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Wolfgang Schluchter
Die Entzauberung der Welt
Sechs Studien zu Max Weber
[The Disenchantment of the World. Six Studies on Max Weber.]
2009. IX, 154 pages.
sewn paper
Published in German.
In the six essays gathered in this book Wolfgang Schluchter focuses on Weber's sociology of religion, economic sociology and sociology of domination, especially his sociology of democracy. He includes also an analysis of the »Basic Sociological Terms«, with which Weber founded his interpretive sociology methodically and conceptually.
Max Weber spoke of the disenchantment of the world as a long lasting process, which had penetrated occidental culture. Its result was the notion that one could master life by way of calculation, that there are »no mysterious incalculable forces that come into play.« This notion went together with an increasing autonomy of spheres of action, which produced internal and external tensions and called for an ongoing, albeit precarious tension management on the individual as well as on the institutional level. In the six essays gathered in this book these problems will be addressed. They focus on Weber's sociology of religion, economic sociology and sociology of domination, especially his sociology of democracy. They include also an analysis of the »Basic Sociological Terms«, with which Weber founded his interpretive sociology methodically and conceptually.
In this collection, Wolfgang Schluchter continues his attempt to interpret and explicate Weber's work and to demonstrate its topicality. They should be read together with the author's Action, Order and Culture as well as Foundations of Sociology, two books which were also published by Mohr Siebeck.
Wolfgang Schluchter ist emeritierter Professor für Soziologie an der Universität Heidelberg und geschäftsführender Herausgeber der Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe.
The following reviews are known:
In: Revue Hellenique des Droits de l'homme — 2010, 325
In: Portal für Politikwiss. pw-portal.de — www.pw-portal.de (08/2010) (Arne Arps)
In: Literaturkritik.de — http://www.literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=15155 (02/2011) (Dirk Kaesler)
In: Archiv für Sozialgeschichte — 51 (2011), S. 645–660 (Friedrich Lenger)
In: Sociologica — http://www.sociologica.mulino.it/journal/issue/index/Issue/Journal:ISSUE:14 (01/2012) (Gianfranco Poggi)
In: Zeitschr.f.Philosoph.Forschung — 64 (2010), S. 445–448 (Wolfgang Hellmich)
In: PV-aktuell (Nachrichten des Pfarrvereins Westf.) — 2010, Nr. 3, S. 11–12 (Karl-F. Wiggermann)
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Is the universe a bubble? Let's check (w/video)
(Nanowerk News) Perimeter Associate Faculty member Matthew Johnson and his colleagues are working to bring the multiverse hypothesis, which to some sounds like a fanciful tale, firmly into the realm of testable science.
Never mind the big bang; in the beginning was the vacuum. The vacuum simmered with energy (variously called dark energy, vacuum energy, the inflation field, or the Higgs field). Like water in a pot, this high energy began to evaporate – bubbles formed.
Each bubble contained another vacuum, whose energy was lower, but still not nothing. This energy drove the bubbles to expand. Inevitably, some bubbles bumped into each other. It’s possible some produced secondary bubbles. Maybe the bubbles were rare and far apart; maybe they were packed close as foam.
But here’s the thing: each of these bubbles was a universe. In this picture, our universe is one bubble in a frothy sea of bubble universes.
That’s the multiverse hypothesis in a bubbly nutshell.
It’s not a bad story. It is, as scientists say, physically motivated – not just made up, but rather arising from what we think we know about cosmic inflation.
Cosmic inflation isn’t universally accepted – most cyclical models of the universe reject the idea. Nevertheless, inflation is a leading theory of the universe’s very early development, and there is some observational evidence to support it.
Inflation holds that in the instant after the big bang, the universe expanded rapidly – so rapidly that an area of space once a nanometer square ended up more than a quarter-billion light years across in just a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second. It’s an amazing idea, but it would explain some otherwise puzzling astrophysical observations.
Inflation is thought to have been driven by an inflation field – which is vacuum energy by another name. Once you postulate that the inflation field exists, it’s hard to avoid an “in the beginning was the vacuum” kind of story. This is where the theory of inflation becomes controversial – when it starts to postulate multiple universes.
Proponents of the multiverse theory argue that it’s the next logical step in the inflation story. Detractors argue that it is not physics, but metaphysics – that it is not science because it cannot be tested. After all, physics lives or dies by data that can be gathered and predictions that can be checked.
That’s where Perimeter Associate Faculty member Matthew Johnson comes in. Working with a small team that also includes Perimeter Faculty member Luis Lehner, Johnson is working to bring the multiverse hypothesis firmly into the realm of testable science.
“That’s what this research program is all about,” he says. “We’re trying to find out what the testable predictions of this picture would be, and then going out and looking for them.”
Specifically, Johnson has been considering the rare cases in which our bubble universe might collide with another bubble universe. He lays out the steps: “We simulate the whole universe. We start with a multiverse that has two bubbles in it, we collide the bubbles on a computer to figure out what happens, and then we stick a virtual observer in various places and ask what that observer would see from there.”
Simulating the whole universe – or more than one – seems like a tall order, but apparently that’s not so.
“Simulating the universe is easy,” says Johnson. Simulations, he explains, are not accounting for every atom, every star, or every galaxy – in fact, they account for none of them.
“We’re simulating things only on the largest scales,” he says. “All I need is gravity and the stuff that makes these bubbles up. We’re now at the point where if you have a favourite model of the multiverse, I can stick it on a computer and tell you what you should see.”
That’s a small step for a computer simulation program, but a giant leap for the field of multiverse cosmology. By producing testable predictions, the multiverse model has crossed the line between appealing story and real science.
In fact, Johnson says, the program has reached the point where it can rule out certain models of the multiverse: “We’re now able to say that some models predict something that we should be able to see, and since we don’t in fact see it, we can rule those models out.”
For instance, collisions of one bubble universe with another would leave what Johnson calls “a disk on the sky” – a circular bruise in the cosmic microwave background. That the search for such a disk has so far come up empty makes certain collision-filled models less likely.
Meanwhile, the team is at work figuring out what other kinds of evidence a bubble collision might leave behind. It’s the first time, the team writes in their paper, that anyone has produced a direct quantitative set of predictions for the observable signatures of bubble collisions. And though none of those signatures has so far been found, some of them are possible to look for.
The real significance of this work is as a proof of principle: it shows that the multiverse can be testable. In other words, if we are living in a bubble universe, we might actually be able to tell.
Matthew Johnson explains the related concepts of inflation, eternal inflation, and the multiverse. The multiverse hypothesis, he argues, is more than metaphysics -- the idea that there might be other universes can be scientifically tested.
Check out some of Johnson et al.’s papers about simulating bubble collisions using numerical relativity on arXiv:
“Determining the outcome of cosmic bubble collisions in full General Relativity”
“Simulating the universe(s): from cosmic bubble collisions to cosmological observables with numerical relativity”
“Simulating the universe(s) II: phenomenology of cosmic bubble collisions in full General Relativity”
Read Johnson and company’s work pertaining to observational tests of eternal inflation on arXiv:
“Towards observable signatures of other bubble universes”
“First Observational Tests of Eternal Inflation”
“Hierarchical Bayesian Detection Algorithm for Early-Universe Relics in the Cosmic Microwave Background”
Source: Perimeter Institute
Stars need a partner to spin Universe's brightest explosions
On the hunt for primordial black holes
Stellar heavy metals can trace history of galaxies
Hubble detects smallest known dark matter clumps
Astronomers uncover first world with two stars
NASA planet hunter finds its 1st Earth-size habitable-zone world
Fast radio burst observations deepen astronomical mystery
Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies
Massive gas disk raises questions about planet formation theory
Fermi Mission links nearby pulsar's gamma-ray 'halo' to antimatter puzzle (w/video)
New space image reveals cosmic 'candy cane'
Of harps, Christmas trees, a wandering star and the mysterious streams of cosmic rays
The 'cores' of massive galaxies had already formed 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang
Distant Milky Way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
CHEOPS, the profiler of exoplanets
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxies
A galactic dance
Simulations attempt to reconstruct one of the most explosive events in the universe: A neutron star merger
Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov swings past sun
Astronomers confirm planet-mass objects in extragalactic systems
Revealing the physics of the sun with Parker Solar Probe
Is there dark matter at the center of the Milky Way?
Astronomers spot most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight
Water common - yet scarce - in exoplanets
How did supermassive black holes grow so fast?
Astrophysicists discovered a neutron star with an unusual magnetic field structure
How planets may form after dust sticks together
Astronomers find further evidence for a population of dark matter deficient dwarf galaxies
How to build a 3D map of the universe - and why
Signs of life: New field guide aids astronomers' search
Parker Solar Probe: 'We're missing something fundamental about the sun'
Could hibernating astronauts make it easier to reach other planets?
Astronomers propose a novel method of finding atmospheres on rocky worlds
A new theory for how black holes and neutron stars shine bright
Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn
Giant magnetic ropes in the outskirts of a spiral galaxy
Planets around a black hole? Calculations show possibility of bizarre worlds
The simultaneous merging of giant galaxies
...more space exploration news
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Ben & Jerry's says 'happy cows' lawsuit should be sent out to pasture
Jonathan Stempel Reuters
Jan 14, 2020 4:20PM EST
Ben & Jerry's said it does not deceive consumers by saying it used milk and cream from "happy cows" to make its ice cream, and that an environmental advocate's lawsuit claiming otherwise should be dismissed.
By Jonathan Stempel
Jan 14 (Reuters) - Ben & Jerry's said it does not deceive consumers by saying it used milk and cream from "happy cows" to make its ice cream, and that an environmental advocate's lawsuit claiming otherwise should be dismissed.
In a Monday filing seeking to end the proposed nationwide class action, Ben & Jerry's said James Ehlers did not plausibly allege why its statements about using cows from Vermont dairies in its "Caring Dairy" program mattered to reasonable consumers.
Ben & Jerry's also said Ehlers lacked standing to seek future relief because he now knows where its milk and cream come from, and because it has removed "happy cows" from packaging, leaving cartoon cows with "no discernible expression" on the labels.
"They did not look happy to begin with," Ben & Jerry's said, joined by its parent Unilever Plc ULVR.L.
Jay Shooster, a lawyer for Ehlers, declined to comment.
In his Oct. 29 complaint filed with the federal court in Burlington, Vermont, Ehlers said that more than half the milk and cream used in Ben & Jerry's ice cream actually came from "factory-style, mass-production" dairy operations.
He said misleading marketing enabled Ben & Jerry's to charge premium prices, and violated a Vermont consumer protection law.
Ben & Jerry's countered that "happy cows" was merely a statement of opinion, known as "puffery," and could not support the lawsuit.
"Happiness cannot be measured objectively, and Ehlers could not take a cow's deposition to ask how it feels," it said.
Founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station, Ben & Jerry's has long positioned itself as socially conscious. Unilever ULVR.L bought the company in August 2000. Ehlers lost in the Democratic primary to become Vermont's governor in 2018.
The case is Ehlers v Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc et al, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, No. 19-00194.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Tom Brown)
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A View in Spain
Frederic, Lord Leighton
Leighton visited Spain for the first time in 1866, travelling extensively and making oil sketches as he went. This sketch shows an old stone wall dividing a farmyard from green fields, sparsely dotted with trees. Rugged hills rise in the distance. The wall, worn and rounded with age, is as irregular as the hills themselves.
The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
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KTM riders perform well at first round of Moto3 tests
Cortese Tops Lap Times On New KTM Moto3 Bike
[Moncayo on day three
Sandro Cortese of the Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto3 Team was fastest on the Valencia circuit for the third consecutive day in the first round of official tests for the new MotoGP class.
Cortese also managed to improve his lap times each day as teams running KTM and KTM-driven bikes continue to work hard on their pre-season preparations. "I had a very good feeling right from the first day to the end of tests and we improved a lot as we get the bike ready for the season. With KTM as the factory team we have a lot of support and I think I am in a better position than in previous years," Cortese said at the conclusion of the training.
[Hector Faubel laying down some laps
While there is still much work to be done before the opening MotoeGP in Qatar, it was nevertheless a positive outing for all five riders of the new KTM factory bike and the four riders on the KALEX-KTM-driven machine. They dominated fast lap times in the top ten and were all up among the top third of the field of 33 riders.
After last week's preliminary tests and the three days at Valencia Aki Ajo, Team Manager of the Red Bull KTM Ajo nevertheless took the cautious approach saying he was "quite happy". "Now we have had five full days of tests and we have had no technical problems. That is the most important. But we must remember that we are in the early states of our preparation. All the teams are just beginning and we will really have a better idea of where we stand after a month."
Alex Baumgartel, constructor of the K KALEX-KTM bikes said the tests had been "very positive". All our riders managed to improve their times over the three days and we were without any technical problems. We can say we're in the ballpark. It's been very positive for us."
[Cortese and Niklas Ajo on the Valencia circuit
While weather for the first two days of tests was very cold, Friday was kinder for the teams. Cortese managed to put in a lap time fourth tenths faster than his best on Thursday to come away satisfied with his final day. Alberto Moncayo (KALEX-KTM), Danny Kent (KTM) and Luis Salom (KALEX-KTM) all reported a time of 1'41.2 to be third, fourth and fifth on the unofficial time list on Friday. Niklas Ajo (KTM), Hector Faubel (KALEX-KTM) were placed sixth and seventh, Zulfahmi Khairuddin (KTM) and Brad Binder (KALEX-KTM) were ninth and tenth and Australian Red Bull Rookies Cup graduate Arthur Sissis (KTM) finished thirteenth.
The next Moto3 (tm) testing will begin next week in Jerez, Spain, where the Andalusian track will host three test days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday).
Unofficial Moto3 lap times Friday (recorded by teams):
1, Sandro Cortese, Germany Red Bull KTM Ajo, 1'40.9 (41 laps)
2. Maverick Vinales, Avintia Racing, 1'41.0 (66 laps)
3, Albert Moncayo, Spain, Aspar Team KALEX-KTM, 1'41.2 (56 laps)
4, Danny Kent, Britain, Red Bull KTM Ajo, 1'41.2 (56 laps)
5. Luis Salom, Spain, RW Racing GP KALEX-KTM, 1'41.2 (28 laps)
6. Niklas Ajo, Finland, TT Motion Event Racing, KTM, 1'41.4 (32 laps)
7. Hector Faubel, Spain, Aspar Team, KALEX-KTM, 1'41.6 (54 laps)
**Other KTM **
9. Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Malaysia, Airasia SIC-AJO, KTM 1'42.0 (44 laps)
10. Brad Binder, South Africa, RW RACING GP, KALEX-KTM, 1'42.0 (50 laps)
13. Arthur Sissis, Australia, Red Bull KTM AJO, 1'43.1 (50 laps)
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Toyota new car scrappage scheme saves up to £4,000
August 31, 2017 /0 Comments/in Car News /by Richard Aucock
Toyota is the latest brand to launch a new car scrappage scheme, which offers savings of up to £4000 across its full range of cars from the Aygo city car to the Land Cruiser SUV.
New car scrappage deals: all the offers
Ford has, notably, excluded the Ka+ city car from its scrappage offer, blaming low margins. Not Toyota, which is giving owners of old cars £2,000 off a new Aygo, provided their car is aged more than seven years old and has been owned by them for more than six months.
Toyota’s scrappage offer also includes the broadest range of petrol-electric hybrid models in the UK, which Toyota president and managing director Paul Van der Burgh describes as “a win-win solution. Motorists can dispose of their older vehicles and have access to our cleaner, more efficient model range.”
A Toyota hybrid, he said, will “make a genuine contribution to protecting air quality” – although choosing a hybrid isn’t a prerequisite of the Toyota offer. Indeed, perhaps ironically, the most generous scrappage saving, £4,000, is offered on one of the firm’s least fuel-efficient models, the Land Cruiser diesel SUV…
Offers on some hybrid models are still generous though: old car owners can save £3,500 on an Auris Hybrid through scrappage, and £2,500 on a Yaris Hybrid. Even that green car icon, the Toyota Prius, is offering a £2,000 scrappage saving, as is an enthusiast-focused favourite of Motoring Research, the GT86 coupe.
The smallest saving is on the in-demand C-HR crossover, but even here, £1,000 can be saved – and the scrappage deal is extended to hybrid versions here too.
As with other scrappage schemes, the Toyota scrappage savings are in addition to other specific model offers, which Motoring Research has detailed in full as part of our September 2017 new car offers guide.
Toyota’s new car scrappage offers run from 1 September to 31 December – and Van der Burgh added that all scrapped cars “will be disposed of in an environmentally responsible fashion that maximises recycling opportunities”. Your old smoker will be put down humanely.
Toyota scrappage savings
Aygo: £2,000
Yaris and Yaris Hybrid: £2,500
Auris and Auris Hybrid: £3,500
Verso: £3,500
RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid: £3,500
C-HR and C-HR Hybrid: £1,000
Avensis: £3,500
Prius: £2,000
GT86: £2,000
Land Cruiser: £4,000
Hilux: £2,000
Proace: £2,000
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Nissan 370Z updated for 2018 (but you’ll have to look closely)
August 31, 2017 /0 Comments/in Car News /by Andrew Brady
Would you buy the ageing Nissan 370Z over a four-cylinder Porsche Cayman or Jaguar F-Type? Not many people would… which is why Nissan’s given its slow-selling coupe a series of cosmetic revisions for 2018.
Look closely, and you’ll see new black door handles along with a matching black rear bumper. Dark tinted head and taillights – previously only available on the range-topping Nismo model – are now standard across the range. Customers can now opt for new 19-inch alloy wheels, and there’s also a new metallic red exterior body colour.
The only mechanical revision is a high-performance Exedy clutch which, Nissan says, perfects the downshift, being easier to use and providing a more precise gear change. The engine remains the same potent 3.7-litre V6 as before, providing 328hp and a 0-62mph time of 5.3 seconds when combined with the six-speed manual gearbox. A seven-speed auto ‘box is also available.
Talking about the 370Z upgrades, Nissan Europe’s chief marketing manager, C-segment and sports cars, Ryan Gains, said: “For nearly half a century, Nissan’s Z-car series has built a cult following with sports car fans with a passion for performance and quality. The Nissan 370Z MY18 remains true to this legacy, further elevating driving dynamics and classic design to new levels.”
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The interior remains largely unchanged, except the firm’s NissanConnect premium seven-inch infotainment system incorporating a sat-nav, DVD player and rear-view camera, is now standard on GT models. Previously it was only standard on the Nismo.
Nissan dealers are now taking orders for the 2018 370Z, with prices sticking at £29,185.
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Revealed: the car brands you love – and hate
August 31, 2017 /0 Comments/in Features /by John Redfern
Love can be a fickle thing, even when it comes to one of the biggest purchases most people make. Auto Trader asked owners how much they agree with the statement ‘I love my car’ to establish which brands get the most endearment. We’ve presented the results in reverse order, meaning those at the beginning get the least affection from those that drive them.
30th – Vauxhall
It might be one of the biggest selling brands in the UK, but popularity doesn’t necessarily equate to affection for Vauxhall and its products, leaving it bottom of the pile. Despite a relatively modern range of cars and cheap pricing, perhaps Vauxhall suffers from being a brand driven by those who view their cars purely as transportation, but nothing more.
29th – Mitsubishi
The Japanese brand might have been implicated in a fuel consumption scandal in its home country, although that probably doesn’t explain the low position for Mitsubishi amongst British drivers. The ASX and Outlander are both commendable, but hardly get pulses racing in a way offerings like the Lancer Evolution used to. Time will tell if the forthcoming Eclipse Cross can attract new buyers who’ll love, not just tolerate, a Mitsubishi.
28th – Peugeot
Judy Murray might be a big fan of Peugeot, and looks very happy here with her new 3008, yet other owners seem to have fewer reasons to smile. It may be due to vast scores of drivers taking advantage of finance deals purely as a means to an end, rather that deeply lusting over a new 108 Access with its 14” steel wheels and 68hp 1.0-litre engine.
27th – Renault
Forget the halcyon days of the 1990s, seeing Nicole running off with Bob Mortimer in that classic Clio advert. Right now, Renault owners seemingly feel more like the jilted Vic Reeves, despite good-looking new cars like the Megane and Scenic. La Regie may have a reputation for lacking reliability, although a recent survey put the brand only slightly below the industry average on that front.
26th – Citroen
Maybe we should blame Brexit for the wealth of French brands propping up the bottom of this list, especially with Peugeot Citroen having recently acquired Vauxhall. This low placing seems a little unfair on Citroen, which has recently returned to making interesting and fun cars like the Cactus and new C3. Low ratings in dependability surveys might explain the hint of resentment owners feel towards their cars, however.
25th – Nissan
Does familiarity breed contempt? With thousands of Jukes and Qashqais lining our roads, they’re seemingly not doing enough to enamour them to their owners. Whilst the crossover might be king of the road in 2017, it probably won’t wake you at 5am begging to be driven to the hills. Nissan may therefore be a victim of its own success, with a range of family cars just too practical and reliable to get the loins burning.
24th – Mazda
With the MX-5 roadster apparently the answer to any motoring conundrum, the low placing of Mazda has thrown us a little here. The current range is packed with handsome and fun machinery, whilst the brand also has a heritage for the funky and interesting. We’ll maybe just have to assume the only Mazda owners who answered the survey were ones forced to buy a Premacy when they really wanted an RX-8.
23rd – Dacia
Unquestionably humble, Dacia has built a brand image centred on selling new cars priced cheaper than you might ever believe. The compromise comes in the form of older technology, styling best described as utilitarian, and interiors that major in pragmaticism. As such, a Dacia is a purchase most likely made after several hours with a spreadsheet and calculator, rather than on impulsive lust.
22nd – Honda
The Civic might be built in Britain, but owners apparently aren’t taking jingoism as a reason to love a Honda. With products that constantly appear in lists of most reliable purchases, there’s only so much that offerings like the Civic Type R can do to get the blood pumping. Another one to file under the sensible investment category.
21st – Toyota
With Prius drivers garnering a – perhaps unfair – reputation for piety to the hybrid drivetrain, we might have expected such dedication to push Toyota higher than this. Cars like the British-built Auris, along with the Yaris and Avensis, are deeply sensible choices and might mean an ownership experience built on trust and reliability. Maybe the next survey needs more GT86 owners to complete it…
20th – Suzuki
Although Suzuki sales volumes are hardly massive in the UK, the brand does have something of a cult following. The new Vitara is easy to recommend, while the new Swift and Ignis are both capable of making drivers smile. Just clearly not enough to see the company pushed further up this list. For shame, Suzuki owners!
19th – Skoda
Inside the top 20 brands and we start to see more of a pull from those who have an actual affinity for their car, against those who are more ambivalent towards it. With the jokes about Skoda reliability now decades old, and unfounded based on numerous surveys, the Czech brand is no laughing matter. Perhaps it’s almost a little too serious these days, with fun cars like the Yeti having to make way for more grown-up offerings.
18th – Fiat
Given the considerable popularity of the Fiat 500 in Britain, we’re willing to wager that it is owners of them helping push the Italian brand higher up the rankings. All that Latin charm and soul is clearly more than enough to overcome Fiat’s reputation for flaky build quality.
17th – Hyundai
As a contender for best image makeover Hyundai should be right at the very top. The brand now features a model range that includes the desirable Tucson, but still retains the comfort of a standard five-year warranty. New products like the pictured i30 N hot hatch, along with the Kona compact crossover, might find even more love for Hyundai.
16th – Alfa Romeo
Owning an Alfa Romeo is a well-trodden trope for anyone who aspires to truly be considered a petrolhead. It’s also as much of a cliched concept as that of Alfa Romeos being unreliable and badly made. The two ideas almost balance each other out, with Alfa just below the midpoint of this survey.
15th – Ford
With a reputation built on being all things to all people, Ford has an established history in the UK which helps and hinders in equal measure. For everyone with a Focus RS or Mustang, there is also someone with a rusty first-generation Ka. Given the vast numbers of cars Ford sells in Britain, being middle of the table for product ownership affection is a commendable achievement in itself.
14th – Kia
Much like Hyundai, Korean stablemate Kia has also undergone a cultural awakening in recent years. With rebadged Mazda products long since banished to the history books, Kia’s offerings today are good enough to make owners genuinely care. The Sportage SUV attracts a loyal following, whilst the Picanto supermini also generates a buzz of enthusiasm. We imagine that seven-year warranty helps keep customers happy, too.
13th – Seat
Typically pegged as the exciting Mediterranean cousin to other staid Volkswagen Group brands, Seat is on a roll at present with the Ateca, Leon, and new Ibiza all being praised by the media. Competitive pricing, good dependability levels, and distinctive styling also must play a part in winning over owners. Only badge snobbery about it not being a Volkswagen could potentially explain Seat not placing higher.
12th – Aston Martin
In a survey of 10,000 car owners, there comes a point where statistical deviations might skew things. One negative view of Aston Martin ownership is likely to have a more dramatic impact in comparison to an unhappy Ford driver. Still, an Aston Martin creates strong expectations, and features a commensurately high price tag, that means not everyone might be 100% satisfied all the time.
11th – Volkswagen
Despite several years of continuing dieselgate drama, somehow that isn’t enough to stop a considerable number of Volkswagen owners from loving their cars. Presumably, the owners of cars without diesel engines which required fixes to be made by dealerships. Dieselgate aside, the Volkswagen ownership scene is typically evangelical about its love for Wolfsburg, so this high placing should come as no surprise.
10th – Volvo
Sneaking into the top ten is the Scandinavian brand that has gone from being a byname from safety sensibility, to one of effortless chic. The new V90 and XC90 are truly desirable premium products, while Volvo has also scored extremely strongly in recent desirability surveys. However, getting overly excited isn’t Scandi-cool style, which might explain why Volvo hasn’t placed even higher here.
9th – Audi
Fittingly for its position within the Volkswagen Group empire, Audi comes out as the top mainstream VW Group brand on this list. Despite a poor showing in recent dependability surveys, and a perceived lack of value for money, most Audi owners are seemingly still quite happy to admit they love their choice of car.
8th – Jeep
Buying a Jeep is all about making a statement. You’re eschewing Japanese and European brands, and purposefully picking the American icon over everything else. Short of hoisting The Stars and Stripes outside your house, it’s a surefire way of showing off your love for things on the other side of the Atlantic. Such dedication means owners are perhaps inclined to overlook any flaws, and thus love their Jeep.
7th – BMW
Does it matter that BMW came bottom of a recent dependability survey, or that dealers are apparently only just above average for the premium sector? Clearly not, as owners are still positive about how much they care for their Bavarian machine. With a longstanding upwardly mobile image, BMW is still an aspirational brand for many and owners are happy to shout about how good it is.
6th – Mini
Although not inclined to shout as loudly as Mini owners, who manage to feel love for their rides even more than those who own products of parent company BMW. Owners might not rate them highly for value, but a youthful image and an emphasis on driving enjoyment no doubt play their part here.
5th – Mercedes-Benz
With a brand value that seems to grow each year almost as much as its product range, that Mercedes-Benz places at number five shouldn’t be a shock. Dominance for the past three seasons in Formula One will have boosted goodwill from owners, while having links to the creation of the world’s first automobile is always useful. With an ever expanding range, that still maintains a premium perception, expect owners to keep declaring love for their ‘Benz.
4th – Land Rover
Further proof that sensible objective considerations like reliability and cost matter little when it comes to how someone feels about their car. Despite Land Rover languishing near the bottom of a recent dependability survey, and reports of electrical issues with new products, the owners surveyed by Auto Trader don’t seem to care. Fourth place for Land Rover demonstrates that sometimes subjectivity matters more when it comes to car ownership.
3rd – Lexus
What makes the top three place of Lexus even more impressive is remembering that this is the newest brand on this list, at less than three decades old. In that time, Toyota’s luxury arm has created a range of products with an obsessive attention to detail and a corresponding reputation for dependability. Third place for Lexus proves that reliability doesn’t necessarily mean a lack of emotion when it comes to how owners feel about their cars.
2nd – Jaguar
Jaguar has undergone a renaissance in the care of Tata Motors, ditching the retro influence across the product range but not forgetting the brand’s heritage. Products like the F-Pace and F-Type have generated substantial demand from the public, while the forthcoming E-Pace and I-Pace look set to continue that trend. Owners have clearly caught that buzz, with Jaguar leaping to second place here.
1st – Porsche
Congratulations, Porsche. Top spot on the list of most loved brands according to owners surveyed by Auto Trader. Whether a survey result matters to a company that has taken victory at Le Mans some 19 times, or is reported to be the most profitable car manufacturer on the planet, is a moot point really. All those factors are intrinsically linked, and most important here is that owners really do love their Porsches, whether it be diesel Macan or a 911 GT3.
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Do you haggle when buying a new car? 1 in 7 don’t – because they think it’s RUDE
August 31, 2017 /1 Comment/in Car News /by Andrew Brady
We’re a nation of overly polite car buyers – with motorists often spending £800 too much on new cars because we’re scared of haggling.
That’s according to new research revealed by Norton Finance, which found that 14 percent of new car buyers don’t bother negotiating, despite sellers expecting to be knocked down on price. Those who do haggle save a whopping £819.33 on average, says the finance firm.
Out of those who refuse to haggle, more than half (52 percent) say it’s simply because they’re useless at negotiating. Meanwhile, 39 percent say they’re too shy, while 18 percent think it’s rude.
Men are 10 percent more likely to haggle than women, reveals the survey, saving an average of £150 off a new car. The survey also found that sellers are often willing to drop the price by as much as 18 percent before it became too ‘cheeky’. That equates to a £3,240 saving off a typical £18,000 vehicle.
Top tips for haggling on a new car
Silence is golden – when you’ve made an offer, don’t speak until the salesperson speaks.
Go in with a price lower than you’re willing to pay. This will give you room to negotiate upwards.
Don’t be seen to be enthusiastic about the car – ambivalence can help you seal a better deal.
If the salesperson isn’t budging on price, put your coat on and slowly walk away. The aim isn’t to leave, but to give them chance to catch you and make a better offer.
Importantly, do your research prior to buying. Arm yourself with as much knowledge about the car and its value as you can.
“We know that most people can’t resist a bargain, but clearly many of us are uncomfortable with negotiating down the price of a car,” said Norton Finance’s managing director, Paul Stringer. “It really is that very British attribute of feeling a bit awkward when talking about money and perhaps not wanting to be seen as an impolite person.
“At the end of the day, a car is a big purchase and the consumer is well within their rights to ask for a reduction in price – the seller will be expecting it, so there’s no need to be embarrassed. You shouldn’t be persuaded to go with a cheaper model just because the one you want doesn’t meet your budget – try to get a saving on the car you really like.”
Wrexham is home of the best hagglers on new cars, found the survey, with 60 percent of respondents in the area willing to haggle. On average, they saved an incredible £1,172.50. Chelmsford is the worst city for hagglers, however, with an average £555.50 knocked off the price of a new car.
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Aston Martin agrees £500m trade deal with Japan
Aston Martin has struck a headline-grabbing £500 million trade and investment deal with Japan, that will see cars exported from the UK and components from Japan imported here to help construct them. The firm will also open a new luxury tech engineering office in Japan, and a new brand centre in Tokyo.
Japan is the world’s second-largest luxury car market, and thus a vital one for Aston Martin. As part of the deal, £70 million in Japanese components will be imported into the UK, from suppliers such as Bridgestone, Denso, Mitsubishi and Yazaki. In return, more than £400 million in exports from Aston’s factories in Gaydon and, from 2019, St Athan will be exported to Japan.
The news has delighted the Prime Minister, Theresa May: “As we prepare to leave the European Union, it is vital that we build on our existing ties with friends and allies. Aston Martin is a prime example of the innovative and world leading firms the UK is proud of and I’m delighted they are joining me on this important trade mission.”
Not only will it safeguard British jobs in the Midlands and Wales, she said, it will also help open new possibilities with Japan.
The new Japanese outpost will be called the Meta Technology and Luxury Accelerator office, announced Aston Martin president and CEO Dr Andy Palmer. This will report directly to the Gaydon HQ and “develop insights into luxury customer behaviour in Asia. This advanced product planning office is being created specifically to tap into research and technologies in the electric and connected car areas as well as the innovations Japan is making in the luxury market”.
As for the Tokyo dealership, that’s all set to become Aston’s biggest global retailer by volume, and Japan itself one of the firm’s top five global markets. “Japan is key to our future plans as we completely revitalise and expand our product portfolio under our Second Century plan,” said Dr Palmer. “We have long enjoyed a loyal following from Japanese customers and the public alike.”
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The new Dacia Duster looks a little different
August 30, 2017 /0 Comments/in Frankfurt Motor Show /by Andrew Brady
Everyone’s favourite Tesco Value crossover has been given a revamp in time for next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
It’s an evolutionary step-up in terms of design for the 2018 Dacia Duster, but just enough has been done for a more upmarket look. A larger front grille extends to the bigger headlights, while the rear lights have been pushed to the corners. A wider track should improve handling, while the windscreen is more steeply raked and 100mm further forward than before.
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New 17-inch alloys fill the wheelarches, while black arch trims “highlight the car’s adventurer credentials,” says Dacia, as does a new orange colour.
We’ll see tweaked versions of the current 1.2-litre petrol and 1.5-litre diesel engines under the bonnet, while buyers will be able to choose between front- or four-wheel-drive.
We’re yet to see the inside of the new Duster, but the manufacturer says it’s been “completely redesigned,” with a quality feel and extra kit as standard. Expect to see the addition of Apple Carplay and Android Auto.
All this sounds like Dacia could be preparing us for a price increase, but doing so would take away the Duster’s USP. With the current model starting at £9,495, expect prices to remain broadly the same when they’re announced after Frankfurt.
Rumours have previously suggested that Dacia could offer a seven-seat version of its Duster to undercut the likes of the Skoda Kodiaq, but bosses have now insisted this won’t happen.
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August 30, 2017 /0 Comments/in Car News, Frankfurt Motor Show /by Richard Aucock
The new Mini Electric Concept car will debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, giving us our first taste of how the British-built 2019 Mini Electric will look. And it’s an important car: “Mini and electrification make a perfect match,” says no less a man than BMW AG chairman Harald Krüger.
First news: it’s clearly derived from today’s Mini Hatch, which is great news: it signifies BMW’s ambition for this to become a volume model, rather than a bespoke low-volume, high-cost bookend to the range. Deriving it from the regular Mini hatch also means volumes theoretically can be as high as the market demands.
It’s a Mini Hatch that’s been given a serious streamlining makeover, though. The Mini headlights and hexagonal grille are familiar, for example, but the grille itself has been reinterpreted to reflect there’s now no engine behind – it’s thus fully closed, for better aerodynamics. Soo too are the simulated air intakes in the front apron.
There’s a “Striking Yellow” accent bar within, carrying the to-be-familiar Mini ‘E’ badge, something neatly echoed by the LED running light in the headlights themselves. Further back, there’s a plethora of lightweight mounded fibreglass add-on parts to smooth the flow of the Mini Electric Concept through the air.
Front bumper air curtains feed into the bottom of the doors via a recessed air channel. this cleans up airflow over the wheels, something also aided by the unique design of the alloys themselves.
Mini’s smoothed the appearance of the car itself too, by the use of matt exterior paint: only the ‘E’ logo above the front wheel is shiny. There’s more Striking Yellow detailing and, on top, a neat roof that transitions from matt white to high-floss yellow.
Note the recessed doorhandles, the smoothed-over Mini A-pillar panels, integrated rather than separate wheelarch spats, the lack of a fuel filler flap – all to smooth out the surfaces. Mini chiefs also suggest this could hint at how future Minis themselves look: less chrome sparkle, more simplicity. We shall see.
At the rear, it’s a minimalist Mini, shorn of add-ons such as rear wipers, exhaust pipes and stick-out downforce-inducing aero kit. Surfaces are instead clean and clear, with the rear apron carrying subtle air deflectors and fibreglass diffuser. Also note the Union Flag-style tail lamps, in homage to the divine Mini Rocketman concept of a few years back.
All the aero inlays have been made via 3D printing, something Mini’s keen to highlight for its potential to allow “small-run or individually personalised parts”… is this our first look at the next stage in Mini customisation?
Speaking of the car itself, BMW Group Design senior vice president Adrian van Hooydonk said the Mini Electric Concept’s surfaces “have a sense of precision and contemporary clarity about them that gives added impact to the car’s efficient character”. It is “a quintessential Mini… [but] conveys whole new take on the concept of sportiness”.
We’ve yet to see the inside: it seems it’s too early to talk about that. It’s also not yet saying what sort of electric drive system it has: performance and battery capacity thus remain unknown. Will we find out more in Frankfurt next month? Best come back to Motoring Research to see if we do – and to hear first-hand from the top brass at Mini itself…
Mini Electric Concept: in pictures
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The new Bentley Continental GT is here at last – and boy, has Bentley been busy. Designed, engineered and built (sorry, ‘handcrafted’) here in Britain, the new model boasts a fully adaptive chassis using 48-volt Dynamic Ride System, an all-new 6.0-litre W12 TSI engine with 635hp, a new eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox, cutting-edge Super Formed body tech and, above all, a deliciously indulgent interior.
The new Continental GT will make its world debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show next month, where Bentley chairman and chief executive Wolfgang Durheimer will showcase what he says is “the pinnacle of our design and engineering achievements.
“We are the world leader in luxury mobility… the new Continental GT encapsulates our desire to innovate as well as celebrate our heritage and take the Bentley ownership experience to the next, unparalleled level.” Be in no doubt, the firm is heralding this as the definitive luxury GT car.
It has four more spacious seats and a bigger boot for “genuine real-world usability”, while “unrivalled” attention to detail delivers a properly posh cabin that’s “tailored specifically to the modern luxury customer”. And there’s no better showcase of this than the Bentley Rotating Display.
On one side, it has more of the wood veneer Bentley’s wood shop does so well. One smooth electronic rotation later, it has three watch-like analogue dials. Another whirr, and a lush, rich 12.3-inch touchscreen is yours to savour. Interior theatrics: Bentley’s got them nailed. And that’s not all…
New Bentley Continental GT: styling
The new Continental GT is a clear evolution of today’s model, but one given more of a contemporary reinterpretation than we perhaps expected (more than you’d get between generations of Porsche 911, for example). It’s clearly still the familiar Bentley luxo-GT so many know and love but, the more you look, the more you realise how much it’s been modernised and optimised.
The front wheels are 135mm further forward, allowing Bentley to stretch the bonnet and lower the nose. It’s thus different in profile to the original, but still decidedly Conti GT: just follow the power line from the twin round headlights right across to the tight, muscular rear haunch for evidence of that.
The biggest styling evolution comes at the rear, where there are now ellipse-shaped tail lamps. They mimic the exhausts below, says Bentley: they also mimic the delicious EXP10 Speed 6 of recent years. Indeed, so too does much of the Conti GT’s newfound muscularity and sharp sculpting. Here’s hoping it still leaves room in the range for a Speed 6 itself…
Bentley’s also seriously proud of the new car’s LED Matrix headlights. All the internals are transparent, like “the finest cut-crystal glasses… with sharply defined edges that catch the light like a diamond”. It makes them look, says Bentley, like an illuminated gem: there’s even a welcome sequence that gently illuminates the headlights as you approach (although oddly, it’s a cost-option…).
Colours? Choose from 17, which apparently leads the luxury GT class for choice, and there’s another 15-colour portfolio for interior leather and carpets. What’s more, a number of launch cars will be offered in a further, limited, range of colours – but if you’re rich enough, a fully bespoke colour matching service is also offered.
New Bentley Continental GT: inside
The new Continental GT interior is, basically, going to make jaws drop, the firm says (it phrases it slightly differently, but you get the idea). The wood alone should do this: sporting dual veneers for the first time, there’s more than 10 square metres of wood inside each Continental GT, the assembly and fitting of which takes fully nine hours.
There are luxurious surfaces everywhere, with blinding attention to detail. Bentley uses pillow knurling for some switches and controls, for example: it’s softer and more refined than classic mechanical knurling. And diamond knurling delivers a luxurious feel to other surfaces: choose these new finishes on the vents, bezels and other controls. Bentley even now fits bronze inserts between surfaces on some controls: a “hidden delight,” it says.
Seats set new industry standards for comfort, it says, and can be clad in ‘diamond in diamond’ quilt. All the glass is laminated so their occupants enjoy an interior nine decibels quieter than before. Just the job to show off audio systems that, even as standard, comprise a 1,500-watt Bang & Olufsen setup. Pay to upgrade, and you can have a 2,200-watt Naim system.
New Bentley Continental GT: driving
Bentley is the world’s biggest producer of 12-cylinder engines. The new W12 TSI’s “benchmark” performance combines 635hp with 664lb ft of torque, for 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 207mph.
It’s greener than before, with Bentley Variable Displacement tech shutting down half the engine under light loads, and it’s even smoother than before thanks to a slick dual-mass flywheel. Should sir want to show off its accelerative talents, Sport Launch mode serves up split-second-perfect dashes at the press of a button (and the gentlemanly stomp of an accelerator pedal).
The old fixed-split all-wheel-drive system is upgraded to Active All-Wheel Drive, with fully variable torque splits that nevertheless uses rear-wheel drive as much as possible, both for efficiency and dynamics.
The 48-volt suspension tech provides the electrical firepower to stop the new GT rolling through corners without spoiling its straight road air sprung comfort. Passengers are cushioned from excessive movement, says Bentley, but the driver also senses plenty of effortless precision. Moving the engine further back in the chassis also improves weight distribution and dynamics.
Bentley fits 21-inch wheels as standard, 22-inches as an option, and the front brakes are now even bigger still: their diameter is a staggering 420mm. That’s 16.5 inches!
New Bentley Continental GT: in pictures
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August 29, 2017 /0 Comments/in Frankfurt Motor Show /by Richard Aucock
The new Porsche Cayenne, revealed here ahead of its 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show debut, may not look completely new, but Porsche insists that it is: the “sports car amongst sports utility vehicles” is both sportier and comfier, as the firm moves its range-topping SUV further upmarket to give the smash-hit Macan further space to develop.
Surprisingly, Porsche says the new Cayenne is more like a 911 than ever as well. How? Through some of its details: the use of mixed tyres, where the rears are wider than the fronts, for example. The availability of Cayenne-first rear-axle steering. Standard active all-wheel drive Porsche 4D Chassis Control, and Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control electronic anti-roll for the S. Even the 911-look Sport Chrono Package steering wheel Mode button.
Oh, and like retro 1980s Rothmans-liveried Porsche 911 SCs, it will still genuinely go off-road – not that many owners are likely to exploit this (despite the new Offroad Precision App that details and films rough terrain). They’ll be more interested in on-road potency: Porsche delivers by ensuring even the cooking Cayenne S can go from 0-62mph in under five seconds.
Prices? The new Cayenne costs from £55,965, and the Cayenne S is priced from £68,330. Surprisingly, both are available to order right now; deliveries will begin April 2018.
New Porsche Cayenne: styling
It’s “new and yet familiar,” the 2018 Cayenne, acknowledges Porsche. Dimensionally, it’s 63mm longer (now just a smidgen under five metres) and 9mm lower; the 2,895mm wheelbase remains the same but the profile appears more streamlined. The wheels are an inch wider on both standard Cayenne and sportier Cayenne S – wider at the rear than the front, remember. They are at 19-inches in diameter as standard, up to 21-inches as an option.
Bigger front air intakes and horizontal light edges make it look wider; LED headlights are fitted to all new Cayenne, with the Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDSL) offered as an option, so owners can boast of no fewer than 84 individual LED units: they respond actively to not glare oncoming traffic, and even ensure you’re not dazzled by the glare from reflective road signs.
At the rear, there are yet more LED light units, and a 3D Porsche logo that spans the interconnecting red LED strip between the units themselves. Behind it lies a massive 770-litre boot, a whopping 100 litres bigger than before. The Cayenne is still a five-seater: owners have zero interest in a seven-seat Porsche SUV.
New Porsche Cayenne: interior
Like the latest Panamera, the new Cayenne has been given a digitised interior makeover. The centrepiece is a 12.3-inch full HD touchscreen, which incorporates the latest Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system. Porsche Connect Plus online functionality is, needless to say, standard.
There are still some conventional buttons, but there are a lot more smartphone-like controls set within a glass-look touch surface: users get both acoustic and haptic feedback (you ‘feel’ a pulse when you operate them).
Porsche has retained its central analogue rev counter for the driver, but now fits two 7-inch HD displays either side, that are fully configurable. You can have retro-look dials, but also enjoy readouts from, say, a Night Vision Assist thermal imaging camera, or the surround view parking camera system. Audio? Depending on your budget, it comes from Bose or Burmester.
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The Cayenne has a 3.0-litre V6 turbo petrol, producing 340hp and 331lb ft of torque. That’s good for 0-62mph in 6.2 seconds, or 5.9 seconds if you choose the Sport Chrono option pack (most surely will). It is capable of 152mph; Porsche isn’t yet quoting economy or CO2 figures.
The Cayenne S has a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6, as already seen in the Panamera (and, ahem, the Audi RS5). Here, it’s tuned to put out 440hp and 405lb ft of torque, for a 5.2-second 0-62mph time that again drops to 4.9 seconds if you choose Sport Chrono. Drive regularly in Germany? You’ll find this one can do 164mph. Both have a new eight-speed Tiptronic S automatic with PTM Porsche Traction Management.
The new Cayenne is up to 65kg lighter than the current car, thanks to using both aluminium and steel in construction. The body, for example, is made entirely of aluminium. And Porsche’s chuffed to bits with its new lithium ion polymer battery, which alone cuts 10kg from the car’s weight. It all helps drop weight of the standard model down to below two tonnes for the first time.
Porsche 4D Chassis Control is standard, and the Cayenne S adds Porsche Active Suspension Management. You can optionally have adaptive air suspension plus, as mentioned, Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (whose 48-volt electronics give it the necessary firepower) and rear axle steering to make the new Cayenne more manoeuvrable in town, more agile in corners and more stable at high speeds.
Porsche is renowned for its great brakes. With the new Cayenne, it’s offering Porsche Surface Coated Brake (PSCB) anchors for the first time. They comprise a cast iron disc with a tungsten carbide coating: benefits include more stopping power, less wear and, interestingly, less brake dust. For the moment, it’s Porsche exclusive tech, which can be spotted by the white brake calipers and, once run in, the ultra-shiny disc surfaces.
New Porsche Cayenne: in pictures
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Ford is trialling driverless pizza delivery… but there’s a catch
Ford has teamed up with pizza firm Domino’s to trial a self-driving pizza delivery fleet in Michigan.
Domino’s customers in the Ann Arbor area of Michigan will be randomly selected to take part in the experiment starting within the next few weeks. The autonomous car, a Ford Fusion Hybrid (sold as the Mondeo in the UK), will be driven manually by an engineer. A number of researchers will also be on hand.
Customers taking part in the trial will be able to track the delivery vehicle using GPS. They’ll be sent a text message as the self-driving car approaches, giving them instructions on how to retrieve their pizza using a unique code.
And that could be the stumbling block. Rather than having the pizza delivered to their front door, they’ll have to walk to their driveway or even the road near their home to collect the pizza.
“We’re interested to learn what people think about this type of delivery,” said Domino’s USA president, Russell Weiner.
“The majority of our questions are about the last 50 feet of the delivery experience. For instance, how will customers react to coming outside to get their food? We need to make sure the interface is clear and simple. We need to understand if a customer’s experience is different if the car is parked in the driveway versus next to the kerb. All of our testing research is focused on our goal to someday make deliveries with self-driving vehicles as seamless and customer-friendly as possible.”
Ford says research with major companies, such as this with Domino’s, will be crucial to overcome obstacles and enhance the customer experience. The US giant has preciously announced plans to begin production of self-driving vehicles in 2021.
“As we increase our understanding of the business opportunity for self-driving vehicles to support the movement of people and goods, we’re pleased to have Domino’s join us in this important part of the development process,” said Sherif Marakby, Ford vice president, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles. “As a company focused on the customer experience, Domino’s shares our vision for a future enabled by smart vehicles in a smart environment that enhance people’s lives.”
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Trashing Israel on the way out the door is the perfect capstone to an ignoble career.
John Kerry ends his long career in politics the same way he began it: disgracefully.
Kerry debuted on the national stage in 1971 by telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the American public that U.S. servicemen in Vietnam “raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, [blew] up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan.”
It was a stunningly thinly sourced, hotly disputed, and broad accusation, echoing the propaganda of America’s enemies around the world. Perhaps only in the Democratic party of the 1970s could this be the perfect audition for a political career. He would speak for many on the hard left on the day when he declared, “There is no threat. The Communists are not about to take over our McDonald’s hamburger stands.”
Over four decades, Kerry established himself as one of the Democratic party’s loudest, if not wisest, voices in foreign affairs. In 1991, he voted against authorizing military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait, predicting that future historians “will ask why there was such a rush to so much death and destruction when it did not have to happen.” Twelve years later, he voted for the Iraq War, then turned around and tried to run as an antiwar presidential candidate. In September 2003, Kerry sounded as if he supported wartime funding bills — “I don’t think any United States senator is going to abandon our troops and recklessly leave Iraq to whatever follows as a result of simply cutting and running” — but as the Democratic presidential primaries heated up, he decided to vote “no.” That led to his infamous quote, “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.”
In 1997, he wrote a book titled The New War, which touched briefly on terrorism but predicted that the preeminent threat that would face America in the coming years was#…#international crime syndicates. In that book, he saluted “Yasser Arafat’s transformation from outlaw to statesman.” Three times before 9/11, he voted against allowing terrorists to face the death penalty. In his 2004 presidential campaign, Kerry asserted that U.S. interventions had to pass a “global test” for legitimacy.
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He loved to reach out to the world’s rogues. In 1985, he traveled to Nicaragua to meet and praise the country’s Communist strongman, Daniel Ortega, and to accuse the Reagan administration of funding terrorism.
He praised the Clinton administration’s 1994 agreement to send aid to North Korea. Pyongyang’s violation of the agreement, a secret uranium-enrichment program, was discovered in 2002. Starting in 2009, he visited Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad several times, and in 2011 he said Assad was “very generous with me in terms of the discussions we have had. . . . My judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West.”
Against this ignoble record, one wonders why Kerry never seemed to get tired of giving dictators, terrorists, thugs, and brutal regimes the benefit of the doubt and having it blow up in his face.
EDITORIAL: Obama’s Shameful Parting Shot at Israel
In some ways, Kerry in 2013 was a perfect choice for Obama’s second secretary of state. For the better part of three decades on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry had spoken as if statecraft and international diplomacy were relatively easy tasks, and only the bunch of idiots in the current administration — Republican or Democrat — could mess it up like this. Finally, Kerry would get the chance to show everybody how it’s done.
We see the results today: Syria is a charnel house. The Middle East has had plenty of bloody wars before, but only this one overwhelmed the countries of Europe with seemingly endless waves of desperate refugees. The preeminent form of Islamic fundamentalism used to be al-Qaeda, a bunch of extremists hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan. Now bloodthirsty Islamists run an actual state in the middle of the Arab world. Four years after the Benghazi attack, only one perpetrator has been brought to justice.
Russia is emboldened, taking over Crimea, biting into Ukraine, and launching not-so-subtle cyber-warfare against the United States. The Iranians, too, are emboldened, despite the much-touted agreement on their nuclear program. China and North Korea keep rattling their sabers. Venezuela is collapsing. The Taliban continues to control swaths of Afghanistan after 15 years of war.
Confronted with this litany of disaster, Kerry would probably point to four years of endless summits, meetings, joint statements, and — whether he’s honest enough to use these words or not — photo opportunities. Just as Hillary Clinton’s millions of miles traveled were supposed to represent some great accomplishment, Kerry will blur the distinction between activity and results.
Kerry never seemed to get tired of giving brutal regimes the benefit of the doubt and having it blow up in his face.
American foreign policy has been reduced to Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power’s asking whether Vladimir Putin’s Russia or the Ayatollah’s Iran have any shame. No, of course they don’t, and anyone who’s been paying any attention knows they don’t. The Iranians used children to clear minefields during the Iran–Iraq war. The Russians contaminated two British Airways jetliners with radioactive material in their successful plot to kill former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. What kind of administration would rely on the Russian and Iranian regimes’ sense of shame to protect civilians in Syria?
Thus, it’s fitting that John Kerry’s last major act as secretary of state is a speech that offers up hot nonsense, a bitterly hostile address that called Israel’s government “the most right-wing in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by its most extreme elements.” (Mind you, the opposing side in this conflict elected Hamas, an actual terrorist group, to govern the Gaza Strip.)
#related#Kerry and the administration assented to a statement declaring that the Western Wall and Temple Mount are illegally occupied, then shamefully insisted “this administration has been Israel’s greatest friend and supporter.” After signing on to the Iran deal, Kerry claimed that “no American administration has done more for Israel’s security than Barack Obama’s.” (Why do Israelis disagree so vehemently?) Kerry warned that Israel had to recognize a Palestinian state or effectively wither under endless terror attacks: “If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic — it cannot be both — and it won’t ever really be at peace.” He even seemed to suggest that those who support Israel’s current policies are un-American, asking, “How does the U.S. continue to defend that and still live up to our own democratic ideals?”
The cement hardens on the Obama-Kerry foreign-policy legacy: They were toothless and hapless against ISIS, Bashar al-Assad, North Korea, Iran, Russia, China, and the world’s worst and most ruthless regimes. But as for Bibi Netanyahu, they came down on him like a ton of bricks.
Jim Geraghty is the senior political correspondent of National Review. @jimgeraghty
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John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society > Testimonials
Jeff Baugher
Arguments, Debate and Criticism At JCNPS#1! The Wonderful World of Physics!
One of the most beautiful statements in physics is to humbly admit when you do not know something, or have found empirical evidence that does not match the expected. This is the fuel that hopefully fires an increase in active participation within the JCNPS.
As a former mainstream researcher, I took it upon faith that someone much smarter than I had already answered the big questions. My understanding was that Lord Kelvin would at least be eventually proved correct in "There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now, All that remains is more and more precise measurement."...
...wait...we didn't know the cause of mass? (Higgs Boson)
...wait...you are defining a new type of energy (Dark Energy)?
...wait...every type of matter and energy we know of in the universe only accounts for less than 4%?
and my own personal coup de grâce:
...wait...there is a constant of integration within our best theory of relativity?..AND after 100 years the best minds in physics have come no where close in giving it physical meaning? (10^-120 is NOT close).
I call Bull Shit.
I am bailing on the mainstream. I demand the right to shoot the sacred cows and examine how we came to these models. There have been many brilliant people in physics, including the giants, but all humans at one point or another are capable of fooling themselves.
Thank you JCNPS for the lively debate at the first conference and am looking forward to the wonderful ideas being put forth and food for thought! I intend to write an update to a blog here every week or two.
If you are a mainstream researcher, and your critical thinking skills give you the uneasy feeling you are helping design better epicycle charts, let us know if you want to post your concerns anonymously.
Joseph A. Bova
Science is not about dogma, its about following the facts!
When I was a child I loved to read the Time-Life series of books about science. I practically memorized the dinosaur volume, but i was intimately familiar with then all. As a teen I began my career in electronics and wound up as a Metrologist in the United Stated Marine Corps. Between experimenting with vacuum tube and transistor circuits in radios and television, or making precision four wire resistance measurements, it became clear to me what science was really about: experimentation, observation, measurement, and analysis. It did not matter if you were troubleshooting, designing, or analyzing, the methodology is the same.
One day I listened to a debate between Carl Sagan (who was one of my heroes at the time) and a creationist whose name I cannot recall. It was an interesting exchange until the creationist had Sagan so flustered, that he (Sagan) began to shout “evolution is fact not a theory”. Well then. Where is the science in this, science fact by fiat? All the respect I had for Sagan drained instantly away at that moment and I knew that something was very wrong in the scientific community when my hero could not refute the creationist by using what I knew was real science, verifiable repeatable experimental data that supports your theory. (It turns out the creationist was right, but that’s another story for another venue.)
Fast forward to 2009 when I discovered the NPA (now the CNPS) by chance (well nothing happens by chance) and attended a video conference featuring Stoyan Sarg who was discussing his gravitational theory. By this time I had already determined that GR, SR, BB, QM, QED, and evolutionary theory were all either flawed or pseudoscience. While I did not agree with all of what I hear on that NPA video conference, I did agree that for the first time I was in a place where one could express scientific views that did not conform to the orthodox view and not be attacked and denigrated.
Since that time I have joined the NPA, attended over 50 video conferences, and made a reasoned choice to move my membership to the CNPS (as apparently most NPA members have done). This was important because the active body of the NPA, or now CNPS, is still about open dialog and debate about alternate viewpoints of how the physics of our universe works without fear of rejection. There are not many groups like that encourage the free exchange of ideas, yet as much as possible, leaving philosophical leaning at the door. While philosophical positions or ones world view is extremely important, it can exclude many ideas from being considered. And while ultimately not all ideas can be correct, that is, there can be only one truth, all ideas need to be considered as we do not yet completely understand the wonderful complexities of our created universe. I don’t know about you, but I want to know how it works!
Thomas P. Burwell
My Road to this Dissident Group
While I was student teaching, which in the United States is the final phase before you are certified to teach in public schools, I was assigned to a class of Math II. Math II is a combination of Alegbra II and Geometry that all students must pass to graduate high school. Close to 20-25% of class time is spent drilling on how to solve various forms of the quadratic equation by hand. I have a problem with this--even the 3% of students that become engineers would never use this skill, because professional engineers would simply type such problems into a computer. Solving a quadratic equation by hand is no more useful than learning to compute the sine of 68° by hand or learning to use a slide rule.
If only the problems with mathematics education were limited to this one example… I have come to believe the problems with our society’s approach to math and science run far deeper than I myself would have been willing to believe as recently as 3 years ago.
Math is taught in an ideologically corrupt way. Math, as with all technology, is neutral. But the situations in which we employ language and tools are always biased, meaning we abstract them--we take them out of their concrete, neutral setting--in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
In the case of math classrooms, we are told that the purposes being pursued are scientific and technological advancement. Science is applied mathematics, and technology is applied science, so we are told. Growing up, I truly believed that by studying hard and applying myself in my math and science classes, I would eventually be in a position to advance the world's scientific knowledge or make technological innovations that would help transform society. I believed that science was the key that would open up new horizons of human culture. I knew from personal experience that science was correcting mistaken viewpoints held in religious communities. What would prevent it from transforming the rest of society as well?
A good friend from my high school was double majoring in math and physics at Auburn University and advised me to do the same--studying one without the other limits you to the pre-existing, narrowly-defined research areas, because you only have half of the theoretical big picture, where all the cutting-edge advancements are made.
Unfortunately, I have since learned that theoretical big picture is nothing but a jumbled mess. For all of their supernova-sized egos and bloated confidence, we scientists have never had a firm theory that explains why all of our physical models and our predictive algorithms are as accurate as they are.
My first inkling that the state of the our culture's theoretical knowledge was amiss came in high school when I found I had forgotten everything about a topic I had aced the test for just a year ago. Maybe our drill, test, drill, test educational system was not the best way to really master a subject after all. In college, I was attending a Sunday School class taught by the head of the religion department through a local church that met on campus, and one Sunday we read a passage from Anthony De Mello. Soon after, I ordered De Mello's most focus book online, titled Awareness. One Amazon review assured me "This book will change your life." I was reading it in my dorm's break room and told one of my hall mates, Andrew, to read a passage. We became hooked and even started a philosophy/meditation blog. At any rate, one of De Mello's chapters contained the following passage:
"I've got a lovely quote here... from A. S. Neill’’s book Summerhill… He developed a kind of maverick school. He took in boys and girls and just let them be free. You want to learn to read and write, fine; you don't want to learn to read and write, fine. You can do anything you want with your life, provided you don't interfere with the freedom of someone else. Don't interfere with someone else's freedom; otherwise you're free. He says that the worst ones came to him from convent school… "They'd be rebelling for six months, fighting the system. The worst was a girl who would take a bicycle and ride into town, avoiding class, avoiding school, avoiding everything. But once they got over their rebellion, everybody wanted to learn; they even began protesting, “Why don't we have class today?” But they would only take what they were interested in. They'd be transformed. In the beginning parents were frightened to send their children to this school; they said, “How can you educate them if you don't discipline them? ... Listen to what he said -- extraordinary words, holy words. “Every child has a god in him. Our attempts to mold the child will turn the god into a devil. Children come to my school, little devils, hating the world, destructive, unmannerly, lying, thieving, bad tempered. In six months they are happy, healthy children who do no evil.” These are amazing words coming from a man whose school in Britain is regularly inspected by people from the
Ministry of Education, by any headmaster or headmistress or anyone who would care to go there. Amazing. It was his charisma.
"You don't do this kind of thing from a blueprint; you've got to be a special kind of person. In some of his lectures to headmasters and headmistresses he says… “Come to Summerhill and you'll never find a handicapped child with a nickname (you know how cruel kids can be when someone stammers). You'll never find anyone needling a stammerer, never. There's no violence in those children, because no one is practicing violence on them, that's why.”” Listen to these words of revelation, sacred words.
"We have people in the world like this. No matter what scholars and priests and theologians tell you, there are and have been people who have no quarrels, no jealousies, no conflicts, no wars, no enmities, none! They exist in my country, or, sad to say, they existed until relatively recently. I've had Jesuit friends go out to live and work among people who, they assured me, were incapable of stealing or lying. One Sister said to me that when she went to the northeast of India to work among some tribes there, the people would lock up nothing. Nothing was ever stolen and they never told lies until the Indian government and missionaries showed up.
"Every child has a god in him; our attempts to mold the child will turn the god into a devil."
When typing this just now, I see that Neill and De Mello echo the philosophy of William Blake, who interestingly, and I now think correctly, critiqued the limits of Newtonian science, claiming, before the word ‘energy’ had even been formulated as a scientific concept (it was more of a theological concept at that time), that energy is the necessary contrary to reason. The purpose of reason is to channel our energetic inner genius. Reason cannot stand on its own. Our cultures’ (Blake’s and our own) faith in reason is not itself rational.
At any rate, I ordered Neill’s book Summerhill next, and became even more hooked in alternative education. Our education system does not lead to mastery of any topic. It does the opposite. It encourages a narrowly-focused, tunnel-vision approach to knowledge, whereas innovation requires a broad understanding that situates knowledge within a specific, historical context. To master a subject you have been schooled in, you actually must first unlearn your schooling so that you will be able to see the connections to other fields that our schooling conditions us to disregard as off-topic and irrelevant.
Despite my critical attitude towards our educational institutions, I continued to take for granted the automatic effectiveness of science. Our education system may be broken, but our society's belief in Science still guaranteed progress in my mind.
As it turns out, "in our minds"--not in actuality--is the primary place that 20th-century theoretical science has progressed!
In May of 2013, when researching the best way to tutor calculus, I googled " ‘variable acceleration’ Newton Leibniz " and soon found this essay by Miles Mathis, which explains “time is just a second, comparative, measurement of distance”--NOT the mystical “fourth dimension”, as I was told as a physics student in college. The more I read about the history of science, the more obvious it became to me that the entire framework of science education is off kilter. The scientific community had enough sustained momentum to survive this issue up until the disaster of WWI. WWI was the anvil on the camel’s back that destroyed whatever faith in humanity that our institutional leaders had left, and enabled poorly executed experiments to be seen as good enough evidence that a new theoretical "paradigm shift" has occurred.
The truth is that paradigm shifts occur when a new tool becomes widely available, so that interested parties can make measurements that were not possible before--NOT because a genius generates a stunning new worldview, which sadly is still the way scientific advances are presented. Advances in telescopes, more so than the individual genius of Copernicus, led to the heliocentric solar system. Advances in mechanical timekeeping, more so than the individual genius of Newton) led to the theory of gravity. Advances in microscopes, more so than the individual genius of Darwin, led to evolutionary theory. There is genius in EVERY person--both tool-maker and tool-user. New technological tools allow that genius to be expressed in conceptually exciting ways, but we should give just as much credit to the developers of the tools as we do to the conceptual theorists. The primary source of innovation is experimental tinkering with what we can see. It makes sense that periods of rapid innovation occur in periods following the development of tools that allow us to expand our vision into the very small scale and very large scale.
Clifford Conner makes the same point more eloquently:
“Another ideological corollary of the intellectuals’ contempt for manual labor is the ‘remarkably widespread wrong idea’ that science is rigidly distinct from and supersedes technology in historical importance. Our twenty-first-century perspective prompts us to think of technology as ‘applied science’, a notion based on a the facile assumption that scientific theory has always been a precondition of technological advance. Historically the opposite has most often been true: Although technology and science have always been closely associated endeavors, it is technology that has driven the growth of scientific knowledge… As technologies develop and become more sophisticated, the scientific knowledge generated at earlier stages is continuously incorporate into subsequent practice, and in that sense technology can indeed be said to exhibit the character of ‘applied science’. The relation is one of cumulative mutual reinforcement with the initial impulses coming from the technology side... the process of gaining knowledge of nature has generally been more a product of hands than brains; that is, of empirical trial-and-error procedures rather than theoretical application.” - A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and Low Mechanicks, pp. 13,14
I am a dissident scientist because mainstream science no longer deserves the name. I still believe that we can re-establish a functional scientific community. But we must do away with the pipe dream that science progresses automatically, within our money-driven universities and grant-seeking research institutions.
Bob de Hilster
Eight Years a Member
I have been a member of CNPS/NPA for 8 years. I have submitted papers; I have listened to talks on Saturday and at the conferences; I have read other peoples paper and books; and all this helps me understand much more about science, physics and gravity. My son David got me started and since then I can't stop. This has made science interesting and fun. You will not regret joining this group.
This is the only place allowing against the mainstream ideas
There is conferences organized by Icarus, Tau Zero, 100 Year Starship and STAIF II but this is the only place allowing against the mainstream ideas. Einstein was wrong in many aspects so it doesn't make sense to try to achieve faster-than-light travelling without first accepting Einstein was wrong.
Miguel Kovac
The better words are already written
The CNPS provides the opportunity for young and old, retired or not, professional scientist or not; to come together here to share ideas.
Raymond H. Gallucci
The NPA LIves, now as the JCNPS!
I joined the NPA about five years ago when my interest in "dissident" physics was piqued by finding the website of the late Dr. Paul Marmet. I attended the 2011 and 2013 NPA conference in Maryland, presenting my first paper in 2013. I was disheartened by the turmoil that beset the NPA shortly afterward and the denigration of two of its most valuable movers and shakers, Dave de Hilster and Greg Volk. Naturally I supported them throughout and readily joined the new John Chappell NPS that David formed to continue to fine work of the old NPA.
Having missed a conference in 2014, I was very glad to attend this year's 1st Annual JCNPS conference in Florida. Although the attendance was much less than the previous NPA conferences (held jointly with the Electric Universe gang), the ability to interact on such a personal level with fellow dissidents, including dinner and Dave's home, made this conference a special one. The smaller audience enabled very lively discussions during the talks as well as afterward during the dinners. I look forward to the future conferences with more attendees and the continued work of the new JCNPS. And to renew friendships with the attendees I met and hopefully new ones as the old NPA'ers return to the fold.
Duncan W. Shaw
CNPS Conference Highly Successful
Having returned to Vancouver from the CNPS conference with my mind spinning with the ideas presented by the participants and the exchanges that occurred during the presentations and during our lunches and dinners, I have now had a chance to collect my thoughts and ask myself whether the conference was a success. My answer is that it was highly successful. The participants opened up lines of thought that were stimulated by debating and exploring, and doing so in an atmosphere of courtesy and intense search for the understanding of concepts and the truth that underlies the phenomena produced by nature.
Do I think that CNPS conferences should continue? Yes, absolutely. I believe they will grow in size and recapture the magic of the NPA conferences held prior to the management crisis that led to the incorporation of the CNPA. We are back on the right track and it is heartening to see it happen.
Thanks, David, for your herculean efforts in organizing CNPS # 1.
Carl R. Littmann
Great CNPS-1 Conference in Boca Raton 2015
I found the recent August ‘CNPS-1’ Boca Raton a wonderful experience and very special in many ways. The attending participants were stimulating, creative, courteous, wise and knowledgeable (but not conceited) – and were an outstanding and diverse group. Wish I could have stayed to the very end.
The immense work and pre-planning helped it roll off efficiently. That was evident from the beautiful Proceedings Book, nametag badges, and etc., presented to each attendee in the hallway even before entering for the first session – and from the many other nice things to follow.
Although there are dozens of good science conferences in the U.S. each year – yet I think the Boca Raton conference will stand out among the top and most fondly remembered. The group was not too big to interact nicely and efficiently during, between, and after sessions. There was very ample time to ‘present’ without trying to rush to beat strict deadlines, and ample time for questions, comments, and even some discussion after each presentation.
A great variety of accepted ‘dogma’ not normally challenged in ‘mainstream’ physics and cosmology – was challenged; and plausible alternatives were discussed. In fact, I was surprised by the diversity of existing dogma challenged, and the different backgrounds of the challengers. But as Thomas Paine once remarked, “The long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the appearance of looking right.” And other presenters also attempted to explain how existing realities, even generally agreed upon, could be better approached and presented -- so they could be grasp, appreciated and accepted still more widely.
I hope to email some presenters some additional thoughts and comments on their presentation when time allows. (A very stimulating, educational, and fun conference indeed.)
Richard O. Calkins
First Annual CNPs Conference
The conference on August 5 through August 9 at the Florida Atlantic University highlighted the unique and significant contribution of the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society to the world of science. It is about the only venue available for serious amateur scientists to contribute to scientific knowledge and advancement.
The quality and creativity shown in the reports presented at the conference speak for themselves. These are voices that the scientific establishment needs to hear. Amateur clearly does not mean uninformed or inarticulate. What we in CNPs have to offer is well informed and cogent thoughts that originate from a diversity of professional backgrounds which the establishment, unfortunately, chooses to exclude from their in-house forums for new ideas. As a result, they appear to be unaware that the only ideas one can hope to learn from are the ones with which they don't already agree. And just about all one can get from those who have been indoctrinated into the same literature and methodologies as themselves is what they all already agree on.
Coming from industry and business, I am well familiar with multi-disciplinary teams. Such teams are deliberately populated by members from very different backgrounds and disciplines. It is that very diversity which allows such teams to come up with solutions to otherwise intractable problems which no single discipline would ever think of. By listening only to their in-house forums, the establishment's method of seeking new ideas is akin to forming a multidisciplinary team with only one member. More members may be at the table, but they all have been conditioned to think alike and have the same fundamental beliefs that guide their thought process down the same channels.
The lack of meaningful progress in developing and integrating scientific theory over the past couple of decades strongly indicates the need for some fresh ideas in scientific circles. But about the only place fresh ideas can come from is groups like the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. Chappell appears to be unique in its combination of successful people from diverse professional backgrounds with keen minds, who are willing to study scientific theory with commitment and discipline but who all think down different channels of their own devising. By bringing us together in open forums with free discussion, we can learn from and encourage each other to create even better new ideas than we would in isolation, But we need to make enough waves to force the sleeping establishment to wake up and notice that we have something worth while to offer them.
I guess, David, that is where your thoughts on communication, sharing, speaking out and openly spreading ideas comes in.
regards, Dick Calkins
Opportunity to Share Thoughts
An anonymous letter urged me to attend the 2014 NPA Conference in Maryland. and share my thoughts on the theory of special relativity, gravity and inertia. I am glad to have been present at the University of Maryland.
The 1st JCNPS recently held at Boca Raton, Florida, was an eye-opener. The attendance was small but the discussions were lively and satisfying with plenty of time for one-to-one interactions.
I have every reason to hope that the second JPNPS Conference coming up from 20 - 23rd August 2016 will be bigger and livelier. I am looking forward to be part of it.
Finally my thanks to all the people who had worked so hard to keep the John Chappell spirit alive.
David Scott De Hilster
Boca Raton FL
Supercomputers, Artist, Filmmaker
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Blackhawks Set Franchise Record With 12th Straight Win
By James Neveau • Published at 9:33 pm on January 19, 2016
Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford has been instrumental in the team's recent winning streak, and he was in top form on Tuesday night as the Hawks won their 12th straight game in a 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators.
Crawford ended up making 38 saves in the game as the Hawks extended their lead atop the Central Division. Artem Anisimov scored the first goal of the game, and Richard Panik and Patrick Kane both scored second period tallies to help lead Chicago to victory.
The first period belonged to the Predators for good stretches, as their offense racked up shots and forced Crawford to stay sharp early on, but a key defensive play allowed the Blackhawks to seize the lead near the end of the frame. After keeping the puck in the zone, Kane fed a pass to Artemi Panarin, who slid a pass across the ice that Anisimov one-timed into the back of the net to give Chicago a 1-0 lead.
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Early in the second period, the Blackhawks struck again. This time it was a simple give and go at the blue line that set things up, as Ryan Garbutt allowed Dennis Rasmussen to enter the offensive zone with speed. Rasmussen then found Panik in the face-off circle, and the forward scored for the second time this season as he ripped a wrist shot past Pekka Rinne to give the Blackhawks a 2-0 lead.
The Predators responded quickly to the goal, adding their own less than 30 seconds later. A board battle went Nashville's way to kick the play off, and Miikka Salomaki fed a pass out to the point for Ryan Ellis. The hard-shooting defenseman let off a wicked slap shot toward the cage, and Crawford couldn't find it through traffic as the Predators got on the board and cut their deficit to 2-1.
Just a minute later, the Blackhawks tacked on a critical insurance goal. Duncan Keith picked up a loose puck in front of the net, and Panarin threw a stretch pass down the ice to a wide open Kane. The prolific scorer continued his red-hot play of late as he scored on the breakaway to put Chicago back in front by a 3-1 margin.
The third period saw Nashville continue to dominate in shots, at one point outshooting the Blackhawks 16-2, but Crawford made every save that he needed to. His play was ultimately rewarded by Andrew Desjardins, who tossed in an empty net goal late in the game to give the Blackhawks a three-goal cushion and their 12th straight victory.
The Hawks will look to extend their streak on Thursday night when they head to Florida for a Stanley Cup Final rematch against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Trump, Don Jr. weigh in on viral controversy involving MAGA hat-clad teens
Trump Jr said: "They want a bunch of nice Catholic kids — happen to be white — they want them to be the enemy."
Teens from confrontation video with Native American speak out
Jan. 22, 201903:28
Jan. 22, 2019, 12:37 PM UTC / Updated Jan. 22, 2019, 1:31 PM UTC
By Allan Smith
President Donald Trump and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., both weighed in on the controversy involving MAGA hat-clad teens from a Kentucky Catholic school, a Native American activist and a black separatist group known as the Black Hebrew Israelites.
In a tweet Monday night, Trump wrote that the students were "treated unfairly with early judgements proving out to be false — smeared by media."
Looking like Nick Sandman & Covington Catholic students were treated unfairly with early judgements proving out to be false - smeared by media. Not good, but making big comeback! “New footage shows that media was wrong about teen’s encounter with Native American” @TuckerCarlson
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2019
The president tweeted again Tuesday morning, calling Sandmann and other students "symbols of Fake News."
Nick Sandmann and the students of Covington have become symbols of Fake News and how evil it can be. They have captivated the attention of the world, and I know they will use it for the good - maybe even to bring people together. It started off unpleasant, but can end in a dream!
Meanwhile, on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle," Trump Jr. told Laura Ingraham on Monday that the media "had to pounce" on the teens because the narrative of racist kids wearing Trump's signature campaign memorabilia and displaying contempt for a Native American elder was too good to pass up.
"They want a bunch of nice Catholic kids — happen to be white — they want them to be the enemy," Trump Jr. said on Monday.
The controversy blew up after footage of Native American activist Nathan Phillips playing a ceremonial drum in the face of MAGA hat-wearing teen Nathan Sandmann as his classmates chanted around him went viral over the weekend.
The exchange took place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Sandmann and his classmates from the all-male Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky, were in town for the March for Life, while Phillips was present for the Indigenous Peoples March.
Social media observers highlighted Sandmann's reaction to Phillips — a grin many took to be contemptuous — as lead evidence that he and his classmates were mocking Phillips. Videos showed that Phillips approached the crowd of boys, many of whom were wearing MAGA hats, after an exchange between the high school crowd and a group of Black Hebrew Israelites. The latter group had thrown raunchy taunts at the much larger group of teens, who responded by engaging in group chants.
Speaking with MSNBC's Joy Reid on Sunday, Phillips said the Black Hebrew Israelites had targeted his group for abuse too, adding that he approached the teens after witnessing their exchange with the group.
Nathan Phillips, Native American man harassed by high schoolers, tells his story
But Phillips said some of the students began chanting "Build the wall" and other comments he and his fellow activists found offensive.
On Sunday, Sandmann released a statement through a public relations firm detailing the death threats he received after the footage went viral. Sandmann said he and his classmates responded to the Black Hebrew Israelites with school spirit chants "to counter the hateful things that were being shouted at our group."
Sandmann insisted "at no time did I hear any student chant anything other than the school spirit chants."
“I did not witness or hear any students chant ‘build that wall’ or anything hateful or racist at any time,” he said in Sunday’s statement.
Sandmann said Phillips "locked eyes with me and approached me, coming within inches of my face."
"He played his drum the entire time he was in my face," Sandmann said in his statement. "I never felt like I was blocking the Native American protester. He did not make any attempt to go around me. It was clear to me that he had singled me out from a confrontation, although I’m not sure why."
School administrators said they were investigating the incident. Classes were canceled Tuesday as Native American activists planned a protest outside of the school.
CORRECTION (Jan. 24, 2019, 8:40 a.m. ET): An earlier version of this article misstated Nathan Phillips' military record. He served in the Marines but was not deployed to Vietnam.
Allan Smith is a political reporter for NBC News.
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LOPSIDED: New practices in the development architecture reproduce the lopsided relationship between donors and their clients, according to NUPI researcher Jon Harald Sande Lie.
Conflicting theory and practice
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Donor mechanisms for control and recipients’ desires for autonomy often collide in the development aid universe, shows a NUPI researcher in a recent book.
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Jon Harald Sande Lie
‘Donors’ general re-casting of aid relations in terms of partnership was intended to give aid recipients greater ownership of and participation in externally funded projects. But this freedom comes with new, indirect techniques of governance through which the donor seeks to reassert control. Thus, donor practices undermine the formal ambition, reproducing the lopsided relationship between donor and client, says Jon Harald Sande Lie, Senior Research Fellow at NUPI.
Lie’s extensive anthropological fieldwork within the World Bank and a Ugandan ministry, aimed at investigating their partnership formation, has resulted in the book Developmentality (Berghahn Books, 2015). The developmentality concept and analysis goes beyond the World Bank–Uganda relationship and is highly relevant to understanding ‘partnership’ within the aid sector, demonstrating how the formal order of partnership is subverted in practice by the same actors that promote the concept.
‘World Bank activities at the country level may be more influenced by internal power struggles, guidelines and informal practices, than by the formal order of partnership, matters in Uganda and the government’s participation in making their own poverty reduction strategy’, Lie says.
Restricted freedom
The rhetoric in development cooperation holds that the recipient is to lead and have ownership of projects financed by the donor, but, Lie finds, the space and premises given are defined – and thus restricted – by the donors themselves.
‘Even though the new aid architecture is a liberal construct seeking to empower aid recipients, the freedom granted the recipients is restricted. Framing the partnership within which the recipient can exercise freedom thus constitutes a form of indirect power – or developmentality.’
‘This kind of freedom becomes a tool for governing, also because it involves practices through which the donor seeks to make its own policies those of the recipient. This apparent freedom is important for both parties. It increases the autonomy of the recipient and its ability to claim self-determination, while also enabling the donor to hold the recipient accountable for achieving its ‘own’ objectives. The new aid architecture and its formation of partnership thus involve the simultaneous but conflicting movements of greater freedom, indirect control and processes of responsibilization. And that is basically what the book is all about’, explains Lie.
Partnership friction
Development cooperation involves not only the donor–recipient relationship, but also relations between various donors. The book describes how bilateral actors in Uganda have sought to harmonize their policies and loan portfolios within the World Bank system, in order to make a more effective donor contribution.
‘This process was full of obstacles; it took more than two years, and almost got de-railed several times due to disagreements between donors concerning division of labour and priorities’, says Lie.
The apolitical mandate of the World Bank restrains direct involvement in the recipient’s internal political issues. This became a problem in 2005, when Uganda’s President Museveni declared he would alter the constitution in order to run for a third presidential term.
‘Cooperation with the World Bank thus limited the bilateral actors’ ability to react politically. The political backdrop created challenges for harmonization between donors, as well as friction in the partnership between the World Bank and the government, and a general degradation of the high status Uganda had long enjoyed amongs donors.
Donor favourite
Until the political changes and challenges, Uganda was seen as a ‘donor darling: a showcase amongst donors, a successful pilot country for the evolving new aid architecture, and a display-case for a nationally initiated and externally financed fight against poverty.
‘The president was celebrated as a new kind of African leader, who had come to power by violent means, yet introduced democracy and created a constitution restricting the presidency. This status now changed rapidly in the eyes of the donors. They withdrew parts of the financial support promised to the authorities, who depended on such financial assistance to implement the poverty reduction strategy they were told to make in order to receive support’, explains Lie.
This, he goes on to note, shows how the World Bank, and partly the bilateral donors, compromised with their own principles.
‘By not respecting Uganda’s right to self-determination in its internal affairs, and by cutting financial aid, the donors undermined the government’s ability to carry out the development strategy which the World Bank and its development partners had not only endorsed but also significantly, though indirectly, managed to put their imprint on. This case shows how the new aid architecture’s principles of recipient ownership and responsibility for their own development strategy is easier said than done.’
Undermining ambition
‘First and foremost, the problem is that donors don’t do as they say. Perhaps it’s not so surprising that they seek to maintain control in new ways after giving the recipient the responsibility and freedom to formulate its own poverty reduction strategies. During my field work, several donor representatives, in response to my critical perspectives, asked me for solutions and recommendations’, he notes.
Lie underlines that his ambition never was to make concrete recommendations or provide a new blueprint model of development practice, which he sees as more a problem of how donors operate. As a researcher, he took an analytical position outside of and disconnected from the institutional development apparatus in order to understand the power dynamics in the partnership relation and the multiple, conflicting practices undertaken in the name of development.
‘I wanted to understand processes, the discrepancy between theory and practice and how lopsided relations are being reproduced in spite of bold and novel ambitions of doing the opposite. But, when asked such questions, I used to say that it would help if they did as they said they would, in terms of fostering recipient ownership and participation. As it is today, too many mechanisms undermine this ambition’, says Lie.
Ownership and participation
He goes on to explain that from 1999 and onwards, great changes were made in the aid architecture. The ideas of ownership and participation emerged as central to a mutual and balanced partnership relationship. This marked a critical shift from the previous era of conditionalities and structural adjustment programmes. In many ways, Lie argues, this new aid architecture was and is more inclusive and reciprocal – or at least in theory:
‘New policies and formal arrangements can be established with the stroke of the pen, but it takes longer to alter established and culturally embedded practices’.
Further, the policies of the structural adjustment programmes may have been abandoned and replaced by new ones – but the way in which the World Bank enforces its policies is still reminiscent of this conditionality era, even though the current formal order proclaims the opposite. In fact, Lie observes a change in the discursive pendulum of development, with the evolving new policies becoming more aligned with the previous order and current practice on the ground.
‘Today, we see a somewhat stricter control of expenditures than in the early 2000’s. This may indicate that the tables have turned as a result of donors realizing that they had ceded too much power – so now they are trying regain some control as well as having gained new perspectives and interests’, says Lie, who adds:
‘An aid donor will always have certain interests and responsibilities within its field. Donors are constantly coming up with new policies and perspectives. The World Bank in particular is a massive producer of information and a guardian of global development discourses. This also shapes the policies and work of other bilateral actors, including Norway, globally as well as in Uganda.’
Pendulum of development aid
Thinking in the field of development aid often follows a pendulum pattern, where perspectives of yesterday are reflected in the perspectives of tomorrow – and where development practice always will lag behind its rhetorical representations.
After a more liberal period – as in the golden days of the new aid architecture and its ideals of ownership and participation – the pendulum swings back to donors, making their interests and conditions more clear, as was the case in the 1980s and 90s.
‘Development aid has become increasingly interest-based, and donors are more explicit to recipients about what they are trying to achieve, and the policies they wish to foster. However, the partnership principle still guides multilateral as well as bilateral development cooperation, making this book relevant for the situation today, also for other actors and partnerships than that between the World Bank and Uganda. Basically, Developmentality is a book about the conflicting and paradoxical principles and practices of development aid,’ concludes Lie.
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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – With a towel over his white polo shirt, David Lee looked right at home at Arthur Ashe Stadium. As he cleared his face in the humid weather, he looked like Andy Roddick or Andre Agassi during the fifth set.
Yet, Lee was at the Billy Jean King Tennis Center not to play, but to watch the New York Liberty compete in their outdoor matchup with the Indiana Fever. Although the Garden’s woman’s team had an Isiah Thomas Knick-like performance, Lee seemed very happy to be there, and more importantly happy he’s still a Knick after an offseason of trade rumors.
“I think I will be with the Knicks next year,” said Lee during halftime. “But there’s not one guy on the team who thinks he can’t be dealt just because we haven’t won a lot of games the last couple of years and we have new people in who want to make the franchise better. I know it’ a compliment because other teams are asking about me in trades.”
Lee thought if he would be dealt it would have come on draft day. Yet he is still with the Knicks and had a nice conversation with general manager Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D’Antoni during the summer league in Vegas a few weeks ago.
“I met with coach and Donnie Walsh and they seem very excited having me on the team,” he said and feels he could fit into D’Antoni’s system nicely. “We played a lot of it in college [at Florida]. We pressed for 40 minutes every game. The one time I played it in the NBA was a rookie-sophomore game coached by the Knicks assistant coaches. I did ok that game. If I prefer to play any style, this would be it.”
It also helps that Walsh made a few moves to improve the club and acquired character players. “With the acquisition of Danilo Gallinari, he’s a good character guy, and Chris Duhon coming in, I can see that there’s a lot more positive feelings around the facility,” Lee said. “Character’s something they want to put a premium on. There’s not a big difference in the NBA between wins and losses. I think a lot of it comes down to character and chemistry. I’m glad we’re moving in that direction.”
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Pecos 34, Monahans 32
Pecos........................ 0.. 21 6 7 — 34
Monahans................. 7.. 13 6 6 — 32
Monahans: Bradden Kesey 32 run (Jaspher McCracken kick), 1:09.
Pecos: Sean Castillo 21 run (Anthony Armendariz kick), 3:56.
Monahans: Bond Heflin 11 run (Jaspher McCracken kick), 1:04.
Pecos: Ezekiel Saldana 35 yard run (Anthony Armendariz kick), 0:47.
Monahans: Peyton Adams 30 pass from Bond Heflin (pass failed), 0:08
Pecos: Ezekiel Saldana 65 run (Anthony Armendariz kick), 0:00
Pecos: Armando Granado 2 run (kick failed), 1:59
Monahans: Peyton Adams 54 run (kick failed), 1:31
Monahans: Bond Heflin 3 run (run failed), 5:18
Pecos: Abel Velasquez 1 run (Anthony Armendariz kick), 2:06
Pecos Monahans
First Downs........................ 16.................... 22
Total Yards...................... 442.................. 419
Rushes-Yards............ 57-384............. 36-252
Passing Yards................... 58.................. 167
Passing........................ 3-3-0........... 15-17-0
Fumbles-Lost................... 2-2................... 2-2
Punts-Avg....................... 3-48................. 2-48
Penalties-Yards............. 2-30................. 6-60
Pecos: Armando Granado 23-89, Sean Castillo 5-52, Eli Sandoval 4-3, Abel Velasquez 19-127, Ezekiel Saldana 6-113.
Monahans: Lewis Wesley 16-141, Tre Gomez 5-25, Bond Heflin 8-16, Jaheam Amos 7-70.
Pecos: Eli Sandoval 3-3—58
Monahans: Bond Heflin 15-17—167
Pecos: Abel Velasquez 3-58.
Monahans: Dominic Paredez 2-3, Braeden Carter 1-8, Jaheam Amos 6-73, Bradden Kesey 1-32, Lewis Wesley 1-5, Peyton Adams 4-53.
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Posted: Saturday, October 5, 2019 12:00 am
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Pecos beats Monahans in close battle By Michael Bauer mbauer@oaoa.com, 432-333-7772 Odessa American
by Michael Bauer
MONAHANS The Pecos Eagles recorded a historic 34-32 victory over the Monahans Loboes in District 1-4A Division II action Friday night at Estes Memorial Stadium.
Playing in a back-and-forth contest, the Eagles (3-3 overall, 1-1 in district) used the running game to their advantage to get the late win. A 1-yard touchdown run by Abel Velasquez with 2:06 remaining ended up sealing the deal for the Eagles, who beat the Loboes for the first time since 2001.
“For our kids, any win is a big win,” Pecos head coach Chad Olson said. “We’re trying to turn a corner and we’re trying to get better, so any win is big and we’ll take anything we can get. Our kids played their tails off.”
“They did a good job,” Monahans head coach Fred Staugh said. “They controlled the clock and made plays. They did a good job. We didn’t play good enough to win.”
With both teams playing well on defense to start the game, it was only a Monahans (1-5, 1-1) touchdown that separated the two squads at the end of the first quarter. Bradden Kesey scored on a 32-yard reception from Bond Heflin with 1:09 left in the first quarter.
The second quarter was when things became a different story for both teams.
Sean Castillo helped get a response for the Eagles, scoring on a 21-yard touchdown run and with the extra point, both teams were tied up at 7-7 with 3:56 left in the first half.
Monahans responded quickly with an 11-yard touchdown run by Heflin with 1:24 remaining in the second quarter and the Loboes regained the lead at 14-7.
But Pecos’ offense started to find its rhythm, scoring on a 35-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Saldana and evened things up again at 14-14 following the extra point.
“That’s what we hang our hat on,” Olson said. “We have a great offensive line and they’ve been playing their tails off. We have a strong running game. We did a great job of running the ball tonight.”
With less than a minute left in the half, the Loboes put together a quick 67-yard scoring drive in four plays, ending with a 30-yared touchdown pass from Heflin to Peyton Adams for the score with eight seconds left.
But a personal foul penalty enforced on the conversion attempt after the touchdown and the two-point conversion attempt pass from Heflin fell incomplete.
With only eight seconds remaining in the first half, the Eagles needed only one play to go in front as Saldana took the handoff and ran free for a 65-yard touchdown run and the extra point attempt by Armendariz gave the Eagles a 21-20 halftime lead.
“Coaches can say what they want, but good players will make you look good and Ezekiel Saldana made me look good,” Olson said. “It was a huge momentum boost. Anytime you can score with that little time left in the half, it’s crucial.”
The second half continued to be back and forth.
Pecos struck first in the third quarter with a 2-yard run by Armando Granado to extend the lead to 27-20 after the missed extra point.
Monahans scored back-to-back touchdowns in the half to rally and take a 32-27 lead with 5:18 left in the game.
Pecos then put together its game-winning scoring drive.
“I tell my kids that they can panic when I panic and I’m just trying to take it one play at a time and I’m thinking about the next play,” Olson said. “When it’s going on, I have to be the guy everyone is looking up to.”
Monahans was unable to respond and turned the ball over on downs on its last possession.
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Michael Bauer is a sports reporter at the Odessa American. He can be reached at mbauer@oaoa.com at 432-333-7772 or on Twitter @OAmichaelba.
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BJP NE:Smriti Irani, Najma Heptullah dropped
By NIT Chandigarh Bureau Last updated Nov 9, 2018 301 0
The BJP has reconstituted its 111-member National Executive. The reconstituted National Executive was announced by party president Amit Shah.
Prominent members among those included in the new Executive are Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior party leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley and Nirmala Sitharaman.
Names of Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Najma Heptullah do not figure in the National Executive.
All BJP-ruled state Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers and former Chief Ministers have been associated with the National Executive as permanent invitees. There will be 40 special invitees in the Executive also.
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NE youth to be recruited in Delhi Police: Modi
By North India Times Bureau Last updated Nov 9, 2018 209 0
Speaking at the closing function of the ten-day Manipur Sangai Festival at the Bhagyachandra Open Air Theatre in Imphal, the Prime Minister,Narendra Modi said that the National Sports University to be established in Manipur will change the development scenario of the state.
He said the University will groom not only sporting talents but also umpires, scorers, dietians, architects of sporting grounds of international standard.
Modi said, sport is a very big economy and he has even asked Australia to join the new venture in Manipur during his recent visit to the country.
Describing Manipur as the cultural capital of the North-Eastern India, Mr. Modi said, the potential of the state in art and culture, tourism, sporting talent etc. need to be shown to the rest of the country and also outside the country. He said, the birthplace of the game of Polo has a lot to offer to the world.
Speaking to Party workers at the BJP State Unit Office in Imphal, the Prime Minister said that the Centre is working on a scheme to recruit youths from North-East in Delhi Police. Later, the Prime Minister left for Dimapur in Nagaland. He will open the Hornbill Festival at Kohima tomorrow.
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Novo Resources Announces Exploration Plans for Karratha
VANCOUVER, B.C., Aug. 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novo Resources Corp. (“Novo” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:NVO) (OTCQX:NSRPF) is pleased to announce exploration plans for its Karratha gold project located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
“With completion of property acquisitions now out of the way, Novo is eager to begin exploring at Karratha,” commented Dr. Quinton Hennigh, President, Chairman, and a director of Novo Resources Corp. “In a very short time, we have developed a carefully crafted analytical protocol to deal with coarse gold, secured a contract for large diameter reverse circulation drilling, and filed critical exploration permits. We are currently developing plans to test hard rock trenchers as a means of opening up trenches for bulk sampling. Lots of preparation is underway. Trenching and drilling will commence at the Purdy’s Reward prospect where the exploration license has been granted and some exploration activities have already been permitted. Exploration activities will extend to the adjoining Comet Well project and Novo’s wholly-owned ground once those tenements are granted and exploration permits are approved. Karratha is a very exciting gold discovery, and Novo is ready to meet the challenge of exploring it.”
Gold mineralization at Karratha is hosted by a sequence of conglomerate beds, fossil gravel horizons, ranging from a few metres to approximately 20 metres thick comprising the base of a much thicker package of sedimentary and volcanic rocks called the Fortescue Group. Rocks of the Fortescue Group were deposited between 2.78 and 2.63 years ago upon 3.0-3.7 billion year old igneous and metamorphic rocks that make up the Pilbara craton, an ancient piece of Earth’s crust.
Over the past year, local metal detectorists have excavated gold nuggets originating from weathered conglomerate along an eight-kilometre, southwest-trending corridor between the Purdy’s Reward prospect (please refer to the Company’s news releases dated May 26 and August 15, 2017) and Comet Well (please refer to the Company’s news releases dated April 11, June 26 and August 3, 2017). These gold-bearing conglomerates dip gently southeastward under cover at angles of between 2 and 20 degrees. The Company secured 100% control over approximately 7,000 sq km in areas along strike and down dip from Purdy’s Reward and Comet Well through aggressive staking earlier this year. Novo believes that these gold-bearing conglomerates may underlie significant areas within the greater Fortescue basin.
In the Company’s news release dated July 12, 2017, Novo discussed discovery of gold nuggets in a bulk sample collected from a trench at the Purdy’s Reward prospect. Metallurgical test work conducted on this sample was discussed in the Company’s news release issued August 8, 2017. The weighted average grade of two splits of this bulk sample was 67.08 gpt Au. Approximately 82% of the gold in this sample was determined to be coarse, mainly nuggets displaying several interesting characteristics. These are commonly flattened with rounded edges giving them an appearance similar to watermelon seeds. Most are coarse, +2 mm and are not attached to quartz or other minerals. Gold is of high purity, +96%, much higher than the gold content of nuggets derived from basement-hosted lode gold deposits from the Pilbara region that commonly display purities of 70-90%. Nuggets display crenulated surfaces thought derived from burial and compaction within a sandy matrix.
In addition to coarse gold, this metallurgical test confirmed a significant fine-grained gold component is present in these conglomerates. Such fine gold, if it is indeed disseminated throughout the conglomerates, could prove important to help evaluate grade and continuity of this deposit.
Exploration Plans at Karratha
Due to the high profile of this unconventional yet exciting gold project, Novo plans to routinely provide detailed information to the market about exploration planning, implementation, results and interpretation.
Assaying Methodology
Novo has recently worked with Nagrom Metallurgical Laboratory, Perth (“Nagrom”) to develop a system to analyze bulk samples from future exploration at Karratha. Nagrom recently installed a Steinert sorting machine equivalent to that used for the bulk sample test work discussed above, in preparation for testing Novo’s samples. Bulk sample processing and analysis will be as follows:
Bulk samples derived from trenches and large diameter reverse circulation (“RC”) drilling will be crushed to -60 mm (P100) and dry screened at 10 mm and 2 mm.
The +10 mm and 2-10 mm fractions will be fed through the Steinert XSS T sorting machine to generate a concentrate of rock particles containing coarse gold (“sorted concentrate”) and tailings (“sorted tailings”). The sorted concentrate will be crushed to -2mm (P100) and subjected to intense CN leaching and analysis. Tailings from intense CN leaching will subjected to metallic screen fire assay to ensure no loss of gold. The gold content of the sorted concentrate will be determined by mathematically combining the Au recovered by CN leaching with residual gold detected by metallic screen fire assay.
Sorted tailings will be crushed to -2 mm (P100) and recombined with any -2 mm material generated during initial screening. A 30 kg split of -2 mm material will be taken and pulverized to -75 microns (P95). Three, 1 kg splits of the pulverized material will be subjected to intensive CN leaching and analysis. A weighted average grade of these three analyses will constitute the sorted tailings grade.
A final bulk sample grade will be calculated by mathematically combining the sorted concentrate grade and the sorted tailings grade.
Laboratory turn around for bulk samples is expected to be around 4-6 weeks.
Novo envisions a two-pronged approach to drilling at Karratha. Scout diamond core drill holes will help allow initial assessment of the depth and thickness of targeted gold-bearing conglomerates. Once target depth and thickness have been determined, large diameter RC holes (17.5” diameter) will be drilled to collect bulk samples. Sampling will be done on one-metre intervals through the targeted horizon. Novo has engaged FORACO International SA to undertake large diameter RC drilling and is currently in discussions with various drill contractors for diamond core drilling.
Novo plans to obtain geologic data and bulk samples through extensive trenching of the targeted conglomerate horizon. Discussions are currently underway with contractors capable of excavating trenches using hard rock trenchers designed to cut 2-3 metre deep slots for pipelines. Due to hard ground conditions, Novo is uncertain of the potential of utilizing such a trencher, but plans to test one as soon as a contracting candidate has been chosen. Assuming this approach proves viable, Novo plans to bulk sample the walls of trenches rather than sourcing bulk sample material from the trencher, itself. Sample integrity is essential, and the material generated from the trencher is viewed as high-risk for cross contamination of sample intervals. Should a hard rock trencher prove unviable, Novo plans to employ excavators with rock breaking capabilities, a much slower and less precise alternative for trenching.
Permitting and Exploration Plans at Purdy’s Reward
Upon completion of definitive farm-in and joint venture agreements between Novo and Artemis Resources Limited (“Artemis”), Novo was formally appointed exploration manager of the Purdy’s Reward exploration license. Over the past few days, Novo has begun to line up necessary permitting needed to undertake work at Purdy’s Reward. A summary of permitting and exploration plans is as follows:
Novo plans to undertake trenching activities under an approved plan of work (“POW”) previously filed by Artemis. Importantly, heritage clearance has been completed. Upon selection of a hard rock trenching contractor, Novo plans to test this trenching method within 2-3 weeks.
Novo recently filed a POW to allow scout diamond core drilling to be undertaken at Purdy’s Reward. Approvals are awaited. Heritage clearance must be undertaken once the POW has been approved. This entire process is anticipated to take 3-4 weeks.
Novo recently filed a POW to undertake large diameter RC drilling at Purdy’s Reward. This was quickly approved. Heritage clearance will be undertaken within the next couple weeks. Before beginning large diameter RC drilling, Novo plans to drill some scout diamond core holes as discussed above.
Exploration at Comet Well
The five tenement applications comprising the Comet Well property are currently going through the process of grant. Novo anticipates granting of these tenements within the next 1-2 months after which time POW applications will be filed for drilling and trenching and heritage clearance will be undertaken. In the meantime, Novo is undertaking detailed mapping of these tenements in preparation for future advanced exploration work. An update on the geology of the Comet Well area will be provided to the market within the next couple weeks once this work has been completed.
Exploration on Novo’s 100% Controlled Tenements
Having been staked just a few months earlier, Novo’s 100% owned tenements adjoining Purdy’s Reward and Comet Well must go through the process of grant. It is anticipated that this could take another 6-9 months. Once granted, Novo plans to file POW applications for drilling the down dip continuation of gold-bearing conglomerates exposed at Comet Well and Purdy’s Reward.
Dr. Quinton Hennigh, the Company’s, President, Chairman, and a director, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has approved the technical contents of this news release.
President and Chairman
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation) including, without limitation, the statement as to the results expected from various testing and sampling exercises described in this news release. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, without limitation, customary risks of the mineral resource industry as well as Novo having sufficient cash to fund the planned drilling, sampling, and other activities required before the Company is established as a mining company.
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Commonly used heartburn medications have been recalled due to the presence of an impurity that might cause cancer.
Denton Pharma Inc. this week recalled several batches of ranitidine tablets. The recall impacts all unexpired lots of 150 mg and 300 mg tablets. The pills were distributed to Northwind Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Crosswind Pharmacy.
Appco Pharma, LLC also recalled 150 mg and 300 mg batches of its ranitidine hydrochloride capsules.
So far there have not been any reports of people getting sick related to these recalls, but the medications may be contaminated with N-Nitrosodimethylamine, also known as NDMA.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been testing several drugs after it found the impurity in blood pressure and heart failure medicines known as ARBs. The investigation has been going on since 2018.
In October, several major retailers announced they would halt sales of ranitidine medications because of concerns they might contain the impurity. Last year, drugmaker Novartis said it would stop distribution of all ranitidine medicines made by Sandoz; Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd. recalled its ranitidine medicines; and Sanofi recalled Zantac OTC, its popular heartburn medication.
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Your Second Fifty
Honouring choices
Delivering bad news
What matters to those dying
In short EoLC
A destination we all share
Adding life for free
Appreciate family caregivers
Conversations ease passing
The waiting room...
End Game Indeed
‘End Game’ is a new documentary on Netflix that delves into the lives of terminally ill people during their final days. The movie grapples with death in intimate ways rarely seen on screen.
‘End Game’ might scare people, but it shouldn’t, writes volunteer Sunshine Mugrabi in 'Pallium India' newsletter about a recent film on 'Netflix'.
The film is about dying, and is a beautiful meditation on what makes us human–in all its fragility, fear, humour and sadness. It turns ordinary moments into meaningful ones. It shows that when death is near, it’s impossible to escape the reality that each one of those moments could be the last, bringing out the complex yet beautiful experience that is death.
The movie was shot in San Francisco, California in two locations. The University of California, San Francisco Medical Centre, and Zen Hospice.
The scenes at Zen Hospice show a warmer atmosphere. Pat, a woman with incurable uterine cancer, tells her story to a volunteer. Her eyes fill with tears as she recounts the moment her doctor gave her the news. Tears spill over, but she also smiles. She talks about the relief she feels knowing she’s monitored and cared for.
Zen Hospice Executive Director Dr. B.J. Miller talks about his philosophy: Rather than avoiding suffering, move towards it. Death isn’t hidden away there, he explains. This is followed by footage of staff members covering a body in flower petals.
Dr. Miller had his own brush with death. When he was in college, he and some friends were playing around on a parked train car. He was electrocuted. The doctors amputated his left arm below the elbow, and both of his legs below the knee. His disability makes it possible for him to connect with patients and their families in a way that others might not.
In one scene, he meets with a patient named Thekla, encouraging her to get comfortable with the idea of death. She says she has failed to “make friends” with death as he had assigned her to. So he suggests she find ways make the subject part of her life, not necessarily in a friendly way.
“The scary part is the unknown and the lack of control,” she says.
There’s camaraderie in this interaction. A partnership in which both are learning how to hold the mystery that is death.
In another scene, Dr. Miller welcomes a new patient to the hospice, a frail, emaciated man. Dr. Miller tells him he’s become popular there.
The man’s face breaks into a near toothless smile. Later, the camera focuses on him as he is being bathed in bed, bubbles covering his bony chest.
“This part of my life is wonderful,” Tekla says. “And who would’ve thought?”
You can watch the movie here: https://www.netflix.com/in/title/80210691
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BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE AND HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUAL 2010 CENSUS TRACT PORTIONS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE KCMO - Some demographic data are from the 2010 Census while other data are from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey - ACS. The ACS replaces what until 2000 was the Long Form of the census; both have been based on surveys of a partial sample of people. The ACS sample is so small that surveys from five years must be combined to be reliable. The 2013-2017 ACS is the most recent grouping of 5 years of data. ACS data have been proportioned to conform with 2010 Census total population and total households.
2013-2017 American Community Survey Detailed Census Tract Data
DETAILED CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE AND HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUAL 2010 CENSUS TRACT PORTIONS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE KCMO - Some demographic data are from the 2010 Census while other data are from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS replaces what until 2000 was the Long Form of the census; both have been based on surveys of a partial sample of people. The ACS sample is so small that surveys from five years must be combined to be reliable. The 2013-2017 ACS is the most recent grouping of 5 years of data. ACS data have been proportioned to conform with 2010 Census total population and total households.
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Home>Heartland - Ex-Im Bank Improperly Deleted Public Records, Lawsuit Claims
Heartland - Ex-Im Bank Improperly Deleted Public Records, Lawsuit Claims
Ex-Im Bank Improperly Deleted Public Records, Lawsuit Claims
RUDY TAKALA
Rudy Takala (rudytakala@yahoo.com) writes from Washington, DC. (read full bio)
Original Article, click here.
Cause of Action, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government accountability organization, is suing the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) and demanding a congressional investigation into the alleged improper deletion of public records.
Responding to a public records request, Ex-Im claims its chief of staff, Scott Schloegel, "accidentally" deleted text messages the group was seeking about a month and a half after the request was received.
‘Sorry, We Deleted Those Records’
Scott Nelson, an attorney for the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen, says Ex-Im’s record purge is unusual.
"I would say that it is not a frequent occurrence to have it come out that records responsive to a [Freedom of Information Act] request were destroyed during the pendency of the request," Nelson said.
"I was once involved in a case where some computer backup tapes were said to have been mistakenly destroyed while a [Freedom of Information Act] case was pending, but it doesn’t often happen in my experience that you send in a [Freedom of Information Act] request and get a response saying, ‘Oh, sorry, we deleted those records while your request was pending,’" said Nelson.
Getting Away With It
"If a federal officer is actually found to have destroyed federal records, he or she could theoretically be charged with a crime ... under 18 U.S.C., Section 2071, which makes it a crime to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy a federal record filed with any public office or officer of the United States, or possibly under 18 U.S.C., Section 1361, which makes it a crime to injure or commit any ‘depredation’ against property of the United States," said Nelson.
"I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for prosecutions of federal officers or employees in circumstances like this under any administration," said Nelson.
Lack of Transparency Seen
Adam Andrzejewski, chairman of the government watchdog group American Transparency, says Ex-Im has become less accountable and transparent to taxpayers in recent years.
"The Export-Import Bank has removed most PDF files from its public website, and even removed line-by-line loan transactions for a time during the reauthorization debate," Andrzejewski said. "Within its disclosed loan activity database, we found there are $26.5 billion of transactions hidden under the headings of ‘undisclosed’ or ‘to be determined’ since 2007."
Andrzejewski says lawmakers are obligated to investigate Ex-Im’s lack of transparency.
"The heads of federal agencies have a responsibility to act quickly to mitigate damage when [given] notice of potentially unlawful record destruction," Andrzejewski said. "In this case, the matter needs investigation."
Rudy Takala (rudytakala@yahoo.com) writes from Washington, DC.
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Boots on the Trail: Fort Bayard Champion Tree | Go. See. Do. | March 2018
by Laurence Parent photos by Laurence Parent
Excerpted from Laurence Parent’s Hiking New Mexico (4th edition available this spring, FalconGuides/Rowman & Littlefield).
Above: The state's largest alligator juniper awaits hikers near Silver City.
This easy 3.5-mile hike takes you to an enormous alligator juniper, a state-sanctioned record-size tree, in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range near Silver City, in the Gila National Forest. (575) 388-8201, fs.usda.gov/gila
THE TRAILHEAD: Take the Fort Bayard turnoff on US 180 in the village of Santa Clara, about 7 miles east of Silver City. Drive north to the fort. Follow signs for FR 536, which enters the national forest about 1.6 miles from US 180. FR 536 reaches a Forest Service work camp at 4.5 miles. Go left at the entrance and follow the sign for the National Recreation Trails; park in less than 0.3 mile.
WHAT YOU’LL SEE: The Big Tree Trail heads west, then turns northwest after crossing a small canyon. Go through a gate at about 1 mile and then a marked junction with Woodhaul Wagon Road Trail 55. Cross that trail and continue northwest. At 1.3 miles, Cornell Ranch Trail 758 forks off to the left. Stay right and drop into a large grassy meadow with nice views. The trail passes through shady bottomland wooded with box elders and other trees. At 1.75 miles, you’ll reach a massive alligator juniper with deeply checkered bark. Take a break at a shady picnic table. Return the way you came. This trail is also popular with mountain bikers.
Categories: March 2018, Go. See. Do., Travel
Tags: Go. See. Do. Outdoors, Hike of the Month, Hiking, Hiking & Trails, Outdoors, Laurence Parent
Author: Laurence Parent
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Missouri State fans mostly forgiving for disappointing 2019 baseball season in satisfaction survey
After finishing the 2019 season with the most losses in program history, Missouri State baseball fans appear to be forgiving the disappointing year.
Missouri State fans mostly forgiving for disappointing 2019 baseball season in satisfaction survey After finishing the 2019 season with the most losses in program history, Missouri State baseball fans appear to be forgiving the disappointing year. Check out this story on news-leader.com: https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2019/06/03/missouri-state-baseball-fans-forgiving-disappointing-2019-season/1313060001/
Wyatt D. Wheeler, Springfield News-Leader Published 1:00 p.m. CT June 3, 2019 | Updated 3:02 p.m. CT June 3, 2019
After the Bears finished the 2019 season with the most losses in program history, Missouri State baseball fans appear to be forgiving their disappointing year.
With just over 100 votes in our Missouri State baseball report card — the lowest amount of votes of any of the four sports in our MSU athletics' satisfaction survey — fans were disappointed with the season — but with the amount of success the program has had in the past, they were willing to forgive.
We will post the survey results over the next three days. Our Lady Bears survey results will be posted online on Tuesday, men's basketball on Wednesday and football on Thursday. You can still vote until we post the stories online on News-Leader.com.
More: Vote! 2018-19 Missouri State athletics satisfaction survey
Here are the results, along with a few anonymous comments we allowed fans to give:
How would you grade the 2019 season?
D - 42%
F - 40%
C - 15%
B - 3%
A - 0%
"Record speaks for itself." — Fan who responded with an F
"Tough season. A lot of young talent but struggled and wasn’t up to the challenge of tough scheduling. The Bears not being as competitive and dominant as in seasons past was very different to experience." — Fan who responded with a D
"Obviously this was a disappointing season, but I don't feel like it was due to a lack of quality coaching or even potential talent. Just a down year for a good program. They happen sometimes." — Fan who responded with a D
"Great for dealing with the injuries as they did." — Fan who responded with a B
How satisfied are you with the direction of the program?
Satisfied - 35%
Even - 30%
Very satisfied - 19%
Unsatisfied - 10%
Very Unsatisfied - 6%
"I think this season was a blip. Guttin's shown a track record worthy of trust." — Fan who responded with "Very Satisfied"
"You're not going to be great every year." — Fan who responded with "Satisfied"
"Down years happen. I have confidence that Coach Guttin can get them back on track this offseason." — Fan who responded with "Satisfied"
"While this season has to be treated as an aberration there has to be a concern that no level of Assistant coaching seems ready to continue the program’s success if Guttin retires. I thought it would be Nate Thompson before he left for Arkansas." — Fan who responded with "Even"
How would you grade Keith Guttin's performance in 2019?
B - 18%
"He only has so many on the roster and ultimately you play what you have and help develop them to produce. Lack of pitching in baseball always leads to failure." — Fan who responded with a C
"After 37 years, it might be time for a new coach." — Fan who responded with an F
"I can’t say there were things Guttin should have done in response to the injuries to the pitching staff. However the hitting was inconsistent and it seems like something has to improve there." — Fan who responded with a B
"Keith did a great job with a diminished talent pool." — Fan who responded with an A
How would you grade Keith Guttin's career performance?
A - 71%
C - 4%
D - 0%
F - 0%
"Up there with Spoonhour, Thomas, Burnett & Rowe as MSU legends." — Fan who responded with an A
"None of the other programs have had sustained success at a national level as he has." — Fan who responded with an A
"He's an icon in Springfield and at Missouri State." — Fan who responded with an A
"Can’t quite get them thru the NCAA tournament." — Fan who responded with a C
How would you grade the overall talent on the roster?
"There's some room to grow, for sure. I think they'll make a lot of roster changes this offseason." — Fan who responded with a C
"I thought they had talent, but you are what your record says you are." — Fan who responded with an F
"Needs an upgrade." — Fan who responded with a C
"It might be a D next year if we don't get our offensive statistics up next year. Something has to trend upwards. Baseball is a tough college competition and the most overall parity of any sport." — Fan who responded with a C
Did you attend a Missouri State baseball game in 2019?
Yes - 55%
No - 45%
If you answered yes, how satisfied are you with the game-day experience?
"It was boring to attend the games at a stadium that is nice but not fully operational when it’s MSU playing." — Fan who answered "unsatisfied"
"There is no connection with the game." — Fan who answered "unsatisfied"
"Disappointed with the crowd (winning would improve this) and players need to be more excited. Team didn't seem as connected this year." — Fan who answered "unsatisfied"
"Other than MU and Arkansas, crowds not great, but they're engaged." — Fan who answered "satisfied"
Would you spend money to attend a baseball game in 2020?
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Salman Khan appeared on the sets of The Kapil Sharma Show with the cast of Dabangg 3 as part of a promotional activity. He was accompanied by Prabhu Deva, Arbaaz Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Saiee Manjrekar and Kiccha Sudeep.
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Updated:December 13, 2019, 3:24 PM IST
Salman Khan recently appeared on The Kapil Sharma show to promote his upcoming movie Dabangg 3, with his whole cast. During the conversation, it was revealed how the makers came up with the song title Munna Badnaam Hua.
Arbaaz Khan, who was accompanied by director Prabhu Deva and the movie's leading ladies Sonakshi Sinha and Saiee Manjrekar, narrated, "We were looking for an item song for Dabangg 3 like we had Munni Badnam in Dabangg 1 and Fevicol in Dabangg 2. We were on a hunt to find a tod for Munni Badnam to put in Dabangg 3. Salman called me at 1:30 am in the night asking to rush and meet him. He said he got the perfect solution for Munni Badnaam."
Salman and Arbaaz had an hour's conversation over the idea. Arbaaz adds, "Salman said Munna Badnam is the perfect song and we should go for this. Initially, I objected to his idea saying we can brainstorm more and come up with some original rather than curating the older one."
It was when Salman promised that the song will be retained only if the outcome came as he desired, that Arbaaz agreed to it. The song was then recorded twice, "The idea was shared with Lalit Ji as he sang Munni Badnam and as a second option Sajid Wajid was also given a chance. Both the songs turned out very beautifully but Sajid Wajid's song was finally selected for the movie. After Munni Badnam in Dabangg 1, Fevicol in Dabangg 2 Munna Badnam seemed perfect in Dabangg 3."
Salman and Prabhu Deva also shook a leg on the song on the sets of the show. Dabangg 3 is slated to release on December 20, 2019.
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Alok Verma revokes transfer orders issued by Rao
IANS Thursday, 10 January 2019 12:11:41 AM 1 minute, 45 seconds
New Delhi : Hours after re-joining office after nearly two-and-half months, CBI Director Alok Verma on Wednesday revoked most of the transfer orders issued by agency's interim chief M. Nageswara Rao.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director's order came a day after the Supreme Court reinstated him as the agency's head, though with limited powers.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court reinstated Verma as the agency chief, setting aside the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the Centre's decision to divest him of his powers to function as its head but with a caveat that he will not take any policy decision till a high-level committee goes into the issue afresh.
While reinstating Verma, the top court also junked the Centre's order appointing Rao as the interim Director.
According to a senior official, Verma can still file FIRs and sign on the transfer orders as Rao also discharged these duties after being orderd by the apex court not to take any major policy decision.
On October 24, Rao, after being appointed as the interim Director, transferred transferred 13 officials, including the agency's Joint Director (Policy) A.K. Sharma, Deputy Inspectors General M.K. Sinha, Anish Prasad, K.R. Chaurasia, Tarun Gauba, Additional Superintendent of Police S.S. Gurm and Deputy Superintendents of Police A.K. Bassi and Ashwani Kumar.
Bassi and Sinha were investigating Verma's deputy Rakesh Asthana, who the agency has accused of corruption. The Centre had relieved Asthana too of his duties on October 23.
According to an agency source, earlier in the day, Bassi and Ashwani Kumar met Verma at his office.
Verma was asked to proceed on leave on the night of October 23-24.
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The judgement was culmination of a six-month-long battle between Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Both levelled corruption allegations against each other. In October, matters came to a head when Verma lodged an FIR against Asthana on a complaint by Satish Sana Babu, the alleged middleman in meat exporter Moin Qureshi's case.
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**** SIR MANASUPE COMMENDS SABL IMPLEMENTATION TASKFORCE ****
Chief Secretary to Government, Sir Manasupe Zurenuoc, OBE Kt, has applauded the Special Agriculture & Business Leases (SABL) Implementation Taskforce, for the outstanding report to implement the recommendations found during the Commission of Inquiry into SABLs.
This special taskforce is comprised of Dr Laurence Sause (Chair & Policy and Government Advisor) and two retired public servants - Kutt Paonga (Legal advisor) and Daniel Katakumb (Land Advisor).
Sir Manasupe said in 2011 the government set up a Commission of Inquiry into SABLs, which found that many leases needed to be revoked.
He said the government then referred the matter to a ministerial committee to implement the findings of that particular inquiry.
“However, the ministerial committee could not progress much for various reasons,” Sir Manasupe said.
He said towards the end of 2014, Cabinet set up a special taskforce – SABL Implementation Taskforce, under the Chief Secretary, to look at means and ways on how to effectively implement the COI findings.
“Currently the laws are complicated and ineffective to revoke these leases therefore amendments to the legislation will be considered.
“From the report provided by this special taskforce, the government now has a clear way to implement the revocation of non-genuine leases.
“I commend the taskforce for a job well done in making it easier for the government to move forward,” Sir Manasupe said.
He said the taskforce has advised the government on how best to implement the findings of the COI.
“Out of the 75 SABLs throughout the country, only 42 SABL reports were provided by only two members of the commission – Nicholas Mirou and John Numapo, who provided finding recommendations that 30 were to be cancelled, 11 to be suspended and that only one SABL was in order.
“The other 30 SABL reports, however, have not been received by the government hence the government is now pursuing other actions to obtain them,” Sir Manasupe said.
He also announced that the report is now ready to go before Cabinet for approval.
“In the not too distant future, the government hopes that some of the land will be returned to landowners,” Sir Manasupe said.
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Trinity College School
55 Deblaquire Street North, Port Hope, Ontario, L1A 4K7 - view map
$25,750 to 59,750/year
Gr. 5 to Gr. 12
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About Trinity College School
As you enter through the front gates of Trinity College School, you think to yourself, “What will this opportunity bring?” After all, it has been a very personal decision to take the leap to attend a new school. But quickly you are greeted by the TCS community with a warm, welcoming embrace. Somehow, immediately, you sense that your decision to come to TCS was a good one. You recognize that this place is special and unique, and suspect that your experience will be as well. Habits of the heart and mind—courage, creativity, compassion, integrity and perseverance—are palpable and prioritized in this community and, because of this, you feel empowered to delve into previously unexplored areas of interest and try new things. And there is so much to explore at TCS! Experiencing the individualized support and personal attention that are at the heart of the TCS program, you craft and customize your own personal path, confidently pursuing newfound interests and passions. You are on your way now, on a journey to revealing your life’s purpose. The path of each TCS student is as individual as a fingerprint and as personal as a signature. We look forward to welcoming you on campus and introducing you to the people, program and place that are Trinity College School, so you can begin your signature journey.
AP Capstone school with extensive AP course offerings
Rural campus setting with 100 acres of fields and facilities
Academic travel opportunities
2 theatrical productions
9 musical/choral ensembles
24 interscholastic sports teams
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Exemplary food services
100% University acceptance
TCS Signature Journey
Our Take: Trinity College School
Trinity is one of the oldest boarding schools in Canada and, having been founded two years prior to confederation, is indeed older than the country itself. While it looks entirely different than it did when it was founded—there are no original buildings, nor does it sit at the same site as it did in 1865—the core values remain: quality academics with an eye to educating students into positions of social, professional, and political leadership. Academic achievement is highly valued—this is a school, as many will tell you, where it is cool to be smart—though tolerance, personal expression, and consideration of others are equally important. Service is central to the ethos of the school, as underscored by a robust program of service learning managed by a director dedicated to developing opportunities within the local community and beyond. The ideal student is one who responds well to challenge.
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From the review: Trinity College School is one of the oldest boarding schools in Canada and, having been founded two years prior to confederation, is indeed older than the country itself. While it looks entirely different than it did when it was founded—there are no original buildings, nor does it sit at the same site as it did in 1865—the core values remain: quality academics with an eye to educating students into positions of social, professional, and political leadership. Academic achievement is highly
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55 Deblaquire Street North, Port Hope, Ontario, L1A 4K7
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Curriculum: Traditional
Mathematics: Traditional Math
Writing: Equal balance
Science: Equal Balance
Literature: Equal Balance
Social Studies : Core Knowledge
Humanities and Social Sciences : Equal Balance
Foreign Languages: Equal Balance
Fine Arts: Creative
Computers and Technology: Medium integration
Advanced Placement courses :
Sex and health education: Ontario curriculum
Curriculum Pace: Standard-enriched
Academic Culture: Rigorous
Gifted learner support: No Support
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Curriculum Traditional
Curriculum approach at Trinity College School : Traditional
Trinity College School has a Traditional approach to Curriculum (as opposed to Liberal Arts, Progressive, Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf approach).
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Traditional curricula tend to be very content-based and rooted in the core disciplines. It is a structured approach that involves the teacher delivering a uni?ed curriculum through direct instruction. Students usually learn by observing and listening to their teacher, studying facts and concepts in textbooks, and completing both tests and written assignments - which challenge students to not only demonstrate their mastery of content but their ability to analyze and deconstruct it critically. Class discussions are also used to create critical dialogue around the content of the curriculum.
What Trinity College School says: As our families and students appreciate, a high school diploma is only the beginning step towards achieving long-term goals of post-secondary education and career advancement. Our academic program is an opportunity for our students to show that they are capable of managing deadlines and completing specific tasks, which are important skills for any post-secondary program. Academic programming has been carefully designed to prepare students for the challenges of university study, and the wide range of courses, in addition to the School’s emphasis upon learning skills and a personal approach to learning, reinforce our compelling academic vision. We strive to provide opportunities to bring out the very best in every TCS learner by helping students balance their individual aptitudes, the requirements of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma and university admission requirements.
Mathematics Traditional Math
Mathematics approach at Trinity College School : Traditional Math
Trinity College School has a Traditional Math approach to Mathematics (as opposed to Discovery Math , Equal Balance approach).
[Show: About Traditional Math?]
Traditional Math typically teaches a method or algorithm FIRST, and THEN teaches the applications for the method. Traditional algorithms are emphasized and practiced regularly: repetition and drills are frequently used to ensure foundational mastery in the underlying mathematical procedures. The traditional approach to math views math education as akin to building a logical edifice: each brick depends on the support of the previously laid ones, which represent mastery over a particular procedure or method. Traditional Math begins by giving students a tool, and then challenges students to practice using that tool an applied way, with progressively challenging problems. In this sense Traditional Math aims to establish procedural understanding before conceptual and applied understanding.
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Traditional math - 27%
Discovery math - 5%
Equal balance - 68%
What Trinity College School says: Although TCS primarily takes a traditional approach to mathematics, critical thinking and the application of concepts and skills is emphasized in each course and at each grade level. Mathematics teachers are highly collaborative and develop course lessons and materials in teams. Students are also expected to work collaboratively and learn the importance of practice, critique and revision when working toward mastery. Students may avail themselves of a variety of learning supports including the use of the ‘Math Learning Center’ which is open to students throughout the academic day and three evenings each week. The use of technology (including graphing calculators, online interactive graphing tools and video lessons) is embedded in daily lessons and on assessments. Students with a passion for mathematics are encouraged to challenge themselves by sitting the University of Waterloo mathematics contests that run throughout the academic year.
Textbooks and supplementary materials: Mathematics courses primarily use the McGraw-Hill Ryerson published textbooks, designed for the Ontario curriculum. Some exceptions include AP Calculus (Stewart. Single Variable Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 7th edition) and AP Statistics (Bock, Velleman, De Veaux, STATS Modeling the World, 4th Edition).
Calculator policy: Students are required to use the Ti-84 series of graphing calculators. Students learn course specific calculator skills during lessons and may use them on assessments, including the final exam. Calculators with ‘QWERTY’ keyboards are not permitted.
Writing Equal balance
Writing approach at Trinity College School : Equal balance
Trinity College School has an Equal balance approach to Writing (as opposed to Systematic approach , Process approach approach).
[Show: About Equal balance?]
Programs that balance systematic and process approaches equally likely have an emphasis on giving young students ample opportunities to write, while providing supplementary class-wide instruction in grammar, parts of sentences, and various writing strategies.
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Systematic approach - 8%
Process approach - 12%
What Trinity College School says: At TCS, writing is used to harness and develop the power of self-expression. Texts studies serve as models for students’ own writing and to stimulate their creative faculties. There is a focus across disciplines on using language with precision and clarity, and incorporating stylistic devices appropriately and effectively. For example, in the AP Language & Composition course, students not only deconstruct the rhetorical and literary merit of pieces, but learn how to craft their own compelling arguments. In the lower grades we specifically teach grammar and vocabulary is taught through literature.
Science Equal Balance
Science approach at Trinity College School : Equal Balance
Trinity College School has an Equal Balance approach to Science (as opposed to Expository , Inquiry approach).
Science programs that balance expository and inquiry learning equally will likely have an equal blend of tests and experiments; direct, textbook-based instruction and student-centred projects.
Science at schools on OurKids.net
Expository - 5%
Inquiry - 26%
Teaching approach: The science program at TCS has been developed such that students learn the essential content and skills that will prepare them for the challenges of the next grade level, beginning from Grade 9 and leading to AP courses. Grade 9 and 10 science classes introduce students to the disciplines of chemistry, physics and biology and explore the interrelationships between science, technology, society and the environment. There is a focus on student-directed approaches to inquiry to give them greater ownership in the experimental process and collaboration with lab peers. The importance of fair, unbiased experimental designs to test hypotheses is underscored, as is the proper graphing and written form of displaying and explaining data. Grade 11 and 12 science students will continue to refine these skills as they engage with more in-depth content. Problem solving and analysis skills are emphasized in order to further develop their critical thinking.
Literature Equal Balance
Literature approach at Trinity College School : Equal Balance
Trinity College School has an Equal Balance approach to Literature (as opposed to Traditional , Social Justice approach).
These literature programs draw in equal measure from “Traditional” and “Social Justice” programs.
Literature at schools on OurKids.net
Social justice - 4%
What Trinity College School says: English courses at Trinity College School are designed to enhance students’ abilities to critically analyze and appreciate literature through the study of a wide array of novels, plays, poems, and short stories. Students focus not only on what a literary text means but also how a text conveys that meaning. Students are taught to use academic language coherently and confidently as well as to select reading strategies best suited to particular texts and particular purposes for reading. Our courses are thematically based and expose students to works ranging from the Elizabethan era to the 21st Century. Unique opportunities offered in our department include a Grade 10 cross-curricular English and History Travel Education course; AP Language and Composition; AP Literature and Composition; and a selection of Grade 12 courses that focus on a common subject, including Holocaust Literature, African Literature, Middle Eastern Literature, and Alienation Literature.
Social Studies Core Knowledge
Social Studies approach at Trinity College School : Core Knowledge
Trinity College School has a Core Knowledge approach to Social Studies (as opposed to Expanding Communities , Thematic approach).
[Show: About Core Knowledge?]
Usually focused on teaching history and geography at an early age, the core knowledge approach uses story, drama, reading, and discussion to teach about significant people, places, and events. Breadth of content and knowledge is emphasized. The curriculum is often organized according to the underlying logic of the content: history might be taught sequentially, for example (as students move through the grades).
Social Studies at schools on OurKids.net
Core knowledge - 44%
Expanding communities - 25%
Thematic - 31%
What Trinity College School says: In addition to teaching course content, a particular focus in our social studies curriculum is helping our students to be knowledgeable and discerning consumers of information, including both online and textual resources. Students are taught specific skills for developing and refining research questions. We also work to develop proper research techniques and skills for verifying and authenticating online information. Students are also given various opportunities to communicate their knowledge, in spoken, written and multimedia formats.
Humanities and Social Sciences Equal Balance
Humanities and Social Sciences approach at Trinity College School : Equal Balance
Trinity College School has an Equal Balance approach to Humanities and Social Sciences (as opposed to Perennialism , Pragmatism approach).
These programs represent an equal balance between the perennialist and pragmatic approach to teaching the humanities and social sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences at schools on OurKids.net
Perennialism - 9%
Pragmatism - 9%
What Trinity College School says: The delivery of the social sciences and humanities at Trinity College School seeks an equal balanced approach between perennialism and pragmatism. Fostering a strong theoretical understanding of the relationship between politics, culture, and the economy offers a staging point to critically analyse the issues of the day from a Canadian and global context. Students have an opportunity to explore current public debates about social justice issues and social policy. They critically examine the links between economic and social class disparities; religion; human rights; race, racism, and anti-racism, gender and sexuality; health and education; and environmental concerns on a local and global level. Students receive a solid foundation in research methods and theories, building their analytical skills in order to properly prepare them to contribute to making the world a better place, which is in keeping with our mission.
Foreign Languages Equal Balance
Foreign Languages approach at Trinity College School : Equal Balance
Trinity College School has an Equal Balance approach to Foreign Languages (as opposed to Audio-Lingual , Communicative approach).
These programs feature an equal blend of the audio-lingual and communicative styles of language instruction.
Foreign Languages at schools on OurKids.net
Audio-lingual - 2%
Communicative - 36%
What Trinity College School says: Fluency in the languages and cultures studied at TCS is critical training for contemporary citizenship. Literacy is the aim, one that affords connection preparing students for the 21st century. Languages, both classical and modern, challenge students to blend critical thinking, analytical practices, and performative advocacy in ways that highlight the interplay of curricular application and extension. A variety of efforts are made to facilitate cross-disciplinary study stemming from student interest in topics that encourage collaborative, creative thinking using a cultural framework. Language is the tie that binds communities affording students the occasion both to learn how to speak and how to listen.
Fine Arts Creative
Fine Arts approach at Trinity College School : Creative
Trinity College School has a Creative approach to Fine Arts (as opposed to Receptive , Equal Balance approach).
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Creative arts programs are studio-driven. While historical works and movements may still be taught to add context to the program, students mainly engage in making art (visual, musical, theatrical, etc). The goal is use the actual practice of art to help educate students’ emotions, cognition, and ethos.
Fine Arts at schools on OurKids.net
Creative - 39%
Receptive - 1%
Visual studio philosophy:
What Trinity College School says: The Arts are driven by passion, imagination, creativity, discipline, energy, and joy. This is what we work with every day to produce artistic thought, feeling, and action through music, drama, and visual art. We love what we do and we do it well. Our students graduate with a life-long love of the arts and a deep understanding of culture and their place in it.
Computers and Technology Medium integration
Computers and Technology approach at Trinity College School : Medium integration
Trinity College School has a Medium integration approach to Computers and Technology (as opposed to Light integration , Heavy integration approach).
[Show: About Medium integration?]
Effort is made to integrate the development of digital literacy through the curriculum. However, this is not a dominant focus.
Computers and Technology at schools on OurKids.net
Medium integration - 48%
Light integration - 21%
Heavy integration - 31%
What Trinity College School says: The Computer Studies Department is partitioned into two streams, Communications Technology and Computer Science. Within each stream, students develop skills that allow them to explore the fundamentals and use of computers, and applications within, and apply their skills to produce varied and creative work. The Communications Technology stream emphasizes the creative process, and how technology aids in the development of unique products. Digital graphic design, photography, sound production and videography are the primary concepts of these courses, each implementing rigorous critique and focusing on the design life cycle. Within the Computer Science stream, students gain a deeper understanding of computers, and learn how computers can be manipulated to solve real-world problems. Areas of investigation include program design, computer hardware, algorithm analysis, big data, robotics, and electronics. While exploring these streams, students gain a better understanding of the power of computers, and learn to maximize their use in today’s world.
What Trinity College School says: At TCS, health and physical education (HPE) is mandatory in grade nine. Courses are offered at all grade levels, including focus courses such as large group games (grade 10) and outdoor education (grade 11). Two grade twelve course options exist with Intro to Kinesiology, and Fitness Leadership. Teachers in the HPE department are experts in the field of healthy active living and many are high level coaches. More importantly, the teachers in HPE department are caring individuals, who strive to see students achieve personal achievements, reach goals and have fun during the experience. The knowledge and skills acquired in HPE courses at TCS provides students with the physical literacy and health literacy they need to lead healthy, active lives.
AP Art History
AP Research (Second part of the AP Capstone program)
AP Seminar (First part of the AP Capstone program)
AP Spanish Language
AP Studio Art: Drawing
AP Chinese Language and Culture
AP Computer Science A
AP English Language and Composition
AP French Language
AP German Language
AP Government and Politics: Comparative
AP Japanese Language and Culture
AP Latin
Sex and health education Ontario curriculum
Sex and health education approach at Trinity College School : Ontario curriculum
Trinity College School has an Ontario curriculum approach to Sex and health education (as opposed to Does not follow prrovincialcurriculum approach).
[Show: About Ontario curriculum?]
The structure, pacing, focus, and tone of the sex education curriculum reflects that of the provincial one, taught in public schools.
Trinity College School has a approach Mostly value-neutral (as opposed to Fairly value-based approach).
Trinity College School 's approach to sex-ed: TCS follows the Ontario curriculum, including healthy sexuality components. Our teachers are experienced in talking about the sensitive issues surrounding sexual health and well-being. Modern issues affecting teens are often complex and need to be discussed in a safe and inclusive environment. The TCS community is an open and inclusive community, this extends to our practices as educators in the classroom.
Curriculum Pace Standard-enriched
Curriculum Pace approach at Trinity College School : Standard-enriched
Trinity College School has a Standard-enriched approach to Curriculum Pace (as opposed to Accelerated, Student-paced approach).
[Show: About Standard-enriched?]
Broadly-speaking, the main curriculum -- like that of most schools -- paces the provincially-outlined one. This pace is steady and set by the teachers and school. The curriculum might still be enriched in various ways: covering topics more in-depth and with more vigor than the provincial one, or covering a broader selection of topics.
What Trinity College School says: TCS is proud to be one of the first schools in Canada selected to offer the innovative Advanced Placement (AP) Capstone Diploma™, a two-year program of study for Grade 11 and 12 students that focuses on critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, and research skills in a cross-curricular context.
What Trinity College School says about flexible pacing: With an average class size of 15 students, TCS provides a highly personal approach to learning. Students are supported inside and outside the classroom with dedicated faculty and substantial extra-help opportunities. All Senior School courses have a robust online learning management system to support student achievement.
Academic Culture Rigorous
Academic Culture approach at Trinity College School : Rigorous
Trinity College School has a Rigorous approach to Academic Culture (as opposed to Supportive approach).
[Show: About Rigorous?]
A school with a “rigorous” academic culture places a high value on academic performance, and expects their students to do the same. This does not mean the school is uncaring, unsupportive, or non-responsive -- far from it. A school can have a rigorous academic culture and still provide excellent individual support. It does mean, however, the school places a particular emphasis on performance -- seeking the best students and challenging them to the fullest extent -- relative to a normal baseline. High expectations and standards – and a challenging yet rewarding curriculum – are the common themes here. Keep in mind this classification is more relevant for the older grades: few Kindergarten classrooms, for example, would be called “rigorous”.
What Trinity College School says: Trinity College School offers a broad and rigorous curriculum in which students may concentrate in areas of personal interest. At TCS, education is collaborative, rich in discussion, and writing-intensive. We believe that learning is an active process that fosters habits of the heart and mind while challenging all students to communicate effectively and to think both critically and creatively.
What Trinity College School says: TCS has always been keenly involved in character development, as reflected in our mission, “developing habits of the heart and mind for a life of purpose and service.” Given the challenges facing our planet today, we know our students will be called upon to lead their communities, their colleagues, their cause and, in some cases, their countries. If we are to best prepare our students to meet these challenges, we must inspire them to become leaders of character, purpose and vision.
What Trinity College School says about their special need support: Students with clinically diagnosed learning disabilities can be successful at Trinity College School if they do not require modifications to the curriculum and if they are engaged learners willing to accept strategies and supports from their teachers. Generally, these students have LDs that are moderate in nature. Students who surface as having academic challenges while at Trinity College School, are provided with additional academic assistance, learning seminars, and strategies. If initial supports do not improve the status of student achievement, the school may recommend a full psycho-educational assessment to investigate the nature of the academic challenge.
Summary: Students with Identified Learning Disabilities (full psycho-educational assessment no more than 3 years old) or other diagnosed needs, are supported through additional support programs such as Learning Strategies Courses, or Academic Support periods. Their test/exam accommodations are based on the recommendations in the psycho-educational assessment. They may include; Extended time, use of a laptop or scribe, alternative, distraction-reduced environment or additional breaks. TCS does not modify the curriculum.
Gifted learner support No Support
Curriculum delivery: This information is not currently available.
What Trinity College School says: At TCS, students who are diagnosed ‘Gifted’ through a psycho-educational assessment, are not provided specific program modifications, rather they are encouraged to explore extended, enriched, pre-AP/AP courses, and the AP Capstone Diploma. It is felt that TCS’ broad, comprehensive, and extended curriculum provide challenging opportunities for students of all abilities.
Trinity College School offers English as the primary language of instruction.
Language of enrollment include: English
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Homework is work that's assigned to students for completion outside of regular class time. There's a long-standing debate over homework. Should homework be assigned to school-age children? If so, in what grades? And how much homework should be assigned? In selecting the right school for your child, it's important to look closely at a school's homework policy.
In grade Gr. 12, Trinity College School students perform an average of 2 hours of homework per night.
Nightly Homework
Trinity College School 30 mins 45 mins 60 mins 60 mins 90 mins 90 mins 120 mins 120 mins
Site Average 34 mins 40 mins 52 mins 56 mins 68 mins 80 mins 96 mins 109 mins
This school frequently "flips the classroom": asks students to learn material at home and do the "homework" in-class (with teacher support).
What Trinity College School says about their flipped classroom policy: Students have access to robust, online learning materials from their teachers through the School’s learning management system. For example, in mathematics, teachers have created course-specific training videos that students can watch to solidify understanding of key concepts.
Report Card Policy
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While all schools measure individual progress and achievement in students, they have different ways of doing this. For instance, many traditional schools gauge progress through report cards, which give students lettered or numbered grades. Other schools, meanwhile, measure progress in other ways, either in addition to or instead of giving grades. For instance, they may offer prose-based feedback (i.e, comments), academic achievement reporting, habits and behaviour reporting, and parent-teacher meetings. In choosing the right school for your child, take a close look at its policy for measuring the individual progress of students.
How assessments are delivered across the grades:
Lettered or numbered grades Gr. 5 to Gr. 12
Prose (narrative)-based feedback Gr. 5 to Gr. 12
Habits and behaviour reporting Gr. 5 to Gr. 12
Parent-teacher meetings Gr. 5 to Gr. 12
What Trinity College School says:
TCS athletics offers both competitive and recreational programs. The competitive program consists of 18 sports with 46 teams while the recreational program consists of racquet sports (badminton and squash), outdoor games (basketball, road hockey, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, beach volleyball, cricket), fitness activities, gymnastics and equestrian. Competitive teams play in the Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) and in recent years a number of teams have had success both at the CISAA championships and OFSAA; Sr Boys Rugby- CISAA Gold Medalists 2015, CAIS Champions 2015, Jr Boys Hockey- CISAA Silver Medalists 2015, Swimming- CISAA Women's Champions 2015, 14 OFSAA medals 2012-2015, Tennis- Girls CISAA Champions 5 out of past 10 years, 4 OFSAA medals in past three years, Cross Country- CISAA Men's Champions 2013, Badminton- CISAA COED Champions 2014 and 2015, Volleyball- Sr Girls CISAA Champions 2009 and 2010, OFSAA Bronze Medalists 2010
Competitive sports: 22
Recreational sports: N/A
Legend: Competitive offered Recreational offered
all sports]
Trinity College School offers 25 clubs and extracurricular programs.
all clubs and programs]
Musical theatre/Opera
Ballet and Classical Ballet
Poetry/Literature club
Audiovisual Club
Day Boarding (Domestic) Boarding (International)
Day $24,750 $26,250 $34,250 $34,750
Boarding (Domestic) $43,250 $57,750
Boarding (International) $64,750 $65,250
What Trinity College School says about their tuition: This information is not currently available.
Grade range that need-based aid is offered: 5 to 12
Percentage of grade-eligible students receiving financial aid 33%
Average aid package size $20,000
Percentage of total enrolment on financial aid 33%
Total aid available $2,500,000
Rolling deadline (Repeats annually)
This school works with Apple Financial Inc. for processing financial applications
Canadian Families Boarding Incentive ProgramOther
Amount: $57,000
Deadline: Rolling
Eligibility Details: Students grade 9—
TCS offers a $57,000 incentive for all Canadian boarding students entering Grade 9.
For more details, visit:www.tcs.on.ca/canadianboarding
Cirne National ScholarshipsAcademic
Eligibility Details: Students grade 9 to —
The scholarship is merit-based and includes full-tuition for the duration of the recipients’ studies in the boarding school program at TCS.
Group 1 Gr. 5 to Gr. 12 Coed Day 304
Group 2 Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 Coed Boarding 286
Average class size 12 to 16
Five-day boarding program offered N/A
% in boarding (grade-eligible) 61%
Day Enrollment 16 20 28 34 45 50 46 43
Boarding Enrollment 42 66 90 84
Interview 5 - 12
Entrance Exam(s) 5 - 12
Boarding students: Rolling
Admission to TCS is based on:
The candidate's academic record.
The candidate's performance on our aptitude tests or the SSAT.
The School's assessment of the candidate's character.
There are eight essential pieces of information that must be received by the School before a candidate's file will be considered for admissions:
Online Parent Questionnaire
Student Questionnaire
Current Teacher Recommendation
Personal Recommendation
Two School Reports (the most recent school report and the final report for the previous year)
Application Fee $150 (Click here for the Credit Card Authorization Form)
SSAT or OLSAT Aptitude Test (can be done online)
Personal Interview, preferably in person but can be conducted by phone or online
55 Deblaquire Street North
Port Hope, ON, L1A 4K7
Acceptance Rate: 75%
Day Boarding
(Acceptance rate) 16 - 18 (100%) 0 10 - 15 (100%) 0 15 - 20 (100%) 0 0 0
Boarding Acceptance
(Acceptance rate) 35 - 40 (75%) 25 - 30 (75%) 20 - 25 (60%) 4 - 8 (40%)
Type of student Trinity College School is looking for:
Trinity College School take a holistic view during the admissions process to determine a candidates suitability for our program in an effort to determine fit in three broad categories, academics, extra curriculars and community. Applicants that can demonstrate that they will thrive in our challenging university program, participate in athelitcs, arts and extra curricular programing as well as be a positive member of our caring community are likely to gain entry and thrive at TCS.
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Average graduating class size 127
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation N/A
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada N/A
Students who attended a Ivy+ school
Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK)
Post-Secondary Schools Attended
OurKids.net Site Average
Trinity College School Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
24% - Liberal Arts and Sciences
24% - Engineering and Applied Sciences
25% - Business/Commerce
5% - Fine and Performing Arts
14% - Applied Health Sciences
2% - Applied Professional Studies (Post-grad certificate / diploma)
6% - Other
Services Offered to Students
Internships N/A
Our five most popular university destinations this year were: McMaster, Queen's University of Toronto, St. Francis Xavier and Western.
[Show definition of Notable Alumni]
Many private schools in Canada have numerous graduates who have gone on to great things. Learn about a school’s most influential, important, successful, and famous alumni.
Ian Binnie 1957 Puisne Justice (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court of Canada
William Bridges 1879 Major General for the Australian Army. Key to the establishment of Austrailia's Royal Military College. Served as Chief of General Staff. Killed in action in WWI.
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. 1947 Businessman and noted philanthropist. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Bill Clinton, and the Legion of Honour from the Government of France.
Peter Jennings 1956 Journalist and news anchor, dominating American evening news through ABC's "World News Tonight"
Archibald Lampman 1879 The Canadian Encyclopedia says he is "generally considered the finest of Canada's late 19th-century poets in English."
Yann Martel 1981 Man Booker Prize-winning author. Best known for "The Life of Pi", the #1 international bestseller made into a Hollywood movie.
Mark McKinney 1977 Comedian and actor, best known for "The Kids in the Hall". Starred in Saturday Night Live.
Lew Cirne 1988 Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and tech pioneer. Founder and CEO of Wily Technology and, later, New Relic. Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 Finalist (California).
Peter Raymont 1968 Award-winning Canadian filmmaker and producer. His documentary, "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire," won multiple awards, including a 2007 Emmy.
Ian Brown 1972 Award-winning Canadian journalist and author.
William Osler 1867 Physician and one of four founding professors of John Hopkins Hospital, (John Hopkins University School of Medicine).
Charles Taylor 1949 Award-winning and internationally-studied analytic philosopher. Domestically, Taylor was influential in debates around Quebec nationalism.
Ben Chapdelaine 1997 Quarterback for the McMaster University Marauders. Recipient of the Hec Creighton Trophy awarded to the most outstanding Canadian football player in Canadian University Sport.
Sebastian Goulet 1989 Canadian national swim team member and former captain of the Syracuse University varsity swim team.
Sydney Kidd 2010 Member of the Western University women's varsity hockey team which won the CIS national championship in 2015. Currently rostered with the New York Riveters of the NWHL.
Kyle Nichols 1994 Canadian national rugby team member from 1996-2002. Played in 27 international matches scoring a total of 10 tries.
Toni Soderholm 1997 Long time European professional hockey player from Helsinki, Finland. Won a silver medal with the Finnish national team at the 2007 IIHF world championships in Moscow.
Samantha Widmer 2004 An eight time Cayman Islands national golf champion, she also won a coveted America’s trophy at the Junior British Open (2001).
Stuart K. C. Grainger, Headmaster
MBA, MEd, BEd
For more than 140 years, Trinity College School (TCS) has been internationally recognized for excellence in educating young people. It is no surprise that our challenging and encouraging environment has helped TCS graduates gain entrance to top universities around the world, and that our alumni are leaders in their communities. But this is just half the story.
TCS has always been keenly involved in character development, as reflected in our mission, “developing habits of the heart and mind for a life of purpose and service.” Given the challenges facing our planet today, we know our students will be called upon to lead their communities, their colleagues, their cause and, in some cases, their countries. If we are to best prepare our students to meet these challenges, we must inspire them to become leaders of character, purpose and vision.
At TCS we think that the quality of character determines the quality of leader. As such, we challenge our students to establish worthy goals and to act to good purpose. We cultivate integrity in our students. We encourage honest and constructive conduct. And, on the strength of our people, our programme and our place, we help to develop leaders who are broad-minded, intelligent, thoughtful and confident.
If you are considering Trinity College School as a destination, I trust that this Web site will provide you with many of the details you desire.
However, in order to truly experience the strong, supportive community that is TCS, I would like to extend an open invitation to visit us in person. I can promise you that the caring and energizing environment that we foster and enjoy will prove unique from any other school you may have visited.
I very much look forward to welcoming you to campus.
Stuart K.C. Grainger
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Heathrow Airport head of sustainability Matt Prescott visits Lancashire Wildlife Trust's conservation work at Little Woolden Moss.
Heathrow Airport begins peatland restoration carbon offsetting project
By Kirstie Pickering on September 24, 2018 Airport, Sustainability
Heathrow has invested in the restoration of UK peatlands to offset carbon emissions. Working with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and DEFRA, Heathrow’s first restoration priority will be Little Woolden Moss, west of Manchester, which has been subject to commercial peat extraction for more than 15 years.
The restoration of the UK’s peatland bogs forms part of Heathrow’s plans to be a carbon neutral airport by 2020. By supporting research into the climate benefits of peatland restoration, Heathrow hopes to show that projects like this will make a good option for airlines’ CORSIA commitments. CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) is an international agreement to deliver carbon neutral growth in aviation from 2020.
The pilot project will help explore opportunities for peatland to deliver cost-effective carbon offsetting, alongside a range of other benefits including biodiversity, water quality, and flood protection.
Heathrow has invested more than £94,000 (US$124,000) in Little Woolden Moss to restore 70 hectares of peatland that has, up until now, been used for extraction.
According to DEFRA indicators, the restoration of this project area could lead to savings of 22,427 tonnes of CO₂ over 30 years – equivalent to nearly 64,000 passenger journeys from Heathrow to New York.
Following this initial pilot project, Heathrow plans to invest in more peatland restoration projects over the next two years, and the airport is already exploring other locations.
The restoration of Little Woolden Moss will take place over three years, and the restored site will continue to be publicly accessible for cycling, walks, and community events. The restoration will involve pumping water to the site, planting native plant species, and eventually allowing the area to fully restore its rich habitat and wildlife.
John Holland-Kaye, chief executive at Heathrow, commented, “We are very excited to announce our partnership with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, and explore how UK peatlands can be used as a carbon offsetting tool.
“Climate change is the greatest challenge our generation is facing and while this is just the first of many projects, we hope it will be a model for the aviation industry to follow.”
Heathrow’s aim is to operate zero-carbon airport infrastructure by 2050, meaning that the day-to-day operation of the airport infrastructure results in no emissions of greenhouse gases. As part of the progress made against these plans, Heathrow has also announced that Terminal 2 is now powered by entirely renewable means with 124 solar panels on its roof, an on-site biomass boiler using locally sourced forestry waste, and renewable gas and electricity supplies.
With all of Heathrow running on 100% renewable electricity since April 2017, Heathrow is already almost 80% of the way to its zero carbon airport goal.
Kirstie Pickering
Kirstie joined the team in early 2017 and brings writing, communications and client experience with her. Now an assistant editor, she produces content for our magazines and websites. Away from the office, you will find her blogging on her lifestyle website or searching the internet for photos of sausage dogs.
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Jake Evans – BSc (Hons) Computer Science graduate
Software Developer Jake Evans tells us about the many great opportunities available at the University of Plymouth and the importance of placements
Current employer: PenCarrie Ltd
Current job title: Software Developer
Current location: Exeter
“The campus has a collection of great places where you can spend time researching, working, investigating, and catching-up with friends. Plymouth provided a great atmosphere in which to work. I think this was the single most important aspect for me.”
Tell us about your career path since graduation.
I was lucky enough to be offered a job by a firm called PenCarrie Ltd straight after completing my final year modules. They are a clothing distributor in the South West who deal with customers all over the world, and needed a software developer with skills in C#, Microsoft .NET, System Architecture, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript, and the professional skills to deal with internal and external software requests, including managing some of these projects.
How has your degree helped/influenced your career path?
Without a degree from the University of Plymouth my options would have been more limited. I intended to start my own company full time after leaving, but I soon realised that I needed more money to get started! It was the professional skills learned at university, coupled with the technical expertise in certain areas, that allowed me to move directly into a Software Developer role to gain money and experience.
What is the best, most exciting or fun thing that you have done in your career?
The most exciting thing I’ve done in my career was almost certainly taking part in an external software project, known as the Secchi project, which had some BBC and national news coverage. A good friend and colleague and I undertook the project to develop the cross-platform mobile application for the Marine Biological Society, which was released in early 2016 on various app stores including Windows, Google Play, and Apple.
What advice would you give to anyone wanting to get into the same line of work?
Keep moving forward and find new technologies, frameworks, and ways of working that you hadn’t considered before. No technology is worthless, and the more you know and experience (even the ‘bad’ technologies) the more appealing you are to a potential employer. If you can demonstrate that you can investigate and analyse potential solutions on your own merit, then they’ll love you.
How did studying at Plymouth help you?
The University of Plymouth has a knack for finding some of the most personable lecturers that I’ve ever encountered. These lecturers, some of whom I ultimately became good friends with, helped me understand both the fundamentals and the more in-depth nitty-gritty stuff. The campus has a collection of great places where you can spend time researching, working, investigating, and catching up with friends. Plymouth provided a great atmosphere in which to work. I think this was the single most important aspect for me.
What lessons/skills did you gain from your course?
I had a knowledge of software development and programming before arriving; however, I simply hadn’t grasped the wide-reaching impacts that technology could have, or how to apply the basic problem solving I had to really big software projects. My course tackled the professional and project management aspects (learning to break problems down) and the technical aspects from bottom to top level, embedding software through to multi-tiered business-critical systems programming.
Did you undertake a placement during your degree and if so, how did this benefit you?
I undertook a placement year on my course and moved to Maidenhead, Berkshire, where I worked for a company called Pythagoras. Pythagoras specialised in Microsoft Dynamics CRM software and I worked in a development role for a number of large organisations, spanning many sectors, with which they had on-going projects. Not only did this improve my technical ability and add experience, but I learned to deal with both technical and non-technical users well.
What is your favourite memory of studying at Plymouth?
Staying up, all night, at my friend Liam’s flat helping him with his computer science and games coursework. His idea was to build an interactive ant colony game that used artificial intelligence and artificial life mechanics to determine whether the colony would survive. I think we decided to get two large pizzas, a multitude of sides, and some drinks and started programming. Eight hours later we had a fully functional, bright-and-colourful ant colony game.
Do you stay in touch with other University of Plymouth alumni or lecturers?
Regularly! I have a good friend named Roy Tucker (Dr Roy Tucker, actually – congratulations Roy!) with whom I’m always chatting about various bits and pieces! I usually drop by the open days and applicant days, and keep in touch with lectures like John Forde, Nigel Barlow and, of course, Shirley Atkinson – all of whom are very supportive and want to know what trouble I’m causing in the wide world.
Would you recommend undertaking a course with the University of Plymouth, and why?
I would absolutely recommend taking a course with the University of Plymouth, whether it was a technical course or not. The quality of lecturing that is given there is extraordinarily high, and lectures don’t just dictate to you and leave: they actively encourage questions, and will always openly offer help to anyone that feels they need it. The facilities at the university are second-to-none and there are always improvements being made on campus.
Is there anything else which you would like to share with our current students?
Just to say (as preachy as it sounds) that you really do get out what you put in from your course at Plymouth. If you want to be the best, put the time in, ask the questions, and explore as many opportunities as you can. It may feel a bit never-ending at times, but when you’re done, you can look forward to a huge party and a big wide world to explore.
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Trump Meets His Match in Jorge Ramos
Jack Shafer is POLITICO's senior media writer. Previously, Jack wrote a column about the press and politics for Reuters and before that worked at Slate as a columnist and as the site's deputy editor. He also edited two alternative weeklies, SF Weekly and Washington City Paper. His work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, BookForum and the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal.
Donald Trump, a politician, and Jorge Ramos, a journalist, butted heads Tuesday night at a news conference in Iowa. Although politicians and journalists clash every day—exchanging insults and trading slights—this tussle has spilled into the quick-moving media stream because neither Trump nor Ramos is a normcore performer. Trump loves playing the cantankerous truth-teller, and Univision anchor Ramos subscribes to the provocateur school of journalism. See this piece from 2010, when President Barack Obama was the target of his pro-immigration scorn. As the Washington Post’s Michael E. Miller noted in quick turnaround, both are conflict junkies. The question wasn’t whether Trump and Ramos would collide but when.
Conservatives such as Charles C.W. Cooke and Allahpundit, who don’t necessarily admire Trump, rose to praise Ramos’ ejection. “Having a press credential in your pocket does not entitle you to behave like Code Pink,” wrote Cooke, while Allahpundit accused Ramos of “grandstanding” and “heckling.” Cooke and Allahpundit are right, of course, but a political news conference is not a memorial service at which all in attendance must keep their heads bowed. Nor is it a dinner party, necessitating the observance of high manners. A news conference is a news event at which the interviewers attempt to get the interviewee to say something he wished he hadn’t said, and on that score Ramos succeeded by breaking decorum and getting Trump to lash out, “Go back to Univision!”
Maybe it’s not the worst thing in the world, though, for the news conference template—perhaps the most wearisome news-collection form—to get a serious rejiggering. The high solemnity of political news conferences confers upon a politician priestlike or kinglike status: He stands a foot or two higher than the mortals questioning him, looking down. He makes them wait for their turn to be called on. He begins and ends the questioning by decree. Far from opposing these imperious ways, many reporters, especially those who consider themselves members of the journalistic guild, applaud the arrangement. Not to get all Chomskian on you, but by virtue of their obedience, the guildsmen can count on the king’s attention and convert that attention into bylines.
As a work of culture-jamming, Ramos-style interruption works best when used frugally. It’s just too easy for the organizers of news conferences to ban a known agitator from the premises, and nobody wants to view (or participate) in a news conference that’s turned into a mosh pit. At the beginning of his presidency, Ronald Reagan pacified the howlers in attendance at news conferences. No more jumping up and down and shouting, “Mr. President! Mr. President!” Reagan’s people decreed. By 1987, Reagan had gone too far in controlling the news, holding only two news conferences in the first 10 months of the year. Journalists like Sam Donaldson of ABC News and Chris Wallace of NBC News were right to start screaming their questions any time he appeared in public. The “competition” between Donaldson and Wallace grew so heated, the New York Times reported, that the two “engaged in a shoving match over positions in the briefing room to broadcast their reports.” At least Ramos didn’t push anybody.
A modern article of journalistic faith holds that journalists should never become the story, and by putting himself out there to unsettle the Trump show, Ramos did just that. Again, not every news conference can be improved by a reporter’s showboating. But in the asymmetrical dynamic of a news conference, in which the interviewee holds all the power, an occasional breach of etiquette such as the one Ramos engaged in does not spell the end of civil culture. Ramos didn’t splash Trump with pig’s blood or anything, he merely violated convention in an attempt to break news on his own terms by speaking out of turn.
One strike against Ramos, offered by the journalistic orthodoxy, is that he’s not an “objective” journalist but an advocacy journalist, therefore he and his work can’t be trusted. Yet advocacy journalism has enjoyed a rich and glowing history in the United States: Such partisans as Tom Paine, William Lloyd Garrison, Elijah Lovejoy, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, John Swinton and Jacob Riis broke vital news in decades past. Then came the muckrakers and their contemporary inheritors—Jessica Mitford, Michael Harrington, Ralph Nader, Jack Anderson, the gangs at Ramparts and Mother Jones magazines, and such current partisans as Glenn Greenwald, David Corn and others who have made important news without sacrificing their personal views.
By virtue of Trump’s immigration views and the coarse way he expresses them, his collision with Spanish-language media was inevitable. Add to that the fact that Trump has already filed suit against Univision for dropping his Miss Universe pageant, and his tirade against the network’s most high-profile journalist was doubly inevitable. Disrespected by Ramos, the always-ready-to-insult mogul did what he always does when he feels abused—he took out the verbal strap and started whipping. But it’s all for show—on both sides. The Trump-Ramos incident will likely redound to the mutual benefit of both. Trump wisely allowed Ramos back in the room and took his questions, positioning himself as the disciplinarian who can humanize himself when necessary by adding a sprinkle of mensch, as they volleyed back and forth. Ramos comes out of the rumble similarly fortified. He went after the king, he was banished by the king, he returned to the king’s court to battle the king once again.
In the name of news, this calls for a repeat match. I can’t wait for Ramos’ extended interview with Trump on Univision. May the best partisan win!
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The effort is likely to prompt more debate among Democrats as to whether they should fight to restore norms and civility, or engage in tougher, brass-knuckle politics. | Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Progressive activists push 2020 Dems to pack Supreme Court
By ALEX THOMPSON
Updated 02/27/2019 12:03 AM EST
Progressive activists are pushing 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to commit to increasing the number of Supreme Court justices in order to dilute the current conservative majority.
The recently created, aptly named “Pack the Courts” told POLITICO it has raised more than $500,000 to jump-start its effort and has partnered with Demand Justice, a progressive group founded in 2018 that is trying to match Republicans' organizing efforts around the judiciary.
"At Demand Justice, we strongly believe that reforming the court — especially by expanding it — is the cornerstone for re-building American democracy,” said Brian Fallon, director of Demand Justice and a former Hillary Clinton press secretary. “The Kavanaugh court is a partisan operation, and democracy simply cannot function when stolen courts operate as political shills. We are thrilled to work in coalition with the team at Pack the Courts to undo the politicization of the judiciary.”
The effort is likely to prompt more debate among Democrats as to whether they should fight to restore norms and civility that have dissipated in the Trump era or engage in tougher, brass-knuckle politics.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stirred up such a debate last week when she expressed openness to eliminating the Senate's legislative filibuster in order to pass a robust liberal agenda. Fellow presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have said they are wary of altering the filibuster rules, which would change the threshold to pass most legislation from 60 votes to 51.
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Pack the Courts Executive Director Aaron Belkin, a political science professor at San Francisco State University, said he thinks norms are important but “in this moment, only one side is honoring norms meaning they aren’t really norms anymore.” He said adding justices to the Supreme Court, which has had nine members since 1869, could “restore democracy to our democracy” with decisions on issues like voting rights and gerrymandering.
The group’s strategy centers on influencing the left’s political debate with a combination of producing social media videos, enlisting online influencers, conducting polling on individual court cases and partnering with academics on research. Belkin said his group has retained Means of Production, a liberal digital marketing firm that has become famous for its viral Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez web ad, to produce its online content. CNN’s W. Kamau Bell has joined the group’s advisory board to spread its message.
Without the millions of dollars that some progressive groups have saved, the lean operation will be active online and attempt to set up a field operation to pressure lawmakers — tactics that progressive groups like Indivisible and the Sunrise Movement have used to significant effect.
Sean McElwee, Pack the Courts’ director of research and polling, succeeded last year in pushing #AbolishIce into the Democratic Party mainstream and hopes court packing will be next by focusing on the 2020 presidential candidates. “Progressives strongly disapprove of numerous Supreme Court decisions and increasingly see the court as a partisan institution, and that provides a strong incentive for presidential candidates to endorse court packing,” McElwee said.
And at least one presidential candidate appears open to the idea. “I don’t think we should be laughing at it,” South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg said at an event in Philadelphia last week. “Because in some ways, it’s no more a shattering of norms than what’s already been done to get the judiciary to where it is today.”
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Sniper Elite V2 review
By Phil Savage 2012-06-07T15:15:00.158Z
Tactical systems and satisfying ballistics marred by irritating levels and punishing sight-detection by the enemy.
This review was originally published in PC Gamer 241
Sniper Elite V2 puts you so far behind enemy lines that during its entire campaign you'll meet precisely one person who doesn't want you dead.
Two nations are out to get you. The Germans aren't happy because... well, because it's Berlin in 1945. They don't have much to be happy about. The Russians, meanwhile, are trying to capture the German scientists behind the V2 rocket. Your mission, as a American sniper, is to ensure a bullet greets those scientists before the Reds do.
Given the precariousness of his situation, it's hardly a surprise that the protagonist is a bit of a dick.
SEV2 delights in coldly calculating tricks. Catch a soldier off guard and you can snap his neck, booby trap his body with landmines, and wait for a concerned squadmate to run over to him. Or you could surprise patrolling guards by laying trip mines in doorways and corridors. Chuck a rock at the other end and they'll investigate the noise, their curiosity rewarded with explosions.
When you do unleash .30 calibre chaos, it's possible to take someone down with a non-fatal incapacitating shot. Your target's screams of pain will attract more soldiers to run in front of your crosshair. And if someone does spot you, just change position – a ghostly white image will show your last seen point – creating confusion and panic as the enemy fires impotently at nothing. Snipers, it seems, are the griefers of war.
The easiest option in any given situation is simply to camp behind cover and shoot anyone who comes into range, using the third-person perspective to check you aren't being flanked and the regenerating health to stay alive. That doesn't diminish the pleasure of conceiving and executing a plan: put the effort in and SEV2 rewards you with the feeling of carefully thought-out mischief falling into place. Or at least, it does when it gives you room to manoeuvre. There's no consistency to the levels; the distance between each checkpoint feels like a standalone vignette in a series of unconnected sequences. The best are large open courtyards where distant falling bombs mask the sound of your rifle fire, allowing you to move and shoot unseen and unheard. The worst involve tight corridors, or narrow paths through winding streets, where the uncanny vision of enemy soldiers allows them to discover you before you're ready. In these moments the game devolves into a pop-up shooting gallery, punctuated only by the kill-cam animations every other shot.
Those kill-cams are an uncomfortable flourish. A successful killing shot triggers the camera to follow your bullet on its slo-mo journey from gun to soft vulnerable body, showing the resultant splintering bones and collapsing organs in X-ray squeam-o-vision. The lingering gratuity seems to miss the point of sniping in games. A skilful shot over long distance is a thing I want to feel good about. Perforating a man's lung isn't.
Fortunately the sniping itself is a satisfying challenge. Adjusting for bullet-drop and wind strength becomes second nature, to the point that a missed shot feels like the consequence of your own stress in tight spots. Even in the weakest moments, shooting enemies from range is enjoyable enough to carry it. That the game so often falls back on this, however, shows some serious structural flaws with the level design. Ultimately Sniper Elite V2's linearity gets in the way of the danger and tension that its campaign attempts to evoke.
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Phil leads PC Gamer's UK team. He was previously the editor of the magazine, and thinks you should definitely subscribe to it. He enjoys RPGs and immersive sims, and can often be found reviewing Hitman games. He's largely responsible for the Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.
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Trials Fusion review
By Ben Griffin 2014-04-16T23:48:00.105Z
Fusion's thrill isn't in leaping a yawning chasm as a jet screams below, but in simply clearing an overhanging ledge.
Trials Fusion has one of the most brutally honest trailers of all time. Ignore the early dubstep-fuelled montages of rad dudes doing cool stuff, because that's only part of the game. Mostly, you'll be biting it hard.
The trailer, called 'Competition', presents an ignoble reel of crashes, spills and tumbles. After each wipe out, the player's name plummets down a leaderboard. It captures the spirit of a game devious enough to continuously knock you on your backside, but compelling enough to make you rise to your feet.
A physics lesson on two wheels. That's Trials Fusion. It's about friction, momentum, gravity. There's no bunny hop button in real life and there's none here. To jump, you'll need to distribute weight accordingly, rocking back on your bike then snapping forwards with purpose. You can lean back to wheelie, break hard to endo, rotate in the air and land hard on squishy suspension. Despite a basic control scheme where the only options are go faster, go slower, and nudge your body around a bit, you're surprisingly versatile. Unconstrained by specific commands, you find your own methods of movement in between the buttons.
That's the reason those dubstep-fuelled montages of rad dudes doing cool stuff are better to watch than play—because essentially all they're doing is holding down accelerate and letting the course do the work. It's fun but hardly challenging. Trials Fusion is best when you're making slow progress.
When restarts number in the hundreds and each checkpoint attained feels like a victory. When you're nervously ascending an almost vertical incline or bunny-hopping between platforms narrower than a handlebar. Losing by a millisecond to your ghost (who actually races alongside you), then restarting the course to shave off two. That's Trials Fusion. The other stuff—the sleek cityscapes, the gorgeous new lighting and weather effects, the sheer amount of background noise—though impressive, feels almost distracting.
Fusion, like its predecessors, almost qualifies as two different games. While the punishing second half deals in piecemeal progress, the first is all about big air, monster tricks and constant forward motion. The philosophy is the same as before but the scale is unprecedented. There are grand urban sprawls where shiny spaceships docking in the background and cars whizz down roads. There are dense stormy jungles and African savannas bathed in dreamy orange sunlight.
You almost want to ask developers RedLynx: "Why?" On the Marina Mania level, for instance, there's a suspension bridge miles into the distance, and on it cars pass back and forth. Someone not only had to model those cars, but give them AI routines and tiny headlights, all for a piece of scenery you might not even notice in a game set entirely on a 2D plane. Across eight worlds featuring eight courses apiece, you get the sense RedLynx loved every second of creation. They did these things because they could.
To their credit, these are tracks designed to be replayed dozens of times. There are warp points to find—wormholes you can travel through to visit an extra hard portion of the course—and secret squirrels to acquire. Because squirrels. Deepest are challenges, and there are three on each course. 'Completing 2 flips', 'performing an endo for 30m', or 'finishing a faultless run' add an extra dynamic to merely completing levels without bailing.
They're specific to each course, too. So on Stormtrooper you must dunk all the penguins underwater. On Deep Freeze you'll get points for climbing a flag pole. Complete them for points to buy bike parts (shuriken wheels and bladed bodykits, for example) and rider attire drawing inspiration from Mad Max, Evel Knievel, and demon clowns.
Challenges give tracks a new layer, and stunts have the same effect on driving. At any point in the air you can manipulate the right stick and contort your ragdoll rider into all manner of ungainly positions, almost like lockpicking in Thief or Skyrim. That is to say, you're just wiggling the stick at a bunch of acute angles until something cool happens.
Tricks don't net you points, unless we're talking about the FMX mode where only cool tricks assure a top finish. If anything they're more like some great temptation, making the fight not only between you and the course, but your own ego. Sure, you could do the job quickly, or you could do it right .
When you've finally finished the courses, the challenges, the secrets, and the skill games, there's a whole other side to Fusion—creating stuff for others to do the same. While the game isn't yet in the magic fingers of the community, you can cast an eye to the predecessors for over 700,000 ideas of what to expect: first-person shooters, Angry Bird clones, bank heists, Endor chases, sub-ocean explorations, Mirror's Edge tributes, and even fully working versions of Asteroids.
The track editor builds on what came before. While little of note has been introduced, little needed to be. The setting is more varied, for instance, and now contains snow and desert areas, but when people can literally make Limbo inside of it, these additions seem a bit pointless. Browsing them is simple though, with players able to search for hard tracks, RedLynx picks, top-rated weekly, and more.
It's one thing making something for your friend to play on, but it's another thing actually playing them. Multplayer here harkens back to the days of Excitebike, with up to four players simultaneously racing across a selection of specially-made supercross courses (courses featuring four lanes rather than one). Though, the fact it's local-only multiplayer is limiting.
If it wasn't clear from the booming electronic menu music with its “Welcome to the future!” chorus, the collection of astoundingly detailed tracks, and a primed and ready-to-go method of letting players create and share tracks, Trials Fusion is a big game. It's a bona fide platform. While this is all good, it's not the best part of Trials Fusion. The best part, like in a touching sports movie, was in it all along. It's in the tumbles and spills. The acute motion rather than the massive gesture. That's Trials Fusion.
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Steel Division: Normandy 44 gets its first paid DLC in September, and free content throughout 2017
Paradox have detailed the first paid bit of DLC for Steel Division: Normandy 44, and announced their plans to support the game with free content throughout the rest of the year. The Second Wave DLC will feature new units, new divisions, and a new ace when it releases on September 21.
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Those units include the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer, the Wildcat V fighter, the Panzer IC tank, and the NAG 4500 FlaK truck. I need a moment to breathe after all this military tech porn. The new ace is Lt. Col. Creighton W. Abrams, who rides into battle aboard a Thunderbolt M4 command tank. There are four new divisions, including the 4th Armored Division (US), 1st Special Service Brigade (UK), 9. Panzer (DE), and 16. Luftwaffen (DE). That all comes at a price of $7.99 / £5.59 / €7.99.
The free content hasn’t been fully detailed yet, but the basic outline includes a new game mode, a pack containing two new ace models, a pack featuring four new units, and a co-op mission pack with two missions and a delightfully vague promise of “new stuff.” These updates are all planned for release in 2017, but the developers are leaving themselves some room to possibly squeeze a bit out into early 2018.
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Firm says Epicor wants to 'monopolize' services market for its ERP software
By Chris Kanaracus
An IT services firm recently sued by Epicor has responded, calling the claims “unwarranted” and part of an attempt on Epicor’s part to “monopolize” the services market for its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software.
Epicor sued Alternative Technology Solutions in March, alleging that the company illegally used Epicor’s software to create and sell “bolt-on” products and services. Such add-ons can’t be created without access to Epicor’s applications, but Alternative has never licensed the software, nor has Epicor given a third party permission to give Alternative access, according to the suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Instead, Alternative has “duplicated” the software or managed to access it illegally, violating Epicor’s intellectual property as well as software license agreements between Epicor and customers, according to the suit. Alternative has also given customers the erroneous impression that it is an authorized Epicor partner through the use of Epicor trademarks, the suit alleges.
A number of Alternative employees, including CEO Vivian Keena, once worked at Epicor.
“Our customers came to us because they sought the services or solutions they knew we could provide,” Keena said in a statement. “We’ve enabled them to gain greater value from their Epicor investment—which means they remain on Epicor maintenance and remain an Epicor customer.”
Alternative’s response to the suit, which was filed last week, denied the company used Epicor’s software in an illegal manner. It also said Alternative provides implementation services as well as “customized solutions” that fill gaps in ERP functionality, but that it “does not program using Epicor source code and has not and does not create software patches, add-ons, ‘bolt-ons’ or standalone programs.”
Epicor claimed Alternative consultants remotely used copies of Epicor software in a sandbox environment, and alleged Alternative provided these consultants with “unlimited access to Epicor’s current product literature and training manuals.”
Alternative’s response rejects the latter charge and states that customers’ end-user license agreements authorizes servicing through remote access test environments.
The dispute between the parties extends back more than three years, when Epicor’s general counsel sent Keena a letter that claimed she was using Epicor’s “proprietary information without authorization,” according to Alternative’s filing.
Alternative responded to the letter in October 2009 but Epicor subsequently “remained silent” until December 2012, when it sent Alternative a cease-and-desist letter, according to Alternative. In between, Epicor and Alternative “engaged in a close business relationship,” it adds.
In fact, Epicor and Alternative engaged in discussions about the authorized partner program in 2010 and Alternative received written and verbal confirmation that it could join, according to the response.
But negotiations subsequently dragged on and in April 2012 Epicor asked Alternative to put a disclaimer on its website regarding the “non-affiliation” of the two companies, the response adds.
In December 2012, a former controller of Epicor, Laura Modlin, interviewed for a similar position at Alternative, according to the response.
“Alternative’s third party recruiter, unbeknownst to Alternative at the time, shared with Modlin certain aspects of Alternative’s overall success, growth, and profitability,” it states.
Subsequently, Alternative’s profitability “became known to Epicor” and sparked the lawsuit as well as an effort to force Alternative out of the Epicor support business, the response alleges.
After Epicor filed the suit, company officials contacted Alternative employees and offered them jobs, according to Alternative’s response. Epicor also reached out to Alternative customers and contractors, telling them that Epicor would not work with Alternative “in any manner,” the filing adds.
Epicor has “attempted to coerce its customers into using only Epicor Authorized Partners to provide services for the Epicor 9 platform,” despite the fact that customers’ contracts allow the use of consultants such as Alternative, “by threatening to void the customer’s warranty if the customer chooses to use Alternative,” according to the filing.
Epicor also allegedly began requiring independent contractors to stop working for nonauthorized Epicor partners. One independent contractor Alternative had been working with quit an ongoing project as a result, causing Alternative “significant damages” as it searches for a replacement, according to its response.
Ultimately, Epicor has a “stranglehold” on the market for Epicor 9 services and therefore, “a dangerous probability of achieving a monopoly for those services that are otherwise lawfully permitted under the Copyright Act,” the filing alleges.
While focused on ERP implementation and development services, the Epicor-Alternative dispute has some echoes of the ongoing debate over third-party software maintenance, in which a customer goes off vendor-provided support and contracts instead with a company such as Rimini Street for bug fixes, regulatory updates and tech support.
Third-party maintenance providers say they charge much less and deliver better service, although customers no longer receive ongoing new releases of the software.
In 2007, Oracle sued SAP and its former subsidiary, TomorrowNow, which provided lower-cost support for Oracle software. SAP admitted liability for wrongdoing on the part of TomorrowNow employees, but the case is still tied up in appeals by both parties.
Oracle is also suing Rimini Street, which has denied wrongdoing and says it acts within the boundaries of customers’ license agreements with Oracle. Rimini has countersued Oracle, alleging that it is trying to quash the third-party software support market.
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Apple ordered to pay Texas company $532.9 million after losing patent case
By Fred O'Connor
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Apple has been ordered to pay $532.9 million after a U.S. jury found that its iTunes software infringed three patents owned by Smartflash, a Texas-based technology licensing company.
That figure is less than the $852 million that Smartflash was seeking, but is still a blow to Apple. Smartflash said it was entitled to a percentage of sales from Apple devices like Mac computers, iPhones, and iPads that were used to access iTunes.
Apple tried to have the case thrown out, saying that it never used Smartflash’s technology. Apple also argued the patents in question are invalid because previous patented innovations from other companies covered the same technology.
Apple will appeal the verdict and called for patent reform to curtail lawsuits from companies that don’t manufacture products themselves.
“We refused to pay off this company for the ideas our employees spent years innovating, and unfortunately we have been left with no choice but to take this fight up through the court system,” Apple said in a statement. Apple didn’t immediately reply to a request for further comment.
Smartflash sued Apple in May 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas, alleging that iTunes software infringed on its patents related to serving data and managing access to data.
“Smartflash is very pleased with the jury’s verdict in this case confirming that Apple devices designed to use the Apple iTunes Store and App Store infringe Smartflash’s patents. Ultimately, the jury saw through Apple’s arguments and reached the right result,” said Brad Caldwell, a lawyer for Smartflash, in an emailed statement.
Apple gained knowledge of the Smartflash technology in question more than a decade ago, the complaint alleges. In 2000, Patrick Racz, one of the technology’s co-inventors, met with executives at what is now digital security company Gemalto. One of those executives, Augustin Farrugia, went on to become a senior director at Apple. This sequence of events shows willful infringement, Smartflash claimed.
Smartflash doesn’t make any products, according to its website. Instead, the company licenses seven patents Racz co-created for “data storage and access systems technology.” Smartflash said its technology is used in smartphones, netbooks, gaming consoles and settop boxes, among many other devices. The company is located in Tyler, Texas, two blocks from the courthouse where the trial was held.
Smartflash has also filed patent infringement cases against HTC, Google, and Samsung.
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Greece with Turkey by Land and Sea
5405EUR
Soak up the best of Greece, from ruins to island relaxation
Explore the delights of Greece, plus a brief jaunt into Turkey, on this 16-day combined overland and cruising tour. This tour captures the ancient treasures, charming landscapes, sophisticated cities and turquoise coast that defines Greece. Wonder at the spectacular hanging monasteries of Meteora, dive into clear Aegean waters off the coast of uninhabited island Poliegos and stroll the cobbled streets of Santorini. Explore spectacular ruins with local guides, visit bustling white-washed old towns and unwind on the deck of your comfortable small ship with a drink in hand – this journey is a lesson in sun-soaked relaxation.
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Spend less time navigating and more time soaking up the history and majesty of Athens many sights under the guidance of a knowledgeable local.
Experience a different side of Greece in the medieval village of Dimitsana, a seventh-century mountain village, and grab coffee with a monk at a nearby monastery.
Indulge in freshly-baked pastries stuffed with cheese, hearty moussaka, grilled lamb, tzatziki and other local flavours in tavernas and small local restaurants.
Watch the spectacular colours of Santorini’s famous sunset bathe the caldera as you enjoy an evening picnic with your fellow travellers.
Get off the tourist trail with a stop in Amorgos, where a striking 11th-century monastery built into a cliff offers breathtaking views of the Aegean Sea.
Summer temperatures can be extreme in many parts of this region (over 40°C). It’s important to use sun protection, wear layers to combat the heat and drink plenty of water. Please consider the time of the year you wish to travel and your suitability to that season.
As accommodation on this trip is twin share, single travellers will share a room with another traveller of the same gender. If you’d prefer not to share, a single room supplement is available at an additional charge.
Part of travelling with Peregrine means respecting local cultures and sensibilities. When visiting churches, monasteries or other religious sites in Italy both men and women are required to have knees and shoulders covered.
This tour involves small ship Adventure Cruising, which means you’ll be sailing on a yacht with 30—50 other people. The boat is spacious and comfortable, but the itinerary focuses more on the destination than on-board activities. Instead of a pool, we have the sea itself. Instead of a casino, we’ve got board games and a good book. There’s also no formal dress code to worry about and Wi-Fi is available for a small charge.
Our ship moves under engine power, rather than sailing, so all cabins will experience light engine noise when the ship is moving (and occasionally when we drop anchor). It’s probably worth packing earplugs if you’re a light sleeper.
Onshore activities and excursions will involve a bit of walking. You’ll be visiting ancient sites and historical places, and at times you may have to cross cobbled streets and uneven ground, sometimes in hot conditions. If you have any concerns, please speak to your group leader before taking part.
Most of our departures run in peak season, when the seas are calmer. The ship will experience some roll and pitch in choppy conditions, however all of our ships come equipped with stabilisers to minimise movement. There will be seasickness tablets on board and your crew will do all they can to minimise any discomfort.
There are no lifts (elevators) on board our ships, so you’ll have to navigate a few steep flights of stairs (fitted with handrails) to access all the decks.
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Drop anchor and swim right off the back of this 54m Mega Yacht.
Day 1: Athens
This journey begins in Athens, Greece's storied capital. There is a lot to do and see here in one of the world's oldest cities, so you may wish to arrive a few days early to allow time for exploration. The Archaeological Museum of Athens is highly recommended. There are no activities planned for today, other than an important welcome meeting this evening. Afterwards, head out for dinner with the group and sample some traditional Greek fare and maybe toast the beginning of the adventure with a glass of raki or ouzo.
Hotel Hermes or similar (1 night)
An arrival transfer is included in the price of this trip. Please advise your travel agent of your flight details no later than 15 days before the tour begins. It’s very important that you attend the welcome meeting as we will be collecting insurance details and next of kin information at this time. If you are going to be late please let your travel agent or hotel reception know. Ask reception or look for a note in the lobby for more information on where and when the meeting will take place.
Day 2: Athens – Kalambaka
Today visit two of Athens' most impressive sites. The first is the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the largest temple in all of Greece. Then it's on to the famous Acropolis, one of the Western world's most important historical structures. Your guided tour will start with an ascent to the top of this sacred rock via the towering entrance, the Propylaia. Once inside, encounter the Parthenon – the greatest Doric temple in the ancient world. Later in the afternoon, board your private minibus and drive north to the town of Kalambaka in the centre of the country. The town is nestled at the base of the striking Meteora Mountains. This evening you can choose to have dinner at the hotel or perhaps take a short walk into town and dine at one of the local tavernas.
Hotel Famissi Eden or similar (1 night)
Acropolis Archaeological Site Visit
Visit to the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Day 3: Meteora
After breakfast, travel into the hills to see the monasteries of Meteora. The ancient stone buildings, which sit precariously on soaring cliffs, make these mountains one of Greece's most extraordinary sites. Settlement of the area dates back to the 11th century, when hermit monks first settled in the hidden caverns of Meteora. The monasteries attracted many writers, painters, poets and philosophers, who were responsible for keeping Hellenic traditions, culture and religion alive during Ottoman rule. On your visit to Meteora, you will visit two of the monasteries, one of which will be the Moni Varlaam (Varlaam Monastery) with its fine examples of late Byzantine frescoes. Return to Kalambaka in the afternoon.
Meteora Monasteries
Day 4: Delphi
Enjoy breakfast before travelling to Delphi (approximately 4 hours). On arrival visit the fascinating Sanctuary of Apollo in Ancient Delphi, home to the Delphi Oracle. Legend has it that Zeus released two eagles from different ends of the world, and Delphi was where they came together. Zeus then threw a Sacred Stone at this same point, making Delphi the centre of the world. Walk through the complex and explore the Temple of Apollo, the most important building of the site. This is where statues and offerings to the gods were housed, and where cult rituals took place. You will also see the Sanctuary of Athena, the 4th-century BC theatre and the well-preserved stadium during your visit. There will be free time to visit the Delphi Museum.
Nidimos Hotel or similar (1 night)
Delphi Oracle & Temple of Apollo Visit
Day 5: Olympia – Dimitsana
After an early morning drive (approximately 3.5 hours) arrive at the archaeological site of ancient Olympia. En-route stop at the village of Galaxidi or Nafpaktos for a visit to a traditional family-owned bakery offering pastries, stuffed with cheese, spinach, chicken or potato, and the famous sesame round bread. Chat to the owner and get updated on the latest gossip. Olympia is a complex that once comprised temples and public buildings, and was the site of the first Olympic Games. Over the centuries, and both during times of war and peace, the games were held every four years without exception. Even during periods of battle, the ancient games were bound by a sacred truce that required city states to cease fighting and travel to Olympia to compete. See all the major sites including the main stadium, gymnasium, wrestling school (palaestra), priest houses (theokoleon), Temple of Hera, Temple of Zeus and the hippodrome. After your exploration enjoy some free time to visit the museum, which houses the impressive marble statue of Hermes of Praxiteles and sculptured head of Hera. Next is the charming medieval village of Dimitsana (approximately 2 hours), where you will spend the next two nights at our feature stay. Dimitsana's charm lies in its location, set amidst magical mountains in Central Arcadia.
Guesthouse En Dimitsani (Feature stay) or similar (1 night)
Guided Tour of Olympia
Day 6: Central Arcadia
Today explore the central part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the spectacular Lousios Valley, one of the most scenic places in the central Arcadia region. Walk deep into the valley to the incredible working monastery of Prodromos. This wood and clay structure, which has stellar views over the valley below, was built precariously into a rock face. The local monks will show you around on a tour of their home and offer you a coffee or the local specialty, the Greek delight. As part of your visit you'll see the splendid 14th-century frescoes decorating the rock walls inside the chapel. Further along on our hike, visit the tenth-century Byzantine monastery of Philosophou. This monastery was the base for a secret school known as 'Kryfo Scholio', which was run by monks during Ottoman rule to teach Greek children their own language and religion. Later on, visit the medieval villages of Stemnitsa, Karitena (with a towering Crusader Castle) and Andritsena. Return to Dimitsana.
Lousios Valley Monasteries Hike
Today’s walking distance and time is approximately seven kilometres (3 hours). Please note that the roads in Central Arcadia are very windy. You might want to consider taking medication if you are prone to motion sickness.
Day 7: Nafplion – Epidaurus – Athens
This morning drive to the delightful seaside town of Nafplion (Nafplio), the original Greek capital. In your free time you might choose to explore one of the town's three fortresses, or perhaps wander through the narrow winding streets filled with Venetian houses and neoclassical architecture. The seaside promenade is lined with a multitude of lively cafes and restaurants, making it a great place to watch local life unfold. If you're still unsure what to do, your friendly leader will be on hand to offer suggestions. Later, continue to ancient Epidaurus (Epidavros), the most famous healing centre of the Greek and Roman world. The highlight of Epidaurus is the third-century theatre, one of Greece's best-preserved classical structures. The theatre has incredible acoustics and is still used today for major performances. Return to Athens in the afternoon.
Epidaurus Guided Tour
Today is free for you to enjoy Athens at your own pace. Explore the ancient ruins, find a restaurant with a view of the Acropolis for dinner or indulge in a bit of retail therapy. The choice is yours. though keep in mind you will enjoy a guided tour tomorrow. There will be a meeting at 6 pm to welcome any new travellers joining you on the next stage of your adventure.
As this is a combination trip, your group leader and the composition of your group will likely change today. You will also need to check out of your hotel and walk a short distance to check in to your new hotel to start the next part of your trip. There will be a group meeting in the evening to discuss the next stage of your itinerary. It’s important that you attend the meeting as your new group leader will be collecting insurance details and next of kin information at this time. Ask reception or look for a note in the lobby for more information on where the meeting will take place.
Check out of the hotel and enjoy a guided tour of Athens. This afternoon, take a private transfer to port and board the vessel at about 3 pm, setting sail at around 4 pm. The first stop of your journey is Sounion, where a memorable sunset dinner awaits. Get to know your fellow travellers as you dine under the magnificent temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology. At a towering 65 metres (213 feet) above the Aegean Sea, its marble columns have inspired many who came before, including poet Lord Byron. Sail overnight to Poliegos.
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Sunset Dinner
Day 10: Poliegos – Folegandros
Arrive in Poliegos. Meaning ‘many goats’ in Greek, the aptly named island is uninhabited aside from a large goat population. Known for its untouched beaches, gorgeous rock formations and sea caves, it’s the perfect place to enjoy you first cruising excursion. Enjoy a swim in the clear Aegean Sea and a lunch barbecue on the beach before setting sail for Folegandros. Disembark and stretch your legs in the clifftop town of Hora, one of the oldest and most picturesque traditional towns in the Cyclades. Enjoy free time for dinner. Stay overnight at port.
Beach BBQ
Local bus on Foliegandros
Day 11: Ios – Santorini
Sail to los in the morning for a stop at Manganari Beach. The remote location of the beach makes it a private paradise and an ideal spot for a relaxing morning swim. Enjoy a delicious onboard barbecue as you continue to Santorini. In the afternoon, take a cable car from Thira Old Port to town for a leader led orientation walk. Later transfer to Santos Winery and enjoy a tasting while taking in the amazing views. Continue to Oia for some free time and then head back to the boat for a sunset dinner, making a toast to the day with sparkling wine. Relax and unwind with free time in the evening.
Orientation Walk Akrotiri
Sunset drink Santorini
Venetsanos Winery wine tasting
Day 12: Amorgos
Depart early for Amorgos and spend half a day touring the island. This tour includes a visit to the Monastery of Hozoviotissa (Monastery of the Virgin Mary). Built precariously into the face of a cliff, the 11th-century monastery offers breathtaking views of the Aegean Sea. Follow this with a stop at Aegiali Beach where there’s time to swim and enjoy a barbecue on the beach. Sail overnight to Samos.
Monastery of Hozoviotissa visit
Day 13: Kusadasi – Samos
After an early morning customs clearance in Samos, continue to Kusadasi, a resort town on Turkey’s Aegean coast and the gateway to the ancient city of Ephesus. Tour this incredible archaeological site and learn about its varied history with a local guide. After a traditional Turkish lunch, indulge in some shopping and learn a thing or two about Turkish carpets. Spend the evening at port in Samos, then depart at midnight for Delos.
Ephesus with local guide
Day 14: Delos – Mykonos
In the morning, sail to the ancient World Heritage-listed site of Delos. The mythological birthplace of twin gods Apollo and Artemis, this tiny island is considered one of Greece’s most important archaeological sites. Explore these incredible ruins with the help of a local guide, who will explain some history and point out key attractions. Head back to the ship for a late lunch and a swim stop, before continuing to Mykonos for an orientation walk with your leader followed by a free evening.
Delos Archaeological Site
Mykonos Orientation Walk
Day 15: Mykonos
Today is a free day to acquaint yourself with the glitz and glamour of Mykonos. The charming Old Town is a delightful maze of whitewashed houses and cobbled streets. Perhaps explore the chic boutiques that line the town’s photogenic walkways. Or you may opt to soak up the sun on one of the main beaches. Return to the ship for a captain’s dinner, then sail overnight to Athens.
Day 16: Athens
Enjoy a final breakfast with your fellow travellers before disembarking in Athens between 8—9 am.
15 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 7 dinners
Private vehicle, Small Cruise Ship, Bus
Comfortable hotel (5 nights), Feature stay in Dimitsana (2 nights), Small cruise ship (7 nights)
There are currently no scheduled departures on our Greece with Turkey by Land and Sea trip. If you are interested in other trips in the region visit one of the links below.
An arrival transfer from Athens Airport to the start point hotel is included in the price of the trip. Please advise your booking agent of your flight times at the time of booking.
ATHENS METRO
We have received reports of travellers being pickpocketed on public transport in Athens. Please be careful with valuables while travelling on the metro or the bus.
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From the island of Malta to Athens, PONANT invites you on an exceptional voyage with two ports of call in Sicily and four in Greece.
Le Ponant will leave Valletta, the capital of Malta and former stronghold of the Knights of the Order of Malta, for a 9-day brand-new cruise on seas that are brimming with history.
After calling at beautiful Catania whose Late Baroque style monuments spread to the foot of Mount Etna, we will set sail for Syracuse, one of the most prestigious Sicilian cities, whose monuments are listed as a Unesco World Heritage.
You will then leave the Sicilian coast to reach the town of Gytheio in Greece. From there, you will be able to visit the Byzantine town of Mystras, in the heart of a beautiful landscape.
Further south, it will be time to discover some Cretan wonders, notably with a stop in Chania, whose old town and Venetian harbour proudly bear the heritage of a past with multiple influences, and in Heraklion, not far from the sublime site of Knossos, home of the famous Minoan palace in which the Minotaur is said to have been born.
We will then head to the charming town of Nafplion, the departure point for visiting the famous Epidaurus Theatre and the Mycenae site, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO.
Sicily and Crete - Mediterranean Jewels
Vessel Type: Motor Yacht Length: 88 metres Passenger Capacity: 64 Built: 1991 Experience the privilege of a relaxing cruise aboard Le Ponant, crafted to respect the tradition of famous sailing yachts. Following in the nautical tradition of three-masted sailing ships, Le Ponant will take you on a voyage of discovery. The ship capacity is limited to 64 passengers, providing intimacy and convivial atmosphere to the cruise. The refined life on board, the welcoming charm to your cabin, the lounges and the restaurants setting are as many invitations to relax. Under full sail, gliding over the sea with the wind, you will fall under Le Ponant's spell.
Day 1 - Day 1 VALLETTA
The whole of the Maltese capital Valletta is UNESCO World Heritage listed and occupies a peninsula in the north-east of the island. From the fountain of Tritons to Saint-Elme fort, there are as many majestic streets as there are narrow staircase vennels to explore. The painted loggia and carved corbels on the tall houses will accompany you in your explorations, and you’ll rarely be bothered by traffic. Among the city’s countless monuments, you can visit Saint-John’s cathedral, the Grandmasters palace decorated with coats of arms and frescoes, not to mention the ramparts which have guarded the city since the 16th century. Arranged in terraces, the Barrakka Gardens will punctuate your promenade with a green and floral experience.
Day 2 - Day 2 CATANIA, SICILY
Sicily’s second city Catania is dominated by the majestic silhouette of Mount Etna. Nourishing and devastating at the same time, this giant crowned with smoke rings brought about the destruction of the city at the end of the 17th century. Catania was then rebuilt in the late Baroque style, and the many monuments of this epoch have earned its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The baroque churches of the harmonious Via dei Crociferi perfectly illustrate the riches of this architectural heritage. During your stop, be sure to visit Saint Agatha Cathedral with its apses made of lava stones, and its square decorated with a fountain of the Elephant, the animal which allegedly has the power to calm the fury of Mount Etna …
Day 3 - Day 3 SYRACUSE, SICILY
Its undulating rocky coastline, the endless sandy beaches, the menacing form of Mount Etna which surveys its island like a patriarch, the flowery gardens on the hillside... Sicily lays out its varied landscapes like a shopkeeper displays his wares. Described by Cicero as “the most beautiful city in the world”, Syracuse was one of the most prestigious cities in Sicily and at her height was even a rival for Athens. A central city of Ancient Greece, it was home to a succession of civilisations, each of which has left their mark. The blend of Arabic, Roman, Norman, Byzantine and Spanish cultures makes Syracuse a town that is extraordinarily rich in fragrances, colours and flavours.
Day 4 - Day 4 AT SEA ABOARD LE PONANT
During your day at sea on board Le Ponant, make the most of your free time and the comfort of your ship for a moment of rest or conviviality. If the weather is right, let yourself be tempted by a spot of sunbathing. This day without a port of call will also be an opportunity to do some shopping in the boutique and share the highlights of your cruise with the other passengers. As for lovers of the open sea, they will be able to visit the ship’s upper deck to admire the spectacle of the waves and perhaps be lucky enough to observer marine species. A truly enchanted interlude, combining relaxation, sharing and the pleasure of sailing on a yacht.
Day 5 - Day 5 GYTHIO
Located in the south of the Peloponnese, on the Mani Peninsula, Gytheio was the main port and naval base of ancient Sparta, located around fifty kilometres inland. In Roman times, the port experienced significant expansion thanks to trading in imperial dye; in fact, the region had an abundance of murex, the rock snails from which this dye, loved by the Romans, was extracted. The town is nestled against Mount Koumaros and dominated by a citadel. Take a stroll and fall under the charm of the calm that reigns over the stairways bordered by small neoclassic houses with steps overrun with wild flowers.
Day 6 - Day 6 CHANIA, CRETE
Day 7 - Day 7 HERAKLION, CRETE
Day 8 - Day 8 NAFPLION
The engaging town of Nafplion is staggered up green hillsides of the Argolic Gulf, to the east of the Peloponnese. Don’t be surprised by its extremely varied cultural heritage. For instance, you’ll see the ancient agora on the plateau of Akronafplia, Italianate arcades in Syntagma square as well as the baroque fortress of Palamidi on a hillside of the same name. At the top of the hill, views of the gulf and the surrounding mountains are simply awesome. If you want to chill out by the water’s edge, walk along the Arvanitia promenade to a beautiful creek in the shade of cedars and cypresses.
Day 9 - Day 9 ATHENS
The Greek capital city is located on the edge of the Saronic gulf, in the east of the country. It bears a plural name in reference to the first villages that surround the Acropolis. You will be enchanted by the rocky plateau presided by its monuments listed as UNESCO World Heritage. In the city below, you can visit some of the liveliest districts in Athens: Plaka, with its maze of colourful streets, and where, in the evenings the drifting aroma of moussaka and garlic prawns will tickle your taste buds. Don’t miss anything of the city’s cultural past. Pay a visit to the National Archaeological museum, or the Cycladic Art Museum.
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11-11-2019 19-11-2019 AUD $6,960 Marie Galante Cabin
11-11-2019 19-11-2019 AUD $8,100 Marie Galante Premium Cabin
11-11-2019 19-11-2019 AUD $8,100 Antigua Cabin
A cruise from Italy to Greece to discover exceptional archaeological sites and historic landmarks.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the historic centre of Valletta (embarkation port), the fabulous ancient Arab-Norman and Baroque heritage of Catania, Syracuse, the Byzantine city of Mystras (from Gythio), the Mycenae ruins and the Epidaurus theatre (from Napflion), the Acropolis from the disembarkation port in Athens.
The visit of Syracuse, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Discovering the baroque architecture of Catania.
New stop in Chania to discover the Venetian harbour, the old town and monuments with a Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman influence.
Before your cruise, the possibility of discovering Valletta, capital of Malta.
Possibility to visit Athens after your cruise.
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Schoener coded each kitchen cabinetry element to create this unique traditional design, from wood species to finish and custom LED interior drawer lighting.
A 10' round Ralph Lauren Home (RLH) wood table joins kitchen with great room. A pair of RLH chandeliers and RLH plaid draperies and sofa support comfortable family living.
Custom barn door introduces grandchildren’s twin beds.
Great room walnut cabinet with Cambrian black granite border, pencil liner and Solistone Tessen Arabesque.
Cherry wainscot paneled built-in, walnut/burl partners desk lead to glass wine cellar doors.
Upstairs bar with Four Hands recycled tin-backed leather stools.
Koch’s symmetrical architectural design features 10" bevel cedar siding. Porte cochere draws eye to detached garage with guest suite.
Broadmoor Traditional
Written by Donna Pizzi | Photography by Schmauser Photography
THE BROADMOOR GOLF CLUB, a corporation which was formed by the Puget Mill Company in 1924, became the Pacific Northwest’s first country club development with 115 acres dedicated to its golf course and 85 acres reserved for residents. Today, the non-profit organization is owned by its members and as such, plans for any homes to be built on its premises must be reviewed by the Broadmoor Architectural Committee.
Thus, when Eric Koch of Partners Architectural Design Group of Seattle and Linda Schoener of Schoener Interiors presented their client’s plans to raze a sprawling, outdated rambler to build this traditional style home, they first had to get the permission to do so from neighboring homeowners.
“To some extent,” says Koch, “this encourages beautifully designed homes.”
“And another reason why,” says Schoener, who is accustomed to working with this client from blue prints to the moving in stage, “we wanted the home to be pretty traditional, so it didn’t look as if it were a brand-new home that was just dropped in place!”
Working from magazine imagery of traditional homes, Koch says they had a few false starts, where the needs of the client seemed to demand they purchase two more parcels of land! In the end, however, Schoener and Koch came up with a solution that would work for those two big family occasions of Thanksgiving and Christmas, where 28 guests were expected. This was accomplished by linearly extending the seating from the kitchen into the adjacent great room and adding the dining space found in the formal dining room, which is located across the hall from the marble-floored entry.
Schoener’s familiarity with her client’s needs led her to recommend big, beautiful, comfy furniture and built-in cabinets for the kitchen and great room, the home’s oft-used rooms, and to skew them toward the attractive view out back.
Provenza Old World finish flooring grounds kitchen and great room to create a further melding of usage and styles, especially when seen in stark contrast with the Carrara marble and absolute black granite entry flooring.
When Schoener Interiors moved in 2006 to its new 13,000 sq. ft. location on Bellevue Way, she brought on her two sons, Brian and Matt, at which time it truly became a family business. Brian manages the design build portion and Matt the store’s sales teams and shop’s furnishings. Thus, when it came to the stunning backsplash for this kitchen’s Wolf range, Linda and Brian selected Carrara Honed 3x6 Brick-Set Tiles, Carrara Honed Cornice Molding, Sterling Silver Metal Bar Liner from Florida Tile, and Arabesque from Solistone’s Tessen line.
“We are an interior design company,” says Schoener, “that curates all of the finishing materials for the house, some redesign of the floor plans and ultimately furnishes it.”
Schoener and the homeowner have developed the perfect way to expedite the decision-making process over the years. “Because I generally have come to know my client’s design style and thinking, I present everything to her at once, and she, in turn, is very quick to make up her mind. This, of course, helps things come together in a timely manner,” says Schoener.
Working with the Schoener team in concert from the start—designer, architect and landscape architect—makes key meetings that include the whole team critical. This group engagement avoids having to compromise later down the line. Koch says he, too, knows in advance what works well for the homeowner and her family. In addition to creating a traditional detached garage with a guest suite overhead done in the same architectural style as the home, he spent a lot of time sourcing large bevel cedar siding to complete the look. “It’s not hard to find hardy board panel,” he says, “but good, quality cedar siding with a 10" reveal, something more traditional styles generally require, was hard to find. In the end, we had to source it from a Canadian dealer with access to larger trees.”
He adamantly wanted beveled corners with a beautiful, tall reveal, but the siding wasn’t thick enough to include the corners, so he finished the corners with trim instead. “Sometimes you have a vision, and you can’t quite get there, but you get something that is still beautiful.”
Schoener and Koch both agree that the creation of the office/den is the home’s pièce de résistance. Not only is the eye-catching partner desk fashioned from walnut and burl woods spectacular, but the handsome wainscot paneled cherry built-ins also draws the eye toward the equally as stunning wine cellar, accessible through glass thermal doors.
“There is a separate mechanical room for the wine room that controls humidity, keeping the temperature at 58 degrees, while the adjacent den is at a comfortable 70 degrees,” he says.
Brian Schoener, who worked closely on this project with Linda, had the labor-intensive job of coding all the many cabinets in the home, a very crucial step that requires all details be correct. “There are all the species of wood you can imagine,” he says, “Cherry, maple, walnut, white oak, rift oak, plain sawn oak, hero oaks, etc. If a cabinet is white, it’s always on maple, a harder wood, without visible grain and an opaque conversion varnish on it. The upstairs bar has a dark gray stain over maple with a stainless-steel backsplash to play off the Four Hand tin-backed stools.”
“When I design,” says Linda Schoener, “the worst thing I can hear someone say is, ‘Oh, that’s nice!’ Should that happen, then I know I didn’t do my job. I’m always looking for the ‘Wow! I love this!’”
Happily, she says, this homeowner really enjoys the process of seeing it all come together. “The fact we’ve been able to do so much work together over the years,” adds Schoener, “makes my job extremely satisfying and enjoyable.”
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www.schoenerinteriors.com
Partners Architectural Design Group, Inc.
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Francesco (Frank) Carpegna
POSITANO - AMALFI COAST
ADVENTURE WALKS AND TOURS ON THE AMALFI COAST
WALKING POSITANO
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NAPOLI and POMPEI
URBAN WONDERS ONCE UPON A TIME AND TODAY
Capri of the Artists and Writers, Painters and Poets. Capri Archeological, Capri Architectural, Capri Historical. Truly an island of enchantment that has inspired men from Augustus and Tiberius Caesar to Graham Greene and many more. Capri has drawn people to create and to decide to abandon all they knew before in order to live here. This unique walk shows you the still existent natural beauty of Capri that so few of its several million visitors a year seldom if ever see.
Napoli is miraculously stratified allowing us to see 3,500 years of its history from Greece (Magna Grecia) to current. We begin in the vast and colorful markets and continue on to the historic center and the classic Napoletan scenes and narrow ancient streets. Laundry hanging from lines all indicative of a Napoli's vibrant life as in a Sofia Loren movie. From here to elegant Napoli and its boutiques, outdoor restaurants, fashionable people and remarkable architecture. Here too the Royal Palace, classic Vesuvian panoramas. San Carlo Opera House, the Galleria Umberto I. After lunch under a pergola of bougainvillea, we are off to Pompei in this amazing time capsule of history once the playground of Roman and Greek aristocracy.
Napoli is a city of dramatic contrasts and dynamic energy flowing in the streets and byways of its vital system of arteries and capilleries. Dig deep and centuries of Roman habitation emerge. Dig deeper and Greek mausoleums present themselves intact ,waiting the millenia to be visited again.
We visit Napoli above and Napoli below. For" all that was built above came from below". Below being the vast quarries of soft, yellow Tufo. The volcanic stone that both Greeks and Romans excavated to build with. We visit the Macellums and the Agora .The marketplaces in the Forum area which were the center of ancient Neapolis (New City). The buried and now excavated streets walked on thousand of years ago.
Our visit to the Archaeological Museum compliments these ancient sites with its stunning collection of artifacts from all the known excavations in this land of extraordinary living both ancient and modern.
NAPOLI UNDERGROUND
ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
3500 YEARS OF LIVES AND LOVES OF CONTINUAL EXCITEMENT AND DRAMA
79 C.E. and with the eruption of Vesuvius 18 towns were destroyed permanently. Pompei and Herculaneum the best known as a result of the excavations begun in 1720 and to this day. Herculaneum was the summer place for wealthy Greek and Roman families. Sumptuous lifestyles reflected in the vast and luxurious villas found and the supporting services which maintained this lifestyle.Theaters, Sports Arenas, Port facilities ,Temples,Eating and Drinking establishments. The high-life of 2000 years ago.
Pompei is larger in size than Herculaneum with some 75% excavated compared to Herculaneums 25%. Pompei shows us the true breadth of daily commercial and social life with its Public Baths and Social Hierarchy visible in the housing and accommodations of the time. Both sites afford us a comprehensive insight into the past which is contained in so much of our present.
Three independent Roman Villas excavated in the most sought after real estate of 2000 years ago. Seafront locations, vast acreage for living and agricultural activities (grapes,wine production, olive oil, fruits and vegetables of every variety) and the finest decorative and architectural disciplines available.
Oplonti the former home and palace of the Emperor Neros second wife Poppea. Wonderful frescoes to be seen and rooms of huge dimensions with areas for quiet relaxation and more than an olympic size swimming pool.
Villa Arianna it too seaside with the ultimate in Patrician living at the time. Private baths (tepidarium, calidarium, frigidarium). Pool and steps down to the sea and their waiting pleasure yacht.
Villa San Marco with its Tuscan Atrium is perhaps the most representative of the extravagant life-style so sought after by the wealthiest families of their time. Each room designed for comfort and pleasure. The Peristyles and open gardens for relaxation and contemplation of the surrounding beauty and tranquillity. The greenest of mountains on one side , the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius on the other. With no hint of the tragedy that befell them all.
POMPEI and HERCULANEUM
A TIME CAPSULE INTO THE DAILY LIFE OF 2000 YEARS AGO
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL TOURS
The Mediterranean cultures from the inception of habitation to the more classical forms of Etruscan, Greek and Roman civilizations have left their indelible mark on Italy and the South of Italy in particular. Phonecians, Oscans, Saanites, Greeks (Magna Grecia), Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Angiovinian French, Svevian Germans, Aragonese Spanish, The Spanish Bourbons, Austrians and Napolean have all at times conquered this once “Kingdom of the Two Sicilies” for its beauty and its strategic position.
We will walk through remarkable extant examples of these civilizations and their influence on contemporary life as we explore and excite the senses.
ARCHEOLOGICAL TOURS
From Pompei to Paestum, Cumae, Baia, Herculaneum, The Stabian Villas or Velia a little further south, you will find our tour to any of these age-old archeological sites both fascinating and fun.
OPLONTI _VILLA ARIANNA _VILLA SAN MARCO
THE PATRICIAN VILLAS
The remarkable Greek Temples of 2,700 years ago when this land was known as Magna Grecia (Greater Greece) continue to create excitement and wonder at their great beauty and a universal sense of the sacred. Known as Posidonia in the Greek times and then Paestum as we know it today in the Roman Period they were used as Christian places of devotion as well.
Our visit includes a stop at the Museum across the way to see the spectacular frescoes and paintings excavated and protected as well as the famous "Diver" sarcophagus not to be missed.
THE GLORY OF MAGNA GRECIA
Arriving in Amalfi we experience an in depth visit to its mysteries and byways. Amalfi the first of the Maritime Republics (Genova, Venezia, Pisa, Amalfi) its history inexorably linked to the sea and commerce with Byzantium and the Arab Federation of a thousand years ago, with its ship building Arsenals still visible today. Once a Republic and Duchy of vast proportions it is still reflected in its splendid architecture and traditional way of life. The Cathedral houses the remains of St. Andrew brought by the Crusaders of the XI th Century.
At Ravello all the beauty and tranquillity of this patrician way of life of the 12th century presents itself. Here Boccaccio was a guest as well as Petrach of the Rufolo Family and writes of them in the Decameron, speaking of Landolfo Rufolo. Here too the inspiration for Richard Wagner to complete his "Parsifal". Andrè Gide, Truman Capote, E. M. Forester, Saint Francis of Assisi and Jaqueline Kennedy all marvelled at its elegance and subtle landscapes.
From here to Villa Cimbrone and its dramatic panoramas stretching out to the sea and the Monti Lattari. A visit to the Belvedere and Cathedral.
RAVELLO and AMALFI
8TH CENTURY HOUSES 12TH CENTURY PALACES
WALKING CAPRI
CAPRI THE BEAUTIFUL NOT THE COMMERCIAL
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A Baby Dragons' Scuffle – Right before the Their Second Birthday
The second birthday celebration for Postojna Cave's twenty-one ‘baby dragons’ is well underway. Approximately two years ago, the first baby olm hatched inside Postojna Cave's aquarium before our very eyes. Our baby dragons, which used to be totally helpless back in the day, are now showing their wild nature. We've already witnessed the first proper baby dragons' scuffle!
The Olm on a Stamp!
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Postojna Cave's most beautiful parts, Postojna Cave Park celebrates another important milestone: exactly 250 years ago, J. N. Laurenti provided the first scientific description of the olm. To mark this occasion, the Post of Slovenia issued a commemorative stamp featuring an olm.
Postojna Cave Raising the Standards of Tourism Products and Services
The week during which Postojna Cave is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the discovery of its most beautiful parts has been marked by another important event – the official opening of a refurbished cave train platform in Postojna Cave's Concert Hall in tribute to the man who discovered the aforementioned cave parts, Luka Čeč. While a big celebration is planned to take place at the end of autumn, Marjan Batagelj, the managing director of Postojna Cave, has also announced some other new projects, which are raising the standards of Slovenian tourism.
Is the Olms' Genome Going to Help Humans?
This morning, Postojna Cave and the olms were visited by a delegation of Slovenian, Chinese and Danish scientists involved in the research into the olms' genetic material. They will determine the olms' genetic material, which is 14 to 15 times more extensive than the humans’. The success of the project would represent an important breakthrough in genomics.
Toon Tellegen visits Postojna Cave
The new star at the squirrel’s birthday party is the olm! Where did the two meet, who did he dance with at the party and what was for dinner? All these questions were answered by Toon Tellegen in his new short story, written after visiting Postojna Cave.
Postojna Cave welcomes its 38 millionth visitor
On 9th November Postojna Cave reached another million in record time: we have welcomed the 38 millionth cave visitor.
Medieval camp in Predjama
We have set up a medieval camp in front of Predjama Castle.
Grass-cutting in Predjama
In early July locals gather around the legendary Predjama castle.
Luxembourg and Postojna Cave
»Nature is creating miracles. Thank you for making it possible for us to enjoy them and for keeping them.«
The Company Postojnska Jama Receives a Special Award from a Panel of Judges for Marketing Excellence 2017
The company Postojnska jama d.d., which manages Postojna Cave, has received a special award given by a panel of expert judges for its authentic approach to marketing. The award was presented by the Slovenian Marketing Association (SMA) at this year's 22nd Slovenian Marketing Conference in Portorož.
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State legislators in Oklahoma passed a bill to ban enforcement of Obamacare statewide. State Rep. Mike Ritze, a doctor and surgeon, introduced a nullification bill that would not only make Obamacare illegal in Oklahoma, it would penalize any federal official trying to enforce Obamacare. It was approved by a 72-20 vote in the House, albeit without jail time for feds, and now faces 50-50 odds in the State Senate.
In Missouri, however, a similar state law was struck down by a federal judge, who ruled Obamacare must be enforced against Christian employers. The judge ruled federal law trumps Missouri state law, because the Constitution requires it. (Apparently the judge never read the 10th Amendment). The ruling will be appealed.
Finally a federal judge in Michigan ruled Obamacare illegally violates the rights of religious employers like Tom Monaghan, a Catholic businessman who refuses to pay for abortion pills with his private money. “The HHS mandate forces our clients to provide abortion-causing drugs to their employees when doing so is a direct violation of the teachings of the Catholic Church and our client’s sincerely held religious beliefs,” said Christian lawyers with the Thomas More Law Center.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced HR 940, a bill that would stop the abortion mandate for Christians in Obamacare, and protect the conscience rights of employers and people of faith who believe “Thou Shalt Not Kill.”
Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) introduced H.R. 940 with 50 co-sponsors (we need more) and called it the “Health Care Conscience Rights Act.” It would allow Christian employers the right to cease the mandatory private payments for abortion-inducing drugs, that facilitate killing the children of their employees.
Watch Dr. Chaps’ 6-minute commentary on the bill, here–>
According to Black’s web-site, the bill “offers reprieve from ongoing violations of our First Amendment, including full exemption from the Obama Administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate and conscience protection for individuals and health care entities that refuse to provide, pay for, or refer patients to abortion providers because of their deeply-held, reasoned beliefs.”
You can read the text of the bill here, which to me appears clean without exceptions, and protects Christian hospitals, universities, organizations, and importantly, private businesses, regardless of profit or non-profit status. You recall how Hobby Lobby now faces fines of millions of dollars, because their stockholders are Christian and refuse to fund abortion pills that would kill the children of their employees. HR 940 can stop that.
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The pro-life movement won recent 10 legal victories, but suffered 4 losses in efforts to stop Obamacare’s mandate that private employers must pay for abortion pills. Over 40 such cases now proceed in the courts, filed mostly by Christian employers who refuse, on religious grounds, to pay for abortion-causing “medicine” that kills a child post-conception.
“It’s quite a challenge to keep track of the large and growing number of legal challenges to the HHS contraceptive/abortifacient mandate,” ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor told the Christian Post. “Religious organizations, for-profit businesses, and individuals have filed over 40 cases, attempting to protect their deeply held religious beliefs and exercise from the unconstitutional dictates of the federal government. 15 lawsuits have been filed by for-profit businesses and their owners.”
The most publicized of these cases was filed by Hobby Lobby, and the Green family, who drew over 60,000 supporters at pro-life protests on January 5th. The Christian company now faces fines of $1.3 million dollars per day, but according to World Magazine, “Hobby Lobby executives announced last week they found a temporary reprieve from the fines the company faces for defying the government’s mandate to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs.
“Despite the Dec. 26 decision by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who ruled the popular arts and crafts retail chain must comply with the requirement or face financial penalties starting Jan. 1, Hobby Lobby will have a few more months to fight for its rights, fine-free.” Hobby Lobby is represented by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
“Hobby Lobby will continue to vigorously defend its religious liberty and oppose the mandate and any penalties,” said Peter M. Dobelbower, general counsel for Hobby Lobby.
[Dr. Chaps comment: How many babies must die from abortions funded, not only by direct Obama subsidies from our taxes, but also from private Christian citizens forced to pay for child-killing by the government? The Supreme Court will take years to fix this. Let’s demand Congress DEFUND and REPEAL Obamacare now. Please sign our petition.]
Obamacare forces YOU to pay $1 per month for abortions.
This week President Obama’s Department of Health and Human “Services” issued brand-new regulations requiring everybody in America to pay $1 per month for abortion services, if they join the Obamacare program as mandated by federal law.
My friend and attorney Mat Staver with Liberty Counsel explains: “The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week that a minimum of one dollar a month from every ObamaCare participant will help pay for someone’s abortion. The ‘abortion surcharge’ is cleverly hidden in the insurance premium, but not allowed to be listed as a line item. If you find that thought upsetting, as I do, then please join me in committing to pray that ObamaCare will be struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court!…
“It’s now official. Contained in just-released Health and Human Services guidelines is yet another mandate that requires an ‘abortion premium’ for the establishment of state health care exchanges. According to our friends at LifeNews…
” ‘To comply with the accounting requirement, plans will collect a $1 abortion surcharge from each premium payer… The enrollee will make two payments, $1 per month for abortion and another payment for the rest of the services covered.
‘As described in the rule, the surcharge can only be disclosed to the enrollee at the time of enrollment. Furthermore, insurance plans may only advertise the total cost of the premiums without disclosing that enrollees will be charged a $1 per month fee to directly subsidize abortions.’…
“Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its most recent projections revealing that ObamaCare’s costs will be nearly double what the President promised and Congress approved – from $900 Billion to $1.76 Trillion. But independent analysts say the true cost will, in all likelihood, far exceed $2 Trillion over that ten-year span.”
[Chaps’ comment: Obama lied. He promised ‘no abortions’ funded by Obamacare, but now his own DHHS is forcing YOU to pay $1 per month extra for abortions. And his bloated budget costs TWICE what he projected. We must demand Congress repeal Obamacare, now.]
Obama stands firm: “Catholic Hospitals must issue Abortion Pills.” Take Action!
In a private retreat with Senate Democrats, President Obama strengthened his resolve Wednesday, and personally threatened to fully enforce the Obamacare law that will force Catholic and Christian hospitals to issue abortion pills and post-conception abortifacient devices like RU-486, the IUD, and Plan-B, forcing Christians to kill or help kill innocent children in the womb.
ABC News reports: “President Obama ‘reinforced’ his stance on the controversial contraception mandate while speaking at the Democrats’ annual retreat at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. today, Senate Democrats said.
“The retreat was closed to media.
“Following President Obama’s speech at the retreat, a small group of Senate Democrats, mostly women, left the retreat early in order to hold a news conference on Capitol Hill to counter the Republicans’ news conference today at which they called for the mandate to be overturned.
“Democrats said they will ‘fight strongly’ to keep the [Obamacare] mandate [forcing Christians to issue abortion pills] in place.
“It is our clear understanding from the administration that the president believes as we do, and the vast majority of the American women should have access to [abortion pills],” Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said, pointing out that 15 percent of women use [abortion pills] for medical issues. “[Abortion Pills] it’s medicine, and women deserve their medicine” [to be dispensed by Christians who oppose abortion], said Boxer.
House Speaker John Boehner vowed to repeal the parts of Obamacare that mandate Christian hospitals dispense abortion pills. [I say we repeal ALL of Obamacare.]
“It’s time to tell Republicans ‘mind your own business,’” said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. “Ideology should never be used to block women from getting the [abortion pills] they need [to kill their unborn children] to lead healthier lives [dispensed by Christians who oppose abortion, who will be punished if they refuse to dispense abortion pills].”
FOLKS, LET’S DEMAND CONGRESS REPEAL ALL OF OBAMACARE. Please help.
SELECT HERE TO SIGN NEW PETITION, AND WE WILL FAX ALL 535 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE AUTOMATICALLY (saving you time!) TO REPEAL OBAMACARE, STOP FUNDING ABORTION AND DEATH PANELS
H.R. 2 and H.R. 9 are two important bills that the Republican Majority in the House promised during campaigns, and we need a strong showing by those conservatives we helped elect, for three reasons:
1. Obamacare law funds abortion with our tax-dollars, despite President Obama’s judicially unenforceable Executive Order that pretends to save the unborn while funding their destruction.
2. Obamacare mandates health-care rationing which creates “death panels” for the elderly by diverting their Medicare funds to young unemployed welfare recipients, and forcing Medicare physicians into bankruptcy.
3. Obamacare creates socialist government-control of 1/6th of the U.S. economy under massive bureaucracies that hurt businesses, cost jobs, and don’t care for patients like private doctors do.
We need to take immediate action and petition all 435 Congressmen and 100 Senators to approve H.R. 2 and H.R. 9, which do two things:
1. H.R. 2 repeals the pro-abortion, pro-death, rationing Obamacare law passed last year.
2. H.R. 9 instructs committees to begin work crafting a new bill to reform health care using principles of free-market capitalism that make America great (not socialism/Communism).
So let’s take action today.
Do you remember the legislative battle in the House and Senate last March? Former Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) betrayed conservatives by claiming to be pro-life, then voting with Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to fund abortion. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) did the same, betraying innocent children in the Senate. They initiated a phony compromise with President Obama who signed a toothless Executive Order (which conflicts with the law, and is unenforceable in court) to give them top-cover to claim they’re not funding abortion, when the law they all passed specifically stated on page 117:
“(ii) ABORTIONS FOR WHICH PUBLIC FUNDING IS ALLOWED.—The services described in this clause are abortions for which the expenditure of Federal funds appropriated for the Department of Health and Human Services is permitted, based on the law as in effect as of the date that is 6 months before the beginning of the plan year involved.” [That’s a direct quote from the law they passed.]
In other words, Democrats lied when they claimed Senator Nelson’s “compromise” with pro-abortion Senator Boxer (D-CA) somehow prevented public tax-payer funding of abortion, and only permitted private funding of abortion (as if that should be allowed either). And Planned Parenthood clearly lied in their analysis of the law, when they claimed “forcing individuals to write two separate checks (both of which are out of private funds) and requiring health plans to administer two different payments of private funds is not necessary to insure public funds are not used for abortion care.” No public funds? Really?
They lied, plain and simple, because the law quoted above now reads ABORTIONS FOR WHICH PUBLIC FUNDING IS ALLOWED through the Department of Health and Human Services, subsidizing child-killing of innocents with your tax-dollars, so welfare-moms can kill their child for a $12 co-pay, while Planned Parenthood gets rich charging YOU thousands of tax dollars against your will. No wonder both Stupak and Nelson were labeled traitors by every credible pro-life group in America. No wonder 32% of all voters self-identified as conservative Christian voted 78% for Republicans this past November, and threw out Stupak and Pelosi (and will soon throw out Nelson in 2012).
But the horrible Obamacare law remains law, until we help repeal it. So let’s get it done.
Friends, our nation stands in the midst of a spiritual war to save or destroy unborn babies and the elderly. You and I stand in this battle together. We must stand strong!
God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD P.S. Prefer to donate by mail? Please mail paper check or money orders to: The Pray In Jesus Name Project, PO Box 77077, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.
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PROJ3CTM4YH3M Urban Exploration
A Covert Urban Ninja Traveller, taking my camera to places where most people never get the chance to visit. Exploring the abandoned and derelict areas of towns and cities around the world
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Urbex: Gledhow Grove Mansion, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom – September 2008
The Gledhow Grove Mansion became part of Chapel Allerton Hospital which was opened in May 1927 by HRH Princess Mary. It was run by the Ministry of Pensions and cost £130,000. It had two hundred beds and catered for former military personnel who had been injured in the Great War…
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The Grange Nursing Home in Stamford Bridge near York. Now this place was built in 1880 by a chap named Frederick Wright in a red brick Gothic design. The Mansion was originally named Derwent Hill but was renamed and restored after a fire 1898…
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Where to Find Academic Jobs
If you're searching for a job in higher education, there are many job boards specializing in academic job postings, including graduate, faculty, lecturer, and administrative positions. Whether you're a scientist, researcher, or administrator, there's a job board specific to your field that can help you meet your career goals.
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See below for the top academic job boards from around the world.
AACSB Career Center
What makes it unique: Business-related academic jobs
Description: As the world's largest business education alliance, AACSB International connects the best minds—across academia, with students, and for business—to work as one to achieve a common goal: creating the next generation of leaders.
All-Acad
What makes it unique: Over 200,000 academic jobs worldwide
Description: All-Acad's job board lists staff and faculty vacancies for academics, scientists, engineers, researchers, students, PhDs, postdocs, lecturers, and professors all over the world.
Academia.edu Job Board
What makes it unique: Research and vacancies sharing platform
Description: Academics use Academia.edu to share their research and post position vacancies. Over 58 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, and the site attracts over 36 million unique visitors a month.
Academic Careers Online
What makes it unique: Recent and updated job postings
Description: Academic Careers Online includes faculty, teacher, research, postdoc, adjunct, library, administrative, and senior management positions at community colleges, universities, research institutes, and schools around the world.
What makes it unique: For European academics, researchers, and scientists
Description: Academic Positions is the European career network for academics, researchers, and scientists. It provides a wealth of job opportunities and employer presentations from organizations all over the world and gives some of the world's best universities and institutions the opportunity to use its vast network to find the best candidates.
What makes it unique: Aggregates faculty job announcements
Description: Academic360.com is a premier meta-links site for job postings in higher education. It has been published since May 1995, has won awards, and has received excellent reviews.
AcademicjobsEU
What makes it unique: Academic and research jobs in Europe
Description: Academic Jobs EU is an independent company with the sole objective of facilitating recruitment and providing career-related services to European academic institutions.
AcademicJobsOnline.org
What makes it unique: Academic jobs in all disciplines
Description: AcademicJobsOnline.org is a full-service online faculty recruitment site for academic institutions worldwide. It offers unique solutions tailored for academic communities.
AcademicKeys
What makes it unique: Jobs from top universities
Description: Academic Keys is the premier source for academic employment. Its 18 discipline-focused sites offer comprehensive information about faculty, educational resources, research interests, and professional activities pertinent to institutions of higher education. More than 89% of the top 120 universities (as ranked by US News and World Report) are posting their available higher ed jobs with Academic Keys.
What makes it unique: Academic jobs in Germany and Europe
Description: Academics.com offers a wide variety of relevant job postings and information to advance your career, with information on funding, salaries, and alternative career paths outside of academia in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
AcademicTransfer
What makes it unique: Academic jobs from the Netherlands
Description: AcademicTransfer provides academic job openings at nonprofit research institutes, universities, and university medical centers in the Netherlands. It now also offers jobs in the corporate sector to meet an intense demand for talented researchers. Its goal is to promote PhD positions, research, and postdoctoral positions and job openings for assistant, associate, and full professors. Although AcademicTransfer focuses on providing access to jobs in the Netherlands, the website is published in several languages. All job openings that specifically solicit foreign applicants are also offered in English.
What makes it unique: Supports adjunct and non-adjunct faculty
Description: AdjunctNation.com serves higher education readers across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Whether readers hold full-time or part-time temporary teaching appointments, AdjunctNation keeps them up to date on the latest higher education news. Browse the AdjunctNation.com job list or post your CV/resume and let academic employers come to you.
AGU Path Finder Career Center
What makes it unique: Earth and space sciences jobs
Description: AGU Career Center is the premier electronic recruitment resource and advice center in the Earth and space sciences. Employers and recruiters can access the most qualified talent pool with relevant work experience to fulfill staffing needs. Jobseekers can develop their careers by attending regular career advice webinars and workshops, apply for hundreds of jobs, and post their resumes online.
AMA Academic Job Board
What makes it unique: Academic jobs related to marketing
Description: AMA Academic Job Board allows you to search for open positions, create an account, apply to jobs, and manage your application(s). You can also set job alerts so that you are among the first to know if a new position opens that matches your requirements.
American Accounting Association
What makes it unique: Academic jobs in accounting
Description: The American Accounting Association is the largest community of accountants in academia, and its career center lets you search for accounting jobs. The career center also gives you everything you need to make your resume stand out, ace the interview, advance your career, and navigate the digital world through social media and digital communication.
Association of American Geographers - Job Search
What makes it unique: Academic jobs related to geography
Description: The AAG Jobs in Geography Center is the preeminent source of academic jobs in geography, as well as a wide variety of jobs in geography-related fields in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Thousands of job opportunities from around the world and free career development tools and resources make AAG's Jobs in Geography Center a one-stop site for geographers looking to advance their careers.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
What makes it unique: Academic opportunities related to architecture
Description: ACSA can assist you throughout your career, from finding a job, to tenureship, to succeeding in your research, design, and scholarship.
BioCareers
What makes it unique: Jobs for postgraduates in life sciences
Description: Bio Careers is the first and only career service dedicated to expanding professional options for life science PhDs and MDs. The service provides online career resources and job postings to postgraduate and alumni candidates.
Career|edu
What makes it unique: Used by over 600 institutions
Description: Started as an academic project, Career|edu is now one of the fastest-growing job boards for the international research and academic community. It is used by scientists at over 600 institutions in 38 countries. The service is reserved for universities and government research agencies, such as the NIH, CERN, and CNRS.
CAUT AcademicWork.ca
What makes it unique: Vacancies in Canadian higher education
Description: CAUT is an online source for professionals looking for a job in higher education.
CCCU Career Center
What makes it unique: Jobs from Christian colleges and universities
Description: The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities is a higher education association of more than 180 Christian institutions around the world. With campuses across the globe, CCCU institutions are accredited, comprehensive colleges and universities whose missions are Christ-centered and rooted in the historic Christian faith, with curricula rooted in the arts and sciences. The CCCU's career center helps candidates find mission-driven positions.
ChronicleVitae
What makes it unique: Connects faculty and administrators
Description: ChronicleVitae is the only online career hub dedicated to making it easier and more rewarding for faculty and administrators to do their jobs each day.
What makes it unique: Doctoral positions in Germany
Description: The DAAD supports over 100,000 German and international students and researchers around the globe each year, making it the world's largest funding organization of its kind. It also offers the PhDGermany Database to advertise doctoral positions in Germany.
Diverse Jobs
What makes it unique: Jobs in business, education, and health
Description: Diverse Jobs has an extensive variety of listings for both academic and non-academic positions at postsecondary institutions. Listings include both faculty jobs and college administrator jobs. Jobseekers will soon be able to take advantage of new tools and resources for preparing resumes and academic portfolios.
Employment Information in the Mathematical Sciences
What makes it unique: Jobs in mathematical sciences
Description: Find your next career in the mathematical sciences. New jobs are posted every day.
What makes it unique: Research careers in Europe
Description: EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion is a unique pan-European initiative delivering information and support services to professional researchers. At EURAXESS, you can find thousands of job offers and funding opportunities and get free assistance when changing countries for work.
FindAPhD
What makes it unique: PhD opportunities worldwide
Description: FindAPhD has been helping students find and compare PhD research projects and programs for over 15 years. As well as listing doctoral opportunities and scholarships, it also provides a wide range of advice on postgraduate research and funding.
FindAPostDoc
What makes it unique: Postdoctoral job opportunities
Description: FindAPostDoc is a database of postdoctoral job opportunities from FindA University Ltd. It publishes a range of web sites for postgraduate/professional training and academic careers. Each of its course directories focuses on a specific course type.
Global Academy Jobs
What makes it unique: Aggregates jobs in the academic and research sector
Description: Global Academy Jobs works with universities worldwide to promote academic mobility and international research collaboration. It helps academic and research organizations across the world access the global talent pool when they recruit. It specializes in vacancies in the academic and research sector, at every stage of the academic career path, from postdoc and research positions to lecturer jobs, professorial appointments, and president/vice chancellor roles. It aims to post the largest number and widest variety of roles to challenge and excite the global academic community.
H-Net Job Guide
What makes it unique: Humanities and social sciences job announcements
Description: The H-Net Job Guide is popular because it is a simple, clean, no-frills link between employers and jobseekers; they find each other within an active community of colleagues already collaborating through H-Net's 180 edited public networks in dozens of fields of study.
HERC Jobs
What makes it unique: Over 30,000 jobs available
Description: HERC is the only nonprofit organization devoted to connecting exceptional professionals with careers at higher education and affiliated employers that have a shared mission to promote equity and inclusion, support dual-career couples, and create a future shaped by diversity of thought and perspectives.
HigherEdJobs
What makes it unique: Used by 5,400 institutions
Description: HigherEdJobs is the leading source for jobs and career information in academia. More colleges and universities trust HigherEdJobs to recruit faculty and administrators than any other source. Each month, the site is visited by more than 1.5 million higher education professionals who rely not only on its comprehensive list of jobs but also on its news and career advice.
What makes it unique: Jobs and news about higher education
Description: Inside Higher Ed is the online source for news, opinions, and jobs for all of higher education. It offers breaking news and feature stories, provocative daily commentary, career advice, and practical tools to advance your career.
IS Academic Jobs
What makes it unique: IS/tech-related academic jobs
Description: AIS Academic Careers offers the top academic jobs available in IS.
What makes it unique: Academic, science, and research jobs
Description: Launched by the University of Warwick, jobs.ac.uk has grown to become the top recruitment site in its sector, attracting the most qualified and talented people from the UK, Europe, and across the world. It has an unrivalled track record in higher education and helps 700+ organizations worldwide to recruit highly qualified staff, including leading global universities, research organizations, FE colleges, and charities.
JREC-IN
What makes it unique: Academic jobs in Japan
Description: JREC-IN Portal is an informative portal site that supports the career development and skills building of researchers, research assistants, technicians, and other research-related human resources.
MathJobs.org
What makes it unique: Jobs for mathematicians
Description: Mathjobs.org is an automated job application system, sponsored by the American Mathematical Society. It serves all job applicants with advanced degrees in mathematics, and the system is free for applicants. Applicant data is confidential unless the applicant makes it public to enrolled employers by selecting the "Free agent" choice on the cover sheet. After registration and data entry, applicants can apply for jobs, keep track of applications, print out paper cover sheets, and invite their reference writers to submit letters into the system.
Mind & Life Institute
What makes it unique: Positions in contemplative science
Description: The Mind & Life Institute offers unique opportunities for exceptional students and university graduates who are interested in contemplative studies and want to gain relevant and meaningful professional skills in an engaging environment. Positions are available in various departments throughout the organization and allow interns the chance to build professional connections and learn from the dynamic Mind & Life staff and its global community of scholars, scientists, and contemplatives. Interns may earn academic credit or a stipend for their service.
Minority Postdoc
What makes it unique: Services for the doctoral workforce
Description: MinorityPostdoc.org publishes postdoctoral and professional job advertisements for all employment sectors, including academia, industry, government, and nonprofit.
MyScience
What makes it unique: Academic jobs in Switzerland
Description: myScience is the career and information portal for scientists, specialists, and engineers in Switzerland. myScience.ch provides scientific news and events as well as practical information on employment, funding, and daily life in Switzerland, science jobs, and continuing education portals.
NAFSA Career Center
What makes it unique: Positions related to international education
Description: NAFSA: Association of International Educators is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange. NAFSA's 10,000 members are located at more than 3,500 institutions worldwide, in over 150 countries.
NASSM Job Board
What makes it unique: Academic jobs related to Sport Management
Description: The North American Society for Sport Management offers top jobs available in sports management.
Nature Jobs
What makes it unique: Advertises international science jobs
Description: Nature Jobs is the global career resource and job board for scientists. It has the best science and technology jobs, plus career advice and news.
What makes it unique: Science and technology jobs
Description: New Scientist Jobs is the number one resource for the best jobs, career advice, and candidates in STEM.
PostDoc Jobs
What makes it unique: Vacancies from over 1,000 institutions
Description: PostdocJobs.com (or Postdoc.com) started its service as a postdoc network in 1999 and later became part of the AmeriCareers.com Network. PostdocJobs.com has helped thousands of university professors, government agencies, research institutions, and companies successfully recruit postdoctoral fellows and researchers. It has become a major platform for postdoc recruitment worldwide.
Postgraduate Studentships
What makes it unique: Funding opportunities for postgraduates
Description: PostgraduateStudentships.co.uk is the first dedicated website in the UK to bring together the different types of funding opportunities open to potential postgraduates, at both the teaching and research level, all in one place.
What makes it unique: Graduate jobs and graduate schemes
Description: Working at the heart of the higher education (HE) sector for more than 40 years, Prospects provides a market-leading portfolio of graduate career and postgraduate study recruitment options and works in close partnership with HE and further education (FE) professional bodies and government to deliver unique services that benefit the sector as a whole.
ScienceCareers
What makes it unique: Science careers in industry, academia, and government
Description: Science Careers is dedicated to being the world leader in matching qualified scientists with jobs in industry, academia, and government. It is committed to providing the best career resources for scientists as well as effective recruiting solutions for employers. Its mission supports the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) commitment to furthering careers in science and technology, with an emphasis on fostering greater diversity among the scientific community.
The Conversation Job Board
What makes it unique: Australian university and government jobs
Description: The Conversation is an independent source of news, views, and jobs, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public.
The Guardian Jobs
What makes it unique: Aggregates jobs in education sector
Description: The Guardian has been the market leader in recruitment across the quality press for almost 20 years. With an audience comprising high-quality jobseekers just like you, it lists only the highest-caliber vacancies in sectors that include media, education, NHS, government, graduate, secretarial, charities, marketing, social care, and arts, among others.
The Job Scholar
What makes it unique: Jobs for PhDs in humanities
Description: The Job Scholar posts PhD job vacancies in the humanities.
The PhD Project
What makes it unique: Opportunities for minority grad students
Description: The PhD Project's mission is to increase workplace diversity by increasing the diversity of business school faculty who encourage, mentor, support, and enhance the preparation of tomorrow's leaders.
The University Jobs
What makes it unique: Uses map for easy job search
Description: UNIVJOBS.COM is a website dedicated to finding jobs at universities and colleges nationwide. It provides information on faculty, staff, and student positions at university and college campuses in all 50 US states.
THEunijobs
What makes it unique: Over 2,000 academic and university jobs
Description: THE Uni Jobs allows you to search academic and university jobs by job type, academic discipline, and location. You can sign up for its free service and get great jobs emailed to you, or you can upload your CV so its recruiters can match your details to the best available jobs.
What makes it unique: Info and jobs from Canadian universities
Description: University Affairs is Canada's most authoritative source of information about and for Canada's university community. University Affairs provides breaking news, provocative commentary, and in-depth articles about university trends, as well as practical advice and tools to help your career, whether you're a university administrator, faculty member, or graduate student.
What makes it unique: Academic jobs in Europe
Description: University Positions is a leading academic career portal for scientists, researchers, professors, and lecturers in Europe.
University Vacancies Ireland
What makes it unique: Academic jobs in Ireland
Description: UniversityVacancies.com was created as a shared services initiative within the Irish university sector to serve prospective candidates with a single resource for all recruitment in the sector. Candidates can search for up-to-date vacancies in academic, research, management, administrative, and support services in the Irish university and higher education sector.
UniversityJobs.com
What makes it unique: Recruits university and faculty staff
Description: UniversityJobs.com helps recruit faculty and staff for universities and colleges in the United States and abroad. It has become one of the most recognized brands for recruiting university faculty and staff worldwide.
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Mortal Kombat 11 Switch File Size, Day One Patch Revealed
By Tech News On Apr 10, 2019
Today, a datamine of the Nintendo Switch version of Mortal Kombat 11 uncovered that the forthcoming fighting game from NetherRealm Studios will potentially include up to 13 DLC characters in total after the title has released to the public. This information came about due to the fact that pre-loading is now live for the Switch iteration of MK11, with some players having scoured through some of the game’s files on the platform. Included in these discoveries is a 6.537 GB size for the base game on Switch, and an even heftier Day One patch.
According to the Twitter user NWPlayer123, Mortal Kombat 11‘s Day One patch for the Nintendo Switch is going to weigh in at about 15.9 GB, making the first official update for the title on the platform more than double the size of the actual base game. It’s also worth noting that all of the aforementioned details are being taken from the Mortal Kombat 11 Premium Edition bundle for the Switch.
At this point in time, there’s no telling whether or not players will be required to download and apply Mortal Kombat 11‘s Day One patch before they are actually able to play the game when it launches. For those with more unstable Internet connections, one can only hope that the Switch cartridge itself is going to be all that is needed of owners of the physical copy in order to play Mortal Kombat 11 on its release date.
The Nintendo Switch isn’t the only platform that’s been a medium for certain Mortal Kombat 11 information becoming open knowledge before the game’s actual launch at the end of this month. As it so happens, MK11‘s trophy list for PS4 leaked online about a week ago, potentially unveiling some details in regards to the game’s characters and more.
Mortal Kombat 11 Switch is live, 23,609 MB aka 22.53GB
has a 1.0.1 day-one update to add BCAT….something pic.twitter.com/qXMxaELOTx
— Nikki™ 🌹 (@NWPlayer123) April 9, 2019
huh, base game is only 6.537GB, update is the bulk of it
gotta love @WBGames fuckery
update is ~15.9GB
All things considered, it will be interesting to see just how large Mortal Kombat 11‘s file sizes for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One stack up in comparison to the fighting game’s Nintendo Switch version. With the launch occurring in less than two weeks from now, we won’t have to wait too much longer to find out.
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Pulseway Wins the Best Infrastructure Management Services of 2015
In November, PCMag's Paul Ferrill awarded Pulseway with PCMag's Editors' Choice Award for the best infrastructure management service of 2015.
"Pulseway performed excellently as both an asset manager and an infrastructure management tool - so much so that we felt it deserved an Editors' Choice award in both categories." Additionally Pulseway made PCMag's list of Best Application Performance Management Tools.
These awards come on the back of an already successful year, earlier this year Pulseway won the 2015 MKB Proof Award for innovation within IT management.
"We are very happy to have received this recognition from PCMag," said Marius Mihalec, CEO of Pulseway. "It's a true statement to our commitment to provide our customers with the best solution we can. We are grateful to see PCMag validate our efforts in this area."
You can read some of the key points from the article below:
Most Feature Complete Infrastructure Management Tool
"MMSoft Pulseway had the most feature complete infrastructure management capability of any of the products we've so far tested in this category. Using the MMSoft Pulseway Manager, you can connect to an Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure account and manage virtual infrastructure in the cloud, while simultaneously using the software to monitor and manage locally-deployed AD, Microsoft Exchange, and a host of other applications and services. On the virtualization front, MMSoft Pulseway supports Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, and various flavors of VMware out of the box."
Visually Appealing Interface
"Pulseway's visually appealing interface continues to shine when performing more rote infrastructure management and APM tasks. As this review went to press, MMSoft rolled out a new HTML5-based version, which looks to be even better than the current Flash-based UI. The screen transitions and use of colorful icons are easy on the eyes and also serve to clearly organize its many tools and features. Systems can be grouped together to make it easier to associate specific resources together."
Life as a Mobile Manager
"Pulseway really shines when you use the mobile client. Actions for responding to most common requests are available from the mobile app on Android and iOS devices, including restart, log-out, and terminal actions on Mac OS and Unix-based platforms. We loaded the MMSoft Pulseway app on an Apple iPad 3 to test these mobility features. The user interface looked very similar to the Web interface but felt even smoother on the touchscreen device. We were able to navigate through the different servers and see alerts with just a few touches."
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Finance October 2007
Bulgaria: BDZ is planning a 10-year bond issue to raise €120m to pay off debts, fund the purchase of new rolling stock and refurbish existing vehicles.
Canada: Alberta's provincial and city governments have reached agreement in principle for a 10-year infrastructure plan providing municipal autonomy in investment; this will allow Calgary to begin work on the C$600m West LRT extension.
Philippines: SM Prime Holdings has offered to finance an extra station costing 100m pesos on the planned 5·71 km extension of Manila MRT Line 3 from North Ave to Monumento. Construction is due to begin next year for completion in April 2010.
USA: 17 states are sharing $9·2m of federal road and rail grants for safety improvements at level crossings.
FRA is providing AAR's Railroad Research Foundation with $250 000 to study 'prevention and mitigation strategies to impede and discourage rail-related suicidal behavior.' The University of Nebraska Lincoln has received an $849 933 FRA grant to continue research into real-time monitoring of track condition from moving trains.
Zimbabwe: The government has allocated Z$7bn for track, signalling and telecom rehabilitation, and tenders are to be called for the supply of GPS-based train control.
Young Rail Tours to explore the world of rail
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Vossloh to sell Locomotives business to CRRC
GERMANY: On August 26 Vossloh AG announced its intention to sell its Locomotives business unit to Chinese state-owned rolling stock group CRRC. Vossloh Locomotives is based in Kiel, where a new production facility was completed in March 2018. The business specialises in producing small and medium sized diesel ...
Red Férrea de Atlántico operational support contract awarded
COLOMBIA: National infrastructure authority ANI has awarded Spanish engineering and technology consultancy Airtificial a €1·5m contract to optimise operations on the Red Férrea de Atlántico. The contract covers operations on the 876 route-km linking Bogota, Belencito, La Dorada and Chiriguná. These 914 mm gauge lines had been out ...
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Duterte orders suspension of rice importation
The President says he opted to stop the importation of rice as he could not stop rice tariffication, which was needed to 'erase corruption'
Sofia Tomacruz
Updated 10:43 PM, November 20, 2019
NEW ORDER. President Rodrigo Duterte orders Agriculture Secretary William Dar to stop the importation of rice. Malacañang photo
MANILA Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Agriculture Secretary William Dar to suspend the importation of rice in order to help local farmers who suffered from the rice tariffication law.
Duterte gave the order in a press conference late Tuesday night, November 19, saying the move was needed to avoid "riots" brought about by hunger and a lack of food.
"Yes, because it is harvest time," the President said when asked if he was ordering for the importation of rice to be suspended.
"Kung walang pagkain halos kabahan ang mga tao, magra-riot na. Tapos sige na, magugutom na ang mga tao, wala nang bigas, next month, wala nang kainin, mahal na.... Mamili ka: magutom 'yung tao o galit 'yung mga farmers?" he added.
(If there's no food, the people would be worried, they would stage riots. Then, people would be hungry, there's no more rice, next month, they won't have anything to eat, it's already expensive.... You choose: the people would be hungry, or the farmers would be angry?)
Duterte claimed that among the reasons for the lack of rice was local producers' failure to accurately predict how much they produce. This, he added, was due to factors such as climate change, which affected local farmers' projected output come harvest time.
The President said he opted to stop the importation of rice as he could not stop rice tariffication, which was needed to "erase corruption."
Duterte did not say for how long the order would be in place, claiming it was needed to ensure farmers earned from their efforts.
Duterte also had no qualms about the millions which would be needed to buy rice from local farmers should this push through, as he claimed it was now time for the government to focus on aiding farmers.
"There's somebody na ayaw rin kasi masisira 'yung negosyo nila (Somebody doesn't want their business to be ruined).... Well I'm sorry, I made you happy for so many years, now is the time that you have to come to terms with reality that I also have to take care also of the few, I cannot abandon them (farmers)," he said.
Duterte ordered Congress to appropriate the needed funds to buy "all the rice" from local farmers and additional stocks needed to feed millions of consumers.
Since the signing of Republic Act No. 1120 or an "An Act liberalizing the importation, exportation, and trading of rice, lifting for the purpose the quantitative import restriction on rice," farmgate prices of palay (unhusked rice) have reportedly dropped to as low as P7 per kilo in some areas. Critics pinned the blame on the passage of the rice tariffication law that replaced import quotas with tariffs.
With the rice tariffication law, the deregulation of rice meant imported rice flooding the country, to the disadvantage of Filipino rice farmers and the local rice industry as a whole, which can't compete with the prices of rice from countries like Thailand and Vietnam.
Since the enactment of the rice tariffication law in February, lawmakers have attempted to pass measures that will allow the government to use Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) rice subsidy funds to buy palay from local farmers in select provinces.
Both the Senate and House of Representatives approved their respective measures in November. The measure is now up for Duterte's signature. – Rappler.com
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Regulatory Focus™ > News Articles > 12 > Asia Regulatory Roundup: New Zealand Pushes Ahead With Paracetamol Reclassification Despite Objectio
Asia Regulatory Roundup: New Zealand Pushes Ahead With Paracetamol Reclassification Despite Objections
Posted 11 December 2018 | By Nick Paul Taylor
New Zealand Pushes Ahead With Paracetamol Reclassification Despite Objections
Regulators in New Zealand have reaffirmed their intention to reclassify modified-release paracetamol as a restricted medicine. Officials proposed strengthening the restrictions on the medicine earlier this year and stuck with their decision despite respondents objecting to the reclassification ruling and how it was reached.
The New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe) began looking into the classification of modified-release paracetamol after European regulators suspended the products this time last year. The European suspension was underpinned by concerns that, while modified-release paracetamol can be used safely, it can be impossible to know which version of the drug someone has used to overdose. As the version dictates treatment, this makes it hard to counter overdoses.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) felt the risks posed by the overdose uncertainty outweighed the benefits, leading the European Commission to issue a legally binding decision in February. However, some national regulators have diverged from EMA. In May, Denmark opted to keep modified-release paracetamol on the market.
A parallel debate has gone on in Australia and New Zealand. In September, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration proposed reclassifying modified-release paracetamol so that patients need to talk to a pharmacist before making a purchase. Medsafe held a consultation on its plans to reclassify modified-release paracetamol as a restricted, not pharmacy-only, medicine earlier in the year.
Medsafe received seven responses to its consultation. Four of the responses advocated for the drugs to remain as pharmacy-only products. Medsafe deemed one of the responses to be a valid objection, as it noted that new safety information is available. The response accused the committee of failing to properly assess all the risk-benefit issues.
The Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) considered the objections at a recent meeting. MCC placed little value on the label changes submitted by GlaxoSmithKline, noting that other companies make modified-release paracetamol and that the revisions cover the situation in Denmark, not new safety data.
MCC remained concerned that, while overdoses on modified-release paracetamol are relatively rare, the formulations are involved in a disproportionately high number of accidental overdoses. Involving pharmacists in the purchasing process may reduce the number of accidental overdoses.
Ultimately, MCC deemed the restricted status to be most appropriate “because it maintains [over-the-counter] access while ensuring that consumers receive adequate information to ensure the medicine is taken correctly.” The change may, as MCC accepts, reduce access to the modified-release formulation. However, the committee was satisfied alternative medicines were available.
India’s CDSCO Seeks Feedback From Users of Online Drug, Medical Device Portals
India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is seeking feedback on its Sugam online portal. The consultation is designed to ascertain how users feel about Sugam now that parts of the online regulatory portal have been operational for more than two years.
To gather information, CDSCO published nearly identical feedback forms aimed at drug and medical device companies. The forms ask users to grade eight aspects of the portal on a scale ranging from one, strongly disagree, to five, strongly agree. CDSCO will use the responses to give an overall score out of 40.
The eight topics CDSCO wants users to grade cover whether Sugam is user friendly, understandable to a layperson with general IT awareness and if appropriate support was provided before they began using the system.
CDSCO is also seeking more in-depth responses on four broad subjects. These open-ended questions ask users for feedback on the major challenges and strengths of Sugam, the adequacy of the checklist for various applications on the portal and ideas for short- to long-term improvements of the system.
The consultation comes after CDSCO has worked through the teething problems that slowed the rollout of Sugam, enabling it to deploy the system across a wide range of critical regulatory processes. Gathering feedback on persistent shortcomings and opportunities for improvement could provide CDSCO with a roadmap for further development of the platform.
CDSCO is accepting feedback for two weeks.
CDSCO Notice
Indonesia Increases Oversight of Provincial Supply Chains to Catch Counterfeits
The Indonesian drug agency is expanding its presence outside the capital city in a bid to stop the spread of counterfeit medicines. Officials at the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (NADFC) devised the plan after seeing that people in remote areas think they can act with impunity.
Indonesia poses unique challenges to regulators. Most of the 263 million people in the country live in densely populated urban areas on the island of Java, where the Indonesian capital Jakarta and its more than 10 million inhabitants are located. However, the rest of the population lives in more rural areas on Java and the other islands in the archipelago that makes up Indonesia.
NADFC thinks the trade in counterfeit drugs and other illegal activities under its jurisdiction may be fairly extensive in these more remote parts of the country, in part because people think their location cuts the risk of being caught. With NADFC’s resources focused on the urban areas of Java, people outside these cities saw the agency as posing little risk to their illegal operations.
Officials at NADFC want to dispel that impression and reduce the trade of counterfeit medicines. To do so, NADFC is opening offices outside the capital. The hope is that these offices will improve the compliance of distribution centers and other facilities in more remote parts of the country.
NADFC leaders discussed the offices at a workshop they see contributing to the effort to improve compliance with drug distribution rules and tackle counterfeiting. The workshop gave NADFC a chance to talk to its inspectors operating in districts and cities outside Jakarta about their shared efforts to improve the standard of the drug distribution supply chain.
The Indonesian drug agency shared details of the workshop two days after it published details of the destruction of drugs in Banjarmasin, a city in the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. In the city of Banjarmasin, which is across the Java Sea from Jakarta, officials destroyed seized batches of several drugs with abuse potential, including the opiate tramadol. In total, the officials destroyed more than 10 million tablets.
NADFC Notice, More (both Indonesian)
China Approves Roche’s Biospecific Antibody to Treat Hemophilia A
China has approved Roche’s biospecific antibody emicizumab. The approval comes 13 months after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the hemophilia A drug for sale in the United States.
Officials at the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) have taken multiple steps over the past year to cut the time it takes for new medicines to come to market in China. The emicizumab approval adds to evidence that NMPA’s efforts are having an effect on the lag between when drugs come to market in China and the US.
Roche won FDA approval for emicizumab in November 2017 on the strength of two Phase III trials, neither of which enrolled patients in China. In December 2017, Roche initiated a Phase I trial to look into the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of emicizumab in 16 healthy Chinese volunteers.
Roche is also running an open-label Phase III trial of emicizumab in hemophilia A patients in China and other Asian countries. However, the anticipated primary completion date of the Phase III is set for September 2019, suggesting NMPA approved emicizumab on the basis of efficacy data generated overseas and the small trial in healthy Chinese volunteers.
NMPA Notice (Chinese)
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Google is reportedly planning a new system of revenue sharing that would help news publishers target prospective subscribers in exchange for a split of the income generated by these new paid subscriptions. The company warns, however, that any such plan won’t be ready for official release anytime soon.
According to a recent report in the Financial Times, Google has been working with major media outlets for some time about the prospect of modifying its existing ad targeting system to help publishers reach new subscribers. In the Times article, Google’s vice president of news Richard Gingras said that any deal the search giant struck with news outlets would likely be far more generous to publishers than the company’s existing ad-sharing model, which directs 70% of earnings to partner websites.
Earlier this year, Fortune reported that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has generated billions of dollars per quarter from Google and YouTube advertising. Fortune estimated that Alphabet and Facebook, its chief advertising rival, are set to account for an estimated half of all internet advertising revenue globally. Putting this kind of power and influence to work, with a share of earnings greater than 70%, could mean a huge financial windfall for struggling publishers.
For more than a decade, print news has suffered due to the rise of digital media, enduring heavy losses of staff, revenue, and influence. While online subscriptions and readership have provided a boon for prestigious publications like the Washington Post and New York Times, a revenue-sharing deal with Google could help launch a much more widespread revival in journalism.
The Financial Times, the New York Times, and News Corp have reportedly been in talks with Google regarding subscription marketing, according to another article in the Financial Times, published in September. At that time, Google said the company would develop new artificial intelligence tools to complement its existing store of user data in order to target potential subscribers. Once that system had been fully developed, Google would make those tools available to other publishers.
However, Google spokeswoman Maggie Shiels cautioned that while the company plans to be “very, very generous” to publishers in shared subscription revenue schemes, there is currently no timeline for the release of such a program.
In an email to Gizmodo, Shiels said, “We haven’t worked out these figures. We have to talk to publishers. We have to build everything.”
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Academic journal article The George Washington International Law Review
All Aboard: Developing an International Institution to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction on the High Seas
By Kuhn, Anthony
On December 9, 2002, Spanish special military forces boarded and conducted a search of the freighter motor vessel So San, concluding a multinational intelligence operation that had lasted for nearly a month.1 The U.S. and British intelligence satellites had detected the loading of ballistic missiles onto the So San several weeks earlier in the North Korean port of Nampo and had been tracking the vessel's movements since its departure.2 As the So San approached the Arabian Peninsula, the Spanish frigates Patino and Navarra moved to intercept the So San about six hundred miles offof the Horn of Africa.3
The Spanish frigates discovered that the So San was neither flying the flag of any nation nor displaying any indication of its state of registry.4 The North Korean flag on the freighter's funnel had been painted over, as had the name So San in Korean characters.5 When the Navarra contacted the So San by radiotelephone to determine the ship's registration, the So San's master provided only cursory and inconsistent responses to requests for information before indicating that the vessel was registered in Cambodia and carrying cement to Yemen.6
The Navarra contacted the Cambodian government to verify the shipmaster's claim.7 Cambodia could confirm only that the ship met the description of a vessel registered in Cambodia under a different name8 and therefore granted consent for the boarding of the So San on the condition that the vessel was in fact registered in Cambodia.9 Thus, the ship-boarding operation undertaken by the Spanish forces on December 9 occurred under the assumption that Cambodia had given its consent to board a Cambodian-flagged ship10 or that the So San's failure to fly a flag or display its name, along with the unverifiable claim of Cambodian registry, provided reasonable grounds to conclude that the So San was a stateless vessel.11
The Spanish boarding team discovered hiding under the So San's cargo of cement fifteen complete scud surface-to-surface missiles and conventional warheads,12 rocket fuel, and the components to make eight additional missiles.13 After several days of uncertainty, Yemen admitted that it was the intended recipient of the missiles and gave assurances to Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States that the scuds would not be transferred to a third party.14 Shortly thereafter, the So San and its cargo were released for lacking basis under international law to seize the missiles or take action against the So San or its crew.15
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS or Convention) codified customary international law of the sea and progressively developed the law of the sea in some respects.16 UNCLOS presents a jurisdictional challenge to the international effort of combatting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), their components, and their delivery systems.
Currently under UNCLOS, ships should sail under the flag of only one state and generally are subject to only that state's exclusive jurisdiction on the high seas, except for certain situations expressed by the Convention or by consensual agreements provided in international treaties.17 There is, however, no exception to the exclusive jurisdiction rule for the transportation of WMDs and their related materials in UNCLOS.18 Thus, had the So San not engaged in suspicious behavior but simply declared its North Korean registry, there would have been no clear legal justification19 for Spain's boarding operation despite the knowledge of the scuds present onboard and heading for an unknown recipient.20
In addition to this jurisdictional problem under UNCLOS, enforcement is problematic; international law does not allow for the confiscation on the high seas of materials that any particular nation may consider as contraband.21 This enforcement problem explains the inability of Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States to seize the So San's shipment of scuds and prevent their transportation to Yemen. …
Publication: The George Washington International Law Review
Kuhn, Anthony
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A Time Bomb for Global Trade: Maritime-Related Terrorism in an Age of Weapons of Mass Destruction By Michael Richardson Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004
Building Partner Capacity to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction By Jennifer D. P. Moroney; Joe Hogler Rand, 2009
Disarmament: Stalled Processes and Missed Opportunities: Phil Goff Comments on Disarmament Issues with Special Reference to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Report and the Small Arms and Light Weapons Review Conference By Goff, Phil New Zealand International Review, Vol. 31, No. 5, September-October 2006
Arms Control and Disarmament in South Africa after the Cold War By der Merwe, Freddie Strategic Review for Southern Africa, Vol. 25, No. 1, May 2003
Consolidating Steps for Disarmament: The United Nations' Growing Role in Arms Control By Kotter, Wolfgang Muller, Harald The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 47, No. 3, July 1995
How to Start an Arms Race: Tony Blair Says We Must Have New Weapons of Mass Destruction. but Renewing Trident Could Frustrate the Treaties That Control Nuclear Weapons and Which Exist to Encourage Disarmament By Plesch, Dan New Statesman (1996), Vol. 135, No. 4822, December 11, 2006
Rebuilding a Common Vision on Disarmament and Arms Control By Guterres, António Arms Control Today, Vol. 48, No. 3, April 2018
Disarmament Conference Launches 1985 Session at Time of 'Hopeful Developments' on Arms Control By UN Chronicle, Vol. 22, February 1985
Chinese Official Seeks Scuttling of Weapons of Mass Destruction By Suarez, Et Manila Bulletin, January 21, 2008
Four Reasons the US Could Get Israel to Talk about a Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction By Malin, Martin B The Christian Science Monitor, June 8, 2010
`Weapons Inspectors' Storm RAF Air Base; but Protest Group Fail in Mission to Check for Mass Destruction Arms By Crump, Eryl Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 21, 2003
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Cole Richardson Wins 2019 Quiksilver Young Guns Ski
This never felt like a contest. It just felt like the best week of my life.
That’s what Cole Richardson had to say after winning the 2019 Quiksilver Young Guns Ski contest. And to be honest, he had a fair point. Cole spent five days riding with Sammy Carlson and friends, sent it off of some of Revelstoke’s most notorious hits, went heli-skiing for the first time in his life and walked away with an oversized check for $10k. Hard to top a week like that. Let’s talk about how he got there.
Young Guns Ski started as an Instagram contest open to anybody between the ages of 13 - 18. It got over 1000 entries from all over the world.
Sammy Carlson and the crew at Newschoolers went through all of the entries and hand-picked their Top 8. Tough job — there were so many incredible edits — but it had to be done. Then the Top 8 went through a round of public voting on the @quiksilver Instagram Story.
Cole won the pubic’s hearts and votes, which earned him a ticket to the final in Revelstoke. Sammy and Newschoolers picked three more Young Guns out of their original Top 8 to leave us with four finalists.
Zane Severson, Tim Sivignon and Kiernan Fagan joined Cole for the final. They were four kids from three different countries, all ready to push their limits and try to win the Young Guns title and $10k prize.
The format for the final was simple: It was essentially a five-day jam session. Sammy and Newschooler’s Cam Kieth would watch it all unfold — while getting their runs in too, of course — and would pick the best overall skier as the champion.
From the very first session, it was on. The boys all went huge and bonded instantly. The next four days were a blur. And on the fifth and final day, the finalists went heli-skiing — a first for all of them.
The heli day gave the finalists one last chance to prove to Sammy and Cam that they were worthy of the $10k and bragging rights. And while everybody was on fire all week, Cole was really shining. From his triple backflip in the side country to his big mountain lines on the last day, he was simply on another level.
Out there in British Columbian backcountry, Sammy and Cam declared him the winner and handed him the big check.
Cole was right — it really never felt like a contest. But it sure was a great week.
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Cloth $59.00 ISBN: 9783858818256 Published March 2020
111 Years Waldhaus Sils
Urs Kienberger
Klip and Corb on the Road
Ivan Žaknic
Richard Shiff
Kurt Sigrist - Raum Skulptur
Beat Stutzer
Bilder mit Legenden
Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille
Lines of Influence
Edited by Storm Janse van Rensburg
Distributed for Scheidegger and Spiess
224 pages | 122 color plates | 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 | © 2019
Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) is among the most distinguished twentieth-century American painters, widely known for his modernist depictions of everyday life, as well as the inventive narrative technique he employed to address African American history.
Published in collaboration with the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence explores the life, work, and legacy of Lawrence not only as an artist but as an educator and chronicler of the mid-twentieth-century African American experience. The book is arranged in two parts. The first, “Relations,” traces the interactions that shaped Lawrence’s personal and professional life. It presents his work in dialogue with that of his contemporaries, mentors, and historically significant artists, such as Josef Albers, Richmond Barthé, Romare Bearden, José Clemente Orozco, George Grosz, Marsden Hartley, Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, Horace Pippin, and Augusta Savage. The second, “Legacy,” explores Lawrence’s own influence on contemporary artists who share similar formal and conceptual strategies and includes commissioned works by artists influenced and inspired by Lawrence, such as Derrick Adams, Meleko Mokgosi, Barbara Earl Thomas, and Hank Willis Thomas.
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The Secret To A Better Glass Of Wine
Cheers to a happier happy hour
By Kiera Carter
Uncorking a bottle of red with dinner tonight? Here's a tip: Don't even think about storing it in the fridge. Cooler temperatures can make wine taste more bitter, according to new research from Washington State University.
In the study, 12 participants were asked to describe various glasses of Lemerger wine (a medium-bodied red from Washington State) that were served at different temperatures. Wines served at 50 and 61 degrees Fahrenheit were characterized as more astringent, sour, and bitter, compared to wine served at 72 degrees (room temperature).
"Microscopic channels in our taste buds are responsible for our perception of bitterness at certain temperatures," explains study author Carolyn Ross, PhD, professor of food science at Washington State University. When temperatures are even slightly higher, we may be less able to detect the bitter flavor in a certain glass of vino.
But before you break out the thermometer, note that researchers only examined one variety of wine. "I think we'd see differences among different wine varieties," Ross says. For instance, a highly tannic wine, like Cabernet Sauvignon, could benefit from being served near room temperature, which would make it less intense. But a less tannic wine, like Pinot Noir, might benefit from a cooler temperature, which would confer more astringency on its flavor profile.
Still, there's one rule that applies to all varieties: Avoid hot temperatures and sunlight. “The phenolic compounds in red wine oxidize when exposed to high temperatures and sunlight, which can compromise the color, flavor, and aroma,” Ross says. At home, that means keeping wine away from the stove, microwave, and even windows. If you don't have a basement (or prefer to keep wine within reach at all times), store bottles in a cool, dark closet.
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Spies and the White House have a history of running wild without congressional oversight
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Asymmetric Unit
3D View: Structure | Electron Density
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 2-mer - AB
Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)
Biological Assembly Evidence: gel filtration
Atom Count: 3165
The structure of HLA-A*3003/MTB
DOI: 10.2210/pdb6J29/pdb
Classification: IMMUNE SYSTEM
Organism(s): Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv), Homo sapiens
Expression System: Escherichia coli K-12
Deposition Author(s): Zhu, S.Y., Liu, K.F., Chai, Y., Ding, C.M., Lv, J.X., Gao, F.G., Lou, Y.L., Liu, W.J.
Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Resolution: 1.6 Å
R-Value Free: 0.197
R-Value Work: 0.179
Divergent Peptide Presentations of HLA-A*30 Alleles Revealed by Structures With Pathogen Peptides.
Zhu, S., Liu, K., Chai, Y., Wu, Y., Lu, D., Xiao, W., Cheng, H., Zhao, Y., Ding, C., Lyu, J., Lou, Y., Gao, G.F., Liu, W.J.
(2019) Front Immunol 10: 1709-1709
PubMed: 31396224 Search on PubMedSearch on PubMed Central
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01709
Primary Citation of Related Structures:
6J2A, 6J1W, 6J1V
PubMed Abstract:
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles have a high degree of polymorphism, which determines their peptide-binding motifs and subsequent T-cell receptor recognition. The simplest way to understand the cross-presentation of peptides by different alleles ...
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles have a high degree of polymorphism, which determines their peptide-binding motifs and subsequent T-cell receptor recognition. The simplest way to understand the cross-presentation of peptides by different alleles is to classify these alleles into supertypes. A1 and A3 HLA supertypes are widely distributed in humans. However, direct structural and functional evidence for peptide presentation features of key alleles (e.g., HLA-A * 30:01 and -A * 30:03) are lacking. Herein, the molecular basis of peptide presentation of HLA-A * 30:01 and -A * 30:03 was demonstrated by crystal structure determination and thermostability measurements of complexes with T-cell epitopes from influenza virus (NP44), human immunodeficiency virus (RT313), and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). When binding to the HIV peptide, RT313, the PΩ-Lys anchoring modes of HLA-A * 30:01, and -A * 30:03 were similar to those of HLA-A * 11:01 in the A3 supertype. However, HLA-A * 30:03, but not -A * 30:01, also showed binding with the HLA * 01:01-favored peptide, NP44, but with a specific structural conformation. Thus, different from our previous understanding, HLA-A * 30:01 and -A * 30:03 have specific peptide-binding characteristics that may lead to their distinct supertype-featured binding peptide motifs. Moreover, we also found that residue 77 in the F pocket was one of the key residues for the divergent peptide presentation characteristics of HLA-A * 30:01 and -A * 30:03. Interchanging residue 77 between HLA-A * 30:01 and HLA-A * 30:03 switched their presented peptide profiles. Our results provide important recommendations for screening virus and tumor-specific peptides among the population with prevalent HLA supertypes for vaccine development and immune interventions.
Organizational Affiliation:
CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.,School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,Beijing Institutes of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.,Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
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HLA-A*3003
274 Homo sapiens Mutation(s): 0
Gene Names: HLA-A (HLAA)
Find proteins for P04439 (Homo sapiens)
Go to Gene View: HLA-A
Go to UniProtKB: P04439
Full Protein Feature View for P04439
9 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv) Mutation(s): 0
Gene Names: esxH (cfp7)
Find proteins for P9WNK3 (Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv))
Go to UniProtKB: P9WNK3
Full Protein Feature View for P9WNK3
Beta-2-microglobulin
99 Homo sapiens Mutation(s): 0
Gene Names: B2M
Go to Gene View: B2M
Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)
Angle (°)
a = 155.825 α = 90.00
b = 79.492 β = 94.04
c = 44.823 γ = 90.00
Software Package:
HKL-2000 data reduction
PHENIX refinement
HKL-2000 data scaling
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Axe Drax: Stop polluting power from scooping vast government subsidies
Drax is the UK's biggest source of CO2 emissions – and we're paying for it, writes Almuth Ernsting
April 11, 2017 · 5 min read
Protesters outside Drax power station in 2016. Photo: Sebastian Wood
If Drax’s directors had hoped to escape the annual protests held outside their AGMs by shifting the meeting to York, they were mistaken. Activists are still planning to be at the meeting on 13 April, while also protesting in London outside Drax’s two largest investors, Invesco and Schroder.
So why target Drax? The company operates the UK’s biggest power station and single biggest source of CO2 emissions, and still one of its biggest burners of coal, despite a recent shift towards biomass.
The firm’s claim to have cleaned up its act rests on its move into using more wood pellets, and so Drax is now burning over 13 million tonnes of wood every year – far more than the UK’s total annual wood production. In fact, 98 per cent of the biomass Drax burns is imported, 81 per cent from North America, mostly the southern US where Drax operates two large pellet mills in Mississippi and Louisiana.
However, cutting down forests, pelletising that wood, shipping it across the Atlantic and burning it in a power station clearly won’t help the climate one bit. In fact, it is no better than burning coal. As Drax’s own annual report confirms, their biomass units emit more CO2 per unit of electricity than their coal-fired ones.
Nonetheless, the UK and EU classify Drax’s biomass as ‘carbon neutral’, on the spurious assumption that new trees will re-absorb all of the carbon emitted. Even in the best-case scenario, that will take many decades – and it is likely to accelerate the trend of replacing diverse and rich forests with monoculture plantations.
Rich habitat destroyed
Photos from the US pellet plants supplying Drax show vast piles of whole trees waiting to be chipped and pelletised before being shipped across the Atlantic. A large proportion of those trees come from the North American Coastal Plain, an area recently declared the world’s 36th Biodiversity Hotspot. It is home to over 1,800 plant species, 138 species of freshwater fish, 114 mammal species as well as many reptiles and amphibians which are found nowhere else. 85 per cent of this amazingly rich habitat has already been destroyed and much of the rest is now facing devastation due to increased logging to meet the demand for pellets from Drax and other power stations.
According to Adam Macon from the US conservation group Dogwood Alliance, this region is “the wild, wild west of logging. Companies can come in and log anywhere…generally unchecked”. The group has described a visit to Drax’s pellet mill in Louisiana:
“Orderly rows as far as the eye can see like a cornfield, regular spraying of fertilizers and herbicides, and plantations are so quiet because they’re almost devoid of wildlife… We chop down our native forests (in this case likely natural pine or mixed pine/hardwood forests) and destroy all the value these forests contained, replacing them with rows and rows of monoculture tree crops.”
Trees on their way to be turned into pellets in Southampton, Virginia. Photo: Dogwood Alliance
Most of Drax’s coal, meanwhile, comes from opencast mines in Colombia and the UK. All opencast coal mining pollutes water and air and devastates large areas off land. In Colombia, small farmers and indigenous peoples have lost whole villages, their food sovereignty and their health to large mining companies that supply coal to power stations including Drax.
The company is also still putting money into dirty gas. It has just acquired Opus Energy and with it plans for four gas power stations, one in Eye (Suffolk), two in the county of Swansea, and one in Bedfordshire. Two already have planning consent.
£1.5 million a day
Yet without vast biomass subsidies, Drax would have to close down. Last year, it cashed in on £541 million in public subsidies, paid through a ‘renewable electricity’ surcharge on all electricity bills. This comes to almost £1.5 million in subsidies every single day, a figure which will climb further in 2017. This at a time when the government has stopped all subsidies for new onshore wind and solar schemes, at the same time as offshore wind is under threat from Brexit (having been a major recipient of European Investment Bank loans).
Without subsidies, Drax’s finances would have been in the red for at least two years running. The subsidies paid to Drax could, instead, go a long way to insulating the UK’s leaky homes and building genuinely low carbon wind and solar capacity. Axing Drax is just the start.
York protest: Meet from 10.30am outside Drax’s AGM at the Royal York Hotel, YO24. More info
London protest: 12noon to 2pm, meet outside Schroder’s offices, EC2V. More info
For more details, see Biofuelwatch’s website.
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What to Know: Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Vols are Finalists for 4-Star In-State Defensive Lineman
by Nathanael Rutherford - Oct 28, 2019
(Photo via @_Chilloutjay on Twitter)
In a week and a half, one of the top prospects in the state of Tennessee will be announcing where he intends to play college football.
Four-star defensive lineman Jay Hardy took a visit to see the Vols this past weekend, and coming out of that visit, he’s ready to make his college decision. Hardy took to Twitter on Monday to say he would be making his college commitment announcement on November 6th, and he’ll be choosing between Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Georgia Tech.
I’ll be committing Nov.6 at McCallie School. 11:15 A.M @AuburnFootball @Vol_Football @GeorgiaTechFB @GatorsFB @GeorgiaFootball pic.twitter.com/BkdBMvpwaO
— Jay Hardy (@_Chilloutjay) October 28, 2019
The 6-foot-5, 290-pound lineman plays for McCallie School in Chattanooga, and he’s been a huge (pardon the pun) priority for the Vols for a while. According to the 247Sports Composite rankings, Hardy is the No. 113 overall prospect, No. 5 strong-side defensive end, and No. 5 player in the state of Tennessee. The regular 247Sports rankings have him as a top-100 player, coming in at No. 97 overall and No. 2 inside Tennessee’s state borders.
Tennessee has hosted Hardy on numerous visits this year. Since officially offering him on December 14th of last year, Hardy has visited UT’s campus eight times in 2019, including twice this month and including his official visit this past weekend.
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Hardy, who is the younger brother of former Vol fullback Kevin Cooper, has taken an official visit to Georgia Tech and unofficially visited Auburn at the end of September as well.
On the field, Hardy looks unstoppable at times. He moves extremely well for his size, and he holds his nearly 300 pounds very well on his frame. He’s a vicious tackler and plays with an edge. Hardy doesn’t really take any plays off, and he’s a physical freak. He has very long arms that he uses to bat down passes and grab running backs who look like they should be out of his reach. He’ll need to work a bit on his technique at the next level, but it’s clear that he’s a top-tier talent and is one of the best defensive linemen in the 2020 class. He’s patient and makes correct reads on run plays quite often.
Hardy missed some time during his senior season thanks to a leg injury he sustained after a dirty hit. But Hardy recovered quickly and was back out on the field this past week.
The Vols have picked up a flurry of in-state commitments recently thanks to a trio of defenders from Whitehaven High School in Memphis all committing to Tennessee. Right now, UT has eight commitments from within their own state in their 2020 class. Tennessee only has one defensive lineman committed to them currently, though, and that’s four-star defensive tackle Dominic Bailey.
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Nathanael Rutherford is the managing editor and social media manager for Rocky Top Insider. Nathanael graduated from the University of Tennessee and cultivated a passion for the Vols while growing up in Knoxville a mere 10 minutes from Neyland Stadium. He's been a part of the RTI team since November of 2015 and has been the editor of RTI since June of 2017. If he's not talking or writing about Tennessee athletics, he's probably talking about Star Wars.
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12 February 2019 Reed Smith Client Alerts
Proposed changes to the Singapore banking framework
Home Perspectives Proposed changes to the Singapore banking framework
On 7 February 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued two consultation papers – one on proposed amendments to the Banking Act (the Banking Act CP), and a second on outsourcing by banks and merchant banks (the Outsourcing CP). This client alert summarises the key proposals set out in those papers and outlines some of the key practical considerations which arise for industry participants.
Authors: Hagen Rooke Peter Zaman Charmian Aw Carolyn Chia (Resource Law LLC), Tania Teng (Resource Law LLC)
The proposals follow close on the heels of the previous amendments to the Banking Act that took effect on 30 November 2018. The rationale for these latest changes is to strengthen the regulation of banks and credit card and charge card licensees, further formalise existing supervisory requirements, and support the decision to remove the divide between the Domestic Banking Unit and the Asian Currency Unit (first consulted on by the MAS in August 2015, and due to become effective on 1 October 2020).
The consultation period under both the Banking Act CP and the Outsourcing CP closes on 8 March 2019.
The Banking Act CP
The Banking Act CP contains wide-ranging proposals across different areas of banking regulation and supervision. More specifically, it proposes to:
expand the grounds on which the MAS may revoke a bank’s licence. To more adequately reflect the breadth of regulatory requirements to which banks are subject, these grounds for revocation would be extended to include any breach of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186), any instance where an overseas parent of a Singapore-incorporated bank has its licence withdrawn, and when the MAS considers revocation to be in the public interest;
introduce powers for the MAS to approve key appointment holders of credit card and charge card licensees. Key appointment holders would be the CEO, the deputy CEO, other prescribed persons, and (for Singapore-incorporated licensees) any director of the board and the chairman. The MAS would further be empowered to remove executive officers and (for Singapore-incorporated licensees) directors whom it considers not to be fit and proper. For Singapore-incorporated licensees, the MAS would also acquire the power to approve controllers of 20 per cent or more ownership. This framework would replace the notification requirements currently imposed on licensees in respect of such changes;
require auditors to report material adverse developments relating to banks’ financial soundness. Currently, auditors are only required to report to the MAS where a bank incurs losses that reduce the bank’s capital funds by 50 per cent, and the MAS proposes to retain this requirement for banks incorporated in Singapore. Material adverse developments would include (without limitation) developments affecting a bank’s statement of financial position and its continued operations or viability (e.g., material losses and material uncertainty related to asset valuations, asset recoverability or funding adequacy);
allow banks to publish their accounts (comprising the latest audited annual balance sheet, and profit and loss account, as well as other relevant information) on their websites rather than in a newspaper. Newspaper notifications alerting the public to the availability of the accounts on a bank’s website would still need to be published;
strengthen MAS’ oversight of banks’ outsourcing arrangements. For further details of the MAS’ proposals in this area, please see the following section;
allow employees of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority to obtain complete bank audit work papers to facilitate their inspection of external auditors of banks (notwithstanding that such papers may contain customer information);
introduce a new statutory requirement for banks to have a stable and sustainable funding structure for their activities, and give the MAS the power to publicly disclose the manner in which the bank complies with such requirement and to secure the bank’s compliance therewith;
formalise the MAS’ power to impose requirements on banks in respect of related party transactions. This measure will allow the MAS to support the new requirements regarding related party transactions, which will take effect under MAS Notice 643 on 1 July 2019. The MAS would also provide a consolidated list of persons subject to these requirements, and make certain definitional changes to relevant statutory provisions;
allow the MAS to specify by notice the persons subject to large exposure limits;
allow the MAS to impose additional leverage ratio requirements on banks incorporated in Singapore, within the same notice that already sets out the leverage ratio requirement; and
make certain other technical and administrative amendments to the Banking Act.
The Outsourcing CP
The proposals in the Outsourcing CP supersede and replace the MAS’ proposal (consulted upon in September 2014) to issue an outsourcing notice setting out minimum standards for the outsourcing arrangements of financial institutions (FIs). Taking account of industry feedback to that previous proposal, the Outsourcing CP announces a more tailored approach to regulating outsourcing arrangements for specific classes of FIs.
Strengthened MAS oversight of outsourcing arrangements
To strengthen its oversight of outsourcing arrangements, the MAS proposes to introduce a new section in the Banking Act empowering it to direct banks to comply with requirements relating to outsourcing. This would allow the MAS to direct a bank to, for example, include certain terms in an outsourcing arrangement (e.g., relating to the protection of customer information or the right of the MAS to inspect or audit the service provider and its sub-contractors), conduct due diligence checks on the service provider and provide the MAS with documents or information relating to the outsourcing.
Outsourcing involving disclosure of customer information
In relation to both Singapore-licensed banks and approved merchant banks, the MAS proposes to introduce substantially identical notices setting out legally binding requirements in relation to outsourcing arrangements (together, the Outsourcing Notices). The Outsourcing Notices would impose minimum requirements on the management of material outsourcing arrangements, the assessment of service providers and audits.
The Outsourcing Notices would also incorporate the requirements contained in MAS Notice 634 and MAS Notice 1108, which set out the conditions that banks and merchant banks must comply with in order to disclose customer information to overseas service providers performing outsourced operational functions (in reliance on the corresponding banking secrecy exception in the Third Schedule to the Banking Act). These existing notices would be repealed, and the Outsourcing Notices would also expand the application of the existing disclosure conditions by making them applicable irrespective of the location of the service provider.
Further, under the revised Banking Act and the Outsourcing Notices, all outsourcing arrangements involving the disclosure of customer information will be considered material outsourcing arrangements, irrespective of their tenure and the impact of any unauthorised access or any disclosure, loss or theft of such customer information, and notwithstanding that the relevant customers may have given their prior written consent to the disclosure.
The MAS proposes to give banks and merchant banks a transitional period of 12 months from issuance of the Outsourcing Notices to make the required implementation arrangements.
Practical implications
The proposals in the Banking Act CP are wide-ranging in their nature and likely practical impact, and would therefore have differing compliance implications for affected FIs. Some proposed changes would be unlikely to have a day-to-day compliance impact (e.g., the broadening of the MAS’ powers to revoke a bank’s licence), whereas others would likely facilitate compliance (e.g., the proposed option for banks to publish their accounts on their websites). Other changes would materially increase the compliance burden (e.g., the MAS approval requirements in relation to changes to key appointment holders and controllers of 20 per cent or more ownership of credit card and charge card licensees).
While the proposals in the Outsourcing CP would introduce significant changes to the outsourcing framework for banks and merchant banks, the practical impact will differ for each bank and merchant bank depending on the approach it already takes to managing its outsourcing arrangements. Key factors to consider include the following:
Outsourcing rules for FIs are currently set out principally in the MAS Guidelines on Outsourcing, which are not legally binding but which FIs are expected to comply with. The introduction of the legally binding Outsourcing Notices will heighten the compliance burden for banks and merchant banks.
Banks and merchant banks will need to give particular scrutiny to any arrangements with service providers which involve the disclosure of customer information, as it is proposed that these will qualify as material outsourcing arrangements and would therefore be subject to the strictest requirements under the revised framework.
The conditions in MAS Notice 634 and MAS Notice 1108 apply only where a bank or merchant bank needs to rely on the banking secrecy exception for the disclosure of customer information in connection with the outsourcing of operational functions under item 3 of Part II of the Third Schedule to the Banking Act. In practice, these conditions are onerous to comply with, and they are proposed to comply in a broader set of circumstances under the Outsourcing Notices. However, the conditions will not apply where a different banking secrecy exception applies, e.g., where prior written customer consent to disclosure has been obtained. To the extent that banks and merchant banks have obtained such consent, they should not be impacted by MAS Notice 634 or MAS Notice 1108, or the corresponding conditions in the Outsourcing Notices.
Service providers appointed under outsourcing arrangements will likely also be affected by the MAS’ proposals, as banks and merchant banks will generally seek to reflect their compliance obligations with regard to outsourcing in their agreements with services providers. The proposals in the Outsourcing CP could require some existing outsourcing agreements to be amended.
Some aspects of the proposals remain unclear, and FIs may wish to seek clarification on these in the consultation and legislative process. For example, it is unclear to what extent the Outsourcing Notices will incorporate the provisions of the draft outsourcing notice published in September 2014 (e.g., whether the full set of provisions on the protection of customer data will be retained), and whether the Outsourcing Notices will require banks and merchant banks which disclose customer information to a service provider under item 3 of Part II of the Third Schedule to the Banking Act to notify the MAS where the service provider is in Singapore.
Banks, merchant banks, credit card and charge card licensees, outsourced service providers, auditors and other interested parties may wish to consider conducting a high-level gap analysis between their existing compliance arrangements and the MAS’ proposals, with a view to identifying any prospective practical compliance issues and feeding any comments back to the MAS by 8 March 2019.
Reed Smith LLP is licensed to operate as a foreign law practice in Singapore under the name and style, Reed Smith Pte Ltd (hereafter together, Reed Smith). Where advice on Singapore law is required, we will refer the matter to and work with Reed Smith’s Formal Law Alliance partner in Singapore, Resource Law LLC, where necessary.
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HappyDecember 1, 2016
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Catholic Hospital Refuses To Treat Miscarriage
Story from Body
Catholic Hospital Refuses To Treat Woman’s Miscarriage
Photographed by Alexandra Gavillet.
In 2010, Tamesha Means checked into Mercy Health Partners in Muskegon, MI, when her water broken during her 18th week of pregnancy, but doctors told her there was nothing they could do, Rewire reports. The following day, Means returned to the hospital bleeding and in pain, but was dismissed again. According to Rewire, doctors told her that "the only thing they could do was to wait and see how the miscarriage progressed." During her third trip to the hospital — this time with a serious infection — Means was given aspirin and went into labor while waiting to be discharged. It was only then that the hospital agreed to admit her; she delivered a baby that died within hours. Means filed a lawsuit against the hospital and the United Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in 2013, but on Thursday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that she had failed to make a viable legal claim, falling back on the legal doctrine of "ecclesiastical abstention" — the court would not settle a case that amounted to a theological debate.
A Michigan court dismissed the case on the grounds that the religious basis for the action was out of its jurisdiction. This comes following an incident involving a Catholic hospital in Chicago that refused to remove a woman's dislodged intrauterine device (IUD), citing religious objections to contraception. A recent report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) found that one in six American hospital beds are located in Catholic-affiliated facilities. This creates a barrier to access to reproductive health care for many women — particularly in areas where a Catholic hospital is the only option.
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The Scent Of Death By Simon Beckett
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I received The Scent of Death by Simon Beckett to review by Damp Pebbles Blog Tours. This is the 6th book in the David Hunter, crime thriller series.
The Scent of Death
What began as a straightforward case is about to become a twisted nightmare…
Once a busy hospital, St Jude’s now stands derelict awaiting demolition. When a partially mummified corpse is found in the buildings cavernous loft, forensics expert Dr David Hunter is called in to take a look. He can’t say how long the body’s been there, but he is certain it’s that of a young woman. And that she was pregnant.
Then part of the attic floor collapses, revealing another of the hospital’s secrets: a bricked-up chamber with beds inside. And some of them are still occupied.
And it soon becomes clear that St Jude’s hasn’t claimed it’s last victim…
Simon Beckett is the No.1 international bestselling author of the David Hunter series. These include:
The Calling of the Gave
The Restless Dead
His books have been translated into 29 languages, appeared in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller lists and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist, he has written for The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent on Sunday and Observer. The inspiration for the first David Hunter noel came after a visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee introduced him to the work of forensic anthropologists.
Join-winner (with Arne Dahl) of Europe’s largest crime fiction prize – The Ripper Award 2018/19 – he has also won the Raymond Chandler Society’s Marlowe Award and been short-listed for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library and Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year awards. He is also the author of several stand-alone novels including Stone Bruises and Where There’s Smoke. Simon Beckett Lives in Sheffield.
I was instantly hooked with The Scent of Death, it reminds me of Patricia Cornwall’s Kay Scarpetta novels which I love. You just know St Jude’s is going to open up a can of worms and it does just that! The detail when it comes to David Hunter doing the autopsies is incredibly impressive and had me totally sucked in. Beckett covers police procedures perfectly making this a fully believable piece of fiction. I genuinely need to read the other 5 books in this series asap, Simon Beckett is an amazing writer filling the story with macabre details and twists and turns everywhere, interesting characters, and dark secrets, keeping you hanging on to every word.
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Dead Guilty
Katy Pope was seventeen when she was brutally murdered on a family holiday in Majorca. Despite her mother’s high rank in the Met and the joint major investigation between the British and Spanish police, Katy’s killer was never caught.
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Michelle Davies
Michelle spent the formative years as a reporter on a local newspaper in Buckinghamshire and interviewed many relatives of serious victims during that time.
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The Closer I Get
Successful author Tom has writer’s block for the first time in his life. An online admirer, Evie is his main distraction, she simply won’t leave him alone. Eva is a smart, well-read and unstable woman living with her sick father. Social media is not only her escape but her everything and she takes social media friendships too far. When she’s hit with as restraining order, her world collapses, whilst Tom is free to live his life again and continue concentrating on his writing.
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Paul Burston
The author of five novels and the editor of two short story collections. Paul Burstons most recent novel The Black Path was a WHSmith best–seller. His first novel Shameless, was shortlisted for the State of Britain Award. His third novel, Lovers & Losers was shortlisted for a Stonewall Award. The Gay Divorcee, his fourth novel was also optioned for television. Paul is the founding editor of Attitude magazine. He has also written for many publications including Guardian, Independent, Time Out, The Times and Sunday Times.
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Iraq chaos threatens ancient faith
Mandeanism Wednesday September 21, 2005 Religion News Blog
There are fears for the future of one of the most ancient, as well as the smallest, communities in Iraq – the Mandeans.
Their religion, Mandeanism, comes from the same general background as Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
They share many of the same prophets, but particularly honour John the Baptist.
This is a religion almost solely confined to Iraq, but since the US-led invasion in 2003, many Mandeans have fled the country and now more than half of them live outside its borders.
The refugees speak of kidnap, murder and attempts at forced conversion.
One woman, Ibtisam Sabah Habib, said there had always been some threats and pressure to convert to Islam, but under the previous Iraqi regime there had been limits.
“Now, there are no rules and no government,” she said, describing how an armed gang of Islamic extremists had got into her house, killed her father and stolen all their money.
“They would telephone us at home, threatening us and trying to convert us. Then they tried to kidnap me.
“It was our neighbours who saved me. They’re Muslims – not all Muslims threaten us. But the extremists are very strong now – our neighbours couldn’t protect us all the time.”
Ibtisam was speaking from the safety of Syria, where she has fled with her husband and children.
Mandeans have traditionally been protected under Islamic law, as believers in one god – like Jews and Christians.
But since the war in Iraq, they have found themselves targeted by Sunni and Shia Islamic extremists, and by criminal gangs who use religion to justify their attacks.
One leaflet which Mandeans said had been distributed to homes in Baghdad gave this warning to both them and Christians (who form another of Iraq’s minorities):
“Either you embrace Islam and enjoy safety and coexist amongst us, or leave our land and stop toying with our principles. Otherwise, the sword will be the judge between belief and blasphemy.”
“They don’t accept us,” said Madeha Miran Daftah, who fled to Syria after her son was murdered and his corpse mutilated by people claiming to have killed an unbeliever.
“We don’t know what to do now. We lost everything in Iraq. We used to feel it was our country, but things are different now.”
One of her surviving sons, 24-year-old Shawq, who was kidnapped and tortured, said he could not imagine ever returning home. “I just want to live, not die like my brothers.”
‘Persecution’
Another woman, Shada Hanal, said she used to work as a teacher until she was sacked for refusing to wear the Islamic headscarf. Then her brother-in-law was attacked in his shop.
“His attackers beat him up and stole everything,” said Shada.
“When we went to seek justice, the judge said the Muslims had the right to steal from us. He said we were a sin in the world.”
Individuals from all religious and ethnic groups are suffering criminal and religious violence in Iraq, but the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has said Mandeans are particularly vulnerable.
“We’re very concerned about them,” said a UNHCR spokesman, Peter Kessler. “There is so much discrimination against them and even persecution, and the numbers coming out of Iraq have been enormous compared to their population there, which is so small.”
Mandeans have their own language – Mandean – which is from the same family as Arabic and Hebrew.
Their central religious ceremony is baptism in flowing water, first in childhood, then marriage and at any time an individual wants to be cleansed of sin or make a life change.
Just 13,000 Mandeans are now left inside Iraq.
As the community there shrinks and people seek refuge outside, becoming a thinly scattered diaspora, many people are worried that their religion may not survive.
Maajis Saeb, a Mandean priest, says there are not enough men of religion to serve the various diaspora communities.
Luay Zahran Habib, a researcher in Mandeanism, is even more pessimistic: “Mandeanism may be finished in a few years’ time if we’re not gathered together somewhere, because it will be difficult to find marriage partners and perform our ceremonies.
“It’s not that we want to leave Iraq for no reason. We just need a safe place.”
MANDIANISM FACTS
• The only surviving Gnostic religion from late antiquity
• About 20,000-50,000 adherents
• Centred in southern Iraq and SW Iran, but many living abroad
• Focus on John the Baptist as central figure in faith
BBC, UK
Kate Clark in Damascus
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1. The Lutheran Hallgrimskirkja
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2. Heydar Aliyev Center
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Located in Glasgow, and in 2013 won the Museum of the year award - this would make anyone want to go for a day at the museum.
7. Odeillo Solar Furnace
The Odeillo is the worlds largest solar furnace and is located in the South of France. Getting up to temperatures of over 3,000 Celsius, I don't know how close to this one we would want to get! For now a picture will do.
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A Lutheran church located in Finland, this was built into a rock by brothers before opening in 1969.
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Also known as the Museum of Tomorrow, this science museum has everyone's jaws dropping with it's amazing architecture. Located in Brazil, this is definitely worth visiting on your next holiday.
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Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista)
Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista) Ratings & Reviews Explanation
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An adulterous couple is forced to take responsibility for their actions in this tense drama from Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bardem. Maria Jose (Lucia Bose) is a beautiful woman whose husband Miguel (Otello Toso) is a wealthy and powerful businessman. Juan (Alberto Closas) is a mathematics instructor at a Spanish college who is distantly related to Miguel, and owes his position to Miguel's influence. Juan was also Maria Jose's boyfriend when they were younger, and now they're carrying on an affair behind Miguel's back. One night, while driving home from an assignation, Juan and Maria Jose accidentally run over a man on a bicycle; the stranger quickly dies, and the lovers speed away rather than deal with the consequences. But over the next few days, Juan's conscience begins to bother him, and finds it hard to bear the knowledge that he took another man's life. Maria Jose is also troubled, but for different reasons; Rafa (Carlos Casaravilla), a devious socialite, infers to Maria Jose that he knows about her secret life, but she's not certain he he's just speaking about her infidelity or her role in the cyclist's death. A major critical success in Spain, Muerte de un Ciclista (aka Death Of A Cyclist) was released in Europe in 1955, the same year director Bardem published a controversial essay on the decline in Spanish cinema under the rule of Franco. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Art House & International, Drama
Juan Antonio Bardem
Juan Antonio Bardem & Luis Fernando de Igoa
Aug 18, 1958 limited
Lucia Bosé
as Maria Jose
Alberto Closas
as Juan
Otello Toso
as Miguel
Carlos Casaravilla
as Rafa
Bruna Corrà
as Matilde
Manuel Alexandre
Antonio Casas
Critic Reviews for Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista)
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (10)
The film is a leftist commentary on bourgeois Spain under Franco, but its passion and sensitive observation transcend its political intent.
Sep 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Mick LaSalle
Death Of A Cyclist addresses all the grievances that Bardem mentioned at Salamanca, and it succeeds most at capturing the general climate of fear and oppression in Franco's Spain.
Sep 10, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Scott Tobias
[Transposes] the ugliness of power relations in a repressive society to the spheres of sex and gossip.
Jan 19, 2007 | Full Review…
Juan Antonio Bardem still manages to paint an unflattering portrait of the Madrid bourgeoisie, with its self-indulgence, hypocrisy and shameless ambition contrasting unfavourably with the dignity of the poor and the anger of the young.
David Parkinson
The result is a dramatic story that deeply resonates with the cultural anxieties that Spanish society endured under the regime of General Francisco Franco.
Sep 10, 2019 | Full Review…
Marco Lanzagorta
The critical voice and audacity of some scenes... suggest that the censor, Pascal Cebollada, fells asleep during its projection. [Full Review in Spanish]
Fotogramas Staff
A very interesting work that contributed to the expansion of Spanish cinema. [Full Review in Spanish]
Fernando Morales
El Pais (Spain)
Imagine a Michelangelo Antonio drama of upper class disaffection by way of a film noir...
May 21, 2008 | Full Review…
Sean Axmaker
Turner Classic Movies Online
Explicitly designed as a shock to the system, Death of a Cyclist too often settles for academic subversion.
Apr 27, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Fernando F. Croce
A mannered guilt trip melodrama made with a great deal of difficulty under the Franco regime.
Audience Reviews for Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista)
[font=Century Gothic]"Death of a Cyclist" starts with Juan(Alberto Closas) and Maria Jose(Lucia Bose) hitting a cyclist with a car Maria Jose was driving. Juan notices that he is still alive and wants to help but she persuades him to leave. She is married to a wealthy businessman, Miguel(Otello Toso), while Juan is the black sheep of his family, accomplishing nothing on his own, and only gaining his assistant professor position through the patronage of his brother-in-law. In class one day, he reads in the newspaper that the cyclist has died, interrupting a student's presentation. To make matters worse, a member of their social circle, Rafa(Carlos Casaravilla), has been insinuating to Maria Jose that he knows what happened...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Death of a Cyclist" is a compelling drama that explodes out from a simple idea. The movie is well directed and edited, but loses some of its momentum in the second half by laying on its central theme of selfishness a little too thick. But the movie takes the theme of selfishness and uses it as a veiled criticism of the Franco regime which ruled Spain at the time. Remember, that the best govenment serves the people, the worst only concerned with its own interests.[/font]
An interesting take on paranoia and suspense in Spanish. The movie resembles Hitchcocks earlly movies in execution, yet lacks in terms of originality and the eccenctric touch of the old master. A novel watch for fans of film noire, just to see a take on the genre that is not American. All in all, an average, that can - but does not have to be - missed.
Henrik S Super Reviewer
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Longitude Ratings & Reviews Explanation
An outgrowth of a 1999 BBC documentary, the two-part British miniseries Longitude goes out on a creative limb by unfolding two parallel stories, each separated from the other by some 200 years. In one of the plot lines, Michael Gambon (who won one of the series' many BAFTA awards) stars as real-life 18th century clockmaker John Harrison, whose invention of a "marine chronometer" would ultimately serve as the primary navigational guide for sailors of his era -- but not without a lot of sacrifice and frustration on Harrison's part. The second continuity takes place in the immediate post-WWI era, as Royal Navy officer (and shellshocked war veteran) Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) battles bureaucracy and ignorance to reinstate Harrison's longitudinal clocks for modern-day Naval use. As the action hopscotches between the two story lines, Harrison painstakingly assembles his chronometer and attempts to promote the device to the unresponsive powers-that-be, while Gould tries to carry on Harrison's work without losing his sanity in the process. Based on the book by Dava Sobel, Longitude was originally telecast over Britain's Channel 4 on January 2 and 3, 2000, then was seen in America courtesy of the A&E cable network.
Action & Adventure, Drama, Television
Charles Sturridge
as John Harrison
as Rupert Gould
as William Harrison
as Muriel Gould
Jonathan Coy
as Admiral Cloudisley
as Elizabeth Harrison
as Sir Kenhelm Digby
Lucy Akhurst
as Grace
as Nevil Maskelyne
Critic Reviews for Longitude
... absorbing docudrama based on Dava Sobel's terrific little science book of the same name published by Penguin.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Audience Reviews for Longitude
Strange tale of working out how to navigate the worlds ocenas but irons is great as usual. Weird how he seems to fit the roll of a sailor....lol.
Barry L Super Reviewer
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Royal & Awesome, which, earlier this year, announced it had doubled its wholesale sales in 2014 and had expanded its brand presence in 17 countries across the world, offered a number of exclusive deals for visitors to the trade show at the Harrogate International Centre.
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Conor McGregor made an appearance at The Olympia last night to support sister Erin in the panto
The McGregor clan is extremely tight-knit
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Conor McGregor made an appearance at Dublin’s Olympia theatre to support his sister Erin on St. Stephen's night.
The former Dancing with the Stars contestant and older sister of the MMA fighter stars in the Olympia Panto Cinderella as an ugly sister starring alongside social media star turned TV star James Patrice and former Xpose host Nadine Reid.
The 'Notorious' was joined by his long time partner Dee Devlin and their two children Conor Jnr and Croia.
The father-of-two showed up back stage to pose with the entire cast, with producer Stuart O’Connor sharing a photo on Instagram.
Erin recently opened up about suffering panic attacks and said facing her fears has been her saving grace.
The 38-year-old told the Irish Mirror : “I remember having my first panic attack when I had Taylor, I didn’t know what it was.
“After you have a baby the world doesn’t feel as safe anymore, the lioness instinct comes out to mind this beautiful baby and protect it the best you can.”
She added: “This almost intensified when I had Harry, being an older mom.
“I would have chest pains and overwhelm, I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
“People underestimate the pressures, we put so many expectations on ourselves as mothers, years ago there was one person working and one stayed at home.
“The next generation of working mothers are still trying to find our feet.
“When I’m under pressure, I do worry, when I take on new challenges I would worry but every time I face a challenge and I overcome it, when the insecurities come up again I tell myself I can do it.
“It’s about working through the fears and telling yourself you can do it, feel the fear and do it anyway.”
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CelebsDisappointing news for Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby as This Morning Live event is axedThe pair are sorry to hear it won't be coming back
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View from NRF Big Show: Vertical farming, retail robotics and frictionless stores
Paperchase pens shop-in-shop pilot with fashion retailer Next
Stationery and card specialist Paperchase is trialling a concession partnership with fashion behemoth Next.
Paperchase, which currently has concessions in Selfridges, Fenwick and House of Fraser stores, has taken space within Next’s new 50,000 sq ft store in Straiton Retail Park, in Scotland. The shop opened on Monday.
The retailer’s chief executive Timothy Melgund described Next as a “very good brand fit” for Paperchase.
He told Retail Week: “There is undoubtedly a crossover in our customers and so this test makes perfect sense for everyone.”
Melgund added that he has “high hopes” for the partnership with Next and has hinted at the possibility of more concessions in the future.
“We’re watching closely how things progress,” Melgund said, adding that the initial customer reaction in Straiton has been “incredibly positive”.
In addition to the Next concession, Paperchase opened standalone stores in Crawley, Clapham and London’s Soho in the last two weeks.
Speaking to Retail Week earlier this week at the 2,000 sq ft Soho store, Melgund also reinforced the retailer’s ambitions to open stand-alone shops in the US.
Although Paperchase products are currently sold in the US through its wholesale agreements with Target and Staples, Melgund said: “We’re still looking to test the concept in a stand-alone format in the States.”
Paperchase previously had 330 concessions in North American Borders stores before the books retailer collapsed in 2009.
Melgund added: “There’s long been a desire to go back in and trade under our own name and I hope that will happen sooner rather than later.”
Paperchase currently has 160 stores and concessions in the UK, plus operations in Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Canada and the Middle East.
Interview: Paperchase pair on penning its growth plan
Paperchase chief executive Timothy Melgund and chairman Nick Wood reveal what’s on the cards at the stationery specialist.
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30 Years of MTV
It’s MTV’s thirtieth anniversary, so I felt the need to throw in my two cents on the channel since it was such a big part of my life, for better or for worse, in the 1980s. My family actually had MTV the day it premiered, and I distinctly remember my mother walking in while I was watching “I Know What Boys Like” by the Waitresses, and asking me, “What the hell is this?” …Which is funny because I find myself saying the same thing as I watch MTV today.
When it first started, there was plenty to like about it.
Music you wouldn’t have heard on the radio was able to reach suburbia. While the radio was playing The Little River Band, MTV was blowing our minds with Missing Persons and Adam Ant.
And let’s face it, popular music was in need of a change. Punk rock brief moment in the spotlight had just ended, and we were left with a lot of music that sounded like “The Lady in Red” by Chris De Burgh and “It Might Be You” by Stephen Bishop. As much as I liked Christopher Cross and “Break My Stride” by Matthew Wilder, it was time for a change…. and MTV provided us with just that.
But there was a downside. As much as MTV ushered in new sounds (especially in their offbeat programs like The Cutting Edge and later with 120 Minutes), it also forced musicians to become focused on image over producing quality albums.
You've turned rock and roll rebellion
Into Pat Boone sedation
Making sure nothing's left to the imagination
MTV get off the air
- The Dead Kennedys
My wife grew up in an area without MTV – she didn’t see a music video until 1986, and because of that songs from the early 80s are associated with memories rather than videos. For example, when I hear “Electric Avenue” I am instantly reminded of the video; however, my wife associates memories of the roller rink to the song. I’d much rather be reminded of roller skating than that dumb video of Eddie Grant slouched in a chair. Thanks a lot, MTV.
But MTV’s days as a visual medium for music were actually short lived. Shows started popping up on the channel that had nothing to do with music: Remote Control, Beavis & Butthead, Singled Out, The Jon Stewart Show, and…. (queue foreboding music) The Real World (gasp).
After The Real World, I think it is safe to say the MTV as I knew it was officially dead. The channel quickly dropped any pretention of being a music channel, and started its long line of reality shows (Road Rules, Jackass, The Osbournes, etc.) and other nonsense. Now, I don’t really even know what the theme of the channel is – smutty lame garbage, maybe? The “M” no longer officially stands for “music” – so, what does it stand for?
For me it now just stands for “meh”.
I couldn't agree more...I remember early "Proto-MTV" shows like Video Concert Hall...I was excited when MTV debuted...although the four or five vids they had there at first did start to wear a mite thin. I loved discovering Gary Numan and Adam Ant in that early era. But I haven't watched MTV in years...last time I did was for "120 Minutes" and that must have been well over 10 years ago. They once had some innovative stuff on there (like that animated show of experimental cartoons), but between the move to reality shows and my getting old(er), they just completely lost any relevance to me.
Repo August 01, 2011
Over here in the UK we didn't have access to MTV in the early days and then even later it was by cable or satellite only.
The only music videos I and my friends saw were usually on Saturday mornings as this was the designated 'kids' tv spot' and usually a highlight of our week. These were usually interspersed with cartoons and chat so videos were by no means shown on their own in blocks.
I am glad to have had a relatively video-free childhood like your wife did and this made me appreciate music for what it was.
That's not to detract though from some classic moments in the 80's such as music videos from Duran Duran and Michael Jackson amongst many more.
Al Bigley August 01, 2011
I lived in a small town when MTV debuted, and didn't see it until art school (1983-86). I didn't care, being into older groups from the 60s, like the Monkees....By the mid-80s, the video ruled, and was making or breaking acts, so you could say the MTV tail was wagging the dog by then! I DO recall it all coming full circle in early '86, when they played a marathon of THE MONKEES episodes, a show that married music with graphics...
But, before MTV, remember being shocked to find out what that group or artist looked like? You formed a different picture in your mind based on the tunes you heard...
Also recall the many imitators? FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS and such?
Al Bigley
ApacheDug August 01, 2011
I'll always remember the night MTV premiered like people remember Neil Armstrong landing on the moon; it was the summer after I graduated high school, a group of us went to our friend Donna's house for the big event (it had been talked about all summer) & I remember after the first couple videos, everyone agreeing it was just a gimmick and wouldn't last a month.
Who knew that a couple years later I'd be sitting there watching Jefferson Starships "We Built this City on Rock & Roll" for the 700th time... aargh!!
Will Errickson August 01, 2011
Ironically, it was MTV that introduced me to the Ramones in 1983, when they played ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL as part of their Saturday Midnight Movie schedule.
Retro Hound August 01, 2011
Al Bigley, I was just going to mention Friday Night Videos. In my area, that's all we had.
I'd get to see MTV when we went to visit friends in Tulsa. Perhaps MTV was even cooler to me since it was a rarity. I remember the two hot VJ chicks, and the man-on-the-moon logo. And every video had someone turning over a table it seemed to me.
When I was in college, I loved Post-Modern MTV, and then 120 Minutes. Or maybe it was the other way around.
I haven't had cable since college so for 20 years I've not seen MTV, but I hear I'm not missing much.
Luis August 01, 2011
I haven't watched MTV in possibly a decade or more. I had switched to VH1 for awhile but then thet too became reality show-centric so I quit them too. However in the early days I discovered a LOT of bands thanks to MTV, so I thank them for that.
Jeffrey August 01, 2011
Anon-
As much as I liked liquid t.v , mtv was already on its downward trajectory by the time that show aired. Seems weird that they'd be grasping at straws when all they really had to do was play videos. Or was it? I posted a lot of cool classic videos on my blog if you care to look.
www.mediocrityisthenewgenius.com
We didn't have cable TV in the early '80s, either. I had to get all the great movies of the '70s and '80s uncut from my stepdad, who compulsively taped them off of HBO at his house, and what music videos I saw from shows like Friday Night Videos. And like your wife, I associate the music of the period with random real-life memories. Hearing Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky" instantly takes me back to sitting on my polyester bedspread trying to learn to play guitar. Not a particularly cherished memory, but a vivid one for the strange connection that music makes in the teenaged brain.
MTV introduced me to many bands that still make the 6 CD playlist in my car. Over the years, I guess MTV has lost it's soul and become just another channel of garbage. I have no idea how it can still be called Music Television when the only hint of music is during the annual awards show that promises a few faux-news-worthy sound bytes and taboo visuals. It's so sad that such a pioneer in broadcasting has become a big fat nothing.
Fortunately, I use rabbit-ears on my television today and pickup CoolTV in Austin. They have music videos 24/7 and it's free... yes.. free :)
Anonymous #2, the You Got Lucky video is one of my favorites. The spooky opening music fits perfectly.
Stupid shows made for idiots (Real World) and a change in what popular music meant to the masses (fucking rap shit raking in huge wads of cash for thugs and drug dealing morons) worked hand-in-hand for MTV's downfall to oblivion.
I forgot about Friday Night Videos, but I was just talking about Night Flight yesterday and how they played anywhere from 1/3 to 2/3 of a video, but I don't think they ever played the whole thing. That pissed me off.
WhatWasLost August 02, 2011
The picture of the two guys sitting in front of a TV is from 1978 or so, a good 3 years before MTV came on the air.
"I have no idea how it can still be called Music Television".
Don't forget, TLC stands for The Learning Channel, lol.
You are dead-on right about MTV. My friends and I have been talking about this all weekend. The series shows are totally what killed it. The Real World crap was definitely the beginning of the end. Some shows were ok - I liked The State, Beavis & Butthead, Liquid Television, but I always thought they belonged elsewhere.
Julian V. August 03, 2011
Ah, MTV. I haven't tuned in to that channel since the Beavis & Butthead movie first came out. But I have such good memories from the early 90's, almost all of which involve my insatiable lust for Idalis.
She's not still hosting, is she?
Tom August 04, 2011
I remember how they originally played a handful of videos over and over. Pressure, Rapture, Fashion, Steppin Out, House of Fun, Shakin, Love Stinks, In the Air Tonight, Brass in Pocket, Hungry Like the Wolf, You Got Lucky, Africa, Shock the Monkey, Billy Jean, Photograph, Blinded me with Science....
Like you, when I hear a song I see the video in my mind, no matter how lame it may have been it was part of the experience. I don't even recognize the channel anymore.
Lazlo August 06, 2011
As a kid/teen of the '80s, MTV and music videos were the cutting edge, new media. It was part of what, for me, made the '80s so colorful and vibrant. I think its peak was around the time of New Wave and the "Second British Invasion," from around 1981 to around 1985, peaking at 1983, imho.
Two things though: Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride" was a 1983 song, coming out two years after MTV started. And Chris de Burgh's "Lady In Red" was 1986.
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I was two layers removed from MTV. We didn't have cable and Friday Night Videos was on later than my parents would let me stay up (11:30). I had to make due with Hot Hit Videos which was a local video show here in St. Louis hosted by local radio station KHTR on Saturday nights at 10:30.
Albert Giesbrecht August 09, 2011
In Canada, we have MuchMusic, which launched on August 31, 1984. At first it was scrambled, but eventually became part of the basic cable tier.
CBC had a daily 30 minute show called Video Hits, hosted by Samantha Taylor, and on Friday Night was a show, also on CBC called Good Rockin' tonight, out of Vancouver.
Before these shows was "The New Music, which was syndicated, and they focused on New Wave/Punk, with a little Springsteen thrown in the mix.
The grandaddy of these shows was called Nite Dreems, on what you would call Public Access TV. It started out with a DJ spinning tunes on a turntable, and showing obscure movies, that lead into early music videos.
Raygunn August 20, 2011
The videos were great (most of them) but what i liked more was the "stage shots" of the VJs in between the videos filling time. talking TO US. like they were in our living room. The nervousness, the banter, the interviews (with no screaming groupie audience!) We still get that today on the 80s on 8 if you have xm sirius (but not as good) Also, I LOVED the Atari arcade machines that started showing up on stage around '82 (Space Duel, Gravitar) Well at least we can watch the old days over on the intranets. I wished that stage was my room when I was in high school! Miss ya JJ!
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Request for Comments: 5798 Ericsson
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Category: Standards Track
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6
This memo defines the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for
IPv4 and IPv6. It is version three (3) of the protocol, and it is
based on VRRP (version 2) for IPv4 that is defined in RFC 3768 and in
"Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol for IPv6". VRRP specifies an
election protocol that dynamically assigns responsibility for a
virtual router to one of the VRRP routers on a LAN. The VRRP router
controlling the IPv4 or IPv6 address(es) associated with a virtual
router is called the Master, and it forwards packets sent to these
IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. VRRP Master routers are configured with
virtual IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, and VRRP Backup routers infer the
address family of the virtual addresses being carried based on the
transport protocol. Within a VRRP router, the virtual routers in
each of the IPv4 and IPv6 address families are a domain unto
themselves and do not overlap. The election process provides dynamic
failover in the forwarding responsibility should the Master become
unavailable. For IPv4, the advantage gained from using VRRP is a
higher-availability default path without requiring configuration of
dynamic routing or router discovery protocols on every end-host. For
IPv6, the advantage gained from using VRRP for IPv6 is a quicker
switchover to Backup routers than can be obtained with standard IPv6
Neighbor Discovery mechanisms.
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RFC 5798 VRRPv3 for IPv4 and IPv6 March 2010
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1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. A Note on Terminology ......................................4
1.2. IPv4 .......................................................5
1.4. Requirements Language ......................................6
1.5. Scope ......................................................7
1.6. Definitions ................................................7
2. Required Features ...............................................8
2.1. IPvX Address Backup ........................................8
2.2. Preferred Path Indication ..................................8
2.3. Minimization of Unnecessary Service Disruptions ............9
2.4. Efficient Operation over Extended LANs .....................9
2.5. Sub-Second Operation for IPv4 and IPv6 .....................9
3. VRRP Overview ..................................................10
4. Sample Configurations ..........................................11
4.1. Sample Configuration 1 ....................................11
5. Protocol .......................................................14
5.1. VRRP Packet Format ........................................15
5.1.1. IPv4 Field Descriptions ............................15
5.1.1.1. Source Address ............................15
5.1.1.2. Destination Address .......................15
5.1.1.3. TTL .......................................16
5.1.1.4. Protocol ..................................16
5.1.2.3. Hop Limit .................................16
5.1.2.4. Next Header ...............................16
5.2. VRRP Field Descriptions ...................................16
5.2.1. Version ............................................16
5.2.2. Type ...............................................17
5.2.3. Virtual Rtr ID (VRID) ..............................17
5.2.4. Priority ...........................................17
5.2.5. Count IPvX Addr ....................................17
5.2.6. Rsvd ...............................................17
5.2.7. Maximum Advertisement Interval (Max Adver Int) .....17
5.2.8. Checksum ...........................................18
5.2.9. IPvX Address(es) ...................................18
6. Protocol State Machine .........................................18
6.1. Parameters Per Virtual Router .............................18
6.2. Timers ....................................................20
6.3. State Transition Diagram ..................................21
6.4. State Descriptions ........................................21
6.4.1. Initialize .........................................21
6.4.2. Backup .............................................22
6.4.3. Master .............................................24
7. Sending and Receiving VRRP Packets .............................26
7.1. Receiving VRRP Packets ....................................26
7.2. Transmitting VRRP Packets .................................27
7.3. Virtual Router MAC Address ................................28
7.4. IPv6 Interface Identifiers ................................28
8. Operational Issues .............................................29
8.1. IPv4 ......................................................29
8.1.1. ICMP Redirects .....................................29
8.1.2. Host ARP Requests ..................................29
8.1.3. Proxy ARP ..........................................30
8.2.1. ICMPv6 Redirects ...................................30
8.2.2. ND Neighbor Solicitation ...........................30
8.2.3. Router Advertisements ..............................31
8.3. IPvX ......................................................31
8.3.1. Potential Forwarding Loop ..........................31
8.3.2. Recommendations Regarding Setting Priority Values ..32
8.4. VRRPv3 and VRRPv2 Interoperation ..........................32
8.4.1. Assumptions ........................................32
8.4.2. VRRPv3 Support of VRRPv2 ...........................32
8.4.3. VRRPv3 Support of VRRPv2 Considerations ............33
8.4.3.1. Slow, High-Priority Masters ...............33
8.4.3.2. Overwhelming VRRPv2 Backups ...............33
9. Security Considerations ........................................33
10. Contributors and Acknowledgments ..............................34
11. IANA Considerations ...........................................35
12. References ....................................................35
12.1. Normative References .....................................35
12.2. Informative References ...................................36
Appendix A. Operation over FDDI, Token Ring, and ATM LANE .........38
A.1. Operation over FDDI .......................................38
A.2. Operation over Token Ring .................................38
A.3. Operation over ATM LANE ...................................40
IPv4 and IPv6. It is version three (3) of the protocol. It is based
on VRRP (version 2) for IPv4 that is defined in [RFC3768] and in
[VRRP-IPv6]. VRRP specifies an election protocol that dynamically
assigns responsibility for a virtual router to one of the VRRP
routers on a LAN. The VRRP router controlling the IPv4 or IPv6
address(es) associated with a virtual router is called the Master,
and it forwards packets sent to these IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. VRRP
Master routers are configured with virtual IPv4 or IPv6 addresses,
and VRRP Backup routers infer the address family of the virtual
addresses being carried based on the transport protocol. Within a
VRRP router, the virtual routers in each of the IPv4 and IPv6 address
families are a domain unto themselves and do not overlap. The
election process provides dynamic failover in the forwarding
responsibility should the Master become unavailable.
VRRP provides a function similar to the proprietary protocols "Hot
Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)" [RFC2281] and "IP Standby Protocol"
[IPSTB].
1.1. A Note on Terminology
This document discusses both IPv4 and IPv6 operation, and with
respect to the VRRP protocol, many of the descriptions and procedures
are common. In this document, it would be less verbose to be able to
refer to "IP" to mean either "IPv4 or IPv6". However, historically,
the term "IP" usually refers to IPv4. For this reason, in this
specification, the term "IPvX" (where X is 4 or 6) is introduced to
mean either "IPv4" or "IPv6". In this text, where the IP version
matters, the appropriate term is used and the use of the term "IP" is
avoided.
1.2. IPv4
There are a number of methods that an IPv4 end-host can use to
determine its first-hop router towards a particular IPv4 destination.
These include running (or snooping) a dynamic routing protocol such
as Routing Information Protocol [RFC2453] or OSPF version 2
[RFC2328], running an ICMP router discovery client [RFC1256], or
using a statically configured default route.
Running a dynamic routing protocol on every end-host may be
infeasible for a number of reasons, including administrative
overhead, processing overhead, security issues, or lack of a protocol
implementation for some platforms. Neighbor or router discovery
protocols may require active participation by all hosts on a network,
leading to large timer values to reduce protocol overhead in the face
of large numbers of hosts. This can result in a significant delay in
the detection of a lost (i.e., dead) neighbor; such a delay may
introduce unacceptably long "black hole" periods.
The use of a statically configured default route is quite popular; it
minimizes configuration and processing overhead on the end-host and
is supported by virtually every IPv4 implementation. This mode of
operation is likely to persist as dynamic host configuration
protocols [RFC2131] are deployed, which typically provide
configuration for an end-host IPv4 address and default gateway.
However, this creates a single point of failure. Loss of the default
router results in a catastrophic event, isolating all end-hosts that
are unable to detect any alternate path that may be available.
The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) is designed to
eliminate the single point of failure inherent in the static default-
routed environment. VRRP specifies an election protocol that
dynamically assigns responsibility for a virtual router to one of the
VRRP routers on a LAN. The VRRP router controlling the IPv4
address(es) associated with a virtual router is called the Master and
forwards packets sent to these IPv4 addresses. The election process
provides dynamic failover in the forwarding responsibility should the
Master become unavailable. Any of the virtual router's IPv4
addresses on a LAN can then be used as the default first hop
router by end-hosts. The advantage gained from using VRRP is a
higher availability default path without requiring configuration of
dynamic routing or router discovery protocols on every end-host.
IPv6 hosts on a LAN will usually learn about one or more default
routers by receiving Router Advertisements sent using the IPv6
Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol [RFC4861]. The Router
Advertisements are multicast periodically at a rate that the hosts
will learn about the default routers in a few minutes. They are not
sent frequently enough to rely on the absence of the Router
Advertisement to detect router failures.
Neighbor Discovery (ND) includes a mechanism called Neighbor
Unreachability Detection to detect the failure of a neighbor node
(router or host) or the forwarding path to a neighbor. This is done
by sending unicast ND Neighbor Solicitation messages to the neighbor
node. To reduce the overhead of sending Neighbor Solicitations, they
are only sent to neighbors to which the node is actively sending
traffic and only after there has been no positive indication that the
router is up for a period of time. Using the default parameters in
ND, it will take a host about 38 seconds to learn that a router is
unreachable before it will switch to another default router. This
delay would be very noticeable to users and cause some transport
protocol implementations to time out.
While the ND unreachability detection could be made quicker by
changing the parameters to be more aggressive (note that the current
lower limit for this is 5 seconds), this would have the downside of
significantly increasing the overhead of ND traffic, especially when
there are many hosts all trying to determine the reachability of one
of more routers.
The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol for IPv6 provides a much
faster switchover to an alternate default router than can be obtained
using standard ND procedures. Using VRRP, a Backup router can take
over for a failed default router in around three seconds (using VRRP
default parameters). This is done without any interaction with the
hosts and a minimum amount of VRRP traffic.
1.4. Requirements Language
The remainder of this document describes the features, design goals,
and theory of operation of VRRP. The message formats, protocol
processing rules, and state machine that guarantee convergence to a
single Virtual Router Master are presented. Finally, operational
issues related to MAC address mapping, handling of ARP requests,
generation of ICMP redirect messages, and security issues are
addressed.
1.6. Definitions
VRRP Router A router running the Virtual Router
Redundancy Protocol. It may participate as
one or more virtual routers.
Virtual Router An abstract object managed by VRRP that acts
as a default router for hosts on a shared
LAN. It consists of a Virtual Router
Identifier and either a set of associated
IPv4 addresses or a set of associated IPv6
addresses across a common LAN. A VRRP Router
may back up one or more virtual routers.
IP Address Owner The VRRP router that has the virtual router's
IPvX address(es) as real interface
address(es). This is the router that, when
up, will respond to packets addressed to one
of these IPvX addresses for ICMP pings, TCP
connections, etc.
Primary IP Address In IPv4, an IPv4 address selected from the
set of real interface addresses. One
possible selection algorithm is to always
select the first address. In IPv4 mode, VRRP
advertisements are always sent using the
primary IPv4 address as the source of the
IPv4 packet. In IPv6, the link-local address
of the interface over which the packet is
transmitted is used.
Virtual Router Master The VRRP router that is assuming the
responsibility of forwarding packets sent to
the IPvX address(es) associated with the
virtual router, answering ARP requests
for the IPv4 address(es), and answering ND
requests for the IPv6 address(es). Note that
if the IPvX address owner is available, then
it will always become the Master.
Virtual Router Backup The set of VRRP routers available to assume
forwarding responsibility for a virtual
router should the current Master fail.
2. Required Features
This section outlines the set of features that were considered
mandatory and that guided the design of VRRP.
2.1. IPvX Address Backup
Backup of an IPvX address or addresses is the primary function of
VRRP. While providing election of a Virtual Router Master and the
additional functionality described below, the protocol should
strive to:
o Minimize the duration of black holes.
o Minimize the steady-state bandwidth overhead and processing
complexity.
o Function over a wide variety of multiaccess LAN technologies
capable of supporting IPvX traffic.
o Allow multiple virtual routers on a network for load balancing.
o Support multiple logical IPvX subnets on a single LAN segment.
2.2. Preferred Path Indication
A simple model of Master election among a set of redundant routers is
to treat each router with equal preference and claim victory after
converging to any router as Master. However, there are likely to be
many environments where there is a distinct preference (or range of
preferences) among the set of redundant routers. For example, this
preference may be based upon access link cost or speed, router
performance or reliability, or other policy considerations. The
protocol should allow the expression of this relative path preference
in an intuitive manner and guarantee Master convergence to the most
preferential router currently available.
2.3. Minimization of Unnecessary Service Disruptions
Once Master election has been performed, any unnecessary transitions
between Master and Backup routers can result in a disruption in
service. The protocol should ensure after Master election that no
state transition is triggered by any Backup router of equal or lower
preference as long as the Master continues to function properly.
Some environments may find it beneficial to avoid the state
transition triggered when a router that is preferred over the current
Master becomes available. It may be useful to support an override of
the immediate convergence to the preferred path.
2.4. Efficient Operation over Extended LANs
Sending IPvX packets (that is, sending either IPv4 or IPv6) on a
multiaccess LAN requires mapping from an IPvX address to a MAC
address. The use of the virtual router MAC address in an extended
LAN employing learning bridges can have a significant effect on the
bandwidth overhead of packets sent to the virtual router. If the
virtual router MAC address is never used as the source address in a
link-level frame, then the station location is never learned,
resulting in flooding of all packets sent to the virtual router. To
improve the efficiency in this environment, the protocol should:
1) use the virtual router MAC address as the source in a packet sent
by the Master to trigger station learning; 2) trigger a message
immediately after transitioning to the Master to update the station
learning; and 3) trigger periodic messages from the Master to
maintain the station learning cache.
2.5. Sub-Second Operation for IPv4 and IPv6
Sub-second detection of Master VRRP router failure is needed in both
IPv4 and IPv6 environments. Earlier work proposed that sub-second
operation was for IPv6; this specification leverages that earlier
approach for IPv4 and IPv6.
One possible problematic scenario when using small
VRRP_Advertisement_Intervals may occur when a router is delivering
more packets onto the LAN than can be accommodated, and so a queue
builds up in the router. It is possible that packets being
transmitted onto the VRRP-protected LAN could see larger queueing
delay than the smallest VRRP Advertisement_Interval. In this case,
the Master_Down_Interval will be small enough so that normal queuing
delays might cause a VRRP Backup to conclude that the Master is down,
and therefore promote itself to Master. Very shortly afterwards, the
delayed VRRP packets from the Master cause a switch back to Backup
status. Furthermore, this process can repeat many times per second,
causing significant disruption to traffic. To mitigate this problem,
priority forwarding of VRRP packets should be considered. It should
be possible for a VRRP Master to observe that this situation is
occurring frequently and at least log the problem.
3. VRRP Overview
VRRP specifies an election protocol to provide the virtual router
function described earlier. All protocol messaging is performed
using either IPv4 or IPv6 multicast datagrams; thus, the protocol can
operate over a variety of multiaccess LAN technologies supporting
IPvX multicast. Each link of a VRRP virtual router has a single
well-known MAC address allocated to it. This document currently only
details the mapping to networks using the IEEE 802 48-bit MAC
address. The virtual router MAC address is used as the source in all
periodic VRRP messages sent by the Master router to enable bridge
learning in an extended LAN.
A virtual router is defined by its virtual router identifier (VRID)
and a set of either IPv4 or IPv6 address(es). A VRRP router may
associate a virtual router with its real address on an interface.
The scope of each virtual router is restricted to a single LAN. A
VRRP router may be configured with additional virtual router mappings
and priority for virtual routers it is willing to back up. The
mapping between the VRID and its IPvX address(es) must be coordinated
among all VRRP routers on a LAN.
There is no restriction against reusing a VRID with a different
address mapping on different LANs, nor is there a restriction against
using the same VRID number for a set of IPv4 addresses and a set of
IPv6 addresses; however, these are two different virtual routers.
To minimize network traffic, only the Master for each virtual router
sends periodic VRRP Advertisement messages. A Backup router will not
attempt to preempt the Master unless it has higher priority. This
eliminates service disruption unless a more preferred path becomes
available. It's also possible to administratively prohibit all
preemption attempts. The only exception is that a VRRP router will
always become Master of any virtual router associated with addresses
it owns. If the Master becomes unavailable, then the highest-
priority Backup will transition to Master after a short delay,
providing a controlled transition of the virtual router
responsibility with minimal service interruption.
The VRRP protocol design provides rapid transition from Backup to
Master to minimize service interruption and incorporates
optimizations that reduce protocol complexity while guaranteeing
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controlled Master transition for typical operational scenarios. The
optimizations result in an election protocol with minimal runtime
state requirements, minimal active protocol states, and a single
message type and sender. The typical operational scenarios are
defined to be two redundant routers and/or distinct path preferences
among each router. A side effect when these assumptions are violated
(i.e., more than two redundant paths, all with equal preference) is
that duplicate packets may be forwarded for a brief period during
Master election. However, the typical scenario assumptions are
likely to cover the vast majority of deployments, loss of the Master
router is infrequent, and the expected duration in Master election
convergence is quite small ( << 1 second ). Thus, the VRRP
optimizations represent significant simplifications in the protocol
design while incurring an insignificant probability of brief network
degradation.
4. Sample Configurations
4.1. Sample Configuration 1
The following figure shows a simple network with two VRRP routers
implementing one virtual router.
+-----------+ +-----------+
| Rtr1 | | Rtr2 |
|(MR VRID=1)| |(BR VRID=1)|
| | | |
VRID=1 +-----------+ +-----------+
IPvX A--------->* *<---------IPvX B
| |
----------------+------------+-----+----------+----------+----------+--
^ ^ ^ ^
| | | |
default rtr IPvX addrs-------> (IPvX A) (IPvX A) (IPvX A) (IPvX A)
IPvX H1->* IpvX H2->* IPvX H3->* IpvX H4->*
+--+--+ +--+--+ +--+--+ +--+--+
| H1 | | H2 | | H3 | | H4 |
+-----+ +-----+ +--+--+ +--+--+
--+---+---+-- = Ethernet, Token Ring, or FDDI
H = Host computer
MR = Master Router
BR = Backup Router
* = IPvX Address; X is 4 everywhere in IPv4 case
X is 6 everywhere in IPv6 case
(IPvX) = default router for hosts
Eliminating all mention of VRRP (VRID=1) from the figure above leaves
it as a typical deployment.
In the IPv4 case (that is, IPvX is IPv4 everywhere in the figure),
each router is permanently assigned an IPv4 address on the LAN
interface (Rtr1 is assigned IPv4 A and Rtr2 is assigned IPv4 B), and
each host installs a static default route through one of the routers
(in this example they all use Rtr1's IPv4 A).
each router has a link-local IPv6 address on the LAN interface (Rtr1
is assigned IPv6 Link-Local A and Rtr2 is assigned IPv6 Link-
Local B), and each host learns a default route from Router
Advertisements through one of the routers (in this example, they all
use Rtr1's IPv6 Link-Local A).
Moving to an IPv4 VRRP environment, each router has the exact same
permanently assigned IPv4 address. Rtr1 is said to be the IPv4
address owner of IPv4 A, and Rtr2 is the IPv4 address owner of
IPv4 B. A virtual router is then defined by associating a unique
identifier (the virtual router ID) with the address owned by a
router.
Link-Local IPv6 address. Rtr1 is said to be the IPv6 address owner
of IPv6 A, and Rtr2 is the IPv6 address owner of IPv6 B. A virtual
router is then defined by associating a unique identifier (the
virtual router ID) with the address owned by a router.
Finally, in both the IPv4 and IPv6 cases, the VRRP protocol manages
virtual router failover to a Backup router.
The IPv4 example above shows a virtual router configured to cover the
IPv4 address owned by Rtr1 (VRID=1, IPv4_Address=A). When VRRP is
enabled on Rtr1 for VRID=1, it will assert itself as Master, with
priority = 255, since it is the IP address owner for the virtual
router IP address. When VRRP is enabled on Rtr2 for VRID=1, it will
transition to Backup, with priority = 100 (the default priority is
100), since it is not the IPv4 address owner. If Rtr1 should fail,
then the VRRP protocol will transition Rtr2 to Master, temporarily
taking over forwarding responsibility for IPv4 A to provide
uninterrupted service to the hosts. When Rtr1 returns to service, it
will re-assert itself as Master.
priority = 255, since it is the IPv6 address owner for the virtual
router IPv6 address. When VRRP is enabled on Rtr2 for VRID=1, it
will transition to Backup, with priority = 100 (the default priority
is 100), since it is not the IPv6 address owner. If Rtr1 should
fail, then the VRRP protocol will transition Rtr2 to Master,
temporarily taking over forwarding responsibility for IPv6 A to
provide uninterrupted service to the hosts.
Note that in both cases, in this example IPvX B is not backed up; it
is only used by Rtr2 as its interface address. In order to back up
IPvX B, a second virtual router must be configured. This is shown in
The following figure shows a configuration with two virtual routers
with the hosts splitting their traffic between them.
+-----------+ +-----------+
| Rtr1 | | Rtr2 |
|(MR VRID=1)| |(BR VRID=1)|
|(BR VRID=2)| |(MR VRID=2)|
VRID=1 +-----------+ +-----------+ VRID=2
IPvX A -------->* *<---------- IPvX B
default rtr IPvX addrs -----> (IPvX A) (IPvX A) (IPvX B) (IPvX B)
---+---+---+-- = Ethernet, Token Ring, or FDDI
H = Host computer
MR = Master Router
BR = Backup Router
(IPvX) = default router for hosts
In the IPv4 example above (that is, IPvX is IPv4 everywhere in the
figure), half of the hosts have configured a static route through
Rtr1's IPv4 A, and half are using Rtr2's IPv4 B. The configuration
of virtual router VRID=1 is exactly the same as in the first example
(see Section 4.1), and a second virtual router has been added to
cover the IPv4 address owned by Rtr2 (VRID=2, IPv4_Address=B). In
this case, Rtr2 will assert itself as Master for VRID=2 while Rtr1
will act as a Backup. This scenario demonstrates a deployment
providing load splitting when both routers are available, while
providing full redundancy for robustness.
figure), half of the hosts have learned a default route through
Note that the details of load balancing are out of scope of this
document. However, in a case where the servers need different
weights, it may not make sense to rely on router advertisements alone
to balance the host load between the routers.
5. Protocol
The purpose of the VRRP packet is to communicate to all VRRP routers
the priority and the state of the Master router associated with the
VRID.
When VRRP is protecting an IPv4 address, VRRP packets are sent
encapsulated in IPv4 packets. They are sent to the IPv4 multicast
address assigned to VRRP.
5.1. VRRP Packet Format
This section defines the format of the VRRP packet and the relevant
fields in the IP header.
| IPv4 Fields or IPv6 Fields |
... ...
|Version| Type | Virtual Rtr ID| Priority |Count IPvX Addr|
|(rsvd) | Max Adver Int | Checksum |
+ +
| IPvX Address(es) |
5.1.1. IPv4 Field Descriptions
5.1.1.1. Source Address
This is the primary IPv4 address of the interface the packet is being
sent from.
5.1.1.2. Destination Address
The IPv4 multicast address as assigned by the IANA for VRRP is:
This is a link-local scope multicast address. Routers MUST NOT
forward a datagram with this destination address, regardless of its
TTL.
5.1.1.3. TTL
The TTL MUST be set to 255. A VRRP router receiving a packet with
the TTL not equal to 255 MUST discard the packet.
5.1.1.4. Protocol
The IPv4 protocol number assigned by the IANA for VRRP is 112
(decimal).
This is the IPv6 link-local address of the interface the packet is
being sent from.
The IPv6 multicast address assigned by the IANA for VRRP is:
FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:12
Hop Limit.
5.1.2.3. Hop Limit
The Hop Limit MUST be set to 255. A VRRP router receiving a packet
with the Hop Limit not equal to 255 MUST discard the packet.
5.1.2.4. Next Header
The IPv6 Next Header protocol assigned by the IANA for VRRP is 112
5.2. VRRP Field Descriptions
5.2.1. Version
The version field specifies the VRRP protocol version of this packet.
This document defines version 3.
5.2.2. Type
The type field specifies the type of this VRRP packet. The only
packet type defined in this version of the protocol is:
1 ADVERTISEMENT
A packet with unknown type MUST be discarded.
5.2.3. Virtual Rtr ID (VRID)
The Virtual Rtr ID field identifies the virtual router this packet is
reporting status for.
5.2.4. Priority
The priority field specifies the sending VRRP router's priority for
the virtual router. Higher values equal higher priority. This field
is an 8-bit unsigned integer field.
The priority value for the VRRP router that owns the IPvX address
associated with the virtual router MUST be 255 (decimal).
VRRP routers backing up a virtual router MUST use priority values
between 1-254 (decimal). The default priority value for VRRP routers
backing up a virtual router is 100 (decimal).
The priority value zero (0) has special meaning, indicating that the
current Master has stopped participating in VRRP. This is used to
trigger Backup routers to quickly transition to Master without having
to wait for the current Master to time out.
5.2.5. Count IPvX Addr
This is the number of either IPv4 addresses or IPv6 addresses
contained in this VRRP advertisement. The minimum value is 1.
5.2.6. Rsvd
This field MUST be set to zero on transmission and ignored on
reception.
5.2.7. Maximum Advertisement Interval (Max Adver Int)
The Maximum Advertisement Interval is a 12-bit field that indicates
the time interval (in centiseconds) between ADVERTISEMENTS. The
default is 100 centiseconds (1 second).
Note that higher-priority Master routers with slower transmission
rates than their Backup routers are unstable. This is because low-
priority nodes configured to faster rates could come online and
decide they should be Masters before they have heard anything from
the higher-priority Master with a slower rate. When this happens, it
is temporary: once the lower-priority node does hear from the higher-
priority Master, it will relinquish mastership.
5.2.8. Checksum
The checksum field is used to detect data corruption in the VRRP
The checksum is the 16-bit one's complement of the one's complement
sum of the entire VRRP message starting with the version field and a
"pseudo-header" as defined in Section 8.1 of [RFC2460]. The next
header field in the "pseudo-header" should be set to 112 (decimal)
for VRRP. For computing the checksum, the checksum field is set to
zero. See RFC1071 for more detail [RFC1071].
5.2.9. IPvX Address(es)
This refers to one or more IPvX addresses associated with the virtual
router. The number of addresses included is specified in the "Count
IP Addr" field. These fields are used for troubleshooting
misconfigured routers. If more than one address is sent, it is
recommended that all routers be configured to send these addresses in
the same order to make it easier to do this comparison.
For IPv4 addresses, this refers to one or more IPv4 addresses that
are backed up by the virtual router.
For IPv6, the first address must be the IPv6 link-local address
associated with the virtual router.
This field contains either one or more IPv4 addresses, or one or more
IPv6 addresses, that is, IPv4 and IPv6 MUST NOT both be carried in
one IPvX Address field.
6. Protocol State Machine
6.1. Parameters Per Virtual Router
VRID Virtual Router Identifier. Configurable
item in the range 1-255 (decimal). There
is no default.
Priority Priority value to be used by this VRRP
router in Master election for this
virtual router. The value of 255
(decimal) is reserved for the router that
owns the IPvX address associated with the
virtual router. The value of 0 (zero) is
reserved for the Master router to
indicate it is releasing responsibility
for the virtual router. The range 1-254
(decimal) is available for VRRP routers
backing up the virtual router. Higher
values indicate higher priorities. The
default value is 100 (decimal).
IPv4_Addresses One or more IPv4 addresses associated
with this virtual router. Configured
item with no default.
item with no default. The first address
must be the Link-Local address associated
with the virtual router.
Advertisement_Interval Time interval between ADVERTISEMENTS
(centiseconds). Default is 100
centiseconds (1 second).
Master_Adver_Interval Advertisement interval contained in
ADVERTISEMENTS received from the Master
(centiseconds). This value is saved by
virtual routers in the Backup state and
used to compute Skew_Time and
Master_Down_Interval. The initial value
is the same as Advertisement_Interval.
Skew_Time Time to skew Master_Down_Interval in
centiseconds. Calculated as
(((256 - priority) * Master_Adver_Interval) / 256)
Master_Down_Interval Time interval for Backup to declare
Master down (centiseconds).
Calculated as
(3 * Master_Adver_Interval) + Skew_time
Preempt_Mode Controls whether a (starting or
restarting) higher-priority Backup router
preempts a lower-priority Master router.
Values are True to allow preemption and
False to prohibit preemption. Default is
Note: The exception is that the router
that owns the IPvX address associated
with the virtual router always preempts,
independent of the setting of this flag.
Accept_Mode Controls whether a virtual router in
Master state will accept packets
addressed to the address owner's IPvX
address as its own if it is not the IPvX
address owner. The default is False.
Deployments that rely on, for example,
pinging the address owner's IPvX address
may wish to configure Accept_Mode to
Note: IPv6 Neighbor Solicitations and
Neighbor Advertisements MUST NOT be
dropped when Accept_Mode is False.
Virtual_Router_MAC_Address The MAC address used for the source MAC
address in VRRP advertisements and
advertised in ARP responses as the MAC
address to use for IP_Addresses.
6.2. Timers
Master_Down_Timer Timer that fires when ADVERTISEMENT has not
been heard for Master_Down_Interval.
Adver_Timer Timer that fires to trigger sending of
ADVERTISEMENT based on
Advertisement_Interval.
6.3. State Transition Diagram
+---------------+
+--------->| |<-------------+
| | Initialize | |
| +------| |----------+ |
| | +---------------+ | |
| | | |
| V V |
+---------------+ +---------------+
| |---------------------->| |
| Master | | Backup |
| |<----------------------| |
6.4. State Descriptions
In the state descriptions below, the state names are identified by
{state-name}, and the packets are identified by all-uppercase
characters.
A VRRP router implements an instance of the state machine for each
virtual router election it is participating in.
6.4.1. Initialize
The purpose of this state is to wait for a Startup event, that is, an
implementation-defined mechanism that initiates the protocol once it
has been configured. The configuration mechanism is out of scope of
this specification.
(100) If a Startup event is received, then:
(105) - If the Priority = 255 (i.e., the router owns the IPvX
address associated with the virtual router), then:
(110) + Send an ADVERTISEMENT
(115) + If the protected IPvX address is an IPv4 address, then:
(120) * Broadcast a gratuitous ARP request containing the
virtual router MAC address for each IP address associated
(125) + else // IPv6
(130) * For each IPv6 address associated with the virtual
router, send an unsolicited ND Neighbor Advertisement with
the Router Flag (R) set, the Solicited Flag (S) unset, the
Override flag (O) set, the target address set to the IPv6
address of the virtual router, and the target link-layer
address set to the virtual router MAC address.
(135) +endif // was protected addr IPv4?
(140) + Set the Adver_Timer to Advertisement_Interval
(145) + Transition to the {Master} state
(150) - else // rtr does not own virt addr
(155) + Set Master_Adver_Interval to Advertisement_Interval
(160) + Set the Master_Down_Timer to Master_Down_Interval
(165) + Transition to the {Backup} state
(170) -endif // priority was not 255
(175) endif // startup event was recv
6.4.2. Backup
The purpose of the {Backup} state is to monitor the availability and
state of the Master router.
(300) While in this state, a VRRP router MUST do the following:
(305) - If the protected IPvX address is an IPv4 address, then:
(310) + MUST NOT respond to ARP requests for the IPv4
address(es) associated with the virtual router.
(315) - else // protected addr is IPv6
(320) + MUST NOT respond to ND Neighbor Solicitation messages
for the IPv6 address(es) associated with the virtual router.
(325) + MUST NOT send ND Router Advertisement messages for the
virtual router.
(330) -endif // was protected addr IPv4?
(335) - MUST discard packets with a destination link-layer MAC
address equal to the virtual router MAC address.
(340) - MUST NOT accept packets addressed to the IPvX address(es)
(345) - If a Shutdown event is received, then:
(350) + Cancel the Master_Down_Timer
(355) + Transition to the {Initialize} state
(360) -endif // shutdown recv
(365) - If the Master_Down_Timer fires, then:
(380) * Broadcast a gratuitous ARP request on that interface
containing the virtual router MAC address for each IPv4
address associated with the virtual router.
(390) * Compute and join the Solicited-Node multicast
address [RFC4291] for the IPv6 address(es) associated with
the virtual router.
(415) -endif // Master_Down_Timer fired
(420) - If an ADVERTISEMENT is received, then:
(425) + If the Priority in the ADVERTISEMENT is zero, then:
(430) * Set the Master_Down_Timer to Skew_Time
(440) + else // priority non-zero
(445) * If Preempt_Mode is False, or if the Priority in the
ADVERTISEMENT is greater than or equal to the local
Priority, then:
(450) @ Set Master_Adver_Interval to Adver Interval
contained in the ADVERTISEMENT
(455) @ Recompute the Master_Down_Interval
(460) @ Reset the Master_Down_Timer to
Master_Down_Interval
(465) * else // preempt was true or priority was less
(470) @ Discard the ADVERTISEMENT
(475) *endif // preempt test
(480) +endif // was priority zero?
(485) -endif // was advertisement recv?
(490) endwhile // Backup state
6.4.3. Master
While in the {Master} state, the router functions as the forwarding
router for the IPvX address(es) associated with the virtual router.
Note that in the Master state, the Preempt_Mode Flag is not
considered.
(610) + MUST respond to ARP requests for the IPv4 address(es)
(615) - else // ipv6
(620) + MUST be a member of the Solicited-Node multicast
address for the IPv6 address(es) associated with the virtual
(625) + MUST respond to ND Neighbor Solicitation message for
the IPv6 address(es) associated with the virtual router.
(630) ++ MUST send ND Router Advertisements for the virtual
(635) ++ If Accept_Mode is False: MUST NOT drop IPv6 Neighbor
Solicitations and Neighbor Advertisements.
(640) +-endif // ipv4?
(645) - MUST forward packets with a destination link-layer MAC
(650) - MUST accept packets addressed to the IPvX address(es)
associated with the virtual router if it is the IPvX address owner
or if Accept_Mode is True. Otherwise, MUST NOT accept these
packets.
(660) + Cancel the Adver_Timer
(665) + Send an ADVERTISEMENT with Priority = 0
(680) - If the Adver_Timer fires, then:
(690) + Reset the Adver_Timer to Advertisement_Interval
(695) -endif // advertisement timer fired
(705) -+ If the Priority in the ADVERTISEMENT is zero, then:
(710) -* Send an ADVERTISEMENT
(715) -* Reset the Adver_Timer to Advertisement_Interval
(720) -+ else // priority was non-zero
(725) -* If the Priority in the ADVERTISEMENT is greater
than the local Priority,
(730) -* or
(735) -* If the Priority in the ADVERTISEMENT is equal to
the local Priority and the primary IPvX Address of the
sender is greater than the local primary IPvX Address, then:
(740) -@ Cancel Adver_Timer
(745) -@ Set Master_Adver_Interval to Adver Interval
(750) -@ Recompute the Skew_Time
(760) @ Set Master_Down_Timer to Master_Down_Interval
(765) @ Transition to the {Backup} state
(770) * else // new Master logic
(775) @ Discard ADVERTISEMENT
(780) *endif // new Master detected
(790) -endif // advert recv
(795) endwhile // in Master
7. Sending and Receiving VRRP Packets
7.1. Receiving VRRP Packets
The following functions are performed when a VRRP packet is received:
- If the received packet is an IPv4 packet, then:
+ MUST verify that the IPv4 TTL is 255.
- else // ipv6 recv
+ MUST verify that the IPv6 Hop Limit is 255.
-endif
- MUST verify that the VRRP version is 3.
- MUST verify that the received packet contains the complete VRRP
packet (including fixed fields, and IPvX address).
- MUST verify the VRRP checksum.
- MUST verify that the VRID is configured on the receiving
interface and the local router is not the IPvX address owner
(Priority = 255 (decimal)).
If any one of the above checks fails, the receiver MUST discard the
packet, SHOULD log the event, and MAY indicate via network management
that an error occurred.
- MAY verify that "Count IPvX Addrs" and the list of IPvX
address(es) match the IPvX Address(es) configured for the VRID.
If the above check fails, the receiver SHOULD log the event and MAY
indicate via network management that a misconfiguration was detected.
7.2. Transmitting VRRP Packets
The following operations MUST be performed when transmitting a VRRP
packet:
- Fill in the VRRP packet fields with the appropriate virtual
router configuration state
- Compute the VRRP checksum
- If the protected address is an IPv4 address, then:
+ Set the source MAC address to virtual router MAC Address
+ Set the source IPv4 address to interface primary IPv4 address
- else // ipv6
+ Set the source IPv6 address to interface link-local IPv6
- Set the IPvX protocol to VRRP
- Send the VRRP packet to the VRRP IPvX multicast group
Note: VRRP packets are transmitted with the virtual router MAC
address as the source MAC address to ensure that learning bridges
correctly determine the LAN segment the virtual router is
attached to.
7.3. Virtual Router MAC Address
The virtual router MAC address associated with a virtual router is an
IEEE 802 MAC Address in the following format:
IPv4 case: 00-00-5E-00-01-{VRID} (in hex, in Internet-standard bit-
order)
The first three octets are derived from the IANA's Organizational
Unique Identifier (OUI). The next two octets (00-01) indicate the
address block assigned to the VRRP for IPv4 protocol. {VRID} is the
VRRP Virtual Router Identifier. This mapping provides for up to 255
IPv4 VRRP routers on a network.
The first three octets are derived from the IANA's OUI. The next two
octets (00-02) indicate the address block assigned to the VRRP for
IPv6 protocol. {VRID} is the VRRP Virtual Router Identifier. This
mapping provides for up to 255 IPv6 VRRP routers on a network.
7.4. IPv6 Interface Identifiers
IPv6 routers running VRRP MUST create their Interface Identifiers in
the normal manner (e.g., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet
Networks" [RFC2464]). They MUST NOT use the virtual router MAC
address to create the Modified Extended Unique Identifier (EUI)-64
identifiers.
This VRRP specification describes how to advertise and resolve the
VRRP router's IPv6 link-local address and other associated IPv6
addresses into the virtual router MAC address.
8. Operational Issues
8.1.1. ICMP Redirects
ICMP redirects may be used normally when VRRP is running between a
group of routers. This allows VRRP to be used in environments where
the topology is not symmetric.
The IPv4 source address of an ICMP redirect should be the address
that the end-host used when making its next-hop routing decision. If
a VRRP router is acting as Master for virtual router(s) containing
addresses it does not own, then it must determine which virtual
router the packet was sent to when selecting the redirect source
address. One method to deduce the virtual router used is to examine
the destination MAC address in the packet that triggered the
redirect.
It may be useful to disable redirects for specific cases where VRRP
is being used to load-share traffic between a number of routers in a
symmetric topology.
8.1.2. Host ARP Requests
When a host sends an ARP request for one of the virtual router IPv4
addresses, the Virtual Router Master MUST respond to the ARP request
with an ARP response that indicates the virtual MAC address for the
virtual router. Note that the source address of the Ethernet frame
of this ARP response is the physical MAC address of the physical
router. The Virtual Router Master MUST NOT respond with its physical
MAC address in the ARP response. This allows the client to always
use the same MAC address regardless of the current Master router.
When a VRRP router restarts or boots, it SHOULD NOT send any ARP
messages using its physical MAC address for the IPv4 address it owns;
it should only send ARP messages that include virtual MAC addresses.
This may entail the following:
o When configuring an interface, Virtual Router Master routers
should broadcast a gratuitous ARP request containing the virtual
router MAC address for each IPv4 address on that interface.
o At system boot, when initializing interfaces for VRRP operation,
delay gratuitous ARP requests and ARP responses until both the
IPv4 address and the virtual router MAC address are configured.
o When, for example, ssh access to a particular VRRP router is
required, an IP address known to belong to that router must be
8.1.3. Proxy ARP
If Proxy ARP is to be used on a VRRP router, then the VRRP router
must advertise the virtual router MAC address in the Proxy ARP
message. Doing otherwise could cause hosts to learn the real MAC
address of the VRRP router.
8.2.1. ICMPv6 Redirects
ICMPv6 redirects may be used normally when VRRP is running between a
group of routers [RFC4443]. This allows VRRP to be used in
environments where the topology is not symmetric (e.g., the VRRP
routers do not connect to the same destinations).
The IPv6 source address of an ICMPv6 redirect should be the address
address. A method to deduce the virtual router used is to examine
8.2.2. ND Neighbor Solicitation
When a host sends an ND Neighbor Solicitation message for the virtual
router IPv6 address, the Virtual Router Master MUST respond to the ND
Neighbor Solicitation message with the virtual MAC address for the
virtual router. The Virtual Router Master MUST NOT respond with its
physical MAC address. This allows the client to always use the same
MAC address regardless of the current Master router.
When a Virtual Router Master sends an ND Neighbor Solicitation
message for a host's IPv6 address, the Virtual Router Master MUST
include the virtual MAC address for the virtual router if it sends a
source link-layer address option in the neighbor solicitation
message. It MUST NOT use its physical MAC address in the source
link-layer address option.
When a VRRP router restarts or boots, it SHOULD NOT send any ND
messages with its physical MAC address for the IPv6 address it owns;
it should only send ND messages that include virtual MAC addresses.
should send an unsolicited ND Neighbor Advertisement message
containing the virtual router MAC address for the IPv6 address on
that interface.
all ND Router and Neighbor Advertisements and Solicitation
messages must be delayed until both the IPv6 address and the
virtual router MAC address are configured.
Note that on a restarting Master router where the VRRP protected
address is the interface address, (that is, priority 255) duplicate
address detection (DAD) may fail, as the Backup router may answer
that it owns the address. One solution is to not run DAD in this
8.2.3. Router Advertisements
When a Backup VRRP router has become Master for a virtual router, it
is responsible for sending Router Advertisements for the virtual
router as specified in Section 6.4.3. The Backup routers must be
configured to send the same Router Advertisement options as the
address owner.
Router Advertisement options that advertise special services (e.g.,
Home Agent Information Option) that are present in the address owner
should not be sent by the address owner unless the Backup routers are
prepared to assume these services in full and have a complete and
synchronized database for this service.
8.3. IPvX
8.3.1. Potential Forwarding Loop
If it is not the address owner, a VRRP router SHOULD NOT forward
packets addressed to the IPvX address for which it becomes Master.
Forwarding these packets would result in unnecessary traffic. Also,
in the case of LANs that receive packets they transmit (e.g., Token
Ring), this can result in a forwarding loop that is only terminated
when the IPvX TTL expires.
One such mechanism for VRRP routers is to add/delete a reject host
route for each adopted IPvX address when transitioning to/from MASTER
8.3.2. Recommendations Regarding Setting Priority Values
A priority value of 255 designates a particular router as the "IPvX
address owner". Care must be taken not to configure more than one
router on the link in this way for a single VRID.
Routers with priority 255 will, as soon as they start up, preempt all
lower-priority routers. No more than one router on the link is to be
configured with priority 255, especially if preemption is set. If no
router has this priority, and preemption is disabled, then no
preemption will occur.
When there are multiple Backup routers, their priority values should
be uniformly distributed. For example, if one Backup router has the
default priority of 100 and another Backup Router is added, a
priority of 50 would be a better choice for it than 99 or 100, in
order to facilitate faster convergence.
8.4. VRRPv3 and VRRPv2 Interoperation
8.4.1. Assumptions
1. VRRPv2 and VRRPv3 interoperation is optional.
2. Mixing VRRPv2 and VRRPv3 should only be done when transitioning
from VRRPv2 to VRRPv3. Mixing the two versions should not be
considered a permanent solution.
8.4.2. VRRPv3 Support of VRRPv2
As mentioned above, this support is intended for upgrade scenarios
and is NOT recommended for permanent deployments.
An implementation MAY implement a configuration flag that tells it to
listen for and send both VRRPv2 and VRRPv3 advertisements.
When a virtual router is configured this way and is the Master, it
MUST send both types at the configured rate, even if sub-second.
When a virtual router is configured this way and is the Backup, it
should time out based on the rate advertised by the Master; in the
case of a VRRPv2 Master, this means it must translate the timeout
value it receives (in seconds) into centiseconds. Also, a Backup
should ignore VRRPv2 advertisements from the current Master if it is
also receiving VRRPv3 packets from it. It MAY report when a VRRPv3
Master is *not* sending VRRPv2 packets: that suggests they don't
agree on whether they're supporting VRRPv2 routers.
8.4.3. VRRPv3 Support of VRRPv2 Considerations
8.4.3.1. Slow, High-Priority Masters
See also Section 5.2.7, "Maximum Advertisement Interval
(Max Adver Int)".
The VRRPv2 Master router interacting with a sub-second VRRPv3 Backup
router is the most important example of this.
A VRRPv2 implementation should not be given a higher priority than a
VRRPv2/VRRPv3 implementation it is interacting with if the VRRPv2/
VRRPv3 rate is sub-second.
8.4.3.2. Overwhelming VRRPv2 Backups
It seems possible that a VRRPv3 Master router sending at centisecond
rates could potentially overwhelm a VRRPv2 Backup router with
potentially unclear results.
In this upgrade case, a deployment should initially run the VRRPv3
Master routers with lower frequencies (e.g., 100 centiseconds) until
the VRRPv2 routers are upgraded. Then, once the deployment has
convinced itself that VRRPv3 is working properly, the VRRPv2 support
may be unconfigured and then the desired sub-second rates configured.
9. Security Considerations
VRRP for IPvX does not currently include any type of authentication.
Earlier versions of the VRRP (for IPv4) specification included
several types of authentication ranging from none to strong.
Operational experience and further analysis determined that these did
not provide sufficient security to overcome the vulnerability of
misconfigured secrets, causing multiple Masters to be elected. Due
to the nature of the VRRP protocol, even if VRRP messages are
cryptographically protected, it does not prevent hostile nodes from
behaving as if they are a VRRP Master, creating multiple Masters.
Authentication of VRRP messages could have prevented a hostile node
from causing all properly functioning routers from going into Backup
state. However, having multiple Masters can cause as much disruption
as no routers, which authentication cannot prevent. Also, even if a
hostile node could not disrupt VRRP, it can disrupt ARP and create
the same effect as having all routers go into Backup.
Some L2 switches provide the capability to filter out, for example,
ARP and/or ND messages from end-hosts on a switch-port basis. This
mechanism could also filter VRRP messages from switch ports
associated with end-hosts and can be considered for deployments with
untrusted hosts.
It should be noted that these attacks are not worse and are a subset
of the attacks that any node attached to a LAN can do independently
of VRRP. The kind of attacks a malicious node on a LAN can do
include promiscuously receiving packets for any router's MAC address;
sending packets with the router's MAC address as the source MAC
address in the L2 header to tell the L2 switches to send packets
addressed to the router to the malicious node instead of the router;
send redirects to tell the hosts to send their traffic somewhere
else; send unsolicited ND replies; answer ND requests; etc. All of
this can be done independently of implementing VRRP. VRRP does not
add to these vulnerabilities.
Independent of any authentication type, VRRP includes a mechanism
(setting TTL = 255, checking on receipt) that protects against VRRP
packets being injected from another remote network. This limits most
vulnerabilities to local attacks.
VRRP does not provide any confidentiality. Confidentiality is not
necessary for the correct operation of VRRP, and there is no
information in the VRRP messages that must be kept secret from other
nodes on the LAN.
In the context of IPv6 operation, if SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
is deployed, VRRP is compatible with the "trust anchor" and "trust
anchor or cga" modes of SEND [RFC3971]. The SEND configuration needs
to give the Master and Backup routers the same prefix delegation in
the certificates so that Master and Backup routers advertise the same
set of subnet prefixes. However, the Master and Backup routers
should have their own key pairs to avoid private key sharing.
10. Contributors and Acknowledgments
The editor would like to thank V. Ullanatt for his review of an early
version. This document consists of very little new material (there
is some new text in Appendix A) and was created by merging and
"xml-izing" [VRRP-IPv6] and [RFC3768], and then adding in the changes
discussed recently on the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol working
group's mailing list. R. Hinden is the author and J. Cruz the editor
of the former. The contributors for the latter appear below.
The IPv6 text in this specification is based on [RFC2338]. The
authors of RFC2338 are S. Knight, D. Weaver, D. Whipple, R. Hinden,
D. Mitzel, P. Hunt, P. Higginson, M. Shand, and A. Lindem.
The author of [VRRP-IPv6] would also like to thank Erik Nordmark,
Thomas Narten, Steve Deering, Radia Perlman, Danny Mitzel, Mukesh
Gupta, Don Provan, Mark Hollinger, John Cruz, and Melissa Johnson for
their helpful suggestions.
authors of that specification would like to thank Glen Zorn, Michael
Lane, Clark Bremer, Hal Peterson, Tony Li, Barbara Denny, Joel
Halpern, Steve Bellovin, Thomas Narten, Rob Montgomery, Rob Coltun,
Radia Perlman, Russ Housley, Harald Alvestrand, Steve Bellovin, Ned
Freed, Ted Hardie, Russ Housley, Bert Wijnen, Bill Fenner, and Alex
Zinin for their comments and suggestions.
11. IANA Considerations
IANA has assigned an IPv6 link-local scope multicast address for VRRP
for IPv6. The IPv6 multicast address is as follows:
The values assigned address should be entered into Section 5.1.2.2.
The IANA has reserved a block of IANA Ethernet unicast addresses for
VRRP for IPv6 in the range
00-00-5E-00-02-00 to 00-00-5E-00-02-FF (in hex)
Similar assignments are documented at:
http://www.iana.org
12. References
12.1. Normative References
[ISO.10038.1993] International Organization for Standardization,
"Information technology - Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems - Local area
networks - Media access control (MAC) bridges", ISO
Standard 10038, 1993.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
[RFC2460] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol,
Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460,
[RFC3768] Hinden, R., "Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
(VRRP)", RFC 3768, April 2004.
[RFC4291] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture", RFC 4291, February 2006.
[RFC4443] Conta, A., Deering, S., and M. Gupta, Ed.,
"Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification",
[RFC4861] Narten, T., Nordmark, E., Simpson, W., and H.
Soliman, "Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6
(IPv6)", RFC 4861, September 2007.
12.2. Informative References
[VRRP-IPv6] Hinden, R. and J. Cruz, "Virtual Router Redundancy
Protocol for IPv6", Work in Progress, March 2007.
[IPSTB] Higginson, P. and M. Shand, "Development of Router
Clusters to Provide Fast Failover in IP Networks",
Digital Technical Journal, Volume 9 Number 3,
[IPX] Novell Incorporated, "IPX Router Specification
Version 1.10", October 1992.
[RFC1071] Braden, R., Borman, D., Partridge, C., and W.
Plummer, "Computing the Internet checksum", RFC
1071, September 1988.
[RFC1256] Deering, S., Ed., "ICMP Router Discovery Messages",
RFC 1256, September 1991.
[RFC1469] Pusateri, T., "IP Multicast over Token-Ring Local
Area Networks", RFC 1469, June 1993.
[RFC2131] Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol",
[RFC2281] Li, T., Cole, B., Morton, P., and D. Li, "Cisco Hot
Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)", RFC 2281, March
[RFC2328] Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", STD 54, RFC 2328, April
[RFC2338] Knight, S., Weaver, D., Whipple, D., Hinden, R.,
Mitzel, D., Hunt, P., Higginson, P., Shand, M., and
A. Lindem, "Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol",
RFC 2338, April 1998.
[RFC2453] Malkin, G., "RIP Version 2", STD 56, RFC 2453,
[RFC2464] Crawford, M., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over
Ethernet Networks", RFC 2464, December 1998.
[RFC3971] Arkko, J., Ed., Kempf, J., Zill, B., and P.
Nikander, "SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)", RFC
3971, March 2005.
[TKARCH] IBM Incorporated, "IBM Token-Ring Network,
Architecture Specification, Publication
SC30-3374-02, Third Edition", September 1989.
Appendix A. Operation over FDDI, Token Ring, and ATM LANE
A.1. Operation over FDDI
FDDI interfaces remove from the FDDI ring frames that have a source
MAC address matching the device's hardware address. Under some
conditions, such as router isolations, ring failures, protocol
transitions, etc., VRRP may cause there to be more than one Master
router. If a Master router installs the virtual router MAC address
as the hardware address on a FDDI device, then other Masters'
ADVERTISEMENTS will be removed from the ring during the Master
convergence, and convergence will fail.
To avoid this, an implementation SHOULD configure the virtual router
MAC address by adding a unicast MAC filter in the FDDI device, rather
than changing its hardware MAC address. This will prevent a Master
router from removing any ADVERTISEMENTS it did not originate.
A.2. Operation over Token Ring
Token Ring has several characteristics that make running VRRP
difficult. These include the following:
o In order to switch to a new Master located on a different bridge
Token-Ring segment from the previous Master when using source-
route bridges, a mechanism is required to update cached source-
route information.
o No general multicast mechanism is supported across old and new
Token-Ring adapter implementations. While many newer Token-Ring
adapters support group addresses, Token-Ring functional-address
support is the only generally available multicast mechanism. Due
to the limited number of Token-Ring functional addresses, these
may collide with other usage of the same Token-Ring functional
Due to these difficulties, the preferred mode of operation over Token
Ring will be to use a Token-Ring functional address for the VRID
virtual MAC address. Token-Ring functional addresses have the two
high-order bits in the first MAC address octet set to B'1'. They
range from 03-00-00-00-00-80 to 03-00-02-00-00-00 (canonical format).
However, unlike multicast addresses, there is only one unique
functional address per bit position. The functional addresses
03-00-00-10-00-00 through 03-00-02-00-00-00 are reserved by the
Token-Ring Architecture [TKARCH] for user-defined applications.
However, since there are only 12 user-defined Token-Ring functional
addresses, there may be other non-IPvX protocols using the same
functional address. Since the Novell IPX [IPX] protocol uses the
03-00-00-10-00-00 functional address, operation of VRRP over Token
Ring will avoid use of this functional address. In general, Token-
Ring VRRP users will be responsible for resolution of other user-
defined Token-Ring functional address conflicts.
VRIDs are mapped directly to Token-Ring functional addresses. In
order to decrease the likelihood of functional-address conflicts,
allocation will begin with the largest functional address. Most non-
IPvX protocols use the first or first couple user-defined functional
addresses, and it is expected that VRRP users will choose VRIDs
sequentially, starting with 1.
VRID Token-Ring Functional Address
---- -----------------------------
1 03-00-02-00-00-00
10 03-00-00-04-00-00
Or, more succinctly, octets 3 and 4 of the functional address are
equal to (0x4000 >> (VRID - 1)) in non-canonical format.
Since a functional address cannot be used as a MAC-level source
address, the real MAC address is used as the MAC source address in
VRRP advertisements. This is not a problem for bridges, since
packets addressed to functional addresses will be sent on the
spanning-tree explorer path [ISO.10038.1993].
The functional-address mode of operation MUST be implemented by
routers supporting VRRP on Token Ring.
Additionally, routers MAY support the unicast mode of operation to
take advantage of newer Token-Ring adapter implementations that
support non-promiscuous reception for multiple unicast MAC addresses
and to avoid both the multicast traffic and usage conflicts
associated with the use of Token-Ring functional addresses. Unicast
mode uses the same mapping of VRIDs to virtual MAC addresses as
Ethernet. However, one important difference exists. ND
request/reply packets contain the virtual MAC address as the source
MAC address. The reason for this is that some Token-Ring driver
implementations keep a cache of MAC address/source-routing
information independent of the ND cache.
Hence, these implementations have to receive a packet with the
virtual MAC address as the source address in order to transmit to
that MAC address in a source-route-bridged network.
Unicast mode on Token Ring has one limitation that should be
considered. If there are VRID routers on different source-route-
bridge segments, and there are host implementations that keep their
source-route information in the ND cache and do not listen to
gratuitous NDs, these hosts will not update their ND source-route
information correctly when a switchover occurs. The only possible
solution is to put all routers with the same VRID on the same source-
route-bridge segment and use techniques to prevent that bridge
segment from being a single point of failure. These techniques are
beyond the scope of this document.
For both the multicast and unicast mode of operation, VRRP
advertisements sent to 224.0.0.18 should be encapsulated as described
in [RFC1469].
A.3. Operation over ATM LANE
Operation of VRRP over ATM LANE on routers with ATM LANE interfaces
and/or routers behind proxy LAN Emulation Clients (LECs) are beyond
the scope of this document.
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Lowell, MA 01851
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by Philip Zastrow
Over the last several years web technologies have experienced a surge in advancement. With so much rapid change, it can be difficult to know what to focus on and just as difficult to not become overwhelmed by the amount of change. I’ve watched as my colleagues, and I as well, have focused on only specific areas of development in an attempt to try and stay on top of the latest the web has to offer.
My primary focus during this period of advancement has been CSS. I’ve learned a lot about tooling, naming conventions, and systems—things that never crossed my mind when writing CSS a decade ago. The style layer of the web has never been more complex and complicated than it is now, and navigating what goes into modern CSS development can be difficult. In this two-part series, I’ll share what I’ve learned and how I like to approach writing and creating CSS today. Part one will cover CSS tools and organization methods to help you level up your CSS writing.
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CSS tooling
The landscape for CSS tools has changed significantly since Sass first came along and started challenging how we viewed writing CSS. Within a couple of years of Sass’ debut, we also had Less and Stylus to choose from. Today with PostCSS and CSS-in-JS, we have even more CSS tooling resources than it seems we know what to do with.
CSS is not a programming language on its own. Rather, CSS is akin to HTML and provides information to the browser which is read and rendered linearly. At the time that preprocessors—programs that generate CSS—became available, CSS had no way to provide common values in a reusable manner. Each instance of a color, font, or a spacing value in a stylesheet had to be painstakingly tracked by the developer. CSS tooling provides a way for programming principles to be applied to the style writing, with a common intent of generating a CSS file artifact which browsers can read.
Preprocessors began the shift toward programmatic CSS and are still highly useful and used today despite other options appearing on the scene. Sass remains the most commonly used preprocessor. It’s the one I prefer and will be speaking of most in this article. The second place goes to Less, the preprocessor used for customizing the text editor Atom. Sass started out as Ruby gem, but today is maintained equally in two programming languages, Dart and C. This shift has allowed Sass to flourish as Ruby’s popularity has waned over the last few years.
Sass remains the most commonly used preprocessor. Head to sass-lang.com to install it.
Sass provides numerous features, and any one can be enough to cause a developer to consider using it. For now I’ll list my top 5 with a brief explanation for each.
1. Mixins: Sass mixins are versatile code snippets that can output lists of CSS properties and even programmatic selectors, complete with properties that can be passed into the mixin.
2. Functions: Allow a similar level of programming, but in the end can only return a single value.
3. Variables: A very common reason for using Sass is the variables feature. Sass also provides a couple of other features that tie in with the concept of a variable:
Maps: The way to create a simple set of key/value pairs or an array of values is through the use of Maps.
Parent Selector: Sass uses the ampersand (&) to act as a sort of local variable that represents the selector scope up to that point when nesting selectors.
4. Loops and Conditionals: Sass provides a way to loop over data, via Maps or counting, as well as check that values meet the right criteria. This may be basic programming, but simplifies so much for a CSS developer.
5. Color Functions: The tour de force of Sass in my mind remains to be the many ways to manipulate a hex value. For a designer these functions are invaluable and provide easy ways to color adjust the design for specific needs and situations.
If you have never used Sass before, a resource I use regularly when teaching Sass or working through a problem with Sass is a website called Sassmeister. It works similar to other web-based code editors, but its primary focus is to generate and display the compiled CSS. It enables you to see visually how Sass features create CSS, which makes it a helpful tool for learning and debugging.
Over the last few years, Node has grown to become the de facto build system for front end artifact creation. With that popularity, Node-based CSS tools have appeared. For me that started with libSass, the C implementation of Sass, but quickly the toolset included PostCSS. The PostCSS project provides a framework to traverse and manipulate the CSS tree.
By far the most useful PostCSS plugin is Autoprefixer, which automatically generates the various browser-specific syntax for each CSS property as specified. In many ways the numerous PostCSS plugins could allow for the framework to replace Sass fully, but the downside is an unruly amount of dependencies with the looming possibility that any plugin could become an unmaintained or archived project. My personal approach is to limit myself to plugins maintained by the PostCSS group and only rely on other plugins that have an active user base.
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A key rule of maintaining a modern, scalable CSS codebase is using a consistent naming method and organizing preprocessor partial files effectively. CSS’s most important and most controversial feature is that every style is global. This feature gets at the core of how CSS works and is read by the browser. Unless it makes sense for your project to use the localized styles CSS-in-JS approaches can provide, then the reality is your CSS will be global. The best way to create ultra-specific CSS selectors is to use unique class selectors that follow a naming method.
"Well-organized CSS architecture helps not only those currently working on writing CSS, but also anyone that comes to work on this code in the future, which could be the future you."
In addition to the technical reasons why CSS organization is helpful, there is a human argument too. Well-organized CSS architecture helps not only those currently working on writing CSS, but also anyone that comes to work on this code in the future, which could be the future you. If you’ve ever looked at your own code months or years later and had a hard time understanding what your wrote, these organizational methods will certainly be of use to you. This also means being empathetic toward everyone else that could potentially come along to work on your code. The better the organization, the better the position you put those future developers in.
Naming methods
It’s quite likely you’ve encountered a naming method approach when it comes to CSS selectors. Naming methods provide two important functions to CSS authors:
Naming methods are for humans to read and clearly comprehend the purpose and use of a class selector.
Naming methods provide a high level of specificity, so browsers can parse the CSS file and apply styles with minimal overwrites.
There are several naming methods available, and you are, of course, free to create your own. A naming method isn’t a framework or library, but rather a convention and pattern that is applied to create clear and consistent class names. There are several existing naming methods, including Object-Oriented CSS (OOCSS), Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS (SMACSS), and Block Element Modifier (BEM). The most popular of these three examples, and the method I personally use, is BEM.
Nathan Rambeck wrote a great primer on getting started with BEM, BEM by Example, that I highly recommend. Despite its popularity, BEM is fraught with confusion. Every team I’ve worked with and taught BEM to has run into many of the same misunderstandings. After you’ve read BEM by Example, follow up with this article, which clears up common mistakes and frustrations when using BEM.
Following a naming convention is only part of the equation to a future-friendly CSS architecture. Another huge part is file organization. When using build tools like Sass to generate CSS files, it’s common and imperative that files be broken down into small pieces, often called “partials”. These partials are combined through a manifest file or build process to collect and concatenate them in to the final CSS output. How these file partials are organized can make a huge difference in the time it takes to track down where a feature resides.
A good CSS file organization separates the code into related groups. For example, if you have a number of Sass variables that might be used throughout a project, it’s good to create a singular file full of variables. If you have many variables, it might be prudent to group those variables into other variable files, for example one for color variables and another for spacing variables. Likewise it’s good to create singular files that contain just Sass mixins or the CSS to create a specific feature of the website, like the site header or footer.
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Inverted Triangle organization
When it comes to organizing CSS in a prescribed manner, nothing has come close to the level of organizational craft as the Inverted Triangle method, or ITCSS. Many others have explained ITCSS in more thorough ways than I will. The premise of the approach is to work with the cascade feature of CSS. Browsers read CSS files from top to bottom, left to right. As the file is read, each selector and property manipulates the CSS Object Model, which in turn affects the Document Object Model.
ITCSS is a concept developed by Harry Roberts and consists of seven parts, arranged in descending order: Settings, Tools, Generic, Elements, Objects, Components, and Trumps. It was designed as an approach to organize CSS in a way that started broad in specificity, such as element selectors, down to specific component classes for site features, and further down to classes that were intended to override, i.e. trump, any other classes.
As Harry Roberts put it, “ITCSS takes CSS and writes it in a way that browsers and the design of the language can best utilize, which gives us far better scalability and maintainability than we'd get if we were to write CSS around how a person thinks.”
Since ITCSS relies heavily on the cascade nature of Cascading Style Sheets, the term cascade is an important one to understand. A cascade is the flow of water downward often over rocky terrain. When we look at how we write CSS, we need to think of it as if we are traversing down a rock-laden water way. We can manage this feat best when we work with the current and be mindful of the rocks. When we try to go upstream or work against the current, our hard work begins to breakdown under the strain. The same goes for writing CSS: there is a current to follow down the cascade, and the ITCSS method is a map.
The concept of the inverted triangle is a way to visualize the breadth of scope the Settings have versus the narrow scope the Trumps have (Image by Philip Zastrow based on the concept by Harry Roberts).
If you’re interested in learning more about both BEM and ITCSS, I highly recommend taking a look at Harry Roberts’ article on blending the two into what he calls BEMIT. The approach takes these two powerful techniques and makes them even more so by following BEM naming conventions informed by ITCSS organization.
CSS namespacing
Namespacing is the next step in CSS organization after naming conventions. It’s a concept I’ve only grasped in the last couple of years. The idea is to give a prefix to class names to provide additional context about the purpose of that class name. Namespacing—like BEM—is meant for humans, not computers. These are organizational methods that aid us in writing CSS that is efficient for both computers and humans to read.
What I have personally found difficult, and I imagine I’m not the only one, is that the most prevalent method of namespacing in CSS is single character prefixes, e.g. c- for component from Inverted Triangle. I have personally found this difficult because it’s not quickly recognizable what that c- prefix means. The context is lost on me and requires a key to navigate, which results in something else I have to remember. My preference, and what I have encouraged my teammates to adopt, is namespacing that provides more context by adding a couple more characters, for example cmp- for component. This has helped ease the comprehension of a class’s intent and aided in understanding its placement in the markup.
You might also like: Getting Started With a CSS Grid Layout on Shopify.
Smarter CSS
CSS is a robust and capable platform for providing design instructions to web browsers. CSS tools like Sass and PostCSS along with naming conventions like BEM expand on this platform to provide ways for more experienced developers to use their skill sets. Web technologies are at their best when they provide avenues for anyone to create regardless of their skill level. For some, Sass is a way to take what they already know about programming and apply that to writing CSS. For others, Sass will level them up and start introducing them to programming concepts.
From here there is plenty to explore and experiment with. In part two we’ll start taking the concepts discussed here and applying them to real-world scenarios.
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Philip is an experienced front end designer and developer at Sparkbox with a passion for web design, HTML, and CSS. He has helped teach and train many designers and developers through the Sparkbox apprenticeship programs, the Build Right workshop series, and local events in his hometown. Philip is often found writing on the Sparkbox Foundry or on his own blog and is always looking for a good book to read.
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Pixels review: Is it as bad as it looks?
Yes. Yes, it is. Check out our review of Pixels starring Adam Sandler
By Poppy-Jay Palmer 31-07-15 7,399
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad
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When aliens confuse a NASA time capsule containing footage from an Eighties arcade game competition as a declaration of war, they send characters from the games down to Earth in an attempt to annihilate humankind, and only Adam Sandler and his buddies can stop them. It’s a stupid as it sounds. But not the kind of stupid that becomes an endearing cult classic. Pixels is one of those films that makes you wonder why no-one realised what was happening during pre-production and stopped it before it went too far. Pixels is the kid that poos in the sandbox and ruins it for everyone.
It’s hard to believe that Gremlins, Home Alone and Pixels came out of the same person. If the first two came from Chris Columbus’s heart, Pixels came out of his nose on a handkerchief.
Besides the (actually really brilliant) visual effects, about seven seconds of dialogue and Peter Dinklage’s hair, Pixels has no redeeming qualities. The movie has been marketed as ‘Eighties’ nostalgia’, a blast from the past, if you will. What they really mean is ‘Eighties’ sexism, Eighties’ video games and digitally altered VTs of Madonna, Hervé Villechaize and Hall and Oates’. It’s a film that the studio was obviously expecting families to go and see together, but there are a couple of major flaws: the Eighties references go over the heads of anyone born after 1989, and the child-friendly stuff is too stupid for adults to sit through without bursting into flame.
It’s a mystery why some of the cast agreed to be part of it. Michelle Monaghan, why are you in this? Did you have a debt to settle? Does Sandler have something on you? Are you now free from the shackles of his emotional blackmail? Unfortunately, some people are just too good for this film. Even more unfortunately, others are not good enough: Sandler, for example, which is a real shame seeing as he’s in almost every scene. He’s sometimes on the mark timing-wise, but the jokes are rarely funny. Many are actually excruciating. Just try to forget.
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Pythons and boas shed new light on reptile evolution
A new study into pythons and boas has for the first time found the two groups of snakes evolved independently to share similar traits, shedding new light on how the reptiles evolved.
Journal/conference: Ecology Letters
Organisation/s: The Australian National University
From: The Australian National University
Pythons and boas are two families that include the largest snakes in the world, like the reticulated python and the anaconda boa, which have been known to grow close to eight meters in length.
The Australian National University (ANU) study found that by living in the same habitat, pythons and boas evolved independently to look similar. This happened at least five times in different habitats. Aquatic pythons look like aquatic boas, burrowing pythons look like borrowing boas and tree-dwelling pythons look like tree-dwelling boas.
Lead researcher Damien Esquerre said the study found pythons and boas were an important example of convergent evolution in reptiles. Convergent evolution is where species adapt to the same conditions and evolve similar traits.
“The finding of such a strong case of convergent evolution demonstrates the power of natural selection and adaptation in living organisms,” said Mr Esquerre from the ANU Research School of Biology.
“If we see that different groups evolve the same things independently when they face the same challenges, we can find predictability in evolution.”
Other famous examples of convergent evolution are sharks and dolphins, which are not related but have evolved similar body plans. Similarly, the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial mammal, and the wolf, a placental mammal, evolved similar body plans.
Although they look the similar and both constrict their prey, the pythons and boas last shared a common ancestor 70 million years ago in the age of the dinosaurs.
The research focused on the head shape of close to 2,000 specimens in museum collections in Australia and America.
Mr Esquerre said not all evolution was driven by natural selection, but examples such as pythons and boas reinforce its importance in shaping biological diversity.
“By having greater understanding of the evolution of pythons and boas, researchers can now have better ideas of what extinct fossil snakes were doing before they disappeared,” he said.
The research has been published in Ecology Letters
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Scott M. Graffius on Review Team for Scrum Alliance Global Scrum Gathering - New York City 2020 #SGNYC20
07 September 2019 by Scott M. Graffius ☕️ 4 minute read
Scott M. Graffius is serving on the Review Team of the Scrum Alliance Global Scrum Gathering—New York City 2020. The Team—comprised of Scrum professionals from around the world—is helping plan the 2020 conference by assessing proposals for talks and workshops.
About the Global Scrum Gathering—New York City 2020
The Global Scrum Gathering is the most influential conference for the Scrum and agile community. The Scrum Alliance remarks, "Join us for three days of agile enthusiasm. Come for the engagement, inspiration, and networking. Leave with mad skills, stories to tell, and knowledge that you're part of a special global community of agile practitioners."
The conference will be held in New York City from May 11-13.
Its hashtag is #SGNYC20. For additional information, visit the conference's website.
About the Scrum Alliance
Founded in 2001, the Scrum Alliance is the largest, most established and influential professional membership and certification organization in the agile community. The Scrum Alliance has certified more than 750,000 practitioners worldwide.
Its vision is to “Transform the World of Work” with a mission to guide and inspire individuals, leaders, and organizations with practices, principles, and values that create workplaces that are joyful, prosperous, and sustainable.
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About Scott M. Graffius
Scott M. Graffius is a technology leader, project management expert, consultant, international speaker, and award-winning author.
Scott is a Principal Consultant and the CEO of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™, a professional services firm, where he helps clients strengthen their project management capabilities and realize their strategic objectives and business initiatives. The consultancy provides advisory, training, and facilitative consulting services related to project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. The firm’s expertise spans agile, traditional waterfall, and hybrid approaches. While every engagement is unique, outcomes typically include getting more projects done, faster delivery time, improved on-budget performance, improved customer and stakeholder satisfaction, and more. Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions™ confidently backs its services with a Delighted Client Guarantee™.
A fantastic agile transformation experience and result with a client organization in the entertainment industry was the inspiration for Scott’s first book, Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions (ISBN-13: 9781533370242). It helps technical and non-technical teams develop and deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement—which supports innovation and drives competitive advantage. The book has garnered 17 first place awards from national and international competitions. Scott and Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions have been featured in Yahoo Finance, the Boston Herald, NBC WRAL, the Dallas Business Journal, Computer Weekly, the PM World Journal, BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly, NHD Podcast, Learning Solutions, Innovation Management, and additional media publications. The trailer, high-resolution images, reviews, a list of awards, and more are available in the digital media kit.
His second title, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change (ISBN-13: 9781072447962), was named one of the best Scrum books of all time by BookAuthority. The trailer, a list of awards, and more are presented at the book’s website.
Scott is a former vice president of project management with a publicly traded provider of diverse consumer products and services over the Internet. Before that, he ran and supervised the delivery of projects and programs in public and private organizations with businesses ranging from e-commerce to advanced technology products and services, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, and more. He has experience with consumer, business, reseller, government, and international markets, as well as experience spanning 20 countries.
Scott has a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a focus in Human Factors. He holds seven professional certifications: Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB), and IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL). He is a member of the Scrum Alliance, the Project Management Institute, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Within the IEEE, Scott is a member of the Computer Society, the Consumer Electronics Society, the Broadcast Technology Society, the Internet of Things (IoT) Community, and the Consultants Network.
He has been actively involved with the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the development of professional standards. He was a member of the team which produced the Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures—Second Edition. Scott was a contributor and reviewer of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Sixth Edition, The Standard for Program Management—Fourth Edition, and The Practice Standard for Project Estimating—Second Edition (scheduled to be published in December 2019). He was also a subject matter expert reviewer of content for the PMI EMEA Congress 2019, and he is a member of the review team for the Scrum Alliance’s Global Scrum Gathering—New York City 2020.
Scott regularly speaks at conferences and other events around the globe where he delights audiences with presentations on agile, traditional, and hybrid project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. He integrates content on professional standards, best practices, and his first-hand experience with successful implementations. Scott uses everyday language and vibrant custom visuals to make complex topics clear and understandable, and he provides audiences with practical information they can use. Attendees have said “Scott is an amazing speaker,” “fantastic presentation,” and “highly recommended!” Appearances are listed at the public speaker section of his website.
Scott resides in Los Angeles, California.
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Hawaii Seafood Council responds to alleged labor abuse in longline fleet
Cliff White
The Hawaii Seafood Council and Honolulu Fish Auction have formed a task force and in response to a recent Associated Press story alleging the use of forced labor, human trafficking and poor working conditions in Hawaii’s longline fleet.
In a joint statement on Sunday, 18 September, The council and auction house announced the formation of a task force composed of vessel owners, suppliers and its own representatives “to assess the problem and work on solutions to protect the welfare of the crewmen.”
Its first task is “answering whether forced labor is occurring on individual vessels,” according to the statement.
“This fishery has proven itself over the years to be responsive and an industry leader in meeting the challenges arising from new information about fishery impacts on fish populations and protected species,” Hawaii Seafood Council Director and task force member John Kaneko said. “The allegations of labor abuses present a serious and new challenge, and the industry is rallying to respond quickly. I am confident that through this process we will ferret out any vessel from the fleet that is involved in forced labor, labor abuse or substandard working conditions and treatment of the crew.”
According to the announcement, the task force met with Hawaii-based seafood wholesalers and longline vessel owners to inform them about the allegations made in the AP article. It also met with retailers and wholesale seafood companies to understand their criteria for evaluating and assessing fairness in labor practices. The task force also hired a consultant with expertise in evaluating labor practices in supply chains.
“The industry takes the AP report seriously, is actively assessing the situation and is committed to making certain that if found, forced labor and labor abuse is eliminated from the fishing industry,” said Jim Cook, co-owner of Hawaii-based Pacific Ocean Producers and member of the Hawaii Seafood Council. “The fishing industry has taken immediate action since 8 September to quickly put into place a system of checks and balances to protect the foreign crewmen and to make certain that no fishing vessels in the Hawaii fleet are using forced labor or abusing the crew.”
Also in the past week, The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol met twice with foreign crewmen serving onboard Hawaiian fishing vessels, requiring boat owners or captains not be present. Officers informed the workers about the allegations of force labor and offered them a safe forum to make complaints about their condition or treatment.
The task force said in its announcement that it is “seeking a public statement from the US Custom and Border Patrol on their activities and findings regarding the allegations of forced labor in the fleet. The group is seeking [their] cooperation because of the agency’s central role in inspecting travel documents and monitoring the arrival, working situation and departure of foreign crewmen working on contract on Hawaii longline vessels.”
In the meantime, the task force has initiated an effort to work closer with U.S. Custom and Border Patrol and foreign consulates and embassies to establish a better process to ensure the welfare and fair treatment of foreign workers. It is also developing a vessel inspection checklist to assess the working conditions on the vessels, a universal crew contract available in the native languages of the crewmen and a separate checklist for interviewing the crewmen to “verify the findings of the inspection of crew documents and vessel conditions,” based on the United Nations International Labor Office definition of forced labor.
Beginning 1 October, the Honolulu Fish Auction, which receives and auctions the majority of longline-caught fish in Hawaii, will deny services to vessels that are unable to demonstrate that forced labor is not being used based on the review of the universal crew contracts.
“The auction has taken a zero tolerance stance for fishing vessels involved in forced labor,” said Michael Goto, a member of the task force and representative of the United Fishing Agency, which runs the fish auction.
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Prop. C: Despite fears, few firms likely to flee SF if tax to aid homeless passes
Biz & Tech // Business
Melia Russell Oct. 25, 2018 Updated: Oct. 28, 2018 3:36 p.m.
Twitter executives aired the notion of leaving San Francisco for lower-tax Brisbane in 2011.
Photo: Smith Collection / Getty Images 2017
As glittering new buildings reshape San Francisco’s skyline, rising along with the value of fast-growing tech companies, wisps of concern hover overhead like the omnipresent fog: Could a new tax spur some employers to leave?
Proposition C, a November ballot measure that would tax San Francisco’s biggest companies to fund services for the homeless, has prompted the latest round of hand-wringing over whether the city is adequately business-friendly.
Jack Dorsey, head of Square and Twitter, has aired the idea of moving his companies out of San Francisco — in testimony before Congress and in a recent series of tweets about the tax measure. Mayor London Breed also fears that taxes, real estate prices and other concerns will force companies to pack up and leave.
The reality, though, is that few companies are leaving. In fact, says Steve Anderson, managing director of the JLL realty group, he has “seen the opposite” of an exodus from the city.
Under Mayor Ed Lee, the city added 63,000 tech jobs from 2010 to 2017, tripling the sector’s size. That wealth of job opportunities has drawn even more workers and more companies. Pinterest and DoorDash are among companies that have relocated to San Francisco from elsewhere in the Bay Area, and smaller startups continue to move here, drawn by the workforce, proximity to investors and experienced advisers.
(l-) Mayor London Breed, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff clap after listening to Jane Goodall (not pictured) speak at the Healthy Oceans Climate Reception at Salesforce East on Mission Street in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.
Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2018
Yet the idea of decamping for friendlier circumstances has found some resonance as the city feels the strain of growth.
If Square were to leave, I'd applaud Jack. San Francisco is bursting at the seams and it doesn't have the infrastructure or housing to support the rate of tech growth. It's unsustainable. The question is not if companies will leave, but who will be the first.
— Scare-icaJoy (@EricaJoy) October 22, 2018
“If Square were to leave, I’d applaud Jack,” tweeted Erica Baker, an Oakland engineering manager who has worked at Google and Slack. “San Francisco is bursting at the seams and it doesn’t have the infrastructure or housing to support the rate of tech growth. It’s unquestionable.”
Wow, would really hate to leave SF. I’d like us to stay here and help fix the crisis.
— jack (@jack) October 22, 2018
Dorsey tweeted in response to Baker, “Wow, would really hate to leave S.F. I’d like us to stay and help fix the crisis.”
Talk of leaving may be mostly political posturing provoked by Prop. C. Dorsey has said that the measure would cost Square $20 million a year. That would widen the unprofitable payment processor’s losses by a third.
Companies that have left or plan to leave the city are arguably those squeezed out by the tech boom or changing business conditions: nonprofits such as the Sierra Club, health insurer Blue Shield and construction firm Bechtel, whose historic ties to the Bay Area have dwindled as its government business grows (it is moving to a suburb of Washington). North Face moved its headquarters from Alameda to Denver amid a corporate consolidation.
No big tech employers have followed their lead, though some are seeking to grow elsewhere, where offices and salaries are cheaper. Others are contemplating using the very technologies they create to build “distributed workforces” connected by instant messages and video chat.
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1of7Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, has mused about moving his companies out of the city.Photo: Newspix
2of7Jack Dorsey mentioned the idea of Twitter leaving its San Francisco headquarters in testimony before a House committee in September.Photo: Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call
3of7SF Mayor London Breed talks with a homeless man in front of Outfit on Castro Street as she takes a neighborhood walk this morning on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2018
4of7Jack Dorsey opposes Prop. C.Photo: Picture Alliance / Getty Images 2017
5of7A man lies on the sidewalk along King Street next to the Caltrain station. Some of the city’s largest companies do not want to pay more to aid the homeless.Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
6of7CEO chief Marc Benioff argues that homelessness, and not higher taxes, are the real threat to employers.Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
7of7A tech worker who holds an inflated dollar bill with signs stuck on it stands in front of Twitter headquarters while attending aYes on C rally on Thursday, October 25, 2018 in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
What is keeping them here are the bright engineers and designers who have flocked to the Bay Area in recent decades. Were companies to move away, they might well watch their competitors race to hire the workers they left behind. A mass departure, real estate experts and economists say, remains extremely unlikely.
Salesforce chief Marc Benioff, who supports Prop. C, has noted the high value of San Francisco companies — Square is worth $28 billion, Twitter $21 billion — and asked what’s to be gained by scrapping over a fraction of a percent tax.
“They’re in the innovation business,” said Colin Yasukochi, director of research and analysis at CBRE real estate firm. “Being able to attract the best and brightest minds is going to give them a competitive advantage when it comes to innovating new products and services.
“Saving money doesn’t necessarily further their ability to innovate,” he said.
The largest 300 to 400 companies in San Francisco would pay a higher gross receipts tax to fund homeless services under Prop. C.
Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
Benioff argues that the problem of homelessness in the city, along with other quality-of-life issues, is a bigger threat to employers seeking to recruit and retain employees. Protesters marched Thursday from City Hall to Twitter headquarters, calling for Dorsey to drop his opposition to the measure and noting how valuable his companies have become. Benioff, who has previously pledged millions from his own fortune and Salesforce’s corporate coffers, announced an additional $1 million donation to the pro-Prop. C campaign Friday.
Some opponents of Prop. C say the proposed tax by itself won’t cause jobs to migrate from the city; rather, along with soaring home prices and office rents, it gives businesses weighing the decision one more reason to go.
Bechtel, long headquartered in San Francisco, is moving to a suburban location in Virginia outside Washington.
Photo: David Paul Morris / Getty Images 2003
In September, Dorsey told a House committee that Twitter needed “to decentralize our workforce out of San Francisco.” The context was whether Twitter’s Bay Area workers have a liberal bias, but Dorsey turned the discussion to economics, noting that “not everyone can afford to even come close to living in San Francisco, and it’s not fair.”
Mayor London Breed says Prop. C is not the right way to fund homeless services.
Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
Twitter declined to comment on Dorsey’s remarks, which came before the controversy over Prop. C. A Square spokesman referred to Dorsey’s tweets.
Benioff’s Salesforce is contributing alongside its chief to a pro-Prop. C campaign; he and other executives have said San Francisco will remain the company’s headquarters. Lyft and Stripe have funded opposition to the measure; neither company responded to requests for comment on whether they would consider leaving the city. Uber said it is neutral on Prop. C and does not plan to leave.
In a post on Medium, Mayor Breed wrote of her fear that Prop. C would lead to an “inevitable flight of headquarter companies — and jobs — from San Francisco to other cities in the Bay Area, or other states.”
Square has recently leased space for hundreds of employees in St. Louis, Dorsey’s hometown. Salesforce, Lyft and others now have significant operating bases in other cities. Yet all are hiring in San Francisco as well.
Employers in San Francisco that would be affected by Prop. C pay an average of $2,500 per employee in yearly business taxes to the city, according to an analysis by the city’s chief economist. If the measure passes, that figure could rise to more than $3,700 a year. San Francisco employers already pay $4,000 more a year in average wages compared with businesses in the rest of the Bay Area.
“We’ve been fortunate that businesses are willing to pay a premium to have jobs in San Francisco,” said Jim Lazarus, senior vice president of public policy for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, which opposes Prop. C. “But at what price point does the benefit of being here get outweighed by the cost?”
Lazarus, whose group has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the opposition effort, worries that Prop. C burdens companies already struggling to afford San Francisco. Office rents in the city’s central business district hit $81.25 per square foot in the third quarter, beating the previous peak reached during the dot-com boom in 2000 (though that record still stands if you account for inflation, and the rise in recent years has been more gradual).
North Face is leaving the Bay Area, seeking lower costs in Colorado. Yet experts say the area is experiencing “the opposite of an exodus.”
Photo: Helen H. Richardson / Denver Post via Getty Images
For tech, though, San Francisco remains the place to be, JLL’s Anderson said.
The reason is simple: “The Bay Area is a hotbed for producing talent,” said Anderson, citing the region’s top universities. It is also awash in cash for startups. From July to September, $13.8 billion in venture capital flowed into the Bay Area — half of the total for the entire country, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ MoneyTree report. As a result, entrepreneurs build companies here, attracting droves of highly skilled workers to the area.
Reddit employees rebelled in 2014 when a former chief executive wanted to relocate from San Francisco to Daly City; its CEO left, citing “the office location issue” in a blog post about why he resigned. Reddit’s new headquarters is the historic NBC Radio City building on Taylor Street.
Dorsey would probably face similar pressure from his employees to stay in the city. Millennials are the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, and they tend to cluster in cities like San Francisco. In competing for the most talented employees, experts say, companies have to go where the workers are.
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If an employer announced a move to, say, Milpitas, Anderson said, “half of your employees might just quit because they don’t want to go there. They have a lot of job mobility, because they know they can get another one a week later — maybe even a raise.”
Jesse Gundersheim, a market economist at CoStar Group, said employers are willing to “eat higher costs and higher taxes” to access San Francisco’s pool of workers.
“I don’t think these major tech companies are deciding to locate here because of our low cost basis.”
And those workers, in turn, are attracted to new opportunities — opportunities they would not have in cities without such a tight clustering of companies. Dorsey experienced this firsthand just weeks ago when his chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, announced she is leaving to become CEO of Nextdoor, the San Francisco company that operates local online discussion boards.
Square is hunting for a new finance chief. The position — like the 120 or so other currently open positions Square is hiring for — will presumably be in San Francisco.
Chronicle staff writer Carolyn Said contributed to this report.
Melia Russell is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: melia.russell@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @meliarobin
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Congress politician says regional parties have no national perspective
Congress leader RC Khuntia made the comment when asked for his views on the efforts of Telangana Chief Minister and TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao to forge a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front of regional parties
Hyderabad: A senior Congress leader Monday took aim at regional parties, claiming they lacked national perspective and arouse local feelings to capture power.
“All regional parties are formed only to protect regional interests; basically all regional parties are created without having a national perspective, or national strategy,” the AICC in-charge of the party affairs in Telangana, RC Khuntia said.
Khuntia made the comment when asked for his views on the efforts of Telangana Chief Minister and TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao to forge a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front of regional parties.
“They (regional parties) have regional strategy…strategy is to capture power, fight the election and create more regional feelings so that it (electoral verdict) will go in their favour,” Khuntia said.
“So, after being elected (in Telangana)… (TRS) telling that in the national interest, we (regional parties) are uniting…it has no relevance, and I think KCR (K Chandrasekhar Rao) will not succeed,” he said.
Alleging that KCR was “not anti-BJP” and was “working as the ‘B’ team of (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi”, Khuntia noted that the TRS chief had supported the NDA on “every issue”, including demonetisation, GST and presidential and vice-presidential elections.
“There is no justification for the federal front. What they (TRS) are telling ‘national interest’ (to forge such a front) is wrong,” he said. In the December 7 polls to the 119-member Telangana Assembly, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) returned to power with 88 seats, pushing the Congress to a distant second position with 19.
The Congress had formed ‘Prajakutami’ (People’s front) along with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) to take on the TRS, but the grouping came a cropper at the hustings.
The TDP led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu bagged just two seats, while both the TJS and CPI drew a blank.Asked if the Prajakutami would continue for the Lok Sabha elections, Khuntia said, “It is (the alliance) continuing. We have not taken any decision to dissolve it”.
“Now with the TDP and CPI, we have an alliance at the national level. So virtually at the national level, they are already in the joint action programme of the Congress,” he said.CPI General Secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy said the issue of whether to continue with the alliance or not for the Lok Sabha elections was yet to be discussed among the partners.”Right now, the front continues. For the Lok Sabha elections, it may continue,” he said.
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Review: Zipper
It wants for a keener vision of corrupted power, but at least it navigates its main character’s sudden slew of infidelities without banalizing them.
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Early into Zipper, Sam (Patrick Wilson), a high-profile, South Carolina federal prosecutor, is flatly told by his boss that “no one cares about human frailty.” But Sam does. He’s in the midst of considering a run for political office, but for the moment empathizes with a star witness in an upcoming case; she’s an escort for a service under investigation for soliciting sex to politicians and wealthy businessmen. “I save the lowlifes for my personal life,” she tells him. Director Mora Stephens, along with co-writer Joe Viertel, soon makes Sam the latest misbehaved politician, crossing from the comforts of family life with his wife, Jeannie (Lena Headey), and delving into an underworld of prepaid cellphones, nylon stockings, and expensive hotel rooms, where he arranges meetings with various call girls from a service much like the one he’s investigating.
Stephens’s sporadically distinguished take on middle-aged lust casts Sam as a hypocritical softie, who tells each woman he frequents that they’re “better than this” while dissociating himself as an active, perpetuating participant. These are tantalizing feelers, but Zipper conventionalizes deceit by failing to truly put Sam through the ringer. Neither able to stylize the proceedings to challenge standard notions of on-screen sex, nor provide a compelling justification for Sam’s plight aside from its vague Eliot Spitzer parallels, the film is content to have characters speak ominous lines regarding ethics and desire without actually locating them within the course of its own narrative.
Stephens is keen on montages of bras being removed and flashes of differing sexual positions as evidence of Sam’s descent into sex addiction, rather than offering sustained passages that unearth individuated reasoning or passions driving Sam’s sudden immersion into a world he previously knew nothing of. In fact, Sam is so much of a square at the start that he cautiously treks onto escort-service websites, as if visiting a prostitute never even occurred to him prior. Accordingly, his quick-pulsed descent lacks immediacy beyond the inevitable onslaught of consequences once Sam’s secret becomes apparent to his wife and draws the suspicions of a news reporter (Ray Winstone).
Zipper wants for a keener vision of corrupted power, but at least Stephens navigates Sam’s sudden slew of infidelities without banalizing them. When Jeannie asks what the escorts have that she doesn’t, Sam is only able to muster a simple “nothing,” and Wilson convincingly plays the assertion with a mix of regret and apathy. Perhaps he really doesn’t know why he cheated, but Stephens doesn’t let him off the hook for it either. As George (Richard Dreyfuss), an influential campaign adviser, appears near the end of the film and lets Sam know that he’s aware of his “zipper problem,” he places a large donation on the table, from interested sponsors. When Sam takes the envelope and inspects it, registering his acceptance of these under-the-table funds as the identical form of transaction he’s been conducting for the last few months, it’s meant to be an “a ha!” moment of full-circle recognition; instead, it registers as a “well, of course” resolution to a film that is, in part, better than this.
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Ray Winstone, Richard Dreyfus, John Cho, Christopher McDonald, Dianna Agron, Alexandra Breckenridge, Penelope Mitchell Director: Mora Stephens Screenwriter: Mora Stephens, Joe Viertel Distributor: Alchemy Running Time: 113 min Rating: R Year: 2015 Buy: Video, Soundtrack
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Every film nominated in this category grapples with the nature of freedom in a world gripped by war and shaped by technology.
Ed Gonzalez
Photo: PBS
Few Oscar categories are bigger snub magnets than this one. And while the failure of Apollo 11 to secure a nomination this year was indeed surprising, it was not as telling as the omission of The Biggest Little Farm, a handsomely, if conspicuously, sculpted “pop” documentary that’s very much in the academy’s wheelhouse. It was almost as if the committee responsible for selecting the nominees here was sending a message by embracing, at a time of increased global instability, five documentaries that looked only outward: not at mankind’s possibilities, but at the ways in which we’ve become our own worst enemy.
When discussing the potential winner in this category, Eric and I were pulled in two different directions. “Doc will go American Factory and, by extension, the Obamas, right?” Eric asked. “Honeyland notched an Oscar record by being the first documentary to also be nominated for international feature. That has to mean something?” I asked. Which is to say that he and I, no strangers to this Oscar-predicting process, were sacrificing ourselves to rigamarole, forgetting that, at the end of the day, academy members vote with their hearts above all else.
Every film nominated in this category grapples with the nature of freedom in a world gripped by war and shaped by technology. American Factory specifically takes the closing of a Chinese-owned factory in Ohio as a jumping-off point for a study of the wiles of global capitalism, and it’s every bit as smart as you might expect from a film produced by the Obamas. A more sobering reminder of how the global order of the world has been cataclysmically disrupted in the last four years is another Netflix documentary, The Edge of Democracy, about Brazil’s own national(ist) sickness. It’s a harrowing lament, but it offers the viewer no sense of escape.
Which isn’t to say that the The Cave and especially For Sama, both filmed in Syria and in the midst of war there, are escapist. The two most viscerally powerful documentaries in the category confront us with the chaos of imperial domination. Both films center the female experience of war, but For Sama does so more shrewdly, positing itself not just as a chronicle of war, but an act of remembrance. In a film that doesn’t lack for gut-wrenching images of the dead, one particularly stands out: of a child, after being pulled from his mother’s womb via C section in the wake of a bombing, being brought back to life. Combined with the scenes depicting the citizens of war-torn Aleppo finding humor in the midst of conflict, the film attests not only to the perseverance of the Syrian people, but to the possibility that the country might still be brought back from the edge of oblivion.
Will Win: For Sama
Could Win: The Cave
Should Win: For Sama
There doesn’t seem to be much standing in the way of the triumph of the red, white, and blue neo-Juggalo.
Photo: Warner Bros.
We couldn’t really say it any better than Odie Henderson, who recently scoffed: “Who wins the Costume Design Oscar for Joker? The Goodwill? Who wins the Makeup Oscar for Joker? A blind Mary Kay consultant?” While we think the Academy will stop short of awarding the motley threads of Todd Phillips’s risible throwback machine in the costume category, the fact that they were nominated at all over, say, the imaginatively garish ‘70s finery that Ruth Carter created for Dolemite Is My Name indicates a level of affection for Joker that no one who doesn’t use the word “snowflake” on a daily basis seems prepared for.
While, to us, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker looks like nothing so much as Marge after sitting still for a makeup gun, as Homer put it best, “Women will like what I tell them to like.” From his lips to the Academy’s ears (and face). And given this category’s expansion didn’t add more multicolored prosthetic creations along the lines of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, but instead more invisible character augmentation along the lines of Judy and Bombshell, there doesn’t seem to be much standing in the way of the triumph of the red, white, and blue neo-Juggalo.
Will Win: Joker
Could Win: Judy
Should Win: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Parasite is a pervasive presence in the news cycle, and at just the right time.
Photo: Neon
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a pervasive presence in the news cycle, and at just the right time. As I write this latest prediction for Slant’s rolling Oscar coverage, the top article on the front page of Rotten Tomatoes is a ranking, by Tomatometer, of the nine films nominated for best picture this year. Number one? Parasite. Immediately next to that article is a callout to readers to vote for their favorite film of 2019 that uses Song Kang-ho’s face from Parasite’s poster as the featured image. Regarding that poster, in simply placing black bars over the actors’ faces, it succinctly, eerily, perfectly underlines the film’s obsession with social strata. And you don’t need to look far beyond the aggregate site to land on some article praising the perfectly lit and designed architectural purgatory that is the film’s main setting.
Perfect. That’s a funny word. There are no objectively measurable criteria for perfection, but given how many times I’ve heard Bong’s film described as being “perfect” since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or, you’d think that there were. Still, the impulse to use it to describe this particular film, so balanced and attuned to the ties that both bind and separate us, evident in everything from the dimensions of Bong’s aesthetic, to his actors’ faces, to their words, makes a certain kind of sense. Quick, can you name the other four films nominated in this category? How apt if you can’t, as this is a film profoundly obsessed with the subterfuge that can be weaponized during class warfare. Or awards campaigns.
Will Win: Parasite
Could Win: Pain and Glory
Should Win: Parasite
John Williams is in no danger of winning, but a case could be made for any of the other four.
That one of the five films nominated for original score this year is not a best picture nominee nor had any shot at being one almost makes this category an outlier among this year’s Oscar races, which seem otherwise fixated on frontrunners. John Williams already had the record-setting strength of 51 previous nominations leading into this week’s announcement, so his nod for the third Star Wars installment, or sixth, or ninth, or…does The Mandalorian count? Anyway, suffice it to say that the only thing that could’ve been more knee-jerk than to select nominations solely from among this year’s best picture probables would be to rubber stamp Williams uploading yet more variations on intellectual property.
Williams is in no danger of winning, but a case could be made for any of the other four. Alexandre Desplat already has two wins here, both in the last six years, but Little Women is finally picking up momentum at just the right time. His richly romantic cues, which are practically wall to wall throughout the film, come on like a crushed-velvet dust jacket, binding Greta Gerwig’s shifting timeline together in a way that makes just about everyone who isn’t Sasha Stone want to clutch the entire thing to their bosoms.
Arguably, another film that’s still reaching its crest stage is 1917, and unlike Desplat, composer Thomas Newman is still waiting for his first win, and now holding the category’s longest losing streak. It can’t be said that Newman doesn’t pull out all the stops, piecing together a work that feels inspired by both Hans Zimmer’s pulsating Dunkirk score and Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” most memorably used in Oliver Stone’s Platoon. And yet, we’re kind of with Bilge Ebiri, who after the nominations were announced, tweeted, “You didn’t give it to DUNKIRK, you’re not allowed to give it to 1917. Sorry, we’re very strict on this matter.”
Not to say that we expect 1917 to roll snake eyes on its 10 nominations. Only that any nominations for the film related to things that Dunkirk already did better two years ago are a tough sell, despite the draw of Newman’s increasingly amplified Oscar backstory. That’s presuming that the narrative doesn’t wind up over-shadowed by the sidebar-friendly cousin’s duel between Thomas and his cousin, Randy Newman, whose jaunty, Terms of Endearment-esque Marriage Story score appears to have as many detractors as it has fans.
Until the nominations were announced, we admit to assuming that Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Golden Globe win for Todd Phillips’s Joker was going to go down the same way as Justin Hurwitz’s did a year ago: with an Oscar snub. We reasoned that Guðnadóttir, who also perked ears up and won an Emmy last year for her work on HBO’s Chernobyl, was still too fresh a talent for the more cliquey AMPAS musicians’ branch. But now that she’s there, Globe in hand and attached to the film that, by the numbers, the academy loved best this year, she offers even conscience-wracked voters the chance to hand a feature-length 4chan fantasy a guilt-free win by also awarding one of the film’s few female nominees.
Will Win: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Could Win: Thomas Newman, 1917
Should Win: Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Tags: Academy Awards, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker, Thomas Newman, 1917, Alexandre Desplat, Little Women, Randy Newman, Marriage Story, John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Dolittle’s inability to completely develop any of its characters reduces the film to all pomp and no circumstance.
Stephen Gaghan’s Dolittle begins with a just-shy-of-saccharine animated sequence that spins the tale of the eponymous character’s (Robert Downey Jr.) adventures with his wife, who one day dies at sea during a solo voyage. It’s something of a more condensed, less moving version of the prologue to Pixar’s Up, underscoring our protagonist’s upcoming fantastical journey on behalf of Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) with a tinge of melancholy.
As soon as the film shifts to live action, we immediately sense the loss felt by Dolittle in the overgrown vines and shrubbery that surround the famed doctor and veterinarian’s estate, as well as in his unkempt appearance. But any hopes that the film might follow through on its promise to explore Dolittle’s emotional turmoil are quickly dashed once he begins interacting with the animal friends who keep him company. Their banter is ceaseless and mostly ranges from corny and tiresome to downright baffling, as evidenced by a pun referencing Chris Tucker in Rush Hour that may leave you wondering who the target is for half of the film’s jokes.
The tenderness of Dolittle’s prologue does resurface sporadically across the film, most memorably in a late scene where the good doctor shares the pain of losing a spouse with a fierce dragon that’s also enduring a similar grief. But just as the film seems primed to say something profound about the nature of loss, Dolittle shoves his hand into the dragon’s backside—with her permission of course—in order to extract a bagpipe and an array of armor, leading the fiery beast to unleash a long, loud fart right into the doctor’s face.
That moment is crass, juvenile, and, above all, cheap in its cynical undercutting of one of Dolittle’s rare moments of vulnerability. But it serves as a ripe metaphor for the filmmakers’ incessant need to respond to a show of earnestness with a dollop of inanity, as if believing that their young audience can’t handle anything remotely sincere without a chaser of flatulence.
But worse than the film’s failure to truly probe Dolittle’s emotional landscape is how it surrounds him with a series of uncompelling character types. While the film seems to mostly unfold through the eyes of young Tommy Stubbins (Harry Collett), who becomes Dolittle’s apprentice after witnessing the doctor communicate with animals, he serves little purpose aside from drawing the man out of his shell. And Dolittle’s arch-enemy, Dr. Blair Müdfly (Michael Sheen, chomping on every bit of scenery within reach), has little motivation to justify his ceaseless quest to stop his rival from attaining an elixir that will save Queen Victoria’s life.
Despite repeatedly paying lip service to notions of grief and opening oneself up to the world, Dolittle ultimately plays like little more than an extended showpiece for its special effects. But even the CGI on display here is patchy at best, with the countless animals that parade through the film’s frames taking on a creepy quality as their photorealistic appearance often awkwardly clashes with their cartoonish behavior. The film’s notoriously troubled production, which went so off the rails that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles director Jonathan Liebesman was brought on board for reshoots, is evident in its clumsy staging and lifeless interplay between humans and animals, but it’s the film’s inability to completely develop any of its characters that reduces it to all pomp and no circumstance. Like the CGI animals that inhabit much of the film, Dolittle is flashy and colorful on the outside but dead behind the eyes.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Buckley, Harry Collett, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland Director: Stephen Gaghan Screenwriter: Stephen Gaghan, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand Distributor: Universal Pictures Running Time: 106 min Rating: PG Year: 2020 Buy: Soundtrack
In the end, the film’s perpetuation of the franchise’s endorsement of police brutality comes back to bite it.
Jake Cole
Photo: Columbia Pictures
From its parodically overused low-angle and circling tracking shots to its raw embodiment of Michael Bay’s unique brand of jingoism and adolescent vulgarity, Bad Boys II arguably remains the purest expression of the director’s auteurism. Bay doesn’t direct the film’s belated sequel, Bad Boys for Life, leaving one to wonder what purpose this franchise serves if not to give expression to his nationalist, racist, and misogynistic instincts.
Intriguingly, Bad Boys for Life is helmed by the Belgian team of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, whose streetwise, racially focused crime films, from 2014’s Image to 2018’s Gangsta, represent positions that are nearly the polar opposite of those of Bay’s work. Except the filmmakers do nothing to shake the franchise from its repellent roots, merely replicating Bay’s stylistic tics at a more sluggish pace, losing the antic abandon that is his only redeeming quality as an artist. At best, the half-speed iterations of Bay’s signature aesthetic reflect the film’s invocation of too-old-for-this-shit buddy-movie clichés, with Miami cops Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) forced to contend with growing old and obsolete.
The film is quick to establish that Marcus, newly a grandfather, longs to settle down, even as Mike continues to insist that he’s at the top of his game. It’s then that the partners are thrown for a loop when Mike is shot by Armando (Jacob Scipio), whose drug kingpin father Mike killed and whose mother, Isabel (Kate del Castillo), he helped get imprisoned in Mexico. Both men are left traumatized by the event, with a horrified Marcus forswearing a life of violence, while Mike seeks brutal revenge for his wounded sense of masculine security. And for a brief moment, Bad Boys for Life finds fertile ground in the emotional chasm that opens between the two pals, with Mike’s single-minded rage leaving Marcus morally disgusted.
Almost immediately, though, the film turns to gleeful violence, showing how grotesque the consequences of Mike’s vigilantism actions can be, only to then largely justify his actions. When Mike violates orders during a surveillance assignment to abduct a possible lead, that source is left dead in a gruesomely elaborate shootout that’s played for satire-less kicks. Partnered with a new unit of inexperienced, tech-savvy rookies (Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, and Charles Melton), Mike can only express his dismay at the new generation resorting to gadgets and nonlethal, perhaps even—dare one say—legal, measures of law enforcement. Each one gets a single defining characteristic (Hudgens’s Kelley is a trigger-happy fascist in the making and Ludwig’s Dorn possesses a bodybuilder’s physique that belies his pacifism), and they all exist for Smith to target with stale jokes about old-school justice.
Likewise, the surprising soulfulness that Lawrence brings to his character is ultimately just fodder for jokes about how the weary, flabby new grandpa isn’t getting laid. Unsurprisingly, then, Marcus only reclaims his virility as a man by lunging back into a life of chaotic police action. Even his turn toward faith and a vow of peace is mocked, as when he finds himself in possession of a machine gun during a hectic chase and Mike reassures him that God gave that to him in a time of need. “Shit, I do need it!” Marcus exclaims, but the humor of Lawrence’s delivery only momentarily distracts us from the film’s flippant take on his spirituality.
By saddling both heroes and villains alike with quests for revenge, Bad Boys for Life broaches deeper thematic possibility than has ever existed in this franchise. Indeed, the film’s focus on aging, when paired with a last-act reveal that forces the characters to think about the legacies that are passed on to future generations, places it in unexpected parallel to another recent Will Smith vehicle, Gemini Man. But where Ang Lee’s film actually grappled with the implications of violence bred and nurtured in our descendants, this movie merely gets some cheap sentimentality to contrast with its otherwise giddy embrace of carnage.
In the end, the film’s perpetuation of the franchise’s endorsement of police brutality comes back to bite it. The aforementioned scene with Marcus discovering the machine gun is played as a joke, even though the man, half-blind but refusing to wear the glasses that show his age, fires wildly at gunmen on motorcycles weaving around civilian vehicles. Watching this scene, it’s hard not to think of the recent, real-life case of Miami cops firing hundreds of rounds at armed robbers despite being surrounded by commuters, not only killing the suspects but their hostage and a random bystander. This coincidental timing is a reminder that the supposed harmlessness of glib entertainments like Bad Boys for Life plays a part in normalizing the increasing police-state tactics and mentality of our nation’s over-armed law enforcement.
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Joe Pantoliano, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Jacob Scipio Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah Screenwriter: Chris Bremner, Peter Craig, Joe Carnahan Distributor: Columbia Pictures Running Time: 110 min Rating: R Year: 2020 Buy: Soundtrack
Well hi, everybody, it’s nice to see you.
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Well hi, everybody, it’s nice to see you. Loyal readers of Slant’s Oscar coverage know that we don’t like to beat around the bush, and this year we have even less reason to do so what with the accelerated awards calendar forcing us to kick-start our rolling predictions earlier than usual. So, as we busy ourselves in the next few days catching up with some remaining blindspots, and being thankful that we don’t actually ever have to see Cats, we will be bringing you our predictions in some of Oscar’s easier-to-call categories.
Which isn’t to say that we’re going to be drama-free. Case in point: the revelation that Eric Henderson, my fellow awards guru, made on Twitter this week that “Scarlett Johansson is genuinely better in Jojo Rabbit than in Marriage Story.” He also asked us to throw the tweet back in this face four or five years from now, but I say right now is as good a time as any.
No, seriously, shocking as that tweet was to this fan of Marriage Story’s entire acting ensemble, that some are already predicting the actress as a possible spoiler in supporting actress in the wake of Jojo Rabbit scoring six nominations, it’s gotten us thinking about the ostensibly evolving tastes of AMPAS’s membership at a time when it’s struggling to diversify itself. And based on how things went down at last year’s Oscars, the only conclusion we can come up with is that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Immediately after Glenn Close lost the Oscar last year to Olivia Coleman, Eric sent me a text wondering why AMPAS hates the former so much, to which I offered that there’s nothing more unwavering than Hollywood’s support for actors playing real-life individuals. Well, that and its support for actors who actually want to be exalted by the industry. Even in a world where Renée Zellweger isn’t also being helped by a comeback narrative, and has yet to follow Joaquin Phoenix’s savvy lead by getting arrested at Jane Fonda’s weekly climate change protest and erasing our memory of her performance at the Golden Globes, she’s nominated for a generally well liked performance in a film that has actually performed well at the box office.
On Monday, more outcry was provoked by the Oscar nominations, again for women being shut out of the best director race, but also for the snubbing of several actors of color, most notably Jennifer Lopez and Lupita N’yongo. Some will speculate that Cynthia Erivo, the only actor of color to be nominated this year, is a potential spoiler here, but whether she stands to benefit from a core of protest votes is something that can never be known. This fine actress’s performance checks off almost as many boxes as Zellweger’s, if not, at the end of the day, the one that matters most: representing a film about the industry itself, in this case one that will allow a reliably backward-looking Hollywood to atone for sins committed against their own.
Will Win: Renée Zellweger, Judy
Could Win: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Should Win: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Review: Intrigo: Death of an Author Is Damned by Its Lack of Self-Awareness
The film evinces neither the visceral pleasures of noir nor the precision to uncover deeper thematic resonances.
David Robb
Photo: Lionsgate
“Surprise me!” demands reclusive author Alex Henderson (Ben Kingsley) near the start of Intrigo: Death of an Author of budding novelist Henry (Benno Fürmann), who’s come to him in search of advice. As an audience member, it’s difficult not to end up making exactly the same exhortation to director Daniel Alfredson’s film. With each plot point being not only easy to predict, but also articulated and elaborated on multiple times by an awkwardly on-the-nose narration, the only shock here is that a film apparently concerned with the act of storytelling could be so lacking in self-awareness.
Henry is a translator for the recently deceased Austrian author Germund Rein and is working on a book about a man whose wife disappeared while they were holidaying in the Alps, shortly after her revelation that she would be leaving him for her therapist. Most of the tedious opening half hour of the film is taken up with Henry telling this tale to Kingsley’s enigmatic Henderson, after he meets him at his remote island villa. The pace picks up a little when David switches to giving the older writer an account of the mystery surrounding Rein’s death and how this could be connected to his story, which (surprise!) may not be entirely fictional.
Death of An Author is the most high-profile release of the Intrigo films, all directed by Alfredson and based on Håkan Nesser’s novellas. Alfredson was also at the helm of two film versions of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, but he still doesn’t appear to have developed the stylistic tools necessary to elevate his pulpy source material. Here, his aesthetic seems to be aiming for the icy polish of a modern noir, but it leans toward a safe kind of blandness, evincing neither the visceral pleasures of the genre nor the precision to uncover deeper thematic resonances.
While Fürmann’s stilted central performance at times threatens to sink Death of An Author, Kingsley always appears just in time to keep the unwieldy thing afloat. Nonetheless, his character’s cynical meta commentary, alternately engaged and aloof, is ruinous: As Henderson criticizes Henry’s story, he effectively draws too much attention to the film’s own flaws.
Death of an Author’s mise en abyme framing device has a similarly self-sabotaging effect. It initially promises an interesting push and pull between a writer’s literary perspective on reality and their own lived experience, but as so much of Henry’s psychology is explained through clunky expository dialogue instead of being expressed visually, no such conflict is possible. The structure ends up just distancing us further from the characters, as well as undermining the tension generated by the more procedural elements of the plot. Ultimately, aside from some picturesque scenery and a satisfyingly dark ending, all we’re left to enjoy here is the vicarious thrill of Kingsley’s smug, scene-stealing interlocutor occasionally denouncing Henry as a hack, and implicitly dismissing the whole scenario of the film as trite and clichéd.
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Benno Fürmann, Tuva Novotny, Michael Byrne, Veronica Ferres, Daniela Lavender, Sandra Dickinson Director: Daniel Alfredson Screenwriter: Daniel Alfredson, Birgitta Bongenhielm Distributor: Lionsgate Running Time: 106 min Rating: R Year: 2018
Review: Weathering with You Lyrically and Mushily Affirms the Sky’s Majesty
Contemporary outrage could’ve potentially counterpointed the film’s increasingly mawkish tendencies.
Photo: GKIDS
The lyricism of director Makoto Shinkai’s new animated film, Weathering with You, should shame the impersonality of the CGI-addled blockbusters that are usually pitched at children. An early scene finds a teenage girl, Hina (Nano Mori), floating through the sky, at times almost seeming to swim in it. This moment introduces a suggestive motif: In the film, scientists speculate that the sky possesses a habitat that, for all we know, is full of similar properties to the one in the world’s oceans. The Tokyo of Shinkai’s conception is plagued by rain that sometimes falls so hard as to suggest a tidal wave dropping out of the sky, which is a memorably scary and beautiful effect. Sometimes such rains even leave behind see-through jellyfish-like creatures that evaporate upon touch.
At their best, Shinkai’s images affirm the majesty and power of the sky and rain, intrinsic elements of life that we too often take for granted. Raindrops suggest bright white diamonds, and storms resemble cocoons of water. But Hina’s new friend, Hodaka (Kotaro Daigo), doesn’t take the weather for granted, as he’s introduced on a large passenger boat, surveying a storm that almost kills him. Running away to Tokyo from his parents, Hodaka first glances the city as the boat approaches a port, and at which point Shinkai springs another marvel: a city of vast neon light that’s been rendered with a soft, watercolor-esque delicacy.
The first 45 minutes or so of Weathering with You promisingly merge such visuals with the story of Hina and Hodaka’s blossoming romance, while introducing an amusing rogue, Keisuke Suga (Shun Oguri), who offers Hodaka minimal employment as a junior reporter for a tabloid magazine. Suga gives the film a lurid quality that’s surprising for a children’s fantasy—as he milks the young Hodaka for a free meal and carouses around Tokyo at night—until Shinkai sentimentally reduces him to a routine father figure. And it’s around here that the plot grows more and more cumbersome and gradually takes over the film as Hina and Hodaka become typically misunderstood youngsters on the lam, evading the law and the Tokyo crime world. The free-floating visuals are eventually tethered to a metaphor for the specialness of Hina, who’s a mythical “sunshine girl” capable of bringing light to Tokyo’s endless storms, and for the fieriness of Hina and Hodaka’s love. Shinkai over-explains his lyrical imagery with YA tropes, compromising the dreamlike mystery of the film’s first act.
The narrative is also an implicit story of global warming, as Tokyo’s storms threaten to destroy the city, with Hina representing a potential balancing of the scales at the expense of her own earthly life. That’s a resonant concept that Shinkai never quite steers into overtly political territory—and contemporary outrage could’ve potentially counterpointed Weathering with You’s increasingly mawkish tendencies. A free-floating atmosphere, in which sky and ocean are merged, suggesting collaborative gods, is more than enough for an evocative fable. It’s a pity that Shinkai overthinks his project, frontloading it with borrowed plot machinery that goes in circles, separating lovers mostly for the sake of separating them.
Cast: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Shun Oguri, Kana Ichinose, Ryô Narita, Tsubasa Honda, Mone Kamishiraishi, Kana Ichinose Director: Makoto Shinkai Screenwriter: Makoto Shinkai Distributor: GKIDS Running Time: 112 min Rating: PG-13 Year: 2019
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning by Issa Rae and John Cho.
Alexa Camp
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning by Issa Rae and John Cho. Todd Phillips’s Joker led the nomination count with 11, followed by Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Sam Mendes’s 1917, and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood with 10 each, and Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women with six each.
While Joker mostly received attention throughout the awards season for Joaquin Phoenix’s lead performance, many pegged Hildur Guðnadóttir’s victory at the Golden Globes for her score as a sign that the film would do well at the Oscars. Elsewhere, Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) had to make way for Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell) in best supporting actress and Lupita N’yongo (Us) for Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) in best actress. And both Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) landed nominations for best actor, pushing Golden Globe-winner Taron Egerton (Rocketman), Robert De Niro (The Irishman), and Christian Bale (Ford v. Ferrari out of the way.
See below for a full list of the nominations.
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Todd Phillips, Joker
Sam Mendes, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
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Honeyland (North Macedonia)
Les Misérables (France)
Pain and Glory (Spain)
Parasite (South Korea)
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” Toy Story 4
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” Rocketman
“I’m Standing with You,” Breakthrough
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“Stand Up,” Harriet
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Wolf Children Japanese Anime
The Japanese anime Wolf Children is an inspiring and engaging film for miniature nature lovers. I have recommended this film to people completely forgetting that it is basically a very sad story though, so consider yourself warned!
I wonder if the author of Wolf Children was inspired by the story of Amala and Kamala, two “feral girls” from Bengal who are alleged to have been raised by wolves.
By Western standards, this film feels transgressive in parts. For example, the bedroom scene between a human and a dog (kissing). It’s one thing to read in a novel about a young woman in love with a werewolf type creature, but I note with interest that Bella Swan never once kisses Jacob while he’s in his wolf form, at least not in the film adaptations. Imagine interspecies romantic scenes getting through in Hollywood.
Likewise, there is a conspicuous absence of nipples and breastfeeding in Western children’s stories. Why on earth don’t we see nipples in every single picture book about getting a new little baby brother or sister? If you want to normalise breastfeeding for your kids and expose them to cartoon nipples that are also not pornographic, to Japan you must go.
Storyteller As Narrator
The film is narrated by a nostalgic ‘character as storyteller‘.
For more about the advantages of characters as storytellers, see The Role Of Storytellers In Fiction.
The vast majority of stories make use of an unseen, omniscient narrator, but Yuki makes a good storyteller since she likes school (presumably making her good at words) and lives in the human world as an adult.
Wolf Children As An Allegory For Autism?
The director made this film to explore parenthood, and motherhood in particular. But this story is interesting to consider as a possible metaphor for having an invisible neurological difference such as autism. I can’t find anyone else who has come up with the same conjecture in English, but I did find someone in Japanese.
Starting with the hopes and dreams of any parent, before realising you have a little person who is different.
What if the baby is like me?
Reading all you can about the condition
Having to give up your part-time job and study, having no time to take care of yourself.
Having neighbours judge your children without understanding the reasons behind it
Wanting to shield your children from the outside, judgmental world.
Navigating the medical system: “Should I take her to a paediatrician or a vet?” (“To a paediatrician or a psychologist?”)
Watching a group of other mothers laughing in the park, hiding behind a tree, thinking what it must be like to be ‘normal’.
Having weird interests and collections. (Nightmare fetishist)
“That brat of yours needs a muzzle.”
Being keenly aware of negative depictions of your children in children’s books so steering your children away from them, curating to the point where you even feel like you need to write your own.
Deciding who to disclose and not disclose to.
Having your child notice: “Everybody’s always mean to [wolves]. Because of that I don’t want to be a [wolf].” (I just want to be normal.)
Seeing your daughter struggle with the complex social world of girls: “I didn’t know how girls were supposed to act. All I knew is I was doing it all wrong.”
The transmogrification into a wolf body as a metaphor for meltdowns
Ame is bullied at school. (Loners are freaks.)
The feeling that you don’t fit in anywhere
Feeling more attracted to the animal/natural world than to the human one, which seems impossible to navigate without the regular levels of intuition
Letting go of your children to make their own decisions even though you feel they’re still too naive to navigate the world. (Though they’re adults in terms of years they may be younger psychologically, which is hard for a parent to deal with.)
The city is a metaphor for isolation. So is the country, but by surrounding ourselves with just a few people who are genuinely caring it’s no longer isolating at all.
Wolf Children, being a classic coming-of-age story, is also an allegory for growing up in general, and making the decision to be one thing or another, all the while realising that if you choose one path, the other is closing over.
Like a lot of anime, including many of the popular Hayao Miyazaki, this one is about transmogrification. The European tradition won’t find this particular transformation foreign: It’s basically a werewolf tale.
Beast and Beauty Trope
22 STEPS — Plot Structure Of Wolf Children
Note on the plot structure: In the city Hana is isolated. The opponent/ally character web is set up only after she moves to the country. (Later than in most movies.)
Though the director says the story is about all three in this family, the main character is Hana. The focus is on her internal growth between the ages of 19 and 32, particularly her growth into motherhood. In order to work out which character is the main one, ask which changes the most, psychologically, not in circumstance. The mother goes from loner to living as part of a community, whereas the children simply grow up and become who they really are, so I make an argument for Hana as main character.
This is unusual in a story which is essentially for children/young adults.
In anime it’s common to make a distinction between two characters by making one wear red and the other wear blue. But by the end of the movie this colour coding has been reversed. Perhaps because Ame is now the wild one and Yuki is the tame, calm one.
Self-revelation, need, desire
Hana needs to learn how to deal with isolation.
She also needs to learn how to live in nature rather than learning entirely from books, which is what served her in the city. Hana is a bookish City Mouse.
Hana’s Name
Written as ‘flower’ in Japanese, Hana is basically learning to get in touch with nature, and since flowers are a part of nature, her name suggests that this aspect is an inherent aspect of her true self.
A ‘city mouse’ in a story is most often female. This is a version of the Fish Out Of Water Story. Generally, the advice to writers is:
[I]f establishing a pre-existing norm isn’t absolutely vital, skip it. Leave it out altogether, if you possibly can. Instead, start in médias res. In general practice, that means starting your actual narrative just before, or even during, the first major conflict or confrontation: the point at which things start to get serious, when they start moving toward final crisis.
Specifically, that means starting a short story just before the main crisis which will provide the story’s resolution. Start a novel during the first crisis, because you’ll have time to draw back and explain how things got that way later in the first chapter, or even in chapter two.
Don’t tell how the protagonist decided to go out and buy fireworks, how much they cost, how he brought them home, how he stored them, what his wife said. Begin when the fuse is lit and the reader sees a bang coming any minute.
Ansen Dibell
But as John Truby says, certain genres demand the establishment of a norm, e.g. The fish out of water story. (A fish has to be ‘in water’ before s/he can be out of it.)
Hana’s apartment is full of books.
Ghost (a.k.a. backstory)
Hana’s father is dead (as can be seen in the photo on the book shelf) and her mother isn’t mentioned — Hana is a slightly exaggerated version of an isolated person.
The Contrast Between Urban and Rural
The choice of story arenas here are linked closely to Hana’s psychological development. Ironically, when surrounded by people, Hana is completely alone. It is only by paring down the noise of crowds that she is able to ‘find her people’.
Initial Setting: Tokyo, 1980s or 1990s
a Tokyo ‘mountain’ scenery with buildings instead of landforms
Compared to other, Western fish-out-of-water stories such as Crocodile Dundee, Big and 40-year-old Virgin, Wolf Children affords Hana a significant amount of time in the city. This is not a true fish-out-of-water story — this is the story of a city girl who learns to live in the country — a backwards version, perhaps. A better fit is perhaps the trope of the Naive Newcomer. This type of story is popular in the speculative fiction genres. When Hana gets in touch with nature, the audience goes along with her since we, too, are new to the country village and would have no idea how to survive there alone.
Here Hana sits in a park in Tokyo, wondering what’s beyond those trees. But the city is still there, evidenced by the power pylon punctuating the horizon.
The city — as evidenced by all the time Hana spends around books — is a place of book learning.
The university where Hana and Wolf man meet is modelled on Hitotsubashi University. This is an arts university, so naturally the students of a slightly earlier era are spending a lot of time around books.
The university is in this part of Tokyo:
A lot of the scenes in the animation can be seen in and around the area of Hitotsubashi University. This coffee shop actually exists:
This dry-cleaning store also exists:
Hana’s apartment is just big enough for one to comfortably live. At one point Hana and Wolf Man are shown dipping their kebabs into the same glass of sauce.
Someone even made a top-down view of the apartment layout, here. With its legless chairs and Japanese appliances and uniquely Japanese crockery, this is an authentic looking Tokyo apartment dwelling.
But even in the cozy apartment, there is danger for baby wolves.
The apartment is a haven but turns into a prison.
Symbolism of the Bridge
Wolf Man’s initial revelation (that he is a wolf) almost happens on the bridge – but he’s standing too far away from Hana and is unable to tell her in words. The location of the bridge is obviously symbolic: ‘a bridging of two species/minds’
He later dies in the canal below the very same bridge, and because we accept that this bridge is near their apartment, we don’t mind the heavy coincidence.
The seasons are super important to Japanese culture and this film includes shots that linger on scenery to show the changing of seasons and therefore the passing of time.
Tokyo at Christmas time
Leaves falling in autumn
This rural homestead is also based on a real house. (It’s in Kamiichi, Toyama.)
Subsequent Setting: The Rural Village In The Mountains
Hana takes her children to an old-style Japanese homestead, a la My Neighbour Totoro, Summer Wars and various other Japanese feature-length anime, in which this way of living induces a feeling of nostalgia in a Japanese audience, and also exists for symbolic contrast against the cramped and crowded but convenient life of most Japanese people today. This traditional Japanese sink seems to have particularly evocative associations for a Japanese audience. The same kind of sink can be seen in the old house of My Neighbour Totoro:
This type of beautiful setting is so often used in Studio Ghibli films that it is referred to as Ghibli Hills.
In most anime, especially with ones trying to deliver a message, this speaks to the nostalgia of many older directors for the traditional Japanese countryside that largely no longer exists because of urbanization. One historical western equivalent is Merry England for historical settings. Other times the pristineness is explained by alternate history, particularly the avoidance of major conflict or wars which lets people concentrate on improving themselves.
The house is very cheap to rent but the surrounding area is ‘not viable as farmland’ because “animals come down and eat all the crops and have pushed humans out. In most places it’s the other way around.”
Weakness & Need (Problem)
Psychological Weakness: Hana is lonely. In my adult, slightly world-weary view of this relationship, Hana puts up with Wolf man’s shit, smiling stupidly when he turns up late, chasing after him even though he brushes her off rudely. Though it’s now an overused phrase, she really is a bit of a pixie dream girl (without the mania, so much). But this is not the intended reading, I’m sure. Hana is the perfect Japanese girlfriend. She turns into an apron-wearing housewifely figure even before she’s pregnant. (Hey, maybe she shouldn’t have worn that apron…)
Hana’s weakness is that she isn’t in touch with her wild side.
She needs to find her place in the world where she can thrive.
Inciting Incident
Hana notices a good-looking young man in her lecture. She’s instantly fascinated by him.
Wolf Man is gruff and his body language suggests he doesn’t want to be bothered. This is the All Girls Want Bad Boys trope in action.
Why does this guy come to lectures as an auditor student without bothering to fill out an attendance card?
To get to know the mysterious good-looking guy in her lectures who never comes with the right gear but who appears to be bookish.
Wolf man is a similar character is Jess in Gilmore girls. (Troubled but cute.)
Ally/Allies
Wolf Man is duplicitous by his supernature, so is Hana’s ally (as a loyal provider and boyfriend) as well as her opponent (by turning into a wolf occasionally and being reckless.)
Once the storyworld switches to the country, the character web widens to include more complex relationships:
Fake opponent: The grumpy old man who is horribly judgemental about the vegetable growing but ends up helping with his advice. (Jerk with a heart of gold.)
“Nature just killed your tomato vines. What do you think of that?”
In the country, the generic middle-aged neighbour is Hana’s friend but because she’s a regular woman and Hana doesn’t trust her, she is also someone Hana needs to hide her children from. This woman stands for a lot of the people Hana would meet in that environment — very friendly but possibly too sheltered to welcome diversity into the area.
Fake-ally opponent
In a minor way: the two old men who do try to help Hana end up bickering among themselves and offer conflicting advice which is no real use to Hana at all. They stand in contrast to the contrasty old man who is nevertheless useful: “Not all useful advice comes coated in sugar.” (That’s not an actual idiom, but I’m sure there’d be something similar in the history of East Asian thought.)
Attack by ally
Constant jibes from the old man about Hana’s lack of gardening ability.
Changed desire and motive
Hana just wanted to study before but now she wants to know who this fascinating man is.
First revelation and decision
“Hana. Look at me. Tell me what you see.” Fascinating guy turns into a wolf.
To live as a human couple in the city. Wolf Man will buckle down as a human and get a job as a delivery truck driver. Hana will wear an apron and prepare meals.
Opponent’s plan and main counterattack
Presumably due to Wolf man’s irrepressible wild side, she becomes pregnant.
Now they will bring up a child while hunkering down. Their plan to couple and nest is basically solidified by the news of pregnancy.
Apparent defeat
Wolf man dies in the canal. How can Hana live as a single parent in an expensive city, with two wolf children? All he had in his wallet was 2000 yen (about 30 dollars.) He’s actually left a bit more than that, but we get the idea it’s not much.
Obsessive drive, changed drive, and motive
Hana will stay in the apartment but live a secret live, concealing her children’s true identity from everyone.
Second revelation and decision
When neighbours send the child protection authorities to the house Hana realizes Tokyo is no place for wolf children. So she decides to move to the country, despite having no money and no job prospects there. Hana wants her children to have the choice between being children and being wolves.
Third revelation and decision
Rather than learning all about gardening and wolves from books, Hana decides to ditch the books. She diligently and humbly takes advice from the crotchety old man neighbour. When Yuki is upset that all the wolves in books are baddies and end up dead, she further shies away from book knowledge. From now on she’ll learn from the natural world itself. (A common response to adversity in Japanese stories is that in order to grow and get out of trouble, the character just has to be humble and work hard. Spirited Away is another example well known in the West.)
Audience revelation
Much later, the audience realizes when Souhei and Yuki are stuck at school debating how they’re going to survive if nobody ever comes to pick them up that this is a replay of Hana and Wolf Man when they were living in Tokyo, trying to work out how to survive alone. Someone comes to check the building is empty: “Hey, what were we hiding for?”
Gate, gauntlet, visit to death
The first visit to death is symbolised by the play in the snow in which they all end up as snow angels, looking up at the sky. After this, Ame is catching a bird and almost drowns in the freezing cold river. This creates a juxtaposition between extreme joy and extreme fear.
There are three battle scenes in this epic. The battle between brother and sister is foreshadowed by the battle at school in which Yuki bites the new boy’s ear. Next we have man against nature, which is what all the battles have been about all along.
Some years later, as adolescent hormones course through her body, Yuki loses her temper at school and bites a new boy. He’s not being mean when he asks if she has a dog at home but she perceives it as being mean, since he says she smells like one.
Next is a literal battle scene, rolling around on the floor, noisy battle between brother and sister after they make different decisions about going to school (and not). This is an outworking of the psychological turmoil each is having on the inside.
The third battle is the one between Ame and nature. The rain storm that closes the school. Ame takes off into the mountains to look after his secret animal business. Meanwhile, Yuki waits in school for her mother to pick her up, while Hana’s off looking for her son. She comes face to face with a bear and is terrified. (The Bears Are Bad News trope.) But then two bear cubs turn up and she sees the ‘humanity’ in the fearsome wild animals. She falls down a cut bank and is knocked out briefly.
Self-revelation
I figured out why you made me plant so much. We’re all in that together.
She tells her dead wolf husband that she was wrong about moving to the whop whops because it’s isolated – in the rural area she is surrounded by more people. But it was a good decision.
There is another talk to the drivers’ licence altar when she realises her children are starting to make their own decisions.
Moral decision
After meeting the fox sensei Hana decides to let her own children make their decisions about whether they’ll live the rest of their lives as human or as wolves.
New equilibrium
Yuki takes the human course, though she’s not happy about it and wishes her brother would do the same. But the more introverted Ame has met a fox who he uses as his animal mentor and has fallen in love with the beautiful scenery of the mountains, so decides to live out the rest of his life as a wolf. He answers a ‘call of the wild’ to be the guardian of the mountains. (A classic call-to-adventure, which we don’t actually see all that much of in modern stories — usually, shit happens, characters respond reluctantly and end up growing psychologically.)
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It is a most excellent movie, great writing, nice animation from the makers of Ninja Scroll/Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust/Wicked City/Perfect Blue and more, great music and powerful ending. It’s like Tales from the Darkside the Movie’s Lover’s Vow, Beauty and the Beast, Cat People (1982) and slice of life stories all rolled into one unique beautiful film.
And about Hana and the Wolf-man’s interspecies relationship! i see nothing wrong with interspecies love. See Roger and Jessica Rabbit, Star Trek/Star Wars where alien beings of all races/species fall in love even with human beings, Eliza/Goliath on Gargoyles, Beauty and the Beast The Ron Perlman/Linda Hamilton TV show with Catherine/Vincent, Vastra/Jenny on Doctor Who, Mass Effect, Skyrim games, Marvel’s Howard The Duck/Beverly Switzler, Marvel’s Hepzibah/Corsair (Cyclop’s human space pirate dad and a sexy alien anthro skunk catwoman), Lilandra/Professor Xavier (Alien bird woman and mutant), Regular Show where it has plenty of it from Eillen/Rigby (mole person and raccoon person) to Margaret’s parents being a human man/anthro humanoid bird woman, Bojack Horseman which has plenty of it from Bojack romancing an owl anthro woman to a human male named Kyle who marries a beautiful anthro humanoid deer woman named Charolette as both produced kids, April and Don in the new Ninja Turtles series, Charolette/Mier Link in Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (Vampire x human), Hellboy and Liz in the comics/movies, The Warden in Superjail who romanced a lovely anthro alligator woman and had kids with her, Queen Lilandra/Xavier (mutant man and alien bird woman), Preston and Carola in Tales from the Darkside the Movie, Eliza and Goliath on Gargoyles, TankGirl and Booga in Tankgirl comics (Mutant kangaroo man and human woman), InuYasha and Kagome, Mass Effect which has alien races with different alien races even romancing to human beings, Alien Nation, Bojack Horseman characters even Charolette whom is a deer woman married to a human man and had kids, Farscape alien beings with different races/species of alien Beings even to humans, Batman and Cheetah on Justice League the 2000s animated show by Bruce Timm, Nick and Judy on Zootopia, Aragon and Arwen (human and elf),
i am very supportive of interspecies or rather inter-being couples/romance in stories even comics/games/animation/sci-fi fantasy books & movies & TV shows, video games, fanfiction etc. but only if it involves a humanoid being, a sapient or sentient being, magical creature being (ala mermaid or gargoyle or vampire or elf etc.), alien being or mutant being which is ok because they can consent but never to a 4 legged regular feral non-evolved non-humanoid non-sapient animal creature like an ordinary feral animal like say an ordinary regular 4 legged Labordor retreiver getting screwed by a human man for example as that would be beastality since it’s a thing that cannot think or consent or have feelings especially romanatic like a Being would and it isn’t a Being who has same structures/body build/nor humanoid looking like any Being in general is. Afterall the word “people” just don’t mean just human but Beings in general like from other worlds and stuff as it’s alright to love a different Being in Sci-fi/fantasy, comics and all that. As i see in Sci-fi/fantasy that inter-species or rather inter-Being love is an allegory for interracial or same-sex love in a way.
It’s like Prince Lir in The Last Unicorn (Seen that movie or read the book?) once said when he was told about the lovely gal Lady Amalthea’s secret since she is the gal that Lir had been courting/dating/romancing is really a humanized unicorn “Unicorn, mermaid, sorceress, gorgon, lamia, gargoyle, vampire, genie, werewolf, elf…no name you could give her would surprise or frighten me, i love whom i love” and it’s one of my fave quotes and you know what he meant by his quote?
Lynley says:
You have given this matter a lot of thought, sir.
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21 May 2019, 10:10 | Updated: 23 May 2019, 16:10
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She's the queen of power ballads, and in James Corden's latest Carpool Karaoke episode, she showed off exactly why she deserves this title.
If you thought you'd heard the last of 'Baby Shark', think again. In James Corden's latest Carpool Karaoke episode, he taught Céline Dion the catchy tune, and she put her own unique spin on it.
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The video shows James Corden cruising around Las Vegas as he picks up Céline Dion for a guided tour of the city.
Along the ride they donate one of Céline's shoes to a passer-by and of course sing some of her most-loved songs, including 'It's All Coming Back to Me Now', 'My Heart Will Go On' and 'Because You Loved Me'.
The pair even gave in to the moment and shared an unexpected kiss mid-song, all in the name of art, of course.
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Although James Corden tried his best to keep up with Céline's singing, her vocal acrobatics stole the show, especially when the pair ventured out of the car and on to a boat to recreate the iconic scene between Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic as they sang 'My Heart Will Go On'.
Meanwhile, Celine Dion will headline this year's British Summertime Festival in London's Hyde Park later this year, alongside the likes of Barbra Streisand and Robbie Williams.
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Christians and the struggle to report child abuse
By Boz Tchividjian
I recently came across a legal alert from a Christian organization that directs pastors who learn of suspected child abuse to first conduct their own internal investigation “to decide whether the situation requires reporting to the authorities.” Yikes!
As I work with churches and other Christian institutions, I often encounter professing Christians who struggle with whether they should first report suspected child abuse to the civil authorities. As above, they are often directed to report abuse suspicions to leadership who then decide whether or not to involve the authorities. Double yikes!!
A church elder once told me that if he received a disclosure of child sexual abuse, his first response would be to interview the alleged victim. His rationale was that he wanted to “be sure that the allegations are legitimate before reporting to the police and ruining the man’s reputation”. When asked what training he had to conduct a child forensic interview, the man was silent. When asked whether he wanted the responsibility to determine the validity of a very serious felony, he started to shrink back in his chair. I then asked whether he was prepared to violate mandated reporting laws. Fortunately, the elder got my point, changed his opinion, and acknowledged his need to learn more about child sexual abuse. An issue often at the heart of this critical struggle is whether the Church is obligated to subject itself to the laws of man when it believes that it is capable to address the sin “in-house”.
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Ibrahimovic and Ronaldinho Secured Milan’s Place in Europe
by Guest Post on November 23, 2010
Following their recent good runs in the league, Ac Milan successfully carried that form in Europe as they managed to book their place in the next round of the Champions League after beating Auxerre 2-0.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ronaldinho becomes the key figures in the Rossoneri’s victory as both players were the one that scored the goals, all in the second half providing a sight of relief for Massimiliano Allegri’s side who were forced to work hard in the match.
Playing away at Stadio Abbe-Deschamp, Milan were expecting a tough game from the home team that are sniffing at a slim chance to qualify to the next round as they mathematically could still make it. Putting on the same line-up that have been shown in the last few games in Serie A, the Rossoneri played a very steady first half and manage to create the better of the chances despite the strong pressure from the home team.
Dominating possession, Milan’s lack of sharpness in front of the goal becomes the sole reason the first half ended goalless as the home team were also unable to give lots of problems for Christian Abbiati. The second half started in an almost the same pace as the first period, although the Rossoneri did try to push up more and created some openings before Zlatan Ibrahimovic finally broke the dead lock in the 64th minute after pouncing a loose ball just outside of Auxerre penalty area.
Trying to salvage a point, the home team pour forward harder and forcing Milan to play a little bit deeper as the away side seemed content in playing through the counter attack. The Rossoneri’s tactic worked pretty well when just couple of minutes before the final whistle a lovely combination from two Brazilians, Robinho and Ronaldinho carved open the French team’s defense leading to a wonderful goal from the former Barcelona superstar.
Ronaldinho’s goal means a lot for the player, who has been playing from the bench in the last few games including today where he was put on the field to replace Ibrahimovic just five minutes from the full 90. The Brazilian’s late goal surely wrapped up the game as Auxerre that didn’t actually had plenty of goal scoring opportunities finally gave up the fight making the Rossoneri cruised through the final couple of minutes without any trouble. The result also confirmed the Italian giant’s place in the second round after Real Madrid successfully beat Ajax in the other match of the group.
Auxerre v Milan 0-2
Goals: Ibrahimovic 64(Milan), Ronaldinho 90(Milan)
Milan: Abbiati; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta; Gattuso (Strasser 92), Ambrosini, Flamini; Seedorf (Boateng 76); Robinho, Ibrahimovic (Ronaldinho 85)
Auxerre: Sorin; Hengbart (Chafni 59), Coulibaly, Gricthing, Dudka; Oliech, Pedretti, Ndinga, Birsa; Sammaritano (Quercia 65); Contout (Traore’ 85)
photo credit: Calcio Better
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Mars Has Close Encounter With Earth Tonight
This sky map shows where Mars will appear in the eastern sky on March 5, 2012 at 8 p.m. local time to observers at mid-northern latitudes.
The planet Mars will make its closest swing by Earth in more than two years tonight (March 5), just days after reaching a celestial milestone called "opposition" as it circles the sun.
Tonight, the orbit of Mars will bring the Red Planet within about 63 million miles (112 million kilometers) of Earth. At this time, Mars is closer to Earth than at any other point of its 26-month journey around the sun.
If your weather is clear, you may see Mars shining bright in the eastern sky as a brilliant reddish-orange "star." The sky map of Mars for this story shows how it will appear in the evening sky tonight.
The Red Planet's closest approach to Earth comes just two days after Mars reached opposition, the point in its orbit where it appears exactly opposite the sun as seen from Earth. Mars hit opposition on Saturday (March 3), which the online skywatching website broadcast live with free telescope views.
This still from a Slooh Space Camera webcast shows Mars as it appeared at opposition on March 3, 2012 at 11:30 p.m. ET (0430 GMT on March 4). (Image credit: Slooh Space Camera)
"We're focusing on Mars because this is the week when it's brightest," astronomer Bob Berman of Astronomy Magazine said during the webcast.
Through the Slooh space camera, which provided a view of Mars through telescopes at observatories in Arizona and the Canary Islands, the Red Planet's full disk could be seen, including its northern polar ice cap and broad features.
For skywatchers tonight, Mars will appear as a bright light in the sky unless you have a small or medium telescope, which can resolve the planet's disk, NASA officials said in a video. It is only in telescope views that features like the ice cap, can be seen, they added.
The next Mars opposition won't occur for another 26 months (set your calendars for 2014), when orbital mechanics will bring Mars even closer to our world.
"At each future opposition until 2018, Mars will be closer to Earth and appear even more impressive," NASA's Jane Houston Jones, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said in a video describing March's skywatching events. [Amazing Photos of Mars]
The last time Mars made a dazzling close approach to Earth was on Aug. 27, 2003, when the Red Planet was about 34.6 million miles (55.7 million km) from our planet — its closest approach in nearly 60,000 years.
Mars is not the only bright planet shining in the nighttime sky this week. The planets Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will all appear as celestial night lights for skywatchers with cloud-free skies.
Tonight, Mercury will reach its highest altitude in the western sky just after sunset, Jones said. Meanwhile, Venus and Jupiter also make dazzling displays in the western evening sky as they steadily creep closer together.
On March 12 and 13, the two planets will appear so close you could block them with your fingertips, NASA officials have said. Venus is the brighter of the two planets, which will pass each other in the sky during this two-day celestial dance.
This still from a NASA video shows the location of planet Mercury in the night sky just after sunset on March 5, 2012. (Image credit: NASA/JPL)
Earth's moon will also serve as a guide to spotting two planets, Mars and Saturn, this week.
On Wednesday (March 7), the moon will appear close to Mars in the late-night sky around 11 p.m. local time, then serve as a signpost for Saturn when it appears near the ringed planet on March 10 and 11, Jones explained.
The moon will also appear near Jupiter and Venus on March 25 and 26 in a repeat performance of a stunning February "triple play" by the three objects.
"Not a week goes by this month when there isn't an amazing planetary view," Jones said.
If you snap an amazing photo of Mars, the planets, or any other skywatching target and would like to share it for a possible story or image gallery, please contact SPACE.com managing editor Tariq Malik at tmalik@space.com.
You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter @tariqjmalik. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.
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USC AD Pat Haden 'I own' decision to hire, fire Steve Sarkisian
Written By Bob Hille
USC athletic director Pat Haden took full responsibility Tuesday for both hiring and firing football coach Steve Sarkisian.
Although Haden, speaking at a news conference (via Pac-12.com) in Los Angeles, described the situation as "very difficult," he defended firing Sarkisian, who reportedly checked into an outpatient rehabilitation facility on the same day he was dismissed. Haden said Sarkisian knew the expectations for his behavior "and failed to meet them."
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Despite that characterization, Haden said of hiring Sarkisian in 2014, "The decision I made didn't work out, and I own that. I own it."
An unidentified school source told ESPN that Haden had instituted what was, in effect, a zero-tolerance policy regarding alcohol use after Sarkisian's slurred and profane outburst at USC's "Salute to Troy" event in August.
Haden declined to go into specifics about Sarkisian's contract, but, citing an unidentified source, ESPN noted that "an employee can't be fired for being sick or having a sickness … but the guidelines Haden set up for Sarkisian made it clear that a similar incident could not happen again, thus making Sarkisian's behavior a fireable offense."
The tipping point came Sunday when Sarkisian showed up to team meetings that morning seemingly intoxicated, a violation of his agreement with Haden. USC, which initially placed Sarkisian on indefinite suspension, announced his firing later in the day, although Haden said Tuesday that he was unable to speak with Sarkisian to inform him of his termination and still hasn't spoken to the coach.
"I also reached out to his agent many times," Haden said. "I also reached out to several family members … I really do look forward to talking to Steve at some point."
In the wake of a Los Angeles Times story that chronicled Sarkisian's alcohol use at his previous coaching job at Washington, Haden has been criticized for his vetting of Sarkisian as a coaching candidate — not to mention how he handled the situation in August that Sarkisian attributed to a reaction between medication he was taking and alcohol.
Haden on Tuesday defended his decision to hire Sarkisian, citing background checks by a variety of entities, including USC and the NCAA, as well as discussions Haden had with head coaches, staff members and longtime friends of Sarkisian.
"Have we gotten everything right?" Haden said. "Clearly not. … This happens. And I said I own it."
The decision not to fire Sarkisian in August, Haden said, came with input from medical professionals and consideration of the football team's "interests" heading into a season in which the Trojans (3-2) were considered a national-championship contender. And while settling Sarkisian's contract could have been a factor, Haden looked at it more as a hand up for someone who needed help.
"I felt a great deal of compassion for Steve Sarkisian," Haden said. "He deserved another chance. And that's what I gave him."
Shortly before Haden's news conference, USC president C. L. Max Nikias released a statement (via the Daily Trojan) in which he called Haden "a man of true character and integrity" and expressed support for him.
"Pat Haden has been doing an outstanding job in leading Trojan athletics in the past five years and I want to take this opportunity to reiterate my unwavering support for him," Nikias said in the statement. "I look forward to working with Pat Haden as our USC AD for many years to come."
Watch highlights from Haden's news conference here:
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FTSE holds gains ahead of US jobs data
4 October 2019 | 12:02pm
StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks rebounded from Thursday's eight-month low heading into the weekend although investors remained braced for the release of monthly US employment data later in the day, amid growing concerns about the health of the world's biggest economy.
At midday the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 15 points or 0.2% at 7,092.
BP shares gained 1% to 490p after the oil giant announced that veteran chief executive Bob Dudley would stand down next year and be replaced by Bernard Looney, the current head of its oil and gas division.
AstraZeneca rose 0.9% to £70.02 as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the self-administration of the company's respiratory medication Fasnera in a pre-filled pen.
Defence contractor Meggitt added 1% to 617p on news that it secured a $48m contract for the supply of aerial weapons scoring systems to the US Army.
Among the losers were insurers Admiral, Direct Line and Hastings after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its interim report on pricing in the £24bn a year retail insurance market.
Concerned about renewal pricing for 'vulnerable' customers, the FCA is considering a range of measures to lower renewal prices and force firms to offer cheaper products with the same cover where available.
MID- AND SMALL-CAP MOVERS
Top riser in the mid-cap FTSE 250 index was Aston Martin Lagonda, up 2% to 490p after a week in which it racked up heavy losses due to concerns over its indebtedness.
Office investor Workspace dipped 0.4% to 934p despite exchanging contracts for the disposal of a property in central London for £14.8m, well above its book value.
Flavour and ingredients supplier Treatt fell 0.6% to 407p after guiding for a 1% rise in annual revenue, with growth limited by a steep fall in citrus raw-material prices.
Financial services group WH Ireland fell 1.8% to 49.1p on news that chairman Tim Steel would retire at the end of the year, having overseen a management overhaul that included changes of chief executive and chief financial officer.
Top small-cap riser was Cannabidiol (CBD) supplier Zoetic International which puffed 12% higher to 4.1p after it announced that first-half revenue had more than doubled as more stores in the US stocked its CBD-infused smoking products.
US EMPLOYMENT DATA
After a series of disappointing US macro-economic data including both Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indices (PMIs) this week, investors will be hoping that the much-watched Non-Farm Payroll data doesn't send the market into another tail-spin.
The data, which measures the change in private-sector payrolls excluding the agricultural sector, is expected to show an increase of 145,000 jobs in September compared with 130,000 new jobs in August.
Also in focus will be growth in average hourly earnings, which is widely watched as a measure of wage inflation. Both numbers will be released at 1.30pm BST.
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North Staffordshire Magistrates Court
'I’m really ashamed' - KFC worker thrown out of nightclub attacked woman he didn't know after losing his job
Ryan Hancock punched the victim after getting into an argument
Stoke-on-Trent Live
Fast food worker Ryan Hancock punched a woman in the face after being thrown out of a city centre nightclub.
The 24-year-old attacked the victim – who he did not know – as she spoke to a friend in the street.
Magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard that, prior to the assault, Hancock had been out drinking all day with former colleagues following the closure of the KFC branch where he worked.
Prosecutor Lynne Warrington said the victim and her friend were outside Reflex in Hanley at 3am on May 21 when they saw Hancock being escorted out. “The injured party saw a man being ejected from Reflex. He was stood outside having a go at door staff. She remained talking to her friend when the man walked past her.
Ryan Hancock pleaded guilty to assault
“She suspects he heard them talking and he started to argue with her. He was in her face and being very aggressive. He then grabbed her by the hair and started to punch her to the face. She went to the floor. Her friend got involved and was also knocked to the floor.”
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Police attended and Hancock, of Hill Top Close, Brown Edge, was arrested. The victim suffered bruising to her cheek and eye socket as a result of the attack.
Hancock, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He told a probation officer that his emotions were heightened on the day of the attack because his workplace had closed and it was ‘the end of an era’. He had been thrown out of Reflex following a ‘minor altercation’.
Hancock, who now works at KFC in Newcastle, was not represented by a solicitor in court. He told magistrates: “I’m really ashamed of my actions on that night and I deeply regret it. If I could change it I would.”
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Magistrates described the incident as ‘a particularly nasty assault’ and handed Hancock a 12-month community order with a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement. He must complete 40 hours unpaid work and pay £100 in compensation to the victim, plus £135 court costs and an £85 victim surcharge.
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14 Women’s Track and Field Athletes Combine to Earn 21 All-Region Honors
Knox and Lastra each earned three honors
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EASTON, Mass. (March 1, 2018) – Fourteen members of the Stonehill College women's track and field program have earned a combined 21 All-East Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The awards recognize each region's top five performers in individual events and top three teams in relay events. Two out of the 14 Skyhawks earned their first-career All-East Region honor.
Senior Emily Knox (Worcester, Massachusetts/Notre Dame Academy) tallied three All-East Region marks this season, earning her seventh track and field accolade and 10th-career regional mark, including cross country honors. Knox ran a 5:01.50 mile in February at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, hosted by Boston University. She also posted a time of 10:02.10 at the Beantown Challenge in the 3000-meter run and an 18:02.68 in the 5000-meter run at the BU Terrier Classic.
Anna Lastra (Bridgton, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) is the other Skyhawk that earned three All-East Region honors this season. Lastra earns her sixth-career mark and fifth track and field award. The sophomore clocked in a personal best in the 4000-meter distance medley relay that qualified for Nationals with a time of 11:39.90 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier last weekend. She also finished with a time of 5:05.71 in the mile at New England's and 10:15.12 in the 3000-meter run at the Inaugural Branwen Smith-King Invitational.
Krista Fernandes (Taunton, Massachusetts/Coyle and Cassidy) tallied her fourth- and fifth-career regional honors in the 400-meter and the 4000-meter distance medley relay. Fernandes was also part of the 4000-meter distance medley relay team that posted a time of 11:39.90, which dropped 11 seconds from their previous time, as she ran the 400-meter leg. The junior clocked in at 57.06 in the 400-meter sprint, good for a personal best.
Classmate Jillian Caiazzi (Marlborough, Massachusetts/Marborough) received her third All-East Region honor, as she collected her first during indoor season last year. Caiazzi ran the 800-meter leg of the DMR, which is four seconds off the school record time. The junior also ran her personal best time of 2:13.96 at the BU Valentine Invitational in the 800-meter event.
Elizabeth Hannon (Franklin, Massachusetts/Bishop Feehan) has tallied her fourth- and fifth-career All-Region honors, including two from cross country, this season. Hannon has dropped seconds in her mile time as she now holds a personal best time of 4:59.67, which she posted at the Valentine Invitational. She has also run the anchor leg in the DMR this season completing the mile with an unofficial time of 4:53.4.
Olivia Dexter (East Calais, Vermont/Union 32) now has six All-East Region honors in her career. The junior continues to hold the school record in two events, including the 200-meter sprint, which she broke twice this year, the last being a time of 24.98 at the BU Last Chance Meet.
Junior Makenzie Cyr (Douglas, Massachusetts/Douglas) registered her first-career All-East Region accolade in track and field and her fourth career, including three in cross country. Cyr clocked in a personal best time of 17:53.35 at the NE10 Championship this season in the 5000-meter run, where she placed third for an All-Conference nod.
Sophomore Alyssa Freeman (Billerica, Massachusetts/Billerica Memorial) notched her first track and field award, as well, and her second-career regional honor. Freeman also was tabbed on the All-Conference team with her third-place finish in the 800-meter run and a time of 2:18.09.
Shayla Lyons (Westerlo, New York/Bishop Maginn/Berne-Knox Westerlo), collected her second All-Region honor in the shot put, as she threw a distance of 42 feet, 9.5 inches at the NE10 Championship, where she finished fourth in the field.
Sophomore Ashley Colarusso (Tewksbury, Massachusetts/Tewskbury) has received three-straight regional honors in the pole vault in her career, as she reached a height of 11 feet, 0.75 inches for a personal best.
Senior Alison Tobin (Hudson, Massachusetts/Hudson) who broke the school record this season, recorded her second All-East Region honor in the pole vault. At the BU Last Chance Meet Tobin topped her previous mark and cleared a height of 11 feet, 10 inches, good for the NCAA Provisional list and a personal best.
Freshman Alexandra Sexton (Los Gatos, California/Los Gatos) also saw her first All-East Region honor in the pole vault in her first season as a Skyhawk. Sexton posted a mark of 10 feet, 6.75 inches at the NE10 Championship taking home third and her first All-Conference honor.
Sophomore Madison Ward (Holliston, Massachusetts/Holliston) also tallied her third-straight high jump honor in her career, as she cleared a height of 5 feet, 4.25 inches at the URI Coaches' Tribute Meet.
Ashley Daggett (Attleboro, Massachusetts/Attleboro) posted her first regional honor, as she also hit the same mark as Ward of 5 feet, 4.25 inches at the URI Coaches' Tribute Meet for her season best.
The Stonehill women will cap its indoor season on March 9-10 when its qualified individuals will compete at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships held at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas, hosted by Pittsburg State University.
Stonehill's 2017-18 USTFCCCA Indoor Track & Field All-East Region Honorees:
Emily Knox, Senior (Worcester, Massachusetts/Notre Dame Academy)
Mile – 5:01.50/BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational - Personal Best
3000-meters – 10:02.10/ Beantown Challenge- Personal Best
5000-meters – 18:02.68/ BU John Thomas Terrier Classic - Season Best
Anna Lastra, Sophomore (Bridgton, Maine/Fryeburg Academy)
Mile - 5:05.71/NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships - Season Best
3000 meters - 10:15.12/Inaugural Branwen Smith-King Invitational - Season Best
DMR – 11:39.90/ BU Last Chance Qualifier - Personal Best
Jillian Caiazzi, Junior (Marlborough, Massachusetts/Marborough)
800 meters – 2:13.96/BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational - Personal Best
DMR - 11:39.90/ BU Last Chance Qualifier - Personal Best
Elizabeth Hannon, Junior (Franklin, Mass. / Bishop Feehan)
Mile – 4:59.67/ BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational - Personal Best
DMR –11:39.90/ BU Last Chance Qualifier - Personal Best
Krista Fernandes, Junior (Taunton, Massachusetts/Coyle and Cassidy)
400 meters – 57.06/ BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational - Personal Best
DMR – 11:39.90/BU Last Chance Qualifier - Season Best
Olivia Dexter, Junior (East Calais, Vermont/Union 32)
200-meter dash – 24.98/ BU Last Chance Qualifier - School Record
Alyssa Freeman, Sophomore (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial)
800-meter dash – 2:18.09/ 2018 NE10 Indoor Championship - Personal Best
Makenzie Cyr, Junior (Douglas, Mass. / Douglas)
5000-meter – 17:53.35/ 2018 NE10 Indoor Championship - Personal Best
Shayla Lyons, Freshman (Westerlo, New York/Bishop Maginn/Berne-Knox Westerlo)
Shot Put – 42 feet, 9.5 inches/ 2018 NE10 Indoor Championship - Season Best
Ashley Colarusso, Junior (Tewksbury, Massachusetts/Tewskbury)
Pole Vault – 11 feet, .75 inches/ 2018 NE10 Indoor Championship - Personal Best
Alison Tobin, Senior (Hudson, Mass. / Hudson)
Pole Vault – 11 feet, 10 inches/ BU Last Chance Qualifier - School Record
Alexandra Sexton, Freshman (Los Gatos, California/Los Gatos)
Pole Vault – 10 feet, 6.75 inches/ 2018 NE10 Indoor Championship - Personal Best
Ashley Daggett, Sophomore (Attleboro, Massachusetts/Attleboro)
High Jump – 5 feet, 4.25 inches/ URI Coaches Tribute Meet - Personal Best
Madison Ward, Sophomore (Holliston, Massachusetts/Holliston)
High Jump – 5 feet, 4.25 inches/ URI Coaches Tribute Meet - Season Best
August 3, 2018 Women’s Track and Field Named USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
July 10, 2018 Boen Named Women's Outdoor Track & Field NE10 Coach of the Year
May 29, 2018 Hersom & Fernandes Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District™ First Team
May 24, 2018 Tobin Places 11th at NCAA Championships to Earn All-America Honors
May 23, 2018 Preview: Tobin Ready for NCAA Outdoor Championships
May 23, 2018 Boen Tabbed USTFCCCA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field East Region Coach of the Year
May 16, 2018 Tobin Set to Compete at NCAA Championships
May 16, 2018 20 Stonehill Women Combine to Earn 27 All-Region Honors
May 12, 2018 Women’s Track & Field Earns Seven All-New England Honors On Day Two of Championships
May 11, 2018 Tobin Leads Women’s Track and Field in Opening Day at New England Championships
May 5, 2018 NE10 Outdoor Champions! Women’s Track & Field Wins Fourth Title In Program History
May 4, 2018 Women Pole Vaulters and 1500m Runners Sweep in Day One of NE10 Championships
May 3, 2018 Gannon Earns Third NE10 Track Rookie of the Week Award
May 3, 2018 Preview: Stonehill Women to Compete in NE10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships
April 28, 2018 Women’s Track & Field Finishes Third at 11th Annual Skyhawk Invitational
April 21, 2018 Two Titles and Three New England Qualifiers Lead Women's Track & Field at Holy Cross Invitational
April 19, 2018 Gannon and 4x800 Earn NE10 Weekly Honors
April 14, 2018 Seven Titles Lead Women’s Track & Field to First Place Result at Silfen Invitational
April 13, 2018 Women’s 4x200 Earns NE10 Relay Team of the Week
April 13, 2018 Gannon Named NE10 Track Rookie of the Week
April 13, 2018 Women’s Track & Field Succeeds on Day 1 at Silfen Invitational
April 7, 2018 Women’s Track & Field Wraps Up 53rd Colonial Relays in 21st Place
April 6, 2018 Women’s Track & Field Competes at 53rd Colonial Relays
March 31, 2018 Throwers Lead Women’s Track & Field at River Hawk Invitational
March 29, 2018 Boen Named NE10 Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year
March 9, 2018 Women’s DMR Finishes 12th at NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Nationals
March 8, 2018 Preview: Women’s Track & Field Sends Fifth-Straight DMR to Nationals
March 7, 2018 Boen Named USTFCCCA Women’s Indoor Track & Field East Region Coach of the Year
February 28, 2018 14 Women’s Track and Field Athletes Combine to Earn 21 All-Region Honors
February 28, 2018 Women’s Track and Field DMR Entered in NCAA’s
February 25, 2018 Tobin Hits NCAA PQ, Women’s Track & Field Sets Two School Records at BU Last Chance Meet
February 18, 2018 NE10 Indoor Champions! Women’s Track & Field Wins Fifth-Straight Title
February 17, 2018 Women’s Track & Field Atop Northeast-10 Conference After Day One of Championship
February 16, 2018 Preview: Women’s Track and Field At NE10 Championship
February 9, 2018 Caiazzi & Hannon Hit NCAA PQ at BU, Women’s Track and Field Competes at URI
February 7, 2018 Women’s DMR Named NE10 Relay Team of the Week
February 3, 2018 Women’s Track & Field Concludes Weekend With Three All-New England Honors
February 2, 2018 Women’s Track and Field DMR Hits NCAA PQ at New England Championships
January 30, 2018 Women’s 4x800 Relay Team Earns Second NE10 Honor this Season
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Wang, Chou, Chang, Hirpara, Liu, Chan, Pennicooke, Mummaneni (2019) Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion performed using structural allograft or polyetheretherketone: pseudarthrosis and revision surgery rates with minimum 2-year follow-up Journal of neurosurgery. Spine () 1-8
Both structural allograft and PEEK have been used for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). There are reports that PEEK has a higher pseudarthrosis rate than structural allograft. The authors compared pseudarthrosis, revision, subsidence, and loss of lordosis rates in patients with PEEK and structural allograft. The authors performed a retrospective review of patients who were treated with ACDF at their hospital between 2005 and 2017. Inclusion criteria were adult patients with either PEEK or structural allograft, anterior plate fixation, and a minimum 2-year follow-up. Exclusion criteria were hybrid PEEK and allograft cases, additional posterior surgery, adjacent corpectomies, infection, tumor, stand-alone or integrated screw and cage devices, bone morphogenetic protein use, or lack of a minimum 2-year follow-up. Demographic variables, number of treated levels, interbody type (PEEK cage vs structural allograft), graft packing material, pseudarthrosis rates, revision surgery rates, subsidence, and cervical lordosis changes were collected. These data were analyzed by Pearson's chi-square test (or Fisher's exact test, according to the sample size and expected value) and Student t-test. A total of 168 patients (264 levels total, mean follow-up time 39.5 ± 24.0 months) were analyzed. Sixty-one patients had PEEK, and 107 patients had structural allograft. Pseudarthrosis rates for 1-level fusions were 5.4% (PEEK) and 3.4% (allograft) (p > 0.05); 2-level fusions were 7.1% (PEEK) and 8.1% (allograft) (p > 0.05); and ≥ 3-level fusions were 10% (PEEK) and 11.1% (allograft) (p > 0.05). There was no statistical difference in the subsidence magnitude between PEEK and allograft in 1-, 2-, and ≥ 3-level ACDF (p > 0.05). Postoperative lordosis loss was not different between cohorts for 1- and 2-level surgeries. In 1- and 2-level ACDF with plating involving the same number of fusion levels, there was no statistically significant difference in the pseudarthrosis rate, revision surgery rate, subsidence, and lordosis loss between PEEK cages and structural allograft.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2019.9.SPINE19879
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