure up inside your head?
I’ve told you this before, but you are clearly suffering from a MASSIVE case of cognitive dissonance. You have this image of me and several other commenters in your head of being anti-Apple, and this image is so strong and important to you that any evidence to the contrary causes massive cognitive dissonance in your mind. As such, your brain needs to deal with this – and instead of opting to adjust your world view (the hardest and most physically and emotionally intensive solution) you simply ignore the new evidence.
This is all very classic and basic psychology. Fascinating, but a bit disturbing, to boot.
Fair enough; I certainly don’t want to misrepresent what you were saying.
However, in attacking the “Apple haters and iPhobes” I think it’s really important not to belittle the contribution that others have played in the development of technology.
This stands on its own, but additional to this is that ignoring others unnecessarily fuels the argument against. Apple have made genuine and important contributions, so there should be no need for the similarly valid contributions of others to be underplayed in order for Apple’s importance to be made clear.
I’m sorry if this wasn’t what you intended, and for misreading your post.
Separate to this is the fact that the article about the Lilith and earlier article on multi-touch were absolutely fascinating in my view, so I’m glad they were posted.
Megol
Apple wasn’t the only company being inspired by earlier GUI projects. The time was right as memory costs sunk to a level making bitmap graphics possible and processor power increased enough to make redraws reasonably fast. The basic idea for the GUI existed in the 50ies.
Implying that Apple did something technically unique is just plain ignorance. If Apple didn’t do a home computer GUI then one of the other companies developing GUIs in parallel with Apple would be known as “the first”.
Tony Swash,
“It’s time to let go. Nobody copied the Blit and the Lilith because they were obscure and unsuccessful back room experiments.”
How would you know? Are you suggesting that Jobs & co were clueless about their competition? Not only do I think that most likely he did have a clue, but Jobs even admitted to copying others.
If Apple’s current lawyers were working for Blit or Lilith back then, then Apple would have been sued for violation of basic GUI concepts. Apple would have had to pay competitors for copying ideas. That’s if the inventors want to license them at all, but they could have blocked apple’s products all together from the market. There is no exception in patent law for co-development or inadvertent infringement, therefore the guts of your post are invalid in the eyes of the law.
If you believe that apple SHOULD be allowed to compete without regards to what was done before them, well I can agree. However don’t be a hypocrite and defend their actions today now that their corporate fortunes have changed. Had apple’s behaviour today been practiced in the past, apple would have never been viable in the first place. Is that something you can stand behind?
They are just a company Tony, they have faults like everyone else, it’s really time to let go of this innocence nonsense.
M.Onty
Perhaps its because he uses emotive language rather than strictly journalistic language, but you miss Thom’s point again and again.
He’s saying this (correct me if I’m wrong Thom);
Apple produce industry changing products. This he approves of. Then they adopt aggressive litigation strategies to protect their early advantage. This he disapproves of. These recent articles showing alternative GUIs are his way of illustrating that, although Apple tend to get in there early, their innovations are things that would have and have occurred to others independently. Therefore it is not proper for Apple to be granted monopolies on these innovations by the courts.
If you detach yourself from the tone of the articles and accept that Thom holds certain views about the IP system in general (which we do not all agree with) then it is quite clear that he has specific grievences against Apple which does not include regarding them as unimportant.
TL;DR: Apples bird flew first; doesn’t mean other birds weren’t about to take off themselves.
Apple produce industry changing products. This he approves of. Then they adopt aggressive litigation strategies to protect their early advantage. This he disapproves of.
You make it sound like a pattern. Apple has a forty year history – during how much of those forty decades have Apple been engaged in major IP legal actions? Is the average level of Apple’s IP legal actions over those forty years higher than the average level of IP actions by other large similar tech companies?
It’s worth bearing in mind that Apple were taken to cleaners on IP by Microsoft back in the 1990s when MS out maneuvered the bozos who were running Apple at the time. That’s just business. Apple learnt from the 1990s. That’s just good business.
These recent articles showing alternative GUIs are his way of illustrating that, although Apple tend to get in there early, their innovations are things that would have and have occurred to others independently.
So what? The same thing could be claimed about every invention or innovation ever made. Should there be patents or copyright on nothing? Should anything that builds on what went before (i.e. all of human science, technology and culture) be rendered open to free for all copying?
Therefore it is not proper for Apple to be granted monopolies on these innovations by the courts.
Why? Let’s take a couple of real world examples. Xerox held some very valuable photocopying patents for a long while. The science and technology used in the photocopying techniques involved had deep roots in the history of science and technology. Are those patents invalid because of that? Similarly Dyson holds patents of technology in his bagless vacuum cleaners, the techniques involved had deep roots in the history of science and technology. Are those patents invalid because of that?
Apple is not seeking a monopoly on anything. It just wants to stop companies like Samsung blatantly copying it’s products. Does anybody actually think that Samsung did not copy Apple’s products? Does anybody not think that their copying was a deliberate and planned strategy?
Everybody apes success but once the aping becomes systematic copying then it should be stopped. The copying was so systematic and so crass at Samsung that when they copied Apple’s retails stores they actually plastered them with Apple specific icons like the Safari one. Allowing that sort and scale of copying to continue would be just plain bonkers. Imagine a car maker starts making cars that look just like BMW cars, their ads ape BMW cars, their cars contain component designs whose patents are held by BMW, their showrooms have BMW logos scattered around. Would anybody be surprised let alone shocked if BMW took them to court?
You’re not wrong. Just like that other failed experiment, the Xerox Star. Who’d want to copy that waste of space?
So basically, what you’re trying to let us know is that you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.
Those were 2 very successful research projects BTW. E.g. the Lilith project produced one of the first graphic integrated development environments, and the blit was a fundamental cornerstone in (graphical) distributed computing. Those projects you just belittled, ironically, either facilitated or produced a lot of the technologies which you take now for granted in those apple products you seem to be so emotionally vested.
Yes, apple has made some great contribution and products. But their quality and importance do not depend on belittling other projects and products and their achievements.
StephenBeDoper
This article is like someone trying to understand the origins of birds. They look at the evidence and see that some fossils have been discovered of a couple of ancient species of bird like creatures that both lived on separate islands millions of years ago around the time that birds first emerged. They seem to have wings, the walked on two legs, they both had primitive beaks and they even had feathers. Both species only ever had minute population sizes however and both species died out and left no descendents and so played no role in the evolution of the many numerous bird species that exist today. Lets call these birds Blit and Lilith.
Analogies that compare the advancement of technology with biological evolution are fundamentally flawed – mainly because technology advances in a way that’s completely different from the way biological organisms evolve*. They are similar only the sense that they are both processes of iterative change over time.
At the same time as the two island species were living another species of bird like creatures lived on on the main land mass, this too had wings, walked on two legs, had a primitive beak and had feathers, except this species had a population that was vastly bigger than the other two, this species prospered and is not extinct even today, and this specie left numerous descendents. Let’s call this species the Mac OS
First off, let’s get one thing clear: computer technologies don’t “descend” from earlier technologies, not in the same sense that biological organisms are descended from more basal forms. In biological evolution, “descended from” has a very clear meaning – not so in technology. In technology, the term “descendent” is applied to:
– New technologies that are revised/improved versions of old technologies (E.g. Windows 7 as a descendent of Vista, Vista as a descendent of XP, etc)
– Technologies that share pieces with other technologies, but are built on different foundations (E.g. Windows NT as a descendent of Win9x/3.x)
– Technologies that are completely unrelated from any technical standpoint, but that share a product name (OS X as a descendent of “Classic” MacOS)
Of those, only the first example is in any way analogous to biological evolution – and even that is a fairly loose analogy, at best.
So it needs to be established what we mean by descendent – in this context, what plays the role of the DNA passed from the parents to their offspring? If it’s the first version, then the MacOS should be considered an evolutionary dead end too, because it has produced no descendents (see the third example). If instead you mean it in a more abstract/figurative sense, as in “spiritual successor to”, then how do you determine that the Lilith and/or Blit DIDN’T produce descendents? An argument could be made that we’re completely surrounded by their descendents (modern, graphical OSes).
Coincidentally, I just finished reading Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers, which (in a nutshell) examines the special circumstances that lead to certain people becoming successful – including Bill Joy, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates. I didn’t interpret that as an attempt to diminish their accomplishments – but, rather, an attempt to put their accomplishments in the proper context (in order to understand them better).
I interpret Thom’s posts on the Blit & the Lilith in the same way – as attempts to put Apple’s contribution in proper context, not to diminish it.
The Mac OS on the other hand had an enormous impact not least because Microsoft spent the next ten years building a rough copy of it and then went on to dominate the world’s PC markets with that copy
Yes, but the Mac OS didn’t coalesce out of nowhere, or leap fully-formed from the brains of Steve Jobs & Wozniak with no external influences (despite often being presented that way). That appears to be the point Thom is trying to get across.
*Amusingly enough, the way that technology advances is much more analogous to “intelligent design” than biological evolution. Of course, I don’t think most ID propronents realize the implications – namely, that ID requires a god who is less “supreme being” and more of a cosmic software project manager, putting out beta versions, bug-fixes, etc (Australopithecus == Homo sapien Developer Preview edition?).
Zaitch
Just wanted to say, I really enjoyed this link – thanks for posting it – and it is illustrative of why I come to osnews.com almost daily. I remember learning to program in Modula-2 (JPI TopSpeed Modula 2, on 2 x 5.25″ disks anyone?) but had no idea to this day Wirth et al did hardware – admittedly I was barely into my teens at the time!
vaette
Yes, I agree, this is good deep-diving into the history of computing that I think is a perfect fit for OSnews. I suspect that Thom is attempting to make some point about innovation in the present day that I don’t much care to discuss, but that doesn’t change that I didn’t know about either Blit or the Lilith, so it is a very educating look at the early days of the GUI.
Now we need a new deep article about NeWS, my favorite GUI system of all time
xastor
At university we had a basic programming course which used the Oberon OS, also co-developed by Wirth and co. It was a great environment to get up to speed on programming basics and it looks very similar to Lilith. I think some gui metaphor re-use has been going on there
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_(operating_system)
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DOE Patents Patent: Normal incidence X-ray mirror for chemical microanalysis
Title: Normal incidence X-ray mirror for chemical microanalysis
A non-planar, focusing mirror, to be utilized in both electron column instruments and micro-x-ray fluorescence instruments for performing chemical microanalysis on a sample, comprises a concave, generally spherical base substrate and a predetermined number of alternating layers of high atomic number material and low atomic number material contiguously formed on the base substrate. The thickness of each layer is an integral multiple of the wavelength being reflected and may vary non-uniformly according to a predetermined design. The chemical analytical instruments in which the mirror is used also include a predetermined energy source for directing energy onto the sample and a detector for receiving and detecting the x-rays emitted from the sample; the non-planar mirror is located between the sample and detector and collects the x-rays emitted from the sample at a large solid angle and focuses the collected x-rays to the sample. For electron column instruments, the wavelengths of interest lie above 1.5 nm, while for x-ray fluorescence instruments, the range of interest is below 0.2 nm. Also, x-ray fluorescence instruments include an additional non-planar focusing mirror, formed in the same manner as the previously described m The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under contractmore » with the Department of Energy, Contract No. DE-AC04-76DP00789, and the United States Government has rights in the invention pursuant to this contract.« less
Carr, Martin J. [1]; Romig, Jr., Alton D. [2]
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Carr, Martin J., and Romig, Jr., Alton D. Normal incidence X-ray mirror for chemical microanalysis. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Carr, Martin J., & Romig, Jr., Alton D. Normal incidence X-ray mirror for chemical microanalysis. United States.
Carr, Martin J., and Romig, Jr., Alton D. Mon . "Normal incidence X-ray mirror for chemical microanalysis". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867337.
title = {Normal incidence X-ray mirror for chemical microanalysis},
author = {Carr, Martin J. and Romig, Jr., Alton D.},
abstractNote = {A non-planar, focusing mirror, to be utilized in both electron column instruments and micro-x-ray fluorescence instruments for performing chemical microanalysis on a sample, comprises a concave, generally spherical base substrate and a predetermined number of alternating layers of high atomic number material and low atomic number material contiguously formed on the base substrate. The thickness of each layer is an integral multiple of the wavelength being reflected and may vary non-uniformly according to a predetermined design. The chemical analytical instruments in which the mirror is used also include a predetermined energy source for directing energy onto the sample and a detector for receiving and detecting the x-rays emitted from the sample; the non-planar mirror is located between the sample and detector and collects the x-rays emitted from the sample at a large solid angle and focuses the collected x-rays to the sample. For electron column instruments, the wavelengths of interest lie above 1.5 nm, while for x-ray fluorescence instruments, the range of interest is below 0.2 nm. Also, x-ray fluorescence instruments include an additional non-planar focusing mirror, formed in the same manner as the previously described m The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under contract with the Department of Energy, Contract No. DE-AC04-76DP00789, and the United States Government has rights in the invention pursuant to this contract.},
Normal incidence x-ray mirror for chemical microanalysis
Patent Carr, M.J.; Romig, A.D. Jr.
An x-ray mirror for both electron column instruments and micro x-ray fluorescence instruments for making chemical, microanalysis comprises a non-planar mirror having, for example, a spherical reflecting surface for x-rays comprised of a predetermined number of alternating layers of high atomic number material and low atomic number material contiguously formed on a substrate and whose layers have a thickness which is a multiple of the wavelength being reflected. For electron column instruments, the wavelengths of interest lie above 1.5nm, while for x-ray fluorescence instruments, the range of interest is below 0.2nm. 4 figs.
Patent Garr, M.J.; Romig, A.D.
This patent describes a non-planar, focusing mirror, to be utilized in both electron column instruments and micro-x-ray fluorescence instruments for performing chemical microanalysis on a sample. It comprises a concave, generally spherical base substrate and a predetermined number of alternating layers of high atomic number material and low atomic number material contiguously formed on the base substrate. The thickness of each layer is an integral multiple of the wavelength being reflected and may vary non-uniformly according to a predetermined design. The chemical analytical instruments in which the mirror is used also include a predetermined energy source for directing energy ontomore » the sample and a detector for receiving and detecting the x-rays emitted from the sample; the non-planar mirror is located between the sample and detector and collects the x-rays emitted from the sample at a large solid angle and focuses the collected x-rays to the sample.« less
Biomedical nuclear and X-ray imager using high-energy grazing incidence mirrors
Patent Ziock, Klaus-Peter; Craig, William W.; Hasegawa, Bruce; ...
Imaging of radiation sources located in a subject is explored for medical applications. The approach involves using grazing-incidence optics to form images of the location of radiopharmaceuticals administered to a subject. The optics are "true focusing" optics, meaning that they project a real and inverted image of the radiation source onto a detector possessing spatial and energy resolution.
Background-reducing X-ray multilayer mirror
Patent Bloch, Jeffrey J. (Los Alamos, NM); Roussel-Dupre', Diane (Los Alamos, NM); Smith, Barham W. (Los Alamos, NM)
Background-reducing x-ray multilayer mirror. A multiple-layer "wavetrap" deposited over the surface of a layered, synthetic-microstructure soft x-ray mirror optimized for reflectivity at chosen wavelengths is disclosed for reducing the reflectivity of undesired, longer wavelength incident radiation incident thereon. In three separate mirror designs employing an alternating molybdenum and silicon layered, mirrored structure overlaid by two layers of a molybdenum/silicon pair anti-reflection coating, reflectivities of near normal incidence 133, 171, and 186 .ANG. wavelengths have been optimized, while that at 304 .ANG. has been minimized. The optimization process involves the choice of materials, the composition of the layer/pairs as well asmore » the number thereof, and the distance therebetween for the mirror, and the simultaneous choice of materials, the composition of the layer/pairs, and their number and distance for the "wavetrap."« less
X-ray position detector and implementation in a mirror pointing servo system
Patent Rabedeau, Thomas A.; Van Campen, Douglas G.; Stefan, Peter M.
An X-ray beam position and stability detector is provided having a first metal blade collinear with a second metal blade, where an edge of the first metal blade is opposite an edge of the second metal blade, where the first metal blade edge and the second metal blade edge are disposed along a centerline with respect to each other, where the metal blades are capable of photoelectron emission when exposed to an x-ray beam, a metal coating on the metal blades that is capable of enhancing the photoelectron emission, or suppressing energy-resonant contaminants, or enhancing the photoelectron emission and suppressingmore » energy-resonant contaminants, a background shielding element having an electrode capable of suppressing photoelectron emission from spurious x-rays not contained in an x-ray beam of interest, and a photoelectron emission detector having an amplifier capable of detecting the photoelectron emission as a current signal.« less
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Keiynan Lonsdale’s ‘Kiss The Boy’ is the sweet, queer love song we deserve
Additional words by Sarah Jemmeson.
Keiynan Lonsdale has followed up his endlessly delightful single Good Life with Kiss The Boy, another track bursting with heart and pride. Kiss The Boy chronicles Keiynan’s journey to acceptance and love. It’s slower, more R&B moment with really crisp and cute production that matches the song’s sentiment perfectly. It’s a sentiment that is extremely relatable to anyone struggling with being LGBTQ and falling in love for the first time and we are so unbelievably excited for his debut album.
The April Gay Times cover star came out publicly in May last year and recently told the podcast LGBTQ&A that while he doesn’t love labels, he’s settled comfortably on identifying as queer.
“love is a game we deserve to play out loud.”
Keiynan plays one of the possible love interests in Love, Simon (alongside Joey Pollari and angel Miles Heizer). He told Billboard Pride, “The teaser for Love, Simon had dropped on YouTube and then for some reason, I don’t know why, the song ‘Kiss the Girl’ from The Little Mermaid popped up on my feed. I was like, ‘Oh, that’s so funny. I wonder if I can do a cover of that song, but change it to about a boy?’ It didn’t work, but I was thinking about the Love, Simon trailer and I was really happy. Eventually, I got the hook, ‘If you wanna kiss the boy/ Then you better kiss the boy right now.”
Love, Simon, in Australian cinemas now, is having a profound impact on queer young people and it’s an impact I think this song can have as well.
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AI Week: can we forgive a robot and three other important questions
Written by Sam Trendall on 30 September 2019 in Opinion
To introduce AI Week, PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall runs through four of the biggest questions facing the technology
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Hello, and welcome to AI Week on PublicTechnology.
Over the course of the next five days, we will be bringing you a wide range of content dedicated to the technology that has surely more potential than any other to transform government and public services.
Today we will be making an introduction to artificial intelligence, looking at the journey the public sector has so far taken with the technology, and where it has led. Tomorrow we will profile some existing use cases, then later in the week we will move on to looking at the ethical, legal, and technical challenges, the respective roles of the various stakeholders and, finally, we will examine what the future may hold.
AI Week – which is being run by PublicTechnology in association with UiPath – will bring our readers an array of features, interviews, analysis and case studies. From Wednesday, you will also be able to view an exclusive webinar discussion in which an expert panel of public- and private-sector representatives will debate all the major issues. Click here to register to view on demand – free of charge.
In my time reporting on public sector digital and data, no technology has presented government with as many possibilities as artificial intelligence – nor posed it as many difficult questions.
Let’s begin by looking at four of the most pressing that are yet to be fully answered.
This may seem like an obvious – and slightly glib – place to start, but it remains an important question. There are plenty who would argue that AI does not yet work well enough to be deployed in the delivery of public services.
Police trials of automated facial-recognition (AFR) software have been among the most high-profile uses of AI in a public-sector environment to date. They have also been, perhaps, the most controversial.
The trials have raised concerns among various civil-society groups, including human-rights organisation Liberty, which has supported a court case brought by Cardiff man Ed Bridges questioning the lawfulness of South Wales Police’s use of AFR. High Court judges recently ruled that the technology is lawful, but Bridges and Liberty have indicated that they will appeal the decision.
Privacy advocacy organisation Big Brother Watch has also been vocal in raising concerns about facial recognition. The group published a report last year claiming that the identifications made by the technology are up to 95% inaccurate.
Which is approximately 95% less accurate than it needs to be before many people will accept AI as a part of life.
Will it eliminate jobs?
Even if AI does work, many remain concerned that it might work a little too well. The question of the extent to which automation will cause job losses remains an important one. And with good cause: a report earlier this year from the Office for National Statistics predicted that 1.5 million workers across the UK are at risk of losing their job as a result of tasks being automated.
And they will not be the first to do so.
The ONS also reported that, between 2011 and 2017, a quarter of jobs as cashiers or checkout assistants have been eliminated – in large due to the increased use of automated checkouts.
If this trend continues and expands, government will need to consider what it can do to help create new jobs and support those whose positions are most at risk.
Can data ever be unbiased?
The issue of how best to recognise and remove bias embedded in data is one of the biggest problems AI needs to solve before the technology can responsibly be implemented by those delivering public services.
But there are some that would question whether data can ever be truly unbiased, and that information will always bear the hallmarks of the humans who collected or collated it, and the systems and structures to which it pertains.
If the humans, or the system in which they operated, were biased, then the data in question will necessarily reflect that, some would argue.
If this is the case, you cannot disentangle the data from the bias it reflects any more than you can travel back in time and mend the many ways in which society was – and still is – racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory.
Of course, you can try and ensure that any new data collection exercises are as aware as possible of potential bias and take steps to avoid it. What you cannot do quite so easily is build a base of years’, or even decades’ worth of comprehensive and bias-free data on which to properly train your algorithms.
Can we forgive a robot?
The promise of AI is that it could remove the possibility of human error.
What it cannot eradicate, however, is computer malfunction; all technologies go wrong at some point. If, in the case of AI and automation, it does so while performing a back-office administrative task, then the fallout will be minimal.
But, if and when AI is deployed in delivering front-line citizen services, we may have to grapple with some pretty complex philosophical questions.
Let’s say, for instance, that one day in the near future an algorithm could be proven to be 99.9% accurate in detecting and diagnosing cancer – more effective than any human oncologist. At an intellectual level, it’s very easy to make the case that deploying technology in that theoretical use case would save lives.
But humans don’t always – in fact, don’t often – react to things at the intellectual level. If a loved one of yours was among the 0.1% who were misdiagnosed, there would be no bigger picture.
When humans err, we can understand and contextualise it and, hopefully, reach a point of absolution.
But can we truly forgive a machine?
We will likely have the chance to find out the answer to this question in the coming years. But, in the meantime, even the most sophisticated algorithm would struggle to predict the outcome.
This article forms part of PublicTechnology’s dedicated AI Week, in association with UiPath. Look out over the coming days for lots more content – including an exclusive webinar in which experts from the public and private sector will discuss all the major issues.
Tomorrow, we will bring you case studies of how two of the public sector’s biggest organisations – the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs are using artificial intelligence in their operations. On Wednesday, an exclusive webinar discussion – in which a panel of private and public sector experts will debate all the major issues related to government's use of AI – will be available to view on demand. Click here to register to do so – free of charge.
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Presidio of San Francisco (September 23, 2015) – The Presidio Officers' Club (Officers' Club) will celebrate the first anniversary of its reopening in October, coinciding with California Archaeology Month and the launch of a new slate of free public programs. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers and serving as an elite gathering place for Army brass throughout the 20th century, the Officers' Club re-opened to the public on October 4, 2014 following a three-year rehabilitation led by the Presidio Trust. San Francisco's most historic building is now a beloved cultural destination welcoming more than 100,000 visitors to its historical gallery, and 3,300 school children through its K-10 field trip program in its first year.
"We are so pleased to see the Officers' Club alive with a bustle of locals, school groups and other visitors," said Joshua Steinberger, Chief of Strategy and Communications for the Presidio Trust, "It is once again the social and cultural center of the Presidio and the perfect way to start or end your visit to the park."
More than 25,000 visitors have enjoyed the Officers' Club 200 free events annually, including live music and dance performances, talks and lectures, hands on arts and crafts for kids, and field trip programs. The venue is as loved by artists as it is by the community, welcoming return visits from many acclaimed talents. Free music, lectures and performance take place on Thursday and Friday nights in the beautiful Moraga Hall.
"The atmosphere of the Officers' Club is completely unique," said John Santos, renowned jazz musician and multi-Grammy Award nominee. "It's an honor to perform in such a beautiful and historic venue, the acoustics are superb, and the warmth of the audiences is overwhelming." Santos and his sextet were one of the highlights of the 2014-2015 season, and returned in September.
Special programs will be offered throughout the month of October in recognition of the Officers' Club anniversary, including: a concert featuring ensembles from the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music (SFFCM) Ensembles in Residence program; "Daliwood – Salvador Dali's California Years," a presentation by curator Ted Nicolaou in association with the Walt Disney Family Museum; Jill Tracy's "In the Footsteps of Spirits: Legends of the Presidio Ghosts," and a special Halloween Dance, "The Masquerade Macabre – Do You Dare?"
The Officers' Club anniversary corresponds with California Archaeology Month. Visitors can learn about the Presidio archaeology program by visiting the El Presidio dig site to see archaeologists in action, make a Spanish tile at Creative Family Fun, or tour the archaeology artifact collection. The 4,000 square foot Presidio Heritage Gallery offers interactive exhibits that provide context, encourage exploration, and establish a deeper understanding of the Presidio and its vital role in San Francisco and world history. The gallery displays one-of-a-kind artifacts, many of which were discovered on the Presidio.
Other highlights of the fall schedule include: Holiday Tamale Making with Chef Traci Des Jardins on December 3. Ms. Des Jardins oversees the Trust's restaurant, Arguello, named after Luis Antonio Arguello, who served as commander in the Presidio from 1806 to 1822. The restaurant features Mexican cuisine and a contemporary bar with craft cocktails.
The Presidio Officers' Club is located in the Presidio of San Francisco at 50 Moraga Avenue (at Arguello Boulevard) on the Main Post and is open to visitors every day except Monday. Details at www.presidio.gov/poc.
The Presidio Trust, a federal agency, is an innovation in the management of a treasured American place. The Trust was created to save the Presidio and transform it for a new national purpose. The Trust's vision is that the Presidio will be forever a public place: vital to the Bay Area, important to all Americans, and recognized for achieving broad benefits for the nation. Today, the Presidio welcomes visitors, is home to a vibrant community of residents and tenants, and inspires greater good through programs that draw on its history and natural resources. The Presidio Trust serves the public with events, lodging, venues, and recreational opportunities. To learn more, visitwww.presidio.gov.
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Power outage: How did global leadership change in 2019?
US President Donald Trump faces a Senate trial over whether to remove him from office in January. But impeachment is not the only way to remove a leader. Here's a look at political shake-ups around the world, where both legal and extralegal means to bring about regime change have made headlines.
This Venezuelan newspaper editor is fighting to keep publishing — from Spain
More than four million Venezuelans have fled their country’s economic and political crisis in the last five years, most to neighboring nations such as Colombia. But some, including newspaper editor Miguel Henrique Otero, have regrouped in the country’s former colonial power across the Atlantic.
Rage against the crisis: Venezuela's punk scene finds a new voice in Bogotá
Exilio was formed by three Venezuelan migrants who came together in Bogotá, Colombia, after leaving their friends and family behind to seek a new start. The crisis in Venezuela has produced a new wave of angry youth expressing their rage through heavy guitar riffs and howling vocals.
Maduro regime kills, tortures, with ‘minimal consequences,’ says opposition lawmaker
President Nicolás Maduro's government has accused more than 20 lawmakers of treason and conspiracy or similar crimes, most recently on Monday. The World's Marco Werman speaks with opposition politician Juan Andrés Mejía, who recently fled to the US to avoid being detained by Maduro's regime.
Brazil resettles Venezuelan refugees — with US help
If Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump are so similar, why is Brazil responding so differently to incoming refugees?
Venezuelans with Lebanese roots bring Latin flavors to the Beirut food scene
Some Venezuelans of Lebanese descent are reverse-migrating, fleeing Venezuela's economic crisis and finding refuge in the country of their ancestors.
They fled Venezuela's crisis by boat — then vanished
Years of economic mismanagement by the socialist government have crippled the oil-rich nation with hyperinflation, shortages and misery. An estimated 4 million people — about 12% of the populace — have fled the South American country in just the last five years. Some simply disappear.
Hospitals are turning into 'cemeteries for migrants' on Colombia-Venezuela border
At first, Venezuelan migrants arriving at Hospital San José in Maicao, Colombia, were young, healthy and seeking basic health care services. But that changed in 2019, when country-wide blackouts all but devastated Venezuela’s failing health system.
From Colombia, Venezuelan defectors arm themselves to 'liberate' their homeland
Dubbing their planned offensive "Operation Venezuela," ex-army sergeant Eddier Rodríguez said there were around 150 men ready to take part with his group.
The World - Episode 20071102 - Venezuela report
Students have been protesting in the Venezuelan capital against the government of President Hugo Chavez. Reporter Ruxandra Guidi measures the impact of the protests on life in Caracas.
The World - Episode 20071113 - Tensions in Venezuela
Protests are erupting throughout Venezuela as a planned vote on constitutional reforms draws near. The reforms would expand President Hugo Chavez's power...and - critics say -- severely weaken one of South America's oldest democracies. Reporter Ruxandra Guidi has more from Venezuela's capital, Caracas.
War of words in South America
James Ingham reports on the war of words between Colombia and neighbors Venezuela and Ecuador:
US support for Colombia
President Bush called Colombia's president to express US support for the South American nation. Colombia sparked a regional crisis with a military operation inside Ecuador that killed a Colombian rebel leader
Venezuelan troops deployed to Colombian border
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's James Ingham for the latest on the crisis involving Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, as Venezuela said today that its deployment of troops to the border with Colombia is nearly complete now,
Venezuela and Colombia patch things up
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Latin America expert Michael Shifter about the now-resolved crisis between Colombia and its neighbors Venezuela and Ecuador; Shifter says the crisis ended when Colombia and Venezuela essentially check-mated each other.
Making the people's bicycle
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's James Ingham in Caracas about a joint venture by Venezuela and Iran: the two oil producers are joining forces to produce bicycles in government-run, socialist factories.
Chavez calls for hostage release
Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's James Ingham in Caracas about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's surprise call for Colombia's FARC rebels to release all their hostages and seek a negotiated settlement with the Colombian government.
Chavez bicycle offer
Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us why Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez offered President Bush a bicycle.
How Venezuela weathers rising food prices
Venezuelans haven't felt the pinch of rising food prices as badly as many consumers have around the world because President Hugo Ch-vez is using his country's ample oil revenues to subsidize food at the local markets
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Volunia Launches New Search Engine
Volunia.com
05 Dec, 2011, 08:00 GMT
PADUA, Italy, December 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Volunia is a new search engine developed by Massimo Marchiori, one of the most popular personalities of the Web, author of several web standards and TR100 award winning (top one hundred young innovators in the world).
Search engines haven't changed much in the last years: time has arrived for a radical change. Volunia brings a completely new perspective, bringing forward a vision on the search engine of the future.
The worldwide launch includes versions in 12 languages. Before the public launch, Volunia will start as an invite-only service. Go to http://www.volunia.com and register to be among the first ones to try Volunia. People who are selected will have exclusive access to Volunia, a direct feedback channel to the TR100 award winning team, exclusive information on Volunia next steps and bonus passes for selected friends.
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Maverix Metals to acquire portfolio of 25 precious metals royalties from Kinross Gold
Maverix said it will issue to Kinross a total of 11.2 million common shares and make a cash payment of US$25 million
Maverix will fund the transaction through a combination of cash on hand and drawing on its existing credit facility
Maverix Metals Inc (TSX:MMX) (NYSEAMERICAN:MMX) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of 25 precious metals royalties from Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K) (NYSE:KGC).
In a statement Monday, Maverix said it will issue to Kinross a total of 11.2 million common shares and make a cash payment of US$25 million upon closing of the transaction. Closing is expected to occur on or before December 31, and at which time Kinross will own a 9.4% basic interest in Maverix.
Certain royalties in the royalty portfolio are subject to rights of first refusal as well as the requirement for various transfer consents. Any proceeds from the exercise of a right of first refusal will be paid to Maverix, which added that the total consideration for the portfolio could reach $74 million.
READ: Maverix Metals names a mining investment veteran as its new president
The Vancouver-based company listed highlights of the transaction as follows:
Increased scale and asset diversification: The royalty portfolio consists of predominantly gold assets located in seven different countries globally, ranging from production to exploration stage. The transaction increases Maverix's total asset portfolio to 105 royalties and streams, 14 of which will be paying, and increases Maverix's exposure to assets containing significant measured and indicated gold resources.
Immediate cash flow and accretive to net asset value per share: The portfolio is expected to generate an estimated cash flow of approximately US$3 million to US$4 million in 2020 with the potential to increase significantly in the future.
Strong counterparties: Royalty counterparties include Barrick Gold Corporation (TSE:ABX) (NYSE:GOLD), Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSE:AEM) (NYSE:AEM), Polymetal International PLC (LON:POLY), Yamana Gold Inc (TSE:YRI) (NYSE:AUY), Coeur Mining Inc (TSE:CDM), and Integra Resources Corp.
Future development and optionality with significant future cash-flow potential: There are several royalties on projects that are in the project evaluation and development stage, that could meaningfully contribute to cash flow in the medium-term. In addition, a number of the royalties are on assets with large gold mineral inventories, many of which are being advanced through various stages of development.
Adds new supportive shareholder: Kinross, one of the world's leading gold mining companies with a market capitalization of more than US$5 billion, will own approximately 9.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Maverix, joining Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (NYSE:NEM) and Pan American Silver Corp (NASDAQ:PAAS) as significant and supportive shareholders of Maverix. And Kinross will provide Maverix with the opportunity to make an offer to acquire royalties or streams which Kinross may contemplate selling or creating in the future.
"This transaction is another milestone in Maverix's continued growth,” said Maverix CEO Dan O'Flaherty. “We would like to thank Kinross for entrusting us to deliver superior value for their royalty portfolio. This transaction further validates our business model and growth strategy, and we welcome Kinross as a significant shareholder."
Maverix said it will fund the transaction through a combination of cash on hand and drawing on its existing credit facility.
The company's shares added 5.34% in Toronto to C$5.72 each
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Topic: New TOOL Album
This needs its own thread.
Single's out:
I was just about to post this
Sounds unmistakably Tool. A bit too much perhaps. It's like "didn't they release this song before?"
But I hope that's intentional to tell the fans that "hey, after 13 years, we're still Tool"
Yeah it's reassuring more than anything else. I'm glad he hasn't gone off the deepend and gone off point, he has Pucifer (who I don't like at all) to do that with. This is definitely a Tool song.
He was on Joe Rogan's podcast last week to promote the album, and announce that he'd finally put Tool's catalogue on streaming services.
seremtan
can't see this fitting on one side of a 45rpm vinyl disc
Sounds good. I just hope the rest of the album has some harder riffs, à la 10,000 days...
I'm the dude!
While I largely use Spotify now, any word on how one would go about buying it in some physical form?
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Eh, just like you would buy any other album...?
official pre-order links: http://smarturl.it/TOOLFIa
CZghost
The hell good boy
@obsidian:
Do you want CD or vynil? Not every artist sells vynil records today. But most of them should sell at least CD records, if you want it in a physical form. Nothing actually stops you from burning the MP3 files you download from Spotify (yes, Spotify shall present you a way to backup your bought albums to your computer, in case of some shortage) into an Audio CD format. I have ImgBurn for this purpose and its in-built CUE Sheet Editor.
Personally, I like to use Audacity to join it up to one large up to 80 minutes long track and save it directly in Audio CD data format (PCM 16bit LE, 44.1 kHz) with Microsoft WAVE header (*.wav file), and write CUE sheet all by myself in Sublime Text (I have syntax highlighting for CUE Sheet format).
If I want to play the CUE Sheet in Windows Media Player, I have to use WMPCDText extension, that enables the CD Text support for WMP. I find it better than use VLC Media Player that likes to "correct" some mistakes like artist in track name, etc. Some songs in some albums are like with parenthesis (like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by Rolling Stones), or using slash ("/") to separate names of combined tracks (two tracks in one), like "Nothing Left to Say / Rocks" by Imagine Dragons. Some songs introduce also colons (":") or dashes ("-") in song names. All of these inputs confuses VLC Media Player into thinking it's incorrectly labeled and it tries to repair it. No need to say that it's wrong and I don't know how to remove that. So I use now obsolete WMP, because Groove Music does not support Audio CDs at all, only downloaded or streamed music (well, downloaded nowadays, since Groove Music streaming platform has been cancelled).
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obsidian wrote:
I am not sure if this is a joke or really fucking terrifying
lol yea, next thing Obsidian is going to post about his latest discovery: a thing, made of paper, that contains text and it doesn't require any batteries!
I agree, it’s crazy to think about buying an actual physical copy, but if I was to buy any album, it would be a Tool album. I actually bought 10,000 Days when it was released. The case was really cool. It was hard paper/cardboard and had these glasses you could look through and view the trippy cover art. Nothing like I’d seen before...
scared?
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xer0s wrote:
I agree, it’s crazy to think about buying an actual physical copy
That's not the point. Actually, it's not my point.
I am kind of amazed that someone would unironically ask how to buy a physical copy of an album (for a moment assuming this is what obsidian did).
It's like, have we moved this far beyond CD's and DVD's already that people have to ask this?
What kind of moron buys physical copies of music?...
Young adults today were born into a totally digital world. Flip phones are a relic to them, let alone CDs.
I don't see what the big deal is with Tool. They're good, but nothing spectacular. They sound like a mixture of other bands.
scared? wrote:
The kind that doesn't want to lose their whole collection when a drive dies or cloud server bites it. You do realize that cloud servers are just that, a server that has multiple access methods. Subject to the same failures.
Uh, yeah, but redundancy. Look it up in the dictionary.
Scourge wrote:
No taste is a taste as well
Apparently.
I understand that, but shit still happens.
Simmer down...
I still buy hard copies of a lot of my music. Granted, I immediately rip it to FLAC and run that from there on out, but I still like having a physical copy of my music.
I still have some of vynil discs. Sometimes I play them on my old turnable from 80s.
Well, it’s good. As was expected...
Very much enjoying it
So it looks like the physical copy has a screen imbedded into the case that plays a video (comes with a usb cable to charge it). It also comes with the CD, a code for a MP3 copy, and an artwork booklet...
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I'm afraid I'm not too impressed by the album. It's kind of the same thing I felt with the Fear Inoculum song itself:
The whole album brings absolutely nothing new to the table. And it's more than Tool just sticking to a signature sound. It's like I've heard it all before and there aren't really many moments where I go "oh wow, this is such a fantastic song" like I had with stuff like Parabola, Ticks & Leeches or Right in Two. Even in the choice of synth and percussion sounds, they're just taking the exact same sounds and samples as they've used on previous albums.
I guess stuff will need a bit more time to grow on me, but my first impression is that it's all a bit too mellow as well, with too few explosive highlights. Don't get me wrong, it's a solid and enjoyable album, but it's not exactly the second coming of Christ either.
7empest and invincible are good... Good parts in others songs. Undertow is still the best tool...
Don't get me wrong, it's a solid and enjoyable album, but it's not exactly the second coming of Christ either.
Pretty much my stated opinion of the band in general, but when I say this I have no taste.
You're not alone Scourge. I've always found them competent, but boringly safe. Somehow, incredibly middle class.
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Current: College Life General
Top 40 Colleges That Facebook
By Allie Gray Freeland on 03/15/2010
Facebook is the most popular social network on the Internet with more than 200 million active users worldwide. Facebook started in 2004 as a site for college students to socially interact in a virtual setting—but the site has since advanced to a popular online destination used by web users of all ages—and consequentially morphed into a new marketing channel for organizations.
One chief niche of Facebook marketers are higher education institutions. Colleges and universities use this online platform to engage with students and stakeholders, spread word of news and events happening on campus, infect fans with school spirit and market their campus to prospective students. Academic institutions have embraced this 2.0 technology all in hopes of getting to the pulse of student conversation and luring individuals to consider enrolling in their school.
Here is my list of the top colleges that Facebook in America:
Thumbs up: Marketers preach how with social media organizations should, “talk with” not “talk to” its target market. Well Texas A&M is the king of this as it has launched multiple campaigns to engage their online followers. In 2008, they launched a campaign called “DoYouWonder.edu” where students were encouraged to share their experiences, through videos and pictures. As a result this Texan school created an interactive atmosphere bringing students back on a daily basis. No wonder they topped the list at a whopping 148,188 fans!
Thumbs up: This past September, LSU and Texas A&M created a ingenious marketing stunt with their Facebook fan battle. Marketers from each university publicized this battle, bringing attention to the Facebook sites, which worked as a bait and switch tactic for luring in prospective students and their parents to their online marketing platforms. Read about the viral battle here: http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=204786969.
Thumbs up: University of Texas at Austin’s Facebook fan page offers rich multimedia. Though they lack continuous engagement with fans on their page, they get bonus points for its candid images (Longhorn football rules). Their success lies in this, tied together with their fanatical sports enthusiasts!
Thumbs up: University of Michigan offers a prime example of full-emersion Facebook marketing. Not only does the University host a continual stream of information with recent media clips, school accolades and events, but they have also created micro-niche marketing with pages dedicated to specific departments within the University (like the Ross School of Management: http://www.facebook.com/pages/U-M-Ross-School-of-Business-Executive-Education/36882987678).
Thumbs up: Penn State’s Facebook page encourages active discussion and sharing of information and thoughts. This University’s Facebook administrators continually post comments and administrators quickly answer fan inquiries about anything from housing to sports scores. Plus, this University is a prototype for educational institutions that have embraced Web 2.0 technologies, with a fan page widget where Penn aficionados can receive game day text messages.
Thumbs up: University of Oklahoma’s Facebook fan page is brimming with multimedia content. Uploaded videos of student performances and testimonials...they’ve got it. Four albums of pictures showcasing campus hot-spots...they’ve got it. An Okie blog forum via Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Norman-OK/Unwind-The-University-of-Oklahoma-Blog-Community/49098605687)...they’ve got it. Plus?this University averages 1.5 posts per day?that’s more than most colleges on the list.
Thumbs up: University of Kansas has executed great marketing campaigns to engage and inspire the online community. This year’s Hawk-O-Lantern contest, where fans submitted Kansas-inspired pumpkin carvings on top of the HawkU contest (http://www.facebook.com/notes/the-university-of-kansas/theres-still-time-to-submit-your-hawku/196056272175), where fans can enter a Kansas-inspired haiku are two examples of innovative ways the University has sought to engage the Facebook community. This organizations success in Facebook marketing is indicated through its growing numbers?.with a following that is more than 61,310 fans large.
Thumbs up: Forty-nine-thousand fans strong, Ohio State is tops the list with best Facebooking colleges. Ohio State has provided a medium where students, alumni and professors regularly post and discuss campus-related questions (on average every hour). Plus?the Universities’ connection to philanthropic causes makes this college a noteworthy winner on the list.
Thumbs up: In addition to being a virtuous leader in academia Stanford University is adept in Facebook marketing as well. The combination of engaging fans with multimedia including Stanford music player, pictures, weekly lectures streamed through the page and department-specific pages like “Stanford Continuing Education” (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stanford-Continuing-Studies/86483982201)makes this University a Facebook powerhouse.
Thumbs up: Indiana University’s fan page is updated weekly with accolades, research and campus events. The page is also rich with images from graduation, campus life and other gorgeous shots of the city that is sure to entice future students to enroll at IU. Blog feeds are also imbedded in the page, which is useful for following Twitter posts and recent news stories related to the University.
Thumbs up: University of Tennessee is a Facebook top-dog with an ever-expanding Facebook fan base. The page offers a continually updated links section where people can check out highlighted coursework, events and happenings. The page is interactive and evolving?a recipe for Facebook success.
Thumbs up: Recognized around the world as a top research university, Michigan State University leads the nation in Facebook as well. This page encourages comments and is brimming with photos, videos and links, especially related to research findings.
Thumbs up: This Californian college has undoubtedly embraced the internet as a marketing and communication tool. The Facebook page is packed with external links to the school’s newsroom, school departments, admissions, student organizations and athletics. This astute academic institution has a Facebook widget with live webcasts from professors and University officials.
Thumbs up: Though much of University of Florida’s 27,00-plus fan base is attributed to its die-hard sports fans, the University can link their success to their integration with technology, like RSS Blog feeds plus its host of degree-specific fan pages like UF College of Design (http://www.facebook.com/UF.dcp) and UF College of Education (http://www.facebook.com/UF.COE).
Thumbs up: University of Miami’s success in Facebook lies in their aptitude for harnessing the power of viral marketing. On a very prominent widget on the page reads, “Love the U? Suggest this fan to friends”? and includes instructions on how to invite your Facebook friends to join the group. Moreover, this University posts pictures and articles related to campus affairs, research, athletic teams and admissions?providing a great medium to communicate and market their wonderful University.
Thumbs up: Part of University of Phoenix’s mission is to constantly innovate to help students balance education and life in a rapidly changing world. They have made strides towards that through their Facebook page?as it provides a place where students, teachers and alumni can connect through discussion board, while supplying informative posts, videos and pictures.
Thumbs up: Listen up social media marketers and take notes on Oklahoma State’s Facebook stratagem. This University is fully emerged in social media marketing?integrating their marketing strategy with Web 2.0 channels including Twitter, YouTube and RSS feeds with campus-related blogs. Oklahoma State has also exhibited that the cross-promotion of social media networks (Twitter, YouTube and Facebook) can elicit more followers.
Thumbs up: This summer, the University of Minnesota doubled their followers. Want to know why? These university marketers are keen with how to use Facebook. They average posts a day, and include news, events, pictures and videos galore.
Thumbs up: Averaging more than three updates a day, it’s not surprising to see why University of Arizona has nearly 22,000 Facebook fans. This University’s Facebook account is used as a news feed for all things “U of A” and serves as a great source for admission information with a tab dedicated to admissions information for potential students.
Thumbs up: Kansas State has a unique attribute on their Facebook page?an ingenious tab that links Facebook fans to Kansas admission representatives (http://www.facebook.com/KState?v=app_4949752878&ref=search). Select your state from a digital map of the United States and you can connect to the right program manager in your geographic area in matter of seconds. Combining this cool digital attribute with the page’s pages dedicated to specific University departments and steady stream of updates on health alerts, scholarship announcements and events?and you have the perfect precedent for successful Facebook marketing.
Thumbs up: It is clear that FSU delivers its promise of getting exclusive content and interact with Florida State Seminoles right from Facebook. This sports-centric page features fan-driven content?including multimedia and informative game-day updates.
Thumbs up: Sheer numbers can prove that Appalachian State University has adept Facebook strategy? This University has 2,000 more Facebook fans than their current enrollment (which is around 14,000). Appalachian State has engrained social media with traditional web marketing through including links to their Twitter and Facebook pages on their admissions site: http://www.admissions.appstate.edu/.
Thumbs up: This mountain-top University credits the success in Facebook to its cross-promotion with social media channels including YouTube, Flickr and Twitter. It is clear that this University has embraced social media?and one prime example is the CSU social media hub, a website that encourages colleges, departments, programs, groups and entities to join the social media age (http://www.socialmedia.colostate.edu/).
Thumbs up: Mississippi State keeps web users in the loop with daily Facebook posts related to campus events, alumni news and multimedia. MSU can credit much of their Facebook fan base to Mississippi State’s social media badges on the homepage of their official website, found at http://www.msstate.edu/. These icons that can quickly link web visitors from their official website to other social media channels.
Thumbs up: This Hoosier school gets an “A” for social media and embracing innovation and creativity. The school was quoted recently, saying, “Ball State is redefining education by providing immersive learning experiences that engage high-caliber students in intense interdisciplinary projects in and out of the classroom. Our expert faculty encourages innovation and creativity.” Social media marketers can learn a lesson from Ball State?that organizations need to embrace the internet and technology from the top down in order to be successful in academia.
Thumbs up: Similar to Ball State, Arizona State University has also fully welcomed social media into their world. Their Facebook page includes social RSS blogs with informative information about campus activities and academic lectures, Twitter links and much more.
Thumbs up: This southern school can credit their social media success to the integration of their marketing strategy with a host of social media outlets. Clemson University skillfully integrates their website and channels such as Twitter and Facebook to encourage prospective and current students to communicate in online discussion about the Clemson University experience. Clemson has even created a group called “Clemson University: Class of 2014” (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=169269157933) dedicated to those that have been accepted or are interested in applying to Clemson.
Thumbs up: Cornell University’s Facebook page is the go-to source for Cornell information on the internet. The University engages with fans on Facebook an average of two times a day and posts colorful pictures from around campus, university events and more. Everyone from alumni to incoming students have found their places within Facebook’s groups and forums; even President David Skorton has a profile. Marketers should also take tips from Cornell.edu’s micro-site which links web users to YouTube, Facebook, RSS blog feeds, Myspace, Ning and Linkedin (http://www.cornell.edu/CUbiquitous/).
University of California-Davis
Thumbs up: Online marketers would praise this University’s multimedia-rich Facebook page. With more than 23 videos featuring speakers, research, snippets of research studies—and cool interactive quizzes on the sidebar of the page—University of California-Davis definitely has mastered social media marketing. This University also includes enticing information geared towards prospective students like links to enrollment information, rankings and distinctions.
Thumbs up: Oregon State University offers dynamic, engaging multimedia on their Facebook page. The page caters to both alumni and students?as it plays on school spirit by offering hundreds of orange-infused pictures and other images that show beautiful landmarks around campus.
Thumbs up: The NYU network on Facebook has more than 500 groups associated with it. Moreover, research from http://www.wholinkstome.com shows that this University is keen with SEO marketing as it has more than 8,000 Google-indexed pages that link to their Facebook page. Plus, this university scores points for engaging with fans, as they post two to three wall posts a week about campus events, networking opportunities, student performances and more.
Thumbs up: Iowa State professors have embraced Facebook as a medium for connecting with students, according to Barbara Mack, associate professor of journalism and communication school at Iowa State. This University seems to appeal to the mass of students and alumni’s sports side, as most posts are centered on Iowa State athletics.
Thumbs up: Central Michigan fans of Facebook is over half the total student body?so its no wonder that the school is setting precedents for social media marketing. The University has unquestionably harnessed the power of Web 2.0 technology by providing widgets that link to their own YouTube channel and iTunes U at CMU! Furthermore, this Michigan university page even links fans to podcasts from professors and university officials and is a prime news source for campus related events and academic findings.
http://www.facebook.com/PrincetonU?v=wall&ref=search
Thumbs up: Princeton’s reputation of being a research powerhouse shines through on Facebook?as they unveil hot-off-the press research findings via Facebook. Social media marketers should also take note of Princeton’s micro-Facebook site, a site that the university created to facilitate communication between professors and students.
http://www.facebook.com/TheUofC?ref=search&sid=1302300393.3038924097..1
Thumbs up: This University’s success on Facebook is attributed to sheer word of mouth. There is nothing fancy about this page as it offers straightforward information about the University.
Allie Gray Freeland
Allie Gray is an Online Marketing Manager for Rasmussen College. In her position, she drives online promotion and content production for Rasmussen College School of Business, School of Technology and Design, and School of Nursing. Allie has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Minnesota.
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Eva Mackevic
A fresh take on a twisty murder-mystery tale and an exhilarating re-telling of one of the most exciting car races in history—November's spoiling us with film choices
Film of the month: Knives Out
Daniel Craig becomes the American version of the legendary Detective Poirot in this dark yet playful whodunnit. What makes Knives Out unusual, though, is that we find out exactly who-done-it right at the beginning of the film, turning the genre on its head.
The story is as old as the hills: Harlan Thrombey, the wealthy patriarch of a big, eccentric family dies under mysterious circumstances following his 85th birthday celebrations. Craig’s Benoit Blanc steps in to investigate and sifts through a slew of red herrings to uncover the truth. This, of course, involves questioning the (sometimes insufferably) colourful members of the Thrombey clan.
And while each and every one of them is fabulously compelling in their own way, special mentions go out to Toni Collette’s kooky Instagram influencer Joni, Chris Evans’ James Dean-esque rebel Ransom and Jamie Lee Curtis’ cool and collected Linda. But the star of the show is the victim himself: though we only get to know Harlan (played with great gusto by Christopher Plummer) through flashbacks and other people’s stories, his impish charm and wit are irresistible.
While fresh and modern, Knives Out also feels timeless and nostalgic, and is bound to make you reach for the nearest Agatha Christie novel.
Britain’s champion of the oppressed masses, Ken Loach, returns with another downbeat musing on the struggles of the working class. This time, he follows a sweet family struggling to make ends meet: Ricky and Abbie, the parents, fight tooth and nail to keep their family afloat, working to impossible schedules, while simultaneously dealing with their unruly teenage son Seb and their increasingly anxious younger daughter Lisa.
If you’ve ever seen a Loach film before, you’ll know exactly where this is going; the punches will keep on coming until the family— and, inevitably, the audience—reaches a bitter breaking point. It’s an impactful drama, but takes too much pleasure in sermonising for its own good.
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Co-written by Emma Thompson. Starring box office gold dust Emilia Clarke and the impossibly charming Henry Golding. A sweet plot about an unlucky-in-love, department store elf. Everything about this Christmas romp has you wanting to like it. But a lazy script and predictable twist make for disappointing viewing. Thompson’s role as Emilia’s Eastern European mother could have been its saviour, had it been played by a different actor. Alas, her thick accent lends some of the film’s more tender moments a sense of humour, in place of much-needed nuance.
Strap in tight and get ready for an eye-watering, heart-pumping ride at break-neck speeds with Christian Bale in the driver’s seat. This, of course, is the riveting true story of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in which Ford boldly took it upon themselves to defeat the reigning Ferrari race team. They attempt to achieve this by getting the irreverent automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (played with verve and nerve by Matt Damon) and his team to build a state of the art race car. Shelby, in turn, recruits his old pal and the best driver in the game Ken Miles (Bale) to help him put this beast together—but will the foul-mouthed renegade Brit play by the stringent Mr Ford's rules?
Sure, sexy shots of high-speed races, ceaseless cut-aways to the much-abused gear stick and lusty close-ups of the polished race car curves do most of the heavy lifting in the entertainment department here but, luckily, the director is unabashedly aware of that and takes full advantage of it—and boy, are we here for it!
If you’re a fan of morbidly hilarious, genre-bending flicks in the vein of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster, you’re likely to fall for this new Aussie tale about the eponymous 16th-century couple of puppeteers navigating a rocky period in their lives. With its weird, unpredictable tone where hilarity bleeds into tragedy at the drop of a hat, superb performances and shrewd commentary on modern-day society, it’s one hell of a ride.
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Rebel Writers: The Accidental Feminists : Shelagh Delaney * Edna O'Brien * Lynne Reid-Banks * Charlotte Bingham * Nell Dunn * Virginia Ironside * Margaret Forster Hardback
by Celia Brayfield
'Make this your next inspirational read. Trust us, it's Oprah's Book Club worthy' ViceIn London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain.
It also began a movement that would change women's lives forever.
The play was A Taste of Honey and the author, Shelagh Delaney, was the first in a succession of young women who wrote about their lives with an honesty that dazzled the world.
They rebelled against sexism, inequality and prejudice and in doing so challenged the existing definitions of what writing and writers should be.
Bypassing the London cultural elite, their work reached audiences of millions around the world, paved the way for profound social changes and laid the foundations of second-wave feminism.
After Delaney came Edna O'Brien, Lynne Reid-Banks, Charlotte Bingham, Nell Dunn, Virginia Ironside and Margaret Forster; an extraordinarily disparate group who were united in their determination to shake the traditional concepts of womanhood in novels, films, television, essays and journalism.
They were as angry as the Angry Young Men, but were also more constructive and proposed new ways to live and love in the future.
They did not intend to become a literary movement but they did, inspiring other writers to follow.
Not since the Brontes have a group of young women been so determined to tell the truth about what it is like to be a girl.
In this biographical study, the acclaimed author, Celia Brayfield, tells their story for the first time.
Pages: 272 pages, 8pp B&W
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'Aliens' make trek to Pine Bush for UFO Festival
Amanda Loviza Times Herald-Record
May 21, 2016 at 9:22 PM May 21, 2016 at 9:22 PM
PINE BUSH — For some, it’s a silly excuse to wear tin foil and green paint. For others, it’s a day to profess otherworldly memories and bond with those who have had similar experiences.
Whatever the extraterrestrial interest, the annual Pine Bush UFO Festival draws crowds from across the region for a day of dressing like aliens, listening to talks about aliens and buying inflatable aliens. Pine Bush is the UFO Capital of New York, or the world, depending on who you ask, and the community takes great pride in the title.
Kristine Esposito and Dee Shane, both of Woodstock, covered hats with tin foil and decked themselves out with green beads to enjoy Shane’s first UFO festival experience. They even gave themselves alien nicknames for the day — Aliana and Plutonia. It’s all in good fun, and they said next year they may wear capes.
“The creativity and sense of community here in Pine Bush” make the festival great, Shane said. “They embrace it and we support that.”
Aliens have invaded Pine Bush storefront window paintings, local sports teams and businesses. The Pine Bush Invaders softball team sports UFOs and aliens on their jerseys, and selling team T-shirts at the UFO festival is a big hit. Jim and Cheryl Starr have created a business of selling Pine Bush, N.Y., alien T-shirts, plus hot sauce and other alien souvenirs. Cheryl Starr said they have a lot of fun with their business and the festival.
“We’ve sent T-shirts all over the world because people have heard about Pine Bush and the connection,” Starr said.
The alien phenomenon brings people together in surprising ways, said Roger Phillips, who draws and writes the alien-themed “Gray Zone Comics.” People write to him on Facebook about their abduction experiences, and tell him his comics help them cope. His most touching experience came when a soldier injured in Afghanistan approached him at the Pine Bush festival one year and told him his comics helped him stay positive while recovering from his battle wounds.
Bill Wiand, one of the speakers at this year’s festival, tries to use the community’s enthusiasm for aliens to remind them to be the kind of people who would serve as good ambassadors for the Earth. Wiand has been abducted by aliens many times in his life, and he facilitates the local United Friends Observer Society (UFOS), a group that started as a support group for those who have been abducted and continues as a group for people interested in learning about the extraterrestrial.
During his talk Saturday afternoon, Wiand asked his audience if they felt they could be good representatives of Earth, and if they’d have the courage to serve in that role. Feed your soul with music, dance and art, Wiand told the audience, and develop peaceful souls and open hearts. Some don’t want to hear those lessons, Wiand said after the talk, but he continues to challenge people to do better, for the Earth and their loved ones.
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Ending Trafficking Begins with us. Das Ende des Menschenhandels beginnt mit uns. Terminarea traficului incepe cu noi.Dhënia fund e Trafikimit Fillon me NE. Az emberkereskedelem vége velünk kezdődik! It-tmiem tat-traffikar uman jibda minna stess. Ukončenie obchodovania začína od nás. Крајот на Трговијата започнува со нас. Terminar com o tráfico começa por nós. Fine tratta comincia da Noi. Oprirea traficului de persoane începe cu noi. Położenie kresu handlowi ludźmi zaczyna się od nas. Het einde van mensenhandel begint bij ons. Mettre fin à la Traite : à nous d’abord de nous y mettre. Konec trgovanja z nami. Припинення торгівлі людьми починається з нас. Kova prieš prekybą žmonėmis prasideda nuo mūsų. Acabar con el tráfico humano empieza con NOSOTROS. At gøre ende på menneskehandel begynder hos os. Cilēku tirdzniecības beigas sākas ar mums. KONEC OBCHODOVÁNÍ S LIDMI ZAČÍNÁ NÁMI! KRAJ TRGOVANJA POČINJE S NAMA! PRESTANAK TRGOVANJA LJUDIMA ZAPOČINJE S NAMA! Краят на трафика на хора, започва с нас
Category: 2nd European Assembly of RENATE in Rome 6th-12th Nov 2016.
Assembly signed Statement: RENATE 2nd European Assembly, Rome 6-12 November, 2016. ‘’Ending Trafficking begins with US.’’
Ending Human Trafficking Begins with Us resounded in Rome, on the final days of this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, November 2016. The theme was endorsed by 130 RENATE delegates (Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation) from 27 European countries at their 2nd General Assembly, 6-12 November.
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RENATE Members had a special meeting with the Holy See, on Monday, in the Vatican. It was a great honor for RENATE to have been received by Pope Francis and be able to greet His Holiness in person. This was a joyful day for each of us during the 2nd European Assembly week in Rome.
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Imelda Poole, IBVM, President of RENATE, speak about the 2nd RENATE Assembly, " Ending Trafficking begins with US." BBC Radio York
Imelda Poole, IBVM, President of RENATE, speak about the 2nd RENATE Assembly, ” Ending Trafficking begins with US.”
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Ivonne van de Kar, an anti-trafficking advocate from the Netherlands, is seen at the Vatican press hall with Sister Monica Chikwe, a member of the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy, who works with trafficked Nigerian women, Nov. 4. (CNS photo / Carol Glatz)
Women religious are often the first people to discover problems emerging in society because they work directly with so many people in need, an anti-trafficking advocate said.
However, because religious focus more on providing assistance than publicizing their efforts, the rest of the world is often slower to catch on to where there is trouble, said Ivonne van de Kar, the coordinator of the Foundation of Religious Against Trafficking of Women in the Netherlands.
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These are religious around the world who fight against modern slavery. The president of this organization, RENATE, thanked Pope Francis for the opportunity to have this meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXwOWTKzHY0
“Holy Father. We, RENATE, Religious in Europe Networking against Trafficking and Exploitation, we want to thank you for giving us your time and your presence in the midst of your very busy schedule.”
They not only greeted the pope with affection, but they also thanked him for his commitment to combat human trafficking and exploitation.
Pope Francis recalled that this modern slavery is a crime against humanity.
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http://www.romereports.com/2016/11/07/pope-francis-modern-slavery-is-a-crime-against-humanity
RENATE (Religious in Europe Networking against Trafficking and Exploitation) has welcomed 130 members from 27 countries to Rome for their second European Assembly (6-12 November) where they are reflecting, learning, dialoguing and sharing best practices in their work to combat human trafficking and exploitation.
Among those attending the RENATE Assembly are Lynda Dearloversm (GB Institute, Women@theWell), Mary Ryan rsm (The Congregation) and Denise Boyle fmdm (Mercy Global Action).
Sr Denise writes: ‘The highlight of day one of the RENATE Assembly (Religious of Europe Network Against Trafficking and Exploitation) was the private audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican. All the participants boarded the coaches with great excitement and anticipation. After a circuitous route to St. Peter’s that included security checks we walked through the bronze door into the Vatican. It was almost surreal waiting in the enormous corridor beyond this, watching the Swiss guards go through their routine and knowing that very soon we would meet Pope Francis.
Finally we were walking up what seemed like endless flights of marble stairs and into the papal audience room. The Clementine is a magnificent room with a beautiful high painted ceiling. A hush descended just before Pope Francis entered, followed by a burst of applause and an enthusiastic waving of national flags. Smiling almost shyly the Pope acknowledged our greeting as he made his way to a very simple throne like chair, centred on a red dais at the front of the room.
Imelda Poole IBVM, the President of RENATE thanked Pope Francis on behalf of the organisation, citing specific ways in which he has raised awareness of human trafficking, especially the suffering of those caught up in it. She went on to say that Francis has offered tremendous support for all those working to eliminate trafficking and who support and work with survivors. The Pope listened attentively and when Imelda finished speaking he jumped up and came down to greet her warmly.
In his response Francis began by offering ‘prayerful good wishes for the fruitfulness of these days of prayer, reflection and discussion.’ Reminding us that our Assembly was taking place during the Jubilee Year of Mercy, he spoke of the invitation to ‘enter more deeply into the mystery of God’s mercy and like the Good Samaritan, to bring the balm of that mercy to so many open wounds in our world. Pope Francis believes that among the most troubling of these open wounds is the trade in modern forms of slavery.
Acknowledging that much has been accomplished, Francis said that one of the challenges we face is indifference and even complicity plus a tendency by many to look the other way, because powerful networks of crime are involved. Francis thanked us for our ‘faithful witness to the Gospel of Mercy,’ demonstrated by our commitment to the recovery and rehabilitation of victims.
Revealing his understanding of the complexity of issues related to human trafficking Francis mentioned the ‘distinctive contribution made by women in accompanying other women and children on a deeply personal journey of healing and reintegration.’ He then shared his hope that our time together during this coming week, will help us be more effective witnesses to the Gospel, ‘in one of the great peripheries of contemporary society.’ Pope Francis concluded his address by commending each one of the group ‘to the loving intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy,’ after which he gave us his papal blessing.
L-r: Denise Boyle fmdm, Lynda Dearloversm,
Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo,
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As the loud applause died down, members of the group presented Pope Francis with a St. Brigid’s Cross. This was accompanied by a scroll explaining how the different reeds woven into the cross reflect the 27 European countries in the RENATE network, who are all working to eradicate human trafficking.
There was more to come. With a big smile Pope Francis stood waiting as the first of the 133 participants were ushered forward to shake hands with him! When it was my turn I thanked him for his work against human trafficking and then said ‘I think you know my city Dublin, in Ireland?’ Francis nodded and then thinking for a moment said ‘yes, Milltown’ and laughed. (The Jesuit community in Milltown is where Francis stayed during the six months he was studying English back in 1980).’
Editor: Pope Francis’ Address to the members of RENATE can be read here
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Pope: Raise awareness about "scourge" of human trafficking: (From Vatican Radio)
(Vatican Radio) On Monday, Pope Francis spoke out against human trafficking, in an address to members of RENATE: Religious in Europe Networking against trafficking and exploitation).
The group is in Rome for their 2nd European Assembly, which took place on Sunday.
The theme of this year’s assembly was “Ending Trafficking Begins with Us.”
Listen: http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-raise-awareness-about-scourge-of-human-traffi
In his address to members of the group, Pope Francis once again denounced “the trade in human beings” as “a modern form of slavery, which violates the God-given dignity of so many of our brothers and sisters, and constitutes a true crime against humanity.” He acknowledged that much has been accomplished in educating the public about human trafficking, but said “much more needs to be done on the level of raising public consciousness” and in coordinating the various efforts of those engaged in fighting against trafficking in human persons.
The Holy Father commended the work of RENATE in raising public awareness about the extent of “this scourge which especially affects women and children.” He especially praised them for their “faithful witness to the Gospel of mercy, as demonstrated in [their] commitment to the recovery and rehabilitation of victims.” The Pope made special mention of the work of women in accompanying other women and children in the process of recovery.
Pope Francis concluded his remarks by expressing his confidence that the members of RENATE would contribute “to a more effective witness to the Gospel in one of the great peripheries of society.”
The full text of Pope Francis’ address to the Second European Assembly of Renate can be read below:
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
I extend a cordial welcome to you, who are taking part in this Second Assembly of the Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation. I thank Sister Imelda Poole for her kind words of greeting on your behalf, and I offer my prayerful good wishes for the fruitfulness of these days of prayer, reflection and discussion. It is fitting that your Assembly takes place in Rome during this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. In this season of grace, all of us are invited to enter more deeply into the mystery of God’s mercy and, like the Good Samaritan, to bring the balm of that mercy to so many open wounds in our world.
One of the most troubling of those open wounds is the trade in human beings, a modern form of slavery, which violates the God-given dignity of so many of our brothers and sisters and constitutes a true crime against humanity. While much has been accomplished in acknowledging its gravity and extent, much more needs to be done on the level of raising public consciousness and effecting a better coordination of efforts by governments, the judiciary, law enforcement officials and social workers.
As you well know, one of the challenges to this work of advocacy, education and coordination is a certain indifference and even complicity, a tendency on the part of many to look the other way (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 211) where powerful economic interests and networks of crime are at play. For this reason, I express my appreciation of your efforts to raise public awareness of the extent of this scourge, which especially affects women and children. But in a very special way, I thank you for your faithful witness to the Gospel of mercy, as demonstrated in your commitment to the recovery and rehabilitation of victims.
Your activity in this area reminds us of “the enormous and often silent efforts which have been made for many years by religious congregations, especially women’s congregations”, to care for those wounded in their dignity and scarred by their experiences (cf. Message for the 2015 World Day of Peace, 5). I think especially of the distinctive contribution made by women in accompanying other women and children on a deeply personal journey of healing and reintegration.
Dear friends, I trust that your sharing of experiences, knowledge and expertise in these days will contribute to a more effective witness to the Gospel in one of the great peripheries of contemporary society. Commending you, and all those whom you serve, to the loving intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy, I cordially impart my blessing as a pledge of joy and peace in the Lord. I will remember all of you in my prayers, and I ask you, please, to pray for me.
(from Vatican Radio)
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Reactions To Trump Lifting Transgender Bathroom Protections Are Rightfully Outraged
By Keiko Zoll
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump reversed federal education guidelines protecting transgender students put in place during the Obama administration. The previously-established guidelines interpreted that Title IX laws preventing discrimination laws in schools must also include protections for transgender students. Reactions to Trump lifting transgender bathroom protections in schools have been swift in their condemnation — and have pointed out Trump's apparent hypocrisy as a supporter of LGBT rights.
In May 2016, the Justice Department and Department of Education under Obama released several guidelines protecting transgender students, including access to "sex-segregated facilities consistent with their gender identity." In August, the Obama-era transgender bathroom policy faced its first challenge in court when a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the policy. Two months later, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Gavin Grimm, a trans boy who was denied access to use the boys' restroom at his high school in Gloucester County, Virginia.
One of the most prominent reactions to Trump's lifting of protections for transgender students came from within his own administration. The New York Times reported that recently confirmed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was against the decision to rescind the transgender protection guidelines, but faced opposition from Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Both the Justice and Education Departments had to concur on the policy change. Faced with losing her job, DeVos was forced to concede. But on Wednesday, DeVos tweeted her support for LGBT students: "I consider protecting all students, including #LGBTQ students, not only a key priority for the Department, but for every school in America."
Reactions poured in from major LGBTQ organizations and celebrities, to legislators on the Hill. The LGBT Caucus, a bipartisan group of six openly-LGBT politicians, tweeted its support while vowing to continue the fight:
Colorado Rep. Jared Polis, a member of the LGBT Caucus, deftly responded to a June 2016 tweet from Trump that read, "Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs."
California Sen. Kamala Harris called the Trump administration's actions on Wednesday "shameful" and "appalling" on Twitter:
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson tweeted that his office will continue to enforce laws protecting trans students:
Organizations such as the ACLU and Lamda Legal sought to remind both the Trump administration and concerned LGBT advocates that the fight is far from over and will continue in court with Gavin Grimm's SCOTUS case:
Meanwhile, Jackie Evancho asked to meet with Trump personally to discuss transgender rights, having sung the national anthem at the president's inauguration. Jackie Evancho's older sister Juliet is trans and both sisters are ardent supporters of trans rights.
Celebrities and advocates from within and outside of the LGBT community also reacted with disappointment, outrage, and solidarity for the trans community:
While today's transgender student protection policy reversal may be a setback for American education, the real test will be when Gavin Grimm's case will be heard before SCOTUS next month. Until then, it's up to the LGBT community and its allies to roll up their sleeves and dig even deeper into the work of providing equal protection for all students, regardless of gender identity or expression.
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Take My Saddle From The Wall
James Kanady
I met Pete Cracker in an overnight homeless shelter in Denver. A real hellhole full of alcoholics (like Pete), drug addicts, and crazy people. The crazies hung with the drunks and the dopers since they were drinking and using street dope instead of their prescription meds. There were also some mean ass bottom-feeders around who fit in nowhere and they didn’t want to. They were there to prey on the weak, and they were good at. I watched them kick the shit out of a scraggly-haired twenty year-old and take his backpack, sleeping bag, and North Face winter coat.
Seeing I was there for no reason other than old age, the shelter staff took pity on me and let me store my saddle and other belongings in the back room during the day. They even hooked me up with social workers who put in my application for Social Security. After I saved Ol’ drunk Pete from getting stomped one night, I found out he had a Cadillac. While Pete was content to panhandle to buy booze, I worked spot jobs to save up gas money to get us the hell out of Denver. That fucking town is cold in more ways than one. I tried to talk sense into Pete on one of his few sober moments, saying, “Your car insurance expires in two months and your registration in three. You’ll never have the money. You really want to be stuck here?”
When I got enough saved, we tossed our shit in the Caddy and took off down I-70 going east. I wanted to get to Texas, South Texas. I was seventy-six and shit-full of cold weather. My knees, hips, and elbows were rusty hinges.
Pete pulled from a bottle of Wild Turkey he bought at a liquor store in Colby, Kansas. By the time we turned south at Salina and headed down I-135, Pete was mellow drunk. I wanted to push on into Oklahoma, but that dumbass refused to give me the wheel. He kept babbling about Doris Dinks, some gal that he used to hose in Clinton, thirty miles east of the interstate. “She’ll put us up for the night. You’ll see.”
Any woman that would bang Pete, I really didn’t want to see. The skanks he took up with in Denver would gag a maggot.
Pete used a Kwik Shop pay phone and reached her on the first try. I got on the phone for directions because I knew Pete would fuck them up. I took the wheel and found her tiny yellow paint-peeled house on West First Street. The yard was nothing but powdery dirt and some weeds. The front door opened and a large woman in a nightgown with dyed black hair, more chins than a Chinese phone book, waddled out to hug Pete, kissing him deeply with a yellow-caked tongue. As Pete introduced me, I couldn’t decide what was worse, her body odor or the most obnoxious laugh I’d ever heard in my life; a stuttering hur-hur-hur that was loud and gooberish all at once.
Once inside, Doris got me a beer. Pete decided to kill the rest of his Wild Turkey straight from the bottle, offering her none. No matter, she poured vodka into a plastic jug of orange juice, gave it a shake, and called, “Screwdriver time!” She was all over Pete, licking his neck and rubbing his crotch. They thankfully left for her bedroom, leaving me in solitude, but not in the quiet. Her copulating noises were as bad as her laugh. I killed my beer, lay on the couch, and tried to sleep, thinking, How did I end up like this?
“Maybe you need to find another place to stay,” Pete said the next morning.
“I thought we’s headed to Texas.”
“Not no more. Hell, me and Doris might get married. Right, honey?”
“Aw, sugar,” Doris said, kissing Pete, leaving pancake syrup on his mouth.
“Like I said, maybe you oughta find somewhere’s else to go, huh Hank?”
Doris said something about this shelter called Another Chance. Pete drove me there. It was a big old rundown boarding house. I unloaded my duffel bag, suitcase, and saddle in the yard. Pete just dumped me off like I was a bag of trash and drove back to his skank.
I walked inside and a nice fella had me fill out an intake sheet. Said his name was Mac. It was embarrassing as hell to have to answer those questions in front of him. I felt like a piece of shit. After he found out I lived most of my life in the West, he asked, “How the hell did you wind up here?”
“I got old,” I said.
He told me they didn’t have an open room, and then explained how their waiting list worked, and how I’d have to stay nights at an Overflow Shelter a few blocks away until a room opened up. “They’re open from six in the evening to seven in the morning.”
“Just like Denver. But do I gotta haul my stuff around?”
“The Overflow’ll store it, but I wouldn’t stash that fine saddle there”.
“I’ve had her a long time.”
“Why don’t we keep it in my office closet where it’ll be safe?”
I leaned into him, looking deeply into his eyes, and nodded slowly. “Yeah. I can trust you.”
“I like your hat.”
“Had it for a good long spell.”
“Stetson?”
“Resistol.”
“I bet every bit of manure, sweat, blood, and mud has a story, huh?”
Mac said I needed to check in every day on the waiting list to let them know I was still interested in a place to stay, and then he described their homeless program. I told him about my pending Social Security claim they signed me up for in Denver. “I’d go to the Social Security office here and tell them that,” he said. “Change your address to ours. That way you won’t miss any mail.”
“Since I’ll be out on the street, know anybody that’d hire an old man for any spot jobs?”
“As a matter of fact, I do.”
I was on the street from that Tuesday to the next Monday. Mac hooked me up with a guy named Cecil Bates for work. He was a landlord with rentals all over town. In his late fifties. Nice old boy, kinda gruff, smoked like a chimney. He was suspicious of me at first.
“I get all kinds from Another Chance,” Cecil said as I helped clean out one of his apartments trashed by what Cecil called druggie fuckheads. It didn’t take long for me to prove myself. I’d worked like a grown man since I was a tadpole. Even bent and all aching, I could out-work guys half my age. Just not for very long.
“Yeah,” Cecil said during a smoke break, “some of those guys are twenty years old and worthless as tits on a two-by-four. Lazy cocksuckers. No wonder they’re homeless. Now, you and me, Hank, we know how to work, whatever the job is. Trouble is, guys like us are just dyin’ off.”
Cecil fed me lunch every day, paid cash every evening. We even sat out in his truck after work to kill a six and a few shots of schnapps before he dropped me off.
The liquor made the overflow tolerable and helped me sleep.
That Saturday and Sunday Cecil had no work for me. I was on the streets until evening. At least I had spending money for meals and could waste time drinking coffee in cafes. I went to the library both days and read Elmer Kelton novels. Most people thought of Louis L’Amour when they talked westerns, but to me, Kelton was the best.
I saw others from the Overflow in the library, but kept my distance. They were scrotes, users and abusers. No balls, no guts. Whining bastards wanting a handout. I might have been at the bottom, but not their bottom.
When I walked into Another Chance that Tuesday morning to check in, Mac told me a room was open. A place to stay. I gripped my hands together, squeezing them tight to keep from crying. A man don’t do that.
I moved into a small single room (number Eight) that Mac said was usually reserved for single women, a woman with two kids, or a couple, but his waiting list was nothing but single men at the moment, so he stuck me into the first room he could. The first thing I did was sign up for a laundry slot, but seeing nobody had a claim on the next two hours, I washed and dried all my clothes except the ones I had on. After that, I took a long shower and then checked myself out in the mirror: thinning hair turning blue-gray, skin sagging, pot belly, hairless legs, and stooped. I tried to straighten up and toss my shoulders back, but my spine felt like it’d been replaced by a broom handle. I put on my just-washed and dried clothes: faded jeans, snap-buttoned denim shirt, cowboy boots, and, of course, my hat. I didn’t think like the old man I saw in the mirror, but how the hell do I know how old men are supposed to think.
I was alone on the couch in the living room sipping a cup of coffee, TV off, when Mac noticed me. “Feel better?”
“Feel reborn. Thanks.”
He sat next to me in an ugly orange easy chair. “Looks like you been a cowboy your whole life.”
“My clothes give it away?”
“It’s how you wear them. That and the missing fingers on both your hands. Those had to have been lost roping, right?”
“Among other things.” I told him about growing up on a ranch in West Texas, close to Fort Stockton. “Desolate as hell out there, Mister Mac.”
“Just Mac. Where all you worked?”
I spoke of the ranches I worked in Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Colorado. “Montana was my favorite. That’s God’s country.” I went to my room and fetched a shoebox of old pictures. Going through them, Mac did nothing but smile. “You lived life wild and free, didn’t you?”
The pictures showed me at various ages on ranches (usually on horseback), at rodeos, elk and deer hunting, fly fishing, leading pack trains, sitting around campfires, and drinking with my buddies. There was only one picture taken inside. In a log cabin. I was about thirty-five and dressed in new jeans, white shirt, bolo tie, and wool sport coat, but no cowboy hat for a change. My hair was combed back, long like a hippie and dark—not a spot of gray. I was sitting in front of a fireplace next to my girl. Her long black hair hanging down in a peasant dress, turquoise jewelry, tan legs showing, and that smile.
“Who’s she?” I asked.
I took the picture and traced my finger over her face. “Shauna. The one that got away.”
“What happened to her?”
“I was a fool.”
He could tell I didn’t want to say more, so he pointed out a horse I rode in so many of the pictures.
“That’s Duke,” I said. “Had him for twenty-six years until he swelled up and had a stroke. The vet thought it was due to a snake bite.” Even after all those years, thinking of Duke choked me up; Duke was Shauna’s favorite.
I showed him a picture of me and Richard Farnsworth. Most know him as an actor, but I knew him when he was a stuntman and horseman. Good guy. “He got me jobs in the movies.”
“No shit?” said Mac. “Which ones?”
“Aw, hell. Comes A Horseman, The Grey Fox, Tom Horn, and some others. But you’d need a magnifying glass to see me. Man, it was fun. Girls don’t give a damn if you’re credit is Sixth Outlaw or not. If you’re in a movie, they’re interested. I mean willing. Get me?”
Mac laughed. “You made me think of a quote from Homer.”
“Homer and Jethro Homer?”
“No, the Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey.”
“If they ain’t westerns, I ain’t read them.”
“Some might say they were the first westerns ever written. Homer said, For afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered hard.”
I was damn lucky I’d found Another Chance. I really liked Mac; the man had worked on farms and did a bit of cowboying when he was a kid. He played good music on his office stereo and didn’t talk down to me like some of them other, what did they call themselves? Service providers. They provided service like it was giving them piles.
I met my Case Manager, Ms. Ott, that afternoon. She knew how to play the system like a piano. She promised she would push like hell to get my benefits as fast as she could. She also gave me the address for the local HUD office and told me to get over there pronto to apply for a housing voucher. With it, I’d only have to pay a small percentage of the monthly rent.
I told her I wanted to earn my keep. “I’ve always worked. If I don’t, I’ll go nuts.”
She gave me a list of people and businesses that paid in cash, saying, “Don’t be taken advantage of, Hank. There’re some real pricks in this town.”
At suppertime I met a lot of the other residents, most in their twenties and thirties. The boys looked able-bodied, but all but a couple said they were trying to get SSI for their mental issues. Watching them, I decided their major mental problem was head-up-ass disease.
The food reminded me of my Ma’s cooking: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, and fat brownies for dessert. My nightly chore was cleaning the upstairs bathroom and shower room. I couldn’t believe the way some people treated things. Sure that old house was rough, but, Jesus Christ, they didn’t have to piss all over the toilet seat. I taped a piece of notebook paper to the tank with the following scribbled on it with a Magic Marker: SHORT SHOOTERS STAND CLOSE TO THE FIRING LINE.
The other residents were all watching goddamn TV, so after I smoked one of my hand-rolled Bull Durham cigs on the front porch I took a look in what they called the Quiet Room for a book to read. They had a piano in there, a few comfortable (and half-worn-out) chairs, and a big bookshelf. I looked through all of them, but not one Elmer Kelton, so I went to my room, stripped to my skivvies, and slipped into bed under a sheet, blanket, and nice quilt. My joints cracked and popped as I settled in, smiling. For the first time in too long a time, I knew I’d sleep without worry.
I dropped by Mac’s office the next morning. He had Lyle Lovett playing on his stereo. “Can I lock something up in here with my saddle? By your rules we ain’t supposed to have no weapons.”
“What’d you have?”
I pulled a pistol from my waistband and handed it to him, handle first.
“Whoa,” he said.
“It’s empty.”
“Hank, this is a Colt Peacemaker .45, isn’t it?”
“The gun that won the West,” I said. “Had it my whole life. It was my dad’s.”
The bluing was long gone, the wood grips worn and faded, but it was an impressive handgun. “I’ll slip it in your saddle bags in the closet under lock and key. This old piece seen much action?”
“From my dad, yeah. From me, not much. Just some snakes and small critters for eatin’. Mostly cans for target practice.”
“What’d your dad do with it?”
“Plugged some sonofabitch tryin’ to rape a girl after a rodeo.”
“Yep. He saw what was goin’ on and shot him in his bare ass.”
Mac laughed from his heels.
“That woman became my ma.” As Mac stored my Colt in the closet, I said, “Thank you for this place. It means a lot.”
“Thank you for finding us.”
My eyes welled up so I got the hell outta there.
I got a job at The Rose Animal Farm about ten miles west of Clinton. Mac said a few of their residents had gotten jobs out there over the years with mixed results. My job would be feeding the exotic animals, cleaning pens, and doing basic farm chores. Since I didn’t have a truck, they agreed to board me while I worked. I could sure use the dough, and I had to keep busy or lose my mind. I called Mac after my first day on the job and said, “I ain’t never fed no zebra before.”
But the job didn’t last. I was so goddamned embarrassed about being fired, I hitchhiked back to the shelter instead of calling Mac for a ride. Later, over coffee in his office with Linda Ronstadt playing on his stereo, I told him what happened. “They said I couldn’t keep up. But, hell, even some of them punk kids they hired couldn’t keep up, either!” I didn’t tell Mac how winded I got throwing out eighty-pound bales, or how my arthritic knees had me shuffling instead of walking, or how they found me nodding off a few times. The word shame didn’t do justice to what I felt.
“Your Social Security will be approved soon,” Mac said. “So will your HUD voucher. Just cool out here and once you get all that, you’re allowed to work twenty hours a week on top of your benefits. Get a part-time job after you move. I’ll help you.”
“I ain’t good at, what’d you call it, coolin’ out? Sounds lazy.”
“Besides work, anything else you like to do?”
“My art.”
“What’d you mean art?”
“Art. I like to draw and paint. I lost all my supplies and easels and shit in that stinkin’ Denver shelter. Got no money for new supplies.”
“What’d you like best, acrylics, oil, pen and ink?”
“Charcoal pencils best. But I do like oil paints.”
Mac handed me a legal pad and a pen. “Give me a list of what you need. Let me see what I can come up with.”
“I can’t do that. Wouldn’t be right.”
“Just think of it as an investment in your future. As hard as you’ve worked your whole life, don’t you deserve it?”
“I never thought I ever deserved much of anything.”
The next song on the stereo was Old Paint. I smiled hearing the first verse and said, “That’s pretty.”
“You like Ronstadt?”
“Oh, she’s goddamn pretty.” I leaned forward to listen.
Ride around
Ride around real slow
The fiery and the snuffy are raring to go
As I listened, water welled up in my eyes.
Well when I die
Put it on my pony
And lead him from his stall
Tie my bones to his back
Turn our faces to the west
And we’ll ride the prairie
That we like the best
The song ended with two rounds of the chorus. My voice broke, “Man, that’s good.”
Not one tear fell. I willed them to stay put.
When I got to my room the next afternoon there were sacks on the bed. I opened them and found an easel, charcoal pencils, sketch pads and poster boards of various sizes, oil paints, and a variety of brushes. A note from Mac read: Go for it!
I ran my hands over the pens and brushes. Been too long. Without hesitation, I arranged my stuff on the tiny desk by the window, set out the largest sketch pad, and with a charcoal pencil in hand, began to draw. I was at home drawing and painting as I was on horseback. Everything went away while I sketched. I drew with a purpose, for this piece of art would be a gift of gratitude.
I wanted my saddle.
“What for?” said Mac.
“Got me a part-time job at the Sale Barn in South Clinton. They said I could leave it in their tack room when I wasn’t workin’.”
He loaded me and my saddle in his crappy Ford Festiva and drove us to the sale barn. I introduced Mac to a few of the ol’ boys working there, and we had to decline beers since Mac was working and I was under Another Chance rules. But I could tell Mac and me shared something: a powerful taste for the hops.
I loved my job. I had to be at the sale barn loading hay and grain for the livestock on hand before sunrise. The yard foreman, Mike, picked me up at 3:30 every sale morning. After feeding, we have coffee and eat breakfast in the little diner they have before unloading trailers, trucks, and semi loads of livestock for sale.
When the sale started at 11 o’clock, I helped pen what sold. Depending on the numbers, this could go as late as eight in the evening. I rode one of Mike’s horses, Chico, a nice roan. I felt the years flow backwards. I admit, I was whipped at the end of those long days, aching and plain worn out. But I sure as hell never complained.
I volunteered to stay and help the load-out man, Butch, fill trucks and trailers with livestock, but Mike wouldn’t let me. “Goddamnit,” he’d say, “get home and git some rest.”
“I ain’t got a home.”
“You got a place to go at least, and you done a good day’s work. C’mon, I’ll drive you.”
Mike still had a shitload of work to do, but he drove me back to Another Chance after every sale, and slipped me an extra twenty dollar bill before I got out of his pickup. “You’re a good man, Hank” he said.
That was worth more than the paycheck.
Things were going so good, I had to hunt to find the bad. I had time to draw in the evenings and on weekends. Ms. Ott and I worked on budgeting my earnings, and she said both my Social Security and HUD housing voucher should be coming in soon. But during the next sale, fate come up and bit me in the ass.
Most of the day was going great as usual, but then two Brahma bulls, both weighing about 1500 pounds apiece, were put in the same pen by a junior college kid they hired, Brad. They should have been penned separate. Bulls get contrary, and those two got to fighting, butting heads, and pushing each other around like them fat Japanese wrestlers.
I tied Chico up in another pen by himself, grabbed a sorting stick and told Brad to run the gate. My plan was to separate them and drive one out of the pen and into the alley. Brad could slam the gate shut and then we could pen the other one separate.
I started whooping and hollering and banging my sorting stick against the ass of the bull nearest me. I should’ve used a hot shot, but didn’t have one. I was able to get him to turn his head and when he did, I whacked him along the jaw and he turned toward the gate. I screamed and kept pounding his ass with the stick. That old bull loped toward the alley, taking his time.
I hustled toward the gate as Brad closed it. I noticed his eyes got wide and his mouth fell open. He hollered, “Look out,” just as the other bull rammed me in the small of the back with that boulder-sized head of his. I went down on my face in the dirt and manure.
I tried to get to my feet, but the big bastard knocked me down again. My hat flew off and he stepped on my right leg. I screamed feeling it break.
Where he come from I don’t know, but Mike ran into the pen and shoved a hot shot in the bull’s face. He groaned and bellowed and backed away. “Can you stand?” asked Mike.
“Nope, leg’s busted.”
Mike charged at the bull and zapped him in the face again with the hot shot and then drug me out of the pen by my shirt. Brad closed and latched the gate. The poor kid was white with fear.
“Get that other fuckin’ bull penned-up and tell somebody to call an ambulance.”
Brad was frozen in place.
“Move your ass, kid. Now!”
After Brad did as he was told, I tried to roll over on my back.
“No!” said Mike. “Don’t move.”
“Aw, shit.”
“Why in the hell didn’t you yell for help? Goddamnit, you ain’t no spring chicken.”
“Can you gimme me my hat?”
I had surgery and they put a couple of pins in the bone. Mac, Ms. Ott, the good-lookin’ Facility Manger, Esperanza, and even the director, Ms. Page, came up to see me. While I appreciated it, I felt like a circus freak on display. When I was released, they moved me to Room Ten downstairs; a room normally reserved for disabled folks. Since it was near the kitchen, dining room, and downstairs bathroom, it was noisy as hell. Damn people. I had a walker to gimp around with, but could only go to the dining room, living room, and the front porch to smoke.
I ended up layin’ around like a vegetable. Mac knew I hated TV, so he set up a donated VCR in my room and brought me rental movies from a list I asked for. Stuff like The Professionals, The Wild Bunch, Hour of the Gun, Ulzana’s Raid, Lonesome Dove, and the like. But seeing them characters on horseback made me depressed about being stuck inside. I asked Mac if he could sneak me in a pint of hooch, but he just smiled, crossed his arms, and spouted the rule against drinking.
My housing voucher and Social Security came in about the same time. By then, I was moving without the walker. Well, limping. I got an apartment in an elderly/disabled hi rise in South Clinton behind the Alco store. I found a bed, dresser, couch, kitchen cookware, and some other stuff I’d need at the Salvation Army thrift store and a few other junk shops. Mac arranged for some church volunteers to help me move. They found me a TV and VCR combo unit, too.
After everything was set up and all the well-wishing and handshakes were done, they all left and I was alone.
Most of the other residents were either mentally ill, worn out, or just plain stupid. I tried to make conversation when we were outside smoking, but I had nothing in common with any of them. I was able to get a maintenance man to buy me a bottle of Jack Daniels, a 12-pack of beer, and some Red Man. That night I had me shots and beers in my room until I was pretty damn drunk. Regrets poured out of me. I kept retracing my life to this point, the choices I has made, trying to figure out what I could have done different.
Why am I still alive? I cried thinking of Shauna, of the life we could have had. She wanted to get married and settle down in Missoula. I put her off with Just a few more years, darlin’, and you can put a bit in my mouth. I loved her more than any woman I ever knew and let her get away because I didn’t want to be fenced-in. What I wouldn’t give to have been fenced-in with that woman now. She moved on before I was ready; married a goddamn banker and had two kids.
I thought about trying to find her number and calling her on the phone. And then what? Cry like some fucking baby over spilt milk?
Which is what I did right there in my chair. Tears poured out of me. I cried until my chest heaved. I could not understand how I could end up like this. Nothin’ but a busted-up old man in a tiny room waiting to die.
I wiped my eyes, I took up my charcoal, and began to draw. At that moment, I was what I felt, not what I really was.
I took a taxi over to Another Chance to see Mac early that morning. Esperanza said he was at another one of his meetings. I handed her a rectangular package wrapped in the Sunday funnies for wrapping paper. “Make sure you give this to him.”
“And I need the saddle bags I left in the closet. I forgot ‘em.” She handed them over, gave me a hug (Jesus, she smells good!), and I took the taxi back home—well, back to the place I was living. I’d gone to the liquor store the previous day and bought a six-pack of tall Buds and a pint of peppermint schnapps. I killed two of the Buds as I wrote the letter I slipped into Mac’s present. The envelope said: Open in the event of my death.
I slung my saddle bags over my shoulder, and walked out.
I was winded by the time I got to the sale barn. I went to the horse barn and found Mike. I asked him if I could take Chico out for a ride.
“Are you up to it?”
“Hell, yes,” I said. Mike helped me saddle Chico and I tied on my saddle bags. Swinging up into the saddle felt like real life, not the shit I’d been wading through the last couple of years. I took off west, riding through open pasture. I had Chico in an easy lope while I sipped on another of the tall beers. It was life. My life. Just riding and drinking and breathing and being. I wasn’t an old man, just a man. I felt the same as I did at twenty. If I could just keep riding, I might be twenty forever, might live forever. I drained the beer, crushed the can on my saddle horn, and stuck it in my jacket pocket. And then I unscrewed the cap off the schnapps, put it in the same pocket with the crushed can, and started drinking. The warmth was soothing from mouth to gut.
I drank and rode, road and drank. I kept my eye on a red-tailed hawk as he floated around the sky—the lucky bastard. He ended up swooping down and pouncing on a field mouse, plucked him up and took off. That old circle of life shit. The circle I was about to complete.
I pulled more and more on the schnapps bottle as the reality of what I was gonna do hit home. To not be here on this earth I could not make real in my head. I knew it would happen someday, but, hell, it was always in the future. But the future was now.
More schnapps and I cracked another beer. I had to get good and liquored-up to do what I planned. I kept thinking of Shauna and all the women I’d missed out on. But mostly her. Then I started thinking of my whole life. What had I done for seventy-six years other than punch cows and have fun? I wasn’t a success by what the world thinks, and sure as shit wasn’t rich, which is the only thing people think success means. Nobody’ll miss me when I’m gone. Why that bugged me, I dunno, but it did. Made me sound like a pussy, though. I just wish I’d made a mark. Done something that people would remember. Maybe then I wouldn’t feel like such a waste.
I tied Chico to a stump near a sprawling willow tree and dumped some grain on the ground to keep him occupied. I slipped the loaded Colt from my saddle bag and took it and the rest of my beer and schnapps to the tree and sat down, leaning against the bark. I felt good, relaxed. The more I drank, the more I wished I was Chico, the willow tree, the birds I saw swooping around, anything but me. I was sick of my racing thoughts. Why couldn’t I just react to the world directly, without memories, guilt, and regrets?
I took Shauna’s picture from my jacket and looked into her face, those eyes. I kissed her, struck a match, and set it on fire. I watched her face go up in red/blue flame and cried.
The Colt was chilly in my hand. I spun the cylinder and, yep, all six chambers were loaded. Not that I’d need them. I turned the barrel and looked down it. Just one pull of the trigger and Hank would be off this Earth forever. I decided to kill one of my two remaining beers, drain the schnapps, and then have one last beer before sticking the barrel up against the roof of my mouth at an angle where the bullet would rip up into my brain and cut the connection between me and the earth. Yep, that was the plan. But first, I needed to drain the rest of the booze.
After the last beer was done, I started chugging schnapps. For some reason, I started singing the song Mac had playing in his office, Old Paint. I could not sing worth a shit, but at that moment, by God, I sounded like Johnny Cash. To me, at least:
“Hank? Hank?”
Somebody was shaking me. Goddamnit, let me sleep!
“Hank, wake up.”
I opened my eyes, pissed. Almost dark. Cold, too. Where am I?
“Hank, it’s me, Mac.”
I focused my eyes and, I’ll be damned, it was Mac. I looked around at the ground, saw my Colt, the empty cans and schnapps bottle. I heard Chico fart, and then I got my bearings. Aw, shit!
“Yeah, yeah. Must’ve fell asleep.” I sat up. “What the hell’re you doin’ out here?”
“Esperanza told me you came by with that drawing of a buffalo hunt, and you picked up your saddle bags. And pistol.”
“I was worried. I drove to the sale barn and they said you were out here riding Chico, so I thought I’d track you down.”
“Guess you did.”
“What’s the Colt for?”
“In case of snakes.”
“Too cold for snakes.”
“Oh, you never know,” I said, but we both knew what we knew.
“Let’s get Chico put up and I’ll buy you supper.”
“You sober enough to ride?”
I got to my feet. “Hell, yes.” I grabbed my Colt, unloaded it, and stuck it deep in a saddle bag. “I’ll ride back the way I come and meet you there.” I grabbed my left pant leg and stuck my boot in the stirrup before hoisting my still half-drunk ass into the saddle.
“You sure you’re not gonna stop along the way, maybe finish what you started?”
“But that option is always on the table.”
“It’s your right. But I would miss you.”
“You’re a good man, Mac.” I turned Chico and gave him the heels.
“So are you,” Mac called after me.
Maybe I’d keep the Colt in my saddle bags a little bit longer, I reckon.
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Urban Sociology - Urban Studies
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Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) won both races on the second day of the Scandinavian Gold Cup, in Newport, Australia, to equal his own record of three consecutive Cup victories. In a first to three race wins format, he dispatched the opposition in just three races.
It was a smoky day on the Palm Beach Circle but there was no dust on Artemis XIV as they led the first race from start to finish and then made some great decisions in the second to take the lead twice before sealing the win.
The wind had turned to the south, and built to just over 20 knots, producing some long surfing waves and also bringing with it a lot of smoke from the south-east of the country. The coastline was curtained in a thin haze that reminded everyone of bigger problems further afield.
Nergaard picks up the story, “Once again it was a windy day. We seemed to like that. It was a good swell, with good opportunities downwind to use the surfs, so we liked that.”
“In the first race it was going to the left and we seemed to be OK with that, and succeeded with that in the first race, but the Australians tried the right on the last upwind in the first race and actually gained so it was definitely a change from the left in the first race to going to the right in the second ace. There was some better wind and some lifts near the shore.”
In the first race Artemis XIV had things much their own way, but winning the pin in both races, were initially held out to the left in the second race. New Moon II (BAH 24, Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov) had tacked off to the right after the start and but when they came back they crossed the fleet. But it was all very close. At the top, Beta Crucis (AUS 63, Martin Cross, Bob Stoddard, Martin Bunch) held a small lead but Artemis XIV came through on the run and rounded the right gate while New Moon II rounded the left and headed inshore.
New Moon II fared best and rounded the second top back in the lead. However, again it didn’t last. Artemis XIV went deep on the run, pulled through and rounded the left hand gate and it was all but over. With New Moon II favouring the left for the first time, when they came back together near the top Artemis XIV had enough of a lead to make a comfortable last downwind to take their third race win in a row and also their third Scandinavian Gold Cup in a row.
Nergaard continued, “The last race was exciting and I think early on to go deep on the downwind to try and protect the left side to get the left buoy and to the right on the upwind was probably the most important thing we did. On the downwinds, it there were big surfs. It really helped to go up and down and try and work with the waves to try to get some good surfs.”
On having Finn sailor, Pedersen on board. “It absolutely helped. But he reads the waves and we talk all the times, so it would actually be fun to have him drive one day and do the downwinds. Reading the waves and understanding the downwind is really important.”
His win this year is Nergaard’s ninth Scandinavian Gold Cup as helm and 12th overall, after winning three times as crew.
“Having sailed for 43 years and sailed Fives for over 30 years, that has paid of, but I am very happy to win it again and with Johan and Anders, great guys and great crew. We are a good team so very happy to do that.”
He may even get the opportunity to defend on home waters next year as Hankø in Norway is one of the options for the 2021 events, along with Travemunde, in Germany. The venue will be decided next week.
“We’ll see. Hopefully we can defend in home waters if the class decides to go to Hankø and sail the Gold Cup and the worlds and we’ll do our best to defend it once again.”
However he has certainly laid down a marker heading into next week’s World Championship, where he is also defending the title. Best of the other Cup boats was undoubtedly Beta Crucis, which picked up three second places, and was sailing very fast. However, in the Scandinavian Gold Cup, there is no second, only one winner.
Sunday also marked the start of the Hanko Evolution Cup and the Royal Kaag Classic Cup. Both Ku-Ring-Gai (AUS62, John Bacon, Terry Wetton, James Mayjor) and Baragoola (AUS 26, Jason Antill, Damian Macey, Larry Eastwood) made a perfect start with two race wins apiece in each series.
The Hanko Evolution Cup and the Royal Kaag Classic Cup continues until Tuesday while the Modern fleet is also back on the water Monday racing for the Alfred’s Gold Cup. The forecast is for lighter winds, which will come as a relief to many sailors after two days of heavy wind and big waves.
Scandinavian Gold Cup Final Results
1 Artemis XIV (NOR 57, Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Anders Pedersen) 1,1,1
Beta Crucis (AUS 63, Martin Cross, Bob Stoddard, Martin Bunch) 2,2,2
New Moon II (BAH 24, Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov) 3,3,3
Girls on Film (GBR 40, Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey, Andrew Mills) 4,DNF, DNF
Otto (SUI 209, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, Luka Strahovnik) DNF,4,DNF
Shaolin (SUI 226, Golchan Cyrus, Andreas Kindlimann, Hans von Werdt) 5,DNF, DNF
1 Ku-Ring-Gai (AUS62, John Bacon, Terry Wetton, James Mayjor) 3
2 Black Magic (AUS 64, Andy Macphail) 9
3 Skagerak (AUS 32, Steve Brajkovich) 10
1 Baragoola (AUS 26, Jason Antill, Damian Macey, Larry Eastwood) 2
2 Carabella (ITA 73, Alfredo Delli, Gianluca Marolli, Claudio Mazzanti) 4
3 Kings Cross (AUS 24, Scott Oconnor) 7
All results can be found here: https://www.rpayc.com.au/results/2020/events/index.htm
Full gallery here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fivepointfivemetre/albums/72157712503790932
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Rise.Run.Retreat.
Photography Credit: Joe Viger Photography
Nestled in the Green Mountains of Vermont, the picturesque village of Woodstock serves as the backdrop to our retreat activities. Explore country lanes, run through gentle wooded trails and participate in workshops, while taking in our retreat's secluded spot.
Set at a private residence on 10 acres of land, our retreat accommodations are conducive to group meals and conversation all while providing ample space to take for yourself.
intimate experience limited to 13 people.
picturesque setting in rural Vermont with accommodations at private residence, including hot tub and fire pit.
wine and cheese reception to kick-off the retreat.
van transportation to all off-campus runs.
guided group runs touring the village of Woodstock, exploring gentle trails in the Billings-Marsh-Rockefeller National Park and meandering along country lanes.
workshops featuring inspirational guest speaker, mental training with confidence coach and injury assessment and prevention with running specialist.
impromptu Q&A and direct access to guest speakers.
restorative yoga.
catered meals provided by Woodstock Farmers Market tailored to all dietary needs and considerations.
opportunity for free time to explore the area, retreat quietly or spend time with others.
special programming to facilitate personal growth and connection.
VIP swag bag to top all swag bags!
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Sally McRae
Pro Ultra Runner for Nike Trail
Sally grew up in sunny Southern California with 3 sisters and one brother. From an early age she loved soccer and spent most of her time outdoors.
It wasn’t until after college she focused on endurance running, spending a brief time running road marathons before finding ultra marathons in 2009. In 2010 she ran her first 50 mile race and immediately fell in love with the sport.
Having been a competitive athlete for most of her life, she began focused training and started setting goals for herself. Her dream of becoming a professional athlete was realized at the beginning of 2014 when she signed with Nike. Sally is a decorated athlete with impressive performances at Western States 100 and numerous wins. Sally is currently working on a book about her journey. You can find more from Sally at sallymcrae.com.
Christen Shefchunas
Confidence Coach & Motivational Speaker
Christen is a sought after confidence coach to female athletes at the Olympic, professional and collegiate level and has worked with Olympians including five-time gold medalist, Missy Franklyn. She delivers life-changing messages that inspire athletes, teams, coaches and professionals to realize and embrace their fullest potential in sport and life.
Christen's transparency and energy make her one of the most unique speakers in the game. Her time as competitive collegiate swimmer and later Head Coach at the University of Miami, lend to her reliability and experience. She is a speaker at the LEAD Sports Summit and creator of Confidence Nuggets. You can find more from Christen at coachchristen.com.
Kim Nedeau
Running Coach & Injury Specialist
A competitive collegiate runner at Brown University, Kim returned to running not to long ago and found a passion for the mountains.
A member of the 2016 U.S. Mountain Running team, Kim was the first American female finisher at the World Mountain Running Championships that year leading the team to a bronze medal.
Borrowing from her own experience being sidelined by injury, Kim has devoted herself to helping injured and injury prone runners return to running. She helps her athletes build resilient bodies that can withstand the rigors of training. You can find more from Kim at kimnedeau.com.
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Host & Co-founder
Sarah is an athlete, writer and full-time homeschooling mom with a passion for running.
After battling an eating disorder for nearly ten years, Sarah found freedom and healing. Running proved a catalyst in her transformation as she learned to rewrite the negative narrative in her head and find a unique strength within herself. She turned her hobby into a full-time gig through her blog, RunFarGirl.com and has created an inspirational apparel line, Run Far Gear featuring some of her favorite running mantras. Sarah is also a RRCA and USATF Running Coach and since starting running has become a competitive mountain runner and member of the 2018 US National Snowshoe Running Team. Sarah's passion, however is bringing women together through running, which is how Rise.Run.Retreat was born. As the host, Sarah crafts a place for women to make connections, experience personal growth and ultimately be inspired through running. You can find more from Sarah at runfargirl.com.
Rebecca Stanfield McCown
Group Run Leader
Rebecca is a runner, mother, and full-time professional. Working in Woodstock, Vermont, Rebecca spends most of her lunch breaks running the roads and trails of this little corner of the Green Mountain State. Since having found running in her late 20’s, Rebecca has used running as a way to explore our beautiful parks all over as she travels the country for work. In her professional life with the National Park Service, Rebecca looks for ways to connect communities to their public lands and support the great people stewarding our national parks. She also teaches Inferno Hot Pilates, a high intensity interval training style class based on Pilates principles and breathing.
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Assistant Host
Carly is mama to two young boys and Lead Trainer at the Woodstock Athletic Club where she uses her expertise as a certified personal trainer and running coach to help others achieve their fitness goals. Originally from Australia, Carly became a US Citizen in 2017 and after living in NYC for 15 years moved to Vermont. Carly loves to move in anyway she can whether it's yoga, a good trail run or hiking with her boys. Carly writes about healthy living, running and strength training, with lots of life, love, food and yoga thrown in for good measure at FineFitDaily.com.
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“Regardless of where many of us believe we land - in that field encumbered by not too much baggage or entirely too much - we all come from the same place, which is a road rutted by experience so banal, nearly remarkable, that memory tricks us into remembrance of it again and again, as if experience alone were not enough. What are we to do with such a life, one in which we are not left alone to events - love, shopping, and so forth - but to the holocaust of feeling that memory, misremembered or not, imposes on us?”
― Hilton Als, White Girls
A video-performance made in Makoko/Iwaya Waterfront Community, one of the largest low-income communities of Lagos, Nigeria. This community comprises of settlements on land and lagoon with diverse population of Egun, Ilaje, Ijaw and Yoruba extractions. Its economic structure revolves around the use of water predominantly for fishing, wood logging and boat making.
Armed with two megaphones with a looping spiel, as a street vendor, the artist runs the dirt roads. Dressing in white, evoking purity, embodying a saviour position, this body shouts and proclaims in Yoruba the possession of all kinds of medicinal plants for all kinds of healing. The artist walks under a soil made of layers and layers of information, history, traversing centuries of colonial past made of pain and suffering.
The woman's body, white, Portuguese therefore privileged, shows itself in a place of exhibition and facilitation, bringing the discussion of a colonial legacy that does not obliterate racism and slavery. Through her passage, Oyinbo (Nigerian Pidgin, Igbo and Yoruba to refer to caucasians) is the world shout it at her.
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Riverbed Technology to Present at Upcoming Events with the Financial Community
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Volvo Recalls XC90 SUVs
The Daily Auto Insider: Volvo said that it is recalling about 108,000 XC90 sport-utility vehicles because of a potential suspension problem.
By R&T staff
Volvo said that it is recalling about 108,000 sport-utility vehicles because of a potential suspension problem. The recall affects 2003-2006 models built before June 17, 2005.
Volvo said in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the XC90s may have a problem with ball joints in the front suspension that could make it difficult to steer the vehicle when parking.
said there have been no reports of crashes, injuries or fatalities.
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You don't need an RTX 2060 to get 60fps in Red Dead Redemption 2 at 1080p
Hardware Editor
8th November 2019 / 5:00PM
Earlier this week, Nvidia claimed you’d need one of their RTX 2060 cards to hit 60fps on High quality settings at 1920×1080 in Red Dead Redemption 2, which at the time sounded rather excessive. After all, an RTX 2060 is generally what I’d recommend for playing games at 2560×1440 these days, so to say you’d need this kind of calibre card for 1080p on not even the highest possible quality settings in RDR2 just didn’t sound right – especially when Rockstar’s own PC requirements for the game only recommends a GTX 1060.
Fortunately, I’ve finally been able to do some proper testing of my own after today’s 1.14 patch fixed my Rockstar launcher woes, so I no longer have to use my lasso on Matthew’s PC to do a bit of benchmarking – and I’m happy to report Red Dead 2’s PC performance is a lot more promising for lower-end graphics card owners.
Alas, as I explained in my initial Red Dead Redemption 2 PC settings test on Wednesday, the GTX 1060 is really only cut out for 60fps on Medium-ish settings at 1080p, as introducing a greater number of High settings started to push its average frame rate down to around 45fps when I ran its built-in benchmark.
I say Medium-ish, as Red Dead Redemption 2’s quality presets are a bit strange compared to other games. Whereas most games tend to stick with simple names like ‘Low’, ‘Medium’, ‘High’ and ‘Ultra’, for example, Red Dead Redemption 2 has a sliding, 21-step scale that goes from ‘Favour Performance’ to ‘Balanced’ to ‘Favour Quality’. Yes, you read that correctly. There are 21 different quality presets in Red Dead Redemption 2, and they all change depending on what graphics card you’ve got in your PC, making it nigh on impossible to get a uniform set of results across multiple GPUs. As such, the GTX 1060 managed an average of 56fps on a mixture of Low-Medium settings, and 49fps on the next preset up that had a greater focus on pure Medium settings.
Turns out this game scrubs up quite nicely on plenty of GTX cards.
The RPS Test PC:
CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 2133MHz
Motherboard: Asus Prime Z370-P
PSU: OCZ ZX850W
However, the idea that you’d need a monster PC with an RTX 2060 (which, let’s not forget, is roughly equivalent in speed to a GTX 1070 Ti), an Intel Core i9-9900K and 32GB of RAM like the one Nvidia used in their tests to get 60fps on mostly High settings at 1080p is, frankly, nonsense.
In fact, I managed to get an average of 58fps with just a GTX 1660 Super (Zotac’s entry level GeForce GTX 1660 Super Twin Fan edition, to be specific), and that was using a custom preset where I’d set everything to High with x4 Anisotropic Filtering and left the Texture Quality on Ultra (because boy is it keen for you to always have Ultra-fied textures). And when I changed the Texture Quality to High? I got an average of 59fps.
GTX 1070and GTX 1660 owners may have to tweak a few settings, admittedly, but in both cases we’re still looking at highly playable frame rates in the 50-60fps zone. Starting with my Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming card, this managed an average of 52fps on my High but Ultra Texture quality preset, and 54fps on pure High. That’s still pretty darn smooth as far as I’m concerned, but it didn’t take much to push those scores back closer to 60fps. Indeed, all I had to do was whack Volumetric Lighting and SSAO down to Medium, and I was back up at an average of 58fps in no time.
It was a very similar picture over on my Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Phoenix OC card, too, which came in with an identical average of 52fps on High but Ultra Texture quality and 53fps on pure High. Once I’d applied the same Medium SSAO and Volumetric Lighting settings, I was back up at an average of 56fps.
Alas, I don’t currently have a GTX 1660 Ti in for testing right now (or, indeed, a GTX 1080 or GTX 1080 Ti), so I haven’t been able to see it compares to the cards above. However, as you can see from my GTX 1660 Super vs GTX 1660 Ti comparison piece on other big blockbuster games, the GTX 1660 Ti is almost certainly going to be a teensy bit faster than what I managed with the GTX 1660 Super, so you should be pretty set for some fine 60fps performance. And as for the GTX 1080 / GTX 1080 Ti? I doubt you’ll have any problems at all.
So what does an RTX 2060 actually get you? In Nvidia’s defence, they did recommend an RTX 2060 for 60+fps on High at 1080p, so I’ll cut them a little bit of slack as it’s that ‘+’ sign that’s most important here. Indeed, on High with Ultra-fied textures, the RTX 2060 delivered a smooth average of 72fps in Red Dead 2’s built-in benchmark, making it much more likely you’ll get a constant 60fps even when performance dips a bit (which it does tend to do, especially when you’re driving a wagon).
I’ll be doing more 1440p testing next week to see how Nvidia’s claim about needing an RTX 2070 Super holds up for 60fps on High, but needless to say, I suspect that, too, will be slightly over-exaggerated, as even my regular RTX 2060 managed an average of 54fps at 1440p using the same High but Ultra Texture Quality settings described above.
So, yes, there is some truth to Nvidia’s claim, but you can still get a smooth 60fps on High at 1080p with graphics cards that cost a heck of a lot less than the RTX 2060, and even if you can’t quite get bang-on 60fps, then you can still get pretty damn close. So fear not, fellow cowpokes. You can save that graphics card upgrade for another day.
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Posted at Jan 20, 2020 6:00 AM
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Reporter’s Notebook: Precedent, the reason Senate rules feel ‘made up’
Niels Lesniewski talks about his deep dive into the 1936 impeachment of a federal judge from Florida. (Graham MacGillivray/CQ Roll Call)
CQ Roll Call reporter Niels Lesniewski took a deep dive into the history of impeachment ahead of the Senate trial for President Donald Trump. He found some pertinent parallels in a 1936 impeachment case of a federal judge from Florida that involved the House adding articles of impeachment after a Senate trial began.
Watch as he takes us through the weird rabbit hole he jumped down for this archived story.
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Trump basks in glow of ‘big, strong-looking’ LSU champs
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Last year, he served up fast food from McDonald’s. This year, he served up “big strong” compliments.
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Larry Kudlow, director of President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council, says the economy under Trump will “rank up there” with previous strong economies. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser on Friday stopped short of endorsing the president’s repeated claim that the U.S. economy is at its strongest point in the country’s history.
“In history? I think it’ll rank up there, yes,” Lawrence Kudlow told CQ Roll Call on Friday. But he notably did not say the U.S. economy is the strongest it’s ever been as his boss heads into what pollsters and strategists in both parties say could be a photo-finish election.
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Bipartisan proposals represent a rare bright spot in a divided Congress
Abuse of the patent system by brand-name drug manufacturers is exacerbating the financial burden faced by American patients for their prescription drugs, Lane writes. (George Frey/Getty Images file photo)
OPINION — With the Senate impeachment trial kicking off and partisan tensions running high on several fronts, Americans might be forgiven for thinking that Congress has lost the ability to find common ground. But lately, and despite the proverbial odds, there is a new bipartisan consensus forming on an issue of incredible importance to millions of Americans: prescription drug pricing. Specifically, reforming the U.S. patent system to end abusive practices that are directly contributing to high drug prices.
Across the country, Americans are struggling under the weight of skyrocketing prescription drug costs. It is no secret that affording medicines and treatments is an incredible burden for too many families. On average, Americans are paying considerably more than citizens of other high-income countries for the same exact prescription drugs.
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Having video trackers shadow candidates to get campaign dirt has become a common tactic, but the National Republican Congressional Committee went too far if it directed aides to ambush Democrats in House office buildings, experts on congressional ethics said.
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‘Investigate and legislate’ playbook may not work for Democrats again
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Wednesday. Democrats have said they can “investigate and legislate,” but that could be harder to pull off this year. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
On Dec. 18, the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump. On Dec. 19, the House approved a major rewrite of a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. Those two events, just 24 hours apart, marked the culmination of a strategy Democrats have sought to execute since the day they took control of the House last year: investigate and legislate.
“Our view is we are here to make things better for our constituents and stand up for the constitutional oaths that we took,” said Rep. Tom Malinowski, a freshman Democrat from New Jersey who ousted a Republican in 2018. “Those things are not in conflict with one another. And by the way, that’s always been true. When Nixon was being impeached, Congress passed a major infrastructure bill. When Clinton was being impeached, the Congress passed major legislation.”
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Ed Henry had an interview scheduled with Bill Clinton. It was a relatively sleepy week in Washington, the State of the Union was approaching, and the young reporter planned to ask the president about his relationship with Congress.
Things changed. News of the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, and what was supposed to be a routine sit-down turned into a 15-minute phone call brimming with executive denials: “not sexual,” “not improper,” “not true.”
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Mary Azarian, to whom the 2009 Burlington Book Festival was dedicated, grew up on a market garden farm in northern Virginia. She attended Smith College, where she studied printmaking with Leonard Baskin and painting with Jules Cohen and Elliott Offner. In 1963 she moved to Vermont and taught in a one room school in Walden for four years. She began her printmaking studio, Farmhouse Press, in 1969 and has been producing woodcut prints since then.
In 1974 she participated in the Vermont Images Project sponsored by the Vermont Council on the Arts and produced a set of alphabet woodcuts depicting and documenting the fast disappearing life on small hill farms. The Vermont Department of Education had the alphabet reproduced as poster sets which were then distributed to K-3 classes in all Vermont schools. This project eventually became her first picture book, A Farmer’s Alphabet, published in 1981 by David R Godine. Since then she has illustrated more than 50 books including Snowflake Bentley, which earned Azarian the 1999 Caldecott Award. Her most recent books are Tuttle’s Red Barn and Darwin, a picture biography of Charles Darwin, published this spring to coincide with the 200th anniversary of his birth. She is currently working on a book about dogs (a favorite subject) called The Shih Tzu’s Haiku.
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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
This article is written by Nick Herc.
You start the game in front of sleazy “Lefty’s bar”.
In 1987 we got our most unconventional Hero, especially for 80s, Leisure Suit Larry a.k.a. Larry Laffer.
It was among the first games in which the main protagonist had only one goal: getting laid. Surely the game was a major hit which spawned many sequels.
The game begins when our hero, Larry Laffer, steps out of a taxi in front of a bar. He’s in the city of Lost Wages (Las Vegas satire) with only one goal, finding his true love or at least getting some action. He’s over 40 years old, bald and with a big nose, but that doesn’t stop him at his quest.
There is no major plotline like in the majority of adventure games. Larry is browsing around, talking to women and drunks, jumping from casinos to discos. The whole game has this almost Bukowski-like feeling with drunks, bars, back allies and a whole set of characters from the edge of society.
Jokes are simple and dirty, yet clever and will make you laugh for sure.
When you think about it, Larry’s adventures aren’t really that hardcore. All the explicit scenes are censored and the game even has a “quiz of adulthood” with five questions (questions about the Vietnam War, Nixon, Elizabeth Taylor, etc., which you can skip by pressing alt x). Leisure Suit Larry games are about dirty jokes, hints about sex, intentional cheesy lines and making fun of stereotypes. So in today’s perspective, Leisure Suit Larry games are fairly innocent.
I guess leisure suits were quite popular back in the day.
But remember, when Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards came out, the year was 1987 and things were very different.
So there was no surprise the sale number was low as Radio Schack’s (biggest merchant at that time) boss didn’t approve of Larry Laffer. But word got around and quickly they managed to sell 250,000 copies and a game became a huge hit.
Graphics are by nowadays standards outdated, but still look pretty. The controls consist of a keyboard. Yup, no mouse, you have to type every command, like “open door” “talk to” “order drink”, etc., which makes the game, whose gameplay is hard by itself, even harder. Yeah, the puzzles are very hard, especially for gamers who did not grow up in the late 80s and early 90s. Games back then were very hard, especially within the adventure genre.
In 1991 a remake came out, adding vega graphics and mouse control, so you may check out that one, but I would recommend the original despite the lack of mouse control. It has charisma, pretty colorful graphics and typing commands can be in a way really fun.
Another remake came out in 2013. Al Lowe, creator of the original games, asked fans through Kickstarter to help him out financially with remaking the original. The campaign was a success, raising over $600,000.
They did a good job, the only problem is that there is no new content (or very very little of it). For the price of 20$ you’ll do no harm if you pass it and try out the original. Leisure Suit Larry isn’t a gaming legend by accident and he will make you laugh for sure.
This article was written by Nick Herc, who runs a Leisure Suit Larry fan page.
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Mudslide slogs travel on key route in Glacier National Park
Traffic on the popular Going-to-the-Sun Road near Apgar Campground in Glacier National Park, Mont., is diverted because of a mudslide to one lane Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Park officials say beavers are to blame for the third straight day the road has been closed due to a mudslide, dragging trees and debris into the street. (Tommy Martino/The Missoulian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — For tourists trying to get to some sights in Glacier National Park, it’s been a dam inconvenience.
Travel along part of a popular route through the Montana landmark was limited for the fourth straight day Thursday after heavy rains caused a large beaver dam to fail and wash debris down a hillside early Wednesday, rangers said.
The mudslide dragged dozens of trees and debris onto the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road on the west side of the park, near some heavily used sights such as Lake McDonald, Lake McDonald Lodge, Apgar Visitor Center, Apgar Campground and various hiking trails.
Park officials hope to have the section of road fully cleared for the Memorial Day weekend, The Missoulian newspaper reported (https://bit.ly/1UfCRFi ).
“We’re at Mother Nature’s whim, and this is what we’re being dealt,” park spokeswoman Margie Steigerwald said.
Normally at this time of year, visitors can drive 16 miles of Going-to-the-Sun Road from the west entrance.
Flooding and mudslides limited access to 13 miles of that road at various times from Monday through Wednesday. Just one lane of the road was open Thursday with officials directing traffic, so visitors could experience delays of about 20 minutes.
About 13 miles of the road also was open on the eastern side of the park.
The middle portion of the 50-mile Going-to-the-Sun Road typically opens in late June or early July, once the plows have cleared all the snow. They are not able to work in the area because of high avalanche danger expected over the next few days, Steigerwald said.
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Medieval Mile Museum
The Medieval Mile Museum represents an immense treasure trove of artefacts encompassing the work and lives of Ireland and its people across more than 800 years of history. Our school tour option includes a package which involves a visit to Kilkenny's Medieval Mile Museum, our popular LEGO Hunt, a Craft Workshop with the National Craft Gallery of Ireland, an Animal Encounter Session with the Reptile Zoo and a packed lunch from Butler House! Find out more .
Athlone Castle Visitor Centre
Athlone Castle Visitor Centre & Museum is a family friendly tourist attraction in the heart of Ireland. Filled with modern exhibitions, Athlone’s history, people, castle and battles are explored and brought to life. Find out more .
Irish National Stud And Gardens
The Irish National Stud is part of our heritage and provides a unique opportunity for school children to get close up to horses and wildlife in a relaxed and natural environment.
Greenan Maze
A school tour at Greenan Maze includes an educational, active and full day outing which includes elements of heritage and local history, nature and environmental activities, and age specific tours. Find out more .
Newgrange And Knowth
Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre, open in 1997, is designed to present the archaeological heritage of the Boyne Valley, which includes the megalithic passage tombs of Newgrange and Knowth. The Centre is the starting point for all visits to both monuments, and contains extensive interpretative displays and viewing areas. Find out more here.
Cool Planet Experience is the first permanent climate action visitor centre in the world and is driven by the vision to engage, inspire and educate individuals and schools on the impact of global warming so they can actively participate in creating positive solutions to protect our world for future generations. Find out more .
Though best known as the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, the Hill of Tara has been an important site since the late Stone Age when a passage-tomb was constructed there. Tara was at the height of its power as a political and religious centre in the early centuries after Christ. Attractions include an audio-visual show and guided tours of the site. Find out more here.
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So I rode the DC Streetcar on Thursday…
March 5, 2016, 3:30 PM
I took my first ride on the DC Streetcar this past Thursday, with Elyse. We took Metro down to NoMa, and then walked from there to the Hopscotch Bridge, where the Streetcar’s western terminus is located. We boarded one of the US-built United Streetcar vehicles (202), and rode it down to the western terminus at Oklahoma Avenue.
And here are some of my photos from the ride:
The end of the track on the Hopscotch Bridge, viewing the streetcar head-on.
Platform-side view of the streetcar.
Controls on the “B” end of the streetcar. From the looks of it, the streetcar is controlled by foot pedals, just like the old PCC cars. In fact, this console looks a lot like the PCC car from The Hague that the Trolley Museum has in its collection.
Streetcar interior. Note that the car is bi-articulated, with the ends pivoting around the center section. Imagine a stretched version of the hinge area on an artic bus. Also compare to Baltimore’s LRVs, which only have one articulated joint.
Middle section of the streetcar. Note the lack of seats, likely due to doors and wheelchair spots.
Streetcar seats. The pattern makes me think of beach chairs for some reason.
Lean pad in the middle section.
Streetcar at the eastern terminus, at Oklahoma Avenue.
Full view of the streetcar at Oklahoma Avenue.
From there, we grabbed an X2 bus (which overlaps the streetcar’s entire route) and rode to Minnesota Avenue station, where we took the train back.
Then as far as the DC Streetcar goes, I was not all that impressed. Sure, the vehicle looked nice, and the ride was very smooth, albeit quite slow. However, I can’t help but think that this service is somewhat shortsighted, and little more than a toy.
For the most part, the streetcar, unlike Metro, does not operate in its own right of way. It uses the same roads as the rest of us. However, unlike a bus, it can’t dodge obstructions in its path. While Elyse and I were on the streetcar, we were at one point essentially held hostage at by a car that was standing near the curb with its back end too close to the streetcar’s path. The most that the streetcar operator could do was to sound the horn – an audio recording of a train horn, rather than an actual car or bus horn. We couldn’t move until the driver of the car repositioned their vehicle. Imagine if this person had left their car. We would have been stuck. Compare to a bus, which could just turn the wheel and dodge the obstruction.
Otherwise, I don’t necessarily have a problem with a light rail network in the DC area. A light rail network could be a good complement to Metro’s rail system, and relatively inexpensive to construct compared to heavy rail. However, I think that the region is going about it the wrong way, in that there appears to be no regional cooperation to create a unified system, with the different jurisdictions opting to go it alone. Presently, we have the DC Streetcar, which is owned by the District, and operated by a private company, as the only service operating. Then MTA Maryland is currently in the final stages of pre-construction planning for a service known as the Purple Line, a light rail service that is supposed to operate between the Bethesda and New Carrollton Metro stations, via Silver Spring, Langley Park, and College Park. That service will be owned by MTA Maryland, and, as I understand it, also be operated by a private company. Additionally, there was talk of a streetcar service in Arlington County, but that plan died in 2014. That would also have been independent, just like the DC Streetcar and the Purple Line. This seems a perfect opportunity for regional cooperation, but apparently, that’s not to be, as everyone has “their” service, rather than a single, unified service. And as far as the DC Streetcar goes, I have low expectations for it, as the initial line took far too long to get to the point of opening for revenue service, and a planned Anacostia line was abandoned partway through construction.
So all in all, I suppose the ride was interesting enough, but I found it somewhat disappointing on a number of levels. I suppose we’ll see how things go, but I don’t expect much from this line.
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Lab equipment detects harmful molecule in body
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a fluorescent substance that glows bright green when exposed to even minute amounts of ozone in the air and in biological samples such as human lung cells. A molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms, ozone is at once a harmful pollutant and lung irritant, and a possible natural weapon that certain research suggests the human body employs against infections.
The Pitt team reports in the current edition of “Nature Chemistry” that their simple and fast-acting detector can function as a consumer device to measure surrounding ozone, or as a laboratory tool that could provide insight into ozone's effect on the human body and its debated role in the human immune system. The probe differs from existing ozone-detection methods in that it's sensitive only to ozone, the researchers write. Current indicators can register a false-positive in response to humidity, other reactive oxygen species, and atmospheric compounds such as lead, palladium, and platinum.
“As you inhale air, you inhale ozone, and it is not known how deeply it penetrates the lung or its effect on the body,” said Kazunori Koide, a chemistry professor in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences, who is the paper's corresponding author. “Patients with respiratory diseases who are more sensitive to ozone may be able to monitor their exposure, as should employees in industrial and laboratory jobs that include regular ozone exposure. Our method is quick, so people will know they've exceeded safe levels before they suffer the symptoms, and it's highly specific to ozone, so it will prevent having false data.”
Koide worked with researchers in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health: professor George Leikauf, professor and department chair Bruce Pitt, and assistant professor Claudette St Croix. The project also included Pitt postdoctoral student Shin Ando and graduate student and lead author Amanda Garner, both in the Department of Chemistry. The paper can be found on the “Nature Chemistry” Website at www.nature.com/nchem
The team's detection method consists of a small molecule-based probe added to regular distilled water. Ozone reacts with the probe through a process called ozonolysis, creating the organic compound aldehyde. The aldehyde undergoes an additional reaction known as beta elimination to produce a substance that glows bright green-or Pittsburgh Green, as the researchers termed it-under an ultraviolet (UV) lamp or microscope. The Pitt team reported that the solution began to glow within 30 minutes of coming into contact with ozone.
As an indoor and outdoor pollutant, ozone can irritate the lungs, particularly in people with asthma, bronchitis, or cystic fibrosis. It is generated by certain electronic devices and also created from the reaction of high concentrations of pollution, such as car exhaust and UV radiation from the sun. Koide and his colleagues sought to create an easy method for people to test the ozone-level of their immediate indoor and outdoor environment; they suggest in their paper that people could wear a badge containing the probe. For the indoor experiment, paper strips coated with the solution were left for eight hours in an unventilated office with two photocopiers and two laser printers, devices that are known to generate ozone. When exposed to UV light, the strips revealed concentrations of ozone captured from within the room. To test the probe outdoors, the Pitt scientists placed the solution at four high-traffic areas in Pittsburgh for eight hours on a sunny day (but out of direct sunlight) and successfully detected ozone.
The probe also was tested on human lung fluid and blood serum to determine its biomedical potential. The samples were exposed to ozone and glowed under a laser light, showing that the probe could work in biological samples. The researchers went further and exposed human lung cells treated with the probe to ozone-rich air for five minutes. With a microscope, they observed the fluorescent glow expand within the cell, illustrating that ozone indeed penetrated the cell membrane.
The probe's successful use in biological samples could help unravel certain medical questions regarding ozone. The researchers cite a back-and-forth of research published in various journals such as “Science” and the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Science” that claim and dispute whether white blood cells emit ozone to fight inflammation and bacterial infections. So far, though, the methods used to detect ozone have been questioned based on their sensitivity to other reactive oxygen species, a problem the Pitt probe seems to not have.
Another issue concerns ozone's penetration of the body and its subsequent effect. The Pitt researchers note that other scientists have observed ozone's effect on cell samples, but that other findings suggest ozone is too short-lived to affect cells in the body. They demonstrated that their probe can track ozone as it moves throughout a cell sample and possibly help scientists gain insight into the molecule's activity within cells.
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Kinesio Taping 101 How and Why it works
Kinesio Taping is a state-of-the-art athletic injury tool used to help athletes and runners with injuries. Instead of a brace, Kinesio Tape is used to help runners keep their muscles and joints in alignment. There are many other similar tape brands available such as Rock Tape or KT Tape. Kinesiotape is the original but functionally they all work the same. In our opinion Rock Tape H2O has the best glue and therefore stays on the longest.
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Kinesio Tape is a malleable, waterproof athletic tape that can be applied over the muscle and provide support and additional feedback to that muscle and your central nervous system. When applied properly by a certified Kinesio Taping Practioner the results can be astounding. Some conditions successfully treated by Kinesio Tape at the San Diego Running and Sports Injury Clinic are Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Chondromalacia patella, VMO insufficiency, Achilles tendonitis/tendonosis, Plantar Fasciitis, Shin Splints and Bunions.
Athletes treated with Kinesio Tape experience the benefits immediately and without restraint. The tape neither limits normal range of motion nor prevents the athlete from performing their usual motions. In addition, after the tape is applied it will stay on the treated region for up to 4-5 days without the athlete losing the benefits. This is different from most other taping methods that can not get wet, which prevents the athlete from showering or even competing in water sports. With Kinesio Tape the athlete can get taped up to 2 days pre-event due to its unique properties.
The Scientific Rationale of Kinesio Taping
Kinesio Taping method is a relatively new physical modality currently being introduced and utilized by various practioners. Kinesiotape was developed by Dr. Kenso Kase in Japan during the mid 1970’s and is now being taught at major universities in addition to being utilized by many professional sports teams. It is difficult for practicing therapists to embrace a new technique, many even labeling it as unscientific and claiming there is little research to support its use. It may be true that there is currently a lack of scientific data in the form of double blind, placebo controlled studies. However, there are many modalities, such as ultrasound that are currently being used by physical therapists, chiropractors etc. that have been proven in the scientific literature to be no better than placebo (1, 2). While the purpose of this article is not to debate the pro’s and con’s of existing accepted modalities or compare their effectiveness vs. Kinesio Taping method, it does illustrate the flaws with the above described logic. Numerous anecdotal reports exist where clinicians and patients have reported almost miraculous results after the application of Kinesiotape. In this article I will explain the scientific rationale as to why Kinesio Taping Method works and support it with existing neuroscience.
Proprioception is generally defined as perception mediated by proprioceptors or proprioceptive tissues (3). Proprioceptor is defined as a sensory nerve terminal found in muscles, tendons, and joint capsules, which give information concerning movements and position of the body to the central nervous system (3). There are numerous proprioceptors that provide our body with mechanoreception. They provide the CNS with information regarding mechanical stimuli. Free dendritic nerve endings are generally thought to be involved in pain transmission (nociception), however, they also respond to pressure and can be found in ligaments, tendons and joint capsules as well as the epidermis. Other pressure receptors found in the epidermis and dermis are the Merkel Discs which respond to light pressure, root hair plexus that respond to hair deflection and surround hair follicles, Meissner’s corpuscles which respond to light pressure, discriminative touch and vibration and Krause’s end bulbs that respond to the same and are found in the dermal papilla of hairless skin. Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini’s corpuscles can be found in the subcutaneous tissue (fascia), and joint capsules transmitting deep pressure, vibration and stretch. Found within skeletal muscle are muscle spindles which provide feedback concerning the rate and change in length of a muscle and within the tendon there are golgi tendon organs that provide us with information regarding load on the tendon. These receptors provide our central nervous system with all of the above information so that we may have smooth controlled movements occur around joints, provide a reflex mechanism to avoid painful stimuli and allow for motor programming to occur. It is thought among Kinesiotaping practioners that Kinesiotape exerts its effects mostly through affecting the above proprioceptors. To understand how these proprioceptors exert their influence we must review their role in spinal reflexes arcs.
Somatic reflexes mediated by the spinal cord are called spinal reflexes. Many spinal reflexes occur without the involvement of higher brain centers (above the spinal cord). It has been shown that these reflexes work equally as well in decerebrate animals. However, the brain is kept “advised” of these reflexes so that it may facilitate or inhibit them. Normal muscle tone depends on stretch reflexes initiated by muscle spindles, which monitor the change in muscle length. During a basic reflex arc a specific reproducible series of events occurs. A muscle spindle is stimulated and the information travels into the dorsal horn of the spinal cord via a large diameter 1a afferent neuron where it synapses onto an alpha motor neuron and onto an interneuron which then synapses onto another alpha motor neuron. The motor neuron stimulated directly (monosynaptically) travels out the ventral root eventually synapsing at the neuromuscular junction and ultimately resulting in a contraction of the agonist. The second motor neuron also leaves the ventral root but ultimately inhibits the antagonist. In this way we have a smooth movement at the joint instead of a spastic one which would occur if both the agonist and antagonist contracted simultaneously. In his book The Neurology of the Joints Barry Wyke stated that arthrokinetic reflexes involve coordinated facilitated and inhibitory effects on motor unit activity in the body musculature in response to joint movement. Theses reflexogenic effects are exerted not only on the muscles operating over individual joints, but also on more remotely located muscles, including those on the opposite side of the body. The 35th edition of Gray’s Anatomy supports these statements “Moveable joints are innervated in general by the nerves of supply to the muscles which act on them. It is probable that this arrangement establishes local reflex arcs both in active movements and postural maintenance”. Hiltons Law also supports this fact. It states that a nerve trunk that supplies any given joint also supplies the muscles that move that joint and the skin over the that joint! This is a profound concept that provides the scientific rationale behind the Kinesiotaping method. By taping the skin the muscles are affected and thereby affect the nerve.
By examining basic neuroanatomy and applying the concepts above a better understanding of the effects of Kinesiotape can be reached. The skin over the cervical spine and the muscles that control the cervical spine are supplied by the cervical plexus (C1-4). The muscles and skin of the shoulder and the muscles of the posterior trunk are supplied by the brachial plexus (C5-T1). In fact even the superficial muscles of the back, trapezius and latissmus dorsi (thoracodorsal nerve) are supplied either by the cervical plexus or brachial plexus. When Kinesiotape is applied to the skin over the shoulder the proprioceptive effects are transmitted through mechanoreceptors directly to the brachial plexus. The same is true when we apply Kinesiotape over the posterior trunk; the mechanoreceptors provide information primarily to the brachial plexus (C5-T1). The same mechanism is true for the lower extremity. For example, taping over the anterior knee will provide proprioceptive feedback primarily to the lumbar plexus (L2-4) via the femoral nerve and in accordance with Hilton’s Law. In addition the effects may be felt locally or due to reflexogenic effects even more remotely located muscles, including those on the opposite side of the body.
Now consider the various applications proposed by Kinesio Taping Technique. There are techniques for facilitation (O to I), inhibition (I to O), mechanical correction and or functional correction. Let us consider the proposed theory of facilitation first. It has been proposed that by taping from the origin towards the insertion, with the muscle in stretch, the clinician can “facilitate” a muscle. By contrast if one tapes from insertion towards the origin, with the muscle in stretch, inhibition of the agonist will be achieved. Unfortunately this proposition is challenged by existing knowledge of Kinesiology and biomechanics. Whether or not a muscle contraction is initiated from the insertion or origin is irrelevant regarding facilitation (Manual of Structural Kinesiology by Thompson and Floyd). For example, if a person performs elbow flexion against resistance, with the elbows fixed they will achieve contraction (facilitation) of the biceps and inhibition of the antagonist (triceps). However the same is true if we reverse the movement to allow for the origin of the biceps to move towards the insertion as would occur during a “pull-up”. In this case as a person pulls-up towards a given point the elbows are not fixed and in effect the origin (scapula and coracoid process) is pulled toward the insertion (radial tuberosity). The biceps is still facilitated and the triceps are still inhibited. There are many examples for the reversal of muscular contraction for all of our prime movers. The above example would seem to challenge the premise that a muscle is facilitated or inhibited by changing the direction of the taping technique.
If we examine mechanical corrections or functional corrections the concepts of facilitation and inhibition may be illustrated. If the wrist extensors are taped so as to limit the amount of wrist flexion then one could say that the wrist extensors are in a “shortened” position and are facilitated while the wrist flexors are kept in a lengthened position and are being inhibited. This premise is supported by the works of Janda and are common suppositions held by the majority of therapists. “Upper-cross syndrome” is usually defined as inhibition and weakness of the scapula retractors and external rotators of the shoulder girdle while the pectorals are over contracted and facilitated (shortened). Common treatment is to stretch the shortened muscles (pectorals) and strengthen the weakened and inhibited muscles (rhomboids, traps, etc). If we understand this concept to hold true then we can apply already existing science to Kinesio Taping Technique. By taping the wrist extensors using a mechanical or functional correction into a “shortened” position we are essentially facilitating extensors and inhibiting the antagonist (wrist flexors). This is achieved by stimulating muscles spindles predominately as they respond to the rate and change in the length of the muscle and pressure receptors (most probably Meissner’s corpuscles and Merkel’s Discs as they respond to light touch and light pressure) and possibly even free nerve endings.
Mechanical and functional corrections also provide “tug” on the skin which is transmitted through the fascia to the muscle constantly making the individual aware of the Kinesiotape. This is important due to habituation of the nervous system. A constant non-painful stimulus is usually inhibited by the central nervous system. In the same way we are not constantly aware of the sensation of the clothes we wear due to suppression of the incoming signals so would we suppress the proprioception provided from Kinesiotape applied with the muscle in stretch. Because mechanical or functional corrections do not allow for habituation due to “tug” on the fascia we might better stimulate mechanoreceptors utilizing these techniques.
One other aspect to consider is pain modulation. It has been proposed that Kinesiotape may help suppress pain due to theories put forth by Melzak and Wall in the 1960’s. Their theory proposes a “spinal gate” that can be opened or closed depending on incoming stimuli. This “gate” is found in the substantia gelatinosa of the dorsal horn where impulses from type C (slow pain) fibers and type A (mechanoreceptors) fibers converge. It is proposed that if larger diameter fibers are stimulated than small diameter fibers the spinal “gate” is closed or at least the strength of the noxious stimuli is diminished (6, 7). It follows that the larger diameter neurons one can stimulate (muscle spindles, GTO’s, pressure receptors) the more pain one may suppress. By utilizing mechanical/functional corrections larger diameter neurons can be stimulated which in turn may help to “close the gate”.
Kinesio Taping Technique is a new effective new modality being employed predominately by chiropractors, physical therapists occupational therapists and athletic trainers predominately. As with any new modality there is little clinical research to support its use. To date the mechanism by which Kinesiotape exerts its influence on one’s physiology has been ill defined. By analyzing the effects of Kinesiotape we can conclude that the majority of its influence is proprioceptive in nature. The most likely proprioceptors to be influenced are pressure receptors and mechanoreceptors, namely Meissner’s corpuscles, Merkel’s discs and muscle spindles. By understanding how they help modulate sensory input Kinesiotape can be more effectively applied and Kinesio Taping Method can continue progress.
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THE TRAUMA OF CHILDREN OF ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS
By DarleneLancer
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Living with an addict (including alcoholics[1]) can feel like life in a war zone. The addict’s personality changes caused by addiction create chaos. Family dynamics are organized around the substance abuser, who acts like a tyrant, denying that drinking or using is a problem, while issuing orders and blaming everyone else. To cope and avoid confrontations, typically, family members tacitly agree to act as if everything is normal, not make waves, and not mention addiction. Family members deny what they know, feel, and see. This all takes a heavy psychological toll, often causing trauma, especially on those most vulnerable, the children. Yet more than half are in denial that they have an addicted parent.
Dysfunctional Parenting Causes Codependency
In families with addiction, parenting is unreliable, inconsistent, and unpredictable. There never is a sense of safety and consistency, allowing children to thrive. The majority suffer emotional, if not physical abuse, and thus carry issues of trust and anger about their past, sometimes directed at the sober parent, as well. In some cases, the sober parent is so stressed that he or she is more impatient, controlling, and irritable than the alcoholic, who may have withdrawn from family life. The children may blame the sober parent for neglecting their needs or not protecting them from abuse or unfair decrees issued by the alcoholic. In high conflict couples, both parents are emotionally unavailable.
Children’s needs and feelings get ignored. They may be too embarrassed to entertain friends and suffer from shame, guilt, and loneliness. Many learn to become self-reliant and needless to avoid anyone having power over them again.
Because an addict’s behavior is erratic and unpredictable, vulnerability and authenticity required for intimate relationships are considered too risky. Children live in continuous fear and learn to be on guard for signs of danger, creating constant anxiety well into adulthood. Many become hypervigilant and distrustful and learn to contain and deny their emotions, which are generally shamed or denied by parents. In the extreme, they may be so detached that they’re numb to their feelings. The environment and these effects are how codependency is passed on – even by children of addicts who aren’t addicts themselves.
Family Roles
Children typically adopt one or more roles[2] that help relieve tension in the family. Typical roles are:
The Hero. The hero is usually the eldest child and most identified with a parental role, often helping with parental duties. Heroes are responsible and self-reliant. They sacrifice and do the right thing to keep calm. They make good leaders, are successful, but often anxious, driven, controlled, and lonely.
The Adjuster. The adjuster doesn’t complain. Rather than be in charge like the hero, the adjuster tries to fit in and adapt. Thus, as adults, they have difficulty taking charge of their life and pursuing goals.
The Placater. The placater is the most sensitive to others’ feelings and tries to meet others’ emotional needs, but neglects their own. They also must discover their wants and needs and learn to pursue their goals.
The Scapegoat. The scapegoat acts out negative behavior to distract the family from the addict and to express feelings he or she can’t communicate. Some scapegoats turn to addiction, promiscuity, or other acting-out behavior to distract themselves and manage their emotions. When they’re in trouble, it unites the parents around a common problem.
The Lost Child. The lost child is usually a younger child who withdraws into a world of fantasy, music, video games, or the Internet, seeking security in solitude. Their relationships and social skills may necessarily suffer.
The Mascot. Also a younger or youngest child, the mascot manages fear and insecurity by being cute, funny, or coquettish to relieve family tension.
Adult Children of Alcoholics and Addicts (ACAs)
Although these roles help children cope growing up, as adults, they often become fixed personality styles that prevent full development and expression of the self. Roles prevent authentic communication necessary for intimacy. As adults, deviating from a role can feel as threatening as it would have been in childhood, but it's necessary for full recovery from codependency. Roles can also conceal undiagnosed depression and anxiety. Often, the depression is chronic and low-grade, called dysthymia.
Many develop trauma symptoms of PTSD – post-traumatic stress syndrome, with painful memories and flashbacks similar to a war veteran. Physical health may be impacted as well. The ACE (“Adverse Childhood Experiences”) study found a direct correlation between adult symptoms of negative health and childhood trauma. ACE incidents that they measured included divorce, various forms of abuse, neglect, and also living with an addict or substance abuse in the family. Children of addicts and alcoholics usually experience multiple ACEs.
Second-Hand Drinking
Lisa Frederiksen, daughter of an alcoholic mom, coined the term “Second-Hand Drinking” or SHD to refer to the negative impact an alcoholic has on other people in the form of “toxic stress.” It’s toxic because it’s unrelenting and children can’t escape it. In her own recovery, she made the connection between ACEs and SHD and how toxic stress can result in generational addiction, including her own struggle with an eating disorder.
“Both SHD and ACEs are two of the key risk factors for developing addiction (of which alcoholism is one). The two key risk factors are childhood trauma and social environment. Given SHD’s genetic connection, a person experiencing SHD-related ACEs then has three of the five key risk factors for developing the brain disease of addiction (alcoholism).”
Conversations with her mom, helped Lisa forgive her and allowed her mom to forgive herself:
During our conversations, mom identified herself as having five ACEs and that her own mom (my grandmother) had a drinking problem...All of us had long-term exposure to secondhand drinking. To be clear – not all ACEs are related to SHD, of course. My mom had two and I had one of those, as well.
“Mom and I talked about my realization that I’d blindly participated in passing along the consequences of my own untreated SHD-related ACEs to my daughters the same way my mom had blindly passed hers to me. And these consequences were not limited to developing alcoholism or an alcohol use disorder. They were the consequences of insecurity, anxiety, fear, anger, self-judgment, unclear boundaries, accommodating the unacceptable, constant worry, and the other physical, emotional and quality-of-life consequences of toxic stress. It was this shocking insight that moved me to treat my untreated SHD-related ACEs and help my daughters treat theirs.
“Bottom line is these discoveries helped my mom finally forgive herself the way I had forgiven her years ago. Not the kind of forgiveness that excuses trauma-causing behaviors, rather the kind of forgiveness that lets go of wishing for a different outcome. It is the kind of forgiveness that recognizes we were all doing the best we could with what we knew at the time.”
[1]In the recent DSM-5 manual for mental disorders, alcoholism is now referred to as an “Alcohol Use Disorder and alcoholics as a person with an Alcohol Use Disorder. Similar changes were made for other substance-related disorders, classified according to the substance, such as opioids, inhalants, sedatives, stimulants, hallucinogens, and cannabis.
[2] Adapted from Darlene Lancer, Codependency for Dummies, 2nd ed., Ch. 7, (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, N.J. (2015)
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Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, author of Codependency for Dummies, and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You. She's an expert in relationships, codependency, and addiction, having worked with individuals and couples for 27 years. She maintains private practice in Santa Monica, CA and coaches internationally. For more information, see http://www.whatiscodependency.com to receive a FREE Report, "14 Tips for Letting Go," and find links to her books and ebooks, including: "Dealing with a Narcissist," "How to Speak Your Mind - Become Assertive and Set Limits,""I´m Not Perfect-I´m Only Human"- How to Beat Perfectionism and "10 Steps to Self-Esteem: The Ultimate Guide to Stop Self-Criticism." Watch her Youtube, "Codependency: What It Is and What It Feels Like."
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MI6: British Security Intelligence Service Operations 1909-1945 by Nigel West (book review).
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When I saw the two Nigel West book covers together, I couldn’t help feeling there might be some confusion in picking up the right book if I was buying one of them in a bookshop and they were facing out from the same shelf. After all, there is only a matter of one word added and an adjustment to the first word. However, make no mistake, ‘MI6: British Security Intelligence Service Operations 1909-1945’ is a history of the British Secret Intelligence Service otherwise known as MI6. Mind you, buying both isn’t a bad idea.
Pre-WW1, Great Britain didn’t have an intelligence service across the world. Only the Admiralty was monitoring various ports for suspicious behaviour and which is why the nascent Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) was under its charge initially. The big change came with a new boss, Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming, who proved himself up for the task and from which the initial ‘C’ for its head derives to this day.
Even so, after WW1, the government continued to starve the SIS of funds causing many of its foreign stations to be closed down. The focus was still on the USSR and not Germany as being the biggest threat.
Author Nigel West points out that a lot of SIS activities is still classified up to the modern day. Hardly surprising considering if you’re a secret organisation you’re less likely to want to share your information or stir too many old ghosts that could come back and haunt you.
I think the biggest surprise was how much the early SIS was on a shoestring budget and its officers doing joint roles abroad, mostly in the handing out of British passports and visas so they at least had an idea who was entering the country. This came into its own in the build-up to World War Two with many Jews escaping from Germany and they helped with documentation.
There are several strategies displayed in their various countries which I’m surprised no one has thought of dramatising. Certainly the Double-Cross operations, fake spy rings and putting on a good face to the Americans as to how we were doing in WW2 makes for fascinating reading. It did make me revise my thinking why some things are still kept classified as we were pretty sneaky.
Probably for good reason when it came to manipulating allies like the Americans to think we were doing better than we were in WW2. Interestingly, the American OSS that would later become the CIA used the SIS as their template and a strong reminder that until then the USA didn’t have an overseas intelligence service neither.
Although the events in this book happened over a century ago now, this is a page-turning book, much of it following events in different countries, hotting up in the world wars. The tailpiece of the book looks at the moles in the SIS as well as some who were checked for having similar profiles and cleared.
It’s also interesting seeing references to the likes of Ian Fleming, Graham Greene and Malcolm Muggeridge prior to their careers as writers. If you’re into spy fiction, the information about the real thing and if any author used its structuring will show which ones did their homework or probably involved themselves.
Don’t expect it to dwell too much on the spycraft itself but more on the work these officers did and the agents they employed. A lot of intelligence work is gathering information than derring-do and mostly fatal consequences if you got caught.
GF Willmetts
(pub: Frontline Books/Pen & Sword, 2019. 290 page photo insert indexed hardback. Price: £25.00 (UK), $34.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-52675-574-2)
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Gascón moves forward with changes
It looks like police Chief George Gascón was serious when he suggested changing the city charter to allow more power for police chiefs to discipline problem officers.
Gascón is putting together a work group and hopes to have the paperwork for a ballot initiative in to the Department of Elections by Dec. 15, in time for the June, 2010, ballot.
The chief wants to send fewer cases to the Police Commission, which is required to approve any disciplinary actions of more than a 10-day suspension. He says the chief should have the power to terminate an officer, while others would prefer to take a less drastic approach.
The Police Officer’s Association has yet to weigh in on the proposal.
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SGS Canada began in 1948 as a specialist provider of services for the agricultural industry. Today, our operations across Canada have rapidly evolved into highly technical service provision, conducting precise and accurate analytical testing, such as DNA fingerprinting and metals speciation for numerous business lines.
We maintain a strong presence as a top-quality service provider at all major ports and trading hubs across Canada, and are known across the world for excellence in exploration and mining. We have a strong presence in the oil sands in Fort McMurray and have an established network of Centres of Excellence for Life Sciences. We have offices and laboratories throughout Canada, including Mississauga, ON, Lakefield, ON, Burnaby, BC, Calgary AB, Winnipeg MB and Montreal, QC.
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The Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA), founded in 1951, is a competence centre for art scholarship and art technology with both a national and an international focus. Its primary activities are research, documentation, dissemination of knowledge and services in the field of fine art. Its core speciality is the production of art in Switzerland from the Middle Ages to the present day.
SIK-ISEA’s headquarters in Zurich have been housed since 1993 in Villa Bleuler, a listed monument built in 1888.
Since 1988 the Institute has maintained a presence in French-speaking Switzerland in the form of its «Antenne romande», based at the University of Lausanne.
In 2010 the Institute opened its «Ufficio di contatto» for the Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland at the Museo Vincenzo Vela in Ligornetto.
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General Assembly of the International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA) held at SIK-ISEA’s headquarters in Zurich (2013).
Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation, SIK-ISEA enjoys the status of an independent research establishment. SIK-ISEA is financed in part by substantial funds from the Swiss Confederation, the Canton and City of Zurich and other cantons. Equally important are competitive research grants, income from the provision of services, and donations from benefactors and other foundations. The Association for the Promotion of SIK-ISEA offers both financial and intangible support.
The Institute’s headquarters are in Zurich at Villa Bleuler, built in 1885–1888 to plans by Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli. Since 1988 SIK-ISEA has maintained a satellite in francophone Switzerland, its «Antenne romande» at Lausanne University. For the Italian-speaking region, the Institute opened an «Ufficio di contatto» in 2010 at the Museo Vincenzo Vela in Ligornetto.
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Micro Machines World Series on PlayStation 4
They're Micro. They're Machines. And they're BACK!
Micro Machines World Series will retain the manic social game play of the classic series, but will bring a new dimension to the experience with stunning HD visuals - taking you to the much-loved household environments as they've never been seen before.
As well as bringing to you the classic game modes like Race and Elimination, Micro Machines World Series will introduce a new style of game play to the series: Battle Mode. The all-new Battle Arenas will allow you to wreak mass destruction on a miniature scale against your friends or the AI. Meanwhile, Team Play lets you work together using your vehicles' unique skills with modes such as 'King of the Hill' or 'Capture the Flag'!
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The Southern Star
Cork are not the same unit we were last year'
July 20th, 2019 4:00 PM
By Southern Star Team
Ruairi Deane in action against Tyrone's Tiernan McCann during the 2018 All-Ireland SFC Round 4 qualifier in Portlaoise.
Deane says 2018 meeting will have no bearing on Cork’s must-win clash
BY KIERAN McCARTHY
LAST year’s heavy Round 4 qualifier defeat was a humbling experience for Cork footballers. It’s one they’d rather forget.
Tyrone won 3-20 to 0-13 in Portlaoise to knock Cork out and lead to Ronan McCarthy lament afterwards that the footballers needed to go in a different direction.
Twelve months on, Cork and Tyrone meet again, and McCarthy has been true to his word, as the Rebels have indeed gone on a different, and far more positive, direction.
After the loss to Dublin in their Super 8s opener last Saturday, McCarthy said he hadn’t thought about last year’s meeting with Tyrone until it was mentioned in the question put to him. That was then. This is now. Cork are in different shape presently to what they were back then, he added. And he’s right: Cork are in a far better place now.
Is that enough to beat an experienced and battle-hardened Tyrone that will try to suffocate the life out of the Cork attack and hit them on the counter? We’ll see on Saturday evening, but Ruairi Deane, who started against the Ulster men last year, is paying no heed to the last meeting between the counties.
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‘I was asked a similar question coming into the Kerry game, would what happened last year have an impact, and I said no. It’s the same for this game,’ the Bantry man said.
‘You can’t rest on what happened last year. If you look at what happened last season, then you are fighting a losing battle already. As we have shown so far throughout the championship we are not the same unit as we were last year. Hopefully we can show that on Saturday.’
Lose against Tyrone and Cork are out of the championship with a game to come against Roscommon on August 4th. There’s a lot on the line for the improving Rebels who pushed Dublin for long stretches before being caught by late goals. ‘We showed in patches what we are capable of but not consistently enough to get the win,’ Deane said.
‘They are a very strong side, but we still wanted to come here and get the win so we need to look at why we didn’t and see what we need to improve on to get to the stage where we can win games like this.’
No one can deny that Cork football is on an upward curve after years in the doldrums and there have been plenty of positives in this championship campaign so far. But this Cork team doesn’t want to deal with moral victories, they want to win games and their next match is their biggest, the win-or-bust battle with Tyrone.
‘I have no doubt about the potential that is in our dressing-room at the moment,’ Deane pointed out.
‘There are fellas that are in either their first or second seasons who have lifted this to a new level and it’s helped who would be considered the more senior members of the team like myself, Ian Maguire, Kevin O’Driscoll, and us older lads.
‘It’s been a different year for us so far but we didn’t win the game and we need to dust ourselves down for Tyrone. There is no feeling sorry for ourselves, we have a big game on Saturday and we need to bring it that bit more consistently.’
Tyrone had four points to spare over Roscommon and they know a win against Cork puts them into the last four. But Cork will focus on themselves. They need to minimise mistakes because Tyrone will punish them. And how Cork approach breaching Tyrone’s defensive unit will also be key. This is the game where we will see how far Cork have come.
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Human Spaceflights
Last 4 Shuttle Astronauts Arrive at Launch Site on Independence Day
NASA’s final space shuttle crew waves American flags celebrating their Fourth of July arrival at Kennedy Space Center for their launch on July 8, 2011. From left to right: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.
(Image: © collectSPACE/Robert Pearlman)
This story was updated at 5:30 p.m. ET.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With a real 'rocket's red glare' awaiting them, the four American astronauts who will fly NASA's final space shuttle mission made an Independence Day arrival today at their Florida launch site for a planned July 8 liftoff.
"I think I speak for the whole crew that we are just delighted to be here. After a very arduous nine month training flow, we're thrilled being here for launch week," said the mission's commander Chris Ferguson.
The Atlantis shuttle crew departed midday aboard two T-38 supersonic jets from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, for their Fourth of July arrival here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at just past 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT).
The astronauts touched down on the same runway where, nearly two weeks after launching, they plan to land space shuttle Atlantis for the final time in the winged spacecraft fleet's 30-year history.
"When it's all over, I think I again speak for everyone when I say that we'll be very proud to put the right-hand bookend on the space shuttle program," Ferguson said.
NASA's final shuttle flight, called STS-135, is a 12-day mission to deliver vital supplies to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for Friday, July 8 at 11:26 a.m. EDT (1526 GMT) from Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39A. NASA will start its official countdown clocks on Tuesday at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) at the T-43 hour mark.
Foregoing July 4th fireworks
"This is a day that is decidedly American. A day when we kind of reflect on our independence and all the wonderful things that we really have as a part of being a United States of America," said Ferguson of his and his crewmates’ July 4 arrival.
Reflecting may be the only holiday activity the astronauts take part in, foregoing the traditional fireworks show in favor of pre-launch activities.
"The big highlight of the [crew's Independence] day will be the jet ride from Ellington to Florida," NASA spokesperson Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters, of the agency's Johnson Space Center, told SPACE.com before the crew arrived in Florida. [Best Space Fireworks Ever]
With their family members following later, the four Atlantis astronauts — Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim — will spend the remainder of the holiday reviewing procedures before turning in for an early night.
"They'll have a [pressure] suit tech and flight data file tag up, just a chance to checkout some of that gear," Cloutier-Lemasters said. "Then they'll have meal time and then some personal time to study or relax."
"That will pretty much wrap up their day," she said. "They'll be hitting the hay around 8 p.m."
Their own light show
Should the weather cooperate, space shuttle Atlantis will provide the ultimate rocket show on Friday, launching on the 135th and final flight of NASA's shuttle program.
NASA anticipates nearly 1 million spectators to fill the beaches and roads near Kennedy Space Center to watch the orbiter lift off for space one last time.
NASA is retiring its three-shuttle fleet this year to make way for a new exploration program aimed at deep space missions to an asteroid and Mars. The shuttles Discovery and Endeavour completed their own final missions earlier this year.
"We just want to honor the entire Kennedy team that has worked on these magnificent machines over the last 30 plus years," Hurley said.
The crew plans several tributes during the mission to the iconic American vehicle and its legacy of the shuttle within the nation's space program. Among their announced activities is the display of a U.S. flag honoring fallen soldiers, police, firefighters and astronauts.
The shuttle flyers will also partake in an "All-American" meal that was originally intended to be eaten on July 4. But delays pushed their launch beyond Independence Day.
"It's such a pleasure to come down here when you have a rocket on the pad and it's got your stuff loaded on it," Walheim said.
Robert Pearlman is a SPACE.com contributor and editor of collectSPACE.com. You can follow him @robertpearlman or on Facebook. Visit SPACE.com for complete coverage of Atlantis' final mission STS-135 or follow us @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.
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Councillors clash over town centre regeneration plans
davidl@baylismedia.co.uk
12:39PM, Wednesday 20 November 2019
Councillors clashed over the future of Slough High Street during a meeting about the town centre’s long-awaited regeneration.
Members of Slough Borough Council’s cabinet received an update on the progress of redevelopment projects in Slough’s ‘square mile’ on Monday (Nov18).
The meeting was told an agreement has been reached for Muse Developments to redevelop the former Thames Valley University site, subject to planning permission, as part of the Slough Urban Renewal partnership.
Further details were also revealed on British Land’s plans for the Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre which include scrapping a covered shopping mall in favour of more offices, up to 2500 homes and between 25,000 and 500,000 sq ft of retail space.
Cllr Dexter Smith (Con, Colnbrook with Poyle) said the proposals, which include potentially removing more than 1000 car parking spaces from the town centre, would ‘accelerate’ the decline of the High Street.
He told the meeting: “Before we dismiss the old goal of regenerating the High Street and replacing the covered shopping centre with something at least like for like, we should present the evidence that supports this policy change.
“We’re now accepting a scaling down of the shopping centre quite considerably.
“We had a consensus in the town saying that we wanted to arrest the decline of the High St but the policies you’re proposing are accelerating that.”
Council leader James Swindlehurst (Lab, Cippenham Green) hit back and said plans proposed by British Land were taking into account the decline of retail across the country.
He said: “British Land were very clear in the discussions we had in August that nobody will be building another shopping centre like in Bracknell (The Lexicon) because of the viability in the long-term.
“You really need more employment, more people in at lunchtime and a shift to a wider town centre offer including entertainment, food and beverage rather than just jam-packed full of retail.
“It can’t have escaped anyone’s attention that most of these chains that have survived 100s of years folding ten a penny because the appetite from the customer is just not there.”
A public consultation on proposals for the Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre is expected to be launched in spring next year.
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES’ Blake Berris Married Alexandra McGuinness in a Picture Perfect Wedding Ceremony in Ireland!
By Chris Eades August 28, 2017
Congratulations to DAYS OF OUR LIVES alum Blake Berris (ex-Nick), who married Alexandra McGuinness in a beautiful ceremony in Ireland on Aug. 26! McGuinness is the daughter of former U2 manager Paul McGuinness, so band members Bono and The Edge were in attendance at the star-studded ceremony. In fact, Bono had been asked to sing the National Anthem at the big Floyd Mayweather/Conor McGregor fight in Las Vegas, but he turned it down to attend this wedding.
Despite the guest list, the couple’s wedding was a relatively low-key family affair. According to The Vow, the ceremony was held at Killiskey Parish Church at Nun’s Cross near Ashford, near McGuinness’ family home.
Berris’ former DAYS co-star and friend, Kate Mansi (ex-Abigail) was in attendance and described the event as: “Unforgettable — in every way. The wedding and the couple.” She shared a group photo from the reception with the newlyweds as well as former castmate Rachel Melvin (ex-Chelsea), as well as a stunning photo of the venue where the party was held.
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The bride and groom celebrated their nuptials in the middle of working on a new project together, the upcoming film Highway in which Berris stars and McGuinness writes and directs. They had been shooting on location in New Mexico earlier in August before traveling to Ireland to tie the knot.
DAYS fans remember Berris for his role as Nick Fallon, who he played from 2006-09 and again from 2012-14. In 2009, he was nominated for the Outstanding Younger Actor Daytime Emmy Award for his work on the soap. McGuinness began her showbiz career as an actress before moving behind the camera to write and direct, making her feature debut with the acclaimed film Lotus Eaters.
We wish the happy couple all the best for a lifetime of happiness, and hope that they enjoy their honeymoon before they go back to work on their movie! For more on your favorite DAYS stars — past and present — keep reading Soaps In Depth magazine!
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Oculus Rolls Out Hand Tracking in VR, Eliminating the Need for Gloves or Controllers
After first announcing the coming option at its 'Oculus Connect' conference back in September, Facebook's virtual reality arm has now launched the first consumer release of hand-tracking, a major advance in VR connectivity.
As explained by Oculus:
"From gesturing and communicating with others to picking up and manipulating objects, our hands play an important role in how we interact with the world - and they’re key to unlocking the feeling of true presence in a virtual space. We first brought your hands into VR with Oculus Touch controllers, so you could engage in VR in a more natural way. Now, we’re taking the next step with hand tracking on Oculus Quest - letting you interact in VR without controllers, using your real hands."
As you can see from the video above, hand tracking will make it easier than ever for VR users to interact with the virtual environment. The update is a major step, as it lessens the hardware requirements for VR engagement, while also making the process feel more natural - and therefore, more immersive.
In its initial iteration, the functionality will be limited:
"In this first release, you can use your hands to navigate and interact within Quest’s Home interfaces like Library and Store, plus in select first-party apps like the Oculus Browser and Oculus TV."
Oculus Quest owners will need to update their device to version 12 when it rolls out, then turn on hand tracking in the 'Experimental Features' menu to use it.
In addition to this, Oculus is also adding hand tracking to its SDK for developers, which will enable third-party organizations to formulate new ways to utilize the option.
Facebook sees VR as the next level of social media connectivity, and it's already built a specific VR world for such purpose within the Oculus network. But for that to happen, VR needs significant consumer take-up.
Thus far, while VR looks interesting, the actual content available has remained fairly limited, with developers still not jumping on board to build a heap of consumer content. Tools like hand tracking could change that, and change it fast, and as VR devices become more affordable, it's not hard to envision that next stage coming sometime soon.
Hand tracking will be made available to Oculus Quest users starting this week.
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Success for Enfield Town liveable neighbourhood funding bid
Published: 06 March 2019 Category: Pedestrians
Artist's impression of how Enfield Town market square might look
Enfield Council's scheme for Enfield Town was one of the successful bids for Liveable Neighbourhood funding from the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL).
The list of successful bids by boroughs was published on the TfL website on 5th February. The money is being provided "to reduce car use and turn local areas into safer, greener and healthier places for Londoners to live" and is part of a £2.3bn overall investment to create Healthy Streets across the capital, with the aim of increasing the proportion of people walking, cycling and taking public transport to 80% by 2041, and cut the damaging impact of air pollution in the capital.
According to TfL's managing director for surface transport, Liveable Neighbourhoods are intended "to help to boost health, reduce road danger, clean up some of the capital's pollution hot spots and revitalise local communities by making streets places where people want to spend time with their friends, families and neighbours."
The TfL press release includes a brief outline of the Enfield Town scheme:
"Investment in Enfield Town Centre will focus on Church Street, reducing traffic dominance by narrowing the carriageway, connecting Market Square and the shopping centre and making it safer to walk to the train station. Junctions will be redesigned to be safer for pedestrians and cyclists and segregated cycle tracks built on Cecil Road, connecting with existing routes built as part of Enfield's mini-Holland programme. Little Park Gardens and Town Park will be revitalised and new 20mph speed limits will reduce danger while sustainable drainage on roads will help to reduce flood risk in the area."
Leader Nesil Caliskan says that Enfield Council wants "to rejuvenate and regenerate Enfield Town Centre by building on our Enfield Town Master Plan to turn it into a bustling and thriving market town and to create a vibrant, evening economy, thereby making Enfield the destination of choice for people both inside and outside the borough."
The campaigning group Better Streets for Enfield, which strongly supports the Mayor's Healthy Streets approach, has welcomed the news and is challenging the council to be bold:
"Better Streets for Enfield congratulates Enfield Council on its success in bidding for Liveable Neighbourhood funding from Transport for London.
"We believe that transforming Enfield Town into a genuinely Liveable Neighbourhood will help reverse the downturn in the shopping centres and, most of all, in Church Street, where the noise, fumes and danger from fast traffic have become a deterrent to shoppers.
"There is growing evidence that people arriving on foot, by public transport and on bikes - and a low-traffic environment - are the real key to successful town centres. So, while we welcome the ideas in the bid that we've seen so far, we believe that the best design would take cars off Church Street altogether. This would create a stress-free place for shoppers and give easy access by bike to shops, cafes and restaurants. With this in mind, we'll be doing our best during the consultation phase to work with the council and the public towards the boldest possible vision for Enfield Town, to make it into the healthy and vibrant centre that we all wish for."
What a perfect day for a pop-up parklet!
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Residents voice concerns about Aldermans Hill junction to TfL officers
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Bringing our streets back to life and making them easier to cross
The London Living Streets group has been working with Transport for London to introduce a programme of crossing retimings that will make it easier and safer to cross the street - one crossing on the priority list is in Palmers Green. A new Living Streets group launches in Wood Green on 24th March. Read more
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Because All Parents Should be Able to Afford to Diaper Their Babies
The White House has teamed up with Jet.com to offer affordable diapers to families in need.
By Melissa Willets
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Allegedly, it all started with a tweet. And some startling statistics. Via social media, the White House reached out to Jet.com, an online marketplace with data about the diaper crisis in America, that compelled them to get on board to solve the problem. For instance, did you know that according to a press release:
1 in 3 American families lack sufficient access to diapers and report not changing their child's diaper as often as they feel they should.
The poorest families in America pay twice as much for diapers as wealthier ones do.
For low-income families, high diaper prices at local corner stores force them to choose between buying diapers versus other essential items, even food.
Not changing your child's diaper can expose him to serious health risks like diaper rash and infection.
Enter the Community Diaper Program, an initiative aimed at making affordable diapers a reality for all families. Through participating nonprofit organizations, Jet.com will distribute Cuties diapers for a third of the cost of purchasing a diaper pack at the store.
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All potential partners have to do is apply to the program on Jet.com. It's that easy!
"Having the White House recognize that American families are struggling to provide even the most basic needs for their children is a huge step forward for the diaper bank movement," Joanne Goldblum, executive director of the nonprofit organization National Diaper Bank Network, which helped to diaper more than one million children last year, told Parents.com. "The new Community Diaper Program developed by Jet will enable our members, as well as other likeminded nonprofits, to purchase millions of diapers that can be distributed for free to help families in need."
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To watch a really neat video about how this program got off the ground, click here. I found it fascinating that if you look at elements like packaging and distribution, you really can save a ton of money on your diaper purchase. It kind of makes you wonder why a baby essential has to cost so darn much in the first place!
Melissa Willets is a writer/blogger and a mom. Follow her on Twitter (@Spitupnsuburbs), where she chronicles her love of exercising and drinking coffee, but never simultaneously.
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Iraq: February 7, 2003
The U.S. closed it's "Interest Section" in the Polish embassy and ordered the diplomats working there, and any American citizens, or leave Iraq as soon as possible. An "Interest Section" is used to establish some form of diplomatic relations in a nation that you do not have an embassy in. Ordering everyone out is usually a prelude to war.
Meanwhile, American diplomats have been meeting with Iranian, Turkish and Jordanian officials to work out the ground rules for what those countries will, or will not, do if U.S. armed forces invade Iraq. Turkey has apparently agreed to allow U.S. combat troops operate in eastern Turkey. Jordan will apparently allow American aircraft to over fly their territory and for small commando units to operate out of remote Jordanian bases. The arrangements with Iran include agreeing on procedures to deal with American aircraft that wander into Iranian territory (don't bother them) and the movements of Iraqi Shia rebel units in Iran (allow them to enter Iraq) and Iranian rebels operating in Iran (arrest them, or kill them if they resist, still uncertain if live ones would be turned over to Iran.)
One major military decision for American commanders in Iraq is the speed of the attack. The debate between "Fast Dash" and the "Slow Roll" goes back to World War II and the feud between American general George (Fast Dash) Patton and British general Bernard Law (Slow Roll) Montgomery. Patton's bold and speedy style was much feared by the Germans, but seen as too risky and rash by the more prudent (and senior) Montgomery. When Patton was turned loose, he generally succeeded big time. Montgomery's more plodding style made progress, but sacrificed many opportunities. Most Allied generals were more comfortable with the Slow Roll approach. But in the last three decades, a new generation of American generals has developed, and many of them are confident that they can handle the Fast Dash. In Iraq, the Fast Dash risks leaving armed, and hostile, Iraqis behind fast moving American units sprinting for Baghdad and other key Iraqi cities and military bases. The Slow Roll gives Iraqis bent on resistance more time to get organized. Historically, armies of well trained and led troops is much better off using the Fast Dash. In Iraq, it will take months to round up all the thugs and secret police and Baath Party loyalists. But since these bad actors come largely from the Sunni Arab minority, there are plenty of majority (80 percent) Shia Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians and Turkomen willing to assist in this chore. While Iraq is a perfect opportunity for the Fast Dash, it's still possible that the more timid Slow Roll crowd will win the debate.
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Home Local News Sprouts are so much more than just a Christmas treat
Sprouts are so much more than just a Christmas treat
Ben Lugg
Richard and Mark in the sprout fields
For some they’re the ruin of Christmas dinner, for others one of the highlights, the Brussel sprout certainly has a reputation as a Marmite vegetable.
One man who certainly falls into the latter category is Richard Bluck, a sprout farmer in Weston whose family have been growing the vegetable for an incredible 120 years.
For Richard the sprout is much more than just a once-a-year treat (or nightmare depending on your point of view) it’s an everyday food which his family have enjoyed throughout their lives.
While Weston Farm produces a variety of other vegetables which it sells from its small farm shop, this time of year is mainly focused on sprouts.
2018 has been a particularly challenging year for UK sprout farmers, with a long dry summer preventing the plants from growing until later in the season.
This has resulted in a very busy period for Richard and his sons Mark and Philip, the family’s fourth generation of sprout farmers, who painstakingly hand-pick the sprouts.
Richard said: “We go out into the fields at around 7.30am with our head torches and work until the light goes at around 4.30pm, we aim to each pick around 100lb of sprouts per hour.
“Because of the dry weather the sprouts lay dormant for a long time, it’s something that’s had an effect right across the country, there won’t be a shortage, but it means that sprouts might be a bit smaller this Christmas.
“We grow five acres of sprouts, we’re quite small so it doesn’t make sense for us to use equipment to pick them, also doing it mechanically means you only get 1 pick off each plant and they can get damaged, we get four picks off each by hand per season.”
The plants go into the ground in May and are harvested right the way through to March.
Weston Farm grows 5,000 sprout plants, each one holding around 50 individual sprouts.
Mark, said: “We actually sell more sprouts after Christmas because they’re a winter vegetable. They’re a hardy vegetable and they take a lot of killing. We don’t sell to supermarkets we sell from our farm shop and we supply them wholesale and to other farm shops. It’s a tough job surviving as a farm our size, but people know when they come to us they get absolutely fresh produce, people do seek that out.”
The reputation of the sprout as a love it or hate it vegetable is something the Bluck family acknowledges, but Richard believes much of this is down to how it is cooked, with many keeping them in the pan for too long.
He also says the belief that sprouts should only be picked after the first frost is also a bit of a myth, with a number of different varieties now available.
Richard’s wife Philippa says that the best cooked sprouts are boiled for 8-10minutes in water with a little salt and she herself prefers them done simply, without added extras such as bacon or junipers.
She added that cutting a cross at the bottom helps the hot water get further into the stem.
Philip said: “I think it’s a bit of a physiological thing with sprouts, they’ve got this reputation for being a bit marmite, but we’ve always eaten them and they’re very good for you.”
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Chef's Table with The Tudor Room's Douglas Balish
Interview: Matthew Williams
Douglas Balish is hitting the heights at Great Fosters
In the first of a new series where we'll discover what inspires Surrey's top chefs, we meet Douglas Balish, head chef at the Michelin starred The Tudor Room restaurant at Great Fosters, in Egham
Dougie's Langoustine dish (Photo: Giles Christopher/Media Wisdom)
Originally published in Surrey Life magazine May 2017
What first inspired you to become a chef?
I always had an obsession with food from a very early age but it never crossed my mind to become a chef. I had planned to go to university and study psychology but after a summer job in a local pub I couldn’t see myself doing anything other than working in a kitchen.
Tell us about your proudest achievements so far…
Being awarded a Michelin star is obviously something I would never have dreamt of back when I was 19 and microwaving frozen chocolate cakes in the pub kitchen! On a smaller but no less significant scale, I cooked for my grandparents when I was still living in Scotland. My grandfather was so overwhelmed that he cried.
What’s your ethos at The Tudor Room?
We try to make every day better than the previous one. We use seasonal produce and source the best ingredients which speak for themselves. It’s certainly not about chasing awards, although if they come along then it’s a bonus.
Do you have a signature dish?
Currently it’s langoustine tea, which is a consommé of langoustine infused with Thai aromas served over langoustines that arrive live from Scotland. There are three or four other dishes, which we would happily return to the menu depending on the time of year.
How do you source your ingredients?
We grow a lot of our own produce in the spring/summer and have been experimenting with hot beds to take us into autumn. I am always on the lookout for new suppliers with amazing produce and recently found someone to grow asparagus for us.
Do you still enjoy cooking at home?
I love cooking at home, although I rarely have time to. Sometimes it’s great to cook food that you want but wouldn’t be serving in a fine dining restaurant – a good roast chicken or stir fry perhaps.
Finally, if you had to create the ultimate ‘Surrey’ dish for a banquet, what would it be…
I think it would have to be Surrey venison wellington served with a red wine sauce made from Denbies’ Pinot Noir.
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Search - Ottorino Respighi, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Milan Radio Symphony Orchestra :: Respighi: La fiamma
Ottorino Respighi, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Milan Radio Symphony Orchestra
Respighi: La fiamma
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 1. Nel nome di Dio, Monica, sei tu incantata?
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 1. Cantare!... S?, un bel canto!
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 1. Ancora l'ambascia il prende?
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 1. E mai lo posa... Ma chi grida?
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 1. Domina, accogli il mio primo saluto
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 1. O Donello, Donello, o sangue mio
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 1. Ah, salvami! Io sono innocente come Cristo
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 2. Udite!... Udiamo!
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 2. Il sogno che t'innamora ? labile ombra
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 2. E dite al Papa, che non si dimentichi
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 2. Vieni, mia donna, vieni
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 2. Una potenza misteriosa ardeva
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 2. Ah! Orrore! Di te! Di me!
Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Il sono nata quella notte
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Ah, tutta la mia vita in te si versa!
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Ma spegni quel doppiero
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Il buon giorno, figliuolo
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. To soffri?... Un poco
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Aiuto... Tu! Tu l'hai ucciso! Strege!
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Sia lunga vita... Donna, tu sai l'accusa
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Vescovo, assolvi: il suo peccato ? mio!
La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175: Act 3. Solo in te spero Padre, Figliuolo, Spirito Santo... Donello!
Respighi composed several operas, of which La Fiamma is generally considered the most successful. Enchanted by the Byzantine-era mosaics in Ravenna churches, Respighi had long wanted to write an opera in such a setting but... more » no libretto suggested itself. When the composer?s regular librettist, Claudio Guastalla, suggested an opera adapted from the stage play Anna Pedersdotter, the Witch, by Norwegian dramatist Hans Wiers Jenssen, Respighi felt it could be recast in early medieval Ravenna. The result was La Fiamma, which had a well-received premiere at the Royal Opera House in Rome in January 23, 1934 with the composer conducting. Although it has not entered the standard repertory, it continues to be performed worldwide. Live performance, Milan, August 7, 1955. « less
All Artists: Ottorino Respighi, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Milan Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra, Anna Moffo, Carlo Tagliabue, Gabriella Carturan, Giacinto Prandelli, Luisa Mandelli, Luisa Villa, Mara Coleva, Maria Teresa Mandalari, Nicola Zaccaria, Tusa Santo
Title: Respighi: La fiamma
Label: Opera D'oro
Re-Release Date: 5/9/2006
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Respighi composed several operas, of which La Fiamma is generally considered the most successful. Enchanted by the Byzantine-era mosaics in Ravenna churches, Respighi had long wanted to write an opera in such a setting but no libretto suggested itself. When the composer?s regular librettist, Claudio Guastalla, suggested an opera adapted from the stage play Anna Pedersdotter, the Witch, by Norwegian dramatist Hans Wiers Jenssen, Respighi felt it could be recast in early medieval Ravenna. The result was La Fiamma, which had a well-received premiere at the Royal Opera House in Rome in January 23, 1934 with the composer conducting. Although it has not entered the standard repertory, it continues to be performed worldwide. Live performance, Milan, August 7, 1955.
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Thrilling performance
Aram V. Barsamian | Fullerton, CA United States | 06/19/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I adore La fiamma! I first got to know it when I was preparing to sing John Proctor in The Crucible and wanted to see how the subject of witchcraft was treated in other operas. Boy, was that the discovery of the century for me!
This is a live performance from Milano, 1955, in acceptable sound - mostly. The quality is slightly muffled and hissy, especially apparent in softer passages, but for those of us accustomed to listening to live recordings, this is perfectly tolerable.
Francesco Mollinari-Pradelli's conducting often sounds quite rushed, but much of the time the effect that is achieved is increased urgency and excitement. There is a kind of animalistic, visceral thrill to it all. The singers do their best to keep up with him and most of the time they succeed...
The cast is actually quite wonderful. Before I forget, let me mention that the Eudossia on the CD is uncredited. I did a bit of research and found out her name is Lucia Danieli -- a wonderful, strong, steely, robust mezzo: perfect for the role of the cold matriarch.
The young Anna Moffo sings the supporting role of Monica -- wonderfully, of course. Her dramatic scene with Silvana sizzles. The comprimarii are all wonderful. No weak links. Carlo Tagiabue, who created the role of Basilio at the opera's world premiere, is captured here towards the end of his career. He handles the high tessitura of his dramatic aria admirably, although the high G-flats do sound a bit taxed. The most impressive note he utters is actually unwritten: in his death scene he utters a few agonizing exclamations, one of them rising up to a stunning high B-flat! Giacinto Prandelli is not my favorite tenor, but he handles the technical difficulties of the role well. The top is no problem. There is a kind of shallowness to his voice in the middle, but on top he opens up nicely. The Agnese of mezzo Maria Teresa Mandalari is also a standout. And Nicola Zaccaria as the Bishop is luxury casting. The chorus sounds great, especially in the massive mob scenes.
The real discovery for me was Mara Coleva, who sings the leading role of Silvana. Wow! What an interesting, exciting artist! Her soprano is a full lyric/spinto, her vibrato on the fast side. She reminds me a lot of Magda Olivero and Raina Kabaivanska and other such "flawed and fascinating" divas. Just like them, she capitalizes on shimmering high pianissimi and explosive fortes. Her performance is full of temperament, never crossing the line into camp. The scene where she gets in touch with her inner "fiamma" and conjures the object of her desire, with her repetitions of "Donello, Donello, Donello!" is really exciting and believable.
Ilona Tokody's rendition of this tour-de-force role on the Hungaraton studio recording is unbeatable, but Coleva's interpretation is certainly worth a hearing. I just wish the sound quality were just a tiny bit better so one could truly appreciate the depth of characterization and Respighi's beautiful music."
Live Opera Appearance by a Young Anna Moffo
Ellwood J. Annaheim | Cheverly, MD | 07/09/2008
"Here is an opera by Respighi, generally unknown by Americans, in a live performance with Anna Moffo in a supporting role. The recording (which has excellent sound) was made in the late 50s while she was studying in Italy on a Fullbright. Her character only appears in Act I, but her singing is superb and her acting is impressive. This is a good opportunity to hear Moffo's young voice before she became internationally known."
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