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2 Bed Townhouse for sale
Troyan, Lovech, Bulgaria
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Habitable space: 192 m2
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Forest views
REF. NUMBER of the property: VT 70153
For sale is a single-family massive brick house on three levels (part of a semi-detached house with a common wall).
On the first level are located: a separate room with its own entrance / exit to the yard and view to the yard, bathroom and toilet, cellar. This room can easily be located in a living room.
On the second level there are: a separate room (living room) with a kitchenette with a private east-facing balcony and a sleeping room (used for a nursery). The terrace is connected to the garage via a bridge that allows easy access to the roof of the garage, revealing about 40 square feet of additional space. The terrace, the bridge and the garage are secured by a railing.
On the third level are located: a spacious living room (living room) with a private east-facing terrace, which reveals splendid views of the city and the mountain, as well as a bedroom (used for a bedroom).
The three levels are connected with a wide staircase (including stairways), secured with a railing. On each level there is a spacious corridor connecting the rooms with the staircase.
The total built-up area of the whole building is about 180 m2.
In the yard are built as separate objects:
1) a massive brick garage with its own canal (ever used for car repair), whose roof can reach through a ladder on the inside of the yard or on the terrace of the second level of the house;
2) two separate rooms intended for living, overlooking the courtyard (one with built fireplace);
3) two separate unfinished and unfit for living rooms used for storing firewood and agricultural machinery;
4) a high brick shed that can be converted as a second entrance / exit to the yard as well as a second garage as far as it borders an inner quiet and peaceful street from the neighborhood.
The total built-up area of the buildings in the yard is about 130 m2.
The roof of the house was repaired, the gutters were replaced and a new slab was laid on the roof of the garage. The house is partly furnished.
All documents relating to the ownership of the house, land and buildings are up-to-date and up-to-date.
Near the house are:
1) Kapincho Park - 2 km .;
2) National Exhibition of artistic crafts and arts, Oreshak village - 6 km.
3) Troyan Monastery 'Uspenie Bogorodichno' - 7 km .;
4) Troyan Pass (Beklemeto) - 27 km .;
5) Central Balkan National Park.
We are ready to organize a viewing of this property at a time convenient for you. Please contact the responsible estate agent and inform them when you would like to have viewings arranged. We can also help you with flight tickets and hotel booking, as well as with travel insurance.
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You can reserve this property with a non-refundable deposit of 2,000 Euro, payable by credit card or by bank transfer to our company bank account. After receiving the deposit the property will be marked as reserved, no further viewings will be carried out with other potential buyers, and we will start the preparation of the necessary documents for completion of the deal. Please contact the responsible estate agent for more information about the purchase procedure and the payment methods.
We are a reputable company with many years of experience in the real estate business. Thus, we will be with you not only during the purchase process, but also after the deal is completed, providing you with a wide range of additional services tailored to your requirements and needs, so that you can fully enjoy your property in Bulgaria. The after sale services we offer include property insurance, construction and repair works, furniture, accounting and legal assistance, renewal of contracts for electricity, water, telephone and many more.
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Nufront and ARM Extend Partnership to Provide OEMs with Competitive Solutions for Next-Generation Smartphones, Tablets and Smart-TVs
Nufront licenses latest ARM Cortex-A15 Processor and Mali-T658 GPU technology to drive innovation and address consumer demand for advanced features
CAMBRIDGE, UK & BEIJING, CHINA – 24 SEPTEMBER 2012 – Nufront, a leading Chinese fabless semiconductor company, and ARM today announced that Nufront has broadened its portfolio of ARM technology with licenses for the ARM® Cortex™-A15 MPCore™ Processor and ARM Mali™-T658 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). Access to the advanced intellectual property (IP) from ARM will enhance the scalability of Nufront’s next generation application processor designs, delivering powerful 3G-ready solutions to OEMs for smartphones, tablet computers and smart-TVs. This will address demand from consumers for smart, connected devices that feature the performance and battery life required for advanced features, such as 3D graphics, visual computing, augmented reality and voice recognition.
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“Consumers are increasingly demanding a more engaging experience via their smart, connected devices. In response, valued ARM partners, such as Nufront, continue to innovate using ARM technology,” said Ian Drew, executive vice president, marketing and business development, ARM. ”We are delighted that Nufront has extended its portfolio of high-performance, energy-efficient ARM IP to include the Cortex-A15 processor and the Mali-T658 GPU. We look forward to the next-generation of consumer devices based on advanced solutions from Nufront.”
The Cortex-A15 processor licensed by Nufront is one of the latest innovations in the Cortex-A series processors. It delivers an unprecedented combination of performance and energy-efficiency to enable highly differentiated consumer product designs. Based on the Midgard architecture, the Mali-T658 GPU is the one of the most advanced solutions in the ARM graphics processor family and builds on proven GPU technology leadership from ARM.
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[in]stall(s)
Author: Diana Klaosen
Hybrid World
Rebecca Coote, jonathan Hodgkin, Kylie Johnson, Nick Maxwell, Mish Metjers, Hanna Parssinen. Sally Rees, Tristan Stowards, Tricky Walsh, Matt Warren and Tiffany Winterbottom Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart 19 August - 5 September 2004 A Tasmanian Living Artists' Week Exhibition
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Sally Rees' two large-scale self-portrait sketches -- drawn on the gallery wall -- rejoice in the pseudo-serious title Cartography of the Head-bang: Susie and Sally 18/07/04, 1.30am. I also enjoyed Tristan Stowards' home-made puppet-show, with its invitation 'Please play with the puppets' and a list of suggestions of plays and stories to enact – relentlessly unpretentious and slyly amusing.
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The Mystery of Alex Katz’s Market
March 18, 2014 by Marion Maneker
Alex Katz Self-Portrait Print
Galerie Ropac opens a retrospective of Alex Katz’s portraits with a short video that has the artist confessing that he may have the largest public he’s ever had at the age of 86. A show closed recently at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise and there seemed to be more Katz around the Armory Show and the ADAA’s Art Show than ever before. But none of that makes up for the fact that Katz lags behind other painters in terms of his market performance.
For those who think the art market is simply manipulated by the auction houses and galleries, here is a long lasting painter who has the support of three very prominent galleries. In 2002, just after one of his works achieved a record price of $666k that would only be surpassed once half-a-dozen years later, one exceptionally powerful auction house specialist in Contemporary art predicted that his market would take off in the coming years.
Yet two market booms have passed and Contemporary art has moved to center stage without the spotlight shining on Katz. The artist declares his subject matter “soft,” “pretty girls, flowers and stuff.” But the “form of the paintings is very aggressive.” And even though his work has had wide appeal in fashion and film, his market remains on a slow and steady track.
Artnet was kind enough to share one of their artist’s reports on Katz. From this graph, you can see that since 2004 the works that come up at auction consistently sell above the estimates. So there’s demand for the artist’s work.
Unfortunately, that demand seems to be stuck in the lower ranges, perhaps because few paintings capture big prices and the artist has created a large body of prints. Below you can see a chart of Katz’s average prices which remain near the levels of 2007.
Perhaps more important to the artist’s market is the small number of paintings that appear at auction. The artist’s peak year of auction sales was 2007 when 35 works were sold. That success brought 43 works to market in 2008 but the ill-fated year did the artist’s prices no favor as 35% of those failed to find buyers.
A strong recovery and consistent sales from 2011-13 have again brightened his market. So far this year, six works have sold out of the six offered.
The problem seems to lie in the small number of paintings on the market. Katz’s collectors are not buying deeply and, indeed, 2013 saw a number of works go unsold.
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Expertise: Computational Engineering Modelling
Marine Power Systems (MPS), based in Swansea, is developing a Wave Energy Converter to address the challenges of extracting wave energy at viable cost. Computational research of the float structure is necessary to allow MPS to assess the suitability of the components and significantly de-risk the build and test stages.
ASTUTE 2020 is working with MPS on generating suitable computational models using information supplied by MPS along with performing finite element analysis on the structure.
The WaveSub consists of a power capturing float which is tied by multiple flexible lines to a large barge like reactor.
The lines are connected to a hydraulic power take-off system which is used to capture energy from the relative movement between the float and the reactor, which is then converted to electricity. There are indications that the proposed device has the potential to compete favourably with other available renewable technologies.
Challenges - Wave Energy
The proposed energy harvesting device relies on sea waves that do not fade away when the wind stops blowing, offering a level of consistency and an average power density (of about 2-3 kW/m2) superior to that of wind (0.5 kW/m2) and solar energy (0.1-0.3 kW/m2).
MPS have conducted scaled sea trials and tank testing, and sought support from ASTUTE 2020 in performing computational modelling of the device when immersed in sea water.
Image: Wave Energy Converter (WaveSub) model being towed to site
The float is manufactured locally by a private company (Camplas Technology Ltd.). It is formed of a continuously wound glass reinforced composite construction with stainless steel bolting plates woven into the float walls. The float is attached to a barge (including the energy harvesting devices) via cables, with the fastening line tension being a direct result of net float buoyancy on the submerged float.
“We are reaching some exciting milestones in the development of our technology, specifically the deployment of a quarter-scale prototype WaveSub. We are thrilled to be liaising with ASTUTE 2020 for advanced computational modelling of the float.
With the prestigious skills and facilities available from ASTUTE 2020 at the new Swansea University Bay Campus, as well as its philosophy of innovation and advancement, we have full assurance that the research being produced by ASTUTE 2020 will confirm that our design for a power take off float is fully fit for purpose.”
- Dr Gareth Stockman, Chief Executive Officer,
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Solution - Numerical Analysis
Finite element analysis has highlighted the fact that the WaveSub is capable of handling the external forces experienced under working conditions. The results of this collaboration will allow confidence that the design is fit for the intended world first application and highlight improvements that could be made to the full scale device.
As a result of the collaboration with ASTUTE 2020 at Swansea University on the WaveSub, MPS were declared the winners of the Research and Development award category at the Insider’s Business and Education Partnership awards in 2016 at Cardiff’s Marriott Hotel. The local collaboration between academia and industry along with the potential global impact of the Wave Energy Converter proved favourable with the judges.
The WaveSub development is an excellent example for the complementarity of different funding streams: support through ASTUTE 2020 (ERDF Research and Innovation) together with £2.5M of ERDF (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency) and £200k of energy catalyst funding from Innovate UK for the modelling, design, build, test and validation has enabled MPS to progress their device from concept to prototype.
MPS have now completed a 1:4 scale WaveSub and it will be tested under laboratory conditions and then later under sea conditions. It is an important step in the journey towards commercialisation of the Wave Energy Converter.
The WaveSub technology being developed by MPS has huge potential to contribute to energy security targets (wave power generating 10% of the world's electricity by 2050) and could reduce reliance on unpredictable and non-renewable energy sources.
With the continuing developments at MPS and within the wave energy sector, MPS have expanded their workforce by appointing an additional engineer, assisting with further developments of the WaveSub.
As a result of this collaboration and further investment from Welsh Government, MPS have now reached a significant milestone and will unveil the 1:4 Scale WaveSub prototype this October.
“The device that Marine Power Systems is developing is incredibly innovative and we are very supportive of the company’s work. Being brought in to engage with the Marine Power Systems team and collaborate on finite element simulations of the composite float is an exciting project and we look forward to working with Marine Power Systems until the float is ready for manufacture when the deployment stage is reached.”
- Dr Fawzi Belblidia, Senior Technical Manager, ASTUTE 2020
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by Mark Singleton
Currents is a river stewardship focused WebTV program (online video documentary) which uses white water kayaking as a means to educate a broader audience about the risks threatening the world's rivers and to help highlight the intrinsic value of preserving rivers in their natural state.
See Currents latest release on the history of boating on the Moose River and the early role that American Whitewater played. Click here.
New York's Moose River was first run in the late 70's and was shortly thereafter threatened by a dam and diversion project. Paddlers representing AW joined forces with environmental groups and worked for several years to reach an agreement with the power company in 1984 which provided 20 days of scheduled releases on the Bottom Moose, and various other aesthetic and environmental enhancements to their planned project. Once the agreement was signed, AW filed what may have been our first formal intervention with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, regarding the Moose River. The negotiation of releases on the Moose formed the basis for future negotiations on ther rivers, and protected a recreational treasure that would have otherwise been lost. You can find out more about the Moose River here.
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Doretha Lewis was born on April 6, 1908. She died on March 20, 2001 at 92 years of age. We know that Doretha Lewis had been residing in Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri 63114.
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In 1908, in the year that Doretha Lewis was born, a 7.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed 70,000 to 100,000 people in southern Italy and Sicily. The earthquake, lasting 30 to 40 seconds, occurred in the Strait of Messina which was between the region of Calabria (at the "toe" of Italy) and the island of Sicily and destruction from it occurred in a 186 mile radius. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to hit Europe.
In 1925, by the time she was 17 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
In 1953, when she was 45 years old, on January 20th, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States. Formerly the 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe in World War II, Eisenhower had never previously held a political office.
In 1968, she was 60 years old when on April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. King. Ray died in jail in 1998.
In 1975, when she was 67 years old, on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.
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Doretha (Smith) Lewis
Born: around 1962
Jul 3, 1936 - July 1974
Doretha Mae Lewis
Jul 30, 1931 - Nov 28, 2010
Jun 14, 1944 - Oct 16, 2006
Jan 7, 1966 - Oct 13, 1998
Aug 22, 1919 - January 1987
Doretha C Lewis
Dec 23, 1944 - Feb 28, 2008
Alexandria, LA
Doretha W Lewis
Dec 31, 1935 - May 10, 2010
Oct 5, 1929 - Dec 26, 2010
Lutcher, LA
Doretha F Lewis
Aug 8, 1964 - Sep 1, 2002
West Memphis, AR
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Mattie L Lewis
L Lewis
Feb 28, 1949 - February 1982
Benjamin Lewis
Feb 5, 1894 - June 1967
M M Lewis
Jan 1, 1944 - Mar 15, 1994
Jul 4, 1945 - January 1983
Annie B Lewis
James Edward Lewis
Aug 29, 1948 - Jan 7, 2010
Wendell Lewis
Dec 8, 1945 - Feb 16, 2010
McComb, MS
Feb 14, 1914 - June 1978
Doris J Lewis
Rolling Fork, MS
Clarence Lewis
Jan 1, 1899 - May 1972
Madison, Mississippi
Pervis Lewis
Feb 27, 1922 - Sep 26, 1999
Carthage, MS
Jimmie L Lewis
May 14, 1946 - Aug 28, 2004
Braxton, MS
Catherine Lewis
Apr 28, 1944 - Jun 3, 2003
Whitfield, MS
J E Lewis
Dec 14, 1944 - Apr 15, 1988
Lee T Lewis
Feb 10, 1944 - Dec 13, 2006
Ruth C Lewis
Jan 15, 1943 - July 1989
Clifton Lewis
Mar 4, 1946 - Sep 11, 2010
Philadelphia, MS
Jo A Lewis
Mar 18, 1945 - Feb 1, 1999
J Lewis
May 26, 1945 - Jan 15, 1995
Ottis E Austin
Dec 17, 1913 - Oct 5, 1995
Mize, MS
Annie L Horvath
Ruby L Risher
Laurel, MS
Shirley J Davis
Apr 14, 1942 - Mar 7, 2003
Prentiss, MS
Alma Bexley
Jun 29, 1927 - September 1980
Lucedale, Mississippi
Thomas D Kittrell
Jul 14, 1944 - Oct 8, 2005
State Line, MS
Leroy Willis
Apr 23, 1944 - Apr 4, 2010
Charline Smith
Jul 1, 1929 - August 1991
Brookhaven, MS
Wessie M Gray
Jul 15, 1909 - May 20, 2003
Quitman, MS
Donald E Woolbright
Sep 5, 1945 - Jul 14, 1966
James R Hutcherson
Apr 16, 1945 - Jan 3, 2007
Ovett, MS
Johnny H Hall
Sep 18, 1947 - Feb 28, 2007
Monticello, MS
Otto Walker
Jun 17, 1945 - June 1976
Valoree T Taylor
Leakesville, MS
C L Sturdivant
Sep 25, 1943 - Jul 15, 1989
Elizabeth Bivins
Apr 13, 1906 - May 1, 1989
Louis M Fortenberry
May 28, 1939 - Sep 19, 1996
Edith Dickerson
Aug 24, 1911 - July 1983
Brookhaven, Mississippi
Charles Burkett
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Inspired by Animals in 2013: Day 1 – The Bee
Author Alex Lockwood
Category Animals of 2013, News
Who are the animals that have most inspired people in 2013 to add their voices to the growing movement for animals? Leading up to the end of the year, AWP is celebrating the causes, campaigns and characters that have been at the forefront of helping make history for animals. Each day until the end of the year (apart from Christmas Day) we’ll be focusing on another story. Please help share far and wide.
Day 1: The Bee
As the author Maurice Maeterlinck (and not Einstein) has said: “If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”
Bees are one of our major pollinators, and without them we could not grow our crops, leading to catastrophic food shortages globally. But there has been an increasingly urgent need to care for bees in the last few years due to colony collapse disorder, where entire colonies of bees have simply died.
There about 285 species of bee in the UK, in three broad groups: the honeybee, the bumble bee (of which there are 24 species) and about 260 species of solitary bee. Many of our other pollinators, such as moths and butterflies, are also in serious decline, as this year’s RSPB State of Nature Report sadly identified. Two species of British bee have already become extinct.
The UK has not been saved from the tragedy of colony collapse, although some species such as the Cornish black honeybee has proved resistant. But for bees in the UK, especially the honeybee, there are other threats including the varroa mite, loss of habitat (especially in the countryside) and a wide range of diseases that need to be taken into account.
In September, the British government was criticized for failing to support a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been linked to the decline in bee populations. However, a ban on their use on crops attractive to bees came into effect this December anyway, after a decision by the European Union to introduce a moratorium on them amid concerns that they were damaging pollinating insects.
The National Farmers Union has suggested that things might get worse for wildlife, as their members turn to other pesticides to guarantee their crops.
And yet only this week, new research has in fact suggested these same chemicals can affect the brains of newborn babies. A claim which the pesticide manufacturer, Bayer, rejects. But as George Monbiot argued this year, neonicotinoids could be the new DDT of the killing world.
The poet Susan Richardson has been working with Friends of the Earth Cymru to raise awareness of, and persuade people to commit to supporting, the Bee Cause campaign through poetry workshops, performances and creativity. Susan has kindly shared with us an extract from one of her pieces, written as part of the awareness campaign:
Pesticidal (extract)
Hard to say when she first sensed
that petals seemed less bright,
when she first felt compelled
to embrace the varroa mite. Hard to know
when she first noticed drones
trying to mate, mid-flight,
with cabbage whites, golf balls, crows.
You can find out more about the project from their final event.
So 2014 will be a year when the results of the pesticide ban will be eagerly awaited by beekeepers and those who care about our wildlife. The Animal Welfare Party is aiming to join those voices in Europe, which sadly do not include our own UK government, fighting for the survival of bees and of the people they support by running in the EU elections in May 2014.
Can you make 2014 an even safer place for creatures like the honey bee by becoming a visionary for animals? Support the Animal Welfare Party’s campaign in the EU Elections in May. If you live in London you can PLEDGE TO VOTE, and if you live anywhere and care about animals you can support us in our campaign to raise funds. Fundraising is crucial in our efforts to make history for animals. Make the difference now.
For more information on bee decline, visit the excellent bee site run by PAN UK and visit the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to find out what you can do.
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After the roaring success of the London Olympic Games in 2012, it is now the turn of Glasgow to show the world that the UK is still at the top of the list when it comes to hosting major sporting events. The Olympic stadium in London will be remembered forever as the iconic backdrop of a spectacular event, which captured the imagination of people the world over. The aforementioned Olympic stadium was built specifically for the games, but I have decided to take a different look at the venues chosen for the Glasgow Games. I felt it would be interesting to discover how stadiums and buildings can be transformed, renovated and refurbished to make them suitable for hosting massive events, and what type of work goes into this.
Rather than build a brand new stadium at massive cost, the centerpiece of the 2014 Commonwealth games will be the Scotland national football stadium, Hampden Park. But what types of works go into transforming a legendary football stadium into a world class athletics venue? Firstly, a running track must be installed. To do this the stadiums surface was raised almost two metres, giving it the required width and length for a standard running track, whilst 8 rows of seats were removed to accommodate the track. The stadium will be able to accommodate 40,000 spectators.
Another building that has been extensively refurbished for the games is the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. This £13.8million project includes a new look 10 lane competition pool with a brand new 50 metre warm up pool, creating one of the most unique and largest facilities of its kind in Europe. 1,000 spectator seats have also been installed, transforming a standard leisure centre into a world class swimming veune.
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One of the most important refurbishment projects required for the Commonwealth games is that of the Tontine building. Extensive internal works, including plastering, new partitions and paintwork ensured this building will be the nerve centre for the duration of the games. The building will house Glasgow 2014, the event organisers, and a workforce of 1000. The reason this project is so important is that not only will it play a major role for the duration of the games; it will also serve as a lasting economic legacy for the city. As a result of the works, the building is now a high quality, high profile office space in a prime location.
It is an honour for any city to be selected to host a major event. As the above projects show, it is not always necessary to build new super stadiums and structures to ensure a successful event. Sometimes a bit of TLC to the grand buildings already there will be more than enough.
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North America’s longest cyclocross race continues its success after eight years.
By mike cushionbury
All photos by Abram Landes
The eighth annual Iron Cross cyclocross race (dubbed X.X.X. because the race date was 10/10/10) went off last weekend in Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest under clear skies, warm temperatures and a whole lot of online noisemaking.
It began when race promoter Mike Kuhn, who hasn’t officially banned mountain bikes from the race, posted a lengthy tongue-in-cheek diatribe on ironcrossrace.com about how “lame” you’ll be for riding a mountain bike at Iron Cross and that a “super sexy” cross bike is the only way to really experience the event and be among the cool kids, so to speak. This spurred a wave of online hate mail against him and the race. Eventually he retracted the namecalling and heckling in another post but continued with the anti-mountain bike theme at Iron Cross, though you can still legally ride one.
At 62 miles with nearly 7,000 feet of climbing, Iron Cross is North America’s only major ‘cross event styled after the infamous Three Peaks in Yorkshire Dales, England where hearty ‘cross souls have been racing 38 rugged miles and climbing 5,000 feet since 1962. What makes Iron Cross unique is its inclusion of real, shred-the-gnar east coast singletrack among the scenic fireroads and pavement. The race starts with one lap of the “Death Spiral,” a twisty turn of a proper all-grass cyclocross course complete with barriers but from there racers speed off into the forest. Pace lines form quickly as riders jet around one side of a lake, through a small sandpit and toward the first climb of the day. Sure it’s hot at the front of the field but a great number of riders are there to enjoy one of the most picturesque places in the state to ride a bike.
More than 200 riders attack the "Death Spiral" at the race start.
All that climbing is rewarded with blazing descents, usually on perfectly groomed fireroads. But there is a tricky yet ridable singletrack downhill early on called Lippencote Trail complete with rocks, roots and logs that can unsettle the pace or ruin your day if you’re not careful. For the uninitiated, the first 30 miles go blindingly fast, but don’t get caught up in the ease of clicking off miles. Once you hit the fabled WigWam hike-a-bike things slow down considerably, especially if you crack stomping over this monster of a bump located just before the second aid station. Thankfully the next 10 miles go relatively quick, but then the climbs get much steeper as you hit Hogshead, a stepping-stone of climbing brutality that lasts for days it seems. That little slice of Hades leads to a ripper of a final descent down a perfect dirt road and into the final upwards hike of the day at about mile 55 before a rolling 3-miles of pavement back to the finish. All this wouldn’t be complete without a total of four aid stations along the way and a traditional Pabst Blue Ribbon filling station at the top of the final hike-a-bike dubbed Larry’s Tavern.
If you save some energy, the Wigwam hike isn't so bad.
What makes Iron Cross attractive amid the frenzy of endurance racing and 40- to 60-minute cyclocross events is its all-inclusive attitude (despite what Kuhn and company say in jest) and the fact that it lends itself to being as much an adventure as a race. Unlike 100-mile mountain bike events that, besides being daunting in nature, require a certain degree of sophisticated equipment, Iron Cross is doable on a sub-$1,000 cyclocross bike with one water bottle thanks to the aid stations every 12 to 15 miles. Add in the fact that while it does have many of its own challenges, much of it consists of pack riding, drafting and an opportunity to socialize with fellow racers on course. Those who come purely to race will indeed get that too. The business end of this year’s field of 204 finishers was going full steam, seldom if at all dismounting for even the most rugged singletrack sections and attacking up every climb like it was the last.
Since the course is ultimately laid out to favor cross bikes, only a small number of mountain bikes went out on course.
No matter what your cycling specialty, Iron Cross is the perfect season cap. Now that the 2010 event is in the books, plans for the 2011 edition are already in the works. Look for a new 32-mile Iron Cross Lite to run alongside the full-length race for those who just want just a taste of the adventure as well as a “Party Bus” that will shuttle fans and family around the course, presumably hitting the start, Lippencott and Wigwam Run-Up before heading back to the finish line. The promoters say the idea has the support of the visitor’s bureau and the several local businesses.
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It’s a race worth trying for the spectacle, the adventure and the competition. Just don’t bring a mountain bike or the promoters will make a public mockery of you on the start line.
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For B.C.’s sports fishing lodges, survival comes down to identifying a unique niche and shrewd marketing, regardless of whether the fish are biting
In March, Northwest Angling Adventures Ltd., proprietors of the King Pacific Lodge wilderness resort, silently made an assignment into bankruptcy. A seasonal resort in the Great Bear Rainforest renowned for its ocean fishing and fly-fishing expeditions, King Pacific Lodge was on Condé Nast Traveler’s Gold List from 2009 to 2012 and won the celebrated travel brand’s 2011 Reader’s Choice Award for No. 1 Resort in Canada—the same year it snagged Travel + Leisure’s Global Vision Award for sustainability in a luxury setting. Yet in the summer of 2013 it didn’t even open its doors.
“You don’t get into the fishing industry to make money,” says Brian Grange, vice-president of West Coast Fishing Club, a sports fishing operator based on Haida Gwaii.
Business was good in the 1990s, he says, when competition among lodges was more for fish than beds. Things dropped off after 9/11, then improved again in 2006/2007, when all of B.C.’s fishing lodges enjoyed full occupancy and expansion. When the stock market crashed in 2008, however, things changed again for B.C.’s sports fishing lodges—and fast. That year, St. John’s Fishing Lodge Ltd., operating in Kitimat, fell upon financial hardship and closed its doors. In 2009, employees of Rivers Inlet Resort told CTV BC that their paycheques had bounced and that the company faced declaring bankruptcy. Big Time Sport Fishing BC Ltd. vanished in a deluge of unanswered emails and disconnected phone numbers in 2010. West Coast Resorts, which operated five high-end fishing lodges in northern B.C., filed for protection from creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in July 2011. (Haida Enterprise Corp. has since bought a controlling interest in the company, and it has resurfaced.)
The WCFC also struggled since 2008, Grange says, seeing its business decrease by 30 per cent one year. But its three lodges survived by embracing counterintuitive methods. “It wasn’t about selling more seats. We had to go in the opposite direction; a fine-dining model with guest chef appearances, wine cellars, better boats, higher levels of service... We’ve gone for a model of key differentiation in a commoditized market,” says Grange.
Individuality appears to be the trump card. The Oak Bay Marine Group’s MV Charlotte Princess, anchored just off Langara Island, targets dyed-in-the-wool fishermen, offering a more rustic experience and, according to its website, it sold out its 2013 season. Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort owner Fraser Murray added adventure, wilderness and eco-tourism to his roster of fishing expeditions. He expects to see 30 per cent growth in 2013.
Grange says the WCFC lodges were at full occupancy throughout its 2013 season. “There’s a 90-per cent chance that our customer will be back within three years, and an 84-per cent chance they’ll be back within two years,” says Grange. “We’re a bucket-list trip to some, and a bucket-list trip that you’ve got to take twice to a lot of others.”
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A Bahamas Chronology (Winter, 1991)
The following selective chronology of key dates in the 100-year history of Saint John’s Benedictines in the Bahamas has been gathered from Upon These Rocks by Father Colman Barry [Collegeville: Saint Johns Abbey Press, 1973] and articles by Fathers Elias Achatz and Silvan Bromenshenkel. – Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly (Winter, 1991)
2 February 1891 – Father Chrysostom Schreiner arrives in Nassau where there are 65-70 Catholics at Saint Francis Xavier Church, built in 1885-86.
4 April 1892 – Fathers Chrysostom and Paul Rettenmaier are shipwrecked near San Salvador Island. Father Chrysostom vows to continue his work in the Bahamas if his life is spared. He is rescued.
8 January 1893 – A select academy for several students is opened by Father Chrysostom but is soon closed due to the drain on resources.
21 June 1893 -Father Chrysostom purchases Dunmore House (built in 1786), a two-storey structure once used as a military hospital. Henceforth called ‘The Priory,” this becomes the headquarters for Benedictines in the Bahamas.
1894 – Father Gabriel Roerig begins his work on Andros Island where he is stationed for the next 55 years. Father Melchoir Bahner establishes Sacred Heart Church in Nassau.
1910 – Chrysostom constructs ‘The Bungalow” on Priory grounds, a guest house for visiting clergy and laity.
1920 – Fr. Bonaventure Hansen arrives to work in Nassau and on Harbour Island.
21 December 1921 – Abbot Alcuin Deutsch elected fifth abbot of Saint John’s Abbey. He soon begins aggressively to support the Bahama missions with personnel and financial aid.
November, 1924 – Father Hildebrand Eickhoff becomes Prior of the Bahamas, enlarges Saint Francis Xavier Church, builds Our Lady’s Church.
10 July 1925 – Father Chrysostom retires to San Salvador Island which he believed was the site of Columbus’ 1492 landing.
3 January 1928 – Father Chrysostom dies in his sleep on San Salvador and is buried there overlooking a probable site of Columbus’ landing.
1929 – Father Bernard Kevenhoerster arrives in the Bahamas.
21 March 1929 – The Bahamas are erected as a prefecture apostolic under the Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith.
9 June 1931 – Father Bernard Kevenhoerster named first prefect apostolic of the Bahamas prefecture.
21 December 1933-Father Bernard consecrated Bishop of the Bahamas prefecture.
1937 – A community of native Bahamian Sisters under the patronage of Blessed Martin de Porres is founded by Father Bonaventure Hansen.
4 January 1945 – A school for 35 boys is started by Father Frederic Frey with classes held in a building called ‘The Niche” on the grounds of the Priory.
13 January 1947 – First classes conducted at the newly constructed Saint Augustine’s College in the Fox Hill section of Nassau.
7 August 1947- Benedictine monks occupy the newly constructed Saint Augustine’s Monastery.
9 December 1949-Bishop Bernard Kevenhoerster dies. During his years as Bishop of the Bahamas new parishes had been founded in Nassau and missions were established on the Family Islands of Andros, Long Island, Cat Island, Grand Bahama, Eleuthera, Bimini, and Cat Cay.
25 June 1950-Father Paul Leonard Hagarty is nominated Vicar Apostolic of the Bahamas and is consecrated Bishop in Our Lady’s Church, Nassau, on 19 October 1950.
2 June 1954- Brother David Mather is the first native Bahamian to make his first vows as a Benedictine monk.
24 June 1960 – Father Boswell Davis, the first Bahamian Benedictine priest, is ordained.
11 December 1960 – Vicariate of the Bahamas is raised to the status of a diocese.
2 September 1963 – The Bahamian Sisters of Saint Martin de Porres are affiliated with the Benedictine community of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph, Minnesota.
1963 – Father Silvan Bromenshenkel appointed Prior of Saint Augustine’s Monastery.
1963 – Father Burton Bloms is appointed headmaster of Saint Augustine’s College and a new era of expanded facilities and increased enrollment begins.
1967 – Saint Augustine’s Monastery becomes an independent priory. Father Bonaventure Dean becomes prior and headmaster of the school.
1967 – Xavier’s College, a school for girls operated by the Sisters of Charity, merges with Saint Augustine’s College.
1971 – Father Elias Achatz appointed prior of the monastery and Father Theophile Brown, headmaster of the school.
1972 – Mr. Leviticus Adderly, the first layperson to teach at Saint Augustine’s College, is appointed headmaster.
1981 – Abbot Jerome Theisen is named apostolic administrator of Saint Augustine’s Monastery and College. Father Theophile Brown is appointed prior.
17 July 1981 – Bishop Paul Leonard resigns as Bishop of Nassau. He is succeeded by Bishop Lawrence Burke, S.J.
22 September 1984 – Bishop Paul Leonard dies.
4 June 1990 – Saint Augustine’s Monastery is reaffiliated with Saint John’s Abbey as a dependent community.
December, 199O – Saint Augustine’s College launches its 45th Anniversary Campaign Fund to raise money for a ten-year development program.
14 January 1991 – The Bahama Benedictine Centennial officially opens with an historical exhibition.
Source: Saint John’s Abbey Quarterly (Winter, 1991)
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Opposing Specter for Judiciary
I've just finished Hugh Hewitt's If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat. I wish I'd finished it before the November 2nd election, but I heartily recommend the book to anyone — including Democrats! — who's interested in politics. Hugh's prose is crisp, concise, and lively — in other words, he doesn't write in a style that would immediately lead you to conclude that he's a lawyer or a policy wonk. A comparatively small part of the book is specific to the election just past, and in particular his Chapter 12, entitled "Parties Can't Govern Without Majorities or Pluralities of Seats," contains little-appreciated wisdom for the ages:
Americans generally have very firm opinions on everything and want what they want to be "just so."
Unfortunate this demand for particularity doesn't work at all when applied to politics. In fact, insistence on personal taste is disastrous for political parties. There are only two real choices in America — Republican or Democrat. To demand more is to be disappointed before you begin, and to hand a victory to the set of choices most repellent to you.
Hugh explains the overwhelming importance of having one's own party in majority status, from which position it can choose the members and in particular the leaders of key House and Senate committees. Because of this, Hugh argues that as a general rule, one should almost always support the politicians of one's own party — even those who frequently desert its ranks on particular votes and issues — because
[i]t is an individual who governs as president, but it is the party with a majority that legislates. It is simply foolish to condemn as unsuitable any denominated member of a party of grounds of issue divergence.
Speaking of two particular Republican senators who've been challenged within their own party as insufficiently conservative, Hugh writes:
Neither [Pennsylvania's Arlen] Specter nor [Arizona's John] McCain is a weak incumbent in general elections. Conservative purists should not only leave both men alone; they should enthusiastically support their reelection efforts....
Please absorb this basic fact about American politics: majorities, not individuals, govern. Without an understanding of this, the GOP's return to near permanent minority status — and the powerlessness it includes — is all but guaranteed.
I entirely agree with Hugh's book on this general point, and thus was pleased to see both Senators Specter and McCain cruise to easy re-elections last Tuesday. But does this principle of supporting party-over-particulars also extend to the majority party's selection of key committee chairmanships in the House and Senate? This week, Hugh offers the following thoughts on his blog:
I see that there is a blog swarm forming around the expected assumption of the chairmanship of the Senate's Committee on the Judiciary by Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter. The opposition to Specter seems headquartered at [NRO's in-house blog,] The Corner. Many friends post at The Corner, so I paused, considered their arguments, and thought it through. On reflection, it seems to me a very bad idea to try and topple Senator Specter from what in the ordinary course of events would be his Chairmanship. I hope my colleagues on the center-right that embrace pro-life politics will reconsider.
For probably any other Senate or House committee, I would agree that it would be unduly destructive — an example of devouring one's own young — to undercut particular legislators of one's own party to prevent them from ascending to a chairmanship that seniority would otherwise prescribe. But I must respectfully disagree with Hugh as to Sen. Specter and the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
My own opposition to Sen. Specter's Judiciary chairmanship isn't based on his pro-choice views. Rather, it's based on my perception of Sen. Specter as not being a reliable "team player" in general. Dubya expended substantial political capital and showed remarkable party loyalty in supporting Sen. Specter in a tough primary fight; I think he was wise to do so, on grounds that if Sen. Specter had lost in the primary, his successor candidate might well have lost in the general election, handing that seat over to the Democrats. But in marked contrast to other Republicans like Rudy Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Specter refused to risk any of his own political capital on behalf of President Bush's re-election — and in a battleground state that Dubya lost by only two percent, and might well have won had Sen. Specter campaigned aggressively for him.
John J. Miller makes a compelling and fact-specific case that Sen. Specter's only true and reliable allegiance is to Arlen Specter. But the chairman of the next Judiciary Committee has to be the sharp point of the President's spear in getting his judicial nominees confirmed. He needs to be not just a dutiful warrior for President and party, but an enthusiastic and creative one — both in his public pronouncements and in his backroom arm-twisting. The Democrats will again field their "first team" to oppose Dubya's nominees — a team that has positively tied the President's plans in knots, and that may still have the practical power to continue doing so if not more skillfully opposed than they have been. And not just the occasional important piece of legislation is affected by this committee chairmanship, but the long-term trend and fate of an entire branch of our government.
The Republican Party simply can't afford to have this key position in the hands of someone whose loyalty to party and President is intermittent at best. It's not a question of the Republicans devouring one of its young, but rather of giving an unruly and untrustworthy rebel a bit of a "time out."
My candidate for the chairmanship? Texas' John Cornyn, whose own background includes distinguished service as both a trial and appellate judge and a state attorney general. Arizona's Jon Kyl would also suit me fine.
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(1) DRJ made the following comment | Nov 7, 2004 1:26:06 PM | Permalink
Absolutely right, Beldar. The Judiciary Committee and Senate confirmations of judicial appointments will be the final battleground for the Democrats. Democrats will be willing to fight to the death on judicial appointments because it's all they have left. Specter is not committed to the fight and, in fact, has proven he will twist with the political winds for his own advancement. To me, this is not about Roe v Wade. I want President Bush's judicial nominees to get a fair hearing and not be pre-judged by the Democrats, let alone the Republicans.
(2) The Old Coot made the following comment | Nov 7, 2004 2:00:10 PM | Permalink
Beldar: Well said, many thanks. What is your opinion as to the efficacy of "us" telephoning/e-mailing, etc. the White House, other Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, Dr. Frist, etc. regarding this issue? Seems like they must already know about the problem, do they need our messages to provide cover?
(3) mcg made the following comment | Nov 7, 2004 2:53:31 PM | Permalink
You say Specter didn't spend any of his political capital to help Bush get re-elected.
Well, it's worse than that:
http://www.notspecter.com/index.php?p=33
(4) Roy Lofquist made the following comment | Nov 7, 2004 7:40:24 PM | Permalink
Jon Kyl is perhaps the most underappreciated member of the Senate.
(5) Carrick Talmadge made the following comment | Nov 7, 2004 11:00:02 PM | Permalink
I have a somewhat differing opinion on this one. A plurality of voices and viewpoints is not just a luxury in a democracy, it is a necessity. I don't regard Specter's past behavior as being so much "disloyal" as "divergent".
At 55-44-1, the Republican's don't own enough votes to have any legislation be filibuster proof. Consequently, if an unpalatable choice for a justice is put forward, it will be killed on the Senate floor. For this reason, justices (as well as any legislation in general) will need to be chose (or crafted) in such a way as to bring enough Democrats on board to terminate any threatened filibuster.
My best example of the dangers we run into with removing Specter is the treatment Senator Lott received after his foolish remarks about Strom Thurman. In my opinion, the main reason that Lott lost the Senate Majority position was because of a withdrawal of support from the President and senior Republicans in the Senate. This withdrawal of support, I think, was a consequence of the perception that he was not "supportive enough of the President's policies"
The laugh about this is that Lott was much more successful that Frist has been since in pushing through Bush's legislation. Indeed the great domestic triumphs of the Bush administration occurred while Lott was Majority Leader. What some of you may regard as obstructism on the part of the Democrats, may also be regarded as a failure of leadership on the part of Bill Frist. I think most people will admit that Lott was a much more successful bridge builder than Frist has been since, though I'm sure that many people blame the "bogey man" Tom Daschle for Frist's failures.
An element of the President's success with Lott as Senator Majority Leader was related (again in my opinion) to the feedback that Lott gave the Whitehouse on how to craft the language to bring enough Democrats on board. I'm not trying to make him a superhero or exaggerate his role, but having multiple viewpoints usually benefits an organization in the long run, even while it can be sometimes frustrating in the short run.
I do not have a detailed understand of the issues relating to Specter, though I agree his recent remarks weren't very wise or well-timed. However, if he can keep the President from expending political capital on a DOA nominee, then he is an asset not a liability.
No single person, including the President, is wise enough to see all possible angles on any given issue. Having divergence in viewpoints and opinion is generally beneficial to the American style of democracy, just as it is for any committee based decision making.
Thus, if on careful look, Specter is another Kerry in disguise (as some of the hard-right-wingers suggest), I would agree that he is a poor choice. If we can agree, however, that the distinction I have drawn between disloyalty and dissenting positions exists, and if Specter falls into this latter group, then I argue it will harm the Republican Party to block him from this position. (It may still harm the Republican Party for purely political reasons, if they decide to block him, but that is another question).
(6) Palooka made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 12:22:51 AM | Permalink
I would almost prefer Spectre had lost so we didn't have to worry about him.
It's interesting how he touts his support for Clarence Thomas' nomination, yet anybody who follows the courts closely knows Spectre has on numerous occasions expressed his disappointment in Thomas.
Notwithstanding his borking Robert Bork and harping on the most conservative of justices, I have reservations about tossing him.
The media will go nuts, depicting the President as an idealogue and a radical, making it harder for him to push his most desired nominess forward even before he nominates them.
Of all the possible scenarios--Spectre switching parties, alienating pro-choice Republicans--it is the media causing trouble for the President before he even nominates a single individual that worries me most.
Drudge is reporting Bush is considering Thomas for the position of Chief Justice, this seems to have put Spectre in a potentially tough position. Could he oppose his elevation to Chief Justice when he so recently touted his support of him in the past?
(7) ed made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 1:04:05 AM | Permalink
I don't trust Specter as far as I can throw him. The President chose to support Specter instead of conservative Toomey. I didn't like that and I still don't. If the Republicans appoint Specter as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and he F**Ks up, like he has in the past, then whose fault is it?
The White House and Frist.
Frankly Frist is a jackass and incapable of being the Senate Majority Leader.
sigh. I wish there were some Republicans in the Senate with some balls. But with Orin Hatch, Bill Frist and Arlen Specter, I have no hope for that. Where do we find these gutless wonders to stick in the Senate?
(8) Skip McRae made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 7:34:46 AM | Permalink
While Hewitt makes a good point, the thrust of my telephone calls this morning to Senate leaders will go a little deeper and different.
Our constitution is about 7200 words in length, and it takes an average person (like me) about 30 minutes to read it in its entirety. But, here are some observations worth noting, to my way of thinking:
a) You will not find the word "filibuster" anywhere in the document. So, in the practice of legislating, a filibuster should not exist as part of the debate.
b) Nowhere will you find a 60 vote requirement to pass anything. The constitution provides for a simple majority of those voting - nothing more or less, unless it is a measure to overturn a veto, or to pass legislation for a federal amendment.
c) Nowhere in the constitution does it provide for a member of the Senate to issue a "blue slip" blocking the nomination of a person for office.
I just want all of our senators, including Senator Spector, to perform their work in the Senate on our behalf as it is written in the US Constitution. Do that, and we will climb mountains in this great experiment of ours that we call democracy.
(9) David Blue made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 11:31:30 AM | Permalink
What are the worst cases?
If Arlen Specter does not become Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, what's the worst he can do in revenge? Because he likely will do it. He has a harsh temperament and is a fierce enemy of causes that George W. Bush holds dear. And he will have on his side a mainstream media still angry that it didn't beat George W. Bush in the election. So what will you do to fix this, and how long will it take, and what will the price tag be, and how will you explain it?
If Arlen Specter does become Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, what's the worst he can do, acting in cunning and secret as well as publicly? Or rather from his point of view, since he is a hard-core pro-lifer and in general a fierce enemy of causes that George W. Bush holds dear, what's the best he can do? If that happens, what will you do to fix this? How long will it take, and what will the price tag be, and how will you explain it?
Suppose the real answer is: "For the sake of party unity and to avoid paying the price of an early confrontation with Arlen Specter we're ready to risk him; and if he acts as his record indicates he likely might, for the sake of party unity and to avoid the much higher cost of a confrontation with the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee we'll grit our teeth and accept that too."
I think that's what the position Hugh Hewitt has chosen leads to. If it leads anywhere else, can you explain it to me?
In this case, assuming we've followed the Hugh Hewitt road to its logical end, how would you explain this scale of values to people who volunteer, who give to the party, because they think that it stands for something more than itself?
You can recite the Hugh Hewitt line and say: "You can't have everything you want 'just so,' you must settle for getting most of what you want from a Republican legislature." And you can also have the President and all the legislators hold their hands in the air and say, as they do: "Don't look to us, it's all in the hands of the Supreme Court." But you can't make these two positions add up.
A constitutional right to abort, invented by the Supreme Court and ever more deeply settled by time and increasingly by Republican appointees, just isn't most of what the pro-life movement wants, minus the cherry on top. It just isn't.
(10) Joshua Chamberlain made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 12:10:51 PM | Permalink
Here's my question to Hewitt: We know that appeasement is frequently bad in foreign affairs. Is appeasement similarly dangerous in nominating Senators for committees? Will Specter's nomination embolden Chuck Schumer? Or will it give him pause? I tend to think the former, but these are the questions that need to be answered.
(11) Geek, Esq. made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 3:21:07 PM | Permalink
Specter has already backed down. I doubt you'll hear him dissent in public again.
Bush's manhandling of Jeffords led to his defection. Now that Specter is playing the good soldier again, punishing him may not be the wisest move.
Especially if Snowe, Collins, and Chafee all take away the message that there is no future for people with their beliefs in the Republican caucus.
(12) Palooka made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 3:38:38 PM | Permalink
I just saw Spectre on CNN and he did well at backtracking. I'd let his comment go in a heartbeat if it weren't for his past.
Still, I favor giving him a chance. I find it hard to believe he would outright lie just to get his chairmanship, or is he that bad?
I have a feeling if Bush humors him and takes some input, utilizing even some of it for lower court nominees, he can be handled satisfactorily.
(13) Joshua Chamberlain made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 4:14:01 PM | Permalink
A politician lie to obtain power? Who'da thunk it!
(14) MaDr made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 6:06:54 PM | Permalink
I positively oppose Specter because his views/values are outside that of the mainstream of America; not just the Republican party. Examples: Specter is against the ban on partial birth abortions. Specter is against parental notification (abortion). Specter is vehemently opposed to medical liability or class action tort reform. Specter believes we should be interpreting our laws according to international laws - invocation of Scottish Law was just one example. Specter was one of the few Senators to support our admittance to the ICC.
Not one of the above examples is anywhere close to the views of an overwhelming number of the American public. Judicial nominees are not taken at their word, that they would enforce existing law and not impose their (conservative) views. Why should we trust Specter?
(15) Toby Petzold made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 6:36:53 PM | Permalink
I dislike Specter because of his role in formulating the Magic Bullet Theory. I think he's a dyed-in-the-wool liar from way back.
John Cornyn is a very solid guy whom I know personally. I'd trust him to make the moral choice every time.
(16) Heavy B made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 8:52:42 PM | Permalink
Your inferred characterizations of moderate/mid left republicans as "gutless" and needing "balls" is offensive. If you think disagreeing with your position reflects mental or character defects, or that they should be ostracized from party leadership, please join the Democratic party; That's become their mantra.
et al,
You can't throw Specter out of office (and BTW he's a Republican from a light "blue" state) so alienating him seems stupid; He just becomes a permanent vote for the Dems. Rove and Bush played it right; They knew Toomey couldn't get elected in PA, and they know they are going to have to fight to get Santorum re-elected in '06.
Those who believe the Republican majority is made of a broad spectrum from center to right want to avoid the mistakes of '94 and keep the tent large. Appoint Specter chairman; If he turns obstructionist, reconvene the caucus, depose him, and tell the pro-choice Republicans/moderates that a reasonable effort to compromise was made.
How many posters here support an outright effort to overturn Roe v. Wade?
Heavy B
(17) David Blue made the following comment | Nov 8, 2004 11:24:40 PM | Permalink
Heavy B: "How many posters here support an outright effort to overturn Roe v. Wade?"
Do you mean an immediate charge to crash through or crash, which is to say a political suicide?
Or do you mean, as opposed to letting Roe vs. Wade and its consequences consolidate, and in time no doubt serve as a springboard for the creation of further choice rights?
Or do you mean - support continuing the peaceful labour of many generations, through decades and political eras and centuries if need be to undo this thing? (And to build pro-life culture generally.) I am all for that.
(18) Palooka made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 12:57:59 AM | Permalink
"They knew Toomey couldn't get elected in PA."
Rick Santorum is from PA, buddy. Do you get any more conservative than him?
"How many posters here support an outright effort to overturn Roe v. Wade?"
Yes. If it's wrong (and most reasonable legal minds believe it is), then it should be overturned. The matter should be returned to state control. In that context, do I support a 100% ban on all abortions? Of course not.
(19) Heavy B made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 1:57:55 AM | Permalink
>>Rick Santorum is from PA, buddy. Do you get any more conservative than him? <<
Yeah, I'm pretty I'm a tad to the right of Santorum but I'm smart (i.e. old) enough to know that my views are not resonant with the vast political middle of this country and would rather compromise with the Arlen Specters of the world than return to a gridlocked Senate or Dem control of Congress. I expect the republican leadership to use their power judiciously.
By "outright effort" I meant to imply a direct action intended to bring about overturning Roe v. Wade within the next four years, i.e. political suicide.
Palooka, you must have some information I don't to assert that "most reasonable legal minds believe" Roe v Wade is (legally) wrong. I'd agree with "some" or even "many" but "most" implies a majority and I haven't seen a clear consensus among legal experts. There is certainly no dominant consensus in middle America; IMHO, it remains an issue where medical ethics lags medical technology by decades, just like cloning, euthanasia, etc. Many of us who believe life begins at conception(fertilization of the egg) and who oppose abortion favor and use contraceptives that cause fertilized eggs to pass through the uterus without attaching. That would technically be post-conception.
My only interest in this discussion about Specter is self-preservation: I heard some pretty scary callers on Hewitt's radio show today. If the right wing of the party is going to drive this solid Republican majority off the abortion cliff of political naivete, please let me out of the car now...
We need to make the partial birth ban stick and then continue working to educate voters on the consequences of abortion as a contraceptive. This is a cultural war not a political assault and however gratifying it might be to see abortion end in some states, overturning Roe v Wade would bankrupt us of "political capital".
randy.B
(20) Palooka made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 2:28:29 AM | Permalink
Randy B,
Your response indicates the inherent problem of Roe v. Wade--it politicized the judiciary. If we ever want a chance of having a court that once again enjoys relative independence, Roe must be overturned. This is not to say the Court can not make unpopular or difficult decisions, but when it does the opinion must have a textual and historical mooring to the Constitution.
There are many in the legal pragmatism school of though which may argue persuasively for upholding Roe, but those arguments which rely on the actual Constitution are a total failure. There is no cultural or historical or legal tradition which justified Roe, and there are no--and I mean no--persuasive arguments to date based on the Constitution itself which justify Roe.
When I say "reasonable" legal minds, I mean those who do not insist some "penumbra" inexplicably emanates from multiple constitutional clauses spontaneously, and that penumbra covers the right to euthanize your 8 month old fetus.
Though stare decisis demands that some poorly decided cases be upheld to promote stability and consistency, Roe involves significant moral issues which the American people deserve to resolve themselves. Upholding Roe affirms a poisonous and anti-democratic idealogy that must be repudiated if we are to enjoy self-rule guaranteed, not proscribed, by our Constitution.
I'm sure the media would go bonkers, but I suspect that political fallout would subside after the states sorted out their respective policies (which I suspect would be more strict than Roe, even in liberal states, but fairly permissive on early term elective abortions). NARAL could instead spend their $$$ on bus troops for those women too poor to travel out of state. Moreoever, if the court allowed for life and health exceptions, leaving considerable discretion to the doctor, I suspect most moderate pro-choicers would find the new abortion regime satfisfactory.
(21) jackson white made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 8:11:36 AM | Permalink
Beldar,
You and I live in states that have made a slow transition from Democratic to Republican. As you have seen, it is difficult for people to give up party loyalties for a long, long time.
Sen. Spectre comes from a state that swings back and forth. For most of his senate career, he has been a Republican in a mildly Democratic-leaning state. As a result, he comes from that pre-1980 mindset that Republicans needed to conform to what Democrats expected of them.
Of course, in modern America it is a joke to think Democrats can tell Republicans what to do. They still try, of course, but people laugh at them. Sen. Spectre seems painfully unaware about the new political realities that give his party the whip hand.
It is for this reason alone--rank ignorance of the contemporary political landscape--that Spectre does not need a powerful chairmanship. A senator like Coryn or someone else from the modern era who appreciates Republican dominance and the need to go toe to toe with a weak Democratic Party is what is needed to chair this committee. As you know, and perhaps many of your readers know, the Judiciary Committee does much more than handle Supreme Court nominees. It is is these less glamorous moments that committee members shape the federal legal system that controls so many aspects of our lives. The last thing we need, after a great victory, is someone who will cave to those who lost and who would impose their warped value system on the country at large. In other words, Roe is only a tiny part of the matrix and we need someone with backbone and not a desire to please his opponents.
This isn't a slap at Spectre but an acknowledgement of his outdated mindset.
(22) Warrior made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 8:12:03 AM | Permalink
Leaving aside the chimeric nuances of abortion policy, let's consider the actual possibilities of a Specter chairmanship. The guy's in his seventies. He will likely retire after this term. Therefore he will have no restraints invoked by political considerations. His innate grandiosity will lead him to anxious musings about his Legacy, a la Slick Willie, a.k.a. "I wish I had had a terrorist attack to make me great." All his self-righteous, ego-fed desires will come to fruition and he will not be denied. His most important consideration will be how he is portrayed in the editorial pages of The New York Times. Then, God help us.
If you really want to know what this man is like, read his hagiographic autobiography, "Passion for Truth". You will find there a self-absorbed, self-centered conceit of Napoleonic proportions. WHATEVER political fall-out may be forthcoming is worth the partial birth abortion of this candidate for chairmanship at judiciary.
(23) Attila made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 12:37:00 PM | Permalink
Another vote against Specter. If I lived in PA, I would have voted against him. Bush doesn't have to get involved with dethroning him; all he has to do is stay quiet, and, when Specter asks for his support, tell him he needs to get his colleagues on board by very vocally supporting Bush's judicial nominees.
(24) Quadraginta made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 12:51:05 PM | Permalink
Lots of good comments here. As someone who grew up in PA, maybe I can add some others. PA is in many ways conservative on values (remember Bob Casey) but has strong socialist tendencies also, in the Depression Era sense. Unions are still strong, despite the death of Big Steel. Corruption and vote-mongering are still typical, despite the now distant memory of Frank Rizzo. People don't move around much, and there isn't too much immigration and emigration. The big city is still the gritty Fritz Lang metropolis, not the yuppified Meg Ryan movie backdrop. Philly ain't Seattle, if you catch my drift. More like Chicago. (Pittsburgh is more modern, IMHO, believe it or not. It's had to remake itself since steel went belly up.)
Back when the donks were more often big-bellied union bosses than latte-sipping girl lawyers who've never litigated in their life, PA was pretty solidly Democratic. The new GOP tends to attract them, now, but they're still damn suspicious of big business. Remember PA has a long and painful history of conflict with Big Steel, Big Coal & Oil, and shipbuilding. The new GOP sees "business" in a constellation of small techy entrepreneurs, or agile postmodernist firms like IBM. That's great, and it's making an impression, especially as jobs in PA get away from heavy industry and into New Age stuff like pharma and biotech. But the case has yet to be made to folks who remember Grandpa's time as shop steward.
All this explains why PA flops around unsure whether it's a blue or a red state. I think in time, if the GOP keeps its cool, makes the case that opportunity for business means opportunity for YOU the voter, and the donks keep putting up fops like Kedwards for Prez, then PA can go solid red.
Now Arlen represents PA, and he's a wily bastard, so he encapsulates this floppy ambiguity. He knows how to get and stay elected. Sure, he's corrupt. He's a PA politician from the old school. Don't trust him any further than you can throw him, and be sure he'll backstab you if you cross him, absolutely. Think of him like an Mafia boss. Icky, sure.
If I had my druthers, of course I'd rather not see him in the chairmanship. But I think Hewitt has got the bottom line here. First, a fight to push Arlen out of his chair would be expensive. Do we really want the GOP to spend its political capital eating one of its own, even one of its unsavory own? No. Second, the fight would be harder than you think, because the Senate is a place of great tradition, and Senators cherish those traditions, including the traditions of seniority. This would be a much easier fight in the House. If the fight succeeded, the Senate would become a much mroe volatile place, more like the House, harder to keep party discipline, hard to get stuff done, more unpredictable (which is bad for business and bad for growing legislative majorities). Third, Hugh hits the nail on the head by saying that the real focus has to be on majority building. Look, if Arlen is a prick, the right thing to do is elect five more GOP senators in 2006 and then he stops mattering. But you must nurture your majority, keep it growing by convincing more and more people that, like the Bush campaign this year, you're just a smooth efficient Borg machine gradually taking over, and as long as you're willing to be assimilated you can go on doing pretty much what you were doing. Revolutions often consume themselves in Jacobinism afterwards, and fighting Specter smacks of that sort of overreaching hubris. So to hell with it.
Put away the guillotine and stop worrying about doctrinal purity. Put the time, money and political capital into re-electing Santorum, and taking down donk Senators in other states. Be a rising tide, not a rogue wave.
This doesn't suit the NRO folks, of course, who despite their qualities are still journalists, and we know journalists love a fight. Quiet progress doesn't make lovely headlines.
Yeah, also -- trust the President. Look, his team got the election right, didn't they? (While the NRO people were freaking out, losing faith, flopping around all over the place, I might add.) The President's team knows what it's doing. How can we doubt that after this election? If they support Arlen, it's part of their master plan. They don't do anything by accident, and they're always right. (Look how they drive the opposition into frothy-mouthed incoherence.) Trust their skill and their inside knowledge. Let it go and let the President call the shots, not journalists, not even persuasive journalists who are on our side.
(25) Quadraginta made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 1:06:36 PM | Permalink
Also, I wish there was less talk about Arlen's scummy personality. So what? To paraphrase Twain, you want a nice sunny true-blue honest personality in this world, get a dog. He's a politician, for Christ's sake, not someone your daughter wants to date.
It's like hiring a trial lawyer (sorry in advance Beldar). You don't look for the nicest guy with the fewest disgusting personal habits. You look for a guy who can win the trial. All else is secondary.
So who gives a hoot if Arlen is nice? The important question is whether putting him in this job advances the cause or not. And on this political -- not ethical -- question, as I said, trust the President's decision. He's head of our party, and has amply earned our trust. Don't second-guess him.
(26) Warrior made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 2:03:40 PM | Permalink
Responding to Quadraginta (is that Spanish or something?) If you were implying that I am a journalist, I don't know whether to be flattered or insulted. But in any event, thank you for your considered comments. However, I must respectfully disagree with you.
2006 will be too late. So will some idealized time in the future when the GOP takes over. We are looking at appointing a Chief Justice (and possibly several other Justices, not to mention the rest of the Federal bench) SOON! Rhenquist has terminal cancer for crying out loud.
And this is not an issue of "idealogical purity" or any other clever rhetorical formulation. We're talking about wresting our country away from activist judges and returning to Constitutional Law as interpreted by the original intent of the founders. They were quite educated men and understood that even though they could not predict stem cell research, they could predict the moral quandaries of men and the true function of government. Since most of them had seminary rather than law degrees, they were well acquainted with the wisdom of Ecclesiasties that "there is nothing new under the sun."
Specter's personality is germane only for the purposes of predicting his potential behavior as chair at judiciary. His overweening ego leaves him vulnerable to the shallow, yet effective blandishments of the New York Times, surely mistaking it for what his grandiose nature will truly be concerned with - his Legacy. His ruthless pragmatism ( I would say Machiavelianism, if I could spell it) will ensure that settling old scores will be a prime motivation as well. I really don't care if he is "nice" - I don't have to live or work with him. I do care what his primary concerns will be.
Finally, I don't believe the President has thoroughly endosed Specter, or even edorsed him a little bit. Karl Rove said the President will work with him "if" he is the new chairman. Far from a ringing endorsement, this sounds like bet-hedging if I've ever heard it.
I am no insider. Quite the contrary, I am an (educated?) Alabama redneck. However, I do know that abortion is wrong. Exceptions? Sure, but convenience of the mother is not one of them (although it is the reason given for at least 98% of all abortions.) And I know the difference between a real, live, God-fearing man with moral courage and a spineless, self-aggrandizing, waffling weenie. Thanks for letting me share.
Warrior, thanks for the response.
"Quadraginta" is Latin for 40. Comes from me deciding to get a grip on being middle-aged.
In re being a journalists, I wasn't talking about anyone here, but rather the NRO Corner folks, who do it for a living. No, "journalist" is not a term I generally use when I want to compliment people, although a few are top-notch. It's kind of the old saw: Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those can neither do nor teach stand around and offer constructive criticism. Journalists usually go into that third category, alas.
2006 is not too late. First of all, there is no danger of another Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the high Court, nor is the President going to elevate Sandra Day to Chief Justice. It will be a more conservative Court, without doubt. The only question is: how much more conservative? My advice is to stick with the guaranteed "somewhat more conservative", even if that means giving up the "lots more conservative", so that you avoid the danger of chaos breaking loose and a future disaster like "less conservative".
Remember, 2006 cuts both ways. A bloody 2004 civil war in GOP ranks could push the Senate back to Democratic control, and what then? More filibusters, acrimony, stalled 2nd-term agenda, the kind of executive-legislative fight that makes disgusted voters throw the majority -- that's us, folks -- out. How do you like the sound of President Hillary Clinton? Appointing Justice Bill Clinton, maybe? Remember a number of the justices are aging, not just Rehnquist, and the opportunity to appoint stretches out before us for many years.
This has happened before! A revolutionary majority party throws away its governing status by dissolving in intramural bickering of who is, and is not, true to the revolution.
The "original intent" of the Framers is a dicy thing. Please remember that those same Framers bitterly disagreed about what exactly they meant no more than 10 years after the event. For example, by the 1790s Madison and Jefferson were political enemies of Hamilton, and disagreed vehemently on what the Constitution said. And they all helped write it!
By me the "original intent" argument is a dead end. Far better to argue that the judicial system should always act conservatively (meaning cautiously), so as to dampen the momentary excesses of popular opinion. For example, the reason courts should not weigh in on the existence of homosexual "marriage" is largely because how we look at it today may yet prove to be a passing fancy. We don't know. Homosexuality and homosexual partnerships are not a new thing. It's been going on since time began. So why didn't the people agitate for homosexual marriage in the 1770s? Or 1880s? Or 1930s? And will we still feel the same way about it in the 2020s? Or 2030s? It's not clear. But what is clear is that we need a steady framework of legal decisions to have a steady society. People can flourish by adapting to nearly any regime -- except a regime of constantly shifting judicial nuance. It will not utterly degrade or destroy homosexuals to be denied state recognition of their partnerships for another decade or two. We're not talking about slavery here (which would, and did). But we do not know the consequences of a wholesale revision of a bedrock institution like marriage. Caution is the obviously sane course. We should have cautious judges, not imperial wannabes.
I think you're wrong about Specter's character. He's not at all shallow. He's a survivor, very pragmatic. He doesn't give a damn what the NYT says, because he likes real power, not 5000-word bouquets from pretentious Columbia J-school scribblers (as if those bouquets have done any real good for their clients, e.g. one John F. Kerry).
He doesn't care about his "spot in history", at least not yet, because he doesn't think of himself as a historical person yet. He thinks of himself as a mover and shaker in the present day. He's not concerned yet with whether history professors will praise him in books in 40 years time, he's still concerned with whether in 4 years time lots of people will still be looking at their feet and saying meekly yes Senator, whatever you say Senator, right away Senator.
So, basically, you're right that you'll get nowhere appealing to Specter's principles, because he hasn't got any. But, on the other hand, you have nothing to fear from him as long as you -- or in this case the GOP leadership and particularly the President -- hold the reins of power. If the tide is on your side, then Specter wants to sit in the boat with you. (And if it's not, he'll stab you and throw you overboard just to lighten the load.) So that's why I agree with Hugh: focus laser-like on making sure the tide is on our side.
As for the President's endorsement: don't forget he endorsed Specter for re-election. Don't you think for a moment that he forgot Specter would head up the committee, or that he was just "desperate" to take PA or falsely worried about Toomey in the general. Nothing is clearer than that this President and his team are the best political chess players the GOP has had in 25 years, if not longer. He's just not good -- well, terrible, to be blunt -- at explaining his strategy to the troops. You have to take a lot on faith.
Of course abortion is an act of evil. So is killing an innocent man. So is betraying a friend, or telling a lie to a child. But there are times when lesser evils are necessary. Only one man was ever born who could get through life without sin. Therein lies the struggle: when are those awful times? Where to draw the line? If we are going to win this war, foresight and patience and discipline are necessary. And innocents may die so that the war can be won, and innocents need no longer die in the future. Do not focus on tactical advances so much that you suffer strategic reverses. This is Hugh's point, essentially.
Thing is, you the educated 'Bama redneck have to strike a compromise with the educated Boston/Chicago bluebloods, a compromise that will make you see. . . well, red. . .or else you've got to wait for the tide of history (and population growth) to sweep them away. But, either way, you can't build your city on the hill quite the way the Architect laid it out, not yet.
Quadraginta, you are quite persuasive. You must be edjemacated too! However, I'm still not convinced on a few points. To begin with, why is there "no danger of a Ruth Bader Ginsberg" anymore. Sen. Specter has repeatedly stated that Roe is "invioable" and is thus invoking a litmus test. Indeed, that is just what he inferred in his careless remarks soon after the election.
Second, how is it a "bloody civil war" when Bush was elected and the GOP lead in Congress was expanded by the very same people who now oppose Specter? Let's face it, if the Christian Right had not been mobilized by the gay marriage ban proposals, we would all be sitting around now discussing what went wrong and how we will deal with President Kerry (ugh). If the GOP doesn't listen to this constituency, you won't have to imagine a "President Hillary." Basically, I think you overestimate the turmoil which will be created by tossing Specter out. Besides, if his ascerbic personality has ceated the animus I believe it has, few will lament his passing (so to speak) anyway.
You kind of lost me in your discussion of original intent. Slavery was wrong then and it is always wrong. Abortion was wrong then and it is always wrong. Tyranny was wrong then and...etc. I guess it boils down to absolute truth. The framers may have disagreed on some things, but they were devoted to the concept of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. These are eternal truths, I believe, not subject to a bi-annual review. These are Inalienable Rights, not to be issued, proclaimed, subjugated or rescinded by the nameless nine.
As far as Specter's character, I suggest you read his book, "Passion for Truth", if you haven't already. It reveals in stark detail Specter's torturous reasoning and tenuous justifications for actions he took and decisions he made based on nothing more than politics and ego. His entire opposition to Bork was created by Bork's failure to dumb down and suck up enough to make Specter feel important. His "Scottish Law" vote is a perfect example of the waffle mentality. You know, like "it depends on what the definition of the word is is" and "I threw my ribbons over the fence, but not my medals" and the ever popular "no wait, those weren't my medals at all." In any event, after reading several hundred pages, one word suggests itself repeatedly, "Narcissism". Believe my, mover and shaker or not, without the constraints of another election, he will be heavily motivated by his Place in History. You worry about turning 40, think what it's like to turn 80, as he will be at the end of his present term.
Believe me, if you are Arlen Specter, the (future) history books will wax large in your imagination.
Your assessment of President Bush and his advisors is right on target. They are smart. Smart enough to know when they can get a staunch conservative heading Judiciary without taking the heat for it.
Finally, I think enough innocents have died - 40 million and counting. If it takes "drastic measures" like bucking seniority at the millionaires club, well so be it. As I've said to all the Senators (or their secretaries, anyway) on the Republican Conference Committee, as well as Sen. Frist and Karl Rove, this is too important for politics as usual. I'm not worried about Chaffee, or Snow, or even Specter jumping ship. Every one of them have seen the fate awaiting ANY congressman or woman who continues to obstruct judicial apppointments by President Bush. Frankly, I think we've compromised enough.
Come, let us reason together. The essence of my position is this: I am not really trying to convince you one way or the other in the question of whether Arlen Specter should be chosen chairman or not. I am, first of all, trying to convince you that the question does not have an instantly obvious answer: there are subtleties, is all. Secondly, I am trying to convince you to leave the tactics in this war to the commanding general you just elected, namely George W. Bush.
As a voter we set strategic goals. I'm all for letting the President, and Bill Frist and your local Senator know that you are keenly aware of appointments to the judiciary, and you are going to be royally pissed off if decent conservative choices by the President get borked in the Senate. Absolutely, put the pressure on them for the right results.
But I am just saying, when it comes to the tactical decision about whether long-term success is best achieved by replacing or not Arlen Specter -- leave it to the commanders on the scene, the guys we elected to take care of this stuff for us. Let's not micromanage.
To answer the rest: there's no danger of a Ginsburg appointment because W would never nominate someone like her. And Specter's (or any Senator's) influence in getting such a person on the Court is very limited, because only the President can choose the candidates. That means the President sets the terms of the debate. His opponents can only argue why his candidate is bad, they can't argue why their candidate is better.
For example, if W wants to hobble the donks in certain ways he can nominate a Hispanic conservative and let 'em tie themselves in knots arguing against the "diversity" candidate. Remember, unlike an election, they can't bring forward their own liberal Hispanic candidate and neutralize the whole issue.
Also, party discipline is not what it used to be, but it's not dead. There are a lot of ways a pissed-off President and Republican leadership can crucify even a senior Senator who gets seriously out of line. Remember how fast Trent Lott went down after the President refused to come to his assistance. Senators make minor PR goofs like Lott's all the time, the difference with Lott is that he wasn't given cover. The powers that be can do that, if you piss them off. (Indeed, it's been argued elsewhere that one reason we're even talking about this is because W and the GOP leadership are giving Specter a small taste of what it's like to be out there facing annoyed voters naked, without cover by the big guns. If W had come out strongly for Specter as chairman, you and a hundred thousand other voters would not be making as much angry comment -- and both W and Specter know that. So the very existence of this debate may be W's way of firing a warning shot across Specter's bow.)
I'm sure Specter has some pork he'd like to bring home to PA, too. Frist can make it hellish trying to bring those piggies to market. And remember Specter himself doesn't want the GOP to lose seats in 2006. Everyone hates being the minority party in he Senate. You have to fire half your staff, you get an inner office with no window, lobbyists stop dropping by to buy you an expensive lunch and ask your opinion on what to name their firstborn children. . .
No, no -- I agree Specter's a rootless narcissist, but for that very reason I don't agree he cares overmuch about his place in history. Narcissists want power and attention NOW, not when they're dead. It's the idealists who worry about what the grandchildren will think. The narcissist cares about the here and now. That's why they lie and flip-flop so much. It's not so much that they're too stupid to think the truth won't someday get out, it's that their emotional attachment to present adulation is so strong they just can't bring themselves to care about the eventual reckoning.
I mean, can't we characterize the greatest narcissists of our time (e.g. Mr. Kerry and Mr. Clinton) by saying that they worried too little about their reputation when ALL the facts finally got out? And isn't some of what we admire about W the fact that he seems to keep his eye on the distant future, that he wants people (here or in Iraq) in fifty years' time to say W did the right thing?
Yes 40 million innocents is too much. By me even one innocent life is too much. No argument there. I'm not smart enough to know what to do about that. I couldn't be Commander in Chief, because I can't do that kind of calculus, decide how many and which innocents will die that the rest of us may be free.
That's part of why I said let us just set the strategic goals and leave it to our commanders to pick the tactics. We each all of us have our skills. If seriously hairy physics needs doing, I'm the man for the job. I know I can do it better than the President or any man in Congress.
But I also know my limits. When it comes to deciding how to keep my kids safe by having the right people on the Supreme Court, I'm going to leave it up to W and his team, because I'd be as hopeless advising them on political chess as they'd be advising me on how to solve integral equations on the computer. That's my main point, really.
I'm terrible at compromise, too. I don't want to compromise. But if the President says we must, then I'm prepared to go along with him, in the same way that, if I told him the laws of physics forbid this and such, I'd expect him to respect my expertise and go along with me.
I think our number one priority should be to change the Senate rules for filibustering judicial nominees. And I see tossing Spectre as a serious obstacle to that goal. I would like to see solid conservatives on the bench, and my reluctance in tossing Spectre is, I believe, consistent with that objective.
If we have a solid majority of conservatives on the judiciary committee, won't Spectre's ability to obstruct conservative appointees be greatly limited? I would love to see Spectre dumped, because frankly he has hurt his party more than he's helped it, but I don't see that as consistent with our objectives. Maybe I'm wrong.
I appreciate the remarks of my distinguished colleagues Palooka and Quadraginta and hope you are right. After all, what can we do anyway but make phone calls and send faxes and e-mails. Of course, if the "political chess" moves all blow up in our faces, we can also suffer the consequences in '08 (remember - President Hillary - AAAIIYYEEEEE!)
In any event, let me make a few remarks pertaining to Quadraginta's last post. And again, although I'm not trying to be argumentative, I do believe healthy debate is sometimes essential in devining a right course of action.
As far as the clever proposition of W nominating an Hispanic minority - it's already happened. Donks didn't "tie themselves up in knots" over Miguel Estrada, however. They delayed and filibustered and after two and one half years, Estrada went home. Maybe Bush can re-nominate him. I hope so - he is an excellent jurist.
Re Trent Lott, he went down by the hand of the Left. W didn't bail him out because Lott stepped on the true third rail of politics - race. And he was far more effective at bringing home the bacon as Majority Leader than is Frist.
Good point about W's possible warning shot to Specter. I hope you are right.
Unfortunately, Specter doesn't give a snort about pork. He has nothing to gain - no voters to woo, no contributers to court, and no more political heights to climb. Like I said, it's now nothing but Arlen and History.
Maybe we read different newspapers, but all I heard and read about Clinton in the last couple of years of his presidency was his Legacy, or lack there of. He certainly reaped the whirlwind of shame after sowing the wind of opportunism, as did Kerry, but that only shows poor judgement and irresponsible character. You call Clinton a Narcissist, but by your own definition, he was an idealist rather than a pig. Remember what Churchhill said about pigs though: A cat looks down on man. A dog looks up to man. A pig looks man straight in the eye and sees his equal.
And we haven't even begun to talk about Specter's certain obstruction of tort reform (look at his record so far.) Yet, the hour is late and it will have to wait for another day. I do appreciate your principles, your logic, and your concern for the party and the country. And as I said earlier, I sure hope you all are right.
P.S. Please remember, though, that removing a sitting chair is an order of magnitude harder than preventing the assumption of it in the first place.
(33) DavidBlue made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 9:48:55 PM | Permalink
(link) "President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981. [-] Even those liberals who branded her a "traitor" in her early years for compromising on abortion rights, now appreciate her efforts to keep the "pro-choice" message of Roe v. Wade (1973) alive. O'Connor's success should come at no surprise."
Indeed it shouldn't.
Arlen Specter will be looking to sabotage any judge like Robert Bork, and assure the success of judges like Sandra Day O'Connor, or judges far more disappointing to conservatives than Sandra Day O'Connor, because his own principles are fiercely liberal, not only on abortion but on many other important issues.
Since Supreme Court judges are appointed in an atmosphere of secrecy and deceit - anybody who openly says they are pro-life is "dead" - there seems to be a potential for the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to connive at the elevation of a "Manchurian candidate" - Ruth Bader Ginsburg in conservative clothing.
If in the long run George W. Bush's appointments do the opposite of what he wants it would be heartbreaking for George W. Bush's supporters. But it would be the ultimate triumph for Arlen Specter
Nobody thinks that in doing this, Arlen Specter will be restrained by gratitude or honour or party loyalty. (link)
Arlen Specter hates pro-lifers as shown by this letter. (link) (Thank you Grassroots PA. (link)) George W. Bush is the most important pro-lifer worldwide, unless you're Catholic, in which case he's number two.
OK, but if Arlen Specter gives specific undertakings and they are enforced vigilantly and with close oversight so he can't cheat, then let the customs of the Senate be observed for the sake of peace. I'd be all for that.
Hugh Hewitt says: Powerline's Hinderaker is right [link]: "Senator Specter needs to make those commitments to Senator Frist and his colleagues, and those commitments need to be enforced."
It is difficult to disagree with Hugh Hewitt, and it would be impossible (for me anyway) to disagree with Rick Santorum let alone George W. Bush. No matter how thick the paranoia gets, the bottom line is that you've got to trust somebody, not only to have their heart in the right place but to know what they are doing. So if they speak, for me that ends it.
But till then - how do you enforce undertakings on a hostile, honourless and disloyal Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, likely regarding tacit understandings and deals done in secret, in an atmosphere where the things that are of most importance can never be said in public, and likely in a complicated and murky situation inflamed by the Chairman himself with the support of the mainstream media, liberal senators and the Democratic Party? If it's too tough an option to not elevate an obviously dubious candidate like Arlen Specter, and it's vastly harder or effectively impossible to remove the guy once he's elevated, how does the word "enforce" have any meaning?
(34) observer made the following comment | Nov 9, 2004 11:46:22 PM | Permalink
ANTIDISARLENSPECTERIANISM
Leave him alone, it'll work out. The shot's been fired across the bow; let's not ram the H.S.S. CenterRight.
(35) M. Simon made the following comment | Nov 10, 2004 4:13:02 AM | Permalink
Will some enlightened Republican please explain how you can eliminate abortion by law?
Will this work similar to eliminating drugs by law?
Or will it be more similar to eliminating alcohol by law?
--==--
Well any way. This RINO has already gone into opposition. I guess my vote for Obama wasn't enough to give you Real Republicans a clue.
Stick to the war and economics. Leave the culture to the people.
Republican dominance is not the same as Cultural Conservative dominance.
Bush's win was a coalition win.
You can break the coalition any time you are tired of winning.
There are a lot of us in the middle who chopped a lot of wood and hauled a lot of water for Bush. But the Republicans don't own us.
We can hold our nose and work/vote for Democrats.
The Keyes debacle in Illinois is instructive. Did any one notice?
BTW don't let the Democrats fool you it was not abortion and gay marriage that gave Bush the win.
It was Iraq and the war.
Stick to your knitting.
(37) Warrior made the following comment | Nov 10, 2004 8:54:58 AM | Permalink
Your remarks imply that you really don't have many beliefs worth fighting for at all. Your childish sentiment that you will take your ball and go play with the Democrats shows this in stark relief. The one belief you do have is ensuring your own safety by supporting the War on Terror. However, when it comes to the lives of innocent babies, you could care less. Make no mistake, we will win the Culture War - with or without you. So go back to your tinker toys and leave the serious business of re-taking our country to the adults.
(38) observer made the following comment | Nov 10, 2004 9:03:59 AM | Permalink
"Will some enlightened Republican please explain how you can eliminate abortion by law?"
Sure. I'm no expert, but I'm confident if congress simply codified any prenatal definition for personhood (whether from conception, 12, or 20 weeks, etc.), that would take care of it.
Perhaps "Whereas human life begins at conception, constitutional rights shall be not be limited to post-partum individuals. "
Or, "Since some children have survived from approximately twenty weeks after their conception, no child at least twenty weeks old (pre or post-partem) may be defined as non-existant."
Or more positively, "Persons exist from at least twelve weeks after conception, if not sooner.
Roe v. Wade only stands because it was noted that the beginning of human personhood has never been legally defined concerning prenatal babies. If there were such a way to define life, Roe would suddenly be irrelevent for those ages that had been defined as having human existance.
(39) Attila made the following comment | Nov 10, 2004 9:21:07 AM | Permalink
"ANTIDISARLENSPECTERIANISM"
Observer, if that's original, it's brilliant.
(40) Quadraginta made the following comment | Nov 10, 2004 3:36:49 PM | Permalink
Well, here's an analogy about abortion law you might try out on your leftist friends, just to snarl them up a bit. Take it home and play with it, but it's not made of iron and can break, so be careful. . .
Thesis: Roe is particularly criminal because it has delayed or prevented development of effective and fool-proof (meaning proof against people being foolish) contraception, hence Roe has decreased the "choice" available to women, or men, and forced more to choose the traumas of abortion or unwanted birth when they could have been better served by contraception.
How so? Well, your leftist friend would probably argue that the anguished cries that came from Detroit when fuel economy standards were imposed were unjustified. He'd say: these people don't make fuel efficient cars not because they can't, but because they had no real need to. Give them the need, and they'll find the way. Not only that, but the existence of future lower standards greatly encourages the development of new technology to improve fuel economy.
Now apply this to conception. You might argue that people have not taken good contraception as seriously as they might, because Roe means they have no real need to. (Sure, I know, I know, this disrespects the women who have made the hard choice of abortion. Color me unimpressed. Any time an argument wanders off into whether one's opponent is being nice or not, it means you're out of logic and need to reload with another clip of facts, if you can.)
And, in the absence of Roe, the threat that some state might criminalize abortion of one kind of another would keep interest high in the future development of improved contraception. The Pill came out in 1960 or so. Forty years later, how much has our technology improved? Perhaps in the absence of Roe there would be a shot you could get once every five years, which protects against breast or prostate cancer (depending on the sex) to boot. Or a microswitch installable at the doc's office, completely harmless, which you can turn on and off like a pacemaker with an external magnet. You get one when you're 18 and horny, leave it off until you're 25 and married, turn it on, turn it off again after the first child for a few years. . .and so forth. None of this rubber thingies on the dingy, hormone pills, copper springs shoved up the. . .well, you know, the barbaric paraphernalia of primitive tech.
So, you might say to your progressive friend, isn't it the job of the new-left Clintonian style government to set performance standards and regulation for private industry that encourage innovation while looking out for the poorest and most defenceless among us? Isn't it wrong for the judicial system to artificially protect an industry against the social consequences of its products? (Think: Big Tobacco vs. Planned Parenthood.)
Have fun. Don't yell at me, please, this is just food for thought. If I had thought this through in "PhD-style" detail, I'd have published it with footnotes and stuff in a journal somewhere. . .
(41) Mike made the following comment | Nov 10, 2004 10:20:45 PM | Permalink
I have been very impressed generally with the discussion here, and in the rest of the blogosphere that is right of center on this issue. I recall as an undergraduate at the U of C, that we often had to read supreme court arguments. They were always very challenging to me as a physics major. Unfortunately now the courts now sometimes make such illogically twisted arguments that even without any training I can see they are farcical. This is not a good situation. This is an important argument, because the courts have clearly exceeded their authority (along with many city bureaucrats--it's nuts).
P.S. I assume that M. Simon is a lefty troll, but I will comment briefly anyway (I know, do not feed the trolls :) ). Just because there is no way for a law to prevent M. Simon from being murdered, does anyone with a modicum of intelligence argue that a law against his murder is a useless exercise? I am not an old hand on the blogosphere, so maybe this happens all the time. Maybe this is similar to a seminar caller on conservative talk radio (you know, the type of radio that is actually supported by a free economy). I recently heard a very fine faux seminar caller. He did not really embellish his Republican foundation (I have always been an independent, but I am conservative) quite as ably as a true seminar caller, but I was all ready to yell at my radio anyway! :) He said that he could not vote for Bush for environmental reasons. He had noticed that leaves were turning colors, and many of them were actually falling off trees! It was a very deft and humorous parody of the Left.
(42) David Blue made the following comment | Nov 11, 2004 8:26:59 AM | Permalink
Hi Mike, and welcome to the blogsphere.
I've encountered M. Simon before, and he's not a lefty troll. But this seems not to be his best topic. "Stick to your knitting" is not a useful line of discussion compared to the brilliant quality of the thread earlier. So even though he's not a troll, please don't . . . :)
Two short-and-easy articles that bear on what we're discussing: (link) (link). The nomination of judges for the Supreme Court is a game of stealth, deceit and betrayal, for enormous stakes. And in this case we know that the man who has to be President's champion, the future Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a hard-core partisan of the wrong side in every way, and a bad party man to boot.
If George W. Bush fails as his father George H.W. Bush failed in nominating David H. Souter for the Supreme Court, it's going to be orders of magnitude harder to explain the failure to the faithful later if Arlen Specter was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Arlen Specter is a villain (with a name to suit ;) from way back. Nobody will be able to say: "Who knew?"
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Brexit and devolution dominate eve-of-poll messages in Northern Ireland
Voters will head to the polls at 7am to decide on the region’s next 18 MPs.
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By Rebecca Black, PA
December 11 2019 16:07 PM
Brexit and restoring devolution have dominated eve-of-poll messages from Northern Ireland’s political leaders.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/brexit-and-devolution-dominate-eve-of-poll-messages-in-northern-ireland-38775566.html
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More than a thousand polling stations across the region will open at 7am on Thursday to decide the next 18 MPs to represent the region in the House of Commons.
Arlene Foster urged voters to back her party’s candidates, emphasising that “every vote will count”.
Looks like Santa’s vote is in the bag in Upper Bann!! Vote �� @carlalockhart X for a strong voice to represent you at Westminster. #GE2109 pic.twitter.com/2V4dTFMEE8
— Arlene Foster (@DUPleader) December 11, 2019
She pledged her party will “get Northern Ireland moving again with a re-established Executive” as well as protect the region’s place in the UK and “protect against a border in the Irish Sea”.
Sinn Fein’s NI leader Michelle O’Neill said it was an opportunity for voters to “reject the toxic politics of Brexit and the DUP”.
Tomorrow's #GE19 is the election of a generation
It is YOUR opportunity to reject the toxic politics of Brexit and the DUP
It is YOUR opportunity to vote for a new, progressive and inclusive Ireland within the EU
Vote for hope over fear, unity over division - Vótáil Sinn Féin! pic.twitter.com/A3gTiYvlkU
“It is your opportunity to vote for a new, progressive and inclusive Ireland within the EU Vote for hope over fear, unity over division – Votail Sinn Fein,” she tweeted.
The Ulster Unionist Party tweeted its final message to voters, promising to “bin Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, defend our NHS, protect our planet and build a better future for NI”.
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SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, who is running as a candidate in Foyle, described the General Election as an “opportunity to send MPs to Westminster who will vote against Brexit”, as well as sending a “message to the DUP and Sinn Fein that it’s time to get back to work”.
“We’re now strongly in the territory of a hung parliament where every vote will count in the fight to stop Brexit,” he said.
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Alliance Party leader Naomi Long said the election will “decide our future relationship with Europe”.
She urged those who are angry and frustrated at the three-year collapse of Stormont, Brexit and the potential of a hard border after Brexit to vote for her party.
Wednesday saw final preparations made across Northern Ireland before voters head to the polls.
As the 102 candidates finished canvassing, election staff geared up for a day of voting followed by a night of counting at four count centres, after the polls close at 10pm.
Ballot boxes were checked at a storage facility on the outskirts of Belfast, before being loaded on to lorries for transport to polling stations across 18 constituencies.
Rathlin Island’s ballot boxes were taken by ferry on an earlier sailing than previously planned on Wednesday, due to weather conditions.
Some 1,293,971 eligible voters can cast their ballots in Northern Ireland.
However fewer people are using postal or proxy methods to vote, according to figures released by the Electoral Office of Northern Ireland.
A total of 16,969 people have received a postal vote, down from 23,687 in the general election in 2017.
Fewer proxy votes have also been arranged, down from 11,707 in 2017 to 8,820 this year.
The DUP are hoping to return with at least the ten MPs they won in 2017, to retain the influence they had in the last parliament.
However the party is expected to come under pressure in a handful of constituencies, including South Belfast and North Belfast, but hopes to make a gain in North Down, where the independent Lady Sylvia Hermon has stood down.
Sinn Fein won seven seats at the last general election and hope to make gains on Thursday, singling out North Belfast for particular attention.
Meanwhile the smaller parties are hoping to make a return to the House of Commons.
The Ulster Unionist Party has set its sights on Fermanagh South Tyrone where its candidate Tom Elliott secured the backing of the other unionist parties to secure a free run against Sinn Fein’s Michelle Gildernew, as well as on reclaiming South Antrim from the DUP.
The SDLP has particularly targeted Foyle where leader Mr Eastwood hopes to make up the 169 votes that his colleague Mark Durkan finished behind Elisha McCallion of Sinn Fein in 2017.
The party is also hopeful in South Belfast where Claire Hanna has the backing of Sinn Fein and the Green Party as a pro-Remain candidate against the DUP’s Emma Little-Pengelly.
Meanwhile the Alliance Party leader Naomi Long is running for her former seat in East Belfast, which she lost to the DUP’s Gavin Robinson in 2015, and the party is also pressing the DUP in North Down for Lady Hermon’s former seat.
Some 1,343 polling stations in 608 polling places across Northern Ireland will be open from 7am to 10pm.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Belmont University Volleyball will look to extend its win streak as it concludes its longest homestand of the season this weekend in the Curb Event Center. The Bruins (1-17, 1-5 OVC) host Austin Peay (16-2, 6-0 OVC) on Friday night before taking on Murray State (9-9, 3-3 OVC) on Saturday afternoon for Ohio Valley Conference action.
Conference leader APSU makes the short trip to Nashville in hopes of extending its undefeated streak in the OVC. Austin Peay stands at 16-2 overall and 6-0 in the OVC. The Govs are led in kills by Brooke Moore and Cecily Gable, who have tallied 227 and 215, respectively. Kristen Stucker, who has been tabbed the OVC setter of the week 19 times during her career, leads the team in assists with a total of 744. Jaymeson Kinley and Ginny Gerig lead the team in digs with a total of 225 apiece.
The all-time series is tied 12-12 between the programs, after the Govs snapped a 12-match win streak with a victory one year ago.
Murray State puts its 3-0 win streak on the line with a trip to Music City this weekend, now standing at 9-9 overall and 3-3 in league play. The Racers are led in kills by Rachel Giustino and Dacia Brown, who have contributed 269 and 234, respectively. Callie Anderton leads in assists with a total of 459 while Becca Fernandez leads in digs with a total of 274.
The Racers lead the all-time series, 7-4, and have won two of the last three matchups.
BU will look to build on its first conference win of the season this weekend. Senior Maggie Mullins (Nashville, Tenn.) leads the Bruins in kills with a total of 140 followed by freshman Taylor Floyd (Louisville, Ky.), who has contributed 108. Freshman Carly Mason (Forsyth, Ill.) leads in assists with a total of 285 while sophomore Akia Warrior (Ft. Worth, Texas) has recorded 213. Senior Haley Sullivan (Lemont, Ill.) leads in service aces with a total of 14. Sullivan also leads in digs with a total of 146 followed by senior Tori Simmons (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), who has added 125.
Friday's match is set to begin at 6 p.m. while Saturday afternoon's contest is set for a 2 p.m. start. Live stats will be available and both matches can be seen on the OVC Digital Network. Fans may also follow the team's Twitter account (@BelmontVB) for live, in-game updates.
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Unfunded mandate could impact home buyers and sellers
BINGHAMTON – A new unfunded mandate from the state could impact home buyers and sellers if approved.
A new rule out of Albany would require notices to be mailed out when any new deed is recorded.
Broome County Clerk Joe Mihalko says it will require clerks to mail costly notices back to sellers in regards to lots or block numbers where the property is located which is not information the clerk’s office currently records.
He says this process will require more work for clerks, realtors, and lawyers, and will increase costs for those selling property.
Mihalko says it’s supposed to help prevent fraud but it appears to be another way for the state to collect money.
“It’s going to create a burden of expense on people that are selling property, an extra charge. We don’t know what the fee is going to be and why should we have people that are selling properties selling more,” says Mihalko.
He says the mandate has not yet been approved by Governor Cuomo.
Mihalko urges those that are against this new rule to call the Governor’s office at 518-474-8390.
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whg hands over keys to new homes
The first homes have been handed over to whg customers in Walsall as a major regeneration scheme reaches a significant milestone.
Keys to 27 newly built homes on the £45 million Waters Keep estate have now been given to local families just in time for Christmas.
And partners including Walsall Council, developer Keepmoat, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) joined whg on site yesterday (November 25th) to celebrate the occasion.
The much anticipated development forms the second phase of the £88 million drive to regenerate the Goscote Lane Corridor.
By March 2018 Waters Keep will offer a total of 177 homes for affordable rent from whg and a further 235 for open market sale by developer Keepmoat.
Hannah Devine has just moved into a three bedroom home on the estate with husband Karl and three children Meghan, aged seven, Isabella, five, and one-year-old Kobi.
"We are thrilled with our new home and so excited to have moved to this up and coming area just in time for Christmas,” she said.
"We were already whg customers but were living in Rushall when we decided to bid for one of the new homes on Waters Keep. There has been a lot of investment, it is a desirable place to live, and the houses looked great.
"We were lucky enough to be successful and we are now looking forward to bringing up our family here.”
The Waters Keep development is just part of whg’s wider vision for the Goscote Lane Corridor, which will see more than 700 new, energy-efficient homes created, along with improved infrastructure and environment. The new homes for rent and sale will meet a range of needs including family housing, and create a friendly, welcoming and sustainable new community.
Development of the scheme has also created job and supplier opportunities for this part of Walsall.
Carole Wildman, Corporate Director – Growth at whg, said: "Being able to present customers with the keys to their brand new homes represents a key milestone in our work.
"This is not just about bricks and mortar – it is about creating a community where people are proud to live, work and play. We are improving the quality of life for local residents.”
She added: "The regeneration of the Goscote Lane Corridor is vital to Walsall’s growth and a major part of whg’s plans to deliver great homes and transform the quality of life in our neighbourhoods.
"We have listened to local people and taken on board what they want and need from a regeneration scheme. It is important that residents with all kinds of housing needs benefit from the investment.”
The new homes will be available in stages, with all properties completed by July 2020. The latest key handover follows the completion of phase one of the regeneration scheme in March this year when 29 families moved into their new homes in Goscote.
The regeneration of the Goscote Lane Corridor is the largest residential development scheme in the borough and a leading example of successful partnership work.
By the time the regeneration work is completed, whg will have invested more than £42 million building new homes in the area, including £19 million on the Waters Keep Estate alone. The impressive sum makes this whg’s largest ever regeneration project.
A further £2.66 million comes from the Homes and Communities Agency, part of the £12.3 million secured by whg under the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18.
The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership has also provided £8.82 million through the Local Growth Fund towards environmental improvements in the regeneration area and delivery of new homes in phase three of the scheme.
Councillor Adrian Andrew, Walsall Council Deputy Leader, said: "This is a fantastic achievement for the local area and for whg, which has been working in partnership with the Council to provide new homes and improve the environment for the existing community.”
Christine Addison, Executive Director for the Midlands for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), said: "The HCA is very pleased to be supporting this scheme. We have worked closely with whg and the Council to see this strategic priority for Walsall come forward to deliver much needed affordable homes for the local community in Goscote, as part of wider funding we are providing for a number of regeneration projects in this area.”
Paul Degg, Keepmoat Regional Managing Director, said: "Working in partnership with whg, we are proud to be contributing to the regeneration of the Goscote Lane Corridor through the provision of affordable new homes for local residents.
"Once complete, I believe Waters Keep will become a desirable, vibrant community for people to enjoy for many years.”
Stewart Towe, Chair of Black Country LEP, added: "We are delighted to stand alongside partners at what is a significant moment for the new Waters Keep estate, which is seeing the regeneration of the Goscote Lane Corridor become a reality.
"This fantastic project, which will see families move into new homes ahead of Christmas, brings us closer to achieving our target of creating 1,400 new homes and at least 5,000 new jobs in the Black Country through our ambitious Growth Deal. The scale of our Growth Deal is a vote of continued and growing confidence in the Black Country’s economic future.”
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“Bands can get obsessed with their online persona; get drawn into a fucked-up, meaningless world that’s a load of old gubbins. With Cabbage, people want to know about our music and our message. They don’t care that we’re as ugly as fuck and that we stink.” Joe Martin
“Politics tends to be the only thing we talk about as a band. We try to put out a manifesto of how we feel the world should be.” Lee Broadbent
At a time of constant political chaos, when we’re governed by politicians so inept their villainy is cartoonish, it’s surprising Cabbage are viewed as controversial. Surely more bands right now should be this idealistic, and view everyday life with as much splenetic gallows humour?
Still, even at a time when so many bands are more interested in their follower count than their message, Cabbage would stand apart in any age.
Equally drawn to politics and titting about, devotees of both big choruses and anarchic totems like GG Allin and Butthole Surfers, precious few bands are so nuanced, capable of both the intoxicating, intelligent, infectious pop marvel ‘Celebration Of A Disease’ and the knockabout chaos of ‘Asa Morley’.
Most bands spend whole careers trying to forge songs so disparate. Cabbage casually present those divergent joys on the same EP, ‘The Extended Play Of Cruelty’. Which then offers up an epic paean to rail nationalisation, ‘A Network Betrayal’, just because Cabbage can.
“We’re not conscious of anything we do,” reasons Lee Broadbent, Cabbage’s excitable, puppyish joint frontman alongside the calmer, more considered Joe Martin. “If it feels good, it works,” says Lee. “That’s an old proverb in music, but if we didn’t follow it then we wouldn’t feel true. Our songs come about from going ‘Oh, that sounds good.’”
It’s a simple enough philosophy, but one that’s led Cabbage to be one of the most talked-about bands for years, not least for their determination to stay principled. Which should be an absolute basic tenet for a band but, as Joe points out: “Back in the day, you just had to do an interview and a cool picture and that was your image. You could keep a level of mystique. You have to be behind the camera at all times now. It’s a lie and it’s terrifying. Identity is waning, and it negates the risk of offending anyone. Individualism is being sucked away.”
There’s little danger of Cabbage not being individualistic, nor of them taking for granted a passionate fanbase drawn to their idealism and marauding tunes. “We’re fortunate our gigs are extremely balanced,” enthuses Joe. “We don’t seem to have a gender split. The nature of our music is fast and driven, but we don’t have an intimidating crowd. That gives us an inclusive feeling. There’s no bravado, and gender is irrelevant at our shows. There’s a boisterous mob at the front with a lot of bands, and that’s not very inclusive. We’ve got a mixed, positive crowd and the atmosphere is great.”
Despite young people finally having an idealistic figure to vote for in Jeremy Corbyn, relatively few musicians have tapped into that sea change. “Young people have always been idealistic,” says Lee. “But, previously, there’d been nobody worth voting for. So when Jeremy came along, there was a feeling of ‘Hang on, he’s not like the others.’ You can sense he’s telling the truth, that he won’t bow down on his morals. I like reading the letters page in Metro, where Bill from Birmingham complains about ‘These bloody students’ and why the voting age should be raised to 21. I’m a white male, so nothing can really offend me, but that attitude is shocking. You just think ‘You cheeky bastard!’”
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Concept R 18 /2 makes EICMA debut.
Second BMW Motorrad cruiser concept unveiled.
Just six months ago, BMW Motorrad took the custom scene by storm with the world premiere of the Concept R 18 at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Now, a second design study featuring the awe-inspiring 1800cc flat-twin engine has been successfully presented in Milan at the international EICMA motorcycle exhibition.
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Concept R 18 /2 paves the way.
Simply designated ‘Concept R 18 /2’, this completely new and markedly different interpretation of a dynamic performance cruiser shows the true versatility of the ‘big-boxer’ platform and gives fans of the genre a strong suggestion of what to look forward to when a series production cruiser from BMW Motorrad enters the market in 2020.
Cruiser fans have already been enticed on several occasions over the past 12 months, not only by the Concept R 18, but also by the two fascinating custom builds from Japan and the USA that used BMW Motorrad’s big boxer engine as a base – namely CUSTOM WORKS ZON’s ‘Departed’ and Revival Cycles’ ‘Birdcage’.
However, no one was expecting what would follow next – direct from BMW Motorrad’s design studio in Munich and finished to perfection by Swedish builders UCC. Enter the Concept R 18 /2, a more dynamic, modern cruiser interpretation that occupies a place towards the performance end of the segment, while retaining the elegant proportions of its predecessor.
The /2 displays a more extrovert character that’s far removed from the chrome-laden, retro feel of the original Concept R 18. The latest big boxer wears its colours proudly, with deep, multi-layered paintwork contrasting with dark frame, forks, valve covers and seat.
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Dynamic details.
A closer look reveals black and white cast wheels (rather than spoked) on silver rims with dimensions of 19” (front) and 16” rear. A modified R nineT Racer bikini fairing sits on top of the raked forks and triples, offering stylish protection from the elements, while high-end Brembo brakes suggest stopping power worthy of this performance cruiser.
Gone is the ‘floating‘ leather saddle from the Concept R 18, replaced with a one-and-a-half person chopper-style seat, lending the bike a more dynamic, hot-rod character. Underneath a subframe, the rear fender has been bobbed and fixed to the frame, so it appears to hug the rear wheel.
Begs to be ridden, not just admired.
Whereas the original Concept R 18 is undoubtedly a thing of beauty, its sibling is designed to show just how flexible the base engine and chassis is as a starting point for customisation, and how easy it is to break out into different styles – in this case, a contemporary dynamic softtail with the character of a customised production motorcycle, rather than the uniqueness of the Concept R 18.
The Concept R 18 had this ‘jewel‘ quality from the past. With the /2 the character is much more achievable, like a modified production bike.
While the Concept R 18 took its creators deep into the brand’s past for inspiration, the /2 has more of a ’80s feel to it and has clearly been designed for higher speeds and longer distances. It’s lowered – but not nearly as low as the Concept R 18 – and the rider enjoys a more dynamic seating position, with less of a stretch to the higher bars.
The low and long proportions are traditional for the segment, with the tank and frame cradling the huge muscular engine with its black metal-finished, stainless steel valve covers. Sitting higher than the Concept R 18, the /2 exudes an attitude that is not overly aggressive, but still sporty.
As a fitting compliment to the original design strategy, the frame is shared with the Concept R 18, with no change in dimensions, angles or the distinctive flyline. The exposed shaft-drive remains, as does the classic teardrop tank. To complete the customised production look, the exhaust is made by German outfit Hattech, which has an established reputation for fabricating mufflers for classic and custom BMW bikes.
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Less elegant, more raw attitude
With the /2, the aim is to show the flexibility inherent in the original design concept, which allows for small changes to various body parts, without the main components (frame/tank/engine etc.) needing any degree of modification. Conceived by BMW Motorrad and hand-crafted by respected enthusiasts, the /2 definitely demonstrates this flexibility – exuding a completely different character, despite the same basic backbone. It’s a successful continuation of the story that leads us ever closer towards a genuine, series production cruiser in 2020. Until then, enjoy seeing the Concept R 18 /2 at motorcycle events across the globe.
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Home » Navigation » Europe » European Bowling Tour » Swedish bowlers dominate qualifying at Norwegian Open
Swedish bowlers dominate qualifying at Norwegian Open
Benjamin Jonsson of Sweden became the fifth bowler in the Norwegian Open 2017 by Brunswick who surpassed the 1400-mark as he averaged 237.17 to lead the first qualifying squad on Thursday, 14th overall, for the second consecutive year.
Jonsson (above), who had 1376 last year, rolled games of 246, 161, 280, 221, 278 and 237 to jump into fourth place with 1423.
Raymond Jansson (right) of Sweden continued to lead the 130-player field, 103 men and 27 women, with tournament record 1602 and an average of 267.00, including the tournament’s lone 300 game.
His son Markus Jansson is 136 pins behind in second place with 1466. The only non-Swedish bowler in the top 8 is Junior Team Norway member Jonas Dammen (left) in third place with 1463.
Jonsson pushed back Andreas Hansen (1422) to fifth place, Pontus Andersson (1375) to sixth place and Lars Lundahl (1373) to seventh place.
Daniel Fransson (right) of Sweden, who won his lone European Bowling Tour title in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2016 started his set with a low game of 140, then had games of 216, 228, 286, 197 and 299 to take over eighth place with 1366 and an average of 227.67. The top 8 qualifiers will receive three byes.
Jonsson and Fransson were followed by three bowlers from the host country, who all cracked the top 20.
Youth bowler Alexander Beck (left) used opening games of 236, 267 and 44 to improve his previous high series (1318) by 31 pins and to move into 12th place with 1349. 2014 Norwegian Open champion Tore Torgersen tied Beck at 1349 and ranks 13th due to the higher last game (211 to 201 in Beck’s favor), which breaks the tie.
2010 European Champions Cup winner Svein Åke Ek (right) used high games of 255 and 258 to leap into 18th place with 1331.
Jenny Karlsson of Sweden toppled 1235 pins and added 48 pins handicap to become the best woman in the field in 29th place with 1283. Her fellow countrywoman, two-time European Bowling Tour titlist Nina Flack is the only other woman in the top 42 in 35th place with 1266.
Fredrik Tjernes of Norway, who finished fifth in last year’s event, currently holds the 42nd and last spot to advance to the finals with 1239 and an average of 206.50.
Qualifying continues on Thursday with squads 15 and 16 scheduled to start at 5 and 9 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Bowlingdigital will provide onsite coverage from Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo featuring stories, photos and results after each round commencing Thursday all the way through to the finals on Sunday, October 15, completed in the late afternoon.
The Norwegian Open 2017 by Brunswick runs from Oct. 6-15 at 26-lane Veitvet Bowling Center in Norway’s capital city of Oslo and is the 11th and final stop of the 2017 European Bowling Tour and also the last of three EBT “Bronze” tournaments this season.
The tournament offers total prize money of 275.000 Norwegian Kronor (currently 29.305 Euro), 36.000 NOK more than last year, with 45.000 NOK (approx. 4.795 Euro) going to the winner and a last-to-cash payout of 2.000 Kronor or 213 Euro for 60th place.
Qualifying at the Norwegian Open begins Friday, Oct. 6 and concludes Saturday, Oct. 14 with the final Squad 23 scheduled to start at 5 p.m. local time (CEST).
Total 60 players will advance to the finals on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14 & 15, including the top 42 players from the overall qualifying standings, two players from a separate leaderboard of squads 1-7, who are not among the top 42, the next four women, the next four juniors (must not be born before Sept. 1, 1999), the next four seniors (must be 50 years of age on Oct. 6th) and two players each from the Turbo 1 and 2 list (highest score in qualifying game 5 and 6, respectively; separate fee necessary).
The top 8 qualifiers are seeded in Round 4, qualifiers 9-16 go to Round 3, qualifiers 17-24 start in Round 2 and qualifiers 25-28 begin in Round 1.
The other 32 finalists advance to Saturday’s semifinal round which begins at 9 p.m. CEST. All players bowl six games scratch with the top 12 advancing to Round 1 starting on Sunday morning at 10 a.m.
The remaining forty players determine the champion in five three-game rounds (rounds 1-4 starting from scratch). The field is trimmed to 32, 24, 16, and then eight players who bowl the last three-game round with the pinfall from Round 4 being carried forward.
The 2017 European Bowling Tour features 11 tournaments in 9 countries including two “Platinum”, two “Gold”, one “Silver”, three “Bronze” and three “Satellite” events, which offer total prize fund of roughly 560.000 Euro.
The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 8 men and top 8 women, who will be eligible to compete in the 11th EBT Masters April 23, 2018 in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Carsten Warming Hansen (586 points) of Denmark and Sweden’s Pontus Andersson (557), who both have registered for the event, will determine the 2017 EBT men’s point ranking winner.
Jenny Wegner of Sweden has already sealed the victory in the women’s division. Nevertheless, the Norwegian Open will decide the top eight men and top eight women in the respective point ranking, who will qualify for the EBT Masters.
No changes atop the leaderboard at Norwegian Open by Brunswick
Lars-Christian Nygård cracks top 8 at Norwegian Open 2017
Pontus Andersson adds his name to the leaderboard in Oslo
Raymond Jansson becomes a member of the elite 1600-club in Oslo
Jonas Dammen charges to big lead at Norwegian Open
Norwegian Open 2017 by Brunswick is underway in Oslo
60 players, including the top 42 players from the overall qualifying standings, will advance to the finals on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14 & 15
1. Raymond Jansson Sweden 243 238 258 300 268 295 1602 267.00 1602
2. Markus Jansson Sweden 255 246 258 214 227 266 1466 244.33 1466
3. Jonas Dammen Norway 214 246 254 256 257 236 1463 243.83 1463
4. Benjamin Jonsson Sweden 246 161 280 221 278 237 1423 237.17 1423
5. Andreas Hansen Sweden 196 235 256 299 211 225 1422 237.00 1422
6. Pontus Andersson Sweden 246 245 246 245 163 230 1375 229.17 1375
7. Lars Lundahl Sweden 190 268 207 242 233 233 1373 228.83 1373
8. Daniel Fransson Sweden 140 216 228 286 197 299 1366 227.67 1366
9. Linus Carle Sweden 255 166 255 215 241 232 1364 227.33 1364
12. Alexander Beck Norway 236 267 244 199 192 211 1349 224.83 1349
15. Kjetil Johansen Norway 215 213 254 233 208 223 1346 224.33 1346
17. Erland Lund Norway 267 175 247 193 244 213 1339 223.17 1339
18. Svein Åke Ek Norway 255 258 178 194 205 241 1331 221.83 1331
21. Tom Nilsen Norway 222 196 226 179 247 255 1325 220.83 1325
23. Gjermund Mathiesen Norway 253 227 187 212 256 188 1323 220.50 1323
24. Christopher Sloan Ireland 221 278 204 254 218 138 1313 218.83 1313
25. Sigbjørn Eide Norway 267 211 202 185 224 216 1305 217.50 1305
27. Frank Selvåg Norway 222 229 200 187 258 193 1289 214.83 1289
31. Thomas Økland Hinna Norway 199 267 194 171 225 219 1275 212.50 1275
32. Audun Boye Hansen Norway 177 225 208 243 254 168 1275 212.50 1275
33. Christian Rogne Norway 169 205 287 243 173 195 1272 212.00 1272
34. Eric Sjøberg Sweden 223 194 195 259 171 227 1269 211.50 1269
42. Fredrik Tjernes Norway 217 202 238 202 209 171 1239 206.50 1239
43. Rune Andersen Norway 213 210 224 194 197 200 1238 206.33 1238
44. Alida Molander Sweden 226 192 195 192 195 188 1188 198.00 48 1236
45. Bård Jensen Norway 177 197 201 188 225 242 1230 205.00 1230
47. Thorbjørn E Forsberg Pedersen Norway 210 192 191 213 217 203 1226 204.33 1226
48. Ingar Gabrielsen Norway 197 180 201 204 216 221 1219 203.17 1219
52. Jonas Bøhaugen Norway 198 201 210 246 174 165 1194 199.00 1194
53. Geir Ståle Kristiansen Norway 247 168 207 225 164 181 1192 198.67 1192
56. Thomas Fredrik Fagerstrøm Norway 227 194 136 242 188 191 1178 196.33 1178
57. Viktor Albihn Sweden 191 178 200 192 182 234 1177 196.17 1177
58. Thomas Stenbråten Norway 171 129 230 236 234 177 1177 196.17 1177
61. Kjell Arne Nilsen Norway 158 214 199 193 254 149 1167 194.50 1167
62. Bjørnar Osgjelten Norway 168 178 191 213 215 201 1166 194.33 1166
63. Thomas Furøy Norway 215 199 175 206 182 189 1166 194.33 1166
64. Åsa Carlsson Sweden 217 172 180 153 188 202 1112 185.33 48 1160
66. Helene Johanne Johnsrud Norway 208 183 204 165 167 179 1106 184.33 48 1154
67. Vetle Vålbekken Norway 185 257 154 203 168 178 1145 190.83 1145
68. Egil Djuvik Pedersen Norway 150 199 155 232 219 177 1132 188.67 1132
71. Grethe Barbro Bergersen Norway 187 168 145 172 204 198 1074 179.00 48 1122
72. Christian Pettersen Norway 177 194 234 169 187 160 1121 186.83 1121
73. Emelie Neidenmark Sweden 188 160 216 224 130 151 1069 178.17 48 1117
74. Nicholas Osborg Norway 204 161 167 223 184 176 1115 185.83 1115
75. Øyvin Kulseng Norway 235 186 151 169 210 164 1115 185.83 1115
77. Jan Møinichen Norway 207 188 183 161 169 205 1113 185.50 1113
78. Håvard Brandett Norway 159 180 190 211 211 162 1113 185.50 1113
79. Hanne Engberg Sweden 178 160 181 155 205 184 1063 177.17 48 1111
81. Grace Kristiansen Norway 189 163 179 171 159 198 1059 176.50 48 1107
82. Hans Harald Nilsen Norway 168 187 198 185 191 178 1107 184.50 1107
83. Harald Brochmann Norway 150 185 169 191 214 194 1103 183.83 1103
84. Knut Atle Skoglund Norway 205 177 163 201 183 172 1101 183.50 1101
85. Halvar Hagen Nilsen Norway 193 153 184 165 256 150 1101 183.50 1101
87. Mette Hansen Norway 179 162 210 170 162 167 1050 175.00 48 1098
92. Aleksander Gran Persson Norway 230 143 164 185 196 170 1088 181.33 1088
93. Bjørn Ivar Hansen Norway 168 153 223 202 198 142 1086 181.00 1086
95. Ellen Ekholm Sweden 146 204 177 187 144 174 1032 172.00 48 1080
97. Gerd Brandett Norway 178 166 147 170 200 163 1024 170.67 48 1072
100. Inge Hamnes Norway 201 157 178 177 177 158 1048 174.67 1048
101. Tron Bråten Norway 173 187 165 162 181 179 1047 174.50 1047
102. Anthon Alexandersson Sweden 174 149 156 220 174 169 1042 173.67 1042
103. Marita Berglund Norway 169 153 168 193 144 167 994 165.67 48 1042
104. Tor Morten Støen Norway 139 169 193 160 162 212 1035 172.50 1035
105. Elin Mathiesen Norway 132 176 150 168 141 201 968 161.33 48 1016
106. Nils Elsrud Norway 168 200 133 190 171 153 1015 169.17 1015
107. Merete Gjertsen Stensrud Norway 164 172 153 145 170 162 966 161.00 48 1014
108. Sven Michael Grosch Langsem Norway 155 203 166 177 159 152 1012 168.67 1012
109. Kolbjørn Enger Norway 171 187 131 133 203 186 1011 168.50 1011
110. Sandra Hansen Norway 138 171 144 151 197 161 962 160.33 48 1010
111. Guttorm Bjørøen Norway 159 148 163 174 203 161 1008 168.00 1008
112. Bjørn Sørensen Norway 143 169 178 177 166 169 1002 167.00 1002
113. Heine B. Svendsen Norway 146 180 151 173 183 168 1001 166.83 1001
114. Dominique Deweer Norway 138 150 206 171 147 188 1000 166.67 1000
116. Mads Gjermundsen Norway 143 168 170 142 204 161 988 164.67 988
117. Gro Tronvold Norway 168 158 181 147 146 134 934 155.67 48 982
118. Ann Cathrin Larssen Norway 154 140 194 128 146 164 926 154.33 48 974
119. Tommy Jespersen Norway 149 183 156 159 156 168 971 161.83 971
120. Henning Jansen Norway 195 162 157 171 148 132 965 160.83 965
121. Geyr Nerdrum Norway 156 148 171 146 179 162 962 160.33 962
122. Jan-Erik Weisten Norway 146 141 213 146 124 187 957 159.50 957
123. Øystein Sustad Norway 149 142 180 120 157 153 901 150.17 901
125. Ole Tom Amlien Norway 120 142 144 155 187 147 895 149.17 895
126. Rune Garder Norway 176 173 147 104 149 144 893 148.83 893
127. Morten Berg Norway 126 134 146 131 192 147 876 146.00 876
128. Adrian Garder Norway 147 173 135 152 126 130 863 143.83 863
130. Karl-Fredrik Velle Norway 141 89 132 182 128 115 787 131.17 787
300 games (1) – Raymond Jansson.
Alexander Beck
Andreas Hansen
Benjamin Jonsson
Daniel Fransson
Fredrik Tjernes
Jonas Dammen
Lars Lundahl
Markus Jansson
Nina Flack
Pontus Andersson
Raymond Jansson
Svein Åke Ek
Tore Torgersen
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Domestic Box Office For Dec 23, 2003
1 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $12,476,242 -8% - 3,703 $3,369 $150,139,984 7 New Line Cinema false false
2 2 Mona Lisa Smile $2,281,190 -1.3% - 2,677 $852 $16,121,182 5 Revolution Studios false false
3 3 Something's Gotta Give $1,961,971 +11.9% +24.1% 2,677 $732 $37,145,261 12 Sony Pictures Releasing false false
4 4 Elf $1,878,000 +21.5% +319.2% 2,451 $766 $158,237,692 47 New Line Cinema false true
5 5 The Last Samurai $1,590,801 +16.2% +16.5% 2,938 $541 $62,446,569 19 Warner Bros. false false
6 6 Stuck on You $1,163,549 +8.7% +102.3% 3,007 $386 $19,217,522 12 Twentieth Century Fox false false
7 7 The Haunted Mansion $1,045,873 +10.1% +281.7% 2,414 $433 $60,798,585 28 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
8 8 Bad Santa $808,000 +10.8% +48.8% 2,225 $363 $44,447,894 28 Dimension Films false true
9 9 The Cat in the Hat $668,115 +10.4% +201.5% 2,121 $315 $95,197,945 33 Universal Pictures false false
10 10 Love Don't Cost a Thing $575,178 -0.2% +120.2% 1,844 $311 $12,343,702 12 Warner Bros. false false
11 11 Honey $519,840 +2% +75.6% 1,824 $285 $24,626,030 19 Universal Pictures false false
12 12 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World $305,354 +22.1% +29.5% 1,050 $290 $79,077,632 40 Twentieth Century Fox false false
13 13 Love, Actually $271,005 +13.4% +1.8% 902 $300 $54,694,845 47 Universal Pictures false false
14 14 Gothika $225,172 +3.7% -18.8% 1,055 $213 $56,541,753 33 Warner Bros. false false
15 15 Brother Bear $172,288 +12.8% +226.6% 724 $237 $81,435,684 61 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
16 16 In America $82,442 +7.2% +165.9% 146 $564 $1,582,305 28 Fox Searchlight Pictures false false
17 17 The Matrix Revolutions $67,684 +17.3% -20.8% 272 $248 $137,566,153 49 Warner Bros. false false
18 18 Mystic River $59,806 +14.1% +38% 302 $198 $53,101,286 77 Warner Bros. false false
19 19 School of Rock $53,242 +5.9% +575.5% 375 $141 $79,372,440 82 Paramount Pictures false false
20 20 21 Grams $51,300 +11.5% +20.7% 71 $722 $3,405,991 33 Focus Features false true
21 22 Looney Tunes: Back in Action $42,146 +16.5% +266.5% 253 $166 $19,982,097 40 Warner Bros. false false
22 21 The Cooler $41,800 +6.1% - 70 $597 $759,755 28 Lionsgate false true
23 23 Big Fish $37,549 +5.5% +17.5% 6 $6,258 $635,681 14 Sony Pictures Releasing false false
24 24 Timeline $35,818 +2.5% -55.1% 620 $57 $18,957,133 28 Paramount Pictures false false
25 25 Calendar Girls $33,121 +13.4% - 24 $1,380 $213,722 5 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
26 27 Runaway Jury $15,003 +21.9% +11.2% 168 $89 $48,795,159 68 Twentieth Century Fox false false
27 26 Girl with a Pearl Earring $14,801 +10.2% +28.5% 8 $1,850 $233,876 12 Lionsgate false false
28 28 House of Sand and Fog $8,654 +7.2% - 2 $4,327 $62,295 5 DreamWorks Distribution false false
29 29 Pieces of April $8,305 +7.8% -2.1% 70 $118 $2,329,455 68 United Artists false false
30 30 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara $8,171 +11% - 3 $2,723 $56,983 5 Sony Pictures Classics false false
31 32 The Fighting Temptations $3,277 +15.8% +70.8% 69 $47 $30,244,683 96 Paramount Pictures false false
32 31 Tupac: Resurrection $2,858 -3.9% +12.1% 110 $25 $7,713,396 40 Paramount Pictures false false
33 33 The Singing Detective $505 +18.8% -18.9% 11 $45 $324,726 61 Paramount Classics false false
34 34 Northfork $163 +8.7% - 2 $81 $1,420,157 166 Paramount Classics false false
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Domestic Box Office For Oct 30, 2007
1 1 Saw IV $1,844,808 -11.5% - 3,183 $579 $35,687,015 5 Lionsgate false false
2 2 Dan in Real Life $740,254 -2.4% - 1,921 $385 $13,308,075 5 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
3 3 30 Days of Night $619,225 -1.6% -51.5% 2,859 $216 $28,729,648 12 Sony Pictures Releasing false false
4 5 Michael Clayton $378,229 +9.8% -37.3% 2,585 $146 $29,390,761 26 Warner Bros. false false
5 8 Gone Baby Gone $328,000 +9.7% -38.1% 1,713 $191 $11,854,000 12 Miramax false true
6 7 We Own the Night $318,990 +5.4% -43.3% 2,402 $132 $25,686,560 19 Sony Pictures Releasing false false
7 4 Why Did I Get Married? $300,782 -14.8% -56.1% 1,897 $158 $47,858,192 19 Lionsgate false false
8 9 The Nightmare Before Christmas
2008 3D Release
$287,299 +5.5% -11.3% 564 $509 $10,660,133 12 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
9 6 The Game Plan $227,849 -25.7% -38.4% 3,342 $68 $77,473,700 33 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
10 10 Rendition $225,000 +14.8% -42% 2,250 $100 $8,242,000 12 New Line Cinema false true
11 11 The Darjeeling Limited $172,981 +1.1% +27.7% 698 $247 $6,470,749 32 Fox Searchlight Pictures false false
12 13 Elizabeth: The Golden Age $169,125 +11.3% -45.6% 1,603 $105 $14,380,005 19 Universal Pictures false false
13 12 Into the Wild $159,808 +2.2% -32.9% 658 $242 $9,280,123 40 Paramount Vantage false false
14 14 The Heartbreak Kid $151,904 +0.2% -58.4% 2,003 $75 $35,442,686 26 DreamWorks false false
15 15 Across the Universe $132,285 -5.5% -41.9% 964 $137 $19,569,013 47 Revolution Studios false false
16 16 The Comebacks $120,881 -11.1% -51.3% 2,812 $42 $10,182,183 12 Fox Atomic false false
17 17 The Kingdom $105,665 +0.6% -51.1% 1,053 $100 $46,161,670 33 Universal Pictures false false
18 19 Things We Lost in the Fire $74,548 +8.2% -51.1% 1,142 $65 $2,992,590 12 DreamWorks false false
19 18 Lars and the Real Girl $71,040 -1.4% +225.3% 296 $240 $1,473,834 19 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) false false
20 20 Bella $67,824 +3% - 165 $411 $1,462,128 5 Roadside Attractions false false
21 21 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford $51,464 +6.4% -22.5% 294 $175 $2,959,594 40 Warner Bros. false false
22 22 Lust, Caution $48,474 +7.2% -26.9% 143 $338 $2,918,893 33 Focus Features false false
23 23 3:10 to Yuma $27,777 +9.9% -45.7% 371 $74 $53,250,567 54 Lionsgate false false
24 24 The Bourne Ultimatum $22,125 +0.3% -21.3% 296 $74 $226,519,080 89 Universal Pictures false false
25 25 Good Luck Chuck $21,585 -1.4% -67% 426 $50 $34,812,879 40 Lionsgate false false
26 26 Transformers $20,084 -4.9% -43.8% 245 $81 $318,801,116 120 DreamWorks false false
27 27 Eastern Promises $17,012 +3.1% -43.2% 107 $158 $17,148,388 47 Focus Features false false
28 30 Halloween $15,490 +7.1% +53.7% 271 $57 $58,021,323 61 - false false
29 28 Control $14,874 -3.5% +133% 19 $782 $257,662 21 The Weinstein Company false false
30 29 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising $13,874 -8.5% -57.4% 353 $39 $8,539,632 26 Twentieth Century Fox false false
31 32 No Reservations $11,268 +19.2% -18.4% 202 $55 $42,983,271 96 Warner Bros. false false
32 31 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $11,066 +7.8% -33.6% 225 $49 $291,573,302 112 Warner Bros. false false
33 33 Blade Runner
The Final Cut (2007 re-release)
$8,901 +13.3% +126.6% 6 $1,483 $382,995 26 Warner Bros. false false
34 35 Sydney White $7,400 +16.9% -39.9% 211 $35 $11,715,820 40 Universal Pictures false false
35 37 Death at a Funeral $7,290 +33.6% -29.9% 53 $137 $8,342,081 75 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) false false
36 34 Deep Sea $6,141 -17.7% -38.5% 15 $409 $33,059,824 607 Warner Bros. false false
37 36 The Simpsons Movie $5,928 +1.8% -30.6% 158 $37 $182,847,592 96 Twentieth Century Fox false false
38 38 The Brave One $5,163 +2.2% -64.1% 145 $35 $36,527,776 47 Warner Bros. false false
39 40 Reservation Road $4,759 -1.4% +4.9% 39 $122 $111,026 12 Focus Features false false
40 41 In the Valley of Elah $4,333 +0.5% -54.1% 64 $67 $6,670,952 47 Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) false false
41 39 Balls of Fury $4,325 -11.7% -46.1% 124 $34 $32,802,233 63 Rogue Pictures false false
42 42 The Final Season $3,313 +17.9% -72.1% 79 $41 $1,089,992 19 Yari Film Group Releasing false false
43 43 Once $2,928 +16.1% +1.9% 25 $117 $9,360,408 168 Fox Searchlight Pictures false false
44 44 Silk $2,771 +37.5% -53.3% 22 $125 $1,081,674 47 Picturehouse false false
45 45 Pete Seeger: The Power of Song $1,672 -6.5% - 1 $1,672 $15,406 5 The Weinstein Company false false
46 46 Music Within $1,620 -8.9% - 17 $95 $56,143 5 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) false false
47 47 Rails & Ties $1,453 +9.9% - 5 $290 $13,834 5 Warner Bros. false false
48 48 Bratz $1,422 +35% -50% 28 $50 $10,008,009 89 Lionsgate false false
49 49 La Vie En Rose $828 +44.3% -65.3% 9 $92 $10,070,462 145 Picturehouse false false
50 52 The Polar Express
2007 IMAX Release
$539 +23.3% -6.1% 2 $269 $34,546 26 Warner Bros. false false
51 50 The Nanny Diaries $470 -3.9% -73.9% 18 $26 $25,782,994 68 - false false
52 51 Local Color $419 -10.5% -27.5% 1 $419 $13,226 12 Monterey Media false false
53 54 Feast of Love $371 +27.9% -74.6% 15 $24 $3,493,553 33 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) false false
54 53 The Last Legion $326 -18.5% -84.8% 13 $25 $5,932,786 75 The Weinstein Company false false
55 55 The Hunting Party $62 +376.9% -50.4% 1 $62 $876,746 54 - false false
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Domestic Box Office For Feb 4, 2010
1 1 Avatar $2,703,975 +2.1% -14.3% 3,074 $879 $606,493,323 49 Twentieth Century Fox false false
2 2 Edge of Darkness $1,063,227 -4.4% - 3,066 $346 $22,092,480 7 Warner Bros. false false
3 3 When in Rome $687,111 -2.8% - 2,456 $279 $15,395,605 7 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures false false
4 4 The Book of Eli $674,402 +0.9% -39.9% 3,075 $219 $77,327,805 21 Warner Bros. false false
5 5 Legion $515,935 -1% -43.8% 2,476 $208 $31,278,283 14 Screen Gems false false
6 6 Tooth Fairy $343,694 -14.4% -25.8% 3,345 $102 $27,832,973 14 Twentieth Century Fox false false
7 7 It's Complicated $336,405 +0.3% -30.4% 2,096 $160 $105,453,990 42 Universal Pictures false false
8 8 Sherlock Holmes $328,079 -2.1% -35.6% 2,250 $145 $198,949,296 42 Warner Bros. false false
9 9 The Blind Side $294,147 -2.6% -2% 1,751 $167 $239,026,369 77 Warner Bros. false false
10 10 The Lovely Bones $284,624 -2.4% -42.9% 2,638 $107 $39,223,431 56 DreamWorks false false
11 11 Up in the Air $279,366 -2.3% -7.8% 1,430 $195 $74,331,193 63 Paramount Pictures false false
12 12 Crazy Heart $228,297 -4.2% +100.4% 239 $955 $7,537,730 51 Fox Searchlight Pictures false false
13 13 Extraordinary Measures $206,819 -3.1% -48% 2,549 $81 $11,332,889 14 CBS Films false false
14 14 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $154,077 -11% -43.1% 2,526 $60 $210,030,215 44 Twentieth Century Fox false false
15 16 Leap Year $85,605 +7.5% -63.3% 1,135 $75 $25,069,965 28 Universal Pictures false false
16 15 The Spy Next Door $79,035 -12.6% -61.6% 1,851 $42 $21,939,146 21 Lionsgate false false
17 17 A Single Man $75,659 +4.9% +16.6% 216 $350 $5,551,527 56 The Weinstein Company false false
18 18 The Young Victoria $71,869 +4.1% -8.6% 390 $184 $8,549,862 49 Apparition false false
19 19 Daybreakers $63,582 -3% -59.5% 725 $87 $29,685,899 28 Lionsgate false false
20 20 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $40,032 -1.4% -25.5% 352 $113 $293,977,961 77 Summit Entertainment false false
21 21 Precious $37,689 -2% +59.8% 222 $169 $45,583,053 91 Lionsgate false false
22 22 Nine $30,081 +7.3% -19.2% 220 $136 $19,313,374 49 The Weinstein Company false false
23 24 Youth in Revolt $26,773 +13.6% -69.8% 246 $108 $14,994,813 28 - false false
24 23 Invictus $25,868 -4% -30.8% 225 $114 $36,319,218 56 Warner Bros. false false
25 25 Under the Sea 3D $11,713 -3.7% -15.1% 27 $433 $19,970,173 357 Warner Bros. false false
26 26 Fantastic Mr. Fox $10,367 -4.5% -5.1% 152 $68 $20,416,049 84 Twentieth Century Fox false false
27 28 Couples Retreat $7,850 -0.9% -0.7% 144 $54 $109,204,945 119 Universal Pictures false false
28 27 The Road $7,752 -4.3% -15.8% 90 $86 $7,889,859 72 - false false
29 29 Ninja Assassin $5,936 -1% -37.6% 132 $44 $38,066,727 72 Warner Bros. false false
30 30 3 Idiots $4,357 -2.1% -45.8% 56 $77 $6,428,741 44 Reliance Big Pictures false false
31 33 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day $3,840 +20.8% +68.6% 43 $89 $10,223,233 98 Apparition false false
32 31 Law Abiding Citizen $3,817 -0.4% -19.1% 78 $48 $73,357,727 112 Overture Films false false
33 32 Where the Wild Things Are $3,597 -1.3% -22.3% 109 $33 $77,191,336 112 Warner Bros. false false
34 34 The Men Who Stare at Goats $3,211 +6.2% -26.1% 72 $44 $32,428,195 91 Overture Films false false
35 35 Me and Orson Welles $2,654 -1.3% -11.9% 23 $115 $1,139,949 72 Freestyle Releasing false false
36 38 Mystery Team $2,008 +123.9% +521.7% 4 $502 $65,961 161 Roadside Attractions false false
37 36 That Evening Sun $1,888 +19.5% -13.2% 9 $209 $114,230 91 Freestyle Releasing false false
38 37 44 Inch Chest
$1,552 +40.6% +438.9% 4 $388 $22,059 21 Image Entertainment false false
39 39 The Maid $853 +32.7% +18.1% 7 $121 $545,252 112 Elephant Eye Films false false
40 40 Good Hair $217 -33.4% - 1 $217 $4,152,131 119 Roadside Attractions false false
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As India changes, highly trusted brands increase value faster
Newer brands build trust with unusual speed
Fluctuations in brand trust over the past five years, since the launch to the BrandZ™ India ranking in 2014, underscore the importance of brand trust and the critical connection between trust, brand equity, and brand value growth in India, new BrandZ™ research reveals.
The research investigates the importance of brand trust in India. It documents how trust has changed over the past five years and explores three of the most important levers that drive brand trust: Meaningful Difference, Purpose, and Experience.
Changes in the BrandZ™ India ranking since 2014 confirm the importance of trust. Brands that dropped out of the ranking scored 102 in the BrandZ™ Trust Index. Brands that entered the ranking scored 111, and brands that stayed in the ranking over the five-year period scored 113. An average score is 100.
Since 2014, the correlation between high trust and high value became stronger. In 2014, the value of brands that scored high in the BrandZ™ Trust Index was virtually the same as the brands that scored low in Trust. In 2018, the value of brands scoring high in Trust was 86 percent higher than the value of brands scoring low in Trust. The analysis compared the brands in the top third of Trust Index scores with brands in the bottom third.
Power and Premium
The importance of Trust in India is one more way that brand building in India both conforms with and diverges from brand building in other parts of the world. In India, as in other parts of the world, high Trust correlates with strong brand equity. And brand equity, rather than trust alone, drives value. These assertions apply in India, but they are amplified.
The BrandZ™ research analyzed the relationship between brand Trust scores in the 2018 India ranking, and the two components of equity—Power (predisposing consumers to buy more) and Premium (predisposing consumers to pay more).
The Power score of brands high in Trust was triple the score of brands Low in Trust. Similarly, the Premium score of brands high in Trust was higher than the score of brands low in Trust. The same correlations exist globally, but are less pronounced, reflecting this closer relationship between Trust and brand equity in India.
The connection between Trust and Premium is especially important in India, where aspiring consumers across all segments of the market are interested in products and services that promise to help them achieve a better life.
Changing dynamics
And the connection between Trust and brand equity is especially relevant for India’s most highly valued brands that have typically built Trust over time. The 20 oldest brands in the BrandZ™ Top 75 scored 112 in Trust in the 2018 BrandZ™ India ranking, while the 20 newest brands scored a comparable 110.
For example, Flipkart, the online marketplace that launched in 2007, scored 117 in Trust, having transformed the perception of the e-commerce into more reliable channel. Ola, the ride-hailing service launched in 2010, scored 122 in Trust.
The ability of new brands to build trust rapidly suggests that the timeframe for building Trust has shortened, perhaps because of social media and other accelerated consumer interactions with brands. The newest brands in the India Top 75, which tend to fall toward the bottom of the ranking, may be better aligned with these contemporary media trends.
The deeper reason for this development pertains to the ability of some newer brands to excel at key drivers of brand success—Meaningful Difference (meeting needs in relevant ways that create affinity with the brand) and Purpose (being seen as useful, making life better). Brands that score high in these BrandZ™ metrics are more likely to deliver a consistently good Brand Experience and earn trust.
The BrandZ™ research quantified the correlation between Brand Experience and being a trusted brand. In the India 2018 BrandZ™ ranking, the least trusted brands (the bottom third in Trust Index scores) scored below average, 98, in Brand Experience. Conversely, the most trusted brands (the top third in Trust Index scores) scored 117 in Brand Experience.
Ultimately, Trust, like Love, is an outcome brands enjoy when they do all the basic brand-building initiatives well. In combination, strong Trust and Love compound their impact. In the 2018 BrandZ™ India ranking, brands that scored in the top third in both Trust and Love were double the brand value of brands that scored in the bottom third of both Trust and Love.
The first takeaway of the BrandZ™ research is that brands need to look after their brand equity, which will have a knock-on effect in the medium- and- long-term to sustain the brand as more trusted. The levers to this outcome are a strong Purpose, Innovation, and Communication to create and convey a Brand Experience that will draw customers and convince them to return.
The second takeaway is that trust is particularly important in India for several reasons including: the increase in consumer knowledge about brands because of the internet and social media; recent scandals around tainted products; and the influence of young people whose greater access to information makes them more skeptical than earlier generations.
This is the new reality: Indian consumers of all ages like brands but subject them to greater scrutiny. New brands need to continue to build trust quickly, and heritage brands, which have had the luxury of building trust over time, needs to constantly renew it.
Especially for young consumers, trust—typically the outcome of successive positive encounters with a brand—needs to be established early. Younger consumers, who grew up with social media, became more predisposed than their parents to distrust brands. They want to trust a brand even before the try it.
Brand trust has been a powerful purchase influence in India for a long time. Family business dynasties confer trust on products across categories as diverse as telecoms and tea. Continuing this history of trust today requires brands to establish a clear Purpose and execute it in a Meaningfully Different way to create a consistently great Brand Experience.
Finally, brand Trust is reinforced by a positive corporate reputation. Trusted corporations score high in the key BrandZ™ metrics of Corporate Reputation: Success (having strong financials), Fairness (being honest in pricing and other dealings), and Responsibility (caring about employees, the environment, and other issues).
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Clear purpose underpins health of service brands
The service sector experienced explosive growth since the launch of the BrandZ™ Top 50 Most Valuable India Brands in 2014. With the addition of six service categories, this year’s expansion of the ranking to the India Top 75 presents a portrait of service sector growth and its impact on India’s brand landscape.
The added categories are: technology, including consumer online brands and business-to-business IT services; couriers; fast food; entertainment (TV stations); and transportation (Taxis). These categories represent over one-third of the 30 Newcomers brands.
The addition of these brands strengthened the brand equity of service sector overall, as indicated by the rise in the service sector scores in the BrandZ™ components of equity. Scores for Meaningful Difference (creating affinity with consumers in relevant and distinctive ways) increased from 112 to 120 between 2014 and 2018. Scores for Salience (coming to mind easily when the consumer is considering the category) increased from 104 to 136. An average score is 100.
The service sector categories and brands added in this year’s India ranking drove most of the growth. In the 2018 ranking, the original service brands, those included since 2014, scored 114 in Meaningful Difference. The service categories added this year scored 130. Similarly, the original service brands scored 121 in Salience and the new service brands scored substantially higher, 161.
In every BrandZ™ India ranking until this year, FMCG was the powerhouse of brand equity. This year, the new service sector brands challenged FMCG brands, which scored only slightly higher in Meaningful Difference, 133, and lagged the new service sector brands in Salience, scoring 154, a healthy score but lower than the score of new service brands.
In vQ, the BrandZ™ metric of brand health, the service brands added in the 2018 ranking scored slightly higher that the brands in the ranking overall, an average of 113 compared with 110. Scores of the new service brands and the brands overall are comparable across four of the five components of vQ, which are: Purpose, Innovation, Communications, Experience, and Love.
The significant gap is in Purpose, with the new brands scoring 118 and brands overall scoring 113. Brands like Ola, the ride-hailing service and Naukri.com, the job hunting online site, are especially high in purpose, 126 and 127, respectively. Consumers see these brands as making their lives better.
Purpose is the foundation of brand health. The new service sector brands have demonstrated an ability to start with a clear purpose and present it to consumers in a Meaningfully Different way. Their accomplishment holds lessons for all brands, but especially for FMCG brands, which have led in clarity of Purpose until now. Indian consumers reward brands that make their lives simpler and better.
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Generator Glossary
Portable and Standby
Amperage: The intensity of an electric current that is measured in amperes (Amps).
Amps (A): Amount of electricity or current flowing through a wire
dBA: A-weighted decibel that measures the sound level in the air as perceived by the human ear
Frequency: The uniform periodic change in amplitude or magnitude of an alternating current
Hertz (Hz): Unit of frequency measured in cycles per second
Inverter Generator: Typically a three phase generator that converts variable frequency AC into DC and then "inverts" it back to AC.
Kilowatts (kW): A measure of 1,000 watts of electrical power
Portable Generator: Power source to provide power at a location where there is no available primary power
Running Watts: The continuous power produced to keep items running
Single Phase: An alternating current that produces a single, continuous alternating voltage
Standby Generator: An automatic secondary source of power designed to automatically turn on when a primary source is lost
Starting Watts: The momentary electrical current the generator can provide to start electric motors, per Briggs & Stratton 628K. It does not represent the power required to continuously run electrical loads. It is the maximum current that can momentarily be supplied when starting a motor, multiplied by the generator's rated voltage.
Symphony® II Power Management System: Briggs & Stratton’s patented technology that allows a homeowner to utilize a smaller standby generator to provide whole house power
Three Phase: An alternating current that produces three separate alternating currents of the same voltage but is offset in time by a third of a period
Transfer Switch: An electrical switch that can be either automatic or manual that switches a load between two sources. The sources are typically the utility and the generator.
Voltage: An electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts
Watt: Corresponds to the power in an electric circuit in which the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere
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What the weather will be like in Bristol next week according to Met Office forecast
It's going to be dull
Tristan CorkSenior Reporter
It will be dry and mild in Bristol today (Image: James Beck/Freelance)
Sun lovers will be looking wistfully towards the planes taking off from Bristol Airport in the days ahead, as the forecast from the Met Office predicts no sunshine until at least Friday (January 10).
Instead it will be fairly cold, grey, overcast and dull on Sunday and for most of the week ahead. Sometimes it will rain, most of the time it won't. It's potentially the dullest period of ' no weather ' since the period between Christmas and New Year it the end of 2018, when absolutely nothing happened with the weather for days.
Overall, the 'settled' period in the UK's weather will see virtually no change in conditions in Bristol for days. The temperature will remain a pretty constant level, between 7C and 9C - day and night, from early on Sunday morning, right through to the end of the week.
Here's the forecast in more detail:
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Sunday will start overcast and dry, and will stay that way. Temperatures will rise from 7degC to 8degC, and the skies might lighten a bit in late afternoon, but there'll be no wind, no sun, no rain and no weather.
The working week will start with the same conditions as the weekend - overcast, dry, dull, grey and dreary. There will again be no sunshine, no wind to speak of, no rain and temperatures will again be around 7degC.
Joggers run by the River Avon near Bristol (Image: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
But then on Monday afternoon, it's likely to turn wet. The wind will pick up, and there will be prolonged spells of rain from around 3pm to 8pm or 9pm, as a weather front trundles across the region. In the rain, it will actually be milder - temperatures could rise as high as 10degC.
Overnight on Monday, it will dry up again.
The middle of next week continue in the same vein - cool, dry, cloudy and overcast, with spells of rain in the afternoon on Tuesday, showers late on Wednesday and throughout Thursday.
The weather will change on Friday - it is expected to be sunny, with clear, bright and crisp day of wall-to-wall sunshine from dawn till dusk.
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Trump responds to migrant child deaths by blaming Democrats: 'If we had a Wall, they wouldn’t even try!'
Benjamin Goggin
An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus leaving as protesters block the street outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center Saturday, June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.
Associated Press/David J. Phillips
President Trump blamed Democrats for the December deaths of two children that were in Customs and Border Protection custody.
One child was held in CBP custody longer than allowed by agency rules, and the other child wasn't given medical treatment until 90 minutes after she began showing symptoms.
Trump's Homeland Security secretary also blamed larger immigration policies for the deaths.
President Trump took to Twitter Saturday to respond to multiple deaths of migrant children held in US custody in December.
Trump focused on immigration policy as the problem, writing:
Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They can’t. If we had a Wall, they wouldn’t even try! The two children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!
On Christmas Eve, 8-year-old Felipe Gómez Alonzo from Guatemala died after he was detained for almost a full week between three different facilities — longer than is allowed according to Customs and Border Protection rules. As a result of the death, CBP said it would review its child detention policies, a consideration that did not make it into Trump's tweets.
Felipe Gomez Alonzo, 8.
Catarina Gomez via Associated Press
Alonzo reportedly tested positive for influenza B, but according to CBP only began showing symptoms the morning of his death. That afternoon, he was taken to a hospital and treated before being taken back to a CBP facility where he was held for further medical treatment.
CBP claims that the boy began vomiting, but that his father declined further treatment. That evening, CBP officers took Alonzo to the hospital again, after he became lethargic, where he died.
Read more: 'We've seen this coming': Why migrant children are dying in Border Patrol custody
A boy carries a picture of Jakelin Caal, who died in a Texas hospital two days after being taken into custody by US border patrol agents in a remote stretch of the New Mexico desert, as her coffin is taken from Raxruha to the cemetery in Guatemala on December 25, 2018.
JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images
The incident followed the December 7 death of Jakelin Caal Maquin, who perished in CBP custody. The Guatemalan migrant reportedly waited 90 minutes after she first began showing symptoms to get medical treatment. The girl's father has since contradicted CBP's timeline of events, saying that agents didn't give either of them food or water.
Her father's attorneys also disputed a form that he signed that has been referenced by CBP which said Maquin was in good health upon her intake. It was reportedly given to her father in English, a language which he doesn't speak.
On Wednesday, Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on blamed larger forces as well, saying the deaths were a result of "a system that prevents parents who bring their children on a dangerous illegal journey from facing consequences for their actions."
Have a tip? Email Benjamin Goggin at bgoggin@businessinsider.com or DM him on Twitter @BenjaminGoggin.
SEE ALSO: The family of a 7-year-old migrant girl who died in Border Patrol custody is disputing US officials’ account of her death
More: Trump Jakelin Caal Maquin Felipe Gomez Alonzo
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Harlem nonprofit sued for firing OSHA whistle-blower
OSHA is suing the East Harlem Council for Community Improvement for allegedly retaliating against an employee who complained about unsafe working conditions.
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Remind bosses about legal risk of ‘make workers so miserable they quit’ strategy
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How To Throw A 'Sharknado 3' Viewing Party Last Minute, Because This Summer Event Deserves A Proper Celebration
By Keertana Sastry
The sharknadoes are coming and this time they're hell bent on destroying the entire East Coast. Syfy's mega hit Sharknado movie series is back with a third film Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and it promises to be the shark-iest and tornado-iest film of all time. For anyone who yet to see a Sharknado film, go do that immediately, what are you thinking? And, while you're at it, here's how to throw the best last minute Sharknado 3 viewing party around.
The film series follows divorced characters Fin and April as they re-discover their love for one another by killing tornados filled with sharks. Honestly, the plot is not what matters here. All we care about are the insane shark attacks, the overly complicated and ridiculously cool shark killings (because thankfully we know it's all CGI). Also the tornados. Those are always fun to watch. But, the Sharknado films are best enjoyed with a group, which means viewing parties are a must.
Now, there's not a lot of time to make your party as entertaining and shark-y as Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! truly deserves, so let's stick with the basics: Ample food and adult beverages. Because everyone knows that a good Sharknado viewing party also features a Sharknado drinking game and the perfect shark-y atmosphere for peak shark and tornado enjoyment. Enjoy!
If you're over 21, obviously having enough alcohol staples (beer, wine) is a given, especially while playing the Sharknado drinking game, but if you want to get really clever, you can make some shark-themed cocktails. My suggestion? You can go with the "sharikane," a drink designed for Sharknado when the first film premiered by Sam Babalola, a mixologist at the Oakland restaurant Pican. Or you can try something a little more fun like "fish blood" jello shots (though you can change it to "shark blood") or the appropriately blue and shark-themed "shark infested water" cocktails made with margarita mix, blue curacao, and garnished with a gummy shark.
The most important thing about having the perfect Sharknado-themed food at your viewing party is to make everything look like as shark-like as possible. So, if you're serving a dip of some kind like guacamole, spinach and artichoke dip, or seven layer dip, make sure to stick some blue corn chips right into the dip as makeshift shark fins! Take your desserts for the party and throw some gummy sharks on them. Make some shark sugar cookies if you're feeling up to baking. Goldfish are an easy and obvious snack choice. And, for main courses, just stick to foods that would be served to Fin and April on the East Coast. Pizza is an easy and quick choice and slices are kind of shaped like fins themselves. Like Tim Gunn says, "Make it work." But, if you really want to get fancy, check out this watermelon shark recipe!
And, finally the decorations. I don't know about you, but I don't think it takes too much to create the perfect ambience for a viewing party, especially while watching something as awesome as the Sharknado film series. So keep it simple! Dim the lights, throw some sharks gummies into a nice bowl in the center of your coffee table, and just keep the food and alcohol coming. Everyone will be focused on the film more than anything else. You got this! Now go enjoy the television film event of the year!
Images: The Global Asylum/Syfy; Screenshot/YouTube; Giphy (2)
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About Ceylon Graphite
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Ceylon Graphite JADs obtains IMLB License
August 2nd , 2019, Vancouver – Ceylon Graphite Corp. (“Ceylon Graphite”) (TSX-V: CYL) (OTC: CYLYF) (FSE: CCY) today announced that it’s subsidiary JADs Enterprises (PVT) Ltd has been awarded an IMLB license by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (“GSMB”) of the Governement of Sri Lanka for it’s M1 site in Malsiripura, Sri Lanka. IML is an Industrial Mining License issued by the GSMB under the Mines and Minerals Act no 33 of 1992. Under category B, typically some single borehole blasting is permitted plus the use of certain machinery and equipment is permitted in the mining process. The site in question may also excavate/produce a small amount of graphite per month.
“This is another step in the right direction,” said Bharat Parashar, Chief Executive Officer. “The license will allow us to speed up mine development work at M1 as we apply for a IMLA license, a process that has already started.”
Robert Marvin, P. Geo (ONT) is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the geological information provided in this news release.
About Ceylon Graphite Corp.
Ceylon Graphite Corp, is a public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (CYL:TSX-V), that is in the business of exploration and development of graphite mines in Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka has granted the company exploration rights in a land package of over 120km². These exploration grids (each one square kilometer in area) cover areas of historic graphite production from the early twentieth century and represent a majority of the known graphite occurrences in Sri Lanka. Graphite mined in Sri Lanka is known to be some of the purest in the world, and currently accounts for less than 1% of the world graphite production.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains forward-looking information as such term is defined in applicable securities laws, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions. The forward-looking information includes statements about Ceylon Graphite’s grids, Ceylon Graphite’s plans to undertake additional drilling and to develop a mine plan, Ceylon Graphite’s Mining License application and to commence establishing mining operations. Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to Ceylon Graphite, including the assumption that the drilling exercises will confirm the presence of high quality graphite, sufficient financial resources will be available, the records from the drilling exercises prove to be accurate, there will be no unanticipated delays or costs materially affecting Ceylon Graphite’s exploration, development and production, there will be no material adverse change in metal prices, all necessary consents, licenses, permits and approvals will be obtained, including various Local Government Licenses and the market. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking information include, among other things, an inability to reach a final acquisition agreement, inaccurate results from the drilling exercises, a failure to obtain or delays in obtaining the required regulatory licenses, permits, approvals and consents, an inability to access financing as needed, a general economic downturn, a volatile stock price, labour strikes, political unrest, changes in the mining regulatory regime governing Ceylon Graphite, a failure to comply with environmental regulations and a weakening of market and industry reliance on high quality graphite. Ceylon Graphite cautions the reader that the above list of risk factors is not exhaustive.
These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, Ceylon Graphite does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available at www.sedar.com)
Further information regarding the Company is available at www.ceylongraphite.com
Bharat Parashar, Chairman and & Chief Executive Officer
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Victoria's Most Haunted: Ghost Stories from BC's Historic Capital City
byIan Gibbs
Ghost stories from Canada's most haunted city, including tales from iconic sites such as the Empress hotel, Hatley Castle, and Ross Bay Cemetery.
Beautiful, charming Victoria is world renowned for its seaside attractions, flourishing gardens, and breathtaking ocean views. But looming behind its picture-perfect façade is a city shrouded in mystery, with restless, disembodied beings that whisper ghastly tales of mystery, violence, and horror.
Known as British Columbia's most haunted city, Victoria is teeming with a plethora of spirits. Through this brand-new collection of disturbing tales, you'll come face to face with:
The Grey Lady who chills hotel guests to the bone
A decorated World War I soldier who protects tenants from something sinister
An inconsolable child who haunts the pool area of a defunct hotel
The blood-soaked spectre who runs through the infamous Fan Tan Alley to escape capture
The ghost of Robert Johnson, who perpetually re-enacts his own suicide
The phantom of a cranky hermit who plagues a beautiful lake house
A spinster who gives tours of her childhood home
Get to know Victoria's best-known hauntings along with some you may have not have heard before.
Ian Gibbs was born in the United Kingdom and emigrated to Canada when he was young. As such, he carries with him the Celtic beliefs and gifts of his heritage, and has always been fascinated by story telling, ghosts, and hauntings. He lived in several city centres across the country before settling in Victoria-arguably one of the most h...
Title:Victoria's Most Haunted: Ghost Stories from BC's Historic Capital CityFormat:PaperbackProduct dimensions:208 pages, 8 X 5.25 X 0.5 inShipping dimensions:208 pages, 8 X 5.25 X 0.5 inPublished:April 25, 2017Publisher:TouchWood EditionsLanguage:English
ISBN - 10:177151213X
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Is ‘Doom’ Worth Buying for the Campaign?
Multiplayer is a major component of Doom, and during the Beta, we enjoyed it well enough. But not everyone is into online multiplayer. Since Doom also comes with a full single-player campaign, it’s worth a look in its own right now that the game is out in the wild. So, is Doom worth buying just for the campaign?
Yes, Doom is worth buying
The short answer is yes. Right from the start, this game hands you a gun and puts demons in the crosshairs. Even if you don’t touch the multiplayer mode, this game is worth buying. That is assuming you’re cool with gory ultra-violence and demonic imagery. It is Doom, after all.
In case you’re not familiar with the source material, the 1993 game Doom was one of the earliest first-person shooters ever made. It’s about a space marine fighting demons on Mars, and it gleefully offers up buckets of blood, gore, skulls, pentagrams, and all kinds of delightfully awful stuff. It’s also a very pixelated game without a jump button that makes you lose your weapons when you die.
Fast forward to 2016, and the new Doom is pretty much the exact same thing, but with much better graphics and a heap of tweaks that improve the experience, from frequent checkpoints to upgrades galore. Don’t worry, the gore is very much intact, and it looks even more gruesome (in a good way!) in HD.
True to the series, your character moves with the speed of an Olympic sprinter, much faster than other shooters. Once you get on board with the crazed pace of this game, I suspect the next shooter you play will feel sluggish in comparison. You don’t even have to reload your weapons; you just keep firing until you run out of bullets.
Running out of bullets means switching to another weapon, which is no problem here, because all of the weapons are a pleasure to use, from the explosive shotgun to the futuristic plasma rifle. Each weapon can be upgraded with a secondary firing mechanism, which can be further upgraded to make it more powerful or have its cool-down period reduced. The game has so many upgrade paths that it could easily be confusing if they weren’t presented in such an easy-to-digest way. Also of note, each upgrade makes a noticeable difference.
The game’s story is thin, playing out mostly during voice-over dialog. This isn’t a problem, because Doom isn’t about narrative. It’s about shredding through the minions of hell on a hostile planet. It’s about amassing a collection of powerful weapons and using them with joy as you dance around the game’s wonderfully chaotic battles.
A demon threatens the viewer with the severed hand of its last victim. | Source: Bethesda
Glory Kills
Weapons aren’t the only things you use in combat. You also use your hands, thanks to a gleefully violent addition called Glory Kills. Glory Kills are brutal, stylish finishing animations you can unleash on enemies once you’ve whittled down their health. Generally they have you tearing demons limb from limb, or crushing their skulls, or forcefully removing their jawbones.
In a lesser game these would be empty flourishes, but in Doom they serve an important function. This game is tough, so you’ll often find yourself low on health. The only way to replenish your health is to pick up health packs. Performing a Glory Kill guarantees a health pack drop, which means Glory Kills are incredibly useful during tense battles against hordes of demons. They also make the game look even more viciously appealing.
Killer maps
Also appealing are the complex levels and puzzle–like construction. Accessing new areas often requires color–coded key cards and, on occasion, handprints attained by ripping the arms off of dead soldiers. Secrets abound in these stages. Each one contains a collectible toy, a classic Doom map, trial rooms that reward you with upgrades, as well as new weapons and plenty of demons to turn inside-out. For a shooter, Doom’s campaign is about as re-playable as they come.
Clearly, I’m a fan of the new Doom. I haven’t enjoyed a shooter this much in a long time. It takes everything that made the original game great and melds it brilliantly with the conveniences of modern games. This is exactly what Doom should be in 2016.
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Titanium Element Facts
The chemical element titanium is classed as a transition metal. It was discovered in 1791 by Reverend William Gregor.
Classification: Titanium is a transition metal
Atomic weight: 47.87
Atomic volume: 10.64 cm3/mol
Structure: hcp: hexagonal close pkd
Heat of vaporization 425 kJ mol-1
Electron affinity 7.6 kJ mol-1
Reaction with air mild, w/ht ⇒ TiO2
Reaction with 15 M HNO3 passivated
Oxide(s) TiO, Ti2O3, TiO2 (titania) + more
Hydride(s) TiH2
Chloride(s) TiCl2, TiCl3, TiCl4
The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, covered with titanium panels.
Ilmenite, the mineral in which William Gregor discovered titanium.
Discovery of Titanium
Titanium’s discovery was announced in 1791 by the amateur geologist Reverend William Gregor from Cornwall, England. (1), (2)
Gregor found a black, magnetic sand that looked like gunpowder in a stream in the parish of Mannacan in Cornwall, England. (We now call this sand ilmenite; it is a mixture consisting mainly of the oxides of iron and titanium.)
Gregor analyzed the sand, finding it was largely magnetite (Fe3O4) and the rather impure oxide of a new metal, which he described as ‘reddish brown calx.’
This calx turned yellow when dissolved in sulfuric acid and purple when reduced with iron, tin or zinc. Gregor concluded that he was dealing with a new metal, which he named manaccanite in honor of the parish of Mannacan.
Having discovered a new metal, Gregor returned to his pastoral duties.
Little more happens in our story until 1795, when the well-known German chemist Martin Klaproth experienced the thrill of discovering a new metallic element. Klaproth called the new metal titanium, after the Titans, the sons of the Earth goddess in Greek mythology.
Klaproth discovered titanium in the mineral rutile, from Boinik, Hungary. Just like Gregor’s calx, the rutile was a red color. In 1797 Klaproth read Gregor’s account from 1791 and realized that the red oxide in which he had found titanium and the red oxide in which Gregor had found manaccanite were in fact the same; titanium and maccanite were the same element and Gregor was the element’s true discoverer.
Gregor may have beaten Klaproth to the new metal, but scientists preferred Klaproth’s ‘titanium’ to Gregor’s ‘manaccanite.’
Obtaining a sample of pure titanium proved to be much harder than discovering it.
Many scientists tried, but it took 119 years from its discovery until 99.9% pure titanium was isolated in 1910 by metallurgist Matthew Hunter in Schenectady, New York, who heated titanium (IV) chloride with sodium to red-heat in a pressure cylinder. (2)
In 1936, the Kroll Process (heating titanium (IV) chloride with magnesium) made the commercial production of titanium possible. By 1948 worldwide production had reached just 3 tons a year.
By 1956, however, scientists and engineers had realized titanium’s properties were highly desirable and worldwide production had exploded to 25,000 tons a year. (3)
The 2011 forecast for worldwide production of titanium metal using the Kroll process was 223,000 metric tons. (4)
A blacksmith makes a knife from titanium and shows the metal’s properties.
Finely divided titanium burns easily.
Computer generated image of titanium atoms (blue) bonded to a carbon nanotube in a hydrogen (red) fuel-cell. Molecules like this could improve the efficiency of fuel-cells for automotive use. Image: T. Yildirim/NIST
Titanium metal is considered to be non-toxic. As metal shavings, or powder, it is a considerable fire hazard. Titanium chlorides are corrosive.
Pure titanium is a light, silvery-white, hard, lustrous metal. It has excellent strength and corrosion resistance and also has a high strength to weight ratio.
Titanium’s corrosion rate is so low that after 4000 years in seawater, corrosion would only have penetrated the metal to the thickness of a thin sheet of paper. (3)
At high temperatures the metal burns in air and, unusually, titanium also burns in pure nitrogen.
Titanium is ductile and is malleable when heated.
It is insoluble in water, but soluble in concentrated acids.
Uses of Titanium
Titanium metal is used as an alloying agent with metals including aluminum, iron, molybdenum and manganese. Alloys of titanium are mainly used in aerospace, aircraft and engines where strong, lightweight, temperature-resistant materials are needed.
As a result of its resistance to seawater, (see above) titanium is used for hulls of ships, propeller shafts and other structures exposed to the sea.
Titanium is also used in joint replacement implants, such as the ball-and-socket hip joint.
About 95% of titanium production is in the forum of titanium dioxide (titania). This intensely white pigment, with a high refractive index and strong UV light absorption, is used in white paint, food coloring, toothpaste, plastics and sunscreen.
Titanium is used in several everyday products such as drill bits, bicycles, golf clubs, watches and laptop computers.
Abundance earth’s crust: 0.56% by weight, 0.25% by moles
Abundance solar system: 4 parts per million by weight, 100 parts per billion by moles
Source: Titanium is the ninth most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust. Titanium is not found freely in nature but is found in minerals such as rutile (titanium oxide), ilmenite (iron titanium oxide) and sphene (titanite or calcium titanium silicate).
Commercially, the metal is isolated using the Kroll process which initially prepares titanium oxide from the mineral ilmenite. The oxide TiO2 is then converted to the chloride ( TiCl4) through carbochlorination. This is condensed and purified by fractional distillation and then reduced with molten magnesium in an argon atmosphere.
Isotopes: Titanium has 18 isotopes whose half-lives are known, with mass numbers 39 to 57. Naturally occurring titanium is a mixture of its five stable isotopes and they are found in the percentages shown: 46Ti (8.2%), 47Ti (7.4%), 48Ti (73.7%), 49Ti (5.4%) and 50Ti (5.2%). The most naturally abundant of these isotopes is 48Ti at 73.7%.
William Gregor, Beobachtungen und Versuche über den Menakanite, einen in Cornwall gefundenen magnetischen Sand., in Lorenz Crell’s Chemische Annalen, 1791, p40.
Mary Elvira Weeks, The discovery of the elements. XI. Some elements isolated with the aid of potassium and sodium: Zirconium, titanium, cerium, and thorium., J. Chem. Educ., 1932, p1231.
Tom Margerison, The Future of Titanium., New Scientist Jun 12, 1958, p156.
Research and development in titanium.
<a href="https://www.chemicool.com/elements/titanium.html">Titanium</a>
<a href="https://www.chemicool.com/elements/titanium.html">Titanium Element Facts</a>
"Titanium." Chemicool Periodic Table. Chemicool.com. 18 Oct. 2012. Web.
<https://www.chemicool.com/elements/titanium.html>.
Titainium is so awesome that its my ringtone says
My teacher is making us do an adopt an element project, and the paper wants a melting (3,034°F 1,668°C) and boiling (5,948°F 3,287°C) point, but this element page doesn’t seem to show that, while others on this site do. other than that this site was super helpful! it was quite interesting to learn about titanium, and its uses. although as a side note some studies show that, titanium dioxide, is in fact toxic. However this has not been proven. Thanks for all your help!(yes, my name is spelled wrong on purpose)
Doug Stewart says
Thanks for your comments Titainium. The melting and boiling points are in the data zone near the top of the page. 🙂
This is awesome. I found all the information I need for titanium. Thanks! 🙂
Mark Hadley says
I am curious about titanium alloy as it is used as parts for pacemaker batteries and electrodes used for motor cortex stimulation. I recently had this metal implanted in my body and had a severe allergic reaction to both the battery and the brain implant leading to the entire device needing emergency removal November 1. 2017. What else is in the alloy?
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Nipsie Hussle 1985-2019
Nee: Ermias Asghedom
Band: solo artist
Position: rapper
Died: Mar. 31
Cause of death: shot
Distinctions: The popular hip-hop artist was shot and killed during a dispute in a South Los Angeles parking lot, shocking the rap world (a subject has been arrested). While he only had one album (2018's Victory Lap), singles like "Racks in the Middle" (No. 29. 2019) and DJ Kaled's "Higher" (No. 21, 2019) featuring Hussle, caught on. Both were nominated for 2020 Grammy Awards.
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Skills & Activities
New Members Welcome
New C81
Members’ Stories
As a charity, we are always in need of extra financial and other support.
Sponsorship from businesses or individuals for specific projects, events, outings or new developments are always welcome and much appreciated.
Legacies from people who have been helped by the centre or touched by the work we do for those with physical or sensory disabilities are a wonderful way of supporting something worthwhile.
Gifts through our fundraising efforts or paid directly to the centre ensure that the achievements of its members can continue.
The centre and its members are grateful for every contribution, however small.
For more information on supporting Centre 81 contact us on 01493 852573 or email jackie.james@centre81.co.uk
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Welcome to Centre 81
Centre 81 is a local charity for the local people and is based in Great Yarmouth. It provides two essential services for those who live in the Borough of Great Yarmouth and beyond.
Centre 81 provides a ground breaking Skills and Activities Centre at Tar Works Road providing a safe and stimulating environment for adults with physical, sensory and other disabilities including those with complex health and/or social needs including associated learning disabilities. The impact of disability is such that some of our members experience detoriating health and shortened life expectancy. They can also become isolated from their local community and are considered to be vulnerable.
Our existing centre based services consist of a wide array of activities such as arts, cooking, IT, music and drama as well as services such as counselling and personal pampering.
In keeping with our core values of integration, wherever possible members take part in activities in the wider community including swimming, sailing, bowling, art exhibitions, photography, theatre visits, concerts and fun sports. Our members choose what activities they wish to take part in and play a part in organising these. The emphasis is very much on having fun and getting the most out of life.
We also run a popular Community Transport Service for the wider community. This service is there for all citizens of any age within the Borough who cannot access ordinary public transport. Our transport can be used by anyone in the Borough to assist them to be involved in their local community. We also support local clubs and societies by providing transport for their members to access their club. The aims are to support our Community Transport members to be independent and assist them to be part of their local community. This service provides specialised support for anyone with a disability including those who are frail, whilst welcoming people of all ages and abilities.
Our ten-vehicle fleet is an affordable lifeline for people who might otherwise be housebound or isolated. It’s used for everything from visits to the doctor and shopping trips to meeting up with friends and going to the pub. For our regular members our Community Transport Service is their ‘Social Club on Wheels’.
Centre 81 is a registered charity that employees professionally trained staff to support all of our members to live their lives to the full and have fun.
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Torah May 25, 2017
Who we are: Tzedakah is at the very heart of Judaism
By Rabbi Doug Zelden, Guest Torah Columnist Torah Portion: B’har-B’chukotai – Leviticus 25:1-26:2/26:3-27:34. We are in the midst of the Omer Period right now, in which we count 49 days from Passover to Shavuot in anticipation of…
Learning by the numbers: What Rabbi Akiva’s students teach us today
By Rabbi James Gordon, Guest Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Emor — Leviticus 21:1−24:23 One of the highlights of Parashat Emor is a recitation of all of the Moadim (appointed times) ordained in the Torah: Shabbat,…
Every Jew a diamond: Learning to value the beauty of each life
By Rabbi Shlomo Tenenbaum, Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim – Leviticus 16:1-20:27. Since the last time I wrote for this paper, I have one less reader. Just before Purim, my beloved mother-in-law passed away….
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Words matter: In order to be a mensch, be a mentor
By Lawrence F. Layfer, Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Tazria-Metzora – Leviticus 12:1-15:33 “Hillel said…in a place where there are no men, strive to be a man”…Pirke Avot 2:6 This week’s double Torah portion of Tazria/Metzorah…
Torah April 20, 2017
True modesty: Feeling worthy of conversing with G-d
By Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer, Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Shmini – Leviticus 9:1-11:47 In the classical commentaries to this week’s Scripture, Parsha Shimini, the greatest of all scholars, Rashi, writes “which of our great leaders – Moses or…
Body and soul: real meaning of freedom
By Rabbi Doug Zelden, Guest Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Chol Hamoed Passover – Exodus 33:12-34:26 We are in the midst of one of the most auspicious times in the Jewish calendar, known as Z’man Cherutenu – The…
True service: No act too humble, no person too great
By Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Tzav – Leviticus 6.1-8.36 “He (Moses) washed the innards and the feet {of the offering} (Leviticus 8.21).” Many Chicagoans are familiar with the name Zollie Frank, or, for short,…
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Being a mensch: The importance of respectful behavior
By Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Vayikra – Leviticus 1:1-5:26 This Shabbat we begin the third book of the Bible. It is known by various names. Most of us are familiar with the Latin…
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Love & forgiveness: What G-d taught Moses after the Golden Calf
By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Guest Torah Columnist Torah Portion: Parshat Ki Tisa – Exodus 30:11 -34:35 “Lord, Lord a G-d of Compassion…” (Exodus 34:6). It is difficult to imagine the profound disappointment and even anger Moses…
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V. Grace Matheson, MD, PhD, Division Chief
V. Grace Matheson, MD, PhD, is program director of outpatient psychiatry services at Dayton Children's Hospital.
Language Spoken: English
medical school: University of Michigan Medical School
internship and residency: Psychiatry - Wright Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Integrated Residency Program
fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Wright Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Integrated Fellowship Program
board certification: Psychiatry; Child and adolescent psychiatry
The Psychiatrist is Part of the Primary Care Team, presented to Ohio Pediatric Care Alliance at the 2015 Pediatric Update Regional Conference: Pediatric Specialty Focused on Primary Care on April 21, 2015 in Springfield, OH
The Pediatric Mental Health Resource Center and You: Working Together to Care for Our Kids, presented to the Western Ohio Pediatric Society on September 16, 2014 in Dayton, OH
Sansone, R.A., V.G. Matheson, G.A. Gaither, and N. Logan. 2008. Concerns about career stigma by military parents of children with psychiatric illness. Military Medicine. 173:134-137
Published research in the field of environmental microbiology (multiple publications)
Western Ohio Pediatric Society
Leading Physicians of the World, 2017 Edition
The National Health Service Corps Service Certificate in recognition of fulfilling a commitment to serve America's communities with limited access to care, 2012
Certificate of Appreciation from The Ohio State University College of Nursing for time and dedication to the Graduate Nurse Practitioner Program, Precepting Students for 160 hours, academic year 2009-2010
Wright State University Faculty Recognition Award, June 3, 2007 - Presented by the Department of Psychiatry Residents in Recognition of Valued Guidance and Inspiration
United States Air Force Awards and Decorations (multiple)
my interest in Psychiatry began with a lifelong fascination with the human psyche. In medical school, I found that I had an affinity for Psychiatry, for learning about the inner lives of patients and helping them heal. In residency, I discovered the joy of working with children and families, sharing their struggles, admiring their resilience and their heroism.
I want to be part of an organization that does the right thing for the community. I see that as an overarching goal at Dayton Children's Hospital.
the people here are wonderful! It's a happy, friendly, supportive workforce and very professional. We all work hard and pull together to do our very best for our kids and families. And the kids! The kids are amazing.
Dayton Survey
She is a wonderful and compassionate doctor.
The doctor and staff treat us as individuals and value our thoughts and concerns.
Dr Matheson takes her time and listens to the concerns of the patient and the parents. She answers questions that my child has in a way that is easy for him to understand.
We looked for a doctor that would help with my autistic son for years, everyone always said ADHD but never wanted to do anything but throw medication at him. She listens, she’s observes, and if she’s not sure of an answer she talks to other doctors to make 100% sure we’re on the right path. It hasn’t been an easy 12 years but with having these doctors it’s made it where we’re not fighting this fight alone.
additional providers in psychiatry
Susan Meyer, CNP
Bethany Harper, MD
David Hart, MD
Andrew Smith, M.D.
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Ideate Youth Inclusion
On the 14th of June CHOICE organized a workshop in Geneva to ideate youth inclusion in the United Nations human rights mechanisms, aiming to identify possible solutions the issues youth face to meaningfully participate within the complex UN space.
The workshop brought together a diverse group of 45 individuals, comprising human rights advocates, NGO representatives, diplomats and UN officials. The audience was divided into groups and each group was given a case about relevant youth issues, with the instruction to use design thinking to come to innovative solutions.
Watch this video for an impression of our event!
The four issues tackled were identified from a consultation with CHOICE partners and youth advocates. The issues pertained to understanding the relevance of the UN and how it impacts the lives of young people; how young people can voice their concerns and needs to this complex body; how participating in the UN could become more user- and cost-friendly; and finally how youth could build stronger networks and partnerships to work on these issues collaboratively.
Want to know more about the method we used? This video will explain it to you.
Under the guidance of Deloitte consultants, the teams came to eight innovative solutions that youth encounter trying to engage with the UN. The teams, for example, proposed an innovative funding coach, a simplified toolkit to understand complex UN documents, and an explanatory podcast about the human rights mechanisms and user stories of people engaging with them. Read more about the innovative solutions for youth inclusion at the UN.
CHOICE will continue to build on these innovative ideas and looks forward to collaborating with other NGOs, governments and UN bodies on their successful implementation! Have any questions or suggestions? Reach out to benjamin@choiceforyouth.org and let us know!
CHOICE would not have been able to organize this workshop without the generous support from Deloitte and its consultants, as well as the Dutch Mission in Geneva, UNFPA and the OHCHR.
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Today is International Safe Abortion Day. This day originates in Latin America and the Caribbean where women’s groups have been mobilizing around September 28 the last two decades to demand their governments to “decriminalize abortion, to provide access to safe and affordable abortion services and to end stigma and discrimination towards women who choose to have an abortion.”
Dispatch from the Netherlands: abortion rights
Abortion rights are an important part of SRHR and CHOICE advocates for access to safe and legal abortion worldwide. We do this in our UN advocacy work, but more recently CHOICErs have also started to track the national debate on abortion.
CHOICE advocates for young people's rights at the 41st HRC
Last month, CHOICE advocated at the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). We engaged with three core resolutions; namely Youth and Human Rights, Violence against Women and Girls, and Discrimination against Women and Girls, as well as closely following discussions around the resolution renewing the mandate of the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
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Home » Work Visa » E Visa (Investor) » Overview
You wish to develop and direct operations of an enterprise in the United States in which you have invested or are actively investing substantial funds.
Does the Foreign Investor Qualify for an E-2?
In order to qualify for an E-2 visa the foreign investor must have invested or is actively investing substantial funds that are at risk in a bona fide enterprise in the United States and is coming to the United States to develop and direct operations of that enterprise.
How Does the Foreign Investor Acquire an E-2 Visa?
If the foreign investor is already in the United States in valid nonimmigrant status (that allows for a change of status), the U.S. enterprise (in which the foreign investor has invested) files an E-2 petition and a letter in support along with required documentation with the USCIS Service Center. The foreign investor may begin employment upon issuance of the USCIS approval.
If the foreign investor is outside the United States, s/he files an E-2 application and a letter in support along with required documentation directly with the United States consulate. The foreign investor must also complete form DS-160 online. The United States consulate conducts an interview and issues the foreign investor an E-2 visa valid for 5 years. The United States consulate also issues an E-2 visa to any spouse and minor (under 21 and unmarried) child(ren) of the foreign investor. Upon issuance of the E-2 visas, the foreign investor, spouse and any child(ren) may enter the United States.
The E-2 visa process is complicated and time-consuming. We suggest the retention of an experienced immigration attorney well versed in the complexities of the process. The attorneys at CLG can efficiently guide you through each step of the process with the end goal of obtaining the E-2 visa as quickly as possible.
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John Gray Compares Trump Meeting to Jesus' Visit With Tax Collector Zacchaeus and Lepers
CP Current Page: Church & Ministries | Saturday, August 11, 2018
By Samuel Smith, CP Reporter | Saturday, August 11, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks with a group of black Christian leaders at the White House on Aug. 1, 2018. He is seated next to megachurch pastor John Gray (L) and Alveda King (R). | (Screenshot: Twitter/@realDonaldTrump)
Pastor John Gray responded to a critic on social media this week by comparing his recent roundtable meeting with President Donald Trump to Jesus' meeting with a hated tax collector.
On Wednesday, the pastor of Relentless Church in Greenville, South Carolina, responded to a fellow African-American pastor on Instagram after he criticized Gray and a group of about 20 other black pastors for meeting with Trump last Wednesday at the White House to discuss issues related to prison reform and urban job creation.
Pastor Keith McQueen, who founded Powerhouse Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, wrote that he "can't respect" Gray's decision to "condone the behavior of an egotistical, misogynistic, narcissistic clown that has turned our country into a circus with his quarrelsome and divisive rants."
McQueen further argued that Gray, who previously served as associate pastor at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, "has affirmed the behavior of this man by sitting at the table to 'discuss' prison reform and urban revitalization with a man that has never cared for urban populations and incites hatred towards minorities that are targeted and often locked up unjustly."
"We disagree with him on the behalf of young black men, women, Mexican #immigrants and their children #lgbt people and citizens that prefer a government that isn't illegally influenced by Russian leaders," McQueen wrote in his rant. "The Bible declares in the 1st Psalm to not sit in the seat of the scornful. The Bible declares in Proverbs 14:7 to flee from the company of fools. He took the influence given to him by God and affirmed by his following and sat it in the lap of @realdonaldtrump."
Dear @travisgreenetv we don’t hate @realjohngray We love him. However we can’t respect his decision to condone the behavior of an egotistical, misogynistic, narcissistic clown that has turned our country into a circus with his quarrelsome and divisive rants. He has affirmed the behavior of this man by sitting at the table to “discuss” prison reform and urban revitalization with a man that has never cared for urban populations and incites hatred towards minorities that are targeted and often locked up unjustly. We disagree with him on the behalf of young black men, women, Mexican #immigrants and their children #lgbt people and citizens that prefer a government that isn’t illegally influenced by Russian leaders. The Bible declares in the 1st Psalm to not sit in the seat of the scornful. The Bible declares in Proverbs 14:7 to flee from the company of fools. He took the influence given to him by God and affirmed by his following and sat it in the lap of @realdonaldtrump We don’t hate him. Hatred is the essence of #45 not the Church. The same Holy Spirit that he claims told him to attend should have opened up his mouth in the same essence that the Holy Spirit spoke through John the Baptist to Herod!
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Gray, who sat next to Trump during the roundtable and said a prayer during the meeting, shot back with his own lengthy comment underneath McQueen's post.
"Hello pastor. Sitting at a table is neither affirming, endorsing, agreeing or aligning. If so, Jesus certainly couldn't have sat with Zacch[a]eus or been in the company of lepers," Gray contended. "High Priests couldn't go near lepers. Jesus made clear that He came eating and drinking and was a friend to sinners, tax collectors and wine bibbers."
As told in Luke, Jesus was in Jericho when he spotted Zacchaeus, a despised and corrupt tax collector seen as a traitor helping the Roman Empire, up in a tree and told him to come down because he wanted to visit his house. Zacchaeus declared that he would give back half of his possessions to the poor and would pay back those he extorted four times as much as he had taken. Jesus declared that salvation has come to Zacchaeus' house and that the Son of Man seeks to save the lost.
Gray asked in his reply: "Was he aligning or affirming their behavior?"
"Of course not," Gray answered. "And an initial conversation doesn't portend for what could be produced in the future."
Gray continued by calling out McQueen for taking to social media to voice his disgust rather than reaching out personally to discuss the issue.
"I could never presume to know your calling or assignment since we don't know each other. But scripture does outline for us what believers should do if they have a disagreement. It starts with a one on one," Gray explained. "Then get two or three witnesses and then take it before the church. None of that happened before you posted about a fellow believer who had everything to lose and nothing to gain by being obedient to the God who sent me.
"That I didn't voice the accumulated pain of 400 years of REAL BROKENNESS in our black and brown communities is something I wish I could do," Gray added. "Some moments call for a level of wisdom that my emotions would rather do away with."
McQueen responded to Gray's reply by continuing his public tirade.
"@realjohngray the difference between Jesus and you sitting with @realdonaldtrump is that Jesus sat with the oppressed and not the oppressor," McQueen argued. "Jesus confronted the political figures of his day. The process of addressing disagreements between leaders is a process between believers and not preachers to politicians. The book of Jude speaks of those that are divisive and full of dissent and says HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM."
Gray again responded: "@pastormcqueen we are believers. I'm not a politician. You're a man of God. And I understand that we don't see this moment the same," Gray said. "Continue be great and change lives. Blessings to you and your family."
Gray explained last week after the initial blowback to the meeting that he almost did not attend the White House roundtable because he has opposed some of Trump's policies and actions. Gray said he prayed about the invite and was ultimately encouraged by God to attend.
Gray and other pastors who attended the meeting, such as Alabama Pastor Van Moody, have faced much backlash for attending the meeting. Moody defended his attendance in a news conference and a video posted to social media. Moody explained that there were pastors in the room of various political persuasions and the pastors did not know ahead of time which other pastors would be attending.
Among those in the room were prominent pro-Trump Ohio Pastor Darrell Scott, who caught the initial wave of media attention from the meeting because he said that Trump might be the "most pro-black" given the administration's work on prison reform and the black unemployment rate hitting an all-time low since 1972.
Earlier this week, Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz defended Gray amid the rounds of criticism he's received, such as the disparaging remarks made by controversial Pastor Jamal Bryant who accused Gray of "uncle tomming."
"I do not respect those that would disparage another, for believing they must walk through an open door like this. John please remember, we are not allowed to pick and choose who we lead, who we love, who we influence," Lentz, who pastors to celebrities like Justin Bieber, wrote. "It doesn't matter if the person is hated, or universally loved. It doesn't matter if the person is homeless, or internationally famous. It does not matter if people will impugn your motives, or the motives of a person in this case, inviting you to HIS TABLE. We are under orders to do what's right. Especially in the face of what is wrong."
"Somebody said to me 'yea but he was trying to use John as prop.' I laughed out loud," Lentz added. "I told him firstly, you don't know John. Secondly, that gives far too much credit to 'the other party.' Furthermore do you know how many times a meeting has started in life, when somebody had bad motives, yet the gospel prevailed? I'll take my chances on John Gray and the Grace of God all day, over somebody who thinks they are gonna have the upper hand."
It should be noted that following the meeting, Trump signaled a shift toward more openness to sentencing reform being included in a White House-backed prison reform bill when he met with a group of four Republican senators.
"[Critics do] not know that I have been working on this with this group for a long time, nearly a year-and-a-half," Maryland Bishop Harry Jackson, an evangelical adviser to the Trump administration who was included in the meeting, told CP. "This is not taking a picture. This is something that milestones are being talked about."
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The 2018 BMW i3 is the automaker's only electric vehicle and, thanks to its unique design, its powertrain isn't the only thing that allows the hatchback to stick out among its gasoline-powered stablemates. Available as a pure electric vehicle and an electrified vehicle with a range extender, the i3 is a compelling choice for consumers wanting to explore owning an EV. Despite having an electric powertrain, the i3's agile handling makes it stand up to BMW's original slogan of making “The Ultimate Driving Machine".
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i3s with Range Extender
The i3s with Range Extender is the top-of-the-line trim for BMW's EV. Pricing for the model starts at $52,495. Just like on lower models, the i3s with Range Extender combines all of the features, options, and package from the all-electric i3s with the range-extending powertrain.
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Unlike other EVs on the market, the BMW i3’s range is a limiting factor. Consumers looking for an urban car to go around town in will find the 124-mile range to be enough. For those wanting to travel longer distances with the i3, the near $4,000 premium to get into a Range Extender model is worth the cost, but the system still doesn’t make the i3 a long-distance vehicle. The Technology + Driving Assistant is also worth the price of entry, as it brings the latest safety features to the EV at a reasonable price. The i3s, with its performance parts, really is a sprightly EV that has the looks to match its sporty nature.
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There are some brilliant sports cars on sale today, and choosing the best sports car to suit you can be tricky as you want to get the most fun for your money. Our experts have curated the best sports car for you, whether you are after a sports car with four seats for a modicum of practicality or a small sports car to scoot down country lanes. Whatever you're after we have the best sports cars for you.
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Need a hand in guiding you to the best sports cars on sale today? Our experts have handpicked these sports cars that are the best mix of performance, fun and affordability.
The Mazda MX-5 has become a sanctuary for anyone that savours cheap but hugely rewarding sports car driving. It’s available with a cloth roof that folds down manually, or with a metal roof that does so electrically. This kind of simple driving enjoyment that the Mazda MX-5 provides is hard to match at any price.
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The Audi R8 is a powerful sports car that you can use everyday. It’s a rival to mega-fast machines Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren. The huge levels of grip provided by the quattro four-wheel-drive system mean you can use every single one of the R8’s horsepower, making it an an utterly captivating and addictive sports car to drive.
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The Porche Boxster is fast, corners brilliantly and boasts a high-quality interior. Its 2.0-litre, 300hp petrol engine can take it from 0-62mph in 5.1 seconds, while its interior and suspension will keep you comfortable the entire time.
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The Toyota GT86 was never supposed to be the fastest or the most outlandish sports car, instead, its bare-bones approach is meant to put a huge smile on your face all the time. The GT86 is incredibly nimble and fantastically responsive. Few rivals can turn a series of mini-roundabouts into as much fun as this two-door sports car.
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Alfa has knocked the ball out of the park with Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. It's better than a BMW M3; it's better than a Mercedes C63 AMG. It's beautiful, charismatic and a whole heap of fun and you can absolutely live with it every day.
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Best sports cars with four seats
A sports car should be great to look at and great to drive, but can it also be practical? Well, yes, it can – up to a point at least. Our experts have picked out the best sports cars with four seats.
Okay, so not many of us will be able to spend £150,000 on a car, but if that lottery win comes in and you need a sports car with four seats then the Bentley Continental GT represents the very best money can buy.
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The Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio has a beautiful 2.9-litre V6 engine, really strong acceleration and is so much fun to drive. That’s what’d you’d expect in a sports car. What’s more unexpected is that it is also a practical, four-door saloon, with back seats that are comfortable, with decent knee room and okay headroom.
The BMW M3 is what happens when talented engineers shoe-horn a twin-turbo engine into a practical family saloon. The BMW M3 sports car is one of the best high-performance saloons in the business yet the back seats are spacious enough for two adults to get comfy, too.
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The Mercedes AMG C63 has a superb V8 petrol engine that brings big performance and raucous soundtrack. In practicality terms, taller adults will find the rear is a little more cramped than you’d expect, and more importantly, than in an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio – the Merc’s sloping rear roofline is to blame for that.
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The Ford Mustang is one of the cheapest ways to own a rumbling V8 that’s lots of fun. Sure, the back seats in this sports car aren't the most useable of the cars on this list but that V8 engine makes up for a lot of deficiencies elsewhere.
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Best small sports cars
Sports cars needn’t be massive - in fact, being smaller and lighter only improves performance and handling. As such, we’ve got together a list of the best small sports cars, all guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
This kind of simple driving enjoyment that the Mazda MX-5 provides is hard to match at any price, but the fact that it should be reliable and economical too only makes it more tempting. Assuming you only need two seats, and luggage space isn’t a priority, it seems rather difficult to find any weaknesses.
The Porsche Boxster has been one of the finest handling small sports cars in all its forms since being launched back in 1996. Today’s Boxster has a potent turbocharged four-cylinder engine in two power outputs which is placed in the middle of the car for better weight distribution, as well as rear wheel drive and superb steering.
Although it doesn’t appear so from the outside, the Fiat 124 Spider shares its underpinnings with the Mazda MX-5. As such the 124 is great fun to drive and also offers the same recipe of open-top, two-seat motoring for that compact, wind-in-your-hair experience.
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The BMW M2 is the smallest of BMW’s hallowed M models. It’s based on the standard 2 Series coupe, but is fitted with a turbocharged six-cylinder petrol engine that packs a serious punch. It’s not all about power, though: the M2’s bespoke suspension setup makes it one of the very finest-handling rear-wheel-drive coupes.
Best sports cars under £30,000
Buying a sports car shouldn’t be associated with having to spend a lot of money on a car you won't use all that much. All of the cars chosen by our experts in the list below are excellent sports cars that are sure to bring a smile to your face and all of these sports cars cost less than £30,000
The Mazda MX-5 is a great entry point into sports car ownership. For its modest price you get all the ingredients necessary to have fun behind the wheel – communicative steering, decent power, a precise gearshift, and agility around corners – what more could you want.
The Audi TT isn’t just a great sports car – it’s a great car overall. There’s very little that this Audi can’t do – you can have it with a range of powerful yet efficient engines, quattro all wheel drive that makes sure you have limpet grip around corners and if you drop the rear seats you can carry a surprising amount of luggage.
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The BMW 2 Series is different to the Audi TT mainly in the way it drives. The BMW sacrifices some ride comfort for greater balance in corners. The 2 Series is less practical and easy to live with than the TT, but it more than compensates with how joyous it is to drive. You can also have it with a silky-smooth straight six engine but you’ll have to use the carwow discount to get within the £30,000 budget.
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The Toyota GT86, similarly to the MX-5, bets on lightness and agility to win you over as opposed to the brute horsepower of the German alternatives. You can’t get a GT86 with more than 200hp but the point of it is how approachable and easy it is to drive. The GT86 has a well-built interior and a decent boot, but most importantly, it’s the easiest car to have fun with in this list.
The Nissan 370Z has been with us for a while – there’s no getting away from the fact it went on sale back in 2009. There’s also no getting away from the fact you get a huge amount of ability and character for your money. The 370Z is powered by a 3.7-litre V6 and generally goes about it’s business in a brutish and charming kind of way. If you’re looking for a Japanese muscle car, you’ve found it.
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Best sports cars with big boots
You want to go somewhere in a hurry, have fun getting there and take a load of stuff with you? You're sorted here then, with our experts' list of the best sports cars with big boots
AMG E63 S Estate
The Mercedes E63 is one of the fastest sports cars around thanks to its thundering 4.0-litre twin turbo V8 and grippy four-wheel drive. Go for an estate version, and it’ll happily swallow a whopping 540 litres of luggage, too. Perfect if you’re moving house in a hurry.
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The BMW M5 is a seriously fast version of the tech-laden 5 Series saloon. Its turbocharged V8 sends 600hp to all four wheels helping it rocket from 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds – 3.3 seconds in Competition models. It isn’t just good at rearranging your face muscles, though – there’s space in the back for three adults and enough room in the boot for 530 litres of luggage.
A quick glance at the Audi RS4 Avant and you might mistake it for an unassuming A4 estate – until you notice the swollen arches, huge brakes and vast twin exhausts, that is. Under the bonnet sits a 450hp 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 and Audi’s signature quattro four-wheel-drive system that’ll rocket the RS4 (and up to 505 litres of luggage) from 0-62mph in just 4.1 seconds.
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Part grand tourer, part sports car – the Porsche Panamera is a seriously luxurious coupe that’s fast and practical. There’s space inside for four adults to get comfortable and room in the boot for 495 litres of luggage. Strap your cargo down securely and hybrid Turbo S models will happily blast it from 0-62mph in just 3.4 seconds.
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The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio is not just the best high-performance SUV, it’s more fun than most pure sports cars. Then when you factor in that it has a decent sized boot you get a pretty good combination of performance and practicality.
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Best luxury sports cars
Luxury sports cars are the pinnacle. Awesome power, sumptuous interiors and beautiful design. Our experts have pulled together the best luxury sports cars to get you quickly from A to B in supreme comfort.
The Bentley Continental GT is about as luxurious as swooping sports cars can get. It looks fabulous inside and out and packs a powerful V8 or W12 engine to help make sure it has the pace to match its high-class looks. It isn’t the sharpest-handling car on sale but it laps up cross-continental trips with ease.
The Mercedes S-Class Coupe pairs a seriously comfortable, seriously classy interior with imposing styling and a super smooth V8 engine. The comfortable cabin is the perfect place to soak up long drives, and, If you absolutely must have the fastest luxury sports car around, there’s also a more powerful S63 model with 612hp.
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The Porsche Panamera combines a seriously plush interior with a slinky coupe body and agile handling more reminiscent of a lightweight racing car than a luxurious four-seater. It’s huge fun to drive on a twisty country road yet still comfortable enough to take in the odd jaunt across Europe.
Few cars come with interiors as outlandish as the Lexus LC. Everything looks and feels like it belongs in a concept car which makes the LC a very luxurious place to spend time. You can get it as either a V6 hybrid or as a sportier non-turbocharged V8 that sounds fantastic and can sprint from 0-62mph in a rapid 4.7 seconds.
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The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera is the most expensive and fastest model in the British brand’s range. It comes with an eye-catching interior with lashings of leather and red stitching inside, and some seriously aggressive styling on the outside. Its turbocharged V12 engine produces 725hp which is enough to blast this luxurious sports car from 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds.
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Dale William Mitchell...
a four-time Canadian Soccer League winner (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992), a three-time Canadian Soccer League playoff winner (1988, 1989, 1990) and a one-time North American Soccer Championship winner (1990)... Canada’s top goalscorer across FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1985 (four goals in three international matches), although he missed the final matches through injury... in 2000, one of 17 alternates shortlisted by The Soccer Hall of Fame (he became an honoured member as part of the Class of 2002)... in 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association’s Centennial Celebration, was honoured on the All-Time Canada XI men’s team...
granted his Canada Soccer Coaching B Licence in 2001 and earned his Canada Soccer Coaching A Licence in 2003... attended the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 in Vancouver...
wrote historian Colin Jose, Mitchell “was one of the finest goal scorers Canada ever produced”... said Brian Gant in 1981 (of then 23-year old Dale Mitchell), “most players never possess the skill that Dale had at 16; of the top North American forwards I would put him up there with Steve Moyers and Branko Segota; of those three, I would rank Dale as the most skillful”... as idolized in the 1986 lyrics for Oh Canada, We’ll Proudly Play for You, “Dale Mitchell has touches like no one else has got, in Mexico we’ll show them how to play”... said Glen Johnson in 2018, “at his peak, Dale Mitchell was Canada’s best player by a mile”...
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represented Canada at the 1976 CONCACAF Youth Tournament in Puerto Rico... he was 22 years old when he made his debut for Canada at the national A level (15 September 1980)... represented Canada in 1980-81 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Spain 1982 (helped Canada finish third in the 1981 CONCACAF Championship)... finished fifth with Canada at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Football Tournament... helped Canada win the 1985 CONCACAF Champions / FIFA World Qualifiers for Mexico 1986... represented Canada at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico (he featured in one match)... represented Canada in 1988 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Italy 1990... represented Canada at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup... he was the third footballer to make his 50th appearance for Canada (11 April 1993)... represented Canada in 1992-93 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for USA 1994 (Canada was eliminated in an inter-zone playoff against Australia)... played in a career-high 15 consecutive Canada matches from 1992 to 1993...
served on Canada’s coaching staff when the team finished first in Group A of the 2001 CONCACAF Under-20 Qualification Tournament in Victoria, BC... officially hired by the Canadian Soccer Association on 6 February 2002... served as Canada’s youth coach when the team finished first in Group B of the 2003 CONCACAF Under-20 Qualification Tournament in Charleston, SC... served as Canada’s youth coach at the FIFA U-20 World Cup UAE 2003... served on Canada’s coaching staff at the 2004 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament... served as Canada’s assistant coach during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 2004 (Canada was eliminated in the CONCACAF semi-final stage)... served as Canada’s youth coach when the team finished first in Group B of the 2005 CONCACAF Under-20 Qualification Tournament (Canada qualified for Netherlands 2005)... served as Canada’s youth coach at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Netherlands 2005... served as Canada’s youth coach at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007... served as Canada’s head coach during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 2008 (Canada was eliminated in the CONCACAF semi-final stage)... was released as Canada’s coach in March 2009...
2019 Honoured Player / joueur honoré Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia
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1993-08-16 CAN MNT Bob Lenarduzzi [1993-08] FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers 35
1993-04-01 CAN MNT Bob Lenarduzzi [1993-03] International match and pre-competition camp 34
1993-03-12 CAN MNT Bob Lenarduzzi [1993-03] Men’s international match 34
1992-12-07 CAN MNT Bob Lenarduzzi [1992-12] FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers Vancouver 86ers 34
1992-10-15 CAN MNT Bob Lenarduzzi [1992-10] International match and pre-competition camp Vancouver 86ers 34
1992-09-04 CAN MNT Bob Lenarduzzi [1992-09] Men’s international match Vancouver 86ers 34
1991-07-04 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1991-06] CONCACAF Gold Cup CAN / Toronto Blizzard 33
1989-06-09 CAN MNT Bruce Twamley [1989-06] Men’s national camp Vancouver 86ers 31
1989-05-01 CAN MNT Bob Lenarduzzi [1989-04] Men’s International Friendly match Vancouver 86ers 31
1988-10-07 CAN MNT Tony Taylor [1988-09] Pre-competition camp Vancouver 86ers 30
1988-09-03 CAN MNT Tony Taylor [1988-09] CSL All-Stars West Vancouver 86ers 30
1988-08-20 CAN MNT Tony Taylor [1988-08] CSL All-Stars East Vancouver 86ers 30
1988-08-16 CAN MNT Tony Taylor [1988-10] FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers Vancouver 86ers 30
1988-07-16 CAN MNT Tony Taylor [1988-07] Men’s national camp in Ontario Vancouver 86ers 30
1988-06-18 CAN MNT Tony Taylor [1988-06] Men’s International Friendly match 30
1988-05-19 CAN MNT Tony Taylor [1988-05] Pre-tournament camp in Greece Kansas City 30
1987-05-31 CAN OLY Bob Bearpark [1987-05] Olympic Qualifying Series 29
1986-06-10 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1986-06] FIFA World Cup™ Tacoma 28
1986-05-29 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1986-05] Men’s international series and camp 28
1986-05-17 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1986-05] Men’s national camp and preparation matches 28
1986-04-30 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1986-04] Men’s International Friendly match 28
1985-08-15 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1985-08] Pre-competition camp 27
1985-06-16 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1985-06] 15th President’s Cup 27
1985-05-09 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1985-04] FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers 27
1984-08-08 CAN OLY Tony Waiters [1984-08] Men’s Olympic Football Tournament 26
1984-07-26 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1984-07] Men’s International Friendly 26
1984-05-27 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1984-05] Men’s International Friendly in Toronto 26
1984-04-19 CAN OLY Tony Waiters [1984-04] Olympic Qualifying 25
1983-06-20 CAN MNT Tony Waiters [1983-06] The Challenge Series Manic Montreal 25
1981-11-22 CAN MNT Barrie Clarke [1981-11] FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers 23
1981-10-22 CAN MNT Barrie Clarke [1981-10] Canadian tour of the Caribbean 23
1981-10-08 CAN MNT Barrie Clarke [1981-10] Canada-Cosmos Challenge for Labatt Cup 23
1980-11-12 CAN MNT Barrie Clarke [1980-11] Pre-competition international 22
1980-10-16 CAN MNT Barrie Clarke [1980-09] Labatt International Series across Canada 22
1977-09-06 CAN MNT Eckhard Krautzun [1977-08] Men’s selection camp 19
1976-10-02 canm20 Alan Churchard [1976-09] CONCACAF Youth Championship 18
2008-11-20 CAN MNT Dale Mitchell [2008-11] FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers Head Coach
2008-06-05 CAN MNT Dale Mitchell [2008-05] Men’s pre-tournament camp & Men’s International Friendly series Head Coach
2008-03-27 CAN MNT Dale Mitchell [2008-03] Men’s International Friendly match Head Coach
2007-07-09 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2007-07] FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 U-20 Coach
2007-06-27 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2007-06] Hyundai Canadian Men's U-20 Tour presented by Yahoo! Canada U-20 Coach
2007-01-22 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2007-01] Men’s U-20 campMen’s U-20 camp in USA U-20 Coach
2006-12-21 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2006-12] Men’s U-20 camp in USA U-20 Coach
2006-10-07 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2006-10] Men’s U-20 camp in Czech Republic U-20 Coach
2006-09-05 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2006-09] Porto International U-20 Coach
2006-07-10 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2006-07] Men’s U-20 camp in Ontario U-20 Coach
2006-05-26 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2006-05] Men’s U-20 tour in Western Canada U-20 Coach
2006-01-12 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2006-01] Copa Chivas U-20 Coach
2005-12-23 canm18 Dale Mitchell [2005-12] Men’s U-18 camp in Vaughan U-20 Coach
2005-10-30 canm18 Dale Mitchell [2005-10] Men’s U-18 camp in England U-20 Coach
2005-10-02 canm18 Sean Fleming [2005-09] Men’s U-18 camp in Kelowna Observer
2005-09-04 CAN MNT Frank Yallop [2005-09] Men’s International Friendly match Assistant Coach
2005-07-21 canm18 Sean Fleming [2005-07] Men’s U-18 camp in USA Observer
2005-06-19 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2005-06] FIFA U-20 World Cup Netherlands 2005 U-20 Coach
2005-06-06 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2005-06] Men’s U-20 pre-tournament camp U-20 Coach
2005-04-29 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2005-04] Men’s U-20 camp in Germany U-20 Coach
2005-03-27 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2005-03] Dallas Cup U-20 Coach
2005-02-01 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2005-01] CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Qualifying U-20 Coach
2005-01-11 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2005-01] Men’s U-20 camp in Panama U-20 Coach
2004-10-14 CAN MNT Frank Yallop [2004-10] FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers Assistant Coach
2004-07-15 CAN MNT Frank Yallop [2004-07] Men’s national camp Assistant Coach
2004-06-06 CAN MNT Frank Yallop [2004-06] Men’s pre-tournament camp Assistant Coach
2004-04-30 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2004-04] Men’s U-20 camp in Turkey U-20 Coach
2004-02-08 canm23 Bruce Twamley [2004-02] CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Coach
2003-12-13 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2003-11] FIFA U-20 World Cup UAE 2003 U-20 Coach
2003-10-20 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2003-10] Torneo Mondialito Sub-20 U-20 Coach
2003-09-11 canm23 Bruce Twamley [2003-09] CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Staff Coach
2003-08-03 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2003-08] US Soccer Festival U-20 Coach
2003-05-29 canm18 Dale Mitchell [2003-05] Men’s U-18 camp in Europe U-20 Coach
2003-03-07 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2003-03] Men’s U-20 camp in Abbotsford U-20 Coach
2003-02-21 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2003-02] Men’s U-20 camp U-20 Coach
2003-01-19 canm23 Bruce Twamley [2003-01] Men’s U-23 camp in Mexico Assistant Coach
2002-12-22 canm23 Bruce Twamley [2002-12] Men’s U-23 camp in USA Assistant Coach
2002-10-25 canm20 Dale Mitchell [2002-10] Men’s U-20 camp in Costa Rica U-20 Coach
2002-05-31 canm23 Bruce Twamley [2002-05] Men’s U-23 camp in USA and Honduras Staff Coach
2002-03-25 canm18 Derek Possee [2002-03] Men’s U-18 camp in Panama Staff Coach
2001-03-05 canm20 Paul James [2001-02] CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Qualifying Assistant Coach
2001-02-25 canm20 Paul James [2001-02] Men’s U-20 camp in British Columbia Assistant Coach
2001-02-06 canm20 Paul James [2001-01] Men’s U-20 camp in Mexico Assistant Coach
2001-01-27 canm20 Paul James [2001-01] Men’s U-20 camp Assistant Coach
2000-04-10 canm20 Paul James [2000-03] Men’s U-20 camp in Germany Assistant Coach
(GP = Games Played; GS = Games Started; SU = Games Played as Substitute; Min. = Minutes; G = Goals; A = Assists; Y = Cautions; R = Ejections; GA = Goals Allowed; CS = Clean Sheets)
International "A" records
1993 CAN MNT 5-1-3 35 11 7 2 651 0 2 0 0 N/A 0
1992 CAN MNT 2-4-2 34 8 8 0 720 3 3 0 0 N/A 0
1989 CAN MNT 0-0-1 31 1 1 0 90 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
1986 CAN MNT 1-1-4 28 6 5 1 -- 0 0 0 0 N/A 0
1985 CAN MNT 3-1-1 27 5 5 0 450 5 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 55 47 5 3762 19 5 0 0 0 0
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1987 CAN OLY 1-0-1 29 2 2 0 156 1 1 0 0 N/A 0
1983 CAN OLY 2-0-1 25 3 3 0 270 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 canm20 2-0-1 18 3 3 0 -- 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 13 12 1 866 5 1 0 0 0 0
(Min. = Minutes; G = Goals; A = Assists; Y = Cautions; R = Ejections; GA = Goals Allowed; CS = Clean Sheets)
1993-08-15 Sydney, AUS FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 1 : 2 AUS 35 1 120 0 1 0 0 0 0
1993-07-31 Edmonton, AB, CAN FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT - AUS 35 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-05-09 Toronto, ON, CAN FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 1 : 2 MEX 35 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-05-02 San Salvador, SLV FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 2 : 1 SLV 35 66 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-04-18 Burnaby, BC, CAN FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 3 : 1 HON 35 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-04-11 Burnaby, BC, CAN FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 2 : 0 SLV 35 1 57 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-04-04 Tegucigalpa, HON FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 2 : 2 HON 35 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-03-24 San Juan de Tibás, CRC Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 1 : 0 CRC 34 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-03-11 Victoria, BC, CAN Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 2 : 0 KOR 34 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-03-09 Coquitlam, BC, CAN Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 0 : 2 KOR 34 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993-03-03 Los Angeles, CA, USA Men's International Friendly CAN MNT - USA 34 1 90 0 1 0 0 0 0
1992-12-06 Kingston, JAM FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 0 : 0 BER 34 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992-11-15 Burnaby, BC, CAN FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 4 : 2 BER 34 1 90 0 3 0 0 0 0
1992-11-01 Toronto, ON, CAN FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 1 : 0 JAM 34 1 90 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992-10-25 San Salvador, SLV FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 1 : 1 SLV 34 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992-10-18 Kingston, JAM FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 1 : 1 JAM 34 1 90 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992-10-09 Greensboro, NC, USA Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 0 : 0 USA 34 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992-09-03 Saint John, NB, CAN Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 0 : 2 USA 34 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991-07-03 Los Angeles, CA, USA CONCACAF Gold Cup CAN MNT 3 : 2 JAM 33 1 90 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991-06-30 Los Angeles, CA, USA CONCACAF Gold Cup CAN MNT 1 : 3 MEX 33 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991-06-28 Los Angeles, CA, USA CONCACAF Gold Cup CAN MNT 2 : 4 HON 33 1 90 2 0 0 0 0 0
1989-06-08 Ottawa, ON, CAN Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 0 : 2 BEL 31 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-10-15 Burnaby, BC, CAN FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 3 : 2 GUA 30 1 90 2 0 0 0 0 0
1988-10-09 Ciudad Guatemala, GUA FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers CAN MNT 0 : 1 GUA 30 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-10-02 Port of Spain, TRI Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 2 : 1 TRI 30 1 90 1 0 0 0 0 0
1988-07-15 Toronto, ON, CAN Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 1 : 2 POL 30 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988-06-17 Montréal, QC, CAN Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 0 : 1 CRC 30 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987-05-30 St. Louis, MO, USA Olympic Qualifying CAN OLY 0 : 3 USA 29 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1986-05-19 Vancouver, BC, CAN Men's International Friendly CAN MNT 0 : 3 WAL 28 1 70 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Carrier strikes deal with Trump to keep 1,000 jobs in Indiana
Details of the agreement are undisclosed, but Trump spent much of his campaign pledging to keep companies like Carrier from moving jobs out of the U.S.
by Julie Pace, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—Air conditioning company Carrier Corp. says it has reached a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence plan to travel to the state Dec. 1 to unveil the agreement alongside company officials.
Trump confirmed the meeting on Twitter late Tuesday, promising a “Great deal for workers!”
Trump spent much of his campaign pledging to keep companies like Carrier from moving jobs overseas. His focus on manufacturing jobs contributed to his unexpected appeal with working-class voters in states like Michigan, which has long voted for Democrats in presidential elections.
The details of the agreement were unclear. Carrier tweeted that the company was “pleased to have reached a deal” with Trump and Pence to keep the jobs in Indianapolis.
Neither Wilbur Ross, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary, nor Steven Mnuchin—the banker picked to be treasury secretary—would discuss specifics about the agreement on Wednesday. But Mnuchin told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that Trump and his administration are “going to have open communications with business leaders.”
He said Trump called the CEO of Carrier’s parent company and said it was “important to keep jobs here.”
Both Trump and Pence, who is ending his tenure as Indiana governor, are expected to appear with Carrier officials Thursday.
In February, Carrier said it would shutter its Indianapolis plant employing 1,400 workers and move its manufacturing to Mexico. The plant’s workers would have been laid off over three years starting in 2017.
United Technologies Electronic Controls also announced then that it planned to move its Huntington manufacturing operations to a new plant in Mexico, costing the northeastern Indiana city 700 jobs by 2018. Those workers make microprocessor-based controls for the HVAC and refrigeration industries.
Carrier and UTEC are both units of Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp.—which also owns Pratt & Whitney, a big supplier of fighter jet engines that relies in part on U.S. military contracts.
In a September debate against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump railed against Carrier’s plans.
“So many hundreds and hundreds of companies are doing this,” Trump said. “We have to stop our jobs from being stolen from us. We have to stop our companies from leaving the United States.”
Carrier wasn’t the only company Trump assailed during the campaign. He pledged to give up Oreos after Nabisco’s parent, Mondelez International, said it would replace nine production lines in Chicago with four in Mexico. He criticized Ford after the company said it planned to invest $2.5 billion in engine and transmission plants in Mexico.
Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers Local 1999, which represents Carrier workers, said of Tuesday’s news: “I’m optimistic, but I don’t know what the situation is. I guess it’s a good sign. … You would think they would keep us in the loop. But we know nothing.”
The event Thursday in Indiana will be a rare public appearance for Trump, who has spent nearly his entire tenure as president-elect huddled with advisers and meeting with possible Cabinet secretaries. He plans to make other stops later this week as part of what advisers have billed as a “thank you” tour for voters who backed him in the presidential campaign.
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Ricky Stuart was never going to think twice when the prospect of signing Curtis Scott was tabled in front of him. Because the cutthroat nature of the NRL made the emerging centre a huge addition to Canberra's search for a drought-breaking premiership. Scott will join the Raiders on a four-year deal as the club looks to add more firepower to its impressive group of outside backs. The former Melbourne Storm centre's move to the capital is a done deal after he met with Stuart earlier this month. Scott still had two years to run on his contract with the Storm but was given permission to explore other opportunities. The 22-year-old will be a huge boost for a Raiders outfit looking to cover the loss of Japan-bound winger Jordan Rapana. "I've got to keep improving the roster," Stuart said. MORE RAIDERS NEWS "When the scenario put in front of me and we knew we could fit him into our cap, I thought it was a great addition because he is a quality footy player. "We're invested into his future and we're very excited about being a part of it." Scott joins Australian international Nick Cotric, Raiders captain Jarrod Croker, Joey Leilua, Bailey Simonsson and Michael Oldfield in the outside back corps. The Raiders are keen to lure Rapana back to the capital once his season in Japan comes to a close but the move could hinge on an NRL clearance. The bulk of Canberra's NRL squad will return for pre-season training next week as they look to avenge this year's grand final defeat. Halfback Aidan Sezer will not be among them after he joined the Huddersfield Giants for a two-year stint in the Super League. While the Storm have said goodbye to Scott, winger Josh Addo-Carr isn't returning to Sydney with Melbourne confirming he will be part of their 2020 NRL line-up. Storm chief executive Dave Donaghy said he met with Addo-Carr on Thursday in Sydney, where he is holidaying with his family, to confirm his commitment to the minor premiers. There was speculation that the NSW Origin flyer wanted out of the final two years of his contract to remain in Sydney, with former club Wests Tigers ready to pounce. The Tigers reportedly yanked a massive offer to Sydney Roosters premiership centre Latrell Mitchell to chase Addo-Carr. But Donaghy said Addo-Carr wasn't heading home and would be back at training on December 16. "I can say hand on heart Josh is committed to Storm as much as we're committed to Josh," Donaghy said. "We don't respond a lot to external noise but given there is quite a bit of commentary at the moment I thought I'd clear that up." Melbourne on Friday confirmed the departure of Brodie Croft and Scott as they shake up their NRL playing list, which bowed out in the preliminary finals. Halfback Croft is joining Brisbane after the Storm released he and Scott from their contracts. Both players made their NRL debut for Melbourne in 2016 with Scott going on to play 48 NRL games, including nine in 2019, while Croft took his career tally to 39 appearances with 22 matches this year. Croft fell out of favour with coach Craig Bellamy heading into this year's finals series while Scott had a rollercoaster season due to injury and is believed to want to move closer to Sydney for personal reasons. Melbourne say they will make further changes to the roster to ensure they are salary cap compliant.
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Canberra Raiders add young gun Curtis Scott
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Ricky Stuart was never going to think twice when the prospect of signing Curtis Scott was tabled in front of him.
Because the cutthroat nature of the NRL made the emerging centre a huge addition to Canberra's search for a drought-breaking premiership.
Curtis Scott is set to join the Raiders on a long-term deal. Picture: Getty
Scott will join the Raiders on a four-year deal as the club looks to add more firepower to its impressive group of outside backs.
The former Melbourne Storm centre's move to the capital is a done deal after he met with Stuart earlier this month.
Scott still had two years to run on his contract with the Storm but was given permission to explore other opportunities.
The 22-year-old will be a huge boost for a Raiders outfit looking to cover the loss of Japan-bound winger Jordan Rapana.
"I've got to keep improving the roster," Stuart said.
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"When the scenario put in front of me and we knew we could fit him into our cap, I thought it was a great addition because he is a quality footy player.
"We're invested into his future and we're very excited about being a part of it."
Scott joins Australian international Nick Cotric, Raiders captain Jarrod Croker, Joey Leilua, Bailey Simonsson and Michael Oldfield in the outside back corps.
The Raiders are keen to lure Rapana back to the capital once his season in Japan comes to a close but the move could hinge on an NRL clearance.
The bulk of Canberra's NRL squad will return for pre-season training next week as they look to avenge this year's grand final defeat.
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart is always looking to boost his squad. Picture: Karleen Minney
Halfback Aidan Sezer will not be among them after he joined the Huddersfield Giants for a two-year stint in the Super League.
While the Storm have said goodbye to Scott, winger Josh Addo-Carr isn't returning to Sydney with Melbourne confirming he will be part of their 2020 NRL line-up.
Storm chief executive Dave Donaghy said he met with Addo-Carr on Thursday in Sydney, where he is holidaying with his family, to confirm his commitment to the minor premiers.
There was speculation that the NSW Origin flyer wanted out of the final two years of his contract to remain in Sydney, with former club Wests Tigers ready to pounce.
The Tigers reportedly yanked a massive offer to Sydney Roosters premiership centre Latrell Mitchell to chase Addo-Carr.
Jarrod Croker may have found his new partner in the centres. Photo: Jamila Toderas
But Donaghy said Addo-Carr wasn't heading home and would be back at training on December 16.
"I can say hand on heart Josh is committed to Storm as much as we're committed to Josh," Donaghy said.
"We don't respond a lot to external noise but given there is quite a bit of commentary at the moment I thought I'd clear that up."
Melbourne on Friday confirmed the departure of Brodie Croft and Scott as they shake up their NRL playing list, which bowed out in the preliminary finals.
Halfback Croft is joining Brisbane after the Storm released he and Scott from their contracts.
Both players made their NRL debut for Melbourne in 2016 with Scott going on to play 48 NRL games, including nine in 2019, while Croft took his career tally to 39 appearances with 22 matches this year.
Croft fell out of favour with coach Craig Bellamy heading into this year's finals series while Scott had a rollercoaster season due to injury and is believed to want to move closer to Sydney for personal reasons.
Melbourne say they will make further changes to the roster to ensure they are salary cap compliant.
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Calvin Harris and Rizzle Kicks also tell Capital FM about their Christmas memories.
One Direction, Jessie J, Rizzle Kicks have revealed what their best Christmas present ever was.
Ahead of this year's festive celebrations, Capital FM asked a host of big stars, including Calvin Harris and Wretch 32, to recall their favourite gift from when they were younger.
Jessie J said her best gift was a boom box that she asked Santa to bring her when she was eight.
"I went downstairs on Christmas morning and it was massive," she said. "For about four or five years I recorded little tapes for my family Christmas. It was the best present ever."
One Direction's Liam Payne said: "My best Christmas present was an electric scooter. Defeats the object, but oh well."
Harry Styles added: "When I was four I got a Spider-Man that jumped out of his little car!"
Niall Horan said his best present was his guitar, while band mate Zayn Malik revealed: "I must have been about four or five years old and I got a Scalextric thing and that was probably one of the best presents I ever got."
Louis Tomlinson added: "Every year at Christmas I got a new Power Rangers Megazord. They were sick."
Meanwhile, Pixie Lott is another musician who took an early interest in music.
"The best Christmas present I've had was a piano I got a few years ago. I was speechless," she told us.
Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens said he was a little spy when he was younger after he was bought a device that allows people to hear into the next room, while Wretch 32's favourite present ever is "boxers and socks".
Calvin Harris said: "I got a Yamaha DJX keyboard when I was 15 with a really resonant filter on it which was mental. It's a strange thing for a kid to get but I loved it."
Labrinth's favourite Christmas present was his Playstation One.
"I got Tekken 3 and Hercules and I was just elated. It was the best experience of my life," he said.
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DISCOVERY: 2’300 KG COCAINE
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On 21.1.20198 the CFS PACENO will take on board a 20′ container in Paramaribo. Via Port of Spain, Trinidad, Mahangu travels to Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, where the vessel will arrive two to three weeks later. (Binding arrival data is not available for ship transports!)
We knew from experience that the shipping by container is always associated with a lot of effort. In Paramaribo, the preparatory work took two weeks. With Juan Scheuerman, of IntegraMar, we had a good agent to handle the paperwork. But the critical point this time was the customs. A few days ago, 2’300 kg (!) of cocaine was found in the harbor, hidden in rice containers. Meanwhile, a few harbor employees were arrested; but the big fish are still swimming in the shark tank. (With a lot of money, not only in Mexico, but also in Suriname a lot of rules can be abrogated!) Juan pointed out that due to this discovery, the formalities would not be easier! He should be right!
Yesterday, at 8 am, we stood with long trousers and good shoes in the harbor. Juan accompanied us and had all the paper with him. One he handed to the customs officer at the harbor entrance. He threw a quick glance and said that a stamp is missing – a newly introduced regulation. Six hours later, Mahangu and we were still at the harbor. At two o’clock we learned that loading is only possible on Monday! But for Sunday we had booked our flights to Cancun. And also the school visit in Playa del Carmen, the rental car and the Airbnb, where we will stay for two weeks.
What now? Quite simply: On Monday, Juan drives the car into the container. And tomorrow we will fly to Cancun via Curaçao and Panama City. We need vacations! (I imagine what it would be like if two tons of Ragusa had been found instead of cocaine. I would have stolen a few kilos there)
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Theater review: ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’ brilliant
Actor Michael MacCauley stars in this one-man spin on the famous Dickens Christmas story.
Theater review: ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’ brilliant Actor Michael MacCauley stars in this one-man spin on the famous Dickens Christmas story. Check out this story on citizen-times.com: http://avlne.ws/JMbPX3
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Michael MacCauley rehearses for the role of Marley in the N.C. Stage production of “Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol.” (Photo: Robert Bradley , Scene )
One-actor shows are always a risk for any theater company, as there are really only two major elements at play and the rest is just window dressing.
Those critical elements: the quality of the material and the talents of the single person on which it all rests. Ensemble Theatre Company’s production of “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” at N.C. Stage Company was outstanding a year ago and is improved by a year’s aging and seasoning.
With a variety of approaches to Charles Dickens’ seasonal classic in the region, surely this one is the most novel and distant from the original. But that very distance and lens on the timeless tale is part of what makes it notable. Ensemble Theatre takes seriously its name, and this is truly an ensemble effort, though a small one.
We all know the framework on which Dickens hangs the story of the parsimonious old Scrooge, the family of his underling, Bob Cratchit, the tragic plight of young Belle and the tension hanging over the tale: the tentative health of young Tiny Tim. But director Andrew Hampton Livingston and assistant director Dusty McKeelan are not doing the Dickens tear-jerker.
The venerable version opens with the words “Marley is dead, to begin with.” And, aside from a few mentions of Scrooge’s late partner in the dismal accounting office, the famed tale focuses on Scrooge and the above-mentioned cast of characters. Jacob Marley gets short shrift until playwright Tom Mula decided to remedy this omission.
The script of Mula’s “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” is masterful and a tour de force of theater writing. Many capable actors could bring life to this new approach to one of literature’s most famous spins. But in the hands of the highly regarded performance whiz Michael MacCauley, this vehicle becomes a masterpiece of both vivid writing and intense and inspired interpretation.
While the children can engage with, even profit from, simplified editions of the original by Dickens, mature audiences can glean much from this fascinating twist on social dynamics of late 19th century England. Marley’s Ghost tells a new tale, and MacCauley’s engaging interpretation is nothing short of riveting. Even if the words were unintelligible and an audience could only see MacCauley’s athletic and gymnastic take on Marley, it would be rewarding.
What: “Jacob
Marley’s Christmas Carol.”
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to
Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 29. No show on Christmas Day.
Where: North
Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane, Asheville.
Tickets: $25 to $12, students $10. www.ncstage.org, 239-0263.
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Savanna Maue: A breath of fresh air: How Huascar Medina is leading by example
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Hey all —
There are few artists I have met whose loyalty to the Topeka arts scene would rival that of Huascar Medina. I feature his work more extensively in this week's section, but I wanted to share my personal interaction with him.
Huascar is introverted, but is one of the rare people who can channel his reservations about the public eye outward and perform on stage in character or speak wholeheartedly as his poetic self.
I found myself enamored of the way Huascar describes the Topeka arts scene, putting into words the ideas and things I've seen in a way my brain could not.
His hope and passion for one of the smallest avenues of the city's arts scene was encouraging, especially after learning the Texas native has lived in Topeka less than two decades but is devoted to improving a less-recognized local art.
Huascar is great at networking, and again, for an introvert, he was extremely honest about his culture and struggles as an artist with someone he had only met before only briefly. He doesn't consider himself young (although he can't be older than 40), but he still feels young in his work and mentality. He spoke about providing mentorship for young Topeka poets and, refreshingly, is open to putting in the leg work himself to mentor others.
Offering your time and effort to younger artists is essential for an artistic community to flourish, and I am so excited to be able to show how that mentorship is taking root in Topeka. I can't wait to see Huascar's efforts continue to bloom.
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Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament at LP Field Tickets On Sale
January 29, 2012 |
Group A Games at LP Field and Group B Games at The Home Depot Center
Chicago, IL – Individual game tickets for the group matches of 2012 Men’s Olympic Qualifying in Nashville, TN and Carson, CA, will go on sale starting at 10:00am local time on Wednesday, January 25th.
The U.S. U-23 MNT will play all of its group matches at LP Field in Nashville. The team was drawn into Group A in the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament and opens group play against Cuba on March 22nd at 8:00pm CT. The U.S. faces Canada on March 24th at 6:00pm CT and El Salvador on March 26th at 8:00pm CT. Each game will be the second match of a doubleheader event. «Read the rest of this article»
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Fort Campbell Welcomes Home 154 Soldiers from the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade
By Bill Larson | January 29, 2012 |
Fort Campbell, KY – Yesterday Fort Campbell welcomed 154 soldiers from the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade home from a year long deployment to Southern Afghanistan. The 159th Combat Aviation Brigade is one of the last major elements of the 101st Airborne Division still deployed in Afghanistan.
Family and friends of the returning soldiers had gathered together to give their loved ones a proper welcome home.
The 154 returning soldiers of the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade stand proudly before their families and loves ones
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Pinnacle Family Entertainment Center Fundraiser for Brady Conatser a Success
Clarksville, TN – There was a rundraising event for Brady Conatser held at the Pinnacle Family Entertainment Center Saturday, January 28th. Those that came out were able to bowl from 9:00am to 11:00am for only $7.00. Everyone had a really good time and helped raise money for Brady’s rehabilitation.
“I just wanted to thank everyone for coming out this morning and supporting Brady.” said Tiffany Perry, Conatser’s cousin and organizer of the event.
A little girl bowling at the fundraising event at the Pinnacle.
The Weekly Market Snapshot from Frazier Allen for the week of January 29th, 2012
By Frazier Allen | January 29, 2012 |
Market Commentary by Scott J. Brown, Ph.D., Chief Economist
Scott J. Brown Ph.D., Chief Economist Raymond James Investment Services
The Federal Open Market Committee left short-term interest rates unchanged and did not embark on another round of asset purchases. No surprise there. However, the FOMC lengthened the period it expects to keep rates exceptionally low: the FOMC “currently anticipates that economic conditions – including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run – are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through late 2014” (vs. the previous “through mid-2013”).
Keeping to its dual mandate (price stability and maximum sustainable employment) the Fed adopted an explicit inflation target (inflation in the PCE Price Index at 2% per year) and a soft target for employment (currently, an unemployment rate between 5.2% and 6.0%). In the post-meeting press briefing, Chairman Bernanke said that officials were still debating whether to increase the Fed’s asset purchases. «Read the rest of this article»
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Austin Peay Lady Govs Basketball at Southeast Missouri Monday
Austin Peay Women’s Basketball at Southeast Missouri
Monday, January 30th, 2012 | Tipoff: 7:00pm (CT)
Cape Girardeau, MO | Arena: Show Me Center (7,000)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay will play the first of four consecutive solo contests when it travels to Southeast Missouri for a 7:00pm, Monday contest at the Show Me Center. It will be a matchup of teams currently ninth (APSU) and 10th (SEMO) in the OVC standings.
Both teams bring five-game losing streaks into Monday’s contests after each lost Saturday outings – Austin Peay 82-77 to Tennessee State while Southeast Missouri fell to UT Martin, 88-47. Austin Peay has won the last six meetings in the series, Southeast Missouri last downing the Lady Govs during the 2007-08 season at the Show Me Center.
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Clarksville Police Tactical Unit and Crisis Negotiator called out to Domestic Altercation
Clarksville, TN – On January 29th, 2012, around 3:30am, officers responded to a heated domestic in progress at the 3400 block of Melrose Drive.
When officers arrived they spoke to a 43 year old female who had just been assaulted by her boyfriend, Jeremy Brundige. Officer Maurice Nesbitt’s investigation into the assault revealed a verbal argument between the victim and Brundige escalated into a physical confrontation.
Sgt Joel Gibbons, Tactical Unit Commander, briefing Captain David Crockarell and Tactical Unit Members. (Photo by CPD-Jim Knoll)
Breakfast Pizza Tempts Kids of All Ages
Nashville, TN – Are you always looking for school day breakfast ideas? Here’s a fun breakfast treat that will appeal to kids of all ages – breakfast pizza.
“We kept this recipe simple with just a few toppings to make small pizzas that can be cut into manageable slices. Too often, breakfast pizzas are big and loaded with lots of toppings, sometimes overwhelming to younger kids. Simplicity is the key on school day mornings,” observes the Martha White® baking expert Linda Carman. «Read the rest of this article»
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Austin Peay Lady Govs Track and Field set Three School Records at Niswonger Invite
APSU Sports: Austin Peay Women’s Track and Field
Johnson City, TN – Austin Peay State University women’s indoor track and field team finished with three school records at this weekend’s Niswonger Invitational, hosted by East Tennessee.
Perhaps the most impressive record set came in the Distance Medley Relay. Austin Peay’s team led by Janelle Avery with Taelor Slaughter running the second leg, Chantelle Grey on the third leg and Xiamar Richards as the anchor unseated the previous record (12:31.79; set in 2001) with a 12:27.66 time good enough for third place.
Austin Peay Women's Track and Field. (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for January 29th, 2012
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Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
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Temporary Trail Closures at Land Between the Lake’s Turkey Bay OHV Area
Golden Pond, KY – Due to excessive rainfall, saturated soil, and freeze/thaw conditions, Turkey Bay Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area is temporarily closed, as of January 27th, 2012. Turkey Bay staff will re-evaluate trail conditions as the weather improves.
Turkey Bay staff strongly encourages users to “Call Before You Haul” to check current trail conditions at 270.924.2000, then press 3, or visit us on the web at www.lbl.org, then click on Alerts & Notices on the left side of the page. «Read the rest of this article»
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H.R.4640 - Veteran Suicide Prevention Act114th Congress (2015-2016)
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Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a publicly available review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the preceding five-year period.
Such review shall include:
the total number of veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period;
a summary that includes age, gender, and race;
a list of the medications prescribed to, and found in the systems of, such veterans at the time of their deaths, and a summary of medical diagnoses by VA physicians which led to the prescribing of such medications;
the number of instances in which the veteran was concurrently on multiple medications prescribed by VA physicians;
the percentage of veterans who were not taking any medication prescribed by a VA physician;
the percentage of veterans with combat experience or trauma;
Veterans Health Administration facilities with markedly high prescription and patient suicide rates;
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"Covered veteran" means any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death.
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It has always seemed that everything about California’s Proposition 65 was weird—as in, unusual, unexpected, a tad askew. I can think of at least four such things.
First, though it is a state law, it was passed in 1986 by the citizens of the state as a ballot initiative, not by the state legislature. It’s an unusual procedure, though more common in California than in other states.
Second, it cobbles together two very different programs, one aimed at protecting the state’s water supplies by placing various obligations on businesses and people within California, and the other aimed at letting people in California know when they are being knowingly exposed to chemicals the state has concluded cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. Yes, that latter obligation falls on businesses located anywhere in the world if their product ends up in California and exposes people to those chemicals.
While the law has exemptions from the warning requirement for smaller businesses with fewer than 10 employees and government agencies, for example, it is really quite broad in its applicability and scope, applying to chemicals that are used in essentially all different kinds of products and contexts. Also, the obligation to warn is not restricted to consumers you expose to listed chemicals, but also to workers in the state.
Third, unlike most regulatory obligations, which are enforced only by regulators, Proposition 65’s warning obligations are backed by financial penalties that in some situations can be enforced by private parties rather than the state, and the private parties can keep some of the money. Not surprisingly, a cottage industry has arisen of private lawsuits against big companies designed more to extract settlements than add to the safety of people in California.
Fourth, while the law provides for the state to set ‘safe harbor’ levels for each listed chemical—if you knowingly expose someone to less than the safe harbor amount, you don’t have to provide a warning to people exposed to the chemical—there are a number of chemicals that get listed by the state without any safe harbor number. In those instances, the law is very clear that the company still bears the burden of determining if the exposure that results from its product presents a significant risk and provide the warning if it does. If the company gets that wrong, it faces penalties.
Of interest to packaging makers, for example, California listed bisphenol A as a reproductive toxicant, but without a safe harbor level for ingestion (there is one for dermal exposures). It also listed n-hexane as a reproductive toxicant late last year, and only in September of this year has it proposed ‘safe harbor’ levels. They are 28,000 mcg/day for oral exposure, and 20,000 mcg/day via inhalation, much, much higher than levels expected to result from packaging uses (but you should confirm as to your own use). These are proposed levels, that is, not yet final, so it’s not a legal ‘safe harbor’ quite yet.
As a result of the uncertainties created when the state lists chemicals but doesn’t declare their safe levels, and out of fear of the money damages that might result, many companies decide to avoid using the listed chemicals when they can.
That was one of the motivations of the law in the first place. Most companies find the idea of providing a Proposition 65 warning to be an exceedingly unpleasant prospect, except perhaps for products consumers expect to present some risk, such as industrial chemicals. It just got even more unpleasant. California regulations were updated this year to, for example, require many warnings to make specific reference to the chemical or chemicals involved.
As many people predicted would happen, the law has resulted in such a proliferation of scary warnings on labels and placards around California that any individual warning probably has lesser impact.
And, as many people also predicted, weird listings have occasionally resulted from the law’s broadly drawn provisions.
Perhaps weirdest of all is the recent squabble in the state over whether coffee needed to feature a Prop 65 warning about the presence of acrylamide, a naturally formed cancer-causing chemical created when the beans are roasted. Because acrylamide is formed when food is fried, many quick serve restaurant chains in California have reportedly provided Proposition 65 warnings for a number of years. But coffee was too much. The state stepped in after a court ruled earlier this year that a Proposition 65 cancer warning was required on coffee sold by coffee-selling businesses, because acrylamide was listed, was present in coffee, and the retailers did not sufficiently prove that the acrylamide levels in their products were not a significant risk.
If the state hadn’t proposed a regulation in June that says coffee doesn’t require a cancer warning because it concluded coffee simply doesn’t cause cancer, Proposition 65 would have provided that it did.
California regulators say they reviewed a World Health Organization examination of over 1,000 studies that “concluded that there is ‘inadequate evidence’ that drinking coffee causes cancer.” WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer even found that coffee seems to help reduce the risk of some forms of cancer. Even FDA agrees that coffee has lots of health benefits and said that putting a cancer warning on coffee would mislead consumers.
Regulators and regulations have gotten an especially bad name lately. The regulators’ coffee decision appears to be a common-sense rescue of some Californians from the latest Proposition 65 weirdness.
Eric Greenberg can be reached at greenberg@efg-law.com Or visit his firm’s Web site at www.ericfgreenbergpc.com.
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Docket / Court 1:05-cv-00004-TLS-RBC ( N.D. Ind. )
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This suit was brought by the Indianapolis office of the EEOC in January 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Merrill Gardens LLC. The complaint alleged that Merrill Gardens had a pattern or practice of not hiring non-Caucasians, in violation of Title VII of ... read more >
This suit was brought by the Indianapolis office of the EEOC in January 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Merrill Gardens LLC. The complaint alleged that Merrill Gardens had a pattern or practice of not hiring non-Caucasians, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was consolidated with a private class action lawsuit that had previously been filed by some of the charging parties in the EEOC action (1:04-cv-00248-TLS-RBC). The cases ended with a consent decree entered in the EEOC case October 2005 and a class action settlement subsequently entered in the private case.
The consent decree is in effect for 42 months, though some provisions will cease effect if Merrill Gardens loses ownership of its facility. The consent decree requires Merrill Garden to hire without using race as a basis, and generally not to discriminate or retaliate in violation of Title VII. It requires the defendant to pay a total of $750,000 to known and unknown class members, including $100,000 in attorneys' fees. Additionally, Merrill Gardens must post and distribute a notice of non-discrimination, give non-discrimination training to its employees, keep relevant records, and report to the EEOC. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
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Home CLASSICAL This version of Mozart’s Queen of the Night played on the erhu...
This version of Mozart’s Queen of the Night played on the erhu sounds as intense as the original
Angelica Frey
If you are just a tiny bit like me, you must have more than a soft spot for Mozart’s Der Hölle Rache, the aria performed in the second act of the magic flute: after stating that the vengeance of hell “boils in her heart” the queen of the night threatens to disown and curse her daughter if she won’t assassinate Sarastro with a knife.
I have to confess I often find myself saying “This is a der Hölle Rache” situation.
How can someone be indifferent to this D Minor aria, accompanied by flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani and the string section? Three octaves, F4-F6 is the aria’s vocal range.
This version performed by Chinese master George Gao on an erhu, a two-stringed bowed musical that can be referred to as a “chinese fiddle” is expressive enough to make us “hear” the Queen of the Night’s words while the bow smoothly glides on the strings. There are some features that set the erhu apart from the rest of the string instruments: first, its sound is produced by the vibration of the python skin, which covers the resonator body at the bottom of the instrument. Then, the instrument lacks a fingerboard and the player just presses his fingertips onto the strings without them touching the neck. Moreover, the bow is never actually separated from the strings, as it passes between them rather than over them.
Enjoy your listening and Hört, hört, hört der Mutter Schwur!
PS: The author of the video, Lara St John, is an acquaintance of violinist Eric Silberger, whom we interviewed earlier.
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Long-awaited Phoenixrising
AT last! Work on Crewe's long-awaited entertainment park is underway.
The multi million pound Phoenix Leisure Park is taking shape for all to see.
For months the site remained dormant but now steel structures are up and cinema-goers are looking forward to catching the latest blockbusters at a multi- screen venue.
After a previous developer pulled out in 2000, the lack of activity triggered doubts over whether the scheme would be completed.
But work is now underway and Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council leaders have met the developers, Liberty Properties of Chester, to discuss progress.
The £7 million complex will includea22,000sq ftbowlingalley,a 13,000 sq ft multiplex cinema and a 17,000 sq ft bingo hall. Pizza Hut will also have a 3,200 sq ft outlet.
The old railway site was reclaimed under a derelict land grant in the 1980s and earmarked in the Local Plan for leisure and entertainment.
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Councilleader PeterKentsaid:'We are delighted work is now well underway and we should have an entertainments complex to be proud of in the borough by the end of the year.
'There have been sceptics but as an authority we said we would realise this scheme and we have. Sometimes things just take a bit longer than we wish.'
The autumn opening date will be well timed to cater for the influx of students to the MMU's new halls of residence in Crewe Green Road.
A new nightclub and cafe bar on Edleston Road will also inject life into the area.
Cllr Howard Curran, portfolio holder for local activities, said: 'People have gone outside the area to satisfy their leisure needs. Now they will have convenient venues in Crewe.'
Liberty Properties project director Emyr Williams said: 'This project has been made possible thanks to the sterling efforts of Crewe and Nantwich Council, and we are all working together to ensure the finished complex is one the area will be proud of.'
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Home Entertainment Comic-Con: This new red-band trailer for Sausage Party is ruining my joke
Comic-Con: This new red-band trailer for Sausage Party is ruining my joke
It wasn’t all superheroes and sci-fi during last night’s Comic-Con events. No, filling the needs of previously unheard of “we want to see anthropomorphic groceries swear like sailors as they fight for their lives” market, Seth Rogen brought his R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party to San Diego. Rogen screened the movie in its entirety in a venue outside the convention centre, and as you have probably figured out, we were not counted in that number (y’know, due to the whole “being on another continent” thing). And according to reports, the screening went down incredibly well.
He has made it up slightly to everybody else who was not lucky enough to be in attendance by debuting a brand new NSFW red-band trailer online for the film, which still looks absolutely hilarious. And also occasionally disturbing. Check it out below.
Man, going to the toilet to handle my business just suddenly became a whole lot more traumatic!
Rogen also spoke at Comic-Con about how making the first R-rated Pixar styled animated movie presented some unique challenges. Especially when it came to a graphic sex scene between a bagel (voiced by Edward Norton) and a piece of bread, which needed to have some footage trimmed.
“I really don’t think the MPAA knew how to handle this film. There were a lot of May Days and fluids. Our original version was eight minutes longer.”
Amazingly though the MPAA was mostly ok with one potentially upsetting part of the scene.
“When Sammy the Bagel takes his testicles over his face, the MPAA said to just remove a few hairs.”
Oh, MPAA. You so crazy.
Sausage Party also stars the voice talents of Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, and Salma Hayek. It is scheduled for release in the US on August 12. Locally it hits screens on September 9.
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Call for Papers - Cybercrime: interdisciplinary approaches to cutting crime and victimisation in cyber space
Digital and non-digital forensics for cybercrime
Victimology on cybercrime
Economics of cybercrime
New research on specific forms of cybercrime and harm such as online frauds, romance scams, phishing, DDoS attacks, malware, online child sexual abuse and online pornography, cyber bullying and hate speech, fake news
The use of new technologies (e.g. cryptocurrencies) in cybercrime and their impacts on crime investigations and prevention
The use of financial agents (i.e., money mules) in cybercrime
The role of online social networks in cybercrime
Cyber elements in traditional material crime e.g. terrorism
New challenges and solutions to cybercrime in cyber-physical-social worlds
Better understanding of behaviours of victims and criminals in cybercrime
Cybercrime prevention mechanisms such as cyber security education, better tools and policies
Critical national infrastructure protection against cybercrime
Deadline for submission
This Call for Papers is open from now until 31 May, 2018.
https://crimesciencejournal.springeropen.com/cybercrime
بواسطة Nikolaos Georgitsopoulos
Access Classification Level: public Document Status: public version Languages: English Topic: legal affairs » crime » cybercrime cybercrime call for papers publication
Bitcoin and Crypto Currencies Take Center Stage at APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Global cybercrime-fighting association APWG is hosting its eCrime 2017 conference on April 25-27 in Scottsdale,
Arizona, USA. This is the 12th annual eCrime conference, which brings together 200 of the world’s top security practitioners and researchers to explore solutions to Internet-mediated electronic crime.
APWG Secretary General Peter Cassidy said, “Electronic crime succeeds ultimately through access to conventional banking services, where criminals can pay each other, or can extract stolen funds from victims. The 2017 eCrime conference will focus on the ability of industry and law enforcement to preserve its capacity to observe, respond and manage cybercrime mediated through the virtual currencies that are becoming ubiquitously fungible,” Mr. Cassidy said.
The annual Symposium On Electronic Crime Research features Industrial and academic researchers who probe: phishing, spear-phishing, ransomware, crimeware, online scam schemes, bitcoin abuses, and the character of crimes against different cultures. The symposium is attended by security managers from financial services firms, Internet security companies, technology developers, email system administrators, forensic scientists, law enforcement personnel, legislators, inter-governmental organizations and scientists from many disciplines that transect in the study of cybercrime.
Many of the presentations will describe practical approaches at hand for the detection, investigation and suppression of cybercrime through advanced research techniques and technical approaches, as developed by expert professionals and academic investigators working at the dark, lonely edges of the cybercrime experience.
Program discussions will include:
Tracking Blockchain and Virtual Currency Transactions
The Curious Case of 14,766 SSL Certs Issued for PayPal Phishing Sites
Globalized Cybercrime Data Exchange for Automated Response
·Catching Phish in Neural Networks
Virulent Mutations in Next Generation Phishing Tech
Tracing Cybercrimes to Cybercriminals via Machine Data
Financial Fraud Suppression Routines
Machine Event Data as Forensic Tool
Distinguishing Black-Hat Marketplace’s Key Stakeholders
True Crime Tales from Bundeskriminalamt & NPA Japan
National Baselining of Individuals’ Resilience to Common Cybercrimes
Old Fashioned Extortion, Made New Again with Brand Spoofing
Cybercrime expert interveners and researchers sponsoring this year’s symposium include: PayPal, MXTools, Easy Solutions, Cylance, RiskIQ and Arizona State University.
About the APWG (www.apwg.org)
The APWG, an international affairs organization focused on global suppression of common and advanced cybercrimes, was founded in 2003 as the Anti-Phishing Working Group, is a global industry, law enforcement, and government coalition of more than 2,100 institutions working to unify the global response to electronic crime. Since 2004, the APWG has developed and curated one of the world’s largest NGO-managed clearinghouses of cybercrime event data enabling the sharing of this data to protect consumers and businesses alike. APWG’s directors, managers and research fellows advise and correspond with national governments; global governance bodies like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Telecommunications Union and ICANN; hemispheric and global trade groups; and multilateral treaty organizations such as the European Commission, the G8 High Technology Crime Subgroup, Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Europol EC3 and the Organization of American States. APWG is a member of the steering group of the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative at the Commonwealth of Nations. Membership is open to qualified financial institutions, online retailers, ISPs and Telcos, the law enforcement community, solutions providers, multi-lateral treaty organizations, research centers, trade associations and government agencies.
بواسطة Marie AGHA-WEVELSIEP
بواسطة Alexander SEGER
European Judicial Cybercrime Network It is taking place today, at Eurojust, the launching meeting of the European Judicial Cybercrime Network. This ne
It is taking place today, at Eurojust, the launching meeting of the European Judicial Cybercrime Network.
This network brings together representatives of the Public Prosecutors' Offices (in some cases, judicial representatives) of the Member States of the European Union, specialized in cybercrime issues. Its purpose is to facilitate the exchange of information on cybercrime and digital evidence, providing a forum for sharing of good practices, legislative developments and jurisprudence. The network is also a channel of dialogue available for the coordination of investigations in concrete cases.
بواسطة Pedro VERDELHO
Launching of the Cybercrime and Digital Evidence Forum of the Portuguese-Speaking Public Prosecution Services
It was approved, during the XIV Meeting of Prosecutors Generals of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (held in Lisbon last 13-14 October), the establishment of the Cybercrime and Digital Evidence Forum. The decision was made by Prosecutors General of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste, and also by representatives of the Prosecution Service of Macau, which are gathered in Lisbon.
Behind the creation of this forum it was the recognition that language is one of the last frontiers of the Internet, hence the need to strengthen cooperation at this respect among countries sharing the same language.
According to the official announcement (see here: http://cibercrime.ministeriopublico.pt/en/pagina/launching-cybercrime-and-digital-evidence-forum-portuguese-speaking-public-prosecution), the new structure aims at sharing information and knowledge and the exchange of experiences and good practices. All this, aiming to streamline cooperation between the several Prosecution Services, in order to increase capacity to fight cybercrime and improve efficiency in the collection, preservation and use of digital evidence.
Launching of CiberRede / CiberRed – Ibero-American Network of of Public Prosecutors specialised on cybercrime
The Portuguese Public Portuguese Service announced yesterday (http://cibercrime.ministeriopublico.pt/en) that gathered, in Lisbon, the General Assembly of AIAMP (Associação Ibero Americana de Ministérios Públicos / Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors) approved the establishment of CiberRede / CiberRed, a network of Public Prosecutors specialised on cybercrime.
This network aims to develop the relationship between - Ibero American public prosecutors in matters of cybercrime and obtaining digital evidence and also to allow the exchange of experiences and good practices, facilitating, in concrete cases, cooperation between different countries.
CiberRede / CiberRed is a result of the adoption, by AIAMP, of an initiative of the Portuguese Prosecution Service, who is also responsible for the coordination of the network.
AIAMP brings together the Prosecution Services of 21 countries from the Ibero-American space, including Portugal and Spain. At the present date, 17 out of 21 Prosecution Services have already designated representatives to CiberRede / CiberRed.
Some of these countries are also Parties to the Budapest Convention: besides Portugal and Spain, also the Dominican Republic and Panama. Some other, have been invited to accede: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico,
Paraguay and Peru.
Some of these countries are also Parties to the Budapest Convention: besides Portugal and Spain, also the Dominican Republic and Panama. Some other, have been invited to accede: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru.
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GENVAL evaluation reports on cybercrime
The seventh round of GENVAL mutual evaluations has been dedicated to the practical implementation and operation of the European polices on preventing and combating cybercrime.
This monitoring mechanism follows the adoption of Joint Action 97/827/JHA of 5 December 1997 to evaluate the application and implementation at national level of international undertakings in the fight against organised crime among EU member countries.
The seventh round started in 2014 and ended in 2016. The final draft of the mutual evaluations with the conclusions and recommendations contained in the country specific reports is now available.
The country specific evaluation reports finalised have been made public and could serve other countries to review their legislation and strategy on cybercrime:
- Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia
- Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia
- Finland - France
- Greece
- Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Latvia
- Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands
- Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia
- Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom
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Palme d’Or: “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda
Grand Prix: “BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Actor: Marcello Fonte, ”Dogman”
Actress: Samal Yeslyamova, “Ayka”
Jury Prize: Nadine Labaki, “Capernaum”
Screenplay — TIE: Alice Rohrwacher, “Happy as Lazzaro” AND Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, “3 Faces”
Special Palme d’Or: Jean-Luc Godard
Camera d’Or: “Girl,” Lukas Dhont
Short Films Palme d’Or: “All These Creatures,” Charles Williams
Short Films Special Mention: “On the Border,” Shujun Wei
Golden Eye Documentary Prize: TBA
Ecumenical Jury Prize: “Capernaum,” Nadine Labaki
Ecumenical Jury Special Mention: “BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee
Queer Palm: “Girl,” Lukas Dhont
Un Certain Regard Award: Ali Abbasi, “Border”
Best Director: Sergei Loznitsa, “Donbass”
Best Performance: Victor Polster, “Girl”
Best Screenplay: Meryem Benm’Barek, “Sofia”
Special Jury Prize: João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora, “The Dead and the Others”
Art Cinema Award: “Climax” (Gaspar Noé)
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “The Trouble With You” (Pierre Salvadori)
Europa Cinemas Label: “Lucia’s Grace (Gianni Zanasi)
Illy Short Film Award: “Skip Day” (Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas)
Grand Prize: “Diamantino” (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt)
Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “Woman at War” (Benedikt Erlingsson)
GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: “Sir”
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Felix Maritaud, “Sauvage.”
Short Film: “Hector Malot – The Last Day Of The Year” (Jacqueline Lentzou)
FIPRESCI
Competition: “Burning,” (Lee Chang-dong)
Un Certain Regard: “Girl,” (Lukas Dhont)
Directors’ Fortnight/Critics’ Week: “One Day” (Zsófa Szilagyi)
CINÉFONDATION
First Prize: “The Summer of the Electric Lion,” Diego Céspedes
Second Prize — TIE: “Calendar,” Igor Poplauhin AND “The Storms in Our Blood,” Shen Di
Third Prize: “Inanimate,” Lucia Bulgheroni
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CANNES 2018: FULL LIST OF FILMS
Everybody Knows (dir: Asghar Farhadi) – opening film
At War (dir: Stéphane Brizé)
Dogman (dir: Matteo Garrone)
Le Livre d’Image (dir: Jean-Luc Godard)
Asako I & II (dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
Sorry Angel (dir: Christophe Honoré)
Girls of the Sun (dir: Eva Husson)
Ash Is Purest White (dir: Jia Zhang-Ke)
Shoplifters (dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Capernaum (dir: Nadine Labaki)
Burning (dir: Lee Chang-Dong)
BlacKKKlansman (dir: Spike Lee)
Under the Silver Lake (dir: David Robert Mitchell)
Three Faces (dir: Jafar Panahi)
Cold War (dir: Pawel Pawlikowski)
Lazzaro Felice (dir: Alice Rohrwacher)
Yomeddine (dir: AB Shawky)
Leto (L’Été) (dir: Kirill Serebrennikov)
Angel Face (dir: Vanessa Filho)
Border (dir: Ali Abbasi)
El Angel (dir: Luis Ortega)
Euphoria (dir: Valeria Golino)
Friend (dir: Wanuri Kahiu)
The Gentle Indifference of the World (dir: Adilkhan Yerzhanov)
Girl (dir: Lukas Dhont)
The Harvesters (dir: Etienne Kallos)
In My Room (dir: Ulrich Köhler)
Little Tickles (dir: Andréa Bescond & Eric Métayer)
My Favorite Fabric (dir: Gaya Jiji)
On Your Knees, Guys (Sextape) (dir: Antoine Desrosières)
Sofia (dir: Meyem Benm’Barek)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (dir: Ron Howard)
Le Grand Bain (dir: Gilles Lellouche)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (dir: Bi Gan)
Midnight screenings
Arctic (dir: Joe Penna)
The Spy Gone North (dir: Yoon Jong-Bing)
10 Years in Thailand (dir: Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol & Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
The State Against Mandela and the Others (dir: Nicolas Champeaux & Gilles Porte)
O Grande Circo Mistico (dir: Carlo Diegues)
Dead Souls (dir: Wang Bing)
To the Four Winds (dir: Michel Toesca)
La Traversée (dir: Romain Goupil)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (dir: Wim Wenders)
The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 6 through 19.
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OCTOBER PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
Includes a new edition of Meet the Filmmakers on Josh and Benny Safdie,
four films by Michael Haneke and Juraj Herz's The Cremator!
On the Waterfront*: Criterion Collection Edition #647
Marlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in Elia Kazan's eight-time Oscar-winning masterpiece. A powerfully emotional tale of individual failure and social corruption, On the Waterfrontfollows Terry's deepening moral crisis as he must decide whether to remain loyal to a mob-connected union boss (Lee J. Cobb) and his right-hand man, Terry's brother (Rod Steiger), as the authorities close in on them. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: an audio commentary by authors Richard Schickel and Jeff Young; a conversation between filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Kent Jones; Elia Kazan: Outsider (1982), an hour-long documentary; a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with scholar Leo Braudy, critic David Thomson, and others; an interview with actor Eva Marie Saint; an interview with director Elia Kazan from 2001; and more.
*Premiering on the Channel this month.
Harold and Maude*: Criterion Collection Edition #608
Countercultural icon Hal Ashby's idiosyncratic American fable tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: an audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill; illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins; and an interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens.
Tuesday's Short and Feature: The Extraordinary Life of Rocky* andHarold and Maude
In these two comedies, glimmers of macabre humor emerge amid the specter of death: Belgian director Kevin Meul's award-winning 2010 short The Extraordinary Life of Rockyfollows the story of a young boy whose very presence seems to lead his loved ones to die in freak accidents, while Hal Ashby's 1971 Harold and Maude observes the unlikely romantic relationship between a suicidal twentysomething and an eccentric elderly widow.
Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie
The Channel-exclusive series Meet the Filmmakers invites exciting contemporary directors to turn the camera on filmmakers who intrigue them, capturing their creative process through genuine, personal encounters, not filmographies or biographies. This latest entry goes behind the scenes with Josh and Benny Safdie, brothers who have made their name with a number of singularly chaotic features set in their native New York. In addition to candid footage from the set of their new thriller Good Time, director Michael Chaiken offers an intimate immersion in the Safdies' world, where family life and filmmaking flow together inseparably. Alongside the fifty-five-minute documentary, the Criterion Channel will present a sampling of the duo's key films, including The Pleasure of Being Robbed* (2008), Daddy Longlegs*(2009), their basketball documentary Lenny Cooke*(2013), and four of their shorts*.
Friday Night Double Feature: The Arbor* and The Selfish Giant*
With Clio Barnard's new feature Dark River now making the festival rounds, catch up on two of the director's acclaimed films set in the industrial West Yorkshire city of Bradford. In her astonishing debut feature, The Arbor (2010), she turns documentary filmmaking on its head, investigating the brief, tragic life of playwright Andrea Dunbar through a cast of actors lip-synching to audio interviews with Dunbar's family members. In Barnard's first purely narrative work, the Oscar Wilde-inspired The Selfish Giant (2013), two working-class teenagers become friends as they try to earn money by collecting scrap metal.
Tuesday's Short and Feature: Bridges-Go-Round* and The Connection
Different corners of New York City come alive in two works by iconoclastic filmmaker Shirley Clarke: in the playfully structured 1958 short Bridges-Go-Round, she evokes the sculptural beauty of the urban landscape through an assemblage of looped footage, while in her jazz-fueled 1961 feature debut, The Connection, she reimagines a Jack Gelber play about a group of heroin addicts anxiously awaiting their drug dealer in a seedy apartment.
Carnival of Souls: Criterion Collection Edition #63
A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) in a small Kansas town survives a drag race accident, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she is haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Made by industrial filmmakers on a small budget, this eerily effective B-movie classic was intended to have "the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau" - and with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score, it has remained an influential cult classic decades later. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: selected-scene audio commentary featuring director Herk Harvey and screenwriter John Clifford; an interview with comedian and writer Dana Gould; a video essay by film critic David Cairns; The Movie That Wouldn't Die!, a documentary on the 1989 reunion of the film's cast and crew; The Carnival Tour, a 2000 update on the film's locations; and more.
Ulrich Seidl's Paradise Trilogy* - Paradise: Love, Paradise: Faith, and Paradise: Hope
Like Lars von Trier and Gaspar Noé, Austrian provocateur Ulrich Seidel has long polarized audiences with his boundary-pushing explorations of transgressive desire and abject humiliation. Ranging from the exploits of a middle-aged sex tourist in Kenya to the tribulations of a teenage girl at a weight-loss camp, the stories in this ambitious triptych offer disturbing insights on morality and shame on the margins of contemporary European society. Watch the complete trilogy on the Channel alongside a new interview with cinematographer Ed Lachman.
Friday Night Double Feature: Oslo, August 31st* and The Fire Within
Two European cityscapes serve as backdrops for dark nights of the soul in these adaptations of Pierre Drieu la Rochelle's 1931 novel Will o' the Wisp. In Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31st (2011), a depressive writer on a furlough from drug rehab confronts his memories and temptations in the Norwegian capital; in Louis Malle's The Fire Within (1963), a recovering alcoholic, having resolved to commit suicide, wanders a forlorn Paris paying final visits to a scattering of old friends.
Life During Wartime*: Criterion Collection Edition #574
With his customary dry humor and queasy precision, independent filmmaker Todd Solondz explores contemporary American existence and the nature of forgiveness in this distorted mirror image of his 1998 dark comedy Happiness. That film's emotionally stunted characters are now groping for the possibility of change in a post-9/11 world and, in a daring twist, are embodied by a different ensemble cast, including Shirley Henderson, Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, and Ciarán Hinds. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: a documentary featuring interviews with the cast and on-set footage, an interview with cinematographer Ed Lachman, and more.
Tuesday's Short + Feature: Tord and Tord* and Persona
The psychology of self steps to the fore in these two existential Swedish films. Niki Lindroth von Bahr's clever animated fable Tord and Tord (2010) employs handsome stop motion and deadpan narration to tell the story of a fox who finds his individuality thrown into doubt by the arrival of a new rabbit neighbor with the same name. Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece Persona (1966) captures the porousness of identity through the turbulent relationship between a troubled actress (Liv Ullmann) and her nurse (Bibi Andersson) during their stay on a remote island.
Four Jean-Pierre Melville Editions
Marrying elements of classic genre filmmaking with his own individualistic flair and do-it-yourself attitude, the great French director Jean-Pierre Melville produced a body of work suffused with a quiet existential brooding. In anticipation of his centennial this month, we're presenting the packed editions of four of his masterpieces: Le samouraï (Criterion Collection Edition #306), an elegant mix of 1940s American gangster cinema, 1960s French pop culture, and Japanese lone-warrior mythology, featuring Alain Delon in a career-defining performance; Le cercle rouge (#218), a heist film about the criminal schemes of a master thief, a notorious escapee, and an alcoholic ex-cop; Le deuxième souffle (#448), which follows the parallel tracks of a French underworld criminal escaped from prison and the suave inspector relentlessly pursuing him; and Les enfants terribles(#398), a collaboration with Jean Cocteau that delves into the wholly unholy relationship between a brother and sister.
Adventures in Moviegoing with Philip Kaufman
In the latest episode of the Channel-exclusive series Adventures in Moviegoing, writer-director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, The Unbearable Lightness of Being), one of the most accomplished and eclectic of all American filmmakers, reveals a cinephilic appetite as wide-ranging as his filmography. Among the formative experiences he recounts: his childhood love for the eye-popping colors in Disney's Bambi and Fantasia, the origin of his interest in world cinema at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts (also the birthplace of Criterion and Janus Films), and his later encounters with the works of American mavericks like Don Siegel, John Cassavetes, and Shirley Clarke. Alongside the interview, check out a selection from Kaufman's personal canon, including John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian Style, and his ultimate favorite, François Truffaut's Jules and Jim.
Friday Night Double Feature: Le samouraï and The Usual Suspects
Enigmatic outlaws take the spotlight in these crafty crime films, both of which feature iconic police-lineup scenes: a knockout sequence in Jean-Pierre Melville's taut minimalist thriller Le samouraï (1967) follows Alain Delon's contract killer as he attempts to elude identification; Bryan Singer's tricky The Usual Suspects (1995), a neonoir featuring an Oscar-winning performance for the ages by Kevin Spacey, revolves around a team of criminals who meet when they're all hauled into the same New York precinct.
Le Corbeau: Criterion Collection Edition #227
A mysterious writer of poison-pen letters, known only as Le Corbeau (the Raven), plagues a French provincial town, unwittingly exposing the collective suspicion and rancor seething beneath the community's calm surface. Made during the Nazi Occupation of France, Henri-Georges Clouzot's exploration of mass paranoia was attacked by the right-wing Vichy regime, the left-wing Resistance press, and the Catholic Church, and was banned after the Liberation. But in time the film reemerged as high-profile admirers like Jean Cocteau and Jean-Paul Sartre championed its powerful subtext and worked to rehabilitate Clouzot's reputation after the war. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: an interview with Bertrand Tavernier and excerpts from The Story of French Cinema by Those Who Made It: Grand Illusions 1939-1942, a 1975 documentary featuring Clouzot.
Tuesday's Short + Feature: Doodlebug and Following
In the wake of Christopher Nolan's war film Dunkirk, one of the most widely celebrated and commercially successful films of the summer, this week's Short + Feature takes a look back at the filmmaker's no-less-inventive low-budget beginnings. In the space of just three minutes, Nolan's black-and-white short Doodlebug (1997), about a man hunting a bug in his apartment that may or may not be a figment of his imagination, develops into a compellingly Kafkaesque portrait of madness, while his first feature, the psychological mystery Following (1999), also shot on 16 mm, cunningly scrambles its chronology to tell the story of a writer drawn unexpectedly into a life of crime.
Observations on Film Art No. 12: Brute Force - The Actor's Toolkit
What do film actors do when they act? Few aspects of moviemaking craft are more discussed and less understood. In this month's episode of our Channel-exclusive series Observations on Film Art, Professor David Bordwell takes a close look at Jules Dassin's Brute Force (1947) to show how a performance is built from gesture, body language, and speech. Dassin's prison-escape film noir relies on economical acting from performers like Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, and Charles Bickford to create richly nuanced characterizations that resonate beyond the content of the script's hard-boiled dialogue. ACCOMPANIED BY: the Criterion edition of Brute Force.
Friday Night Double Feature: The Haunted Strangler and Fiend Without a Face
Terror comes from within in these chilling tales, produced by horror impresario Richard Gordon and originally released in 1958 as a double bill. A late-career showcase for monster-movie legend Boris Karloff, The Haunted Strangler follows a muckraking author (Karloff) as he attempts to uncover the real story behind a twenty-year-old series of killings, only to reveal a gruesome side of himself. And in Arthur Crabtree's sci-fi/horror hybrid Fiend Without a Face, a scientist's thoughts come to grisly life in the form of invisible monsters with an unquenchable thirst for human brains.
Split Screen Season 8
Two decades after it premiered on IFC, the pioneering television series Split Screen has a streaming home on the Channel, with batches of episodes from the show's four-year run going up every month. In this priceless time capsule, host John Pierson takes viewers on an irreverent trip through filmmaking communities and movie-loving culture at the turn of the millennium. This season features a trip to South Korea to meet the animators behind The Simpsons, an investigation of Billy Graham's insanely prolific evangelical film production unit, and an appearance by Haruo Nakajima, a.k.a. the man in the Godzilla suit.
Hunger: Criterion Collection Edition #504
Oscar-winning British filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) turns one of history's most controversial acts of political defiance into a jarring, unforgettable cinematic experience. In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. McQueen dramatizes prison existence and Sands's final days in a way that is purely experiential, even abstract, a succession of images full of both beauty and horror. Featuring an intense performance by Michael Fassbender, Hunger is an unflinching, transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure to be heard. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: interviews with McQueen and Fassbender, a short documentary on the making of the film, and more.
Tuesday's Short + Feature: Swallowed* and The Brood
While the kids are out trick-or-treating, sneak in two unnerving films that milk horror from the physical and emotional trials of motherhood. A young mom finds herself possessed by eerie trances and uncontrollable impulses in dancer-filmmaker Lily Baldwin's Swallowed, made as part of the dream-inspired omnibus Collective: Unconscious (2016). And David Cronenberg's The Brood (1979) sets a mother's rage loose on her daughter, taking the director's obsession with bodily and psychological carnage to bloodcurdling extremes.
Complete list of films premiering on the Criterion Channel this month:
Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby, 1971
On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, 1954
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky, Kevin Meul, 2010
Lenny Cooke, Josh and Benny Safdie, 2013
The Black Balloon, Josh and Benny Safdie, 2012
John's Gone, Josh and Benny Safdie, 2010
Daddy Longlegs, Josh and Benny Safdie, 2009
The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Josh Safdie, 2008
The Acquaintances of a Lonely John, Benny Safdie, 2008
We're Going to the Zoo, Josh Safdie, 2006
The Arbor, Clio Barnard, 2010
The Selfish Giant, Clio Barnard, 2013
The Junk Shop, Juraj Herz, 1965
The Cremator, Juraj Herz, 1968
Golden Demon, Koji Shima, 1954
La chambre, Chantal Akerman, 1972
A Taxing Woman's Return, Juzo Itami, 1988
Paradise: Love, Ulrich Seidl, 2012
Paradise: Faith, Ulrich Seidl, 2013
Paradise: Hope, Ulrich Seidl, 2013
Oslo, August 31st, Joachim Trier, 2011
June Night, Per Lindberg, 1940
Blindfolded Eyes, Carlos Saura, 1978
History Is Made at Night, Frank Borzage, 1937
Gap-Toothed Women, Les Blank, 1987
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists, Les Blank, 1995
Ciao Federico, Gideon Bachmann, 1970
The Seventh Continent, Michael Haneke, 1989
Benny's Video, Michael Haneke, 1992
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, Michael Haneke, 1994
The Piano Teacher, Michael Haneke, 2001
Life During Wartime, Todd Solondz, 2009
Tord and Tord, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, 2010
Madonna of the Seven Moons, Arthur Crabtree, 1945
I Am Curious - Blue, Vilgot Sjöman, 1968
Café au lait, Mathieu Kassovitz, 1993
My Home Is Copacabana, Arne Sucksdorff, 1965
The Edge of the World, Michael Powell, 1937
L'enfance nue, Maurice Pialat, 1968
A Man There Was, Victor Sjöström, 1917
Until the End of the World, Wim Wenders, 1991
More, Barbet Schroeder, 1969
Intimate Relations, Philip Goodhew, 1996
Swallowed, Lily Baldwin, 2016
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Be smart, keep your belongings safe
MARTY CAIVANO
Hugh Hartigan locks up his bike outside CU’s visual arts complex. CU Police recommends locking up your bike with a U-lock rather than a cable lock, which can be cut easily by a prepared thief.
By Whitney Bryen |
Keep your stuff safe
Be aware. Paying attention to your surroundings can help you avoid bad situations.
Don’t leave your things alone. Taken them with you when you get up to do something, even if it’s just for a minute.
Keep Records. Keep paperwork or jot down serial numbers for bikes and electronics so you stand a better chance of getting it back quickly, if stolen.
Source: CU Police spokesman Ryan Huff
For crime updates
Follow CU Police on Twitter @CUBoulderPolice and on Facebook at facebook.com/CUBoulderPolice .
T heft is the most common crime on most college campuses and CU is no different.
CU Police spokesman Ryan Huff said there was a spike of thefts on campus this past fall. Between Oct. 2 and 22 alone, there were 15 cases of theft reported, which included reports of someone going into unlocked offices and taking laptops, wallets and purses.
“They were primarily in academic buildings but also occurred in central locations like the UMC (University Memorial Center),” Huff said. “The state patrol made an arrest of someone who is a suspected thief here and at the School of Mines and CU-Denver, but that does not mean it’s time to be complacent.”
Don’t leave your stuff alone
Don’t give thieves a chance to nab your stuff by leaving it unattended, even for a minute, Huff said.
Whether you’re leaving your office or stepping away from your laptop in Norlin, take precautions, he said.
“Even if it’s just for a minute to use the restroom, don’t leave your things laying out for someone to take,” Huff said. “Take your things with you or if you’re with a friend, ask them to keep an eye on your things while you’re away.”
It only takes a minute for someone to grab your laptop or purse and if you’re not there to keep an eye on them, there’s a good chance you’ll never recover the items.
Lock up your bike
Bikes are the most common theft on campus and have been a continued concern for students and police on the Boulder campus.
While progress has been made over the past two years thanks to some arrests and increased patrols, Huff said students should continue to protect their bikes on and off campus.
Police recommend a steel U-Lock rather than a cable lock, which can easily be cut by prepared criminals.
Make sure the lock is around your tire and frame so thieves can’t steal most of your bike by taking it apart.
Students can register their bikes on campus at one of the two bike stations, which are located near the UMC and the Engineering Center. Registration can help authorities return stolen bikes when they’re recovered, Huff said.
Police ask that students report any suspicious behavior or thefts on campus, including at campus bike racks, by calling 303-492-6666.
Beware of email scammers
In the fall, CU Police received multiple reports of email scams targeting students that included offers to make money by working from home.
In some cases, students are offered an advance in pay and are sent a check for thousands of dollars, then instructed to deduct a certain amount and then send the remaining amount to a client or supplier.
“What happens is the student deposits the check and then sends the money, but the check they were given ends up bouncing after their funds have already been sent,” Huff said.
At least one CU student lost $5,960 in one of the scams, according to information distributed by CU Police in October.
Students should be skeptical of emailed job offers, Huff said. “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”
“Be careful whom you do business with,” he said. “There are legitimate companies who will allow you to work from home, but if you get random emails from someone you don’t know, who’s not from the area, be suspect and do your research.”
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Updated: What you need to know about a ballot effort to bring wolves back to Colorado
Should voters make this call of the wild?
Alesandra Tejeda
The last time Colorado was home to gray wolves was in the 1940s. Supporters of reintroducing the endangered species to Colorado are busy gathering signatures to put a measure on next November's ballot. (Public domain photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Flickr: Creative Commons)
Editor’s note: This story originally was published on Nov. 17, 2019. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office what it said are more than 200,000 signatures to place restoration of wolves on Colorado’s 2020 statewide ballot. On Monday, Jan. 6, the Secretary of State’s Office qualified the measure for the ballot, saying that based on its sampling of “215,370 submitted signatures, the projected number of valid signatures is greater than 110% of the total number required.”
Over the next month, an army of volunteers will continue fanning across the state making sure they’ve gathered enough signatures to put a much-debated question on the November 2020 ballot: Should voters reintroduce gray wolves onto public lands in western Colorado where they once roamed but haven’t since the 1940s?
If volunteers successfully gather the necessary 124,632 signatures by Dec. 13, you could get a shot at deciding whether Colorado gets its wolves back along with whether to re-elect President Donald Trump or send a new U.S. senator to Washington. A group backing Initiative 107 says it already has enough signatures, but is gathering more just to be safe.
If the question makes the ballot, it will be the first time voters anywhere in the nation will decide whether to reintroduce gray wolves.
Backing this potential ballot measure is some serious money; the effort already has raked in nearly $1 million, with much of it flowing in from out of state. In a state with a growing rural-urban divide, the question pits wolf lovers and some environmental- and conservation-minded folks against some ranchers and sportsmen and opponents who decry “forced wolf introduction.” Others say Colorado, once part of the wolf’s native prowling range, is just not the same place it was when wolves prowled here. Colorado’s neighborhoods and cities are encroaching further into wild spaces, and demographers expect the state’s population to nearly double in the next 30 years.
Those who want the wolf back say reintroduction would help restore the state’s ecological balance as it has in places like Yellowstone National Park. Wolf packs there cut down an out-of-control elk herd that had over-grazed grasslands and caused soil erosion, among other problems. Some supporters have indicated wolves could even help mitigate the “sixth great extinction event” — an ongoing mass extinction event of species as a result of human activity — because of the wolf’s effect on its surrounding ecosystem.
But opponents say bringing wolves back now through a state popular vote is a big bad idea. It would be an exercise in “ballot-box biology” — putting a wildlife science question in the hands of average voters — according to Mark Holyoak, a spokesman for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which opposes the idea. Recently, county commissioners in Garfield unanimously approved a non-binding resolution opposing wolf reintroduction. Their fellow Western Slope commissioners in Mesa and Moffat counties have passed similar resolutions.
Simmering beneath the wolf question is a larger tension about what’s best for everyone, from those who live along Colorado’s bustling I-25 and I-70 corridors to those who live in its expansive rural areas. As The Christian Science Monitor reported, some see the potential ballot measure as one that “allows wolf-lovers in Denver and Boulder to make a decision that would affect ranchers and hunters in the western part of the state.” More recently, a man writing in The Montrose Daily Press said of the wolf measure, “a group of folks, mostly over in the urban Front Range” wants to “put 50 serial killers on the loose in our mountains.”
The rhetoric is heated, and perhaps unlike other issues voters could decide next year, this isn’t a partisan debate; it’s a more philosophical one about nature and society.
What is the gray wolf and where did it go?
Technically, we’re talking about Canis Lupus. That’s the Latin name. Colloquially, some call it the “timber wolf.”
The name of the wolf matters because this wolf — and only this wolf — is the one addressed in Colorado’s potential ballot measure. The gray wolf is not to be confused with the red wolf, for instance.
Gray wolves used to prowl Colorado, but by the mid-20th century, hunters wiped them out from most of the lower 48 states. The federal government began establishing protections for the gray wolf in the late ’60s and classified it as endangered species in 1978 under the Endangered Species Act. At the time, only about 1,200 gray wolves survived in the lower 48 — nearly all of them in northeastern Minnesota, according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) factsheet.
The agency says there are now more than 6,000 wolves in the lower 48 states. The vast majority live in two large groups, one distributed among Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the other group dispersed in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, eastern Oregon and Washington and north-central Utah.
Wolves have migrated into Colorado over the years, but sightings have been rare. The state wildlife department is reportedly investigating two sightings this year. In 2004, a state wildlife department working group of farmers, wildlife advocates, sportsmen, biologists and government officials, came to an agreement for how the agency would manage wolves if they naturally migrated into the state.
Colorado, it should be noted, previously has reintroduced other animals, including the lynx in 1999, elk in the 1900s, bison in 2015, and turkeys in the 1980s.
So why are we talking about these wolves now?
One big reason: 2020 is a big election year.
Turnout is always higher in presidential elections, but 2020 will bring the re-election bids of President Donald Trump and Colorado’s junior senator, Cory Gardner. With control of the Senate and future direction of the country at stake, supporters of the measure are looking at a highly engaged electorate. If there was ever a time to push this, it’s probably now.
Adding urgency for supporters of the initiative: The Department of the Interior proposed in March removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered species.
“The gray wolf no longer meets the definition of a threatened or endangered species,” Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, who is from Rifle, Colorado, said about the proposal.
Gray wolves have already been “delisted” in the northern Rocky Mountain states where the population has rebounded. The various states have assumed management of their wolf populations. Colorado would do the same were it to reintroduce wolves that had been or were later removed from the endangered species list. But for now, if the ballot initiative passes, management of the packs would remain under federal jurisdiction.
Finally, the Colorado legislature just hasn’t done much about this yet.
“I think what it boils down to is that it hasn’t been a priority,” says Nick Levendofsky, director of external affairs for the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, an advocacy group for family ranchers and farmers. “This is an issue that hasn’t been driven by anybody except for the groups that are pushing for it to come to the ballot.”
A ballot measure is a way to put this issue in the hands of voters, and there seems to be enough money and will behind the effort to make a robust push in a busy election year.
In Colorado, it’s relatively easy to make laws and policy by asking voters directly instead of having to rely on lawmakers at the Capitol. That’s why we have legalized recreational marijuana and a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. Unlike those, however, the wolf ballot measure would change state law, not the state’s Constitution.
This is not the first time policymakers here have debated the wolf issue, though.
In 1982, 1989, 2004, and 2016, Colorado Parks and Wildlife met to “discuss wolf reintroduction,” says John Murtaugh, the Rockies and Plains representative for a D.C. based organization called Defenders of Wildlife, which made a $100,000 in-kind donation to the Wolf Action Fund. “Each time they discussed it,” he adds, “they arrived at the same conclusion, which is that they don’t have the authority to make this decision.”
That’s true, says state wildlife department spokeswoman Rebecca Ferrell. In 2016, the Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC), made up of 11 appointed members, reconsidered the issue of wolf reintroduction, and upheld previous conclusions that only the state legislature — not the PWC or Colorado Parks and Wildlife — has the authority to approve reintroduction of endangered species, including wolves.
So, if lawmakers don’t seem all that jazzed to do it, wolf advocates are asking voters to do it for them.
What would the proposed ballot measure do?
If it passes, the new law starts a series of steps that would end with some eventual number of wolves being introduced onto public lands in the western part of the state. The ballot language also provides compensation for those who lose their livestock to wolves.
Initiative 107 would direct the Parks and Wildlife Commission to develop a plan to introduce wolves here “using the best scientific data available” and also to hold public hearings to gather “scientific, economic, and social considerations.”
The commission would have to figure out the details — how many wolves exactly, where they would come from, how they’d be managed, what the compensation program would look like — based on these hearings and testimony. The commission also would have to develop methodologies for determining when the gray wolf population is sustaining itself and “when to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered or threatened species” as provided by state law.
The plan would be to start reintroducing wolves to Colorado by 2023.
What are the arguments for reintroducing wolves?
Since it was humans who pushed wolves out of our state’s borders decades ago, for some supporters, restoring the gray wolf feels like an obligation to restore ecological balance.
On a recent Thursday at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in Divide, animal caretaker supervisor Erika Moore explained why she supports the idea. “Bringing back wolves is hopefully going to have the same effect it did in Yellowstone where it actually revived the ecosystem,” she said.
Coloradans could decide next November whether the state should introduce the gray wolf to its public lands.This 11-year-old wolf, Koda, is among other wolves, coyotes, and foxes at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in Divide, CO. Koda was adopted from a wolf facility in Lake George, CO. (Photo taken Oct. 3, 2019 by Alesandra Tejeda)
The 1995 reintroduction of the wolf in Yellowstone National Park is something that comes up often in conversations with wolf-measure supporters. Wolves culled overpopulating herds of elk and deer, which restored grasses, preventing soil erosion, keeping streams cleaner, aiding fish populations and more in a complicated series described as a “trophic cascade.” In other words, the introduction of an apex predator, the wolf, created a domino effect of ecological triggers from the top down that ultimately brought a natural balance back to the park.
“We do believe that wolves are necessary for the ecosystem,” Moore said, outside a gift shop of wolf-themed memorabilia. “The ecosystems cannot support how many elk and deer we have, and over time we’re going to start to see a degradation of ecosystems due to that.”
Some proponents claim introducing wolves could help alleviate Colorado’s issue with Chronic Wasting Disease, a neurological disease affecting elk, deer, and moose. It results in slow degeneration and eventual death.
Catherine Herzog, wildlife chair for the Pikes Peak group of the Sierra Club, was trying recently to persuade voters to sign petitions outside the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. “Half the herd of deer in the state of Colorado are infected with Chronic Wasting Disease,” she said. The CPW’s Ferrell confirmed that this is the case.
But, some opponents argue that the disease would still be spread through feces. Opponents and proponents cite different sources for their claims.
“To date,” says Jennifer Strickland, public affairs specialist for the Mountain-Prairie region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “there is no empirical evidence to support or refute” either position.
For Montana Democratic State Sen. Mike Phillips, a biologist who serves as director of the Ted Turner Endangered Species Fund and who has been involved in wolf restoration advocacy since 1995, reintroducing wolves here is about more than just Colorado, it’s about public lands across the country.
“The gray wolf remains fully protected under federal law. Consequently, its conservation future is relevant to all Americans,” he said in an Oct. 23 phone interview on his way to give a public talk in Denver about the wolf reintroduction battle. “This is a national issue.”
Wolves, he argues, have the capacity to inspire humans to be better. “How can you stand by and watch something you love be needlessly destroyed without rising up in defense?” he asks. If science makes clear that the “fate of humanity” is determined by the health of local landscapes, he argues, introducing wolves are both a symbol and a solution.
Others want to bring the wolf back to Colorado because it is the last state within the animal’s historic range that does not have them. To these supporters of reintroduction, it’s imperative that Colorado restore wolves, connecting the missing puzzle piece between the Arctic and the Mexican border.
There is something else: Plenty of voters might just like the romantic image of a wolf out there in the Colorado wilderness howling from a mountaintop. Some even believe “wolf tourism” could be a thing.
What are the arguments against reintroduction?
Some opponents just don’t want to see such a serious issue left to the average voter. Rather, they believe wildlife managers should make the call.
“If the initiative is approved,” says Holyoak of the elk-hunting sportsman group, “proponents may claim that ‘management itself would be left up to wildlife managers and professional biologists and ecologists,’ but that is after the fact that wolves would be introduced.”
In other words, the average voter is not a biologist who can appropriately determine where wolves should be reintroduced.
Another line of attack counters any possible ecological benefit. Just as pro-wolf folks use Yellowstone National Park as an argument for the introduction, so, too, does the anti-wolf crowd.
“Elk populations have diminished, their Shiras moose are basically extinct,” says Denny Behrens, an anti-wolf advocate. “In Colorado, the Shiras moose has become an icon; everybody wants to see a moose. So why would we introduce an apex predator that goes specifically after moose?”
However, according to Yellowstone National Park, predators are not solely to blame for a decline in moose populations over 40 years. Hunting outside the park, burning of habitat, and loss of old-growth forests also have played a role.
Behrens also argues that Colorado, with a burgeoning population of 5.6 million, does not have the space for wolves.
“That’s why I’m opposed to it,” said Lucy Harrington, a wildlife biologist who had just discouraged her father from signing a pro-wolf petition outside Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on a recent Sunday afternoon in Colorado Springs. “I love the idea [of wolf reintroduction],” she said. “But the reality is it’s just going to end up in a lot of wildlife-human conflict and the eventual eradication of wolves in the state.”
Some opponents contend too many wolves cutting down on elk and deer herds will hinder the state’s big game hunting tourism economy, which likely would not be mitigated by any kind of “wolf tourism.”
For others, the wolf program, which could cost taxpayers between $300,000 and $500,000 between 2021 and 2023, just isn’t a funding priority.
“We have bigger problems to invest money in,” said Andrey Tsepelev, a Colorado resident who also declined to sign a petition at the zoo.
Some opponents also say they’re OK with wolves that naturally migrate into the state, but for them to be deliberately relocated here is a problem.
But the notion that wolves could return naturally is misleading, says Rick Ridder, a high-profile Denver-based political consultant who worked on seven presidential campaigns and is advising the pro-wolf effort. Too many obstacles exist, he says, including highways and territories to cross where it’s legal to shoot wolves.
Where is the money coming from so far in this fight?
First off, there’s a lot of it.
As of Oct. 15, Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund had raised and spent nearly $800,000, according to state records.
The Tides Center, a progressive San Francisco-based charity that calls itself “the leading fiscal sponsor for social change initiatives in the United States,” has donated roughly $264,000. Defenders of Wildlife gave $100,000 for signature-gathering. The Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund gave $50,000.
Internet pop-culture icon Timothy Ferriss, another top contributor, donated $100,000. The entrepreneur, podcaster, and best-selling author known for his 2007 book The 4-Hour Workweek, has built a fanbase of millions for his podcasts and videos about life hacks. In August, Patch reported he hosted Phillips, the pro-wolf Montana senator, on an episode of his podcast and launched a $100,000 matching challenge with his listeners.
The Colorado Sierra Club, a member of the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project’s coalition to push for wolf restoration, has donated just over $10,000.
Fighting the effort is an organization called Stop the Wolf Coalition, a collection of ranchers and sportsmen, and groups like the Colorado Wool Growers. Groups like the Colorado Farm Bureau have said their members have concerns about reintroducing wolves. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union oppose the effort.
A group called Coloradans Protecting Wildlife, made up of the Colorado Farm Bureau, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, and Colorado Wool Growers’ Association, has also formed to fight a potential 2020 ballot measure.
“We don’t have the big-money environmental radicals that the opposition has, or that the pro-wolf people have,” says J. Paul Brown, a former GOP lawmaker and sheep and cattle rancher from Ignacio who is also a member of the Stop the Wolf Coalition. He says those who might have funds to fight it might be keeping their powder dry to see if the measure actually makes it on the ballot. “It’s an uphill battle for us,” he says.
To what extent could this issue reflect Colorado’s rural-urban divide?
“I think it’s very reflective,” says Levendofsky of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. People who live “in a bubble here in the Front Range,” he says, “don’t have an understanding of what goes on on the Eastern Plains or on the Western Slope.”
The editorial board of The Durango Herald in southwestern Colorado posited: “We believe it is possible that some people – some farmers and ranchers – could be taught to co-exist with big predators, if they saw the value in restoring ecosystems; but that will not happen because four-fifths of Boulder voters say “yes!” to wolves.”
In an interview, Brown of the Stop the Wolf Coalition charges that those trying to put the question on the ballot are “people on the Front Range — bunch of city dudes” who are trying to “cram it down our throats.”
“It’s a bunch of uneducated folks that are going to put it in our backyard and not their backyard,” he said. “And it’s just wrong.”
In June, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel newspaper on the Western Slope published an editorial that read: “It’s the Western Slope where the wolves would be reintroduced. That makes it easy for the Front Range voters to love the idea of wolves roaming free in Colorado without worrying too much about pets becoming wolf snacks.”
Some proponents of the ballot measure, however, point to polling that suggests people throughout Colorado support wolf reintroduction. “What we’re seeing now is increasing acceptance, in our polling, that the Western Slope supports wolf reintroduction at the same level as the rest of the state,” Ridder says.
The polling data he’s talking about comes from Denver-based New Bridge Strategy, which found in March that two-thirds of Colorado voters out of 900 interviewed favored “restoring wolves in Western Colorado,” while 47% said they would “definitely” vote yes on a ballot proposal.
Is there any room for compromise?
Folks on both sides believe that the news sometimes communicates extremes: whether it’s that wolves are vicious threats or that they are a cure-all for Colorado’s ecological problems.
“We don’t do well, even in our own communities that live so close to each other, trying to understand the other point of view,” says Bob Kjelland, director of communications for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.
Defenders of Wildlife’s John Murtaugh says Coloradans could find a common cause if they start to trust each other a little bit.
“The nonprofit sector doesn’t have all the answers. The government doesn’t have all the answers. And the ranchers don’t have all the answers,” he says. “But if we can all get in a room together, bury the hatchet, and just talk about this because we’re trying to find a solution, I think together we can have those answers.”
Levendovsky says he also believes in compromise. Not necessarily in the end result, but in the process, which is why he opposes reintroduction being done through the ballot and not through votes in the General Assembly.
“If you’re going to be an informed voter, if you’re going to be an informed citizen, you can’t just take one side of the issue into consideration,” he says. “You have to look at everything, you have to look at the entire picture. It might be difficult and it might be uncomfortable, but that’s how democracy works.”
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<h1>Updated: What you need to know about a ballot effort to bring wolves back to Colorado </p> <h3 class='secondary-title'>Should voters make this call of the wild?</h3> </h1> <p class="byline">by Alesandra Tejeda, The Colorado Independent <br />January 6, 2020</p> <p><em>Editor's note: This story originally was published on Nov. 17, 2019. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State's Office what it said are more than 200,000 signatures to place restoration of wolves on Colorado’s 2020 statewide ballot. On Monday, Jan. 6, the Secretary of State's Office qualified the measure for the ballot, saying that based on its sampling of "215,370 submitted signatures, the projected number of valid signatures is greater than 110% of the total number required."</em></p> <div class="gs"> <div class=""> <div id=":20j" class="ii gt"> <div id=":1oq" class="a3s aXjCH "> <p><img class="CToWUd" src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/EF0Zt2iCksfUFQVrYL1z4PmErRaWcuqXJcY4upsjz1WK0j8FJJ1DPBXGbsfN2DGv4lhqwqx4otpiPfBJDwfYykxuEaqytUjb3UfmqTcH-FOwRf-gqjIT6Rt1jkyUjFpAYrHe1yNdhktk72vOK5ejkbr-8tHtNZGSiFzNufvXYH8sL5l2Kec3BcmZh3ObDtEzOtWmhsPRgrCPEELLkA1BNI0U1OLlNg2ZvmtPO8Dud1xGWqrJ5x7u-34NkXFnuODhTafZqTRp9Hbm4g5oqTOcF5VQ9S2p2uV4gdXFRb9-_TX8TcKsmX9btTsy3ca4BOu_a8WOAij-z7xu89iq7Gd1KocCTxJZHNeurv4c6DRxe0L3-kTZyM-GfrYk1jyDQuwOo5qEQvJedm8fr_2LUma3wrnXxVexTxc1lItzhNqnxftAzna2f0n7gp6BANgXSsOYfw3G0aesXPpJuZLNfVPVjbcA0LU9fZftveUa1O4_yWA4OTYf1QpBzzjSWUd9Obqj8adFtB3B6sNUbt97n48tpjTDA_3u1BbzbtNk9dcqH35mNSwzXR0VFKv4jJE62WTCUeJGqrd2XMr1lxUFWFX76bDQzVC1o1GGbFjur03P2Q-hGxc=s0-d-e1-ft#https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/open?upn=TMjCtWsYIelLIALbKTL-2FJcNT-2Fxtu5Pq4BIRf8Es8GQPy2alq29meFghrJnMt4zK8slWLylZAo1ACZp65JROoScTCHhhkPJK9LpecWhYfmaddqB6IE-2FR5ZVTy9CFFVeGgGStev9Tjd9yefAxuow6SuTJK7Py3lPPRO5u4amOSg-2BNtSmJws34-2BkwU9Lgblmcw3fxVo0cFijsJgDQhu3OUntZOFtu7CWC94Rp9DHAaIwEyrjjzOmjRikhbtHOn7kfp9PYOLeZm6JWUab6uBXabNeRKISiMqJPyD02HDagaIejAWU-2FdVvSCeOshnqzrsfshPQca3LZNcapa0Iw55rug6v-2Bix74L7RsXKEQ6dT-2FDJG-2FLlu40Xqtf8rEWEJCyUzZdY" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />Over the next month, an army of volunteers will continue fanning across the state making sure they’ve gathered enough signatures to put a much-debated question on the November 2020 ballot: Should voters reintroduce gray wolves onto public lands in western Colorado where they once roamed but haven’t since the 1940s?</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">If volunteers successfully gather the necessary 124,632 signatures by Dec. 13, you could get a shot at deciding whether Colorado gets its wolves back along with whether to re-elect President Donald Trump or send a new U.S. senator to Washington. A group backing Initiative 107 </span><a href="https://kiowacountypress.net/content/group-collects-168000-signatures-put-gray-wolf-restoration-initiative-colorado-ballot"><span style="font-weight: 400">says</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> it already has enough signatures, but is gathering more just to be safe. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">If the question makes the ballot, it will be the first time voters </span><span style="font-weight: 400">anywhere</span><span style="font-weight: 400"> in the nation will decide whether to reintroduce gray wolves. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Backing this potential ballot measure is some serious money; the effort already has raked in nearly $1 million, with much of it flowing in from out of state. In a state with a growing rural-urban divide, the question pits wolf lovers and some environmental- and conservation-minded folks against some ranchers and sportsmen and opponents who decry “forced wolf introduction.” Others say Colorado, once part of the wolf’s native prowling range, is just not the same place it was when wolves prowled here. Colorado’s neighborhoods and cities are encroaching further into wild spaces, and demographers expect the state’s population to nearly double in the next 30 years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Those who want the wolf back say reintroduction would help restore the state’s ecological balance as it has in places like Yellowstone National Park. Wolf packs there cut down an out-of-control elk herd that had over-grazed grasslands and caused soil erosion, among other problems. Some supporters have </span><a href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/opinion-colorado-will-not-truly-be-wild-until-we-can/article_ef4cdc40-f15b-11e9-92eb-abe884dd5e13.html"><span style="font-weight: 400">indicated</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> wolves could even help mitigate the “sixth great extinction event” — an ongoing mass extinction event of species as a result of human activity — because of the wolf's effect on its surrounding ecosystem. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">But opponents say bringing wolves back now through a state popular vote is a big bad idea. It would be an exercise in “ballot-box biology” — putting a wildlife science question in the hands of average voters — according to Mark Holyoak, a spokesman for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which opposes the idea. Recently, county commissioners in Garfield </span><a href="https://www.aspentimes.com/news/garfield-co-commissioners-oppose-wolf-reintroduction/"><span style="font-weight: 400">unanimously approved</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> a non-binding resolution opposing wolf reintroduction. Their fellow Western Slope commissioners in </span><a href="https://www.westernslopenow.com/news/local-news/mesa-co-commissioners-oppose-reintroduction-of-wolves-into-colorado/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Mesa</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> and </span><a href="https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/moffat-county-bocc-re-affirms-opposition-to-wolf-reintroduction/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Moffat</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> counties have passed similar resolutions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Simmering beneath the wolf question is a larger tension about what’s best for everyone, from those who live along Colorado’s bustling I-25 and I-70 corridors to those who live in its expansive rural areas. As </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">The Christian Science Monitor</span></i> <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2019/0523/Call-of-the-wild-Should-Colorado-bring-back-the-wolf"><span style="font-weight: 400">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, some see the potential ballot measure as one that “</span><span style="font-weight: 400">allows wolf-lovers in Denver and Boulder to make a decision that would affect ranchers and hunters in the western part of the state.” More recently, a man writing in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">The Montrose Daily Press</span></i> <a href="https://www.montrosepress.com/news/wolves-a-sort-of-serial-killers/article_92a7e5bc-f097-11e9-81e8-eb06e99b6824.html"><span style="font-weight: 400">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> of the wolf measure, “a group of folks, mostly over in the urban Front Range” wants to “put 50 serial killers on the loose in our mountains.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The rhetoric is heated, and p</span><span style="font-weight: 400">erhaps unlike other issues voters could decide next year, this isn’t a partisan debate; it's a more philosophical one about nature and society. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Here’s what you need to know. </span></p> <h1><b>What </b><b><i>is</i></b><b> the gray wolf and where did it go?</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Technically, we’re talking about </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Canis Lupus</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">. That’s the Latin name. Colloquially, some call it the “timber wolf.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The name of the wolf matters because this wolf — and only this wolf — is the one addressed in Colorado’s potential ballot measure. The gray wolf is not to be confused with the red wolf, for instance. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Gray wolves used to prowl Colorado, but by the mid-20th century, hunters </span><a href="https://www.outtherecolorado.com/the-modern-history-of-the-wolf-in-colorado/"><span style="font-weight: 400">wiped</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> them out from most of the lower 48 states. The federal government began establishing protections for the gray wolf in the late '60s and classified it as endangered species in 1978 under the Endangered Species Act. At the time, only about 1,200 gray wolves survived in the lower 48 — nearly all of them in northeastern Minnesota, according to a <a href="https://www.fws.gov/home/wolfrecovery/pdf/Gray-Wolf-Proposed-Delisting-FAQs.pdf">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) factsheet. </a></span></p> <p>The agency says there are now more than 6,000 wolves in the lower 48 states. The vast majority live in two large groups, one distributed among Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the other group dispersed in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, eastern Oregon and Washington and north-central Utah.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Wolves have migrated into Colorado over the years, but sightings have been rare. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">The state wildlife department is </span><a href="https://www.aspentimes.com/news/garfield-co-commissioners-oppose-wolf-reintroduction/"><span style="font-weight: 400">reportedly</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> investigating two sightings this year. In 2004, a state wildlife department working group of farmers, wildlife advocates, sportsmen, biologists and government officials, came to an </span><a href="https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/WildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcern/Wolf/recomendations.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">agreement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> for how the agency would manage wolves if they </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">naturally</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400"> migrated into the state.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Colorado, it should be noted, previously </span><a href="https://www.5280.com/2019/10/4-times-colorados-brought-back-long-lost-animals/"><span style="font-weight: 400">has reintroduced other animals</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, including the lynx in 1999, elk in the 1900s, bison in 2015, and turkeys in the 1980s. </span></p> <h1><b>So why are we talking about these wolves now?</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">One big reason: 2020 is a big election year. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Turnout is always higher in presidential elections, but 2020 will bring the re-election bids of President Donald Trump and Colorado’s junior senator, Cory Gardner. With control of the Senate and future direction of the country at stake, supporters of the measure are looking at a highly engaged electorate. If there was ever a time to push this, it’s probably now. </span></p> <p>Adding urgency for supporters of the initiative: The <a href="https://www.fws.gov/home/wolfrecovery/">Department of the Interior proposed in March</a> removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered species.</p> <p>“The gray wolf no longer meets the definition of a threatened or endangered species," Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, who is from Rifle, Colorado, <a href="https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=department-of-the-interior-celebrates-recovery-of-the-gray-wolf-with-&_ID=36378">said</a> about the proposal.</p> <p>Gray wolves have already been "delisted" in the northern Rocky Mountain states where the population has rebounded. The various states have assumed management of their wolf populations. Colorado would do the same were it to reintroduce wolves that had been or were later removed from the endangered species list. But for now, if the ballot initiative passes, management of the packs would remain under federal jurisdiction.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Finally, the Colorado legislature just hasn’t done much about this yet. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“I think what it boils down to is that it hasn’t been a priority,” says Nick Levendofsky, director of external affairs for the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, </span><span style="font-weight: 400">an advocacy group for family ranchers and farmers</span><span style="font-weight: 400">. “This is an issue that hasn’t been driven by anybody except for the groups that are pushing for it to come to the ballot.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">A ballot measure is a way to put this issue in the hands of voters, and there seems to be enough money and will behind the effort to make a robust push in a busy election year. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In Colorado, it’s relatively easy to make laws and policy by asking voters directly instead of having to rely on lawmakers at the Capitol. That’s why we have legalized recreational marijuana and a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. Unlike those, however, the wolf ballot measure would change state law, not the state’s Constitution. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">This is not the first time policymakers here have debated the wolf issue, though. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In 1982, 1989, 2004, and 2016, Colorado Parks and Wildlife met to “discuss wolf reintroduction,” says John Murtaugh, the Rockies and Plains representative for a D.C. based organization called Defenders of Wildlife, which made a $100,000 in-kind donation to the Wolf Action Fund. “Each time they discussed it,” he adds, “they arrived at the same conclusion, which is that they don’t have the authority to make this decision.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">That’s true, says state wildlife department spokeswoman Rebecca Ferrell. In 2016, the Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC), made up of 11 appointed members, </span><a href="https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/WildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcern/Wolf/Wolf-Resolution-Considered-PWC.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">reconsidered</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> the issue of wolf reintroduction, and upheld previous conclusions that only the state legislature — not the PWC or Colorado Parks and Wildlife — has the authority to approve reintroduction of endangered species, including wolves. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">So, if lawmakers don’t seem all that jazzed to do it, wolf advocates are asking voters to do it for them. </span></p> <h1><b>What would the proposed ballot measure do?</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">If it passes, the new law starts a series of steps that would end with some eventual number of wolves being introduced onto public lands in the western part of the state. The ballot language also provides compensation for those who lose their livestock to wolves. </span></p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Initiatives/titleBoard/filings/2019-2020/107Final.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">Initiative 107</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> would direct the Parks and Wildlife Commission to develop a plan to introduce wolves here “using the best scientific data available” and also to hold public hearings to gather “scientific, economic, and social considerations.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The commission would have to figure out the details — how many wolves exactly, where they would come from, how they’d be managed, what the compensation program would look like — based on these hearings and testimony. The commission also would have to develop methodologies for determining when the gray wolf population is sustaining itself and “when to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered or threatened species” as provided by state law.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The plan would be to start reintroducing wolves to Colorado by 2023. </span></p> <h1><b>What are the arguments for reintroducing wolves? </b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Since it was humans who pushed wolves out of our state’s borders decades ago, for some supporters, restoring the gray wolf feels like an obligation to restore ecological balance.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">On a recent Thursday at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in Divide, animal caretaker supervisor Erika Moore explained why she supports the idea. “Bringing back wolves is hopefully going to have the same effect it did in Yellowstone where it actually revived the ecosystem,” she said. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The 1995 reintroduction of the wolf in Yellowstone National Park is something that comes up often in conversations with wolf-measure supporters. Wolves culled overpopulating herds of elk and deer, which restored grasses, preventing soil erosion, keeping streams cleaner, aiding fish populations and more in a complicated series described as a “trophic cascade.” In other words, the introduction of an apex predator, the wolf, created a domino effect of ecological triggers from the top down that ultimately brought a natural balance back to the park. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We do believe that wolves are necessary for the ecosystem,” Moore said, outside a gift shop of wolf-themed memorabilia. “The ecosystems cannot support how many elk and deer we have, and over time we’re going to start to see a degradation of ecosystems due to that.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Some proponents claim introducing wolves could help alleviate Colorado’s issue with Chronic Wasting Disease, a neurological disease affecting elk, deer, and moose. It results in slow degeneration and eventual death. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Catherine Herzog, wildlife chair for the Pikes Peak group of the Sierra Club, was trying recently to persuade voters to sign petitions outside the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. “Half the herd of deer in the state of Colorado are infected with Chronic Wasting Disease,” she said. The CPW’s Ferrell confirmed that this is the case. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">But, some opponents argue that the disease would still be spread through feces. Opponents and proponents cite different sources for their claims. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">"To date,” says Jennifer Strickland, public affairs specialist for the Mountain-Prairie region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “there is no empirical evidence to support or refute” either position. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">For Montana Democratic State Sen. Mike Phillips, a biologist who serves as director of the Ted Turner Endangered Species Fund and who has been involved in wolf restoration advocacy since 1995, reintroducing wolves here is about more than just Colorado, it’s about public lands across the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The gray wolf remains fully protected under federal law. Consequently, its conservation future is relevant to all Americans,” he said in an Oct. 23 phone interview on his way to give a public </span><a href="https://yourhub.denverpost.com/blog/2019/11/initiative-107-and-the-case-for-returning-gray-wolves-to-colorado/253886/"><span style="font-weight: 400">talk</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> in Denver about the wolf reintroduction battle. “This is a national issue.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Wolves, he argues, have the capacity to inspire humans to be better. “How can you stand by and watch something you love be needlessly destroyed without rising up in defense?” he asks. If science makes clear that the “fate of humanity” is determined by the health of local landscapes, he argues, introducing wolves are both a symbol and a solution. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Others want to bring the wolf back to Colorado because it is the last state within the animal’s historic range that does not have them. To these supporters of reintroduction, it’s imperative that Colorado restore wolves, connecting the missing puzzle piece between the Arctic and the Mexican border. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">There is something else: Plenty of voters might just like the romantic image of a wolf out there in the Colorado wilderness howling from a mountaintop. Some even believe “</span><a href="https://www.outtherecolorado.com/the-key-arguments-for-both-sides-of-the-wolf-reintroduction-debate-in-colorado/"><span style="font-weight: 400">wolf tourism</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">” could be a thing. </span></p> <h1><b>What are the arguments against reintroduction?</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Some opponents just don’t want to see such a serious issue left to the average voter. Rather, they believe wildlife managers should make the call. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“If the initiative is approved,” says Holyoak of the elk-hunting sportsman group, “proponents may claim that ‘management itself would be left up to wildlife managers and professional biologists and ecologists,’ but that is after the fact that wolves would be introduced.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In other words, the average voter is not a biologist who can appropriately determine where wolves should be reintroduced. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Another line of attack counters any possible ecological benefit. Just as pro-wolf folks use Yellowstone National Park as an argument for the introduction, so, too, does the anti-wolf crowd.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Elk populations have diminished, their Shiras moose are basically extinct,” says Denny Behrens, an anti-wolf advocate. “In Colorado, the Shiras moose has become an icon; everybody wants to see a moose. So why would we introduce an apex predator that goes specifically after moose?” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">However, according to </span><a href="https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/moose.htm"><span style="font-weight: 400">Yellowstone National Park</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, predators are not solely to blame for a decline in moose populations over 40 years. Hunting outside the park, burning of habitat, and loss of old-growth forests also have played a role.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Behrens also argues that Colorado, with a burgeoning population of 5.6 million, does not have the space for wolves. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“That’s why I’m opposed to it,” said Lucy Harrington, a wildlife biologist who had just discouraged her father from signing a pro-wolf petition outside Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on a recent Sunday afternoon in Colorado Springs. “I love the idea [of wolf reintroduction],” she said. “But the reality is it’s just going to end up in a lot of wildlife-human conflict and the eventual eradication of wolves in the state.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Some opponents contend too many wolves cutting down on elk and deer herds will hinder the state’s big game hunting tourism economy, which likely would not be mitigated by any kind of “wolf tourism.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">For others, the wolf program, which could </span><a href="https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Initiatives/titleBoard/filings/2019-2020/107FiscalImpact.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">cost taxpayers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> between $300,000 and $500,000 between 2021 and 2023, just isn’t a funding priority.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We have bigger problems to invest money in,” said Andrey Tsepelev, a Colorado resident who also declined to sign a petition at the zoo. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Some opponents also say they’re OK with wolves that naturally migrate into the state, but for them to be deliberately relocated here is a problem.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">But the notion that wolves could return naturally is misleading, says Rick Ridder, a high-profile Denver-based political consultant who worked on seven presidential campaigns and is advising the pro-wolf effort. Too many obstacles exist, he says, including highways and territories to cross where it’s legal to shoot wolves. </span></p> <h1><b>Where is the money coming from so far in this fight?</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">First off, there’s a lot of it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">As of Oct. 15, Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund had raised and spent nearly $800,000, according to state records. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Tides Center, a progressive San Francisco-based charity that </span><a href="https://capitalresearch.org/article/inside-fiscal-sponsorships-part-2/"><span style="font-weight: 400">calls</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> itself “the leading fiscal sponsor for social change initiatives in the United States,” has donated roughly $264,000. Defenders of Wildlife gave $100,000 for signature-gathering. The Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund gave $50,000. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Internet pop-culture icon Timothy Ferriss, another top contributor, donated $100,000. The entrepreneur, podcaster, and best-selling author known for his 2007 book </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">The 4-Hour Workweek</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">, has built a fanbase of millions for his podcasts and videos about life hacks. In August, Patch </span><a href="https://patch.com/colorado/denver/entrepreneur-wades-debate-over-colorado-wolves"><span style="font-weight: 400">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> he hosted Phillips, the pro-wolf Montana senator, on an </span><a href="https://tim.blog/2019/08/21/mike-phillips/"><span style="font-weight: 400">episode</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> of his podcast and launched a $100,000 matching challenge with his listeners.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Colorado Sierra Club, a member of the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project’s coalition to push for wolf restoration, has donated just over $10,000.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Fighting the effort is an organization called </span><a href="https://www.stopthewolf.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Stop the Wolf Coalition</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, a collection of ranchers and sportsmen, and groups like the Colorado Wool Growers. Groups like the Colorado Farm Bureau have said their members have concerns about reintroducing wolves. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union oppose the effort. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">A group called Coloradans Protecting Wildlife, made up of the Colorado Farm Bureau, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, and Colorado Wool Growers’ Association, has also </span><a href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/farm-and-ranch-advocacy-groups-align-against-gray-wolves/article_92ebe4a8-ff5e-11e9-925f-5750c22e42ed.html"><span style="font-weight: 400">formed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> to fight a potential 2020 ballot measure. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We don’t have the big-money environmental radicals that the opposition has, or that the pro-wolf people have,” says J. Paul Brown, a former GOP lawmaker and sheep and cattle rancher from Ignacio who is also a member of the Stop the Wolf Coalition. He says those who might have funds to fight it might be keeping their powder dry to see if the measure actually makes it on the ballot. “It’s an uphill battle for us,” he says. </span></p> <h1><b>To what extent could this issue reflect Colorado’s rural-urban divide?</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“I think it’s very reflective,” says Levendofsky of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. People who live “in a bubble here in the Front Range,” he says, “don’t have an understanding of what goes on on the Eastern Plains or on the Western Slope.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The editorial board of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">The Durango Herald</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400"> in southwestern Colorado </span><a href="https://durangoherald.com/articles/284704"><span style="font-weight: 400">posited:</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> “We believe it is possible that some people – some farmers and ranchers – could be taught to co-exist with big predators, if they saw the value in restoring ecosystems; but that will not happen because four-fifths of Boulder voters say “yes!” to wolves.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In an interview, Brown of the Stop the Wolf Coalition charges that those trying to put the question on the ballot are “people on the Front Range — bunch of city dudes” who are trying to “cram it down our throats.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“It’s a bunch of uneducated folks that are going to put it in our backyard and not their backyard,” he said. “And it’s just wrong.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In June, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400"> newspaper on the Western Slope published an </span><a href="https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/editorials/no-to-wolf-petition/article_5c2e956e-979e-11e9-a4f9-20677ce06c14.html"><span style="font-weight: 400">editorial</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> that read: “</span><span style="font-weight: 400">It's the Western Slope where the wolves would be reintroduced. That makes it easy for the Front Range voters to love the idea of wolves roaming free in Colorado without worrying too much about pets becoming wolf snacks.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Some proponents of the ballot measure, however, point to polling that suggests people throughout Colorado support wolf reintroduction. “What we’re seeing now is increasing acceptance, in our polling, that the Western Slope supports wolf reintroduction at the same level as the rest of the state,” Ridder says.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The polling </span><a href="https://www.krcc.org/sites/krcc/files/201906/Polling-Data-Wolves-2019-Executive-Summary-D5-1-1.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">data</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> he’s talking about comes from Denver-based New Bridge Strategy, which found in March that two-thirds of Colorado voters out of 900 interviewed favored “restoring wolves in Western Colorado,” while 47% said they would “definitely” vote yes on a ballot proposal. </span></p> <h1><b>Is there any room for compromise?</b></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Folks on both sides believe that the news sometimes communicates extremes: whether it’s that wolves are vicious threats or that they are a cure-all for Colorado’s ecological problems.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We don’t do well, even in our own communities that live so close to each other, trying to understand the other point of view,” says Bob Kjelland, director of communications for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Defenders of Wildlife’s John Murtaugh says Coloradans could find a common cause if they start to trust each other a little bit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The nonprofit sector doesn’t have all the answers. The government doesn’t have all the answers. And the ranchers don’t have all the answers,” he says. “But if we can all get in a room together, bury the hatchet, and just talk about this because we’re trying to find a solution, I think together we can have those answers.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Levendovsky says he also believes in compromise. Not necessarily in the end result, but in the process, which is why he opposes reintroduction being done through the ballot and not through votes in the General Assembly. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“If you’re going to be an informed voter, if you’re going to be an informed citizen, you can’t just take one side of the issue into consideration,” he says. “You have to look at everything, you have to look at the entire picture. It might be difficult and it might be uncomfortable, but that’s how democracy works.” </span></p>
This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/01/06/colorado-reintroduction-gray-wolf-ballot-measure-explainer/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.coloradoindependent.com">The Colorado Independent</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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Jay November 17, 2019 at 11:00 am
I’ve always wondered why conservative snowflake are so vehemently opposed to wolf reintroduction.
Willam hand November 20, 2019 at 9:30 am
Many conservatives are not opposed. Wolves have a 90% approval rating nationwide. It was Obama who had them delisted on a rider in MT so he could secure poor whites vote for Jon Tester.
Jay December 11, 2019 at 1:24 pm
I knew Obama had to be involved.
Brett December 9, 2019 at 8:47 pm
Speaking as a “Conservative Snowflake” I hope you as a “LIBTARD” enjoy this video” https://www.facebook.com/lucena.francisco.395/videos/159158145315983/
I can only hope these majestic creatures pay a visit to you your pets.
Or how about these poor creatures:
https://trib.com/outdoors/wolves-kill-elk-in-one-night-on-southwest-wyoming-feedground/article_e14960d8-efc2-5a9f-a299-7634b7513a3b.html?fbclid=IwAR11XygNsOBxlcVcJ97nl8hFhMd5RS77ZmO7rNkIfFKwPopUd7LSj9q-AtQ
I looked…I couldn’t find Protection from Predators anywhere in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.
Are you sure you’re in the right country?
Don Bishop December 17, 2019 at 12:13 pm
Good job, Brett If you want to convince people who don’t agree with you, just insult them.
I guess it makes your prejudices easier to hold if you just believe that people disagree with you because they are stupid.
If we were retarded, makers of expensive goods wouldn’t advertise as much on MSNBC.
Austin November 17, 2019 at 11:26 am
Absolutely NO! Because they kill off an overwhelming amount of our deer, and elk populations! Reasons they are low? CDOW limiting the killing of mountain lions, and bears. Now, because they are not what people typically want to hunt, we cannot recover our deer and elk populations fast enough. CDOW trying to control something with a college education. Liberals coming out of college controled by pure emotion. Not common sense!
Buford November 18, 2019 at 8:57 am
you don’t know that these wolves would do that…the BIGGEST drawback is the fact that you are correct about the dwindling deer and elk herds…the problem is over hunting, building and living in their habitat, and drilling and fracking in the areas that are used by the wildlife to reproduce…the drilling and fracking are just as dangerous to wildlife as it is to human life…there is not only ONE cause of the depletion of the herds, but many different causes…look at the sides of the highways, and you will see more dead deer and elk than any wolf pack could kill in one season…so, this here Liberal has common sense ideas, and I live in these areas you not so familiar with….maybe, Austin, you need to do a little more research before you show yourself to be ignorant of what you speak ….
D Taylor January 7, 2020 at 8:44 am
Brett, do you watch YouTube videos of recorded cattle at the slaughter houses too? Are you a misguided PETA member? Do you not understand the circle of life in nature??
Austin, do some research on actual .gov static sites! Stop being spoonfed your wrong facts!
Devin November 17, 2019 at 11:50 am
Excellent article!!
Kenny Rogers November 17, 2019 at 2:25 pm
Perhaps I’m missing something, do we have vast areas encompassing national parks such as Yellowstone park here in Colorado? In my discussions with people living near areas where they’ve reinstated the Gray Wolf there’s not been anything positive for wildlife, nor livestock, and even domesticated animals. The only positive was the positive increase in wolf counts. This discussion has to move past the emotional plea from advocates, who by the way nearly always don’t live any where near the impacted areas, and get the debate down to hard, cold, facts.
I can’t see this going as the fantasy portrayed by advocates as there’s simply no such thing in this state as pristine expanses of wilderness. Guaranteed the greater amount of stories will be the horror stories of the families living nearby who would have to deal with the consequences of this measure. Once again, out of state money driving something needing to be strictly in state.
Cactus Ed November 17, 2019 at 5:19 pm
The claim that wolves have “decimated” their prey populations in the states where they were reintroduced is patently false. Here are the numbers, starting with 1995, when wolves were reintroduced.
1995 elk population = 103,448
2017 elk population = 104, 800
1995 elk harvest = 17,695
2017 elk harvest = 24,535, average hunter success rate = 35%
No harvest data for 1995
Source: State Fish & Game agencies.
William Hand November 20, 2019 at 9:35 am
Right those are the facts and the facts all support the wolf being reintroduced. 99% of what you hear from antis is nothing but long debunked fairytales, myths and conspiracy theories. Most claim the wolf biologists are all in on some illuminati conspiracy of some sort as well. Look up some of Dr Doug Smith’s videos on YouTube or Dr David Mech
VOTE NO January 15, 2020 at 12:42 am
Why didn’t you just post the link to the stats you refernced. I see the complete opposite. Here is yellowstone, for example. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/09/07/wolves-reintroduction-yellowstone-ecosystem/973658002/
Even a professor from CSU weighs in on the project. Your spinning the truth.
Hunters in states with wolves are experiencing record harvests of elk. Wolves make prey herds healthier, lowering incidents of diseases, including chronic wasting disease, by killing infected animals.
Wolves are carnivores. More specifically, wolves are coursing predators, meaning they usually hunt in groups and chase their prey (as opposed to ambushing, like mountain lions). The primary prey of wolves in the Rockies is elk, although they will hunt deer and bison. Given that wolves evolved with the big game herds that sustain them, the myth that wolves could wipe out elk and deer populations doesn’t make sense; moreover, this myth is contradicted by a large body of science.
Colorado has the largest elk population anywhere, with nearly 289,000 head of elk (per the most recent data from Colorado Parks & Wildlife). In fact, according to Colorado Parks & Wildlife, the state’s elk population is significantly over desired management objectives despite efforts to increase hunter opportunities. This overpopulation of elk is having a significant ecological impact and is negatively affecting the state’s deer herds (elk generally out-compete deer for habitat). Notably, Colorado’s deer population is tremendous, with over 400,000 as of the last count in 2017.
Yaopapalotzin November 17, 2019 at 7:07 pm
So you place those of us who say that forcing any population against their will into an area they do not currently inhabit in the same category as sports hunters and ranchers? That’s interesting. Seeing how as a native woman who knows exactly how it feels to be forced to live where i didn’t choose because of colonizer (forced adoption) mentality I am saying it’s sinply not acceptable to do this to the wolves. You’re also from Wisconsin so how is it that you aren’t talking about how many wolves have been slaughtered there in the name of “conservation” and sports hunting as well as for the ranchers who irresponsibly use PUBLIC lands to leave their cattle and sheep on and then have wolves killed because their animals get eaten by them when that is the natural order of things. Where is the logic or common sense in literally forcibly releasing an unwilling animal into an area they haven’t chosen to live? You and other pro reintroduction advocates are not wolves therefore you all will NOT be suffering the consequences, only the wolves you all swear to live sooooo much eill be being killed. Not you all, just them. As human beings we aren’t able to manage our own species so why are we constantly debating the management of any other…..
Chad Lewis November 18, 2019 at 8:02 am
50 percent of the deer here have CWD? Come on!
Crazy how we will let a ballot determine wildlife conservation. Why do we have a Department of Wildlife? Our state is in a sad “state” of affairs these days. A true Western state devoured by ballot initiatives.
Chad November 18, 2019 at 2:06 pm
One last comment, you drop a goldfish into a Piranha tank what happens? The same will happen to our moose when wolves are “Dropped” into the “tank”.
Let them come here on their own like what we’re already seeing vs. the buzz-saw effect.
Your ignorance of ecology is on full display with your piranha/goldfish analogy. If you don’t understand specific predator/prey dynamics, don’t assert yourself with such conviction.
Piranhas are not the fiendish flesh-rippers 1940s jungle films would have you believe, just as wolves, sharks, and all other forms of demonized predators are far less fiendish than our imaginations.
Michelle O. Isaman November 18, 2019 at 6:37 pm
‘ll I say yes..! if they would release them in City park Civic center, Cheesman… and 16th street mall…
Cynthia Arnold November 22, 2019 at 9:01 am
To all the people that think they are so well educated because they went to college,let me say this by the book maybe you are,by common sense somebody took a vacation,first people aren’t gonna eat the sick and old deer population or that of the elk either and the last time I checked that’s mostly what wolves took care of,the weak,old and the sickly,those that could not survive on their own,no all these well educated people have a hidden agenda and I believe that agenda has to do with money,I can’t think of anything else other than just wanting to be stubborn and annoying,I cannot for the life of me figure out what all of these people out in the wide wide empty spaces of the west are so afraid of the big bad wolves, reality check they don’t eat people,scaredy cat’s, LMAO
David Schmidt November 23, 2019 at 7:00 am
“Some opponents just don’t want to see such a serious issue left to the average voter. Rather, they believe wildlife managers should make the call. ”
Not necessarily so. I live in Wisconsin where there is an ongoing struggle to ‘maintain’ a vibrant, healthy wolf population. Unfortunately, the Wisconsin DNR is populated with hold-over politician appointees of the Governor Scott Walker administration. There are vocal, powerful ‘kill wolves’ mind set in this state based upon erroneous wolf depredation myths. and pro wolf hunt sentiments. The politics tainted WDNR is opposed to most pro environment regulations and laws including, ‘especially’ including,science-based wolf protection.
Michael December 5, 2019 at 7:27 pm
First of all good article, but a few things have not been touched on. First of all every major impact to our wildlife and the residence of this state has happened at the hands of voter initiatives pushed by groups that want to get a toe hold here in Colorado.
Let’s talk about the repercussions of having voters decide wildlife biology. Voter initiative passed to ban leg hold traps and the repercussions of that is an explosion in the coyote population in our state which has been pushed into the urban areas to forage for food. The next was to ban spring bear hunting, use of dogs for bear hunting and the use of bait for bear hunting. All under the pretense that hunters were harvesting lactating sows. Now bear numbers have increased substantially and they have no fear of humans and forage in the urban areas. and Parks and Wildlife kills more problem bears then what hunters harvest in the field. There was a reason we used bait and dogs because bears are hard to hunt and if you used dogs or bait you can tell if you have a lactating sow or not. Parks and Wildlife this year lowered the cost of a non resident bear license and hunters can get two bear licenses in the hope the bear population can be reduced.
We as hunters gave up mule deer hunting voluntarily for five years after the snow storm in the early eighties that almost wiped out the population. We have been under a draw system for a mule deer license after that five year period to this day. Introduce the wolf and the mule deer population may become an endangered species in our state. Funny how the bill is written that any wolf that migrates onto the eastern side of the continental divide they can then be killed. Every news story for the Front Range of Colorado anymore is about coyotes and mountain lions attacking people or eating their pets, Then you have the stories of the bear attacks at campgrounds and in the urban areas.
Then the restrictions that anti hunting activist have pressured onto Parks and Wildlife to change how mountain lions are hunted. My father is Native American and has taught me the love and respect of the outdoors and the wildlife but humans have totally messed up wildlife biology in the name of development and greed. There is no room in our state for a top tier predator especially with the amount of people moving into our state who are now intruding into the backcountry in mass numbers. Me personally I don’t care about the attacks on people or their pets being eaten because they voted with emotion and now they must live with their decision but in the end it is the wildlife that always pays the price.
Doug Smith December 6, 2019 at 12:06 am
Excellent story, non biased, every side of the debate well represented. I live on a large piece where I keep horses. I am retired and no longer work the land except restoration projects. I have bear, mountain lions , and a huge number of coyotes visiting fairly regularly. Only the coyotes are a problem, as their natural predator the wolf is missing, and they hunt in large groups at night and are not adverse to lure a dog out and skirmish. I believe wolves would be helpful in controlling the spectacular growth of the coyote population.
With a State that has so many “new kids” moving in, it is funny to see the tail wag the dog. Historically Colorado is been a democratic state, a very conservative democratic state. Now with outsiders moving in from other States, it has turned more liberal minded. If you are to look at some of the last ballot measures… this younger group as said no to increase taxes for roads and schools. They even said no to limiting the distance for fracking in your back yard. Your article got it right, about the non educated voter in Colorado nowadays.
When pressed about the topic of funding for this, the pro groups say, “it will be up to the State to find the finding”. Really? Where is the money coming from? With non hunting folks moving in from other States and a decline in big game tags sold over the last ten plus years, where is the money coming from? Can you imagine a bike stamp/tax for your mountain bike? How about a pet stamp/tax to take your dog on a hike? How about a REI/Outdoor Recreation stamp/tax to pay for it? Will the cost of damaged livestock be at market value or a flat fee? What is a, “Reasonable compensation“?
The facts are, it is a romantic idea and a easy check of the box. When the rubber hits the road… The facts as they sit now, wolfs are in Colorado. Wolfs are a protected species as of now. We do not know what effect wolfs will have on the local big game population. We do not know what the introduction or management of the wolf will cost the citizens in Colorado.
Who ever coined the phrase “wolf tourism” is a con artist/charlatan. Having lived in Alaska for several years, it is not easy to place yourself in a area to “see” wolfs in their natural habitat. But maybe in a few years, you’ll see them taking out fluffy when hiking along the front range. Just then, maybe you’ll see them.
Joseph December 10, 2019 at 11:50 am
Let the wolves migrate here on their own, as they are already doing and eventually will do without greedy groups meddling in the nature they know nothing about aside from ‘Our Earth’ episodes on Netflix (A sorry excuse for a nature show, at that).
News flash: wolves are already here. Multiple sightings in Northern CO – I’ve come across a set of wolf tracks while hunting in Routt County. Let the people who actually live where those wolves would be introduced make the calls.
Rob Edward January 7, 2020 at 2:41 pm
It has been two decades since the government reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone and Central Idaho. In that time, wolves from those tiny seed populations have now reclaimed Washington, Oregon, and even northern California. Yet, northern Colorado has only seen a handful of single wolves wander into the state during that same two-decade period. None of these solitary wolves have ever established themselves in the state, and none ever yielding a breeding population. Why? There are a couple of fundamental reasons.
First, take a look at the habitat of southern Wyoming via Google Earth [https://goo.gl/maps/oQZYwKqXXx3SzjpS8]. Now, pan up and to the left to see how that compares to the connectivity between Idaho’s panhandle and the Pacific Northwest, finally panning down the coast to northern California. Notice anything? Yup, compared to those areas in the northwest, southern Wyoming is not the sort of habitat through which wolf packs can slowly drift southward during a few years. It’s open, relatively devoid of game and full of back roads where pickup trucks full of guns roam freely.
Second, within all the open habitat south of Yellowstone, all the way to the Colorado border, wolves are classified as vermin. They can be shot anytime, in any number, with no license. Making that journey is a big gamble, and only made by dispersing wolves. They come to Colorado looking for love, undoubtedly howling from hilltop to hilltop plaintively—they come up empty, each time.
So, it is with the above in mind that we continue to say that natural recolonization is a pipe dream at best, and the anti-wolf faction’s ruse de jour. Reintroduction is the only way those brave solo explorers wandering south out of Yellowstone into Colorado will ever find a reason to settle down in the Centennial State.
Rob December 11, 2019 at 12:06 pm
Whoever decided the general public was fit to make sweeping changes to the way wildlife is managed. Don’t we already have a state department for that? Next we can vote on other things we’re clueless about!
How would you like it if the general public was to get to vote on your job/area of expertise because all of a sudden out of state money has educated them sooooo much.
Can’t wait to spend millions of dollars on reintroduction to put an apex predator in someone else’s back yard. not even including ongoing costs for livestock reimbursements.
It’s a horrible idea from a financial standpoint, it’s a horrible idea from an ecological standpoint and it’s a horrible idea from a safety to the general public and tourism standpoint (who likes hiking and camping in grizzly country specifically because of the proximity to bears, yay!).
A.T. December 12, 2019 at 1:19 pm
Its sickening how this comment section has become a bipartisan issue. The wolves have been around for millions of years and over the past few hundreds we literally killed them off. There’s only less than 18,000 left in the wild. They have every right to be here just like us. Its clear that habitat destruction, hunting of elk and deer is an issue.
Al Clark December 17, 2019 at 10:05 am
I wrote a paper at CSU justifying wolf reintroduction in Boulder CO. A favorable community environment plenty of alternative prey when the cyclical predator/prey relationship of primary prey sources plummet. A win win for all sides. The only thing better for the environment would be to reintroduce disease and famine to human populations but nobody is walking that pure a line about restoring ecosystems.
Habitat destruction in rural America is a social issue. Every 20 years there is a new social issue that has been determined to be the imminent destruction of the habitat that society values at the time. If you don’t believe me, what happened to the old growth forest war cry. Man made disturbance was put on hold. Logging was taboo and rural areas suffered. Then we had monoculture stands of mature spruce fir. Then we had entire forests wiped out by beetle kill. The mantra of let it burn became lost in firestorm wild land fire behavior that took multiple homes in the urban wilderness interphase. What will be the next perceived threat to habitat. For some reason there is a perceived threat that deer and elk are responsible for destroying everything even though mule deer herds are declining, elk calf recruitment is down in the southwest and multiple sheep herds are on the decline. Is there habitat suffering? Well then why are forage levels so high? Have you not seen the forage available in beetle kill areas, the grass and forbs found in the sagebrush understory, the creek banks so thick with willows that a person can’t fish them anymore? Maybe the habitat on the front range is suffering, but what hasn’t been carved up by mountain bikers on the west slope is in great shape for a ungulates. Yup habitat health is measured on social values and that will change every 10-20 years.
I am not opposed to reintroducing endangered animals to their previous habitats, but in this case, if this is passed, they need to release them around Bald Mountain range and the Caribou Ranch Open Space, not just on the Western Slope.
Western Colorado has 16 million acres of public land (over 70% of the entire area), wild places that host 280,000 elk and 420,000 deer. There’s plenty of room for wolves. Only 11% of Coloradans live on the West Slope. Polling in 2019 shows 67% of Coloradans support reintroduction.
The American people collectively own over 70% of western Colorado as land managed by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. The idea that this wild region just “can’t support wolves anymore” is not supported by science. To the contrary, scientists agree that the vast public land base and teeming elk population of western Colorado represents one of the last, best places for wolves.
GQ January 8, 2020 at 11:59 pm
Everyone will agree that The Yellowstone Model Is the essential, baseline system which must be used when considering wolf introduction into any ecosystem.
In Colorado, there are no western slope ecosystems outside of Rocky Mountain National Park which fit the Yellowstone Model. Any attempt to introduce wolves into ecosystems that do not fit the Yellowstone Model would be irresponsible, dangerous and a waste of taxpayers money.
So how much do they collectively own on the EAST SLOPE? You left out ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. Why not re-introduce there first?
The Yellowstone success story Is THE model used by supporters of wolf introduction into Colorado as the shining example of how wolves can have a positive effect on an ecosystem.
The critical, bedrock ideology behind that model is that wolves must be introduced into ecosystems which DO NOT ALLOW HUNTING. Introduction of wolves into every ecosystem which already allows hunting will place the wolf in harm’s way as they will compete with hunters for the same prey.
Colorado must first introduce wolves into ecosystems which match the Yellowstone Model. Those areas are: Rocky Mountain National Park, which will impact communities of Estes Park and Grand Lake, and the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge which will impact the communities of Golden and Boulder.
All areas which already allow hunting do not fit into the Yellowstone Model. Any attempts to introduce wolves into such areas will be doomed to failure.
I as one of several million Colorado taxpayers do not support a proposal that is certain to waste my money unless it EXACTLY follows the Yellowstone Model.
kaiden January 9, 2020 at 4:27 pm
One people i think wolves because if we think about it wolves and especially grey wolves are an endangered species and if we reintroduce them to Colorado and we start hunting them then what do you think will happen to there population
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CQUniversity’s Precision Livestock Management (PLM) team is recognised as the national leader in the field of tropical livestock research.
Located in the heart of the tropical beef industry, our research team is headquartered in the Beef Capital Rockhampton, with access to state of the art laboratory facilities as well as the renowned Belmont Research Station for field trials.
With strong links to industry, and producer participation in our trials, our research program is highly relevant to to industry needs and focussed on delivering practical solutions to the challenges producers face.
Our area of speciality is the use of cutting edge technology to automatically gather phenotypic data such as animal liveweight, pregnancy status and parentage, as well as improve the understanding of animal behaviours, all with a view to improving on-farm profitability and productivity.
Data gathered by CQUniversity’s PLM program is already supporting the cattle industry’s genetic research, assisting in the identification of animals which are more productive and fertile.
And through DataMuster, producers can make more informed management decisions, such as quickly and easily identifying animals ready for market or those which may have health problems. The system has been shown to reduce on-farm labour costs by automatically monitoring animal growth rates and access to water.
Our PLM team members are also supporting the long-term development of the industry by sharing their knowledge with students enrolled in CQUniversity’s Bachelor of Agriculture.
This course is unique in its combination of higher education, vocational training, research engagement and industry extension, and has been designed to provide students with the right mix of practical, skills-based training and exposure to the latest research and technology.
Dave Swain
Dave is the inventor DataMuster and leads the CQU PLM research team. He has expertise in software solutions that use behavioural algorithms to derive automated performance data.
Mark Trotter
Mark has been working on the next generation of cattle tracking technologies and is focussed on automatically identifying sick animals and linking this to improved welfare outcomes.
Lauren is just completing her PhD which has developed a new method to measure water intake in rangeland cattle production systems.
Kym Patison
Kym is working as a post-doc doing research on how measures of social behaviour link to physiological state. In particular how social network analysis can be used to determine links between production and welfare.
Don Menzies
Don has recently completed his PhD looking at using walk-over-weighing and radiolocation technology to determine fertility measures in cattle.
Michael Thomson
Michael delivers Communications & Engagement activities for the PLM team, drawing on his ag media and PR background to ensure our research reaches producers and industry.
Julie-Ann Malan
Julie-Ann’s research will provide graziers and land management groups with a better understanding of how cattle use off-stream watering points and if any relationships exist between off-stream watering point visitation, water consumption and environmental factors.
Jaime Manning
Jaime is currently working on a project to improve the accuracy of tracking technologies. Her PhD investigates
heterogeneity in pasture systems, and how it affects cattle production, paddock utilisation and behaviour using livestock tracking and pasture sensor technologies.
Chris O'Neill
Chris is coming to the end of his PhD and has been exploring links between social behaviour, reproduction and the implications for genetic selection in tropically adapted cattle.
Nick Corbet
Nick has a special interest in linking automatic measures of cattle performance to genetic improvement programs.
Nev Doyle
Nev is undertaking a PhD investigating near infrared spectra pattern recognition potential for grain processing in feedlot diet manufacture.
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Embry-Riddle Women’s Soccer Eagles ready for another Cal-Pac title push
By Doug Cook | dougout_dc
Originally Published: August 16, 2016 10:31 p.m.
PRESCOTT — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University women’s soccer coach Todd Poitras is banking on a host of talented underclassmen to bolster his team’s postseason aspirations in 2016 and beyond.
Embry-Riddle Women’s Soccer 2016 Schedule
DATE / OPPONENT / TIME
Aug. 16 / MESA C.C.+ / 7 p.m.
Aug. 22 / C.C. OF SPOKANE+ / 7 p.m.
Aug. 25 / at San Diego Christ. / 11 a.m.
Aug. 27 / at St. Katherine Coll. / 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 1 / MIDAM. NAZARENE / 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 / MASTER’S (CALIF.) / 10 a.m.
Sept. 10 / at Westmont (Calif.) / noon
Sept. 11 / at La Verne (Calif.) / 7 p.m.
Sept. 16 / at AZ Christian / 7 p.m.
Sept. 22 / at Prov. Christ. (Calif.)^ / 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 / at Marymount (Calif.)^ / 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 / SIMPSON (CALIF.)^ / 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 / J. & WALES (COLO.) / 7 p.m.
Oct. 15 / CAL-MERCED^ / 1 p.m.
Oct. 22 / at Soka (Calif.)^ / 4 p.m.
Oct. 23 / at Bethesda (Calif.) / TBD
Oct. 29 / ANT. VALL. (CALIF.)^ / 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 / LA SIERRA (CALIF.)^ / 4 p.m.
Nov. 5 / at Sierra Nevada Coll.^ / 1 p.m.
All home matches at ERAU campus field
off Willow Creek Road in Prescott
= Scrimmage
^ = Cal Pac Conference match
The defending Cal-Pac Conference champion Eagles, who lost in the first round of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national tournament in 2015, have 10 freshmen and nine sophomores on their 28-player roster this fall. Only three are seniors and six are juniors with limited playing time.
Poitras hopes a combination of young talent and the leadership of his upperclassmen will carry ERAU.
“The chemistry of that group is amazing already,” Poitras said of his 2016 team from practice Aug. 12. “It’s shocking. We have some great personalities in there. We’re as deep a team as we’ve been.”
Embry-Riddle kicks off the 2016 season with a non-conference match at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at San Diego Christian College in Santee, California.
“The group of freshmen who came in are certainly young, but they’re experienced at the highest level from Club and high school [ball],” Poitras added. “That experience certainly will pay off, whether that’s right away or late in the season or in years to come.”
The Eagles will play two scrimmages on their campus field at 3700 Willow Creek Road in Prescott. Tonight, Aug. 16, ERAU hosts Mesa Community College. On Aug. 22, the hometown squad welcomes the Community College of Spokane (Washington). Both matches start at 7 p.m.
In some respects, Embry-Riddle will be tuning up for a match that’s still a month away.
A technically-strong, athletic and speedy ERAU squad will battle Westmont College (California) in a nationals rematch five games into the season on Sept. 10 in Santa Barbara. NAIA power Westmont eliminated the Eagles from nationals, 6-0, last November. Poitras purposely scheduled the match and announced it to his players in the spring.
“Where they’re at is where we want to be,” Poitras said of Westmont. “In order for us to get to that level consistently – our goal is to be in the [NAIA] Top 25 year in and year out – you have to play the best teams.”
In 2015, Embry-Riddle compiled a 13-4-3 overall record (6-0-1 at home) and went 7-1-2 in conference.
This fall, sophomore forward Krista Lee (5-foot-2) of Henderson, Nevada, and sophomore center back Adriana Jackson (5-8) of Port Orchard, Washington, help guide the Eagles.
Lee, 2015 Cal-Pac Freshman of the Year, was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-West Region First-Team selection. Lee led the Eagles with 11 goals scored. Jackson made the region’s Second Team.
Lee and Jackson were two of five freshmen who started for the Eagles at nationals. Sophomore MF Breanna Larkin (5-6) of Las Vegas, an all-conference pick, and standout sophomore forward Ashtin Martinson (5-5) were freshmen in 2015, too.
“We’re going to have a really great season,” Jackson said. “We had a good season last year. All of the incoming freshmen are really strong, and they all bring in good components to our team.”
Five senior starters graduated in May, including forwards Kalyn Goodenough and Amie Jepsen, as well as midfielder Kelsey Merrigan and defenders Kalynn Huebner and Kacey McConagha. (In 2015, Merrigan earned NSCAA All-West Region First-Team honors. Goodenough was a Second-Team pick.)
Embry-Riddle has 18 letter winners this fall. Forward and team captain Estelle Fortes (5-5) of Shoreline, Washington; midfielder Erica Nieves (5-2) of Los Angeles; and senior goalkeeper Abby Couto (5-5) of Lakeville, Massachusetts, are seniors with three years’ experience.
Fortes said the team’s trying finish at nationals has made the ladies even more dedicated.
“Through the summer we train on our own, and we carry a lot of that – whether it was disappointment or excitement from winning – we focus in on that when we’re training. I know I did,” Fortes said. “We come back with a new kind of intensity and a new fire. We want more this year.”
In goal, junior Emily Lambert (5-10) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and freshman Caitlyn Aaron (5-7) of Flower Mound, Texas, are in the starting mix with Couto. Poitras said Couto, an aerospace engineering major, will return to the team in a week or so after completing a summer internship with NASA.
Eagles freshmen to watch include forward Carly Elias (5-4) of Simi Valley, California; forward Megan Currier (5-6) of Anchorage, Alaska; Aaron (5-7); defender/midfielder Parker Lee (5-5) of Kennewick, Washington; defender Maddy Mak (5-5) of Renton, Washington; and Nat Bristol (5-6) of Canby, Oregon.
Currier, a multi-sport athlete, was a finalist for Gatorade Player of the Year in Alaska. Aaron starred for Texas 6A state champion Flower Mound High and earned player of the year honors. Elias was an All-State selection. Bristol earned 15 varsity letters in high school.
“You can tell we have a lot of talent this year,” Lee said. “We lost five great ones, but we added 10 really good ones. We’re not going to struggle much.”
Poitras said the Eagles plan to repeat as Cal-Pac champions. Like last year, Marymount (California) and Cal-Merced should provide the stiffest league competition. ERAU will face each of its league foes only once this year, instead of twice, as it has in prior seasons.
The Cal-Pac’s coaches picked the Eagles to win the conference again, followed by Marymount in second place and Merced in third.
“The conference as a whole is getting stronger with Soka and Antelope Valley [of California],” Poitras said. “We have a new team in La Sierra [Riverside, California]. Next season we’ll have a new team at Benedictine University down in Mesa.”
To reach Doug, call him at 928-445-3333, ext. 2039, or email him at dcook@prescottaz.com. Follow him on Twitter: @dougout_dc.
Embry-Riddle women hope for promising returns as new member of Cal Pac
Eagles ranked No. 14 in preseason NAIA women’s soccer poll
Eagles men look to continue upward trend after solid finish last season
ERAU women remain serious about contending for Cal Pac championship
Menlo shuts out ERAU women's soccer team
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Age Of Chivalry springs into Valley test
A physically stronger Age Of Chivalry (He's Remarkable) will step out for the first time at The Valley as he embarks on a campaign towards rich spring handicaps.
The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained gelding runs in Saturday's Four'N Twenty Handicap (1200m), his first outing since March.
A veteran of six starts which have yielded two wins, Age Of Chivalry was his own worst enemy during a four-start autumn campaign with waywardness costing him success in the Gr.3 C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington in February.
He was put away after one more start when he was again wayward when runner-up to subsequent Queensland Derby winner Mr Quickie in March.
"Last time he wanted to get his races over and done with and he wanted to lay in under pressure so hopefully he's got rid of that trait," Zahra said.
"He cost himself a few times so that's why we didn't press on.
"He's carrying a lot more condition than he did so he's maturing nicely.
"He's never been to the Valley and he's drawn in, so he's going to need a bit of luck, but he'll also improve quite a bit off the run.
"We'll have to see where he's at after a couple of runs."
Zahra hopes to kick off on Saturday with a victory to get Age of Chivalry's rating up from 76.
"You've got to go into the spring around the 90 mark," Zahra said.
"The Sir Rupert Clarke and the Toorak Handicap are races we could look at depending on his form.
"At the moment he's only won a midweek at Sandown, so he's got a little way to go."
Age Of Chivalry shares the top line of betting in Saturday's race at $4.40 with first-up winner Tavisan.
Bred by Mapperley Stud, Age of Chivalry was purchased out of Curraghmore's 2017 Ready To Run draft $50,000. -AAP
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Spectroscopic variability of emission lines stars with GAia
Figure 1: RVS time series of X Per (HIP 18350). X Per is a member of the Be/X-ray class of binaries. The Be star (spectral type O9.5 III) has a neutron star companion that accretes the Be star circumstellar matter. The spectra show the typical Paschen lines in emission and a small nitrogen line around 863.5 nm. The double peaked shape of emission lines is due to a Keplerian rotating disc. In the first 22 months of the nominal mission, it was observed 28 times. Because of the orbital motion and the nature of the stellar components, the intensity and line-emission shape vary in time. Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC/CU6-O.Marchal
During its mission, Gaia will scan all the sky in a repetitive way. The satellite spectrometer is expected to collect 6 billion spectra until the end of the mission and will provide thus access to all kind of objects until magnitude G=17. One of the key points of the survey is that every source will be observed about 8 times a year on average, which will allow the community to follow the evolution and the variation of the brightest sources through time. For the nominal mission, this will add up to about 40 observations on average, and with each mission extension this number will increase further.
The Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) aims to supply radial velocities of stars by measuring the Doppler shift of their spectral lines in absorption. A small fraction of stars may however exhibit line emission in their spectrum. The intensity and shape of the emission depend on the physical conditions, the radiation field and the geometry of its formation region. Emission can be due to chrosmospheric activity (like in RS CVn stars), caused by matter transfer and accretion processes in binary interactions, or it may originate either in extended stellar atmospheres or in stellar envelopes such as equatorial discs.
Variable stars of type RS CVn are a good illustration of the first case, while Be (read “B”-“e” for B-type stars with emission lines) are representatives of the last one. In what follows we aim to provide a few time series examples of RVS spectra of these two categories of stars obtained during the validation of the spectroscopic processing. Because more upstream validation and treatment is needed still, the release of epoch RVS data is not foreseen for Gaia DR3, but for Gaia DR4. The figures below and above give a foretaste of the information contained in the emission-line star epoch spectra. Times in the graphics are given in units of Gaia's 6 hour revolution.
RS CVn stars are detached binary systems showing evidence for intense magnetic activity which is observed by the impact of spot coverage and chromospheric activity on their light and spectrum behavior. They have at least one cool component because of the presence of Ca II, H and K emission in their spectra, whose strength can be used to measure the chromospheric activity. In the RVS spectra, weak emission is also expected to be detected in the Ca II infrared triplet (Ca IRT) at 850.04, 854.44 and 866.45 nm.
Figure 2: RVS time series of the RS CVn system SZ Psc (HIP 114639). SZ Psc is a double-lined binary (orbital period 3.97d), with partial eclipses made of a F8 V-IV and a K1 IV component. The contribution of the two stars are seen, and a weak reversal of the Ca IRT line-cores due to emission is observed at most epochs. Remarkably, at cycle/time 1541.97rev. the emission cores popped up above the continuum during only one transit. The time sampling of the RVS spectra is not regular, but the event appeared and disappeared in less than 15 days. Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC/CU6-O.Marchal
Be stars form a class of main sequence stars which have emission (mainly in the Hα line) formed in a Keplerian equatorial disc or a ring-like envelope. According to Milky-Way surveys, about 20% of the main sequence B-type stars display the Be phenomenon. Usually their measured rotational speed is subcritical, but larger than 75 percent of the breakup value, which makes them the fastest rotators among the main sequence stars (with projected rotational velocities from a few 10 km/s up to more than 400 km/s). Due to the centrifugal force, rapid rotation strongly affects stellar evolution, flattens the star (e.g. Be star Achernar) and generates non-uniform surface temperature and density distributions that have sensitive impact on its spectrum. Together with non-radial pulsation and/or small-scale weak magnetic fields, rotation is also widely thought to play a key role in the formation of the circumstellar disc.
Figure 3: Schematic view of Be stars’ emission line-profiles seen at different inclination angles, from pole-on (A) to equator-on (C). The shape and nature of the equatorial rotating disc lead to double peaked aspect angle-dependent line emission profiles. The separation of the two peaks, V and R, depends on the inclination angle, the rotation rate and disc size. Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC/CU6-O.Marchal,Y.Frémat
Although emission is the strongest in the Hα line, emission can be detected at all wavelengths, depending on the temperature and stellar inclination angle. In the RVS wavelength domain, early type Be stars often show the higher members of the hydrogen Paschen series in emission, from P17 to P13. Be stars are also photometric and spectroscopic variable stars, with rapid to long-term variations (from few days to several years). Emission lines are therefore variable too. Their strength, as well as the relative intensity of their Violet and Red (known as V/R variability) emission peaks can change during outburst periods, either due to their orbital motion if they are part of multiple systems, because of a one-armed oscillation pattern that propagates across the disc, or due to changes of the disc physical structure.
Figure 4a and 4b: RVS time series of two single-line Be stars. FW CMa (HIP 35951 - Figure 4a - top) is of spectral type B3 V, while HIP 50044 (HD 88825 - Figure 4b - bottom) is a somewhat cooler B4 V star. Both sources have variable emission line-profiles superimposed to the photospheric absorption lines. The spectra of HIP 50044 show a clear contribution from the calcium triplet, stronger than the Paschen emission. The V/R variability is also stronger in this star. Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC/CU6-O.Marchal
For further reading :
Classical Be Stars, Rivinius, Carciofi & Martayan, 2013A&ARv..21...69R
The astrophysics of emission lines stars, Kogure & Leung, 2007, Astropysics and Space Science Library 342, Springer
Chromospheric activity on the RS Canum Venaticorum binary SZ Piscium, Zhang & Gu, 2008A&A...487..709Z
Credits: ESA/Gaia/DPAC/CU6, O. Marchal (CNRS/Observatoire de Paris), Y. Frémat (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
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Slimming for skeletons
Daphne Perry suggests ways to make a fleshy skeleton more appealing to the judge.
Question: You are writing a skeleton argument. How long should it be?...
A 15 pages or less.
B 20 pages or less.
C 25 pages or less.
D 50 pages or less.
E As short as possible.
(Answer at the end of the article.)
Judges threaten costs penalties
In May 2013, seven appellate judges, including the Master of the Rolls, condemned skeleton arguments exceeding the 25-page maximum allowed in the Court of Appeal (see box, Vital statistics). These were deployed not by incompetents but by experienced QCs in big commercial cases. Aikens LJ called overlong pleadings and skeletons “the bane of commercial litigation”; Jackson LJ and the Master of the Rolls called this a “widespread malaise” and invited all advocates with an appeal pending to review their skeletons with a view to avoiding costs sanctions. No one asked for their costs of producing these skeleton arguments, but the judges had expressly threatened to refuse any such request.
93 pages: won the appeal but the court criticised the skeleton as prolix and threatened to deduct its costs. The parties agreed costs, including the amount, so no order was made. The respondent’s argument was only 23 pages; the hearing lasted a day. Standard Bank Plc v Via Mat International Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 490, 3 May 2013; Moore-Bick LJ, Aikens LJ, David Richards J.
40 pages, 113 footnotes and still failed to summarise the facts and arguments deployed at the hearing. Lost the appeal, but the court would have disallowed some or all of the skeleton’s costs if it had won. Ben Nevis (Holdings) Ltd v HMRC [2013] EWCA Civ 578, 23 May 2013; Jackson LJ (whose comments were endorsed by Lord Dyson MR), Lloyd Jones LJ, Floyd LJ.
Are costs penalties imposed?
Aikens LJ cited the case of Richard Mylward, the prolix pleader, who in 1595 was fined £10 and ordered to pay another £8, 8s 4d in costs (Mylward v Weldon (1596) Tothill 102, [1595] EWHC (Ch) 1). He was also paraded around the courts with the offending document around his neck. Adjusting for inflation is not easy, but one estimate, based on the price of gold, puts the fine at over £12,500 and the costs at just under £10,000.
In recent years, judgments complaining of long skeletons, and threatening costs penalties, are common (see Khader v Aziz [2010] EWCA Civ 716, Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimique Tunisien [2010] EWCA Civ 66, Tombstone Ltd v Raja [2008] EWCA Civ 1444, In re X and Y (Bundles) [2008] EWHC 2058 (Fam)). Judgments citing Mylward’s case, or actually imposing a costs penalty, are not. A search on Westlaw for “skeleton”, “prolix” and “costs” reveals a vexatious litigant in person ordered to pay indemnity costs (R (Gray) v Bristol Crown Court [2012] EWHC 2442 (Admin)), a barrister’s “deplorable” advocacy reported to the Legal Services Commission (Gahie v Home Secretary [2003] EWCA Civ 611), but no costs orders against competent barristers.
Is there another remedy?
Maybe costs are not an effective sanction for poor advocacy. They are too remote, hit-or-miss, and directed primarily against the client, who is not the offender.
Maybe the threat, made in a published judgment, is the best remedy currently available – a public embarrassment to the advocate and the strongest possible hint to waive their fee for the skeleton. But a public reprimand is unlikely to become routine; and the court’s previous threats have not fixed the problem.
Perhaps a rule change in the Court of Appeal might force advocates to honour its 25-page limit or ask the court for its comments. An advocate whose skeleton was over the limit could be made to pay a £500 deposit to lodge it, the same deposit candidates pay to stand in a general election, repayable only if the court certifies the skeleton was useful (or if the appeal ends without a hearing).
Meanwhile, advocates should be much more concerned not to annoy the judge.
Short is good; shorter is better
A skeleton argument is a golden opportunity for advocacy. Leggatt LJ told us; “Although no records have been kept, it is comparatively uncommon for members of the Court to change their minds about whether to dismiss or allow an appeal, once they have read the skeleton arguments” (The future of the oral tradition in the Court of Appeal, (1995) 14 CJQ 11).
What could turn the gold to ashes quicker than a skeleton that annoys, tires or frustrates the judge? James Hunt J, in an article for Counsel, called this “a negligent own goal” (The Anatomy Lesson, February 2002, pp 18-19). Those responding to an over-long skeleton are therefore wise if they refuse to answer every point, keeping their own submissions shorter and clearer than ever. The judge may turn to their skeleton to explain the whole case.
Appeal judges keep telling us they value a skeleton that tells them, in their limited reading time, what the case is about and the essential points counsel wish to make. They emphasise the skeleton’s original function as the note from which counsel addresses the court, elaborating upon (or abandoning) each point as they go. Trial and appeal judges have told us what they want, through Practice Directions, court guides, judgments, and the pages of this magazine (see box). Every time, they ask for brevity.
Surely every reader of Counsel can write a good skeleton argument? The bad writers are not spending their commuting time reading instructive articles on professional practice. I assume that the contents are well-selected, logically organised, legally relevant, accurate and convincing.
However, it would be wrong to assume that these skeletons are all as concise as possible. Legal writing is rarely that concise. Most legal documents can be cut by a third without loss of meaning*. The exercise removes duplication, exposes and removes ambiguity, and forces the writer to clarify the argument. The result is a better and stronger argument, as well as shorter.
What judges want in a skeleton
James Hunt J, “The Anatomy Lesson”, Counsel magazine, February 2002, page 18-19.
Practice Directions: PD 30A (family appeals) paras 5.12 to 5.22; PD 52A (appeals) para 5; PD 52C (Court of Appeal) para 31; PD 54A (judicial review) para 15; PD 62 (arbitration) paras 6 and 12; Consolidated Criminal PD paras II.17 and IV.36.4.
Court guides: Commercial Court Guide 2013 J6.4 to J6.5 and App 9 Part 1; Chancery Guide 2013 paras 5.13, 7.27, 7.28, 14.5, 14.8 and Appendix 7; Mercantile Court Guide 2012 para 8.11; Queen’s Bench Guide 2011 paras 7.11.10 to 7.11.12. Competition Appeals Tribunal Guide 2005 para 15.
Slimming exercises
Get straight to the point. State the question for the court, and put your best argument first.
Cut your weakest argument(s) to one line plus the references.
Cut sentence length. Cut or split any sentence over 2 lines long.
Edit out the verb “to be”. Hunt down is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being and, where you can, put the same point another way. This reduces passive verbs, nominalisations and other wordy phrases. Your writing will become livelier and more readable, as well as shorter.
Edit out “of” – another indicator of wordy writing.
Cut more. Cut to the max. Cut every spare word. Use a computer editor (StyleWriter or WordRake) to help identify verbiage.
In the space you create, add more headings. Make them accurate and informative, giving the gist of your argument in a series of one-liners.
Answer: E (as short as possible). The other figures are the usual maximum in applications to appeal against an arbitration award (A); Queen’s Bench and Chancery trials and heavy applications, and hearings in the Competition Appeals Tribunal (B); appeals to the Court of Appeal (C); and Commercial Court trials (D).
* If you think your documents are an exception, try sending me a page, and we’ll see. Email daphne.perry@clarifynow.co.uk.
Daphne Perry is an ex-barrister, now a trainer, writer and consultant specialising in plain English for law and business.
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Fire along Twisp River Road in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest in 2018. Courtesy photo
Wildfire response: State unveils funding legislation proposal
Last year, Department of Natural Resources responded to record number of wildfires.
by Aaron Kunkler
Thursday, December 5, 2019 8:52am
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Two forest health plans are expected to help address the rising risk of wildfires across Washington state and guide funding priorities.
Statewide, some 2.2 million homes are exposed to wildfire. Last year, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to more than 1,800 wildfires, a record high. The two forest management plans cover 10-year and 20-year horizons and were developed by the DNR. Fighting wildfires cost the DNR $146 million to fight in 2016.
Guided by the statewide 10-year wildland fire protection strategic plan, state legislators will be introducing a wildfire prevention and preparedness account this session which, when funded, will account for $126 million each biennium. It’s designed to ensure fire crews have resources to keep fires small, and will also provide funding to restore forest health.
“Wildfire poses a clear and present danger to the health of Washington’s people, environment and economy,” DNR commissioner Hilary Franz said in a press release. “As the leader of our state’s wildfire fighting force, I know we must continue to be proactive, not reactive.”
Several immediate funding targets were guided by the 10-year plan. These include $8.4 million for 42 full-time firefighters, $5.2 million for 15 fire engine leaders and fire trucks, and $25.6 million for a new helicopter. Some $15 million would be allocated to protect communities near wildland, $7.5 million to help property owners and small forest owners protect their property, and $1.9 million to train volunteer firefighters at local fire authorities.
On top of that funding, an additional $26.25 million will be used to accelerate the 20-year plan, which includes restoring 1.25 million acres of forest through selective thinning and prescribed burns. In 2015, it was estimated that nearly 2.7 million acres of forestland in Eastern Washington needed to be treated to increase resilience against insects, diseases and wildfires.
The funding is proposed to come from an increase of a few cents on property and insurance premiums. The DNR estimates it will cost the average household around $1 per month.
The state Legislature during the 2019 session approved $50 million to be put toward fighting wildfires and managing forest health. Two new aircraft were purchased and will be ready for service next year, as will 30 new firefighters to help maintain forest healing during the off-season.
Report outlines lack of child care in Washington
Black Diamond police blotter | Nov. 18 – 24
Enumclaw mayor elected to Sound Cities Association board of directors
Jan Molinaro now represents the cities of Enumclaw, Black Diamond, Pacific, Algona, and Milton in the county-wide organization.
Enumclaw, White River pushing school levies
EHS wants to renew its tech levy, while WRHS’ levy is the same one that voters declined in the last general election.
Enumclaw, Black Diamond police blotter | Jan. 1 – 9
Unauthorized stickers removed, women threatened at a party, and a suspicious package delivery.
St. Elizabeth nurses sign new contract with CHI Franciscan
The new agreement helps ensure safe staffing levels and increases in pay.
Enumclaw’s stormwater rate increased
Other utility rates — garbage, water, natural gas — are holding steady.
Republicans try to guarantee $30 car tabs amid court hangup
Lawmakers sponsor companion bills in the House and Senate.
King County could bump up Metro electrification deadlines
Transportation generates nearly half of all greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
Plenty of road projects on Enumclaw’s 2020 calendar
Many busy streets will have least a little work done on them, so start planning your alternate routes now.
Gov. Inslee delivers State of the State Address
By Leona Vaughn, WNPA News Service OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee stood… Continue reading
Meet the group trying to electrify America’s railroads
The Backbone Campaign hopes it will reduce emissions and jump-start depressed communities.
Non-fatal shooting data now available | Public Health Insider
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This week on Dezeen
Dan Howarth | 6 December 2013 Leave a comment
We've been soaking up the sun at Design Miami this week, where a previously unbuilt house by Charlotte Perriand (pictured) and 3D-printed wearable sculptures are among the projects on display. Read on for more of the week's top architecture and design news.
A pile of sand marks the entrance to Design Miami
A pile of sand appears to support a roof at the entrance to this year's Design Miami exhibition and a stone sculpture based on data-protection patterns by Juergen Mayer H. is on show at nearby Art Basel Miami Beach.
Herzog & de Meuron's Pérez Art Museum creates new "vernacular" for Miami
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Foster and Heatherwick team up on Shanghai finance centre
Foster's firm also revealed images of the finance centre designed in collaboration with Thomas Heatherwick, which is currently under construction in Shanghai.
"4D-printed" shape-changing dress and jewellery by Nervous System
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Professionals Are 'Ghosting' On The Job And Employers Are Struggling To Keep Up
By Aimee Lutkin
A phenomenon we've heard a lot about in the dating world has infiltrated the workplace: ghosting.
What is ghosting, you ask? If you are actually asking, you're a lucky soul. Maybe it's never happened to you, or maybe you just didn't know what to call it, but ghosting is when someone just disappears on you. No call, no email, no goodbye and absolutely no explanation.
It's a pretty horrible feeling to get ghosted on, and it's no longer something people only risk when it comes to love. According to trending discussions on Linkedin, it's become a problem for recruiters and agencies as well. But most people seem to think it's a bit different when it happens at work than when it happens in a relationship.
I got emailed an article about people "ghosting work" as if the people were the problem. I agree it's not professional, but maybe ask how you managed to disengage your employee so much that they don't give a shit if you think they're dead.
— Ky Krebs 🏳️🌈 (@kykrebs) June 25, 2018
Writer Chip Cutter wrote about the new behavioral issue, saying that employers still don't really get it:
"More professionals are 'ghosting' at work, infuriating companies. As labor markets tighten, recruiters and hiring managers say they’re experiencing a surge of workers no-showing interviews, or accepting a job only to never appear for the first day of work, giving no reason. Some employees are even quitting by walking out and saying nothing."
Hmm, that doesn't sound very professional at all! The response from Linkedin users has been mostly affirmations. A number of recruiters jumped in to comment that they'd encountered this exact thing.
Krista M. Keiser wrote, "I've witnessed this first hand with a long term employee. It's mind boggling how someone can just disconnect from a workplace they have been with for a few years. What about needing a future job reference?
"How does one explain that time gap to their next employer if they aren't listing the position they ghosted? It's mind boggling to me. Is it a generational trend? I am seeing it more with the 20's crowd. What are others' experiences here?"
One recruiter, Ramona Rivere wrote that the same thing happened to her, even after the prospective employee had signed a contract and done all their paperwork accepting a job.
"I had this happen a few weeks ago. The candidate accepted the job, signed the contract filled out all the on-boarding paperwork then two weeks before start, the candidate refused to respond to any of our phone calls, texts and emails. I had spent hours on the phone and in email communication with this candidate. I still do not know what happened with the candidate."
People refuse to start jobs by ghosting, but they also use ghosting as a way to quit, according to commenter John Lewis.
"A client of mine was concerned over an employee who didn’t show up on a Monday," he wrote.
"She had been with the company for 2 years. Later that afternoon, the employee posted a picture of herself on a beach with the text 'just living life.' I guess that was her giving notice. The bottom line is that there are no consequences for this type of behavior. The girl I mentioned will probably get another job."
There seems to be some debate about this being a generational issue—this is a good era for people on the job hunt. Some younger people are getting multiple and competitive offers, and they weren't in the workforce during the recession. They don't feel the same pressure to take whatever they can get.
There is also the idea that ghosting as an idea has infiltrated from the youth because of the dating scene: Tinder has taught us how to get out of things and to never deal with awkward goodbyes.
But young people online are saying this new trend is just a taste of employers' own medicine:
I was reading an article about new hires ghosting and it just happened at work again. And idk why it makes me laugh so much 💀
— lil raspa 🇲🇽 (@aztecprincesss) June 28, 2018
Oh how the tables have turned. https://t.co/FUU3DGHnUT
— yonće (@Laalaluvsu) June 25, 2018
I feel zero pity. It's been the standard for companies to ghost on interviewees for ages, and now they wanna be salty bitches when the favor is returned? Lol. https://t.co/m1sFGdb28N
— Pre-Pregnant Genius (@dtwps) June 25, 2018
… “what’s in it for me” is literally the description of a market. if employers want to whine about employees turning the tables in them, boo hoo. they should have thought of that before eviscerating employment protections. wow so sad.
— Amy Hoy ✨ (@amyhoy) June 26, 2018
According to Cutter's story, this is a pretty good guess. He interviewed Peter Cappelli, a management professor and director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, about where this kind of employee response is coming from.
“I think they have learned it from the employers,” said Cappelli. “Employers were notorious for never getting back to people, and only letting them know what was going on if it turned out they wanted them to go to the next step.
“The employers have been far worse about this than any of the job seekers.”
Beneath all the comments from recruiters are both employees and even stated business owners who agree. Corporate America has had the upper hand for a while now, and with the lack of things like health insurance or other benefits, many think it's no wonder there's no loyalty.
"Companies have been ghosting for a while now," writes managing director Tim Hawkey. "Recruiters treating candidates with no respect whatsoever. Having a great interview and then never returning candidates' emails. You reap what you sow."
CEO Luana Santos agrees, writing, "All of a sudden there's greater opportunity elsewhere. Nicer compensation, employees thinking of treating their employees well... So current work struggles, bad politics, and rude superiors aren't something they are willing to put up [with] anymore. It's good to notice and wonder why, because then we can evaluate these factors and make changes."
It's harsh, but true!
When companies treat applicants with respect future & current employees treat the company with respect #mutualrespect https://t.co/V2fQgpxBIx
— Nancy Stovall (@NancyStovall71) June 28, 2018
If your employee walks out and doesn't care what you think about it, you know what you did.
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adam lareau - vacation transportation
Adam Lareau
Vacation Transportation
By Eva Cantillo
From the very beginning, Vacation Transportation is a trip to a tropical place, or more definitively, a tropical vacation. The music found in this album by Adam Lareau is uber carefree and has a poppy experimental feel to it, which lets the listener experience a happy-go-lucky demeanor while listening. Lareau says he’s inspired by artists like Todd Rundgren, Caribou, and Aphex Twin. These influences are apparent throughout the album as there are many effects, vocalizations and melodies that can put Vacation Transportation in the same category.
Each song has its own tropical bubbly feel. “Travel Brochure” has a super upbeat almost organ-like key tone which is colored by some really light and refreshing vocals. Similarly, “Quantum Surfing” has the same organ-like key, but the tone of the song is a bit different; Lareau has deepened his voice a bit and dives head-on into some very metaphorical lyrics, a “transportation” in themselves. A song with a different feel is “Away From Us.” It has a somewhat trippy and wavy back-beat that sways and swells like the ocean. There is great usage of effects on this track plus lyrics that sing “they moved the heart away from us, we were left in doubt,” then the lyrics “I found it,” solve the problem quickly before the song expires. “Where Was I” is another compelling track which opens up with a seductive beat and then slowly transforms into some existential lyrics.
Vacation Transportation is a really colorful album that is just flooded with creativity. It seems to be about not only escaping and experiencing a physical vacation, but about the new things one learns and sees on such a trip. It’s about the journey, or “transportation” rather than the destination. The artist behind the music has not only chosen a great concept for this conceptual album, but has taken the time to draw out all the great possibilities of such a theme with vibrant metaphors and poetic lyrics that paint quite the picture for any listener. It is a well-produced album and is definitely worth a listen.
Vacation Transportation by Adam Lareau
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The New York Times Introduces ‘nytDEMO’: A Cross-Functional Team Focused on Bringing Insights and Data Solutions to Brands
Press Release | New York Times February 16, 2018
The New York Times’s Advertising & Marketing Solutions Group today announced the launch of nytDEMO, a cross-functional team that builds data and technology solutions for brands using the same tools and insights that power The Times.
nytDEMO — which stands for data, engineering, measurement, and optimization — is a collaboration among members of The Times’s data, product & design, technology, and advertising groups.
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THE LOST HEIR is a pulse-pounding Middle Grade Fantasy novel with edge-of-your-seat action and tug-at-your-heartstrings emotion. (Reading Level: 5.5 / AR Points: 16 / Word Count: 100,807) (Note: This book is brand-new, not autographed, and shipped directly from the distributor.)
Strange new talents...
Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London. Lately he's started seeing ghosts, and discovers he can move solid objects with his mind! He has no idea why. Next thing he knows, a Sinister Gentleman and his minions come hunting him. On the run for his life, Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world full of magic and deadly peril. A world that holds the secret to who he really is: the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family—with magical powers!
But with treacherous enemies closing in, it will take all of his wily street instincts and the help of his friends—both human and magical—to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents, and defeat the foes who never wanted the Lost Heir of Griffon to be found...
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The creator created the universe
The possible form of a universal creator
Are you asking me if I believe in God?
I believe in a universal creator of the whole universe. So also described by Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
What do I mean by "universal creator"?
I see different, possible forms of a universal creator.
1st The spaced form
The creator would not be "attached" to his creation, but would create one or more universes. The creator himself would be above the universe.
Above: The independent creator to the universe?
This creator thus corresponds roughly to the general and normal belief among human beings.
2nd The material form
The universe and the creator would be the same thing.
Above: Is the creator the universe?
To explain it figuratively, in this case, our solar system could be a small atom in the body of the creator himself.How the body of the creator would actually be composed, it would be very difficult to find out.
3rd The totality of souls
The totality of all the souls in the universe and the creator himself would be the same thing. This means that our soul would be a very small part of the creator himself.
Above: Is the Creator the totality of souls?
That would be a believable form.
The totality of souls would then create the universe. Unconsciously, we too would be part of the collective consciousness.
4th The matrix
The creator would lead us to believe that we are in a material and real world. But in fact, it would just be sort of a realistic dream.
5th The spiritual but material form
As already written, the creator could be the totality of souls.
But the totality of souls would already have existed before the creation of matter and would then create the universe of matter. The collective consciousness would have everything under control.
6th Additional possibilities
There are countless more possibilities with all their variations. The above enumeration is certainly not conclusive and would only like to show what could be understood under the "creator". The human brain is probably too small to understand everything.
But there's one thing to say:
From "nothing" nothing can arise. This means that the universe was created from "something", whatever it is.
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HK 17: Hauptvorträge II
HK 17.1: Hauptvortrag
Dienstag, 19. März 2019, 11:00–11:35, Plenarsaal
Laboratories of the Strong Interaction: Exotic Hadrons — •Sebastian Neubert — Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg, Germany
The formation of hadrons, which escape description through the quark model, is a most fascinating effect of the strong interaction. Such exotic hadrons can be studied with a variety of experimental techniques. The discovery of mesons composed of four quarks in decays involving charmonia at the B-factories has opened an experimental window that is especially well suited to the direct observation of effects beyond the quark model. With the discovery of Pentaquark candidates in their decay to J/ψ proton, LHCb has extended this window to the baryon sector. These phenomena are unique laboratories to study multiquark and multihadron effects in the spectrum of QCD, which may hold the key to some of the oldest questions in understanding the strong interaction.
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Log 1275 - Poacher Mansion Raid Collateral
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, 10-26-2018 at 03:26 AM (127 Views)
Created Thursday 25 October 2018
Got a brief DILD, a fragment, and a long dream to note.
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Flying around town during daytime, going south through a local street. I go at the edge of the street, when I start thinking over just what circumstances would allow me to fly in the first place. Cue lucidity. I only managed to fly across before the dream collapsed.
Playing a 3D Mario game. This was far darker in tone, and had a lot more going on screen at a time. There was a painful segment in a castle where I was required to get hurt and collect power-ups repeatedly to survive. I managed to clear the game, but got a rather bittersweet ending that involved most of the extended cast and worlds dying off.
Dream 1 - Poacher Mansion Raid Collateral
The visuals were a bit dim. I was the young leader of a traditional warrior tribe in western Africa, one of the last few of such groups in the world. Dressed in hides, feathers, and bone, armed with spears, axes, and daggers, me and four other tribesmen set out to raid a mansion, a known hideout for poachers. A "foreigner" also joined us, a ranger from the local forest. Unlike the rest of us, he was dressed in a green shirt, khakis, and hiking boots, and was armed with an old shotgun. Our mission was to infiltrate the mansion, find the enemy leader, and capture or (if necessary) kill him.
My warriors set out at twilight. From the cover of the forest, we soon arrived at the mansion's entrance. The place was isolated from the rest of civilization, which might've explained the lax security. Our group crept around the entrance all the way to the backdoor. Once inside, we paced up a nearby stairway. We head up two levels to a small room, when we heard someone passing through another stairway all the way across. The other warriors prepared themselves besides that entryway, while the ranger and I waited head on. For a brief moment, I, as myself, took a moment to reflect on the nature of violence...
Our enemy was approaching. We were ready to pounce. The figure steps out of the entryway. "Stop!", the ranger yelled suddenly. Ahead of us was a man with a grey shirt and cargo pants, the typical outfit for poachers. And yet, the now confused man and the ranger talked to each other as if they recognized one another, speaking in a Western tongue (which, to the tribesmen and I, sounded like complete gibberish). Eventually, the ranger explained that this man was actually a law enforcer going undercover. It seemed our intrusion would compromise the detective's assignment. As such, I agreed to save the raid for another time, if under protest. The agent saw us out the backdoor, and took his leave.
Still, I wasn't quite satisfied. I had us all sneak around to the front, if only to see what we were dealing with. Then, through a window on the side of the building, we spotted a large gathering of poachers, about 30 of them, all lounging around, or perhaps in some kind of group meeting. I simply observed in the shadows for a while, trying to familiarize myself with each of them. Among the most outspoken of the bunch was an older light skinned African. Maybe a lieutenant? At the time, most seemed to lack conventional weapons, and none had anything larger than a pistol.
But, it seemed I made a terrible mistake: the poachers also collected living exotic animals from all over the globe. This was made readily apparent when, from out a corner, charged a grizzly bear. With shields and spears drawn, we held our ground. The bear, in turn, stood up, ready to swipe. The perfect moment to attack. As me and three others distracted it with our shields, another warrior made an expert thrust right in the beast's jugular. We then circled around, avoiding its frenzied reprisal. Within a span of thirty seconds, the creature could no longer defend itself. A few jabs at the back of its head finally did it in.
Just then, a poacher peeked out from a side door. Acting quickly, I hurled my axe at him, planting it right between his eyes. Unfortunately, this instantly alerted the entire compound. Enemies were now flooding towards us. Warrior or not, there was no way we could take on thirty at once. We retreated as fast as we could, and we actually got a good lead on our enemies. But, as we pressed on, one of our warriors had been fatally wounded. Although he'd the willpower to keep up, and possibly survive the chase, there was still no way to save him afterwards. He opted instead to face the pursuers head on, if only to buy time...
The chase continued throughout the wilderness. Then, in a clearing, my group stumbled into an entire school's computer lab, completely out in the open. Such a discovery paralyzed us. There was nowhere else to turn, yet we did not want to involve innocents into our conflict. Woefully, the poachers didn't have the same idea. They fired into the area heedlessly. Once they'd closed in, those madmen knowingly butchered anyone in their way, adults and children alike. At that point, I was sure fighting back would accomplish nothing, only delay the inevitable for everyone. Calling out to my men, I commanded them to rescue anyone they can then retreat. I myself took hold of a small girl in a school uniform, no older than seven years, too frozen in panic to even move. Abandoning my heavier armaments, I hauled her out of the site. Guilt was
quickly weighing in on me...
Don't recall how this ended.
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Praluent to prevent myocardial infarction, stroke and unstable angina requiring hospitalization, approved by FDA
The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Praluent ( Alirocumab ) to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and unstable angina requiring hospitalization in adults with established cardiovascular disease.
High levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( LDLC ) increase patients’ risk for serious cardiovascular events. Adults who experience a myocardial infarction or stroke have an approximately one in three chance to have another cardiovascular event.
The FDA approval is based on data from ODYSSEY OUTCOMES, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ) in November 2018, assessing the effect of adding Praluent to maximally-tolerated statins on cardiovascular outcomes in 18,924 patients who had an acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) within a year of enrolling in the trial.
Patients who received Praluent in the trial experienced:
• a 15% reduced risk for major cardiovascular events. The primary endpoint included time to first myocardial infarction, stroke, death from coronary heart disease ( CHD ), or unstable angina requiring hospitalization ( hazard ratio, HR=0.85; 95% CI, 0.78 to 0.93; p=0.0003 );
• a 27% reduced risk of stroke, 14% reduced risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction and 39% reduced risk of unstable angina requiring hospitalization;
• a 15% reduced risk of death from any cause ( HR=0.85; 95% CI, 0.73 to 0.98; nominal p=0.026 ).
Adverse events were similar between the Praluent and placebo groups, except for injection site reactions ( Praluent 3.8%, placebo 2.1% ).
In ODYSSEY OUTCOMES, the adverse events that occurred in more than 5% of patients included: non-cardiac chest pain ( 7.0% Praluent, 6.8% placebo ), nasopharyngitis ( 6.0% Praluent, 5.6% placebo ) and myalgia ( 5.6% Praluent, 5.3% placebo ).
The FDA has also approved Praluent as an adjunct to diet, alone or in combination with other lipid-lowering therapies ( e.g., statins, Ezetimibe ), for the treatment of adults with primary hyperlipidemia ( including heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia ) to reduce LDL-C.
Praluent is the only PCSK9 inhibitor available in two doses with two levels of efficacy as a single 1 mL injection ( 75 mg and 150 mg ) once every two weeks.
It can also be administered as 300 mg once every four weeks ( monthly ), enabling physicians to tailor treatment based on an individual patient’s LDL-C-lowering needs.
ODYSSEY OUTCOMES, the longest cardiovascular outcomes trial of any PCSK9 inhibitor to date, has assessed the effect of Praluent on the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients who had experienced an acute coronary syndrome before enrolling in the trial, and who were already on intensive or maximally-tolerated statin treatment.
Patients were randomized to receive Praluent ( n=9,462 ) or a placebo ( n=9,462 ) and were assessed for a median of 2.8 years, with some patients being treated for up to five years.
Approximately 90% of patients were on high-intensity statins prior to randomization.
The trial was designed to maintain patients' LDL-C levels between 25-50 mg/dL ( 0.65- 1.29 mmol/L ), using two different doses of Praluent ( 75 mg and 150 mg ).
Praluent-treated patients started the trial on 75 mg every two weeks and switched to 150 mg every two weeks if their LDL-C levels remained above 50 mg/dL ( n=2,615 ).
Some patients who switched to 150 mg switched back to 75 mg if their LDL-C fell below 25 mg/dL ( n=805 ), and patients who experienced two consecutive LDL-C measurements below 15 mg/dL ( 0.39 mmol/L ) while on the 75 mg dose ( n=730 ) stopped active Praluent therapy for the remainder of the trial. ( Xagena )
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Gig Guide 14th – 20th October
Written by Kathi on 13/10/2019
Paul Carrack & his band
Paul Carrack, one of the most revered vocalists in pop music, a legendary singer – songwriter and front man of Mike & The Mechanics, Squeeze & Ace returns to the road with his band and a new album, These Days. It features 11 new songs including 5 co-written with his old Squeeze bandmate Chris Difford.
His songs have been covered by some of the biggest names in pop music….The Eagles, Diana Ross, Tom Jones and he is constantly in demand as a session keyboard player and has recorded and toured with Elton John, Van Morrison, Roger Waters, BB King and most recently Eric Clapton.
7.30pm, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Info / Tickets – aikenpromotions.ie
The Cazettes
Irish electro-pop artist Caz9 brings her super-funky bandmates to Lost Lane for a night of serious tunes – this is no ordinary cover band!
Expect absolute bangers – from Queen to Queens of The Stone Age, Kanye West to The Beastie Boys, The Band to Bill Withers and much much more – all genres, all eras, all grooves.
Bring your dancing shoes!!!
9pm, Lost Lane
Info / Tickets – lostlane.ie
S.Ú.A.S. - Stand Up Against Suicide - Hip Hop Night
Too many people – young people especially are suffering in silence and as a result, they end up harming themselves or even taking their own lives. Using Dublin’s talents, Pieta House wants to show support, raise awareness and raise funds so that people can avail of the free supports from Pieta House – an organisation that provides a therapeutic approach to people who are in suicidal distress and those who engage in self-harm.
Expect great music, great food and amazing raffle prizes to be won! Performances from: Aaron J, Celaviedmai, Daly, MA-KA, Sean X, Gerry D, ARI.NOIR, Adrian Lenz. And DJ sets by: Frank Jez, Why-Axis, DeejayT!
7pm, The Workman’s Club
Info / Tickets – eventbrite.ie
Isaac Butterfield
After selling out over 55 shows across Australia in 2018, Isaac Butterfield returns to the stage for his brand new hour of unfiltered and raw social observations of the society we live in today!
With the fastest growing audience for a comedian in Australian History – Isaac proves to audiences week after week with his hard-hitting commentary videos (35 million+ video views) that he is bolder than ever to tackle down the issues everyone else is too scared to mention.
This is more than just a night of comedy; this is the beginning of a movement!
7pm, The Grand Social
Info / Tickets – thegrandsocial.ie
Headie One
Born in 1994 and raised on the streets of Tottenham, Headie One grew up inspired by US rappers such as Future and French Montana. Headie One is the highest-charting drill rapper ever, thanks to ‘18Hunna’, his collaboration with Dave, and he’s a story of success in a fractured society!
London-born artist Headie One is set to play in the Academy for you! So get ready for that!
7pm, The Academy
Info / Tickets – theacademy.ie
Clodagh
On Tuesday 15th October, Clodagh will celebrate the release of her debut EP “In All Of Your Glory” with a gig in The Workman’s Club in Dublin.
Clodagh is donating all profits from her debut EP, In All of Your Glory, to mental health charity, A Lust For Life. All donations welcome!
8pm, The Workmansclub
Info / Tickets – theworkmansclub.ie
The South-London legends play their extensive list of hits as well as some rare, lesser known gems from their back catalogue and solo careers when they visit Vicar Street!
Ever hardworking, the band bring their scintillating live performances back to adoring Irish fans once more for 2019. Treating them to not just the hits, but also rarities that span their 45-year career both as Squeeze and as solo artists. The incredible reviews of their 2017 tour speak for themselves.
Lauded as a song writing duo, Difford and Tilbrook have been compared to Lennon and McCartney. The Tour will capture the works of two of the most talented songsmiths working today!
8.30pm, Vicar Street
Info / Tickets – vicarstreet.ie
Bright Club ft. Jim Elliot
Bright Club Dublin is back! Once again Whelan’s will be bringing researchers and comedians together in an explosion of comedy, music, and ideas: a true variety night for lateral minds. This event will include an Irish Sign Language interpreter for all acts, and is running as part of Maths Week Ireland.
Featuring: Lucy Nyland, Claire Murray, Elizabeth Mathews, Nicole Beisegel, Aoife Dooley, Mark Cantan, Jessamyn Fairfield and headliner Jim Elliott!
7.30pm, Upstairs in Whelan’s
Info / Tickets – whelanslive.ie
The Twilight Sad are a Scottish post-punk/indie rock band, comprising James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar), Johnny Docherty (bass), Brendan Smith (keyboards) and Sebastien Schultz (drums). The band are signed to Rock Action Records and have released five albums, as well as several EPs and singles!
The band describes their sound as “folk with layers of noise”. In the beginning of this year they released their new album ‘It Won’t Be Like This All The Time’. Take the chance and listen to their newest release live!
7.30pm, Button Factory
Info / Tickets – buttonfactory.ie
The Souljazz Orchestra are a Canadian band specialising in jazz, funk and soul with a tropical Afro-punk style. The band consists of electric piano, organ, sax, flute, percussion, guitar, bass and drums. Their music is not only soulful and hypnotic, it’s been described as “overtly political” too. For the last 17 years, The Souljazz Orchestra has been an unstoppable force.
After the recent release of their ninth album “Chaos Theories,” The Souljazz Orchestra’s voice is as strong as ever. The three-time Juno nominees are touring all over North America, Europe and Africa. You shouldn’t miss the opportunity to see these music legends live!
8pm, The Sugar Club
Info / Tickets – sugarclubticket.ie
Saarloos
Saarloos a new Irish band consisting of critically acclaimed songwriters, Brian McGovern and Craig Gallagher. Having formed a formidable songwriting partnership they felt a desire to perform their songs together onstage. Together having already racked up a massive 4 million plays on Spotify and have performed alongside artists such as Gavin James, The Coronas, Daniel Bedingfield, Picture This and Bon Jovi. As well as touring across Europe selling out show’s in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and a combined 3 Sold Out nights in Whelans.
So get your tickets for this performance before it’s sold out again!
8pm, Whelan’s
Info / Tickets – whelanslive.com
John Blek - Thistle & Thorn
John Blek’s album entitled Thistle & Thorn was recorded between Clonakilty, Co. Cork and Louisville, Kentucky during the early part of 2018. It features numerous collaborations with longtime musical partners Brian Casey and Davie Ryan as well as the addition of the ethereal voice of Joan Shelley and melodious fingerstyle folk guitar of Nathan Salsburg. This is John’s most complete and ambitious work to date.
He is a master storyteller and an inspiring live performer. His beautiful fingerstyle guitar and joyous vocal weave a tapestry that is as poignant as it is skillful. He is a true artist!
9pm, The Cobblestone
Info / Tickets – cobblestonepub.com
TIMBRE Launch Event: The Irish Music Brain Research Group
The Irish Music Brain Research Group’s aim is to build an inclusive network that brings Irish researchers and practitioners together to explore the relationships between music and the brain from both highly theoretical and applied perspectives, combining musicianship with advanced research methodologies. TIMBRE welcomes researchers and practitioners from all disciplines with an interest in this field.
This free event will feature musical performances and a presentation by Dr Catherine Jordan, Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute. Dr Jordan will speak about TIMBRE and the importance of interdisciplinary research, drawing on her own research on music and dementia. There will be networking opportunities, information about upcoming TIMBRE events, and refreshments will be provided.
7pm, Royal Irish Academy of Music
Info / Tickets – eventbrite.com
The Gilad Hekselman Trio
Gilad Hekselman has established himself as one of the leading voices in jazz guitar. In May 2019, Hekselman featured his quartet at the legendary NYC venue The Village Vanguard. He has also been playing all other major jazz clubs in New York City. He is constantly touring world-wide and has played most noteworthy jazz festivals and venues! ‘Ask For Chaos’, Gilad’s most recent full length album, was released on Sep 7th, 2018. This record was followed by an EP named Further Chaos, released in May 2019.
Listen to his music when he is visiting Dublin!
9pm, Arthur’s Jazz & Blues Club
Info / Tickets – arthurspub.com
Young Artist Series: Eoín Fleming, piano
On Saturday, the 19th of October Eoin Fleming is presenting his fantastic talent on the piano!
He is the winner of the Charles J. Brennan Prize at the Dublin International Piano Competition in 2018.
On this magical night he is going to play Beethoven; the Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major Op. 2 No. 3, Liszt; Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata, Chopin; Nocturnes Op. 27 and Rachmaninov; Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 36 for you!
7.30pm, NCH Kevin Barry Recital Room
Info / Tickets – nch.com
Loco por Lorca
‘Loco por Lorca’ featuring poets Theo Dorgan and Keith Payne with musicians Cormac Juan Breatnach, Jamie Muñoz, Carlos Beceiro and Cormac de Barra!
Eighty three years after his death, on the 19th August 1936, Federico García Lorca, known as the National Poet of Spain, continues to fascinate people from all over the world. The internationally renowned playwright and collector of Spanish folk and flamenco songs was much influenced by an early translation of J. M. Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’. And across the seas, Lorca still reaches deep into our hearts. One of the first poets to tune Federico’s distinctly Andalusian music into English was Michael Hartnett and so, with poetry and music in mind, ‘Loca Por Lorca’ honours these two great poets with new translations into English by Keith Payne and into Irish by Theo Dorgan, together with new musical compositions and Spanish folk music!
3pm, Farmleigh Ballroom
Info / Tickets – farmleigh.com
Art Alexakis - The Sound House
Art Alexakis—best-known as the singer-guitarist and sole songwriter behind the iconic alt-rock outfit Everclear—has started a new chapter in his remarkably prolific career, now as a solo artist. Writing all of the songs and performing all instruments on his own, Alexakis is releasing his first ever solo album ‘Sun Songs’ via The End Records on October 11th, 2019. ‘Sun Songs’ finds Alexakis exploring sounds, styles and lyrical subjects outside of the realm of Everclear, his generally rock-focused band.
Don’t miss dancing to his new tunes at the Sound House!
7.30pm,The Sound House
Info / Tickets – aikenpromotions.com
October Fires
Fresh from their performances in the National Concert Hall in September and Knockanstockan Festival, October Fires are delighted to bring their live set to the Grand Social!
They have recorded their latest single ‘Caught In Your Design’ in the stunning Black Mountain Studios which is being released in October which they will showcase on the night. October Fires have been described as haunting, dark pop, weaving in and out of different genres, fusing them together to create their unique and distinct sound.
Info / Tickets – thegrandsocial.com
Esposito Quartet
A series of eight Sunday afternoon concerts from September to December, featuring Irish and international ensembles in repertoire ranging from Haydn, Mozart and Schubert through to 20th century master-pieces by Ravel, Shostakovich and Walton to contemporary works from Ireland, UK, Hungary and Serbia!
This Sunday you can listen to the Esposito Quartet with Mia Cooper, Anna Cashell and Joachim Roewer on the violin and William Butt on the cello!
3pm, NCH Kevin Barry Recital Room
English electronic group Hælos emerged in the early 2010s with a trip-hop revival style that incorporated hypnotic atmospherics, pulsing beats, and haunting vocals. Echoing the sounds of predecessors such as Moby, Massive Attack, and the xx, they issued debut Full Circle in 2016.
The group returned in early 2019 with a new member, Daniel Vildósola, and a new single, “Kyoto.” The expansive club track was featured on their sophomore full-length, Any Random Kindness, which arrived that May.
Haelos will play Whelan’s on Sunday 20th October, don’t miss them!
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Volcanic ash cloud update: Network Rail to keep lines open for Stansted Airport passengers trying to
NETWORK RAIL will be keeping the rail lines serving London s airports open around the clock tonight to help get stranded air passengers home. Weekend engineering work on the Anglo-Scottish routes - the east and west coast main lines - has also been canc
NETWORK RAIL will be keeping the rail lines serving London's airports open around the clock tonight to help get stranded air passengers home.
Weekend engineering work on the Anglo-Scottish routes - the east and west coast main lines - has also been cancelled to enable more direct services to run.
Network Rail's director of operations and customer services, Robin Gisby, said: "Network Rail and the train operators are doing all we can to help get people home following the unprecedented air travel chaos.
"The main lines to Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports will be opened round the clock tonight in an effort to speed people on their way."
Network Rail and the train operators are working closely to run as many extra services as it can around the clock from the London airports into central London.
Paddington, Liverpool Street, Victoria and Gatwick - some of Network Rail's, and the UK's, biggest and busiest stations - will also stay open around the clock tonight.
Network Rail will be drafting in scores of extra staff at these stations to provide help and assistance to weary passengers. Network Rail is also talking to retailers at these stations about extending their opening hours to assist late arriving passengers.
The rail industry has already laid on tens of thousands of extra seats since the air travel restrictions kicked in almost a week ago. Services from ports and on the West and East Coast Main Lines have been very busy and are expected to continue into the weekend.
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Blindfold (Blu-ray)
Kl Studio Classics // Unrated // September 10, 2019 // Region A
Review by Stuart Galbraith IV | posted September 20, 2019 | E-mail the Author
Yet another Universal title seemingly inspired by their success with Stanley Donen's Charade (1963), Philip Dunne's Blindfold (1966) is slickly-made but not very good, despite its game cast. An espionage thriller, the movie doesn't seem to understand the difference between the witty dialogue and black humor of Charade and the incongruous sitcom-style broad slapstick found in Blindfold. At times the picture takes itself seriously; elsewhere, well, its attempts at satire and physical comedy fail pretty miserably.
One note up-front: Though Kino's packaging list the film as being in black-and-white, it's actually in full color, and in 2.35:1 Panavision to boot.
In Central Park in Manhattan, well-known psychiatrist Dr. Bartholomew Snow (Rock Hudson), is approached by "the General" (Jack Warden), a national security chief, who drafts a reluctant Snow into a top-secret case involving one of Snow's former patients, Arthur Vincenti (Alejandro Rey), whose genius mind is clouded by a recent mental breakdown. Snow agrees to treat Vincenti but the General has him hidden away at "Base X," a safehouse. Enemy agents are after his genius, too.
To get there, Snow flies with the General and his aide, Barker (Paul Comi), to somewhere in the American Southeast, then he's driven for many miles, during which time Snow is blindfolded. The treatment will require many arduous trips back-and-forth, as the General wants to ensure Snow otherwise lives and works according to his usual schedule to avert suspicion.
Back in New York, Snow encounters Vincenti's sister, Vicky (Claudia Cardinale), who insists that her brother is not mentally ill, that, in fact, he's been kidnapped. Further, a stuttering patient of Snow's, Fitzpatrick (Guy Stockwell), claims to be a CIA agent looking for Vincenti, telling Snow that the General is, in fact, an enemy agent and kidnapper. Who's telling the truth?
The story, adapted from Lucille Fletcher's 1960 novel, operates from two rather thin premises. One, that Snow has no way of knowing for certain who the good and bad guys are, and that, Two, the gimmick of Snow and Vicky trying to locate "Base X" in order to rescue the brother.
In the movie, Dunne attempts something like satire in depicting the various government agencies hopelessly dysfunctional due to their paranoid security procedures, but this is done with considerable clumsiness and with no clear purpose. (Dunne considered it a spoof on national security, but the movie certainly doesn't play like that's what it's supposed to be.) Meanwhile, Snow and Vicky's efforts to retrace the former's steps is slow-moving and obvious. For instance, Dunne's direction draws far too much attention to the General's habit of tying the cellophane wrappers of his cigars into a knot, a clear indicator that Snow is going to find at least one of these discarded wrappers while looking for Base X. The one moderately clever idea is that, while blindfolded, Snow hears what he thinks is a wild party of revelers whopping it up, a strange sound to hear as soon as their plane lands. But Dunne doesn't handle this very well, either. It turned up again, in the movie Sneakers (1992).
The biggest problem with the picture is its lame attempts at broad, physical comedy, particularly a chase sequence, Snow running from bad guys, during which Snow turns to that trusted weapon of the underdog, the overpowering fire extinguisher, spewing, in this case, something resembling whipped cream. Another hoary cliché, the use of the U.S. Cavalry "charge" bugle, disrupting Lalo Schifrin's otherwise fine score.
On the plus side, Rock Hudson's usual relaxed charm helps, as does Claudia Cardinale's fiery personality, she provided with a particularly skin-hugging wardrobe for most of the film. Indeed, so revealing is her costume in scenes where she and Rock get soaking wet traipsing through a swamp, the actress is clearly positioning her arms to cover certain parts of her anatomy.
Licensed from Universal by Kino, Blindfold looks fairly good, with strong color and with little signs of damage or wear. The DTS-HD Master Audio (mono) is likewise very reasonably strong. Optional English subtitles are provided on this region "A" disc.
Supplements include an animated image gallery and something billed as a TV promo which is actually nothing more than a short, randomly selected clip from the movie, presented in high-def and widescreen, perhaps to promote it for streaming services.
Parting Thoughts
Not bad but definitely disappointing, Blindfold is a harmless time-killer, but not much more than that. Rent It.
Stuart Galbraith IV is the Kyoto-based film historian currently restoring a 200-year-old Japanese farmhouse.
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Cadia East PC1 Production Begins Again
September 21, 2017 | Leading Developments
The remediation and upgrade work required to recommence use of Cadia East’s Panel Cave 1 (PC1) crusher chamber has been completed to a standard consistent with Newcrest’s emphasis on safe, strong and sustainable operations. Extraction of ore has now recommenced from two extraction drives in PC1.
On April 14, a large seismic event occurred near Newcrest’s Cadia East mine, an underground panel-cave operation located 25 kilometers (km) south of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. At the time of the event, all personnel working in the Cadia East underground mine moved to refuge chambers or safe areas. Newcrest’s geotechnical engineers inspected the mine accesses, certified those areas as safe, and all personnel were moved to the surface. An assessment was undertaken to determine the extent of damage caused by the seismic event before operations could recommence.
Newcrest submitted final ground support plans for the PC1 crusher chamber and extraction level, which were accepted by regulators, who amended a Prohibition Notice, allowing operations to recommence as areas are upgraded. Remediation and upgrade work continues on other areas in the PC1 extraction level, which is expected to be completed by the end of December.
Newcrest completed the “test and response” phase of the Panel Cave 2 (PC2) on July 19, with the ramp-up in production from PC2 continuing. This phase involved drawing approximately 480,000 metric tons (mt) of ore, while monitoring ongoing seismic response levels to ensure they remain within expected range and limits. The ore drawn during this phase of work has been transported via the underground conveyor system to surface where it was subsequently processed.
Newcrest expects Cadia East production rates to be restored to normal by the end of March 2018.
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The recently appointed Director General of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, Patricia Byron outlines her ambitions to make the Society work for all its members.
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) is the independent professional body for Chartered Surveyors working and practicing in Ireland. Representing 12 different surveying professions, the SCSI is the voice for the property, land and construction sectors.
The recently appointed Director General for the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, Patricia Byron, is no stranger to working in leading positions in large organisations. Patricia has previously held positions in the likes of the Motor Insurers Bureau and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board.
Speaking about what she hopes to achieve during her time in the role, Byron explained her ultimate goal is to deliver a truly professional service for the Society’s members. “I want to help build a professional service for our members and Society, including government,” said Byron.
“In terms of protecting our interests with the land property and construction sectors, we do a lot of data analysis and we are also a regulatory authority. As well as regulating our members, SCSI also administers the register of Building Surveyors and Quantity Surveyors and is named in the Building Control Act 2007 as the registration body.
The organisation has been through considerable change and the numbers have increased significantly. We now have 5,500 members and are affiliated with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, so we have a big global reach.
“I think what is required from me now is to step back and take stock of where we are, how we have got here and work to fully understand where we are going next.”
Byron engaged BDO Ireland to develop the SCSI strategy for the next three to five years and with the review now drawing to a close, it is the time to step back and evaluate what the SCSI’s members have to say. “We are an organisation driven by the members, for the members,” admitted Byron. “We are in the process of taking stock of their views and are looking for exciting opportunities to take advantage of as we move forward. It’s all now about the data, sorting that data and making good use of it, understanding what it tells us in terms of land viability and construction costs.”
The SCSI is proud to have such a rich pool of members. In any given project, there will be a large number of specialists that might need to work together to contribute advice or policy papers to the government. The fact they are all represented by one society is a powerful tool both for the individual members and the Society.
For Byron, any development made to the Society must be about improving things for its members. “The priority for us is implementing the strategic review,” she admits. “We want to work on implementing everything that our members suggested to us to help build a future for the organisation to support our members while they go about their professional activities and we need to make sure all our members are supported from those in big organisations right through to rural members. That is the challenge at the moment and that’s where our focus must remain.”
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On the Wild Side spotlights a series of articles from our SierraScapes Newsletter about Eastern Sierra natural history, and wildlife in this area, and their interactions with the landscape.
Protected Forever – Mormon Meadows in Bodie Hills
Bodie Hills, © Bob Wick There's great news today in the Eastern Sierra - the beautiful Mormon Meadows in Bodie Hills are protected forever! Thank you to The Wilderness Land Trust for working hard to protect this important habitat for wildlife like Bi-State sage-grouse, pronghorn, and black bear. The following notes about the project were written by our friends at The Wilderness Land Trust. We're looking forward to continuing ...continue reading
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Sheep, Sheep On The Mountain
© Steve Yeager "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." -John Muir As fall settles in the Eastern Sierra, we humans are making the change from hiking at high elevations and jumping in alpine lakes, to bundling up in sweaters and jackets and enjoying fall colors. Meanwhile, other animals are also responding to the seasonal change in temperature ...continue reading
Kristen Stipanov2019-10-11T12:07:28-08:00October 11th, 2019|Blog, Featured, On the Wild Side, Press Releases, What's New|
Find Fall Colors and Inner Peace
We're getting ready for fall colors here in the Eastern Sierra! You can get ready too, with the Bishop Visitor Center's fall color viewing guides: How To Find Fall Colors And Inner Peace (PDF) [Preview] Dear Fall Color Leaf Peeper: Congratulations! This fall color guide will help you discover and monitor elusive and overlooked fall colors in the Eastern Sierra quickly and easily. Many visitors read the information below and tell us ...continue reading
Kristen Stipanov2019-10-08T11:42:06-08:00October 8th, 2019|Blog, Featured, On the Wild Side, What's New|
Fall Colors According to a Local Teen
Road at Sinnamon Meadows Conservation Easement, © ESLT 2nd Place (tie) in the Mary Austin Prize for Writing contest Lyndsey Rowan Bishop High School More often than not, people have to travel great distances to be one with nature. However, sometimes a community is blessed with nature being right out their front door. Bishop is one of those communities. Around this time of year, the weather gets nippy, the days ...continue reading
Kristen Stipanov2019-09-23T16:40:34-08:00September 23rd, 2019|Blog, Featured, On the Wild Side|
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Why Paul McCartney's Carpool Karaoke Is the Best Carpool Karaoke
This is much more than a sing-along.
By Matt Miller | Jun 24, 2018
There have been a lot of Carpool Karaokes. James Corden's had everyone from Justin Bieber to the Hamilton cast in the car that he's definitely actually driving. But no one before or afterward will ever be able to top Sir Paul McCartney.
That's right, the Beatle took a ride in and sang everything from “Baby You Can Drive My Car” to “Penny Lane” to “Let It Be” to “Blackbird" with the host.
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The singing was fun, but this whopping 23-minute Carpool Karaoke goes to some pretty cool places as McCartney shows Corden around Liverpool. They sing "Penny Lane" on Penny Lane, where McCartney puts his signature the street sign. They even stop by the home where McCartney lived as a teenager, where he and John Lennon started writing songs. He gets emotional telling Corden how he wrote "Let It Be." And when they sing it together, it brings Corden to tears and McCartney tells him it's the power of music.
At the end, they stop by a pub, where the local band is actually Paul McCartney, where he plays “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Love Me Do,” “Back the USSR,” and "Let It Be."
I'm sorry, Corden, but you're never going to top this one.
James Corden is taking everyone for a spin
This story originally appeared on Esquire.com.
Matt Miller is the Associate Culture Editor for Esquire.com
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