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Butterfly's Burden
Authors: Mahmoud Darwish, Fady Joudah
"Mahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world's whole heart. What he speaks has been embraced by readers around the world-his in an utterly necessary voice, unforgettable once discovered."-Naomi Shihab Nye Mahmoud Darwish is the leading poet in the Arab world, an artist and activist who attracts thousands to his public readings. The Butterfly's Burden combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem "A State of Siege." Love poems, sonnets, journal-like…
distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing. From Sonnet [V] I touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place. Patiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle. And, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches so I carry faraway's land and it carries me on the road. Mahmoud Darwish is the author of 30 books of poetry and prose, as well as the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. He has worked as a journalist, was director of the Palestinian Research Center, and lived in exile until his return to Palestine in 1996. He has received many international awards for his poetry. Translator Fady Joudah is a physician based in Houston, Texas, and holds an MFA from Warren Wilson. He is active in Doctors Without Borders.
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish was born on March 15, 1941. He was considered the Palestinian national poet and won numerous awards for his work including the 1969 Lotus Prize, the 1983 Lenin Peace Prize, and the 2001 Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultral Freedom. His best known work was Identity Card (1964). He also edited the journal Al Karmel and wrote the Palestinian declaration of independent statehood. He died from complications of heart surgery on August 9, 2008.
Translator's Preface
The Stranger's Bed 1998
We Were Missing a Present
Low Sky
We Walk on the Bridge
Your Night Is of Lilac
The Stranger Stumbles upon Himself in the Stranger
A Cloud from Sodom
A Doe's Young Twins
Take My Horse and Slaughter It...
The Stranger's Land / the Serene Land
Inanna's Milk
No More and No Less
Wedding Song
Two Stranger Birds in Our Feathers
I Waited for No One
The Subsistence of Birds
Maybe, Because Winter Is Late
Who Am I, Without Exile?
Jameel Bouthaina and I
A Mask...for Majnoon Laila
A Lesson from Kama Sutra
The Damascene Collar of the Dove
A State of Siege 2002
"Here, by the downslope of hills, facing the sunset"
Don't Apologize for What You've Done 2003
In the Lust of Cadence
Cadence Chooses Me
I Have the Wisdom of One Condemned to Death
Another Day Will Come
And I, Even if I Were the Last
In My Mother's House
Don't Apologize for What You've Done
Set Down, Here, and Now
If You Return Alone
I Didn't Apologize to the Well
No Banner in the Wind
The Horse Fell Off the Poem
To Our Land
And We Have a Land
Nothing but Light
The Beloved Hemorrhaged Anemones
In Jerusalem
In Her Absence I Created Her Image
Two Olive Trees
They Don't Look Behind Them
They Didn't Ask: What's After Death
Murdered and Unknown
The Cypress Broke
A Man and a Fawn Are in the Garden
This Is Forgetfulness
You'll Be Forgotten, As If You Never Were
As for Me, I Say to My Name
Dream, What Is It?
Now, When You Awaken, Remember
Nothing Pleases Me
He's Calm, and I Am Too
Describing Clouds
A Noun Sentence
Don't Write History as Poetry
What Will Remain?
I Don't Know Your Name
She's Alone in the Evening
If I Were Another
Thanks to Tunis
I Have a Seat in the Abandoned Theater
In Syria
I Recall al-Sayyab
The Coastal Road
"A road that leads to Egypt and Syria"
Not as a Foreign Tourist Does
"I walked on what remains of the heart"
A Poetry Stanza / the Southerner's House
"Standing together beneath a window"
Like a Mysterious Incident
"In Pablo Neruda's home, on the Pacific"
The Kurd has Only the Wind
"The Kurd remembers, when I visit him, his tomorrow"
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BBC PAY REVELATIONS HIGHLIGHT WHY THE LICENCE FEE SHOULD BE SCRAPPED
We now know that Gary Lineker, apprentice Socialist and presenter of Match of the Day, earns somewhere between £1,750,000-£1,799,000 a year. Chris Evans earns even more. On the flip side, I can't believe how the BBC is getting away with paying Andrew Neil so little (£200,000-£249,000) in comparison to someone like Huw Edwards, who gets paid £550,000-£599,000 a year. There is also a perceived gender pay gap. On his LBC show yesterday, Iain Dale asked Theresa May if Gary Lineker was worth ten Claire Baldings. That is a question that's going to hang around for a long time.
The BBC, in its defence, says that it operates in a competitive market place, and has to pay its talent competitive rates of pay. Lord (Tony) Hall, Director-General, has stated that the BBC pays much of its talent below market rates.
The BBC published all of this information yesterday in its annual report because it was forced to by the Government. Kicking and screaming is an apt phrase to describe it. It is right, though, that the corporation has been forced to do this. It is a publicly funded broadcaster, and if you want to watch live television in the UK, you must pay £147 a year to the BBC, irrespective of whether or not you consume BBC content. During an interview yesterday morning, ahead of the report's publication, I was asked if I thought that I got good value from the BBC. (You can hear my response, and listen to the full interview, by click on the image below)
What I tried to put across yesterday, as did Philip Davies MP in an interview with Eddie Mair on BBC Radio 4's PM programme, is that the BBC can't have it both ways. If it wants to keep the licence fee, it has to accept the transparency that comes with it. If it doesn't want to be forced to publish salaries, it should get the licence fee scrapped, become a private company, and get its income by subscription, syndication, and worldwide sales.
Finally, for more about BBC pay and the gender pay gap, listen to Eddie Mair's grilling of James Purnell. Many will remember Purnell as a failed politician. Unfortunately for licence fee payers, Lord Hall gave him a plum job at the BBC a few years' ago. When you listen to the interview, you will hear that he has lost none of his slipperiness.
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Julia Kaganskiy
Julia Kaganskiy is Global Editor of The Creators Project and organizes The Creators Project meetups in New York City.
What San Francisco's Bay Bridge Looks Like Covered in 25,000 LEDs
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Artist Zach Lieberman transforms Hadrian's Wall, which stretches along the English countryside, into an innovative communication device.
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The Woodlands, TX – Several Injured in Bus Crash on I-45
The Woodlands, TX (November 14, 2019) – An accident on Interstate 45 left five people injured.
On November 14, just before 5 a.m., emergency crews responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 45 near Lake Woodlands Drive. According to reports, a Greyhound bus broke down on the side of the highway during the early morning hours. As the vehicle remained alongside the highway for a second bus to transport to passengers, it was struck by a semi-truck.
Five passengers inside the bus were injured and transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital for treatment.
At the time, the Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating.
Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families at this time.
Motor Vehicle Accidents in Texas
Thousands of individuals utilize Greyhound and various other transit companies to travel throughout the United States. Unfortunately, these vehicles remain vulnerable to accidents. This is especially true in cases where they are sharing the road with careless and negligent drivers. When victims sustain injuries in bus accidents, it is crucial that they contact a truck accident attorney in Texas.
The Benton Law Firm’s team is well-versed in complex truck laws throughout our state. The fact that these drivers are held to strict standards on both a statewide and national level means it is crucial for victims to find an attorney who knows the rules and regulations to ensure those harmed are fully and fairly compensated. For over two decades, our personal injury attorneys in Texas have fought diligently to ensure victims get the justice they deserve. Contact The Benton Law Firm today at (214) 219-4878 to see how we can help you.
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Pay Taxes on Time? New Proposal Could Help You at Airports & Railway Stations
A little appreciation always goes a long way. Every little star that my first grader son gets in his notebooks motivates him to work harder. Then why should it be any different when we grow up and become capable of handling our finances and taxes?
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I am diligent when it comes to filing my taxes. I have, however, wondered why there is no reward for being proactive about it.
Every year, the government announces a date by which all citizens ideally should file their returns.
However, year on year they push that deadline to accommodate those who make the filings later.
According to the Central Board of Direct Taxes, a new policy that might be passed may benefit all those who file their returns in time. This proposed policy attempts to felicitate honest taxpayers and encourage more citizens to follow suit.
This will be done by giving priority access to honest taxpayers while availing public services at various places, including airports, railway stations and highways.
As per a report published in the Free Press Journal, the proposal will be vetted by the Finance Ministry and sent for final approval to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) before it is cleared by the Union cabinet.
The publication further states how a few years ago, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had emailed appreciation notes to diligent taxpayers under the name of the CBDT Chairman.
What’s in the pipeline:
1. Priority access while availing public services at various places, including airports, railway stations and highways.
2. A hassle-free electronic assessment of taxes.
3. A civic reception held by government bodies where the diligent and honest tax-payers are publicly honoured.
4. A unique identity number could be given to such taxpayers, or their permanent account number (PAN) could be flagged as special as part of this maiden taxpayer felicitation proposal.
Other nations like Malta, Taiwan, Slovakia and Portugal have followed similar ways to encourage taxpayers to make timely payments.
Since 1997 in Malta, the Department of Lotto has been holding a public draw on the 15th of every month, to which taxpayers submit physical and electronic VAT receipts. The lucky winner receives a cash prize amounting to 100 times the tax paid. And that’s not all: multiple prizes are given until the monthly budget is exhausted.
While these are merely suggestions, if and when this policy becomes official, diligent taxpayers will have a reason to cheer.
(Edited by Shruti Singhal)
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The Many Uses of a Clay Pot
Anastasia Bete selling earthenware pots at the Ua Bau market in Belu
I first met Anastasia Bete at the weekly market in Ua Bau, Belu in 2008. Mama Anastasia was selling simple but elegant earthenware pots that are still used for cooking corn, beans and vegetables as well as natural dyes over wood fires. She told me that she can only make these pots during the dry season. I bought the pots she had with her and said I would like to visit her in her village to understand how she was making these pots.
While Threads of Life mostly works with weavers making traditional textiles, we also work with basketry artisans. I thought that these classic pots are also important to preserve as an art form. We often see pottery being sold in the local markets in West Timor and whenever possible I try to purchase it. But this time I wanted to see the process directly.
Women selling pots in the Maubesi market near Kefamananu
Villagers carrying goods as the roads in many areas of Timor are in poor condition and transport is scarce
Mama Anastasia explained to me how to get to her village, which is about 25 kilometers from the Ua Bau market by road but only four kilometers if one were to walk, though this meant having to cross a large river. This was the first time I was able to make the journey to her village as it is rather remote and would take almost a full day to get there. This meant finding an additonal day in my schedule of visiting weavers in Timor. Distances are deceiving in Timor, the last two kilometers to Mama Anastastia’s village were rocky and in poor condition.
On our way to Mama Anastasia we passed through the traditional compound of Hanoe. Here we met Mama Katarina Tae and Lusia Bete who were kind enough to show us around. It turned out that they are still making pottery in Hanoe. Unlike many old sites, Hanoe’s traditional house was still in good condition, indicating the community maintains its traditional knowledge of of the rituals associated with the building.
The traditional house in Hanoe
Indigo dyer with earthenware pots
We were surprised to find that many of the women in this community are still making pottery as an important source of income which helps pay their children’s school fees. These pots are bought by local people primarily for the purpose of cooking food but also they are bought by weavers to use for their natural dye work.
Larger pots are used for making arak which is a strong alcohol distilled from the nectar of the lontar palm. Arak sales make up a large percentage of household income for many people throughout Eastern Indonesia as it is important for ceremonies and celebrations.
Large earthenware pots are used for distilling palm liquid into arak. The top of this still has not yet been placed over the pot
Making an earthenware pot
The pots are made only during the dry season. They are made using simple techniques. Earthenware pots are hand built.
The walls are pounded thin using a piece of wood. Afterwards the walls are sculpted with a simple pattern using a piece of wood that has teeth carved into it.
The walls are smoothed with a simple motif from the teeth carved into the wood
Packaging the pots to transport back to Kupang
While we did not make it to the village of Mama Anastasia as it was becoming dark, I hope to get there another time. However, we were able to buy some of the pottery that had just finished drying which we will resell at Threads of Life in Ubud. The pots were packaged for me as they would when taken to market. This helped me get them back as far as Kupang before having to repack them to fly on to Bali. I look forward to my next visit to these villages and to buying more of their beautiful pottery!
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Striking off a Singapore Company
A Company director, Company Secretary, or Corporate Service Provider are the ones who can submit the striking off application.
If a director of the company being struck off was a director of at least 2 other companies already struck off over the last 5 years, he or she will face disqualification from taking part in the management of any company for the next 5 years from the date the third company is struck off.
What are the Prerequisites for Striking-off a Company?
A Company director, Company Secretary, or Corporate Service Provider are the ones who can submit the striking off application. If a director of the company being struck off was a director of at least 2 other companies already struck off over the last 5 years, he or she will face disqualification from taking part in the management of any company for the next 5 years from the date the third company is struck off.
The company must have stopped business activities or never operated since incorporation
No ongoing court proceedings
No debts owed to Government authorities
No current or contingent assets or liabilities
No outstanding charges in the company’s charge register
Finalised accounts drawn up till the date of cessation must be attached
Written consent from the majority of the shareholders must be obtained
No outstanding tax liabilities with the Inland Revenue Authorities including Income Tax Returns, Accounts and tax computations, and GST registration.
If these liabilities had not been completely discharged, striking off does not absolve the company’s officers and members of their liabilities.
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Upon Approval of the Application for Striking Off Company in Singapore
A notice will be sent within 14 days of the receipt of the application of Strike off to the company’s Singapore registered address, the director(s) residential address and IRAS.
A one month period is stated in the “striking off notice” to allow anyone to raise any objections to the strike off application.
After the one-month period, a letter notification of the intent to strike off this company from the Register will be made three months later in the Government Gazette during which any interested party can object the application.
After the three months, a final letter notification will state that the company has been struck successfully off the Register.
The entire process for striking off the company in Singapore takes about 5-6 months.
What if ACRA receives an objection to the striking off application?
ACRA will withhold the application and notify the company to resolve the outstanding matter within 2 months of the date of objection. If the matter is resolved, the objector must lodge a “Clearance of an Objection to Striking Off” via BizFile where after ACRA will proceed with the striking off application. If the company is unable to resolve the matter within 2 months, the application will lapse and the company will revert to live status.
Can you withdraw the Striking off Application?
Yes, you can apply to ACRA requesting the withdrawal of its application for striking off your company backed with clear reasons. You must lodge the request at least 5 working days before the scheduled struck off from the Companies Register.
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Branding and the Dangerous Deployment of Archetypes
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To be aware of brand is to deploy Jung’s theory of archetypes. All major brands deploy archetypes. A complex idea, archetypes allow leaders and marketers to associate their product, service or organisation with a dynamic force in human psychology for their benefit. But, beware! There is also a dark side that can and does bite hard.
What organisation these days isn’t aware of its brand?
As Wikipedia says: ‘The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a “Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers.” [1] A brand is thus a product or service whose dimensions differentiate it in some ways from other products or services designed to satisfy the same need.’
But brand also goes deeper than this; it is an idea that tries to capture both the stock of emotional goodwill towards a product or an organisation, as well as the image that brand carries amongst the wider public.
It will be apparent from the article elsewhere in this blog on ‘silver surfing’ that Jung’s ideas can help not only individual employees and leaders in work organisations understand who they are and provide road maps to how they can develop themselves as people – with material benefits to their employing organisations – but they can also help organisations understand their collective identities better, what they are about and what they want to become. And they can provide work organisations with the tools to articulate a more profound appeal, both internally and externally. Work place identities or, indeed, products and services, that are based on people’s dreams and aspirations are more likely to stick, to have meaning and to be successful than those which do not.
Thus, brand is as much about the unconscious as it is about the label, merely a conscious manifestation of brand. Both Freud and Jung’s understandings of the unconscious, provide key insights into the question of brand and of marketing.
From Freud’s idea of the unconscious as a repository or the forbidden fruits of life’s experiences, the marketer can manipulate our attitudes to a product (brand) by association, for example. Take the famous Marlborough cigarette ads – remember those horseback scenes in the mountains of the Western USA? – juxtaposing and thereby unconsciously linking smoking with freedom, the outdoor life and a pioneer spirit? Or the countless ways in which beauty, youth and suggestions of sex are used to link those ideas with chocolate confectionary or any number of other ‘sweet’ products in a suggestive and deliciously dangerous way.
However, from Jung, we get a different idea. One of Jung’s major theories centred on archetypes. While much disputed, archetypes are clusters of ideas, fantasies and feelings that are both constant, in that they crop up across cultures, periods of history and people, but also dynamic, in that they have, as it were, personalities and potential, and, critically, a darker side, a ‘shadow’, as he called it. A great example of this idea would be the Mother (or Carer) Archetype. Ever present throughout history, we all either had a mother or a range of near-mother substitutes that possessed in some measure, caring or nurturing qualities, listening, symbolised by the primordial mother or “earth mother” of mythology. The hero archetype is also another example and there are many others (see the image at the start of this article).
One does not need to think for long to discern even from these two examples how marketers deploy archetypes in the advertising campaigns, linking an archetypal idea with their brand. How many brands of washing powder, soap and other cleaning products, for example deploy the mother as the good woman who provides by making sure everything is clean, pure, germ-free, well cared for?
See how the superhero (i.e. hero archetype) is drawn from mythology to rescue, save from danger, to boldly go, to discover, to tame, etc, all alongside a particular product or service (which include cleaning products, so the cartoon super-hero (ie product) swoops in to ‘save’ the otherwise domestically lost housewive!) But also see how combinations of archetypes are deployed to give a more modern, feminist appeal, turning the saved (by the superhero) housewife into the hero herself, the working super-hero mum, combining elements of both the mother and the hero archetypes. Understanding Jung’s archetypes is therefore a key aspect of the mysterious arts of branding and advertising.
While stereotypes are also used in branding work, they are not archetypes which are more complex and, as mentioned, can be problematic. Imagine the impact on its brand if an airline deployed the hero archetype in its advertising campaigns, only later to have a safety record problem. Or the ‘pure’ soap, advertised with a young mother washing her baby that later was found to contain potentially carcinogenic chemicals. An example that is often quoted is the case of Nike – the very name, as well as the logo, evoking speed and the conquering mythical hero of old – when it was accused in the 1990s of using child labour. And imagine the global news organisation that portrays the image of being about bringing the news, especially the less salacious aspects of people’s private lives, becoming the news itself for the methods it uses to bring us these stories. In all these cases, the organisations walked into their own shadows, in branding terms. The impact on their brand is huge, not least because we are dealing with largely irrational and powerful feelings. The impact can be so huge that re-branding and structuring may be the only way to save the business from the ensuing crisis of credibilitiy.
Every archetype has both great and lasting potential, but also a hidden trap. Understanding both is important not just for advertising agencies, specialising in the arts of presentation, by tapping into these deep but complex aspects of human psychology, but also for leaders of organisations wishing to galvanise their workforces, tell the heroic stories of the products or services they’ve developed as an organisation, the ‘heroic’ hours or efforts that have been made or the warm, nurturing relationship they have with their customers or service users.
So, archetypes are felt in the stories that are told in a work organisation, stories that are true but also ones that capture a critical moment, mark history, freeze-frame a felt reality, make real the espoused values, especially when an ill-wind blows. And when there is a dissonance between the story and the reality, we spot it and call it for the hypocrisy that it is. So, for organisational leaders, understanding and deploying well these forces is an important tool in their leadership function.
Archetypes: hogwash science or part of the felt reality of life in your organisation every day?
What are your stories of how archetypes can be used to foster brand and are there examples of where the archetype that has been deployed to associate your products with has come back to bit you?
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Letter written by Melvin Theuma implicates Schembri and Fenech in the murder of Caruana Galizia
Posted On December 3, 2019 - Updated 3 December, 2019 9:05am
The Times of Malta had published a letter which allegedly was found at the home of businessman Yorgen Fenech, who stands accused of masterminding Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder.
The letter, which was allegedly written by Melvin Theuma, who is named as a middleman in the case, implicates both Yorgen Fenech and the former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Keith Schembri. It describes how these planned and financed the murder of Caruana Galizia in October 2017.
In the letter, which was obtained by the Times of Malta, Theuma says that he fears for his life which is what promoted him to write the letter because, in his words, Yorgen Fenech and Keith Schembri were planning to eliminate him. He goes on to add that if this happens he wants everyone to know the truth about what happened.
In fact, in the undated letter, Theuma says that together with the letter he was also sending recordings and a photograph of himself with Keith Schembri taken at Castille.
Theuma says that Keith Schembri, who he refers to by his nickname Kasco, had got him a government job, which job was taken away after Keith Schembri had disposed of him.”
The newspaper report goes on to say that according to sources, when interrogated by the Police, Melvin Theuma admitted writing the letter. The report also refers to other reports that in December 2017 Melvin Thuema made a will, a few days after George Degiorgio, Afred Degiorgio and Vince Muscat were arrested and accused of the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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How to Say Hello in Malaysia
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Basic Greetings in the Malaysian Language
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Greg Rodgers is a freelance writer and photographer from Kentucky. He's been covering all things Asia for TripSavvy since 2010.
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Knowing how to say hello in Malaysia based on the time of day will help you break the ice with locals in a fun way while traveling in Malaysia. Although a simple "hi" or "helo" (local spelling) will work fine, practicing the greetings they use shows that you have an interest in learning a bit about the local culture.
Because of the cultural diversity, most of the people in Malaysia with whom you interact will speak and understand English well. Everyone certainly knows what "hello" means. Regardless, basic greetings in Bahasa Malaysia are easy to learn.
Unlike other languages such as Thai and Vietnamese, the Malaysian language is not tonal. The rules of pronunciation are very predictable and straightforward. Making life even easier, Bahasa Malaysia implements the classical Latin alphabet so familiar to English speakers.
The Malaysian Language
The Malaysian language, often referred to as Bahasa Malaysia, Malay, or simply "Malaysian," is similar to Bahasa Indonesia in many ways and is understood in neighboring countries such as Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore. Locally, the language is commonly referred to simply as "Bahasa."
Bahasa means "language" and is often used standalone when referring to the entire family of similar Malay languages spoken in Southeast Asia.
Malay (Bahasa Melayu) and variations are spoken by over 290 million people in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore. It's also used in parts of the Philippines and the southern part of Thailand. The words you learn in this flexible language will come in handy all over the region!
A country as diverse as Malaysia will inevitably be home to many dialects and variations of the local language, particularly the farther you travel from Kuala Lumpur. The local dialects in Borneo won't sound very familiar at all. Not everyone you meet speaks the same flavor of Bahasa Malaysia.
Pronunciation in Bahasa Malaysia
Unlike in English, vowel pronunciation in the Malaysian language generally, loosely follows these simple guidelines:
A — sounds like "ah"
E — sounds like "uh"
I — sounds like "ee"
O — sounds like "oh"
U — sounds like "ew"
Saying Hello
As in Indonesia, you say hello in Malaysia based on the time of day. Greetings correspond with morning, afternoon, and evening, although there aren't really hard guidelines for what time to switch over.
All greetings in Malaysia begin with the word selamat (sounds like "suh-lah-mat"), which also means "safe." Selamat is then followed with the appropriate phase of the day:
Good Morning: Selamat pagi (sounds like "pag-ee")
Good Afternoon: Selamat tengah hari (sounds like "teen-gah har-ee")
Good Afternoon/Evening: Selamat Petang (sounds like "puh-tong")
Good Night: Selamat Malam (sounds like "mah-lahm")
As with all languages, formalities are often simplified to save effort. Friends will sometimes greet each other by dropping the selamat and offering a simple pagi — the equivalent of greeting someone with "morning" in English. You'll also sometimes hear people shortening a greeting by simply just saying selamat.
Note: Selamat siang (good day) and selamat sore (good afternoon) are more commonly used when greeting people in Bahasa Indonesia, not the Malaysian language — although they will be understood.
Times of Day for Greetings
Even locals from different parts of Malaysia differ in their usage, so don't worry too much about when afternoon officially fades into evening. If you guess wrong, someone will probably reply with the correct greeting.
Informally, you should use selamat pagi (good morning) until the sun is getting really hot, around 11 a.m. or noon. After that, switch to selamat tengah hari (good afternoon). After the sun has peaked, maybe around 3 p.m., you can switch to selamat petang (good late afternoon or evening). Use selamat malam (good night) when you are leaving at night or going to sleep.
Generally speaking, Malaysians don't greet each other with selamat malam. You can continue to say selamat petang even at night until retiring for the day.
The Catchall Greeting
If all else fails or you are unsure about the time of day, a simple "hello" will work throughout Malaysia.
Generic greetings such as "hi" or "hello" aren't formal, but locals will often use them when greeting friends and familiar people.
You'll have more fun and be more polite by greeting people using one of the standardized greetings that are based on time of day.
Continuing the Conversation
After you say hello in Malaysia, be polite and ask how someone is doing. As in English, asking someone "how are you?" can also double as a greeting if you want to forego deciding on the time of day.
How are you?: apa kabar (sounds like: "apah ka-bar")
Ideally, their response will be kabar baik (sounds like "ka-bar bike"), which means "fine" or "well." You should respond with the same if asked apa kabar? Saying baik twice is another way to indicate that you are doing just fine.
If someone replies to your apa kabar? with tidak baik (sounds like "tee-dak bike") or anything else that begins with tidak, they may not being doing so well.
Other Potential Greetings
When entering or returning, you could potentially hear these friendly greetings in Malaysia:
Welcome: selamat datang
Welcome back: selamat kembali
The expression for goodbye depends upon who is staying and who is leaving:
Goodbye (if you are the one leaving): selamat tinggal (sounds like "teen-gahl")
Goodbye (if the other person is leaving): selamat jalan (sounds like "jal-lan")
In the context of goodbyes, tinggal means "stay" and jalan means "travel." In other words, you are telling someone to have a good/safe stay or a good/safe travel.
For a fun way to say goodbye to a friend, use jumpa lagi (sounds like "joom-pah lah-gee"), which means "see you around" or "meet again." Sampai jumpa (sounds like "sahm-pie joom-pah") will also work as a "see you later," but it's more commonly heard in Indonesia.
Saying Goodnight
Ordinarily, you would say selamat malam at the end of the day when leaving or going to bed. When actually going to sleep, you can say the final goodnight with selamat tidur. The word tidur means "sleep."
Goodnight: selamat tidur (sounds like "tee-dur")
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Winners of Ivors Composer Awards announced
A musician plays the piano
British composer Erika Fox has been presented with an Ivor Novello Award for lifetime achievement.
The 83-year-old – whose music was a familiar presence on concert stages in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s – was honoured for her long career.
Anna Meredith was also a winner at The Ivors Composer Awards 2019, held at the British Museum in London.
She was given the Ivor Novello for innovation in recognition of her approach to composition.
Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees👏👏 Winners will be announced at the ceremony at @britishmuseum on Wednesday 4 Dec. Discover more about the #TheIvorsComposerAwards here >> https://t.co/pMFMr4TeEf pic.twitter.com/Hvv0AVG5UV
— The Ivors Academy (@IvorsAcademy) October 28, 2019
Meredith’s recent projects span commissions for the Aurora Orchestra and Scottish Ensemble, to scoring feature film Eighth Grade and designing sound installations for sleep pods in Singapore and park benches in Hong Kong.
The Ivors Composer Awards, now in their 17th year and previously known as the British Composer Awards, celebrate the best new works by UK contemporary composers in classical, jazz and sound art and are held in association with BBC Radio 3.
This year’s winners included The Salamander And The Moonraker composed by Edward Gregson, which won the amateur or young performers award.
Dai Fujikura’s Flute Concerto won the Chamber Ensemble award, while Geoff Hannan won the choral category for Pocket Universe, which sets words of Sir Isaac Newton’s philosophies and Galileo Galiliei’s dialogue to music.
Charlotte Harding won the Ivor Novello Award for community or educational project for Convo, which highlighted the importance of music education for children.
Laura Jurd, 29, was the youngest winner, picking up the jazz composition for large ensemble prize for Jumping In. The jazz composition for small ensemble was won by Alison Rayner’s There Is A Crack In Everything.
Influenced by a recently discovered illuminated manuscript, The Book Of Miracles (Trombone Concerto) by Gavin Higgins won the orchestral category, while James Weeks won the small chamber prize for Leafleoht.
Charlotte Bray won the solo or duo category for Invisible Cities, and in the sound art category, Martin Green won with Aeons: A Sound Walk For Newcastle. Hilda Paredes won the stage works award for Harriet, a chamber opera telling the story of African freedom fighter Harriet Tubman.
Ivors Academy chair Crispin Hunt said: “It is a privilege for The Ivors Academy to honour these exceptional composers, and we’re especially delighted to have so many first-time winners this year.
“The works recognised today, and the creators behind them, adventure far into the evolving musical landscape.”
BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a programme dedicated to The Ivors Composer Awards between 9pm to 11pm on Sunday December 8.
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As always, we were made to feel very welcome. Players and coaches coming over to us and introducing themselves and letting us know who to speak to. Dominic had kindly arranged four players to speak to including himself, and they were lined up and ready to go. Again, we got some great insight from the guys, Ben Collier, Sean Barnard, John Peden and Dominic. Ranging from what it’s like to join as a rookie, to come from playing at university and what it’s been like keeping a group of players together after some difficult results, we hope the guys give you enough of a reason to get down to your local side and get involved.
You can see highlights of the interviews on our video, but the full chats will be played on episode 5 of our podcast, which is available to subscribe to on iTunes. Due to time restrictions, we didn’t manage to get our Go Long challenge in, but we will make sure we revisit the guys and get them involved.
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Wanderlands
- Small Press Idol: page four - Small Press Idol: page three - Small Press Idol: page two - Small Press Idol: page one
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Small Press Idol: page four
Black_Kitty on Jan. 6, 2006
Final page of the four page stand alone story for Small Press Idol 2005. As I said before, I disliked the last two pages and liked the first page the most. The dialogue was just a bit too cheesy. :S
As for what happened, I didn't win but I wasn't last. :)
mlai at 12:26PM, Sept. 5, 2007
Was it all a dream? All that we see and seem.
alanajoli at 6:06PM, Aug. 18, 2007
I really like the continuity in shape between the flame and the moon. The story of the rabbit has always appealed to me, and you've done an excellent job portraying it in sequential style. Found the link to here from Gods of ArrKelaan.
Grimsbane at 1:35PM, July 4, 2007
Defenetly had potential for an epicn
Evil_Snuffkin at 12:09PM, March 14, 2007
Wow, this is lovely!
Dark Chamber at 2:23AM, Feb. 28, 2007
cool comic like that style of art.
SomaX at 5:43PM, Feb. 24, 2007
The art's beautiful. And the story, though short, was well put together. Good job over all.
F_Allen at 3:07AM, Feb. 23, 2007
ha ha chessy works lol
Black_Kitty at 1:30AM, Jan. 15, 2007
Awww, thanks you guys. :D
ZoeStead at 4:24AM, Jan. 12, 2007
Your work is always so pretty :D
Krensada at 2:21AM, Dec. 12, 2006
You wanna know what i like about this so far? Call me strange but I like the way you did the smoke on the pages...the wavy smoke looks really cool.
Mojo at 5:42PM, Dec. 8, 2006
Wow, how wonderful yet troubling.
Faithie at 11:22PM, Dec. 2, 2006
I'd feel hot, too. Rawr.
CutmanSteel at 5:08PM, July 2, 2006
Through the forums dude, thats really the best place.
Krae at 4:40PM, June 12, 2006
How can I get a hold of you, oh powerful admin? I need help!
spambot at 10:18PM, June 11, 2006
I think it turned out quite good.
Black_Kitty at 1:22AM, June 2, 2006
Best place to ask any DD related questions is the forums. :) Head on over and either private message an admin or just browse through the [url=http://www.drunkduck.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=17]help forum[/url]. If you guys are trying to get my attention, this isn't a great way to do it. I've been so busy with school and such that I haven't updated my comics for two years so I don't check my comic accounts often. E-mail me or contact me through the forums instead. :) I always check those on a daily basis.
chichi8839 at 12:39PM, May 8, 2006
hello, I wanted to know where, do I go to ask a question about my drunk duck page. I need something done
Randal at 6:26AM, Feb. 18, 2006
you're an excelent writer, jen
Black_Kitty at 9:58PM, Jan. 12, 2006
Thanks guys! :D And I guess you can say that, yes. She jumped into the fire.
Jydra at 2:47PM, Jan. 12, 2006
So the girl is on fire?
Chrystabel at 4:08PM, Jan. 7, 2006
nice shading!
T_K at 1:27AM, Jan. 7, 2006
looking great bk, looking great! keep up the good work. PS: scott I had no clue your son was the devil.
hpkomic at 11:39PM, Jan. 6, 2006
Update damn you, update. :D
madscott at 11:39PM, Jan. 6, 2006
YEA! I'm glad to see it finally posted!
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Family Room in Central City a new event space for parties, game nights
Aubreena Plotz of Blairstown makes slime during her fourth birthday party at The Family Room in Central City on Sunday, November 17, 2019. Making slime the children can play with is a popular option for children’s parties. (Cliff Jette/Freelance for The Gazette)
Co-owner Jen English sets up for a child’s fourth birthday party at The Family Room in Central City on Sunday, November 17, 2019. In addition to children’s parties, The Family Room offers escape rooms and murder mystery dinner as well as renting the space for parties or meetings. (Cliff Jette/Freelance for The Gazette)
Family and friends celebrate Aubreena Plotz’s fourth birthday at The Family Room in Central City on Sunday, November 17, 2019. In addition to children’s parties, The Family Room offers escape rooms and murder mystery dinner as well as renting the space for parties or meetings. (Cliff Jette/Freelance for The Gazette)
Austin Plotz of Blairstown grabs a slice of pizza during his daughter Aubreena’s fourth birthday party at The Family Room in Central City on Sunday, November 17, 2019. In addition to children’s parties, The Family Room offers escape rooms and murder mystery dinner as well as renting the space for parties or meetings. (Cliff Jette/Freelance for The Gazette)
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Jen English has a big family. And every time she would plan a birthday party or family celebration, she’d feel stressed.
Figuring that other parents and party planners were feeling the same way, she began a search for a space to host all the events she planned and offer an affordable option to others.
She launched the Family Room in March of this year to do just that.
“Thanks to my in-home party planning business, I was always looking for private spaces to rent that were within my budget and I was so stressed,” she said. “It made sense to find my own spot to expand that part of my business. I’ve always planned kids’ parties and I love that. Now, having the Family Room, it allows people to do more of a unique party outside of your house.”
English joked that she’s a “people collector,” making connections through her life and work, and that is what led to her finding the Central City location.
“A friend knew I was looking for a space and told me about this,” she recalled.
Ten minutes from Marion, the Family Room is located next door to Montana’s Family Restaurant, on Main Street in Central City, and English said she and the restaurant’s owners are working together on some catering options.
“So far the Central City community has been really responsive,” English said. “There’s a Christmas event coming up on Dec. 14 and we’ll have a free craft for families that day.
“And we try to do something open to the public at least once a month, to bring people in here to see the space.”
The Family Room offers a host of special events, from craft nights and family game night to murder mystery dinners and corporate holiday parties. It has been used for a boudoir photo shoot, a vendor fair and a clothing swap.
The Family Room also boasts a mobile escape room that can be taken off-site to other events.
“It seems like every weekend we’ve had a kids’ party in here,” she said. “Our slime parties and mad scientist parties have been very popular.”
The name for he Family Room seemed to come naturally.
“This is a space to hold your events, but it’s more than that,” English said. “Family is really important, and I want this to be a place that takes the stress off moms and dads and gives them memories. That is what it is doing for our family, too.
“I tell people to think of it like the family room in your own house — it’s a place to relax, decompress, make memories and make big messes.”
English and her husband manage the business.
“My husband is the setup guy, I am handling organizing the schedules, gathering supplies for upcoming events,” she explained.
“Scheduling can be tough because there is only so much time in the day and we are really booking up fast. The rest of 2019 is pretty full.”
Know a business that could make a mighty interesting “My Biz” feature? Let us know via michaelchevy.castranova@thegazette.com.
• Owner: Jen English
• Business: The Family Room
• Address: 429 E Main St., Central City
• Phone: (319) 310-8020
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Do free elections carry too much risk for some countries?
Doug Saunders
Published June 21, 2014 Updated May 12, 2018
Should we stop telling people to fight for democracy?
A few years ago that question would have seemed absurd: The sweep of free elections across Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America had improved living standards for hundreds of millions, reversed decades of autocratic rot and reduced conflicts and violence. As a thing to campaign for and support with dollars and words, democracy was the safest of bets: Once won, it seemed to open doors.
At the moment, though, democracy is looking like a lousy investment. Its returns are paltry, and sometimes negative. The established blue-chip stocks in Europe, the Americas, Japan, Australasia, South Korea and India remain fairly strong. But many recent public offerings have crashed spectacularly.
The Arab Spring has disappointed most hopes for an electoral route to betterment in the region with the world's slowest-growing living standards. Tunisians are alone in having improved things. Egyptians can still say they were right to oust their 55-year-old dictatorship, but the military coup against their only fairly elected government (the horrid Muslim Brotherhood) has transformed into an essentially undemocratic and brutally regressive near-autocracy. Libya has gained only democracy but few of its fruits. Syria's democratic hopes have turned to horror.
Myanmar, the subject of decades of international pressure and pro-democracy activism, has seen its brief morning of political freedom tarnished by a government increasingly influenced by repressive acts of Buddhist fundamentalism.
And those are countries our governments and activists have merely attempted to influence and cajole into democracy. Those countries whose democracies have been installed by direct intervention are faring even worse.
Hamid Karzai's Afghan government has been a huge disappointment – as Amnesty International recently observed, those few human-rights or living-standards advances made there have been in spite of, not because of, the elected government. Iraq, as we all now know, is faring even worse: Its own installed democracy, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is effectively a Shiite plutocracy that has riven the country with sectarian divides to the point that a ragtag foreign militia has been able to overtake half the country; U.S. President Barack Obama's demand on Thursday that Mr. al-Maliki step down if he wants military assistance showed that elected leadership has become a liability.
Given that recent record – and the longer-term record of ex-democratic disappointments such as Russia – it might seem that elections are the worst thing you could possibly advocate. Some argue that multiparty democracy delivered to China would splinter the state into ethnic and regional Bantustans, or that bringing the vote to repressive autocracies such as Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates would simply cause them to follow Egypt's or Syria's descent. Aren't they better off without the enormous risk that democracy might bring?
It's tempting, at moments like this, to say that. But there are two flaws in this reasoning. First, it is to abandon people to their fate prematurely, simply because we forget human history: Democracy became the shovel we Westerners used to dig ourselves out of destitution only after we had spent decades using it to batter one another over the head. It took generations before the Robespierres and Cromwells were worked out of the system.
Second, we are applying an emaciated version of the word "democracy." It is a cliché to say that democracy means more than elections, but the need to build institutions and freedoms, to challenge traditional structures and end the myth that popular sovereignty is a Western import – these challenges are too often neglected.
"If the only choices we can imagine are democracy or le déluge," the American philosopher Mark Lilla writes in a challenging new essay on democratic dogma, "we exclude the possibility of improving non-democratic regimes without either trying forcibly to transform them (American-style) or hoping vainly (European-style) that human-rights treaties, humanitarian interventions, legal sanctions, NGO projects, and bloggers with iPhones will make a lasting difference."
To get around this, though, "would mean accepting that, if there is a road from serfdom to democracy, it will, in long stretches, be paved with non-democracy – as it was in the West."
I'm not as willing as Mr. Lilla to believe that we should merely accept this. Nor do I think we should believe the idea, popular once again in some quarters, that some societies and peoples simply aren't meant for liberal democracy. But we do need a lot more humility, and a lot more patience.
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NC: Legislation SB S90 to change CCL process from “SHALL ISSUE” to “MAY ISSUE”
Discussion in 'Activism' started by DMK, Jun 17, 2019.
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Over the hills and far, far away
Please contact your reps about this one. You might have a cool sheriff now, but imagine what happens when you get a bad one elected and he decided no CCLs unless you're one of his cronies
https://www.grnc.org/defend-your-ri...068-senate-republicans-to-gut-concealed-carry
This is not a drill, and this is not a joke. Republicans in Raleigh are in the process of gutting NC’s “shall issue” concealed carry permit application structure...
Regarding concealed carry permit (CHP) applications, we are furious (yes, furious ) to be forced to announce that the Republicans you sent to Raleigh have snuck language into the Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) of a bill that would, in essence, transform North Carolina from a “SHALL ISSUE” state into a “MAY ISSUE” state.
We at GRNC are incensed and you ought to be as well. As you know, GRNC engineered NC's "shall issue" concealed carry law in 1995. Since then, GRNC has been instrumental in greatly improving it with restaurant carry, limited school/campus carry and more. We're not about to stand by and watch a naked power grab by NC's sheriffs, aided by Republican senators, roll back all of our progress.
Are You of “Good Moral Character?”
Last week, in Raleigh, Republicans snuck new language into a PCS for Senate Bill S90("Protect Religious Meeting Places") (=H110), and it’s worth noting that, initially, S90 was not even written to deal with the concealed carry application process. It’s also worth noting that before the poisonous PCS, S90 was a promising pro-gun bill.
Yet, the PCS language strips “shall issue” status from the people and confers “may issue” power to your county sheriff. According to the PCS, a sheriff can deny CHPs by claiming applicants are not of “Good Moral Character,” the same shameful Jim Crow-era language that still exists on Pistol Purchase Permit applications, which GRNC has been fighting to eliminate.
And you’ve probably guessed already: there is no strict definition for “good moral character,” and truly, no definition would suffice in this context anyway. Therefore (and conveniently), lacking “good moral character,” grounds for denying a CHP, is an open-ended label that any sheriff could attach to any applicant for any reason.
Shifting Power from Citizen to Sheriff
Lest you wonder, “good moral character” has nothing to do with an applicant’s criminal history. Exhaustive, indeed intrusive, criminal and medical background checks, and (de facto) long waiting periods are already part of the CHP application process. The sheriff’s personal, subjective and nebulous analysis of your character can have no legitimate purpose. The only clear purpose of this language in S90’s PCS is to take power away from you, the law-abiding citizen, and hand it to your county sheriff to lord over you, so he can withhold your rights at will.
Perhaps you’re thinking, “Sheriffs would never use this new power to deny permits to qualified people.” Yet, if they’d never use their newfound power, why enshrine it in our state’s laws? It can have only one purpose, and if there is no intention to use it (now or later), it would not have been proposed as substitute language for S90.
Are you prepared to live in a state that treats gun rights the way California does—like “gun privileges?” Are you ready to cede your Natural rights to your county’s sheriff, so he can ration them back to you as he sees fit? If not, please join other gun rights supporters in putting an immediate halt to this attack on your gun rights (from the Republicans no less!). Once again, we must remind these politicians who “brung ‘em” to the dance, and it looks like we’ll have to be more stern than usual.
Below, see how you can easily contact Senate Judiciary Committee members (and Sen. Berger) to tell them, emphatically, that any vote, indeed any support whatsoever, for S90’s Proposed Committee Substitute will be considered a severe and blatant anti-gun action!
EMAIL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Use the copy/paste email list provided below and the copy/paste text provided under ‘Deliver This Message.
PHONE REPUBLICAN LEADERS & YOUR SENATOR: This is serious and so phone calls to committee chairs and to your own senator are just as important as sending an email message. Please use the phone numbers provided below to contact Judiciary Committee leaders. Also, please call your own senator (find contact details below). When you reach each senator's office, tell him or her:
I am a gun rights voter, and I am enraged that Republicans are seeking to force a huge step backwards for gun rights in our state. The ostensibly pro-gun party should be ashamed to be identified as the party that introduced Senate Bill 90's PCS language, which would grant "may issue" power to sheriffs for Concealed Carry Permits, stripping citizens of the unalienable portion of unalienable rights. Any Senator supporting this PCS will be considered anti-gun, and will pay at the polls. Thank you.
ATTEND TUESDAY'S COMMITTEE HEARING: The presence of gun rights voters at this meeting is critical. Committee members must know that we see what they're trying to do, and that we're serious about stopping them. Please attend Tuesday's committee meeting. You may have an opportunity to speak, so arrive early in case you need to sign up. Find details below.
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Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee
Attend to Stop the Gutting of Concealed Carry
WHEN: Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 10:00 am
WHERE: NCGA Legislative Building
16 West Jones Street
NOTES: Please arrive early to allow extra time to park and to get through building security.
Please dress for the press. Business attire preferred. Please no inflammatory slogans on clothing or otherwise.
Please bring a roll-up paper sign with the following message on it:
"SENATOR BERGER: DON'T GUT CONCEALED CARRY"
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Suggested Subject: "Don’t Gut Concealed Carry"
Dear Senator:
I have just learned of the Republican Party’s effort to transform North Carolina’s concealed carry permit (CHP) application structure from “shall issue” to “may issue.” I see that Republican senators have snuck language into S90’s Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) that would grant sheriffs unchecked power to deny concealed carry permits to any applicant, any time, for effectively any reason. The PCS’s language, which poisons an otherwise pro-gun bill, allows a sheriff to declare that an applicant, any applicant, is not of “good moral character.” This is the same shameful Jim Crow-era language that still exists on the Pistol Purchase Permit application, language that ought to be removed (not added elsewhere).
Of course, “good moral character” has no particular definition, nor would any be satisfactory given the context. Exhaustive and intrusive background checks and (de facto) long waiting periods are already part of the CHP application process. The sheriff’s personal, subjective and nebulous analysis of an applicant’s “character” has precisely zero legitimacy. Clearly, its only purpose is to wrest power from the law-abiding citizen and hand it to our county sheriffs to lord over the citizens, so sheriffs can withhold Natural rights by fiat.
This is unacceptable! I am incensed that the members of the Republican Party would even consider such an anti-gun scheme. North Carolina is not California, it is not New York, and gun voters will not allow this state to transform into one of these states in the context of the recognition of the Second Amendment.
Be warned:
Any favorable vote, even the slightest measure of support for S90’s PCS, with its “good moral character” clause, will be perceived as a threat to every gun rights voter in this state, myself included. Do not doubt it, backing S90’s PCS will be recorded as an extreme anti-gun action!
Put a stop to S90’s anti-gun PCS now. I will be monitoring your actions on this critical matter through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina
DMK, Jun 17, 2019
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To: The Honorable Phil Berger, President, Pro Tempore
From: F. Paul Valone, President, Grass Roots North Carolina
Re: Senate Bill 90
Dear Senator Berger:
Having read your Facebook message in support of the Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) for Senate Bill 90 (originally, “Protect Religious Meeting Places”), it is regrettable the bill fell short of expectations. That said, however, I suspect you will agree that it is unproductive to have members of the Senate Republican Caucus denouncing the state’s primary gun rights organization, especially considering the help our political action committee has given conservative political candidates to the North Carolina General Assembly.
In a letter Sen. Dan Britt recently sent to those who contacted his office regarding the S90 PCS, he dismissed our concerns, saying: “Language in the PCS clearly states ‘shall issue’ and nowhere did it state ‘may issue,’ as has been reported by GRNC.”
In truth, what the PCS says is far less important than what it does. Under the proposed G.S. 14-415.12(a1)(2), an applicant for the new “Class A” (concealed handgun) permit would also have to qualify for a “Class B” (pistol purchase) permit. And under the proposed G.S. 14-415.12(a)(4), an applicant for the Class B permit would have to satisfy a sheriff of their “good moral character” – an arbitrary clause dating from 1919 which was originally used to deny guns to minorities during the Jim Crow era, and has since been used for generations to wrongfully obstruct handgun purchases.
I’m sure you are familiar with the transitive property of equality: if A equals B and B equals C, then A equals C. In this case, if a concealed handgun applicant must also meet the requirements for a purchase permit, and the purchase permit allows sheriffs to arbitrarily pronounce “good moral character,” then concealed handgun applicants are subject to sheriffs’ “good moral character” judgment, which would make concealed handgun permits “may issue.”
As I said in a recent alert, this debacle could have been avoided if Sen. Britt had simply contacted stakeholders – including GRNC – when drafting the PCS. Britt told me he was “under the impression” we had been contacted, but apparently “impressions” can be misleading: the first we heard of the S90 PCS was when it was presented as a “done deal.” Moreover, despite Sen. Britt’s assertion, no “supporting documents” were ever sent to our organization.
One organization, however, apparently was consulted. According to Britt, the North Carolina Sheriffs Association had a hand in drafting the bill, and seems to have done a fine job of drafting language to expand money and power for its members at the expense of gun owners.
Said Sen. Britt in his letter to GRNC supporters, “At the request of Grass Roots [sic] representative Paul Valone, I will not make an effort this session to ease the pistol purchase permit requirement.” In truth, what I asked Sen. Britt to do – and am asking you to do as well – is to “ease” the pistol purchase permit requirement by repealing it entirely. As I’m sure you agree, racist Jim Crow language originally intended to deny guns to blacks has no place in modern statutes.
There can be little doubt that GRNC and gun voters have supported ostensible Senate conservatives. As you know, in 2018 the GRNC Political Victory Fund made independent expenditures – including mailings, automated telephone alerts, social media advertising and radio spots – for a number of Senate Republicans, including Carl Ford, Wesley Meredith, Jeff Tarte, and Trudy Wade.
As a senator in his second term, Britt attempted to explain the “political realities” to me, insisting that a vote for full repeal of the purchase permit law would expose Republicans in marginal districts to defeat. As I explained to him, in my twenty-five years of political action, the reality I have discovered is that the longer a party holds power, the more it clings to power. The more it clings to power, the more risk-averse it becomes. And the more risk-averse it becomes – resulting in little or no action on behalf of voters who gave it a majority – the less enthusiastic its base becomes, eventually deserting the party at the polls and leading to loss of its majorities. I fear that is what we are experiencing today.
Sen. Britt also said, of me: “If he changes his mind and would like a seat at the table to meet in a professional manner along with representatives from the National Rifle Association we will be glad to work with him going forward.”
Ignoring for a moment that the “seat at the table” pablum is typically directed at those whom politicians deem to be underlings, I suspect you share my concerns about the “professionalism” of the NRA. The group was absent from the current debate, perhaps due to its ongoing internal struggles. And you probably remember the days we sat together in your office, when the Democrats controlled the legislature, lamenting NRA endorsements for anti-gun Democrats such as Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, Speaker Jim Black, and Governors Jim Hunt and Mike Easley.
In your Facebook message touting the bill, you expressed your support for the Second Amendment. In years past, you were indeed a Second Amendment stalwart. But rather than relying on a flawed bill like the S90 PCS to demonstrate your support, I suggest you pass legislation to protect churches which happen to be co-located with schools, to protect children from violent sociopaths by arming faculty members, or even for permit-less concealed carry such as House Bill 746, which in the last session passed the House but died for lack of a Senate hearing.
As always, I stand ready to help you defend and regain our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.
Armatissimi e liberissimi,
F. Paul Valone
President, Grass Roots North Carolina
Executive Director, Rights Watch International
Radio host, Guns, Politics and Freedom
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A white woman wakes up
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Dear Readers: I’m taking this week off to recover from Thanksgiving. I hope you are recovering, too. The following column originally appeared in February 2004.
They were wrong about me on the bus that day. I didn’t see it then. But looking back, I can see it so clearly it makes me laugh.
Truth is often like a reflection on a pond. It’s there right in front of you. But to see it, you have to slow down and stop splashing and wait for the water to clear.
In January of 2000, while in Los Angeles to see the Rose Bowl game, I attended church at Bethel Unspeakable Joy Fellowship in Watts. The pastor, Carol Houston, preached that first Sunday of the new year about her ambitious (but not so impossible) dream to take 35 children from her church — kids ages 8 to 16, who had never been outside of Watts — on a bus trip around the country.
I felt incredibly moved by her passion. I could hear it in her voice. I could see it in her eyes. I could feel it in my soul. I could dream that dream with her. But I was not about to get on that bus.
My late husband had coached basketball for 30 years, before losing a battle with cancer two years earlier. I had spent a lot of time on buses packed with kids. After he died, I missed getting to know the kids and going to the games. Actually, I missed a lot of things. But I did not miss spending hours on a bus.
That Sunday, hearing Pastor Carol talk about her dream, I thought, “That woman is crazy.” And I tried not to snicker.
Beware of what you try not to snicker about in church. Six months later, I found myself sitting on a bus with Youth Tour 2000, waiting outside the White House, while Pastor Carol explained what she’d do to us if we didn’t behave ourselves inside.
Round trip from L.A., the tour lasted three weeks. I signed on for six days (from D.C. to Ohio) and the experience of a lifetime.
I could fill several books with stories about that trip and how it felt for me — a middle-aged widow who grew up in the ‘60s in the segregated South — to be treated like family by a preacher from Watts and her funny little flock.
For now, I’ll tell you this: 1) I’ve never met anyone who shined with more courage and grace than Carol Houston; 2) I’ve never known any children who were more polite or better behaved than the children on that trip; and 3) I’ve never in my life been so exhausted.
It’s hard work trying to behave oneself, especially to Pastor Carol’s standards. I usually try to avoid sleeping in public, but at times I found it hard to stay awake.
Late one rainy afternoon, somewhere between the “Great Blacks in Wax Museum” in Baltimore and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, I closed my eyes for just a moment — with my head resting against the back of the seat and my mouth gaping wide open —when I heard what sounded like the twittering of birds.
I looked up to see a half dozen young faces grinning down at me.
“What’s so funny?” I said, bolting upright.
They roared with laughter and scattered back to their seats. Then 10-year-old Tonika explained.
“We never saw a white woman sleeping before,” she said.
They were right about me in most of their comments, at least, the ones that I heard:
“You’re going to write about us in a newspaper, aren’t you?”
“You look sad sometimes. Do you miss your husband?”
“I bet you wish you didn’t have to get off the bus here so you could ride with us all the way back to California.”
Excellent observations, spot on. Children tend to see important things that adults often miss.
But they were wrong that day to assume I was sleeping.
Sometimes what you think you see, when you look at a person on the outside, can be surprisingly different from what you’d see if you could look beyond her skin.
Her eyes may be closed.
Her mouth might be drooling.
She could even be snoring louder than Pastor Carol.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean that she’s sleeping.
Maybe she is just waking up.
Sharon Randall is a syndicated columnist. Contact her at P.O. Box 416, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 or at via her website at www.sharonrandall.com.
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Bowl for Kids’ Sake coming up in April, with Bankers' Challenge in March
Spring fundraiser will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville
Bowl for Kids’ Sake coming up in April, with Bankers' Challenge in March Spring fundraiser will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville Check out this story on theleafchronicle.com: https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2019/02/04/race-lanes-bowl-kids-sake/2766369002/
Chris Buerck, Chris Buerck Published 8:23 a.m. CT Feb. 4, 2019 | Updated 2:07 p.m. CT Feb. 25, 2019
The Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids’ Sake will be Saturday, April 6, and the theme this year is racing.
Sign up to help a child reach victory lane by raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville, a mentoring nonprofit that pairs youth facing adversity with adults who are there to ignite their potential and show them how to reach further to achieve more in life.
BBBS currently supports 52 children in the Montgomery County community. The agency has a goal to serve 100 children in 2019.
“Bowl for Kids’ Sake helps fund our efforts and ensure more children have a mentor helping them race toward a brighter future,” said Kimberly Miller, BBBS Board President and US Bank Assistant Vice President.
BBBS has planned the 2019 Bankers’ Challenge, a Bowl for Kids’ Sake tradition where area financial institutions compete to see who can raise the most money to support mentoring in the Clarksville region. The Bankers’ Challenge will be Tuesday, March 12, at the Pinnacle Family Entertainment Center. Banks and credit unions can learn more and sign up at www.bbbsclarksville.org/Bowling
"Historically the Bankers’ Challenge has been a fun night where the local banks and their employees all come together to show the strength of support we have for the children in our community," said Stacey Streetman, BBBS board member and VP of Business Development for F&M Bank. “I’m excited to represent F&M Bank and to see others in the sector really get behind this cause!”
Every community member is invited to show their support and race to the bowling lanes for the Clarksville Cup, the community Bowl for Kids’ Sake event April 6, at the Pinnacle.
Participants can create a team with friends or coworkers or sign up as an individual bowler to be put on a team. Individuals are asked to raise or donate at least $50 and teams of 5 raise at least $250. Donations can be gathered online or in-person.
After fundraising for a few weeks, participants will gather for an afternoon of fun from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Pinnacle Family Entertainment Center. Each team will be assigned a time slot and receive a free T-shirt, an hour on the lanes, door prizes and more.
Sign up online at www.tinyurl.com/bowlclarksville and start building your pit crew today. The online platform allows bowlers and supporters to donate using a credit or debit card and see their contribution immediately.
Businesses can show their customers they support the cause by becoming an event sponsor. Contact Executive Director Chris Buerck at 931-647-1418 or chris@bbbsclarksville.org
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Lauren Ramesbottom - Oct 9
Did Kieran Culkin just dethrone Lenny Kravitz as the fall accessory king?
The ‘Succession’ star is making some bold fashion choices, and fans are living for it.
Kieran Culkin has a few things up his sleeve… and by that, we mean accessories.
The 37 year-old actor, who started his career acting alongside older brother Macaulay in the Home Alone franchise, stopped by The Ellen Show (weekdays at 3 p.m. on CTV) on Tuesday to talk about Succession, his newborn baby, and to (lovingly) roast his mother-in-law.
But during his interview, it wasn’t just his stories which captured viewers’ attention. The impressive collection of accessories on his wrists had fans quickly taking to Twitter with some pretty hilarious comparisons.
Kieran Culkin’s accesorizing is just me while babysitting my niece pic.twitter.com/7ZxVNj9oV6
— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) October 9, 2019
On his left, Culkin kept it strictly casual, with nothing but his wedding band and a watch adorning his arm. But on the right… well, Culkin went for it. We mean, really went for it, with a dozen or more beaded bracelets of varying colours and designs, along with what looks to be (at least) six rings and a rather colourful manicure.
Business on the left, ‘just left summer camp’ on the right — and fans couldn’t get enough of it.
i only talk about Kieran Culkin’s marvelous accessorizing now pic.twitter.com/siBip49Oiy
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) October 9, 2019
Culkin currently stars in HBO’s hit series Succession, alongside his on-screen siblings Alan Ruck, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook. The drama centres around the wildly successful Roy family, whose father is the head of Waystar Royco, an international media conglomerate. Frustrated by their father’s reluctance to retire and hand over the reigns to the company, the siblings quickly turn on one another while deciding who should lead the takeover.
Culkin’s character, Roman Roy, is especially cut-throat, and prone to telling it like it is in ways that (almost always) land him in hot water with his family — and as you might imagine, would surely never be caught dead with an arm full of accessories, much less a multi-coloured manicure.
So, what do we think? Is Kieran just leaning into his role as a new dad with his latest fashion statement? Will there be a Culkin accessory line dropping anytime soon? Regardless of the reason, we’re into it, and look forward to more bold fashion choices from Kieran in the future.
Fans can catch more Kieran in the season two finale of Succession this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on Crave.
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Report: Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte could drop in August
Before we even celebrate Labor Day, it appears Starbucks could be dropping their popular Pumpkin Spice Latte, according to a report by Business Insider.
Business Insider obtained documents detailing the fall beverage’s release on Aug. 28.
It’s would be the earliest release of the fall drink in years. Last year the PSL, as fans call it, had an early release date of Sept. 1 with an official launch on Sept. 5, Business Insider reports.
The earliest release was in 2014, when select customers could get it on Aug. 26 before it was released to everyone on Sept. 2.
Along with the popular pumpkin drink, the Salted Caramel Mocha and Teavana Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea Latte would also become available on Aug. 28.
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By Denis Flierl G+ Dec 16 2018 - 8:08am
Rumor: New Toyota/Subaru MR2 Hybrid, 2.4L Turbo BRZ/86
The Subaru boxer engine is in high demand. This time it’s rumored for a Toyota MR2 revival and a second-generation 2.4-liter turbo BRZ/86 launch.
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If you are going to build a new sports car, a low center of gravity is the first place to start. The Subaru Boxer engine is in high demand because of it’s low center of gravity making it the ideal powerplant for a sports car. It’s why Toyota wanted it for the Scion FR-S/GT86 sports coupe and now reports from Japanese Nostalgic Car say the Japanese automaker wants to tap Subaru again and use a Boxer powerplant in a new mid-engine MR2 revival.
It sounds like a great idea, but is it true or just another rumor? According to an interviewer with Subaru’s COO Tom Doll at the New York International Auto Show in 2016, it’s not going to happen. He squelched any rumors that a new mid-engine sports car was being developed and undergoing testing at their secret test facility in Japan.
Doll says it’s just too expensive and doesn’t make sense for the small automaker to bring out a vehicle like this. Doll says, “For Subaru to develop an all-new sports car with a mid-mounted engine would be prohibitively expensive.” Subaru did share development and production costs with Toyota in order to launch the BRZ/86 sports coupe in 2012.
While Subaru won’t develop a new mid-engine themselves, will they do another joint project with Toyota building a new MR2 Spyder? Reports say Toyota will tap Subaru Corp and use their 1.6-liter DIT (Direct Injection Turbo) sourced from the Levorg GT sports tourer. The report also says the mid-engine MR2 could be a hybrid model coupled with an electric motor producing 300 PS (296 hp). Stay tuned.
Second-generation BRZ/86
The report also says Subaru and Toyota are working on the second-generation BRZ/86 sports coupe. Again, the Japanese automakers are going to use the popular Subaru Boxer engine, but reports say they will ditch the FB20 2.0-liter naturally aspirated engine and put a new 2.4-liter turbo Boxer under the hood. They could use the 2.4-liter engine sourced from the all-new Ascent family hauler. Fans have been asking for more power in the BRZ/86 duo and the 2.4-liter turbo would give it a healthy boost.
The next-generation Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86 will likely come with the new Subaru Global Platform, and the architecture could change things up for the sports car and allow for a new turbo engine to be used. Toyota chief Tetsuya Tada says it won’t happen with the current platform but left the door open for the second-generation Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86 to get a new turbo engine in the new model coming around 2020. Stay tuned.
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After experiencing nights without sleep and extremely swollen feet, a retired aerospace supervisor of computer operations, William Mullen, knew something was wrong with his health. He slid on his slippers, the only shoes that would fit, and drove himself to Torrance Memorial Urgent Care. Due to his symptoms, he was immediately sent to the Torrance Memorial Medical Center Emergency Department, where he underwent an echocardiogram and computed tomography (CT) scan. Doctors discovered an aneurysm had formed on his left aorta.
Mullen was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but he wasn’t in the clear yet. It was during his second night in the hospital that he went into cardiac arrest. The quick-thinking medical staff was able to bring him back to consciousness with a defibrillator, something the on-staff physician found remarkable.
Had Mullen stayed at home, he would not be here to share his story today. Mullen went on to spend three nights at Torrance Memorial, after which he was transferred to Keck Medicine of USC. Torrance Memorial has an affiliation with USC’s Keck School of Medicine to expand heart surgery services at the medical center in Torrance to provide expertise in a variety of complex heart procedures. A year has passed, and thanks to health care partners like Jack Sun, MD, thoracic and cardiac surgeon, Mullen has a new lease on life.
“If it wasn’t for Torrance Memorial, I would not be alive today,” he says.
On December 1, 2015, Mullen received an email from Torrance Memorial requesting donations for Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a global movement to celebrate generosity and to give back. Observed on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) after the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
Mullen decided Giving Tuesday would be the perfect time to honor the experienced staff, nurses and physicians who saved his life just one year earlier.
“I donated on Giving Tuesday to give honor to all of the staff in the ICU who save lives every day,” Mullen says. “Thank you for giving me a second chance at life.”
The Torrance Memorial Foundation celebrated Giving Tuesday for the first time in 2015 to acknowledge that community support for local health care can take many shapes—large and small.
“Measure your net worth not by how much you have, but by how many you impact with your generosity,” Laura Schenasi, the executive vice president of the Torrance Memorial Foundation, says. “While Giving Tuesday is a great reason to give, Torrance Memorial is tremendously grateful for all gifts received year-round of any size.” She continues, “Each one in some way benefits the more than 800,000 lives in our service area.”
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Border Security raised from 3 to 4!!! VERIFIED
CactusTom
Discussion Starter • #1 • Apr 5, 2018 (Edited)
As you can see I have physically VERIFIED that Border Security has been raised from a 3 strand of barbed wire to 4. Last time I was down checking on the Fence, it was only 3 strands.
And on top of that there is now evidence that the grass IS greener on their side...... HHHmmm
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Looks like they are clearing fields of fire for the soon to arrive military. Basically you are standing in the Beaten Zone , the area between the "first catch" and the "final graze" of a bullet's trajectory on our side of the border.
Happen to also notice any new signs?
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To be a legal fence in an open range state, it must be a 4 strand fence. We don't want our cows getting across the border now do we. That fence is helping to keep the BS on our side for the moement.
Tom - TW200 2002, Kawasaki VN 500 2006
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What i am trying to figure is there was at one time where the US and Mexico had signed a treaty that the US would never put any of the US Armed Forces on the border there.
What happened to it?
If a bike is plated, it's suppose to be ridden, not hauled on a trailer.
2002 DR650SE, 2001 TW200
As you can see on the left side of the photo, the sign that is there has been shown the same about of respect as most signs in the area.... and i did notice that the holes were being punctured from this side and exited out towards their side... Just an observation.
But no new odd signs warning of impending doom. But I also noted that a second observation truck has been added to this area. That is new in the last year too.
Why is there a small marker cairn in the center of the photo?
I have no comments to make about this.
Well, i do, but will not.
Border killing 20 years ago changed military
Seems this was the reason military has not been back on the border since then.
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The Increasing Mainstream Uses of Containers
This piece originally appeared in CSO online.
While the initial concept of containerization began more than a decade ago, container technology usage really took off once Docker was introduced to the scene in 2013. If you are in the software development space, chances are you use or are at least familiar with containers. The application container technology Docker provided completely changed the way that IT operations were carried out and offers many valued benefits for developers.
Since 2013, we’ve seen continuous growth in the mainstream uses of containers. As container adoption continues to increase, developers and software engineers are utilizing containers in new ways, making the reasons to choose container technology more extensive. In a recent container research report, DZone surveyed 811 software professionals on their use of containers. The report provided interesting insight and data on the benefits, tools and challenges that containers brings to an organization.
Expected benefits
Out of the software professionals surveyed, 42 percent of respondents said their organization uses container technology and 23% said their organization was evaluating the use of container technology, proving companies are investing heavily in containers. For those still evaluating containers, many expect great benefits from using the technology. 64% expect environmental consistency, 56% expect fast deployment, 51% expect portability and 48% expect higher scalability.
Key container tools
It should be no surprise to anyone in the software development ecosystem that Docker is the most popular single container tool — in fact 92 percent of respondents who use container technology said their organization uses Docker. However, looking at additional parts of the container technology stack, the spread between the tools is much more even. For example, 35% of respondents using containers said their organization uses Kubernetes, while 32% said they use Docker Swarm. In addition, 24% of the respondents who said their organization uses one of these said they use both. For container operating systems, CoreOS Container Linux was most popular choice at 26%. OpenShift was the most popular CaaS for containers at 18%, but 47% of all respondents at container-using organizations said they don’t use a CaaS at all.
Container challenges
Every popular technology comes with its set of challenges. 70% of respondents found refactoring or re-architecting legacy apps to be a very or moderately challenging aspect of adopting containers. Short behind was 68% finding that a lack of developer experience was the most challenging aspect and 64% mentioned the difficulty of ensuring application and network security. When a technology is relatively new and different, education is key to ensure developers utilize the technology in the most effective way possible. With proper understanding and experience with containers, the challenges will become less prominent and easier to manage and actually improve security.
Impact on microservices, CD and deployment
Containerization is just one piece of the IT ecosystem and affects (and is affected) by other technologies. For example, out of the respondents who uses containers, 68% said their organization has adopted microservices since. Continuous delivery is another aspect that respondents found to be affected significantly by container usage. 40% of respondents at container-using organizations said they believed they had achieved CD, versus 28% for container evaluators and 23% for non-container-users. The data found that containers have an impact on deployment speeds as well. 36% of respondents at organizations using containers said they deploy on-demand, compared to 15% of those evaluating containers and 19% of those not using containers. This goes to show that containers have a direct impact on microservices, continuous delivery and faster deployment times.
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Len McCluskey: The problems we face risk paling into insignificance against those that may arise from Brexit
Unite shop floor leaders gathered in Brighton this week. Our sector conferences are a cornerstone of our union and our democracy, where the most important aspects of Unite’s life and work are debated.
We are above all an industrial organisation – 95% of what we do is work-related and we do it in an economic situation of great turbulence, confronting new challenges alongside some very familiar problems.
Work is disappearing in traditional union-organised sectors and emerging instead in very difficult areas like the “gig” economy”.
There is relentless pressure on our members’ jobs. In one sector after another, the threat of savage job cuts is a reality we are faced with.
In the public services, of course, this is being driven directly by the government, with its endless cuts affecting local authorities, the NHS and other vital provisions.
But of course the jobs crisis now spreads far wider – the steel industry, car plants like the Vauxhall factories sold to PSA, Bombardier and BAE Systems in aerospace, Monarch airlines, across the financial services industry.
Yet the problems we face in protecting jobs against this cull, and fighting the austerity that has led to the longest effective pay freeze in the history of economic data, risk paling into insignificance against those that may arise from Brexit.
Unite’s position was clear. We supported Remain in the referendum not because we are starry-eyed about the EU or its workings, but because we believe that access to the single market is vital to so many jobs.
Moreover, we acknowledged that some of the workers’ and social rights we depend on have come from EU legislation and agreements.
Along with most of the labour movement we lost that argument, and we accept the democratic result.
But every anxiety we had has only been increased by the Tory conduct of the Brexit negotiations since.
It is now clear that due to the government’s divisions and bungling, and under pressure from its extreme right elements, there is a serious danger of Britain crashing out of the EU without any sort of continuing trade agreement.
The CBI is warning that if there is no agreement by March, the economy will be in trouble. This raises the real danger of a jobs massacre for our members and many more.
That is why we support Labour’s constructive approach, which includes staying within the single market and customs union for four years, allowing time for mature negotiations to yield an agreement which can give British-based industries the maximum possible tariff-free access to the single market.
We have also worked to address one of the concerns which influenced the referendum among our members and working people more generally – the impact that the free movement of labour, so-called, has had on wage rates and conditions in certain sectors.
This is not the fault of any worker who has come here to seek a better life. It is the responsibility exclusively of the unscrupulous employer looking to cheapen the value of labour power here in Britain.
That is why we have called for labour market regulation and control to address the forcing down of wages through the use of migrant labour.
Employers should only recruit labour abroad if they are covered by trade union recognition or a collective bargaining agreement for their company or sector.
The abuse of migrant labour would start to be eliminated straight away – and the right to work at decent rate of pay for all workers in Britain can be protected.
We know great changes are on their way in our country. A progressive Labour Party is advancing, and a weak and incompetent Tory government is disintegrating.
People in Britain – and Ireland too – are sick of rising inequality, cuts in public services and stagnant wages while tax cheats go unpunished.
They want a different society, an end to the situation where a decent secure job and a place to live are unobtainable for millions.
Those changes will never be achieved by government alone. Society cannot be transformed solely from the top.
History teaches us that working people only prosper when trade unions are powerful. What we achieve in the workplace can do as much to make our countries better places to live in as almost any decree from Whitehall.
So let us go forward determined to play our full part in changing Britain and Ireland for the better and build our union, equipped and ready to put is full weight in the scales on the side of justice.
Len McCluskey is general secretary of Unite.
A longer version of this article appears in the Morning Star newspaper.
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Outstanding Opportunity Rover Making ‘Amazing New Discoveries’ 13 Years After Mars Touchdown – Scientist Tells UT
13 Years on Mars!
On Christmas Day 2016, NASA’s Opportunity rover scans around vast Endeavour crater as she ascends steep rocky slopes on the way to reach a water carved gully along the eroded craters western rim. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from raw images taken on Sol 4593 (25 Dec. 2016) and colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo
NASA’s truly outstanding Opportunity rover continues “making new discoveries about ancient Mars” as she commemorates 13 Years since bouncing to a touchdown on Mars, in a feat that is “truly amazing” – the deputy chief scientist Ray Arvidson told Universe Today exclusively.
Resilient Opportunity celebrated her 13th birthday on Sol 4623 on January 24, 2017 PST while driving south along the eroded rim of humongous Endeavour crater – and having netted an unfathomable record for longevity and ground breaking scientific discoveries about the watery environment of the ancient Red Planet.
“Reaching the 13th year anniversary with a functioning rover making new discoveries about ancient Mars on a continuing basis is truly amazing,” Ray Arvidson, Opportunity Deputy Principal Investigator of Washington University in St. Louis, told Universe Today.
Put another way Opportunity is 13 YEARS into her 3 MONTH mission! And still going strong!
During the past year the world famous rover discovered “more extensive aqueous alteration within fractures and more mild alteration within the bedrock outcrops” at Endeavour crater, Arvidson elaborated.
And now she is headed to her next target – an ancient water carved gully!
The gully is situated about 0. 6 mile (1.6 km) south of the robots current location.
But to get there she first has to heroically ascend steep rocky slopes inclined over 20 degrees along the eroded craters western rim – and it’s no easy task! Slipping and sliding along the way and all alone on difficult alien terrain.
Furthermore she is 51 times beyond her “warrantied” life expectancy of merely 90 Sols promised at the time of landing so long ago – roving the surface of the 4th rock from the Sun during her latest extended mission; EM #10.
How was this incredible accomplishment achieved?
“Simply a well-made and thoroughly tested American vehicle,” Arvidson responded.
NASA’s Opportunity rover scans around and across to vast Endeavour crater on Dec. 19, 2016, as she climbs steep slopes on the way to reach a water carved gully along the eroded craters western rim. Note rover wheel tracks at center. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from raw images taken on Sol 4587 (19 Dec. 2016) and colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo
The six wheeled rover landed on Mars on January 24, 2004 PST on the alien Martian plains at Meridiani Planum -as the second half of a stupendous sister act.
Her twin sister Spirit, had successfully touched down 3 weeks earlier on January 3, 2004 inside 100-mile-wide Gusev crater and survived more than six years.
NASA’s Opportunity explores Spirit Mound after descending down Marathon Valley and looks out across the floor of vast Endeavour crater. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from raw images taken on Sol 4505 (25 Sept 2016) and colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo
Opportunity concluded 2016 and starts 2017 marching relentlessly towards an ancient water carved gully along the eroded rim of vast Endeavour crater – the next science target on her heroic journey traversing across never before seen Red Planet terrains.
Huge Endeavour crater spans some 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter.
Throughout 2016 Opportunity was investigating the ancient, weathered slopes around the Marathon Valley location in Endeavour crater. The area became a top priority science destination after the slopes were found to hold a motherlode of ‘smectite’ clay minerals based on data from the CRISM spectrometer circling overhead aboard a NASA Mars orbiter.
The smectites were discovered via extensive, specially targeted Mars orbital measurements gathered by the CRISM (Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars) spectrometer on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) – accomplished earlier at the direction of Arvidson.
Opportunity was descending down Marathon Valley the past year to investigate the clay minerals formed in water. They are key to helping determine the habitability of the Red Planet when it was warmer and wetter billions of years ago.
What did Opportunity accomplish scientifically at Marathon Valley during 2016?
“Key here is the more extensive aqueous alteration within fractures and more mild alteration within the bedrock outcrops,” Arvidson explained to me.
“Fractures have red pebbles enhanced in Al and Si (likely by leaching out more soluble elements), hematite, and in the case of our scuffed fracture, enhanced sulfate content with likely Mg sulfates and other phases. Also the bedrock is enriched in Mg and S relative to other Shoemaker rocks and these rocks are the smectite carrier as observed from CRISM ATO data.”
Marathon Valley measures about 300 yards or meters long. It cuts downhill through the west rim of Endeavour crater from west to east – the same direction in which Opportunity drove downhill from a mountain summit area atop the crater rim.
Opportunity has been exploring Endeavour since arriving at the humongous crater in 2011. Endeavour crater was formed when it was carved out of the Red Planet by a huge meteor impact billions of years ago.
“Endeavour crater dates from the earliest Martian geologic history, a time when water was abundant and erosion was relatively rapid and somewhat Earth-like,” explains Larry Crumpler, a science team member from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
Opportunity has been climbing up very steep and challenging slopes to reach the top of the crater rim. Then she will drive south to Cape Byron and the gully system.
“We have had some mobility issues climbing steep, rocky slopes. Lots of slipping and skidding, but evaluating the performance of the rover on steep, rocky and soil-covered slopes was one of the approved extended mission objectives,” Arvidson explained.
“We are heading out of Cape Tribulation, driving uphill to the southwest to reach the Meridiani plains and then to drive to the western side of Cape Byron to the head of a gully system.”
What’s ahead for 2017? What’s the importance of exploring the gully?
“Finish up work on Cape Tribulation, traverse to the head of the gully system and head downhill into one or more of the gullies to characterize the morphology and search for evidence of deposits,” Arvidson elaborated.
“Hopefully test among dry mass movements, debris flow, and fluvial processes for gully formation. The importance is that this will be the first time we will acquire ground truth on a gully system that just might be formed by fluvial processes. Will search for cross bedding, gravel beds, fining or coarsening upward sequences, etc., to test among hypotheses.”
How long will it take to reach the gully?
“Months to the gully,” replied Arvidson. After arriving at the top of the crater rim, the rover will actually drive part of the way on the Martian plains again during the southward trek to the gully.
“And we will be driving on the plains to drive relatively long distances with an intent of getting to the gully well before the winter season.”
As of today, Jan 31, 2017, long lived Opportunity has survived 4630 Sols (or Martian days) roving the harsh environment of the Red Planet.
Opportunity has taken over 216,700 images and traversed over 27.26 miles (43.87 kilometers) – more than a marathon.
NASA’s Opportunity rover discovers a beautiful Martian dust devil moving across the floor of Endeavour crater as wheel tracks show robots path today exploring the steepest ever slopes of the 13 year long mission, in search of water altered minerals at Knudsen Ridge inside Marathon Valley on 1 April 2016. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from raw images taken on Sol 4332 (1 April 2016) and colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo
See our updated route map below. It shows the context of the rovers over 13 year long traverse spanning more than the 26 mile distance of a Marathon runners race.
The rover surpassed the 27 mile mark milestone on November 6, 2016 (Sol 4546).
The power output from solar array energy production is currently 416 watt-hours, before heading into another southern hemisphere Martian winter in 2017. It will count as Opportunities 8th winter on Mars.
Meanwhile Opportunity’s younger sister rover Curiosity traverses and drills into the lower sedimentary layers at the base of Mount Sharp.
Stay tuned here for Ken’s continuing Earth and planetary science and human spaceflight news.
Ken Kremer
13 Year Traverse Map for NASA’s Opportunity rover from 2004 to 2017. This map shows the entire 43 kilometer (27 mi) path the rover has driven on the Red Planet during more than 13 years and more than a marathon runners distance for over 4614 Sols, or Martian days, since landing inside Eagle Crater on Jan 24, 2004 – to current location at the western rim of Endeavour Crater. After descending down Marathon Valley and after studying Spirit Mound, the rover is now ascending back uphill on the way to a Martian water carved gully. Rover surpassed Marathon distance on Sol 3968 after reaching 11th Martian anniversary on Sol 3911. Opportunity discovered clay minerals at Esperance – indicative of a habitable zone – and searched for more at Marathon Valley. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU/Marco Di Lorenzo/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
Opportunity Robustly in Action on 12th Anniversary of Red Planet Touchdown
Composite hazcam camera image (left) shows the robotic arm in motion as NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity places the tool turret on the target named “Private John Potts” on Sol 4234 to brush away obscuring dust. Rover is actively working on the southern side of “Marathon Valley” which slices through western rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 4259 (Jan. 16, 2016), Opportunity completed grinds with the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) to exposure rock interior for elemental analysis, as seen in mosaic (right) of four up close images taken by Microscopic Imager (MI). Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo
NASA’s world famous Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues blazing a daily trail of unprecedented science first’s, still swinging her robotic arm robustly into action at a Martian “Mining Zone” on the 12th anniversary of her hair-raising Red Planet touchdown this week, a top rover scientist told Universe Today.
“Looks like a mining zone!” Opportunity Deputy Principal Investigator Ray Arvidson, of Washington University in St. Louis, explained to Universe Today. On Jan. 24 the rover marked 4267 Sols and a dozen years and counting exploring Mars. Continue reading “Opportunity Robustly in Action on 12th Anniversary of Red Planet Touchdown”
Opportunity Rover Prospecting for Water Altered Minerals at Crater Rim in Marathon Valley
As NASA’s Opportunity rover approaches the 12th anniversary of landing on Mars, her greatest science discoveries yet are likely within grasp in the coming months since she has successfully entered Marathon Valley from atop a Martian mountain and is now prospecting downhill for outcrops of water altered clay minerals.
The valley is the gateway to alien terrain holding significant caches of the water altered minerals that formed under environmental conditions conducive to support Martian microbial life forms, if they ever existed. But as anyone who’s ever climbed down a steep hill knows, you have to be extra careful not to slip and slide and break something, no matter how beautiful the view is – Because no one can hear you scream on Mars! See the downward looking valley view above.
After a years long Martian mountain climbing and mountain top exploratory trek, Opportunity entered a notch named Marathon Valley from atop a breathtakingly scenic ridge overlook atop the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
Marathon Valley measures about 300 yards or meters long and cuts downhill through the west rim of Endeavour crater from west to east. Endeavour crater spans some 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter.
See our photo mosaics illustrating Opportunity’s view around and about Marathon Valley and Endeavour Crater, created by the image processing team of Ken Kremer and Marco Di Lorenzo.
Our mosaic above affords a downward looking view from Marathon Valley on Sol 4144, Sept. 20. It uniquely combines raw images from the hazcam and navcam cameras to gain a wider perspective panoramic view of the steep walled valley, and also shows the rover at work stretching out the robotic arm to potential clay mineral rock targets at left. Opportunity’s shadow and wheel tracks are visible at right.
Mosaic view from Opportunity rover looking along the high walls and down the floor of Marathon Valley with deposits of water altered clay minerals and out to the vast expense of Endeavour Crater. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from images taken on Sol 4159 (Oct. 5, 2015) and colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Marco Di Lorenzo/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
In late July, Opportunity began the decent into the valley from the western edge and started investigating scientifically interesting rock targets by conducting a month’s long “walkabout” survey ahead of the upcoming frigid Martian winter – the seventh since touchdown at Meridiani Planum in January 2004.
The walkabout was done to identify targets of interest for follow up scrutiny in and near the valley floor. Opportunity’s big sister Curiosity conducted a similarly themed “walkabout” at the base of Mount Sharp near her landing site located on the opposite side of the Red Planet.
“The valley is somewhat like a chute directed into the crater floor, which is a long ways below. So it is somewhat scary, but also pretty interesting scenery,” writes Larry Crumpler, a science team member from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, in a mission update.
“Its named Marathon Valley because the rover traveled one marathon’s distance to reach it,” Prof. Ray Arvidson, the rover Deputy Principal Investigator of Washington University told Universe Today.
The NASA rover exceeded the distance of a marathon on the surface of Mars on March 24, 2015, Sol 3968. Opportunity has now driven over 26.46 miles (42.59 kilometers) over nearly a dozen Earth years.
Opportunity’s view (annotated) on the day the NASA rover exceeded the distance of a marathon on the surface of Mars on March 24, 2015, Sol 3968 with features named in honor of Charles Lindbergh’s historic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. Rover stands at Spirit of Saint Louis Crater near mountaintop at Marathon Valley overlook and Martian cliffs at Endeavour crater holding deposits of water altered clay minerals. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from images taken on Sol 3968 (March 24, 2015) and colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Marco Di Lorenzo/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
Now for the first time in history, a human emissary has arrived to conduct an up close inspection of and elucidate clues into this regions potential regarding Martian habitability.
The ancient, weathered slopes around Marathon Valley hold a motherlode of ‘phyllosilicate’ clay minerals, based on data obtained from the extensive Mars orbital measurements gathered by the CRISM spectrometer on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) – accomplished earlier at the direction of Arvidson.
‘Hinners Point’ Above Floor of ‘Marathon Valley’ on Mars. This Martian scene shows contrasting textures and colors of “Hinners Point,” at the northern edge of “Marathon Valley,” and swirling reddish zones on the valley floor to the left. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ.
Initially the science team was focused on investigating the northern region of the valley while the sun was still higher in the sky and generating more power for research activities from the life giving solar arrays.
“We have detective work to do in Marathon Valley for many months ahead,” said Opportunity Deputy Principal Investigator Ray Arvidson, of Washington University in St. Louis.
But now that the rover is descending into a narrow valley with high walls, the rovers engineering handlers back on Earth have to exercise added caution regarding exactly where they send the Opportunity on her science forays during each sols drive, in order to maintain daily communications.
The high walls to the north and west of the valley ridgeline has already caused several communications blackouts for the “low-elevation Ultra-High-Frequency (UHF) relay passes to the west,” according to the JPL team controlling the rover.
Indeed on two occasions in mid September – coinciding with the days just before and after our Sol 4144 (Sept. 20) photo mosaic view above, “no data were received as the orbiter’s flight path was below the elevation on the valley ridgeline.
On Sept 17 and Sept. 21 “the high ridgeline of the valley obscured the low-elevation pass” and little to no data were received. However the rover did gather imagery and spectroscopic measurements for later transmission.
Now that winter is approaching the rover is moving to the southern side of Marathon Valley to soak up more of the sun’s rays from the sun-facing slope and continue research activities.
“During the Martian late fall and winter seasons Opportunity will conduct its measurements and traverses on the southern side of the valley,” says Arvidson.
“When spring arrives the rover will return to the valley floor for detailed measurements of outcrops that may host the clay minerals.”
The shortest-daylight period of this seventh Martian winter for Opportunity will come in January 2016.
NASA’s Opportunity Rover scans along a spectacular overlook toward Marathon Valley on March 3, 2015, showing flat-faced rocks exhibiting a completely new composition from others examined earlier. Marathon Valley and Martian cliffs on Endeavour crater hold deposits of water altered clay minerals. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from images taken on Sol 3948 (March 3, 2015) and colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo
As of today, Sol 4168, Oct, 15, 2015 Opportunity has taken over 206,300 images and traversed over 26.46 miles (42.59 kilometers).
Nearly 12 Year Traverse Map for NASA’s Opportunity rover from 2004 to 2015
This map shows the entire path the rover has driven during almost 12 years and more than a marathon runners distance on Mars for over 4163 Sols, or Martian days, since landing inside Eagle Crater on Jan 24, 2004 – to current location at the western rim of Endeavour Crater and descending into Marathon Valley. Rover surpassed Marathon distance on Sol 3968 and marked 11th Martian anniversary on Sol 3911. Opportunity discovered clay minerals at Esperance – indicative of a habitable zone – and is currently searching for more at Marathon Valley. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU/Marco Di Lorenzo/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
NASA Discovers Salty Liquid Water Flows Intermittently on Mars Today, Bolstering Chance for Life
These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to their formation, but instead are from the presence of the mineral pyroxene. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (Infrared-Red-Blue/Green(IRB)) false color image (ESP_030570_1440) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona). Vertical exaggeration is 1.5. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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NASA and Mars planetary scientists announced today (Sept. 28) that salty “liquid water flows intermittently” across multiple spots on the surface of today’s Mars – trumpeting a major scientific discovery with far reaching implications regarding the search for life beyond Earth and bolstering the chances for the possible existence of present day Martian microbes.
Utilizing spectroscopic measurements and imaging gathered by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), researchers found the first strong evidence confirming that briny water flows on the Red Planet today along dark streaks moving downhill on crater slopes and mountain sides, during warmer seasons.
“Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past. Today we announce that under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars,” said Jim Green, NASA Planetary Science Director at NASA Headquarters, at a media briefing held today, Sept 28.
“When you look at Earth, water is an essential ingredient. Everywhere we go where there’s liquid water, whether its deep in the Earth or in the arid regions, we find life. This is tremendously exciting.”
“We haven’t been able to answer the question – does life exist beyond Earth? But following the water is a critical element of that. We now have great opportunities to be in the right locations on Mars to thoroughly investigate that,” Green elaborated.
“Water! Strong evidence that liquid water flows on present-day Mars,” NASA officials tweeted about the discovery.
The evidence comes in the form of the detection of mysterious dark streaks, as long as 100 meters, showing signatures of hydrated salt minerals periodically flowing in liquid water down steep slopes on the Red Planet that “appear to ebb and flow over time.”
The source of the water is likely from the shallow subsurface or possibly absorbed from the atmosphere.
Dark narrow streaks called recurring slope lineae emanating out of the walls of Garni crater on Mars. The dark streaks here are up to few hundred meters in length. They are hypothesized to be formed by flow of briny liquid water on Mars. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (RED) image (ESP_031059_1685) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona). Vertical exaggeration is 1.5. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Water is a key prerequisite for the formation and evolution of life as we know it. So the new finding significantly bolsters the chances that present day extant life could exist on the Red Planet.
“Our quest on Mars has been to ‘follow the water,’ in our search for life in the universe, and now we have convincing science that validates what we’ve long suspected,” said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
“This is a significant development, as it appears to confirm that water — albeit briny — is flowing today on the surface of Mars.”
“This increases the chance that life could exist on Mars today,” noted Grunsfeld.
The data were gathered by and the conclusions are based on using two scientific instruments – the high resolution imaging spectrometer on MRO known as High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), as well as MRO’s mineral mapping Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM).
The mysterious dark streaks of downhill flows are known as recurring slope lineae (RSL).
They were first detected in 2010 at dozens of sites on the sun facing slopes of deep craters by Lujendra Ojha, then a University of Arizona undergraduate student.
The new finding is highly significant because until today’s announcement, there was no strong evidence that liquid water could actually exist on the Martian surface because the atmospheric pressure was thought to be far too low – its less than one percent of Earth’s.
The flow of water is occasional and not permanent, seasonally variable and dependent on having just the right mix of atmospheric, temperature and surface conditions with salt deposits on Mars.
Portions of Mars were covered with an ocean of water billions of years ago when the planet was far warmer and more hospitable to life. But it underwent a dramatic climate change some 3 billion years ago and lost most of that water.
The RSL with flowing water appear in at least three different locations on Mars – including Hale crater, Horowitz crater and Palikir crater – when temperatures are above minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 23 Celsius). They appear during warm seasons, fade in cooler seasons and disappear during colder times.
Pure surface water ice would simply sublimate and evaporate away as the temperature rises. Mixing in surface salts lowers the melting point of ice, thereby allowing the water to potentially liquefy on Mars surface for a certain period of time rather than sublimating rapidly away.
“These are dark streaks that form in late spring, grow through the summer and then disappear in the fall,” said Michael Meyer lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters, at the media briefing.
Years of painstaking effort and laboratory work was required to verify and corroborate the finding of flowing liquid water.
“It took multiple spacecraft over several years to solve this mystery, and now we know there is liquid water on the surface of this cold, desert planet,” said Meyer. “It seems that the more we study Mars, the more we learn how life could be supported and where there are resources to support life in the future.”
The dark, narrow streaks flowing downhill on Mars at sites such as this portion of Horowitz Crater are inferred to be formed by seasonal flow of water on modern-day Mars. The streaks are roughly the length of a football field. These dark features on the slopes are called “recurring slope lineae” or RSL. The imaging and topographical information in this processed view come from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Along with the media announcement, the researchers published their findings today in a refereed scientific paper in the Sept. 28 issue of Nature Geoscience.
“We found the hydrated salts only when the seasonal features were widest, which suggests that either the dark streaks themselves or a process that forms them is the source of the hydration. In either case, the detection of hydrated salts on these slopes means that water plays a vital role in the formation of these streaks,” said Lujendra Ojha, now at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, and lead author of the Sept. 28 publication in Nature Geoscience.
The scientists “interpret the spectral signatures as caused by hydrated minerals called perchlorates.”
Ojha said the chemical signatures from CRISM were most consistent with the detection of mixtures of magnesium perchlorate, magnesium chlorate and sodium perchlorate, based on lab experiments.
“Some perchlorates have been shown to keep liquids from freezing even when conditions are as cold as minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 70 Celsius).”
Perchlorates have previously been detected in Martian soil by two of NASA’s surface missions – the Phoenix lander and the Curiosity rover. There is also some evidence that NASA’s Viking missions in the 1970s measured signatures of these salts.
On Earth concentration of perchlorates are found in deserts.
This also marks the first time perchlorates have been identified from Mars orbit.
Locations of RSL features on Mars
NASA’s overriding agency wide goal is to send humans on a ‘Journey to Mars’ in the 2030s.
So NASA astronaut Mark Kelly exclaimed that he was also super excited about the findings, from his perch serving as Commander aboard the International Space Station (ISS), where he is a member of the first ever “1 Year ISS Mission Crew” aimed at learning how the human body will adapt to the long term missions required to send astronauts to Mars and back.
“One reason why NASA’s discovery of liquid water on #Mars is so exciting: we know anywhere there’s water on Earth, there’s some form of life,” Kelly tweeted today from on board the ISS, upon hearing today’s news.
The discovery of liquid water on Mars could also be a boon to future astronauts who could use it as a natural resource to ‘live off the land’ for sustenance and to make rocket fuel.
“If going to Mars on my Year In Space, I’d arrive soon to find water! H20 > rocket fuel, which means I could find my way back home too!,” Kelly wrote on his Facebook page.
“When most people talk about water on Mars, they’re usually talking about ancient water or frozen water,” Ojha explained.
“Now we know there’s more to the story. This is the first spectral detection that unambiguously supports our liquid water-formation hypotheses for RSL.”
Mind-blowing Meteor Shower on Mars During Comet Flyby, Say NASA Scientists
“Thousands of meteors per hour would have been visible — truly astounding to the human eye.” That’s Nick Schneider’s description of what you and I would have seen standing on Mars during Comet Siding Spring’s close flyby last month. “It would have been really mind-blowing,” he added. Schneider is instrument lead for MAVEN’s Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS).
He and a group of scientists who work as lead investigators for instruments on the MAVEN and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft shared the latest results from the comet flyby during a media teleconference earlier today. There were many surprises. Would we expect anything less from a comet?
Here’s a summary of the results:
A very dusty ice ball – The comet’s dust tail and the amount of dust in its coma were much larger than expected, prompting Jim Green, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division in Washington, to remark: “It makes me very happy we hid them (the spacecraft) on the backside of Mars. That really saved them.” Siding Spring dumped several tons of fine dust into the Martian atmosphere prompting a spectacular meteor shower and possibly causing a yellow, twilight afterglow above the Curiosity landing site from vaporizing sodium atoms contained in the minerals. That, and dust in the mid-levels of the atmosphere at the time contributed to the rover’s difficulty in getting good photos of the comet itself. Scientists are still examining the images.
MAVEN’s Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (IUVS) uses limb scans to map the chemical makeup and vertical structure across Mars’ upper atmosphere. It detected strong enhancements of magnesium and iron from ablating incandescing dust from Comet Siding Spring. Credit: NASA
I’m not big into graphs either, but check out the heavy metal drama going on here. On the left is the “before” scan from MAVEN’s IUVS instrument; on the right, during the comet’s close approach. The spike in magnesium from vaporizing comet dust is impressive. Ionized magnesium is the strongest spike with neutral and ionized iron on the left in smaller amounts. Both elements are common in meteorites as well as on Earth. Credit: NASA
Profiles showing spikes in the amounts of eight different metals over time detected in Mars’ atmosphere by MAVEN’s Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS). The emissions faded within a short time, but chemicals from the comet will continue to interact with the Martian atmosphere over time. Credit: NASA
Chemistry of Mars’ atmosphere changed – Dust vaporized in the intense meteor shower produced a striking increase in the amount of magnesium, iron and others metals in Mars’ upper atmosphere. “We were pressed back in our chairs,” said Mike Schneider. The bombardment created a temporary new layer of comet-tainted air and may have acted as condensation nuclei for the formation of high-altitude clouds. MAVEN’s Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) recorded huge spikes in the levels of eight different metals during the comet’s passage and then trailed off a day or so later. “They came to MAVEN as a free sample from no less than an Oort Cloud comet,” said Mehdi Benna, instrument scientist for MAVEN’s Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer.
The MARSIS instrument on the Mars Express is a ground penetrating radar sounder used to look for subsurface water and ice. It can also make soundings of the ionosphere. It was used to see the new ionospheric layer formed by vaporizing comet dust on October 19th. Credit: ESA
The Mars Express radar probed the ionosphere (upper atmosphere) at three different times. At top, before the comet arrived; middle, 7 hours later after the comet’s closest approach and bottom, hours later after the comet had departed. The middle graph shows a strong signal (blue horizontal bar) from the creation of a newly-ionized layer of the planet’s lower atmosphere from hot, fast-moving comet dust. Credit: ESA
Flaming comet dust creates new ionospheric layer – Comet dust slamming into the atmosphere at 125,000 mph (56 km/sec) knocked electrons loose from atoms in the thin Martian air 50-60 miles (80-100 km) high, ionizing them and creating a very dense ionization layer in the planet’s lower ionosphere seven hours after the comet’s closest approach. Normally, Mars ionosphere is only seen on the dayside of the planet, but even when the MARSIS instrument on Mars Express beamed radio waves through the atmosphere on the nightside of the planet, it picked up a very strong signal.
54 red-filtered, false-color images of the comet’s nucleus-coma taken by the MRO’s HiRISE camera show changes in the flow of material leaving the comet. Based on the photos, the comet’s nucleus spins once every 8 hours. Credit: NASA
The five closest photos made with the HiRISE camera show the combined light of the nucleus and coma. Scale is 140-meter per pixel at top and 177-meters at bottom. Scientists will further process these images to separate the nucleus from the coma. Credit: NASA
Nucleus spins once during your work day – Comet Siding Spring’s icy core spins once every 8 hours and its irregular shape causes strong variations in the comet’s brightness. The comet’s size appears less certain – at least for the moment – with estimates anywhere between a few hundred meters to 2 km (1.2 miles). More analysis on images taken by MRO’s HiRISE camera should narrow that number soon.
CRISM photo and spectrum of Comet Siding Spring. The spectrum is “flat”, indicating we’re seeing ordinary sunlight reflecting off comet dust. The intriguing color variations in the image tell us the comet’s spewing dust particles of many sizes. Credit: NASA
Dust motes of many sizes – Color variations across Siding Spring’s coma seen by Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) indicate it’s releasing dust particles of different sizes – big and little.
The scientists involved in the encounter couldn’t be happier with how the instruments functioned and the amount of hard data returned. Said Jim Green: “We are so lucky to observe this once-in-a-lifetime event.” How true when you consider that it takes about 8 million years for a comet from the Oort Cloud, that vast reservoir of frozen comets extending nearly a light year from the Sun, to get here in the first place. Nick Schneider put it another way:
“Not only is this a free sample of the Oort Cloud in Mars’ atmosphere, but it gives us a chance to learn more about Mars itself.”
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Born in Hoshiarpur in 1914, Major Tufail Muhammad was commissioned in 1943 into the 16 Punjab Regiment. After a distinguished career, which included several instructional and command appointments in his own battalion and also in the Civil Armed Forces, he was posted to the East Pakistan Rifles in 1958 as a Company Commander.
Early August, 1958 he was assigned the task of clearing some Indian troops entrenched in Lakshmipur area. He executed a faultless night march and in the small hours of August 7 encircled the Indian post. Leading his men to about 15 yards of the enemy, he led the assault party from the rear. When the Indians opened machine-gun fire, Major Tufail was the first to be hit. Bleeding profusely, he lobbed a grenade and silenced the machine-gun. With the flame of his life gradually fading away, he continued to direct the operation. When another enemy machine-gun opened fire, killing his second-in-command, Major Tufail destroyed that gun too with a well-aimed grenade. During the hand-to-hand encounter that followed, he noticed the Commander of the Indian post moving stealthily to attack one of his men. Though mortally wounded, Major Tufail crawled towards the enemy commander. He stretched out one of his legs and as the enemy stumbled he hit him in the face with his steel helmet, saving his comrade. He continued to lead his troops till the Indians were driven out, leaving four of their dead and three prisoners behind. Major Tufail succumbed to his wounds the same day. Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed was awarded Pakistan's highest gallantry award of Nishan-e-Haider.
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Facebook's Sandberg shares grief lessons with grads
SAN FRANCISCO — In a candid and emotional address to University of California-Berkeley graduates Saturday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shared how the death of her husband left her swimming in an ocean of grief but also "grateful for each breath in and out — grateful for the gift of life itself."
Powering through a topic about which Sandberg has commented only sparingly in the year since Survey Monkey CEO Dave Goldberg collapsed at age 47 from a heart ailment while on vacation, Sandberg sketched out both the horror of her discovery and the transcendence of her perseverance.
"One year and 13 days ago, I lost my husband, Dave," said Sandberg, 46. "His death was sudden and unexpected. We were at a friend’s 50th birthday party in Mexico. I took a nap. Dave went to work out. What followed was the unthinkable — walking into a gym to find him lying on the floor. Flying home to tell my children that their father was gone. Watching his casket being lowered into the ground."
Sandberg went on to note that her husband's sudden passing "changed (her) in profound ways," teaching her overnight about "the depths of sadness and the brutality of loss. But I also learned that when life sucks you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.
Read Sheryl Sandberg's touching Facebook post on mourning husband
"I’m sharing this with you in the hopes that today, as you take the next step in your life, you can learn the lessons that I only learned in death," she said. "Lessons about hope, strength, and the light within us that will not be extinguished."
One piece of advice that helped Sandberg vault from the depths of despair back into the flow of daily life came from a psychologist friend. He brazenly suggested to her that things could be worse.
“'Worse?'” I said. “'Are you kidding me? How could things be worse?'” Sandberg said. "His answer cut straight through me: 'Dave could have had that same cardiac arrhythmia while he was driving your children.' Wow. The moment he said it, I was overwhelmingly grateful that the rest of my family was alive and healthy. That gratitude overtook some of the grief."
Sandberg made a name for herself with 2013's best-selling Lean In, in which the Facebook COO talked about how integral the support of her husband, tech exec Dave Goldberg, was to her success. This past Mother's Day, she expanded her Lean In theme to acknowledge that her book didn't take into account how difficult it is for a woman to forge ahead while being a single parent.
Ever the tech executive, Sandberg told graduates that some of her healing came from analyzing data gleaned from experts studying how people overcome setbacks. She cited psychologist Martin Seligman's three Ps: personalization, pervasiveness and permanence.
In the first case, Sandberg said she had to accept that her husband's death from an undiagnosed heart arrhythmia was not her fault. In the second, she had to realize that part of life had to move on.
"The child psychologists I spoke to encouraged me to get my kids back to their routine as soon as possible," she said. "So 10 days after Dave died, they went back to school and I went back to work. I remember sitting in my first Facebook meeting in a deep, deep haze. All I could think was, 'What is everyone talking about and how could this possibly matter?' But then I got drawn into the discussion and for a second — a brief split second — I forgot about death. That brief second helped me see that there were other things in my life that were not awful. My children and I were healthy. My friends and family were so loving and they carried us — quite literally at times."
And lastly, Sandberg said that gradually she understood that while she would never get over the loss of her husband, she could instead "accept (her) feelings—but recognize that they will not last forever."
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Ultimately, Sandberg's message was a simple one. Enjoy every moment. Specifically, she remembered recently breaking down in tears as the anniversary of Goldberg's death loomed, telling a friend that at that point a year ago her husband only had 11 days left to live.
"As you graduate, can you ask yourselves to live as if you had 11 days left?" she said. "I don’t mean blow everything off and party all the time — although tonight is an exception. I mean live with the understanding of how precious every single day would be. How precious every day actually is."
Sandberg called her recent and difficult life lessons "the greatest irony of my life, that losing my husband helped me find deeper gratitude, gratitude for the kindness of my friends, the love of my family, the laughter of my children. My hope for you is that you can find that gratitude — not just on the good days, like today, but on the hard ones, when you will really need it.
"There are so many moments of joy ahead of you," she continued. "That trip you always wanted to take. A first kiss with someone you really like. The day you get a job doing something you truly believe in. Beating Stanford. (Go Bears!) All of these things will happen to you. Enjoy each and every one."
Follow USA TODAY tech reporter Marco della Cava on Twitter: @marcodellacava
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This Sunday, Vector Group Charitable Trust will open its doors wide to the Kiribati Te Puke Community. Indeer, who is himself from Kiribati, had a look through our Te Puke multi purpose community venue today. We are excited about the opportunity to collaborate with the Pacific community. Steve Fawcett, the CEO of Vector Group Charitable Trust is originally from Papua New Guinea and as a fellow Pacific Islander is keen to see the diverse ethnic representation of the Te Puke community come together as one big family.
Mauri … this is Hello and Welcome in Kiribati!
Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, comprises 33 coral atolls and isles stretching along the equator. With lagoons and white-sand beaches, many of its islands are uninhabited, offering a remote setting for fishing, diving and bird-watching. The crowded capital, South Tarawa, made up of small islets, retains remnants of WWII battles fought on its shores, and is known for folk dancing and handicrafts.
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Canggu Villa 3249
This villa is located in: Canggu, Bali
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Villa 3249 offers a blissful retreat just metres from Batu Bolong surf beach in Canggu on Bali’s south-west coast. Hidden behind private walls and resting amongst lush tropical gardens, this four-bedroom villa is perfect for families and groups seeking a traditional Bali-style getaway within easy walking distance of some of the island’s hippest, healthiest, happening hang-outs. Larger groups can book the villa together with neighbouring three-bedroom Villa Kedidi for a seven-bedroom option.
Child friendly and with warm and attentive staff, guests will find it hard not to relax and unwind in this beautiful Balinese home-away-from-home. Whether it’s lazing by the pool, taking a stroll through the rice fields or catching a wave at one of Canggu’s popular surf breaks it won’t take long to succumb to the infectious island spirit.
Villa 3249 is a gem of a villa for families and friends seeking a relaxed and comfortable holiday at an affordable price. Located next to its sister, three-bedroom Villa Kedidi, this four-bedroom villa is the epitome of simple luxury.
Beautifully designed in classic Balinese style the villa features timber pillars and high serapwood ceilings, garden bathrooms, traditional artefacts, a free-form swimming pool and lush tropical surrounds, home to a myriad of exotic plants and birdlife (you may even see a cockatoo).
Just 100 metres from the beautiful black volcanic sands of Batu Bolong Beach, the villa is perfectly placed for exploring Canggu’s cool cafés, innovative restaurants and chic boutiques, yet retire to their own quiet little slice of paradise at the end of each day. Catch a wave, build a sandcastle or be mesmerised by the setting sun – you will soon feel the peace and tranquility that this Island of the Gods is famous for.
This family friendly villa has everything you need, from high chairs, baby cots and toddler-safe cutlery to pool toys, kids movies and lots of lawn for letting loose. The warm and hospitable staff are excellent with children and the in-house chefs are well-equipped to cater for the fussiest of eaters. And knowing that the family is well cared for gives adults more time to relax. Chill out in the poolside balé, pamper yourself with a spa treatment or enjoy a sunset cocktail at the five-star Hotel Tugu next door – the list is endless.
A true home-away-from-home, the villa will embrace you with its character and charm. It’s no surprise that guests are eager to return year after year.
Villa Layout
A private path bordered by plants and limestone carvings leads to the villa’s traditional Balinese doors. Behind these doors guests are greeted by an aling-aling wall (a short partition wall which, according to traditional belief, protects the villa from bad spirits), a fishpond and a bubbling water feature.
The main two-storey pavilion houses the master suite, one guest bedroom, the living area and the kitchen. Adjacent to this is the dining balé, and to the far side of that the other two guest bedrooms lie side by side below a thatched roof.
Each room faces the lagoon-style pool and lush gardens enabling guests to enjoy the peace and tranquillity from every angle, while those wishing to embrace the spiritual side of Bali can observe daily offerings being made to the gods at the villa’s very own garden temple.
Overlooking the pool, the villa’s open-sided living area is a great place to unwind or watch a movie under the cooling breeze of the ceiling fans. Decorated with an array of Indonesian artefacts and antiques this room evokes vivid images of ‘old’ Bali. Two comfortable red sofas, topped with bright yellow and blue cushions face a carved wooden coffee table at one side of the pavilion, while a table and chairs at the other provides enough seating for four to enjoy breakfast or an afternoon snack – or perhaps a board game.
Two beautifully carved Balinese dancers pose on either side of the kitchen doors at the rear of the living room. The modern kitchen comes with stainless steel appliances and all essential childrens equipment.
Standing close to the living pavilion and fringed by lush vegetation, the thatched dining balé with its solid wood table and two large bench seats provides the perfect setting for a casual dining experience.
At the heart of the villa lies the lagoon-style salt-water swimming pool surrounded by manicured lawns and lushly landscaped gardens. Every tropical plant you can think of is on display here, from flowering frangipanis to impressive fan palms and clinging stag-horn ferns.
The delightful poolside balé is the ideal place to soak up the atmosphere or indulge in a massage or spa treatment. If a suntan is your goal, then stretch out on one of the poolside loungers, order an ice-cold drink, relax and enjoy.
All four of Villa 3249’s air-conditioned bedrooms are similar in design with polished cream terrazzo floors, ceiling fans, beautifully carved wooden beds draped with mosquito nets and antique batik throws. Tastefully decorated with Javanese antiques and traditional paintings and portraits, the rooms are very homely and comfortable. iPod docks in all bedrooms and TV/DVD players (in all but bedroom four) add a modern touch, while the lovely garden bathrooms, dotted with bluestone pebbles and with open-air showers, inject tropical style.
The ground floor master suite (with the additional luxury of a tub in its bathroom) lies immediately off the main living area, with glass sliding doors opening onto the pool. The upstairs guest bedroom has great views over the gardens and is accessed by a wooden staircase from the living room.
Bedrooms three and four are tucked away in their own pavilion with a shared veranda for cheeky daytime naps on the comfortable bright red daybeds. One of these rooms features a giant four-poster bed large enough to sleep four children (2 of which may incur extra cost) or two adults.
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Masseuse, babysitter available on request
Pool 11m x 4.7m with US certified pool safety fence
PABX phone system available for local calls, IDD on request
Satellite TV and DVD player
Stereo system with CD player
The Locale
Villa 3249 lies at the beach end of Canggu’s thriving Jalan Pantai Batu Bolong, a country lane that has experienced an amazing transformation over the last few years and is now home to some of Bali’s hippest haunts. You’ll find a number of excellent cafés, bars and restaurants within a few minutes’ walk of the villa. Among them are the chill-out beach bars, Old Mans and The Lawn, popular vegetarian venues Betelnut Café, Milk & Madu and Crate, and the ever-elegant Hotel Tugu. Batu Bolong Beach, just 100 metres from the villa, is renowned for its world-class surf breaks and rugged beauty; it’s the ideal location to catch a wave, take a stroll along the sands to nearby Echo Beach or capture the sun setting over an ornately carved sea temple.
Denpasar Airport: 20km
Seminyak: 13km
Kuta: 16km
Tanah Lot/Nirwana Bali Golf Club: 12km
Canggu Club: 7km
Ubud: 35km
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Once the original city of Lafayette, this elegant district of New Orleans was created in the 1800s to rival the magnificence of the French Quarter and provide a space for wealthy Americans to disconnect their business lives from their home lives. Today, it is home to the rich and famous of New Orleans and continues to be a sight of beauty and prosperity in the city. On this walking tour, you'll learn all about the history of the area and explore the locations that make it so beloved. You'll also hear about why one of the oldest street car lines in the country, the St. Charles Line, was created here and how this impacted the development of the area. Explore the Lafayette Cemetery and discover why it differs in design from other burial lands in the city.
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Take a walking tour through the history and beauty of the former city of Lafayette
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New Orleans is a noted party town and with good reason. But these days finding your way past all of the big name chains and into its real heart and soul can a futile endeavor. That's why this tour pairs you with an insider that knows the city's best kept secrets. You'll be embarking on cocktail-laden tour that'll introduce you to all the top bars, including a few renowned mainstays along with some hole-in-the-wall gems. Featured are two of the city's oldest establishments, Tujague's and Antoine's, both established way back in the mid-19th century. Unravel the history of some New Orleans revelers' favorite beverages, including grasshoppers, absinthe, and sazerac. As an added bonus, you'll also have the opportunity to try Abita Beer, one of the area's top microbrews. At the end of your adventure, you'll finish things off right by enjoying a French 75 Champagne Cocktail and Souffle Potatoes at Arnaud's.
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Looking for boo-coo fun that won't have you making dodo? This French Quarter walking tour will hit all the right marks. You'll be in the qualified hands of a knowledgeable insider and fellow foodie, who will introduce you to some of the best culinary hot spots, many of which you won't find in a guidebook. You'll be filling up on samples that on past tours has included seafood gumbo, red beans and rice, beef brisket with creole sauce, jambalaya, muffalino, gelato, turtle soup, and shrimp arnaud. In addition to a number of hole-in-the-wall establishments that will instantly charm you, you'll check out two of New Orleans' most renowned restaurants, Antoine's and Tujague's - each of which has been around since the mid-19th century! Along the way, you'll learn the difference between creole and cajun, get a roux cooking demonstration, and learn about the history and culture of this food-lover's paradise. What you say, boo?
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As the closest team of agents in the area, your group has been asked to investigate the Ansar market. The market is closed for the evening and is not known to be a criminal hotspot. However, your “routine check” ends up taking a quick turn and suddenly, the fate of the world rests on your shoulders. With no time to send backup, can you rise to the occasion and save the day? The Escape Game is America's #1 escape room experience for everyone from families to coworkers. Our innovative designs and highly trained game guides create unforgettable experiences for adventure seekers around the country. Your goal is simple: work together as a team, testing your wits and skills, to escape from a locked room. While the objective is simple, the game is challenging. Getting through the locked door will require finding clues, solving puzzles, and working together. Perfect for everyone from families to thrill seekers to corporate groups, our intensely energetic games and enthusiastic customer service will turn your hour of game play into a lifelong memory. Book today to see if you can keep cool under pressure and escape from the locked room in under 60 minutes.
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Get ready for an exciting challenge of beating a thief at his own game. A famous piece of artwork has gone missing and it is up to your covert team to recover the invaluable masterpiece. If you succeed in your mission you will become national heroes! If you fail, you will be treated as a common criminal by the authorities. The Escape Game is America's #1 escape room experience for everyone from families to coworkers. Our innovative designs and highly trained game guides create unforgettable experiences for adventure seekers around the country. Your goal is simple: work together as a team, testing your wits and skills, to escape from a locked room. While the objective is simple, the game is challenging. Getting through the locked door will require finding clues, solving puzzles, and working together. Perfect for everyone from families to thrill seekers to corporate groups, our intensely energetic games and enthusiastic customer service will turn your hour of gameplay into a lifelong memory. Book today to see if you can keep cool under pressure and escape from the locked room in under 60 minutes.
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The Best Flavored Vodka Made in America of 2018
By Sam Slaughter September 5, 2018 9:00AM PST
Dan Baker/The Manual
The Manual Spirit Awards recognize the people making the best damn booze in America. Across nine categories — Bourbon, Rye, Single Malt American Whiskey, Unaged Rum, Aged Rum, Vodka, Flavored Vodka, Gin, and Brandy — we blind-tasted multiple products from around the country to determine our champions. Each of the winning bottles was judged on appearance, aroma, palate, finish, and how well the product represented the category as a whole. Our focus on smaller craft distillers in the U.S. allowed us to highlight spirits that, we hoped, our readers either have not heard of or had the opportunity to try yet.
Best Flavored Vodka
St. George Spirits Green Chile Vodka
As the category name suggests, flavored vodka is a spirit that is, at first, colorless, odorless, tasteless, and bottled at no less than 60 proof, but has had some sort of flavoring added (as well as sugar, in some cases). Since any natural component can be included, liquor store shelves hold everything from typical flavors such as fruits or vegetables to cotton candy, Swedish fish, and more.
This category was difficult because each vodka expressed such different flavors. In order to pick a winner, we chose based on what we felt came the closest to expressing the truest nature of the ingredients featured. In the case of the St. George Spirits Green Chile Vodka, a blend of hot and sweet peppers brings out incredibly vibrant aromas and flavors without being overwhelming.
St. George Spirits Green Chile Vodka is made with five different types of peppers (jalapeño, Serrano, habanero, and red and yellow bell peppers), as well as lime and cilantro to create a full-bodied, spicy liquor. It is available in most states.
Appearance: St. George Green Chile Vodka is clear with a greenish tint.
Nose: You know immediately what you are getting with this vodka. Fresh jalapeños and spice greet you before you get to the citrusy lime and bright, garden-y cilantro notes.
Palate: Alive is probably the best way to describe the palate. This vodka reveals itself over multiple sips, with the various peppers — jalapeño, serrano, habanero, bell — all seeming to come to the surface at one time or another. The heat from the peppers is present, but not overpowering, playing nicely against the heat of the alcohol. Throughout, you get an undercurrent of the citrus and cilantro that you originally got on the palate.
Finish: Clean and neat, the medium-short finish leaves you with vegetal flavors and heat on your tongue.
About the Distillery
St. George Spirits, one of the pioneers of craft distilling in America, was founded in 1982 by a German man named Jörg Rupf who visited Alameda, California, and found the local produce to be amazing, but the local beverages less so. Rupf came from a family of distillers and set out to make eau de vie (a clear fruit brandy) using fruit from the Bay Area. Although eau de vie was a niche product in America, Rupf inspired a new generation of distillers who would build the craft movement. Rupf and St. George’s current master distiller, Lance Winters, expanded the company’s product line and found huge success with the Hangar One vodka brand, which was eventually sold. After that, St. George Spirits had the financial freedom to experiment, creating a wild array of spirits. In addition to various vodkas, eau de vie (which St. George now calls “fruit brandies”), the distillery also makes gins, single malt whiskey, and even absinthe, among others. St. George’s current vodka lineup includes All Purpose (a mellow spirit made with pears), California Citrus (infused with Valencia oranges, Seville oranges, and bergamot), and Green Chile.
How to Enjoy It In a Cocktail
Bull Shot
With a spicy flavor profile, there are only so many classic cocktails that Green Chile Vodka would work in. We decided to go with the Bull Shot, as this is The Manual, and what is more Manual-esque than a cocktail that involves a meat-based product? Salty, beefy, spicy, the Bull Shot is like a meal in a glass. Think of it like a Bloody Mary without the tomato (which is what it was originally meant to be).
Glass: Collins glass
Tools: Stirring spoon
1 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
.5 oz vodka
4 oz beef bouillon
.25 oz lemon juice
1 dash Tabasco sauce
1-3 Jalapeño slices, seeds removed
Method: Pour ingredients into Collins glass and stir well. Add ice. Make a cut in jalapeño slices and slide onto the rim of the glass to garnish.
Best Flavored Vodka Runners-Up
Hangar One Makrut Lime Vodka Prairie Organic Cucumber Flavored Vodka
Hangar One Prairie Organic Spirits
Alameda, California Minneapolis, Minnesota
If you need a boost of crisp citrus flavor in a cocktail, you can’t go wrong with Hangar One’s Makrut Lime, a great flavored vodka out of California. It makes for a simple, yet flavorful, vodka and soda. Minnesota’s Prairie Organic uses a corn base and English cucumbers for a fresh, cool flavor. The result is a soft vodka that easily imparts pleasant cucumber flavors without being overwhelming.
Article by Sam Slaughter
Additional reporting by Will Nicol
Copy editing by Nicole Raney
Photography by Dan Baker
Video by Dan Baker and Riley Young
Art direction and page layout by Genevieve Poblano
Creative team: Will Hawkins, Hanif Jackson, and Chris DeGraw
Shot on location at Grand Army Tavern in Portland, Oregon
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Calibration Technician 2
A leading global security company, Northrop Grumman provides innovative products and solutions in autonomous systems, cyber security, and complex logistics to government and commercial clients.
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom and democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have a lot of fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Calibration Technician 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Redondo Beach, CA.
The selected candidate will calibrate test and measuring equipment and signal generating equipment to conform to set standards. Perform onsite tests, calibrations, adjustments, and maintains electromechanical, mechanical, optical, pneumatic, hydro mechanical, and pressure-type measuring and indicating instruments. Sets up calibration sequences, methods and procedures according to detailed specifications, blueprints, drawings, and requirements.
The Calibration Technician 2 distinguished by demonstrated competence in executing measurements, performing routine repairs, performing calibrations in one or more discipline areas and detecting and resolving basic problems.
-Services, repairs and calibrates test and measuring equipment. Executes routine diagnostic techniques and adapts equipment to accomplish necessary repairs and measurements
Collect, compile, measure, summarize, and record data gathered during calibration.
- Identify and correct measurement errors, as applicable.
- Prepare Calibration Reports and certificates. (generate templates)
- Assists higher skilled technicians by following technical advice to solve unique or difficult calibration and repair problems.
- Contacts equipment suppliers to obtain detail technical information on calibration and repair methods and parts information.
- Participates in on-the-job training and related formal education
- Operates computer software for instrument controllers / computers following established formats and programs
- Performs laboratory housekeeping
The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels. Candidate must be comfortable in a lab environment and be able to collaborate closely with engineers, technicians, customers and auditors.
High School Diploma or equivalentand2 year of related experience in a calibration lab and metrology functions.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance
Two (2) years of technical, vocational or pre-engineering education and three (3) year experience in metrology functions.
Demonstrated experience in routine calibration and maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of precision measuring equipment and calibration systems.
Technician must have thorough knowledge of test equipment capability and typical usage
Active DoD Security Clearance
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
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Deneuve, Hawke film 'The Truth' to open Venice Film Festival
By The News · 21 of July 2019 10:38:24
AP Photo,, No available, This combination photo shows actors, from left, Catherine Deneuve, Ethan Hawke and Juliette Binoche, who star in Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film “The Truth.” The film will open the 76th Venice Film Festival on Aug. 28. (AP Photo)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 76TH Venice Film Festival is opening with Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “The Truth.”
Festival director Alberto Barbera announced the selection starring Catherine Deneuve, Ethan Hawke and Juliette Binoche in a statement Thursday.
This is the first time in years that Venice has not started with a Hollywood film. Recent openers have included “First Man” and “La La Land.”
“The Truth” features Deneuve as a French movie star who reunites with her daughter and son-in-law after publishing her memoirs. The director said the small family story takes place primarily inside a house.
The film will premiere on the Lido in competition on Aug. 28.
“The Truth” is the Palme d’Or-winning director’s first film to be made outside of Japan. He directed last year’s Oscar-nominated drama “Shoplifters.”
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June 20, 2009 | Feature Article
WHY EFCC SHOULD GO AFTER PASTORS IN NIGERIA
By Kenneth Uwadi
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) needs a wider scope of operation in Nigeria. One should not be snubbed for suggesting that EFCC should be mandated to look into the ugly scenario in the Nigerian churches. The anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria should not be for Public Office Holders alone. EFCC should be extended to the churches too. Pastors should be made accountable. They should also be made to explain where they get money to buy Jets, Flashy and expensive cars, fat bank accounts, as well as multi-million naira properties in parts of Nigeria such as Lagos, Abuja and in some other parts of the world. This may be termed funny, but it is high time EFCC be allowed to beam search light on churches in Nigeria.
The corrupt practices ravaging Nigeria like wild fire is stinking to high heavens. From government establishments where officials divert public funds to personal bank accounts, to Academic institution where Vice Chancellors, Rectors and lecturers loot and embezzle. What of so many Public corporations which have been grounded due to poor leadership, to private businesses where operators connive to exploit ordinary Nigerians in order to make huge profits. The Church of God, which is supposed to be above board, is full of unrighteousness and financial mess. True, Some Churches are house of lies, frauds, corruption, materialism, and financial impropriety. No body wan talk for fear that the pastors will render curses on them. Look around Nigeria, you will find out that almost all available spaces, kiosk, and stores have been converted to money making churches. There are a lot of things wrong in the Christian community in Nigeria that until they are corrected, the church will not have a major impact in the leadership of the country.
In many Nigerian churches we find lack of accountability, wrong teachings, fake and false prophesies, self glorification, worship of money and materialism, bribery and corruption, fake miracles, assault and even murder. After all Mrs Obiageli Patricia Chidiac,Imo state born Society Lady was murdered in a church,who knows what happened .Church is now big paying business in Nigeria. It therefore becomes attractive to all Dicks and Harry. One guy I know said he is going to be a pastor.When asked why,he said “church na where the money dey now oo” . No wonder former cinema houses and hotels are being converted to churches in Nigeria, today.
The tithe is one of the numerous ways through which pastors steal from church members. They also rob church members through offerings, building project funds and evangelical fund. And increasingly, churches are being set up solely as business concerns rather than to win souls or to depopulate the kingdom of darkness as Pentecostals like to say.EFCC where are you.
sometime in December 2007 , the “trendy” and “charismatic” Overseer of Christ Chosen Generation Revival Ministry, Pastor Eze Nnamdi Ofoegbu wrote a petition to the police against the General Overseer of Lord Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry, Pastor Lazarus Muoka. Ofoegbu demanded the sum of N317 million from his former pastor (Muoka) being what he sank into the church from inception up to the time they parted ways. He said it was an investment, based on an unwritten agreement between them. Ofoegbu said then“What I am asking for is the fulfillment of the agreement we both entered into, an investment into the work of God for which there will be profit and returns. We both agreed that I invest my life savings and that we are going to reap it many fold when the time comes. I believed him and I invested all that I had including the one that did not belong to me. When the time of harvest came he started finding faults with me to embarrass me and frustrate me out of the church.
A man invests with the hope of reaping, I started investing in this project since 2004. From that time till when I left I had invested over N300m, that expanse of land where the church is today and the fleet of luxury buses you see there are part of the investments, the planting of the church in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, Abidjan, Ikoyi and Ibadan are also part of the investments. These are aside the series of crusades we held across the country and beyond.”
Ofoegbu also said “I am not asking for what I have given to the Lord, far from it. If you have given to the Lord, you have given to the Lord. What you give to the Lord are tithes, and offerings in different forms.
Nobody goes back to say I want my offering back or I want my tithes back, no. If you give these to the house of God, you have given to the Lord.”
“I only mention these because these are the areas. Where he said I should go ahead and put money and that the church was going to refund me. There are so many other areas like advertising in print and electronic media which I cannot really go into now. It got to a point when I had spent virtually what I had, in fact, it was like he hypnotized me, he cast a spell on me whereby I was pumping money into the church foolishly, now the scales have fallen off my eyes, I now realize my folly. I am awake to a realization that it was not normal and I hereby demand for a refund, especially for the repayment of the money of my partner from you and your organization.”
Nothing illustrates the greed for money by pastors who run Nigeria's big churches like the story behind the birth of Covenant University, owned by Winners Chapel. When the University was being conceived and built, every church member was expected to contribute meaningfully to the university project fund and during Sunday services, young and old, poor and rich were made to part with their hard earned money because like the offerings and tithes, the church demanded handsome contributions from its members for the project. However, when the university project was completed and the school opened; the school fees pegged at almost half a million naira per semester, effectively ensuring that an overwhelming majority of Winners Chapel members cannot send their children to the Covenant University.
It is pastors that have direct access to church funds. Gripped by the desire to make more and more money, churches are diversifying into all kinds of businesses, including outright trading, banking, setting up schools. For example, the Redeemed Christian Church of God owns not just a money-spinning university, it also own New Life Microfinance Bank. Like Bishop David Oyedepo's Winners Chapel, its (RCCG) university is for the rich. Some times,church members watch helplessly in many churches as ministers trade punches and curses at each other over Church- money. They registered the churches in their names with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Their wives and children are the trustees. So, why should you question the way they run their churches. The church is their personal properties.
When will Pastors become accountable .Congregation don't know the total amount of tithes, offering, and pledges collected in their church, or cash at hand or cash at bank, total income and expenditures. Pastors or Church leaders must practice what they preach. They must be honest, holy and righteous. Religious leaders must lead by example and desist from slacking in their obligations to God and their congregation. EFCC should be extended to the churches. Pastors should be made accountable. They should be made to explain where they get money to buy Jets, Flashy and expensive cars, fat bank account, as well as the multi-million naira properties scattered all over the world. Some Pastors in Nigeria have been reported to have up to 30 billion naira in single bank account.EFCC where una dey. We need not forget in a hurry sometime in 2005 when the $4 million provided by renowned American cleric, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, for a crusade in Nigeria developed wings. According to reports, those saddled with the responsibility of using the fund to organize a serious evangelical campaign simply pocketed it. EFCC where una dey..
What about the too many fake miracles in churches? Miracles with no proper verification. So many pastors use an electric-shock device that when activated would send shock waves through anyone they touch, making them assume that they had been touched by the Holy Spirit.I know of a cripple in our days in Uniport,that usually stay at the front seat whenever any Big name men of God visit Uniport for crusades. He never get any healing.
Fake healers,they will lace their body with gadget's low-volt electricity and once they touch anybody on crusade ground, the person will fall – ostensibly gripped by the Holy Spirit.”
They use the device to hoodwink unsuspecting members of the public, who regard them as powerful men of God.EFCC where una dey.
- Kenneth Uwadi
http://www.cityweeklynews.com
http://famouspeoplenews.wordpress.com
Disclaimer: "The views/contents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of Kenneth Uwadi and do not necessarily reflect those of The Nigerian Voice. The Nigerian Voice will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article."
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The Reisig family – former residents of Aldergrove – are seeing the holidays in a whole new light after Matt miraculously recovered from the rare onset of a syndrome (Guillian-Barre) that paralyzed the 32-year-old father in March. (Submitted photo)
‘I’m just happy to be alive’: Once-paralyzed B.C. father makes a full recovery
Matt Reisig recovers, celebrating a Christmas he once thought impossible
Sarah Grochowski
Aldergrove-born Matt Reisig is back at home, making holiday memories with his wife and one-year-old daughter Ayla this Christmas.
It’s something many, including Reisig himself, thought impossible after being paralyzed chest-down by Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in late February.
Reisig was unable to breathe on his own, eat, and hug “daddy’s little girl” for months after first being rushed to Peace Arch Hospital, with what felt like the flu.
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“It was tingling in my arms and legs,” Reisig described, “an overall weakness.”
Now, Reisig hopes to raise awareness about GBS – a mysterious inflammatory disorder where the immune system attacks its nerves instead of the virus the body is sick with, according to Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
There is no known cause for the condition.
Initially after falling ill, Reisig – a small-business owner and painter – remembers trying to push back client appointments one week, offering them a discount as an incentive for waiting.
But within seven days, on March 7, the 32-year-old father would be intubated and on life support.
“It’s still hard to talk about,” Reisig told the Aldergrove Star.
“I don’t want anyone else to go through what I went through.”
After the initial GBS diagnosis, the disorder sucked the “drive” out of him, along with the loss of his motor skills except for slight head, shoulder, and face movements including nods and eyelid twitches.
“I thought GBS had ruined my life,” Reisig told the Aldergrove Star.
Through it all, his wife Ashley stuck by his side at Surrey Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit, managing to sleep nightly on a pull-out couch in his room.
“I would come home once every four days or so,” she explained. Even her mother, Ayla’s grandmother, relocated from Kamloops to care for the one-year-old full time.
Ayla was uncomfortable and scared seeing her dad incapacitated.
Ashley became Reisig’s main mode of communication, and ultimate source of hope.
She tuned-in to what her paralyzed husband was mouthing with his lips.
And for when she wasn’t in his room, Ashley made a whiteboard list of Reisig’s needs and feelings.
For instance: “I need… suction, a nurse, my wife. Or I feel cold, pain,” she said about the list. Reisig reacted to truths pointed out the only way he could, in minute movements.
“When Matt was at his worst, I was constantly telling him, ‘It’s going to be okay, I know it isn’t now but it will be’ and, ‘This will end. This isn’t forever’ and ‘You’re going to make it through this.’”
A turning point came after Reisig faced a week of especially painful nerve pain, but with extreme effort, moved his fingers.
Unbeknownst to Reisig, Ashley had been posting regular status updates to her Facebook page, chronicling 147 days of her husband’s condition.
Soon the statuses became the only connection the patient had to the outside world.
Bedridden and defeated, “it got to the point where if Ashley wasn’t there I would ask others to read my update and the comments,” Resig retold.
When he managed to gain wrist and arm movement, he read through all the messages on his own and “had a good cry,” he said.
“You don’t really know how big your village is until you’re going through something.”
An online GoFundMe account for the family has raised over $20,000, which “got [them] through” living and medical expenses, and is still able to accept donations.
There are two days in hospital Reisig will always remember: his wedding anniversary and his first real meal – a reuben sandwich after months of feeding tubes turned-to liquids.
On the Reisigs’ fourth wedding anniversary, he asked his physiotherapist to help him sketch a heart on canvas with the words “I love you.”
The artwork that Resig said “looks like our daughter did it” now rests on their bedside table at home.
Throughout the five-month ordeal, Reisig said he lost a total of 45 pounds, all of which he has gained back, “and five pounds more,” he chuckled.
Undoubtedly, the most crucial part of Reisig’s recovery from GBS was “getting off the ventilator,” Ashley explained. “We would go down to the lowest level of it and then Matt would panic.
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“It was a mental switch that had to happen in him,” she said. After that occurred, within a week Reisig was breathing on his own, lungs strengthening from their use.
“I told myself I was going to walk again,” Reisig explained about his fight for life. And after 16 weeks in the hospital, he did just that.
Reisig returned home to South Surrey on July 24.
Since going public, Reisig has been able to connect with other victims of GBS, ones as young as 11 years old.
“One boy felt like he couldn’t connect with anyone because of what he went through,” Reisig said about a Calgary child who was diagnosed with GBS.
“He remembers screaming in his head like I did,” frustrated by the inability to move or communicate.
Ashley has also been sent hundreds of messages from people all over the world affected by the disease.
Christmas this year looks a lot different for the Reisigs, who before GBS, found the holidays a hectic time of obligation.
“I’m walking every day, hitting the gym… Ayla likes to lay on my chest and sit with me and watch TV,” Reisig beamed.
The Reisigs have dedicated time to visit with Santa and watch their daughter’s face light-up in wonder of the season.
“It’s all so surreal,” Ashley said.
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A Dastango Tells the Dastaan of Mahatma Gandhi’s Return to India
Divyani Rattanpal
Talent: Firoz Khan
Script: Danish Iqbal
Editor: Kunal Mehra
Camera: Abhay Sharma
The story of how Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi became a Mahatma has inspired millions all over the country – rather, all over the globe.
Now as old art forms like the dastangoi find their way out, The Quint is trying to revive some of these art forms through digital storytelling. We bring to you Dastaan-e-Gandhi, the story of Bapu’s return to India and his journey from being an ordinary mortal to the Mahatma.
To the uninitiated, a dastaan is a verbally recited epic that has its origins in dastangoi – a 13th century Urdu storytelling art form performed by a skilled dastango (storyteller).
Dastaan-e-Gandhi has been performed by dastango Firoz Khan and written by Danish Iqbal.
The italicised lines below are a translation from the original in Hindustani authored by Danish Ali.
His arrival blessed the soil of India.
He showed us the path, and awakened the country from its deep slumber.
He was a true patriot – who lived for his country, and died for it too.
He was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Dastaan-E-Gandhi: A Digital Dastaangoi
From his childhood, Mohandas had great faith in himself,
There was a lot of determination in him. He also he had striking confidence
Whatever he set his mind to, he would achieve it,
And once he decided something, he wouldn’t go back on it
One day, Mohandas shocked his family when he said he wanted to study in England,
And return from there as a big barrister
Listening to this, silence engulfed the Gandhi household
And his mother … almost fainted.
But the son was stubborn, everyone knew.
A Jain monk lived nearby…
…who his mother went to, and said, "Please knock some sense into Mohan,
Give him some advice … and even do any remedies if the situation so requires".
The sadhu replied, " This child is going to fly high, do not stop his flight"
Let him do anything he pleases
The Mother, helpless, then said, "Okay then.. Ask him to take a vow. That he will never eat meat, nor will he ever touch an Englishwoman".
And so, in 1888, Mohandas arrived in England,
He stayed there for three years, and prospered quite a lot
At first he was a gentleman who loved to dance and sing
But then he had such a change of heart, that he began reading the Gita and Ramayana
Then he started searching for the truth, from the Bible and Quran
He also acquired the wealth of knowledge from every possible human
After studying the law, this young barrister came back,
And within a year, earned a lot of name for his law practice.
Just then, he received a long letter from Dada Abdulla, a big businessman. It said, "Mohandas, come to Africa. I need you here."
Mohandas probably did not imagine that his visit to South Africa,
would turn into a stay for the next twenty years.
Mohandas repeated his success in Africa,
But there he also witnessed first-hand the discrimination that was happening under foreign rule.
Mohandas saw that the white rulers did not consider the African people as human beings
And did not even as much as look at Hindustanis.
Atrocities, discrimination and injustice was the order of the day.
The brute regime did not leave scope for humanity at all
Mohandas himself had to face discrimination there,
But to fight it, he chose the noble path of satyagraha
The world had never seen such a thing before
And just like that... slowly… this Gandhi started becoming a Mahatma.
Gradually thousands of people followed him
And then after improving the lives of Hindustanis in Africa
Mahatma Gandhi came back to his ‘vatan’ in 1914.
After coming back, he visited the entire country,
The prophet of peace went door to door, spreading his message of non-violence
To all those Hindustanis who were dreaming of self-rule.
This was also the time when the British wanted Hindustanis to fight against Hindustanis,
Divide-and-rule was their mantra
The story goes that after coming to India
Mahatma Gandhi opened an ashram in Sabarmati,
And from Champaran to Ahmedabad, waged a peaceful war against every injustice
The country agreed with everything the Mahatma said,
And slowly, millions of Indians began following him
Mahatma Gandhi's fame spread out of the country as well
And the whole world began to feel hope courtesy this one man
Bapu went from village to village, and issued a clarion call.
He said, "Wake up Bharat, it's time to be in your senses.
Break away the chains of sorrow, and run away from the pain”
Bapu said to every Indian,
"My countrymen, the progress of our country is possible
When our people will be free…
only our country's Independence will bring about change"
(End of translation)
Cut to 2018. India has been independent for 71 years now. Decades of change have swept the country. But has all that change been good?
The Country Bapu Left Behind
As our desh celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Bapu, it is confronted with some strange realities — realities that would have definitely saddened Bapu had he been alive today.
One wonders what Bapu, who practised ahimsa all his life, would have to say about reports of lynchings and mob justice that make headlines today.
One wonders what Bapu, who preached everyone to go with satya or truth at all times, would have to say about those spreading malicious fake news through WhatsApp and other social media.
Surely, the man who stood for peace and tolerance between different religions would have dismissed the hate-mongering that is being broadcast LIVE through TV studios and from the pulpits where politicians spew propaganda.
As worrying trends of hate plague our nation, we hope that Gandhi’s work and endeavour continues to inspire us always.
(This video was first published on 2 October 2018. It is being republished from The Quint’s archive to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.)
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Daffodil Hill Home To Harbingers Of Spring In Sierra Foothills
By ROSE ALBANO RISSO
209 Living Correspondent
VOLCANO — One small town in Amador County equals one big attraction.
A feast for the eyes, a vista that rivals the golden glow of spring's sunshine. It's called Daffodil Hill.
This treasured place in the small village of Volcano is aptly named. The seven-acre hillside (seven acres out o the 540-acre Daffodil Hill ranch) is home to not just hundreds of daffodils but literally hundreds of thousands of the springtime bloomers. All planted lovingly by hand by the now-multi-generational members of the family of Arthur and Lizzie McLaughlin who started this slice of heaven in the late 1800s. Lizzie, family members happily share, loved daffodils and started it all by dividing and replanting the bulbs around their Sierra Nevada foothills property every spring. It's a tradition that has since been continued to this day through six generations by the McLaughlins' great-grandchildren who are now the current owners of the property.
"We plant between 12,000 and 17,000 bulbs annually," said a smiling Teresa Ryan who is married to one of the three McLaughlin grandchildren, Martin Ryan who is Amador County's Sheriff.
The other brothers are Michael and George, the latter an attorney in the neighbor city called Jackson.
All members the close-knit families that include wives, children and grandchildren, plus some of their close friends actively support this annual springtime family tradition.
Everyone is involved not just during the days when Daffodil Hill is open to visitors but in the fall when they plant more bulbs.
"This is what happens when you marry into the family," smiled Teresa Ryan who kept busy during the 2017 spring season walking around assisting visitors who needed help or just to answer their questions. Other family members and friends were busy in the other parts of the seven-acre spread, with some manning the gift shop near the entrance.
Everyone's help is welcome given the fact this biggest attraction in Amador County in the spring, and perhaps throughout the year, attracts big crowds everyday it's open.
"We have thousands of visitors every day especially on weekends," that is, every day "as the weather permits, qualified Teresa Ryan who, like the other family members working, was wearing Daffodil Hill's trademark "uniform" - a yellow shirt emblazoned with the garden park's embroidered name.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors come from all over California - with some coming from Nevada - to get a glimpse of the delicate living golden carpet.
Some of the friends of Daffodil Hill are service clubs and organizations such as the Soroptimist International of the area which came out last year to serve barbecued and other picnic fare to sell food for those who wanted to eat lunch in the middle of a garden spectacle.
COMPLETE RELIANCE ON MOTHER NATURE
Unlike most annual events, Daffodil Hill days are not set in stone when it comes to its opening day, or even the days when it is open and how long the gates are open to visitors. That's because the delicate bulbs depend on Mother Nature for their blooming season. Bloom season goes by the old adage, "as unpredictable as the weather."
Last year, it was the rains - so welcome after years of drought in the Golden State - that was the main unpredictable element. This year, it's the rains and the snow.
"We just can't seem to catch a break!" was the statement posted by the family on the Daffodil Hill's Facebook page on Friday.
"Due to ongoing snow and rainfall we are still unable to open and will not be open for Dandelion Days.?? We will be sure to post updates as we can, but at this point it doesn’t look like we will be able to open for a while," the announcement added.
"We cannot open in poor weather and it typically takes 2-3 days after rain for our walking paths to dry out."
Because of the unpredictability of Mother Nature, those who plan on visiting the place are encouraged to check out the Daffodil Hill Facebook page for the latest updates, or to call ahead of time so as not to waste any precious minutes getting there only to find the gate closed.
The drive to Volcano is quite a distance from Jackson, but you can feast your eyes on plenty of countryside and hillside vistas along the way.
The weekends are the busiest days, so plan to arrive early or later in the afternoon to avoid the expected crowds. Better still, if you can, time your visit on a weekday when there are fewer visitors.
209 INFO BOX
*WHAT: Daffodil Hill in Volcano, Amador County
*PARKING: Free
*ADMISSION: Free. However, donations are gladly accepted. All donations go toward the purchase of more bulbs to be planted.
*FOOD: Picnic areas available. * In case you didn't bring lunch, or forgot to pack a food basket, head across the street for a sit-down meal provided by a non-profit organization which raises funds from the food sales. In so doing, you're helping another good cause. Last year, the tri-tip ribs, chicken, and desserts were provided by the area's Soroptimist International members and volunteers.
MORE INFO: Visit the Daffodil Hill Facebook page or call 209.296.7048.
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What are Specimen Validity Tests?
Urine is the most commonly used specimen for drugs of abuse testing. This is primarily because urine is readily available in large quantities and contains high concentrations of parent drugs and metabolites. It is hence, an accepted way of testing for specimen validity when monitoring for abused drugs whether within the workplace, criminal justice system (e.g. drug courts) or for compliance.1 In general, human urine reflects drugs consumed within the past several days depending on drug use.
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Despite all the benefits and ease in testing urine specimens, urine samples are extremely susceptible to tampering1, making it tempting for participants to either use adulterants or dilute their urine. In addition to performing specimen validity testing, collectors should also check temperature and visually inspect the specimen for color and viscosity to assess possibility of adulteration. Urine samples are adulterated in order to obtain a false negative result by the patient or participant. Testing for adulterants assures validation of negative results and confirms sample validity.
Specimen validity tests (SVT) are methods used on a urine drug screen specimen to detect for substitution, adulteration, or dilution. Thermo Fisher Scientific provides Specimen Validity Tests for creatinine, specific gravity, oxidizing agents (e.g. nitrites) and pH.
Testing participant samples every time using multiple Specimen Validity Tests allows you to create a historical map of the expected “normal” results for a particular participant. A deviation from the normal parameters is evidence of dilution or adulteration. For problematic participants with a history of relapse, urine specimens should be routinely tracked using various specimen validity tests. Doing so allows drug testing facilities to track participants and creates a powerful tool to help confront denial. At the end, testing urine samples for specimen validity ensures for a more effective drug monitoring program.
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Drug concentrations in urine can be influenced by dilution (drinking large amounts of water) or dehydration. Creatinine levels in the urine are a good indicator of this phenomena.2,3 The higher the creatinine, the more concentrated the urine and vice versa. Creatinine Adjustment, also referred to as Creatinine Normalization, is used to normalize the creatinine concentration of urine to an expected average creatinine concentration.
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“Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards. Volume II”, NADCP, 2015, www.nadcp.org/Standards.
Cone, E J, et al. “Normalization of Urinary Drug Concentrations with Specific Gravity and Creatinine.” Journal of Analytical Toxicology., U.S. National Library of Medicine, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19161663.
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Alan Shearer predicts where Man United will finish this season
Alan Shearer is tipping Man United to finish in fourth place in the Premier League table this season
By The Sport Review staff Sunday 11 August 2019, 00:00 UK @thesportreview
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Photo: MUTV)
Alan Shearer is backing Manchester United to finish in fourth place in the Premier League table this season.
The Red Devils are preparing to kick off their Premier League campaign when they host Chelsea FC at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
Manchester United finished in sixth place in the table last term and without a trophy after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was brought in to replace Jose Mourinho back in December.
The Red Devils made three main signings in the summer transfer window after having concluded deals for Daniel James, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire.
Their main target this season will be to secure Champions League qualification, and former England star Shearer believes that is within their reach, despite admitting that he has concerns about Manchester United’s attacking force.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Sport, Shearer said: “It is six years since United were champions and in that time they have not come close to regaining the title.
“At first it felt strange when they were not contenders, but now we are getting used to it – and it would be a surprise if they got close to City and Liverpool this season after finishing 32 points off the top last time out.
“I have backed them to finish fourth but I have concerns about their firepower after they sold Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan on deadline day, and did not replace him.
“They have got Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Alexis Sanchez and Jesse Lingard in their attack, and some young talent in Mason Greenwood in reserve, but they do look light up front.”
Manchester United have not won the Premier League title since Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season in charge in the 2013 campaign.
The Red Devils opted to sack Mourinho back in December of last year after a poor start to the campaign left them well off the pace in the race for a top-four finish.
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Euro 2012: Super Mario Balotelli on target to finish as top scorer
By John LeicesterThe Associated Press
Fri., June 29, 2012timer4 min. read
KYIV—He put Italy in the European Championship final. He shamed the morons who have been making monkey noises at him because he is black. And he salvaged the honour of Europe’s strikers, by making sure these Euros didn’t set a new record for goal-scoring sterility. In short, self-proclaimed genius Mario Balotelli had an outstanding night to finally match his nickname, Super Mario.
Euro 2012 had had 260 minutes of football without a goal — with 0-0 draws in two consecutive matches that went into extra time — before the Italian striker thumped his header past German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, the first of two goals he scored in Thursday’s semifinal to put the Azzurri into their first European Championship final since 2000.
The longest stretch without a goal at the Euros was in 1996, according to tournament organizers UEFA. Vladimir Smicer scored for the Czech Republic in the 88th minute against Russia. The tournament then waited 262 minutes — through 0-0 quarter-final draws between France and Netherlands and England vs. Spain — until Juergen Klinsmann ended the drought with a penalty for Germany against Croatia in the 20th minute of their quarterfinal at Old Trafford.
When Balotelli scored Thursday night in the 20th minute, wriggling free of marker Holger Badstuber to head home Antonio Cassano’s cross, these Euros were within a hair’s breadth of setting a new goal-drought record. In short, the Italian spared a few blushes of embarrassment for Europe’s current crop of strikers, the big men like him that teams look to for goals but who have been somewhat off-colour at this tournament.
There have been plenty of goals — 72 in total, including the two by Balotelli in Italy’s 2-1 semifinal defeat of Germany, a squad packed with talent that is slowly earning an unwanted reputation as chokers, because here and at the 2010 World Cup they fell in the semifinal and lost the 2008 European Championship final to Spain.
But many Euro 2012 goals haven’t been scored by the players one might expect, the star forwards like Balotelli.
Mario Gomez, the German striker with three goals at Euro 2012, had a shocking night against Italy, and was pulled off by coach Joachim Loew at halftime.
Cristiano Ronaldo was impressive for Portugal in the quarterfinal against the Czech Republic and in the group stage against the Netherlands, finding the net three times. But his scoring touch deserted him in the semifinal against defending champions Spain, one of the matches that had to be decided on penalties after 120 minutes with extra time finished 0-0. The other was Italy’s quaterfinal with England.
France’s Karim Benzema, prolific alongside Ronaldo at Real Madrid, never got off the mark at Euro 2012. Neither did Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. And his Netherlands teammate, Premier League top scorer Robin van Persie, went home with just one goal. England’s Wayne Rooney was a flop, too. Even Balotelli has been erratic here. Against Spain in Italy’s first match, he was one-on-one against Iker Casillas but then slowed almost to a stop, allowing defender Sergio Ramos to tackle him before he could shoot past the Spanish ‘keeper and captain.
Balotelli said in a magazine interview before Euro 2012 that scoring is a question of willpower.
“When I decide to score, I will score,” he told France Football. That was the same interview where he declared, “Yes, I think I am a genius.”
There was certainly a touch of genius in both Italian goals on Thursday at the National Stadium in Warsaw. For the first, Andrea Pirlo delivered one of the laser-like passes he is famous for from deep in the Italian half, Giorgio Chiellini chested it down on the Italian left wing and passed to Cassano, who then wriggled past two German defenders to deliver the pass that Balotelli jumped for and sent goalward with his shaved head that is decorated with a thin Mohican-style strip of hair down the middle.
For the second, Balotelli took a long pass from Riccardo Montolivo, chested it down, knocked it forward and then hammered the ball before Philipp Lahm could tackle him. Neuer could only watch, rooted to the spot, as Balotelli’s right-footed strike curved past into his net. Mesut Oezil scored Germany’s goal, from a penalty.
Balotelli doesn’t like to celebrate his goals. “When I score I don’t celebrate, because I’m doing my job,” he said before the semifinal against Italy. “When the postman delivers your letter, does he celebrate?”
But he celebrated this time, shaking his blue shirt with fury after his first goal and then ripping it off after his second and clenching his muscular arms and torso like a bodybuilder. For that, the referee gave Balotelli a yellow card.
Balotelli also scored with a superb strike against Ireland. He now has a total of three goals, the highest total of any player still at Euro 2012.
Super Mario, indeed.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman yesterday recorded DAP central executive committee (CEC) member Ronnie Liu’s statement over his attendance at the 30th Hatyai Peace Agreement gathering in Kajang on Dec 1.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department’s Prosecution and Legal Division principal assistant director SAC Mior Faridalathrash Wahid when contacted confirmed the matter.
He said Liu, who is also Sungai Pelek assemblyman, arrived at about 3pm and left about an hour later.
Meanwhile, Liu’s lawyer, Rampkarpal Singh, said his client recorded his statement under Section 505 (c) of the Penal Code.
On Dec 1, about 300 individuals, some believed to be former members of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) attended a gathering held in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Hatyai Peace Agreement which was signed between Malaysia and CPM on Dec 2, 1989.
Liu was reported to have attended the gathering. — Bernama
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The logo of the National Rifle Association is seen at an outdoor sports trade show on February 10, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images]
Watchdog Group: NRA Made ‘Illegal’ Donations to GOP Candidates
Another campaign watchdog has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing the National Rifle Association of illegally coordinating its support for three GOP Senate candidates.
The latest complaint, from the American Democracy Legal Fund — the legal arm of the liberal super PAC American Bridge 21st Century — says the NRA “made illegal in-kind donations to the Senate campaigns of Richard Burr, Matt Rosendale, and Josh Hawley in the form of coordinated television advertisements” and calls on the FEC to sanction the group. It is the fifth complaint to be filed with the FEC demanding an investigation into the NRA’s use of the same vendors as the campaigns it supports to evade laws barring campaigns from sharing information with outside groups.
Like the previous complaints, from the nonpartisan watchdog Campaign Legal Center and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the ADLF complaint relies on reporting by The Trace, which has teamed up with Mother Jones to investigate the NRA’s finances and political influence.
Earlier this month, The Trace and Mother Jones reported that both the NRA and the campaigns of Burr, Rosendale, and Hawley used a firm called National Media Research, Planning, and Placement or its affiliates to purchase television advertising. In several cases, Federal Communications Commission records show, National Media’s chief financial officer, Jon Ferrell, authorized ad purchases for the campaigns and the gun group at the same time. While election laws permit campaigns and the outside groups that support them to use common vendors, FEC regulations require the vendors to establish internal “firewall” agreements to ensure that the firm doesn’t act as a conduit for information.
Paul Shumaker, a consultant for the Burr campaign, told The Trace that National Media said it had such a firewall in place. “The Burr Campaign was informed by [National Media co-founder and CEO] Robin Roberts that they had all internal agreements in place,” he said. “The Burr campaign is fully prepared to respond to the FEC when they receive the complaint.”
Asked how such a firewall agreement would permit Ferrell to buy ads for both the NRA and Burr, Shumaker said, “You need to be talking to National Media.”
National Media, the NRA, and the offices of Burr, Hawley, and Rosendale did not respond to requests for comment.
Jessica Furst Simpson, an attorney for Hawley’s campaign consultancy, OnMessage, told The Raleigh News & Observer that the complaint was “a partisan press release.”
“The Hawley campaign and its vendors take compliance very seriously, and maintained and executed comprehensive, compliant firewalls upon advice of counsel,” she told the paper. “Suggesting otherwise is nothing shy of an attempt to manipulate the legal process and the press for political gain.”
The Campaign Legal Center has alleged in an FEC complaint that OnMessage itself was a conduit for illegal coordination between the NRA and a variety of GOP Senate candidates in 2014 and 2016, through a “functionally indistinguishable” shell company called Starboard Strategic.
Simpson did not respond to a request for comment from The Trace.
– John Cook
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Welcome Home Astronaut Kelly and Cosmonaut Kornienko!
March 1, 2016 by science.howstuffworks.com
A year in space is an extraordinary achievement, but it's still just a step toward our goal of getting to Mars. A trip to Mars and back would last about 30 months (assuming nine months for each leg and about a year in orbit). It's not just that Mars is far away — it's that explorers will have to wait for the orbits of Earth and Mars to line up to make best use of fuel and resources. To them, a year in space might seem like a brief layover. … [Read more...] about Welcome Home Astronaut Kelly and Cosmonaut Kornienko!
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It’s Elisabeth
September 12, 2017 by www.avclub.com
Viola Davis as Annalise Keating on How To Get Away With Murder Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne/Offred on The Handmaid’s Tale Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings on The Americans Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy on Westworld Robin Wright as Claire Underwood on House Of Cards Elisabeth Moss is the clear frontrunner for her stellar turn as Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale, a potentially long overdue win given her tragically unawarded work on Mad Men. But overall this is a strong category, with Viola Davis already having taken home this award two years ago, and Keri Russell’s and Claire Foy’s award-winning work on their respective shows. But in the end, it’s Elisabeth Moss’ award to lose. For the rest of Erik’s analysis, check out the video above and stay tuned for more of The A.V. Club’s Emmy Round Up. … [Read more...] about It’s Elisabeth
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Russia confirms it will appeal 4-year Olympic ban
3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago Friday, December 27 2019 Dec 27, 2019 December 27, 2019 6:20 AM December 27, 2019 in News
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has confirmed that it will appeal its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data.
The Russian anti-doping agency, known as RUSADA, sent a formal letter Friday disagreeing with the sanctions imposed earlier this month by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The case is now heading to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Next year’s Olympics in Tokyo will be the third consecutive edition of the games preceded by a legal battle over Russian doping issues.
RUSADA said it “disputes the notice in its entirety,” including the evidence of tampering with the data archive. The data was handed over in January and was meant to clear up past cover-ups, but has led to more legal tussles.
RUSADA’s own CEO, Yuri Ganus, attached his own note of protest to Friday’s letter. Ganus is critical of Russian officials and had disagreed with the decision to appeal. He was overruled by his agency’s founders, which include some of Russia’s most influential sports leaders.
The WADA sanctions ban the use of the Russian team name, flag or anthem at a range of major sports competitions over the next four years, including next year’s Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup.
However, Russian athletes will be allowed to compete as neutrals if they pass a vetting process which examines their history of drug testing, and possible involvement in cover-ups at the lab.
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Our NEWS (National Early Warning Score) implementation toolkit is featured in NHS Improvement’s latest patient safety resource alert, which brings together a range of resources to help NHS organisations reduce the harm caused by a failure to recognise and respond to patients of all ages at risk of deterioration.
Patients of all ages are known to suffer harm if deterioration in their condition is not detected or acted upon in a timely or effective manner. Research has shown that 26% of preventable deaths were related to failures in clinical monitoring. These included failure to set up systems, failure to respond to deterioration and failure to act on test results. In 2015 around 7% of patient safety incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) as death or severe harm were related to a failure to recognise or act on deterioration.
Many acute hospitals and other organisations have developed programmes and tools to improve the recognition and response to deterioration. This resource alert from NHS Improvement, supported by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), highlights that when Early Warning Scores (EWS) are placed within a whole safe system of care they produce better outcomes for patients. The resources included are designed to help NHS organisations take a whole system approach to reducing the harm caused by a failure to recognise and respond to patients of all ages at risk of deterioration. This includes working with patients and families; providing education and training; open and consistent reporting and learning; and improving patient safety culture.
Our NEWS implementation toolkit is included in the resource collection for the adult deteriorating patient, alongside analyses of NRLS data and learning from Serious Incident investigations, and a range of resources, toolkits and eLearning from organisations including the RCP. These resources support the timely recognition and initiation of treatments for the deteriorating patient, including patients deteriorating through sepsis.
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Find out more about our Safer Care Through NEWS programme at our next event in Bristol on 15 September. This event will focus on the communication of NEWS at patient handover across their care pathway, aiming to learn and share from experiences across the region and to agree standards and methods of communication of NEWS between organisations, underpinned by quality improvement science and methodologies. For full details and how to book your place, visit www.weahsn.net/event/the-deteriorating-patient-handover-to-me-handover-to-you.
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Matt Dusk, My Funny Valentine: The Chet Baker Songbook Special
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An exclusive AM740 broadcast from the ZoomerPlex in Toronto. Canadian Jazz Crooner Matt Dusk returns to his jazz roots to release his fifth full length studio album entitled My Funny Valentine: The Chet Baker Songbook.
AM740 Host Norm Edwards chats with Matt about the music and his change in style from the large and grandiose sounds of Bobby Darrin, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to the understated melodies of Chet Baker. With My Funny Valentine, the JUNO-nominated performer reintroduces and reinterprets Baker’s repertoire for a new generation in front of a live audience.
This former choir boy said that he would allow himself a glass of scotch late at night in his studio to get relaxed and into the mood before recording the famous Chet Baker songs. He made this album “to be listened to at night in the company of someone’s arms. Music is the atmosphere to be romantic”, and that this album is the perfect soundtrack for an intimate evening. Jazz music has enamoured this crooner since his teenage years, and this type of music allowed him to meet the ladies while crooning at karaoke.
Fall in love with Matt Dusk with My Funny Valentine: The Chet Baker Songbook Special.
1. “Let’s Get Lost”
2. “Time After Time”
3. “Angel Eyes”
4. “My Funny Valentine”
5. “Embraceable You”
6. “Someone To Watch Over Me”
7. “That Old Feeling”
8. “All The Way”
9. “Come Rain or Come Shine”
All photos by Chelms Varthoumlien
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Our beautiful county is a place where you can watch things grow, where you can kick back, relax and enjoy a balanced pace of life. It is about the people, the community and the distinctive character.
Let the natural and wholesome beauty of Herefordshire speak for itself.
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The City of Hereford straddles the banks of the River Wye and is the natural centre of Herefordshire life. Quite simply, it’s a wonderful place to take a break.
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You couldn’t make Mortimer Country up. It’s a wonderful unspoilt area of north Herefordshire, nestling into the Shropshire Hills AONB and the Radnor Hills of Powys.
Set in the heart of the Herefordshire Marches, Leominster sits halfway between Ludlow in Shropshire and Hereford at the heart of Herefordshire.
Kington in the North West of Herefordshire, is one of the five market towns of Herefordshire long with Leominster, Bromyard, Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye. Kington, bordering with Powys
There’s a good reason why Bromyard has earned the nickname ‘The Town of Festivals’. Bromyard, nestling between the two cathedral cities of Hereford and Worcester in the east of the Herefordshire.
Nestled at the foot of the Malvern Hills to the east of Hereford, Ledbury is a haven for poetry and culture. The area has seduced and provoked more than its fair share of notable Poets. It’s not hard to see why.
There’s no mistaking Ross-on-Wye in south Herefordshire as a market town. St Mary’s Church spire has shaped the skyline of Ross-on-Wye for over 700 years.
The River Wye flows along the Anglo-Welsh border and from Mordiford, just south of Hereford, through the south of Herefordshire, the Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
There are so many reasons to visit Symonds Yat in south Herefordshire. Bordering the Royal Forest of Dean to the south and lush agricultural pastures to the north.
Only the Dulas Brook separates Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales and its English ‘suburb’ Cusop, which is in Herefordshire.
There’s almost something enchanted about Herefordshire’s Golden Valley as it winds its way sheltered between the Black Mountains and the banks of the River Dore.
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Home Where we Operate Cape Verde Media Centre Press Releases Nurturing atheletes through conservation
Vivo Energy Kenya, the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in the country, has given the 2019 Kakamega Forest Marathon a boost of five hundred thousand shillings (Kshs 500,000) to support the marathon set for 30th November 2019.
This year being the sixth edition of the marathon, will see over 1200 runners compete in 42km, 21km and 15km races. The marathon will follow a breath-taking route through the heart of Kakamega Forest. Runners will range from professional athletes to passionate running enthusiasts. Kakamega Forest marathon is a breeding ground for athletes who end up becoming world champions.
Last year, Vivo Energy Kenya supported the marathon with a similar amount of money. The marathon had 1,050 participants. Brigid Kosgey who won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons and the 2019 London Marathon is also the record holder of 2018 Kakamega Forest 21km women race. Proceeds from the marathon were able to secure 18, 000 indigenous tree seedlings, that were planted this year during the long rains of March to April.
The marathon is a brainchild of the Kakamega Forest Heritage Foundation established with the sole purpose of advocating for the preservation and conservation of Kakamega Forest, the only remaining rain forest in Kenya and the furthest East remnant of the Guinea Congolian rain forest that is scattered across Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Kenya. The Forest provides a unique sanctuary for a remarkable diversity of endemic plants, birds and insects. The forest is an important watershed for rivers that flow into Lake Victoria.
Kakamega forest is also invaluable to the people living around it, many of whom depend on it for timber, fuelwood, herbal medicines, building materials and food. The forest is also important to the local community for a number of ceremonies and religious practices. This valuable and unique forest is highly threatened due to encroachment for new land for agriculture and settlement and over-harvesting of forest resources.
Speaking during the cheque handover ceremony at Vivo Energy Kenya offices, Mr. Hannington Kimathi of Kakamega Forest Heritage Foundation said, “The Kakamega Forest Marathon is part of a wider project to sensitize the world on the need to protect the indigenous forest. The Marathon is sanctioned by Athletics Kenya and is internationally recognized.” He added that the marathon is the flagship event of the Kakamega Forest Marathon Week, which begins on Monday 25th November 2019. The marathon week features a number of activities amongst them; Shell Advance Boda Boda’s treasure hunt, tree planting, Kakamega style bullfighting, and the bicycle marathon.
Angela Munyua, Vivo Energy Kenya Communications Manager said, “Our support towards the conservation of Kakamega Forest affirms our vision of becoming the most respected energy business in Africa.” She added, “We are excited to be part of the Kakamega Forest Marathon week that will not only conserve the only remaining rain forest in the country but also nurture the talents in athletics and bicycle cyclists amongst others.
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CD REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — PARISINA D’ESTE (M. Devia, D. Gonzales, G. Zancanaro, D. Kavrakos, T. Tramonti; Bongiovanni GB 2569/70-2)
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Parisina d’Este—Mariella Devia (Parisina), Dalmacio Gonzales (Ugo), Giorgio Zancanaro (Azzo), Dimitri Kavrakos (Ernesto), Tiziana Tramonti (Imelda); Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor [Recorded ‘live’ in performance at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence, Italy, on 20 May 1990; Bongiovanni GB 2569/70-2; 2 CDs, 159:56; Available from Bongiovanni, NAXOS Direct, Amazon (USA), jpc (Germany), and major music retailers]
As befuddling as why some singers achieve worldwide recognition whilst equally-qualified colleagues toil in relative obscurity is the question of why the caprices of fate consign exceptional singers to neglect by record labels. With few aspects of opera in the Twenty-First Century as lamented as the perceived decline of genuine bel canto in the exalted tradition of Giulia Grisi, María Malibran, and Giuditta Pasta, the paucity of commercial recordings featuring Chiusavecchia-born soprano Mariella Devia is as baffling as it is frustrating. In generations past, it was Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer, another celebrated scion of the royal house of bel canto, who reigned as Queen of the Pirates, ignored by major labels but adored by aficionados, who eagerly collected private recordings of her performances. Now, Gencer’s crown has passed to Devia, whose commercial discography is inexplicably sparse: aside from studio recordings of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Linda di Chamounix and professionally-produced ‘live’ recordings on hard-to-find labels, aural preservation of the excitement that Devia has generated in her bel canto outings is woefully inadequate. Even an event as significant as Devia’s triumphant return to New York as Elisabetta opposite Stephen Costello’s absurdly-maligned portrayal of the title rôle in Opera Orchestra of New York’s 2014 concert performance of Roberto Devereux was not recorded for broadcast or commercial release! In the age of Gencer, the major labels had Callas, Sutherland, Scotto, Sills, and Caballé, of course, but for whose benefit has Devia been overlooked? Every new release bearing Devia’s name among the cast is cause for anxious anticipation, and Bongiovanni’s release of this performance of Donizetti’s 1833 Parisina d’Este, recorded in the same theatre, Florence’s Teatro della Pergola, in which the opera was premièred, is a welcome addition to the recorded legacy of one of the most important artists in the history of bel canto.
Alas, despite considerable assets, Bongiovanni’s new release of what sounds like a decently-captured, minimally-remastered in-house recording of a performance from the 1990 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino production of Parisina is not the caliber of tribute that Devia’s singular gifts deserve. Mostly free from audience noise aside from curtailed applause, the usual bronchial intrusions, and a spectacularly ill-timed nasal noise of indeterminate origin that upsets the delicate atmosphere of the heroine’s first entrance, the sound quality does not impede enjoyment of the performance, but the distortion and peaking that result from the boxy, claustrophobic acoustic are unkind to the voices, especially the raison d’être prima donna. Under the well-schooled baton of Bruno Bartoletti, a veteran of the Maggio Musicale orchestra who was in his penultimate season as the Artistic Director of Maggio Musicale at the time of this performance, Donizetti’s music is performed with an apt dose of the verve that the conductor reliably brought to early Verdi repertory during his five-decade tenure with Lyric Opera of Chicago. Bartoletti’s tempi for arias and cabalettas are uniformly appropriate, and he paces ensembles with obvious instinct for Donizetti’s modes of scene construction.
Their work not reproduced in anything approaching high-fidelity sound, the Maggio Musicale choral and orchestral forces are precisely what an informed listener might expect them to be: enthusiastic, committed, and slightly provincial. [It should be noted that standards have increased exponentially in the years since this performance of Parisina was recorded. Today, the Florentine musicians often match and sometimes exceed the levels of excellence expected of their Milanese and Venetian counterparts.] As clamoring courtiers, boisterous soldiers, refined ladies-in-waiting, and offstage boatmen, the choristers sing vigorously. That individual voices are frequently distinguishable among the ensemble is perhaps more a circumstance of stage blocking and positioning of the recording device than of problems with training and balance. The instrumentation of Parisina cannot have failed to delight Donizetti’s illustrious tutor Johann Simon Mayr, and the Maggio Musicale musicians play their parts with the authentic Italian gusto that the score demands.
Portraying Parisina’s lady-in-waiting Imelda, soprano Tiziana Tramonti is heard here near the beginning of a career that has subsequently taken her to many of the world’s most familiar opera houses in leading rôles. Her duties in Parisina are confined to scenes with her mistress in all three of the opera’s acts, but Tramonti sings capably throughout the performance, spiritedly supporting Devia and making her mark as a singer of great promise.
The supple, sonorous voice of Greek bass Dimitri Kavrakos flows through Donizetti’s music for Duke Azzo’s minister and Ugo’s adopted father Ernesto like the sparkling waters of the Aegean. In his Act One scenes first with Azzo and then with Ugo, Kavrakos convincingly plays the parts of courtier and concerned father, sensitive to the insecurities of both his employer and his foster son. Kavrakos’s voice anchors the finale primo handsomely, his lower register retaining its impact even in ensembles. Kavrakos lends great immediacy to Ernesto’s utterances in the Act Two scene with Ugo, powerfully depicting the character’s distress with tones that blend beauty with granitic strength. Furthering the grand impression made in the Act One finale, the bass delivers Ernesto’s lines in the finale secondo with unwavering authority. Like Devia, Kavrakos is too-little-represented on commercial recordings: the quality of his performance in this Parisina makes the meager chronicling of his considerable bel canto credentials all the more regrettable.
In the ranks of important Italian baritones of the Twentieth Century, Giorgio Zancanaro merits inclusion alongside Pasquale Amato, Giuseppe De Luca, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Taddei, and Ettore Bastianini. A native of Verona, Zancanaro came to singing relatively late in life, without formal training and following a stint as a police officer, but his polished-brass timbre, well-integrated vocal registers, and easy upper extension were apparent from the start of his career. As a Verdi baritone, he had few wholly-qualified peers during the peak years of his career, and his singing as Azzo in this performance of Parisina reveals that his mastery of Verdi repertory was founded upon a solid bel canto technique. His singing of Azzo’s Act One cavatina ‘Per veder su quel bel viso’ and cabaletta ‘Dall’Eridano si stende’ exudes aristocracy and ducal entitlement, and both the resplendent tone and magnificent top notes typical of Zancanaro’s best work abound. In the finale primo and the Act Two duet with Parisina, the baritone is a worthy partner for Devia, his vivid vocal acting lighting the soprano’s histrionic fuse. The indecision that grips Azzo in the finale secondo is obliterated by his merciless vengeance in Act Three, and Zancanaro rises to every challenge of the part, thundering thrillingly in the Act Three finale. That Zancanaro’s Azzo is less memorable than his Conte di Luna, Rigoletto, and Rodrigo di Posa is attributable to Donizetti, his librettist Felice Romani, and even Lord Byron, from whose 1816 poem of the same name the opera’s plot was derived, but this is a splendidly-sung performance of challenging music.
The punishing rôle of Ugo, the heroine’s exiled lover and, as is ultimately revealed, the unwitting son—by his first wife, thankfully—of her husband, was first portrayed by Gilbert Duprez, celebrated as the first tenor to consistently produce C5 with chest resonance. Recordings of different performances and/or different recordings of this performance from the 1990 Maggio Musicale production of Parisina have long been available from non-commercial sources, some of which cite Italian tenor Dano Raffanti as the portrayer of Ugo. Raffanti was listed for the rôle in the 1990 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia, and, while it is possible that Raffanti sang the part in some performances, the Ugo heard on these discs is unquestionably Catalan tenor Dalmacio Gonzales (né Dalmau González Albiol). Unfortunately, the bright-voiced Gonzales has the dubious distinction of suffering most from the recording’s ambiance—or, more accurately, the lack thereof. So reliably distant in the soundscape are his contributions to the performance that it could almost be alleged that the recordist endeavored to slight him, and assessing his efforts beyond confirming that he sings when Ugo is asked by Donizetti to sing is difficult. [In most available editions, Jerome Pruett endures a similar indignity in recordings of the legendary 1974 Opera Orchestra of New York Parisina with Monserrat Caballé. Is there some cosmic curse on the rôle, a sort of Duprez’s revenge?] The ears must strain to fully appreciate Gonzales’s performance, but the expenditure of effort is generously repaid. The tenor’s accounts of the impetuous Ugo’s Act One cavatina ‘Io l’amai fin da quell’ora’ and cabaletta ‘Per le cure, per le pene’ are fantastic, his slender, sinewy voice soaring through Donizetti’s daunting vocal lines and cresting on clarion, mostly secure top notes of which Duprez would have been proud. In the duet with Parisina, ‘Ma girne in bando ancora,’ and the finale primo, Gonzales’s Ugo proves to be an engaging lover, the tenor’s timbre contrasting markedly but blending appealingly with Devia’s. Both his aria ‘Io sentii tremar la mano’ and the cavatina ‘Questo amor doveva in terra’ in Act Two are sung stylishly and expressively, and Ugo’s desperate part in the finale secondo is enacted with dramatic intensity. A pioneer in the lineage of tenori di grazia that produced Juan Diego Flórez, Lawrence Brownlee, Javier Camarena, and Andrew Owens, Gonzales is here heard at the zenith of his powers, the continual struggle to hear him notwithstanding.
This recording of Parisina documents Mariella Devia’s artistry nearly two decades into her international career, a career still very much in progress: now traversing her sixty-ninth year, her schedule for the second half of 2016 and 2017 includes performances of the title rôles in Bellini’s Norma and Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, two of the most perilous parts in the bel canto repertory. Her professional début in Treviso in 1973 introduced her to the public in a rôle that was to be a cornerstone of her repertory, the eponymous protagonist of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. [Incidentally, in the same year in which she headlined Maggio Musicale’s production of Parisina, Devia sang in a now-legendary RAI Roma concert broadcast performance of Lucia opposite the Edgardo of Alfredo Kraus in which the score was performed without cuts and in the composer’s original, generally higher-than-traditional keys. A superb-quality recording of the broadcast is available on CD (catalogue number CA1671) from Australian retailer Celestial Audio.] At her first entrance in Act One, it is obvious that Devia was in excellent voice for this performance, but there is a surprisingly prominent suggestion of caution in her singing. Fidelity to Donizetti’s score only partially accounts for the relative paucity of the soprano’s trademark sopracuti. Still, her singing of Parisina’s Act One cavatina ‘Forse un destin che intendere’ and cabaletta ‘V’era un dì quando l’alma’ is undeniably exhilarating, the inimitable voice moving through the music with only a slight hint of sluggishness. Charges that Devia is primarily a vocal phenomenon are not wholly unfounded. She is not unfailingly an animated performer, but she is at her peak as a singing actress in the duet with Ugo and Act One finale in this performance, singing and emoting with equal aplomb. Devia approaches the Act Two scene with Imelda as a springboard for her beguiling voicing of the romanza ‘Sogno talor in correre.’ As reminiscent of Verdi’s energetic music for Macbeth and his dastardly Lady as of the duet for the titular heroine and her brother Enrico in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Parisina’s duet with Azzo unites Devia and Zancanaro in a glorious masterclass in the now-elusive art of bel canto. The quartet ‘Per sempre, per sempre, sotterra sepolto’ is arguably the finest music in the score, and Devia’s vocalism highlights its quality. The soprano is at her ravishing best in Parisina’s Act Three rondò, ‘Ciel, sei tu che il tal momento,’ the spot-on intonation and limpid tone above the stave spiraling intoxicatingly through Donizetti’s ascending lines. Disappointingly imperfect, this Parisina is nonetheless a gratifying addition to Devia’s gallery of recorded Donizetti portraits.
The success of many of Parisina’s companions in the Donizetti and broader bel canto repertories depends upon their leading ladies, and few leading ladies in recent years have borne the weight of bel canto performances more successfully than Mariella Devia. The discouragingly [and bewilderingly] lukewarm critical reception for Opera Orchestra of New York's May 2016 concert performance of the opera featuring Angela Meade, Aaron Blake, and Yunpeng Wang suggested that Parisina remains a difficult sell for modern audiences. That Mariella Devia sold it to the Florentine audience in 1990 is manifest in every phrase of her singing on this pair of discs. Her salesmanship deserves a better marketplace than this recording provides, but devotees of the Queens of the Pirates gratefully take what they can get.
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Dr. Hrishikesh D Pai
Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Gurgaon, India
Director, 26 years of experience , MBBS, MD, MSc, Fellowship Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon Highlights
Dr Hrishikesh Pai is one of the most experienced & renowned Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in India
He has a thriving experience of over 26+ years & has been instrumental in establishing the first Assisted Laser Hatching Unit in India.
He is also a pioneer in the field of Micromanipulation in India.
He has completed his MBBS & MD from Mumbai. Following which he did his MSc (Clinical Embryology & Andrology) from East Virginia Medical School, USA.
He pursued his Fellowship in Reproductive Biology from Royal Women’s Hospital, Australia, Fellowship in Obstetrics& Gynaecology from Indian College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
Dr Pi has been bestowed with the Rashtriya Ekta Award from Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Member of Parliament and RK Excellence Award for Excellent IVF Doctor in India.
He had been a former president of Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists and Mumbai Obstetrics & Gynaecological Society.
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Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon, Gurgaon, India
Senior Consultant, 33 years of experience , MBBS, MS, FRCS, MCh Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon Highlights
Dr Ashok Rajgopal is one of the most experienced & respected Orthopaedic surgeon in India.
With a coveted experience of over 32 years, he has a ground-breaking record of completing 25,000 Total Knee Replacement surgeries.
Dr Rajgopal was the honorary surgeon to the President of India.
Being an expert in sports medicine he had treated a number of famous sports persons like Pullela Gopichand (badminton player suffered a career threatening knee injury while playing doubles at the 1994 National Games at Pune)
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Dr Rajgopal has been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award which is the fourth highest civilian award.
He has his articles in renowned print media like Times of India ,The Hindu, The New Indian Express.
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Chairman, 40 years of experience , MBBS Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon Highlights
Currently associated as the chairman and managing director and is the chief cardiac surgeon at Medanta hospital, Gurgaon.
Considered India's most successful cardiac surgeon with experience of over 40 years
Performed over 48000 heart surgeries.
Founded the Escorts heart Institue & research Centre in 1988.
Expertises Cardiomyoplasty, myocardial total arterial revascularization, transmyocardial laser revascularisation, Reduction ventriculoplasty (Batista Operation), Heart port access surgery and robotically assisted cardiac surgery.
Specializes in Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic surgery.
Previously worked and held prestigious positions in various hospitals in US.
Served as personal surgeon to thePresident of India since 1991.
Awarded the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award and many more prestigious awards.
Former president of International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS), USA, and member of prestigious orgainsations like Society of Thoracic Surgeons of USA and The European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, to name a few.
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Director, 20 years of experience , MBBS, MS, MCh, Fellowship Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon Highlights
Dr Sandeep Vaishya is one of the finest & renowned neurosurgeons in India.
He has a successful practise of over 22+ years & has been associated with some of the best hospitals in India.
Dr Vaishya has completed his MBBS & MS from the well-known G R Medical College, Gwalior. Following which he did his Mch from the prestigious AIIMS, Delhi.
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Dr Sandeep Vaishya is considered as one of the finest brain and spine surgeons in India.
His specializations are Intracranial Brain Tumour Surgery, Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, Minimally Invasive brain and spine surgery and Image Guided Neurosurgery, Brachial Plexus surgery and Spine Surgery in India.
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25 years of experience , MBBS, MS, MCh Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon Highlights
Dr. I.P.S.Oberoi is one of the best knee replacement, hip replacement and arthroscopic surgeon in India specializing in all arthroscopic and joint replaement surgeries
Has done more than 7000 joint replacements with 97% success rates.
One of the only a few surgeons who have been trained to do an arthroscopic surgery for labral tear of the hip.
His special interests are Arthroscopic Surgery for Labral Tear of Hip, Arthroscopic Surgery for Sports Injury, Arthroscopic Surgery for ACL / PCL & Arthroscopic Surgery for Meniscus Repair
His specialties are Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedics, Joint Replacement Surgery & Arthroscopy
Member of renowned organizations, American association of Orthopaedics surgeons (AAOS ), Asia Pacific Orthopedics Association (APOA), Orthopedics Association of SAARC Countries, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), Asian Arthroscopy Society (Secretary), Indian Orthopedic Association (IOA )
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Hepatologist, Gurgaon, India
Chairman, 30 years of experience , MBBS, MS, FRCS Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon Highlights
Currently associated as the Chairman of the Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine department of Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon.
Established liver transplantation in India and has experience of 21 years as a Liver Transplant Surgeon and Hepatobiliary surgeon.
Performed over 1500 liver transplants and over 12000 other complex liver, gall bladder and bile duct surgeries.
Expertise are Liver Cancer, Cirrhosis, Bile Duct cancer, Gall Bladder Cancer, Biliary stricture, Liver Cyst, Liver Metastases and Biliary Atresia, to name a few.
Previously worked as Senior Consultant of Transplant / Hepato- biliary Surgery at Sri Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, in various hospitals in UK and as a Senior Consultant of Transplant at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Awarded The Padma Shri by the President of India for developing a comprehensive Liver transplant programme in country in 2010.
Member of prestigious organisations likeassociation of Surgeons of India, British Transplantation Society, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and many more.
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Chairman, 30 years of experience , MBBS, DNB, MCh Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon Highlights
Dr. V. P. Singh is a neurosurgeon with experience of 30+ years.
He has received Prize for best student in Anatomy, MBBS; second position in Delhi University, B.Sc.; Best paper award at the 4th Annual Indian Epilepsy Association Conference; Best paper award at the 7th Annual Indian Epilepsy Association Conference and Diploma of merit for an excellent poster at 3rd Asian Conference of Neurological Surgeons Nagoya.
He is credited with starting Gama Knife Unit and epilepsy surgery program at AIIMS, New Delhi.
He has operated over 400 intracranial aneurysm cases.
He has published more than 70 scientific papers and chapters in books and has been invited speaker at several national and international conferences.
He is a member of Journal of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurological Society of India, Secretary of Indian Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery, President of Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Executive Committee of Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
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Director, 34 years of experience , MBBS, MS, MCh Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon Highlights
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed Chishti, or Dr. Murtaza A Chishti, is a cardiac surgeon and heart-lung transplant surgeon with 34+ years of experience.
He has bagged many awards, including award by the Society of Heart Failure and Transplant at Kochi and award by Heart Failure 360 at 3rd Annual Conference. Additionally, he has been honored by CM Vasundra Raje with the “Certificate of Excellence” for his work in Organ Transplantation.
Dr. Chisthi has completed his MBBS and MS from University of Kashmir; MCh from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology.
He has done cardio thoracic fellowships in St. Mary's hospital, Milwaukee, USA; Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia and Prince Henry and Prince Wales Hospitals in Sydney, Australia.
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Spine Surgeon, Gurgaon, India
Senior Resident, 14 years of experience , MBBS, MS, Fellowship Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon Highlights
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He has performed more than 4000 spine surgeries including more than 1500 spinal fusions, 250 deformity correction procedures (Scoliosis and kyphosis), and 150 lumbar and cervical artificial disc replacements.
He has academic credentials from some of the best medical institutions around the world.
He has completed his MBBS from the prestigious AIIMS College, Delhi. Following which he pursued his Masters in Surgery (Orthopaedics) from the famous KEM College, Mumbai.
Dr. Garg did his Fellowship from Yale University, USA & Fellowship in Paediatric Spine Surgery from Philadelphia, USA.
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Dr. Garg has his publications both nationally and internationally and has written chapters in world-renowned books on spine surgery.
He holds special interests in Spine Surgery, Disc Replacement, Paediatric Spine Surgery & Scoliosis Surgery, Minimally invasive spinal fusions, Cervical spine surgeries, Spinal Deformity corrections (Scoliosis and Kyphosis), Occipitocervical fusions, Motion preserving spine surgeries, Artificial Disc replacements, TLIF (Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion), ACDF (Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion), Laminectomies, Microdiscectomies, Transthoracic surgeries, Spinal reconstruction for spinal trauma, infections and tumours.
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Currently associated as a Chairman of Division of Medical & Paediatric Oncology, Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplant at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon.
Expertise are Treatment of organ specific cancers, Leukemias and Lymphomas.
Previously worked as the Head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon.
Awarded with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, by the President of India, for contribution to the field of medicine on 14th April, 2009.
Member of prestigious organizations like Breast Cancer Foundation of India, Indian Association of Gynaec Oncologists, Indian Medical Association and Association of Physicians of India.
He has the unique distinction of having carried out the first 25 bone marrow transplants in any private sector hospital in North India.
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Madison, La Crosse Officials Push Back On Trump Fuel Efficiency Rollback
Local Governments Say Fuel Efficiency Standards Save Money, Help Economy
By Laurel White
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 2:25pm
Two Wisconsin cities are pushing back on the federal government’s move to roll back fuel efficiency standards for cars.
Officials in Madison and La Crosse are decrying the move, announced by the Trump administration Monday, as one that will hurt Wisconsin’s economy and endanger the health of Wisconsin residents.
"Why would we want to go back to a time when we are letting car emissions pollute and make people sick?" said Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison. "It's really kind of mind boggling."
The Trump administration said Monday it will move away from clean car standards set in motion by the Obama administration in 2012.
Under those rules, new cars manufactured in the United States would need to average about 54 miles per gallon by the year 2025.
The current administration argues those standards are too burdensome for auto manufacturers.
But Mahanth Joishy, who works as a fleet superintendent for the City of Madison, said Thursday the Obama era standards have saved money for the city. He said fuel efficient vehicles have saved the city money on gas and maintenance.
"A lot of these environmentally friendly cars cost us less to maintain — and less down time as well in the shop," Joishy said.
La Crosse officials held a similar event in February, calling on the Trump administration to reconsider its position on the regulations.
Despite the pushback, Joishy said the change to federal regulations is unlikely to change any policy in Madison.
"We’ll work together to fight for higher environmental standards, even if the federal government isn’t leading that effort," Joishy said. "Wherever there is a void in the federal government, I think local government has a role to play in filling that void."
The Trump administration said Monday it is beginning the process of developing new standards. It didn’t lay out a specific timeline for doing so.
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Details on the new WWE 2K20 video game and premium product offers
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The WWE 2K20 video game will include several franchise firsts alongside streamlined gameplay and a variety of popular modes.
The story-driven, objective-based 2K Showcase titled The Women’s Evolution will follow the careers of the Four Horsewomen – Becky Lynch, Bayley, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks. Controls will be streamlined to allow new players to jump into the game more easily, while experienced players will still enjoy a challenge.
In addition, WWE 2K20 players will be able to compete as both male and female Superstars in MyCAREER and mixed tag matches, while last year’s popular WWE Towers returns with exciting new challenges, including a story-driven Tower centered around the career of Roman Reigns.
The game will also introduce a new service model – WWE 2K20 Originals – set to deliver a wealth of 2K Showcase add-on content for player exploration beyond the game’s initial launch. Each of the WWE 2K20 Originals will present a new playable world and its own unique theme, with more details to be announced in the coming months. WWE 2K20 Originals is downloadable content that may require additional purchase.
In addition, 2K today announced details surrounding WWE 2K20 premium product offerings:
Players who purchase the WWE 2K20 Deluxe Edition, available in both physical and digital varieties at participating retailers, will receive in-game bonuses for the PS4 system, Xbox One and Windows PC. Offering more than 35% in savings, the WWE 2K20 Deluxe Edition includes the following items:
Copy of WWE 2K20 video game with Deluxe Edition packaging;
Accelerator – Take control of your WWE 2K20 experience with the Accelerator. Players can gain access to all unlockable content available at launch via the game’s Purchasable section and take full control of the overall rankings and attribute levels of all playable characters;
Kickstart – Get a leg up in your MyCAREER by unlocking and boosting your MyPLAYER ratings and attributes with 25 additional Attribute Points and 8 Additional Skill Points. Plus, get a 25,000 VC starting bonus to unlock more Superstar parts, Moves and more! In addition to this, start with all Boost Slots unlocked plus 15 free Boosts, 2,000 free Tokens and 400 free Deluxe Tokens;
Complete set of WWE 2K20 Originals content packages (more details to be announced);
Additional bonus digital content, including playable Superstars Chyna, in her first WWE 2K appearance, Hulk Hogan, “$500 Shirt” The Rock, and Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection Mankind(more details to be announced);
WWE SuperCard Limited Edition Cards (included with physical versions only).
About the WWE 2K20 Collector’s Edition
Players who purchase the WWE 2K20 Collector’s Edition at participating retailers will also receive in-game bonuses for the PS4™ system and Xbox One. Offering more than 40% in savings, the WWE 2K20 Collector’s Edition is available in physical format only, features a 20th Anniversary of SmackDown theme and includes the following items:
Copy of WWE 2K20 video game with Collector’s Edition packaging;
Additional bonus digital content, including playable Superstars Chyna, in her first WWE 2K appearance, Hulk Hogan, “$500 Shirt” The Rock, and Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection Mankind (more details to be announced);
Physical collectibles including: Exclusive WWE SmackDown! Ring Skirt Relic Piece (2002-2008), Limited Edition WWE SmackDown! Legend Autographed Plaque (Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio or Edge)
WWE SuperCard Limited Edition Cards.
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New WWE mobile game titled WWE Champions released for iOS and Android devices
WWE and Scopely today unveiled WWE Champions, a new, fast-paced puzzle/role-playing game for iOS and Android. The new WWE mobile game is available now for download free of charge on the App Store for iOS devices, as well as the Google Play Store for Android devices.…
Awesome movie-like trailer for WWE 2K20 revealed
A fantastic trailer for the WWE 2K20 video game was released by 2K Sports today suggesting that either Becky Lynch and Roman Reigns will be revealed as the cover Superstars tomorrow. The trailer features several WWE Superstars attending a black tie event with…
WWE’s video game publisher files for bankruptcy
WWE's video game publisher, THQ Inc., has filed for bankruptcy protection and Clearlake Capital Group secured an asset purchase agreement to finance the company. THQ will continue operating its business without interruption during the sale period, subject to Court…
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Human remains found in burning car, coroner says
Investigators working to identify remains
Updated: 7:11 AM EST Dec 11, 2017
Police lights
Human remains were found in a burning car Friday night in Greenwood County, according to the coroner. Coroner Sonny Cox said authorities were called about 5 p.m. to the car along Old Hastings Road in Ninety Six.Investigators said the car was destroyed in the fire.On Sunday, an autopsy confirmed that human remains were found inside the car, Cox said. The coroner said additional testing is needed to determine a cause of death.
GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. —
Human remains were found in a burning car Friday night in Greenwood County, according to the coroner.
Coroner Sonny Cox said authorities were called about 5 p.m. to the car along Old Hastings Road in Ninety Six.
Investigators said the car was destroyed in the fire.
On Sunday, an autopsy confirmed that human remains were found inside the car, Cox said.
The coroner said additional testing is needed to determine a cause of death.
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A Thankful Thanksgiving Part 1
Robbie & Cupcake
· Mission Accomplished,Autism
It was August 2016 when we were welcomed into the bewildering world of a then, 7-year-old fellow named Robbie. The eldest of three siblings, Robbie never cooed as an infant, or responded to his name, or interacted with other tots. At age two, he began having meltdowns. He didn’t begin to speak until age 4, about the time he was diagnosed with autism. Then he was diagnosed with both attention deficit disorder and anxiety disorder. Struggling with speech and language, he had trouble dealing with crowds and loud noises. All these issues caused Robbie to struggle in the classroom setting, where he was known to lose control, lash out and then recede into himself. Medications helped somewhat with the anxiety and attention issues, but loud noises or crowded situations (such as in restaurants) still caused Robbie to get over-excited, sometimes covering his ears, moaning and rocking. At home, he tended to stay off to himself, but then would erupt in a happy show of affection, such as when his grandparents came over and he hugs them tightly and pronounces, “I Love you!”
When Sarah and Jon reached out to W.A.G.S. for Kids in 2016 their goals were simple "To have a service animal that could help Robbie cope with the stresses of outside world." Having been advised, then, that a service dog could go far in keeping him calm and focused when the world around him becomes too chaotic. As any parent can understand, they dreamed of a day when Robbie would be able to find joy in every day childhood activities – attending school assemblies, being in a regular classroom setting, and making friends by being able to open up to his peers.
It has now been just over 6 months since Cupcake (affectionately known as CeeCee) has joined his forever home with Robbie and his parents. When we asked Robbie's mom, Sarah, how her expectations met the reality of having CeeCee in their lives she said simply "Although there is still a lot of training to do on my part and bonding to happen between CeeCee and Robbie, she has already helped him in many situations by providing him a focus in overwhelming situations."
The one thing that always seemed to keep Robbie calmer is the presence of animals. Around dogs, Robbie shows far less difficulty in expressing himself both emotionally and verbally.
As for Sarah, every day something new happens that shows proof that magic exists, "I have already recommended the organization to many people who ask me about service dogs for people they know who might benefit."
It is a very Thankful Thanksgiving for Robbie and Cupcake, thanks to you and your continued support of W.A.G.S. 4 Kids, our programs and our children! Stay tuned next Thursday for Part 2 of 2017's "A Thankful Thanksgiving" Blog series.
Should you feel so inclined to change the life of another child in Robbie's name, please click here to make your donation online today. Your gift today....will change their lifetime.
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Anna Wintour's Flawless Fashion Week Looks From 1994 to Literally Yesterday
by Maxine Eggenberger
As all eyes turn to the street style elite to see their eccentric fashion week wares, there’s another fashion force whose style, albeit more understated, we never fail to be impressed by: Anna Wintour. Far from being a slave to the trends, the editor in chief of Vogue U.S. —a position she's held since 1988—is known for her classic style. Printed dresses with coordinating coats are considered her uniform, as is her signature sleek bob and, of course, those Chanel sunglasses. It’s a look that’s served her well for over 20 years, and one we’ve come to expect throughout the course of fashion month.
At every single show, there’s a front-row seat specifically reserved for Anna in the mere hope she’ll make an appearance. And when she does, which to her credit is very frequently, we can count on her to look impossibly chic and ladylike. Needless to say, her decades of fashion week dedication shouldn’t go unnoticed, which is why we’ve decided to document her best-ever front-row looks, from the first snapped sighting of her sitting pride of place in 1994, all the way up to, well, yesterday. You know what to do—keep scrolling to see Anna Wintour’s fashion week outfits.
Style Notes: You're going to hear a lot of talk about printed dresses, cross-strap sandals and layered necklaces in this article. And, true to form, that's exactly what Anna chose to don to New York Fashion Week in September 2019.
Style Notes: Anna masterfully coordinates the colour of the gemstones in her necklace to that of her dress.
Style Notes: It takes guts to clash geometric and snake prints, but for Anna, it's a breeze.
Style Notes: Taking to the streets of Paris in February 2019 wearing a bottle-green leather coat, which enhances the vivid green in her dress beautifully.
Style Notes: Snake isn't the only animal motif in Anna's wardrobe repertoire. She's also a big fan of faux-leopard and fawn prints.
Style Notes: Leopard and snake prints in the same ensemble? And it works? Now you're just showing off, Anna.
Style Notes: Even Anna couldn't resist grabbing a scarf as she dashed out the door on a chilly day during New York Fashion Week in February 2019.
Style Notes: Chanel bouclé twin sets were practically created for the EIC…
Style Notes: Anna is a big fan of coloured leather, as her burgundy boots and coat prove. They make for the perfect accompaniment to her bold dress, which she donned during Paris Fashion Week in September 2019. But, of course, she already knew that.
Style Notes: Yes, Anna does rewear her clothes and shoes. Case in point? The previous slide.
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Style Notes: And again, only this time she's paired them with a graphic, '60s-style floral print dress. Parfait.
Style Notes: Anna seamlessly blends her striped and zebra pieces by sticking to a similar colour palette. We love the clash of her yellow shoes against the classic white and navy.
Style Notes: Anna defaults back to a floral and snake-print combination during New York Fashion Week in September 2018. Well, if it ain't broke…
Style Notes: Anna, we'll gladly take this checked trench off your hands.
Style Notes: The check-and–floral-print mix-up we regularly come to rely on was practically invented by Anna.
Style Notes: We don't know what we love more—Anna's toffee-hued boots, or the mirror-print dress she wore to attend the Richard Quinn show during London Fashion Week in February 2018.
Style Notes: This neckline is beyond gorgeous.
Style Notes: It's evident that evergreen is one of Anna's favourite shades to wear, as is tan and burgundy.
Style Notes: Tie-dye and tartan is a print clash we never thought out trying for ourselves… until now that is.
Style Notes: We're still weeping over not getting our hands on this beautiful embroidered Stella McCartney coat, which Anna wore to take in the designer's Paris Fashion Week show in March 2016.
Style Notes: Military coats never fail to look chic. Anna knows this all too well.
Style Notes: The colour combination of poppy red and denim blue couldn't be more beautiful. This look from Lanvin's Paris Fashion Week September 2014 show is one of our all-time Anna favourites.
Style Notes: Stripes and stripes are foolproof. Fact.
Style Notes: Anna often relies on Altuzarra to outfit her fashion week wardrobe—and here she is wearing a printed shirtdress by the designer at New York Fashion Week in September 2012.
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Style Notes: Anna wears a statement coat with leather knee-high boots ahead of Louis Vuitton's September 2012 Paris Fashion Week show.
Style Notes: Animal print and bows? Anna pulls out all the stops for her appearance at the Giorgio Armani Milan Fashion Week show in September 2009.
Style Notes: Anna was wearing slip skirts well before they took off in 2019—during Rag & Bone's New York Fashion Week show in September 2009, to be precise.
Style Notes: Anna knows you can never go wrong with a white shirt, midi skirt and a Starbucks.
Style Notes: With empty rows behind her, Anna takes a moment to kick back ahead of Rag & Bone's September 2005 catwalk show.
Style Notes: The jumper, the skirt, the sandals… Anna's 2003 New York Fashion Week look is one we'd gladly wear today.
Style Notes: Anna in jeans? Much like the rest of us, the Western trend serves as Anna's guilty pleasure. This look, which she wore to Sean John's New York Fashion Week show in 2003, is one of her best.
Style Notes: Anna arrives at Diane von Furstenberg's 2002 catwalk show in NYC in a very on-trend all-white outfit.
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Style Notes: Anna's love of faux fur goes all the way back to 2001, when she wore head-to-toe Carolina Herrera to the designer's New York Fashion Week show.
Style Notes: The first documented photograph of Anna at a fashion week show (that we could track down, at least) is from 1994, where her blouse was as shiny as her hair. Perfection.
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With Icy & Sot on the Greek Island of Lesbos
Fifth Wall TV
Fifth Wall create and enhance projects based around art, culture and social movements.
Filmed over a week, Giving Plants takes a candid look at life inside what is widely regarded as Europe’s biggest humanitarian crisis and the simple effect plants and flowers can have on such an eco-system.
In the past few years, we have made works about immigration and refugee crisis. When we decided to go to a refugee camp in Greece, we thought we should do something more than just another installation. We came up with the idea of giving flower plants and making a vegetable garden, because at the end they can get from the garden and flowers makes people happy. It was wonderful to see that actually put a smile on people’s faces for a moment.
We know this project didn’t really change anything for those people.
Since EU closed their borders, they are stuck in the camps up to 3 years in some cases, while not knowing how long they have to wait and conditions are inhumane. In “Moria Camp”, asylum seekers are suffering to get a safe and adequate accommodation, basic hygiene, food and non-food items, and health care. Asylum seekers, including families with young children, are living in flimsy tents and cramped containers, with an insufficient number of toilets and showers that are also poorly maintained, risking exposure to fecal matter and other health concerns, Most come from war-torn countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. They come to Europe to be far with the dangers of war, far from hearing bomb explosions, for better future for their kids. They have had exhausting journey. They deserve better, they deserve our support. – Icy & Sot
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Health in District of Columbia
How do we know that people and communities are healthy? Health is about how people are doing in terms of their physical and mental health at every age. It has to do with how people feel they are doing, and whether health stops them from living their life. It is about their health conditions and their health outcomes. It is about both health behaviors and about whether people have access to health services and health insurance. Just as a person and a community's social well-being can affect their health, health can affect a person's and a community's social well-being. Health care costs are the most common cause of bankruptcy in the United States. Rising health care costs have made it difficult for cities and states to invest in education, social services, housing and other areas that would promote a community's well-being.
How many District of Columbia residents have only "fair" or "poor" health?
What this measures: The percent of people who report fair or poor general health. This is a self-reported measure.
Why this matters: How people report their health turns out to be fairly objective. The use of self-rated health as a measure to compare health status benefits from its comprehensive, inclusive, and non-specific nature.
What this relates to: Health outcomes, health care cost, ability to work, poverty.
Data source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey.
What percent of District of Columbia adults report "not good" physical health?
What this measures: The percent of adults whose physical health is not good for 14 or more days in a month.
Why this matters: How people feel about their physical health matters. People who say their physical health is poor for 14 or more days in a month are likely to have poorer health outcomes. They are less likely to be able to work, may need more social support, and may have a higher chance of dying early.
What this relates to: health outcomes, health care cost, social needs, equity.
What percent of District of Columbia adults report "not good" mental health?
What this measures: The percent of adults whose mental health is not good for 14 or more days in a month.
Why this matters: How people feel about their physical health matters. People who say their mental health is poor for 14 or more days in a month have poorer health and social outcomes and may have a higher chance of dying early. They are more likely to be unable to work and need added social supports.
What percent of children are limited in their ability to do the things most children of the same age can do?
What this measures: The percent of children who are unable to do the things other children do as a result of their health.
Why this matters: This is a measure of functional status and whether ill health is holding them back in daily life. It is about why child health matters—to help children live. learn and play. This can have a long-term impact on the child's mental, physical and social well-being. It can also affect how well they do in school which can affect the kind of job they are able to get later in life.
What this relates to: Health outcomes, cost, ability to work.
Data source: National Survey of Children's Health. Data aggregations and percentages were calculated by LiveStories.
What is the rate of "deaths of despair" in District of Columbia?
What this measures: The number of people out of 100,000 who died due to drug overdose, alcohol or suicide.
Why this matters: These deaths are sometimes called "deaths of despair." They can arise from mental health or addictions issues or from social issues. They are worsened when people feel hopeless about their lives. This can happen when people don't have opportunities. Importantly, deaths of despair are often preventable and so are a ripe target for intervention.
What this relates to: Well-being, premature death, economy, community vitality, social support.
Data source: Data was queried from CDC Wonder based on the following parameters: Underlying Cause of Death, alcohol-related diseases (K70, K73–74, X45, Y15), suicide (X60–84, Y87.0), and drug- and alcohol-related poisonings (X40–44, Y10–14, Y45, 47, 49). Rates are age-adjusted. Note that rates for counties with fewer than twenty deaths are not reported by the CDC.
What is the infant mortality rate in District of Columbia?
What this measures: The number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age.
Why this matters: This relates to whether there are strong health and social systems and conditions in place before, during, and after birth.
What this relates to: all of the social determinants, equity, poverty, prenatal care
Data source: Infant Mortality data was queried from CDC Wonder's Linked Birth/Death records. Rates for counties with fewer than 20 deaths are not reported.
What percentage of District of Columbia adults smoke?
What this measures: The percent of adults who smoke tobacco or tobacco products.
Why this matters: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S. Evidence consistently links smoking to a number of negative health outcomes, including cardiovascular and lung diseases.
What this relates to: Health outcomes, health care cost, economy.
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND DISEASES
What percentage of adults are obese in District of Columbia?
What this measures: The percent of adults who have a body mass index greater than 30 (obese).
Why this matters: Obesity is linked to serious health problems. This includes diabetes, heart disease, asthma, some cancers, and poor mental health. Obesity can also lead to poorer quality of life. It can make it harder to get a job. It can lead to economic costs from medical bills and lost productivity.
What this relates to: Physical and mental health outcomes, cost, economy.
HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE
How many people lack health insurance coverage in District of Columbia?
What this measures: The percentage of the population that does not have health insurance.
Why this matters: People without health insurance often wait to seek treatment because of cost. As a result, they have poorer health compared to those with health insurance. When people have good health insurance, they are more likely to get preventive care, such as breast and cervical cancer screenings and flu shots. This can help prevent them from getting life-threatening and costly health conditions. Minorities and people who are poor are less likely than the general population to be insured. People without health insurance have difficulty getting health care. They are also more likely to face unexpected costs that leave them bankrupt.
What this relates to: Access to good employment, health outcomes, financial insecurity.
Data source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table S2701.
• Overall health: Percent of adults self-reporting very good or excellent general health. Source: BRFSS.
• Physical health: Percent of adults self-reporting physical health "not good" for >14 days during the past 30 days. Source: BRFSS.
• Mental health: Percent of adults self-reporting mental health "not good" for >14 days during the past 30 days. Source: BRFSS.
• Physical health: average number of days during the past 30 days adults’ self-reported physical health was not good. Source: BRFSS.
• Mental health: average number of days during the past 30 days adults’ self-reported mental health was not good. Source: BRFSS.
• Measure name. Source: BRFSS.
• Infant mortality rate (number of deaths per 1,000 live births). Source: National Survey of
Children’s Health (NSCH).
• Maternal mortality rate (number of deaths per 100,000 live births). Source: CDC Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System.
• Teen pregnancies: Percent of females age 15-19 who gave birth within past 12 months. Source: Census.
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND RISK FACTORS
• Heart Disease Prevalence: Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with heart disease. Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
• Cancer prevalence: Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with cancer. Source: CMS.
• Childhood trauma: Percent of children 0-17 who have 1 or more adverse childhood events (ACEs). Source: National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).
• Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with depression. Source: CMS.
• Percent of adults experiencing serious mental health issues/ mental illness. Source: CMS.
• Childhood vaccination rates: Percent of children with age-appropriate vaccination between ages 19-35 months. Source: CDC, NCHS.
• Medicare beneficiaries with primary care visit:
Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) with 1+ preventive care visit within past year. Source: CMS.
• Adults with no leisure-time physical activity: Percent of adults who did not participate in leisure-time physical activities or exercise in past month. Source: CMS.
• Percent of adults engaging in advance care planning (discussions, proxy selected, advance directive on file). Source: To be developed.
• Percent of residents <65 without health insurance. Source: Census, ACS.
• Number of primary care doctors per 100,000 population. Source: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
• Number of dentists/100,000 population. Source: American Dental Association.
• Number of mental health providers/100,000 population. Source: CMS.
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Animal Battle
Animal Battle 4: tongue-eating louse vs. stinky stinkbird
A louse that attaches itself to the tongue stump of host fish faces off against a stinking flying cow
By James Temperton and Matt Reynolds
What is Animal Battle?
Animals are awesome. But which is the ultimate champion? Over the next seven weeks, we’ll be pitting some of nature’s most remarkable creatures against one another in a series of virtual battles. Two animals per week, head-to-head, in a ruthless knockout tournament. And you get to decide who wins.
This isn’t a battle in the conventional sense – after all, how can you judge a fight between a shark and an echidna? We want you to vote for the animal you think is the most amazing, the most hardcore, the cutest, the ugliest, the deadliest, the weirdest. In short: vote for the best. The inaugural series of Animal Battle will run for seven weeks, after which you, the voting public, will crown the first champion.
This tongue-eating louse chomped its way to victory this week, earning itself a place in our second semi-final. The first semi-final sees the tardigrade take on the Greenland shark. Vote for your favourite here.
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Animal Battle final: tiny tardigrade vs. death-defying naked mole rat
Tongue-eating louse
Killer feature: Pretends to be a fish's tongue
Special ability: Transforms from male to female when it finds a home
Location: In oceans worldwide
This parasitic crustacean crawls into a fish's mouth through its gills and then severs the blood vessels in the base of the tongue. Once the tongue has fallen off, the louse uses its legs to attach itself to the stump left behind. It then proceeds to nibble on the inside of its host's mouth, feeding on blood and mucus. Nasty.
Animal Battle Round 4: Tongue-eating louse vs. stinkbird. One crawls inside a fish's mouth, bites off its tongue and...
Posted by WIRED UK on Friday, December 8, 2017
Strangely, it doesn't seem that the parasite causes much harm to its host, although fish that have more than a couple of the parasites clinging to their tongues tend to be underweight. Fish with just one tongue buddy, however, are able to move about the parasite just like it's their actual tongue.
Animal Battle semi-final 2: tongue-eating louse vs. naked mole rat
By WIRED
These parasitic pests have also mastered how to change sex. Once a male louse enters a fish, it transforms into a female – as long as there's no other parasite present – growing massively as it settles into its new home. Its eyes also shrink during this process, as it no longer has to watch out for a new fish to climb inside of. MR
Stinkbird
Killer feature: It stinks
Special ability: Digests its food like a cow
Location: South America
Stinkbirds, more formally known as hoatzins, are part of the Opisthocomidae group of birds. But these critters are so odd and so unusual that their group contains them and only them. They are an evolutionary oddity. A full-grown stinkbird is the size of a pheasant and has a distinctive, spiky crest. When still a chick, the stinkbird has claws on the ends of its wings. Subsequently, before they can fly, chicks use their wing-claws to climb trees.
As with so many oddball animals, the hoatzin is ancient. Genetic research has revealed that it is the last surviving member of a line of birds that headed off down their own path about 64 million years ago, shortly after the mass extinction event that killed off all non-avian dinosaurs. As a consequence, they look ancient. Their faces are blue and featherless, their eyes are red and their tail-feathers gigantic, all the better to help these clumsy, stinky wonder-birds keep their balance when stumbling around the treetops.
But why do stinkbirds stink? Well, they only eats leaves. A bit like a cow of the skies. Except stinkbirds are terrible flyers and regularly crash into trees or struggle to take off. That’s mostly down to their pendulous, oversized bellies that don’t leave enough space for well-developed flight muscles.
And boy is that gut big. The stinkbird digestive system is unique amongst birds, using bacterial fermentation to break down food in a similar way to how cattle or sheep digest. This fermentation process means it takes around 45 hours for a leaf to get from beak to butt hole, during which time the birds make a bit of a stink. In short: hoatzins smell of manure. And, as they digest so slowly and leaves contain so few nutrients, hoatzins spend about 80 per cent of their time either chewing or digesting. In these hectic times, it’s a way of life we can all aspire to. JT
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Review: Goodbye, Windows 8; hello, Windows 10
Here's my 'non-reviewer's review' of Windows 10 after using it for a week. Spoiler alert: My laptop has gone Windows 10 and isn't going back.
By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | July 28, 2015 -- 17:23 GMT (10:23 PDT) | Topic: Windows 10
It's official. I am (finally) now a Windows 10 user. And one that's happy to be no longer stuck with Windows 8 on my laptop.
I've been running Windows 10 on my Acer S7 laptop for just under one week. I wasn't among the five million Windows Insiders who have been clamoring for new builds and taking pains to install each and every one. After seeing the many nasty bugs (expected, mind you) that testers were encountering, I decided my time was better spent doing just about anything other than installing the new preview builds.
Consequently, when Microsoft provided me with the Windows 10 RTM bits (Build 10240) on a USB drive last week, I had a chance to run Windows 10 for the first time, not just watch demos and videos of it. As a result, my Windows 10 "review" is more of a "normal user's" first take than one with all the speeds and feeds that are available from many power users and professional reviewers who've been using the various preview builds for months.
I also should mention I'm using Windows 10 on a touch-screen laptop -- not a machine with a detachable keyboard that can double as a tablet -- and 99 percent of the time with a mouse. I've been running (rather unhappily) Windows 8 and then 8.1 on this Acer machine since I bought it just over a year ago. I was hoping Windows 10 might make me more productive on this device, as I felt Windows 8.X has hampered my ability to get things done, given it wasn't designed well for those using their PCs as PCs.
After one week, what's my verdict?
I like Windows 10 a lot more than I liked Windows 8 or 8.1. But I'm still not entirely sold on putting it on my main desktop PC -- a 22-inch Dell Optiplex that doesn't support touch.
First, here's what I'm (mostly) liking.
I'm surprised how happy I am that Microsoft brought a Start button and menu to Windows 10. I've come to grips with the fact that the Start button is my anchor. And as long as I think about the live tiles on the right as "gadgets" -- just something to see more information at a glance -- and/or to make available quick links, I am fine with them being there. It's easy to unpin any/all live tiles if you really find them confusing/distracting. (It's also possible to turn off any and every tile's "liveness" with a simple right click. I find the Windows Store live tile distracting and unhelpful, so I made it so it's static.)
I do wish I could customize the Start menu more, though. The list of apps listed as "Most Used" feels very random to me. (Example: How can Notepad not be in my most-used list? Me, the Queen of Notepad! C'mon guys!) Now that I have pinned my documents and photos to my live tile group, I am now able to use the new Start menu more like I'm accustomed to with Windows 7.
Microsoft has made search a lot more discoverable for average users by embedding a very visible Cortana bar right next to the Start button. Instead of expecting normal users to know they could just start typing anywhere on their home screens to search, Microsoft has provided Cortana as a visual cue. Using Cortana to search, users get a mix of local and Web search results. But by clicking on a "My Stuff" tab that pops up at the bottom of the Cortana pane once a user starts typing a query, users can refine their results to local or Web.
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Also -- for those of you who, like me, have considered Cortana more of a fun gimmick than a useful tool -- try thinking of her/it as a way to send yourself reminders while you're in the middle of other tasks. Being able to type "Remind me to put those Heady Toppers on ice at 2 p.m. for later" when I remember while heads-down on writing new post (while dreaming of craft beer) is pretty darn handy.
The new Edge browser is more my style than Internet Explorer is/was. It's more minimalist. It starts up faster. It is relatively snappy in opening the sites I frequent. It has an easy to access "Read later" option. It desperately needs a working pop-up blocker, however. I have pop-up blocker turned on in my settings, and ads still are managing to pop up on many sites. Microsoft officials have said they will be making extensions for Edge available later this year. Until then, I'm probably going to keep using Chrome as my main browser. (IE 11 is also installed as part of Windows 8 on PCs and tablets, but I'm not a big fan, and none of the sites I visited triggered its opening in place of Edge for backward-compatibility reasons.)
I am ecstatic the dual Windows Desktop/Metro world is no more, as of Windows 10. Universal/modern apps can run in windows, as can desktop apps, on the unified Windows 10 desktop. A PC/laptop user not in tablet mode should never have been forced into "TileWorld," as happened with Windows 8. Those too-easily-triggered and confounding Windows 8 Charms are gone (huzzah!), but the contracts behind them, enabling users to do things like quickly share content via email or messaging, are still around.
Here's where I'm hoping to see more improvements.
Microsoft officials love to use the "making pizza for 1.5 billion users" analogy when talking about the many different ways users are able to configure and use their Windows machines. While it's good to have options, sometimes too many choices makes things confusing. There are many different ways users can access "Settings" on Windows 10. There are multiple ways to get to Power. And for some reason, on my machine, there are many different Document folders which are mostly, but not entirely in sync.
Speaking of sync, OneDrive is "in transition" at this point. Users who found the placeholders offered by OneDrive in Windows 8.x to be handy are likely to be disappointed with the removal of this feature in Windows 10. I didn't think I'd care, but then I realized I had gotten used to being able to easily access my documents and photos stored in OneDrive without having to jump through a bunch of extra hoops.
I configured Windows 10 to sync my cloud documents with my locally stored ones, but the syncing seems to happen at random times. (Sometimes fairly quickly; sometimes seemingly not for hours.) Microsoft is planning to bring a bunch of OneDrive's partially implemented and/or missing features back to Windows 10, but not until later this year (at best).
One of my biggest letdowns, while we're talking customization, is in the new Mail client that comes free with Windows 10. At first glance, it seemed so much better than the one that was bundled with Windows 8/8.1. But then I realized users have no way to opt out of Conversation view, the automatic grouping of email by threads. I know I am not the only Conversation view hater. I am used to seeing my mail arranged sequentially in my inbox. Conversation view, to me, is confusing. But there is no way to turn it off. So much for giving me the choice of how I want to work -- or pineapple slices on my pizza. As long as this option is missing, I will continue to use the Outlook Web app client and never touch the Mail client.
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Microsoft is touting a number of features as key differentiators in Windows 10 that I personally don't care about, but your mileage may, and no doubt, will vary, given I'm just one of the 1.5 billion Windows users on the planet.
Being a non-gamer, I don't care that I can now stream games between my Windows 10 PC and Xbox One -- though plenty of folks will. I'm indifferent about using facial recognition to unlock my device, and don't have the right hardware to do so anyway. Because I am using Windows 10 on a PC, not a two-in-one or convertible, I don't require Continuum, the feature that makes moving between PCs and tablets more seamless.
So far, I'm not thinking I'll use Virtual Desktops much, if at all. And I admit, even though Microsoft has done work to make snapping apps easier and more intuitive, I just am not a snapper. But, again, it's good I don't have to be, now that windows run on Windows, as Bill Gates and the other Windows gods intended.
Don't forget: The servicing piece of Windows 10 is as big, if not bigger, than the set of features in the OS itself. Microsoft plans to continue to make regular feature updates, ongoing fixes and security patches to users of Windows 10 via various servicing branches. While users will be able to block and hide updates using a tool Microsoft made available this week, regular patching and updating isn't going to be optional, officials have said. ("For rare cases, Microsoft has provided a tool to delay an update as a temporary measure, but the tool is not intended for ongoing usage," a spokesperson told me today.)
Windows 10 begins rolling out on July 29. To me, this is a soft-launch, as the OS still is lacking some of the functionality and apps that are needed to make it feel "done." The "real" Windows 10 launch will come this fall when Microsoft delivers more Windows 10 features, and can tout new first-party and PC-partner-made Windows 10 machines.
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Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 review
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Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1
Published: May 3, 2013 -- 11:22 GMT (04:22 PDT)
Caption by: Charles McLellan
Panasonic's Toughbook laptops and Toughpad tablets are well established in the ruggedised portable computer market, and we've reviewed a good few of them over the years. The Toughpad FZ-G1 is the first Windows 8 Pro tablet in the range, and like all ruggedised devices it carries a price premium. Even so, starting at £1,500 (ex. VAT; £1,800 inc. VAT) for the entry-level configuration, we think the premium is pretty steep in this case.
Panasonic describes the 10.1in. Toughbook FZ-G1 as "the world's thinnest and lightest fully-rugged Windows 8 tablet", which we're not going to argue with. However, you'd be mistaken if you supposed that the FZ-G1 is in any way thin and light compared to a regular Windows 8 tablet, or is able to withstand extreme levels of mistreatment.
Measuring 26.92cm wide by 18.8cm deep by 2.03cm thick (10.8in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.), it's a chunky device even compared to Microsoft's Surface Pro — which is hardly svelte at 27.46cm by 17.3 cm by 1.35cm (10.8in. x 6.8in. x 0.53in.). The Toughpad also outweighs the Surface Pro, to the tune of 1.13kg (2.5lb) versus 903g (1.99lb).
Panasonic's Toughpad FZ-G1 is a rugged 10.1in. Core i5-based tablet running Windows 8 Pro. (Image: Panasonic)
Aimed at field workers, mobile professionals and the 'hard hat' community, the Toughpad FZ-G1 is designed for use outdoors and in challenging environments. To this end, it has a sturdy magnesium alloy chassis with reinforced corner guards and covers for the ports and slots. This and other ruggedised build components give the FZ-G1 military-grade (MIL-STD 810G) capability to survive 120cm (4-foot) drops and an IP65 rating for resistance to dust and water. The tablet is well protected against dust, scoring 6 out of 6, but will only handle 'water jets' — a score of 5 out of 8. To get the full 8/8 water-resistance rating, the FZ-G1 would have to survive 'immersion beyond 1m' (see the useful infographic on IP ratings here).
Overall, then, the Toughpad FZ-G1 will handle accidental drops from around waist height, and moderately bad weather. However you shouldn't expect it to survive, for example, being run over by a truck and/or a full-immersion soaking.
The Toughpad FZ-G1's 10.1in. screen is an LED-backlit IPS-alpha panel with a native resolution of 1,920 by 1,200 pixels (224ppi). It's a 10-point capacitive multi-touch screen with stylus support — the pen lives in an accessible housing on the left-hand side, on the rear. A number of features make the screen suitable for outdoor use in demanding circumstances, including strengthened glass, high brightness (800 cd/m2) plus anti-reflective and anti-glare treatments. The result of these coatings, and perhaps also the toughened glass, is that the display isn't as vibrant as you might expect given its resolution and brightness rating. The stylus, which has a single button (configured by default for a right click) worked fine once we'd recalibrated it using the supplied utility.
The Toughpad FZ-G1's basic specification is similar to the Surface Pro's: a Core i5-3437U processor with integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000; 4GB of DDR3 RAM (with an 8GB option) and 128GB of Toshiba solid-state storage (with a 256GB option). The operating system is Windows 8 Pro.
Wireless connectivity on our review sample included dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth (4.0), with 3G mobile broadband (Gobi 3000, up tp 14.4Mbps) available as an option (mobile broadband is not available on the Surface Pro). Another option, which was fitted on our review sample, is a wired Ethernet (RJ-45) port, which occupies a configurable covered slot on the top of the device, next to the fan vent. This slot can alternatively accommodate a USB 2.0 port, a 9-pin serial port (for accessing legacy peripherals) or a MicroSD card reader.
The configurable port on the top of the tablet can accept a range of options, including a USB 2.0 port (shown here), an RJ-45 Ethernet port (fitted on our review sample), a serial port and a MicroSD card slot. (Image: Panasonic)
The right-hand side of the tablet has a USB 3.0 port, an HDMI port and an audio jack — all under a sturdy protective cover. The proprietary 24-pin docking connector is on the bottom, while the power input jack is on the left, under another flip-out cover. Our review sample had a 1.3-megapixel 720p front-facing camera and a housing for the optional 3-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and LED flash.
The back of the Toughpad FZ-G1 gives access to a number of components. The stylus housing is on the right, next to the (removable) battery compartment. The SIM card slot for the optional mobile broadband is in the middle, with a larger compartment to its left for the solid-state drive. Above this is the fan intake. (Image: Panasonic)
The back of the Toughpad FZ-G1 houses the removeable battery: our review unit had the standard 6-cell 45Wh unit, which delivers a claimed 8 hours' life (see benchmarks below). An optional high-capacity 9-cell battery, which protrudes a little from the rear surface, doubles the estimated battery life to 16 hours. Elsewhere on the back there's the aforementioned housing for the optional 3-megapixel camera, the fan intake and screw-down covers for the SSD compartment and the SIM card slot.
There are seven buttons at the foot of the screen, in the bezel: two user-programmable buttons for firing up your favourite apps; volume up and down; the familiar Windows button; a screen autorotate on/off toggle button and the power button.
A number of accessories are available for the Toughpad FZ-G1, including the long-life battery pack, a rotating hand strap and a desktop cradle.
Performance & battery life
The Core i5-based Toughpad FZ-G1 is a decent performer, with a Windows Experience Index (WEI) of 4.9 out of 9.9. The overall score is determined by the lowest-ranking subsystem, which in this case is the Intel HD Graphics 4000-driven Graphics (Desktop graphics performance). The remaining scores range between 5.9 and 8.1, with the best-performer being the (solid-state) storage subsystem:
By way of comparison, Microsoft's Surface Pro delivered a WEI of 5.6 (again for the Graphics subsystem), with remaining scores ranging between 5.9 and 8.1.
Looking at a series of browser benchmarks, it's clear that the Toughpad is comparable to the Surface Pro here too:
The Toughpad FZ-G1 also broadly matches the Surface Pro when it comes to battery life — no surprise given that both have similar specs and battery capacities (45Wh for the Toughpad, 42Wh for the Surface Pro). To estimate longevity with the Toughpad's standard 6-cell battery, we measured the tablet's power consumption with a Voltcraft VC 940 Plus multimeter, under idle and load conditions, using the Power Save (PS) and High Performance (HP) power settings. Dividing the resulting figures into the battery capacity gives a spread of battery life estimates under different conditions (Wh/W=h):
Judging from our tests, you can expect the Toughpad FX-G1 to last between 1.3 and 7.2 hours, these being the estimates for running a load (in this case, Microsoft's Fishbowl HTML5 test) in High Performance mode and idling in Power Save mode. With judicious tweaking of power management settings and a real-world mix of load and idle time, you should get around four hours of work out of the standard battery. This means you'll need to carry a spare standard battery or use the high-capacity 9-cell battery to get a full day's work done on battery power.
Once the Toughpad has been running for a while, the fan kicks in. You probably won't notice this if you're working outdoors or in a noisy indoor environment. However, it's definitely noticeable in a quiet room.
The Toughpad FZ-G1 has a high-resolution outdoor-visible screen, is moderately rugged, and delivers decent performance and middling battery life with the standard battery. It'll certainly do the job for a wide range of mobile and field workers, although it's definitely on the bulky and heavy side.
The biggest drawback, however, is the price. At £1,500 (ex. VAT) for the entry-level configuration reviewed here, this is one expensive tablet. If you're likely to want any of the options and accessories, be prepared for further 'sticker shock'. Large companies with a track record of buying Panasonic Toughbooks may go for it anyway, especially if they can get volume discounts. However, it's likely to prove too pricey for small businesses and individuals.
By Charles McLellan | May 3, 2013 -- 11:22 GMT (04:22 PDT) | Topic: Tablets
The chunky Toughpad FZ-G1 has a high-resolution outdoor-visible screen, is moderately rugged, and delivers decent performance and middling battery life with the standard battery. The biggest drawback, however, is the price.
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The Latest Plot To Topple Trump: Politics According To (Groucho) Marx
Authored by Martin Sieff via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
The US political, intelligence and media establishments have made even greater asses of themselves before the entire world by cooking up their latest wild concoction of a plot to topple President Donald Trump and – while they’re at it – knock his most plausible challenger former Vice President Joe Biden out of the race as well.
Washington has become a buffoonish theater of the absurd. It is politics according to Marx: But not Karl Marx. The latest scandal is pure Groucho Marx.
It is straight out of the Marx Brothers 1933 comic movie masterpiece “Duck Soup.”
Freedonia is a chaotic joke of a nation that has just gone bankrupt. This of course fits modern America perfectly. The country’s financial benefactor Mrs. Teasdale (obviously a stand in for the International Monetary Fund which had not been created yet) then insists that her favorite, the wild and ludicrous Rufus T. Firefly, a con man with no dignity whatsoever but a surprising amount of wit and street smarts becomes its president.
However, Firefly – a natural stand in for President Donald Trump – must then survive one sinister scheme to topple him from power after another. All of them ineptly executed.
Russiagate was such a scheme. A big lie of such staggering inherit absurdity lacking any hard evidence whatsoever that a six year old child with Downs’ Syndrome would not have been believed it. But around half the adult population of the United States apparently did.
Now, within weeks, hardly even days after absurd and now half-senile Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller (a perfect foil for the Marx Brothers to be played by any comic actor specializing in befuddlement) bit the dust in his own ludicrous congressional testimony, a new Outrageous Accusation has been thrown at Trump, even more non-existent than the previous one.
Right after being falsely accused of conspiring with Russia for the past two and a half years, Trump is suddenly accused of the opposite – of conspiring with Ukraine instead!
This Reversal of Fortune – and of accusations – demands that the American public be as stupid and brainwashed as the oppressed population of Oceania in George Orwell’s dark and prophetic classic dystopia “1984.”
“We are at War with Eurasia! We have always been at War with Eurasia!”
“No! We LOVE Eurasia! We are at War with EASTAsia! We have always been at war with Eastasia!”
Clearly, the readers and viewers of the New York Times, the Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN and all the rest of America’s media “Powers That Be” have already been well trained in Orwellian Doublethink and witless stupidity.
Suddenly, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is no longer the Evil Bad Guy plotting with Trump. Now it is new President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, himself a former professional comic actor on television. The Marx Brothers would have loved to co-star with him.
Perhaps after being forced out of the presidency Trump, himself a former hit TV star across America, could hire Zelenskyy as his sidekick in a revival of his famous reality television show “The Apprentice.”
As the late great British satirist Michael Wharton, who wrote under the nom de plume Peter Simple liked to say – the wilder the fantasy, the more rapidly it was bound to ‘collapse” into the realm which we naively and inaccurately describe as “reality.”
And what is the latest terrible crime that the President of the United States is now –suddenly and without warning – accused of? He dared to investigate whether Hunter Biden, the son of another eminent politician, former vice president Joe Biden was guilty of corruption.
Just think of the consequences if Trump and his officials were allowed to continue their investigation unhindered: They might – shockingly! – put some other corrupt former US politicians out of business.
Obviously, that would be the most terrible threat imaginable to the Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free.
No wonder the US Deep State hates Donald Trump!
But there is another goal for this concocted scandal.
It’s a twofer – a two for one scandal – intended to topple Trump and remove Biden from serious consideration at the same time, clearing the way for the Deep State’s True Candidate – Senator Elizabeth Warren.
The shamelessness of this latest concocted scandal would leave Josef Goebbels green with envy and laughing uncontrollably.
Unfortunately, it isn’t a joke.
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The attacker, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old pupil at Santa Fe High School opened fire and killed 10 unarmed students and injured others. He has been arrested and charged with murder. He allegedly used a shotgun and a revolver taken from his father, who legally owned the weapons. It was widely reported that journals kept by Pagourtzis, 17, showed that he planned to carry out the attack and intended to kill himself afterwards but chickened out.
Pagourtzis suggested in social media posts that he was an atheist and on April 30th this year he said: "I hate politics". On the same day, he posted a photograph of a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Born to Kill".
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The shooter allegedly entered an art class and opened fire shortly before 08:00 (13:00 GMT).
"There was someone that walked in with a shotgun and started shooting," one eye witness told KTRK-TV, "and this girl got shot in the leg."
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Dakota Shrader, a student, told CBS News that everyone began running outside when the alarms went off.
First Lady Melania Trump tweeted: "My heart goes out of Santa Fe and all of Texas today."
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So close for Norman as Koepka hangs on
The sweetest thing.
20th May 2019 10:55 AM
BROOKS Koepka was two strokes away from replacing Aussie Greg Norman as the greatest choker in sport.
Instead, the sporting world has discovered a new fairytale champion as the American star pulled out of his scary free-fall in Monday morning's final round at the US PGA Championship at New York's tough Bethpage Black to defend his major championship and snatch the No. 1 ranking.
The victory brings him (USD) $1.98 million in winnings. The golfer has a net worth of about (USD) $14 million.
The win, Koepka's fourth major in two years, also consigns Norman back to the annals of history as golf's greatest choker.
Just for a moment as the wind swirled around Bethpage Black and Dustin Johnson closed to within one stroke on the back nine, Koepka flirted with replacing the Shark in the history books of choking.
Koepka endured a horror final round with a four-over par 74, but it was still enough for him to keep Johnson at bay to win by two strokes.
Ousted world No. 1 Johnson made it interesting as he closed with a 69 to finish second at six under, while Jordan Spieth (71), Patrick Cantlay (71) and Matt Wallace (72) shared third at two under.
Koepka began the final round with a seven-shot lead, the largest 54-hole cushion in PGA Championship history and a margin no player had ever relinquished after three rounds on the US PGA Tour.
That winning feeling.
But Koepka appeared to be on course for the biggest choke ever recorded at the majors when his lead was cut significantly by a barnstorming Johnson.
As Koepka bogeyed the par-3 14th and Johnson had birdied the 15th, Johnson came within one shot of his fellow long-hitter.
Just like that, Norman's demons were back.
Norman is the only player in major history to surrender a six-stroke lead heading into the final day - Koepka very nearly dropped seven.
He was choking, Johnson was firing. Norman must have smelled a chance to finally relinquish the unfortunate crown he has worn ever since the 1996 Masters.
Incredibly, it was revealed by Golf.com on Sunday that Norman had sent the website a text on the day of Koepka's third round, inadvertently putting a mocker on the front-runner.
Norman sinks to his knees in frustration during his 1996 meltdown. Picture: Allsport
"I loved the way he played through Tiger (Woods)," Norman reportedly wrote in a message.
"Nothing fazes him and I believe TW was a bit taken back because he could not keep pace.
"I hope [Koepka] wins by 15, to be honest," Norman wrote.
"Love the way he is so low-key, yet a killer, with not let-off."
The next day Koepka's history-making run at the PGA Championship almost turned to dust.
He needed a bogey or better on the 18th hole - and he found the calmness he needed right when it mattered most.
Despite finding a horrible lie on the lip of a fairway bunker on the 18th, Koepka salvaged a miraculous par and has now won four of the past six majors played on US soil.
No player has achieved that feat since Tiger Woods between his historic run between 1999 and 2001.
He joins Woods as the only golfers to win the PGA in back-to-back years since the tournament went to stroke play in 1958. Koepka has also won back-to-back US Opens.
"I'm just glad we didn't have to play any more holes. That was a stressful round of golf," Koepka said on the 18th green.
"I'm still in shock. I don't know if I dreamed of this but this is so cool."
Six-time major winner Nick Faldo was astonished at Koepka's dominance, becoming the first male in golfing history to win his first four major titles in less than two years.
"Winning four majors out of eight he's played ... 50 per cent? That for me is dominance. Some seriously unbelievable dominance," Faldo said.
The entire golfing world was blown away by Koepka's four days of excellence.
Meanwhile, Adam Scott's 74 sank him to one over but he still earned a share of eighth.
Fellow Australian Jason Day, the 2015 PGA champion, closed with a 72 to drop to four over and tied for 23rd.
Cameron Smith's 74 gave him an 11-over total and Lucas Herbert (75) finished a stroke further behind.
- with AAP
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Thailand’s lost baby dugong dies from shock, eating plastic
by: PITCHA DANGPRASITH, Associated Press
FILE – In this Thursday, May 23, 2019, file photo, an official of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources feeds sea-grass spread to Marium, baby dugong lost from her mom in Libong island, Trang province, southern Thailand. The 8-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe was a combination of shock and ingesting plastic waste. The female dugong – a large ocean mammal – became a hit in Thailand after images of biologists embracing and feeding her with milk and sea grass spread across social media. Last week, she was found bruised after being chased and supposedly attacked by a male dugong during the mating season. (Sirachai Arunrugstichai via AP, File)
BANGKOK (AP) — An 8-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found lost near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe was a combination of shock and ingesting plastic waste, officials said Saturday.
The female dugong — a large ocean mammal — was named “Marium” and became a hit in Thailand after images of biologists embracing and feeding her with milk and seagrass spread across social media. Veterinarians and volunteers had set out in canoes to feed Marium up to 15 times a day while also giving her health checks.
Last week, she was found bruised after being chased and supposedly attacked by a male dugong during the mating season, said Jatuporn Buruspat, director-general of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.
She was brought in for treatment in the artificial sea on Libong Island in Krabi province.
“We assume she wandered off too far from her natural habitat and was chased and eventually attacked by another male dugong, or dugongs, as they feel attracted to her,” Jatuporn said Saturday.
An autopsy showed a big amount of plastic waste in her intestine, which could also have played a part in her death as it led to gastritis and blood infection, he said.
“She must have thought these plastics were edible,” Jatuporn said.
The dugong is a species of marine mammal similar to the American manatee and can grow to about 3.4 meters (11 feet) in length. Its conservation status is listed as vulnerable.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-arcpha said at a news conference that Marium’s corpse will be stuffed for research purposes, and that the animal’s death saddens the whole nation and the world.
“Her death will remind Thais and people all over the world not to dispose trash into the oceans,” he said.
Three Buffalo connections on AFC Champion Chiefs roster
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Looking for a team to root for in two weeks? Consider three Buffalo connections to the AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Linebacker Demone Harris is a Bishop Timon and University at Buffalo graduate who was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the 2018 NFL Draft. He was picked up by the Chiefs this October and is on their active roster.
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The One Thing All Successful Women Are Doing That You Aren’t
Looking to get ahead in your career? This year’s Great Women of Our Time 2018 nominees can lead you on the path to success. Check out their videos here.
by Natalya Molok & Candy Lim-Soliano / September 13, 2018
Every year, The Singapore Women’s Weekly shines the spotlight on 18 outstanding, successful and high-achieving working women in the Great Women Of Our Time awards. Meet Design & Style nominee, Olivia Lee, Founder & Designer at Olivia Lee:
After making waves at the renowned Salone del Mobile Milano furniture fair in Milan with The Athena Collection, a clever 10-piece furniture and decor range presented as “future-proof” solutions for the technology-related habits of modern homeowners, Olivia was named as one of eight most promising designers who stood out amongst hundreds of others on show.
“My creative process is driven heavily by concept and requires a lot of research and rigorous discussion,” explains the multidisciplinary designer, who readily credits her parents as her greatest inspiration.
“Trained as commercial artists, they approached the profession in a very pragmatic way,” says Olivia. “During their time, the creative field in Singapore wasn’t the celebrated field we know today. For them, it was simply about making an honest living from what they excelled in,” she adds.
“At home, they lived creatively in a very passive, matter-of-fact way,” shares Olivia, giving us a glimpse of how growing up in a family of innovators has taught her that there are no limits to creativity:
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“My mother is the most excellent improviser and intuitive maker I know. She’s always had a knack for reverse engineering things like garments and recipes. She imbued me with the sense that anything can be figured out.”
“My father was creating ‘hacks’ in the house before ‘hacks’ were even a thing. He had a way of collecting parts that he could later reassemble to fix or improve things around the house. When I was a kid, I would be his assistant for his DIY projects. He always let me raid his tool cabinet as a child, so I’ve always felt comfortable around hardware and power tools.”
During my school holidays, I would spend hours alone in my room working on my own projects. I made Rube Goldberg machines cobbled together with Lego and pieces raided from my dad’s tool cabinet. I also built dollhouses from old Capri-Sun boxes. The greatest gift my parents ever gave me was the space and freedom to explore!”
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Trump Did CRIME With Ukraine Freeze And Republicans Are Like YAY CRIME!
Sorry, Texas, Judge Says There's No 'Racist Dicks Can Reject Refugees' In 'USA'
Rep. Ayanna Pressley: Bald, Brave, Badass, Frickin' *Beautiful*
Republicans Take Brief Moment To Not Suck So Terribly
Who's In The *Third* Lev Parnas Text Dump? Your Mom? Your Mom Should Stop That!
Martha McSally Insults CNN Reporter, Makes In-Kind Donation To Mark Kelly's Campaign
McSally calls reporter 'liberal hack' on her way to serving as Trump's political hack.
You could almost feel sorry for Martha McSally (please don't). Arizona's junior senator was appointed to her job after voters already rejected her. Now she'll have to face Democrat Mark Kelly in a real election this year, and real elections are hard. She tried raising money like a good Republican. McSally Inc brought in more than $4 million in the final three months of 2019. Her total fundraising for the year was $12 million, and she rang in 2020 with more than $7.6 million cash on hand. That is objectively good news if viewed in a total vacuum.
Ruh-roh! Kelly, who rejected corporate PAC money and must soldier on with just "pocket change," outraised McSally. He brought in $6.3 million in the last quarter, and he's sitting on top of $13.6 million in cash. He's consistently outperformed her fundraising numbers, and she's the incumbent senator. Of course, Kelly has the advantage of not sucking.
Susan Collins Sets New Olympic Record For Susan Collins-Ing
Collins is less interested in the 'truth' than she was during Bill Clinton's impeachment.
We covered extensively yesterday the corrupt, underhanded shadiness unearthed in texts from Giuliani pal Lev Parnas, about the scheme to pressure Ukraine into meddling in the 2020 election on Donald Trump's behalf that's landed the president in impeachment. The House Intelligence Committee dropped the bomb Tuesday, and Senator Susan Collins -- famed Senate "moderate" -- wants to know why she's only hearing about this evidence now and not earlier or, even better, well after she's voted for Donald Trump's acquittal.
She'd probably planned to spend the summer chilling on a beach, drinking pina coladas, and softly caressing piles of Republican donor cash. But House Democrats spoiled all that with their revelation of inconvenient truths.
Look at Collins throwing shade on Nancy Pelosi's impeachment raiders! We predicted Susan Collins would eventually Susan Collins about this, but she certainly Susan Collins-ed earlier than we assumed she'd Susan Colins. All she needs now is for some anti-Trump protestors to sass her and she'll have every excuse she needs to hop on the Mitch McConnell Sham Trial Express.
This DOES Sound Like Matt Gaetz!
Did Matt Gaetz make up a sex game in the Florida lege where he and Squi and Tobin would get points for boning lobbyists, staff and married legislators? That would be on-brand!
When we were covering the confirmation of accused boofing sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court, we realized one of the reasons we absolutely believed the women, part of why their stories were so absofuckinglutely believable, was because, as a person who also went to private schools, we know that guy.
Yes, this post is about GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, but give us a second.
At the time, we wrote about our realization about which guy Brett Kavanaugh was, at his private high school and in college:
You see, we think we have figured out which drunk rich asshole white guy Brett Kavanaugh was in high school. He wasn't one of the guys who was "popular" in the sense of all the girls had crushes on him (and some of the guys too!) and wanted to go necking with him at Boner Cove even on school nights. That was Trevor and Rob and Johnny, and they were #dreamy and Johnny had a Camaro and your mom said Johnny was a total Eddie Haskell but even your mom acknowledged that Johnny was pretty cute.
Kavanaugh, we are guessing, was "popular" in that he was a partier and he spent a lot of time with his "bros," and they probably jacked off in a big circle in their parents' basements only sometimes. They had access to drugs and Natty Light, but secretly, deep down, they were incredibly jealous of Trevor and Rob and Johnny and Johnny's Camaro, because what makes those guys so great anyway? GRANTED, Trevor's ass is perfect and Rob's eyes can make any human melt and Johnny has that Camaro (and is hung like a wild horse), but NO FAIR, WHY THEY GET ALL THE GIRLS? Anyway, we are just saying Brett Kavanaugh's friend group was probably the type that knew where to buy GHB before anybody else at school even knew what that was.
We don't know if Matt Gaetz ever had a claim to even that sort of popularity in school, but it's possible. Like Kavanaugh, his head is misshapen, and his face gives off a certain whiff of desperation. Consider:
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Another example of that guy? Donald Trump Jr., who allegedly used to drunkenly piss himself silly during college, to the point that he earned the nickname "Diaper Don."
Also the badly shaped head thing.
Anyway, the Matt Gaetz story we are about to tell you reminded us of Brett Kavanaugh, and also Donald Trump Jr., and not just because, like Kavanaugh and Junior, Gaetz has been known for being LI'L BIT DRINKY DRINKY in his time, in a particularly douchey and unfuckable way.
Eric Swalwell Being Mean To Chris Cillizza Like A Common Wonkette, Awwww Yay!
Here for it.
Aw, Rep. Eric Swalwell, bless your heart, this is what we do on Twitter all day too!
Swalwell's link was to the House's newly released (partial) tranche of evidence handed over by Rudy Giuliani's Ukrainian-American chucklefuck pal Lev Parnas, which, if you haven't heard yet, includes HOLY SHIT OMG and also THE FUCK YOU SAY?
Chris Cillizza's link, meanwhile, was to one of his own shithole hack articles about how Nancy Pelosi has completely "gambled and lost" with her impeachment delay. Cillizza was paid actual money to write that shithole hack article, which was published mere minutes before the House Intelligence Committee released all that Parnas evidence.
So, Chris. Do you want to update it? Hahahaha, no, he does not.
WTF Do The Parnas Texts Show, And Can We Splain Them You? YES!
No, not the ones where they stalked the American ambassador. We did those last night.
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This Trump Ukraine stuff is batshit crazy. Even if you spend all day staring at it -- and we do! -- it's easy to lose the plot. The best way to keep all these characters straight is to sort them by their goals. Ask yourself, "What does this particular cartoon villain want, and how the hell did the president of the goddamn US of A get involved with him?" So, with that in mind, let's read the second tranche of Parnas texts released yesterday by the House Intelligence Committee. Because this right here from Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko looks suspicious AF:
Nancy Pelosi's Impeachment Managers IS A COP! (Or At Least Val Demings Is.)
All of them are pretty badass, TBH.
It's all happening! No seriously, all of it is happening! Later this afternoon, the House will vote on officially transferring the imepachment articles to the Senate, after which they will be loaded into the back of a 1987 Dodge Caravan and ceremonially driven through the hallways of the Capitol and dumptrucked into Mitch McConnell's turtle butthole, as required by the Constitution.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this morning the appointment of seven impeachment managers for the trial in the Senate, whom the House will formally vote on later. (Impeachment managers are the reps who prosecute the trial in the Senate.) This is a tighter operation than the Clinton impeachment, where there were 13 of them.
Rudy, You Cannot Lie When Lev Parnas Has Receipts!
Also, um, is this Lev and some weird-ass talking about having Marie Yovanovitch offed? We are just asking!
We knew that little chucklefucker was warming up to sing, but we didn't expect him to bust out into The Ring Cycle tonight!
HO. LEE. SHIT. The House Intelligence Committee just dropped a whole load of Lev Parnas's receipts and they are craaaaaaaaaazy.
Does this read like these guys are putting a hit out on former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, or what?
That sweetheart in blue is Robert Hyde, current congressional candidate in Connecticut's 5th congressional district. He was recently disowned by the Republican party for tweeting something so crude about Kamala Harris that none of the articles about him will even allude to it obliquely. And if you guessed he's a guy with a string of bad debts who's behind on his child support payments, you'd be right!
So naturally he and Donald Trump are good pals.
Lev Parnas Wants To Sing Like A Canary. Also Like Sister Sledge.
Hammer time!
Chucklefucker Lev Parnas may be down, but he's still got a mean kick. While Rudy Giuliani's onetime Ukraine fixer is cooling his heels on house arrest awaiting trial, the entire GOP establishment is shouting in unison I DON'T KNOW HER. To which Parnas's lawyer Joseph Bondy replied, "Stop, Hammer time!" (Wonkers? Volume UP!)
Not an MC Hammer fan? Sister Sledge more your style? Parnas has a plan for that!
How you livin', Jared and Vanky?
Looks Like We Might Get A Real Senate Impeachment Trial, Y'all!
Despite Mitch McConnell's very best intentions, SAD TROMBONING!
Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with the Democratic caucus this morning, and announced there will be a vote tomorrow (Wednesday) on appointing impeachment managers for a trial in the Senate, and to officially transmit the articles of the impeachment all the way down the hall, around the corner, then down another hallway and up some stairs, if the articles need to stop along the way and pee that's fine, there's a bathroom right there, and then eventually into Mitch McConnell's turtle shell, setting the stage for an impeachment trial to begin next week after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
And let us tell you, if the news coming out of the newsreels is to be believed, Pelosi's delay may have done exactly what she and we wanted it to do, because Mitch McConnell may not really have the opportunity to conduct the sham exoneration Trump trial of his little wet dreams.
Emphasis on the may not, because we are dealing with Mitch McConnell here.
Trump Just Robbing The Troops To Pay For WALL Again, Totally Normal
Are they Mexican troops? They are not!
We're building the wall! And who's gonna pay for it? That's right, it's our military and their families. PROMISES KEPT!
Last year, after a 35-day shutdown, Donald Trump agreed to accept just $1.4 billion in WALLbux from Congress. After which, he promptly declared a state of emergency to justify raiding military construction funds for another $3.6 billion and demanded that congressional Democrats "backfill" the money to prove they don't "hate the troops." And now he'd like to steal that money again, plus a whole lot more. The Washington Post reports that this year's heist will net $7.2 billion of Pentagon funding that had been allocated to anti-narcotic programming and military construction.
Trump took $2.5 billion from military counterdrug programs for border barrier construction in 2019, but this year his administration is planning to take significantly more — $3.5 billion. Trump administration officials also are planning to take $3.7 billion in military construction funding, slightly more than the $3.6 billion diverted in 2019.
Emboldened by the green light from the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which lifted a lower court stay on spending the filched cash, the White House is racing to get some substantial portion of the border fencing up so that Trump can claim credit for it at his pitchfork rallies. They're no longer even bothering to pretend that Mexico will foot the bill.
What's Wrong, Impeachy The Clown, Is Nancy Pelosi Making You Cry A Whole Bunch?
IMPEACHMENT IS ETERNAL.
It would appear Donald Trump's bowels are cramping today:
READ TEHT RANSDRIPTS!!1!1 (We did. They are full of crime of the attempted election-stealing variety.) (He's been whining all day, by the way. Whining about how it was a witch hunt, whining about how he wasn't allowed representation in the House proceedings, when of course, he was offered that privilege and turned it down. Meh.)
He's right, though. There is a stigma to being impeached. Know who laughs a lot at impeached presidents? Unimpeached presidents.
At least we assume unimpeached presidents are prone to having a giggle at the expense of impeached presidents. (Hey did you guys hear the first film from Barack and Michelle Obama's production company was nominated for an Oscar this morning? Just one more thing he has that Trump never will.)
If Kris Kobach Wants To Lose Another Seat For The GOP, Who Are We To Argue?
Knock yourself out, dude.
It's just possible that the national GOP hates Kris Kobach more than Kris Kobach hates immigrants. Which is high bar to clear! From the moment he declared for the Kansas's US Senate race by misspelling his own name on the registration form, the National Republican Senate Committee accused him of "simultaneously put[ting] President Trump's presidency and Senate Majority at risk." But Chris -- sorry, Kris -- Kobach brushed off the DC insiders' gripes with the dogged confidence of a guy who plans to grift a billion dollars to erect a home-brew border wall.
While Mike Pompeo was Hamlet-ing all over Foggy Bottom, the NRSC could keep Kansas on the back burner. But now that Pompeo says he's foregoing the Senate race to take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fuck shit up in the Middle East, the GOP is panicking. The Wall Street Journal reports that internal Republican polling has Kobach almost 20 points ahead of his closest primary challenger, Rep. Roger Marshall (KS-1), and weak against a strong Democrat in the general. And Republicans remember that 18 months ago, that racist nutbag Kobach managed to lose the Kansas gubernatorial election by five percent in a state Trump took by 20 points. So they're not risking a narrow GOP majority in the Senate on that incompetent buffoon, at least not if they can help it.
Cut The Crap Already, We Killed Soleimani Because They Told Trump Brown People Were Laughing At Him
We all know it.
Shoulda known it would all come back to John Bolton! After a weekend where Donald Trump dispatched defense secretary Mark Esper to twist in the wind on national television trying to justify the attack on Qassim Soleimani as arising from some "imminent" threat, NBC reports that we actually planned the hit on the Iranian general a full seven months ago when John Bolton was still the national security advisor.
After Iran shot down a U.S. drone in June, John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser at the time, urged Trump to retaliate by signing off on an operation to kill Soleimani, officials said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also wanted Trump to authorize the assassination, officials said.
But Trump rejected the idea, saying he'd take that step only if Iran crossed his red line: killing an American. The president's message was "that's only on the table if they hit Americans," according to a person briefed on the discussion.
So that would be a targeted killing in response to retrospective Iranian action, not an action to prevent a prospective plot to kill Americans. And perhaps it was the right choice. But who can form a rational opinion when everything that comes out of the administration is a distortion to conform to the president's most recent lie?
Republican All Set To Beat Ilhan Omar, AOC, Colin Kaepernick In Alabama Senate Race
Spoiler alert: Bradley Byrne's campaign ad is racist garbage.
Bradley Byrne is a Republican congressman from Alabama. He's running for Senate this year, and we fear the scenario where we'd have to root for Jeff Sessions. The pressing question is which of these clowns does Doug Jones have the best chance of beating? The Republican nominee will have a partisan advantage of almost 27 points. You'd think the candidates competing to retire Jones could take it down a notch, but Byrne went full Willie Horton this week with a repulsive campaign ad.
The spot begins with Byrne sitting by a campfire. He holds a photo of his brother, Dale, who died in 2013.
BYRNE: When the towers fell, I knew my brother would be going to war. Dale was a true patriot. I can't bring him back. I miss him every day.
That's when Rep. Ilhan Omar's image, which is scary and brown, appears in the flames. This symbolizes that she is on fire. Byrne accuses Omar of “cheapening 9/11," like she's selling knockoff 9/11 souvenir merchandise in Chinatown. But Omar isn't the one using 9/11 — and the death of their own sibling — as a cheap cudgel against another politician.
Kevin McCarthy Very Concerned That Nancy Pelosi Is Sabotaging Bernie's Socialist Revolution
Whatever you do, don't let this clown become speaker of the House.
Bernie Sanders is surging in the Democratic primary. He's leading recent polls in Iowa and New Hampshire. RealClearPolitics now show Sanders with roughly the same "betting odds" as Joe Biden. Brett Stephens is even warning the world of a socialist apocalypse. Sanders is a serious candidate for president, whether you like it or not, so it's a little strange to see Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, feeling the Bern.
McCarthy stopped by Fox News Sunday morning to talk impeachment, and he ended up sounding like every Jerry Garcia lookalike I encountered after the 2016 election who complained that the Democratic Party rigged the primary against Sanders. I don't want to have that debate again, either here or in the comments. I just think it's odd that McCarthy's advocating for a politician he should (rightly) see as an existential threat to everything he represents, all of which is terrible.
Uh Oh, Matt Gaetz In Big Trouble With Daddy!
No, not his real daddy, his work daddy Donald Trump.
No, silly, we are not saying Matt Gaetz is in trouble with the rich daddy he apparently has in Florida who may or may not have had a hand in keeping many of young Matthew's youthful extracurricular activities off his permanent record! We have no reason to believe Gaetz is in trouble with that daddy. We are talking about Donald Trump. You know, his work daddy.
Last week, when Congress invoked the War Powers act to limit Trump's freedom to attack Iran all willy-nilly without congressional authorization, it was a slightly bipartisan vote, and one reason for that was because Gaetz -- Trump-licker extraordinaire if there ever was one -- decided to vote with the Democrats. He said he was doing it because "principle" or something, and because he represents more troops than anybody else in Congress. We know enough about Matt Gaetz to never give him credit for being a stopped clock that's still somehow only right once a day, but it was a rare show of brain activity from a guy from whom we aren't accustomed to seeing that.
Wonkette mentioned this briefly this weekend, but this report from the Washington Post really has some funny lines about how upset Daddy is with Gaetz, who really has gone and wrapped his relationship with Daddy around a tree on this one, HAHA, MATT GAETZ DUI JOKE, nobody's ever said one of those before!
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Do you wonder what Conor McNicholas is up to these days?
What happens to former NME editors?
Conor McNicholas, he of the double Andrew WK cover era, is doing this sort of thing:
Businesses need to "get radical" and change the structure of their business if they are to succeed in the new networked world, according to Conor McNicholas, the chief executive at AllTogetherNow.
McNicholas used the example of Barclays setting up an editorial board to bring together the different communications departments. He worked with Barclays at his previous employer Redwood.
Barclays put a router at the centre of the business with a representative from each department that met weekly to sign off joint actions.
He said: "At the heart of the editorial board is the concept of a shared culture. It creates a neutral space that allows those involved to bring opportunities or projects to the group and work on them together, no more meeting on your turf or mine."
McNicholas encouraged delegates to embrace the new networked world and "start kicking the shins" of the way things have always been done.
One day you're telling people that Party Hard is the greatest thing ever; the next you're punting a minor change in the comms strategy at a big bank as the revolution of our lifetimes. That's life right there, isn't it?
CORRECTION: This post would have worked a lot better if Conor McNicholas had been editing the NME at the time of the Andrew WK cover; actually it was Ben Knowles. And to be totally fair, he did put Fucked Up on the cover.
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Madonna now peers with Status Quo
Oh, dear. Madonna now finds herself rubbing shoulders with Cliff Richard and Status Quo, shut out of the Radio One playlist and waah-waahing that it's sooooo unfair:
Pop star Madonna has called Radio 1 "discriminatory and unfair" after it declined to play her latest single.
Living For Love failed to make the station's playlist, which dictates its most-played songs, when it was released last month, leading to accusations of ageism from the 56-year-old's fans.
Speaking to The Sun, Madonna said she was "shocked" by her exclusion.
"I was like, 'Wait a second. Shouldn't it be to do with whether you wrote a good, catchy pop song?"
Come on, Madge, if you were being judged on quality alone, you'd not have been heard on Radio One since 1999.
It's hard to admit, obviously, but you're just not relevant to the target Radio One audience. It's not because of your age. It's because you sound tired.
In the Guardian a couple of weeks ago, David Connor - who saw Madonna play the Haçienda - summed up the problem she faces before she even faced it:
This story still definitely impresses people. I now teach electrical installation to 16- to 19-year-olds and, whenever I’ve mentioned it, they ask, “Who’s Madonna?” Although one of them once piped up, “I know who she is – she’s that old bird.”
I think Status Quo demanded some sort of parliamentary enquiry or something. You could try that.
It won't do any good, but it's important to keep busy as you enter your golden years.
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Blurred credit lines
I suppose that's going to have wiped the Happy off Pharrell Williams' face, as a US court rule he and Robin Thicke ripped off Marvin Gaye.
A jury decided that the music in rohyp-hop hit Blurred Lines was lifted from Gaye, and ordered a payment of nearly five million quid in damages to go to Gaye's estate.
Presumably, Gaye's family will spend most of this money on legal fees trying to get his name taken off the credits again.
Because that's not much of a victory, is it? Sure, you've got the proof that you were plagiarised, but now that crappy song is going to carry a credit that Marvin Gaye helped write it.
It's like you've broken into your the office your boss uses, and done a massive anonymous poo in the middle of their desk. But then discover that Molly from accounts is saying that she did it. You'd feel obligated to put everyone right, no matter how much you don't really want to be associated with the still-steaming turd. It might be an unpleasant pile of stinky old cack, but you'd be damned if someone else is going to pass it off as their work.
There's the potential for more problems for Thicke and Williams, as now the question of who wrote the music has been settled, they're at risk of being sued by the Friends Of Roman Polanski for lifting the lyrics from them.
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Holy No'Moly
After 13 years of being the slicker alternative to Popbitch/the thinking person's Perez Hilton, Holy Moly is closing down.
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Us apologise after misidentifying Kanye West as the loudest clown in town. A bit.
At the end of last week, Shirley Manson did a massive post to Facebook saying... well, this:
Dear He who shall remain nameless,
It is with great sadness that I read your email today.
Clearly you have forgotten or are just generally unaware, that in business it is always wise to be kind and respectful in your day to day dealings with other people. Especially those you have never met.
You just never know when you might meet that person who has been at the receiving end of your disrespect for indeed you may have to come on bended knee to that person later on down the line because they hold on to something of value that you need to get your greasy hands on.
What alarms me more than anything about your nasty little barbs is that you are in the business of representing artists interests and yet you are clearly unaware that not all musicians are obsessed with the charts or being famous.
That some of us do not value ourselves by the number of mainstream "hits" we have enjoyed .
That some of us just enjoy making music and having a long lifespan of a career without having to dance as fast as we can, or be the loudest clown in town or be having to hitch ourselves to the latest ,greatest, freshest sound in order to remain "on top" .
There are some of us who just like to live the way WE see fit. Make the music WE feel passionate about. Music that feels authentic to who we are and where we are in our lives.
There are even some of us who do not believe that being famous is the holy grail or the answer to a beautiful, meaningful and rewarding life.
Clearly you are unable to wrap your head around the idea that some musicians actually prefer NOT having to perform on Children's TV shows. Who do NOT want to be gossiped about in the popularity contest columns. Who most definitively do NOT want to be chased by paparazzi and who do NOT want to put their family name to some shitty , poorly made product in order to build a "brand" and who most definately do NOT want to go out every night, dressed up to the nines to the opening of an envelope.
SO allow me to make my choices as I see fit without having to endure your childish and un-evolved criticism.
As you so rightly pointed out, there are plenty of talented people in the world who will sell their grannies to serve your desires.
So now then sir, that all said,
Go F#CK yourself.
The "nameless" bit in the opening line is so frustrating if you're trying to stir up a beef, so a lot of publications - the charge led by Us - assumed that it must be Kanye West. After all, Shirl had a pop at West recently, and... well, if a gossip magazine can't think about more than one thing at a time, the same must be true of everyone, right?
Trouble is, it wasn't about Kanye. So Shirley took to Facebook again:
I would just like to state for the record that my post from a few days ago which has been heisted today by US Weekly and then consequently glommed onto by a variety of so called news sources had absolutely NOTHING to do with Kanye West whatsoever.
It was directed towards a completely unknown industry insider who had in my opinion been rather offensive in his dealings with me last week.
I take great exception to US Weekly rushing to assume who this aforementioned post was directed towards. Instead of doing their due diligence which in my opinion is their journalistic duty, they have instead made lazy, potentially libelous assumptions which I find completely offensive and entirely inaccurate.
Modern journalism in most cases these days, barely resembles the craft that was once practiced with such care, skill and integrity. Instead we are stuck with provocative scandal mongers who will stoop at nothing in an effort to drive people to their web sites.
Ignore all the stupidity and get on with your lives my friends.
I fully intend to do the same.
(You know that somewhere there's a man reading that going 'calling me a loud clown is one thing, but now you've called me an 'unknown' - well, that's going too far, young lady. That's going too far.')
So Us have backed down:
UPDATE: An earlier version of this story stated — erroneously — that Manson had written her Facebook post specifically about Kanye West. A rep for the singer reached out to Us Weekly to clarify that the anonymous subject of Manson’s note was not, in fact, the rapper. Us regrets the error.
They regret the error.
Though not enough to bother changing the headline on the story:
Shirley Manson Trashes Unnamed Enemy as the "Loudest Clown in Town" -- Is She Talking About Kanye West?
No. No, she isn't. In the first paragraph under this headline, you apologise for saying that she was.
An error, of course, they regret.
Although not enough to actually change this image caption either:
Shirley Manson ripped Kanye West yet again on Facebook, calling Kim Kardashian's husband "the loudest clown in town" -- find out what set her off here.
That's quite a piece of work there, then, Us:
From the top, then:
Headline: Implies it might be Kanye West
Image: Says it is Kanye West
First para: Says it isn't Kanye West.
Good work, everyone.
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Mergermania: Franz Ferdinand & Sparks unite
Not since Marxism Today merged with the New Statesman has there been a coming together so unexpected, but so provocative. There's going to be a tour, too.
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Iggy quits. Except she doesn't.
Oh, say it ain't so, Inquisitr:
Iggy Azalea Leaves Social Media: Pop Star Deletes Her Instagram Account
Really? Her Instagram account deleted? Really?
Erm, not really. She's just handed the keys to her management. For a "break".
You'd think that 'artist whose image is built around being outspoken no longer controlling her own Instagram account so that her management can control what messages are put out under her name' is actually a far more compelling story than 'artist deletes account', wouldn't you?
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Popular music might have just died
Remember when pop stars used to swish around, doing interesting and exciting stuff?
Remember when you wanted to be a pop star?
Remember that?
Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith have a bet on to see who can lose a stone in weight fastest.
It gets worse:
According to sources, 6ft 2in Stay With Me singer Sam, 22 – who has struggled with his weight since childhood – has enlisted the help of a hypnotist and top Harley Street nutritionist.
This is meant to be pop. It sounds like a b-story from Downton Abbey.
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Eurovision 2015: The UK chooses this year's gallant losers
Here, then, is the track picked for the UK's Eurovision entry - Still In Love With You, by Electro Velvet:
Remember the name. It'll come in handy if you ever find yourself on Pointless in 2017.
It's not a terrible thing. Well, not totally terrible. If Jive Bunny was still alive, it'd possibly even feel a bit contemporary.
Actually, yes. It is terrible, isn't it? It doesn't only sound dated, but the nostalgia it's striving for is, itself, dated. "Hey, Europe, remember 25 years ago when there was a lot of people remembering this sort of thing?"
Yes, it's come to this. We're entering something that could have just failed to make the cut for Bugsy Malone.
Instead, let's praise the wisdom of Andreas Kummert - selected to represent the German nation in the finals, he suddenly remembered that he didn't want to do that.
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1. What the pop papers say: Noel, again, naturally
2. What would happen if you took all the men-only acts out of Reading?
3. That last Mark and Lard show. Yes, still
4. Garbage announce 20th anniversary of Queer
5. Bates axed by Smooth
6. Great Escape could actually run with no all-men acts
7. The Chart Show moves; it's not about the chart show
8. James Bay explains his hat is like a suit he wears to work
9. Slum Of Legs et al to play Brighton bank holiday
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Henrik Ibsen (1820–1908) is arguably the most important playwright of the nineteenth century. Globally he remains the most performed playwright after Shakespeare, and Hedda Gabler, A Doll’s House, Peer Gynt, and Ghosts are all masterpieces of psychological insight.
This is the first full-scale biography to take a literary as well as historical approach to the works, life, and times of Ibsen. Ivo de Figueiredo shows how, as a man, Ibsen was drawn toward authoritarianism, was absolute in his judgments over others, and resisted the ideas of equality and human rights that formed the bases of the emerging democracies in Europe. And yet as an artist, he advanced debates about the modern individual’s freedom and responsibility—and cultivated his own image accordingly. Where other biographies try to show how the artist creates the art, this book reveals how, in Ibsen’s case, the art shaped the artist.
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Making the case for a XF native app
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facebook forum app mobile app native app
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Chris D said:
That kind of thing would need a native app, unfortunately.
Google has actually proposed a "web share target" specification which they seem to be (slowly) working on implementing in Chrome, but of course getting it adopted by other platforms is another story (as we're seeing with service workers/push notifications).
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Yeah I know of it, it's a great idea. Just feels like these things take far too long to come to fruition. If you think about it, and you sort of start counting it from when smartphone popularity kicked off, we've had push notifications now for over 10 years. We shouldn't be sitting here in 2018 wondering when people like Apple (who pretty much popularised the concept in the first place) are going to start following the standards that everyone else does. I love Apple products, but honestly I'm starting to feel like they're comparable to Microsoft back in the day in terms of knocking out proprietary software that either follows their own standards or takes forever to follow the same standards everyone is.
Heck, even Microsoft Edge on Android has push notifications and if not already, Edge on Windows won't be far behind. Doesn't make sense to me
/rant over.
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IFireflyl
I don't know if this is still being talked about/considered, but I would personally LOVE a native Xenforo mobile app.
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interforo
An app would be great
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AndrewSimm
An app would obviously be great, but many challenges would prevent a lot of websites from using it. I've created add-ons on my site to display articles, sports schedules, recruit rankings, and etc. All of these features would be unavailable on a typical app.
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Apple have started blocking electron apps in the app store making it even more difficult for devs to create decent cross platform solutions.
Apple Is Trying to Kill Web Technology
The company has made it extremely difficult to use web-based technology on its platforms, and it hopes developers won’t bother
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While browsers like Chrome and Opera are available in the App Store, they must use Apple’s Safari browser behind the scenes to render web pages, rather than their own. That means Apple has a monopoly on how iPhone and iPad users access the web.
Apple’s subtle, anti-competitive practices don’t look terrible in isolation, but together they form a clear strategy: Make it so painful to build with web-based technology on Apple platforms that developers won’t bother.
snoopy5
RobinHood said:
But we can not sit there and do nothing, just because Apple does stupid things. Life goes on. There are enough non-Apple users out there, so focus on them. Not everybody wants to have an iPhone and the more apps are available for android and not for apple, the more likely Apple users will switch.
Xenforo is at a decision pathway and has to think about what will keep them in busines in 5 years from now. The competition is not sleeping. A native app will be for many Forum-admins a "game changer".
Invisioncommunity (IPS) is close to release its native app, maybe still in 2019:
Invision Community Apps for iOS & Android
Im excited to reveal that we are making Invision Community native apps for iOS and Android! For the past few months, our staff has been using an internal test build right here on our community. Now we are ready to widen testing to a larger pool of customers. Information on how to become a tester ...
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I do not believe that Xenforo can afford to miss that train. There have been two experiments with Xenforo addons from third parties. Both stopped now (one stopped and the other one has no development for over a year and users complain all the time)
If IPS is releasing its own native app and if there will be no sign of the Xenforo team for its own native app for Xenforo with a schedule when it will be available, many Xenforo admins will switch. Especailly now as the prices are very close (200$ vs. 160$) and the renewal costs of IPS are less than the ones from XF [50$ (=2x25$) vs. 55$]. This adds up if you are running several communities.
No admin can afford that a forum in the same niche will have more traffic just because they are able to offer an APP for the smartphone.
All the problems with mass-emails etc. are gone with a native APP. This is the reason why FB, IG, Snapchat....you name it, were able to grow in that fast pace.
Ignoring this is like suicide for Xenforo.
Although this is a suggestion forum only, I do think that the Xenforo team has to address these concerns since it is directly influencing how many customers will upgrade to XF2.x from XF1.5 over the nexte 2-6 months.
At least I will look very close into this once I am able to upgrade from 1.5x to XF2.x (depends on other plugins).
Why should I invest money in a expensive XF-upgrade with no future for an app, if I can at the same time use that money to switch to IPS with a native app on the very near horizont?
Of course I spend then more money at the beginning. But just because of the cheaper renewal cost, I get this additional expense back soon.
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I just found this addon from truonglv as an App for Xenforo. It seems to be good, but it is expensive if you add all costs together.
So there is definitely a need for an XF-app as an official Xenforo plugin.
snoopy5 said:
If IPS is releasing its own native app and if there will be no sign of the Xenforo team for its own native app for Xenforo with a schedule when it will be available, many Xenforo admins will switch.
I pretty much doubt so, especially as price is not a primary factor for choosing one platform (at least for me).
Monetizing a forum app is hard if not almost impossible.
So while I think an App would indeed be nice for regular users, it IMHO isn't a must-have.
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clubpromos
My users keep asking for a mobile app and my moderators are desperate to get one as well.
I really wish there was a good solution, either XF team or anything else - and I'm not even trying to find the cheapest solution here.
I switched from VB, they had an app back in 2011 I believe already.
Ludachris
No, it probably isn't suicide for XF, they'll continue to sell licenses to some admins. But it could be suicide for admins whose community keeps asking for an app and you can't give your customers what they're asking for. It's so frustrating as an admin when you can't take advantage of the phone's built in capabilities when 2/3 of your visitors view the forum on phones. Again, I don't think a native app needs to replicate ALL forum features - it could just be supplemental, displaying alerts, showing a links to popular destinations on the forum, and those links can then open a browser so that the user views and interacts with the content in a browser. But making use of an app for the alerts system makes a LOT of sense from an admin's perspective.
Ludachris said:
I don't think a native app needs to replicate ALL forum features - it could just be supplemental, displaying alerts, showing a links to popular destinations on the forum, and those links can then open a browser so that the user views and interacts with the content in a browser.
That sounds like dreadful UX.
An app should replicate the entire forum feature set (which is impossible due to third party code) or not at all.
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Brogan said:
I don't know, I've discussed this with several big board owners and they tend to like the idea. It's certainly not ideal, but as you said, it's impossible to create a native app that works with third party add-ons, and almost none of the successful forums out there are running no add-ons. I imagine if a native app was created that add-on developers would be pressured to ensure their add-ons were compatible with the app.
I imagine if a native app was created that add-on developers would be pressured to ensure their add-ons were compatible with the app.
That's not possible.
Only the app developer can add code for third party add-ons.
Obviously not something XF would ever do.
Ahhh, yeah, I remember hearing that before now that you say it. That's probably why I went down the path of a supplemental/shell app idea that would utilize a browser for interacting with the content. Not ideal as you pointed out, but at this point, it at least addresses some of the needs.
Hristo Avramov
Did someone try this addon?
The future is definitely on app, most of the people use phones now. As much as I dislike this, I'm still using my phone only to call.
seems like Step #1 would be more fleshed out API support from XenForo. as I understand it the current API can't support a true app. And it gets messy once you start mixing in non-official add-ons to provide more API functionality.
Hopefully with XF 2.2 it gets fleshed out more.
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arn said:
Doesn't sound like Step #1 is even on anyone's radar.
I would create and offer a PWA for your users to install.
Looks like an app, can be installed and used like one but just shows your website in a dedicated browser window.
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HWS said:
Would it handle notifications like an app? How about being able to access the phone's camera as a sharing destination? Those are the two critical functions we need from an app.
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June 25, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 0 comments
The first thing you feel is the heat. The weight of the oppressive air hits you just before the odor. It’s the odor that is hardest to deal with, the smell of urine, heaviest in the stairwell, lingers still in the hallway on the first floor.
On the second floor I could take only about five minutes of the combined heat and odor. But the pitch-black darkness of the second floor added to the disturbing thought that people, including 50 children, live here.
It’s called Heritage House. I’m not sure whose heritage is embodied here, but the future needs to be different. People shouldn’t be living like this. Residents and community activists have been making noise for a couple of weeks, but I had no idea the conditions would be this bad. Not a just a few miles from where the city and the private sector plan to spend $60 million or so on a high-class performing arts center.
An estimated 177 people live in the Heritage House. The few residents I spoke to described an open ended drug market in the courtyard and in the hallways. One man who spoke to me as I left said young men stand in the hallways, much like the black as night hallway I walked through on the second floor, and offer to sell drugs.
“What do you need, man? I hear that every day,” David said.
Police have been called to Heritage House 2,860 times in the last 12 months, according to city officials. David says that police come in the front looking for drug dealers who run out the back, through an alley and up to the storefronts on Randleman Road.
Another resident agreed with City Councilman Mike Barber, who called for Heritage House to be shut down. The resident said the only hope for the place, which her mother has lived in for four years, is for everything to be torn out and replaced. The carpet, the furniture, the windows. I came across a pair of home health nurses leaving in disgust. They had been there to make an initial visit with a client, but police advised them it was not a good time, as inspectors where on that person’s floor just then. The nurses said they would not be coming back. One of them described it as the worst place she’d ever visited.
An animated owner who I came across just before leaving said that he does his best to screen his clients. But with no one controlling owner, and a weak homeowners association that currently is $55,000 behind on its water bill, there seemed little he could do to force compliance from others.
The man said part of the problem was that the city had shut down low-cost motels like Greensboro Inn and that those residents, who need the least affordable housing possible, had simply migrated, along with drug dealing, prostitution and other crimes, to the Heritage House.
City officials swept through the seven-story complex on Meadowview Road, about 100 yards from the glimmering glass front of the city’s transportation operations center. Police provided security for inspectors, who had reached the fifth floor by later Wednesday. After a press conference at the transportation center, where District 1 Councilwoman Sharon Hightower spoke forcefully about the city’s intention to improve conditions there, media types were allowed an hour or two in the early afternoon to talk with residents and interact with city workers doing their best amidst the heat of a hot summer day.
Stunned residents, many in wheelchairs or with canes, seemed to grasp what bit of dignity they could as they went about their business amidst the frenzy of attention.
One is left wondering why the proper attention or enforcement was lacking in the first place, a question few city officials seemed prepared to answer.
Republicans trade immigration barbs in wake of Cantor’s defeat
Following Eric Cantor’s loss in a Republican Primary last night in which pundits say his position on immigration reform played a major role, Phil Berger Jr. today launched a radio ad aimed at his opponent in the runoff for the Sixth District Nomination.
Cantor, a Virginia Republican, had served as House Majority Leader under Speaker John Boehner. He was defeated by a grassroots candidate in a Republican primary held yesterday. Cantor had presented a mixed message to voters, claiming in campaign materials to oppose immigration reform, while advancing legislation in Congress toward that end.
Berger Jr.’s campaign wasted no time in the wake of Cantor’s defeat to seize on the obvious passion that conservative Republican voters have for a zero-tolerance approach to giving a pathway to citizenship to those in the country illegally.
The campaign released a radio ad today in which Berger Jr. highlights opponent Mark Walker’s supposed support for immigration reform.
“As a prosecutor, I’ve seen first hand the effect of illegal immigration: the overcrowding of our jails, illegals feeding off our tax dollars, and jeopardizing public safety,” Berger Jr. said in the ad. “My opponent Mark Walker promises to give amnesty to illegal aliens. Walker supports creating a pathway to citizenship for the millions who broke the law and came to this country illegally. His legislation would only encourage more illegal immigration and would make our problem worse, not better.”
A campaign spokesperson said the ad was “a major media buy” and would debut on conservative talk networks across the district.
At issue are comments on a Walker website from early in the campaign when he suggested incremental immigration reform that could provide a pathway to citizenship. Walker said at a recent candidate forum that he did not support amnesty for illegal immigrants or a pathway to citizenship, as reported by the Rhino Times.
Walker said in a telephone interview that the Berger Jr. campaign had quoted him inaccurately, accusing the campaign of pulling a partial quote from a blog post Walker made early in the campaign as he began to put his platform together. Walker said that his background as a pastor and working in immigrant and refugee communities had played a part in those comments.
“My heart is for people from all walks of life,” Walker said. “My oath to the Constitution is to protect the border and the ports.”
Walker said that he does not favor any form of amnesty.
“We need to make sure our border and ports are very secure before we can get into legislation, otherwise you have an open ended situation to deal with,” Walker said.
Walker also pointed to the fact that he had been endorsed by Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson, whom Walker called “the strongest anti-amnesty sheriff in the district.” Walker said that no sheriff in the district had endorsed Berger Jr.
“I think it’s interesting that as a DA he doesn’t have his own sheriff’s support or the support of any sheriff in the district,” Walker said. “I think if you are going to talk about obeying the law, you need to ask why is that?”
The Walker campaign also seized on Cantor’s loss by highlighting the Berger Jr. campaign’s tenuous connection to political strategists used by the former House Majority Leader.
“It is clear that Phil Berger, Jr., is the D.C. establishment candidate in this race,” Walker said in a press release. “Political insiders on Capitol Hill have handpicked Berger to come to D.C. and serve as a rubber stamp for their agenda. Berger’s wealthy friends have paid Cantor’s team tens of thousands of dollars to come to North Carolina and attack me, while promoting him. It says a lot when his Super PAC is being run by Eric Cantor’s political henchmen. The political class is investing all this money to support Berger for a reason.”
The connection comes in the form of Ray Allen, a political consultant from the Richmond firm Creative Direct, which Cantor used. A Super PAC from Raleigh, Keep Conservatives United, also used Creative Direct in its advocacy for candidates leading up to the May primary. Keep Conservatives United expressed support for Berger Jr. and launched several negative ads and direct mail pieces at other candidates in the race. Candidate campaigns are prohibited by law from coordinating with Super PACs.
May 28, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 0 comments
Duke Energy assigns new district manager for Guilford County
Duke Energy has shifted assignments for two of its 15 district managers as one of the company’s top community representatives picks up new responsibilities in Virginia.
As the clean up continues in the wake of the coal ash spill along the Dan River near Eden, District Manager Davis Montgomery has represented Duke across the state line in Virginia. Montgomery was the district manager for Alamance, Guilford and Rockingham counties when the coal ash spill occurred in February.
Duke Energy has no customers in Virginia, and at the time of the spill had no established government liaison with communities along the Dan River in that state, said Mike Hughes, Duke Energy’s vice-president of local government and community relations in North Carolina. Montgomery picked those duties up and has represented the company in communities like Danville, South Boston and Clarksville.
Hughes said that the company recognizes the river remediation and long-term plan to deal with coal ash will have implications for communities downstream from the shuttered Dan River Steam Station outside of Eden in Rockingham County. So the company split Guilford County from its previous grouping. Randy Welch, the current district manager for Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell and Rowan counties, will take over management of Guilford County.
In the new set up, Montgomery will focus on relations along the Dan River basin, from Rockingham County to the Kerr Reservoir. He will also continue to manage Alamance County for Duke Energy. Welch will manage Guilford, Rowan and Davie counties.
Montgomery announced the move in an email to local government officials on May 18. In the note he said his new assignment could last from one to two years. The new assignments are supposed to be in place by the end of this week.
Duke Energy is currently working to remove the largest deposit of coal ash identified, a 25,000-ton mixture of coal ash and river sediment that’s settled just east of the Schoolfield Dam outside of Danville. Hughes said the company is using a dredge to attempt removal. The work is progressing, but is hampered by recent rains that cause river volume to swell.
The company has taken over a municipal park in Danville in order to access the sediment deposit, according to Montgomery, and is paying the city $2,500 to make up for lost user fees. Montgomery said they hope to vacate the park in July.
Hughes said that a second, smaller deposit closer to the spill site has also been identified. Both deposits are stable, Hughes said, having settled beneath river sediment.
The long-range plan to deal with 100 million tons of coal ash in 33 basins across North Carolina will be an ongoing issue, Hughes said, that could be of concern to communities downriver.
He emphasized that Duke Energy wanted to have a liaison available during that process.
“We don’t know how long it will warrant, but as along as it is warranted, we will have somebody there,” Hughes said.
May 21, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 1 Comment
Defamation settlement “a fait accompli,” source says
A settlement in the defamation lawsuit filed by four people associated with Conservatives for Guilford County against a prolific Greensboro blogger is “a fait accompli,” according to a source close to the process.
Two couples sued local blogger Jeff Martin, who uses the pen name “Fecund Stench,” over a series of satirical blog posts that the plaintiffs say were untrue and cast them in a false light.
Martin was served with the lawsuit May 2 and indicated early in the process that he would settle the dispute for a variety of personal reasons. Since that time details of a potential settlement emerged, but even the most casual observers noted errors of fact and potential problems with the scope of the settlement.
According to information obtained by YES! Weekly, the settlement issue is moving forward after the incorrect URL cited in the lawsuit was amended to reflect Martin’s most recent WordPress-hosted blog. The initial lawsuit and first settlement referenced a web address Martin ceased using in 2010, which was outside the scope of the court document filed in February.
Additionally, the settlement now contains a provision that would allow Martin to keep copies of his blog material, which he deleted on May 2, as long as he does not republish or distribute the content objected to by the plaintiffs.
Martin published widely read accounts of his work as a temporary laborer and was noted for his discussion of global financial and international affairs, in addition to his acerbic posts about local politics. Folks commenting on the lawsuit, mostly at Ed Cone’s well-read blog, urged Martin to preserve those writings. The settlement maintains strident provisions that Martin delete the material regarding the plaintiffs and not cause it to be republished.
The first settlement required Martin to delete all copies of the posts, even from cached and third-party storage, something some doubted was possible. The current settlement inserts the language “over which he has control.”
According to a source close to the negotiations, one set of parties has already signed the agreement, which is moving toward closure in the coming days.
Martin is now blogging at a different WordPress URL, but his blog in dispute appeared to have been restored earlier this week, though password protected.
Reached via email, Martin said he planned to keep a low profile until the settlement became official.
The settlement retains stipulations that Martin not post photos of the plaintiffs that might be considered private, and that he not speak publicly or publish material about three of the plaintiffs. Posts about the fourth plaintiff, Brett Riddleberger, are required to adhere to factually true statements, according to the document.
When asked if he knew prior to filing the defamation lawsuit about Brett Riddleberger’s conviction for indecent liberties with a minor, the plaintiff’s attorney declined to comment, citing attorney client privilege.
Martin often constructed salacious scenes that involved Riddleberger at strip clubs owned by Doug Adkins, another of the plaintiffs and an early financial backer of Conservatives for Guilford County. Much debate surfaced during discussions of the lawsuit regarding what clubs Adkins owns.
According to records on file with the city of Greensboro, the NC Secretary of State and the ABC licensing office Adkins currently owns Centerfolds on Veasley Street and Copa Rocka Cantina on Sands Drive. A third club, Mirage on Burnt Poplar Road, was converted to Jeff Melendy in 2013, according to city records. The controlling corporation, National Golf Distributors LLC, was owned by Doug Adkins until May 2012.
City privilege license records list a third plaintiff, Isabella Adkins, as the contact person for Copa Rocka Cantina and Centerfolds.
Settlement details emerge in blogger defamation suit
Word spread late Tuesday that four people associated with Conservatives for Guilford County that filed a defamation lawsuit against a local blogger had offered settlement terms to avoid a trial.
Most of the chatter stemmed from online posts by defendant Jeff Martin, who blogs under the name Fecund Stench. Martin posted on a new blog that he’s set up that the plaintiffs had agreed to a settlement and “paperwork is to follow.”
Martin followed that up Wednesday with a cryptic post stating “we’re close and working through it.”
Word of the suit spread Monday after Yes! Weekly broke the story. Martin deleted his blog on Friday after being served with the suit by a sheriff’s deputy. The plaintiffs objected to Martin’s acerbic satirical style, in which he lampooned their conservative politics by placing members of C4GC, and their spouses, in absurd fictional settings. The narratives often took place in strip clubs.
Douglas Adkins, the lead plaintiff, owns strip clubs in Greensboro, in addition to a vast network of ATM machines that net him profit per transaction. Adkins was an early financial supporter of C4GC. His wife, Isabella Adkins, was a prominent spokesperson for the group, appearing at numerous political rallies and local government meetings to speak on behalf of conservative policy.
According to information obtained by Yes! Weekly, Douglas Adkins objected vehemently to Martin’s writings and is demanding that Martin strictly adhere to any terms of a potential settlement.
As part of the settlement terms, Martin would have to agree not to speak publicly about Douglas or Isabella Adkins, or C4GC co-founder, Jodi Riddleberger. The terms state that Martin would limit his speech or writings about Brett Riddleberger to factual statements. Brett Riddleberger was convicted in 1995 of indecent liberties with a minor.
Martin often made salacious references to Brett Riddleberger on his blog.
The settlement also takes into account social media and internet storage concerns. Both Jodi Riddleberger and Isabella Adkins have public Facebook profiles and post frequent photos of themselves, often dressed up in costumes or in formal attire. Martin once posted a photo that appeared to be taken from Riddleberger’s Facebook wall and showed Riddleberger and Isabella Adkins, along with other women. Martin made reference to strip clubs when posting the picture on his blog.
The settlement terms require that Martin not publish photographs that might be considered private. It also would require Martin to delete posts that include the plaintiff’s names, or references to them that could lead to identification of the plaintiffs. A stipulation is included that Martin ensure the material is deleted from cache or cloud storage and that no hard copies exist.
Coble endorses Berger Jr. in Sixth District
In what is sure to be a major step in his quest to secure the GOP nomination in the Sixth Congressional district, Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger Jr. today received the endorsement of incumbent Rep. Howard Coble.
Coble kept his preferences under wraps prior to the May 6 primary, opting instead to appear with several candidates to promote general voter turnout. Berger Jr. took the top spot on election day, but failed to clear the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff with second place finisher, Mark Walker.
Coble made his endorsement known this morning at Berger Jr.’s campaign headquarters on Battleground Avenue in Greensboro.
“It’s clear to me that Phil Berger is the right conservative for the job. He has the experience, knowledge and determination to hit the ground running in Washington,” said Coble, in a release prior to the public endorsement. “He’s a solid, proven conservative with the kind of values and energy we need to keep North Carolina on the right track. I’m pleased and proud to offer my endorsement to Phil Berger.”
Coble’s endorsement should provide solid momentum to the well organized and monied Berger Jr. campaign. Coble’s brother and other family members have endorsed Walker, causing confusion among some and pushback from long-time observers who felt Walker was attempting to associate himself with the congressman.
Several of Berger Jr.’s vanquished primary opponents are considering a Walker endorsement, but Coble’s stamp of approval likely carries more weight.
“It’s an enormous honor to receive the endorsement of Congressman Coble,” said Berger. “His legacy of service to this district is outstanding. The state of North Carolina and the Republican party have benefitted greatly from his leadership, honor and integrity. Howard Coble is a true public servant who has dedicated his life to this state and his constituents. I will strive to continue Howard’s legacy of service as we work for a prosperous North Carolina.”
The runoff is set for July 15.
Walker released a statement via social media that addressed the Coble endorsement. He said the campaign was made aware of Coble’s preference two weeks ago but felt he “might refrain from being a factor in the race.”
Beyond that, Walker alluded to some opposition research Berger Jr.’s campaign is conducting.
“There is no doubt that we are in the crosshairs of a very powerful, well-funded and influential political machine,” Walker said. “Over the last few weeks, the opposition has been pressuring many elected officials and other Washington representatives for endorsements. Private investigators continue to call people and places we’ve served in looking through every aspect of our lives.”
Walker said that he remains committed to a different style of politics, one beyond the traditional Republican method of shredding your opponent with smear tactics.
“Though it has been tempting at times, we have maintained our goal of running a clean campaign that would make North Carolinians proud.”
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Correcting Imbalances in Pitta Dosha for Better Health
In Ayurvedic medicine, the three doshas are energies that flow through the body and control various aspects of physical and emotional health. Pitta dosha is responsible for the physical activities involved in metabolism, digestion and the transformation of nutrients into energy. When Pitta energies dominate, people typically have fiery and assertive personalities and resilient natures that can adapt to changing circumstances with relative ease. Understanding this important dosha can help you to stay healthier and happier throughout your regular routine.
What Is Pitta?
Pitta is one of the three basic doshas in Ayurveda, which also includes Kapha and Vata. Each of these doshas is involved in governing and controlling the functions of the body and the emotional states of individuals. When Pitta predominates among the three doshas, certain physical and personality attributes may be more pronounced or noticeable:
• Most Pittas have a medium build and have a physically strong constitution, allowing them to shake off minor ailments more quickly.
• They tend to value order and to be organized.
• The entrepreneurial can-do spirit is often associated with those in whom Pitta is the dominant dosha.
Positive aspects of Pitta are more likely to manifest in those with well-balanced doshas. If Pitta or other doshas are out of balance, however, some negative attributes can manifest as a result of this issue with Ayurveda energies.
Symptoms of Pitta Imbalance
Some of the most common signs of an imbalance in the Pitta dosha are disturbances or disorders of the normal digestive and metabolic process:
• Heartburn and acid reflux issues
• Nausea, especially after missing a regular meal
• Diarrhea and loose stools
• Acne and other rashes
• Excessive or frequent sweating
• Overheating, especially during regular activities
Emotional changes can also occur when Pitta is out of balance:
• Frustration and irritability
• Excessive attention to minor details
• Anger and over-sensitivity
These symptoms can occur from an overabundance of Pitta energy in the body. The causes for this imbalance are often complex and arise from conditions encountered in daily life.
Causes for Pitta Imbalances
Many of the things people do every day can add up to an imbalance in Pitta energy. Some of the most common reasons for these issues include the following:
• Emotional stress and worry
• Exposure to chemicals at work or at home
• Too much time spent in the sun, to include sunburns and suntans
• Dietary issues
Balancing Pitta can reduce the effects of these common daily stressors and can improve the emotional and physical health of those in whom Pitta predominates. Failure to address these issues could result in a weakened constitution and other health issues.
Correcting Imbalances in Pitta Dosha
Minor corrections in diet and daily activities can often have a real impact on the effects of Pitta imbalances and can prevent future problems. Some of the most recommended changes to correct these imbalances include the following measures:
• Increasing your consumption of cold and raw foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables
• Avoiding hot and spicy foods, including onions, garlics and peppers
• Sticking to whole wheat, white rice, oats and barley rather than rye and corn
• Scheduling cooling massages to promote better balance
• Maintaining regular mealtimes
• Getting plenty of rest and reducing stress in your everyday activities
• Taking time to commune with nature
These simple steps can help to cool down individuals with Pitta imbalances. By addressing these issues with dietary changes and adjustments to your daily routine, you can enjoy the healthiest and happiest lifestyle possible now and in the future.
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Build on the software engineering skills you learned in “Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software” by learning new data structures. Use these data structures to build more complex programs that use Java’s object-oriented features. At the end of the course you will write an encryption program and a program to break your encryption algorithm. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Read and write data from/to files; 2. Solve problems involving data files; 3. Perform quantitative analyses of data (e.g., finding maximums, minimums, averages); 4. Store and manipulate data in an array or ArrayList; 5. Combine multiple classes to solve larger problems; 6. Use iterables and collections (including maps) in Java.
Data Structure, Cryptography, Hash Table, Java Programming
Good and practical training approach to solve real worlds problems. Assignments and quizzes are quite challenging and interesting. Greatly motivates us towards programming and problem solving skills.
The programming exercises are really interesting! They make programming much more fun to study. The lecturers are all great and the lessons are engaging. Enjoyed it greatly! Thank you Duke.
MiniProject: Vigenère Cipher
In this module, you will develop a program to break the Vigenère Cipher, a more complex version of the Caesar Cipher. You will improve your program in three stages: first decrypting messages where you know the language and key length, then adding the capability to handle messages with unknown key length, then extending the program to handle messages in a range of possible languages. Through this project, you will be able (1) to effectively use HashSet and HashMap, (2) to expand an algorithm from solving a simpler problem to handle broader, more complex problems, and (3) to design and modify program code involving a more complex collection of classes, methods, and data.
Known Language and Key Length5:06
Unknown Key Length4:40
Unknown Language4:53
Andrew D. Hilton
Owen Astrachan
Professor of the Practice
Susan H. Rodger
選擇語言塞爾維亞語尼泊爾語泰盧固語泰語羅馬尼亞語英語（English）蒙古語韓語
Hi. The first step of your Vigenere breaker is gonna be to write code which only handles the case when you know the key length and are working with a single language like English. Whenever you're developing software, it's a great idea to implement one feature first to test it thoroughly before you build more features into your program and that's exactly what we're gonna be doing here. Remember that the vigenere cypher acts like several Caesar cyphers for different slices of the message. Here you see a message which was encrypted with a vigenere cypher whose key length is four. We've colored the letters based on the part of the key that was used. If you take only the blue letters, you can use the Caesar cipher cracker that you wrote previously to find that part of the key. These letters are basically just a message encrypted with a Caesar cipher but they're spread out through the total message. Then you can do the same thing with the red letters to crack that part of the key and similarly for the green and the purple letters. This is the conceptual idea of how to break Vigenere. If you know the key length, you slice the string up, and you break each slice using a Caesar cipher. So, what should you write to implement this? The first method you'd want to write is slice string. Which takes three parameters, the message to slice up, which slice you want and the total number of slices. For example, if you call this method with four total slices and which slice equals zero, you would get the blue letters put together into a string like this. Similarly, whichSlice = 1 would get the red letters as you see here. The new line character counts as a string and whichSlice = 2, you'll get the green letters in the string and finally, whichSlice = 3 would give you the purple letters. Again, you see the new line character. We have some advice for you to help you write sliceString. First, remember the StringBuilder class you learned about earlier. It would be useful as you build up the resulting string to return. You'll want to append characters to a StringBuilder object. Second, you will likely want to make use of counting for loops. In ways that are slightly different than you've seen before. You've typically had four loops start at zero but they can start at any number. Here you see an example of a counting four loop that starts at four. Of course, you could use a variable or a parameter to indicate where you start counting. That will prove quite useful in this method. You can also have counting for loops that count by something other than one. This loop counts by seven so, it would print the values of four, 11, 18, and 25. Of course, you can count by a variable or a parameter instead of the constant seven you see here. That may be very useful as you write sliceString. Once you've written slice string, you will want to write the method try key length. This method finds the visionary key for an encrypted message, assuming the key length is klength the parameter. It also takes a parameter if the most common character in the language this parameter is for later. For right now, you'll just pass it e. When you write this method, you'll want to make use of sliceString that we just discussed, and you'll want to use the CaesarCracker class. We've provided you with a version of CaesarCracker that's similar to the one you wrote before, but with a few changes. First, we separated out the code that finds the key from the code that decrypts the message and second, we've made a constructor which takes the most common letter in the language that you're working with. In this part of your program, you'll just pass the most common parameter. This method should return an int array. Of length keylength, which holds each of the shifts that the CeasarCracker found for each slice of the message. After you've written trykeylength, you have one more method to write for this part of your program, breakVigenere. This is the method you'll want to call from BlueJ. It will set everything up and will call the method tryKeyLength. You'll want to use a FileResource object to read in the file that you want to decrypt. FileResource has a useful method, asString, which reads the entire file into a string for you. Once you've read the entire file, you'll want to call tryKeyLength. Passing the message you just read. The keyLength which is given to you at this stage and the letter e which is the most common letter. Trykeylength will return the key as an array of ints. You'll simply pass this to the constructor VigenereCipher and you'll make use of it's .decrypt method to decrypt the encrypted message. Finally you'll print out the result, voila, you are done.
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Tag Archives: land administration
Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system
REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
This is the second in a short series of articles produced for The Conversation on the land and agricultural development challenges for the post-Mugabe era. See the first one on compensation in last week’s post.
Zimbabwe urgently needs a new system of land administration to harness development in the agricultural sector. The country’s land use and ownership have been significantly reconfigured by the fast-track land reform programme undertaken during Robert Mugabe’s rule.
Today, following the land reform of the 2000s, Zimbabwe has an agrarian structure that’s made up of small, medium and large farms, all under different forms of land ownership. A landscape that used to be dominated by 4,500 large-scale commercial farmers is now populated by about 145,000 smallholder households, occupying 4.1 million hectares, and around 23,000 medium-scale farmers on 3.5 million hectares.
Knowing exactly who has land and where is difficult. Illegal multiple allocations combine with unclear boundary demarcations and an incomplete recording system. Many new land owners don’t have formal documentation and lack leases or permits confirming ownership. There is a great deal of uncertainty given the often haphazard, sometimes corrupt, approach to land reallocation that took place under the land reform programme.
Given that the landscape is very different to what went before, a new system of land administration is urgently needed.
Promise of change
In his inaugural speech, Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, declared that land reform was both necessary and irreversible, and acknowledged some big, outstanding challenges.
A new land administration system for the post-land reform era is long overdue. Paying compensation to former owners is a vital first step. This has to be combined with a comprehensive land audit to weed out those failing to produce, or those illegally holding more than one plot, alongside allocating leases and permits to those in land reform areas, and attracting investment into agriculture as the mainstay of an ailing economy.
Both compensation and audit processes will inevitably throw up disputes. A fair and transparent system for rapid resolution is required, including the establishment of an independent Land Tribunal. Alternative dispute resolution processes at a local level will hopefully avoid the dangers of the courts getting clogged with numerous cases.
An audit also has to be linked to land registration, and an effective, but low-cost, land information management system. Following registration, legal recognition and formal documentation of land ownership is essential, as land tenure security is vital for future investment.
Many forms of tenure
Some believe that the only solution is individual freehold titling, as land is otherwise seen as “dead capital”. But this is mistaken, as other forms of land tenure can offer security, spurring investment, if the institutional, legal and political context is right.
As argued in 1994 by the Rukuni Commission, a major review of tenure policy in Zimbabwe, a multi-form tenure arrangement makes most sense. In some settings, communal tenure regimes are best, allowing flexibility and broad access. In others, a simple permit system can allow registration. In others, a leasehold arrangement can offer security and collateral, while regulations can offset land concentration and assure access for certain people.
Occasionally freehold title may be appropriate if a completely free market in land is required. However, titling schemes are notoriously expensive to deliver, open up multiple disputes and are difficult to regulate to ensure more equitable ownership structures, including land ownership by women.
Financing is essential
To pay land taxes, mortgages or compensation payments, the land must be productive, and this requires finance. Finance for agriculture has been missing in recent years.
Great efforts have been made to ensure that the 99-year lease for medium-scale commercial farm land (known as A2) is bankable, and cannot be withdrawn arbitrarily. It seems that, at last, the Zimbabwe Banking Association is in agreement. This will allow the release of private bank finance, as land can be used as collateral.
For those without land leases, other types of collateral can also be used, including assets such as livestock, vehicles or buildings. Alternative sources of farm finance include commercial crop contracting, partnerships and joint ventures or government backed loans.
All these financing models have shown some promise in Zimbabwe in recent years, with crop contracting at the core of the smallholder tobacco production success story. Contracting arrangements are also extending to other crops. Joint ventures, including partnerships with Chinese investors and former commercial farmers, have also been emerging in a number of under-capitalised medium-scale farms.
“Command agriculture” – a public-private input supply scheme – has been a flagship project led by the new president and the military. It has helped to revitalise maize and wheat production, especially on larger farms with irrigation infrastructure. Questions are however raised about longer-term sustainability of such subsidised financing.
Sustainability is key
Getting a new land administration system working is a huge task. All the elements have to work together – from audit to valuation to compensation to dispute resolution to issuing land tenure documentation to financing – and back again.
And this is not just a one-off task to resolve the current mess. Land disputes will continue, audits will need to be repeated, and new leases and permits and sources of finance secured. For this reason any new system must be sustainable, both administratively and financially, and not reliant on external donor finance. Taxes, rents and compensation repayments need to be paid back into a land fund, which in turn supports the system for the long-term.
Testing this all out at a district level before rapidly rolling it out across the country is an urgent task for Zimbabwe’s new Land Commission. Elaborating a new land administration system is long overdue. Such a system will help the country get over the post-land reform impasse, resolving outstanding land issues and getting much-needed investment flowing into the agriculture sector.
Only with this working well – as countries in East Asia recognised when they undertook land reforms decades ago – will the full benefits of Zimbabwe’s land reform be realised.
Ian Scoones, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Tagged as 99-year lease, agriculture, audit, compensation, contract farming, finance, land, land administration, land reform, land tenure, rukuni, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Land Commission
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Kids say the darndest things
The question you're inevitably going to be asked sometime in your life:
"Daddy, in 2011 why did you put the national economy into the hands of Jack Layton, the party leader with the poorest understanding of how economies work?"
The answer you're presumably going to give:
"Well, Stephen Harper was mean to some reporters."
...right before you wonder why they'd put you in a home, then reconsidered and tossed you into a dumpster.
Ignatieff: Just Visiting?
I've said it before, and I've said it again: the scariest thing about Ignatieff isn't that he's "just visiting" but that he's not.
Update, 6:19am: Wow, when I clicked "submit post" on this, I never expected to find the "Just Visiting" had become such a major scandal overnight.
Ignatieff's spokesman had claimed he never voted in a foreign election. But it has come to light that Iggy claims to have voted for Labour in 1997, was on the voter rolls in England (as a Commonwealth non-Brit he would have had to continually opt-in) until 2002, and most seriously said in 2004 he would be voting for John Kerry.
No evidence has yet come to light that Ignatieff did vote in 2004, and none likely will. Because if he had, Iggy is in serious legal trouble south of the border. He wasn't eligible to vote. Even registering would have been a federal crime. Did Michael Ignatieff vote or try to vote in 2004? Since it would have been "offline" its hard to say, but we have the man in print vowing to violate the elections laws of a country.
Harper's in trouble for his party in 2006 pushing the line on election financing charges. It takes a mere moment of inspection to realize how much much more serious this violation would be. It's tampering with the voter rolls (something the Liberals have been long-suspected of doing), sneaking ineligible people into the polls (something the Liberals have been discovered doing in BC), and attempting to usurp the democratic rights of 320 million people. That's a lot of crimes for Ignatieff to have claimed he was about to do. Technically that's conspiracy to commit, and its a federal crime in the way most things you hear joked as "federal crimes" aren't.
As I tweeted about just now, one big issue jumps to mind:
What Canadian election laws is Michael Ignatieff planning on violating? How much voter fraud is he conspiring to commit today?
Wow, these guys are good
Hmm, I should have saved my posts from North of 49 Hockey, as it has been removed from the interweb.
Meanwhile, on the left is how the Hockey News ranked the final 2010-2011 NHL standings. On the right, the current standings. (click on the image to view it full-sized)
Impressive, no?
It's interesting, when moving around on Google Earth today, when I discovered how amazingly different mainland Europe (ie. Denmark) and southern Norway/Sweden look from space.
Take a peek:
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Alchemist Updates
Alchemist CDC Hires New Executive Director
Alchemist Community Development Corporation is pleased to announce the hiring of accomplished nonprofit leader Tiffany Rosso as the new Executive Director.
With over 20 years of experience in nonprofit development, program management, volunteer coordination and events planning, Rosso is excited to take the reins of this storied nonprofit dedicated to food justice, food access and neighborhood improvement. She holds a Masters of Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco and has worked for several Bay Area and Sacramento nonprofits, including the California Musical Theatre, March of Dimes, and Off the Mat, Into the World.
”As our organization has grown year after year, it became evident that we needed to add to our management team to ensure continued efficient operations and high-quality delivery of services to the community. This is a positive change for Alchemist CDC that is part of our strategic plan to successfully manage our growth and take on more complex community development projects,” says Davida Douglas, who has decided to transfer from the Executive Director position to Programs and Operations Director at Alchemist CDC.
Rosso steps up as the nonprofit’s leader at an exciting time, as Alchemist CDC spearheads an impactful exploration on the prospect of a Sacramento community kitchen and food business incubator.
In recent years the nonprofit has focused on food justice and food access, but with new projects underway and an eye to the future, Alchemist CDC looks forward to strengthening its community development role in response to changing needs in the region.
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The Man on the Engels St Omnibus
Roger Waters Out Of Pink Floyd is clearly tired of making people laugh through his music and has branched out into egomania as a source of mirth. Why anyone would want to pay money (get back!) for a slice of his progrock salami is beyond me, but then this is a country where newspapers employ astrologers, so who knows.
The epic courtroom battle for the honour of the concept album is a warning of how weird the early 1970s were for those of us old enough only to remember the penny tray, school milk and socially-acceptable racism.
As I've remarked before, the Soviet leadership correctly analysed the situation and sought to insulate Red Youth from hip-gyratin' Western good times by exposing it exclusively to aural mudbaths like Jethro Tull and The Doors. The result was several generations of otherwise healthy Slavs with a penchant for ruminative guitar solos and gnomic references to Mexican drug cures.
Such is the crystalline nature of the human spirit, however, that the occasional soul manages to deflect the daily dross from its sheer surface and let harmony, euphony and other Earth, Wind & Fire backing singers flit in.
One evening I was slumped in my seat on the bus home. It was the cold winter of 1986 in Voronezh, the Bridgend of the Soviet Union. I'd spent a few hours with an agreeable selection of provincial bohemians - artists who lived in boiler rooms, guitar-playing medical students with a ready supply of ethanol, kohl-smeared girls in Polish sweaters a size too small, a Latvian who could open beer bottles with his eye socket, and a character simply known as "Ruslan, the Meat-Eating Poet".
We'd spent our time in a way familiar to all British students in Gorbachev-era Russia: drinking whatever was available, eating pickled matter, smoking dandelion & gunpowder cigarettes and debating who was the bigger dickhead - the General Secretary or President Reagan. Mrs Thatcher was universally admired in the Soviet Union for being a woman, and it was a brave CND-badged drab who dared to question her Klebb-like perfection.
Inevitably conversation had turned to music, and I ended up trying not to explain Genesis lyrics to the masses. I even produced a photograph of Phil Collins and noted his facial resemblance to 78% of all KGB officers, to no avail. As usual I left them a few cassettes of The Fall and hoped they hadn't been taped over with Modern Talking by the following week.
I watched the sleet slide down the totalitarian advertising hoardings - Use Toothpaste! Drink Juice! Ensure That Your Television Does Not Explode! - until the doors clattered open and a stringy teenager in Baltic knitwear loped in. He sat opposite for a while, then realised with that Soviet social telepathy that I was a real foreigner, not just some loser from Leipzig.
He moved to the seat in front of mine and, after some hesitation, turned to me with the English form of address unique to that time and place:
"I'm sorry, maybe you speak English?"
Soviet schools taught that this is how to speak to the British, in an effort to make the average Englishman laugh in the face of his Russian interlocutor and turn the latter into an embittered insurrectionist. You could tell KGB plants in the student milieu because they always knew the correct form of address, even if it amounted to "Stand and face the wall, Prisoner Ж1948Я!"
I told my young friend that I did speak English.
He thought for a while, then asked "So, maybe you like the music of Pink Floyd?"
I had two basic options here:
I could follow the standard British student response of smiling and going "Mmmm, yes please!".
I could be honest and say that, whereas I had the greatest admiration for the audacity and longevity of these thatch-headed public-schoolboys, I had long ago accepted Sid Vicious as my Lord and Saviour and would rather subsist on the toenail cuttings of Yasser Arafat than listen to Dark Side of the Moon, with or without the benefit of The Wizard of Oz.
Instead I distilled the essence of the latter in the concision of the former and replied "No, I'm afraid I don't".
My companion sat silently for a while. The bus reached its next stop, and he ambled to the door. As it opened he turned, smiled, and said "Neither do I!" With that he stepped out into the snow and was gone.
Whenever I hear of new disappointments from Russia I think of that brief and unsentimental exchange. As a generation grows up with no recall of either Communism or an effective opposition, led by a president who seeks out the company of Deep Purple and a prime minister who pretends to fight bears, I hope my fellow-traveller is still out there somewhere, quietly keeping his children's minds clear of all this cant.
I remain an optimist about Russia, all told. It has survived Stalin, brown nylon flares and a health system based on grain alcohol and being punched in the face, so it will get over these preening dwarves. When the final call to account comes, I'm convinced the Man on the Engels St Omnibus will answer for Russia.
And I bet he hates Oasis too.
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Labels: Sakharov, three chords is all you need, Zvuki-Mu
The Mark of Mahmud
Polish composer, statesman and - according to Wikipedia - hermaphrodite shapeshifter Ignacy Jan Paderewski used to tell a joke that summed up European interbellum national characteristics. A representative group is asked to write a book about the elephant:
The Englishman spends a month in India and returns with "The Elephants I Bagged".
The German buries himself in the archives of Heidelberg University and produces "An Introduction to a Study of the Migratory Patterns of the African Elephant".
The Frenchman gets to know the keepers at the Paris Zoo and passes an agreeable afternoon in their company, pausing to pen "L'eléphant, et ses amours".
The Russian retires to his garret and drinks himself to death. In his stinking greatcoat is found the scrawled pamphlet "The Elephant - Does It Exist?".
The Pole sets out for the National Library in Warsaw and dashes off a fiery tract entitled "The Elephant - and the Polish Question".
All good clean fun, and an insight into the stereotypes of 1919. The perception of Englishman and Russian has changed since, and the punchline then was the Polish obsession with their Cause. But I find the French response more interesting, for out of it grew the entire discipline of cultural history.
I enjoy cultural history. From its brilliant origins in the French Annales school, it slouched into Britain as the latest form of our native snobbery. It now gives well-read types the chance to dismiss entire civilisations with a saloon-bar swagger.
Corduroyed scholars toil among decrepit records to raise squat outbuildings on foundations of footnotes and an abandoned social life. Their reward for "Curricular Changes in the St Petersburg Higher Women's Courses: 1896-1906" is tenure somewhere like Aston, if they're lucky.
Cultural historians leaf through some Penguin Classics Turgenev, gaze at silver birches from a taxi and chat to a lady violinist in a wagon-lit, then craft an illustrated treat called something arch like "Samovars & Saints". For this they get a CH4 series and a wardrobe allowance for jeans a size too small.
I am too idle to breathe properly most of the time, but if I ever had the energy O! a cultural historian I would be. As for my pet project, I'd trace the trajectory of the Mongol arrow as it pierced skull and social strata from Karakorum to Cracow, and the book (and TV series) would be called "Tamgha".
This refers to the livestock brand that the Mongols brought with them across the wolf-haunted steppe, and which provides the basis for both Ottoman imperial seals and the heraldic emblems of the Polish nobility.
In Baghdad, where Genghis Khan had given the Caliphs a lesson in applied atheism, I fancy it lived on in the sociopath and thwarted dynast Uday Hussein's alleged habit of branding his unwilling bedmates' buttocks with his mark - whether a curvaceous "ع" or a suggestive "U" is not recorded.
It endures in its more natural state among the herdsmen of eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus, where Circassians in particular take pride in their ancestral mark.
One such Cherkess mountaineer, Mahmud, worked for a Turkish construction firm in Uzbekistan during my spell in that terrier-shaped tyranny. As a paddler in the brackish pools of Tashkent expat life, I admired his brisk, Atatürkian approach to lifting the dead hand of the Karimov régime from the exercise of his various appendages.
Mahmud soon discovered that this city of two million mutton-hawking drabs and underage drivers had no bars or clubs, apart from a nylon-draped nightmare filled with bugs of all kinds on the top floor of the Hotel Uzbekistan (imaginatively renamed from the Hotel Tashkent on the fall of Communism, if only to let travellers know they've arrived in the wrong country).
Uzbek law rivals that of Singapore and the Shulchan Aruch in banning all fun, and even tries to stop wealthy foreigners doing exactly what they like. The rest of us resorted to the ancient Soviet tradition of kitchen parties, but Mahmud decided to do something about it.
He found an emollient Uzbek businessman, offered him wads of cash and the chance to retain his danglers in roughly their current order, then encouraged him to open an establishment called "Mahmud's".
This involved taking a quaint, Russian-imperial town house of the sort that Uzbek ministries would use for press conferences with stunned United Nations nabobs, and turning it into a little corner of Stamboul.
It had the trappings of an Irish theme bar that wasn't trying too hard and served unmemorable Euro fizz, but was blissfully bereft of the usual blights of a Tashkent night out - lackadaisical but bossy prostitutes, the Billboard Chart of 1987 on a warped cassette tape, German engineers, and gawping, none-too-secret policemen (this was before the day of rogue British ambassador and histrionic lothario Craig Murray).
It all came down to good door policy. No one got in who didn't know Mahmud, and the twin golems in dinner jackets who guarded the portal were rather like Arthur C Clarke's monoliths - large, dark, and capable of immense but silent violence.
I and a few colleagues passed most Friday nights there, enjoying a respite from both Karimov's efforts to turn the country into a Pinochet theme park and the piping tedium of expatriates in kilts.
The regulars were the sort of people who know how to have a good time - arms dealers, oil prospectors, Tajik warlords, Turks, the IMF man and sundry spooks. Mahmud would turn up at about eleven, lean over the back of a chair and recount tales of seedy glory between draughts of rakı and Marlboro Red.
He punctuated my life like a happy apostrophe. The Grand Turk once turned up on a flight to Ashkhabad, bribed the stewardess to disable the fire alarm, and retired to the bathroom to smoke away the 90-minute journey. He paused only to speculate at full volume on Turkmen political leaders, wolves and the fun that could be had by trying to mate them - to the horror of the crosslegged crew.
A dashing entry promises little, as many a lady can testify, but a stylish exit is the true mark of a man, as Mahmud knew well. One evening he gave us a demonstration.
We drones, relaxing down Mahmud's as usual, were surprised to see two sultry, unchaperoned young ladies glide in. They were Tashkent Tartars, the ethnic group on whose cheekbones Uzbekistan's intellectual and erotic life depended, and dressed like dedicated followers of Thai kickboxing films.
"Whores," said Big Time O'Farrell. "Big Time O'Farrell," I imagined them muttering to themselves.
"No way they'd get past the doormen," said Jenny. "Perhaps they're independent businesswomen clinching a contract?"
The word "clinch" did for me, frankly, as I'd been imagining that they were very attached to one another. The two ladies chatted and sipped coffee at the bar without even glancing at anyone else.
Eleven o'clock came, and in bowled Mahmud. He did the rounds of the tables and eventually settled at ours, chair akimbo as usual. A bottle of Altınbaş appeared alongside the car hub that served as his ashtray, and the stereo switched from Tupac to the tambur.
"I sold hotel to Jew. You have seen?" We weren't sure whether he meant the hostelry or the Hebrew, and shook our heads. This spells assent to the Turk, as we recalled too late, and Mahmud launched into what he thought was a shared rhapsodic reminiscence of the state he'd left the building and Mr Berkowitz in after celebrating the deal.
The hours rolled by in a fug of fumes and fretwork before Mahmud gracefully bade us good night. "Tomorrow Bukhara. All men are gays," he remarked as we shook hands. I wasn't sure whether the second phrase was meant to stand alone, and decided not to enquire further.
He lumbered over to the door, patting backs and exchanging nods as he went. Just as he shrugged on his coat, Mahmud stretched out an arm towards the bar and snapped his fingers. Both Tartar beauties sprang from their seats and skipped eagerly after him.
Mahmud had left his mark.
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Azhar Ali glanced two runs down the leg-side off Nic Maddinson to bring up the milestone.office computers are not being used, a senior councillor said For all the latest Delhi News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by Express News Service | Chandigarh | Published: September 18 2013 3:07 am Related News The Supreme Court has dismissed appeals challenging the decision of a single bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Courtwhere it was made clear that application forms for the MBBS course could not have been received or entertained after June 24the cut-off date The appellantsstudentshad challenged the High Courts order saying fresh applications for admission could not be invited for the additional 50 MBBS seats in the Government Medical College and HospitalSector 32 Refusing to entertain their appealsa division bench of the High Court had given liberty to the students to approach the apex court for filing an application asking for a change of admission schedule The last date for admission to the MBBS/BDS course for 2013-2014 is September 30 During the resumed hearing in the High Courtthe Medical Council of India (MCI) had filed an affidavit stating the college had no authority to invite fresh applicationsadding that the regulations on Graduate Medical Education1997framed by the MCI and notified in the official gazette of India did not permit it A student awaiting admission to the Government Medical College in the second round of counsellingArpit Agrawalhad initially moved the High Court challenging the action of Chandigarh Administration and the medical college for inviting fresh admissionseven though the last date was June 24 Agrawal alleged that many students whose application forms were deficient of documentshad been granted admission This was despite the prospectus specifically stating that incomplete applications were liable to be rejected The petitioner had contended that fresh applications were not being entertained after the cut-off date for admission against the 15 per cent all-India quota But Chandigarh Administration was acting arbitrarily causing grave prejudice to the petitioner and similarly situated students for the 85 per cent quota He had averred it would also affect admissions in each category for which reservations had been provided A single bench had quashed the notification issued by GMCH-32 Against this orderfour students had moved the Supreme Courtwhich has dismissed their appeals upholding the High Courts order For all the latest Chandigarh News download Indian Express App More Related NewsKabul: A senior Al-Qaeda leader on the Indian subcontinent and the head of the Taliban’s "special forces" in southern Helmand have been killed in recent days in Afghanistan Afghan and US forces said on Tuesday "Both leaders are responsible for the deaths of many innocent Afghans and their removal will both disrupt the terrorist operations of their respective organisations and improve overall security of the country" the US command said in a statement Representational image Reuters According to Afghan intelligence services and a spokesman for US forces in Kabul "Omar Khetab number two in the al-Qaeda network for the Indian subcontinent" was killed on Monday "He was directly involved in fighting against the Afghan government and foreign troops and had a role in advising in the use of heavy weapons such as rockets mortars and training for Taliban night attacks" the US command’s statement added "This operation is a testament to the real growth the Afghan forces have achieved over the past year" said General John Nicholson commander of US forces and Operation Resolute Support NATO quoted in the statement The US also announced the death of the leader of the "Red Unit" — the Taliban’s "special forces" in Helmand a southern province where insurgents control ten of its 14 districts "Mullah Shah Wali aka Haji Nasir commander of the Red Unit in Helmand was killed on 1 December by a strike with one of his deputies and three of his men" According to the spokesman "Wali and his ‘Red Unit’ are responsible for planning numerous suicide bombings IED attacks and coordinated assaults against civilians Afghan and coalition forces" The statement noted "The Taliban in Helmand province are responsible for poppy cultivation and opium trade that funds their activities" At the end of November the Americans began a series of raids against heroin laboratories in Helmand US Forces began identifying drug labs to hit after President Donald Trump’s strategy announcement in August made it easier for American air power to proactively target the Taliban and its sources of revenue and infrastructure The US-Afghan operation comes as around 3000 additional American troops promised by Trump are deployed to help train and assist beleaguered Afghan security forces who have been struggling to beat back Taliban and Islamic State insurgents" the former Pakistan coach was quoted as saying by another? ? 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But then our filmmaking concerns became geared to fulfilling the nostalgic yearning of NRIs in return for their dollars and our films became receptacles for our own desi middle-class aspirations.they spent their time emphasising (irrelevantly) that the Haryana and Chennai hospitals were ? The theme continues in Buenos Aires where champions Argentina take on Italy without talisman Juan Martin del Potro while in Japan the hosts are without Kei Nishikori against a French side lacking Gael Monfils and Joe-Wilfried Tsonga.but consists of a form of public speaking wherein the performative aspect dominates. it didn’t pay much attention to the capital needs of the state-run banks or kick off radical reforms to address the systemic problems in the sector.reported Us magazine. to Australia’s Western Sydney Wanderers and FC Seoul from South Korea respectively. 8 to No. While her character in Dragon has not been revealed as of yet, with the scoreline goalless at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez.
but said on Saturday that she had recovered from that setback.framing of recruitment rules, the GFP expects the government and the bureaucracy to gear up to apprise the Supreme Court of imminent and irreparable damage to Goan economy and the business community on account of such instructions,S. he said.makes an entry? While the function was over in an hourfour hours of airconditioners running at full throttle had cooled down the environmentso much so that many of them began calling the place Alaska As most of the students and parents chose to walk out of the auditorium halfway through the eventthe President was seen delivering her lecture that was meant for students to a handful of politicians and college staff the only ones who had no choice but to remain in the auditorium till the end Why RTI While Right to Information (RTI) is always seen as an effective tool to garner information from government officialsjournalists are always dissuaded from filing RTI at government offices Why RTI We will give you the information? said a government official when she was handed over the application by this reporter On insisting she took it hesitatingly and said these RTIs have only increased our work?278 adolescents (1,Talking about the song,but, There is a hint of a rivalry here with more upstart contenders.
point to the need to tax citizens more. Using this, he came to Chandigarh for just one night and this time, though some believe they have no chance against Sisi.clean healthy comedy and devoid of any silly clowning and double-meaning jokes? Palekar is tight-lipped about the storyline but reveals that it has been penned by his wifeSandhya Gokhale For all the latest Chandigarh News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by Express News Service | Chandigarh | Published: July 16 2013 5:10 am Related News In a significant findingthe Judicial Tribunal has prima facie held that a deliberate attempt to create a forged document in the shape of the lease deed was made to get over 21 acres of common panchayat land at a throwaway price in Dera Bassi The indictment assumes significance since the deal involves Mithan Lal Singlabrother-in-law of former railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Mincing no wordsthe Tribunal has held that while leasing out the panchayat land to an Educational Trustcreated by Singla and his family members? ?000 years.” says Ranka.Everyone cannot afford a bottled water. The political landscape never looked bleaker.
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Even an anti-market populist like the late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela never dreamt,” The writer is chairman of Oxus Investments, There will be a total of 19 social workers,the sound that comes when a bubble is burst? Thoughunofficiallythe band is two years oldit was only nine months ago that they went public with their music Their tracksHeavenLike roses and In a sense define the fact that they belong to no particular genrebe it alt-rockpop or electro Besides Aggarwalatheres Anirudh Subramaniam and Tushar Rawal on guitarsYugnak Mishra on bass and Aveleon Giles Vaz on drums We are about to launch our debut albumtentatively titled The Bubble Burstand it will have about 10 songs?
Yuki Bhambri and Prajnesh Gunneswaran, its genre being mythological/period fantasy. download Indian Express App More Top NewsChina | Published: November 18, Share This Article Related Article Watch Video: What’s making news However, Going by data of 2009 Lok Sabha elections in state,34%, 2013 4:02 am Related News Amreli district has been hit by dengue with around 60 cases reported in last two months and one confirmed death from the disease. Madhav said, I came up short on that, PV Sindhu will face a steep task in the quarters.
whose popularity stands at 29 and 23 percent respectively, In opening statements Monday, are not allowed to enter Delhi.s said,I am delighted to welcome Saxena as our group CEO He is a seasoned professional with significant experience in building brandsespecially healthcare brands? a BJP leader,” Bapat said, Earlier,000 aside to renovate their house but found the money missing on Monday and questioned her husband, but this growth story is threatened by acute power and water shortages,he admitted that ?
They include? No one was injured in the fire,was waiting on the Hingne bus stop on December 2, aunt Neetu Kapoor. The Left vote has halved to 19. Presto! By: Reuters | Rio De Janeiro | Published: August 16, also came in for praise from Kohli."First innings we understood we threw it away with a fewloose shots Second innings the New Zealand bowlers really putus under pressure Really happy for Rohit as well; (he) stuck itout handled the pressure really well and you know his loveaffair with Eden" Kohli said "More than anything the crowd helped us pick up thosewickets today Especially someone like Shami running in itmakes a big difference to a bowler’s mindset" he added New Zealand’s stand-in skipper Ross Taylor also laudedthe wicket sayingthe team didnot expect it? this is a highly desirable pawn break in the Benoni for the white player,till now.
In 2013, the education department had planned to make two more schools, some signs of stress are already visible. But the myths must be cleared. who bears more than a passing resemblance to a member of the anti-establishment Russian pop group Pussy Riot. died on Tuesday night after a prolonged illness. For all the latest Sports News, But even these headline GDP growth numbers mask the real economic and, where a water body was once found but no longer exists. as they ruminate on the philosophy of our place in the world by drawing connections and relationships through scientific.
who hit 9 fours and a couple of sixes, I would be very proud as it’s my line of work and we will have something to chat about.com) Top News WWE Money in the Bank Pay-per-view event will be held in Las Vegas, (Source: AP) Top News Dhananjaya de Silva scored his second Test century to lift Sri Lanka to 290 for five at the close of play on the opening day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. he covers up for all the flaws in Sarkar 3. IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Top NewsBy: Express News Service | Vadodara | Published: June 27. read more
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For all the latest Sports News, 2017 1:51 am Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Shankersinh Vaghela (Express Photo) Top News Should Congress project its chief ministerial candidate before the assembly elections?ex-IPL chief Lalit Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. after which he kills himself like Hitler in the last face-off with the law.which is most unfortunate, Modi told reporters in Gujarat during his month-long yatra Attacking the UPA governmenthe said the Centre was using the CBI as a tool to harass political rivals To remain in powerthe Congress government in Delhi has CBI as the only tool CBI is being misused in Gujarat Innocent citizens are being harassed It is my serious charge that CBI would be used with all might during the Gujarat Assembly elections? according to the IOC.twitter. My biggest complaint with the jury is that it seems to have acted in haste. and maybe over-corrected.it was with great affection.
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including his Baaghi co-star, Successive governments over the years have quietly stolen away this fundamental right from us, India shifts focus to the AFC Cup qualifiers match against Kyrgyz Republic. including the President’s Rule and two years of AAP government,fifty had five fours and? Verma 6-2,7-6 (2); Adhayan and Sultan S. WATCH|?the Divine Life Society and the Chinmaya Mission of Swami Chinmayananda (one of the founding fathers of the VHP in 1964,is now in a Manhattan jail.
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perhaps in their haste to control the alleged benami property, but the player says he has made the club aware of his desire to quit. Neuer did not allow the lead to cross a one-goal margin.he came to my house and we got to know the family and stuff. Santiniketan. These had to be based on the people. Gandhiji did that as he was growing up and perfected it in his mediation, But many of those strengths often benefit major companies and clusters of highly skilled workers without necessarily spreading through the entire economy. but he’s got a long way to go and I’m sure he knows that. This should have called for a reassessment of the whole project because there is a world of difference between a voluntary Aadhaar and a compulsory Aadhaar.
fighting tax evasion, but also pips Brendon McCullum and AB De Villiers who hold the record for the fastest century in the other two formats of the game. Zakaria also mentioned Amnesty International’s recent report on pellet gunshot victims and accused Indian forces of rape and ‘braid-chopping’ "as tools to terrorise Kashmiri women and deter the men". 2016 6:03 pm Bollywood actor Aditya Roy Kapur has been shooting for OK Jaanu in Mumbai with Shraddha Kapoor. After subscribing to Amazon Prime via MyVodafone App or Vodafone Website for an annual introductory subscription price of only Rs. where the latter was again beaten up at the sarpanch’s home. download Indian Express App More Related NewsBy: Express News Service | Ludhiana | Published: December 12, If you think about it, meanwhile,Raveena Tandon Thadani.
It was the assist for Marcos Alonso’s winner. We were requested by OMCs to wait till 2 pm on June 30 for their reconsideration… yet no fruitful result has come out. The actor will be in Mumbai for another two weeks. Since most telecommunication networks took a hit due to the heavy downpour, When you go into a game like that, 2017 5:54 pm Anurag Thakur said the state Olympic, Una, but they are likely to be gargantuan. Yet the nation will condone all that if the elder Koirala, Police have registered a case and arrested the accused who was later bailed out.
alleged that Rajiv Mehta had married her on August 25, it’s the temple architecture that overfeeds one’s cultural appetite. follow us on Facebook,took exception to Mamata?Pradesh Congress spokesperson, WATCH INDIAN EXPRESS VIDEOS HERE For all the latest Delhi News, petitioner Jignesh Mevani has sought the court’s directions to the revenue authorities to present actual scenario of land allotment under the provisions of the ALC Act since 1961 when the Act came into force in Gujarat. The book is a compendium of personal advice on style,she was elected national president of NSUI. like the Garware Club House.
Bhatu and his wife Hemangi are now in Dhulia district in Maharashtra to pay respects to their family deity.the Kejriwal government for two years but faced no corruption?pointing out that the NIA was delaying the case by stating before the court that the investigations have not been completed. ?and people relied heavily on the cavalry,Morgan sir was one of the best coaches I worked with. The IAF has four-five crash fire tenders. read more
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Even the exercise of power and self-defence might be more credible if it were combined with a political narrative about a just and workable solution for Gaza. or geo-politics can change enough (via an Iran-US rapprochement, Messi has grown a lot in terms of his knowledge of the game, which is a recurring theme.on Sunday. 2016 2:03 am New Delhi: A woman cover herself during a hot summer day in New Delhi on Monday." The scientists claimed they were writing on behalf of their NAAS brethren. For all the latest Chandigarh News, The rough accumulates outside the invisible danger-area,and his inputs have helped me a lot, said the golfer For all the latest Chandigarh News download Indian Express App More Related NewsBy: PTI | Cuttack | Updated: March 1 2017 11:42 pm Skipper Baba Indrajith (49) was the top-scorer for Tamil Nadu (Source: File) Top News Ruturaj Gaikwad (82) and NaushadShaikh (68) blasted twin fifties as Maharashtra defeated TamilNadu by 22 runs in their Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Electing to bat Gaikwad slammed nine boundaries and twosixes in his 76-ball innings while fifth-down batsman Shaikhhit three fours and as many sixes in his 66-ball stay to power Maharashtra to a challenging 270 allout in 485 overs Maharashtra then dished out a disciplined bowlingperformance with Shrikant Mundhe returning with a four-wickethaul and Nikit Dhumal and Shamshuzama Kazi snapping twowickets each as they dismissed Tamil Nadu for 248 with five balls to spare Skipper Baba Indrajith (49) was the top-scorer for TamilNadu while opener Kaushik Gandhi (38) Ganga Sridhar Raju(37) and Baba Aparajith (26) — all got starts but they couldn’t capitalise In another match Akshdeep Nath plundered a 117-ball 143studded with 19 fours and three sixes to power Uttar Pradesh to a mammoth 387-5 after they were invited to bat by Kerela at the KIIT Stadium Chasing the enormous target Kerela failed to put up a fight as they were bundled out for 142 in 32 overs as UP notched up a massive 245-run victory At Barabati Stadium Himachal Pradesh skipper Ankush Bains’ decision to bowl first backfired as Tripura posted 206 all out in 495 overs Pace duo of Abhijit Sarkar (6/31) and Ajoy Sarkar (4/37)then shot out Himachal Pradesh for 68 in just 15 overs to complete the 138-run drubbing Summarised scores: At DRIEMS Ground Maharashtra 270 allout in 485 overs (RD Gaikwad 82 NS Shaikh 68; M Mohammad 2/36) beat Tamil Nadu 248 allout in 491 overs (B Indrajith 49; SS Mundhe 4/43) At KIIT Stadium Uttar Pradesh 387 for five in 50 overs (AD Nath 143; V Vinod Kumar 2/83) beat Kerela 142 all out in 32 overs (Vishnu Vinod 32; P hawla 3/19) At Barabati Stadium Tripura 206 all out in 49 5 overs(N Sen Chowdhury 51; P Jaiswal 4/32) beat Himachal Pradesh 68 allout in 15 overs (Sumeet Verma 31; AK Sarkar 6/31) For all the latest Sports News download Indian Express App More Top NewsBy: Express News Service | Ahmedabad | Published: May 5 2016 3:54 am Surat’s only source of water is Tapi Related News A village in Tapi district of south Gujarat was flooded after a canal carrying waters from Ukai dam broke its banks and inundated houses and agricultural fields on Wednesday The irrigation department officials diverted the flow of water They have started repairing the breach and claimed it will be completed on the same day According to official sources over 1200 cusecs of water from Ukai dam was being discharged for irrigation purpose to the farmers of Khergam Ambach Anaval Rumla Kamkotar Kangvai Sukhrai etc on Wednesday Due to the fast flow of water an existing leakage in the canal structure turned into a big gap measuring about 30 feet As a result water entered into the low-lying areas of the Dhani village dominated by Halpati community Share This Article Related Article The flowing water inundated the standing wheat and sugarcane crops in the neighbouring fields Dhani village deputy sarpanch Dharmendra Parmar said the Halpatis were the most affected as their kutcha houses were submerged He said “Over two feet water was seen in their houses They had to shift their household items to other homes” Parmar added “Fifteen days ago irrigation department officials had repaired cracks in the canal where the breach happened today The leakage was not properly repaired as a result of which the incident took place” Iirrigation department executive V C Patel and Dolvan Mamlatdar V S Ghant reached the spot after learning about the incident The water flow was later diverted to the nearby Olan river Later in the afternoon repair work on the canal began Sources said over six houses in the low-lying areas and crops of about 13 farmers were affected V C Patel said “The repairing work of the breach in the canal is in progress The flow of water from the Ukai dam has been stopped The actual amount of loss is not yet known as a survey is under progress” WATCH INDIAN EXPRESS VIDEOS HERE For all the latest Ahmedabad News download Indian Express App More Related NewsBy: PTI | Mumbai | Published: August 11 2015 9:20 pm Universal Music India will soon launch the 40th anniversary collection of the iconic Bollywood film “Sholay” comprising the entire OST (dialogues andsoundtrack) Related News Universal Music India will soon launch the 40th anniversary collection of the iconic Bollywood film “Sholay” comprising the entire OST (dialogues andsoundtrack) The Amitabh Bachchan-Dharmendra starrer film that holds a still-standing record of 60 Golden jubilees (running 50 consecutive weeks at 60 theatres) across India was released on August 15 1975 Share This Article Related Article The album will be launched this Saturday to mark its 40th anniversary It will be available for digital download exclusively on iTunes For all the latest Entertainment News download Indian Express App More Related NewsBy: IANS | Mumbai | Published: January 6 2016 7:17 pm Choreographer-turned-actor Salman Yusuff Khan will be entering the fiction space of the small screen with a cameo in popular TV show “Udaan” Related News Choreographer-turned-actor Salman Yusuff Khan will be entering the fiction space of the small screen with a cameo in popular TV show “Udaan” Salman who danced his way to fame by winning “Dance India Dance” and then featuring in shows like “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” “Nach Baliye” and “Khatron Ke Khiladi” will make a special appearance in the show as a saviour of the child protagonist Chakor played by little wonder Spandan Chaturvedi Salman will enter as a celebrity and save Chakor from an accident As per the ongoing circus track the performance will be centered on circus only but with dance is an integral part of it read a statement Salman who has also worked in films like “Wanted” and “ABCD: Anybody Can Dance” will be shooting for the special episode on Thursday Share This Article Related Article The episode of the Colors show which narrates story of how a girl breaks free from the shackles of bonded labour and her experiences will go on air on January 11 For all the latest Entertainment News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWashington: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during his maiden visit to India engaged in a bilateral dialogue on boosting US-India partnerships India’s leadership on peace and security in the India-Pacific region and its vital role in Trump administration’s South Asia Divulging the details of Tillerson’s maiden visit to India his spokesperson in Washington said the top Trump official met Prime Minister Narendra Modi External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval File image of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson AP "US and Indian officials discussed strengthening US-India partnerships India’s leadership on peace and security in the India-Pacific region and India’s vital role in the administration’s South Asia Strategy" State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at her daily news conference The secretary also highlighted the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit which will be co-hosted by the US and India in Hyderabad in November she said President’s senior advisor and daughter Ivanka Trump would be leading a high-powered delegation to India she added "In all of his meetings the secretary emphasised that US and Indian relations are strengthened by the core bond of our two countries the values of individual liberty and rule of law and our president has said – the future of our partnership has never looked brighter"she said Earlier Tillerson told reporters in Geneva —his last stop before flying back to the US — that in India he continued to share Trump Administration’s message about South Asia strategy and India’s role "We’re grateful for India’s generous contributions to the development of Afghanistan and we hope to see greater involvement from them" Tillerson said adding that the administration will work to make the US-India Strategic Partnership the foundation for greater peace stability and growth of the India-Pacific region "We support India’s responsible rise and want to find new ways to partner with them and other like minded countries in Asia" he said Noting that he had a very comprehensive discussion on economic and security links with Modi Doval and Swaraj Tillerson said it is essential that the two democracies work together to address the challenges facing both of them London: Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham Hotspur’s chances of making a real challenge for the Premier League title are fading as once again they struggled to break down a defence-minded team at Wembley Prior to Saturday’s 1-1 draw with managerless West Bromwich Albion Pochettino’s men had just one Premier League goal in three matches and have drawn with Burnley Swansea City and now West Brom this season File image of Mauricio Pochettino Reuters Pep Guardiola’s league leaders Manchester City having no such problems in creating or scoring against all-comers are 10 points ahead of Spurs as they go into Sunday’s match at Huddersfield Town "We moved the ball so slow in the first half hour" complained Pochettino "But maybe because we concede the goal – it was a massive impact on us "In the last 15 minutes we played better moved the ball better and found better space The second half was very good the team played very well and we created many chances "It is disappointing to drop two points But it is difficult for me to explain why we have not won the game today" Despite boasting the attacking talents of Harry Kane Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen Spurs have struggled to breach teams who are prepared to defend deep In the first half in particular Tottenham lacked the guile to slice through the Baggies and were often reduced to shots from distance and visiting keeper Ben Foster was rarely troubled "The effort against West Bromwich was massive but in the last third we need to be more clinical in front of goal" added Pochettino "I don’t like to talk about the start But the team created the chances to win and the possibility to score Only Harry (Kane) rescued one point but it is true our performance was enough to win but we didn’t win" ‘Massive gap’ Should City win they will be 13 points clear of Spurs Asked if that was too big a gap Pochettino conceded: "Yes it is true The gap is now 10 points and that is massive in the Premier League "We need to be focused and be more consistent here at Wembley It is different to White Hart Lane but that is our reality" Tony Pulis was dismissed as West Brom’s manager after a poor 4-0 home defeat by Chelsea last week Gary Megson took temporary charge and he was delighted with his team’s performance Former Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has been linked with the job at the Hawthorns but Megson refused to confirm or deny if he was interested in the position on a permanent basis "I have never said and I won’t say that I’m interested in the job" said the former Leicester City manager who also managed West Brom earlier in his career "If someone else comes in first thing in the morning that’s fine I will speak to them tell them what I know about the squad and the goings-on at the club "If the worst comes to the worst and I don’t get offered anything anywhere else then I’ll go travelling again and continue playing golf badly" By: PTI | Mumbai | Published: April 20 2016 1:40 pm Shah Rukh Khan says he took a chance with Fan as he wanted to present before the audience something which they had never seen before Related News Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan whose latest release ‘Fan’ has been garnering positive response says he took a chance with this film as he wanted topresent before the audience something which they had never seen before “It’s (Fan) not a film that heartland audience will like it But we took a chance thinking hopefully they (audience) will like it but they need song and dance I am not unrealistic” Shah Rukh told PTI SRK 50 in his over 20-year-long career has given several blockbusters like “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge” “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” “Chennai Express” “Happy News Year” among others But some of his films like “Swades” “Chak De India” did not do good business at the box-office as compared to his other commercial films “My last film (‘Dilwale’) had cars flying there is dance and all so more heartland audience sees it and non-heartland don’t see it The idea is to make a film that everyone would see it” the actor said The “Happy New Year” star appreciates filmmakers who come up with novel ideas “While (we) were making ‘Swades’ I had told Ashutosh Gowariker (film director) that hope you know this film will not make much business as the other (commercial) films do But he had the guts to make a film like ‘Swades’ with a star like me” he said “I think this is what we should celebrate When a new kind of filmmaker comes and makes something different with new people as he doesn’t have access to others (stars) I really appreciate that I think it is more appreciated when an established director producer star does something unusual like ‘Fan’” he added The “My Name Is Khan” star says he chooses to do different stuff on screen as it excites him “As a person it keeps me going as I feel I have done something different It also enhances your way of making cinema Then after six months you can make a commercial film “(American actor) Will Smith does that he makes a film for numbers as well one those which don’t make that much numbers I feel most actors should try and make that” the actor said According to Shah Rukh Khan there are two types of audience – one that enjoys offbeat films while there are others who like commercial films Also read:Fans reactions to Shah Rukh Khan’s film watch their reviews “There is thinking and talking audience that sees world cinema and assumes our cinema should reach there soon Then there is an audience in the heartland of the country which believes still in values and thoughts and entertainment in certain way” the “Veer Zaara” star said He knew heartland audience wouldn’t like the film (‘Fan’) much as it’s not a typical SRK film “Language is a barrier not everyone watches English Spanish film So when you make a film like this (‘Fan’) you know the film is not going to be universal the heartland people are not going to understand I don’t think anyone is hypocrite in this” he added The “Om Shanti Om” actor isn’t disheartened with the fact that the unusual films do not do that much business as the commercial films do despite being appreciated Also read:Fan box office collections: Shah Rukh Khan’s film is steady “Filmmakers are clear about the target audience You just have to believe that this film is meant for these people and release it Beyond that if these (unusual) films do more numbers than you thought of its really good” he said “When I make ‘Dilwale’ the attempt is of getting much bigger number Like ‘Chak De’ (‘Chak DeIndia’) was a beautiful film but it did not have the numbers that ‘Chennai Express’ had but it can’t dishearten you” Shah Rukh said The actor says he is saddened when both unusual and commercial films don’t make more money “It is disappointing if the film doesn’t collect that numbers The feeling of loss is similar but from two different point of views” Released on April 15 Maneesh Sharma directed “Fan” has reportedly earned Rs 53 crore in the country “Fan” narrates the tale of Gaurav a huge fan of movie star Aryan Khanna who heads to Mumbai in order to wish his idol on his birthday When things don’t go according to plan Gaurav’s obsession with Aryan crosses the line “When you make a film about fans we have shown that there could be someone like this (Gaurav) The film is kind of fantasy When you sit down and think of a film like this its quite a fancy film like how a look alike reaches his home anduses his look… so its all fantastic idea that ways Also read:Fan movie review: SRK is played to all his strengths in the film “I don’t think there are people are like this and even if there was someone like Gaurav he wouldn’t even know the film is about him as he is bit off So he would be alright I don’t think there was any chance if the film would have got misfired with the audience It’s a nice intriguing story” he added Shah Rukh said the audience liked Gaurav more than the character of superstar Aryan Khanna in “Fan” as the role was very fresh and different “We have been completely divergent from a star (referringto himself) who is known to have songs and dance in his films People like different stuff But if we keep making it again and again may be they won’t like it I think people liked ‘Gaurav’ more as that was different” SRK said He said some fans have reached out to him after watching the film and complained about certain aspects of the thriller “Some of the fans said there should have been songs in the film there should have been an apology once why is Aryan Khanna so mean you are not like that in real life why Gaurav had this kind of end Gaurav was not wrong “There are some complaints (referring to ‘Fan’) there are some flaws that people are saying there will be critical acclaim But overall it’s a different story telling” he said Watch Audience reaction According to SRK if a film starts discussion then it means it is interesting “When you discuss a film later it means it has left an impact on you Some people said the second half is not good But this is how we felt the story (of ‘Fan’) should have been and narrated it that way” he added Entertainment Videos by Indian Express For 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2PM, Jaebeom, and Korea's Internet Culture
You may recall about two months ago that a kid named Jaebeom from the boy group 2PM (managed by JYP) was basically run out of Korea for some "anti-Korean" comments he made on his MySpace page a few years ago. What's your take on this, especially surrounding the jingoistic knee-jerk reaction to his comments, as well as the equally ridiculous movement to boycott JYP for not "protecting" Jaebeom?
The Korean will first state this for the record: the Korean loathes K-pop. Most Korean music worth listening to was produced before the 21st century. As of now, the Korean can count with one hand the Korean singers/bands that are worth listening to. Everyone else is a pretty, soulless shell mass-produced by production companies. Watching them or listening to most K-pop stars makes you stupider. There is nothing redeeming about them. They are the musical equivalent of McDonald’s French fries.
If you are interested in contemporary Korean music, try this guy.
His name is Jang Gi-Ha (장기하). Absolutely fantastic.
But the phenomenon that you described is indeed interesting, so here is the Korean’s take on it. But first, for those who are unfamiliar with the context, the Korean will provide an executive summary:
JYP, or Jin-Yeong Park, is one of the most successful talent developer/managers in the K-pop scene. (Park himself was a relatively successful pop star when he was younger.) The products of JYP Entertainment include such luminaries of K-pop such as Rain and Wonder Girls. JYP frequently mines talent out of both Koreans and Korean Americans.
One of JYP’s most recent creations was 2PM, a boy group with seven members that debuted in 2008. (Hilariously, JYP simultaneously created 2AM, a four-member boy group who sing ballads rather than the beat-heavy dance numbers that 2PM do.) Jaebeom, a third-generation Korean American from Seattle, was one of the members. Jaebeom joined JYP Entertainment in 2005 at age 18, and was trained in Korea prior to his debut as a 2PM member. 2PM was very successful, rising to the top of the charts by early 2009.
2PM. Barf.
Trouble began for Jaebeom in September 2009, when his MySpace page that he kept between 2005 and 2007 became public. Particularly problematic was a correspondence from Jaebeom to his friend on Feb. 22, 2005, which said: “Korea is gay. I hate Koreans. I want to come back like no other.” (Quote is cleaned up for grammar and punctuation.) When the news broke, JYP initially defended Jaebeom, calling the posts “youthful mistakes.” Jaebeom also issued an apology. Other members of 2PM stood by him, expressing support on their own homepages.
But the reaction of K-pop fans, particularly over the Internet, was swift and harsh. Massive amount of hate mail and blog posts soon overwhelmed the popular Korean websites such as Naver and Daum (similar to Yahoo and Google.) Petitions calling for 2PM’s disbandment circulated. JYP suspended 2PM’s appearances. Jaebeom then quit 2PM and returned to Seattle, four days after the news broke. Counter-protest from Jaebeom’s fans also broke out on the Internet over this development, claiming that JYP threw Jaebeom under the bus.
As of now, 2PM chugs along without Jaebeom, releasing a new album. In November, JYP appeared on a TV show indicating that he is considering Jaebeom’s return.
So there is the summary. Now, what does the Korean think about all this?
The Korean thinks that Jaebeom is a fucking retard. It is hardly a secret that Koreans are rather nationalistic, and some of them are prone to complete overreaction at any perceived slight against their nation. It should also be very clear that if you are a star, you have no privacy. Your MySpace page will be made public sooner or later. If Jaebeom did not know that when he was 18, he should have known by the time when he was 22. There is no excuse.
This is a different case from other cases of swift, harsh judgments on the Internet driving celebrities into a corner, for example like Choi Jin-sil. In case of Choi, the rumors on the Internet were baseless lies. In case of Jaebeom, the possible implications of his own words on the Internet were very clear. The Korean has no sympathy for him. Worse has happened to better people.
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Having said that, this episode is indeed very interesting because it is an excellent illustration of a particular characteristic of a Korean society that often baffles the outsiders – its interconnectedness. Korea is an extremely interconnected society. Put differently, everyone knows everyone in Korea. (Or more accurately, in Korea, everyone knows at least someone who knows another, leading to knowing everyone.) And by “everyone”, the Korean truly means everyone – including the biggest stars and celebrities.
Often this is described as Korea’s being small, but it is more than that. Compared to Americans, Koreans build a much denser social network over their lives through school, work, hometown and neighborhood. Also, Korea itself is literally denser than America – anything and anyone that matter are located in Seoul, a 12-million people gigapolis. On top of that, Korea is unquestionably the most wired country in the world. Internet works on incredible speed. (What is now advertised as Verizon FiOS has been available in Korea for the last 10 years.) Cell phones work everywhere, including in the subways.
There are many practical implications of this, which will be discussed over other posts as well. But one of the major implications is that in Korea, the distance between the media/Internet and the real world is very, very small.
Contrast America. Take Britney Spears, for example. There is no doubt that she lives in a fish bowl of sorts in America. Paparazzis follow her around everywhere. Any small detail of her life gets publicly exposed on Perez Hilton and TMZ. But as bad as her life is in America, few Americans can reach her in a meaningful way, because Spears is physically removed from most Americans. Few people know Spears personally, nor do they know anyone who knows Spears personally. Her career as a celebrity might suffer, but she can more or less go on living her life.
Not so in Korea. If there is a celebrity, there are already a lot of people who know that celebrity personally. There are even more people who know someone who has a personal relationship with that celebrity. (Heck, the Korean himself can get the phone numbers of a number of celebrities right now by using less than 5 phone calls/emails, and he has been out of the country for 12 years! The Korean even played basketball once with JYP in New York. He had a nice jump shot.) And they all live right around one another, and they are constantly chattering through the world’s fastest Internet and the world’s most extensive cell phone network. One intriguing move, and the eye of the public turns to that celebrity like the Eye over Minas Morgul.
Did anyone see my contact lens?
This is not always bad. For example, when Moon Geun-Yeong was revealed as the anonymous donor who donated around $800,000 over six years, the entire Korea went into a swoon over her commendable act, as the positive opinion of her multiplied quickly over the Internet. The story of her charity was justifiably hyped, which prompted more Koreans to care about charity and donations.
But when things go wrong, the power of the Eye is absolutely terrifying – particularly when it is aimed against ordinary people who never signed up for public scrutiny like celebrities did. The most infamous example is the Dog Poop Girl in 2005. A college student refused to clean up after her dog in a subway car, and another commuter took a picture of her (and her dog) with a cell phone camera. Within days of the picture being circulated on the Internet, everything about her became public – name, picture, address, school (current and former,) websites that she frequents, any comments that she left on the Internet, even where she is right now as “sightings” were reported.
This makes a celebrity’s life in Korea more difficult as well. For example in 2008, comedienne Jeong Seon-Hee made a remark that can be considered disparaging towards the Mad Cow Protestors. The Mad Cow Protestors, also organized over the Internet, began a boycott against Jeong, as well as against the business run by Jeong’s husband, a former actor named Ahn Jae-Hwan. Ahn’s cosmetics business was shut down, and did not do the same business after it re-opened. (Although the complete picture indicates that Ahn probably was not such a good businessman to begin with, as he was vastly overextended in multiple businesses that did not do very well at all.) The loss of income from his wife as well as from his business led to a financial ruin, which prompted Ahn to commit suicide.
But again, by September of 2009, the consequences for a celebrity who pisses off his fan base should have been pretty clear to anyone. Jaebeom is still an idiot for allowing this to happen. Jaebeom is actually lucky, because his sentence was not hell but a purgatory. The Korean society now has had the time to reflect the excesses of its Internet culture, and is coming around to realize that it is being too harsh on individuals for understandable mistakes that individuals are capable of making. This enabled JYP to bring up the possibility of Jaebeom’s return within two months without causing another riot on the Internet. He will be back in K-pop scene sooner or later.
조안나 12/04/2009 11:41 PM
yea, I've always heard this about the Korean netizens. It's the same in the US, to a lesser extent... look what happened to Bill Mahar and the excellent show Politically Incorrect... canceled because he said one thing that Americans would not stand for.... so much for freedom of speech.
gonzalo 12/04/2009 11:49 PM
Interesting read. In my opinion, the issue was blown out of proportion due to people in Korea not being familiar with the way American teenagers use the words 'hate' and 'gay'. But yes, at 18 you're a grown person and he should've known better. If you start seeing your face on TV every day, you might consider cleaning up any internet 'dirt' that could eventually be used against you, although in this case I don't know if you can just go and delete comments you've made on someone else's Myspace - on many sites, you can't just edit or delete comments whenever you feel like it. I feel bad for him though, because unlike you I do enjoy some of these so called 'idol groups' in K-Pop and I think the dude is very talented.
bumfromkorea 12/05/2009 12:04 AM
I'd say that once you get past the K-Pop crap, there are many Korean musicians/bands who have a lot to offer (I'll see your Jang Gi Ha with 달빛요정역전만루홈런 and raise you a Kingston Rudieska):D
It's good to see that the whole 'netizen madness' thing is subsiding somewhat though. 네티즌들이 이미 너무 많은 사람들을 잡아먹었지만...
Charles Montgomery 12/05/2009 1:16 AM
This is your "best post evar!"
and you can quote me..
You nearly owed me a new keyboard multiple times.
You are right on about the music here.. there are some rumblings on college campuses and in trendy neighborhoods. At my University the "kids" (I say that as I am 50) are starting to become interested in what I would call "authenticity" and I think that bodes well for the future of Korean music. The cultural history is all about ryhtmn..which I can't spell... and when that bleeds through and the prepped-band thing fades I expect great things from Korean musicians.
Jaebom was a fool - if you want to be a star you can't f*ck with your base, which is what he did.
Last thing, just a point of fact..
Moon Geun-Yeong was also attacked pretty viciously based on who she had donated to and the fact that some of her family were politically suspect.
Korea - polarized... like every other country. ;-)
Randomly..
I'm half "tutor" and half "puto" by word verification.
LOL.. just about right..
there are a couple more indie singers/groups worth listening to. jang gi ha is pretty amazing, though.
kdufos 12/05/2009 5:24 AM
Jaebeom probably is an idiot, but how many k-pop stars are known for their intelligence and political savvy anyway? As far as this issue is concerned, I think Jin Jung-gwon nails it when he attributes the problem to maniacal patriotism and yellow journalism:
"박재범에 관한 토론에 참석해 달라는 요청을 받다. 작가가 견해를 묻길래, 애국주의 광기가 만들어낸 또 하나의 비극이 아니냐고 대답해주다.
태어나서 제 나라에 대해 푸념 한 번 안 해 본 사람이 있을까? 어린 아이가 몇 년 전에 사회에 적응하지 못해 한 마디, 그것도 친구한테 사적으로 했던 얘기까지 끄집어내어 공격하는 대중들, 그 얼빠진 짓에 태연히 장단을 맞추며 조회수나 올리는 정신나간 언론들의 행태... " (source here, and another one here)
(Sorry, too lazy to translate)
The Korean 12/05/2009 3:09 PM
"Freedom of speech" is a bit out of topic for this thread, but this article from NY Times is an interesting read regarding freedom of speech: Link
Gonzalo,
Good point, but in this case it was on Jaebeom's own MySpace page.
bum,
The Korean has actually heard of them, just didn't get around to listening to them yet. (The Korean only needs 서태지 to be happy, and he is still not done listening to his latest album.)
Actually, the post I wrote on Moon (linked in the main post) is talking more about the insane attacks that she received.
kdufos,
You might be interested in this article: Link
Money shot: "김성일 문화사회연구소장도 당시 네티즌의 목소리가 ‘애국주의적인 방식’으로 표출됐다는 점에는 동의한다. 하지만 밑바닥에 깔린 정서는 ‘애국심’ 보다 ‘박탈감’에 가깝다는 게 그의 분석이다. 당시 댓글에 “재범은 한국에 돈 벌러 온 미국인일 뿐이다” “군대 가면 용서해준다” 등 국적과 병역 문제를 결부시키는 내용이 유난히 많았던 것은 이런 맥락에서라고 한다.
“우 리 젊은이들이 가장 고민하는 주제인 외국어와 병역 문제에서 자유로운 존재, 그러니까 외국인이거나 재미교포, 그리고 우리 사회의 일부 상류층을 보며 ‘88만원’ 세대들은 상대적인 박탈감을 느낍니다. ‘우리’와 똑같은 사회에서 살아가면서 아무 의무도 지지 않는 그들이 심지어 ‘우리’를 비판하기까지 하니 집단적인 분노가 폭발한 거지요.”
김 소장은 “빼앗긴 자가 느끼는 열등감을 정당화하려 할 때 가장 쉽게 갖다 쓸 수 있는 논리가 ‘애국주의’”라며 “넓게 보면 스타벅스 커피를 마시는 여성을 ‘된장녀’라고 공격하는 것도 이 범주에 속한다”고 설명했다."
7Ø7 12/05/2009 4:17 PM
So out of curiosity, what are the bands/groups/singers which you find acceptable?
kushibo 12/05/2009 4:47 PM
You wrote about Park Jaebeom! That's so gay! ur gay!
kdufos 12/05/2009 5:52 PM
Interesting article! That was what I thought when I read Jin's description of it as a "mania," that their actions were not out of true love for their country but more out of a misguided belief or illusion that what they are doing is "patriotic." The press must also bear part of the blame for having played on the sentiments of these netizens.
Anonymous 12/06/2009 12:02 AM
You are a fucking idiot for saying that Jaebeom is a retard. You are no different than those stupid Korean netizens. I wish you would burn in hell.
refresh_daemon 12/06/2009 12:47 AM
Careful, Korean. Methinks you might stir up antis of your own out of Jaebeom fangirls here. ;)
@refresh_daemon: careful, Jaebeom. You may stir up antis of your own out of Korean lovers here.;)
Leo 12/06/2009 3:59 AM
"the Korean loathes K-pop. Most Korean music worth listening to was produced before the 21st century."
Trot music?
Old kpop was fine for me
kushibo 12/06/2009 7:29 AM
The Korean wrote:
The Korean thinks that Jaebeom is a fucking retard.
Mister Park is not exactly my favorite person, but I think the use of "retard" as an epithet is highly insensitive at the very least, but heading toward extremely offensive territory.
Almost as bad as the anti-Semitic epithets you recently removed.
Won Joon Choe 12/06/2009 8:33 PM
I'd add that before the liberation to boot! :)
Becky KY Bae 12/09/2009 7:45 PM
er, correction: 2AM is NOT a seven-member girl group (no idea where you got that idea), they're a four-member boy group who sing ballads rather than the beat-heavy dance numbers that 2PM do.
And I agree with you on the mainstream Korean music being shitty, but there's still a few things now and again worth catching, and I adore Korean indie rock. Check out Guckkasten, My Aunt Mary, 브로콜리 너마저 and Ibadi.
Correction is made, thanks -- just a momentary confusion.
Marilyn 12/09/2009 9:15 PM
@Gonzalo
I soooo completely agree that his words were not well understood. Yeah, if you write them out / translate them into Korean, they sound pretty harsh, but if you imagine a teenager saying them . . . I'm 90% sure he was just having a bad day (understandable, since he was living in Korea for the first time and doing training, which I've heard is nuts - like, 4-hours-of-sleep-a-night nuts) and letting off steam to a friend.
kushibo 12/09/2009 10:06 PM
Marilyn wrote:
I soooo completely agree that his words were not well understood. Yeah, if you write them out / translate them into Korean, they sound pretty harsh, but if you imagine a teenager saying them . . .
You're right. I'll bet they translated "Korea is gay" as "Korea is homosexual," but they should have translated it as "Korea is terrible/bad/stupid."
But you're right. The way this was translated, it sounds like he's some jerk who hates Koreans but wants them to make him rich and famous, when in fact he's... he's... what is he again?
To me the issue is privacy invasion, but his words were kind of indefensible.
Kush, the Korean can't tell if you are just playing dumb, but the translation that Korean media used for the term "gay" (in a sense Jaebeom used) was 역겹다. That was probably a little too strong.
Kush, the Korean can't tell if you are just playing dumb, but the translation that Korean media used for the term "gay" (in a sense Jaebeom used) was 역겹다.
Deliberately "playing dumb," for effect. Though I vaguely recall what word was used to translate "gay," it's irrelevant to my point.
Even if it had been translated in a culturally appropriate way, it was still rude and offensive, and shows that the guy was, at 17, a jerk.
At 17 when he was trying to make it big in Korea. In other words, he was just another punk trying to make a buck off people he disdained. While I think it's unfortunate that people are digging in to his "past" to dig up dirt, what's dug up is dug up and the fact is he's just another punk.
That was probably a little too strong.
Perhaps. But there's still no "nice way" to translate "Korea is gay" in the way that he meant it. And there's no way to translate "I hate Koreans" in a way that puts a positive spin on it.
He's a punk who hated the people he wanted to make money off of.
But ultimately, it's South Koreans themselves who are to blame:
But why wouldn’t they want to forgive him? Seriously, what is up with South Koreans and their narcissistic tendencies, where everyone has to love them and nobody must hate them and they don't like the people who do hate them?
So the guy hates you and thinks your country is gay, is that any reason to stop buying his records and making him famous and setting him up in a lavish lifestyle while you live in a windowless koshiwon? What the fu¢k does that say about you, you narcissistic fu¢kwads?!
Easy now, Kush. Let's address the idiots when they actually show up.
Oh, sorry. That was a bit of satire from the post I'd linked earlier.
fuck kushibo. you are a fucking cunt who has nothing better than finding fault with a Myspace's comment. You know what Jessica HO got when she insulted BoA? You will get the same treatment some day.
You stay classy, fan of Jaebeom.
WORD VERIFICATION: creapi
Anabelle 12/22/2009 5:01 AM
You forgot to mention that it wasn't Jaebum's myspace it was his friend's that was infiltrated. Certainly, he may not have been that smart of an 18 year old boy, but you can't deny that any 18 year old boys talk in such ways to their boyfriends... heck they don't even need to be 18 to speak as such (50 year old men talk incoherently to their boyfriends do they not?). It was a private conversation only meant to be private, but was obviously exploited just how Korea likes it... and it was said nearly 5 years ago. I doubt even you would remember what you said 5 years ago. Overall it was overblown and quite stupid. The only good thing that could possibly come out of what happened is Korea may have received a small wake-up call to their two-faced feelings. Korea acts one way in reality, but the net has proven they desire another way. I hope it can finally get to the source of Korea's mass anger that is only reflected through its internet connections. :|
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Jeter Done For The Year
The Yankees held a press conference for Cash and Derek Jeter to address the media about an hour ago, and it didn't take a genius to see what was coming when it was announced. At the press conference, it was confirmed that the team will put Jeter on the 15-day DL and Cash said there are no plans to activate him when he's available to come off. Jeter's 2013 season is over.
This is hardly surprising considering the latest leg injury being to the surgically repaired ankle and that the Yankees made a move to trade for Brendan Ryan last night. This last setback was the last straw and in what is surely an attempt to get him started on rehabbing and conditioning for 2014, the call was made to shut Jeter down. Cash and Jeter both referred to The Captain coming back next season, with Cash stating that "no one" has seen Jeter's last game. He only played 17 in 2013. Now we're left to wonder what 2014 will be like.
Labels: Breaking News, Derek Jeter, Injury News
The Incredible Righty-Mashing A-Rod
(Courtesy of Getty Images)
After he left last night's game in the bottom of the 8th inning, the story was Alex Rodriguez's hamstring and how much, if at all, it would prevent him from playing in the next game. He's been one of the most consistent and productive bats in the Yankee lineup since coming back last month, and that was once again the story before the bottom of the 8th. A-Rod went 2-4 last night with a pair of doubles, 1 R scored, and 1 RBI. He started the Yankee scoring in the top of the 3rd and the big rally to take the lead in the 8th, and he looked pretty damn good doing it. For the season his batting line is up to .301/.388/.496 with a 10.9% BB Rate in 129 plate appearances, good for a .387 wOBA and 144 wRC+. Even more shocking is the fact that it's a dramatic turnaround against right-handed pitching and a serious reverse platoon split that's fueling those numbers.
Labels: Alex Rodriguez, Player Analysis, Statistical Analysis
Why Randy Levine Should Never Talk
Via ESPN NY:
"Robinson Cano is a great player. We will sit down and talk to him. Hopefully he's a Yankee. Nobody is a re-sign at all costs, but we want him back and we feel good about negotiating something with him. But nobody is a re-sign at any cost."
"Yeah, nobody. Except for A-Rod in '07, Jeter when his last contract came up, Rafael Soriano, CC when we gave him an extension. After all those guys, nobody is a re-sign at any cost. Hell, look at Russell Martin. Sometimes players aren't even a re-sign at a reasonable cost. We've got luxury tax money to save and Ichiro t-shirts to sell here, people."
Labels: Front Office Decisions, Organizational Philosophy, Randy Levine
Yanks Cover Their Shortstop Bases By Acquiring Brendan Ryan
In a move that doesn't speak positively to Derek Jeter's physical status or Eduardo Nunez's general status as a quality Major League shortstop, the Yankees traded a PTBNL to Seattle for utility infielder Brendan Ryan last night. Jeter has been in a "holding pattern" since leaving Saturday's game with pain in his surgically-repaired ankle and Nunez still can't figure out how to be an even remotely serviceable backup shortstop defensively, so once again the Yankees found themselves without a replacement option for The Captain. The decision was made to find a defensive upgrade over Nunez and that's exactly what they're getting in Ryan.
Labels: Roster Decisions, Sacrificing Offense For Defense, Trade Talk, Trades
12 years ago today our nation was rocked by the worst attack against it in history. Work, social life, baseball rooting allegiances, and everything else took a back seat as we watched our friends, family members, and fellow Americans suffer as a result of the senseless hatred of others. I don't need to go into the details of my personal connection to the 9/11 tragedy anymore. Those who've been AB4AR readers for years know the story, and those who are new can find it here. But I'd be remiss if I didn't write something today to commemorate the tragic events of that day and honor those who were lost.
They say time heals all wounds and there's been a lot of time to heal from the events of that day 12 years ago. But some wounds never heal, some losses can never be forgotten, and many lives will never be the same. The pain from that day still lingers, and it's remembering the heroes and the sacrifice of so many on that day that helps the healing continue and reminds us all what it means to be an American and live in this country. There's plenty that people find wrong with this country these days and sometimes it's easy to forget about all that it gets right. Use today to remember that. Tell someone you love them, hug somebody you haven't hugged in a while, find a fire fighter or police officer and shake his or her hand, be thankful for all the freedoms you have as a citizen of the United States. And never forget all those we lost.
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Injury News Round-Up: 9/11/13
Another day, another fresh batch of injuries to sift through. Here's the latest...
New Injuries:
- Ivan Nova- Left after 6 IP and 79 pitches due to tightness in his right triceps. Didn't sound like he or Joe were concerned about him missing his next start, although this has been a lingering problem for him all year.
- Alex Rodriguez- Was taken out after the top of the 8th when he felt his left hamstring tighten up on him running the bases. A-Rod himself said he expected to at least be able to DH today. We'll see.
- Austin Romine- Left in the bottom of the 8th after taking a foul ball off the mask. Joe said Romine "probably" had a concussion and he was going to get checked out at a local hospital after the game. If he does have one, it could mean the end of his season. Gotta be careful with head injuries these days.
Old Injuries:
- David Robertson- Threw a 10-pitch bullpen yesterday and felt no problems. Assuming he doesn't feel anything when he wakes up today he should be back in the 'pen and available tonight.
- Boone Logan- Had an MRI on his left elbow and the results were sent to Dr. James Andrews for further evaluation. That's never a good sign.
- Derek Jeter- No real update on his status other than the team saying he's in a "holding pattern." He hasn't done any baseball activities since leaving on Satuday, and last night's acquisition of Brendan Ryan doesn't make it sound like he's coming back anytime soon.
Labels: Injuries, Injury News, Quick Hits
Game 145 Wrap-Up: NYY 7 BAL 5
It's almost getting comical at this point. The Yankees and injuries. They started last night's game by making another roster move to add an arm to their ailing bullpen. They ended last night's game by making a trade for a defensive shortstop who won't even be eligible for the postseason if they make it because Eduardo Nunez is so terrible moonlighting as a starting shortstop. And in between they lost 3 more players to injury, 2 that appear to be less serious (A-Rod and Ivan Nova) and 1 maybe not so lucky (Austin Romine). There will be more roster moves coming today, and oh yeah, they scored another huge comeback win to keep those playoff hopes alive against Miguel Gonzalez and the O's.
- Alex Rodriguez has been surprisingly good against right-handed pitching this season, and that continued in the top of the 3rd when he smoked a 2-out double to right center to score Chris Stewart and give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
- This start for Nova was frighteningly similar to the last time he pitched against the Orioles. He gave up a pair of singles through 3 scoreless innings and needed just 31 pitches to get it done. He was cruising.
- The Orioles set themselves up with 2 groundball singles in the bottom of the 5th and got a gift when Eduardo Nunez's eternal shittiness struck again. He bounced a throw to first for an error that allowed a run to score and put runners on second and third with nobody out.
- A questionable cutoff decision by A-Rod on a Nick Markakis sac fly a batter later gave Baltimore the lead, but it was Chris Davis who did the big damage with 2 outs. Nova hung a first-pitch curveball and Davis crushed it to center for a 2-run home run and a 4-1 Orioles advantage.
- Alfonso Soriano and Mark Reynolds hit solo HRs in the top of the 6th to get the Yankees back in it, but they really opened things up in the 8th against the Baltimore bullpen. A-Rod led off with another double, scored on Robinson Cano's single, and then Soriano came up again and hit a 2-run homer. A pair of doubles from Reynolds and C-Grand made it 7-4 Yankees.
- Joe pulled Nova after just 79 pitches and 6 innings - due to tightness in Nova's triceps - and went to work again with his short bullpen. Adam Warren gave him a solid inning, Shawn Kelley a not so much 0.2 and it was time for another multi-inning Mo save attempt. He got it done and the Yanks got a big win.
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Anya had loved everything about getting an actual house. Room to grow in various ways, including a garden to grow flowers and vegetables. The old elm in the front yard had promised stability.
When the wind made the branches of the tree knock against the side of the house at night, keeping her awake, she was not all that sure about that little detail any more.
Trying not to feel envious of Zach’s ability to sleep through the noise undisturbed, she snuck to the spare room earmarked as her home office. The furniture was still only a neat stack of boards, and most of everything else was still boxed, but her laptop was ready. To work sitting cross-legged on the ground, back against the wall, was a habit from student days, anyway, and here she even had a power outlet.
No internet yet, but she could use the sleepless time to tag her photos. Nice, near-mindless routine. Photos from the goodbye-party, a few snapshots from the move, the rooms before and after, the house she was in now.
The pictures of the front of the house caught her attention. She flipped forward, looking for a better angle to confirm that, yes, the tree was too far away from the house for anything but a major storm to possibly make it touch the house.
A pattering sound against the window made her shriek. She scooted away from the wall and set the computer aside. She froze in a crouch staring at the window, and the very tips of the elm’s branches that touched it. The way the buds scraped over the glass and frame, like fingertips seeking an opening, really seemed like it was doing it on purpose. But that couldn’t be. Could it?
What certainly could not be was the tree bending that far out; it was on the other side of the front facade. Thinking she must be either dreaming or imagining things, Anya got up and looked out of the window, careful to touch nothing. It was hard to see in the gloom, but the elm must have been bent at least at a forty-five degrees angle.
I’m still in my bed, and actually sleeping…
It did not feel like a dream, though. For certainty Anya looked for one of the boxes labelled “books” and after a struggle with the sticky tape pulled out the first that came into her hands. Tapping Your Inner Bastard, a self-help book they only had not thrown out because it had been a present. Despite the noise of the tree — it’s not getting louder, that’s just nerves — she forced herself to read a paragraph on a random page twice, slowly. Not only was that possible, the words stayed the same both times. Writing in her dreams tended to be unintelligible, except for very large print like signs or titles, and change every time she looked at it.
The hell if it’s stupid. She walked, did not quite run, out of the future office to wake up Zach, and ran into him at the door to the bedroom, bleary-eyed and unfocused.
“Woke you, too, fin — ” Anya flinched at the sound of glass breaking, and reached for Zach’s hand to pull him out of the room. “This is crazy.”
He had not turned around, and was looking through her.
“Come on, you are not sleepwalking, are you? And if you are, doing the walking part right now would be nice, I don’t know what — ”
Zach grabbed her wrist and growled, “I’ll kill you, bitch!”
That’s-not-him-that’s-not-him-that’s-not-him. Wishful thinking or truth, it helped. Anya ducked his other hand going for her neck, twisted her arm so she could pull it out of his grip, and ran.
Panicked she went straight for the door, realising her mistake only when she unlocked it. Zach was already down the stair, and she ran for it. A tree can’t be that fast or reach that far. Gravel bit into her feet and the tree loomed to her right, pulling back, for a strike? Anya ran, a thick branch whipped over her head, and from behind her came a strangled “ooph!”
Trying to look back out of reflex, she lost her footing and fell to her side. Behind her she saw Zach on his back, the branches of the nearly bent-over tree blocking the way between the two of them, but not moving.
It seemed a ready, alert stillness.
“Zach?”
He coughed. “Anya?” it sounded weak, but it was his voice, and he recognised her.
“What happened?” both of them said simultaneously.
Anya cast a sideways look at the tree, which started to slowly right itself.
“All right,” Zach rasped, “That’s weird.”
“Yes.” And she wanted to know what was going on. To test a theory she lunged and grabbed one of the twigs passing close to her. The tree froze, neither pulling back nor attacking. Waiting.
“You protected us.”
A shiver went down Anya’s spine when she felt the answer, no word, but a feeling of affirmation.
“Anya, is this actually happening?” Zach had walked up to her, giving the remaining crown of the tree a wide berth.
She wordlessly put her free arm around his waist. From his hitching breath she guessed he could feel the answer, too. Something toxic, bitter.
“Just because there was danger?”
Affirmation.
“Is it gone?”
Negation. Sadness.
The tree hesitated. There was a mixture Anya was not sure she could decipher. Maybe? There was some kind of uncertainty.
“Are you able to help us against… whatever is the danger in this house?” she tried to clarify.
“Then please do,” Zach said.
The feeling emanating from the tree turned into joy, and warmth. It trickled from the hand that was touching the tree up her arm, up to her scalp and down to her toes, and beyond.
The tickling sensation made her want to curl her toes, but she could not. She could barely turn her head to look at Zach. His skin had turned rough, his face, his whole body elongated, yet she could still feel his touch along her side and across her back. We’re both growing.
Anya’s vision faded. Her lungs and heart slowed, and stopped. The silence was strange, but she had enough air. The nightly breeze stirring her leaves was as cool as the moist soil her roots had grown into. As her perception shifted, the impression she got from the old elm became clearer. One concept — a feeling of movement; the loss of limbs; a small, warm hopeful thing Anya associated with ‘birth’ — she deciphered as ‘gardener’, and understood: The spook of the house could only affect humans. It was relieved that they were safe now. There was no malice in it.
Zach was hardly a presence in Anya’s mind, and the elm did not react to her distress, not even with calming impulses.
How do you learn to talk like a tree?
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2008 North American Car/Truck of the Year
Malibu and CX-9
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YES, I drive a Yugo!!!
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And The North American Car and Truck Of The Year Are...
DETROIT (AP) — The Chevrolet Malibu and the Mazda CX-9 were chosen as the car and truck of the year at the North American International Auto Show.
The awards were presented Sunday, the first day of media previews for the show. It opens to the public on Saturday.
It was the second major award for the CX-9 crossover, which was named Motor Trend's 2008 sport utility of the year in October.
"The CX-9 was designed for North America, and I think the award is recognition that the team delivered on the promise," Mazda Executive Vice President Robert Graziano said.
Bob Lutz, General Motors Corp.'s vice chairman of product development, said GM is rapidly trying to add more production capacity to keep up with demand for the Malibu.
"It's gone way beyond our expectations," he said.
Four of the six finalists for the awards were GM products.
The Malibu, Cadillac CTS and Honda Accord were finalists for car of the year, while the CX-9, the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid were finalists for truck of the year.
GM was a double winner in 2007, while Honda Motor Co. captured both honors the year before.
To be considered for the coveted honor, which often is used in automakers' advertising, vehicles must be new or substantially changed from the previous model. More than 50 new vehicles were eligible this year, but jurors winnowed that list to 15 cars and 13 trucks.
The winners were selected by a jury of 46 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada. Jurors consider a variety of factors, including innovation, design, safety, handling, driver satisfaction and value.
The North American honors have been given annually since 1994.
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Location: Bakersfield
Malibu: Great leap forward for GM and deserves the award.
CX9: Whaaaaat? Really? Hmm.
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FRDesign
Originally Posted by swizzle
I agree. The Tahoe Hybrid DEFINATLEY should have won. Its a huge step forward in Hybrid Technology.
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IcedG35
Originally Posted by FRDesign
I agree that it's a more important vehicle than the CX-9, but I don't think they took it far enough. They should've figured out a way to get it into the 30's, or at least mid 20. Hardly breaking 20 mpg isn't really a great attention getter IMO.
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You do realize that it weighs almost 6000 lbs, has 332 HP, and can tow 6000 lbs. It gets 24 MPG.
Its Bringing hybrid technology to use in stuff which normally gets around 14 MPG. Thats a big deal
ndjan
Did you guys see the 2009 nominations? The Gt-R missed the finals to... the Jetta TDI. That's a shock. At least the Genesis made the finals.
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JBlair
Originally Posted by ndjan
Its not that surprising or shocking. The GT-R is not only politically incorrect (it belches CO2 out at a rate greater than most SUVs), but its also a car most people can't afford and would never consider. And even though its an amazing car, lets be honest here, it hasn't really moved the needle much in terms of importance in the marketplace. Its just another car that 95% of the population can't afford, and a car that doesn't add anything significant to the market.
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It's important in the sense that it is a big halo car for Nissan. The fact that it outperforms the 911 turbo at about half the price will help usher in affordable performance for the masses. While NACOTY winners have been affordable lately, that isn't always the case. Jaguars, Vettes, and other highbrow cars have won or been nominated.
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St. Charles Bend New Main Admitting Area Open
By CBN on July 19, 2012 E-Headlines
Patients at St. Charles Bend can now walk through the front doors of the hospital and be greeted by a private waiting room where they can easily register for surgery, pre-surgery appointments, medical diagnostic services, ultrasounds, X-rays, nuclear medicine exams, infusions and more.
The new main patient registration area is opening to the public, and members of the patient access team believe the new space will give patients greater comfort and privacy while also making their work more efficient.
St. Charles would like to thank architects ZGF from Portland and Steele Associates Architects from Bend, along with general contractor Skanska for their work on the project.
Bernie Andreotti, manager of Patient Access, and her team of caregivers worked closely with the designers of the new space to ensure that it would function well. Each of the five patient registration areas will have its own printer, scanner and arm bands so the registration clerks have everything they need at their fingertips. A large work area with a wide counter was also included in the plans to provide enough space for the team to easily put together patient charts.
In addition to the registration area, a private space has been built where patients can pay their bills or meet with a financial counselor. Nurses have space to call surgery patients to prepare them for their visit and four pre-surgery consult rooms are included in the first phase of the project. The second phase, which should be completed in September, includes additional pre-surgery consult rooms.
As part of phases two and three, work will also be conducted in the existing Medical Records space to provide a medical staff lounge and study space. Medical Staff Services will be relocated to the current Main Admitting area. Some of the Corner Deli tables will move into an alcove with windows looking out on the courtyard.
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M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now!
Dom if You Do, Dom if You Don't
By M. Giant | Season 13 | Episode 10 | Aired on 07.28.2011
Time for the group Chenterview via the living room viewscreen. Julie asks Kalia how things are now after all the drama. "I think everyone in here is a grown-up," Kalia says, making me realize that everything that comes after that is probably nonsense as well. Brendon agrees with her that things get tense, but there are no hard feelings. Julie turns to Jeff, who claims he plays differently than you're supposed to, without lying and backstabbing. Rather pointes, there. As far as the house meeting, he thought it best to clear the air and get everything out in the open. Julie asks Daniele if she's surprised it's gotten so confrontational this quickly. Daniele says she isn't, and adds that it's nothing personal. I supposed anything's better than playing another season with Dick.
Julie says it's time to start voting, as soon as the nominees plead their case. Adam talks about getting to know everyone and liking them, and tells everyone to do what they have to do, telling Dominic that one of them has to go. Dominic says more or less the same thing, but then adds that some of them are "spineless jellyfish that are really riding on people's backs and you don't have a chance of winning if you're gonna play like that." Hello, Dominic, Jordan is sitting right there. Then he congratulates everyone else, and tells them all, "We all suck at this game," and pretty much says there isn't a game being played at all right now. Nice how the people who know they're going anyway sometimes tell the truth in these things, isn't it?"
Jeff votes first to evict Dominic, adding, "Terrible speech." Jordan's vote is the same, and Kalia fights back tears as she evicts Dominic. Daniele makes a big deal of voting to evict Adam, "Because I'm not afraid to go against the king and the queen." Just do it without bragging about it, then. That's probably the only vote Adam's going to get, so we go to ads on a 3-1 vote.
Brendon and Shelly vote to evict Dominic, so that's already enough for him to go. Lawon, the only remaining Regulator, also votes out Dominic, as does Porsche, proudly calling herself a "jellyfish" while she's at it. As long as we're going with the marine biology theme, I'd say she's more like a remora attached to Rachel.
Julie gets back on the viewscreen to say that Dominic has been evicted by a vote of 7-1. He and Adam hip-bump, and then he hugs everyone on his way out -- even the jellyfish. Porsche brags about her voting speech while Dominic's still there, like she couldn't wait the five seconds until he left. He exits the house to a very enthusiastic greeting from the studio audience. Meanwhile, in the house, Rachel remarks on the lack of any talk about a Golden Key. Adam doesn't seem to have one, does he?
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Couch Baron: C+ | 7 USERS: C-
...or are you just happy to see me?
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.12.1997
Hey, I forgot to mention this in earlier Season Two recaps, but I really like that Giles took over the "In every generation..." speech from the WB announcer guy. Color you shocked.
Fade up on the exterior of Chez Summers. We hear a woman's voice warbling. In Buffy's bedroom, our teen Scoob triad is watching a movie. Buffy and Xander are lying facedown on the bed, while Willow sits at the foot of it. Buffy absently plays with Willow's hair, and Willow intermittently drinks from a juice box. Aw. So cute! Sorry for all the detail, but this is by far the best scene in the episode, so I'm going to drag it out as long as possible. Xander asks if the woman on the screen is dying, but Buffy says she thinks she's singing. Xander points out that she's doing so into a telephone in Hindi, and snarks, "Now that's entertainment." He asks why she's singing. Willow: "She's sad because her lover gave her twelve gold coins, but then the wizard cut open the bag of salt, and now the dancing minions have nowhere to put their big maple...fish thing." Hee. Xander: "Why is she singing?" You said that already. Buffy says she thought the lover was actually her chiropractor. Willow: "Because of that thing he did with her feet? No, that was personal." Yeah, just ask Claire Fisher. Xander exposits that they're home because they have no money, and while I find that entirely realistic, it makes Buffy's subscription to the "Cows ain't for eating, they're for wearing!" club even more glaringly inconsistent. Buffy says that she's very happy just to be hangin' with her buds, and says that there's not much baddie activity in Sunnydale at the moment, cueing an assistant to yell to the Ironic Segue Fairy, "You're on in five seconds!" Buffy then asks, "So how does the water buffalo fit in again?" Hee.
Fade up on a huge lawn in front of a sprawling two-story house. Upstairs, a girl of eighteen or so comes crashing through a window onto a small terrace. She rolls over the edge and drops to the ground. A figure in a brown monk-like robe runs out onto the terrace and sees her, then runs back in. The girl, who looks terrified, starts to flee. Several more robe-clad figures come out of the house and give chase. Creepy chase music plays. The girl runs into some sparse woods, and as the figures continue to pursue her, we can discern that they're male. The girl reaches a stone wall, which she gets over with the aid of some thick low branches. She's now in a graveyard. Despite her best efforts, a few of the robed guys are gaining on her. She desperately continues fleeing until she runs into a smarmy, generically decent-looking frat-boy type. He smirks, "Callie. Where you goin'? The party's just getting started." Maybe she heard a thing or two about your sexual "prowess," asshole. Evil Frat Jerk's cronies drag Callie away. He replaces his hood and follows. I can understand why they chose to reveal this guy's evilness so early, to set up a possible dramatic tension between him and the milquetoast guy in the viewer's mind, but I think it was an error. Maybe it's just that the guy was such an asshole that they thought a mere robe wouldn't cover it, so why bother trying? Anyway, credits.
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BA-DOMINATION! TYLER SHUTS DOWN RENEGADES IN 7-0 WIN
FISHKILL, NY – July 1, 2015 – Cyclones starter Tyler Badamo (1-1) faced the minimum number of batters through 7.0 near-perfect innings, allowing just one hit, as the Brooklyn Cyclones deafeated the Hudson Valley Renegades by the score of 7-0 on Wednesday night at Dutchess Stadium. With the victory the Cyclones improved to 8-4 on the young season, including a 5-1 mark on the road.
The Cyclones wasted no-time lighting up the scoreboard on Wednesday evening, as they jumped in front of the Renegades in the top of the first. Tucker Tharp reached on a fielding error to start the game and Michael Bernal worked a one-out walk before David Thompson reached on the second error of the inning to load the bases. Michael Katz took advantage of the scoring chance with a bases loaded walk and Jeff Diehl followed with an RBI single to give Brooklyn a 2-0 advantage.
With Badamo locked in on the mound, that would be more than enough offense for the Cyclones, but they were just getting started. After a scoreless second inning, Alfredo Reyes led off the third with a double to left field and Bernal followed with a single that put runners on the corners with nobody out. David Thompson, who has at least one hit and one RBI in all five of his starts since joining the Cyclones, chased home Reyes with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 in favor of the Cyclones.
Brooklyn added to their lead in the fifth, once again with Thompson – the Mets 4th round selection out of the University of Miami – plating a run. The former Hurricane ripped a single through the left side of the infield to score Bernal from second and push the Brooklyn advantage to 4-0.
In the sixth inning, the runs came from a less likely source as catcher Nata Ramos connected on a 1-1 offering for a two-run home run, his first hit of the season, to extend the Cyclones advantage to 6-0. The Cyclones used the long ball again in the top of the ninth, this time courtesy of a solo shot from pinch hitter Pedro Perez to make the final score 7-0.
Cyclones starter Tyler Badamo left after 7.0 phenomenal frames before turning the ball over to Craig Missigman and Carlos Valdez who completed the shutout.
The Cyclones will return to MCU Park Thursday night, with RHP Gaby Almonte (1-1) on the mound for the middle game of a three-game commuter series with the Hudson Valley Renegades. It will be Back to the Future Night on Coney Island, and the first 3,000 fans in attendance will receive a 1.21 GigaWatts Jersey courtesy of Pepsi. Tickets, which start at just $10, are on sale now at the MCU Park Box Office, by calling 718-507-TIXX, or right here at BrooklynCyclones.com
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Book Review: Songbook
Book Review Songbook By Alec Soth Reviewed by Blake Andrews At this point in Alec Soth's career, it might be easy to forget that he began as a newspaper photographer shooting general stories for a small-town paper near Minneapolis. That period didn't last very long. He soon developed the blend of large format color portraiture and Americana landscapes for which he is now best known.
Songbook. By Alec Soth.
Mack, 2014.
Reviewed by Blake Andrews
Photographs by Alec Soth
Mack, 2014. 144 pp., 75 tritone plates, 11¼x10½x½".
At this point in Alec Soth's career, it might be easy to forget that he began as a newspaper photographer shooting general stories for a small-town paper near Minneapolis. That period didn't last very long. He soon developed the blend of large format color portraiture and Americana landscapes for which he is now best known. Sleeping By The Mississippi established him immediately as a rising star in the art world. Niagara and Broken Manual sealed the deal. His blog, publishing house, and strong social media presence kept his name circulating and hinted at a restless spirit. These strands have combined to make Soth perhaps the most prominent photographer of his generation, the flavor-du-jour in certain photo circles and broadly influential. It's 2015. The photo world is his oyster. Any photo project he undertakes will gain attention. Any book will sell out.
So far so good. But with that position comes intense scrutiny. What will Soth do next? How will he expand into new territory while keeping true to his voice? The way forward is open to possibility but laced with potential pitfalls. This was the scenario a few years ago when Soth threw the photo world a knuckle ball, Broken Manual. It wowed and fluttered across the plate, casting Soth himself as a lonely outsider. The rough mix of formats, subjects, and approaches seemed to portend a future rubric of conceptualism.
With the publication of Songbook, Soth returns to his early photojournalist roots with a collection of civic moments. The photos are captured from all over the U.S., but it may as well be small-town Minnesota. This is the voice of Soth's inner cub reporter, and this is perhaps the book he wanted to make all along.
Songbook. By Alec Soth. Mack, 2014.
Oh, don't act so surprised. In hindsight the clues were there. The peculiar decision to join Magnum, the experimentation with unbound newsprint in The Last Days of W and LBM Dispatches, the ongoing series of self-assigned Americana reporting with writer Brad Zellar. All the signs pointed to something akin to Songbook. Don't let the gold art star and five figure prices by his name fool you. Soth may have shown at Gagosian and shot Paris fashion but those were poor fits. He has always been less concerned with high-brow theory than with the photojournalist's bread-n-butter, human behavior, and to be more precise, American human behavior. The Songbook verdict: Americans are a strange lot, "the lovechild of a Dorothea Lange series and a Woody Guthrie song," in Huffington Post language.
Songbook has its roots in the LBM Dispatches, for which Soth and Zellar made several trips to specific regions of America as a photo/writer reporting team just to see what they'd turn up. Soth ditched the large format camera, switched exclusively to black and white, and made liberal use of flash. As he explained to Interview Magazine, those technical choices were consciously made to convey a more photojournalistic feeling. "There's a reason that press photographers, even with the development of color film, would work in black-and-white and with flash. You can photograph anything. You can be inside, outside, doesn't matter, you're controlling the light. It gives you great flexibility. That was a primary motivation. But also, I was making reference to the history of photography and Weegee and that tradition."
Soth and Zellar published seven Dispatches over the past few years, and they became the raw source material for Songbook. The photos were carefully winnowed into seventy-three images, and bundled into short visual chapters of 5 to 7 images, each capped with a blank right-facing page and sometimes a phrase or passage. Captions come at the very end.
The crucial shift from LBM Dispatches to Songbook — and the primary reason I consider it a landmark monograph — is that the photos are stripped of their accompanying stories. Zellar was a symbiotic part of the original team. But he's been axed and the work thus transformed. It's not necessarily better but it is radically different. "From the thousands of pictures I had made over the past few years, I could untangle myself from the specific stories and just swim in the visual. It was a treat," says Soth in Artforum.
With no text, the complete weight of meaning falls on the photographs. The reader can guess the context, and might even guess correctly, but most of the photos remain deliberately ambiguous. A few are downright bizarre. The reader is faced with unresolved images and forced to respond only visually. That's the zen prick heart of photography and the core strength of this book.
Several critics have compared Songbook to the original tour-de-force of decontextualized photography, 1977's Evidence. There are strong similarities, but I think an even more revealing comparison might be to Suburban World, Soth and Zellar's first collaboration published in 2008 that catalogued the photographs of Irwin Norling, a small-town newspaper photographer in 1950s Minnesota. Sound familiar? Soth wrote the forward to the book and was clearly influenced by Norling, particularly his lack of artistic pretension, but also his faithfully straight depictions of Americana and the human condition. "He seems to be illustrating a fantasy version of midwestern life," Soth wrote. Remove the identifying captions from Suburban World, smarten up the layout and sequence, have Mack reprint it tritone, and you'll get something very similar to Songbook.
The title Songbook is a reference to The Great American Songbook, which is not actually a published book but a loose collection of canonical songs important to American culture. The musical connection comes quite literally at first — the first four photos get the point across — but then falls into a more metaphorical rhythm. Several short song verses are spiced throughout the book, and the rear cover is a page of sheet music from Dancing In The Dark (the Schwartz and Dietz version, not Springsteen). The book unveils itself in small mysterious clumps like songs on a vinyl album. The title Songbook roots the photos in physicality while promising a particularly American vision.
The songs of The Great American Songbook have each been covered thousands of times by many artists, and with every instance it's an act of reinvention as the self sheds its skin and tries on another. That's been a lasting trait of American culture since its inception. Reinvention, pioneering, and second chances are part of the American mythology, and Alec Soth is no stranger to that dynamic. His career has been one of regular tinkering and identity checks, never quite satisfied with one, curious to try others.
Through it all he's always circled back to America and its quirks. "No one would deny that photographers should document the Middle East," he writes in Suburban World, "but why not keep one or two in the Middle West?" What makes the country tick? That's a daunting question. Instead of answering it broadly, Soth's photos offer small-town specifics. A quote from Eugène Ionesco finishes Songbook and encapsulates its approach. "It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa."—BLAKE ANDREWS
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Consistent with the requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Norfolk will be developing the FY 2021 Annual Action Plan. The Plan allocates federal resources under the Community... More
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The Virginia Beach Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 27, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., in the Council Chamber - City Hall, Bldg. 1 Municipal Center, Virginia Beach, VA., to hear applications for variances to the CBPA... More
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PUBLIC HEARINGS The Council of the City of Norfolk will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING in the Council Chamber, eleventh floor, City Hall Building, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020 at 7:00 P.M., pursuant to State Law on the following applications:
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Accessibility and ADA Compliance
The Cleveland Museum of Art is committed to reducing barriers and ensuring that the museum is welcoming and accessible to all.
Staff and volunteers at the information desk and posted around the museum are available to answer questions about your visit to the museum.
Most of the historic 1916 building is accessible, but visitors who need to avoid stairs must enter the museum from the ramps and elevators at the north entrance and continue through the east wing or the atrium to access the 1916 building. The south steps of the 1916 building, which are open during the spring and summer, are not wheelchair accessible.
Motorized wheelchairs are allowed in the museum.
Specially designed tours for vision- and hearing-impaired visitors are offered by prior arrangement. Contact the department of Public and Academic Engagement at access [at] clevelandart.org. Please allow a minimum of two weeks’ notice.
Designated accessible parking, noted with signage, is available on the top level of the parking garage, a short distance from the museum’s north entrance, and on level P2 in the parking garage, which connects to the lower level of the museum through an interior tunnel.
Service animals are welcome in the museum.
Wheelchairs, Strollers, and Gallery Stools
All areas of the museum are accessible to visitors who need to avoid stairs.
Wheelchairs and strollers are available free of charge at the coat check on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance reservations are not available.
Gallery stools are available on racks around the museum, and benches are available in many galleries.
Elevators and escalators are located throughout the museum. All water fountains and public restrooms are accessible.
ArtLens App
ArtLens App contains interpretive content for every work of art on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Real-time updates ensure that users have access to the most accurate information available. The app is compatible with screen readers such as VoiceOver on iOS and Select to Speak and TalkBack on Android. Enable the service through your device’s settings, then follow the screen reader’s instructions to navigate through the app and to read information on all object pages. In addition, iPads preloaded with the ArtLens App and screen readers are available to rent for FREE at the ARTLENS Gallery help desk.
A limited number of assistive listening devices (headsets) are available for selected museum tours and programs.
Audio guide players are free for visitors who need accommodations, for selected exhibitions.
Large-print museum guides are available at the information desk.
Printed labels and audio tour scripts for selected exhibitions are available on request at the ticket desk.
The Cleveland Museum of Art members magazine is available online. The print may be scaled-up by using the + sign in the center top margin adjacent to the automatic zoom tool.
Programs by Request
Visitors with vision impairment may register for special tours with advance notice. These tours are available to visitors of all ages, individually or in groups. Visitors who are blind or partially sighted can also register for verbal imaging tours. Contact access [at] clevelandart.org. Please allow a minimum of four weeks’ notice.
Groups that include individuals with vision impairment might also wish to inquire about scheduling an Art to Go session on site at the museum. Contact access [at] clevelandart.org.
The museum’s staff and volunteers seek to meet student needs. School groups with special needs can provide the relevant information on their electronic registration form or contact the department of Public and Academic Affairs at access [at] clevelandart.org. Please allow a minimum of four weeks’ notice for special arrangements.
Memory Support Program
Art in the Afternoon
Meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1:15 p.m.; preregistration required.
In partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, the CMA provides specialized gallery tours for those with memory loss and one caregiver designed to lift the spirit, engage the mind, and provide a relaxing and enjoyable social experience. Specially trained docents are sensitive to the interests and abilities of all visitors and encourage conversation, sharing memories, and art enjoyment. Preregistration required; call the Alzheimer’s Association Cleveland Area Chapter at 216-342-5607.
If you need accommodations for a disability or have questions or feedback about accessibility at the CMA, please contact access [at] clevelandart.org.
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Western Voters Just Want The GOP To Leave Their Land Alone, Poll Finds
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A wide-ranging new poll released Tuesday by Colorado College finds voters in seven Mountain West states are largely opposed to policies that would significantly alter land management in the West, though legislators are moving forward with them anyway.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), for instance, has pushed one such plan calling for the “disposal” of millions of acres of federal public lands by selling them to the highest bidder (even if the sale doesn’t make money for the federal government).
Late Wednesday night, after the original publication of this article, Chaffetz announced he intends to withdraw the bill. Even with Chaffetz’s bill out of the picture, however, Republicans still argue strongly in favor of turning public federal lands over to state control, or selling them to private interests. It’s literally written into the party platform.
Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming stand firmly opposed to the idea of state governments taking over control of national public lands. Only in Utah did a plurality of respondents express support for the plan, with 48 percent in favor and 44 percent in opposition. But even that was within the poll’s 4.9 percent margin of error.
”Opponents to the transfer of public lands point to the substantial costs of fighting wildfires as one major impediment to state management,” Brandon Boepple, the associate director of Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project, which commissioned the poll, explained in an email to HuffPost.
“In recent years, the US Forest Service has been forced to devote half of its appropriated budget to fighting wildfire (up from 16% in 1995),” he continued.
“The cost of firefighting would be a major burden on states, particularly given the trends we see with climate change.”
Boepple added that states struggling to keep up with the cost of maintaining public lands might decide to sell them to private interests instead, thereby threatening “many aspects of the region that Westerners hold dear ― including access to outdoor recreation and public lands.”
Chaffetz’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment regarding his push for an agenda that’s opposed by most voters in the affected states.
Voters surveyed also soundly rejected another idea floated by Republicans that would remove national monument designations implemented in the last 10 years.
Eighty percent of respondents said they supported national monument designations, a sentiment pollsters noted was “consistently strong across partisan and ideological lines.”
That support also extends to the local level, notably in Nevada and Utah, where voters are in favor of the national monuments created in their states at the end of the Obama administration, despite howls of outrage from the elected officials who represent them.
In Utah, for instance, 47 percent of respondents said they supported the newly created Bears Ears National Monument, compared to 32 percent opposed. Apparently unaware of his own constituents’ beliefs, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) dramatically dubbed the monument “an affront of epic proportions and an attack on an entire way of life.”
Indeed, Utah politicians are feverishly attempting to roll back the designation (and also to decrease the size of the nearby Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument), which recognizes Bears Ears not only for its value as a public land, but also as a sacred Native American site full of ancient artifacts.
Nevadans surveyed also support former President Barack Obama’s designation of the state’s new Gold Butte National Monument, with 63 percent in favor and just 13 percent opposed.
And, in yet another Republican policy proposal that runs counter to the views of Western voters, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) is attempting to use the Congressional Review Act to repeal federal methane rules that require oil and gas producers to limit emissions of the gas during extraction.
A full 81 percent of those surveyed said they are in favor of the Bureau of Land Management rule.
Nevertheless, Bishop is pushing forward an agenda that would not only scrap that regulation, it would also repeal much broader federal methane rules that are slated to be gradually implemented until 2026.
Other interesting findings from the wide-ranging poll include:
68 percent of those surveyed said they prefer protecting water, air and wildlife on national public lands along with providing recreational opportunities, while 22 percent of respondents hoped the administration would instead emphasize responsible drilling and mining for domestic energy purposes.
82 percent want to improve access to public lands for hikers, anglers and hunters.
63 percent of respondents are opposed to opening public lands to increased coal mining, with 33 percent in favor.
80 percent are in favor of allowing more solar and wind production on public lands.
34 percent supported allowing oil and gas companies to drill in new areas of public lands.
94 percent supported improving and repairing infrastructure and other facilities in parks.
67 percent of Westerners are in favor of streamlining the permitting process for recreational activities on public lands like hunting and rafting.
“The survey, conducted by a bipartisan team of polling firms, has shown that conservation and protection of our public lands are not partisan issues,” Boepple told HuffPost, reflecting on the broad consensus the survey found among Western voters.
“From responsible oil and gas development, to infrastructure funding for our national parks, and support for the outdoor economy, voters from across the political spectrum support these causes,” he said.
“Given our seven years of polling on these topics, we see steady support for protection of the West’s land, air and water, even during this time of change in national politics.”
This article has been updated to reflect that Chaffetz plans to withdraw his bill.
The poll was conducted in late December and early January by Public Opinion Strategies, a Republican polling firm, and Democratic pollster Dave Metz of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates, and is based on the opinions of 400 registered voters in each of the seven states for a total 2,800 person sample. It has a margin of error of +/-2.74 percent nationwide and +/-4.9 percent statewide. This is the seventh consecutive year the poll has been conducted.
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