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Rod Liddle finds his inner SJW listening to Justin Timberlake
The singer shows how far a white man can go by pretending to be black
Grade: B–
Hey, here comes Justin, the ‘President of Pop’ and ‘one of the greatest all-around entertainers in the history of show business’, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Sheesh, shows how far a white man can go by pretending — pretending very, very hard — to be black. Maybe there’s a market in the States for the black and white minstrels after all. ‘Off to Alabamy with a banjo on ma knee’, etc. It’s at times like these I’m with the SJW kids on the subject of cultural appropriation — but only because I can’t stand this tripe.
This is Timberlake’s first album in almost five years and it’s awful, of course, but not quite as gut-wrenchingly awful as I had expected. The lyrics are universally imbecilic and irritating, and the more hip the div gets with his tuneless robot rap and R&B schtick the more stupid and boring he sounds — see if you can listen to more than 20 seconds of the terrible single ‘Filthy’ without smashing the room up.
But when he starts aping his long-time heroes Prince and Stevie Wonder the results are slightly less enraging: they are not bad heroes to ape. ‘Midnight Summer Jam’ is acceptable, perky, upbeat Wonder-lite. ‘Man of the Woods’ — a truly fatuous conceit, lyrically — has quite a becoming tune. ‘Sauce’ pins a nice growly rawk guitar to an acceptable chorus. And I actually enjoyed ‘Higher, Higher’, which sounded for all the world like the wonderful Isley Bros were back in business. But they are not back in business and nor, sadly, is Sly Stone. This is what we have instead. Lucky us.
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The last time David Irving came to Oz…
Anthony McAdam
For decades now a man called David Irving has been the subject of fierce contempt to honest scholars, decent citizens and, not least, Jews everywhere. He stands as an archetype of sorts in the history of fabricated facts and sordid lies. More particularly, for most of his life (he is now 79) he has denied the truth of history’s worst crime – the Holocaust.
One person who set out the case against him, in a book published in 1993 titled Denying the Holocaust, was the American historian Deborah Lipstadt. To her surprise, she was sued by Irving for defamation for calling him what he was (and still is), a “Holocaust denier”. The judgement in the case, heard by a Judge in the Royal Courts of Justice in London and handed down in April 2000, was devastating for Irving. It was a decision based on the full weight of a mountain of demonstrable evidence. Now, a major film has been made of this momentous case, Denial, and the vital issues it addressed. It has just been released in Australia.
Irving toured Australia on a speaking trip in 1987, selling his book Churchill’s War. It was his last visit before being banned on ‘character’ grounds by the Australian government in 1993. What follows is my account of his major presentation, in Melbourne, during that visit.
The large meeting room of the Melbourne YWCA was full to capacity, about 200 people sat quietly in eager anticipation of the great ‘revisionist’ himself – Mr David Irving. It was a Saturday night and the grandly titled ‘Anglo-European Fellowship’ weekend seminar was coming to its painful climax. Mr Irving, historian, enthusiast and seasoned stirrer was the keynote speaker, the star of this bizarre ‘hate-in’. Appropriately, he was introduced by Mr Eric Butler, the father figure of the League of Rights and paranoiac populist par excellence. The mood was set; the mostly (but not solely) late middle-aged audience was seemingly happy with itself that at least on this night they would hear ‘the full story’, the unadulterated TRUTH from ‘the man who knows’.
The audience quite clearly disliked the local lefties, but sadly, they also disliked, or were encouraged to dislike, the most distinguished ‘righty’ of them all – Winston Spencer Churchill. It must, however, be said that some of the audience found this too much to swallow in one gulp. While the audience was seemingly happy to believe almost anything if it was presented with the appropriate conspiratorial flavouring, it appeared, to me at least, that the remorseless denigration of Churchill stirred the occasional outbreak of ‘cognitive dissonance’.
Mr Irving is an enormously prolific, if peculiar, historian who has widely advertised his hatred of Churchill. Indeed, Irving’s ‘hates’ are so catholic and selfless he has devoted the last ten years writing a very fat book on why we should all share his hatred for Churchill.
Mr Irving is nothing if not confident. At times his audacity is positively Churchillian but, alas, without the faintest flicker of Churchill’s self-mocking wit. Irving is, however, formidably clever and it would be quite mistaken to see him as just another rancorous fruitcake served up by the League of Rights. The fact is he is a very clever and dangerous fruitcake. He started his evening’s performance, and an amazing performance it was, by rattling off all the received wisdom about Churchill. He then proceeded to take the legend apart, cataloguing and elaborating on Churchill’s every inadequacy and foible, real or simply alleged.
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To give Irving his miserable due, he does have a knack for digging up otherwise hidden documents. The problem lies with how he uses them. Like the man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, the pathetic paradox of Mr Irving is that the more documents he discovers the more thoroughly he exposes his genuinely profound lack of any historical or moral judgement. Watching Mr Irving perform was worth the effort. After all, it’s not everyday one can observe up close the curious camouflage of evil. Mr Irving is a muscular nihilist who, one half suspects, is the self-pitying victim of some very deep disappointment in early life; how else does one explain such indecent perversity? Goethe’s line – “there is none so dangerous as the disillusioned idealist’ – might well provide the answer.
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Oklahoma gives Lincoln Riley raise to $6M per year with extension through 2024
Written By Chelsea Howard
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The Sooners are doing what it takes to keep coach Lincoln Riley.
The University of Oklahoma regents agreed Wednesday to bump his 2019 salary to $6 million, which will make him the ninth-highest-paid coach in college football, according to USA Today's database, and approved a contract extension through January 2024.
"My family and I are very appreciative of the support the University of Oklahoma has shown,” Riley said. “This has been a great home for us. We've had a great start and we're excited for many more great years in the future."
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— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) January 30, 2019
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"Lincoln is also the right representative for our university in such a high-profile position. I am proud to work with him and anxious to support him as he takes our program into the future."
Riley has led the Sooners to two College Football Playoff berths since taking over for Bob Stoops in 2017. He has complied a 24-4 overall record and produced two Heisman Trophy winners in Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray.
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St. Charles School uses cooperative busing with St. Anthony Village High School for our K-8 students. Transportation is free for families with children who are picked up and dropped off within the St. Anthony-New Brighton school district boundaries. For families with children outside the boundaries there is a $150 per student fee to ride the bus for the school year. This fee is subject to change for the following school year and will be updated upon notification from the district.
All students wanting bus service must apply using the Bus Transportation Application. See links below for all bus information:
Bus Transportation Application 2019-20
Map of district boundaries for busing
St. Anthony-New Brighton In-District Boundaries (by street)
*Please note: Upon completion of its morning route, each bus stops at St. Anthony Village High School and drops off the high school students. At this time, the St. Charles students also get off the bus and they transfer to three designated buses that take them to St. Charles (if the bus they are on does not continue to St. Charles). A St. Anthony High School staff member is always present to direct the St. Charles students to the correct buses.
Stops and times, and extended boundaries for both morning and afternoon routes, may vary from year-to-year depending upon St. Anthony-New Brighton school board approval.
For questions regarding bus transportation and district location, please contact Todd Niklaus at 612-706-1117 or email tniklaus@stanthony.k12.mn.us.
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How to become a social media influencer: The ultimate guide
Grow your influence using social media platforms.
You want to be a social media influencer?
You want the prestige, notoriety and authority that social media influence brings?
Or you want the fame, money and perks that come with it?
You want to become a social media influencer to land that job, become an entrepreneur or win new clients?
Or you want to live a lavish jet-setting lifestyle like a celebrity?
You’re not the only one.
In this competitive and global environment, a lot of people are growing their social media influence for their own personal reasons.
In fact, interest in social media influencers is growing fast as the Google Trends chart below suggests.
Why do people want to become a social media influencer?
Because social media is causing huge changes in culture and society. It’s breaking down communication barriers, fragmenting the media and connecting people like never before.
Social media influencers are a big part of this shift.
In every country across every industry, individuals are growing their social media platforms to increase their influence and, in some cases, make a lot of money in the process.
Marketing firms are fighting to work with top social media talent promising them access to people and experiences usually reserved for celebrities.
Wannabe business leaders are using social media as a platform to fast-track their careers by achieving a ‘thought-leader’ status.
Entrepreneurs are ramping up their influence to scale their business and move into new territories.
The question is, why would you NOT want to become a social media influencer?
This article is the ultimate guide on how to become a social media influencer.
It’s not a sales guide. There’s nothing for sale here.
It’s not a get rich quick scheme either.
If you’re interested in what social media influence is, who are social media influencers and how to become one, read on.
Why become an influencer?
Over the last ten years, social media has changed the world.
From its cultural impact to how we communicate to the products we buy and everything in between has been shaped by social media.
Gone are the days when people were informed by a select elite few to a new era where people are influenced by their friends, peers, acquaintances and people they admire all around the world.
It would be fair to say social media is fully ingrained in society and culture.
Young people can’t remember a time without it. Old people can’t remember what they did before it.
Ten years ago no one suspected the impact that social media would have today and you could say we are underestimating its impact for the next ten years.
While still in its infancy, social media has provided a platform for people to showcase their skills and turned them into celebrities, thought-leaders, authorities and influencers.
Smartphones have made us all creative directors of our own media empires.
We are very much still in the early days of influencers and social media in general but there is no doubt that we are not going back to the old ways of doing things.
In years to come we will look back on this era as a ‘land-grab’ period where savvy individuals worked hard to build their influence to become their own media companies.
This is the golden age of growing your own social media influence.
We will look back on this time and marvel at the abundance of opportunities people had to develop social media influence during the days it was easy.
The people who provide ongoing value to their audience and understand that building a brand takes a long time will enjoy a long career and all the benefits of being an influencer brings.
Social networks may come and go but people’s inherent need to be social will not.
This is why growing your social media influence is important.
Whether you’re an aspiring entertainer, startup entrepreneur, CEO, fashionista, marketing expert or even if you just want to connect with people in your local community, building a platform will help you achieve your goal quicker.
What are the benefits to becoming an influencer?
Building an online brand takes hard work and consistent effort.
The internet has a short memory and you can become irrelevant quickly if you stop creating content that resonates with your audience.
So, why put yourself through all that work?
There are many benefits to becoming an influencer, actually.
Regardless of your industry or niche, having the ability to influence others has a ton of benefits.
You can;
It’s no secret that influencers from all walks of life are earning more money from their content than ever before. Some influencers make multi-millions of dollars each year, some do it to pay for a certain lifestyle while most people don’t make a full-time living from their content.
Become location independent
If the only place you have to be to earn your living is online then you can in theory work from anywhere in the world. Many influencers do work from anywhere and if you’re a travel influencer, the world is your office. Not all influencers can work from anywhere however but some design their life so they have the option.
Become well known (and remain relevant) in an industry or subject matter
If you have a specialist skill, knowledge or expertise, becoming an influencer will raise your profile among people around the world interested in your work. Becoming an influencer can also help you maintain your relevancy in your subject matter also.
Launch your own products and services
Many people grow their influencer and brand which in turn allows them to launch their own products and services to a captive audience. As well as this, they can also learn about what their audience wants and create products and services around it.
Become a professional public speaker
When you’re known for being one of the most knowledgeable people on a specific subject, you will be invited to speak at events around the world on it. Many influencers develop a speaking career based on the content and insights they’ve created online.
Share an important message
Some people want to grow their influence online to share an important message. For a cause, an injustice or a better way to live life, whatever it is a lot of influencers have grown in influence through sharing an important message.
Get free products and experiences
If you grow your influence in a specific industry which has a lot of products and services like fashion and health then it’s very likely brands will want to send you products in the hope that you like them and talk about them online.
Connect with people who share your interests
People like to connect with people who share the same views and interests as them. Becoming influential in a specific industry will allow you to connect with likeminds regardless of where they’re based.
Achieve fame, celebrity and notoriety
We are now starting to see people who have created their influence in social media become more like ‘traditional’ celebrities appearing on ‘traditional’ media like TV. There is certainly a blurring of the two happening and over time they will just become one.
Some people might say aspiring to have influence is narcissistic but that’s a narrow way of looking at it.
Everybody likes to be influential in some way. Whether that’s in an industry, among a peer group or even just being a positive influence on friends, family and your community.
Having influence gives you greater control of your life and a sense you’re in charge of your own destiny. As well as this, it allows you to positively impact other people’s lives too.
That’s real influence but don’t confuse it with seeking fame and adulation for self-validation.
Becoming influential in your chosen area is, for the most part, a positive experience.
In fact, the market is demanding you become an influencer.
What is influence?
If you want to become an influencer it’s important you understand what influence is.
It’s a vague term often incorrectly used so let’s start with what influence isn’t.
Persuasion and influence are not the same
Authority and influence are not the same
Power and influence are not the same
Persuasion, authority and power can help someone be influential but individually they are not conducive to it.
You can still be influential without having power or authority over someone and being persuasive doesn’t necessarily make you influential.
So if influence isn’t persuasion, authority or power, what is it?
The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as;
“The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.”
That’s pretty much it.
It’s important to understand influence and being influential are positive traits. The term influence is often confused with persuasion, authority and power but as you can clearly see in the chart above they are very much opposites.
Understanding influence is allows you to better develop your influencing skills whether that’s:
Providing a point of view
Understanding someone else (empathy)
Influence is powerful.
What is an influencer?
As time goes by, it’s becoming more difficult to properly define what an influencer is. This is largely because the old world of media and the new world of social media are blurring into one.
A definition of an influencer is:
A person with an established credibility in a specific industry or topic who has access to a large audience and can influence them through the media, social media and their own online platforms by virtue of their authenticity and reach.
Social media influencers (or ‘online influencers’ as they are sometimes called) can come from any walk of life and belong to any industry.
Influencers can be involved in mainstream industries such as health, fitness, business, entrepreneurship, lifestyle, travel, pets, cars, food, fashion and DIY.
Some influencers focus on more niche subjects like molecular biology,
If there’s a market for it there’s an influencer for it.
Social media influencers grow their influence using social networking platforms and using The Four Cs.
If you’re looking to be an influencer, it all starts with the content. If you’re not creating content then you’re not influencing. Of course, content comes in different forms from a 280 character tweet to a two hour long video which is why it’s important to figure out the best content formats for you.
Ask most influencers and they’ll tell you that there wasn’t one key moment that 10Xed their following but rather it was day-in-day-out consistency and always showing up with new and relevant content.
Becoming an influencer requires having credibility. Having both great content and being consistent helps. So does having a track record in your subject area which if you don’t have now you can develop over time.
Charisma is how people feel about you. What is the experience you’re giving them when they’ve come into contact with you and your brand? Charisma is not a trait as such but rather a collection of traits that form it.
How to influence others
To influence others requires skill, time and hard work.
To become someone who can influence others in the long term also requires you to have some form of talent, skill or knowledge and be passionate about your subject matter.
A lot of people set out to become an influencer but can’t hack the journey and the delayed gratification that sometimes takes two, three, four, five, ten years to achieve.
But there is a science to influence and becoming influential.
It’s more a psychology than a science but it’s practical and if you follow the rules you too can develop influence.
The answer lies in this book.
There are many great books on influence and persuasion and this is one of the best.
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini (Amazon), written in 1984 is a classic on how you can increase your influence over other people.
The book is a New York Times bestseller, has been printed in 30 languages and is recognised as one of the top business books of all time.
It is studied and used by people in the influence and persuasion business from marketers to sales to customer services to everything else.
It has helped countless people become more influential and using the principles in the book can help you become more influential in social media too.
Cialdini identifies six principles that help someone have more influence.
These are;
Commitment and consistency
Like principle
The first five principles of Cialdini’s method can be applied to growing social media influence too.
Let’s break it down.
This is a social rule that people should repay, in kind, what another person has provided for them.
To become a social media influencer you must first provide value without asking for anything in return.
Give, give, give as some might say. Or “jab, jab, jab” as Gary Vaynerchuk would say.
If you provide ongoing value without asking for anything back, over time people will begin to reciprocate by sharing and commenting on your content, talking about you to their friends and buying your stuff.
People value commitment and consistency in other people. If you show up every day with a consistent message while producing valuable content they will warm to you as they become more familiar with you.
Social proof means that people are doing what people around them are doing. As you build your influence your social proof increases too meaning you create a snowball effect.
The more followers you have the easier it is to acquire new ones. The more shares your content has the more other people share it.
People follow people. “Monkey sees, monkey do.”
The like principle
The like principle states that people are more likely to comply with requests made by people they like. If we are a fan of someone then by definition we like (or adore) them and are willing to do what they say.
Be likeable, relatable and don’t put yourself on a pedestal. The like principle ensures that your fans will always stay loyal (provided you keep working hard to please them).
People respect authority. They want to follow the lead of real experts. Business titles, impressive clothing, and even driving expensive, high-performing cars are proven factors in lending credibility to any individual.
Your goal as a social media influencer is to become a respected authority on whatever niche you’re in.
The vast majority of the human population is made up of followers. They will respect authority figures who have an important message, an effective style, and a platform from which to speak.
Now that you know how to achieve influence you then have to develop an influencer strategy.
Types of influencers
Not all influencers are the same and influence itself is on a spectrum. This is why the influencer industry has categorized influencers into different buckets depending on their reach and subject matter.
Nano-influencers
The term nano-influencer is relatively new to the influencer industry and was introduced to categorize the people in social media who have a small follower count and reach but an engaged audience.
The reason nano-influencers have a low but engaged follower base can be for a number of reasons such as they cover a niche but interesting industry to those who are in it.
With 1,000 followers or less, nano-influencers are at the bottom of the influencer pyramid and usually are not paid to do sponsored posts and instead may receive free products for review.
Chances are, if you’re starting out on building your influence status then nano-influencer may be the first achievement you unlock.
Micro-influencers are at the 5k to 100k follower mark and a lot of which are full-time content creators earning a living doing brand sponsorship or helping brands create content for their own channels.
They are the most common kind of influencer and a category that brands like to work with for two reasons.
The first one being is they aren’t too big to command expensive fees so a brand can work with a lot of them at scale.
Secondly, influencer case studies show that micro-influencers tend to have the greatest ROI (return on investment). In fact, it’s this reason why brands are beginning to spend more on micro-influencers than they do with working with celebrities.
When you’re at micro-influencer level, there will be a lot of brand partnership opportunities available. Especially if you use one of the growing number of influencer marketing platforms that connect brands with content creators.
Mid-tier influencers
Mid-tier influencers are in the 100k to 500k follower mark and are full-time content creators.
Mid-tier influencers are professional and usually used to create high-quality content for the brand they’re working with.
Macro influencers
Macro influencers are bordering on the cusp of celebrity. Although they have built their profile through social media they are becoming more known in the mainstream particularly as the lines between social and ‘traditional’ become blurred.
Macro influencers command large fees and often have an agent who represents them on their behalf securing brand deals and advertising opportunities.
As social media continues to become the dominant social media channel, more ‘mainstream’ celebrities are doubling down on and investing in their social media platforms.
How influencers make money. A short guide to influencer marketing
Over the last few years, brands have recognised the power of social media influencers.
Marketers understand that influence is moving away from traditional media to social media and work with social media influencers to promote products or to be part of a marketing campaign.
Instead of taking an ad out in a newspaper or on TV or buy online advertising they instead pay social media influencers to use their platforms and reach.
Money that was once allocated to traditional marketing campaigns is now being transferred to social media and influencer marketing.
Marketing is all about eyeballs and increasingly the eyeballs are focussed on social media influencers. There has been a swath of influencer marketing platforms launched in the last few years to connect brands with content creators.
From a trust and loyalty perspective, social media influencers have way more trust and are way more believable than an advert.
What’s more believable? A soulless advert telling you to buy some product or someone you follow and admire recommending it to you?
This, in a nutshell, is influencer marketing and some social media influencers are raking it in.
This is a trend that will continue for the foreseeable future and recent influencer marketing research shows a rosy outlook for influencer marketing.
18-25 year olds are influenced more by social media influencers than family and friends
In 2020, advertisers are predicted to spend more than $2.4 billion on Instagram influencer marketing
73% of marketers said they had allocated budget to influencer marketing
Marketers are spending more on micro-influencers than celebs study finds
Use of #ad on Instagram grew by 42% in 2018
57% of beauty and fashion companies use influencers as part of their marketing strategies, while an additional 21% are also planning to add this strategy to their campaigns in 2017
70% of internet users want to learn about a product through content rather than through traditional advertising
49% of people say they rely on recommendations from influencers when making purchasing decisions
6 in 10 YouTube subscribers would follow advice on what to buy from their favorite YouTube creator over their favourite TV or movie personality
70% of teenage YouTube subscribers said they relate more to a YouTube influencer than a celebrity
How much do social media influencers earn?
PewDiePie earned $15m in 2016. No wonder he’s smiling
This is an ‘it depends’ kind of answer.
Some social media influencers can earn anywhere from pocket change each month to seven figures a year.
Some social media influencers don’t make any money at all but instead, have a profound impact on their niche or the wider society.
As you can imagine, mainstream celebrities from TV, film, music and sports earn the most from their social media platforms.
Influencers who became famous through social media (usually called ‘internet famous’) don’t make as much as celebrities but some still make millions and the lines between mainstream celeb and internet famous is becoming blurry.
The factors that determine how much a social media influencer earns include;
Type of influencer
If you’re in a mainstream lifestyle market like fitness, gaming, fashion or makeup then, if you’re at the top of your game, you’ll make more money. You’ll likely make less in a niche area but there is less competition compared to mainstream consumer topics.
If you work in a B2B (business to business) industry you’re less likely to make money directly from your social media platforms. Instead, it’s your influence that helps you get that prestigious job or that lucrative client.
People in politics usually don’t make money directly from their social media platforms. Instead, they use them to influence debate, legislation and the news agenda.
Type of social media platform
The best platform to earn money from as an influencer are blogs, Facebook YouTube, Instagram and (for now) Snapchat.
If you’re big on Twitter but nowhere else then there a few opportunities for you to earn money from the platform. Likewise, if you were big on Vine and nowhere else I’m sorry for you.
Research by influencer marketing company, Captiv8, covered by The Economist found that influencers on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram with over 7m followers or subscribers can earn over $300,000, $187,000 and $150,000 per post/video respectively.
Instagram influencers
Sponsored posts on Instagram are booming. (In fact, all Instagram influencer marketing stats are booming)
Do a quick search on Instagram using the hashtag #ad to see how many ads are findable. The current count, at the time of writing, is a staggering 4.2 million.
This doesn’t include other advertising related hashtags like #sponsor, #spon and #sp or indeed posts that don’t disclose they are an ad (which is illegal in some countries).
Despite its massive popularity with millennials and the influencer marketing industry, Instagram is becoming a treacherous platform.
Buying fake likes, followers and engagement to manipulate the Instagram algorithm has never been easier and a lot of users are faking their own influence.
Mediakix did an experiment where they set up fictional Instagram accounts with fake images, fake engagement and fake followers. They then secured four paid brand deals (two for each account) through an influencer marketing platform.
If Mediakix can do this with ease then it’s anyone’s guess on how much Instagram influencer marketing fraud is going on.
A lot, I imagine.
That said, influencers are beginning to professionalise on the platform upgrading their photography gear and using third-party Instagram apps to make their content pop.
Some YouTubers make millions each year.
Take PewDiePie with around 54 million subscribers has the most out of any individual. In 2016 the 27-year-old reportedly earned $15 million which is not bad for something he started with having no intention to make money.
We all can’t be PewDiePie but there is still considerable money to be made being a lower tiered YouTuber.
According to this blog YouTubers typically charge $10,000 per 100,000 views to promote a product.
Check out this Quora answer from James Altucher who interviewed a YouTuber. She makes seven figures a year.
Read James Altucher‘s answer to How much does a YouTuber with 1 million subscribers earn in a year if he/she uploads two videos a week and gets 300k visits average per video? on Quora
Twitter influencers
How much money do Twitter users make?
Twitter announced last year that it was making it easier for influencers to make money from the platform.
Influencers can publish videos through the Twitter Media Studio and receive a share of the ad revenue.
There’s not a great deal of information available on how much Twitter influencers earn. According to the Economist chart above, it’s up to $60,000 provided you have over 7 million followers.
If you’re starting from scratch, forget it. Twitter has shown little growth over the last few years and they’ve recently announced new rules to stop people manipulating the Twitter algorithm by setting up automated bots.
It’s still a useful platform to use, particularly if you’re involved in media and politics so ensure you have a proper Twitter strategy in place. Just don’t expect it to make you much money directly
Some bloggers are making a killing.
Bloggers can earn anywhere from a few dollars to $500,000 per month through advertising, affiliate schemes and selling their own products.
With the right blog strategy in place, you too could make money from a blog.
Authority Hacker carried out an analysis on professional bloggers who cover different topics and interests.
The top earner, John Lee Dumas, makes almost $500,000 per month in revenue from his blog and podcast. Others make less but many bloggers still earn lucrative sums of money each month.
Source: Authority Hacker
Blogs were one of the first forms of social media but still remain a powerful platform to grow influence.
You can even create your own online community to grow your influence among people related to your interests.
For example, DIYDrones.com built on the NING platform has gathered a community of Drones enthusiasts:
The community has more than 700,000 visitors per month
It has 86,000 active users
It created the world’s first ‘universal autopilot’
With either a blog or a community you own you have full control of the site and you’re not at the mercy of, say, a social media platform like Facebook which can kill your reach in one fell swoop.
Celebrity-first influencers
As social media has risen to prominence in the last six or seven years, music, TV and movie stars have jumped on the bandwagon.
A-list celebs have huge follower, fan and subscriber counts across all social channels. Very few celebrities today are not using social media.
They use it as a way to promote what they’re up to, engage their fans and use it to respond to rumours and negative media coverage.
They also make a lot of money from it.
A celebrity with a large social following is his or her own media company. They use their social media influence to negotiate contracts.
Chris Pratt creates sponsored content from his social media platforms often as part of a wider advertising or TV commercial campaign.
Kevin Hart negotiates more money for using his huge social following to promote a movie he’s in.
Instagram is huge for celebrities and sponsored posts.
And if regular people earn a decent living from Instagram then celebrities can make a lot of money for a single photograph.
The most followed Instagram accounts are actors, entertainers, musicians and sports stars.
According to research from Hopper, an Instagram planning and scheduling tool, the top ten earners make a lot for one sponsored Instagram post.
How much the top ten celebrities make per Instagram post. Source: Daily Mail
Which means Ronaldo made £310,000 ($400,830) for this Instagram post:
Crash and burn @dwyanewade #raiseit www.nowraiseit.com
A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Jan 30, 2017 at 12:07pm PST
Not bad for a few hours work.
Who are the top social media influencers?
This is a question that gets asked a lot. It’s one of the most searched for social media influencer questions on Google.
If we’re going by earnings, A-list celebrities by far make the most from their social media channels but measuring influence depends on many factors including the person, platform and industry.
‘Top social media influencers’ is a subjective term.
Sure, you can do a quantitative analysis and look at who as the most followers, fans, subscribers, views and so on but those are just numbers.
Pewdiepie has tens of millions of subscribers but when it comes to quantum physics his influence is limited.
Forbes often publishes a list of top social media influencers from travel, entertainment, fitness, beauty and so on.
Run a Google search on ‘top social media influencers’ and you’ll find thousands of lists created by other people.
If you want to know who the top influencers are in a given industry simply add it to the search. For example, search for the top auto influencers.
Getting started. Developing a social media influencer strategy
Most people will tell you that the first step of becoming a social media influencer is to just get going.
You have to be proactive and take action every single day which is true.
But, if you’re deadly serious about becoming a social media influencer and are not taking a “let’s just try it and see” approach then you need a strategy. It will save you a ton of time and money.
A strategy + taking action every single day is what you need to do.
You should first consider what your overall objectives are. What are you trying to achieve by becoming a social media influencer?
Are you looking to land a new job, make money, become a niche celebrity? Whatever it is, it’s entirely up to you.
Your objectives are your vision of where you want to go. Growth hackers often call this the ‘north star’ as it provides direction and focus.
How many objectives do you need? Not many. The least you need is one and the most you need are three. Any more than that and you may spread yourself too thin.
A sample set of objectives might look something like this;
Become the leading voice for men interested in vegan cooking
Become a location independent consultant providing services to international clients
Be the leading women’s shoe fashion influencer
Whatever you choose, ensure that it’s something you *want* to do/be not something you *think* you should do.
Developing influence is a long slog and most fall at the first hurdle. Don’t let that be you by focussing on your vision.
How successful you are as a social media influencer depends upon the community supporting you. Without fans, followers, subscribers, or, shall we say, ‘people’, your brand in social media is worthless.
People and communities are the engines that power social media and this is why it’s important you should identify who your community is.
Your community depends on the type of market you’re in of course.
A business influencer’s community is likely to be on LinkedIn, Twitter and they may use YouTube to find business related videos and have a blog.
If your intention is to be a lifestyle influencer then your community is probably on Facebook, Instagram and/or YouTube.
Identify your community members
When you know where your community is you have to get more granular and profile your target community members.
Who are they? Age, location and other demographics
What are their interests?
What do they dislike?
How you can help them
The last point is key to building an audience. If you’re not helping them in some way, be it with information, advice or even providing entertainment, the odds of you won’t be successful.
This goes back to Cialdini’s influence approach.
If you’re not consistent, likeable, authoritative and providing value to increase social proof, you don’t stand a chance.
Your content spreading is dependent on the community supporting you. If people enjoy your content and believe in your message they will help you.
Identify your unique value proposition
Where do you add value?
What do you bring to the table that other people aren’t already doing?
What insights and experience do you have that others can benefit from?
This is your Unique Value Proposition (UVP).
If you want to make an impact in social media you have to have a UVP that separates you from other people.
Think about your skills, experiences, background, opinions and your approach and work from there.
A UVP shouldn’t be daunting. We are all unique individuals though, granted, some of us are more interesting than others.
Figure out what your UVP is and write it as a statement. This will help you when developing your messaging (see below).
Developing your persona
You never truly know someone you follow on social media.
You may think you do, but you can never understand the intricacies of someone’s personality through a screen.
Social media influencers usually develop some kind of online persona. And like celebrities, people tend to pedestal social media influencers which is human nature.
They may be intelligent, funny, entertaining and provide insights you can’t get anywhere else, but social media influencers they are only human beings.
A persona is not how you see yourself but how other people see you.
You can either leave it to others to craft your persona or you can have help influence it.
Casey Neistat is one of the most popular YouTubers with his daily vlogs of himself, his work and his family reaching millions.
As the quote above states, he doesn’t pretend that he’s giving viewers his entire life but an online persona.
This is an excellent breakdown of how he creates his YouTube videos and the small unnoticeable things he does to bring the persona to life.
YouTube is a perfect platform to create likeability. Blogs are great for conveying an air of authority. Instagram is the platform to convey glamour.
As Robert Greene in the excellent book, Mastery, says about crafting an online persona.
“You must see the creation of a persona as a key element in social intelligence, not something evil or demonic. We all wear masks in the social arena, displaying different roles to suit the different environments we pass through. You are simply becoming more conscious of the process.
“Think of it as theatre. By creating a persona that is mysterious, intriguing and masterful, you are playing to the public, giving them something compelling and pleasurable to witness.”
Give some consideration to your own online persona.
What do you want people to think about you when they engage with your work and your platforms?
What words do you want them to use when they describe you? Efficient, knowledgeable, aggressive, entertaining, funny etc.
It’s up to you to decide and then craft your persona to fit it.
Choosing your channels
You know who your audience is, where they are and the best way to engage with them, now it’s time to decide which platforms you should use.
To do this you have to take into consideration some factors which are:
You have to fish where the fish swim
If your target audience is professional sales executives then you’re not going to find them on Instagram. If you’re looking to reach a mass audience of say, millennials, then LinkedIn may not the place to be.
You need to fish where the fish swim. Create great content (bait) to engage (hook) them in.
Focus on your creative talents
Some people are good at writing, others are good with imagery and video and the rest have a knack for the spoken word.
If your skill is in writing then you should be focussing your efforts on that. Or if you’re good with video and enjoy speaking into the camera then YouTube (and maybe Facebook) is for you. If you enjoy the speaking part but not the camera then podcasting could be your thing.
Different social networking platforms have different USPs. This guide gives you an indication on the benefits of using each.
We all have unique talents and we’re all better at some form of media creation than others. Pick the platform that your community is on and use the medium which feels most comfortable. When you’ve established yourself on one medium start pushing yourself to become better on others.
Go to any established influencer’s first video, podcast or blog post and you’ll notice their lack of quality. Some are really terrible and amateurish.
For example, take Joe Rogan. His podcast interviews on YouTube are highly produced and are watched by hundreds of millions each week.
It wasn’t always like that though.
Have you ever watched his first ever podcast? It’s terrible.
It’s him and another guy sitting in front of a webcam with weird snow falling on the screen.
It takes time, consistent effort and learning what works and what doesn’t. Your quality will improve as you do.
Key messaging
What are the key messages you want to share with people?
Do you have a message you want to share with the world? Do you have a distinct point-of-view that makes you see thing different to most people?
Are you selling a particular skill, expertise or product?
Whatever it is you want to tell people, you should have a set of key messages that are part of your overall strategy.
You have to weave these messages in your content clearly, consistently and repetitively.
Ever heard of the Rule of Seven?
It means that people have to hear a message at least seven times before they remember it.
The book, Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You outlines this well;
“Messaging needs to be stated in clear and credible terms over and over and repeatedly. Don’t radically change the messaging for each audience. People need to hear something at least 7 to 15 times before they ‘get it’. If you need 5,000 people that ‘get it’ you have to say it a lot.”
This is why your messaging has to be consistent and repetitive. Over time people will begin to relay your message to others when they talk about you.
A word of warning, don’t be cheesy with your messaging. Be relatable. You have flaws and you’re not perfect.
You’ve identified your objectives, who your community is and how you’re going to be of value, the platform(s) you’re going to use and the messages you want to convey.
Next is you have to develop content that resonates with your key audiences.
The strength of your influence is dependent on the strength of your content.
And guess what.
Content creation is the hardest part of the process.
This is where most people give up.
The day-in-day-out grind of creating new content all the time takes consistent effort.
Writing a 3,000 blog post each week is hard.
Filming and editing an engaging 15 minute YouTube video each week is hard.
Shooting at least five pictures for Instagram each week is hard.
Tweeting relevant content on Twitter each week is hard.
Providing relevant content to grow a Facebook page is hard.
Not only is it hard but it takes time.
Becoming a social media influencer means you have to become a prolific content creator. Especially in the early days as you’re trying to grow an audience and gain momentum.
A new blog with 20 to 40 good quality blog posts with 1,000 to 2,000 words per post takes around six to twelve months before Google starts sending decent traffic its way in the search engines.
A new YouTube channel takes countless videos before it begins to pick up subscribers.
Despite having over 2 billion users, growing a Facebook page organically is a grind.
But there is good news.
Social media growth has a compounding effect.
Meaning the more fans, followers, subscribers etc you acquire through content development the easier it becomes to acquire new ones.
Speak to most influencers and they’ll talk about the first couple of years being the hardest.
Their content is not gaining any traction and they’ve stagnated no matter how much extra content they produce.
Then all of a sudden, a huge spike.
This slide from Rand Fishkin old but still relevant slide deck on content marketing explains it well.
Popular fitness YouTuber Elliott Hulse said the same. For years his videos were receiving minimal views then all of a sudden:
A huge spike in traffic.
This is when you’re in what Seth Godin calls “The Dip”
Via influencedigest.com
And it’s where most people give up.
The key is to keep going.
Content Formats
What type of content formats should you use?
Social media is becoming more complex, people’s standards are getting higher and there are more platforms and features than ever before.
That said, we can still boil the content formats down to four areas.
It’s up to you how you use these formats.
If video is your prime format, how are you going to use it on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram?
Or if it’s audio how can you create videos from it so it can be shared on more than just audio sites?
Maybe you’re a master of the written words then, other than a blog, where else can you write to ensure you spread yourself as wide as possible?
Creating evergreen content
How can you create content that lasts for years?
Social media news cycles are short.
Today’s big news item is usually forgotten by tomorrow.
Social media influencers feel the pressure to be front and centre of their followers’ minds day in day out which can lead to burnout.
A key strategy using social media is creating content that lasts more than a day. In fact, more than a week, month or even a year.
The key is to create content that is, what some people call, “evergreen”.
Instead of becoming less relevant over time, this type of content becomes more popular.
It’s the type of content that Ryan Holiday talks about in his new book, Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts.
Evergreen (or perennial) content comes in the form of long-form articles (like this one), how to guides, infographics, imagery and so on.
In a lot of cases, evergreen content has to be updated and tended to on occasion but it can repay you back for years in the form of traffic, subscribers, customers or whatever you’re measuring.
Creating viral content
How can you create content that goes viral?
It’s often difficult to tell if a piece of content will go viral or not. Or, at least, how viral it will go.
BuzzFeed has been using data science for years to understand why content goes viral. Their data team can predict how viral any piece of content they create will go.
You don’t have a data science team unfortunately so instead if you want to make your content go viral you’ll have to do two things:
Follow a set of rules
Search online and you’ll find a myriad of different methods to give your content greater chance of going viral.
The book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, by Jonah Berger that outlines the overarching methodology of making something go viral.
Follow these steps (or STEPPS) to give your content as much chance of going viral as possible.
The future of social media influence
What’s clear is that social media isn’t going away and each new year the data shows that its usage continues.
Three billion people on the planet now use social media which means that with a global population of 7.5 billion there is a lot of room for growth.
Social networks continue to innovate introducing new features designed to keep people hooked. More people will become experts in subjects and areas perhaps not even invented yet.
Internet speeds are getting faster, people are searching more in Google, smartphones are becoming more powerful and new emerging technology like AI, AR and VR are making their way to the mainstream.
Social media will continue to be a part of the digital landscape and will play a more important role in its development.
The best time to start building social media influence was ten years ago but the second best time is right now.
Perhaps it’s time for you to start growing your social media influence.
Social media influencer resources
KNOWN: The handbook for building and unleashing your personal brand in the digital age
Schaefer, Mark W. (Author); English (Publication Language); 255 Pages - 01/28/2017 (Publication Date) - Mark W. Schaefer (Publisher)
The Content Code: Six essential strategies to ignite your content, your marketing, and your business
Schaefer, Mark W. (Author); English (Publication Language); 258 Pages - 03/05/2015 (Publication Date) - Mark W.\Schaefer (Publisher)
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
Collins Publishers; Robert B. Cialdini (Author); English (Publication Language); 336 Pages - 12/26/2006 (Publication Date) - Harper Business (Publisher)
Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You
Priestley, Daniel (Author); English (Publication Language); 224 Pages - 05/11/2015 (Publication Date) - Capstone (Publisher)
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
Perennial Seller The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts; Hardcover Book; Holiday, Ryan (Author)
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COOEC-Fluor Completes Pipe Spool Fabrication for KIPIC Al-Zour Project
IRVING, TX (STL.News) Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries, Co., Ltd. (COOEC-Fluor) fabrication yard in Zhuhai, China, has safely completed the pipe spool fabrication portion of its scope of work in support of the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) Al-Zour project in Kuwait.
To achieve this milestone, COOEC-Fluor delivered more than 95,000 pipe spools by fabricating 337,000 linear meters of carbon, alloy and stainless steel pipe. The completed pipe spools were loaded out and arrived at the project site in Kuwait at the end of September. The project team has completed more than 3.5 million hours without a lost-time incident.
“The completion of the pipe spool fabrication package is a significant achievement for COOEC-Fluor,” said Chris Vertanness, vice president and director of operations at the COOEC-Fluor fabrication yard. “Not only does this milestone showcase the yard’s extensive pipe and steel fabrication capability in addition to modular assembly, but it also demonstrates our ability to safely deliver large-scale projects at an accelerated pace by shipping more than 15,500 spools per month at peak.”
The fabricated pipe spools were delivered to a Fluor-led joint venture that is currently working to deliver two engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction packages for key process support units, utilities and infrastructure for the Al-Zour refinery project in Kuwait. Upon completion, the new complex is expected to be one of the largest refineries in the world and produce 615,000 barrels of oil per day.
In addition to the recently completed pipe spool fabrication scope of work, COOEC-Fluor is fabricating and assembling 188 modules with final loadout and shipping to the project site planned for October.
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Stoke City Transfer News
Latest Stoke City recruit sets out his goals after Aston Villa exit
Scott Hogan became Stoke City signing number eight of the summer on Wednesday
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Scott Hogan believes he can rediscover his very best form during his season-long loan at Stoke City.
The Aston Villa striker became the Potters’ eighth signing of the summer last night and immediately set out his goals for the next nine months.
He explained: “I was never going to just leave Aston Villa for the sake of it - the move had to be right for me, and Stoke City ticks all of the boxes.
“It is a real weight off my shoulders to have left Villa and to have joined a really good cub, a big club, in Stoke City. It is a really exciting move for me."
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Hogan, who played alongside new Stoke team-mate Lee Gregory and Jamie Vardy at Halifax in non-league, built his reputation as a poacher at Rochdale and Brentford, and earned a £9m move to Villa in January 2017.
But he has been short of game time since that transfer, and Villa pundits suggest the side has never been set up to suit his need for service into his feet.
The Manchester-born Republic of Ireland international was let out on loan in January and helped Sheffield United secure promotion to the Premier League as the support act to Billy Sharp.
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He is now determined to put the record straight at his new club. He told the Stoke City website: “It has been a really tough couple of years for me, because I was doing really well at Brentford, scoring goals and then got the move to Villa which, for whatever reason, just never worked out.
“Sometimes in football things don’t work out, I tried as hard as I could, but I am still confident in my own ability and fully believe I can reproduce my best form here.
“I just want to get back to playing regularly, because only by playing regularly can you score goals, and I haven’t had that for a couple of years.
“I have real belief in my ability, I am confident and know that regular games would help me provide regular goals, which is what I have been brought in here to do."
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Stop The Cuomo Tax | Unhappy Anniversary
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Press Release: Bailout has cost NY $163 million so far; new analysis shows Gov should change course
**UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY**
NEW YORKERS HAVE PAID OVER $162.9 MILLION FOR CUOMO ADMINISTRATION’S BAILOUT SO FAR — BUT NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS GOV SHOULD CHANGE COURSE
Will he choose a cheaper, cleaner option with NO BAILOUT?
ALBANY, NY – Concerned New Yorkers, including members of the Stop the Cuomo Tax campaign, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the vote to foist Gov. Cuomo’s nuclear bailout on New Yorkers. The campaign released new figures showing the financial impact on ratepayers, including residents, the cash-strapped MTA, New York City’s public housing system and healthcare facilities. Full numbers below.
In addition, Food & Water Watch and New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) sent Gov. Cuomo a letter asking him to reconsider the bailout in light of a new analysis from Amory B. Lovins, the acclaimed energy expert and physicist. The analysis, released earlier this month, found that bailouts like the kind the governor pushed here in New York are unnecessary if policymakers instead closed the unprofitable nuclear plants and reinvested their operating costs into energy efficiency, such as better insulation, windows and appliances.
The letter, which was delivered to Cuomo’s office on Monday, said the analysis shows that, “subsidizing costly, uncompetitive nuclear plants is not the most efficient or cheapest way to reduce emissions. In fact, reinvesting nuclear plant operating costs into energy efficiency can both replace the power from the nuclear plant and displace power generated by fossil fuels, all without charging ratepayers an extra dime.”
A full copy of the letter is available here. The analysis is expected to be published shortly in Electricity Journal.
The first two years of the bailout are estimated to cost $964.9 million, which averages out to $1.3 million per day. Given that, Stop the Cuomo Tax estimated the bailout has cost residential ratepayers $162.9 million since it hit utility bills on April 1, 2017. Using figures from an analysis conducted by the Public Utility Law Project (PULP), the campaign also estimated the costs paid thus far by residential ratepayers across utility region and by public institutions. Full breakdown below.
Estimated costs for residential ratepayers by utility region:
Central Hudson – $1.9 million
Con Edison – $15 million
Long Island Power Authority – $10.6 million
Niagara Mohawk – $9.9 million
NYSEG – $7.3 million
Orange & Rockland – $1.8 million
Rochester Gas & Electric – $2.9 million
Estimated costs for public institutions:
MTA – up to $2.3 million
NYCHA – up to $348,106
Port Authority – up to $290,065
New York school districts – up to $7.8 million
New York’s 30 largest healthcare systems – up to $11.2 million
New York counties – up to $3 million
New York cities – up to $6.7 million
New York towns – up to $903,427
New York villages – up to $371,812
Blair Horner, a leader in Stop the Cuomo Tax and the Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said, “It’s been a year since the bailout was forced on New Yorkers and we still have more questions than answers, which is unacceptable for a policy costing us $7.6 billion. What we do know is the bailout is costing us far too much, and as the new Lovins research shows us, there is another path forward. It’s not too late for Gov. Cuomo to reverse course and end this bailout. Let’s hope he’s listening.”
Alex Beauchamp, Northeast Region Director of Food & Water Watch and a leader in Stop the Cuomo Tax, said, “Cuomo must listen to the research and invest in 21st-century technologies that are cheaper for New Yorkers and better for our climate. This has gone on too long. I don’t understand the holdup, especially since Cuomo claims to be a leader in the fight against climate change. Why won’t he use every tool at his disposal to move the state to 100% renewable energy?”
Maria Alvarez, Executive Director, NY StateWide Senior Action Council, said, “We are concerned about the impact of the bailout on low-income New Yorkers already struggling to pay their utility costs. Many of those people are older New Yorkers living on the edge of poverty. A further tax on their utility bills will be difficult to absorb into Social Security and pension incomes not keeping pace with cost of living increases, including higher health insurance and prescription drug costs, as well as rising food, housing, and transportation costs.”
Bob Cohen, Policy Director of Citizen Action of New York, said, “The heart of our mission at Citizen Action is taking on big issues that affect all of our society – and Cuomo’s bailout clearly hurts everyone. Our schools, hospitals and municipalities shouldn’t be paying higher utility bills to bankroll this bailout when there is a better path forward for the environment and our communities.”
Diana Wright, Facilitator at the People of Albany United for Safe Energy (PAUSE), said, “Propping up aging nuclear power plants never seemed like a good idea, but now we have analysis showing this bailout is not helping us achieve our climate goals and costing us billions. It just gets worse the more we learn. Cuomo needs to do the right thing, and invest in energy efficiency, which is cheaper and will help us reduce emissions more quickly.”
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Tribunal awards Lorna Pardy $22,000 for discrimination at Vancouver comedy show
by Stephen Thomson on April 20th, 2011 at 2:56 PM
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded a woman more than $22,000 after she complained that she was harassed at an open-mic comedy show in Vancouver.
Lorna Pardy alleged she was discriminated against on the basis of her sexuality following a heated encounter with comedian Guy Earle at Zesty Restaurant on Commercial Drive.
Pardy went to the restaurant as a patron on the night of May 22, 2007 to meet her then-partner Zoe Broomsgrove and a friend.
After sitting outside, the group was brought inside by staff when the patio closed and they were seated near the stage during the comedy performance, hosted by Earle.
After seeing Pardy and Broomsgrove kiss, Earle directed homophobic and profanity-laced comments at their table from the stage, according to the tribunal’s reasons for decision.
Pardy, who was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, said she felt threatened and humiliated.
The respondents denied they discriminated and Earle argued he was just dealing with hecklers.
The respondents also said the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to consider the case but the tribunal disagreed.
Pardy filed the complaint in September 2007 and the hearing took place in March and April 2010.
In the reasons for decision issued today (April 20), tribunal member Murray Geiger-Adams said Pardy’s complaint is justified against Earle, Zesty Food Services Inc., and the restaurant’s proprietor Salam Ismail.
“Mr. Earle’s treatment of Ms. Pardy was both verbal and physical, and involved both aggressiveness and physical contact,” Geiger-Adams wrote.
“In my view, in the circumstances disclosed by the reliable evidence in this case, it is important both to Ms. Pardy and to the public to clearly identify that the conduct engaged in by Mr. Earle, in particular, was a breach of Ms. Pardy’s human rights under the Code.”
Earle has been ordered to pay Pardy $15,000 for injury to dignity, feelings, and self respect.
Zesty and Ismail have been ordered to pay Pardy $7,500 for injury to dignity, feelings, and self respect.
Pardy is also to be paid for lost wages and interest on the awards of damages.
East Van Damn
Apr 20, 2011 at 4:13pm
This is absolutely absurd....and shame on The Straight for offering only half of the truth.
The next time you're at a Canucks game be sure and look around before yelling "The Blackhawks Suck!". You never know when a nearby 'Hawks fan will sic this sham we call a Human Rights Tribunal on you.
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Taxpayers R Us
This case is complete BS, brought forth and made frivolous by an activist lawyer (PTSD? Shell shock for a response to heckling??) and will be overturned if the respondents appeal to a real court, with real judges and real lawyers.
Frankly, she should be charged with assault and made to pay for the indignity she caused him.
This is why the tribunal is a complete joke.
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"Earle directed homophobic and profanity-laced comments at their table from the stage, according to the tribunal’s reasons for decision."
Yes, he directed those words from the stage. A place where free speech needs to be allowed. Then the audience member threw a drink at the comedian when he was offstage twice. They turned it into something physical. He removed her sunglasses and broke them. Maybe, maybe he or the restaurant should have paid for the sunglasses. What really should have happened is Purdy should have been ejected from the restaurant for heckling and disrupting a comedy show. But we ended up in a Bizarro-Land where she's reward for her behavior. This is a shameful decision with no recourse to overturn it.
LoubyBlue
First of all they refered to Guy Earle as a Comedian so the report is already false. Second this is a slap in the face to people actually suffering from the horrible affliction of PTSD. Guy Earle should have beened barred from doing 'Comedy' and the chick should have to pay the taxpayers for being a Twat.
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waiter not a hater
As much as I hate pc crybabies who infringe on free speech, this isn't the case here. For one, it wasn't a comedy club but a restaurant, and by being brought in from the patio she didn't know what she was signing up for. Second, she wasn't a heckler -- he engaged them first and in a derogatory way. You just can't do that in a place that's primarily an eating establishment -- the law's the law.
Fitz in Van
I agree with the idea of a human rights tribunal in principle, but this case makes a travesty of the concept.
Seriously, Earle might have been a jerk, but HE'S A COMEDIAN. The plaintiff heckled and threw water on him and he called her a bad name. This case is a frivolous sham.
What a load of CRAP It said that it was a heated encounter,,,,sry that takes two for that. and physical contact,,,,thats a stretch and as for the the stress disorder Lorna you got more problems than we are hearing about and you need help...BIGTIME
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I get injury to my dignity, feelings, and self respect all the time. :(
Mark A Roberts
Apr 20, 2011 at 11:54pm
Social Justice ROCKS!!! It may have taken a while but this shows that there can be Justice here in Canada.
RCL
Apr 21, 2011 at 1:14am
I don't remember anyone defending Michael Richards' words by saying, "He's a comedian!"
Earle made homophobic remarks. He instigated a situation which got completely out of hand.
This case does not reflect a comedian's lack of right to free speech on a stage, it represents the law stating that harassment based on one's sexual orientation is hateful and not permitted.
Who cares about 22, 000.00? That's chump change compared to 29 billion towards fighter jets..
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Fundamentals of Disease Processes
Oral neoplasms commonly occur on the: 1. Floor (inferior portion) of the oral cavity.
Oral neoplasms commonly occur on the: 2. Lingua aka the tongue.
Oral neoplasms commonly occur on the: 3. Inferior oral labia aka the lower lip.
Labial (lips) are commonly associated with: pipe and cigar smoking
Carcinomas are malignant which means: the ability to metastasize (spread).
Carcinomas of the lingua (tongue), buccae (cheeks), and palates (oral roof): are commonly associated with chewing tobacco.
Diagnosis of an oral neoplasm is confirmed by analysis (examination) of a tissue specimen (sample) abbreviated Bx which stands for: biopsy.
Tx for an oral neoplasm (new growth) includes: surgery and beams of intense energy called radiation therapy.
Signs and symptoms of an esophageal malignancy include: 1. Dysphagia which means difficulty swalowing.
Signs and symptoms of an esophageal malignancy include: 2. Gastric regurgitation (reflux) aka vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of an esophageal malignancy include: 3. Halitosis which means bad breath.
Signs and symptoms of an esophageal malignancy include: 4. Loss of weight.
Signs and symptoms of an esophageal malignancy include: 5. Aphagia which means inability to swallow.
Diagnosis of an esophageal malignancy can be confirmed (proven) with a UGI which stands for: upper gastrointestinal aka a barium swallow.
Diagnosis of an esophageal malignancy can be confirmed with: esophagoscopy which means a process of using a lighted instrument to view the esophagus.
The esophagus is a tube (duct) that connects the: pharynx (throat) to the stomach.
Diagnosis of esophageal malignancy can be confirmed (proven) by: analysis of a tissue specimen (sample) called a biopsy (Bx).
The prognosis (Px) (predicted outcome) for an esophageal malignancy is poor because metastasis (spread) usually occurs: before detection (awareness).
Esophagitis means: inflammation of the esophagus.
Esophagitis is commonly caused by: GERD which stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is commonly caused by an: incompetent (dysfunctional) cardiac sphincter (a ring of muscles that opens and closes) aka the lower esophageal sphincter.
An incompetent (dysfunctional) cardiac sphincter (lower esophageal sphincter) allows: HCl (hydrochloric acid) in the stomach to regurgitate (reflux) (backflow)..
Signs and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) include: 1. Dyspepsia which means difficult digestion (indigestion).
Signs and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) include: 2. Eructation which means belching (burping).
Signs and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) include: 3. Dysphagia which means difficult swallowing.
Signs and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) include: 4. Halitosis which means bad breath.
Signs and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) include: 5. Hematemesis which means vomiting blood.
Signs and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) include: 6. Thoracodynia which means chest pain.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can be exacerbated (worsened) by: a. Eating.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can be exacerbated (worsened) by: b. Drinking.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can be exacerbated (worsened) by: c. Bending over.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can be exacerbated (worsened) by: d. Lying down.
The risk of GERD increases with: 1. Being overweight or obese.
The risk of GERD increases with: 2. Pregnancy aka gestation.
Diagnosis ( identifying disease from signs (Sx and Symptoms (SX) of GERD is confirmed with a gastroscopy which means: process of using a lighted instrument to view the stomach.
Treatment for GERD includes: 1. Nonirritating nutrition called a bland diet.
Treatment for GERD includes 2. Medications to reduce the production of hydrochloric acid and medications to neutralize (counteract) its pH.
HIATAL HERNIA (HH)
Hiatal hernia means: protrusion (bulging) of the stomach through the primary muscle of ventilation (breathing) called the diaphragm. Hiatal hernia is aka a diaphragmatic hernia.
Signs and symptoms of a hiatal hernia include: 1. Dyspepsia which means difficult digestion aka indigestion.
Signs and symptoms of a hiatal hernia include: 2. Postprandial dyspepsia which means difficult digestion (indigestion) after meals.
Signs and symptoms of a hiatal hernia include: 3. SOB which stands for shortness of breath.
A hiatal hernia can cause the cardiac sphincter to become incompetent (dysfunctional) resulting in: GERD which stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Diagnosis of a hiatal hernia is confirmed by: 1. Chest x-ray.
Diagnosis of a hiatal hernia is confirmed by: 2. UGI which stands for upper gastrointestinal aka a barium swallow.
Treatment for a hiatal hernia includes avoidance of: a. Peppery hot edibles called spicy foods.
Treatment for a hiatal hernia includes avoidance of: b. ETOH which stands for ethanol (alcohol).
Treatment for a hiatal hernia includes avoidance of: c. Caffeine found in coffee and tea and some sodas and some medications.
Treatment for a hiatal hernia includes avoidance of: d. Losing weight and use of an abdominal support.
Hiatal hernia means: protrusion (bulging) of the stomach through the diaphragm aka a diaphragmatic hernia.
Treatment for a hiatal hernia incudes: hernioplasty which means surgical repair of a hernia.
Gastritis means: inflammation of the stomach.
Gastritis is commonly caused by: irritants.
Gastric (stomach) irritants include: 1. NSAIDS which stands for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Gastric (stomach) irritants include 2. Caffeine found in coffee, tea, sodas and some medications.
Gastric (stomach) irritants include 3. Peppery hot edibles called spicy foods.
Gastric (stomach) irritants include 4. ETOH which stands for ethanol (alcohol).
Signs and symptoms of gastritis include: 1. Abdominalgia (abdominal pain) especially in the LUQ which stands for left upper quadrant.
Signs and symptoms of gastritis include: 2. Dyspepsia which means difficult digestion aka indigestion.
Signs and symptoms of gastritis include: 3. Hemaemesis which means vomiting blood.
Signs and symptoms of gastritis include: 4. Melena which means black, tarry, pungent, (strong smelling) stools.
Diagnosis of gastritis is confirmed with: 1. Gastroscopy which means process of using a lighted instrument to view the stomach.
Diagnosis of gastritis is confirmed with: 2. Biopsy.
Treatment for gastritis includes: 1. Nonirritating nutrition referred to as a bland diet.
Treatment for gastritis includes 2. Mediations to reduce the production of hydrochloric acid and medications to neutralize (counteract) its pH.
Untreated gastritis can result in an erosion (destruction) of the gastric (stomach) mucosa (mucous membranes) called an: ulcer.
Peptic ulcer (erosion (destruction or wearing away) disease (PUD) occurs in the: stomach and/or duodenum.
The duodenum is the: 1st section of the small intestine.
The primary symptoms (evidence of a disease that is felt) of peptic ulcer disease is a: hurting discomfort in the belly (gut) called abdominal pain.
Diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease can be confirmed with: 1. UGI which stands for upper gastrointestinal aka barium swallow.
Diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease can be confirmed with: 2. EGD which stands for esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Peptic ulcer disease is exacerbated by: 1. Excessive production of HCl which stands for hydrochloric acid. Excessive production of hydrochloric acid is associated with poorly controlled stress.
Peptic ulcer disease is exacerbated by: 2. NSAIDS which stand for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Peptic ulcer disease is exacerbated by: 3. Caffeine found in coffee and tea, some sodas and some medications.
Peptic ulcer disease is exacerbated by: 4. Peppery hot edibles called spicy foods.
Peptic ulcer disease is exacerbated by: 5. ETOH which stands for ethanol (alcohol).
Treatment for peptic ulcer disease includes: 1. Nonirritating nutrition called a bland diet.
Treatment for peptic ulcer disease includes: 2 Medications to decrease the production of and neutralize (counteract) the pH of HCl which stands for hydrochloric acid.
Milk is contraindicated as a treatment for peptic ulcer disease because: milk can stimulate (cause) the stomach to produce more HCl.
Complications associated with peptic ulcer disease include: a. Perforation which means rip or tear.
Complications associated with peptic ulcer disease include: b. A rapid flow of blood called hemorrhage.
Signs and symptoms of a peptic ulcer perforation include: 1. Extreme abdominalgia which means abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of a peptic ulcer perforation include: 2. Hematemesis which means vomiting blood.
Signs and symptoms of a peptic ulcer perforation include: 3. Melena which means black, tarry, pungent (strong smelling) feces (stool).
Peptic ulcer perforation allows microbes to escape from the stomach and/or duodenum that cause a life-threatening inflammation of the abdominal lining called: peritonitis.
Peptic ulcer perforation requires: surgical repair.
Gastroenteritis means: Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine aka small bowel.
Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the large intestine (large bowel or colon) are normal flora which means: therapeutic (beneficial) microorganisms (microbes)
Causes of gastroenteritis include ingesting (eating) bacteria such as: listeria and/or salmonella which can be found in a: Raw or poorly cooked meats and eggs.
Causes of gastroenteritis include ingesting (eating) bacteria such as: b. Unpasteurized dairy (milk and cheese). Pasteurize means using heat to destroy microbes.
Proliferation of Listeria is called: listeriosis.
Proliferation (rapid reproduction (infection))of salmonella is called: salmonellosis aka food poisening.
Causes of gastroenteritis include ingesting (eating) the Norovirus which can be found in: a. Any food served raw.
Causes of gastroenteritis include ingesting (eating) the Norovirus which can be found in: b. Food handled by someone with Norovirus.
Signs and symptoms of gastroenteritis include: 1. Pyrexia which means fever.
Signs and symptoms of gastroenteritis include: 2. Colicky dysentery which means painful small intestine (small bowel) spasms (involuntary muscle contractions).
Signs and symptoms of gastroenteritis include: 3. N+V which means nausea and vomiting. Vomiting more than 10 times in 24 hours is called severe vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of gastroenteritis include: 4. Diarrhea which means loose watery stools. More than 10 loose watery stools in 24 hours is called severe diarrhea.
A complication associated with gastroenteritis is deficient body fluid called: dehydration. Untreated dehydration can result in a life-threatening condition from the deficient amount of body fluid called hypovolemic shock.
Treatment for gastroenteritis includes: 1. Administration (giving) of fluids within a vein called intravenous (IV) hydration.
Treatment for gastroenteritis includes: 2. Antibiotic therapy for bacterial infections caused by E. coli or Salmonella or Listeria.
Treatment for gastroenteritis includes: 3. Medications against vomiting called antiemetics.
Treatment for gastroenteritis includes: 4. Medications against diarrhea called antidiarrheals.
Treatment for gastroenteritis includes: 5. Medications against involuntary muscle contractions (cramps) of the gastrointestinal tract called GI antispasmodics. Tract means passageway.
Prevention of gastroenteritis includes: 1. Slowing microbial proliferation with refrigeration (cooling) of food below 40F.
Prevention of gastroenteritis includes: 2. Thorough (complete) cooking of foods.
Prevention of gastroenteritis includes: 3. Not washing fowl which means poultry. Washing fowl (poultry) can splash microorganisms onto food preparation utensils and countertops.
Prevention of gastroenteritis includes preventing cross-contamination by: 4. Separating ready to eat foods such as breads, fruit and vegetables from raw meat, poultry, seafood and eggs.
Prevention of gastroenteritis includes: 5. Washing your hands properly between the preparation of each food item.
Gastric malignancies are common in men over the age of: 55. Gastric means stomach.
Signs and symptoms of a gastric (stomach) malignancy include: 1. Anorexia which means no appetite.
Signs and symptoms of a gastric (stomach) malignancy include: 2. Dyspnea which means difficult digestion.
Signs and symptoms of a gastric (stomach) malignancy include: 3. Nausea and vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of a gastric (stomach) malignancy include: 4. Erythrocytopenia (deficient RBCs) associated with vitamin B12 deficiency abbreviated PA which means pernicious anemia.
Signs and symptoms of a gastric (stomach) malignancy include: 5. Achlorhydria which means no hydrochloric acid. Malignancy means the ability to metastasize which means spread.
Diagnosis of a gastric malignancy is confirmed with: 1. Gastroscopy which means process of using a lightd instrument to view the stomach.
Diagnosis of a gastric malignancy is confirmed with: 2. Analysis (examination) of a tissue specimen (sample) called a biopsy (Bx).
Treatment for a gastric (stomach) malignancy includes: 1. Surgery and beams of intense energy called radiation therapy.
Treatment for a gastric (stomach) malignancy includes: 2. Chemotherapy aka antineoplastic medication.
The prognosis for gastric malignancy is good if detected before: metastasis (spread). Prognosis means predicted outcome of pathology (disease).
Gastric (stomach) malignancy risk increases with: 1. Bacteria that damage the gastric mucosa abbreviated H. pylori which stands for helicobacter pylori. Mucosa means mucous membranes.
Gastric (stomach) malignancy risk increases with: 2. A diet deficient in fresh fruits and vegetables.
Gastric (stomach) malignancy risk increases with: 3. Consumption of meat that has been smoked, and/or grilled and/or charred.
Gastric (stomach) malignancy risk increases with: 4. Chronic gastritis which means persistent inflammation of the stomach.
Gastric (stomach) malignancy risk increases with: 5. Genetic history which means familial (hereditary) history.
APPENDICITIS )
The appendix is a finger-like projection off: the cecum. The cecum is the first (1st) section of the large intestine (Iarge bowel or colon).
Appendicitis means: inflammation of the appendix.
Signs and symptoms of appendicitis include: 1. Pyrexia which means fever.
Signs and symptoms of appendicitis include: 2. N+V which stands for nausea and vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of appendicitis include: 3. Leukocytosis which means excessive leukocytes (WBCs).
Signs and symptoms of appendicitis include: 4. Abdominal rebound tenderness (pain) in the right inguinal (iliac) region.
Treatment for appendicitis includes: laparoscopic appendectomy which means surgical removal (excision) of the appendix using lighted instruments inserted through the abdominal wall.
Complications of untreated appendicitis include: the appendix becoming gangrenous which means putrefaction (rot). A gangrenous appendix leads to appendorrhexis which means rupture (bursting) of the appendix.
An appendorrhexis allows microbes to escape from the large intestine that cause a life threatening inflammation of the abdominal lining called: peritonitis.
MALABSORPTION SYNDROME
Malabsorption syndrome results from the small intestine's inability to take in: fat. The small intestine is aka the small bowel.
Malabsorption syndrome (small intestine's inability to take in fat) causes the stool (feces) to become: 1. Unformed.
2. Greasy.
3. Pale.
4. Pungent (strong smelling).
5. Floaters.
The small intestine's inability to take in fat results in malabsorption of the four (4) fat soluble vitamins named: A, D, E, and K. Vitamin K deficiency can cause a coagulopathy which means disease condition of clotting.
Treatment for malabsorption syndrome includes (intramuscular) IM injections of the four (4) at soluble vitamins named: A, D, E and K.
Diverticulosis is an active (sudden) and chronic (persistent) condition of blister-like pouches called: diverticula that commonly develop in the sigmoid colon. The sigmoid colon is the 5th section of the large intestine.
Diverticulosis risk increases with: 1. Chronic constipation which means persistent difficult defection.
Diverticulosis risk increases with: 2. A diet deficient in fiber. Foods rich in fiber include fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Twenty percent of people with diverticulosis will develop diverticulitis which means inflammation of diverticula.
Signs and symptoms of diverticulitis include: 1. Hurting discomfort in the LLQ belly (gut) which means left lower quadrant abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of diverticulitis include: 2. Bright red blood in the stool (feces).
Complications of diverticulitis include: 1. Formation of abscesses which means collection of pus.
Complications of diverticulitis include: 2. Development of an ileus which means bowel obstructio.
Complications of diverticulitis include: 3. Bowel perforation which means rip or tear.
Bowel perforation (rip or tear) can cause a life-threatening inflammation of the abdominal lining called: peritonitis.
Bowel perforation (rip or tear) requires: surgical repair.
Diagnosis of diverticulosis is confirmed (proven) with a: 1. BE or BaE which stand for barium enema. Barium enema is aka LGI which stands for lower gastrointestinal.
Diagnosis of diverticulosis is confirmed (proven) with a: 2. Colonoscopy which means process of using a lighted instrument to view the colon (large intestine or large bowel).
Treatment for diverticulitis includes: 1. Increasing fluid intake to reduce the incidence of difficult defecation called constipation. Incidence means frequency.
Treatment for diverticulitis includes: 2. Increasing dietary fiber by ingesting (eating) more fruits, whole grains and vegetables.
Treatment for diverticulitis includes: 3. Antibiotic therapy for bacterial infections.
BOWEL OBSTRUCTIONS
A bowel obstruction is aka: an ileus.
An ileus (bowel obstruction) caused by decreased peristaltic activity (peristalsis) is called a: paralytic ileus.
An ileus (bowel obstruction) caused by the intestine twisting on itself is called a: volvulus (garden hose). An obstruction is aka an occlusion or blockage.
An ileus caused by he intestine telescoping on itself is called: intussusception (sock turned inside out). An ileus is a bowel obstruction.
An ileus can occur from tissue sticking together called: adhesions. Adhesions can result from inflammation and/or trauma (injury).
Signs and symptoms of an ileus (bowel obstruction) include: 1. A hurting discomfort in the belly (gut) called abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of an ileus (bowel obstruction) include: 2. Abdominal distention which means stretched out.
Signs and symptoms of an ileus (bowel obstruction) include: 3. Severe vomiting and constipation caused by an ileus called obstipation.
Diagnosis of an ileus is confirmed with an abdominal CT which stands for:
Treatment for an ileus (bowel obstruction) includes a: laparoscopic bowel resection which means process of using a lighted instrument to view the abdominal cavity and surgical removal (excision) of an intestinal section.
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an idiopathic autoimmune IBD which stands for: inflammatory bowel disease. Idiopathic means unknown cause.
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized (described) by: inflammation and development of erosions (ulcers) in the large intestine (large bowel or colon).
Ulcerative colitis (UC) increases the risk of large intestine (large bowel) metastatic neoplasms which are: malignant new growths. Ulcerative colitis can be exacerbated (worsened) by poorly controlled stress.
Ulcerative colitis commonly has alternating periods of remission and exacerbation which means: symptoms subside (diminish and symptoms worsen.
Signs and symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) include: 1. Hurting discomfort in the inferior (lower) belly (gut) called abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) include: 2. Weight loss from anorexia which means no appetite.
Signs and symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) include: 3. Chronic constipation which means persistent difficult defecation.
Signs and symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) include: 4. Chronic (sometimes bloody) diarrhea which means persistent loose watery stools.
Signs and symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) include: 5. Anemia which means Erythrocytopenia and/or deficient Hgb which stands for hemoglobin. Erythrocytopenia means deficient erythrocytes (RBCs).
Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) is confirmed with: 1. Colonoscopy which means process of using a lighted instrument to view the colon.
Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) is confirmed with: 2. Analysis (examination) of a tissue specimen (sample) called a biopsy.
Complications associated with UC include: 1. Bowel perforation which means rip or tear.
Bowel perforation (rip or tear) can cause a life-threatening inflammation of the abdominal lining calle: peritonitis.
Complications associated with UC include: 2. Colon malignancy which may require a colostomy which means artificial opening into the colon (large intestine or large bowel).
Malignancy means the ability to: metastasize (spread)
Treatment for ulcerative colitis includes: 1. SAIDS which stands for steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Treatment for ulcerative colitis includes: 2. Analgesics which are pain relievers.
Treatment for ulcerative colitis includes: 3. Medications against loose watery stools (feces) called antidiarrheals.
Treatment for ulcerative colitis includes: 4. Antibiotic therapy for bacterial infections.
Treatment for ulcerative colitis includes: 5. Medications to reduce the body's protective (defensive) response called immunosuppressants such as Entyvio IV.
Crohn's disease (CD) is an idiopathic autoimmune (IBD) which stands for: inflammatory bowel disease. Idiopathic means unknown cause.
Crohn's disease commonly causes inflammation of the: ileum which is the 3rd section of the small bowel and cecum which is the 1st section of the large bowel.
Crohn's disease can be exacerbated (worsened) by: smoking and poorly controlled stress.
Crohn's disease increases the risk of bowel metastatic neoplasms which are: malignant new growths.
Signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease include: 1. Hurting discomfort in the inferior (lower) belly (gut) aka abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease include: 2. Weight loss from anorexia which means no appetite.
Signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease include: 3. Chronic (sometimes bloody) diarrhea which means persistent loose watery stools.
Signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease include: 4. Anemia which means Erythrocytopenia (deficient RBCs) and/or deficient hemoglobin (Hgb).
Diagnosis of Crohn's disease is confirmed with: 1. Colonoscopy which means process of using a lighted instrument to view the colon.
Diagnosis of Crohn's disease is confirmed with: 2. Analysis (examination) of a tissue specimen (sample) called a biopsy.
Complications associated with Crohn's disease include: 1. Development of an ileus which means bowel obstruction. An ileus may require a bowel resection which means surgical removal.
Complications associated with Crohn's disease include: 2. Formation of anal and rectal fistulas which are abnormal passageways.
Treatment for Crohn's disease includes: 1. SAIDS which stands for steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Treatment for Crohn's disease includes: 2. Analgesics which are pain relievers.
Treatment for Crohn's disease includes: 3. Medications against loose watery stools (feces) called antidiarrheals.
Treatment for Crohn's disease includes: 4. Antibiotic therapy for bacterial infections.
Treatment for Crohn's disease includes: 5. Medications to reduce the body's protective (defensive) response called immunosuppressants such as Entyvio IV.
Colorectal carcinoma is a malignancy which means the ability to: metastasize (spread).
Colorectal carcinoma commonly occurs (happens) in the: rectum or sigmoid colon.
Colorectal carcinoma can sometimes be palpated by DRE which stands for: digital rectal examination.
Diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma is confirmed (proven) by: 1. Colonoscopy which means process of using a lighted instrument to view the colon.
Diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma is confirmed (proven) by: 2. Analysis (examination) of a tissue specimen (sample) called a biopsy (Bx).
Early signs and symptoms of colorectal carcinoma include: 1. A change in the defecation routine aka bowel habit.
Early signs and symptoms of colorectal carcinoma include: 2. A hurting discomfort in the belly (gut) called abdominal pain.
Early signs and symptoms of colorectal carcinoma include: 3. Occult blood in the feces (stool) which means hidden blood that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
FBOT stands for: fecal occult blood test.
Early signs and symptoms of colorectal carcinoma include: 4. Anemia which means Erythrocytopenia (deficient RBCs) and/o deficient hemoglobin (Hgb).
Early detection of colorectal carcinoma can occur (happen) with: 1. Annual physical examination that includes FOBT which stands for fecal occult blood test.
Risk factors for colorectal carcinoma include: 1. Long standing UC which stands for ulcerative colitis.
Risk factors for colorectal carcinoma include: 2. Polyposis (colon polyps) which are premalignant neoplasms (new growths) in the large intestine (large bowel).
Risk factors for colorectal carcinoma include: 3. A diet rich I red meat and/or fat.
Risk factors for colorectal carcinoma include: 4. A diet deficient in fiber and/or Ca which stands for calcium (less than 700 mg/day).
Spastic colon is a chronic (persistent) condition of the large intestine abbreviated IBS which stands for: irritable bowel syndrome.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a bowel motility disorder causing involuntary contractions called: spasms. Motility refers to peristaltic activity aka peristalsis.
Signs and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome include: 1. Abdominal spasm pain called cramps.
Signs and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome include: 2. Sudden loose watery stools called diarrhea.
Signs and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome include: 3. Constipation which means difficult defecation.
Signs and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome include: 4. Excessive flatulence (flatus) which is gas expelled through the anus.
Symptoms of IBS tend to exacerbate with poorly controlled: stress.
Treatment for irritable bowel syndrome includes: 1. Medications against digestive involuntary muscle contractions called gastrointestinal (GI) antispasmodics.
Treatment for irritable bowel syndrome includes: 2. Medications against loose watery stools called antidiarrheals.
Treatment for irritable bowel syndrome includes: 3. Medications to reduce anxiety (stress) called sedatives.
Cirrhosis is a chronic degeneration of: liver cells. Degeneration means deterioration or degradation.
Cirrhosis (liver degeneration) can be caused by: 1. Daily consumption of 2-3 alcoholic beverages.
Cirrhosis (liver degeneration) can be caused by: 2. Men consuming 5 or more alcoholic beverages within 2-3 hours or women consuming 4 or more alcoholic beverages within 2-3 hours called binge drinking.
Cirrhosis (liver degeneration) can be caused by contracting (catching) the: 3. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) abbreviated HBV and HCV which stand for hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus.
Cirrhosis (liver degeneration) can be caused by contracting (catching) the: 4. Over use of medications such as Tylenol aka acetaminophen, Motrin aka ibuprofen,
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 1. Tremors which refers to shakiness.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 2. Somnolence which means excessive sleepiness.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 3. Disorientation which means mental confusion.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 4. Gynecomastia which means breast development in males.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 5. Thoracic alopecia which means chest hair loss.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 6. Testicular atrophy which means no development of the testicles (testes).
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 7. Splenomegaly which means enlargement of the spleen.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 8. Hepatomegaly which means enlargement of the liver.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 9. Hepatic nodules (bumps) called a "hobnailed liver".
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 10. Accumulation of fluid in the abdomen called ascites.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 11. Coagulopathy which means disease condition of coagulation (clotting).
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 12. Pedal edema which means swelling of the feet and ankles.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 13. Swollen, twisted, knotty veins (varicosities) in the tube connecting the pharynx (throat) to the stomach called esophageal varices.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 14. A yellow discoloration to the skin and/or sclerae (the whites of the eyes) called jaundice or icterus.
Signs and symptoms of ADVANCED cirrhosis include: 15. Hepatic coma which means unconsciousness without response to stimuli. Stimuli are changes in the environment.
Diagnosis of cirrhosis is confirmed with: 1. LFT which stands for liver function tests.
Diagnosis of cirrhosis is confirmed with: 2. Analysis (examination) of a tissue specimen (sample) called a biopsy.
Liver function tests include: 1. AST
Liver function tests include: 2. ALT
Liver function tests include: 3. Alk. phos or ALP which stands for Alkaline phosphatase.
Liver function tests include: 4. Bili which stands for biliruben.
Hepatitis means: inflammation of the liver. Viral hepatitis is commonly caused by viruses named A or B or C.
A hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is the: least serious and is usually transmitted by ingesting (eating) feces (stool). Transmitted means spread.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 1. Fatigue which is loss of energy.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 2. Anorexia which is no appetite.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 3. Pyrexia greater than 98.6F but less than 100.4F is called low grade fever.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 4. N+V which stands for nausea and vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 5. A hurting discomfort in the RUQ belly (gut) which means right upper quadrant abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 6. Cephalgia abbreviated HA which stands for headache.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 7. Arthralgia which means joint pain.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 8. Clay-colored stools (feces).
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 9. Darkened urine from bilirubinemia which means bilirubin in the urine.
Signs and symptoms of a hepatitis A virus infection include: 10. A yellow discoloration in the skin and/or sclerae called jaundice or icterus (icteric). Sclerae are the whites of the eyes.
The prognosis for a HAV infection: is good with no permanent hepatic (liver) damage and usually a lasting immunity. HAV stands for hepatitis A virus.
Immunity to the hepatitis A virus (HAV) can also be achieved by receiving the: hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccination. Vaccination is immunization or inoculation.
A hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can cause chronic (recurring) hepatitis and degeneration called: cirrhosis. Degeneration means deterioration (degradation). Signs and symptoms are similar to hepatitis A infection.
Transmission (spread) of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the same as: HIV which stands for human immunodeficiency virus. The HIV virus causes AIDS which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
The most common way to transmit the hepatitis B virus and HIV is: exposure to semen and vaginal secretions during intimate physical contact called sexual activity.
HBV and HIV can also be transmitted: perinatally which refers to the time during gestation aka pregnancy and parturition aka childbirth and breastfeeding aka nursing.
HBV and HIV can also be transmitted parenterally which refers to: contaminated needle sticks and direct physical contact with hazardous body fluids.
Carriers of the HBV can be: asymptomatic which means no symptoms.
HBV can cause: fulminating hepatitis where the infected person can suddenly lapse (fall) into a coma and die.
A lasting immunity can be achieved against the HBV by: vaccination (immunization) or complete recovery from a HBV infection. Those who do not completely recover from a HBV infection and can still transmit (spread) the HBV are called carriers.
Treatment for a HBV virus infection includes: antiviral therapy. Antiviral therapy is designed to slow viral proliferation.
Signs and symptoms of a HCV infection: are similar to the HBV. A HCV infection is insidious which means slow to develop. Hepatic degeneration from a HCV infection may go unnoticed for 20-30 years.
80% of people with HCV infection will develop: a. A chronic (persistent) degeneration (deterioration of liver cells called cirrhosis.
80% of people with HCV infection will develop: b. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) which means liver malignancy.
HCV is the #1 reason for a person to require (need) a: hepatic graft aka a liver transplant.
The most common way to transmit HCV is: exposure to semen and vaginal secretions during intimate physical contact called sexual activity.
HCV can also be transmitted: a. During gestation aka pregnancy and parturition aka childbirth.
HCV can also be transmitted: b. Parenterally which refers to contaminated needle sticks + contact with hazardous body fluids.
Cholecystitis means: inflammation of the gall bladder.
Cholecystitis commonly results from: obstruction (occlusion) of a bile duct by cholelithiasis which means gall stones aka biliary calculi. Duct means vessel or tube.
Biliary obstruction can result in: hepatic (liver) damage.
Increased incidence of cholelithiasis (gall stones) is associated with: 1. Postpartum women which means after birth.
Increased incidence of cholelithiasis (gall stones) is associated with: 2. Diabetes mellitus.
Increased incidence of cholelithiasis (gall stones) is associated with: 3. A chronic (recurring) degeneration (deterioration) of liver cells called cirrhosis.
Increased incidence of cholelithiasis (gall stones) is associated with: 4. Pancreatitis which means inflammation of the pancreas.
Signs and symptoms of cholelithiasis (gall stones) include: 1. RUQ abdominal pain radiating to the right shoulder, especially after eating a mal rich in fat.
Signs and symptoms of cholelithiasis (gall stones) include: 2. N+V which stands for nausea and vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of cholelithiasis (gall stones) include: 3. A yellow discoloration of the skin and/or sclerae (whites of the eyes) called jaundice or icterus.
Diagnosis of cholelithiasis (gall stones) is confirmed with: 1. MRC which stands for magnetic resonance cholangiogram.
Diagnosis of cholelithiasis (gall stones) is confirmed with: 2. GBUS which stands for gallbladder ultrasound.
Treatment for cholelithiasis (gall stones) includes: 1. Laparoscopic cholelithectomy which means surgical removal (excision) of gall stones using lighted instruments inserted into the abdomen.
Treatment for cholelithiasis (gall stones) includes: 2. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy which means surgical removal (excision) of the gall bladder using lighted instruments inserted in the abdomen.
Pancreatitis means: inflammation of the pancreas. Pancreatitis is commonly associated with alcoholism in men and gallbladder (GB) disease in women.
Pancreatitis can cause pancreatic digestive enzymes to activate prematurely causing the pancreas to: digest (dissolve).
Signs and symptoms of pancreatitis include: 1. A hurting discomfort in the LUQ belly (gut) which means left upper quadrant abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of pancreatitis include: 2. N+V which stands for nausea and vomiting.
Signs and symptoms of pancreatitis include: 3. A yellow discoloration of the skin and/or sclerae called jaundice or icterus.
Unresolved pancreatitis can be: fatal (deadly)
Risk factors for a pancreatic malignancy include: 1. Male gender.
Risk factors for a pancreatic malignancy include: 2. Smoking.
Risk factors for a pancreatic malignancy include: 3. High protein diet and high fat diet.
Risk factors for a pancreatic malignancy include: 4. Alcohol (ETOH).
Risk factors for a pancreatic malignancy include: 5. Diabetes mellitus (DM).
Signs and symptoms of pancreatic malignancy include: 1. A hurting discomfort in the LUQ belly (gut) abdominal pain.
Signs and symptoms of pancreatic malignancy include: 2. Weight loss from anorexia which means no appetite.
Signs and symptoms of pancreatic malignancy include: 3. A yellow discoloration of the skin and/or sclerae called jaundice or icterus.
Diagnosis of pancreatic malignancy is confirmed (proven) with: 1. Abdominal CT which stands for computerized tomography.
Diagnosis of pancreatic malignancy is confirmed (proven) with: 2. Abdominal MRI which stands for magnetic resonance imaging.
Diagnosis of pancreatic malignancy is confirmed (proven) with: 3. Analysis (examination) of a tissue specimen (sample) called a biopsy.
The prognosis for pancreatic malignancy is very poor due to: early metastasis (spread).
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Meet the women who refuse to let Piers Morgan go unchecked on Twitter
Kayleigh Dray
From Jameela Jamil to JK Rowling, these incredible women have all fought with Piers Morgan on Twitter… and won.
Here at Stylist HQ, we do our best not to mention Piers Morgan by name. Instead, we prefer to refer to him as “The Eternal Thorn in Womankind’s Side”, “You Know Who”, “He Who Must Not Be Named”, or “the Dark Lord”. Because that’s the thing about obnoxious trolls: they’re a lot like fire. Or, to put it more bluntly, the more oxygen you give them (and attention you show them), the more powerful they become.
Well, it’s actually really hard to ignore Morgan sometimes. Much like his hero Donald Trump, the Good Morning Britain host is something of a professional keyboard warrior, and sees it as his sacred duty to rile up the general public. On top of his Twitter following, Morgan also has a platform on a national TV show and his own newspaper column, all of which means he is able to seep into the daily narrative and inflict his views on the masses in a very big way.
So, while ignoring him is fun (albeit tricky: have you ever tried to pretend you can’t smell a particularly evil fart? It’s a lot like that), it can also feel incredibly irresponsible. Somebody has to hold him accountable for his purposely antagonistic views. Somebody has to rein him in when he goes too far. And somebody has to point out when his views aren’t just polarising: they’re downright dangerous.
Thank goodness, then, for these brilliant women, all of whom have taken Morgan to task over his vitriol and exposed him for exactly what he is: a decrepit and increasingly irrelevant dinosaur.
To paraphrase Star Wars’ Yoda: fear of women’s bodies leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to insufferable morons like Morgan penning entire columns about Emma Watson’s 2017 photoshoot with Vanity Fair.
In one of the photos, Watson is seen posing in a white bolero that shows the outline of her breasts. And Morgan claimed the Beauty and the Beast star was a hypocrite, as she had previously criticised Beyoncé for catering to the male gaze.
“How does exposing her breasts to the world fit with Emma’s condemnation of Beyoncé doing the same?” he argued. “A generous observer might say ‘uneasily’. A less generous observer would brand it flaming hypocrisy.”
Watson, however, was quick to respond to Morgan’s criticism – by republishing the 2014 interview he had cited, in which she acknowledged that she sometimes felt “conflicted” about the “male voyeuristic” quality of some of Beyoncé’s music videos.
But in that same interview, Watson quickly concluded that she ultimately thought Beyoncé’s ownership of her sexuality was “empowering because it is her choice… You do get [a] sense of, ‘I can be a feminist, I can be an intellectual, I can be all these other things, but I can also be OK with my femininity and being pretty and with all these things that I thought might negate my message or negate what I’m about.’”
Watson later told Morgan: “Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women. It’s about freedom, it’s about liberation, it’s about equality.
“I really don’t know what my tits have to do with it.”
In perhaps the most unsurprising bombshell of all time, Morgan recently announced that he isn’t a fan of the ongoing conversations around self-identity and gender fluidity. And, as such, he believes the rest of the world shouldn’t be a fan of the ongoing conversations around self-identity and gender fluidity.
“Is it a generational thing?” he moaned. “My young sons don’t care about this whole gender thing, they think I’m just an old fuddy-duddy, it doesn’t matter. ‘Why do you care, dad, what people identify as?’ But I think there are so many ramifications around self-identity that are a real concern, and they haven’t thought it through.”
Jamil wasn’t going to let Morgan get away with it, though. “LOL,” she wrote on Twitter. “Of course England’s biggest shit stain has something mean to say about it. He thinks men who carries babies in a comfortable papoose where they can feel your body heat and pulse, aren’t ‘manly’. This clown spews constant toxic ideas of ‘masculinity’.”
Morgan hit back: “Appalling that you just assume I am identifying as male tonight.”
“You’re right, it is extraordinary I identify you as any kind of human being at all you giant pile of wank,” Jamil responded.
You can read more about their ongoing debate here.
Little Mix, to many fans, are more than a band: they’re body positivity advocates, too. However, responding to their music video for Strip (in which the band appear naked with words like ‘ugly’, ‘talentless,’ and ‘slutty’ written on their skin), Piers Morgan suggested that LM were “using nudity to sell their albums”.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Morgan – clearly unable to recognise a metaphor even if he were bashed around the head with it – snapped: “What is empowering about this? Get your kit off, airbrush yourself to within an inch of your lives… it’s nonsense. It’s just stripping off to sell records. It’s actually using sex and sexuality to sell records. That’s it. There’s nothing else to this.”
He added: “I get insults every single day, I don’t take my clothes off and adorn my body in them.”
Thank god for small mercies, eh?
Speaking to Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 1, Jesy Nelson addressed Morgan’s comments, saying that neither she nor her bandmates had found them surprising.
“Of course not,” she said, “he’s a silly twat.”
And, of course, they weren’t the only ones to slam Morgan for this particular comment. Enter…
Responding to Morgan’s tweets about Little Mix (and her own mother), Ariana Grande weighed in magnificently on social media, taking the GMB host to task for the way he refuses to allow women in the spotlight to be sexual beings.
“I use my talent AND my sexuality all the time because I choose to,” she tweeted at Morgan. “Women can be sexual AND talented. Naked and dignified. It’s our choice. And we keep fighting until people understand. I say this with all due respect but thank you, next.”
She added: “Also Piers Morgan, I look forward to the day you realise there are other ways to go about making yourself relevant than to criticise young, beautiful, successful women for everything they do. I think that’ll be a beautiful thing for you and your career, or what’s left of it.”
Grande went on to remind Little Mix that “your sisters have your back” and that they should “keep fighting the fight divas”. More importantly, though, she made a point of exposing Morgan’s hypocrisy.
How? By recirculating his 2009 advertisement for Burger King. You know, the one that featured him naked and draped in velvet? Yeah, that one.
Burger King were, naturally, simultaneously and mortified about the publicity.
“Oh god,” they said, retweeting the image into their feed. “Thought we deleted this image years ago…”
In case you hadn’t noticed by now, JK Rowling and Morgan really do not get on – a fact made very clear when the Harry Potter author very publicly informed Morgan that his sycophantic attitude to Donald Trump’s presidency would, ultimately, prove his own downfall.
“If you’d only read Harry Potter, you’d know that the downside of sucking up to the biggest bully in school is getting burned alive,” she said.
It was at this point that Morgan panicked and loudly insisted that he had never read a Harry Potter book in his life, and never wanted to, either. Too bad, then, that Rowling was easily able to expose him as a big fat liar.
“Just been sent this,” wrote Rowling, sharing a screengrab of an article that waxed lyrical about the magical wizarding world she had created. “Could the writer let me know who he is? I’d love to thank him.”
Within moments, Morgan – despite not being tagged in the tweet – spotted her remarks, and felt compelled to comment.
“Priceless #humblebrag BS,” he wrote scathingly. “Nobody plays the celebrity game more abusively or ruthlessly than you. Ms ‘Intensely Private Billionaire’.”
Unfortunately for Morgan, however, he had fallen right into Rowling’s trap. Because, somewhat awkwardly, he was the author of the gushing article.
Talk about making a right Rita Skeeter out of yourself, eh?
Remember what we said about Morgan and his irrational fear of the female form? It’s that same phobia which led to him attempting to shame Amber Rose – as in, yes, one of the women who created her own SlutWalk Festival.
Things kicked off between the pair when Rose posted a photo of herself to social media, which saw her posing in a string bikini top and no bottoms, with her pubic hair visible.
She captioned it with a link to her website, amberroseslutwalk.com, a movement she set up to raise awareness of rampant victim-blaming in sexual assault cases, specifically to highlight the fact that there’s a focus on how survivors of assault were dressed at the time of the attack.
Morgan immediately took offence to the image and fired off a response to Rose on Twitter, reading: “Put it away, luv. Thanks.”
Amber Rose annihilates Piers Morgan over sexist comments
Unwilling to let Morgan’s comments shame her into taking down the image, Rose responded with the hashtag, “I’ll take things misogynistic assholes say for 500, Alex” – a reference to US game show Jeopardy.
Morgan, ego clearly bruised, ironically went on to insist that Rose’s decision to “nude” photos of herself was nothing more than “pathetic attention-seeking bullshit”.
Unperturbed – and deeply unimpressed – Rose replied: “Nude? Where? My breasts nor my vagina was showing and my legs were closed.
“I am assuming you are referring to the pubic hair that was shown in the picture. Uncomfortable? Get over it.”
You may, perhaps, have noticed a running theme throughout this article: Morgan seemingly believes he has the right to police women’s bodies. As a rule, though, women tend to disagree with him – including Susan Sarandon.
The critically acclaimed actress found herself Morgan’s unwitting target when he took umbrage with her SAG Awards 2016 outfit. In a series of increasingly vitriolic tweets, Morgan branded Sarandon “tacky” and “publicity-seeking” – clearly unaware of the fact that, in making his complaints on one of the world’s biggest social media platforms, he himself was seeking publicity. Funny that.
Susan Sarandon nails the problem with Piers Morgan’s brand of outfit-shaming
Sarandon responded with a still of herself wearing only a bra from 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with the caption: “Today’s #TBT is dedicated to @piersmorgan.”
Later asked on a talk show about her run-in with Morgan, Sarandon paused for a moment, before responding: “Does he have a job? A real job? Why does he have so much time?”
Well, quite.
In 2016, Piers Morgan felt the need to share his thoughts on Muhammad Ali with the world, insisting that he “said far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims”.
“I hope people don’t make me sound too perfect when I die,” he added. “No coats of sugar please.”
John Legend was quick to respond, writing: “You could test us by announcing your retirement?”
And Chrissy Teigen added: “From what? Trolling isn’t a job (I’ve tried).”
Morgan, clearly disgruntled at how the worm had turned, lashed out at Teigen, insisting that modelling is not a “proper job”.
Cue the ultimate clapback of “it keeps me nice and not-racist so sure, give it a go.”
Ah, Teigen. Don’t ever change.
Ruby Tandoh
Ruby Tandoh – who first shot to fame on Great British Bake Off – had quite the response for a Good Morning Britain researcher hoping to get her on the show.
“Hi Charlotte, I know it’s just your job so no hard feelings, but Piers Morgan is a sentient ham and frankly I’d rather die.”
We’ve loved Lily Allen for as long as we can remember, and we’ve hated Morgan even longer (sorry not sorry), so it was clear which side we were going to take when the two began sparring on Twitter.
The metaphorical shit hit the social media fan when Morgan raked Allen over the coals for wearing a necklace shaped like a machine pistol MAC-10.
“Why have you got a machine gun around your neck?” he asked.
She replied: “I’ll stop wearing the necklace when you apologize for hacking the phones of dead children. Deal? Calling me reprehensible for wearing a necklace …” referring to the phone-hacking scandal from Morgan’s time editing the Daily Mirror.
Morgan, unable to let the matter slide (as is his way), kept heckling Allen, and eventually declared that she was banned from appearing on his television show, Good Morning Britain, “until or if your new album is a hit. So probably never.”
Hmm. Proving that Morgan’s psychic abilities aren’t all that, Allen’s 2018 album, No Shame, entered the UK charts at Number 5 and landed itself in the Top 10 on the US iTunes charts.
Despite earning her spot on the GMB couch, though, Allen made it clear she would not be appearing on Morgan’s show.
“There would be no incentive to come and talk to you if an album was already a commercial success,” she said. “That’s not how promotion works.”
In January 2019, Piers Morgan retweeted an interview with Coronation Street’s Beverley Callard, in which the soap actress claimed that celebrities are “trying to make mental health problems ‘fashionable’”.
Making his position on the subject abundantly clear, the professional troll opined: “She’ll be hammered for saying this, but it’s 100% true.”
Right. Enter Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, who replied directly to Morgan’s tweet and called him out for shaming those who feel comfortable talking about their mental health issues, and highlighted how damaging this attitude is.
Turner tweeted: “Or maybe they have a platform to speak out about it and help get rid of the stigma of mental illness which affects 1 in 4 people in UK per year.
“But please go ahead and shun them back into silence. Twat.”
Emily Ratajkowski starred in the Blurred Lines video, later describing it as "the bane of my existence"
The point has been made countless times throughout this article, but remember what we said about Morgan and his apparent terror of the female form? Case in point: his 2018 spat with Emily Ratajkowski.
Speaking on GMB, Morgan criticised the model for wearing lingerie in a video for LOVE magazine, calling her a “global bimbo”.
He later tweeted: “This is Emily Ratajkowski ‘promoting feminism’. Somewhere, Emmeline Pankhurst just vomited.”
The women’s rights advocate responded: “Lol, never said my love video was a feminist statement. But now it’s worth saying that telling women what to do with their bodies and sexuality is actually just classic sexism.
“I can have opinions about feminism and also do sexy photo shoots – okay. Thanks.”
Ratajkowski did not dignify subsequent Morgan’s ranting with a response. However, this quote from her LOVE interview certainly sums things up.
“To me, female sexuality and sexiness, no matter how conditioned it may be by a patriarchal ideal, can be incredibly empowering for a woman if she feels it is empowering to her,” she said.
“The way I dress, act, flirt, dance, have sex - those are my decisions and they shouldn’t be impacted by men. Being sexy is fun and I like it. I should never have to apologise for that. My life is on my terms and if I feel like putting on sexy underwear, it’s for me. Personal choice is the core ideal in my concept of feminism.”
Could a person like Morgan ever truly experience an emotion as complex as regret? Apparently so – especially when it comes to this particularly obnoxious 2016 exchange with Lady Gaga. Shortly after the star opened up about her battle with post-traumatic stress disorder, Morgan decided to cast doubt over her claims and dispute her condition.
“No, soldiers returning from battlefields [have PTSD],” he tweeted, in response to a news story about Gaga’s PTSD. “Enough of this vain-glorious nonsense.”
When the singer’s fans pointed out that her PTSD stemmed from a sexual assault, Morgan snapped back: “No. Lady Gaga and Madonna have both made ALLEGATIONS of rape many years after the event. No police complaint, no charges, no court case.”
Gaga refused to be riled, and instead chose to remind Morgan of her work with Vice President Joe Biden to combat sexual assault. Morgan responded with an invitation for an interview.
She responded, “@piersmorgan would also love to talk with you about PTSD, that it’s not just a ‘military’ disorder. There is a mental health youth epidemic.”
Morgan has since reflected on the incident and admitted he was “perhaps a little insensitive”.
“I remember Lady Gaga saying she had PTSD and stuff and I launched into her and sort of inferred that no one outside the military should really be claiming to get PTSD,” he said in an interview with the Radio Times.
“I’ve got a lot of military in my family and PTSD is obviously a real problem if you come off a battlefield but I do accept that you can have it in other forms.”
Are you ready for yet another example of Morgan’s inability to look at a woman’s body without clutching at his (metaphorical) pearls and alerting the elders? He once offered to buy clothes for Kim Kardashian after she posted a naked mirror selfie with only two black lines covering her private parts.
“I know the old man’s $50 million in debt, Kim – but this is absurd,” Morgan tweeted. “Want me to buy you some clothes?”
Kardashian refused to be rattled, though, and coolly replied: “hey @piersmorgan never offer to buy a married woman clothes. That’s some Ashley Madison type shit.”
Images: Getty
Kayleigh Dray is editor of Stylist.co.uk, where she chases after rogue apostrophes and specialises in films, comic books, feminism and television. On a weekend, you can usually find her drinking copious amounts of tea and playing boardgames with her friends.
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About Big Mountain Freeride
How competitions work:
There are three overarching categories: Junior Regionals (TJFS events), Junior Nationals (IFSA events), and adult events (FWQ events). All events are ranked and sanctioned by the International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association (IFSA).
The Tahoe Junior Freeride Series is a four stop regional series in the Far West. Each stop is a two run comp for all athletes age 12-18. The TJFS names overall season champions by using the best three out of four finishes in our series. TJFS events also count toward overall junior ranking in North America.
Tahoe Freeride hosts two IFSA National events that count toward IFSA Overall Junior ranking in North America. The International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association sanctions and ranks junior freeride competitions in North America.
Tahoe Freeride hosts two Freeride World Qualifiers, one 2* event and one 4* event. The IFSA sanctions and ranks the FWQ events for Region 2. FWQ adult events count toward qualification for the Freeride World Tour.
history of freeride
Though the name is newer, the soul of big mountain freeride has been around since humans first began sliding on snow. As recreational skiing gained poularity in the early 1900's, the earliest forms of freeride competition began to pop up around the country. Some early examples include the American Inferno (1930's) on New Hampshire's Mt. Washington, and the Silver Belt race (1940's) at Sugar Bowl resort.
1990 marked the first modern freeride competition, the World Extreme Skiing Championships. It took place in Valdez, AK and incorporated a multi-category judging system that laid the foundation for the current one. The original system incorporated 6 categories:
1. Degree of difficulty
2. Agressiveness
3. Technique/style
6. Fluidity
The WESC continued until 2000, and was revived for a year in 2011.
In 1996, skiing legend Shane McConkey saw a need for athletes to have a voice in the development and governing of all the emerging disciplines of freeskiing (big mountain freeride, slopestyle, half-pipe, big air, and skier-cross). To achieve this he established the International Freeskiers Association (now the International Freeskiers & Snowboarders Association or IFSA), which now focuses specifically on freeride. The Shane and IFSA played an integral role in establishing freeride as the sport it is today.
Since then the sport of big mountain freeride skiing and snowboarding has evolved to include thousands of adult and junior athletes, and hundreds of interconnected events wordwide.
For more information on Tahoe Freeride's role in the development of big mountain freeride, visit the TJFS History page.
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Co-chairs reaffirm support to Norwegian facilitation
The Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Donor Conference, who met in Oslo on 28 April to discuss the detoriating situation in Sri Lanka, reaffirmed their support to Norwegian facilitators and decided to meet again in Tokyo to further discuss steps and concerted actions to encourage the parties to pursue a durable solution in Sri Lanka.
[L-R] US Assistant Secretary of State, Richard A. Boucher, Japanese Special Envoy Mr.Yasushi Akashi , Norwegian International Development Minister Mr. Erik Solheim and EU Deputy Director for External Relations Mr. Hervé Jouanjean
Full text of the press statement follows:
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Donor Conference
[L-R] US Assistant Secretary of State, Richard A. Boucher and International Development Minister of Norway Mr. Erik Solheim addressng media after the Co-chairs meeting
Minister of International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim (middle) hosted the meeting. Photo: Petter Foss, MFA
The Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Donor Conference (the European Union and the Governments of Japan, the United States and Norway) met in Oslo on 28 April for consultations.
The purpose of the meeting was to assess the serious situation in Sri Lanka and examine how Co-Chairs could most effectively respond to it.
Co-Chairs reiterated their deep concern at the recent deterioration of the situation in Sri Lanka, condemning all acts of violence and calling on this to stop.
The Co-Chairs from the EU, Japan and USA reaffirmed their support to the Norwegian peace facilitators.
The Co-Chairs have decided to meet again in Tokyo to further discuss steps and concerted actions to encourage the parties to pursue a durable solution in Sri Lanka.
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Home > Culture & Recreation > Heritage > Heritage Sites > Heritage Sites in Cloverdale > Christ Church Cemetery
Christ Church Cemetery
Heritage Area: Surrey Centre
Site #: 194
Location: 16591 Bell Road and 16631 Old McLellan Road
Registered: June 3, 1997
Significance: Historical, Cultural
Description: The cemetery was established in 1881, located both on the south-west side of the Church and on the opposite side of Old McLellan Rd. The cemetery was expanded in 1915 to include a larger lot running down to Bell Road.
Protected by Heritage Designation By-law, 1980, No. 6442 (PDF).
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Splish Splash Splosh!
Does anyone have a clue where we're heading?
Halfway across a severely swollen river is not a good time to let the tiller go. But that of course is precisely what Cap'n Alan Johnson is doing on the good ship NHS. Whereas Commissar Hewitt had it hard about, Cap'n Al has let it go all floppy.
Yesterday he told the Health Select Committee he was junking one of the Commissar's most cherished but highly contentious policies:
"I don't believe there is the need for another independent sector treatment centre [ISTC] procurement and there won't be a third wave.
We will instead move towards greater local determination."
On one level this is good news for taxpayers. The contracts with these ISTCs have been classics of the Simple Shopper's art, with taxpayers being required to pay whether or not the NHS actually uses the service. Their total cost is £1.7bn, they are on average 11% more expensive than their NHS equivalents, and 20% of their paid for capacity is not used. Brilliant. (Also see here for details of the £1m paid to a Chesterfield ISTC for orthopaedic operations not carried out because patients chose to use existing NHS services).
As we know, the whole DoH programme to get more private companies involved in healthcare has been a shambles of overpayment and poorly designed contracts. Taxpayers have paid through the nose, even if the services are not used or actually fit for purpose.
The scandal of hospital cleaning shows just how bad things can get when you try to manage top-down via boilerplate contracts: with nobody directly in charge on the ground, the critical business of real hygiene on the wards in the hospitals has simply fallen down the dirty cracks in between (eg see here for latest on C.difficile crisis).
And let's not forget the great money pit that is PFI. When last sighted, the 83 PFI hospital contracts were set to cost us £53bn over the life of the contracts, compared to an actual value of facilities of just £8bn. Indeed, private sector refinancing profits have been so munificent that even the normally placid PAC Chairman couldn't stop himself spluttering about the "unacceptable face of capitalism" (see this blog and others for details on the mega refinancing gains made by some PFI players).
So Johnson's been put in to stop the whole thing- private money, contestability, reform, it's all systems stop.
Obviously the unions are delighted (although not so delighted about the grim outlook for their future pay rises). But should we taxpayers also rejoice?
The answer of course is no. We're locked into a whole load of expensive contracts designed to support a more open NHS, but Johnson is junking the programme before we've actaully seen any of the promised benefits.
Our once in a lifetime opportunity to reach the other shore of real choice and competion has been lost. Taxpayers may be spending £105bn this year on health (over £4,000 per household), but effectively the money's run out. 80% of Labour's increased spending has been frittered away on increased costs.
The Tories- even in the increasingly unlikely event they got re-elected- have already bottled out of the radical choice policies that would offer real reform. So there's absolutely nothing else on offer.
We're back to drifting downstream.
As we've said before, if you can possibly afford it, get yourself private health insurance.
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TechJuice > Technology > Snipers target Dr. Umar Saif’s office at Arfa Technology Park Lahore
Snipers target Dr. Umar Saif’s office at Arfa Technology Park Lahore
By Muneeb Ahmad on
August 29, 2017 - Like us now!
A prominent personality from Pakistan’s IT arena, the Chairman PITB Dr. Umar Saif was the target of an attack carried out by sharpshooters from afar.
The attack which took place a couple of days ago targeted Dr. Umar Saif’s office. According to the PITB officials, the attack was aimed at threatening and/or harming Dr. Umar Saif as the bullets shots penetrated right through the glass panes of his office.
Burhan Rasool, who is currently working as General Manager PITB, said that the bullets were shot from a lower location and landed just a few inches away from Umar’s seat after hitting the ceiling of the room.
Fortunately, no one was harmed in the shooting attack as the attack took place on Sunday and majority of the staff was on leave when the incident occurred. Dr. Umar Saif, who’s believed to have been targeted, was not present in the office when the shot was fired as he was in Dubai representing PITB and signing important agreements with the Dubai Police Chief, General Abdullah Khalifa.
The shooting reportedly took place on Sunday. As of now, there has been no identification about the alleged attackers, the officials say. Punjab Police which initiated the investigations stated that it is still not certain if it was a stray bullet or indeed an intended shot, reported Pakistan Today.
Dr. Umar Saif is a notable personality from Pakistan’s IT arena. He is a member of Punjab Cabinet and is currently heading Punjab Information Technology Board including all of its sub-projects including PlanX, Plan9 and TechHub Connect. He is also Vice Chancellor of the Informational Technology University of Pakistan and was also featured among the top 500 most influential Muslims from around the world.
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Los Angeles Schools Implement Countywide Tiered-Intervention Model
To ensure young children are socially and emotionally prepared for school, the Los Angeles County Office of Education’s Head Start-State Preschool Division is implementing an innovative tiered model of intervention across all 16 of its delegate agencies.
“This new social-emotional model of intervention will help us prepare more than 13,000 at-risk preschool children in Los Angeles for kindergarten,” said Rebecca Lundeen, a school psychologist consultant for LACOE.
Since 2010, LACOE has used myIGDIs, a set of research-based assessment measures for preschool-aged children, as both a screener and progress-monitoring tool to identify 4-year-olds who would benefit from additional early literacy support, particularly in the areas of oral language and phonological awareness.
Through the county’s experimental pilot of a preschool Response-to-Intervention framework, they have been able to monitor the effectiveness of their early literacy intervention program and refine their model for Head Start programs moving forward. In 2016, LACOE plans to use the new edition of myIGDIs to begin monitoring the refined early literacy and early numeracy components of their RtI program.
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People of Southside – Hollis “Chino” Gregory
Hollis Luke Yungwoo Gregory, affectionately known as "Chino," is a beloved part of the "PEOPLE OF SOUTHSIDE." Everywhere one turns at Southside there he is--tutoring program, School Store, GENERATIONS worship, Thanksgiving baskets, CONNECT ministry, fellowships--always with a big smile and helping hands.
Chino was born in Seoul, South Korea. Raised in an orphanage until four years old, he was adopted by a Fort Worth single mom and brought to Texas. He was raised with nine other children by this benevolent soul. Chino says that it was a struggle, but he is deeply grateful. One of his chores he tackled growing up was cooking for this large family, this skill has served him well. Despite some physical challenges that accompany his cerebral palsy, Chino always participated in sports as a youngster growing up here on the south side of town.
There were some dark seasons of life for Chino as he says he “spiraled downhill.” He was on his own at 16, there was some gang activity, and there was some trouble with the authorities. The streets of the south side of Fort Worth can be mean and cruel. But along the way he says he learned the 23rd Psalm. And with the Shepherd’s rod and staff he was guided from the gray concrete to the green pastures. The BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB here on Hemphill was transformative and gave him direction. He received his Certified Nurses Assistant training.
And then one Sunday about six years ago he summoned the courage to walk into a big room with chandeliers on a Sunday morning. He knew no one. He was met by Steve Cloer and befriended by the Thell and Angelica White family. The GRACE class became like family who provided the “still waters” of stability and nurture for which he longed. The class encouraged and enabled Chino to continue his education at TARRANT COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE where he is presently studying. He is interested in being a sign language interpreter. He brightens as he recalls the day that Steve Cloer baptized him and he found a new identity.
From the cold streets of the south side of Fort Worth to living in the warm embrace of a flock in the care of the Shepherd--a "PEOPLE OF SOUTHSIDE" story worth celebrating.
Love this story of Chino
What a blessing Chino has been to me & to Southside! Love you Mijo!
Beautiful story, beautiful soul.
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Football in Palestine .. Tunisia opens doors blocked by the Israeli occupation
The decision of the Tunisian Football Federation to consider the Palestinian player as a local player opened the door for more Palestinian players to experience the experience of external professionalism, and received the decision with a wide Palestinian welcome, with hopes that this will be reflected at the level of players and the team.
Raed Moussa-Gaza
Tunisia became the second Arab country after Egypt, which encourages its clubs to sign Palestinian players as local players.
Saber Hajjaj, a retired Palestinian player and football manager at the Rafah Services Club, said the Tunisian decision would encourage Palestinian players to develop their abilities to realize their dreams of professionalism in the Tunisian league, which is more competitive than the local Palestinian league.
Hajjaj told Al-Jazeera Net that professionalism requires high specifications of the Palestinian player, who differs from other players around the world, because of the specificity of the Palestinian situation, and policies of the occupation impeding the development of Palestinian sport in general, and football in particular.
He explained that the Palestinian players are characterized by strength, solidity and skill, but the obstacles of the occupation deprive them of highlighting their capabilities outside the borders of Palestine, because of the siege and closure of crossings, and deprived them of freedom of movement.
The shine of the Palestinian team in recent years has boosted the image of the Palestinian player (Reuters)
Hajjaj considered that access to Tunisia for the Palestinian player in Gaza easier than access to the occupied West Bank, citing the prevention of the occupation forces Rafah services from going to the West Bank, through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, which is under Israeli control to play the second leg of the Palestine Cup in front of the Center Tile Bank Champion Cup.
A few days ago, an Israeli court approved the decision of the Israeli occupation government to refuse the passage of 23 members of the team and the technical and administrative staff, out of 35, on the pretext that they pose a security risk, causing the failure to hold the second leg of the Palestine Cup scheduled for 25 September. Last September.
"Sport is a message of love and peace," he said. "Israel knows only war and destruction. In light of what we are subjected to as Palestinian athletes by the aggressive occupation policies, we urgently need such a decision by the Tunisian Federation, which opens the way for Palestinian players to engage in football schools and different cultures, which refine their personality and contribute." In developing their abilities. "
For his part, a member of the Palestinian Football Association Ismail Matar told Al Jazeera Net that the decision of the Tunisian Union will encourage Tunisian clubs to contract with Palestinian players without adhering to the laws of the number of foreign professional players; Tunisian clubs will find that the Palestinian player is less expensive than the foreign player, and enjoys in time Himself with high spherical capabilities.
He stressed that the professionalism of Palestinian players in Tunisia will be a strong lever for the national team, because of the Tunisian football's history on the continental and international levels, and the presence of professional players from different football schools, which will gain Palestinian players experiences needed by the national team in its Arab, continental and international merits.
He urged Arab football federations to emulate the Tunisian and Egyptian federations, and to consider the Palestinian player as a local player, which will benefit the clubs of those countries, as well as contribute to the development of Palestinian football, which faces constant obstacles by the occupation in order to hinder its progress and prevent its development and progress.
Palestinian fans look forward to positive results from increasing number of professional players abroad (Getty Images)
Ashraf Mohammed, the sports editor of the local daily Al-Ayyam in Gaza, predicted that from the next winter transfer window in January, the first Palestinian players would be born, who would be responsible for appearing in the best image of Palestinian football.
Mohammed told Al Jazeera Net that the Palestinian professional player proved his ability and competence in playing in major competitions and strong, such as players of the national team Mahmoud Wadi and Tamer Siam professional in the Egyptian and Moroccan leagues. In Latin America, second and third tier clubs in Europe.
According to Mohammed, the name of the Palestinian player has become popular and known for his abilities, skills and competitive spirit, due to the results of the external participation of the national team in the past few years, and the outstanding results achieved by a long-established teams with a long history in football.
He said that the opening of important Arab countries, such as Tunisia and Egypt, to the professionalism of Palestinian players in their clubs will put them in the limelight, and perhaps the next few years will see the professionalization of Palestinian players in large European clubs, which serves the Palestinian sport on the one hand, and highlights the Palestinian cause and the suffering of the people Palestinian who has been suffering from the scourge of the occupation for seven decades.
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Facing Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas' brother within few days..
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World no. 72 Yoshihito Nishioka has embraced quite a journey in the last couple of days, experiencing all the highlights and big scenes of the ATP Cup and the grinding of the Challenger qualifying draw within just four days!
On Wednesday, Nishioka had the opportunity to playa against world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in Perth, staying on the court for more than two hours and pushing the 19-time Major champion to the limits, especially in the opening set.
Taking the ball early and dictating the pace, the Japanese held with ease in the opening two service games and broke Rafa to move 3-2 up, suffering a break in the next game before stepping in front again with another solid return game at 4-4.
Serving for the set, Nishioka got broken at love to keep Nadal alive, with the Spaniard taking the tie break 7-4 after more than an hour! They both had their chances in the first eight games of the second set and it was Rafa who delivered a break at 4-4, taking 12 of the last 16 points to move over the top and pass a tough obstacle.
Not signing to play in Auckland or Adelaide and still wanting to compete in the week before the Australian Open, Yoshihito signed to enter the qualifying draw at Bendigo 2 event, facing no other then Stefanos Tsitsipas' brother Petros 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 17 minutes.
Petros also had a chance to fight for Greece at the ATP Cup but stood no chance against the better-ranked rival, taking only 14 points in ten return games and wasting the only break chance he earned. On the other hand, Yoshihito took enough points in the rival's games to create six break opportunities, seizing one in each set to seal the deal in straight sets and move closer to the place in the main draw.
Tsitsipas sprayed a forehand error in the first game to suffer a break, having the opportunity to break a left-hander three games later before Nishioka saved a break point with a service winner. The Greek survived break chances in game five and stayed in touch until 4-5 when Nishioka held at 30 to grab the opening set 6-4, serving well in set number two as well to keep the pressure on the youngster born in 2000.
After many game points, Petros got broken at 2-2 in the second set and Yoshihito held that lead until the end, sealing the deal with a hold in game ten to set the meeting with Colin Sinclair on Monday morning.
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During World War II the U.S. military dug 80 underground storage tunnels into the rock formation of both sides of Kipapa Gulch near Mililani, Hawaii. The tunnels were reportedly constructed for storing chemical warfare materiel (CWM), incendiaries, and high explosives. Photographic evidence suggests chemical agent (CA) leaked from CWM stored in the tunnels, creating a potential environmental concern.
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Tetra Tech conducted the remedial investigation (RI) to characterize the 40-acre MRS, including 54 tunnels in Upper Kipapa, 26 tunnels in Lower Kipapa, and six former loading and unloading areas (FLUAs). Our work included surface clearance, vegetation removal, air monitoring for CA, tunnel inspection, field sampling, and tunnel closure. The project presented multiple safety challenges—confined spaces, potential for heat stress and biological hazards, and exposure to HTW-contaminated materials. We completed more than 27,000 hours without a recordable or lost-time injury. Tetra Tech also prepared a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Proposed Plan and Decision Document to support closure of the MRS.
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'When Pies Fly' author Cathy Barrow takes the mystery out of making pies
Addie Broyles, Austin American-Statesman
Free-form pies have always been a way to turn a little into a lot.
Empanadas, samosas, knishes, turnovers, strudels, galettes and even kolaches are all slightly (or not so slightly) different variations on handpies, but they all share some commonalities that Cathy Barrow explores in her latest book, “When Pies Fly.”
“These are pies that you could make anywhere you have an oven,” she says, no special pie pan needed.
Barrow, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area and became known for her 2014 cookbook, “Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry,” teaches pastry and pie classes across the country, and all of her students want to learn the mysteries of pie dough.
“The sentence that reads, ‘Mix the flour and butter until it looks like fill in the blank. Peas, damp sand, cornmeal.’ It drove me insane because I never knew what it meant,” she says.
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Her solution is twofold. First, for a traditional pie dough crust, simply pulse the ingredients in a food processor 15 times. “For many people, that alone has solved their dough phobia.”
But the second tip is to encourage people to make different kinds of dough, including puff pastry and strudel.
“For a long time, I had in my head that, in order to make strudel, you needed to have 30 able-bodied large relatives to stand around a table the size of a basketball court,” she says. But in reality, she discovered that the dough is easy to handle and is relatively forgiving, once you get used to stretching the dough with your knuckles, kind of like pizza dough.
Most Americans are familiar with sweet strudels, but savory strudels are common in Europe, and because the master dough recipe doesn’t have any sugar in it, you can easily make a batch and use some of it for a savory dish and another for something sweet.
In fact, all of the fillings in “When Pies Fly” can go with any of the doughs. Barrow says she developed the recipes knowing that readers might like the filling in one recipe, but not the form.
If you’ve been watching “The Great British Baking Show,” and wondering how to make a rough puff, she has a 15 minutes recipe that can be used in dozens of variations.
Some of the pies in her book are like adult Hot Pockets, but without the funky smell and weirdly colored cheese. The broccoli cheddar hand pies, for instance, are the perfect mid-afternoon treat, she says, just make sure you chop the broccoli into small pieces so you don’t end up with a lumpy pie.
She offers other tips that will help beginners and seasoned pie-makers alike.
“Most people underseason their fillings,” she says. “Dough is like bread, so you need to zip up the fillings with a little extra lemon juice, salt or chile powder.”
All the Thanksgiving leftovers are perfect for an open-faced galette, she says. Mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey, corn, Brussels sprouts, green beans and even cranberry sauce can be mixed together to create a samosa filling or a strudel.
If your filling looks a little dry, consider adding a tablespoon or two of cream cheese. “Just two ounces will make it all creamy and pull it all together,” she says. “It’s luscious.”
Don’t fear frozen fruit, either. Strawberries, blueberries and blackberries in the freezer are usually a lot nicer than the strawberries in the produce section. And the best thing about using frozen fruit is that you can use it while it’s still frozen.
Raw apples tossed in a little sugar and cinnamon make an easy apple strudel, but she also makes one with pears, sweet potatoes, pistachios and port-soaked prunes that straddles the fence between sweet and savory. “I can’t tell you if it’s the dessert or cheese course,” she says.
Barrow says she understands if, like Nora Ephron, you are in the camp of people who will never ever make your own pie dough. “I just want you to make pie.”
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Kale, Mushroom and Gruyère Strudel
A decadent and worthy way to get your veggies, this is a spectacular dish for buffets and potlucks, or served as a vegetarian side in a meat-heavy dinner (think Thanksgiving). The mushrooms are the star here and I rely on a pan-roasting technique for deep flavor and a texture that is never waterlogged. If you are a forager, or know one, using chanterelles or morels would be sublime.
— Cathy Barrow
1 recipe Pulled Dough for Strudel, below
8 ounces cremini mushrooms, stemmed and sliced 1/4-inch thick
1 medium onion, diced (about 1 cup)
8 ounces lacinato kale, ribs removed and leaves roughly chopped (about 3 cups)
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
6 ounces Gruyère cheese, shredded
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
Bring the strudel dough to room temperature for 1 hour before stretching, keeping it in the ziptop bag until ready to use. Heat the oven to 400 degrees and place a rack in the lower third of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet over high heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the mushroom slices and reduce the heat to medium-high. Do not mess with the mushrooms. Let them pan-roast and get deeply browned, 6 to 8 minutes, before giving the pan a hard shake so they release. Then turn the mushrooms and roast for another 4 to 5 minutes, until well browned and crisped. Add the onion, stir well, and cook until wilted, 5 or 6 minutes. Add the chopped kale and cook for another 3 minutes, until the kale has collapsed but is still brightly colored. Stir in the parsley, thyme, salt and pepper. Spread the mixture across a baking sheet to cool. (Freeze or refrigerate to speed the cooling process.) Once thoroughly cool, return to a bowl, and stir in the egg and cheese.
Prepare the work surface and stretch the strudel dough to 20 inches by 24 inches, until it’s possible to “read a newspaper through it” or some close approximation of that idea. The whole process doesn’t take long at all, just 5 minutes or so, once you’ve done it a few times.
Pat the stretched dough into shape and then, using scissors or your fingertips, tear or cut away the thick edges and discard. Carefully swab the dough with about 2 tablespoons of the melted butter.
Add 1 tablespoon of the melted butter to the bread crumbs and stir well. Sprinkle the bread crumbs generously over the dough, leaving a 2-inch border. Transfer the kale filling to the dough using your hands and shape it into a log about 2 inches from a shorter edge.
Begin rolling by lifting and pulling the bare 2-inch edge of the dough over the kale log. Tuck in the sides and, using the strudel cloth, lift and roll the strudel into a tight log with the thin layers of strudel dough encasing the filling. The goal is to make this log firm and tight, not loose and sloppy.
Use the cloth to transfer the strudel to the prepared baking sheet, seam side down.
Brush the top and sides of the strudel with the remaining melted butter. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
If serving later, reheat for a few minutes in a 350 degrees oven. Serves 8 to 10.
— From “When Pies Fly: Handmade Pastries from Strudels to Stromboli, Empanadas to Knishes” by Cathy Barrow (Grand Central Publishing, $30)
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Pulled Dough for Strudel
Strudel dough is not rolled out with a pin, but stretched. Because of this, the dough needs to be very elastic, requiring well-developed gluten which means active, extensive kneading. Kneading can be tiresome, so do as generations of Germans, Austrians and Alsatians have done, and slap the dough on the counter with vigor instead. Just lift it up and slap it down, turn, fold and do it again. And again. In fact, most classic strudel dough recipes include the direction to lift and slap the dough on the counter 100 or more times. It’s a great way to get out that daily “grrr,” and a good workout for the arms. But if you aren’t feeling the slapping, you can knead in the usual way, folding and pushing the dough away from you, and then turning it 90 degrees and continuing the fold and push and turn action for 10 minutes. Alternatively, put the organized dough ball in the stand mixer and let the machine do the work for 10 full minutes.
3 tablespoons grapeseed or canola oil
1/3 cup cool water
In a wide bowl, using a table fork, stir together the flour and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the oil. Gather the flour into the oil with the fork. Pour in the water slowly, continuing to use the fork to incorporate the flour, until the dough is shaggy and wet. It will look impossible and you will be unhappy with me, but please persist.
Let go of the fork, lightly flour your hands, and work inside the bowl to gather the dough (which, admittedly, is more like batter). Just lift and turn, fold and lift, and unbelievably the dough will begin to feel silky and smooth and come together after 5 minutes or so. It’s a miracle.
Move the dough ball onto a very lightly floured counter and knead for 10 minutes; or slap it vigorously 100 times; or place the dough ball in the stand mixer and, with the dough hook in place, let the mixer knead the dough for 10 minutes.
Lightly coat the inside of a ziptop bag with cooking spray and place the dough in the bag. After a 30-minute rest on the counter, seal the bag and refrigerate overnight before stretching the dough.
Strudel dough can be refrigerated for up to 2 days and cannot be successfully frozen. Makes 1 strudel sheet, about 20 by 24 inches when pulled.
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Review: “Gay on God’s Campus”
Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
Written by Philip Salim Francis | Wednesday, April 3, 2019
He considers activist efforts to change campus policy, campus climate, and hearts and minds. He concludes that effective activist movements on these campuses are often those that repurpose the language in a school’s theology such that it supports LGBT causes, or at least generates dialogue. In an unforgettable example, Coley describes a student group called Bridge Builders at Belmont University. This well-organized group managed to convince the school’s leadership to adopt a nondiscrimination policy, in part, by reframing LGBT issues, not in political terms, but as a theological discourse on Christ’s love for all.
Gay on God’s Campus is a book for the era of “the resistance,” that catch-all moniker of anti-Trump activism in its variegated forms. The resistance has broadened our definition of the activist to include individuals who heretofore would have eschewed such an identity, and perhaps eschew it still, as being only applicable to radicals and “political” types. Jonathan S. Coley’s book is not about Donald Trump, but it challenges us to think about activism and social change in broader and more flexible terms. Coley, a professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University, takes as his case study the remarkable rise in student activism for LGBT equality at Christian colleges and universities across the United States, primarily from the 1990s to the present. Through sociological—as well as historical and ethnographic—methods, he sets out to understand why students at these schools participate in LGBT groups, and what impact such groups have on participants and campuses. Coley’s central contention—and he does make a compelling case—is that you simply cannot understand the nature of these movements, or grasp the key to their effectiveness, by focusing solely on those students who participate out of what he calls their primary “politicized” identity—an identity type he contrasts with other primary identities such as religious, educational, moral, and relational. In short, Coley is advocating for an “inclusive understanding of activism,” which stands in contrast to the narrower emphasis of his field (8).
But Gay on God’s Campus is about much more than an argument pitched to fellow scholars of social movement studies (though at times—particularly in the framing of the project—Coley is beholden to the terminology of that sub-discipline). In this book, the reader receives at least four other novel gifts.
First, Gay on God’s Campus provides the most comprehensive historical accounting to date for the rise of LGBT activism at Christian colleges and universities (as far as I am aware). Coley observes the ways that such activism is informed by larger trends toward LGBT acceptance in the American public, while not collapsing these contexts.
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Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision, National Portrait Gallery
The Bloomsbury writer's brilliance distilled in a powerful and deeply moving exhibition
by Marina VaizeyTuesday, 15 July 2014
Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf in an Armchair, c.1912All images © National Portrait Gallery, London
Do we need more? Over the past 60 years thousands of books and bibliographies about Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) and the group of friends, lovers, spouses, partners, children, and houses with which she is associated, have been published, not to mention movies and plays and a more hidden mountain of academic dissertations.
There have been books about the books, and thousands upon thousands of photographs of the various permutations of their social life have been archived and many published. There have been major exhibitions in the past 20 years, a continual drip-feed of small specialist shows, and permanent collections both private and public, from paintings to ephemera, in museums, libraries and universities in England and the United States, and, of course, Virginia Woolf Societies. Bloomsbury inspires obsession.
But this succinct and emotionally direct anthology at the National Portrait Gallery does something more, and is a marvellous introduction to a staggeringly complex character enmeshed in a network of those who were profoundly engaged in private creativity, scientific investigation and public engagement.
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Appearances may be deceiving, but they also show something, and here is a trajectory of appearance, expressed both in the visual arts and also – and they too as physical objects are revealing – books, pamphlets and letters. They are all here, all that coterie, that clique and circle of friends and lovers who informed British cultural and political life for half a century, and whose legacy is massively significant today. As a wit once observed, this was a group that lived in squares (Bloomsbury itself), loved in triangles and talked in circles.
But here there is a sharp focus, a visual biography of one of the two sisters at its heart: Virginia Woolf, writer, novelist, biographer, critic, pamphleteer, essayist, publisher, friend, sister, aunt and wife. It was the beautiful, ethereal, emotionally fragile and intermittently severely mentally ill Virginia – several breakdowns, and finally suicide – who said, “Words are an impure medium, better far to have been born into the silent kingdom of paint”. She admired her painter sister Vanessa Bell unreservedly, and, too, the ebullient, profoundly brilliant and irresistibly influential critic-historian and painter Roger Fry, whose biography she wrote. Yet she also said that words survive the changes of time almost better than any other substance.
About 150 objects are on view – portraits by varied hands, including Duncan Grant and Bell – that form a surprisingly satisfying and illuminating, even profound, examination of a life, and to a certain extent not only its personal influence but its consequences.
The compilation charts her course from the famous photographs of Virginia’s ethereal beauty when she was just 20 (pictured right: Virginia Stephen by George Charles Beresford, July 1902) to the simple wooden walking stick Virginia left on the riverbank by the river Ouse when she walked into the water, her coat pockets filled with stones, to drown herself at the age of 59. For the first time the letters she left, both dispassionately and distressingly beside herself as she wrote to her older sister Vanessa and her husband Leonard at the prospect of yet another oncoming breakdown, are on display. The handwriting is clear, her self analysis perhaps unanswerable.
Though the focus is sharply on Virginia, it is accompanied by the two people closest to her: Vanessa, whose dustjackets and illustrative woodcuts were inseparable from almost all of Virginia’s books and pamphlets, and Leonard, described by Virginia herself – a radical revolutionary and original as she was, she was nevertheless, by birth and upbringing, a fully paid-up member of the English upper-middle class – as “the penniless Jew”. With their support through horrible breakdown after breakdown, Virginia sustained a prodigious output of reviews, essays, fiction and non-fiction, of a uniquely individual and persuasive brilliance.
It was no accident that the Woolfs called on Freud in his Hampstead house, that her brother Adrian (and his wife) became psychoanalysts, and we see a photograph of Freud in his Hampstead study. Here too is Duncan Grant’s cousin, and Lytton Strachey’s brother, James, portrayed in Grant’s portrait in precise yet casual mode, long legs stretched out as he almost slumps in his chair, his hand resting on a pile of books. James Strachey was to be the first and most influential translator of Freud into English, all 23 volumes of it. Messed-up yet almost hilariously productive lives were a speciality of the group: here are photographs of TS Eliot in a buttoned-up suit, next to Virginia; in one his infamously mad wife Vivienne is tiny and apart, dressed in virginal white. (Pictured above left: TS Eliot and Virginia Woolf by Lady Ottoline Morrell)
Two parallel portraits of Virginia by Vanessa from 1912 make the contradictions and paradoxes of the writer’s character – the unknowable persona of herself and others about which she was to write so vividly and memorably – strikingly apparent. In one she is embraced by an armchair, a piece of crocheting in her lap, wearing an old lady’s cardigan, her facial features almost entirely obliterated (main picture). In the other she is in front of a table, manuscript or book open in front, her luminous eyes looking out obliquely at something we cannot see, her beauty poignant and wholly memorable.
We see Virginia dressed up for Vogue, fashionable indeed; we see her wearing an ill-fitting dress of her beloved mother’s; and we see her indifferent to appearance, looking like a slightly demented spinster schoolteacher. She is a woman for all seasons. One of Virginia’s best known essays – about women, about writing – is A Room of Her Own. The National Portrait Gallery has justly given her just that – indeed, several rooms of her own. She was known to be a gossip, a beauty, difficult, even impossible, malicious and mesmerising, terrifying and irresistible, hardworking, maddening and maddened. She was not only talented, but an unexpected genius in her way. In so far as this can be made visible, this glorious exhibition distills and communicates a triumphant and tragic character.
Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision at the National Portrait Gallery until 26 October
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Ogun Polls: Tribunal dismisses Labour Party’s petition
by Ikokwu Ikemba on June 22, 2019
The Ogun State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, on Friday, struck out the petition by the Labour Party (LP) challenging the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun.
The Labour party had gone to the tribunal to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for alleged unlawful exclusion of the party’s candidate from contesting during the last governorship election in the state.
The tribunal also awarded a N500,000 compensatory fine against the Labour Party, to be paid to Governor Abiodun. The tribunal predicated its judgement on the absence of the petitioner in court and neither was it represented by any counsel.
Reacting to the news, Governor Abiodun, declared: ”The people spoke with their votes on March 9 and today the tribunal confirmed it. That is democracy at work. So, I believe that puts an end to the petition and we pray that the petition will rest in perfect peace. Now, we expect all political parties and other purpose-driven stakeholders to join hands with us to build our future together.”
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Speaking with newsmen after the judgement, Prof. Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), the lead counsel to Governor Abiodun, said the petitioner had based “their argument for nonappearance on a letter written to the Court of Appeal asking for the case to be transferred, which was rejected by the Tribunal.”
Osipitan had prayed the court to dismiss the petition due to the absence of the petitioner as enshrined in the nation’s law, that, when a petitioner and his counsel fail to appear in court, such a petition should be dismissed, which was later agreed upon by the tribunal.
He said: “We joined issues with them, that, they have no candidates, so to say, or that the nominations of the candidate were not lawful and, therefore, INEC was right in not listing their candidates for the election. But after we had filed all our papers, today (Friday) was fixed for the hearing, for the case to commence. Neither the petitioner, that is, the candidate of the party, nor their counsel was in court.
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”They predicated their absence on a letter they wrote to the president of the court of appeal, asking for the case to be transferred. We felt that is not a reason why they should not be in court at all, that even if they have any issues, they should come to court and say it out loud and clear.
”At any rate, we looked at the provisions of the law that say that when a case is fixed for hearing and the petitioner is not in court, then we as respondents are entitled to judgement dismissing the case and once it is dismissed, there is no room for it to be re-listed.
”So we invoked that provision and applied to the tribunal that the petition be dismissed for want of diligent persecution because they were absent in court.”
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Chapter of the APC has described the decision of the state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, dismissing the petition filed by the Labour Party as a welcome development.
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The party’s caretaker committee’s Publicity Secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye, in a press statement, released in Abeokuta, on Friday, described the decision of the tribunal as a “welcome development,” stressing that LP’s inability to prosecute its petition is “not unexpected.”
”It is expected because the rag-tag party who could not even fill candidates for half of the elective positions at the last elections, deliberately waited till after the elections to resort to blackmail, arm twisting and other undemocratic tactics. We all know in Ogun State that LP is a shaky platform that springs up in each election year to extort gullible politicians and rabble-rouse.
”We commend the courageous decision of the tribunal, which was in tandem with Section 46 (3) of the First Schedule to the provision of Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), which entitled the respondent to final judgement for failure of the petitioner to attend the tribunal for the hearing of the petition,” the party said.
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By Gideon Akeni
Netflix introduced its ‘download feature’ for offline viewing back in 2016, allowing its users to download content and enjoy it offline while they are on the go.
The feature has caught on in the Indian market, with some daily commuters relying heavily on it to keep themselves busy even when they don’t have access to the internet.
The feature itself comes in handy when you don’t have an unlimited data plan on your mobile device or in a place where the Wi-Fi charges are unjustifiably high.
However, Netflix’s download feature has some restriction, something most of you might already be aware of in case you case you are a frequent user.
If you are a heavy user who downloads loads of movies or TV shows, then you might have noticed or encountered some download limits related errors, which prevents you from downloading any more content.
So what precisely is the download limit on Netflix and how can you get around this limit? To find out about this, continue reading.
What is the Netflix Download Limit?
While the platform allows its users to download Netflix movies to enjoy offline, they also place a limit which prohibits users from downloading too many TV shows and movies.
According to a Netflix support page, a user can only download a maximum of 100 titles in a single device at any given time, following which they will be greeted by an error which will prevent them from downloading any more content on that device.
Additionally, depending on the Netflix subscription plan you are using, you will only be able to download titles on up to four devices at any given time.
The downloaded titles also have an expiration time, but it varies from title to title based on the licensing agreement both Netflix and the creator has of that particular title.
Users are only notified about expiring downloads 7 (seven) days before the expiration date, and in the case where downloaded content is deleted from the platform, the download expires automatically. But why does Netflix impose a download limit in the first place?
If you are already paying for the service, so why does the platform limit you from downloading the content that you have already subscribed for? To answer that, let’s look at Netflix’s policy o downloads.
Why Does Netflix Have a Download Limit on its Content?
In recent years, Netflix has invested a lot in original content and has created a big archive of movies, TV shows and documentaries, but the platform still has a lot of content which is licensed from other content creators.
The Netflix download limit is something that is being controlled by these license holders, and it varies from title to title.
Netflix does not show the download limit set on each title and its users are only alerted about the download limit when there is just one last download left.
The download expiration of titles owned by another creator is also something set by the content creators, and that too varies quite a bit from creator to creator.
This means that while some downloaded titles may not expire for weeks on end, some might expire in just two days (48 hours).
There is no way to find out the exact date a title is going to expire, which is convenient, especially if you are not able to watch the title within the set expiration date, which will still count towards your total number of downloads.
However, once you have expended the number of times you can download a particular title, you might have to wait for a long time before you will be able to download the exact title again, provided the content creator has a provision for that in their agreement with Netflix.
And even though the same reason for limiting downloads should not be applicable on Netflix Originals, but the platform does not provide any clarification on why there is a download limit on original content as well.
Common Netflix Download Limit Errors You Might Confront
Since the platform is not upfront towards its download limits, there is no way to know when you have passed a threshold, but until you get an error message when you are trying to download Netflix shows.
There are few different errors you might come across when you download Netflix movies to view offline, and you need to know what these errors mean before you can try to get around them.
Here are some of the most frequent errors you may encounter while downloading Netflix content for offline viewing:
Netflix error code:10016-22005 "You have too many downloaded videos"
According to Netflix, users can save up to a maximum of 100 titles on a single device at a time.
So in this case, if you exceed that download limit, which seems to be quite unlikely, you will get an error on your app which will tell you that you have too many downloaded videos on your device. To download more titles, you will need to delete older videos from your device.
Error code: 10016-23000 "You have downloads on too many devices"
Based on your subscription plan on Netflix, you are allowed to download content on up to four devices at any given time.
But if you try to download any more titles, an error will pop up notifying you that you have downloaded on too many devices.
So to continue downloading movies and TV shows on a new device, first you will have to delete all older download from another device or upgrade your subscription plan to enable you to exceed the device limit.
Error code: 10016-22007 "You have reached the yearly download limit for this video"
As mentioned previously, Netflix can stop you from downloading a single title more than a couple of times, with the number of downloads based on the licensing agreement the platform has with the content creator.
And in case you have downloaded a particular file more than a couple of times, Netflix will alert you that you have reached the yearly download limit for that specific title.
There is no way to avoid this download limit, and you have no choice than to wait for the stipulated time before you can download the title again.
How Can You solve the Netflix Download Limit Errors?
Now that you’ve acquainted yourself with the most common download limit-related errors you might encounter on Netflix, let’s take a look at how you can resolve the errors:
How You Can Fix Netflix’s “You Have Too Many Downloaded Videos” Error?
If you are trying to download a video and Netflix alerts you that you have already downloaded too many videos, then you will need to delete older downloads before you can continue with the current download.
You can remove older downloads by heading to the Download section within the app on either Android, Windows 10 or iOS and select the titles that you wish to download.
The platform also enables you to delete all your previous downloads all at once, to free up some significant amount of space which will then give way for you to download more titles all at once.
But in case you come in contact with any trouble while deleting older downloads, this Netflix support page lists down quick and easy steps on how you can delete old downloads on Netflix for Android, iOS and Windows 10.
How You Can Fix Netflix’s “You Have Downloads on Too Many Devices” Error?
If you encounter the ‘You have downloads on too many devices’ error, and you will need to remove all the downloads from an older device to start downloading on a new device.
You can follow the same steps as mentioned above to delete all downloads from an older device, but in case you have no access to the device, you can follow these steps to delete downloads from the older devices:
Open your Netflix account in your browser, move your mouse towards the profile icon in the top right corner of the page and click on the ‘Account’ option in the drop-down menu.
Now, click on the ‘Manage download devices’ option under the ‘Setting’, and you will be redirected to another page which lists all your connected devices that have downloaded content.
Remove the older devices from the list by clicking on the ‘Remove device’ button under the corresponding device.
Now, your older device and all of the downloaded videos on the device should now be removed and allowing you to download more videos on your new device.
Use Netflix Smart Downloads to Manage your Downloaded Content?
If you no longer want to go through with the stress of maintaining the downloaded videos on your devices, you can also make use of the Netflix Smart Downloads feature.
This feature which was released for Android devices earlier this year, downloads the next episode in a series automatically (only if you are connected to Wi-Fi), while also deleting the episodes that you have already seen.
This feature is only available on Android device, and as you would expect, it only works with TV series.
You can enable the ‘Smart Downloads’ feature on your Android device by navigating to the Downloads tab and then taping on the Smart Downloads option which is located at the top left corner.
Note: Smart Downloads feature will only work if there are additional episodes to download in your TV show, but in case there are not many episodes left, the last watched episode won’t be deleted.
Watch Netflix Offline without Worrying About any Download Limit
Now that you’re aware of the information mentioned above, you should be able to face any issue that may arise with the Netflix download limit.
However, you will still be required to be careful about the number of times you download a specific title, or you might have to wait up to a whole year to be able to download it again.
In case you reach the maximum download limit for a particular video, you will still be able to stream it online, but you will not be able to download it.
Are you a part of the millions of people who use offline Netflix? What are your thoughts about the imposed limitations on downloadable content? Let us know your views in the comments section below.
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East Cork syndicate win 500k EuroMillions Plus prize
By TheCork.ie on 13th April, 2015 Area: Cork City Centre, Area: East Cork, Business, Entertainment
13 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie When you play EuroMillions is it worth ticking the extra box to play EuroMillions plus? Plus is an Irish draw, with lesser prizes where a player has twice the chance of wining. Today the answer for some people from Cork arrived, and it was a firm “yes”. A […]
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13 April 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork’s financial sector has been urged to embrace “data analytics” to remain competitive. Th CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant) “thought leadership conference” on big data will take place in the City on Saturday, 18 April. The conference, held by CIMA Ireland in partnership with CIT, and sponsored by […]
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13 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Mick Barry this morning said that there are strong and growing indications that Irish Water may be unable to collect the water charge if people simply refuse to pay it. His comments came in the wake of yesterday’s SUNDAY TIMES revelation that the Courts […]
Large anti water march this Saturday
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10 April 2015 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Thousands are expected to attend tomorrow’s We Won’t Pay anti-water charges demonstration in Cork city as bills begin to drop and the mood for a non-payment boycott appears to harden across the country. Tomorrow’s demonstration will assemble at the City Library in the Grand Parade at 2pm, will […]
IBEC wants Cork City boundary to be extended
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Disposable-Wipes Manufacturer Challenges D.C.’S Murky ‘Do Not Flush’ Law
Ingram Publishing/NewscomTo flush or not to flush? The Kimberly-Clark Corporation is suing D.C. over the question, after a law the city passed last year tried to keep the company from labeling its disposable wipes “flushable.”
The whole matter might seem a little silly for those outside the septic or paper product industries. But it provides a perfect case study in arbitrary regulation and government incompetence.
Under the Nonwoven Disposable Products Act of 2016, passed last December, disposable paper products such as cleansing wipes are forbidden from being labeled as flushable “unless there is competent and reliable scientific evidence to substantiate that the non-woven disposable product is flushable sewer safe, and septic safe.” Products that don’t meet this standard must be labeled with “Do Not Flush.”
Come January 1, 2018, manufacturers of everything from facial tissues to paper towels could face civic penalties and fines for failure to meet the new labeling requirements.
Yet the city has offered no guidance on what counts as “competent and reliable scientific evidence” of flushability, nor information on how the city will test suspicious paper products. And repeated requests by Kimberly-Clark for more information went unanswered.
At hearings about the rule, experts for the city suggested that no disposable cleansing wipe currently on the market was fit to be flushed, and that even some toilet paper wasn’t flushable.
This puts companies like Kimberly-Clark—a major manufacturer of personal care products (including several lines of cleansing wipes that can supposedly be flushed without clogging toilets and pipes)—in a bind. They have no way to determine how to ensure their products will meet D.C.’s standard. But if they fail to follow these unknowable rules, D.C. can punish them.
In a lawsuit filed September 15 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Kimberly-Clark contends that the law is unconstitutional for a host of reasons, including its failure to set clear standards for avoiding sanctions.
The suit also argues that D.C. is violating Kimberly-Clark’s First Amendment rights by forcing the company to make untrue statements about its products and that it impermissably seeks to hold Kimberly-Clark “vicariously liable for the actions of others, namely the unaffiliated businesses that buy Kimberly-Clark’s flushable wipes elsewhere in the United States and then—lawfully—choose to resell them to local consumers.”
And then there is the question of the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, which grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. Kimberly-Clark products are made in South Carolina, where labeling the wipes as flushable is legal. Thus, the suit argues, D.C.’s flushable-product policy “invalidly seeks to regulate the conduct of manufacturers in other states by imposing civil sanctions on conduct that is entirely lawful” there. Meanwhile, the act entirely fails to regulate any local activity:
IT REMAINS LAWFUL UNDER THE ACT FOR RETAILERS TO BUY WIPES LABELED AS FLUSHABLE AND TO RESELL THOSE PRODUCTS TO CONSUMERS IN D.C., REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT LABELING IS DEEMED CONSISTENT WITH THE ACT. LIKEWISE, IT REMAINS LAWFUL FOR D.C. CONSUMERS TO PURCHASE AND USE THOSE VERY SAME PRODUCTS, NO MATTER HOW THEY ARE LABELED. BUT IT IS THE MANUFACTURERS WHO EXCLUSIVELY BEAR LIABILITY FOR THIS ACTIVITY, AS THE ONLY THING REGULATED BY THE ACT IS NON-LOCAL MANUFACTURING AND LABELING ACTIVITY. THUS, WHETHER CONSTRUED AS A PER SE INVALID REGULATION OF OUT-OF-STATE COMMERCIAL CONDUCT OR AS A REGULATION THAT INORDINATELY BURDENS INTERSTATE COMMERCE, THE ACT VIOLATES THE COMMERCE CLAUSE.
According to a company statement, Kimberly-Clark wipes “are engineered to rapidly lose strength as soon as they are flushed” and “meet or exceed widely accepted industry guidelines for flushability.” In the “largest sewer collection study, conducted in New York City in 2016, not a single Kimberly-Clark flushable wipe was found,” it notes. A Federal Trade Commission investigation agreed that the wipes are sufficiently flushable.
The sponsor of the new law, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D–Ward 3), derided the lawsuit in a WAMU interview. “Honestly, we compel speech all the time,” she said. “We tell food vendors that they have to label their products. We have labeling requirement all the time, and to characterize it as compelled speech is really no argument at all.”
The same goes for Commerce Clause concerns. “Guess what? A lot of our safety regulation affect manufacturers out of state,” Cheh said.
This seems disingenuous, since the suit isn’t arguing that local governments can’t compel some sorts of commercial speech or set some regulations that affect products made out of state. The issue here is that D.C. has set an impossible regulatory standard, one that companies have no way of knowing whether they meet or fail.
Star: Charlie Hunnam is thinking about marrying his girlfriend of 10 years
The past year of Charlie Hunnam has not been great for his image. He can’t shut up about how he ghosted his girlfriend Morgana McNelis, or how ignoring her and cutting off contact with her for five months was “really hard” on her, or how funny it was. Charlie and Morgana have been together for ten years, and ghosting or not, they do seem to be pretty solid. Meaning, she puts up with a lot, but hey, at least he tries to defend his relationship to his creepy stalkers? Something like that. After a decade together, it appears that Charlie might be thinking about marrying her. This is according to Star Magazine.
After more than a decade of dating, Charlie Hunnam is preparing to pop the question to jewelry designer Morgana McNelis!
“After his divorce, Charlie didn’t believe in rushing things,” says a source close to the actor, who wed actress Katharine Towne just one month after they met in 1999 and described their marriage as three “terrible, painful, expensive” years.
“Charlie and Morgana have been OK with just living together, but now, as he approached 40, his thoughts have turned to starting a family.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
Charlie talked about his first marriage a little bit while he was promoting King Arthur. He got hitched in Vegas when he was 18 years old, and the divorce lasted longer than the marriage, I believe. That’s the kind of thing that would put most people off the institution for a long time, I would think. I’m not even sure Charlie would ever get married to anyone ever again, but who knows? If you find a partner who will stay with you even when you ghost them for five months (and then laugh about it later), I guess you probably should put a ring on it.
Stossel: Eye Test Innovators vs Bottleneckers
Need glasses? Going to an optometrist can be a pain and waste the better part of a day. So a company, Opternative, invented an at-home test. It’s cheaper and more convenient than traditional eye exams. You just need a cell phone and a computer.
But the American Optometric Association (AOA) wants it banned. They say “it poses significant health risks to consumers” because “it relies on new, self-administered tests” rather than “assessment by an eye care professional.”
Everyone who wants glasses should go to an eye doctor, says the association.
Is this new eye test dangerous? Or is it a cheap and efficient eye care alternative?
John Stossel takes the Opternative at-home test in Part 2 of our “Bottleneckers” series.
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• We support the priestly ministry, especially in marriage preparation, RCIA follow-up and in outreach to non-practicing members
- This takes place through appointments set up from priest referrals and other encounters.
• We provide printed literature and sacramentals that will encourage others in living and growing in their practice of the faith.
• We will distribute rosaries, Fatima prayer chaplets, Holy Cards, and scapulars as well as information on Fatima and the apostolate
• We will train volunteers and full-time missionaries to further the works of the apostolate, and act as representatives/contact persons within their parishes.
• We provide talks on Mary’s messages at Fatima, as well as how to live the faith, why live it, what will happen when you do, how to reclaim your marriage and family, and other pertinent Catholic topics. These will be available in person, as well as online.
• We maintain an informational website as well as an online gift shop. These components will help to further educate and evangelize as well as provide a source to obtain sacramentals and religious items.
- We will develop an online resource center containing education, videos and testimonies on relevant topics for today’s families.
- Our website contains an interactive blog that is linked to numerous social media outlets.
• We attend conferences throughout the U.S. in order to spread the message of Fatima and directly engage conference goers.
• We will establish a local Fatima conference in our diocese to promote the family
- Speakers will include priests as well as prominent Catholic speakers
The Apostolate
The Fatima Project is an evangelistic apostolate that seeks to spread the Gospel message of Jesus Christ as revealed by holy scripture, tradition, the teaching authority of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and through the approved messages given at Fatima by the Blessed Virgin Mary, while remaining obedient to the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
It is, at the heart, an individual and family ministry that seeks to engage Catholics in the New Evangelization, which is all about retelling the Catholic story to a world that has largely forgotten it. It’s about reminding, reintroducing, reinvigorating, and ultimately reviving a latent faith buried within.
The Fatima Project seeks to remind all Catholics of what they know deep in their bones: that life has purpose, meaning, direction, and hope; that God loves you; that the Church is on your side; that Jesus wants to give you life, and life to the fullest. Once those truths are re-encountered for the second, third, or thousandth time, then the faithful will find this new life.
Our mission is to spread the authentic message of Fatima by teaching individuals and families how to practically apply the requests of Our Lady of Fatima to their daily lives, thereby drawing them into a deeper union with Christ through the Virgin Mary and the sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Fatima has been called the "Gospel in miniature." What Mary taught us at Fatima is what the Church has always taught. Our Lady brings us a message from Our Lord and teaches us a simple way to fulfill what He is asking of us. As we accept the sufferings and inconveniences that come to us naturally, and offer these sacrifices for souls, we naturally become less self-focused and, therefore, grow in our ability to love and experience the love of others and God. The result is a lasting joy in our dignity in belonging to Christ, peace with those around us, and union with our Lord Jesus Christ. These selfless offerings form the foundation of families, marriages, and society.
The Fatima Project was born after years of making rosaries for Dakota Rosary Works. Through the ministy of sharing the rosary, we were blessed by the faith of our customers, and enriched beyond description by the devotion of so many that shared their devotions and experiences with us. Our prior background in counseling, youth ministry, parish life, and phone time and conference time through Dakota Rosary Works has afforded us the opportunity to see and hear firsthand the issues plaguing our families, pastors, their staff, and the parishes as a whole. It is our sincerest hope that The Fatima Project can become a resource for families, individuals and local pastors, assisting them in their effort to bring about a revitalized community, firmly established in God, through the power of the Holy Spirit and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Contact us for exquisite Catholic rosaries and handmade prayer items
605-941-9955 info@thefatimaproject.org 38560 127th Street; Aberdeen, SD 57401
The Fatima Project
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Release Date: 4th August 17
Cherry Blossom Life is the third album from East Anglian hardcore bruisers, THE DOMESTICS. This record sees them drawing evermore on their Japanese, Swedish and USHC influences, integrating them further into their already ferociously defined sound.
It’s fast, it’s rabidly pissed off, but it’s not just another formula hardcore record. Check some of the lyrical themes here – from philosophical musings on the concept of love (and how it’s sold to us) to the plight of migrants exploited by employers in destination countries; from notions of authenticity in punk, domestic violence, the purging of destructive familial ties and the usual dose of loathing (self and otherwise). And that’s just for starters.
Cherry Blossom Life is a more musically stripped-down record than its predecessor, Routine & Ritual, now that the band has pared down to a four piece, but this seems only to have focused their rage across these 17 tracks all the more.
Previously compared to the likes of classic hardcore outfits such as OUT COLD, GAUZE, NEGATIVE APPROACH, RIPCORD, FORWARD, POISON IDEA and BLACK FLAG, alongside more contemporary exponents like GREEN BERET, CAREER SUICIDE and KOWARD, U.S. punk bible, MAXIMUM ROCK ‘N’ ROLL described their last album as “Stellar…if you’re gonna play hardcore don’t fuck around. THE DOMESTICS got the memo…pissed beyond belief”. Stalwart UK punk zine SUSPECT DEVICE described them as “one of the UK’s finest punk bands” whilst New Zealand’s’ SCANNER refers to them as “brutal hardcore…caustic yet intelligent”. It remains to be seen what people make of this record, but take it from me, it fucking rips!
Frontman, James Domestic, talking about the new record, says “This really is the culmination of the six years that this band has existed and for the first time, rather than simply being a recording of all the new songs we had, it was actually written as an album. The flow and the dynamics of the whole thing was considered right from the start. I mean, in the main, it’s the fastest record we’ve made –but there are peaks and troughs. We’re not a one trick pony y’know?”
Asked about what he thinks THE DOMESTICS bring to the crowded hardcore table, James has this to say: “One thing we’re always keen on is proper, catchy, memorable songs. There’s tons of great hardcore all over the world but the stuff I like best has speed, intensity and really great songs. Riffs and shouting is all well and good, but if you have good songs within that too, it means that a record, can have longevity and connection…it’ll still sound great in ten years or twenty years time and messages carry better if a song is memorable; if people come and see you play and are singing along that’s just the best thing for us. It feels like the communication of ideas – political, social or personal – is all the richer”.
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LILLEY: RCMP were blocked from fully investigating Trudeau's office on SNC obstruction claims
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Published on: September 11, 2019 | Last Updated: September 11, 2019 2:25 PM EDT
We now have it confirmed: The RCMP have been investigating the possibility that someone in the Trudeau government obstructed justice in the SNC-Lavalin case.
The news was revealed in a bombshell report by the Globe and Mail issued less than 12 hours before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to visit Rideau Hall and kick off the 2019 election.
This isn’t a matter of speculation or partisan spin. This isn’t something that Liberal supporters can dismiss as people inventing a scandal where there is none. We know the RCMP have been looking into the matter because they have been interviewing people involved in the case and seeking documents.
And the government has blocked them from doing so.
That is the shocking part.
The Clerk of the Privy Council has determined that cabinet confidence is more important than a police investigation into obstruction of justice in a case involving corruption. Ian Shugart, the clerk, invoked cabinet confidence to block the Mounties from talking to people.
That was confirmed to the Globe not only by a spokesman for the justice department but also a spokesman for Trudeau himself.
Ian MacLeod, the spokesman for justice, told the Globe the decision not to give a broader waiver for cabinet confidence “was made solely by the Clerk of the Privy Council as guardian of cabinet confidences.” Trudeau’s spokesman, Cameron Ahmad, told the paper that the PMO had no role in the decision.
Except they did, they backed it up.
Here is a simple fact, the PM could waive this issue of cabinet confidence and allow people to speak freely to the police if he is so convinced that no crime has been committed.
He won’t though.
Trudeau supported blocking nine different witnesses from giving full testimony to the ethics commissioner and the refusal to turn over documents for that investigation. He’s now backed up the decision to block the RCMP.
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Essentially Trudeau is supporting the obstruction of an investigation into obstruction of justice.
No doubt the PM will be asked about this and once again invoke his support for our democratic institutions and the rule of law. Yet it is those very things that Trudeau is mocking by blocking a House of Commons committee, the ethics commissioner and now the RCMP from fully investigating this matter.
On that cold February morning when Trudeau first faced questions on the SNC-Lavalin scandal, I stood there in a commuter parking lot just feet away from him as he denied the story completely.
Since then, as new elements have come out, as the original story was confirmed, Trudeau has changed his own story of what happened. When that didn’t work with the public, he started using his power to shut down every attempt to examine the facts in this matter.
Shutting down the House of Commons committee can be dismissed as partisan politics. Denying the ethics commissioner full access to witnesses and documents was wrong and petulant.
But blocking the RCMP is Putinesque.
According to the Globe, the RCMP will put any examination of this issue on hold during the election. If Trudeau wins on Oct. 21, the Mounties will be blocked from investigating permanently.
Do Canadians want a system where the PM and his office are above the law?
We know Trudeau does, he’s told us that with his actions. On Oct. 21 we will find out what Canadians think.
blilley@postmedia.com
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Karnataka bypolls to cost exchequer over ₹20 crore
Bengaluru, December 04, 2019 22:39 IST
Election officials leave after collecting EVMs and other polling material from collection centres on the eve of the bypolls in Bengaluru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: PTI
The bypolls to the 15 constituencies will cost the exchequer over ₹20 crore. This is apart from the expenses spent on revising and updating electoral rolls and related administrative costs, which will amount to nearly ₹10 crore more.
If put together, it takes ₹2 crore administrative cost to elect a legislator in the bypolls that have been necessitated due to resignations and disqualification of 17 MLAs. This is the estimation of the Election Commission based on the cost it incurred on the Assembly elections in 2018. The total cost incurred then (for all 224 constituencies) was ₹393.07 crore, amounting to ₹1.75 crore per constituency. A year before that, the EC incurred an expense of nearly ₹1.5 crore on the Gundlupet and Nanjangud bypolls.
In the 2013 Assembly elections, the expenditure was ₹286.59 crore at ₹1.27 crore per legislator. With inflation, the cost of poll machinery and infrastructure required to conduct polls saw a steep rise and the cost went up to ₹393.07 crore in the 2018 Assembly polls.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar told The Hindu that since the bypolls have come within months of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls (April-May 2019), expenses incurred on the revision and update of electoral rolls cannot be included in the overall cost of the bypolls. “Electoral roll revision is a routine process and even without the bypolls, the expenses would have been the same. We may have to see this as a separate component,” he said.
Pointing out that civil expenditure (to conduct voter awareness campaigns, remuneration of polling personnel and election observers) will be a major component, the CEO said this is expected as cost of poll-related consumables had steeply increased.
Security arrangements
Another major component of the total cost is security arrangements. The EC has deployed 42,500 personnel for the bypolls, where 37,77,970 voters will exercise their franchise in 4,185 polling booths.
With 884 polling booths having being identified as critical booths, the EC has stepped up surveillance by deploying additional forces, especially in constituencies that are on the border areas of neighbouring States. At least seven of the 15 constituencies border the neighbouring States of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, and Tamil Nadu.
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Printable version | Jan 20, 2020 5:09:47 PM | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bypolls-to-cost-exchequer-over-20-crore/article30170085.ece
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Hindi newspaper restrained from using name, image of Indian Express Group founder
Mumbai, November 23, 2019 21:50 IST
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The court was hearing an infringement suit filed by the Indian Express Group.
The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has restrained publisher Prashant Goenka and others from using the name and image of Indian Express Group founder Ramnath Goenka in his newspaper Sajaga Samachar Parivartan Ka.
Justice S.C. Gupte also directed defendants Prashant Goenka and others not to use Ramnath Goenka’s name and image on their websites and social media platforms until further orders.
The court was hearing an infringement suit filed by the Indian Express Group. It said Prashant Goenka was claiming to be the late Ramnath Goenka’s grandson and passing off his newspaper as part of the Indian Express Group.
The group sought an order from the court restraining Prashant Goenka from using the name and image of its founder in his Hindi newspaper, which is circulated in Bengaluru.
Justice Gupte, after hearing brief arguments from both parties, noted that the plaintiff (the Indian Express Group) has prima facie made out a case for interim relief.
“The question before the court is should the defendant be allowed to trade with the name and image of Ramnath Goenka in view of the newspaper and to collect funds and other concerns,” the court said.
“Prima facie, at this stage, it seems the answer is negative. The plaintiff has clearly made a case for ad-interim injunction in suit for perpetual injunction,” it said.
The court directed the defendants to file affidavits responding to the suit and posted the matter for final hearing after six weeks.
Indian Express Group counsel Dinyar Madon argued that Prashant Goenka was seeking to ride on the goodwill of the group.
He informed the court that Prashant Goenka had in fact organised an awards ceremony — RNG Peace Awards — on the same lines as that of the Indian Express Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Prashant Goenka’s advocates, Nausher Kohli and Jay Vakil, contended that their client had applied for the awards’ title and hence it did not amount to infringement. According to the advocates, their client is a grandson of Ramnath Goenka’s brother.
They claimed Prashant Goenka admires Ramnath Goenka, a doyen of Indian journalism, since his childhood and has been working with an intent to maintain his reputation.
Justice Gupte said it is not just a question of use of name by relatives, but of use of the name of The Indian Express.
According to the plaintiff, Prashant Goenka’s newspaper is not part of the 87-year-old Indian Express Group.
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Farrah Abraham to Bristol Palin: You Can't Handle Teen Mom!
by Hilton Hater at December 13, 2018 8:06 pm .
Bristol Palin was brought on to Teen Mom OG as Farrah Abraham's replacement.
But Abraham would like to now make one thing clear:
No one can replace her!
And everyone wants to be her!
This is basically what the occasional porn star told TMZ when asked about comments Palin recently made, sort of at Farrah's expense.
Abraham tried really hard in the interview to rise above this simmering feud, but she simply couldn't resist getting in a few jabs at Bristol and the other Teen Moms as well.
Scroll down to see what she had to say and then read Bristol's comments that started it all...
1. Don't Get Me Started!
Asked by TMZ for her thoughts on Palin complaining that MTV was editing footage to make her look like a Farrah-like villain, Abraham tried to stay above the fray. "She doesn't matter to me nor does Teen Mom" in general, the former star told a cameraman at the airport on Thursday, December 13.
2. Okay, Fine. Now I'm Starting...
"The only thing MTV and Teen Moms use my name for is to get publicity for the show," she continued, trying to emphasize that she has moved on.
3. She's Sort of Moved On
We mean, she's STILL employed by MTV and is STILL a reality star. Abraham has signed on for the new season of something called Ex on the Beach.
4. As for Bristol, Though?
"Bristol isn't prepared to be on national television or Teen Mom or understand production. That's why she brings my name into it," Abraham told TMZ.
5. And Then She Got Personal:
"I'm an amazing mother, I don't know about her," Farrah continued. "She makes the best choices for her life, maybe Teen Mom isn't the best choice."
6. That's Actually Reasonable
The way Palin has talked about the show and her portrayal, it sounds as if she was expecting something else entirely. Was she not prepared to have her life and her relationship dramatized by a network that specializes in doing exactly this?
7. They All Just Wanna Be Me!
Farrah was on a roll now with TMZ, adding: "I think she wants to be Farrah Abraham... like many of the other women who say they hate me... but they only wish they could have what I have."
8. Wait, What Does She Have Again?
Never-ending feuds with Teen Mom cast members and a resume that includes adult Webcam footage? We guess some folks might be jealous of that.
9. In the End, When It Comes to Bristol?
"I wish her all the best," Farrah did say twice, concluding: "I don't think she's prepared for Teen Mom. I think she should just leave."
10. Here. Watch the Interview for Yourself.
She sort of makes sense at times.
11. Wait, What Did Bristol Say to Start All of This?
Under fire from the Internet for how she has treated ex-husband Dakota Meyer on various episodes, Palin went off on a quality Instagram rant that blamed producers for purposely making her look bad.
12. This Is How It Opened:
"If I cared what people thought of me, I wouldn’t be here today - let’s be real. I’ve stood strong and held it down for my kids since day one."
13. And Then She Was Off, Folks!
"No matter how bad @teenmom tries to portray my “life” ..... my babies, my family, my close friends - they know the TRUTH. I’m a pretty great mom, work my ass off, show up, and hustle everyday to give my kids a pretty great life."
14. Darn You, MTV!
Continued the mother of three: "@mtv doesn’t want to talk about faith, show work ethic, or juggling three kids alone, they don’t want to show the humble process of starting over after a divorce, building a career, or any real life issues."
15. And Here's the Farrah Part:
"All they want with my little segment each week is some fake fill-in Farrah Abraham/Jerry Springer BS, and it’s simply not true."
16. I Suck Sometimes, But...
"Don’t get me wrong - I’ve said some mean things and learned a lot the last several months - but the life I’ve built for my kids is NOT sitting around talking about baby daddy drama."
17. I Never Expected This from a Reality Show!
Palin concluded her whining as follows: "Every week is a continued disappointment with their inaccuracies and false narratives. I hate getting all emo on you guys but I’ve kept quiet for too long about it. Don’t believe everything you see on TV. "
18. She is Trying to Change
Days after this social media diatribe, Palin was asked about her relationship these days with Meyer and replied: "We have made incredible strides the last several weeks, super grateful, it’s been amazing."
19. Fine, Whatever. Who Cares?
We are just focused on your relationship with Abraham. Will you two settle your score inside a celebrity boxing ring or what?!?
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Home Baseball Indiana baseball is off to Louisville to begin the NCAA Tournament
Indiana baseball is off to Louisville to begin the NCAA Tournament
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Cole Barr rounds the bases after hitting a home run in Indiana’s loss to Kent State. (Kurt Spitler/HN)
The Indiana Hoosiers will travel just down the road to Louisville for their NCAA Tournament regional matchups. The Hoosiers are in the tournament for the sixth time in the last seven years and the ninth appearance in the program’s history. The Hoosiers are the No. 2 seed in the region. Here’s how the field lines up:
Our #RoadToOmaha starts in Louisville.#GoIU pic.twitter.com/VUnZvq8Ezy
— Indiana Baseball ⚾️ (@IndianaBase) May 27, 2019
The Hoosiers will match up with Illinois State on Friday at 2 p.m. to start their NCAA Tournament. Let’s learn a little bit about the Louisville regional.
Let’s start with the team Indiana will play first, the Illinois State Redbirds. They finished the season 34-24, 14-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Redbirds played a majority of their games on the road this season, finishing 19-17 away from home. Add in neutral site games and the Redbirds are 21-19 with 69 percent of their games away from home.
Back in March, Illinois State took one of the three games against then No. 1 and now a top-4 seed Vanderbilt. They split their two midweek games with No. 4 seed UIC this season. In total, against NCAA Tournament teams, the Redbirds were 7-13.
NCAA Tournament & Louisville Bound
The moment we heard our named called!
🎥: @Redbird_Pro #RoadToOmaha #BackTheBirds 🔴⚾️⚫️ pic.twitter.com/8iRWKx68HN
— Redbird Baseball (@RedbirdBaseball) May 27, 2019
Illinois State is paced offensively by junior Joe Aeilts. He’s hitting .350, with a team-high 14 doubles. He also has 10 home runs and 46 RBI, both second-best.
Four other Redbirds are hitting over .300. Junior John Rave leads the team with 12 home runs and 48 RBI. The team is hitting .295 and has 50 home runs.
On the mound, Indiana will likely face off against left-hander Brent Headrick, the Redbirds Friday night starter. He has a 3.50 ERA this season in 15 starts with a 9-3 record. He’s pitched a team-high 90 innings and has 101 strikeouts, best on the team by a wide margin.
An important note, he’s only allowed five home runs this season. That could be a big factor against a team like Indiana that relies heavily on the long ball.
The Hoosiers and Cardinals faced off just under two weeks ago, when Louisville won in a 12-inning marathon. The Cardinals had a 6-0 nothing lead before Indiana scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth and eventually tied the game in the seventh.
Louisville ultimately took advantage of fielding errors and a season-high 23 strikeouts from the Hoosiers and won 8-7. It wasn’t a pretty game overall, with six combined errors.
The Cardinals are the No. 7 overall seed in the tournament, with a 43-15 record, 21-9 in the ACC. At Jim Patterson Stadium, where the regional will be held, Louisville is an impressive 27-7. Against teams in the field, they are 17-10.
Junior Tyler Fitzgerald leads the team, hitting .327 with 13 doubles and a team-high 60 RBI. Three other Cardinals are hitting over .500, with two others hitting .299.
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Freshman Alex Binelas leads the team with 13 home runs and four triples. Junior Logan Wyatt leads the team with an incredible 64 walks in his 201 at bats. Danny Oriente led the team with three hits against Indiana on May 14.
If Indiana sees Louisville in the second game, chances are they will face Nick Bennett, Louisville’s consistent Saturday starter this season. the left-hander has a 4.64 ERA in 13 starts with a 6-3 record. He has 65 strikeouts in 66 innings.
Louisville has some solid relievers. Left-hander Michael Kirian leads the team with a 1.73 ERA with 35 strikeouts in 26 innings. Indiana saw right-hander Michael McAvene who has a 2.22 ERA with 41 strikeouts in 28.1 innings. The two combined for nine saves this season.
Against Indiana, McAvene threw two scoreless innings with no hits, one walk and five strikeouts.
The Flames are 29-21, 18-11 in the Horizon League. UIC won the Horizon League Championship over Milwaukee, 6-5. That came after an 11-6 win over No. 1 seed Wright State in 10 innings.
UIC has won 11 of its last 13 games. They were the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League Tournament. The Flames are 2-4 against tournament teams, splitting the season series with Illinois State and winning one of three games against Texas A&M in an early-season series.
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The Flames are led by freshman Ryan Hampe, who is hitting .369 with a team-high 14 doubles. He also has 47 RBI and just 18 strikeouts in 160 at bats.
Senior Scott Ota is the only other player hittign over .300, with a .358 average. He also has a team-high 14 doubles and a team-high 62 RBI. He also leads the team by a wide margin with 19 home runs. The team has 38 total home runs. Overall, the Flames are hitting .274.
Right-hander Joey Fredrickson is the probable matchup if the Hoosiers face the Flames. He has a 4.37 ERA in 14 starts with a 6-5 record and 44 strikeouts in 82.1 innings.
The Flames have two relievers with an ERA under 1.00. Right-hander Alex Padilla has a 0.90 ERA in 26 relief appearances. He has seven saves and 27 strikeouts in 30 innings. Left-hander Mark McCabe has a 0.93 ERA in 16 appearances.
The action starts on Friday for the Hoosiers with their first matchup against Illinois State at 2 p.m. on ESPN3.
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Ancient Chinese letter sells at Beijing auction for €27 million
A film mogul splashed out a record amount of money for the letter, which is 124 characters long.
By Isabel Hayes Wednesday 18 May 2016, 6:05 AM
May 18th 2016, 6:05 AM 6,196 Views 8 Comments
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A Chinese film tycoon has spent a record €27 million on an ancient letter written nearly 1,000 years ago.
The letter, which is just 124 characters long, was auctioned for 207 million yuan in Beijing this week, Chinese media reported.
The 936-year-old letter, entitled Jushi Tie, was penned in 1080 by Zeng Gong, a politician, to a friend he hadn’t seen in three years.
In it, the 61-year-old expressed gratitude for his friend’s lifelong support and expressed anxiety about not being able to serve in the royal court of the day.
The CEO of Chinese film propduction company, Huayi Brothers, Wang Zhongjun, won the bid for the letter at a China Guardian Auction on Sunday.
It’s not Wang’s first expensive purchase – in 2014 he purchased a Vincent van Gogh painting, ‘Still Life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies’ for a record $62 million (€54.6 million).
Later, he said the Van Gogh was “a bit lower” than he had been expecting to pay.
“I like it, it’s not a matter of price, it’s like I didn’t spend money, it hangs on the wall and it belongs to me,” he said at the time.
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These Filmmakers in Uganda Are Killing it With Their Budget Action Flicks
September 15, 2016 Art & Entertainment 0
In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, actor Francis Kagoro pulls a face for the camera while showing posters of previous movies, at the "Wakaliwood" studios in the Wakaliga slum of Kampala, Uganda. Deep in this Kampala slum at a tin-roofed collection of houses known as Wakaliwood, is the engine of Uganda's tiny film industry and the source of $200-budget movies and a glimmer of fame. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)
The budget? $200, not $200 million
Deep in a Kampala slum, young men kick each other while a stout man with a salt-and-pepper beard watches them, sometimes nodding in approval.
With luck, a stylish blow could become a stunt in the latest action movie to emerge from this tin-roofed collection of houses known as Wakaliwood, named after this Wakaliga neighborhood.
Here is the engine of Uganda’s tiny film industry, the source of $200-budget movies and a glimmer of fame. Later this month, the Wakaliwood film “Bad Black” premieres at Fantastic Fest, which calls itself the largest genre film festival in the United States.
Its organizers call the film an “exuberant DIY extravaganza” from an industry whose “reckless abandon manages to inspire more heart, grit and soul than a thousand Hollywood blockbusters.”
“I love that this is a cinema born out of a community of film lovers,” said Peter Kuplowsky, a programming director who also has screened Wakaliwood films in Toronto. He likes Uganda’s practice of watching films with live commentary by “video jokers” who help make plots more relatable.
A former brick layer who taught himself to direct, Isaac Nabwana is responsible for “Bad Black” and scores of the action movies that he sees as uniquely Ugandan.
Young people and even some foreigners have found their way to his studios in search of roles. Dozens have signed a “Wakaliwood Wall of Fame,” often because their characters died in a film, staggering dramatically as condoms filled with fake blood spattered in a hail of mock bullets.
“They have watched so many action movies from all over the world. When they come here, they know that appearing in a Wakaliwood movie will make you a star,” the 44-year-old Nabwana said.
He has been making films spanning various genres since 2005, but it is the action flicks that have captured the people’s imagination. “I like Chuck Norris,” Nabwana said. “I think the other guy was Clint … Clint Eastwood?”
With the help of an improvised green screen and digital editing tools, Wakaliwood actors can take aim at the Eiffel Tower or drop from the sky into the middle of New York’s Times Square.
“I thought it was genius, but I did not understand it also,” said Alan Hofmanis, a long-haired New Yorker who came to check out Wakaliwood in 2011 and stayed to help promote the movies overseas. Wakaliwood DVDs, T-shirts and posters are now sold online .
Hofmanis recalled the day when a friend in a Manhattan bar showed him a trailer for one of Nabwana’s films. He was astonished. “If you are in America and you have no money, you make a film of two people talking,” he said. “You don’t make a war film.”
Now, Hofmanis is also a part-time actor who eats and sleeps with the Ugandans here, surrounded by poverty. A canal with stagnant sewage is nearby. The toilet is a hole in the ground.
He sees potential for something big. “There’s a studio already, just no electricity or plumbing,” he said.
Nabwana said he spent less than $200 to produce “Who Killed Captain Alex,” the 2010 film whose trailer inspired Hofmanis. The film follows a loose plot as the military battles a violent gang.
Nabwana called the movie the “first action movie made in Africa, by Africans, on a low budget” — an extraordinary claim considering the presence of Nigeria’s long-established and equally raucous film industry, Nollywood.
Still, Moses Serugo, a long-time film critic in Uganda, said he gives Nabwana high marks for innovation and for making movies about the East African country and starring Ugandans. Now he hopes the films can break away from Hollywood-style plots.
“It has got to come down to us telling our own stories,” Serugo said.
Although Ugandans have been making more films, and more serious ones, since a local film festival launched in 2013, Wakaliwood’s action films remain popular because they are “crazy, fascinating,” said Dominic Dipio, a professor of literature and film studies at Makerere University.
“You can see imagination, fantasy going on rampage without any clear direction,” she said, smiling. “There is no evidence for me that this is scripted.”
Everything is improvised. A former mechanic uses scrap metal and other materials to fabricate all the props, including a small-scale helicopter and machine guns. Nabwana’s children perform as an orchestra in one of his movies, holding water bottles as microphones and saucepans as drums.
No matter their cinematic value, Wakaliwood movies have given hope to some young Ugandans who might otherwise be adrift.
One actor, an 18-year-old cosmetology student named Ritah Namutebi, said she had discovered her passion in Wakaliwood after dreaming as a child of becoming an actor. She spends some days here practicing her kicks on young men who share her goal of earning roles in Nabwana’s films.
“What I wanted was action, and I got it here,” Namutebi said. “I think if all goes well and the Ugandan film industry starts paying, why would I go anywhere else to look for a job?”
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Russian Railways' Privatization Gone Off Track
By Luka Oreskovic
Russian Railways, the state-owned colossus that employs over 1.2 million workers on 85,200 kilometers of track and generates annual revenues of 1195 billion rubles, is the fourth-largest company in terms of revenues in Russia. In the privatization drive of 2012, President Vladimir Putin announced the government's intention to sell 25 minus one percent of the company, but plans have since gone somewhat off track.
Although Russian Railways continues its ambitious drive of internal expansion and international acquisitions, the government's dedication to privatizing the company seems adamant. Recently, the opposition to privatization plans became more vocal as various agendas conflicted over the government's privatization plans for 2013 that include Russian Railways.
The most vocal opponent has definitely been the company's president and President Vladimir Putin's close ally Vladimir Yakunin, who continues to argue in public against privatizing Russian Railways as a strategic industry. In an October 2012 round table on the topic of government privatization plans, Yakunin argued that the company should not be included in the sweeping privatization plans as a specific distinction of Russian Railways RZD is that it is much more sensitive than other, non-strategic industries. Yakunin invoked China as an example of laudable state dedication to keeping strategic industries in government hands — a comparison that certainly points to a more statist approach to (or rather, against) economic reform that fully escapes the logic behind the privatization drive championed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The standard Russian privatization recipe applies to the case of Russian Railways equally well — it is always more politics than economics.
The argument about the strategic importance of the railway industry to Russia is certainly a sound one, with the Russian commodities sector that dominates the economy profoundly dependent on Russian Railways as the monopoly owner and operator of an extensive network of rail infrastructure. Yakunin continued his case against privatization with examples about Russian Railways' competitive state of finances and the successful maintenance of its market-leader position against private competitors as a reference to traditional pro-privatization performance, efficiency and capital access enhancing arguments. A strong argument for the sound state of finances at Russian Railways is Yakunin's reminder that the company's 10-year eurobond placement in October of 2012 had a yield of 4.05 percent — compared to Russian 10-year eurobonds with a yield around 4.0 percent. Finally, the 10 percent margin the company maintains in its cargo business is a high one by European standards.
However, the primary reason for the privatization of Russian Railways is not raising efficiency or consolidating strained public finances — although both could use a push — but opening up and reducing the influence of the state in the economy. Russian Railways' investment plans and needs are beyond the capacity of the federal budget, but the central factor in the reasoning behind the push for the offering of a quarter of the company to private investors is not to finance its heavy investment needs (that the company could manage through debt placement) or to improve governance (although the company is accused of heavy nepotism, it is also true that audits and rating agencies conclude reviews with a weak positive).
The aim of Russian Railways' privatization, as well as that of Sberbank, VTB and others, is to enhance competition, spur economic activity, boost growth and liberalize the heavily statist economy. Yakunin's claims about "public sector strategic planning" yielding satisfactory results at Russian Railways that would not improve with the private sector's involvement are not essential to considerations on whether or not to privatize the company. Russian Railways' results would certainly benefit from increased oversight, improved governance and reduced corruption and nepotism. The central question is whether the Russian authorities should really want this — and this is in the most political, long-term and strategic sense of the industry and its importance for the national economy, ignoring medium-term financial considerations and challenges that will be great.
The dispute over Russian Railways' privatization extends to conflicting statements between government ministers and Prime Minister Medvedev himself. While Prime Minister Medvedev included Russian Railways in the 2013 privatization plans, Yakunin immediately described this as an unrealistic deadline. As The Moscow Times reported, another advocate of speeding up privatization is Economic Development Minister Andrei Belousov, who argued for going through with set privatization targets due to constraints in Russian Railways' finances as well as the federal budget. Furthermore, Belousov saw the company's social spending practices as problematic and in need of a private sector check on spending. Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, in line with his sector's champion Russian Railways, argues against privatizing a quarter of the company, especially by the end of 2013, calling the deadline unrealistic. Still, a consensus might be in sight.
An initiative for a reduced float of 5 percent of Russian Railways was recently put forward, although it is unclear who receives the credits for this middle way solution. The Transportation Ministry issued a statement that Russian Railways' privatization would amount to a 5 percent share issue planed for 2013. Economic Development Minister Andrei Belousov, in strong favor of privatizing a quarter of Russian Railways, also confirmed that a 5 percent share issue is being considered for 2013 as a pilot deal for the privatization of a quarter of the company. Those pushing for further privatization should consider leaving the share of the private sector in Russian Railways in the single digits, or at temporary consensus levels. Thus, the benefits of investor scrutiny over Russian Railways' governance, spending and transparency would be employed while control of a highly important strategic industry would remain in government hands. Finally, any listing on a foreign stock exchange would also contribute to the goals of reducing financing costs while an important reason currently driving investor confidence in Russian Railways securities — namely, strong government support — would remain a contributing factor for future debt financing.
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Contracts Negotiator
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Framework to enhance women’s role in peace, security in Africa
Bineta Diop, Special Envoy of the Chairperson WPS at AU Commission of WPS
The framework which was officially availed at UNECA compound on February 4, 2019 was said to be a main instrument to put in place Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in the continent.
It is to be recalled that just few days ago during an introductory meeting for WPS agenda, President SahleworkZewide express her government’s commitment to boost the participation of woman in the military as well as policing and civilian services regarding the UN peacekeeping missions.
Ethiopia will continue with its commitment in enhancing the participation of women in the military, police and civilian services of the United Nations Peacekeeping missions, President Sahlework said.
“Peace and security remain to be seen as a maledomain excluding the vital contribution of women,” said President Sahlework.
There are around 600 Ethiopian women out of 8,000 Ethiopian peacekeepers deployed in the UN Peace keeping missionsin different areas.
Over the past nine months,the Government of Ethiopian has shown a tremendous improvement in gender parity where Prime Minister AbiyAhmed (PhD) appointed10 female ministers which compriseshalf of his ministerial cabinet. In addition, for the first time in modern history of Ethiopia women president and chief of justice were also appointed.
Yet, the new administration failed to include proportional women in the newly formed two commissions; Border & identity Commission as well as reconciliation commission.
As far as the framework is concerned, 23 African countries have so far adopted their respective national action plan on WPS.
“We need more countries andexpect them to develop their National action plans in the coming few years,” said Jean Bosco Butera (PhD), special advisor and Chief of staff of the Office of the Special Envoy of WPS at AU, in a media brief for local journalist.
The Envoy chaired by BinetaDiop was mandated to develop the framework back in 2014.
“The Office is not an implementer, but looks into what is on the ground, identifies gaps and facilitate parties to come together,” said Diop.
She further calls on “the women themselves to organize and pursue the Agenda- Women, Peace and Security.”
The framework up on its implementation; it has two main objectives mainly institutionalizing the monitoring and reporting of WPS agenda in Africa and strengthening accountability when it comes to the implementation of the agenda.
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Somaliland expresses concerns over Ethiopia’s regional policy
Following the change in leadership and the coming into power of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) in Ethiopia, the de facto independent state of Somaliland is feeling sidelined as Abiyhas made significant strides with Mogadishu and other neighboring countries.This time around, some officials of the small embattled Somaliland arebecoming vocal about their concerns regarding the political calculation of the new administration in Ethiopia, The Reporter has learnt.
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New Google AI Can Predict Lung Cancer With More Accuracy Than Human Doctors
By Jesus Diaz 2019-05-21T10:58:02Z
The research paves the way to accelerate the adoption of lung cancer screening worldwide.
With 1.7 million deaths per year, lung cancer is the sixth leading global cause of death — deadlier than breast, prostate and colorectal cancers combined. Now Google wants to dramatically slash those terrible statistics with a new artificial intelligence-powered diagnosis system.
(Image credit: Google)
Detecting lung cancer early marks all the difference between a successful intervention and being too late to save a patient. Google claims that this AI-driven lung cancer detection can make this early detection possible with more accuracy, at a lower cost and at a larger scale than specialists can.
While Google stresses that its system is not a substitute for specialist (yet), it equally stresses the need for an automated early diagnostic tool: only 2 to 4 percent of eligible patients are screened today in the United States. If that’s appalling, imagine the situation in less developed countries across the world.
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Published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine, the paper says that the new AI program can match or outperform the diagnosis of six expert radiologists over 45,856 single computer tomography scans from the National Institute of Health’s dataset compiled by the National Lung Screening Trial study and Northwestern University.
“We detected five percent more cancer cases while reducing false-positive exams by more than 11 percent compared to unassisted radiologists in our study,” the paper says, an accuracy rate of 94.4 percent.
For all the dystopian doom and gloom about AI exterminating all of humanity, it seems that the technology can bring a dramatic change to the way we diagnose and heal people across the entire planet without requiring them pay through the nose for treatment.
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Most Innovative Tech of 2017
By Tom's Guide Staff 2017-12-06T13:49:00Z
From the iPhone X and Nintendo Switch to a drone you can control with your hand, these are the most innovative tech products of the year.
This Year's Biggest Game Changers
What really broke new ground in 2017? What was more than just an iterative update, instead building upon what came before in an exciting new way? These are just some of the questions we asked ourselves as the Tom's Guide staff debated the merits of hundreds of products we tested and reviewed this year to arrive at our first annual Innovation Awards.
The 14 winners you see here truly represent game changers in multiple categories, from a console that redefines the category and a robot that teaches kids to code to a phone that takes artificial intelligence to new heights. On our list, you'll also find some under-the-radar innovations that simply deserved more attention this year, including a drone you can control with your hand and a game that explores mental illness.
There's a compelling story behind each of these breakthroughs, which is why we spoke with the people working in the trenches to find out how these creations became a reality. These are the most innovative tech products of the year.
Tom’s Guide 2017 Innovation Award Winners
TV — LG Signature OLED TV
Augmented Reality — Star Wars: Jedi Challenges
Kids — Lego Boost
Graphics — Nvidia Max-Q
Design — Samsung Galaxy S8
Drone — DJI Spark
Game — Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Entertainment — Nvidia Shield
CPU — AMD Threadripper
Tablet — reMarkable Tablet
Peripheral — Razer Kiyo
Smart Home — Amazon Alexa and Echo
Game Console — Nintendo Switch
Best Overall — iPhone X
LG Signature OLED TV W7: Beware of Papercuts
It’s hard to stand out in a market where stunning is the norm. Yet, somehow, among a wave of ultra-sharp 4K displays and sleek premium designs, LG has managed to introduce a product that stands out. The W7 Wallpaper TV not only pushes the envelope with an unbelievably thin design, it delivers a drop-dead gorgeous picture at the same time.
The Wallpaper boils the modern TV down to its essence, stripping away everything but the display. With LG’s display-on-glass technology, the display panel is slim and beautiful. First seen at CES 2017, the Wallpaper — starting with the flagship W7 OLED that won our Best of Show award — measures just 2.85 millimeters thick, and mounts to the wall with magnets. It comes with a soundbar, which not only holds the system’s impressive 60-watt Dolby Atmos speakers, but also all of the internal components that normally make up the bulk of a regular TV. All of the inputs and outputs, the power supply, and the media processing components are housed in the speakerbar, stripping the display panel down to the bare essentials. The two are connected with a thin ribbon cable that can be installed completely out of sight.
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When it comes to the Wallpaper, that ultra-thin form factor is only possible because of LG’s advancements in OLED displays. “There was never a question that the W7 would feature OLED technology,” said Tim Alessi, Senior Director of Product Marketing at LG Electronics USA. “To truly achieve the picture-on-wall concept, LG OLED technology was imperative because the pixels create their own light, eliminating the need for a backlight and associated filters and diffusers necessary for an LCD, all of which add bulk to the panel.”
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All that’s left is the display, presented in stark simplicity. The result has been as popular as it is stunning, and LG doesn’t see it going away anytime soon. “The critical and consumer response has been fantastic,” said Alessi, “proving that there is demand for this type of concept, which will drive future design and technological innovation.” — Brian Westover
Star Wars Jedi Challenges: Be a Jedi, You Will
Call it the Force. Call it midi-chlorians. But whatever you call it, you've got to admit that Star Wars in all its iterations has some sort of magic surrounding it — the sort of magic that's enraptured legions of fans over the span of decades, melding them into today's rabid fanbase.
And who better than Disney to harness that magic and turn it into something truly innovative: a device that brings that beloved galaxy far, far away closer than ever before.
Partnering with Lenovo, Disney recently launched Star Wars: Jedi Challenges, a smartphone-powered, augmented-reality headset. Complete with tracker beacon and lightsaber hilt, the $199 Jedi Challenges lets the Force Faithful travel the road from Padawan to Master via three fun, compelling games: Lightsaber Battle, Strategic Combat and Holochess. But before the games could begin, Disney had critical decisions to make and challenges to overcome.
After settling on a lightsaber-focused experience, the next challenge for Mike Goslin, vice president of advanced development at Disney, and his team was how to make it affordable with plenty of mass appeal. Early on, the team decided that a smartphone-powered device was the way to go.
"We decided to go with a slip-in mobile device and focus on making that great. The rest of it is … [the] experience," Goslin said. "We knew exactly what mattered from a tech-features standpoint and what didn't matter. So that allowed us to really hone in on this experience and not have any extra features or cost that weren't critical to delivering the best possible lightsaber."
"It took months of testing to properly identify and translate a lightsaber duel into an augmented-reality experience." — Mike Goslin, vice president of advanced development, Disney
To create the perfect lightsaber, Lenovo worked closely with Disney to nail down the authenticity. Even though the majority of the hilt is made of plastic, according to Goslin, the team "added extra weight, just so it felt a little more substantial — not so much that it tires you out to hold it, but we wanted it to feel right. From there, it took months of testing to properly identify and translate a lightsaber duel into an augmented-reality experience." And having spent several hours dueling Sith Lords, I can attest to the addictive nature of the experience and the sheer, unadulterated fun.
Once Disney had the dueling down pat, allowing you to fight against everyone from Kylo Ren to Darth Vader, it was time to flesh out the overall experience. Goslin revealed that about a half dozen other gameplay prototypes were developed before they settled on Strategic Combat and Holochess. "Focusing [on] a different kind of wish fulfillment that's fun to play, Goslin said, "we knew [Strategic Combat] was deep and had a lot of hours of play."
The addition of Holochess is a fun piece of fan service from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope — an iconic moment in the original trilogy that's on-screen for only a few seconds. "I've always wanted to kind of get closer to it, and I think there are a lot of people that feel the same way," Goslin said. "So we kind of had to do that one because it was so exciting for fans of the films, and we were able to turn it into quite a deep game itself."
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As fun as Star Wars: Jedi Challenges has been to date, it's clear that Disney has more in store for Star Wars fans. "We see this as a really long-term opportunity, so we wanted to create engagement beyond just the novelty of 'Hey, check out this lightsaber,'" Goslin said. "So it was actually very important to us, and I think ... the bar is going to rise within this space … AR and VR are just getting started." — Sherri L. Smith
Lego Boost: Making Coding Fun (Really)
There are a lot of robot kits for kids, but Lego Boost stands out by making it easy and fun for young children to learn programming concepts. The $159 kit comes with enough bricks for children to build their choice of five different robots or to invent their own.
However, what really stands out is not the physical design of the bricks and motors, but the accompanying mobile app that helps kids learn how to code, even if they don't know how to read yet.
"The Lego Boost app introduces a coding language that is designed to be intuitive and familiar to children, much like a digital version of the physical Lego brick," said Michael McNally, senior director of brand relations at Lego Group. "We developed the coding language specifically to be fun and accessible to children, and to reward them with quick successes."
Available for Android, iOS and some Amazon tablets, the Lego Boost app walks users through different stages of building one of the five bots — the robotic cat, for example. As the child completes each stage of the build, a virtual hand shows the young programmer just where to drag a series of simple coding blocks so that he or she can learn concepts such as functions and loops, without being hit over the head with jargon.
In fact, there's no written or spoken language in the Lego Boost interface at all; every block shows its purpose by displaying cute icons such as a harmonica for playing music. Even my preliterate five-year-old was programming within minutes.
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As children complete the different build and programming steps, they unlock new levels that teach them more skills and put more code blocks into the treasure chest, which is a repository of functions they can use to make their own custom programs.
"By introducing kids to coding as a means to an end — that is, the way they bring their Lego builds to life — we can reward their successes easily and encourage them to continue tinkering," McNally said. — Avram Piltch
Nvidia Max-Q: Gaming Goes Thin
Picture a gaming notebook. It's probably very thick, it gets really hot and it's extremely loud. But after this year, it doesn't have to be that way. That's the philosophy behind Max-Q, Nvidia's new line of notebook GPUs, which are combined with a design philosophy to allow powerful, quiet gaming in a thin notebook.
“Historically, we had this approach where you crank everything to the max because you're chasing the most amount of performance — not quite to this extent, but everything else be damned," said Mark Aevermann, Nvidia's director of product management for gaming. “When you start to take a different lens and say, ‘How do you find the most efficiency?' you can start changing every single assumption you built into the GPU over 20 years of design."
Aevermann said that Max-Q, as well as many other technologies developed by Nvidia, come out of “sympathy for the end user." In this case, it was for users faced with thick, heavy gaming laptops that would get really loud. So how do you make lives better for gamers on the go? Make lots and lots of tiny adjustments.
“Jensen [Huang, Nvidia CEO], once in early stages of Max-Q, framed it in a way that stuck with me," Aevermann recalled. “He basically said, ‘I want dozens and dozens of half a percent and 1-percent improvements.' And when you add them all together, all of a sudden it becomes pretty incredible."
This, along with collaboration with laptop vendors, has allowed for superthin, ultraquiet gaming laptops like the Asus ROG Zephyrus, MSI GS63VR Stealth Pro and Acer Predator Triton 700 — all of which are less than an inch thick. That's where what Nvidia calls the “design philosophy" of Max-Q comes in. For vendors, it's another series of “ 1-percent improvements," like redesigning a chassis for better thermal management. And while the Max-Q GPUs might not be as powerful as traditional ones, the difference in the physical notebook is immediately obvious.
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Max-Q has competition coming in 2018. Intel and AMD have announced initiatives to bring powerful graphics to thin notebooks. AMD will have its Vega APUs in Ryzen Mobile notebooks and will provide integrated graphics for some Intel 8th Gen Core CPUs. Nvidia, Aevermann said, is at an advantage because the company has been focused on that goal for years.
“I'll defer to you to make your judgments if they'll be competitive or not," he said. “All I can say from an Nvidia perspective is that this is not something we woke up in the last six months and decided we wanted to go fix." — Andrew E. Freedman
Samsung Galaxy S8: Infinitely Beautiful
Design matters. Need proof? Samsung says Galaxy S8 owners use their phones for 40 more minutes a day than Galaxy S7 owners do, while S8+ owners use their devices 75 more minutes than S7 Edge owners do. To understand why, you needn't look further than the revolutionary Infinity Display on the newer phones.
Samsung wasn't the first company to launch a smartphone with an 18:9 screen and minimal bezels; that designation belongs to LG and its G6, which beat the Galaxy S8 to the market by a month. But Samsung set the benchmark for extra-wide screens.
The S8's display was the product of years of research and development, drawing on everything that the company had learned producing curved displays at scale all the way back to 2014's Note Edge tablet. Only, this wasn't a niche one-off or a premium variant; with the S8, Samsung stuffed curved Super AMOLED panels and shrinking bezels in each and every flagship handset that rolled off the company's production line.
It was a "big bet," in the words of Justin Denison, senior vice president of product strategy and marketing at Samsung Electronics America, and that gamble paid dividends for the smartphone maker. But the move to the Infinity Display was fraught with challenges along the way.
"You have to continually evolve the materials you're using, [like] the metals and alloys around the edge of the device, to make sure they're sufficiently strong," Denison told Tom's Guide. You're strengthening the glass itself, moving to Gorilla Glass 5. … You're taking components that the consumer never sees, like the display driver and antenna around [the] inside [of] the phone cavity, so they can still function properly, but frankly get out of the way so that you can make more space for the display to curve all the way around the edge."
The Galaxy S8's Infinity Display didn't just improve things for Samsung customers, it led HTC and OnePlus to send their flagship phones back to the drawing board.
As a result, the S8's bezels are 50 percent smaller than those on the S7, while the S8 has a 36 percent larger screen area. That translates to one-handed operation that's significantly easier, and a form factor that's roughly the same as that of the S8's predecessor, despite the new phone's much larger display. The curve also enables useful UI layers and shortcuts like Apps Edge, a feature exclusive to Samsung's flagships.
But, of course, all the elbow grease used to capitalize on display real estate came at a price, and a significant one: the home button. With no room left on the device's front, Samsung developed a two-pronged approach: a digital home button with intuitive haptic feedback to replicate the tactile sensation of a real button, and relocating the fingerprint sensor around the back (although we wish the company had opted for a more-central placement).
"Taking away the physical home button you would say was a little bit of a risk," Denison said, "but it was a risk we thought was worth taking. … [Developing the haptic feedback] was something that frankly required a lot of simulation and trial and error along the way. We were constantly designing prototypes and doing various testing on usability and durability."
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The Infinity Display didn't just improve things for Samsung's loyal customers, either; it sent ripples across the industry. Both HTC and OnePlus were sent back to the drawing board, revising their existing flagships to roll out full-screen versions later in the year. Google reportedly deviated from its original plan for the Pixel 2 XL by spurning HTC to partner with LG, which offered a design with much slimmer bezels for that 6-inch phone.
Samsung's achievement was the culmination of a focus on display innovation that goes as far back as the original Galaxy S, the first touch-screen smartphone with an AMOLED panel.
"We think screens are the primary window to the phone experience; that's the area we've invested [in] trying to build design leadership and manufacturing leadership, and we've been quite proud of the success and acceptance of that [investment] in the market," Denison said. — Adam Ismail
DJI Spark Drone: No Controller Required
Short of being trained by a Jedi, this is the closest you'll come to using the Force. The DJI Spark, the company's newest and smallest drone, doesn't need a controller or a smartphone to fly. All you need to do is wave your hand.
Hold your palm out, and you can direct the Spark across the sky, have it take a picture or video of you, and get it to follow you as you walk around. Oh, and it'll land on your hand, too.
But getting the Spark to do all this wasn't as easy as, say, flapping your arms.
Back when the company was launching the Mavic Pro, DJI's designers were trying to make an even smaller drone, but they wanted the Spark's distinguishing feature to be more than just its size. "Then, we asked, 'Besides the hardware and software, how can we make the drone easier to use?'" said Paul Pan, senior product manager at DJI.
The project team recognized that actually piloting a drone was still a major challenge for most consumers. "We then went from an iteration of a simpler remote controller to finally no controller at all," Pan said.
DJI then looked for gestures that people typically make, including those in everyday life and in the movies. Working within the confines of the Spark's 3D sensing system — which helps it avoid trees and other obstacles — DJI tried numerous iterations, as the drone had to account for different pilot body types, control habits and even the drone itself.
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"Giving a gesture to control the drone makes the drone move and simultaneously affects the recognition input because the pilot's palm and body are moving as well," Pan said. After 10 months of experimentation, Pan said, "the Gesture Control function was born."
While the gestures are still fairly limited now, we can't wait to see what else will take flight. — Mike Prospero
Hellblade: An Authentic Descent into Madness
From a distance, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice ($30, PS4 and PC) looks like a fairly straightforward action-adventure game, packed with swordplay, puzzles and a harrowing hellscape of demons. But once you put your headphones on and sink your teeth into developer Ninja Theory's interactive journey, it'll quickly hit you: That harrowing hellscape is the inside of someone's mind.
The first independent release from the action-game veterans at Ninja Theory, Hellblade places players inside the head of Senua, a Celtic warrior experiencing extreme psychosis. It successfully tackles the sensitive subject matter of mental illness through a moving, multihour journey, which makes brilliant use of audio and visuals to bring to life the kinds of demons that many real people live with every day.
"At the very beginning, we knew that tackling mental health and psychosis would be creatively exciting, and socially, it would be incredibly dangerous," said creative director and studio co-founder Tameem Antoniades.
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To get it right, the studio worked with University of Cambridge neuroscience professor Paul Fletcher, biomedical research charity Wellcome and a variety of "service users," folks who have experienced extreme mental illness and who were willing to share their stories and give feedback. The next challenge was building the in-game technology that would bring Senua's experience to life in a way that would do those users justice.
There's a reason Hellblade asks you to play with headphones on as soon as you boot the title up: One of the game's biggest innovations is its use of binaural audio, which Ninja Theory employs to faithfully re-create the feeling of having voices inside of your head.
"What a binaural mic does is simulate how we hear the world. It's just simply two microphones attached to two rubber ears. And it's only when you experience it yourself that you realize just how much we're missing with generalized, procedural 3D audio" said Antoniades.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice struck a deeply emotional chord, both with folks experiencing mental illness and those hoping to understand it.
Equally striking are the game's visuals, which feature incredibly detailed environments, clever use of full-motion video and one of the most realistic-looking main characters we've ever seen in a video game.
To make Senua look true to life under a tight budget, Ninja Theory built its own motion-capture studio and collaborated with Cubic Motion, 3Lateral and Epic Games, three companies that were willing to help out in order to fine-tune their own performance-capture and graphics tech.
"We had this massive, four-way R&D thing, all of us just working out of goodwill. And we pushed the performance technology forward," said Antoniades.
This collaboration led to a breakthrough: real-time performance capture. Ninja Theory could translate a live motion-capture scene into a complete in-game cinematic squence within minutes. The process usually takes months. Ninja Theory demonstrated the tech live at last year's Siggraph conference, beating out film giants such as Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic for the event's real-time graphics award.
"Somehow, through the most extreme budget constrictions we've ever had, we've done more with this technology than I think anyone ever has," said Antoniades.
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That impressive technology all coalesced into a cohesive, immersive and incredibly striking final product, which got massive critical praise when it launched in summer of 2017. More importantly, it struck a deeply emotional chord both with folks experiencing mental illness and those hoping to understand it.
"The people who really connect with Hellblade get a sense that they know something they didn't know before. Something deep about the mind, about madness, about suffering. And they get some empathy from that," said Antoniades.
"I think that leads you to understand that games are a really important medium for humanity." — Michael Andronico
Nvidia Shield: One Box to Rule Them All
The 2017 iteration of the Nvidia Shield ($179) wants to be all things to all people ㅡ and it succeeds. The Nvidia Shield is not just a 4K HDR streaming player; it's also a game console, a digital assistant and a smart home hub.
"Today's living room is typically cluttered with many devices," said Chris Daniel, the Nvidia Shield’s director of product management. "Our vision with Shield is that all of those experiences become 'apps' on a single, high-performance device."
The Nvidia Shield features a fully integrated Google Assistant. Just like on a smartphone, Google Assistant on the Nvidia Shield can tell you about traffic, look up sports scores, answer general trivia questions, add items to a to-do list, launch apps, search for streaming content and even control smart home gadgets. (The device supports Samsung SmartThings, which is the most diverse and robust smart home hub on the market.)
"We placed a technology bet when designing our new game controller that hands-free assistants would become a must-have in the living room," Daniel said. "At the time [we created the first Nvidia Shield], Google Assistant didn't even exist."
The decision to incorporate Google Assistant into the Nvidia Shield was natural, as the Shield runs on the Android TV OS. Managing content on this set-top box is just as easy as using an Android phone — and its visual element helps distinguish it from smart speakers, like the Amazon Echo or Google Home.
"You get access to your same Google Assistant with personal calendar, photos, commute information and more," Daniel said. "Ask your Google Assistant for the weather, and you see a five-day visual forecast, something you won't get from a stand-alone smart speaker."
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Listening to customer critiques was also vital. Nvidia charged too much for the 2015 Shield's accessories: $30 for a stand and $40 for a remote control, which didn't come with the system.
"Many family members weren't comfortable using the game controller," Daniel explained. "In this year's model, we include the media remote as a standard accessory in the box. … We learned a lot from the first Shield and incorporated those learnings into the current model." — Marshall Honorof
Threadripper: AMD Rips the Competition
For years, consumers, analysts and media alike have labeled AMD as a maker of midrange and lower-tier processors and GPUs. Hell, even AMD seemed to accept its perceived place in the grand scheme of things. But thanks to the work of a team of engineers who weren't afraid to think outside the box, AMD is the proud creator of the Ryzen Threadripper processor, which is one of the most powerful desktop CPUs on the market.
Available in various tiers (1900X, 1920X and 1950X), Threadripper has effectively raised the bar for high-performance PC components. The premium 1950X CPU packs a whopping 16 cores and 32 threads, but all Threadripper processors are overclockable and feature an unheard-of 64 PCIe lanes. Best of all, these massive chips are hundreds of dollars cheaper than their Intel counterparts.
"We went from a company that delivered midrange and good mainstream value solutions to not only competing, but to actually offering the highest-performing processor you can buy,” said Don Woligroski, global marketing manager for desktop processors at AMD.
It's that time as a value provider that makes Threadripper such a success story. Instead of disabling or omitting features from its chips, AMD gives you access to everything at reasonable prices.
Woligroski explains: "One of the coolest things for me is that you can buy the lowest-end Threadripper, the 1900X, for $550 or so, and Intel's $2,000 Core i9-7980XE can't touch it when it comes to I/O (input/output), and that's because we came from this place where we just want to give people all the stuff we can give them.”
However, Threadripper almost didn't happen. A group of developers worked on the chip as a side project in 2014, and AMD had no plans to enter the high-performance space. But a conversation in a cab during Computex between Travis Kirsch, director of client product management, and Jim Anderson, senior VP and GM of the computing and graphics business group, got the project greenlighted. And AMD was off to the races to bring Threadripper to the masses.
"For us, we really had a lot to prove, and I think it took people a few months to realize we weren't overpromising," Woligroski said. "It turned out that we were underpromising and overdelivering. … It helped us get our swagger back. I think people take us a lot more seriously because of the existence of Threadripper, even though Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 are such great products."
But AMD's biggest challenge by far is getting consumers to understand exactly what Threadripper can do. "Most people will say, 'Oh, I've got a Threadripper, I can render faster,' said Woligroski. "It's like, no, man, you can't just render faster, you can render and you can encode something at the same time and you can play a game at the same time and you've got no lag."
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One thing is clear: AMD has raised the stakes in the processor market, and it couldn't be more excited.
"I love any kind of leapfrogs in the industry, where one side gets ahead of the other, be it hardware or software, and then the other side scrambles to catch up," said Woligroski. "And that's really exciting; that means we're pushing something and we're making a meaningful difference and the competition responds and everybody wins in the end." — Sherri L. Smith
reMarkable Tablet: The Write Stuff
The reMarkable is a specialized $599 tablet for people who love to draw and write, as it recreates the pen-and-paper experience to an impressive degree with its felt nub and proprietary display. The Apple Pencil may have less latency, but pushing its rubber nub against the iPad's glass pane simply doesn't feel as natural as this startup’s slate.
The company's CEO, Magnus Wanberg told us he came to the idea because, while paper "is a beautiful material, it's hard to organize, hard to share and easy to lose track of."
After deciding the slate should use an E Ink-based digital paper display — the kind in Amazon's Kindles — his team reached out to the E Ink company in late 2013, and "told them about our vision for this beautiful product that would give digital superpowers to the paper writing experience that we love."
"E Ink said, 'Yeah, great idea, but digital paper is inherently not fast enough for writing,'" because the pause of turning a page on a Kindle is too long, and doesn't suffice for the drawing experience. After spending two years working on the latency problem, Wanberg and his team returned to meet with E Ink in Taiwan in 2015.
"We showed them two units: one with basic software and another featuring our Canvas technology" (its secret sauce of five proprietary tools). "Instead of giving a walkthrough, we simply asked them to write on each," and E Ink saw that the difference was "night and day."
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One week later, Wanberg received an email from E Ink, saying that this was a huge technological breakthrough in digital paper. “Whatever you need, we'll build it,” the note said.
The critical consensus has been strong for the tablet, which many — including our sister site Laptop Mag — have praised for bringing the pen-and-paper experience to the digital age. — Henry T. Casey
Razer Kiyo: Lights, Camera...
The Kiyo takes extraordinary photos, but it's the 12 LEDs that fit in a light ring around the camera for easy, bright lighting that make this device so special.
"Working closely with a wide range of grassroots streamers and top broadcasters like Jericho, IncredibleOrb and FazonHD, we noticed that the top ranks had expensive and complicated lighting setups, whereas casual streamers usually stuck to simple, inexpensive camera setups," said Jeevan Aurol, product marketing manager at Razer.
Razer went through a process to make sure the Kiyo ($99) would brighten up any streamer properly. Aurol said Razer tested a variety of arrays of LEDs, brightness levels and color temperatures and found that the "natural lighting feel" was the best, on average, with a variety of skin tones.
The Kiyo's other innovation is its portable, cylindrical design that allows it to be placed just about anywhere.
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"[We] focused heavily on the hinge stand design and thought a lot about the different ways that streamers set up their cameras: on the top of their monitors, mounted on tripods or positioned on tables," Aurol said.
As we said in our Kiyo review, a single light ring isn't the same as a full setup, but this peripheral brings studio-like lighting to a lot of people for a reasonable price. — Andrew E. Freedman
Amazon Echo Show and Spot: Alexa Grows Up
At around this time last November, Amazon had just three Alexa-enabled products—the Echo, the Echo Dot and the Tap—and just over 3,000 skills. Fast-forward a year, and the company now has twice as many devices (with another on the way) and more than 27,000 skills in its catalog.
And don't forget the various Fire TV devices, tablets and dozens of third-party gadgets, from smartphones to speakers to thermostats, that also have Amazon's assistant built in.
What's more, Alexa devices can now do more than they could a year ago, such as look at feeds from security cameras, play the same song throughout your entire house, and call each other — even if one is on the other side of the country.
Ironically, this explosion of both hardware and software was borne out of a desire to simplify the smart-home experience for consumers. "We always try to come up with tenets that will help guide us with our priorities," said Miriam Daniel, the product management director for Alexa experience and devices. "Every new idea we think about, we think what problem does this solve, or how does it improve our customer's lives? How does it remove friction?"
Amazon started thinking about the Echo and Alexa nearly five years ago. Trekkies all, Daniel and her team wanted to replicate the show's experience of being able to just talk to the ship's computer, wherever they happened to be. "We wanted to bring that simplicity of voice," she said.
"We inventoried what it took to set up a smart home device, and it was like 15 steps. And we said we've got to solve that friction problem, which is how the Echo Plus was born." — Miriam Daniel, product management director, Alexa experience and devices
After the release of the first Echo products, Amazon began collecting feedback from users as to what could make their devices, and Alexa, better.
For example, Amazon was pleasantly surprised by the number of consumers who were using the Echo to control smart-home devices, but that getting everything connected was confusing. "We went and inventoried what it took to set up a smart home device, and it was like 15 steps, about 30 different clicks, two apps, two devices — it wasn't for the faint of heart," Daniel said. "And we said we've got to solve that friction problem, which is how the Echo Plus was born."
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When Amazon launched the Echo Show, it was in response to customers who wanted a visual confirmation of things they were saying and doing with Alexa. Yet, Daniel said that the team was focused on making sure that the Show was still a voice-first device. Being able to just fall back to a primarily touch experience would turn the Show into nothing but a glorified tablet.
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Daniel and her team also have to remind themselves that, unlike smartphones, tablets and laptops, Echo devices were designed to be shared. "In this day and age when every device has become a personal device, and people are heads-down into their personal electronics, our tenet was to seek out the use cases that would bring back the family time, the communal experiences back into the home."
This is evident in the hyper-attention that Amazon spends on the performance of the far-field microphones in Echo devices — and how readily Alexa will respond, in the same measured tone, to shrieking children asking the most inane questions.
Along with the hardware, Amazon has a team working to make Alexa seem more human. The company is seeing that customers are interacting with the assistant as if it were a friend, a companion, colleague, family member, versus just treating it as a piece of technology.
"The other day, I actually got a letter in the mail where a customer wrote and said, every time I talk to Alexa, I thank her, and I wish she would say 'You’re Welcome." And she was talking about a continuous interaction. So we get tidbits like that all the time, where customers want Alexa to have more of a personality."
"[Alexa] didn't come together because customers said 'we want to talk to technology,'" Daniels said. "It came because we had a vision of how to simplify the life around us." — Mike Prospero
Nintendo Switch: The Anti-Console
You're playing Super Mario Odyssey on your couch, getting lost in the game's gorgeously inventive 3D worlds on your big-screen TV. There's just one problem: You have a big cross-country flight coming up in a few hours, and it'll probably be days before you get to resume your adventure to save Princess Peach.
And then it hits you:
You pull the Nintendo Switch out of its dock, throw it in your bag and hop on the plane. Without skipping a beat, you're back to fighting Bowser and collecting moons, this time on the system's beautiful 6-inch display, all while you float tens of thousands of feet above the ground. This is the magic of the Nintendo Switch.
"When playing a video game, it’s a great feeling to be totally immersed in the experience. Often times you don’t want to stop playing," said Charlie Scibetta, senior director of corporate communications at Nintendo. "But with traditional consoles... there inevitably came a time when you had to move on just from a practical standpoint. That was the limitation we wanted to overcome with Nintendo Switch."
The Switch is the year's most innovative gaming gadget because it manages to deliver on a simple-but-unprecedented promise: a home console that you can play on-the-go. With its detachable Joy-Cons and its ability to be propped up on a table or gripped like a handheld, the Switch is changing how, and where, we play.
Much of what makes the Switch special lies in its versatile Joy-Con controllers. You can attach them to the Switch to use Nintendo's console as a handheld, pass one to a friend for instant multiplayer gaming, or flail them around for motion-controlled games like Arms and 1-2 Switch. They're key to the Switch's ability to act as both a portable and home console, and feel far more practical than the gimmicky gamepads of Nintendo's past.
But a cool piece of hardware is useless without great games to play on it, and Nintendo's first-party output for the Switch represents some of its most creative work yet. Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild are already hallmarks of their respective franchises, each delivering dynamic, lively worlds and exciting mechanics that push each series forward.
"With traditional consoles... there inevitably came a time when you had to move on just from a practical standpoint. That was the limitation we wanted to overcome with Nintendo Switch." — Charlie Scibetta, senior director of corporate communications, Nintendo
Equally impressive is the Switch's third-party library, which ranges from beloved indies like Shovel Knight to big AAA games such as Skyrim and L.A. Noire. Sure, you can play Rocket League and Doom on other platforms, but only Switch lets you play them in a handheld format.
"The Nintendo Switch is appealing to developers because they have bought into the same value proposition that gamers have – a play anywhere, with anyone, whenever you want game-play dynamic," said Scibetta.
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But while the Switch's game lineup is fantastic, perhaps the biggest reason Nintendo's new console is thriving is the sheer simplicity of it. Part of why 2012's Wii U was a failure was the clunkiness of the system, which relied on a bulky tablet controller that had to be tethered to the console at all times. The Switch condenses that idea into a much more compact and portable piece of hardware, resulting in a level of pick-up-and-play simplicity that brings Nintendo's glory days to mind.
"Ever since the first video about Nintendo Switch debuted last October, people seemed to immediately 'get it,'" said Scibetta. — Michael Andronico
iPhone X: A Vision Perfected
The iPhone X isn't the first phone to integrate technologies like OLED or facial recognition — it simply executes those features better than the competition. At the same time, the processor inside the iPhone X is miles ahead of anything from the Android camp.
There are three advancements — the Super Retina Display, Face ID and the A11 Bionic chip — that combine to make Apple's flagship the most innovative product of the year.
The first thing you notice when you pick up the iPhone X (other than its lack of bezels) is how vibrant its Super Retina Display is. Despite using a Samsung-supplied OLED screen, it's clear that Apple engineered the hell out of this panel to leapfrog its foes. In fact, in side-by-side comparisons with the Galaxy Note 8 and Google Pixel 2 XL, everyone on our team of editors and writers preferred the iPhone X's screen, thanks to its more realistic-looking hues, higher brightness and wider viewing angles.
"The color accuracy is incredible; that's one of those things that OLED didn't knock out," said Greg Joswiak, vice president of product marketing for Apple. "The colors had been wrong, oversaturated."
To improve on previous OLED implementations, Apple brought in its own color-management system to ensure that the iPhone X produces the most accurate colors possible. The team behind the Super Retina Display also developed a unique folding-panel design, stacking the circuits so it could get as tight to the bezel as possible.
Last but not least, Apple did a ton of work at the subpixel level, so the iPhone X's screen could display really crisp lines along with beautifully rounded corners. We could see the difference when we looked at the same high-resolution image of a docked ship on the iPhone X and other OLED-screen phones. Images on the iPhone X looked sharper.
"We had to do a lot of engineering to come up with panels that were better," said Joswiak.
The iPhone X also introduces a new way to unlock your phone in Face ID, which leverages the new TrueDepth camera system up front. There's a ton of tech packed into that small area on the front of the phone, including an infrared camera, a flood illuminator, the 7-megapixel front camera and dot projector. That's in addition to the proximity sensor, ambient-light sensor, speaker and microphone.
"Forget all those stories you heard about us trying to map fingerprints into the back. We had a line of sight on how to do real facial recognition, in a way never done before." — Greg Joswiak, vice president of product marketing, Apple
Apple has taken some criticism for the notch that swoops down from the top of the screen, but it serves a real purpose by containing all that tech.
"With all of those components, this is one of the most densely packed technology areas I think we've ever done," said Joswiak. "It's one of the most sophisticated pieces of technology we've ever done in such an incredibly small space."
That dot projector shines 30,000 invisible dots on your face in order to create a 3D map. This TrueDepth system then feeds that map to the A11 Bionic chip and does all the math to identify that it's you — almost in real time.
The result is facial recognition that works as reliably in bright light as it does in the dark. And, unlike other phones with facial recognition, you can't fool this one with a photograph. Face ID is so good, in fact, that Apple didn't even bother with a fingerprint sensor.
"Forget all those stories you heard about us trying to map fingerprints into the back," Joswiak said. "We had a line of sight on how to do real facial recognition, in a way never done before. It would be really hard to do, but we just didn't want to do it the way others had, which could literally be spoofed with a picture."
That brings us to the brain of the iPhone X, which is the A11 Bionic chip. Also found in the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, the A11 Bionic is the fastest mobile CPU we've ever tested — by far. When transcoding a 4K video clip, for instance, the iPhone X took just 24 seconds, compared to nearly 3 minutes for the next-fastest Android phone.
The A11 Bionic packs two performance cores that are up to 25 percent faster than the cores in the previous A10 Fusion chip, along with four high-efficiency cores that are up to 70 percent faster. A second-generation performance controller allows the iPhone X to run all of the cores together at the same time, which is a first. This comes in handy when the phone is running demanding iOS augmented-reality apps.
But this chip isn't just about pure speed. It's about enabling features that simply weren't possible before. For instance, the neural engine inside the A11 Bionic enables the iPhone X to instantly recognize your face, performing 600 billion operations per second. This engine also fires up the cute new Animoji, analyzing and tracking your facial movements in order to map them to animated characters.
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"Our SoC [system on a chip] team worked hand in glove with the rest of our organization, both hardware and software, to create chips that are perfectly suited for what we're trying to do from a features standpoint. That's huge," said Joswiak.
When Apple introduced the first iPhone, it took a lot of flak for not including a physical keyboard, but the company's actual vision was to eliminate buttons. Ten years later, the iPhone X nearly achieves that, and Apple could care less if others beat it to the punch when they're offering features.
"It doesn't matter if you're first to a general idea, it's about being first to making it fantastic, and that's what we try to do," Joswiak said. "Whether it's the chip team working with our hardware team or our software team with our human interface team — it is one team here. No one else can match that." — Mark Spoonauer
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Xbox One X: Everything You Need to Know
Here's everything you need to know about Xbox One X, from price and release date to all of its 4K-enhanced games.
Xbox is evolving in a big way. Launching Nov. 7 for $499, the Xbox One X promises high-end components that can power the types of 4K gaming experiences that you'd typically need a tricked-out PC for.
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The arrival of a new console so early into the Xbox One's life cycle may seem confusing or alarming, but fret not — we're here to break down everything you need to know about what Microsoft is calling "the most powerful console ever."
What is Xbox One X?
The Xbox One X is a beefier, 4K-ready version of the Xbox One. It will work with all of your existing Xbox One games and accessories, but will also be able to run select games in 4K while providing better load times and sharper images for folks using 1080p TVs. It looks a whole lot like the Xbox One S, but is somehow even slimmer. And just like the One S, the One X plays 4K Blu-rays.
Where can I pre-order Xbox One X?
You can pre-order the Xbox One X at major retailers such as s Amazon, Microsoft and Best Buy. Early buyers will get a special "Project Scorpio" edition, which features a green Project Scorpio logo on both the console and the controller.
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Stores are already selling out of the new console, so be sure to check your favorite online retailers early and often.
Specs: The Most Powerful Console Ever
According to Microsoft's official specs, Xbox One X is well on its way to living up to the claim of being the most powerful games console ever.
Microsoft Xbox One X Sony PlayStation 4 Pro
CPU 2.3 GHz, 8 cores 2.1 GHz, 8 cores
GPU AMD Polaris architecture, 6 teraflops AMD Polaris architecture, 4.2 teraflops
4K, HDR Support Yes Yes
VR Support Not Yet Yes
The system features a custom 2.3-GHz 8-core CPU, a 1,172-mHz GPU, 12GB of RAM, 1TB hard drive and a 4K Blu-ray player. That makes Xbox One X almost universally more powerful than Sony's PS4 Pro, which packs a 2.1-GHz processor, a 911-MHz GPU, 8GB of RAM and a standard Blu-ray player. In layman's terms, Xbox One X is about 30 percent faster than Xbox One and has over 4 times the graphics muscle.
According to benchmark data acquired by the savvy folks at Digital Foundry, the Xbox One X has no problem maintaining steady framerates when bumping games at ultra-high definition. In fact, some of the tested games ran at even higher framerates when making the jump from 1080p to 4K. That's significant power.
Xbox One X also promises to run your existing Xbox One and Xbox 360 games with better framerates and loading times, and will feature integrated 4K video capture for taking extra-sharp clips. A follow-up report from Digital Foundry points out that the console will support AMD FreeSync as well as the latest HDMI 2.1 spec, meaning that folks with FreeSync-enabled gaming monitors can look forward to extra smooth performance on the console.
MORE: Xbox One X vs. PlayStation 4 Pro: Which Powerhouse Should You Buy?
What games will take advantage of Xbox One X?
(Image credit: Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. Credit: WB Games)
While all Xbox One games will work on Xbox One X, only select titles will be optimized for 4K HDR gameplay. To know if a game will get an a boost from the new console, look for the Xbox One Enhanced logo on game boxes, as well as icons for 4K and HDR.
There are already over 100 confirmed Xbox One X Enhanced games, including Forza Motorsport 7, Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves, Assassin's Creed Origins and Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. Microsoft will also be releasing 4K patches for existing Xbox One titles such as Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3 and Killer Instinct.
Wondering if your favorite game will get a boost? Check out our full list of Xbox One X Enhanced games.
Will Xbox One X support virtual reality headsets?
While Xbox One X is clearly designed to handle high-end VR, Microsoft hasn't confirmed compatibility with any existing headsets such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or the company's own Mixed Reality Headsets. Microsoft didn't discuss VR during the company's big Xbox E3 2017 Briefing, but Xbox head Phil Spencer recently told Cnet that VR is still very much on the console's roadmap.
Will Xbox One X make my Xbox One obsolete?
Not at all, at least for now. Xbox One X, Xbox One S and Xbox One are all part of the same family, and all Xbox One games in the foreseeable future will work on all three consoles. If things shake out the way Microsoft intends, Xbox One will become like a smartphone; the model you have now will probably handle the latest apps and games for at least a few years, but you'll have a premium option if you want the best performance possible.
What resolution monitors or TVs will the Xbox One X support?
Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One X will support 1080p, 1440p and 4K resolutions. 1440p was a bit of a surprise, as Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro doesn't support that resolution, even though it uses it for 4K upscaling. The Xbox One X will also use it for upscaling, but will also support it natively if you're using a monitor at that resolution.
Should I hold out for Xbox One X?
If you have a 4K TV and want the most powerful gaming console out there, then Xbox One X just might be worth the $499 investment. Based on our hands-on time with 4K games like Forza Motorsport 7 and Assassin's Creed Origins, the One X adds a stunningly immersive level of detail to big triple-A titles.
However, Sony's PS4 Pro also does 4K (albeit with slightly lower specs) for $399, and Microsoft's own Xbox One S offers 4K streaming, 4K Blu-ray support and the same huge game library for just $249.
It's also worth noting that you can enjoy most of what Xbox One X offers by just buying or building a decent gaming computer. PC gamers already have access to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for VR, and with Microsoft's Play Anywhere initiative, you'll be able to play virtually all of the company's recent first-party games on Windows 10. You'll likely have to pay somewhere in the mid $1,000s for dependable 4K and VR gaming, but you'll also reap all of the benefits of owning a gaming PC, including access to the biggest library of games out there.
Of course, we can't truly tell you whether Xbox One X is worth the cash until we've got the final product in our hands. We look forward to spending more time with the console and giving our final verdict when the system's Nov. 7 release date draws closer.
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HomeNewsDylan Ferrandis Takes Dominant Victory at RedBud
Dylan Ferrandis Takes Dominant Victory at RedBud
July 7, 2019 Michael Le Pard News Comments Off on Dylan Ferrandis Takes Dominant Victory at RedBud
Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis put on a masterclass performance to take dominant wins in both motos and notch his first overall win this season in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross 250MX Championship at the RedBud National in Buchanan, Michigan, on July 6. Joining him on the podium was teammate Justin Cooper who scored a 3-6 tally to take third overall. Rookie Ty Masterpool scored his best overall finish in sixth (4-11) followed by Colt Nichols in seventh (11-5). The fifth member of the squad Mitchell Oldenburg took 14th overall with a 15-13 score.
In the first moto, Ferrandis got the start he was looking for. Although not the holeshot, the Frenchman got to the front early and maintained his lead all the way to the checkered flag to score his second moto win this season and secure the victory with an 18.248-second gap over the rest of the field. His teammates Cooper and Nichols also got off to a good start, but unfortunately luck was not on their side.
For Cooper, misfortune struck on the opening lap. The New Yorker nearly went over the bars, and while he saved it, the error cost him valuable time and position. Undaunted, he put his head down and worked his way back from 11th to 5th with around 20 minutes plus two laps remaining in the moto. Meanwhile Nichols was up ahead in fourth with his eyes set on a podium spot. With six minutes remaining, it became a three-way battle with Adam Cianciarulo and RJ Hampshire for the podium. That battle saw Cianciarulo and Nichols going for the same line with the latter being pushed off track. The Oklahoman quickly got back on track and, in his push to rejoin the fray, he lost the front. Nichols was able to rejoin the race and fought his way back through the pack to finish just outside the top 10 in 11th place.
Cooper, who kept making forward progress, was able to inherit fifth and ultimately move into third. Rookie teammate Masterpool finished right behind him in fourth. The 16 year old rode his best race of the season, getting off to a decent start in ninth and running a solid moto to steadily work his way up the ranks, as well. Oldenburg, still working on getting up to speed after being sidelined in the first three rounds while he recovered from his Supercross injury, started 12th and was able to work his way up to ninth. Unfortunately, just before the halfway mark, a crash meant the fifth member of the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing team had to fight his way back through the pack to finish 15th.
In the second moto, Nichols and Ferrandis once again got off to a good start, but this time around, it took the Frenchman a bit longer to take the lead. Nine minutes into the moto, he overtook Nichols in second and went after the leader. A few minutes later, he was able to take the lead and once again go unchallenged to the finish line to take the overall win and move up into second in the standings, 25 points behind the championship leader with five rounds remaining.
Cooper, on the other hand, had a much more difficult start, finding himself back in 10th. Although it was chaos further back in the pack, the New Yorker kept his cool and was able to make progress forward as the race neared its conclusion. He put his down and made a last-lap push to take sixth and get what he needed to join Ferrandis on the podium with third overall. While Cooper lost his second position in the standings, he’s only a point back from his teammate.
Nichols had a much better second moto with his flying start in second. After his teammate passed him for second, he held on to that last podium spot until the halfway mark. He kept fighting, though, and it was a three-way battle with two laps to go. Ultimately, Nichols had to settle for fifth, leaving him seventh overall on the day.
As for the young Masterpool, he didn’t get the start he was looking for but was able to work his way up to 11th to finish 6th overall on the day. Oldenburg also got off to a difficult start in the second moto, but he was able to fight his way back to an improved 13th-place finish to score 14th overall.
The Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing team gets a weekend off before heading to Millville, Minnesota, for the Spring Creek National on July 20.
Wil Hahn
Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing Team Manager
“A solid day for us with another double podium for the crew and the first 1-1 of the season! Going 1-3-4 in the first moto was really cool, as well. I’m really proud of the whole team and looking forward to the next one in Millville.”
Dylan Ferrandis
Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing
“Finishing the day with two moto wins and the overall, honestly I couldn’t have expected a better weekend. My bike was really good, and I felt very comfortable on it today. We improved a lot on it with the team, and I want to thank them all for the hard work they put in every day for me to get the best bike possible. Getting ready for the outdoors is tough after a long Supercross season, so it took me time but finally we are where we want. Now we’re going take some rest before getting back to work and get ready for Millville in two weeks.”
Justin Cooper
“It was a tough day. I really got unlucky on the first lap in both motos where I was in decent positions, but that’s the way it goes! That’s racing. I’m happy to walk away with a podium today. I had to work from the back, so it was tough, but I’m looking forward to Millville. I really enjoy that track and did well there last year. I felt good today, but I didn’t put myself in good positions so a podium is great. The team did a great job today, and they had the bike feeling good for me. I just need to execute better next race.”
Colt Nichols
“The bike was awesome today. I’m really happy with the progress we have made there. In the first moto, I had a crash and my front brake locked up, so I had to pull into the mechanics area. It’s unfortunate, but that’s racing. We still salvaged a decent result for the day.”
Ty Masterpool
“RedBud lived up to the hype. The fans and the track were so awesome. In the first moto, I was midpack and started to work my way up and got fourth. In the second moto, someone went down in the first corner, and I got stuck behind them. I worked my way up through the pack and ended up sixth overall. I’m really happy with the progress I’m making so far and really looking forward to the next one at Millville.”
Mitchell Oldenburg
“We’re making progress. Qualifying went really well, and my speed has been pretty good this year, so I’m really excited about that. I’m getting stronger every weekend and trying to keep that forward momentum, so I’m happy with the weekend. I’m not really sure where I ended up overall, but like I said we’re making progress and getting stronger every weekend, which was my goal when I returned to racing. Hopefully I keep continuing to do that. We’ll take advantage of this next weekend off and get strong for Millville.”
2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship 250 Class RedBud Results
1. Dylan Ferrandis (1¬-1))
2. Adam Cianciarulo (5-2)
3. Justin Cooper (3-6)
4. RJ Hampshire (2-8)
5. Hunter Lawrence (8-4)
6. Ty Masterpool (4-11)
7. Colt Nichols (11-5)
8. Michael Mosiman (10-7)
9. Brandon Hartranft (6-12)
10. Cameron McAdoo (9-10)
14. Mitchell Oldenburg (15-13)
2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship 250 Class Standings
1. Adam Cianciarulo 307
2. Dylan Ferrandis 282
3. Justin Cooper 281
4. Colt Nichols 204
5. RJ Hampshire 200
6. Hunter Lawrence 193
7. Michael Mosiman 173
8. Chase Sexton 167
9. Alex Martin 165
10. Shane McElrath 129
11. Ty Masterpool 111
22. Mitchell Oldenburg 45
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Coats of many colours
Choosing the best colour for your new Toyota isn’t as simple as you might think, as Toyota colour designer Keiko Shishido explains
Colour. It’s probably the first thing we notice about a new car and it plays a huge part in creating a vehicle’s character. Cars have come a long, long way since the early days of the auto industry when Henry Ford said his customers’ options were “any colour so long as it’s black”. Just like exterior and interior design, colour design shapes the way we feel about a product. And there’s much more to it than picking shades from a paint chart.
Because colours are selected during the production process, car manufacturers must both set and predict new trends. Colours used in a car’s marketing, for instance, are often the highest selling for that model. And the more the bestseller is seen, the more popular it becomes.
Although conservative colours – white, black, grey and silver – tend to dominate the market, trends emerge from time to time. Certain hues fall in and out of favour and some drivers will always prefer to stand out from the crowd or make a statement with more striking colours. Vivid colours, like the bold yellow fizz seen on the AYGO x-cite edition.
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“Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment” Claude Monet
Understanding colour schemes, studying consumer tastes and predicting what will be popular is the job of the colour designer. It’s a role that requires creative flair, attention to detail and complex data-crunching.
“Colour design plays an important role in giving concrete shape to Toyota design,” explains Toyota colour designer Keiko Shishido. “But a colour designer is not an artist – because we’re developing a vehicle, we have to think within fixed parameters. Thinking from the customer perspective enables one to grasp customer sensibilities from contemporary trends, in-vogue colours, and the mood of the times.
“Using professional skills means that you can work on the colour design while at the same time making clear-headed appraisals of marketing data and past sales figures and meeting the unique requirements of the vehicle. You can be outstanding at one of these, but unless you have both abilities, I don’t think really good colour design is possible.
“Is this really the style of colour and material that customers are looking for? Is this really the car they want? I always make sure to run these questions through the filter of my own experience and then go back to work again on the design.”
Making sure colours work together both inside and out is a crucial part of colour design. A car’s instrument panel and steering wheel, seat fabric, ceiling, carpet and other interior fittings are made of a wide range of materials, and it is the colour designer’s job to make sure they coordinate.
“I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour” John Irving
Car colours reflect trends in fashion and design, with manufacturers analysing what colours are popular in those fields around the world. For more than a decade, silver was the most popular UK car colour, accounting for 36 per cent of all cars sold here, according to The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. But thanks to what has become known as the ‘Apple Effect’, white has overtaken it in the sales charts, reflecting the huge success of the Apple brand. After massive popularity in the '80s, white cars were distinctly unfashionable 10 years ago – making up less than one per cent of new cars sold. Today the figure is more than 22 per cent.
“Our everyday environment abounds with colour, in the clothes we like to wear, the interior décor we choose to relax in, and the colourful foods we like to eat,” says Shishido. “Letting people exercise the same kind of preference when they choose their cars is what Toyota’s colour design is working toward.”
“Colour has always got something mysterious about it that cannot be properly understood … a suggestive power…” Paul Klee
Another trend is the rise of ‘retro chic’. Just as fashion collections and consumer tastes are currently inspired by looks from the past, so too are car colours. Also like fashion, colour trends tend to be cyclical and vivid tones from the ‘50s and ‘60s have seen a recent revival. Even the much-maligned beiges and browns of the ‘70s are making an unlikely return. For the first time, secondhand car buyers are actively seeking out the classic ‘70s shades green, beige, yellow and gold, according to car valuation company CAP, placing them among the top 10 colour choices. A generation of car buyers too young to remember the drab connotations of ‘70s hues may be one factor, along with a desire to personalise their motoring.
Another reason for the current popularity ‘retro’ colours may be the influence of American trends. US research has shown car buyers associate brown with stability, comfort and authenticity. Colour company Pantone reports that gold, beige, yellow and orange are increasingly popular in Europe, with browns making a return in the luxury car market.
Pantone forecasts metal finishes such as coppers, bronzes and pewter will become even more commonplace and we can expect to see more organic tones including beiges and burnt-oranges. At least until the next big colour trend comes along…
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Yolisa Matakata: Former Hawks boss to lead Western Cape SAPS
Yolisa Matakata will have to come in and restore morale that has lacked in Western Cape's police force.
by Andile Sicetsha
The Acting National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS), Lieutenant-General Yolisa Matakata during media briefing on the Estina Investigations and other recent investigations led by the DPCI at Ronnie Mamoepa Media Centre, Tshedimosetso House, Pretoria. South Africa. 23/02/2018. Siyabulela Duda
After months of uncertainty and cracks within the structure of the SAPS in the Western Cape, former acting head of the Hawks and law enforcement veteran, Yolisa Matakata, has been named as the province’s police commissioner.
Who is Yolisa Matakata?
Yolisa Matakata brings 34 years of experience in her new role. Before taking up the position as the Western Cape’s new police commissioner, Matakata served, in an acting capacity, as the Head of the Hawks.
She was instrumental in the investigation of the Estina Dairy Farm saga involving the Guptas. Her no-nonsense leadership style is, according to Police Minister Bheki Cele, what earned her the call to fix the slump that’s taken hold of the police force in the Western Cape.
The province has been without a police commissioner since August. A break down in trust and internal squabbles forced Khombinkosi Jula, Matakata’s predecessor, to take a transfer to KwaZulu-Natal.
A look at her education background and experience
Matakata’s road to the highest seat in power, in the Western Cape’s law enforcement, was not an easy one. In 2017, she was called up to replace the embattled Berning Ntlemeza as the head of the Hawks after it was found that he had lied under oath.
She would vacate the post in just over a year and return to the Western Cape as the deputy national director of the Hawks. After a rigorous — and quite dramatic — process in seeking a replacement for Jula, Matakata was appointed as the commissioner’s successor.
When will she start?
The province’s new Top Cop is expected to begin her tenure in January 2020, something Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde is excited about.
“We look forward to working with Lt-Gen Matakata on improving safety in our province, and on our provincial safety plan, and trust that national government will give her the support required to effectively lead the police in our province.
“The Western Cape cabinet was consulted as part of the appointment process, and we agreed to and welcome the outcome,” Winde said.
Shadow Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz also chimed in congratulations for Matakata. He hoped that her arrival would spark a new era of cooperation between SAPS and provincial law enforcement agencies that once lacked under a troublesome Jula.
“We also look forward to a new era in terms of cooperation in this space, and hope finally to see the regular delivery of crime statistics as is legislated for in our Community Safety Act, as well as improvements in police service delivery and response times.”
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Elon Musk cleared of defamation over 'pedo guy' tweet
4:03 PM MYT
British cave diver Vernon Unsworth (centre) speaking to reporters after the verdict in Los Angeles, California. - Reuters
LOS ANGELES/BANGKOK: Tesla co-founder Elon Musk was cleared of defamation on Saturday (Dec 7) by a jury in Los Angeles over a tweet in which he labelled a British caver "pedo guy."
The jury deliberated less than an hour before ruling in favour of Musk and clearing him of any liability in the high-profile case that pitted him against Vernon Unsworth.
Unsworth had sought $US190mil in damages from the tech billionaire, arguing that his reputation had been damaged by the tweet.
Musk hugged his lawyer on hearing the verdict, telling reporters afterwards: "My faith in humanity has been restored."
One of Unsworth's attorneys, Mark Stephens, expressed disappointment saying the verdict would allow "a bullying billionaire ... to cast a long shadow."
"I just hope that nobody else has to go through (this) and go toe-to-toe with Musk again," Stephens said, noting the "enormous" amount of money Musk had at his disposal to defend himself.
Unsworth said he was sorry the verdict did not go his way but would respect the jury's decision.
The caver's legal team had told jurors in closing arguments that the $190 million he was seeking would amount to "a hard slap on the wrist" for Musk and would prevent him "from ever planting a nuclear bomb in the life of another individual."
Describing the 48-year-old entrepreneur as a "billionaire bully," Unsworth attorney Lin Wood said his client was a man of modest means whose life had been upended by the much-publicized row.
Musk's outburst against Unsworth followed an interview in which the 64-year-old caver dismissed Musk's offer of a mini-submarine to rescue young soccer players trapped in a cave in Thailand in the summer of 2018.
Unsworth at the time said Musk's offer was nothing but a PR stunt -- a claim he maintained during the trial -- and had suggested he "stick his submarine where it hurts."
In court testimony, Musk said the "pedo guy" tweet he shared with his 22 million followers was an off-the-cuff insult and did not mean he was accusing Unsworth -- a financial consultant who splits his time between Britain and Thailand -- of being a pedophile.
He apologised on Twitter for his outburst and again during his testimony.
He insisted during questioning that he was simply reacting to Unsworth's "unprovoked" comments and claimed that "pedo guy" was a term widely used in South Africa, where he grew up, and meant "creepy old man."
Musk's attorney Alex Spiro told jurors in his closing argument on Friday that the case boils down to "an argument between two people."
"This was just an insult," Spiro said. "Plaintiff is taking one of those insults and putting it in the spotlight."
The attorney insisted that it was Unsworth who picked a fight and his client had simply pushed back with a tweet he later regretted.
"Elon Musk doesn't like that tweet, shareholders don't like the tweet, Elon Musk's mom doesn't like the tweet," Spiro said while underlining that nowhere was the word pedophile mentioned specifically. - AFP
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AJ: ‘I had health issue and needed an op, but now I’m feeling on top of the world’
Dave Kidd
Updated: 9 Dec 2019, 1:24
ANTHONY JOSHUA was back on top of the world last night.
Almost literally, given that the reinstated heavyweight champion was holding court in a glass-domed bar called The Globe on the 44th floor of his Riyadh hotel.
Anthony Joshua bounced back from his shock defeat back in June by defeating Andy Ruiz Jr on Saturday night
After defeating Andy Ruiz Jr to reclaim his three world titles with a masterclass of back-foot dancing and jabbing on Saturday, it felt as if Joshua was back.
Back as the main man in boxing’s elite division, back as a genuine A-list British sportsman — and back to full health after an illness which, he revealed, had affected him before his shock defeat by Ruiz in New York in June.
Joshua, 30, refused to say what the health issue was but it had been serious enough to require an operation after his hiding at Madison Square Garden.
He told the BBC: “I had some issue with my health which I was going through for a long time.
“I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I felt so tired and drained and thought it must be down to training.
“In the changing room before the fight I got a bucket of ice and was putting my head in it thinking, ‘Why do I feel so tired?’
“The responsibilities of being world champion are difficult. All that stuff, feeling so tired, dealing with obligations.
“Now I have energy, I haven’t missed a session.
“After my check-ups it showed what the problem was and this is what you have to get sorted.
“Even in this camp I had an operation done but as I’d started training in June I had no issues.”
Joshua’s status as the world’s No 1 heavyweight felt as if it had been lost even before his defeat to Ruiz, when WBC king Deontay Wilder fought out an epic draw with Tyson Fury a year ago.
He also suffered a disconnection with a once-adoring British public.
First there were suggestions he was dodging a unification bout with American Wilder.
Then the battering he suffered from rank-outsider Ruiz.
And after that the controversy over his decision to stage the rematch in Saudi Arabia, with its worrying human-rights record and undesirability as a venue for travelling fans. Now Joshua has re-established his credentials as a craftsman of the noble art.
And now he is promising a ‘mega’ homecoming fight in London — most likely at Tottenham’s magnificent new stadium.
During the build-up to this ‘Clash on the Dunes’ — not that there were any dunes nearby, nor an awful lot of actual clashing in the ring — Joshua had taken to snarling.
He had promised to issue a ‘f*** you’ to his critics when he reclaimed his WBA, IBF and WBO belts. But there was none of that when he met the media in Saudi’s capital last night. Instead, it was back to the easy charisma of the old Joshua.
He laughed while calling one reporter a ‘b*****d’ for accusing him of burying is head in the sand over the nature of Saudi society — but admitted that media questions had given him food for thought.
Then there was the admission that, before the initial Ruiz fight, he and his team had come to take victory for granted.
He denied the word ‘complacency’ but that was how it sounded. Joshua said: “When you are just steamrolling through the division, it is not so much a lack of motivation but a sense of normality that this is how it is just supposed to be.
“It just became the norm, to do what you’re doing. But this time I felt like we upped our game, we were doing longer rounds, we brought in a lot more sparring partners, I kept my mind thinking, kept challenging myself.
“Even in the fight on Saturday, there were challenges, even if not physically — like toe-to-toe, I got knocked down, he got knocked down — then mentally staying switched on was really challenging. And it worked really well. He was my bogeyman, he was going to beat me. So this was a big win.
“I always wanted to be great in boxing. I never need motivation to get into the gym. I’ve that intrinsic motivation where I can get up and go in, but motivating your whole team to be on the same page as you becomes difficult as well.
“For this training camp, though, I felt like everyone was motivated to win and it led to our success.
“I wouldn’t say I was complacent but you do need to stay active, you need to have the hunger to learn.”
The nature of his unanimous points win would not have pleased many of the more casual fans who forked out £25 for pay-per-view and hoped for drama and knockdowns.
Nor would they have been too impressed to hear the porky Ruiz admitting he had not trained enough, that he had partied too hard after winning titles and was out of shape and overweight at 20st 3lb.
Those confessions will surely have cost the Mexican his trilogy fight with Joshua.
And Joshua cannot yet give British fight fans what they truly want — contests with Wilder and Fury, who are expected to fight each other in a long-awaited rematch in February.
Instead, AJ’s most likely opponent at Tottenham in the spring will be Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, who pulled out of their scheduled fight through injury in 2017.
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After that it may be Oleksandr Usyk, Ukraine’s former undisputed cruiserweight champion who is looking to emulate Evander Holyfield and David Haye by stepping up to win titles in the big-boys’ division.
But the old buzz, the old aura, has returned.
Joshua is back in the sporting stratosphere once more.
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Property abroad: Italy's Lake Como
Updated: 08:45 EST, 25 August 2009
The sun shimmers on the lake, picturesque villages cling to vertiginous, snow-tipped mountains and classic wooden Riva speedboats whisk off glamorous occupants for expensive lunches at Hotel Villa D'Este or the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni.
'The Clooney effect': Actor George Clooney has put Lake Como on the map
It's easy to see why Lake Como is one of the most desirable locations in Italy. The 30-mile-long Y-shaped lake in Lombardy, on the Italian-Swiss border, is a restrained, tasteful version of the French Riviera - a four-hour drive away - rather than a hikers' refuge in the Alps.
Take a boat from the bustling town of Como, at the southernmost part of the lake, heading towards Colico, and you soon pass Villa Oleandra on your left, George Clooney's summer retreat that he bought for $ 10m (now £6.1m) in 2002 in the small village of Laglio.
It's not hard to see what draws him and his Tinseltown chums --he and Brad Pitt tour the mountain roads on their Harleys - to this majestic setting, much to the joy of local estate agents who have profited from the resulting excitement he gave to the area.
As property prices crashed around the world, prices here for new-builds have edged down only 10% since the heights of 2007 with demand still coming from the wealthy of Milan, only 30 miles to the south, and from Swiss bankers.
For the British, Lake Como has been a favoured refuge since Victorian times. It is still a convenient 90-minute flight to Milan or Bergamo.
Accessibility was one of the reasons Chris Finch, 40, an insurance broker who lives in a four-bedroom detached house in Silkston, near Barnsley, bought a new two-bedroom flat at Pianello Lario on the lake's north-west shore for €195,000 (now £168,500), plus 10% tax, last May.
It has direct lake views and a pool shared by the owners of the small new-build development of ten apartments.
Homes abroad: The Finch Family
Chris and his wife Vicky, 38, have two children, James, nine, and Ben, seven. He says: 'I've always loved the lake - its microclimate, beauty and easy and cheap accessibility. We fly from either Leeds, East Midlands or Manchester with Ryanair, Jet2 or BMI to Bergamo and hire a car for the 90-minute drive to the flat.
We use it year-round - in the summer for the sun and winter when we drive the 45 minutes to Madesimo, the best local ski resort.'
Wisely, Finch did not buy off-plan - a perilous practice in the view of many Italians - but he did want something new.
'We didn't have a mortgage on our UK house so we remortgaged that and paid cash for the lake flat,' says Finch. 'We also paid £4,000 to have a kitchen fitted, as Italian new-builds don't come with one. It's been a great buy as we're using it five times a year and let it to family and friends. And the value has remained the same, if not a little more, which is a bonus.
'We do not rent it out as a holiday let but we could get about €900 [£775] a week and the season is a long one, from March to October.'
Como property expert Linda Travella, who through the agency Casa Travella has been selling property on the lake to Britons for 22 years, says: 'New-builds are especially sought after at the moment and their prices have stubbornly remained stable, with buyers from Milan, Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavia.'
All-year retreat: The Finch's Pianello Lario flat
There is little on the market in need of refurbishment - after Clooney's arrival, these were snapped up, mainly by Americans and the thousand-plus Britons who have second homes on the lake. 'There are some big villas but not many small places left to do up,' says Travella. 'If you want that, you have to go to Le Marche or the less sought-after areas of Tuscany.'
New developments are small-scale, traditional and low-rise to comply with strict local planning restrictions, with two in Bellagio, considered the jewel of the lake with its narrow streets of designer clothes shops, being typical.
Bellagio Gardens is 11 flats with balconies in two two-storey ochre-painted buildings with red-tiled roofs just 600ft from the lake, with gardens and a shared pool (www. bellagiogardens.com), while Residenza Aster is three two-storey buildings, also traditionally ochre-painted and red-tiled, with gardens around a shared pool (www.grimaldi.net).
'Demand from the UK has dropped since September because of the strong euro and credit crunch but interest has picked up a little in the past month,' says Travella, who adds that prices in general on the lake are down by about five per cent in the past year.
High above Argegno is the 1909 Villa Peduzzi, which has fantastic lake views and is being converted into four classy flats for £1.16m to £1.73m by Ultissimo Ltd, who have also just launched a propertysearch service in the area.
High demand: Lake Como is a popular destination for second home seekers
Despite being abandoned by the Peduzzi family in 1941, the four-storey, 15,500sq ft villa still has art nouveau designs on the walls and ceilings and ornate frescoes and mosaic floors intact, and these will be fully restored. Each 3,500sq ft flat will be on a separate floor but there is also an option to buy the whole villa for £7.3m with extra accommodation built in the large grounds (www. ultissimo.com).
On the other bank of the lake, above Clooney's villa, is a choice of two and three-bedroom flats in a former miniature car model factory in Cernobbio. The property is set in woodlands 300ft above the lake and there will be four loft apartments with terraces or gardens. They will be on one, two or three floors and vary from 1,355sq ft to 2,026 sq ft with prices from £405,000 to £1.25m (www.cluttonsitaly.com).
Giovanni Severini, a local agent with Severini Immobiliare (www. immobiliareseverini.it), says: 'Last year, prices and the number of transactions fell slightly. We now have more properties on our books but prices are holding up for new-builds and for total restoration projects, particularly in historic town centres and in excellent locations where demand for quality property is still strong.'
Star attraction: Spotting Clooney out on the lake with Hollywood pals such as Brad Pitt and Matt Damon is a popular local pastime
A great mix of property is available on the lake, from small, one-bedroom flats in Dongo on the north-west shore from £80,000, to villas such as the five-bedroom, 19th Century one in Carate Urio, near Clooney, for £2.15m.
Travella advises those on a budget of up to £250,000 to look around Dongo and Domaso, also on the north-west shore, where there has been a lot of recent development, and those on a bigger budget to invest in pretty Argegno in the central lake.
Since his original purchase, Clooney has also bought the run-down house next to his for a further £2.6m and has renovated it to use as a guest house for his A-list friends.
Trying to catch sight of them out playing on the lake has become a big tourist attraction - and an added bonus to those with a second home in such a stunning setting.
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Ed Sheeran Sets New All-Time Touring Record with Support from Meyer Sound
Photography by Ralph Larmann.
Ed Sheeran’s epic ÷ (Divide) Tour has been elevated to Pollstar’s highest-ranking tour of all time, handily outdistancing the old marks for both tour gross receipts and attendance totals. As has been the case since the globe-circling odyssey launched in 2017, Sheeran’s veteran audio crew relies on a Meyer Sound LEO Family system to ensure an intimate, one-to-one audio connection between the appealing pop icon and his legions of devoted fans.
Production Manager and FOH Engineer Chris Marsh, who has been with Sheeran since his first headline tour in 2011, has tapped Meyer Sound’s LEO Family as his preferred audio reinforcement solution since 2013. A system provided by UK-based Major Tom accompanied the tour and was deployed for all shows except for a handful of the more scattered “one-off” performances.
“We started using LEO on the earlier arena tours before we got into stadiums, and the first thing that was really noticeable was headroom,” Marsh recalled. “It seemed like we never would run out of it. Also, clarity and definition are exceptional. Ed’s looping has many layers to it, and sometimes other PAs just seemed to make noise. With LEO there is a separation in the mix I can’t find in the other systems I’ve worked with.”
Marsh also finds that the LEO Family solution makes it easy to live with himself whilst wearing the two hats as FOH engineer and production manager. “Yes, as FOH engineer I want to have the sound of the LEO Family, and fortunately I can sell that to my production manager hat by the fact that it takes up less truck space. Of course, they also take less space by the side of the stage, and in the past, we’ve had issues finding space for that extra infrastructure on shows where we couldn’t bring the Meyer PA.”
In its current incarnation, the Divide Tour system is built around four main hangs of 18-each LEO line array loudspeakers, augmented on the low end by nine flown 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements plus 24 1100-LFC elements on the ground in dual end-fire arrays. Stage front and fill systems comprise LINA and UPA-1P loudspeakers. Delays are MILO line array loudspeakers, 14 per hang, with LEOPARD™ line array loudspeakers added when required as delay ground fill.
A somewhat unusual twist on the tour’s final leg (#14) through Europe is the mix of large football stadiums and open “greenfield” sites — parks, fairgrounds and, in Helsinki, a decommissioned airfield. This venue strategy was occasioned, according to Marsh, by the difficulty in finding venues along the route able to accommodate the numbers dictated by ticket demand. It fell to Audio Systems Engineer Charlie Albin to ensure the system was re-adapted to different circumstances on a show-to-show basis.
“A flat greenfield site is simpler than what we do in a stadium, but there’s still work to be done with time and phase alignment, particularly where our main system blends into the delays,” Albin remarked. “Probably the biggest challenge is trying to balance a system of this size over considerable distances, and I’m lucky that with the LEO Family PA we have the tonality from the array is incredibly similar whether you sit 10 meters away from it or 100 meters away. That makes my life so much easier.”
A new addition to the Meyer Sound digital toolkit, Low Mid Beam Control (LMBC) in the latest version of Compass control software, also was welcomed by Albin. “LMBC has been a strong feature on this last campaign,” he attested. “It has enabled us to get a smoother frequency response across the entire audience area, and we can do it without using as much EQ. Also, the new way of doing delay integration is a bit more consistent across the various loudspeakers, so it helps us combine the different elements of our PA smoothly.”
In his show-time role at FOH, Chris Marsh has enjoyed the frequent respite from the quirks and inconsistencies of stadium acoustics. “The LEO Family really comes into its own on a greenfield site, without all the interferences of stadium surfaces. I’m not forced to pull frequencies out with EQ to battle house acoustics. It gives me an opportunity to play with effects, as you can really hear the difference in parameters and every slight adjustment is clearly audible.”
It’s been a long and gruelling odyssey since the record-breaking tour launched on March 16, 2017, in Turin, Italy. Although everybody is ready for an extended holiday, Sheeran and his crew remain energetic and exuberant to the end. And, except for Sheeran’s bicycle tumble arm fracture in 2017, the tour has been trouble-free personally and technically.
“We were fortunate that on this tour we were able to take Major Tom’s Meyer PA with us almost everywhere,” commented Marsh. “We’ve taken it on and off aeroplanes a dozen times, in and out of ocean-going containers eight times, plus through torrential rain and heavy winds and even sand pits. And that same system is still going, which is a massive accolade for Meyer Sound.”
The ÷ (Divide) Tour encompassed 255 shows, closing with three concerts in Ipswich, England on August 24 – 26. As of August 2, the tour had surpassed U2’s former record (for the 360 Tour) be chalking up total ticket sales of $736 million, with twelve shows remaining. The tour is set to break attendance records as well, with 8.5 million coming to the shows compared to 7.3 million for U2. Although Sheeran’s ticket prices were lower than those for the U2 tour, he made up for it with the sheer number of shows scheduled.
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Jamaica Tourist Board Responds to State of Emergency Ongoing in Western Jamaica
Impacting Travel Joe Pike May 08, 2019
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The U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica recently declared a State of Public Emergency for the parishes of Westmoreland, Hanover and St. James, “based on escalating criminal activity and threats to public safety and the rule of law,” according to the Embassy’s website.
“Expect to encounter increased police and military presence, checkpoints, and searches of persons and vehicles within the borders of the Westmoreland, Hanover, and St. James Parishes,” according to the Embassy.
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According to the Jamaica Star, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said at a special press briefing on April 30 that he had been advised by the security forces that the crime situation in these parishes "would warrant" such declaration.
“The reinstatement of the enhanced security presence in the three parishes in Western Jamaica will in no way serve as an impediment to residents and visitors enjoying the experiences that the country offers but will boost the destination’s record of safety and security,” according to a written Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) statement.
The state of emergency officially took effect on April 30 and will run for 14 days, according to the Jamaica Star report. As of April 15, Jamaica remained a Level 2 on the U.S. Department of State’s travel advisory. Level 2 means travelers should “exercise increased caution.”
“The action taken is a deliberate strategy on the part of the Government of Jamaica to take proactive steps, at key intervals, to maintain a safe, secure and seamless experience for all law-abiding citizens as well as visitors,” according to the JTB statement. “This is evidenced by our strong arrivals of more than 1.7 million visitors for the first four months of 2019, which generated some $1.2 billion in revenue for Jamaica’s tourism sector.”
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Of the Belleville Three, the cadre of early Detroit producers who tested the limits of spirit within electronic dance music and changed the integrity of the form forever, Derrick May's reputation as an originator remained intact despite more than a decade of recording inactivity. While Juan Atkins is rightly looked at as the godfather of techno, with a recording career beginning in the electro scene of the early '80s and encompassing some of the most inspired tracks in the history of dance music; and Kevin Saunderson is the Detroit producer with the biggest mainstream success through his work with vocalist Paris Grey as Inner City, May's position as an auteur eroded slightly during the 1990s due to a largely inexplicable lack of activity. As far as influence counts as part of the equation, however, May recorded the techno tracks which top dance producers point to as the most original and influential. The classic Derrick May sound is a clever balance between streamlined percussion-heavy cascades of sound with string samples and a warmth gained from time spent in Chicago, enraptured by the grooves of essential DJs like Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles. May's Transmat Records label was the home of his best material, cuts like "Nude Photo," "Strings of Life," "Kaos" and "It Is What It Is," most produced from 1987 to 1989 as Rhythim Is Rhythim. And though his release schedule all but halted during the 1990s, he continued DJing around the world and honed Transmat into one of the most respected techno labels in the world.
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Seaman confesses to being HIV positive and seeks help on social media
Joan 7 months ago
The cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV has been constantly increasing all over the world. This has caused an alarm to health professionals especially that this disease is highly dangerous and that there is no direct cure for this yet.
Additionally, people who are diagnosed to be HIV-positive often have a hard time telling people around them that they are suffering from such disease. This is because some sort of discrimination is automatically given to these people.
This is probably why an anonymous seaman decided to share his worries through a Facebook page called Marino Ph.
Through a post, the anonymous sender tells everyone that he badly needs help after he was diagnosed to be HIV-positive. He recalls to have finished his contract as a seaman back in November 2018, as he and his colleagues were off to have fun after another completed contact, they decided to hire a commercial s*x worker.
The sender recalls that he did not use any “protection” during his encounter with the commercial s*x worker and even confessed to being unfaithful to his girlfriend after having another affair with his ex while he was still in Manila.
After a month, he went back to his province and he was warmly welcomed by his girlfriend and they even celebrated Christmas and new year while traveling together to various place like Baguio, Cebu and Boracay. Everything went well as he was also planning to get married to his girlfriend in June.
But, everything was shattered when he took a medical exam in Manila and found out that he is positive from HIV. He was so confused that he no longer knew what to do especially that his girlfriend is now 4 months pregnant. It was as if his whole world ended after the doctors announced his condition.
Now, he is asking for anyone who can help him get through the depressing effect of finding out that he has HIV. Lucky for him, many Facebook users responded to his call for help and willingly gave a heads up to meet with him anytime he wants to. Many also reminded him to pray as anything is possible with the power of prayer.
Whoever this anonymous sender may be, we hope that he gets the help he desperately needs and that he soon gains the courage to tell the people around him about his situation so that everything will be resolved peacefully.
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New hotels: Yogyakarta Marriott Hotel, Mövenpick Suriwongse Hotel Chiang Mai and more
/ Posted on 10 November, 2017 10:14
The latest hotel openings and announcements made this week.
Yogyakarta Marriott Hotel
Yogyakarta Marriott Hotel has opened its doors, giving the city its first Marriott branded hotel. With 347 guestrooms and suites, Yogyakarta Marriott Hotel features what’s said to be the largest club lounge in town; a spa; exercise room; outdoor swimming pool; all-day dining Yogyakarta Kitchen; the Taman Sari Bar & Grill specialty restaurant which looks out to the hotel pool; and a lobby lounge. Meetings and events facilities include a pillarless ballroom, which at 1,870m2 is the largest in Yogyakarta, a boardroom, seven meeting rooms and several pre-function areas. The hotel is located 20 minutes away from Adi Sutjipto International Airport and an hour from UNESCO World Heritage Site The Borobudur Temple.
Mövenpick Suriwongse Hotel Chiang Mai
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has launched the brand’s first property in Chiang Mai, located a 10-minute drive from Chiang Mai International Airport and 10km from Chiang Mai National Convention & Exhibition Centre. Mövenpick Suriwongse Hotel Chiang Mai offers 266 rooms across seven categories, namely Classic, Superior, Deluxe, Premier, Junior Suite, Suites, and Family Suites.
The hotel offers F&B options including at all-day dining venue Feung Fah Restaurant for Thai and international cuisines; Le Bistrot serving Italian-Thai fusion food and featuring a terrace looking out to the Night Bazaar; a lobby bar; a rooftop pool bar; and Sweet House for coffee and pastries. Two multifunctional venues are available on the property, including a ballroom for up to 400 pax.
Hilton Garden Inn Hangzhou Lu’niao
A Hilton Garden Inn property has opened its doors in Hangzhou’s Lu’niao Town, 45km from the city centre. Hilton Garden Inn Hangzhou Lu’niao features 230 rooms, including nine deluxe suites and eight family guest rooms with separate living rooms, a 24-hour gym, an outdoor pool and a self-service laundromat.
The hotel also houses 720m2 of multi-functional space, including five meeting rooms and a 365m2 banquet hall. F&B options include Garden Grille for Asian and international cuisines; The Noodle Bar; The Garden Lounge; and The Pavilion Pantry, which offers takeaway drinks, snacks and microwaveable meals around the clock.
Cordis, Auckland
The Langham, Auckland has been rebranded to Cordis, Auckland, currently in the midst of a complete renovation. Enhancements include the addition of a “Double-Double” category to the hotel’s Superior and Deluxe rooms, which allows guests to opt for two double beds. Suites with kitchenettes will also be introduced to cater to families, independent travellers and long-staying guests.
Also newly refurbished is the 75-seater Lobby Lounge, which now serves up the Cordis High Tea of sweets and pastries complemented with a tea sommelier service, as well as three special Cordis-curated craft beers. Other new features include Handy smart phones all guests; free-to-book eZee electric bikes; and a programme of activities for children under 12. All 411 guestrooms and suites and the lobby will be refurbished by February 2018.
Le Méridien Seoul
Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts has launched its first South Korean property, a 336-key hotel in Bongeunsa-ro, one of Gangnam’s major thoroughfares. Le Méridien Seoul’s room inventory includes 109 club rooms and 29 suites, and offers a range of facilities from spa and indoor golf range to three F&B options.
For events and meetings, the property offers 1,650m2 of space across four indoor venues. The Da Vinci Ballroom, housed in the lower levels of the atrium, has capacity for up to 500 guests. The outdoor 525m2 Maple Garden can accommodate private parties and product launches. Le Méridien Seoul is approximately 60 minutes by car from Incheon International Airport, and allows for easy access to the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center and the office district in Samsung-dong.
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Lack Of Progress On Town Enhancement "A Disaster"
Camilla McLoughln
THE lack of progress on the town enhancement programme could put the entire project in jeopardy believes Cllr Tommy McKeigue.
Funding of €3m from the European Regional Development Fund must be used by the end of 2018 or it could be withdrawn. However, it now looks unlikely that work will begin this year.
At last Thursday's Municipal District meeting, there was no further update on the project and a second workshop for councillors was proposed for August by Town Manager, Mr Sean Murray. A similar workshop was held in June between councillors and the design team.
If an agreement is reached in August, then it will go before the September meeting of the Municipal District for approval. This will be followed by a period of public consultation.
''This is a disaster'', stressed Cllr Tommy McKeigue, ''it will take another three months to go out to tender. We lost an awful lot of time.''
Speaking after the meeting, the Fine Gael councillor said each aspect of the work will probably have be tendered for separately. Proposals include the erection of a bridge over the river linking Main Street and the Bridge Centre car park, the undergrounding of wires, widening of footpaths and the cause of all the delay, the pedestrianisation of O'Connor Square.
''The whole thing is gone out of kilter. There has to be compromise, it's just a mess. Construction costs are going up too. I'm very disappointed, the streets of the town are like a ploughed field. The town is looking very well but the footpaths and streets need to be done,'' said cllr Mckeigue
''It's not fair on the tax payers and rate payers. It's not their fault. I feel we have let them down. We are the only town . . . Birr is done, Edenderry has started, they had problems with the plan for the square too but they reached an agreement,'' he said.
It was in August 2015 when members of the public were first asked for their opinions on a set of proposals for the town centre and they enthusiastically responded with ideas and comments.
Kenny Lyons and Park Hood Architects were appointed to draw up a set of designs which again went out for public consultation in 2016.
There were four proposals put forward for O'Connor square, these were rejected by traders in the O'Connor Square/Tanyard area of the town, who objected to the significant reduction in car parking spaces in the square and in a joint submission said they wanted no less than 40 car parking spaces. With the exception of councillors Tommy McKeigue and Brendan Killeavy, members agreed and pushed for a new design.
The architects came up with further plans, this time to include 26 car parking spaces. This was accepted by councillors Tommy McKeigue and Brendan Killeavy, but rejected by the rest who voted 5-2 in favour of a brand new design.
In the meantime a group called Portumna Investments said they were planning to open a 90 space car-park to the rear of the old post office in O'Connor Square. Some feel this might be a solution.
At the May meeting of the Municipal Authority, Cllr Danny Owens asked that any further discussions on the street enhancement project exclude the press.
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You wanted more, and you've got more! The Madison Comic Con is back and even bigger than ever! We're still at Monona Terrace, and now we're taking over the Exhibit Hall there with more space, more vendors, more artists, more guests, more everything! This is one show that you won't want to miss!
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Good news, everyone! The Milwaukee Comic Convention keeps on growing, and it's back with a bigger and better than ever show! This Sept 7th, The Milwaukee Comic Con is taking over the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Comic Con will feature over 300 artist tables, vendor booths, and special guests. But we’re also bringing cash prize cosplay contests, video gaming tournaments, and a whole weekend of fun! Milwaukee's largest comic book and pop culture event!
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Greetings Earthlings! Mighty Con is coming back to its home turf in Dupage, IL! Feb. 9th, Mighty Con is setting up shop at the Dupage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton, Illinois. The Dupage Mighty Con's huge facilities will feature over 100 artist tables, vendor booths, and special guests. But we’re also bringing cash prize cosplay contests, video and table top gaming tournaments, and a whole weekend of fun!
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Dr Michail Stamatakis from the UCL Department of Chemical Engineering developed Zacros for simulating molecular phenomena on catalytic surfaces, but further work was needed for the code to run effectively on high performance computing platforms.
A collaboration with the UCL Research Software Development Group has brought about significant improvements in the performance and usability of the code, which has become a popular tool with researchers around the world.
Catalysts play a vital role in diverse applications in science and in everyday life - one of the most well-known examples being the treatment of gas pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO) from car exhausts by catalytic converters. Finding good and economical catalysts for reactions such as CO oxidation is not trivial, and UCL's Dr Michail Stamatakis is undertaking research on trying to understand and predict - before even doing experiments - which materials may make good catalysts.
The approach known as 'Kinetic Monte Carlo' (KMC) simulation, which has been applied for many years to computationally model physical-chemical interactions, can accelerate the search for new catalysts. The KMC methodology was adopted in computational studies of catalytic surface chemistries in the 1980s, but even 1990s research was constrained by the use of over-simplified chemical mechanisms. There remained a requirement for a more detailed and flexible description, of all the kinetics of the chemical reactions and the interaction of reacting substances (adsorbates) with the catalyst and with each other, while being bound to the catalytic surface.
The essential information about such mechanisms lies in the energies of gaseous and surface-bound chemical species, as well as the 'forces' of pushing or pulling between these surface species. Earlier studies were reliant upon restricted details of such interactions: for instance, forces only between nearest neighbours were accounted for, whereas long range interactions were neglected. The computational challenge was to study wider, longer and realistic reaction schemes - producing higher quality simulations of chemical mechanisms. Achieving better predictions of reactions in the molecular-scale processes required a new computational code, capable of making the most of modern computer architecture.
Zacros, a software package developed by Dr Michail Stamatakis from UCL's Department of Chemical Engineering, enables researchers to perform high quality simulations of molecular phenomena on catalytic surfaces; however, as with any computer simulation, greater detail requires more computational resources. To develop Zacros into a more powerful research tool, Dr Stamatakis worked with UCL's Research Software Development Group (RSDG) to allow the code to make best use of high performance computing platforms such as UCL's Legion cluster.
The initial collaboration came about through a call from the RSDG for small projects that could benefit from free software development effort. As a result, Dr Jens Nielsen and Dr Mayeul d'Avezac, software developers with backgrounds in physics, began working with Dr Stamatakis to increase the applicability of kinetic modelling to complex reactive events, and improve the computational efficiency of the simulation code.
There were many problems to overcome - calculations involving diverse (long-range) interactions are computationally intensive - the algorithm has to deal with updating the rates of existing reaction events and adding new reactions in the queue after analysing and executing the original events. - Jens Nielsen, Research Software Developer
Supporting this increased complexity required the ability for the software to perform calculations in parallel across multiple CPU cores. Parallelising the code in this way significantly accelerates the speed at which the impact of individual reaction events upon the wider system can be calculated, making it practical to carry out such detailed simulations. This effort formed the bulk of the initial free project, and following that RSDG have continued to work with Dr Stamatakis on an ARCHER eCSE grant by the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre to make further improvements to the code. This has included enabling Zacros to run on ARCHER - the UK's national high performance computing resource, and further work is ongoing to allow Zacros to operate in parallel across multiple compute nodes using the MPI protocol.
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We found in earlier studies, that in some instances chemical interactions were neglected altogether or modelled by nearest-neighbour contributions, this was due to the large computational expenses needed for implementing more accurate models. Zacros offers higher fidelity and accuracy, with wider applicability to chemistries that could not be studied before. At the same time the simulations run faster at lower cost. The advantages are significant.
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Zacros has developed into a powerful research tool that is becoming increasingly popular with computational catalysis and surface science researchers. It has been realised as a licensed software product and the impact of Zacros beyond UCL can already be measured in numbers: 58 non-UCL Zacros licenses have been issued to users in 21 countries and one commercial licence has been sold. Zacros is also being developed and customised for other non-catalyst research fields such as thin-film growth and under EU2020 proposals, in an atomic layer-deposition research project.
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In her new role, Kristin supports the programmatic growth and success of Umoja's embedded Seminar and Restorative Justice Partnerships and Umoja program staff. Kristin also represents Umoja within the national Building Equitable Learning Environments Network as a leader for equity in schools. Before coming to Umoja, Kristin spent six years of her career in Education, as the Dean of Students and In-School Suspension Supervisor, at John Hope College Prep HS. At Hope, Kristin gained classroom experience in teaching Algebra and Geometry classes as a full-time substitute for two years. Kristin was also a member of the Behavioral Health Team, Crisis Team and head coach of the girls' basketball team while at the high school. Kristin also worked part-time for Youth Advocate Program and Youth Guidance as an advocate for youth and a program lead for after school activities.
Prior to her school-based work, Kristin coached collegiate basketball for two years at top-ranked junior colleges in Missouri and Florida. She continues to support youth through SEL and sports through her summer basketball program "Peace and Hoops" in Englewood.
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Desert Rock pioneers Yawning Man will finally make a soaring flight to our shores for a long-awaited tour of Australia and New Zealand in January 2020.
Forming in 1986, Yawning Man have released 7 studio albums and 5 split LPs/EPs.
The latest releases, The Revolt Against Tired Noises & Macedonian Lines, won over critics from the desert plains to across the oceans. This is not just due to the fact that Brant Bjork once said that Yawning Man is the sickest band of all time, or They're the greatest band I've ever seen. Without the band and their commitment to the initiation of the first ever Generator Parties back in the 80s and 90s, Kyuss, QOTSA, Somali Yacht Club and Garcia’s many projects (including Sloburn and Unida) would not exist without this revolutionary band.
The trio, featuring Mario Lalli (Bass), Gary Arce (Guitar/Vocals) and now Bill Stinson (Drums), have crafted one of the most unique blends of Psychedelic, Post and Desert Rock, which can only be described in human language as YAWNING MAN.
The sound of Yawning Man stems from the Earth’s soul. While Gaia sends out signals to our spiritual ancestors and elders, the sound of the instruments gradually gather all of us in the moment, and the hypnotic mantras naturally enable the spread of love with the instruments of life we have.
Reviews of Macedonian Lines:
“It's probably hard work to sound this effortless. Or maybe it's the payoff from years of hard work completed. Like on Melancholic Sade, the bass lines are almost halting, yet they never interrupt the flow, as if teasingly testing what unusual shapes can be twisted into looking like elegant curves.”
Owen - Echoes and Dust
“As they ascend to their rightful place in the forefront of Desert Rock consciousness, their ongoing progression seems bound to inspire yet another generation of players.
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Verkykerskop
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The historic village of Verkykerskop, hidden away off the beaten track on the north-eastern Drakensberg escarpment, is about to awake! The Verkykerskop Developers’ Consortium, with its partner the Verkykerskop Boerevereniging, welcomes you to share in the village’s heritage and the good old life you’ve been longing for. As more and more true South Africans are trekking back to their roots in search of this life and for other good reasons, the market has responded by offering these connoisseur investors an exciting array of opportunities.
But the reason why you would choose Verkykerskop as your family base for generations to come has something to do with becoming part of a warm farming community in a traditional farming district. Back to your roots. Your soil.It is difficult to single out our greatest asset in comparison to those of the many beautiful country places you could choose from, but we would venture to say it is the soul of the people, the character of the village and its sense of place.
To this day it portrays the early 19th century Boere uitspan plek it started out as. In addition to the historic police station, which was recently developed into a modern facility, existing historic buildings include the old eenmanskooltjie, which has been renovated into a cottage, an old Edwardian farmhouse that is being operated as a Afsluit Gastehuis, the “kooperasie winkel” (general dealer), now housing Smileys Restaurant, the old mill, and a few old houses that have been put to use as guesthouses and backpackers’ rooms.
The auction kraals and adjacent boeresaal are the main social and commercial colocation of the community. Apart from our New Year dances, boeresport and fun rides on horseback, we recently hosted shows by big entertainers such as Valiant Swart, Ollie Viljoen, Frank Opperman, Karin Zoid, Jannie du Toit, Parletones and Chris Chameleon.
In terms of the development concept, the existing settlement and the 85-ha surrounding it will form the nucleus of an extended, tranquil country village. The village and outskirts will accommodate a range of sports facilities and outdoor activities, with the veld and natural vistas on the farm being conserved. Sustainable farming will continue and we have already established a Nguni herd and an Arab stud.
The village and estate theme is not bound to a particular brand, such as golf, polo, game lodge or the like. Instead, we are striving to facilitate the gradual development of a very livable place which is not alien, but which provides a range of lifestyle activities.Entrenching these values, the Spatial Development Framework of the Phumelela Local Municipality is being amended to make provision for a range of housing opportunities in terms of density, arrangement and style.
These include village square, mixed-use apartments, dorp erven, rural hamlet cottages, larger freehold stands and agricultural “burger” erven. We are far advanced with the planning and development process and the first phase of services stands will be offered shortly.
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Artist Rajeev Basu Creates A Series Of Bumper Stickers For Drones
Imagining what the future accessories market for drones might look like.
by Kevin Holmes
Apr 11 2013, 11:22am
You could say that artist Rajeev Basu has been a little bit obsessed with drones lately. In what has become a trilology of works he's taken an idiosyncratic look at drones and their possible future, exploring how they might journey from something that confuses and fascinates us into an everyday piece of technology that we grow to adopt.
His first project let people create their own customised drone with Mr Drones, a satirical web app that lets anyone design their own drone in pretty colors and MS Paint style patterns. Then he got some pros involved and asked a selection of artists to create their own designer drones that might fly about the skies of New York in the near future.
His third part is called Slap A Drone and is equally quirky. Following along the idea that drones will one day be welcomed into our lives like so many machines before them, this project looks at bumper stickers for drones. It's part of a group show at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and for Basu's piece he'll enlarge a sticker pack (above), illustrated by artist Jordy van den Nieuwendijk, to 44x36 feet which will be hung on the wall.
"Drones are always in the news." Basu says "And soon, thousands will be flying over our own skies. But then, what's all the fuss about? Is this really the end of privacy? Or could they be useful? Or fun, even? The media is always buzzing with hype and end of days scenarios. So over the past year I've been creating little art projects to help people decide for themselves."
The stickers are a colorful, comic book-styled series of make-believe pop art accessories which also contain "slightly darker undertones". Although it may seem preposterous and amusing now, as drones become a more common sight in the endless azure above our heads and thus become normalized—in a the-truth-is-always-stranger-than-fiction way, it's not too farfetched to imagine these kind of secondary, frivilous, accessories industries springing up so people can make a quick buck and personalise their UAVs.
LACDA's Ninth Anniversary Exhibit starts today and runs until 4th May.
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ARTS 244: Digital Fabrication
In the last decade, digital fabrication technologies and techniques have become more accessible to artists and designers. Technologies such as 3D printing, laser cutting and laser engraving are now available on the UVM campus and through partnerships with local maker spaces. In this course student artists and designers will have the opportunity to work with these technologies in the creation of sculpture, portraiture, drawing, jewelry, wearables, installation art and more. The course will provide instruction for designing with 3D modeling software while it will explore digital fabrication techniques such as tessellating, sectioning, folding, contouring and forming.
Students will create prototypes and maquettes in paper, wood and plastic and learn how to use modular methods to build larger structures. The course will include field trips to local fabrication and manufacturing facilities and provide direction for those interested in fabricating in stainless steel and precious metals.
ARTS 144: Interaction Design
This course opens up a world of innovation to students through an introduction to making interactive electronic objects and systems that use sensors, light and sound. We will explore meaningful interactions between humans and machines and profile contemporary artists and designers who work with new and rapid-prototyping technologies. In a studio setting, students will learn how to build with the Arduino microcontroller, an electronics platform based on relatively easy-to-use hardware and software. The Arduino is a favorite tool of inventive artists, designers, musicians, educators, artists, entrepreneurs, makers, architects, scientists and researchers. Assignments will challenge students to apply their newly acquired technical skills to artistic and creative projects while pursuing independent lines of inquiry.
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Engineering Students Work With NASA to Develop New Lunar Rover Wheel Technology
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A team of UVM students are working to help NASA prepare for a mission that will send rovers to the poles of the moon to mine for water ice. In March, students traveled to NASA Ames in Mountain View, California to present their progress; here, they’re standing in the biggest wind tunnel in the world. From left to right: senior Catherine Simpson; Ryan Vaughan and Paul Banicevic, systems engineers at NASA Ames; and seniors Liz Barrett, Thomas Durivage, Adam Potasiewicz, and Liam McAuliffe.
Does NASA really need to reinvent the wheel? When it comes to navigating the moon’s surface, yes. It turns out that UVM is assisting the effort with cutting edge research from students who’ve been specially selected as participants in the highly competitive eXploration Systems and Habitation (X-Hab) 2018 Academic Innovation Challenge. UVM is one of just 11 university teams NASA chose to design systems and technologies that enhance the agency’s ability to explore deep space.
Since early September 2017, engineering seniors Liz Barrett, Thomas Durivage, Liam McAuliffe, Adam Potasiewicz, Catherine Simpson and junior Boxiong Yang from the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) have been working to develop a single-wheel test bed that would aid NASA’s Resource Prospector mission, which aims to be the first robotic rover to search for water ice trapped in the lunar soil. The team is designing a rover wheel testing device compatible with NASA’s reduced gravity aircraft that allows wheel testing under simulated lunar gravity.
“This is by far the biggest project I’ve done,” says Potasiewicz of the year-long effort, which is also a senior engineering capstone project. “It’s way different from internships in the past, in a way different environment, and it’s helping me refine what I want to do in the future.”
That different environment includes NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where, in November, the team presented the design concept “Reduced Gravity Airborne Mobility Testbed” that is now being built. The students are being advised by engineering faculty professors Darren Hitt (Mechanical Engineering) and Mandar Dewoolkar (Civil and Environmental Engineering), along with Ryan McDevitt, PhD from Benchmark Space Systems, Inc. in South Burlington (a UVM adjunct who is also serving as an industrial mentor). The students have not only contributed to NASA research, but also reaped tremendous knowledge about practical applications. After the NASA Glenn visit, Durivage and the team received feedback that gave them more perspective. “I had a preconceived idea of what it means to design something, so the NASA visit was invaluable,” says Durivage, adding that the biggest challenge so far has been balancing the X-Hab project with classes. “For all intents and purposes, we are students, and these are real-world problems and criteria for NASA and the world.”
“After our call for proposal, UVM had the most promising idea,” says Paul Banicevic, a systems engineer at NASA Ames who is part of the Resource Prospector Team and the lead NASA mentor for the UVM X-Hab team. “And the process pivoted exactly how I hoped it would, growing from there being kind of new, and not really understanding, to really owning and providing great design. Sure, we had the idea of putting it on a plane, but the UVM students put their own custom stamp on it. The insight and the enthusiasm has carried over to my side, as well.”
The X-Hab project is an outstanding opportunity for these UVM undergraduate students and is just one example of the opportunities generated by the Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VTSGC), founded in 1992 as a statewide initiative and now overseen by Hitt, a professor of mechanical engineering in CEMS. “I’ve made it a priority to expand undergraduate opportunities in aerospace science and engineering,” says Hitt. Design competitions such as the X-Hab, weeklong summer workshops and NASA internships are among the ways that UVM students are finding a foot in the door at leading companies including Boeing, Blue Origin, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) and even SpaceX, which just sent a Tesla into space. “A number of our students have gone into aerospace engineering at high profile companies,” says Hitt. The work also reflects the interdisciplinary collaboration that happens across CEMS and UVM and is critical to the aerospace industry, adds Hitt.
“The teams really have to work and integrate together well, with very strong, meaningful communications with NASA mentors,” he says. “The X-Hab (project) has very exact design specifications, and NASA has made some changes along the way, causing the students to quickly turn around and find a new design—it’s amazing; they are so dedicated and hard-working.”
Such a process has turned frustrations into tremendous rewards, report both the students and their mentors. Learning the agility to respond immediately, graciously and accurately to a new design demand or constraints is an invaluable lifelong skill, as is learning professional coping mechanisms to avoid becoming overwhelmed by expectations.
“It's a unique opportunity in that it is truly going to pay off in their careers,” says Hitt of the experience enjoyed by the students in the X-Hab 2018 Academic Innovation Challenge.
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Danielle Ann Young and her husband, Travis, are owners of Revival Eastside Eatery at 704 Elm St. in East Waco. The site anchors a swath of Elm Avenue dubbed a “model block” by the Waco’s public works department.
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An exterior splash of greys, whites, blacks, light blues and yellows spread over brick and stone greets patrons as they enter the Revival Eastside Eatery on Elm Street in East Waco.. It operates across Elm Avenue from Fire Station No. 1.
Matt Hardy (left) and Nick Deaver meet up for lunch at Revival Eastside Eatery on Elm Street in East Waco. The eatery is open for lunch weekdays, adding dinner hours on Friday and Saturday.
Eatery continues momentum on historic Elm Avenue
By MIKE COPELAND mcopeland@wacotrib.com
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Revival Eastside Eatery has brought a new spirit to an old church building on Elm Avenue, serving burgers, salads, veggies and farm-to-table dishes in the 700 block of an historic thoroughfare enjoying a renaissance.
Owner and manager is Danielle Ann Young, who late Saturday morning was busily preparing for what would prove to be a hefty lunch crowd.
“I wear many hats,” said Young, a native of Asheville, North Carolina, who with husband Travis Young, a sales leader at Hole in the Roof Marketing, led a team renovating the former Waco Community Baptist Church at 704 Elm Ave. The site anchors a swath of Elm Avenue dubbed a “model block” by the Waco’s public works department. The area qualified for nearly $800,000 captured by the Tax Increment Financing zone and city budget allocations.
With that, crews added sidewalks, streetlamps, sewer and water lines, parking and a concrete alley to help three new renovation projects on the block, including that involving Revival Eastside Eatery. The Youngs requested $111,345 for facade restoration, a mural and other touches.
The result was recently unveiled — an exterior splash of greys, whites, blacks, light blues and yellows spread over brick and stone. It operates across Elm Avenue from Fire Station No. 1 and Train Waco, an extreme gym where members could be seen performing push-ups and sit-ups and working a rowing machine as heart-pounding music spilled from the site.
Train Waco has announced it is moving across town, to Valley Mills Drive. City Center Waco, also located on Elm Avenue, confirmed to the Tribune-Herald it has placed the newly renovated workout center under contract and now is considering options on how best to make it a neighborhood asset.
Meanwhile, Revival Eastside Eatery has commenced to serving five days a week, closing on Sunday and Monday. It offers lunch only from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, adding dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Offerings include coffee, beer and wine, with a focus on locally sourced ingredients where possible, according to promotional material.
Renovation so recently ended that building scrap fills a rear trash container.
“They are doing well,” said Lula Jane’s owner Nancy Grayson, an Elm Avenue neighbor whose shop serves freshly prepared meals and desserts.
Grayson scoffed at the notion Revival Eastside Eatery represents competition, more like a complement, she said in a telephone interview.
“They’re a great young couple. I’ve tried to serve as a mentor,” said Grayson. “The more restaurants we get in this area, the better for everybody.”
Business at Lula Jane’s remains strong and steady. Generally speaking, she said, she remains sold on Elm Avenue’s potential.
A group creating a food hub in East Waco recently bought the historic Kestner’s building on Elm Avenue and is pursuing input on possible uses. Hotelier Kiran “Kenny” Bhakta has launched dirt work near Elm Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, where he will place three hotels. U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade, a Baylor University alumnus from Irving, will build a three-story upscale apartment complex near Bridge Street and MLK.
These East Waco projects have longtime Elm Avenue merchants taking stock.
Marilyn Banks, who in November will celebrate her 30th anniversary of operating a gift shop on Elm Avenue, said she may visit Revival Eastside Eatery on Monday, taking a break from her own business obligations.
“Anyone trying to open up and start a business, I’m glad for them. I wish them success,” said Banks, who has experienced the good times and bad on Elm Avenue, including the closing of Paul Quinn College, the state’s oldest historically black college, which relocated to Dallas in 1990.
Banks said she’s seeing a smattering of new customers due to completed and pending development within the Elm Avenue district.
“But it has not made a big difference in sales,” she added. “I have some faithful and loyal customers, so business is fine, it’s steady.”
Banks said she’s heartened by development along Elm Avenue, pleased that investors and entrepreneurs have become sold on the potential of Waco’s east side. She said she would not want to be perceived as negative.
Still, “some of the flavor has been lost,” she said by phone.
Wannika Muhammad said she has mixed emotions about development.
“I think growth is great. I’m a property owner myself. People can buy property anywhere and wherever they want,” said Muhammad, who owns 4 Sons Trucking, a licensed commercial trucking and freight hauling company based in East Waco. “But, talking frankly, I kind of get the feeling some of the existing businesses here are really being overlooked in the pursuit of new development. That’s about the only problem I have with what’s going on.”
Still, Muhammad owns a half-acre tract between Walnut and Calhoun streets in East Waco, and she took steps to have it zoned for commercial use. She also has approached an architect about her vision for the vacant land, though she said she is not ready to go public with any announcement.
“Baylor University has made me three offers on it,” she said.
Carla Dodson retired early from the Waco Regional Office of Veterans Affairs on Eighth Street downtown to catch the economic wave being created by Chip and Joanna Gaines’ nearby Magnolia Market at the Silos. Other projects announced along the Lake Brazos Corridor sealed her determination to make a move while Elm Avenue and its environs were making headlines.
She opened a food truck, Boardwalk on Elm, from which she sells burgers, shortribs, onion rings and other munchies. She parks it near the East Waco Library on Elm Avenue, and said she can’t complain about response. In fact, she said, she bought a barbecue trailer she will make available for community events and church functions. She’s considering pursuing a Public Improvement District grant to upgrade her Elm Avenue site, possibly have it landscaped, install patio furniture and a pavilion, hook up a couple of big-screen TVs.
She recently catered an event at Valley Mills Vineyards.
“My mother, she’s fired up about people coming in and buying people out. I was in the military, so I don’t view it as an invasion. I won’t call it gentrification, but there is a change in the neighborhood,” she said.
She said some have expressed annoyance at developers who acquire East Waco property then ask residents what should be done with it. Or community leaders take fact-finding missions to urban areas nationwide and return “all excited” about applying the development lessons they learn to Waco.
Getting locals involved first would be preferred, Dodson said.
She, like Banks and Muhammad, welcome Revival Eastside Eatery to the neighborhood, wish it luck and plan a visit soon, they said.
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Sea Breezes - The Magazine of Ships and the Sea: February 1975
Features: "Arethusa" for the U.S.; Grace Liner "Santa Maria" of 1928; Story of the Allan Line (2); Capt. Tom Kelso and the "Strathdare".
Title: Sea Breezes - The Magazine of Ships and the Sea: February 1975
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Publisher: UK, Sea Breezes: 1975
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The healing power of crafting by Katey Lovell, author of Make Do and Mend a Broken Heart
Craft has the power to heal. I learnt this first-hand following a miscarriage when reading, a hobby that had always offered me escapism in the past, felt too much of an effort. However hard I tried, words blurred on the page. My grief-addled brain was unable to retain a sentence, let alone a detailed plot. […]
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A Love Letter to Europe Twitter Competition Terms and Conditions
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Hachette received Highly Commended in the Inclusive Workplace Category at the Global Diversity and Equality Awards
We’re delighted to report that we received a Highly Commended Award at the Global Diversity and Equality (GED) Awards, in the category of Inclusive Workplace. The award was given in recognition of the publishing of our Ethnicity Pay Gap Report in April; we’re one of only a handful of companies to have done […]
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Hachette UK shortlisted for Innovation in Flexible Working Award following equalization of Shared Parental Leave
Hachette UK is delighted to share the news that we’ve been shortlisted for one of WorkingMums.co.uk’s annual Top Employer Awards, in the category of Innovation in Flexible Working. This category of their awards is for employers who demonstrate specific policies and practices related to flexible working which are truly innovative and break new ground, whether […]
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Abbott Takes Charge while Pope Struggles
The race for the Specsavers County Championship took a dramatic twist in the penultimate round as Essex beat Surrey by an innings and 40 runs at Chelmsford. Having chosen to bat first, the visitors were bowled out for 174, with the wickets shared between Jamie Porter (five for 62) and Sam Cook (five for 53). […]
England Bounce Back to Square the Series
With the Ashes remaining in Australia, there was still more than pride to play for in the final Test of the summer at The Oval; for the tourists, there was a chance to win a series in England for the first time since 2001, while for Joe Root’s England a victory would at least mean […]
Somerset Close in on First Championship Title with Vital Win
Somerset went top of the table with two games to go after they beat third-placed Yorkshire by 298 runs at Taunton. They didn’t have it all their own way, despite the overwhelming outcome. Put in to bat, the hosts were bowled out for 199, with Tom Abell making a patient 66. Keshav Maharaj did most […]
Supreme Smith Ensures the Ashes Stay Down Under
Both sides will have taken some time to digest the events of the Headingley Test, as they crossed the Pennines for the fourth Test at Old Trafford. Australia made two changes to their line-up. Steve Smith had recovered from his concussion spell out of the side, and it was Usman Khawaja who lost out; Smith’s […]
Superman Stokes and Clark Kent Leach Secure a Win for the Ages
The Ashes circus moved on to Leeds just four days after the drawn Test at Lord’s. England named an unchanged side, while Australia made two alterations from the team that finished the previous Test. They continued to rotate the bowling attack, with Peter Siddle rested and James Pattinson returning. Marcus Harris, who played six Tests […]
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Kent Can’t Cope at Canterbury
With just three more matches to play after this round, the Specsavers County Championship returned after a month-long hiatus for the Vitality Blast. For some, it seemed as though they believed that 20 overs was all that was still permitted – none more so than Kent, who took on title favourites Essex at Canterbury. The […]
Archer Targets Smith to Change Momentum
In the interval between the first and second Test, a kind of fatalistic mood seemed to settle upon the press: England were tired, out of practice and suffering from a World Cup hangover that Australia were more than capable of taking advantage of. Too much focus had been given to white-ball cricket to the cost […]
Beware the Wolf!
Love the cover for this new French edition of Little Liar. Au Loup means ‘the wolf‘ – a good title for this powerful story of ‘he said / she said’. Just arrived. They look wonderful!
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On Parenting
The cost to parents of not hiring a house cleaner
By Lindsey M. Roberts
June 1, 2017 at 9:00 AM EDT
Last year, a close friend of mine and I put our brains together to figure out how to get housecleaning done more regularly, and more efficiently, in our respective homes. We decided the best method was to parcel it out, one task a day, rotating bigger seasonal chores, and then we would always be on top of it.
After nine months, we were both struggling to keep up with that plan. She has three little kids and a husband in graduate school, and devotes considerable time to serving her church. I have two toddlers and a small writing business, and am the wife of a pastor and Army Reserve chaplain.
Yet my husband describes me as fastidious, and stubborn. I’m not one to throw up my hands and give up. Instead, I grind my teeth and dig my heels in deeper. When the kids are in the bath, I pull in the laundry basket to fold clothes. When I pass the washer and dryer, I throw another load in. At night when I’m bone-tired, I force myself to mop the kitchen, knowing how good it will feel to wake up to a clean floor the next morning.
But this year, I started to bump up against the realities of my physical, emotional and psychological limitations. I’m already scheduling my workouts at 5:15 a.m., for Pete’s sake.
My husband told me about opportunity cost. The microeconomic theory is best expressed in this way: Small-business owners (like me) may think they’re saving money by cleaning the office (or house) themselves, but in reality they are losing money by not spending time working, whether it’s finishing a job or looking for new work. Or, in my case, even resting my brain so I think and write better.
Have you ever thought about what it costs you to do your own housecleaning? Once I did the math — if I spend the kids’ nap time cleaning, I lose between $50 and $100 an hour by not writing — I started to get on board with my husband’s suggestion to hire a cleaning service.
And I remembered what my sage English adviser told me in college: Every working woman should get a cleaning service.
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It felt weird, but I started asking around for recommendations. Soon, I found a wonderful fellow mom whose housecleaning business is her side gig. When she did the walk-through of our house and told me what she would clean — the toothpaste-splattered bath mirrors, the grit-covered basement stairs, the sticky hardwood floors — tears of relief sprang to my eyes. Help was on its way.
I scheduled her that day to come the Monday after our next drill weekend, which my husband spends with his soldiers on base. Solo parenting while often on deadline is particularly heinous for me, and I knew it would help to have the house righted after one of those weekends.
I told the friend who was my cohort in planning our cleaning not to tell anyone I was doing this. But I couldn’t help myself. I mentioned it to a professor I was interviewing for my alma mater’s magazine. She seconded my adviser’s advice. Then I posted about it on my alumnae Facebook group and found out that a former classmate of mine, who has a toddler and runs a tree-cutting business with her husband, has one. (She wrote me this: “When I hit the trifecta of a cleaner and a babysitter here while I’m working, I am always like, CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW MUCH IS GETTING ACCOMPLISHED IN MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW?!”) Then, I told another friend, who has a toddler and a side photography business, and she confessed to having a cleaning service, too.
Later, someone started a housecleaning thread on a Facebook parenting group that I’m part of. One woman wrote, “You guys, I paid for my home to be cleaned for the first time today. Trust me, that I understand the privilege implications here. But this is a game-changer.” Other parents chimed in about how their cleaning service had saved their sanity — and even their marriage.
Turns out I’m not alone. We all feel uncomfortable about using a cleaning service. The first time my sweet house cleaner came, all I could talk about was why I needed the help. Why did I feel the need to justify? “I get it. I get it,” she kept saying. I’m self-conscious about this decision, but in reality, I’m investing in another woman’s business. And that seems pretty pro-woman.
We started with visits once a month, and I’m not sure we’ll keep this up forever, but while we have two joyfully destructive toddlers underfoot who can’t help clean windows, this seems like a no-brainer. After the house cleaner left the first time, and the house was clean — everything at the same time — I wanted to cry again. Instead, I took a nap when the toddlers did.
The truth is, despite what many have told us, we can’t do it all. I can’t be present and engaged with my kids, write articles while they nap and have a clean house and warm meal ready for that night’s dinner guests. When I try, someone gets the worst of me as I lash out in stress and exhaustion and anger — and it’s usually one of the people I love the most: my devoted husband, my exuberant son, my sweet daughter.
That, to me, was the real cost of not getting help.
Lindsey Roberts is a freelance writer. She can be reached at lindseymroberts.com and she tweets @lindseymroberts.
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Lily leaf beetle bugs Wausau gardens
The lily leaf beetle is damaging and destroying Marathon County residents' lilies.
Lily leaf beetle bugs Wausau gardens The lily leaf beetle is damaging and destroying Marathon County residents' lilies. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: http://wdhne.ws/29zJeRb
Abbey M White, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 3:54 p.m. CT July 12, 2016 | Updated 8:45 a.m. CT July 13, 2016
Lilioceris lilii, also known as the lily leaf beetle and red lily beetle.(Photo: Eric D'HOSSCHE, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
WAUSAU - One fiery red insect is eating Marathon County residents out of their lilies and gardens.
Known for its scarlet red coloring and black limbs, the half-inch, oblong-shaped lily leaf beetle has been attacking central Wisconsin gardeners’ lily blossoms during the spring and summer months since 2014, according to Heather Schlesser, University of Wisconsin-Extension Marathon County home horticulture adviser.
"Last year they completely destroyed all my plants that I had," said Jenny Luedtke Trantow, a garden hobbyist and resident of Wausau's southeast side. "They chewed the leaves off and then they started to work on the blossoms also. I know there were other people who actually completely dug out the bulbs, threw them away and replanted.”
This year the beetle, also known as the scarlet lily beetle or red lily beetle, first appeared in local gardens around mid-may, according to reports from UW-Extension. Marathon County residents who've taken their frustrations with the insect to locally-focused Facebook pages have shared similar reports. Gardeners and lily enthusiasts are testing out every possible solution, from hand picking to pesticides, in an effort to slow the bug invasion and save their flowers.
Researchers from New England have even introduced one of the beetle's only natural enemies, a European wasp, to reduce the red bug's numbers in the region. While Schlesser says there are no plans to introduce the wasp in Wisconsin, they are working aggressively to help residents of Marathon County contain the infestation.
The beetle's method of destruction is fast and tied to its development cycle. After spending the winter burrowed in the soil or leaf litter, the adult lily leaf beetle emerges during the first days of spring to feed, mate and lay its small orange-brown eggs on blooming lilies. While adult beetles are major contributors to the flowers' destruction, the most significant damage comes from the beetle's larvae, which eat away at the lily foliage throughout their growing process. Eventually, these larvae detach themselves from the flower and form a cocoon in the soil to be “hatched” the following year.
The pest can cause damage to nearly every part of the flower, but generally begins by attacking the leaves.
“They do not attack the bulbs,” Schlesser said. “They only attack the things above the ground, so they’ll attack the stem, the leaves and the flowers, but they do not attack the bulbs. As long as there is enough sugar reserve to put back in the bulb during growing season, it can grow back.”
According to material published by UW-Extension back in May of 2015, the invasive insect primarily attacks “true lilies," including Turk's cap lilies, tiger lilies, Easter lilies, Asiatic and Oriental lilies. Canna lilies, calla lilies and daylilies will not be affected.
Since making its first U.S. appearance in Massachusetts around 1992, the garden pest has spread throughout the New England region and made its way to parts of Ohio, Wisconsin, and Washington state. Within the state of Wisconsin, sightings of the insect have been primarily limited to areas within Marathon County. That's according to data collected by UW-Extension in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Nursery Program. The Lily Leaf Beetle Tracker, an international database of “beetle” sightings designed and maintained by Naomi Cappuccino, a member of the Department of Biology at Carleton University, showed similar data.
Schlesser confirmed this year as the first time UW-Extension has recorded beetle sightings in the northern part of Portage and southern part of Lincoln counties.
Insect control recommendations from both UW-Extension and various online gardening groups consistently suggest manual methods of removal, or vigilant bug picking and crushing while wearing latex or nitrile gloves. Other recommendations include spraying them with a dish soap and water mix and mixing the soil around the flowers with coffee grounds. Using a selection of pesticides like those that contain spinosad or insecticides like neem oil on and around the flowers is another option that local gardeners, including Trantow, have turned to.
“Last year there were some posts on a Wausau gardeners (Facebook) group and (neem oil) is what somebody recommended," Trantow said. "I started this as soon as they started coming up in spring because I wanted to get ahead of it.”
Neem oil is an insecticide comprised of hormone-like chemicals that, after ingestion, block the bug’s real hormones causing the insects to forget to eat, mate and even lay new eggs, according to the National Pesticide Information Center at Oregon State University. The insecticide is virtually non-toxic to birds, mammals, bees, and plants and easily breaks down in soil, water and on the plant leaves.
These are factors to consider not just for personal garden maintenance, but also the lily’s larger role as a natural support to the bee population — an insect community that's being threatened nationally by colony collapse disorder.
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According to James Ison, local beekeeper and secretary of the Marathon County Beekeepers Association, CCD is “Either all the bees take off and never come back — that’s not necessarily a swarm scenario — or through some sort of disease or pesticide, all the bees inside the hive get sick and die in a very short period of time.”
For gardeners who want to protect their lilies but also care about preserving the region’s honey bee population, Ison recommends timing your sprays to hit the beetles but avoid bee traveling times — ideally right before dark. Ison
also suggests checking to see if your lilies are at peak nectar flow — which only lasts a couple days — and spray after the bees have stopped using the flowers.
A chorus of local organizations are putting their best foot forward to squash out the local lily leaf beetle problem and any ripple effects. In the meantime, gardeners like Trantow will have to continue with the currently available resources in their fight to protect central Wisconsin's lilies.
“It’s frustrating because you spend the money on the flowers and you want to have a beautiful lawn and a beautiful garden, and then you have to spend so much time killing such a tiny little bug,” said Trantow. "You don’t have the time to spend on weeding or watering, so sometimes other parts of your garden get neglected."
Abbey M. White: awhite2@gannettwisconsin.com or 715-845-0654 on Twitter @abwhite13.
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USDA suspends Portage County slaughterhouse over pig's treatment. PETA wants criminal charges.
The People's Meat Market slaughterhouse was shut down for four days after a federal inspector said workers treated the animal inhumanely.
USDA suspends Portage County slaughterhouse over pig's treatment. PETA wants criminal charges. The People's Meat Market slaughterhouse was shut down for four days after a federal inspector said workers treated the animal inhumanely. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2019/11/18/usda-temporarily-suspends-portage-county-slaughterhouse-pigs-death/4181344002/
Alan Hovorka, Stevens Point Journal Published 6:20 a.m. CT Nov. 18, 2019
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of an animal's treatment that some readers may find disturbing. The Stevens Point Journal included details that help to provide the context of the allegations.
STEVENS POINT - The federal government suspended a slaughterhouse along Portage County J for a brief period in October after a federal inspector reported witnessing the inhumane shocking and killing of a pig.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the suspension to the Julius Falkavage, LLC/People's Meat Market on 6811 Burr Oak Road from Oct. 24 to 28.
An inspector with the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Services reported that employees butchered a pig that was still conscious despite numerous attempts to stun the animal, according to the agency's notice of suspension.
The suspension was lifted on Oct. 28 after the business's owner, Lee Falkavage, submitted a correction plan to the federal government. Falkavage said in an interview the plan included voltage testing of stun equipment before use because the incident stemmed from a shock stick that failed after a nut came loose.
According to the inspector's report:
The inspector saw an employee apply the shock stick to the head of the pig and saw that it remained conscious. The animal remained standing between the sorting board and the side of the slaughter chute.
The pig tried to remain upright on the sloped floor by kicking its hind legs in a bicycle motion and let out a low bellowing sound.
An employee applied the stun stick to the pig's head again with no effect. The worker tried stunning a third time with no effect.
A different employee then lassoed and hoisted the pig by its hind leg. The inspector wrote that the animal remained conscious. The pig blinked several times, tracked movement with its eyes, breathed in a "rhythmic manner" and continued to let out noises.
The employees did not have a backup stun wand. They then stuck the pig while it was hoisted so it would bleed out.
The inspector said the animal eventually lost consciousness because of the blood loss.
However, Falkavage said his five employees working in the slaughterhouse deny that the pig was conscious when they killed it.
Falkavage said his employees were going down the line of pigs slated for butchering. They'd shock the pig in the head and string it up to let the blood drain out and move on.
He said his employees told him that they shocked one pig and it went down properly and then when they went to the next, the shocker stopped working. He said the federal inspector went back and assumed the previous pig had been improperly stunned and butchered.
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He said the movement the inspector witnessed was due to the residual electricity flowing through the pig and that his workers said the animal was not emitting any sounds.
Falkavage said the inspector blew the incident out of proportion. Falkavage was not on-site the day of the incident, he said.
"We did an investigation and the pig — it was actually dead," Falkavage said. "All the employees said one thing and (the inspector is) saying something different ... What do you want us to do? We’re following the guidelines and (the inspector is) having a crying jag."
Todd Gerwig, deputy district manager for the Des Moines, Iowa, district of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the USDA, said all federally inspected slaughterhouses have USDA inspectors on-site to observe butchering operations before an animal is killed and after it's killed.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an activist group that opposes killing animals for sport or food, asked the Portage County District Attorney's Office to investigate the slaughterhouse and its employees for animal cruelty based on the inspector's report.
"This disturbing report shows that this pig experienced a prolonged, agonizing death at Julius Falkavage," PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch said in email statement.
Portage County District Attorney Louis Molepske said in an interview he will defer to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and the USDA and ask them to review what is considered the proper butchering of an animal before making a decision on whether to pursue the issue further.
He said he's not sure PETA's request for charges under the state's animal cruelty law is appropriate because he's not certain it applies to animals in slaughterhouses like it would if someone abused a household pet.
"This is a specialized area of the law because the intent of that animal in that area is to be butchered for food consumption," Molepske said.
Contact reporter Alan Hovorka at 715-345-2252 or ahovorka@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ajhovorka.
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When Parents Are On Medicaid, Kids Get Better Health Care Too
By Sarah Boden • Nov 27, 2017
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When a parent has health insurance through Medicaid, their child is 29 percent more likely to receive an annual physical exam.
That’s according to a new study designed by a University of Pittsburgh Public Health researcher Eric T. Roberts, who calls this correlation between pediatric care and parental health insurance a "spill-over effect."
"We can't look at individuals in isolation," he explained. "When we help parents, we can help their kids."
Pitt Public Health economist Eric T. Roberts.
Credit Sarah Boden/90.5 WESA
Previous research has shown low-income kids don’t go to the doctor as frequently as the children of higher income families. To understand how a parent's health coverage might affect this, Roberts and his team looked at more than 50,000 child-parent pairs from across the country. The pairs came from families with incomes of less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
The researchers compared low-income kids with parents who were on Medicaid to those with parents who were not covered by Medicaid, by looking at how often each group attended a well-child visit. During an annual visits, pediatricians screen for growth and development and kids also receive preventative care such as vaccines.
Roberts' team found that in states that expanded Medicaid, like Pennsylvania, the rate of kids attending well-child visits increased, even if the child was already eligible for coverage though the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
"Giving parents health insurance improves affordability for care for all family members, it facilitates access to the health care system," said Roberts. "Physicians practicing in large, multi-group practices can see parents and children within the same practice. There are broad, spill-over effects of providing coverage to parents that accrue to children."
He added when an entire family can signup for Medicaid at the same time, it reduces the administrative burden for resource-strapped families, further increasing accessibility to health care.
Pennsylvania expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act on Jan. 1, 2015, providing coverage to more than 700,000 who would otherwise not be eligible.
The Roberts's was published this month in the journal Pediatrics.
Photo credit: UW Health/Flickr
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Alert System At UPMC Hospitals Helps Doctors Detect Kidney Failure Earlier
By Kathleen J. Davis • Nov 13, 2017
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New research from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC credits a computer program with detecting sudden kidney failure in hospitalized patients.
Acute kidney injury affects one in eight hospitalized patients in the U.S., according to UPMC. About 2 million people in the world die of the condition each year, and because it’s often asymptomatic, it can be undetected until problems arise.
Public Health Researcher Issues Dire Warning Over Proposed Ethane Cracker Plant
Reid Frazier / The Allegheny Front
A public health researcher delivered a dire warning on Monday during a panel on the implications of the planned Royal Dutch Shell ethane cracker plant in Beaver County.
"When we allow industry to get way out in front of public health and environmental oversight, we end up counting bodies,” said Dr. Brian Schwartz of the Geisinger Center for Health Research in Montour County.
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Landscape Priority Areas (LPAs) are the focus of the West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy. These areas have high environmental values and are at most immediate risk, they require our attention during the life of the strategy. In the West Gippsland region there are seven Landscape Priority Areas. There is more information about what we aim to achieve within each Landscape Priority Area in the West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy.
The Wilsons Promontory area is defined by Wilsons Promontory National Park and the surrounding marine waters out to three nautical miles. Tidal River, Darby River, Sealers Creek and the Wilsons Promontory wetlands are included.
Bunurong Coastal
The Bunurong Coastal area stretches from San Remo in the west to Sandy Point in the east. It includes the Lower Powlett and Lower Tarwin rivers, Anderson Inlet and Shallow Inlet.
Strzelecki Ranges
The Strzelecki Ranges area extends from Warragul in the north through to Foster and the Hoddle Range in the south. It includes rich red soils, Tarra Bulga National Park and the Upper Tarra River.
Victorian Alps
The Victorian Alps area includes Noojee, Erica, Walhalla, Aberfeldy, Licola and the upper reaches of the Avon, Thomson, Macalister and Latrobe rivers. Including the Baw Baw Plateau, Lake Tali Karng and parts of the Avon Wilderness and Alpine National Parks.
Gippsland Lakes and Hinterland
The Gippsland Lakes and Hinterland area extends from Cowwarr Weir in the west, around the Macalister Irrigation District boundary to Lake Wellington and Loch Sport in the south. It includes the Red Gum Plains, part of the Gippsland Lakes, and the lower reaches of the Thomson, Latrobe, Avon and Perry rivers.
Mullungdung
The Mullungdung area includes the Giffard Plains, Jack Smith Lake, Seaspray, Merriman Creek, part of the 90 Mile Beach and the Gippsland Coastal Plains.
Corner Inlet Nooramunga
The Corner Inlet Nooramunga area is the coastal area stretching south of Yanakie around to McLoughlins Beach and Bruthen Creek in the east. It includes the Corner Inlet Ramsar site, Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park, Gippsland Coastal Plains the Agnes and Franklin Rivers.
Areas outside LPAs
Work will also need to be done outside of the Landscape Priority Areas as they will have flow on effects to the priority areas and still contribute to the health of our region.
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Trump impeached on charges of abuse of power, obstruction
by: LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The historic vote split along party lines Wednesday night, much the way it has divided the nation, over a charge that the 45th president abused the power of his office by enlisting a foreign government to investigate a political rival ahead of the 2020 election. The House then approved a second charge, that he obstructed Congress in its investigation.
The articles of impeachment, the political equivalent of an indictment, now go to the Senate for trial. If Trump is acquitted by the Republican-led chamber, as expected, he still would have to run for reelection carrying the enduring stain of impeachment on his purposely disruptive presidency.
House Speaker NancyPelosi threw a bit of uncertainty into the processWednesday night by declining to say when, or even whether, she would send the charges to the Senate. Trump tweeted Thursday that the Senate should just go ahead and the Democrats “would lose by default,” but the trial cannot begin until the articles are delivered.
“The president is impeached,” Pelosi declared after the vote. She called it “great day for the Constitution of the United States, a sad one for America that the president’s reckless activities necessitated us having to introduce articles of impeachment.”
Trump, who began Wednesday tweeting his anger at the proceedings, pumped his fist before an evening rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, boasting of “tremendous support” in the Republican Party and saying, “By the way it doesn’t feel like I’m being impeached.”
The votes for impeachment were 230-197-1 on the first charge, 229-198-1 on the second.
Democrats led Wednesday night’s voting, framed in what many said was their duty to protect the Constitution and uphold the nation’s system of checks and balances. Republicans stood by their party’s leader, who has frequently tested the bounds of civic norms. Trump called the whole affair a “witch hunt,” a “hoax” and a “sham,” and sometimes all three.
The trial is expected to begin in January in the Senate, where a vote of two-thirds is necessary for conviction. While Democrats had the majority in the House to impeach Trump, Republicans control the Senate and few if any are expected to diverge from plans to acquit the president ahead of early state election-year primary voting.
Pelosi, once reluctant to lead Democrats into a partisan impeachment, gaveled both votes closed, risking her majority and speakership to follow the effort to its House conclusion.
No Republicans voted for impeachment, and Democrats had only slight defections on their side. Voting was conducted manually with ballots, to mark the moment.
On the first article, abuse of power, two Democrats, Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who is considering switching parties to become a Republican, and Collin Peterson of Minnesota voted against impeaching Trump. On the second article, obstruction, those two and freshman Rep. Jared Golden of Maine voted against. Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is running for president, voted “present” on both.
What Pelosi called a sad and solemn moment for the country, coming in the first year after Democrats swept control of the House, unfolded in a caustic daylong session that showcased the nation’s divisions.
The House impeachment resolutionlaid out in stark terms the articles of impeachment against Trump stemming from his July phone call when he asked the Ukrainian president for a “favor” — to announce he was investigating Democrats including potential 2020 rival Joe Biden.
At the time, Zelenskiy, new to politics and government, was seeking a coveted White House visit to show backing from the U.S. as he confronted a hostile Russia at his border. He was also counting on $391 million in military aid already approved by Congress. The White House delayed the funds, but Trump eventually released the money once Congress intervened.
Narrow in scope but broad in its charges, the impeachment resolution said the president “betrayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections,” and then obstructing Congress’ oversight like “no president” in U.S. history.
“President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office,” it said.
Republicans argued that Democrats were impeaching Trump because they can’t beat him in 2020.
Said Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah: “They want to take away my vote and throw it in the trash.”
But Democrats warned the country cannot wait for the next election to decide whether Trump should remain in office because he has shown a pattern of behavior, particularly toward Russia, and will try to corrupt U.S. elections again.
“The president and his men plot on,” said Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., of the Intelligence Committee that led the inquiry. “The danger persists. The risk is real.”
The outcome brings the Trump presidency to a milestone moment that has been building almost from the time the New York businessman-turned-reality-TV host unexpectedly won the White House in 2016 amid questions about Russian interference in the U.S. election.
Democrats drew from history, the founders and their own experiences, as minorities, women and some immigrants to the U.S. spoke of seeking to honor their oath of office to uphold the Constitution. Rep. Lou Correa of California spoke in Spanish asking God to unite the nation. “In America,” said Hakeem Jeffries of New York, “no one is above the law.”
Republicans aired Trump-style grievances about what Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko called a “rigged” process.
“We face this horror because of this map,” said Rep. Clay Higgins of Alabama before a poster of red and blue states. “They call this Republican map flyover country, they call us deplorables, they fear our faith, they fear our strength, they fear our unity, they fear our vote, and they fear our president.”
The political fallout from the vote will reverberate across an already polarized country with divergent views of Trump’s July phone call when he asked Zelenskiy to investigate Democrats in the 2016 election, Biden and Biden’s son Hunter, who worked on the board of a gas company in Ukraine while his father was the vice president.
Trump has repeatedly implored Americans to read the transcript of the call he said was “perfect.” But the facts it revealed, and those in an anonymous whistleblower’s complaint that sparked the probe, are largely undisputed.
More than a dozen current and former White House officials and diplomats testified for hours in impeachment hearings. The open and closed sessions under oath revealed what one called the “irregular channel” of foreign policy run by Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, which focused on investigating the Bidens and alternative theories of 2016 election interference.
The question for lawmakers was whether the revelations amounted to impeachable offenses.
Few lawmakers crossed party lines.
Van Drew, who is considering changing parties over his opposition to impeachment, sat with Republicans. Rep. Justin Amash, the Michigan conservative who left the Republican party and became an independent over impeachment, said: “I come to this floor, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an American.”
Beyond the impeachments of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, this first impeachment of the 21st century is as much about what the president might do in the future as what he did in the past. The investigation of Richard Nixon ended when he resigned rather than face the House vote over Watergate.
Rank and file Democrats said they were willing to lose their jobs to protect the democracy from Trump. Some newly elected freshmen remained in the chamber for hours during the debate.
Top Republicans, including Rep. Devin Nunes on the Intelligence Committee, called the Ukraine probe little more than a poor sequel to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Mueller spent two years investigating the potential links between Moscow and the Trump campaign but testified in July that his team could not establish that Trump conspired or coordinated with Russia to throw the election. Mueller did say he could not exonerate Trump of trying to obstruct the investigation, but he left that for Congress to decide.
The next day, Trump called Ukraine. Not quite four months later, a week before Christmas, Trump was impeached.
Associated Press writers Laurie Kellman, Matthew Daly, Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.
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Broken sewer line under Harrods Creek 'significantly worse than expected,' MSD says
MSD officials said the damage to a sewer pipe that dumped more than a million gallons of sewage into Harrods Creek is "significantly worse than expected."Construction on damaged pipes under Harrods Creek in Prospect will take longer than expected because of the extent of the damage.Contractors recently inserted mobile cameras into the pipes 35 feet underground and discovered significant breaks.More than 1 million gallons of sewer water flowed into Harrods Creek in November before MSD stopped the overflow. "The main issue is that this is unprecedented when you think about something that's been installed maybe eight years ago," MSD Executive Director Tony Parrott said. "So we're going to have to take a look at a lot of our planning, our design, our construction to figure out what caused the issue, and once we do that, we'll be able to address it."Parrott said he believes no other pipes face similar problems because they're buried so far underneath the creek.There is no timeline on repairs because state and other regulatory agencies will now be involved.
MSD officials said the damage to a sewer pipe that dumped more than a million gallons of sewage into Harrods Creek is "significantly worse than expected."
Repairs delayed to line that spilled 1M gallons of sewage into Harrods Creek
Broken sewer pipe pouring thousands of gallons of sewage into Harrods Creek
Construction on damaged pipes under Harrods Creek in Prospect will take longer than expected because of the extent of the damage.
Contractors recently inserted mobile cameras into the pipes 35 feet underground and discovered significant breaks.
More than 1 million gallons of sewer water flowed into Harrods Creek in November before MSD stopped the overflow.
"The main issue is that this is unprecedented when you think about something that's been installed maybe eight years ago," MSD Executive Director Tony Parrott said. "So we're going to have to take a look at a lot of our planning, our design, our construction to figure out what caused the issue, and once we do that, we'll be able to address it."
Parrott said he believes no other pipes face similar problems because they're buried so far underneath the creek.
There is no timeline on repairs because state and other regulatory agencies will now be involved.
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TEN YEARS OF POETRY AND PASTRIES: MARCIA IVANS
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MARCIA S. IVANS is a poet and an active member of Women Who Write. In addition to publishing two poetry collections, she has an online presence linked through womenwhowrite.org. Marcia’s life has taught her that there is happiness beyond any negative times. Like a “yellow forsythia lying dormant for too long…she brings light from darkness…growing and alive again.”
Your Poetry & Pastries program is now beginning its tenth year. How did you come up with the idea? What was your goal and have you achieved it?
Having coffee with a poet friend in Chatham’s Café Beethoven, we both observed that this would be a lovely place to hold readings. I presented the idea to Andrew Copp of Café Beethoven, and so it began. I started with five women that first night. Now, our regular bimonthly meetings average 20-35 participants per night: women and men; beginners and long timers; readers and listeners. I wanted to give poets a warm, non-threatening space to read their work, with only positive feedback. Poets can sell their books or put out flyers for upcoming events. The $10 fee covers unlimited coffee, tea, delicious pastries and wonderful poetry.
When and why did you start writing creatively?
Thirty years ago I wrote a brief poem to a friend, and she pushed me to keep writing. I found that the process helped me to get out many hidden feelings. It was as if my thoughts were imprisoned in a balloon on top of my head, and the pen was a pinprick that helped to release them.
Do you have a main theme?
The theme that seems to be a mainstay is that despite adversities there is always a brighter tomorrow. In my two books, I share the sad events in my life, but end on the positive; even formatting the poem titles in my book Over Easy upwards, indicating the positive.
Please tell us about your publications.
My first publication grew out of the poem I wrote for my friend. Once I had collected a few, I stapled them together and sold them at a friend’s boutique. I thought that my feelings were unique, but many readers have told me that I have helped them express their own feelings. My growing self-confidence and the acceptance of my own unadorned writing style freed me to explore and relate more of my feelings on paper. A dozen years ago I published the first issue ofYesterday, A Collection of Thoughts, with a black-and-white cover. For the 2003 reprint, I chose pastels to reflect my happier mood. Encouraged by the positive response from bookstores and public readings, in 2007 I published my second book, Over Easy, with a clear concept to make the cover bright and upbeat. My poems have appeared in Goldfinch and in many newspapers and anthologies.
What do you like about writing?
I like the freedom of allowing myself to express all feelings. The different styles depend on the tenor of my mood, but I like to keep it honest and direct.
How did you hear about Women Who Write? Why did you join and stay?
About eight years ago, a small newspaper announcement led me to join the Poet’s Corner group started by Maureen Lanagan Haggerty. I enjoyed the diversity of members and the camaraderie, and found their supportive critiques to be so helpful. I soon became active and served on the Board for seven years as secretary, membership director and currently as the liaison to WWW’s webmaster.
What are you plans for the future?
I am working on a poetry chapbook and I’d like to write a memoir. I’m also in discussion with Bobby’s News & Gifts in Boonton to do open readings, hoping to bring poetry to an expanded area.
Would you like to convey anything else to our writing community?
Enjoy your writing, find and believe in your own style, and feel free enough to share your words.
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Smackdown rating for 09/24/2019
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The last Smackdown on USA Network pulled in 2,099,000 viewers, up 35,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. The show was #1 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #13 in overall viewership for the night on cable television. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
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Smackdown this week drew 1,921,000 viewers, up 36,000 viewers from last week's broadcast. It's the third week in a row that the show failed to pass the two million viewer mark. The show was #1 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #8 in the…
Smackdown yesterday with John Cena vs Randy Orton in the main event drew 2,627,000 viewers, down 190,000 viewers from last week’s show. Smackdown was #1 on the cables chart in the 18-49 demographic. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Smackdown did 2,312,000 viewers on Tuesday night for the Survivor Series go-home show, an increase of 224,000 viewers over last week's broadcast. The show was #1 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #9 in overall viewership for the night.…
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Crown Jewel To Take Place In Saudi Arabia On Halloween
The return date for next WWE's show in Saudi Arabia is now official.
PWInsider reports that the fourth Saudi Arabia show will be called Crown Jewel once more and will take place on Halloween. It will occur at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh.
WWE has a 10 year deal with the country and their previous event, WWE Super Show-Down featured The Undertaker against Bill Goldberg in the main event, which was heavily panned and criticized, so much that it appears Goldberg will be looking to redeem himself in a match with Dolph Ziggler at WWE SummerSlam.
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Saudi foreign minister determined to bolster Cyprus ties
Posted: Sep 11, 2019 / 08:56 AM EDT / Updated: Sep 11, 2019 / 08:56 AM EDT
Cyprus’ president Nicos Anastasiades, right, and Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf talk during their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says his country is keen to explore ways of strengthening relations with Cyprus given the European Union member country’s geographic location and long-standing ties with the Arab world.
Ibrahim al-Assaf’s visit to the east Mediterranean island nation on Wednesday where he also met with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades was the first by a top Saudi official.
Al-Assaf said there’s “high interest” in developing relations “on all fronts.”
Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said the two men agreed to focus initially on tourism and investment.
Christodoulides noted a shared understanding to jointly address challenges like terrorism, the rise of extremism and climate change.
The Cypriot foreign minister said EU-Saudi cooperation is key to dealing with regional challenges and that Cyprus would continue advocating that in Brussels.
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"Our deepest condolences to the family of George H.W. Bush, who passed away late yesterday at the age of 94. President and Mrs. Bush were very close friends of my parents and our family through the years. He represented the presidency when politics in our country was more civil. He was a man of character who served our nation during war and led our nation during peace. He was a man of many accomplishments, but one of the greatest was his family—two sons to serve as governors and one to follow as president of our nation. Our prayers are with the entire Bush family." -- Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham
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Piano concerto in A minor - Allegro appassionato
Hello, i'm new on this forum. I would like to share my lastest composition. It's the first movement of my 2nd piano concerto, composed in A minor. What do you think of it ?
Here's a personal project of mine. Space is a wonder to me. The first man ever set his foot on the moon 50 years ago. Being a music composer, I wanted to do something for this anniversary. The project got so big and ambitious that I wanted to make a clip for it. And I got lucky when NASA announced that they made their footage copyright free. So I bought video editing software and made my first ever cut. I'm definitely not an editor but I had a lot of fun making this video. Here is the link to the music and video. https://youtu.be/EcvL36-x_Ec
Yfirsést: Concerto for viola and orchestra
Hi all! I'm new here, and I really wish I'd discovered this community much sooner! I love classical music but, as a violist, my largest complaint has been the lack of stirring, cinematic viola concerti. Well, what's a composer to do? So here's my stab at a full-length viola concerto. I've named it Yfirsést (pronounced ih-ver-syest), the Icelandic word for "overlooked," and an all-too common feeling among violists. This is the first movement, and it resounds with the struggle of overcoming mediocrity and being seen for what you are. (I couldn't tell you what composer it sounds like, because to me, it sounds like me. 🙂) I appreciate your feedback, and especially taking the time to listen! I'll upload the second and third movements (along with the scores for all 3) later.
Really exciting! Studio recording of my melancholic piano piece!
Klavier a la Party - my 1 minute piano sonata
Concerto per violino, archi e bc. Paradiso e inferno
Concerto per violino, archi e bass continuo in b minor "Paradiso e inferno". written 20.06.19 - 25.06.19. Been some time since i wrote a concerto, so here is my summer contribution. Three part concerto written in the late italian school. I. Allegro - paradiso: 4/4 time, livly tempo and fugures, high in the register of the violin (Heaven it is!), the triumph key of d major. II. Adagio - cadere dalla grazia (fall from grace) 4/4 time. slow pace, rethorical use of rets, b, minor III. Vivace - inferno, 4/4 time, fast pace, slaming fugres, chromatic downward passages (going down to hell), b minor Please tell me what you think SimenN
Small Test of Cinematic Studio Sounds
A small test of Cinematic Studio sounds. Only the harp is from the other library.
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Summer Bagatelle
This song sounds amazing.
Tomorrow is the longest day of the year on a Sunday in my country, at which time people burn a dummy witch per old tradition, and this afternoon, I just felt in the mood to finish this piano piece. I feel like it has a bit of summer in it. But I actually started on it back in April or so, then put it in the drawer, because I found something off-putting about it. I hope it sounds reasonable now.
I feel a happy emotion to this, even when the minor keys are exposed. But not just any happiness. It feels kind of like a person is skipping around. I love it. And the C major is so expressive here. I have tried to get my C major to sound expressive and all I get is what sounds like happy boredom, sort of like this piece here: If I want the piece to both be expressive and have C as the tonic note, I usually resort to 1 thing, using the key of C minor. I find that with C minor, I can get just about any possible emotion across relatively easily like this: Anger - Just use more forte dynamics and diminished 7ths, faster tempo further reinforces the emotion but isn't necessary Sadness - Keep it slow Mysteriousness - Slow and in low octaves Nocturnal peacefulness - Slow and in high octaves Happiness - Fast tempo and off beat notes(I find that, if I just displace a note by say an eighth from where I would typically put it, and I put more dynamic emphasis on weak beats, I can get C minor to sound happy)
I don't think I have heard such a key like A major be so sad. Usually when I think of an emotion that is typical for A major I think of this: That's right, I think of the key of A major as having a bouncy feel to it, which staccato just reinforces. A good example of this is Rondo Alla Turka by Mozart. But your piece has a grim sadness more typical of a minor key like E minor, despite it being in a major key. I myself have never gotten a major key to feel sad. I have gotten it to feel nocturnal, but not sad. If I were to think of a piece that has the sadness that your piece has, I would think of this one: How did you get a major key to sound so sad? I have only been able to do that with minor keys by keeping things slow. If I keep things slow in a major key, it starts to sound nocturnal to my ears. But sadness, not really if I just slow the tempo of the major key piece. So clearly, there is more to it than just tempo for major keys to sound sad unlike how with minor keys you can just slow things down to get a sad feeling.
Woodwinds Recommendations?
Woodwinds are pretty diverse and complex, so forgive me if this answer is too generalized. By themselves, woodwinds blended together create this lush, watery, woodsy sound that you don't get from the strings. Unfortunately, they're easily drowned out by the rest of the orchestra, so you have to choose your woodwind moments wisely. As you know, they're much more versatile than their wind cousins the brass, so woodwinds are great for playing those fast harmonies or countermelodies against the strings. However, what I like best about the woodwinds is their different voices! The flute is light and airy, the oboe resonant and mournful, the clarinet liquid and graceful, the bassoon (such a versatile instrument!) deep and chocolatey in its lower register, wispy and yearning in its upper register. If you were to take a melody and have it repeated by the different strings (violin, viola, cello, bass), your piece would be boring. But take that same melody and have it repeated by the different woodwinds, and each tells a different story! Concerning woodwinds cues, I feel your pain. My head doesn't naturally "hear" the woodwinds in its music, so when composing I have to pause every now and then and ask myself "Has every instrument been given a chance?" Some of the richest moments in my pieces have been when I did this and passed a lush melody on to the woodwind section! Like much of music, it's an art that gets better the more you do it. I hope this helps!
I like the crescendos, the intro melody along with the sus vib notes from the cellos sounds epic. Definitely has a classical feel to it around the 2 min marker.
@SilverWolf Thanks for the feedback! Here is the second movement, entitled 'Andante religioso.' It's mournful and redemptive, with hymn-like themes and swelling anthems. At times tender, at times dissonant, it continues the struggle to not be "overlooked."
I like that it has a lot of varied articulations in it, a few of the chords I would have done differently (not sure of the name but it sounds like stacked m chords).
On the joy of coffee, the composer's best friend. This is for a small jazz band of piano, bass, drums, violin, clarinet, trumpet and trombone. I may have posted this before but I don't remember and I don't see it anywhere, so ... here it is. 😊
me again.. Epic music soundtrack
This is quite an epic piece. very good.. perhaps some gentle EQ'ing on some tracks to clarify what the different instruments are doing. The low mids are quite dense ( bordering on getting muddy). Perhaps some of the strings play an octave higher, or voices. The movement and orchestration are QUITE GOOD..
Focusing in on the section around the one minute mark, the counterpoint between the upper and lower voices was a little strained when there are leaps to and away power chords in the upper register (perfect fourths) in an unrelated key.
Lake Solitude
I just wrote a simple guitar riff and I thought it would be nice if I just put it over some videos I recorded from the forest and lake in my neighborhood. So, I made a complete dark ambient song and made this music video for that.
Advice on writing a piano concerto?
I recently completed a flute concerto that will be premiering in the fall. A few things I can share off the top of my head: I think it's unwise to write the piano part and orchestral part as two separate entities/two separate sessions. One thing I learned while writing was that you need to give the soloist time to breathe. Both in the literal sense, and also from the standpoint of the audience. The ear tires from listening to the same type of sound after awhile, so the best way to keep the ear interested is to change up the sound. When you listen to great concertos (of any instrument), there will be sections heavy on the solist, sections where the soloist and orchestra play together as a "unit", and then purely orchestral sections. Those breaks are important, for everyone involved. Write to the strengths of your soloist. If it's you, then write to your own strengths! My solist has a very good technical capacity, and also has a very strong tone in the lower register, so I was sure to make it technically challenging and wasn't afraid to write some passages down low. Some people are better at shaping long musical phrases, some are better at extended techniques, it's good to sort of "tailor" the music to what they're good at. If you personally aren't the soloist, don't be afraid to consult them during the process. Maybe some things are too challenging for them, or maybe they have suggestions on how to make something flow better. You'll learn a lot along the way! Speaking of register, another reason I don't think it's wise to write the piano and orchestra parts separately is precisely because of orchestration. You want to leave space in the orchestra to let the soloist shine through. In my case, this meant not having a lot of flute parts (as in the ones sitting in the orchestra), and generally avoiding countermelodies/accompanying figures in the same register as the solo. In your case, you have the entire piano at your fingers, which is both a pro and a con. The pro being it's a lot more flexible in terms of register, the con being you can easily go crazy and write thick passages that will come out muddy if the whole orchestra is playing something too contrary. I think writing them separately would be too confusing, you might think while writing the piano part "oh, I should do this in the orchestra", but most likely forget it by the time you get to writing the orchestra. These are all of course tip more on technical things and less about the actual act of writing music. As the others said, try everything and see what sticks. Don't overthink things, and of course have fun with it!
Medieval Fantasy
...or something like that. Fantasy game music I wrote, anyway. Let me know what you think.
Etude in lydian b7 for harp duo
My fat fingers did the page refresh shortcut in the middle of composing my comment. So here we try again. But at least I got the B. That's pretty close, isn't it? Thanks! Oh, no no no, I don't know more about harps than you do if you're already trying to figure out pedals and stuff. My harp knowledge is on the level of Monty Python's How To Do It lesson on how to play the flute. As for the key, I probably gave more thought to my pairing of socks this morning than I did to the key of this thing, and I probably should have transposed the whole thing up to F if knew what I was doing, to get a whole lot of naturals. I'm no good at writing for real, actual instruments played by living, breathing humans. Thanks. You're totally right. This is but an unambitious little doodle that came out of some nerd'ing. I have modes popping up all the time in my music, but I rarely immerse myself completely in one sound. I think if the piece had a real length, it should definitely go beyond. So would you. However, the thing is... that I... kind of overwrote the project file, which I used for tinkering. It was an oversight. I know... I'm sorry. But I'm not feeling up for a transcription by ear now. With audio online, I guess it's now an undead piece. I tell myself that I can listen to the mp3 to extract ideas for the future. Oops, I forgot the #4. Oops, I wrote in a bad key. Oops, I deleted my comment. Oops, I deleted my piece. I'm on a streak! I better block my bedroom door tonight.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 07:29 PM - Music, - UK, English
Live at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, one of the largest theaters in the United States.
From their The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway period.
Side one is mainly work from this double lp, side two consists of the Musical Box plus two studio recordings: Happy the Man , a single from 1972 (released between Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot) and Twilight Alehouse, 1974, the b-side of I Know What You Like In Your Wardrobe, a single taken from the album Selling England by the Pound.
"The live portions of this album will provide a quadraphonic sound when played on equipment utilizing the QS Matrix Decoding System." WOW ! But what is it?
It is one of the many early attempts to get quadraphonic sound out of a stereo recording, based on phase shifting, to distinguish between what should be heard on the front and back speakers. The encoding was license free, but only Sansui sold decoding systems.
1 Watcher of the Skies [7:57]
2 Lilywhite Lilith - The Wating Room - Anyway - It! [17:12]
1 The Musical Box [11:38]
2 Happy the Man [2:54]
3 Twilight Ale House [7:50]
This single lacks the lonely sheep. But there is some sad singing on the b-side.
1 Main theme
2 I think it's going to rain today
Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 06:39 PM - Music, - UK, English
The only lp of Pink Military. I like side two especially, four songs are competing for the White Noise Award. And the winner is Do Animals Believe in God? with nine points.
After this not so successfull album, Casey reformed the band and named it Pink Industry.
1 Degenerated Man
2 I Cry
3 Did you see her
4 Wild West
5 Back on the London Stage
6 After Hiroshima
1 Living in the Jungle
2 Dreamtime
3 War Games
4 Heaven , Hell
5 Do Animals Believe in God
Other post of Pink Military stuff on Annie's Animal.
Even more downloads on Mezzanine Floors.
Monday, February 12, 2007, 06:58 PM - Music, - UK, English
Pink Military is a band Jayne Casey formed with Nicky Cool, after Big in Japan broke up. Their first release was a 7" live ep Buddha Waking Disney Sleeping. This is their first and only 12". Side one has up tempo songs and side two is more experimental. I Cry is very different from the lp version (which I post tomorrow) and gets an eight on the White Noise Scale.
1 Spell Bound [2:34]
2 Blood & Lipstick [3:54]
3 Clown Town [4:56]
4 I Cry [6:03]
Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 09:38 PM - Music, - UK, English
This is the first record I bought from The Danse Society, and it was the reason why I purchased a lot of their other stuff. But the Womans Own 12" still is the best. Continent deserves a 6 on the White Noise Scale.
1 Womans Own [3:24]
2 Continent [4:39]
3 We're so happy [5:05]
4 Belief [4:29]
Rhythm of Life - Soon - Summertime (1981, UK, pop)
Friday, January 26, 2007, 01:38 AM - Music, - UK, English
Between Josef K and his solo career, Pail Haig made two singles with Stephen Harrison under the name Rhythm of Life. To confuse us, Paul named his second solo album also Rhythm of Life.
The 7" I have is 1 and A sided, both simple pop songs.
A - Soon [3:00]
1 - Summertime [3:19]
Fashion - Product Perfect (1979, UK, new wave)
Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 07:58 PM - Music, - UK, English
There are two versions of Fashion. This is the first version with singer/guitarist Luke James. The music at this time is a kind of scarce art rock. A synthesizer is used, but not to create a wall of sound as the later Fashion did. Luke's voice is unique.
And there are two versions of this lp. The second version included the single Steady Eddie/Killing Time, but is without Burning Down. And some titles were in French (vẽŗỳ şŧÿłîšħ). I made a combination of the two and added a song from the I.R.S. greatest hits vols.2+3 sampler I had on a cassette tape.
For years I was on the lookout for a cd of the early Fashion, I only found The Height of Fashion, from the later version. No hope it ever comes, I made it myself.
Luke James mailed me telling that an official re-release on cd can be bought from his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/fashionlukesky, only $10 + $2.50 shipping. A rare tracks cd has soon to be followed, as a cd with brand new songs will.
Single:
1 Steady Eddie [3:26]
2 Killing Time [2:36]
LP side one:
1 Product Perfect [3:51]
2 Die in the West [4:10]
3 Red, Green & Gold [4:41]
4 Burning Down [3:31]
5 Big John - Hanoi Annoys me - the Innocent [7:25]
LP side two:
1 Citinite [5:15]
2 Don't touch me [2:57]
3 Bike Boys [5:06]
4 Fashion [3:30]
5 Technofascist [3:35]
I.R.S. greatest hits vols.2+3:
24 Sodium Pentathol Negative [1:55]
What is missing is Wastelife, the b-side of the Citinite 7" and the Silver Blades single. Anyone?
The Citinite/Wastelife single can be found at The Record Robot.
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*NEW* GOOSEBUMPS REVIEW *NEW*
May 8, 2016 by pmbayobale, posted in Animation, Best and worst films, CGI, Children's movies, Cinema, Comedy, Film essay, Hollywood, Kids movies, Movie review, Uncategorized
Black is back!
Corny, frantic BUT highly watchable.
A teenager (Dylan Minnette – Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) teams up with the daughter (Odeya Rush – The Giver) of young adult horror author R. L. Stine (Jack Black – School of Rock) after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
The opening 20 minutes was easy going enough as Minnette’s Zach moved to a new town and (even worse) a new school. And if that wasn’t bad enough. His own mother (Amy Ryan – Birdman) is the new vice principal! I liked the dynamic between Ryan and Minnette. It was a little disappointing to see that thrown out of the window for a cheesy little romance subplot between Zach and the mysterious girl next door Hannah (Rush).
Don’t get me wrong, the pair had good chemistry BUT it was all a little too schmaltzy for my liking. Thankfully it wasn’t too long before the obsessive Stine (Black) made his introduction. Welcome back, Mr Black. As soon as the big man kept randomly popping up at windows and fences, threatening Zach at every opportunity to stay away from Hannah, I was entertained.
It was a different side to Black. More subdued and obnoxious. Not quite as loud or in your face. BUT still on scene stealing form. He has been missed. And with Kung Fu Panda 3 fighting its way at the box office, we will be spoiled.
“If there’s danger, I will run the other way”. Ryan Lee (Super 8) was brilliant as social misfit Champ.
For fans of the real Goosebump books, all the little references were there. The whole magic spiel was a different take. Every creation Stine ever wrote coming to life. All the silly creatures that used to frighten you as a little ‘un (and may still do) were all there.
Slappy the dummy was the one that always freaked me out. And lo and behold, guess who made a special appearance? Black provides his sinister voice-over skills to bring the terrifying toy to life. Slappy’s movie makeover wasn’t quite as spine-tingling as his TV series counterpart. BUT I’ll let you be the judge.
Shudder. Moving on . . .
The special effects were actually quite good. The 3D gimmick wasn’t missed so save your pennies. I couldn’t really pick any moments that would have better with it. The effects weren’t too cartoony BUT this is a kid’s film, let’s not forget. Can’t creep em out too much now. That’s not to say there weren’t a few jumpy bits that might have got the best of yours truly (What?).
The adorable BUT highly violent garden gnomes suggested a darker undertone and gave me that old Gremlins nostalgia as the gang fought wave after wave of them in the kitchen.
It was silly, a little cheesy BUT good fun as our dysfunctional heroes try to get every creature back in their paperback prisons. The endless statistics that Black spewed up about Stine’s career were all true. Believe me, I checked. Selling more novels than Stephen King?! A passing cameo delivering the perfect punch line.
BUT that’s not to say it was perfect. Just like Scouts’ Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Paper Towns, Halston Sage was type cast (yet again) as another high school damsel in distress. Anyone could have played her and, by the end, you realized how unnecessary her character really was.
Amy Ryan was cast aside and reduced to nothing more than a naff running joke with her character avoiding the awkward advances of Ken Marino’s (We’re The Millers) high school coach. Unfunny and a real waste of another actress.
My main issue however, was despite this being a mad little movie; it felt rushed. Not enough of Stine’s ghastly ghouls were brought into the mix. Too many of them were quickly thrown in at the last minute that you couldn’t tell what was what.
It just seemed to push for a frantic finale after all that build up. Veep’s Timothy Simons was heavily underused as dimwitted Officer Stevens. More gags could have made with the guy. He had me in stitches in the two scenes he was lucky to feature in.
BUT grumbling aside, coming from a GB fan, this was a silly little blast from the past. It wasn’t perfect (and didn’t quite top the iconic TV series that ruined my childhood) BUT I could think of worst things to kill the time with the little ‘uns.
3/5 (Just)
Tagged 3D, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Amy Ryan, Birdman, Goosebumps, Goosebumps Movie, Gremlins, Halston Sage, Jack Black, Ken Marino, Kung Fu Panda 3, Odeya Rush, Paper Towns, R.L. Stine, Ryan Lee, School of Rock, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Stephen King, Super 8, The Giver, Timothy Simons, Veep, We're the Millers, Zach Minette5 Comments
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*NEW* WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES REVIEW *NEW*
August 20, 2017 November 5, 2017 by pmbayobale, posted in 3D, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Best and worst films, Blockbuster, CGI, Cinema, Drama, Epic, Film essay, Hollywood, Movie review, Science Fiction, Sequels, Special effects, Uncategorized
The best one of the bunch?
Let’s ask our pal Caesar . . .
Not quite. BUT a decent effort all the same.
After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar (Andy Serkis) wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
I remember my reaction when I heard that the Planet of the Apes franchise was being rebooted/remade (again). It was very similar to ol’ Caesar’s.
However, Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a welcome addition. I was completely surprised and engrossed. Completely caught up in the origin story of the super intelligent ape.
BUT Dawn of the Apes on the other hand . . . NOT so much. A complete misfire. Bar Caesar’s fractious relationship with the ultra-violent Koba, I felt the sequel was hampered by poor pacing and a flimsy plot line.
Needless to say, I was a little anxious on watching War. Wondering if it would suffer the same flaws and ruin what could have been an impressive trilogy. Luckily, I’m not saying that today.
A visual masterpiece.
Andy Serkis was fantastic. How the hell that man hasn’t received an award for all the work he’s done surprises me (I mean, come on. Gollum, Kong and now Caesar!).
It takes a lot more than wearing a green leotard and making monkey noises to bring life to these creatures.
The movements, the expressions. I know it’s CGI BUT for two to three hours, you could almost believe they were real. The effects were impeccable. The detail. They deserve an Oscar nod for that alone.
The first person PoV perspective as Caesar makes his introduction was brilliant. All his various monkey brethren bowing down and raising their hands in respect to their leader.
The slow burning pace actually worked for the (majority of the) film and allowed the characters to develop quite nicely as Caesar fought against the advancing troops. Desperate not to cause a war. Only wanting to exist in peace.
BUT of course, the humans have another plan in mind. There were a few twists and turns I didn’t expect as Caesar seeks vengeance.
However, his clan won’t let him go it alone. And what a bunch of characters. Or should I say monkeys? Maurice the orangutan. Caesar’s overbearing conscience and protector. Forever keeping the angry ape in check.
There was such a great dynamic between the group. I loved how the conversations flicked back and forth from sign language to talking.
With Caesar as the only ape that can speak. Or so he thought . . .
Steve Zahn, take a bow! Sorry, Mr Serkis BUT there was one little chap that nearly stole the show and that was Bad Ape.
It was at the 90 minute marker that I could feel my patience wading BUT once Bad Ape made his introduction. I was back in the mix.
A loner chimp that escaped one of the compounds during the start of the outbreak. Picking up words in order to survive.
A much needed comic relief to the sombre affair as he struggles to understand why Caesar would want to face the Colonel.
I could easily watch a Maurice/Bad Ape spin-off. Those two were a fantastic duo.
Things took a more interesting turn when Caesar and co stumbled across a mute girl named Nova (Amiah Miller). Flagging up all sorts of questions; why can’t she speak? A side effect of the virus? Will Caesar show mercy?
And what a game changing performance from Woody Harrelson. I wasn’t sure if the Cheers star would be able to pull it off BUT once Caesar and The Colonel come face to face, I was on tenterhooks.
There was a striking contrast that developed between these two stubborn leaders as they fought for their kind. Both suffering losses.
BUT the Colonel (or Colonel Kurtz as I call him) was a man truly on the verge. Deluded in his own mission for finding the cure by wiping out all the apes.
The action set pieces were exhilarating to watch. I just wish the length could have been cut by 30 minutes. The elongated Great Escape style compound sequence was too drawn out for my liking.
There was only so much of Caesar wallowing in self-loathing that I could take.
Don’t get me wrong, it set up a fiery finale BUT after all the build up, it all ended a bit flat. Almost abruptly.
It was a fitting one BUT I still had questions that were hinted in the other efforts. For those who have seen it, I will impose my SPOILERIFIC question further down.
I don’t think it goes without saying that you might need to watch Rise and Dawn to appreciate the little nods.
BUT in all fairness, my mate got the gist and he chose to watch this one without seeing the others. So take your pick.
It may have fell short of Rise BUT this was still a riveting visual masterstroke with some stellar turns. One of the better ones.
I was just glad that I fought the urge not to sing this little gem.
NOW *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* After Rise introduced the Liberty 1 expedition (Well, Icarus 1 – a reference to Heston’s spaceship in the original Planet of the Apes), will that still fit into this story line? Is there going to be another one? The girl was called Nova. A hint, maybe?
Tagged Amiah Miller, Andy Serkis, CGI, Charlton Heston, Cheers, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Oscar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Steve Zahn, The Great Escape, The Planet of the Apes, The Simpsons, War for the Planet of the Apes, Woody Harrelson
*NEW* CAPTAIN FANTASTIC REVIEW *NEW*
March 9, 2017 March 9, 2017 by pmbayobale, posted in Best and worst films, Cinema, Drama, Film essay, Hollywood, Movie review, Oscar, Oscar season, Uncategorized
It really was fantastic.
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father (Viggo Mortensen) devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
I wasn’t sure from the bizarre opening sequence whether I was going to like the whole Bear Grylls/Swiss Family Robinson vibe to the piece BUT by the end, I was completely won over.
Endearing, entertaining and heartbreaking. A feel good family film in the most dysfunctional way possible. This might even rival Little Miss Sunshine.
I couldn’t believe that this was penned and directed by that creepy guy from Big Love.
Matt Ross delivers a heartwarming story that tackles grief, rites of passage and the woes of the modern society brilliantly.
The unorthodox upbringing may raise a few eyebrows but it almost worked. A strict regime of self defense, intellectual discussions and living off the land is something that I couldn’t even muster (Let alone the majority of the younger generation).
Their campfire Kumbaya may have been a little corny BUT it established a crazy but close-knit family unit hidden in a nirvana away from the real world. Or was it?
There was a quirky and easygoing feel to the piece and with all the crazy get up they were wearing, you could have mistaken it for a Wes Anderson flick!
It wasn’t long before tragic news forced the family to emerge from their natural habitat. And this was where it won me over.
The cast were perfectly chosen. The only one that grated against me was Rellian (Nicholas Hamilton). As much as you could feel for the poor lad, his incessant screaming and temper tantrums really got on my wick.
George MacKay (Sunshine on Leith/Pride) was very good as the socially awkward Bo secretly applying for college behind his father’s back.
I loved all the contrasts and social commentary; “Why is everyone fat? Are they sick?” There were some witty one liners as Ben and co. couldn’t believe the obesity and mindless brainwashing from the merciless corporations on the masses.
“You would rather celebrate a magical fictitious elf over a living humanitarian who did so much for our human rights?”
I loved the comparison of parenting styles when Ben visited his sister’s family. Kathryn Hahn (Bad Moms) and Steve Zahn (Dallas Buyers Club) were brilliant. Not enough of them in my opinion.
It was hilarious when Ben showed off his children’s knowledge on The Bill of Rights while his sister’s kids were too busy with their heads in their phones or X-Boxes.
The journey was mad BUT entertaining as the family made out they were bible bashers just to evade a curious copper’s questions about the kids’ truancy.
I was startled at Ben educating his youngest on sex, rape and capitalism. Mental. Even crazier when he faked a seizure in a supermarket for OPERATION SAVE THE FOOD so the clan could fill their boots.
The last 30 minutes was where it really hit home when Ben decides to gatecrash his wife’s funeral despite his father-in-law’s wishes.
Virgo Mortensen deserved the Oscar nod. You could see beneath all that intellectual sparring that there was a tormented man struggling to deal with the loss of his wife. Unsure what to do.
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) was superb as the angry father in law. Blaming Ben for taking his daughter and grandchildren away from him. Deluding them into believing this way of life was acceptable.
BUT as much as you were impressed by the kids’ education and survival instincts, they were completely lost when it came to social interaction and as the story progressed, you realised that they might not be as into the idea as their grief-stricken father.
Things reaching boiling point when Bo finally decides to talk about his college application as Ben begins to re-evaluate himself.
I should have known with Alex Somers orchestrating the score that Sigur Ros’ Jonsi would pop up in this. A wonderful soundtrack.
I was pleasantly surprised and even on second viewing, it still had me through the highs and lows.
A heartfelt, engaging family drama that is worthy of your attention.
4/5 Just!
Tagged Alex Somers, Bad Moms, Bear Grylls, Big Love, Captain Fantastic, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon, George MacKay, Jonsi, Kathryn Hahn, Little Miss Sunshine, Matt Ross, Nicholas Hamilton, Oscar, Pride, Sigur Ros, Steve Zahn, Sunshine on Leith, Swiss Family Robinson, The Bill of Rights, Viggo Mortensen, Wes Anderson, X-Box
*NEW* THE GOOD DINOSAUR REVIEW *NEW*
December 1, 2015 December 5, 2015 by pmbayobale, posted in Animation, Best and worst films, Cinema, Comedy, Disney, Drama, Film essay, Hollywood, Movie review, Pixar, Uncategorized
Not good enough, I’m afraid.
An epic journey (Well . . . ) into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) makes an unlikely human friend.
The thought of having two Pixar movies in a year should have been a treat BUT this latest offering failed to hit the same highs as any of its predecessors.
I tried my best NOT to draw comparisons BUT it was hard not to when the story was so flat and predictable. Don’t get me wrong. It was watchable and there were some nice moments that still cracked the embittered cynic in me but memorable?
The opening with the infamous asteroid avoiding the Earth 65 million years ago teased a “What if dinosaurs weren’t wiped off the face of the planet scenario” BUT Pixar’s only answer to that was farming, apparently.
Really? It was easygoing enough but a little tame as Arlo and his family tended to their crops. Seeing Arlo as the runt of the pack and battling his fear of everything had been done to death. What didn’t help was that Ochoa’s voice really grated against me throughout the whole film and when Arlo howled with Spot (Far too many times), I prayed for them to stop!
Jeffrey Wright (Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace) played the role of Poppa well. Sharing his words of wisdom and desperately trying to get Arlo to conquer his fears and make his mark (Well, footprint) on the family wall (And the world, most likely). Awww. Yuck. While poor Frances McDormand (Fargo) was completely wasted in her role as Momma.
What baffled me was the Southern accents? It felt like a Western take on Ice Age. On paper, it had potential BUT it’s a shame that it didn’t really amount to much.That’s NOT to say it was all bad.
Pixar still delivered with their fantastic visual effects. The panning shots as Arlo rode down the river made you feel like you were there with him and there was a beautiful sequence in which Arlo and Poppa run through a field of glistening glow flies (Lame. Hey, it was great). I think that was the only moment where I wished I had invested in 3D. Otherwise, I don’t think the experience would have been enhanced in any way.
Despite its flaws, Disney and Pixar still have a way of dispatching tragedy that can break even the most cynical of critics. A spiritual send off may have been predictable BUT it still tugged a little at the heart strings.
The role reversal of the cavemen being more primitive than their prehistoric predators was a nice touch BUT had the gang NOT heard of a film called Ice Age? The introduction of Spot (Jack Bright) helped set up a nice pairing after a heated scrap. One that gets them lost and far away from home. The relationship helped keep the formulaic journey watchable and delivered the little chuckles as the pair put their differences aside to get back home.
Steve Zahn’s (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) pterodactyl Thunder Clap was probably the only other memorable character. He delivered the laughs but soon overstayed his welcome once he began to repeat the same gag, a mispronounced expression. One that was hardly a “relevation”. Yup, that bad. Things did take a slightly better turn when Thunder Clap decides to put Spot on the menu.
The stalking and chase sequences were racy and picked up the pace. The fins surfing through the skies like something out of Jaws was brilliant. What annoyed me was that Pixar were always able to bring a different take on something we’ve seen before. Inside Out was essentially a different take on Osmosis Jones.
The dinosaur angle wasn’t used enough in this. The idea of T-Rexes being ‘cattle handlers’ was cute BUT entertaining? Not for me. Sam Elliot did what he does best. Grumbling in an inaudible style and sharing his words of wisdom BUT it was far too corny for my liking. It took me until the credits to realise Anna Paquin (X-Men) was voicing one of the other T-Rexes.
Maybe Pixar’s charm is wearing off on me. For the wonderful animation and nicey nicey moments, it was rather disappointing. This ranked en par with the Plane movies. Watchable for the little ‘uns BUT it didn’t soar high enough for me.
Tagged 3D, Anna Paquin, Cars, Casino Royale, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Disney, Fargo, Frances McDormand, Ice Age, Inside Out, Jack Bright, Jaws, Jeffrey Wright, Osmosis Jones, Pixar, Planes, Quantum of Solace, Raymond Ochoa, Sam Elliot, Steve Zahn, The Good Dinosaur, The Lion King, X Men
*THROWBACK REVIEW* ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH
October 5, 2014 by pmbayobale, posted in 3D, Animation, Best and worst films, Children's movies, Cinema, Comedy, Disney, Dreamworks, Film essay, Hollywood, Kids movies, Movie review, Pixar, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, William Shatner
And the duds just keep on coming. I need to escape from the cinema for a while. Enough to keep the little ‘uns quiet for 80 odd minutes but parents might want to take in their Kindles (or a physical book if you’re old school).
Astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) is a national hero to the blue alien population. A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy, by-the-rules brother, Gary (Rob Corddry). However, when the brothers receive an SOS from a notoriously dangerous planet (Earth. What? Spoilers? Come on guys), Scorch rejects Gary’s warnings and bounds off for yet another exciting mission leading to his capture. Inevitably, it’s up to scrawny, risk-adverse Gary to do the real rescuing.
Brendan Fraser (The Mummy franchise/George of the Jungle) what happened? Oh how the mighty have fallen. In all fairness, his movie list of late is hardly legendary. He does his best to bring the laughs as chughead Scorch in his strangely Buzz Lightyear-esque attire.
It’s a shame with how much talent was attached to this. I know, it’s a kid’s film but Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks (most of the time) have delivered timeless classics with great stories, great characters and enough to entertain everybody. Unfortunately this one just doesn’t make the cut.
It’s not all bad. It has enough OTT slapstick gags to keep the little ‘uns giggling and the animation is brilliant. Visually colourful and detailed. 3D hardly a must but there were a couple of clever gimmicky moments in there. Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) plays the pathetic protagonist quite well.
Ricky Gervais once again pops up in a rather dull and fed up voice over as the computer system, BING, James Bing. Oh dear. Now I’m one for the puns and silly one liners but even that one got me cringing. Jessica Alba surprisingly goes against character type and plays the baddie for a change.
William Shatner provides his Trekky gravitas to the sinister General Shanker with aplomb. Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) plays a rather irritating and bland character that really doesn’t have a point or contribution to the film (Bit like Modern Family. Ouch. Stop it). Sarah Jessica Parker does her best with the lines, “Not bad for a mom who’s had two kids”.
As does Jane Lynch (Glee) as the one eyed creature and appropriately named Io, “First time I laid eye on you”. Does that line sound familiar? Hmmm I thought so too (*Cough* Monsters Inc *Cough*)
The characters that stood out for me were George Lopez (Rio/Rio 2) as the slimy slug hybrid Thurman. The ever talented Craig Robinson (This is the End) manages to make a memorable performance as the eccentric fast talking Doc. Steve Zahn (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) hippies it up as alien enthusiast Hawk. His first encounter with Corddry’s character was quite funny but it soon goes on too long and gets very annoying.
This isn’t the worst animation film I’ve seen this year. That honour goes to the turkey Free Birds (What?) but it’s pretty close. Interestingly enough for those who have seen Free Birds; was Escape from Planet Earth an unintentional spin off? The facility and more importantly, the quarantined Monsters Inc rip off suit guys look just like them.
Regardless, they steal the show in one tut worthy guilty pleasure of a scene in which they manage to parody a number of movies in a food fight. The Artist was a nice touch.
There is a cheeky pop at satire with the government propaganda video segment, “Do you believe in Communism? Then you are an alien”. Unexpected but not bad. The Beatle-esque aliens got a guilty laugh. The twist *POSSIBLE SPOILER BUT NOT REALLY* that humans have been capturing aliens and stealing their technology and claiming it for their own was a nice touch. Doc venting his frustration at the money he should be earning for Facebook was quite funny.
However, it gets all too corny and cheesy. For every good joke, there’s a dozen naff ones. I mean an encounter with a wacky waving inflatable tubed man brought the odd chuckle. But just doesn’t work as a recurring joke. Mainly because it wasn’t that funny the first time round.
If you’re looking for a quick distraction for the kids, then give it a go. Otherwise invest in How To Train Your Dragon 2 or something.
Tagged Brendan Fraser, Buzz Lightyear, capture, Craig Robinson, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Disney, Dreamworks, Escape from Planet Earth, Free Birds, George Lopez, George of the Jungle, Glee, Hot Tub Time Machine, How To Train Your Dragon, Jane Lynch, Jessica Alba, Modern Family, Monsters Inc, Pixar, Ricky Gervais, Rio, Rio 2, Rob Corddry, Sarah Jessica Parker, Scorch, Scorch Supernova, Sofia Vergara, Star Trek, Steve Zahn, The Artist, The Beatles, the hero, The Mummy, The Mummy franchise, This is the End, touch, voice, William Shatner
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB REVIEW
February 19, 2014 January 12, 2016 by pmbayobale, posted in Best and worst films, Biopic, Cinema, Drama, Film essay, Hollywood, Movie review, Oscar season, Uncategorized
Alright, alright, alright.
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
An engrossing (and gritty) tale of one’s man fight for survival. I can’t believe this was a true story. McConaughey provided a stellar performance. Worthy of that Oscar gold.
What made this story more interesting was the fact that Woodroof was a homophobic redneck who had unprotected sex with drug users. The moment he revealed his diagnosis, he was soon ostracized by his friends and evicted from the trailer park. A somewhat darker Southern take on Philadelphia.
Woodroof was very much a man on the path to destruction. At first, it was quite difficult to empathise with him. His drug and alcohol abuse merely making his condition worse. He even stole the only FDA approved drug AZT.
“Screw the FDA, I’m gonna be DOA”.
BUT as his condition deteriorates, Woodroof has to deal with the bureaucracy of the US healthcare system and the FDA as he buys and sells unapproved FDA pills. Unapproved pills that are proving more successful in their trails than AZT.
Woodroof strikes up a business opportunity. Establishing a drugs membership, The Dallas Buyers Club, for struggling AIDS sufferers who aren’t getting the proper treatment. With his partner in crime, the transsexual Rayon (the Oscar wining Jared Leto), the pair work together to fight against the system and their expiry dates.
It was incredible watching the lengths that Woodroof went to. An unbelievable story. Yves Belanger’s cinematography created a gritty look that fitted the tone and mood of the piece. Great direction by Jean-Marc Vallee (Wild), a well written script adapted from an in-depth interview with Woodroof himself by Craig Borten and a superb cast consisting of Jennifer Garner (Alias) as the conflicted Dr Eve Saks, Dennis O’Hare (True Blood) and Steve Zahn (in a surprisingly straight faced role) made this one to watch.
The pace was slow burning BUT allowed everything to bubble along perfectly. Leto and McConaughey were a fantastic duo. I couldn’t believe Leto was in this. He was on scene stealing form. The pair really put their bodies on the line for the roles. They looked ill. It did ponder the question on how far actors should go for a role. McConaughey lost over 3 stone. Crazy.
Dallas Buyers Club marked a resurgent return for the man and he hasn’t looked back since with True Detective, Wolf of Wall Street and Interstellar filling his filmography, I think there will be more to come.
Endearing, intriguing, emotional, gritty. Not what I expected at all. BUT all the better for it. Definitely worth your time.
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Thoughts about Ryan Smyth Chris Pronger. Er, what?
No, you didn't read that incorrectly, there are still some Chris Pronger tidbits that need to be addressed.
First, somebody one-upped me in my characterization of Pronger on this website, by suggesting the Chris Pronger Memorial Red Light District. Ha!
On a second note, there's a rumour going around, to which we shall have to see, which states that though Anaheim has neither Christie Chorley nor Dantes waitresses, Pronger has still managed to diddle in the puck bunny pool, and as a result Mrs. Lauren Pronger (nee Walton) has initiated divorce proceedings. If true, this means that...drumroll please...Chris Pronger could have remained an Oiler, as the entire reason of his leaving (slighted wife) still happened after his departure. 20/20 hindsight, geesh.
Third, somebody was telling me yesterday that, again according to rumour, contract talks were only part of the reason that Paul Coffey and the Edmonton Oilers parted ways in 1987. Apparently there were stories circulating that Coffey had an Oiltown honey on the side, and that he needed to go elsewhere, coinciding happily with plans for a new contract.
Now remember that this sounds awfully familiar, as that's the reason we (probably) lost Pronger. Also bear in mind that Mike Comrie's departure was strongly rumoured to be in whole or in part due to his bonking Tommy Salo's wife. Salo's quick and sudden descent from greatness is also likely more from his woman's indiscretions as opposed to the Belarus Incident.
My basic point here is that the Oilers have lost a lot of great players due to women over the years [don't forget about Gretzky's wife wanting to become an actress, hence his move to L.A. -- on second thought, you can forget it, since the only acting Janet Jones has ever done has been to prosecuters asking about Rick Tocket -ed]. With the Oilers having such rotten luck on the subject of players and their puckbunny wives, I can only assume that we will be the first team to enthusiastically support pillow biting players in the NHL.
"Hey, some players admitted they're homos? We'll take 'em all!"
Finally, on some mostly non-Pronger related Oilers thoughts, Georges Laraque has pissed off a few Oiler fans (and won a few others over) by noting how many concussions the Oilers have received this season. The implication, of course, is that without their big enforcer other players are taking liberties with the talent. (This argument has been made by hockey commentators as well, I'm not singling out Georges himself). However, could not an equally valid argument for all the injuries be the reminder that until last week, MAB was still on the team?
Bonus faggots in hockey note: The article linked to above contains this quote: "Where heterosexual athletes can incorporate their girlfriends or wives into certain team functions, Aaron has none of those freedoms. He sneaks guys into his hotel room when on the road (he is in an open relationship)". Politically, I will note this is yet another example of how poofters are not "just like everybody else except for how they love", because it reasserts the well-known fact that uranists are incapable of monogamous relationships. Hockey-wise, this open relationship stuff is just what the Salos and Prongers of the league need!
Labels: #NHL, #yeg, Race Religion and Sex, Women
Raging Ranter said...
Who knows if any of that stuff is true or not? We'll never know for sure. Reminds me though, of one story that was confirmed way back when.
RW Gary Leeman, then of the Toronto Maple Leafs, started doinking defenseman Al Iafrate's wife, almost immediately after they separated. Al Iafrate felt that it happened just a little too soon after the separation, and it caused considerable dissension in the Leafs dressing room back in the day.
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A Review of the Sony XBR-65X900C 65 inch 4K ultra HD TV
by Stephen on May 22, 2015
ManufactureSony
Just as it seemed that 4K TVs could barely get any thinner, Sony breaks the bounds of expectation with the release of its acclaimed X900C 4K ultra HD TV., the thinnest LCD TV on sale to date. At just 0.2 inches thick over the entire breadth of its actual screen, the the X900C is not only a fantastic piece of Sony technology design, it’s also particularly spectacular as a 4K TV that you could mount on your wall for a very cool floating effect.
In addition to this remarkable thinness, the X900C is also one of Sony’s latest and best 2015 4K UHD models and has been much anticipated by 4K buffs and select TV buyers since its initial presentation to the public at CES 2015 in January.
Combining all the finest classical 4K TV features and technologies with some very interesting upcoming HDR capabilities, the X900C is definitely going to be one of the more interesting and unique 4K models from Sony in 2015. While it certainly isn’t a highly affordable model, more serious UHD home entertainment fans will definitely love it in almost every possible way.
It’s hard to even know where to start in describing all the positive features that the X900C comes packed with. This is one of Sony’s premier 2015 TVs and it really does show in the model’s overall design and specs.
The physical build of the TV is simply beautiful to behold. Sony doesn’t bother with the silly gimmick of curved design and what you get as a result is a simple window-like machine of pure elegance whose extraordinarily clear 4k resolution, wonderfully realistic color rendering and razor thin screen combine to create something that looks futuristic, minimalist and absolutely elegant whether its propped on its stand atop a TV table or mounted on your wall as if it were simply floating there.
Aside from these excellent physical attributes, the X900C also comes packed with some of the very best in home entertainment technologies that Sony has to offer.
For starters, it comes with the exquisite color rendering capacity of Triluminous Display, which is basically quantum dot nanocrystal technology by another name. In addition to Triluminous, there is also the presence of Wide Color Gamut and when the two visual innovations combine together, what you get is a truly superb picture quality that at least gives the best from Samsung such as the JS9500 and even from LG’s OLED 4K TVs a run for its money.
Additionally, the X900C includes the X-Reality PRO upscaling engine and its attendant video processing system. This means that even if you can’t get your hands on native 4K UHD content all the time (unlikely with a Sony TV), all of the HD and Full HD 1080p content that appers on your screen can be upscaled in a way that genuinely looks closer to 4K. When it comes to upscaling engines,, every major brand on the market offers one but Sony is known to be the best of the bunch at delivering actual quality in this area.
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Very little about the X900C could in any way be called bad, but the TV does indeed have a couple of minor deficiencies that were disappointing to find out about when it was announced.
For one thing, unlike the other major Sony 2015 4K models, the X930C AND X940C, the X900C will not come with a specific HDR content enabling firmware update later towards the middle of 2015. Yes, it does feature X-Tended Dynamic Range but this isn’t quite the same as the HDR augmentation that these other Sony models will be receiving via firmware update.
Aside from this, we should also point out that the X900C doesn’t come with the local dimming technology that Sony has offered in the slightly older X900B. This isn’t a major defect but it wouldn’t have cost Sony that much to add it in to such an otherwise fine 4K TV.
Finally, the X900C does at least slightly suffer from the old 4K LED TV problem of color and contrast loss at off-center angles. It doesn’t suffer from this nearly as much as the majority of UHD TVs on the market, but put up next to an LG OLED TV, the inferiority of LED is noticeable in this regard.
Apparently, a lot of buyers are reporting lots of issues with light bleed.
Without a doubt, its few very minor deficiencies aside, the Sony XBR-X900C is one spectacular 4K UHD TV. It more than offers enough visual and connectivity technology to guarantee a superb 4K entertainment experience and its Smart TV functionality along with its connectivity are both top-notch among new Sony TVs.
• Screen size: 65 inch 4k TV - XBR65X900C, 55 inch version - XBR55X900C
• Smart TV: Yes
• HEVC (H.265) Included: Yes
• HD to UHD upscaling: Yes, X-Reality PRO upscaling engine
• HDCP 2.2 Compliance: Yes
• Refresh Rate: 120Hz
• Screen Lighting: edge-lit LED backlighting
• Resolution: 3,840 x 2,160 pixels UHD
• Wireless Connectivity: Yes, includes WiFi, Blue Tooth, NFC and Ethernet port
• Remotes: One-flick remote and standard button remote
• Connectivity: 4 HDMI 2.0 ports, 1 MHL port 3 USB 2.0, component, Digital Audio out, Composite, Ethernet
• Dynamic Contrast Ratio: Over 1 million
• Audio: 10W + 10W down firing 2 channel speakers with S-Force Front Surround sound
• TV weight with/without stand: unknown
• Dimensions: TV without stand: not yet known
• Processor: 4K Processor X1 Engine
The major highlights of the Sony XBR-X900C would definitely have to be its design and 4k display specs.
As we’d already covered above, this is a beautiful 4K TV and though it’s not uniformly thin everywhere thanks to the thickened rear end along its bottom (where all the internal hardware goes), the minimalist effect is spoiled only very slightly by this small deviation from the ultra-thin 7 mm screen. However, mounted to a wall, the X900C would look particularly spectacular and its physical design has been put together to facilitate doing this in a way that maximizes the appearance of a large black window looking into another world.
As for the visual highlights of the X900C, it offers a powerful combination of X-Reality PRO HD content upscaling, X-Tended Dynamic Range and Triluminous display. These three work together to make any content you view on the TV --be it native 4K video, 1080P Full HD or 720p HD video- into a genuinely exquisite viewing experience.
Finally, we move on to the Android TV operating system, one of the primary highlights of the X900C and a feature now found in all 2025 Sony 4K TVs. In this area, Sony made the very smart move of letting go of its own Smart T OS design and entrusting the task to a far more experienced player, namely Google. Quite frankly the improvement is major. While Sony’s original 2014 Smart TV platform wasn’t terrible or anything like that Android TV beats it by a long shot in a number of ways.
The overall interface you as the user deal with is markedly more intuitive and navigable and the search features of Android for TV are superb. Best of all, there is a voice search feature in the X900C’s Android TV interface that has got to be one of the best we’ve ever seen. It’s fast, highly accurate and it’s good at hearing your specific commands even under less than ideal conditions of pretty intense background noise.
Furthermore, and obviously enough, the menu of the Android TV system is excellent for searching through Google Play options and apps. It also lets you log into all of your Google services easily and quickly.
Finally, the Android TV platform and Sony itself have worked together to make Google Cast a very efficient and easy to use option for the X900C. This function lets you beam content from any nearby iOS or Android smartphone, tablet or even laptop straight on to the much larger TV screen. This is particularly useful for games, movies and photos.
In terms of visual specs, the XBR55X900C is only bested by Sony’s soon to be HDR-capable X930C and X940C 4K TVs. In every other regard, the TV offers a truly superb visual technology package that was only until very recently the best of its kind in the entire 4K TV market regardless of brand.
We say this because Sony was until 2015 the only player on the market that was regularly using quantum dot technology in its 4K TVs, in the form of the well-known and acclaimed Triluminous Display. Triluminous is still there and because Sony has had plenty of time to perfect it, it works exquisitely at delivering a much more vibrant and broader color range than a conventional 4K TV could offer.
The overall effect of the Triluminous Display technology is a color rendition that’s much more realistic and true-to-life than what man if not most of Sony’s competitors offer. In fact, only Samsung and LG could be said to come close in terms of color gamut thanks to their own quantum nanocrystal layers in some of their latest 4K TVs.
In addition to the Triluminous feature, the X900C, as one of Sony’s premium TVs, also includes the company’s X-Tended Dynamic Range technology, which is aimed at enhancing contrast to above-the-normal values. This contrast enhancement isn’t quite the same thing as the HDR capacity of upcoming firmware updates on Sony’s X930C and X940C TVs but it is a superb augmentation of ordinary LED LCD TV contrast levels and the resulting effect is very much visible, especially in conjunction with the wide color gamut of Triluminous.
In effect, these two key display technologies create a far richer, more realistic and almost three dimensional picture quality that shows even with conventional HD content.
And speaking of HD content, this is where we mention the final but crucial component of the X900C’s visual specs. This is the X-Reality PRO 4K processing engine inside the TV, designed to, among other things, upconvert normal HD and Full HD content into something that looks more like 4K UHD resolution.
At this particular feature, Sony truly excels and the X-Reality PRO engine is quite possibly the best upscaling system of its kind among all the major brands. Throw in Triluminous Display, and wide color gamut, and the HD content you also watch on the X900C will really look spectacular, almost as good as fully native 4K ultra HD video.
The connectivity package of the XBR55X900C is more or less the standard version that all of the company’s 2015 4K UHD TVs come with. It’s fully future-proof and consists of several HDMI 2.0 ports for attaching third party media devices and 4K media players or set-top boxes. These HDMI ports also come with full HDCP 2.2 content copy protection integrated into them, meaning that you’ll have no problems accessing any kind of restrictive content from third party players.
In addition to these, there are also several USB 2.0 ports, and MHL port, Ethernet connectivity and of course, full WiFi capacity.
Finally, the TV comes with the whole package of 4K streaming apps functional and ready to go via its web-connected Android V smart interface. Since the XBR55X900C is fully HEVC and VP9 codec compliant, streaming and decoding 4K content from Netflix, Ultraflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video straight to the screen is not a problem unless you have an internet connection that’s slower than 20Mbps.
If in case you do have a slow internet service plan, you can still get your delicious native 4K movies and shows via the Sony FMP X10 media player (sold separately). I’ts bloody expensive at an additional $700 USD but it does offer access to the single largest collection of UHD content available from any content provider today, thanks to the clout and reach of Sony Studios, the company’s media and production arm.
The Sony XBR65X900C is for sale but receiving quite a bit of low ratings due to light bleed. The Sony XBR55X850C is better than the X900C but with the eventual firmware inclusion of HDR capability and it’s retailing right now for less. Update Nov 2015, do not buy, buy the Sony XBR55X850C or the Samsung UN48JS8500 instead.
Again, the XBR65X900C is far too good a TV to have anything in the way of any serious defects but to quickly summarize the few deficiencies we did find:
It doesn’t include the local dimming technology of several other top-shelf Sony UHD TVs, despite its otherwise comparable quality.
The X900C suffers the same problem as all other LED TVs on sale today in that its display quality fades in color and contrast when viewed from wider off-angles. However, this is just the nature of conventional LCD LED TVs and Sony can’t much be blamed for it.
• Excellent refresh rate
• Superb contrast ratio
• Very high color gamut
• Truly beautiful, minimalist physical design
• Excellent HD upscaling engine via X-Reality PRO tech
• Poor vibrancy at off-angle viewing
• No local dimming on screen
• No planned HDR firmware update
The X900C is going to be a truly superb 4K TV when it comes out and as far as Sony TVs go, it’s as fine a choice as any of the company’s other top-shelf models.
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Hello, was wondering if you could give me some advice on a selection I will be making within the next few days. Not a huge tech guy but want quality. Looking at the sony xbr65x900c and the Samsung un65js8500. Which one would be better to have, weare nto gamers and typically watch satellite tv and sports a lot. Wife will most likely stream since the capability comes with on both. any advice would be helpful, on these or others I should be looking at. thanks.
Hi Jonathan, I replied to the other copy of this comment which you posted in the main “TV” page. Thanks
Hi Stephen, what was the reply to the question above on which TV to buy, Samsung 8500 or Sony 900c? I am trying to decide between the two TV’s myself. I have had two Sony 850C that the motherboard’s were bad, so returned them. So, I am a little hesitant on the Sony. Depending on who you talk to at Best Buy, HH Gregg or Fry’s Electronics, seems more go away from the Sony. Thank you for your thoughts on this decision.
I wish to preamble my response with that I’ve been a Sony-Flag Waving LOYAL AS H*** customer for quite the number of years – thus this is _not_ in any way an influenced response. Just trying to guide the next person researching this unit.
I purchased this unit at a local A/V retailer just before the Christmas, and prices dropped- and not only paid (“that premium you shell out when doing so” at a “local” place) but add our local state sales taxes on this unit to go along with it, was by no means a TV in the “lower” category of products. Actually, when you read further, I’d say quite over-priced even at POST- Christmas prices.
Initially out-of-the-box, I was already disappointed going from an OLED (I went backwards from the OLED -> back-lit LCD) to this exact same Sony model. WHY(?) was due to my OLED dying 21 days after the warranty expired. The “two-letter” manufacturer, so far for my budget made an affordable – again, for MY budget, one but if they break THAT soon, it’s time to research alternatives. Hence my purchasing the Sony “flagship” model for 2015.
1st of all, my OLED was absolutely “The” (and still is) “The” best picture quality in all aspects I’ve ever been spoiled with on ANY TV or HD projector in the same category.
Back to my Sony XBR issue – I researched the unit (on-line) _AFTER_ I purchased it and noted that quite the # of reviewers were describing an issue, that till this very day that I’m typing this, STILL hasn’t been addressed/fixed out of the Sony factory. I know this because the “defect” those who described it mentioned it only got worse over time. I _was_ ready to “settle” for a subtle flaw, but after realizing I too was exposed to the SAME issue(s) with the pictures, and knowing (or reading) that it would progressively get worse did I decide to return the unit for another brand and model.
For that amount of MSR price, (those too from the on-line retailers) there should be _NO_ “defects” let alone _any_ “issues” with it. – I’ll close with this: RESEARCH this unit before you shell out that kind of $$$. Mind you, when you DO, pay _NO_ attention to the reviewers who get units from manufacturers (for _free_) and write their review. They are referred to as VINE reviewers. (Heck, if someone sent me a FREE $3K TV, I’d write a good review, too – and innocently “forget” or not mention that particular defect.
I ended up with the “S” brand in the same price-range, have had it for only ONE night, but the difference (and lack of flaw as in this Sony unit) is incredible. If ANYTHING changes after I’ve had that “S” brand TV and I note it too isn’t “perfect” – I’ll update my post.
RESEARCH, BIG TIME!!!
I am going to return my sony 900c by 3-28.
Krimzon
In my opinion the Buyer should beware of this TV, it has a design issue that as far as I have seen effects every tv of this model, the two bottom corners have a lot of light bleed as well as the top two corners (top not as bad) it washes out the corners with bright light so if you are watching anything with a dark picture or letter box you will have to deal with bright corners I had purchased this tv and then requested a replacement the replacement came with the same issue and then I went out to the stores and this tv was on display at all 3 stores and the corners were the same bright light washing the corners out, the sales people said at two of the stores that is was just from so much store use and lights being turned so high and so I asked one of them to open and plug it in and if there were no bright corners I would buy it, guess what out of the box it had bright corners too, the only store that was upfront was best buy the guy said the tv had issues and gets returned all the time so long story short I have yet to see a good 900C as of yet and it seems to be flawed and for 2k it’s not acceptable. The 850C or the 900 D seems to be great but watch out for the 900C unless quality doesn’t matter to you. As I said this is just my experience and opinion but Being disabled I went through a lot of trouble for this tv and just wanted to share
Andrew Dodsworth
Do not buy this TV unless you like poor picture quality and poor customer service.
I got one from Best Buy and had it installed and delivered by the Geek Squad. The light bleed is shocking, all the way around the edge but worse in the corners.
Called Sony, sent them photos and after 5 days they came back and said it was in spec! What rubbish.
I took the TV back to Best Buy and bought an LG.
I will never buy anything Sony again. This TV is a waste of money at over $3000. Very poor show Sony.
This is a very surprising experience you had Andrew. We’ve seen the X900C models up close and have noted some very good display specs (though we think Samsung’s 2015 SUHD TVs and some of the higher-end JU-Series 4K TVs performed better. However, display quality from one TV unit to another can vary slightly. It has been known to happen. What also surprises me is that you replaced the TV with an LG model. Was it an OLED or an LCD TV? I ask because LG’s 2015 LCD models consistently under-performed their Sony counterparts.
Hi, in the review it is mentioned X-Tended Dynamic Range but this option does not exist in my Sony 65x900c? I would like to turn this option on.
Hello Faisal, Our sincere apologies. The X900C does not actually include X-tended Dynamic Range. In order to have this feature, you’d need to buy the X930C or X940C TVs from 2015 or their 2016 cousins, which all offer 4K HDR technology from Sony. We have corrected the review to cover this mistake on our part.
This tv has HDR update. Please revise review.
This TV is horrible, had it for 1 year and Sony released an update that completely bricked it and offers no support even though they technically caused it.
I will never buy a Sony Television again! I bought the XBR-65x810C SN 5012952 in December 2015. Best buy offered a 2 year protection plan. I purchased that plan as well. It is now February 2019 and the television won’t turn on. I have to unplug it to possibly get it to come back on. Its been doing this for about three weeks. I called Best Buy and they told me that I’d have to purchase the Total protection plan for $199/yr and they think the part will be about $150 (mother board or something). This TV has never moved and is in a very well ventilated opening with good airflow. I have had a Samsung 55″ Plasma TV for over 10 years with no problems. The picture has degraded some but is still great for the bedroom Television. Do yourself a favor and do not buy SONY!
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AmBisyon Natin 2040 Youth Summit Welcome Remarks by Director Nerrisa T. Esguerra, NEDA Development Information Staff
WELCOME ADDRESS
NERRISA T. ESGUERRA
Director, Development Information Staff, NEDA
Ambisyon Natin 2040 Youth Summit
Eastwood Central Plaza, Libis, Quezon City
A pleasant evening to all, and welcome to the Ambisyon Natin 2040 Youth Summit. Kanina tinawag kaming VIPs. And it’s only because we are part of the Filipino people who are very important for this initiative. And so we in NEDA are happy to have you all join us today. Let me first acknowledge the officials and staff of NEDA led by Deputy Director-General Rosemarie Edillon. It’s a Saturday and we’re at work, no overtime pay, but it’s fun work this time. It doesn’t happen often. Let me also acknowledge Mr Kit Cruz, commissioner of the National Youth Commission.
Some of you might have already heard of Ambisyon Natin 2040 from your Facebook feeds, from the LED screens along EDSA, or from the few student briefings we’ve conducted this year. If you haven’t, or if you still don’t know what it is, please visit 2040.neda.gov.ph. In essence, as Chino said, Ambisyon Natin 2040 represents the collective aspirations of Filipinos. It is our long-term vision for ourselves – the kind of life we want, the country that we want to see in the future, in the year 2040.
In the video earlier where we interviewed people about the future, you would notice that we Filipinos are family-centered. We aspire for a life that includes our parents, our siblings, our children. It is one striking finding of a nationwide survey commissioned by NEDA.
Just to give an idea, did you know that about 80% of Filipinos want a simple and comfortable life – simple at maginhawang buhay? Less than 4% want to be rich, and the rest want an affluent life or buhay ng may kaya. In the survey, we asked people to define what they mean by simple and comfortable. For many of us, it means having our own house, having a job or a business that will enable us to afford the things we need, having enough savings for unexpected expenses and for retirement, and being able to travel comfortably. Are these something you would want yourselves? And did you know that 88 percent of Filipinos prefer to stay and work in the country?
To us in NEDA, knowing the people’s aspirations motivates us to work on policies and plans that will help us achieve the life we want. But we know we cannot do this alone. This is why we are here. This event is special because we want young Filipinos to own and fight for this vision. In the next two decades, you will be the next leaders, and as the future movers and shakers of this country, you need to be more involved.
We are here because we want you to know that we Filipinos have a lot in common in terms of what we want to see in the future. Despite disagreements on some issues, despite the challenges we face as individuals and as a nation, we fervently hope that all of us will remain positive, knowing that there are things that can actually unite us. Let us think long-term and be inspired by the kind of future we want. Ambition connotes action. And so this long- term vision should not become merely a dream. Let us act to make our vision, our ambitions a reality.
And on that note, in behalf of NEDA, welcome to all of you, and here’s to a good life for all Filipino families. Yan ang AmBisyon natin 2040. Maraming salamat.
Download AmBisyon Natin 2040 Youth Summit Welcome Remarks by Director Nerrisa T. Esguerra, NEDA Development Information Staff
Championing the nation’s future through the Filipino youth
Japan unveils dev’t cooperation framework, aligns with PDP 2017-2022
NEDA ‘Tunog ng Progreso’ radio show kicks off, highlights Ambisyon Natin 2040
NEDA Western Visayas orients Yeungnam University on RDP
Proposed PH export plan backs PDP 2017-2022 targets
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Training for the Most Elite Warriors on the Planet - USAF Special Operations w/ Lt. Col. Kerns - Barbell Shrugged — Barbell Shrugged #423
The Airmen who make up Air Force Special Ops are the most specialized warriors on the planet. They are the ones other special forces look to when the mission calls for their unique skills and fearless commitment. A job for the mentally tough and physically strong, these elite heroes go where others won’t because they’re trained to do what others can’t.
Learn more at http://airforce.com/specialops
Lt. Col. Heath J. Kerns is the Commander, 330th Recruiting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. He leads Special Operations Recruiters to scout, develop and guide future Special Warfare Airmen to their combat calling. The 330th Recruiting Squadron is the largest squadron within Air Force Recruiting Service and its mission spans the entire globe.
Lieutenant Colonel Kerns grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in June 2004. He is the second Air Force officer to ever graduate the Brazilian Army Jungle Warfare course and holds advanced qualifications as a military freefall parachutist, combat scuba diver, and air traffic controller. Lieutenant Colonel Kerns served two tours as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and deployed extensively throughout Southern Command, Pacific Command, and Africa Command in support of Special Operations.
In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, Anders Varner and Doug Larson discuss:
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Original Sin by Paula Fredriksen
Q. Is original sin hereditary according to Romans 5:12? How did the idea of original sin develop?
A. The idea of original sin—a sexually-transmitted fatal condition passed from parents to the unbaptized newborn—was the invention of the early fifth-century North African church, and Augustine was its premier architect.
Rom 5:12 was introduced in support; but Christians for centuries before Augustine had read Paul’s sentence without ever devising the elaborate theological scaffolding that Augustine did.
Prior to Augustine, most theologians had read Paul as saying that humans inherited Adam’s mortality (itself a punitive condition), and a propensity to sin. Augustine, however, insisting that all subsequent human generations were in a literal way “in Adam,” insisted that all future generations inherited not only his penalty, but also his actual guilt.
For this reason, Augustine also argued, unbaptized babies died in Adam’s sin, and so could never attain salvation but were instead eternally condemned. Christ alone was born without the stain of original sin, because he was conceived without sexual intercourse. For a lengthier tour of this theological terrain, and a comparison with other religious thinkers, see Paula Fredriksen, SIN: The Early History of an Idea (Princeton 2012), pp. 114-34 and 141-46.
Paula Fredriksen, "Original Sin", n.p. [cited 20 Jan 2020]. Online: http://bibleodyssey.org/en/tools/ask-a-scholar/original-sin
Paula Fredriksen
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Hebrew University
Paula Fredriksen is the Aurelio Professor of Scripture emerita at Boston University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. She has authored seven books on Christian origins and on pagan-Jewish-Christian relations in the Roman empire and was a featured speaker in the PBS television special, From Jesus to Christ.
Augustine and Eve
Augustine retold the story of Eve in order to contrast the intended goodness of women’s souls and bodies with the actual suffering and subservience of women in a fallen world.
Second Creation
The second account of creation, which begins in Genesis 2:4, includes the familiar depiction of the planting of the garden of Eden and the forming of the first humans.
Reception of the Second Creation Account
The characters and events in the second creation account (Gen 2-3) have inspired imaginative and influential interpretation throughout the centuries.
Sin and Guilt in the Hebrew Bible
In the world of the Hebrew Bible, sin and guilt produce a real burden that plagues people, pollutes the sanctuary, and prevents safe human-divine interaction.
Suicide and Sin
Paula Fredricksen on how suicide became a sin during the early Christian debates about martyrdom.
The Christian idea that humanity is inherently sinful because of Adam and Eve's transgression in the garden of Eden, found in the very first chapters of the Bible.
A hypothetical source of sayings about Jesus conceived to explain common materials in Matthew and Luke.
Relating to thought about the nature and behavior of God.
Rom 5:12
Adam and Christ
12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned—
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Updated Spirit Week Information
Since we are teaming together with 4-H for our Spirit Week and we are supporting 4-H week as well as Red Ribbon Week, we have decided to make a change for Thursday. Thursday will be RED OUT "Proud to be DRUG FREE"! The spirit days are as follows:
Monday- Disney Day- "I couldn't IMAGINE a life of using drugs."
Tuesday- Super Hero Day- "I have the POWER to say no to drugs."
Wednesday- Tie Dye/ Hippe Day- "I'm too COOL to do drugs."
Thursday- RED OUT Day- "Proud to be DRUG FREE!"
Friday- Green Day- "We are excited to be drug free."
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No. 10 Women’s Soccer Dominates Franklin for 400th Win
Franklin (1-1-1) 0 0 0
WashU (4-0-0) 2 3 5
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1st - 0:59 - Miles, Ariana (WashU)
1st - 17:26 - Cunningham, Darcy (WashU)
2nd - 53:33 - Miles, Ariana (WashU)
2nd - 77:20 - Flynn, Erin (WashU)
Sv: Lexi Short - 11
G: Ariana Miles - 3
A: Darcy Cunningham - 2
Sh: Darcy Cunningham - 6
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St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 8, 2018– The No. 10-ranked Washington University in St. Louis women's soccer team picked up the 400thwin in program history with a 5-0 victory over Franklin College Saturday in St. Louis.
WashU improved to 4-0 with the win, while Franklin suffered its first loss of the season and fell to 1-1-1.
Freshman Ariana Miles recorded a hat trick in the win. The hat trick is the first by a WashU student-athlete since Anna Zambricki on Sept. 1, 2011.
WashU outshot Franklin 43-2, and had a 12-0 advantage in corner kicks.
Miles scored the first goal of her career off a cross from senior Darcy Cunningham just 59 seconds into the game. Cunningham made it 2-0 in the 18thminute as she scored on a breakaway off an assist from junior Taylor Cohen.
Miles added tallies in the 54thand 59thminute to push the lead to 4-0, and then freshman Erin Flynn added an insurance goal at 77:20 to round out the scoring.
Sophomore Emma Greenfield (65 minutes) and freshman Mary Frances West (25 minutes) combined for the Bears' fourth-straight shutout in goal.
WashU travels to Millikin University (0-3) on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Decatur, Ill.
BEAR NOTEBOOK: WashU and Franklin met for the first time in school history … The Bears are 33-1-1 at home the past four seasons … WashU is off to a 4-0 start for the seventh time in the last eight seasons … The Bears have allowed just one shot on goal this season.
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“Venus” cult and “Old Man” mythological motif have already existed since 50.000 BP
By Martin Bless
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If human language and genes spread “in tandem” as postulated by Michael Witzel, the split up time of the major phylogenetic lineages may provide a minimum age for the origin of Palaeolithic myths.
If this hypothesis is true, the distribution pattern of the motif about an “old man with hanging eyelids; so old that the eyelids hang to his chin and must be lifted up”, can only be explained if a primeval version has already existed in Southwest Asia by 50.000 BP, before people living there split up into East Asian and European phylogenetic lineages.
The presence of Upper Palaeolithic “Venus” figurines and images in Europe and East Asia may also hint at the existence of a primitive “Venus” cult and the myths connected therewith by 50.000 BP, before people split up into separate East Asian and European communities.
A 25.000-year-old pictorial narrative in Llonin Cave (Spain), perhaps illustrating a Palaeolithic tale about a bushy-browed giant living in a deep cave and a “Venus” creature, apparently combines elements of the “Old Man” motif and one of these “Venus” tales.
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Tag Archives: Antony Blinken
Iraq advisor eyed for State DAS for Iraq and Iran
Posted on March 8, 2013 by Laura Rozen
Brett McGurk, President Obama’s former nominee for Iraq ambassador, will likely be tapped as the next State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran, current and former US officials tell the Back Channel. The State Department plans to fuse the two offices, officials say.
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McGurk has been serving as a senior Iraq advisor at the State Department since withdrawing from consideration to be US ambassador to Iraq last summer. McGurk did not immediately respond to a request for guidance from the Back Channel.
The McGurk appointment, which several officials said is a done deal, is expected to be announced after Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq Barbara Leaf is announced for her next assignment, which sources suggested may be deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Turkey. Former acting DAS for Iran Henry Wooster was made special Iran advisor to JSOC late last year, after he assumed helm of the office following the death of Philo Dibble.
McGurk, a trained lawyer who advised the last several US ambassadors to Iraq, developed a strong working relationship with Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki while negotiating the Status of Forces Agreement on behalf of Bush White House and later the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq for the Obama administration. He is said by sources to have particularly won the admiration of Antony Blinken, President Obama’s new deputy national security advisor and former national security advisor to Vice President Biden, who oversaw US Iraq policy in Obama’s first term. Continue reading →
Posted in Politics, Security | Tagged Amanda Sloat, Anne Patterson, Antony Blinken, Barbara Leaf, Beth Jones, Biden, Brett McGurk, Bush, DAS, Henry Wooster, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Maliki, NSS, Obama, Philip Gordon, Philo Dibble, Puneet Talwar, Robert Ford, SOFA, Stuart Jones, Syria, White House
White House names Philip Gordon new coordinator for Middle East, Persian Gulf
The White House on Saturday named Philip Gordon Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Persian Gulf, as the Back Channel first reported was in the works.
“Today, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon announced that Philip Gordon will be joining the National Security Staff as Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region,” the White House said in a press statement Saturday. “He will take up his duties beginning on March 11.”
“Phil has been a key member of President Obama’s foreign policy team for the past four years and his work with our European Allies and partners has been indispensable in helping us to formulate policy and address issues around the globe, including Libya, Syria and Iran,” Donilon said in the statement. “His appointment further strengthens a superb team that includes Puneet Talwar, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Gulf States, Iran and Iraq, and Prem Kumar, Acting Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa.”
Gordon has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs since 2009. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland is rumored to be in the mix to succeed Gordon as A/S for Europe.
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Gordon takes up his duties as President Obama heads to Israel, Ramallah and Jordan later this month, and days after Iran and six world powers agreed to hold two more rounds of nuclear talks in Istanbul and Kazakhstan in the next few weeks. Continue reading →
Posted in Politics, Security | Tagged Antony Blinken, defense, Denis McDonough, Europe, Gary Samore, Iran, Israel, Jake Sullivan, joe Biden, Kazakhstan, Liz Sherwood-Randall, Middle East, National Security council, National Security Staff, North Africa, NSC, NSS, nuclear., Obama, OVP, Persian Gulf, Philip Gordon, Prem Kumar, Puneet Talwar, Syria, Tom Donilon, Vicoria Nuland, White House, WMD
Appointments: Philip Gordon to White House, Jake Sullivan to OVP
Posted on February 15, 2013 by Laura Rozen
As the Back Channel first reported, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Philip Gordon will be taking over the former Dennis Ross “Central Region” portfolio on Obama’s National Security Staff, the Back Channel has confirmed.
Gordon will have the title of NSS senior director for the Central Region–roughly but not entirely parallel to the military's Central Command region–with senior directors for the Middle East/North Africa, Persian Gulf, and part of South Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan, but not India) reporting to him.
Still unclear is if NSS Senior Director for Europe and Eurasia Liz Sherwood-Randall will be named to succeed Gary Samore as the White House coordinator for WMD, or if the post will go to Samore’s deputy Laura Holgate. Sources had previously suggested the post may shift in Obama's second term from a “czar”/coordinator role to that of a deputy national security advisor.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, a former US ambassador to NATO, may succeed Gordon as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, officials told the Back Channel. Jen Psaki is heading to State as spokeswoman, Al Kamen reported.
Hillary Clinton’s State Department policy planning director Jake Sullivan will succeed Antony Blinken as national security advisor to Vice President Biden, multiple officials said. (H/T @NatSecWonk.) Blinken was made the new principal deputy National Security Advisor, succeeding Denis McDonough, who President Obama last month named his new White House chief of staff.
Dave McKeon, a former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chief of staff, will head State Policy Planning, a former State Department official told the Back Channel Friday.
Under Secretary of State for Policy Wendy Sherman is staying on, as is Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns, officials told the Back Channel this week. Continue reading →
Posted in Politics, Security | Tagged Antony Blinken, Biden, Bill Burns, Bill Danvers, Dave McKeon, David Wade, Denis McDonough, Dennis Ross, Europe, Frank Lowenstein, Gary Samore, Heather Higginbottom, Iran, Jake Sullivan, Jen Psaki, John Kerry, MENA, National Security council, National Security Staff, NATO, Persian Gulf, Phil Gordon, Sherwood-Randall, South Asia, State, Victoria Nuland, Wendy Sherman
Buzz on Obama 2.0 Middle East team
Posted on January 5, 2013 by Laura Rozen
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With President Obama expected to name more cabinet picks next week, including Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, speculation has begun to turn to who will fill out senior and middle ranks of his second term Middle East team.
Among the questions affecting the transition shuffle is whether acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Elizabeth Jones will be formally nominated for the post under Secretary of State-nominee John Kerry, or, as seen as more likely, whether someone new will be tapped.
Jones, a career foreign service officer, is, like Kerry, the child of US Foreign Service parents, who spent much of her childhood abroad. A former Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (2001-2005), Jones came out of retirement in the private sector (APCO Worldwide) to assist in the Near East bureau in 2011. She assumed the Acting Assistant Secretary job for the bureau after Jeff Feltman retired to take the number three job at the United Nations last May, but has not been formally nominated for the job.
Department sources said that some State rank and file officers are troubled that the Benghazi investigation resulted in the impending departure of Jones’ deputy, Raymond Maxwell. A career foreign service officer tapped as the DAS for Libya and the Maghreb in 2011, Maxwell had been scheduled to retire this past September. He stayed on however after the Sept. 11 attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other US personnel to try to get the Maghreb shop, devastated about the loss of their friend and colleague, through. The perception among some in the rank and file is that Jones let Maxwell take the fall, while escaping blame herself, in part because of her long professional relationship with Tom Pickering, the veteran diplomat who chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board investigation, department sources who declined to speak for attribution said. Jones and Maxwell did not immediately return requests for comment. A former official subsequently told the Back Channel that Jones is definitely planning to leave.
If Jones moves on, among those rumored to be under consideration to helm the Near East bureau, officials said, is Puneet Talwar, who has served as the Obama administration National Security Council Senior Director for Persian Gulf Affairs. Talwar, the former top Iran and Iraq advisor on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff under then SFRC chairman Joe Biden, is also said to be under consideration to become national security advisor to Vice President Biden. (Current Biden national security advisor Antony Blinken is expected to get a promotion in the new term: among the posts he is discussed for, Deputy Secretary of State, Deputy National Security Advisor, or US Ambassador to the UN, if Susan Rice is named National Security Advisor.) Continue reading →
Posted in Politics, Security | Tagged Albright, Antony Blinken, APCO, Ash Carter, Barbara Mikulski, Benghazi, Beth Jones, Biden, Bill Danvers, Byron Dorgan, Colin Kahl, CSIS, David Wade, energy, Foreign Service, Frank Lowenstein, Hagel, IISS, Iran, Joel Rubin, John Kerry, Jon Alterman, Libya, Marc Lynch, Middle East, NSC, Obama, OVP, Pentagon, Ploughshares Fund, Podesta, Puneet Talwar, Raymond Maxwell, SFRC, State Department, Steve Simon, Tom Pickering, United Nations, Wendy Sherman
Obama 2.0: Who’s leaving, staying, moving
Posted on November 27, 2012 by Laura Rozen
With UN ambassador Susan Rice set to meet Republican Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte on Tuesday, pieces seem to be falling in place for her nomination to become Secretary of State to proceed.
Administration officials offered The Back Chanel more tips on moves afoot in the Obama administration foreign policy team.
In the certain to go camp:
Assistant Secretary of State for Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell is leaving, official told the Back Channel, to chair the board of the Center for New American Security (CNAS), the think tank he co-founded with Michele Flournoy, and do Asia consulting. (His spouse Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs, may leave the administration too, an official said. White House chief of staff Jack Lew is expected to succeed Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary.)
NSC Middle East senior advisor Steve Simon is due to leave shortly to become head of a think tank, officials told the Back Channel.
AfPak envoy Marc Grossman will leave, officials said. It is unclear who will succeed him.
In the likely to move camp:
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns may be nominated to succeed Rice as US ambassador to the UN, officials said.
Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides is being mulled for a White House job, possibly White House chief of staff, which can put his knowledge of budgets to work, as well as his relationship with Congress and Wall Street.
NSC economics senior advisor Michael Froman is likely to move, possibly to become US Trade Rep. Continue reading →
Posted in Politics, Security | Tagged Afghanistan, Antony Blinken, Ash Carter, Asia, Ayotte, Biden, Bob Einhorn, Brookings, Congress, Dan Feldman, Dan Poneman, energy, foreign policy, Gary Samore, Graham, Hillary Clinton, IISS, Kurt Campbell, Leon Panetta, Marc Grossman, McCain, Michael Froman, Michele Flournoy, NSC, Obama, Pakistan, Pentagon, State, Steve Simon, Susan Rice, Tom Donilon, Tom Nides, UN, Wendy Sherman, William Burns
Why John Kerry may have to cool his heels on Secretary of State
Posted on November 9, 2012 by Laura Rozen
Conventional wisdom has rapidly taken hold in the wake of President Obama’s reelection victory that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) is first in line of candidates to succeed Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State.
But Obama administration officials tell the Back Channel that there are several reasons Kerry may have to cool his heels a while–having nothing to do with Kerry not being held in high esteem by the White House. Among them:
1) Secretary Clinton, who met with Obama and Vice President Biden at the White House Friday, feels an obligation to see the Benghazi investigation through and not leave any taint from that investigation to be faced by her successor. This could have her staying on til February or March, one administration source, who requested anonymity, told Al-Monitor Friday.
2) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has told the White House that he will be “furious” if he loses Kerry from the Senate, to leave the Massachusetts Democratic Senate seat vulnerable in a special election race against Republican Scott Brown, who has millions of dollars in the bank left over from his unsuccessful Senate run against Democrat Elizabeth Warren. The White House may feel especially obliged to listen to Reid, because he is a key reason the Democrats held onto their Senate majority, and because “they have to keep Reid happy as a clam” on the fiscal cliff negotiations, the official said. (Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and his wife are due to have a ‘social’ dinner with President and Michelle Obama at the White House Friday night. But while some thought Patrick might be in position to run against Brown if a Kerry nomination leaves the Senate seat open, other sources say Patrick has his eye on the AG job.)
3) While there are important constituencies in and out of his administration pushing for Kerry, including reportedly Vice President Biden, Kerry’s predecessor as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations panel, “Obama loves” Susan Rice, his US Ambassador to the United Nations, the official noted. If Clinton stays on through the Benghazi investigation, that may blunt and defuse Congressional Republican wrath (and political opportunism) over the administration’s handling of the Benghazi attacks that has heretofore targeted Rice, among others, and that has raised concerns about whether a Rice confirmation hearing would become a huge, ugly partisan food fight. (There are also reports of CIA Director David Petraeus being at the White House Friday, and murmurs that some Hill Republicans believe the CIA has not been forthcoming about the CIA role in Benghazi. Update: Petraeus offered his resignation, citing an affair, which Obama accepted Friday. The affair, with his biographer Paula Broadwell, was uncovered by an FBI investigation, apparently of emails sent by Broadwell to a female friend of Petraeus‘ whom Broadwell perceived as a romantic rival.)
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