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IBSC
The IBSC connects dedicated educators worldwide to discover the best learning practices for boys. Members join a coalition of professionals who are committed to advancing schools and the learning experience for boys.
IBSC Supports Boys and Boys' Schools
Membership Types & Fees
IBSC Board of Trustees
IBSC Board Committees & Task Forces
Volunteer for an IBSC Committee
Meet Bridget
Meet Ena
Why a School for Boys?
Striving to advance boys’ education, the IBSC shares global knowledge, trends, and research aimed at unlocking the potential of every boy.
Education Headlines
Member School Stories
Ideas from Boys' Educators
Share Your School Photos
(Conferences & Events)
The IBSC offers programs, conferences, and ground-breaking research studies that encourage a shared passion and expertise for educating boys in colleagues around the world.
IBSC Culture of a Boys' School Conference
IBSC-CIRCLE Character Education Conferences
United Kingdom January 2020
United States March 2020
Australia May 2020
IBSC-NYSAIS Educating Boys Conference
IBSC Africa Regional Conference
IBSC Boys Becoming Conference
IBSC Teachers New to Boys’ Schools Conference
IBSC Australasia Conference on Sport and Boys' Education
On-Demand Classes
Building Leadership in Schools for Boys
Mastery Practice in Teaching Boys
Single-Gender Education
Sponsor the Conference
Spouse/Partner Program
IBSC Annual Conference
Past IBSC Annual Conferences
2019 AC Archive (Montreal)
Montreal Memories
Minna Shulman
Izzy Tamale
Graphic Recordings
Featured Studio Sessions
Thursday Studio Sessions
Friday Studio Sessions
Featured Studio Speaker Bios
Block 2 IBSC Action Research
Tips for Workshop Presenters
Evening Receptions
IBSC Hawley-Jarvis Award
Past Honorees
Free-Time Ideas
Onsite Information
2018 AC Archive (Gold Coast)
Junior Years Workshops
Pre-Conference Adventures
2017 AC Archive (Baltimore)
Block 1, Monday 10:45 AM
Block 2, Tuesday 10:15 AM
Block 3 , Tuesday 11:30 AM
Block 4, Tuesday 3:30 PM Action Research
Block 5, Wednesday 9:30 AM
2017 IBSC Student Forum
Hawley-Jarvis Award
2016 AC Archive (Vancouver)
Speakers & Topics
Action Research Posters
Instructions for Workshop Presenters
2015 AC Archive (Cape Town)
2014 AC Archive (Nashville)
IBSC Student Forum 2014
2013 AC Archive (Richmond)
2012 AC Archive (Melbourne)
workshops Resources
Speaker Materials
2011 AC Archive (London)
2011 workshops Resources
2011 Speaker Resources
2010 AC Archive (Philadelphia)
2009 AC Archive (Hawkes Bay)
2009 Workshop Resources
2008 AC Archive (Toronto)
2007 AC Archive (Boston)
IBSC Reaching, Teaching, and Succeeding with Boys of Color, NOV'19
IBSC Shaping Boys of the Next Generation, NOV'19
IBSC Teachers New to Boys’ Schools, OCT'19
IBSC Challenging Boys Conference, OCT'19
IBSC Teachers New to Boys' Schools, APR'19
Educating Good Men for the 21st Century, APR'19
IBSC School Health and Well-Being Summit, APR'19
IBSC Southern African Conference, MAR'19
IBSC Teachers New to Boys' Schools Conference and Aspiring Master Teachers Conference, FEB '19
IBSC Teachers New to Boys' Schools Conference, OCT'18
IBSC School Well-Being Conference, AUG'18
Mental Wealth: Well-Being to Nurture Personal Achievement, MAY'18
IBSC Admissions and Marketing Conference, MAY'18
IBSC Relational Learning with Boys Conference, APR'18
Rewriting the Narrative: Guiding Boys in an Age of Extremes, FEB'18
2018 IBSC-Africa Regional Conference, MAR'18
Conducting and Embedding Research in Boys' Schools, MAR'18
IBSC-NYSAIS Educating Boys Conference, FEB'18
Boys in the College Counseling Process and Beyond, FEB'18
IBSC-Europe Day Program, NOV'17
Bucking the Trend, SEP'17
Registration and Hotel
Workshop Presenters
Boys and the Arts, MAY'17
Women Educators in Boys' Schools, APR'17
Health and Wellbeing Summit, APR'17
Teachers New to Boys' Schools, APR'17
Registration and Accommodations
Schoolboys and Leadership, MAR'17
The Family-School Relationship, MAR'17
The Self-Motivated Boy, FEB'17
Presentation and Workshop
Character Education Conference, JAN'17
Teachers New to Boys’ Schools, OCT'16
Conference on Coordinate Education, OCT'16
Helping Boys Cope, SEP'16
Academic Care Conference, SEP'16
ABSNZ: Senior Leadership in Boys' School, SEP'16
Creative & Performing Arts Conference, JUL'16
Program of Events
Boys' Art Symposium, JUN'16
2016 Student Forum, JUN'16
Circles of Relection, MAR'16
Building Blocks for Boys, MAR'16
IBSC-NYSAIS: Educating Boys, FEB'16
Aspiring Master Teacher Workshop, JAN'16
Teachers New to Boys' Schools, OCT'15
So. Cal. Regional, OCT'15
St. Christopher's Events, OCT'15
IBSC-UK: Building Resilience, SEP '15
Leading & Learning, APR '15
Boys as Makers, APR '15
Daring to be Different, MAR '15
Programme Schedule
College Counselors, FEB '15
Master & Young Teachers, JAN '15
Why We Play, APR'14
Sharpening the Case for Boys' Schools, MAY'13
Australia-New Zealand Regional, APR'13
South African National Conference, MAR'13
Raising Horizons, FEB'13
Redefining Masculinity, APR'12
Teaching Boys, JUN'11
College Counseling, FEB'11
Boys at Risk, OCT'09
Building Cultures of Integrity, NOV'08
Conference on Boys and Music, MAR'08
Leonard Sax in the UK, JAN'08
Sharing Our Experience
The IBSC connects dedicated educators and promotes the sharing of ideas to improve teaching methods and augment the professional development of teachers.
IBSC Action Research
2020-21 Boys and Technology: New Horizons, New Challenges, New Learning
2019-20 Developing Agency: Boy Voice and Choice
2018-19 Boys and Stories: Pathways to Learning
IBSC Action Research Leadership
IBSC Action Research Posters
IBSC Action Research Findings
IBSC Exploring Boys' Education Podcast
Pilot Episode
Global Research Initiatives
Ongoing Research: Relational Teaching
Books for Boys' Educators
Free Book for IBSC Members
Member Center Overview
Action Research Reports
2018-19 Boys and Stories
Top 10 Reports
2017-18 Adaptability
2016-17 Collaboration
2015-16 Global Citizens
2014-15 Maker Movement
2013-14 Character Education
2012-13 Creative Digital Technologies
2011-12 Pedagogical Approaches
2010-11 Languages, Libraries, Leadership
Languages Reports
Libraries Reports
2009-10 Boys & Writing
2008-09 Journeys into Masculinity
2007-08 Relationships
2006-07 Digital Literacy
2005-06 Boys and Reading
How You Can Participate
Action Research Leadership
Exploring Boys' Education Podcast
New: Relational Teaching with Primary and Junior Boys
Mastery Practice
For Whom the Boy Toils
Locating Significance
Teaching Boys
Ongoing Research: Character Education
Guiding Questions and Framework
Research Methodologies and Phases
Details for Project Schools
Transgender Resources
Comprehensive Resource List
Webinar: Supporting Gender Fluidity
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Teacher Exchange
Exchange School Participants
Exchange School Information
IBSC Member Directory
IBSC Governance
Rewriting the Narrative: Guiding Boys in an Age of Extremes
St. Christopher's School
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Mike London
Mike London serves as Head Football Coach for Howard University. Last season, his first at Howard, London led the team to victory over UNLV, which ESPN deemed the biggest upset in college football history. Under London, the team played its first winning season since 2012. He continues to garner accolades and awards for his football and leadership prowess.
A former Richmond police detective, London’s time in law enforcement dealing with the entire spectrum of human emotions and actions has provided a wealth of experience that he draws on to assist players both on and off the field. There are few stressful situations he has not faced — including having a loaded pistol pointed at him and the trigger pulled, only to have the weapon malfunction and not discharge its potentially lethal round.
London also had the remarkable opportunity to save one of his daughter’s lives when he was identified as a perfect match for her rare bone marrow disorder. That opportunity is one reason why London is an advocate of servitude and makes sure his players understand and embrace the concept of giving back through a variety of community services activities. One of the most visible was the team’s annual bone marrow donor registration drive as part of the national “Get in the Game, Save a Life” initiative.
London comes to Howard University after serving as an associate head coach/defensive line coach for the University of Maryland Terrapins. Before coaching the Terrapins, he was the head coach at the University of Virginia. A highly-regarded recruiter, London helped bring in four top-35 classes during his tenure in Charlottesville and brought in two Virginia-bred five-star recruits in 2014 (247Sports). London led Virginia to an 8-5 season in 2011 and was named ACC Coach of the Year.
As the head coach at University of Richmond (2008-09), London captured 24 wins and led the Spiders to the FCS Championship in his first season. He helped 28 Spiders achieve all-conference honors in just two seasons.
London played defensive back at Richmond (1979-1982) before playing one season for the Dallas Cowboys.
M. Hannah Lauck
Friday 9:00 AM
In 2014, M. Hannah Lauck was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve as United States District Judge in the Richmond Division of the Eastern District of Virginia. Previously, Judge Lauck had served as a United States Magistrate Judge. She is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia bars, and the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Judge Lauck received her B.A. in political science from Wellesley College, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1986. She received her J.D. in 1991 from Yale Law School. After law school, she clerked for the Hon. James R. Spencer in the Richmond Division of the Eastern District of Virginia. Judge Lauck then worked in a Washington, D.C. law firm. In 1994, she began her 10-year tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecuting both civil and criminal cases. Before becoming a judge, Judge Lauck served as a Supervising Litigation Attorney at the headquarters of Genworth Financial, Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Richmond. She has also taught at the University of Richmond School of Law.
In 2014, Judge Lauck won the Metropolitan Richmond Women Bar Association’s Woman of Achievement Award. In 2011, she was named one of Virginia’s Leaders in the Law.
Judge Lauck formerly served as the President of the John Marshall American Inn of Court. She has served on the boards of the Richmond Bar Association, Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association, District Four of the National Association of Women Judges, and St. Stephen’s Preschool. She currently serves on the Board for the Federal Bar Association.
Judge Lauck lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and their two teenage children.
Michael Thorne-Begland
Director of Brand and Trade Channel Integrity and Assistant General Counsel for Altria, Michael Thorne-Begland began his career with Altria in 2004 as an attorney in the Law Department advising on counterfeit and contraband tobacco issues. Since January 2009, Michael has run Altria’s Brand and Trade Channel Integrity department. The department is responsible for helping Altria’s companies protect the integrity of their brands and the legitimate trade channels through which they are distributed and sold.
In 2014, Michael helped found — and for three years led — Altria’s employee resource group for LGBTQ employees. Through this work, Michael has become a leader on all issues of difference and inclusion at Altria.
For more than 10 years, Michael has served on the board of governors for Side by Side, an organization dedicated to supporting LGBTQ youth in central Virginia. For the past four years, Michael has served on the board of governors of Saint Catherine’s School.
Prior to joining Altria, Michael practiced law with the firm Hunton & Williams in Richmond, specializing in international corporate and commercial matters. He completed his bachelor of arts degree at the College of William and Mary, and earned a law degree from the University of Richmond.
Michael currently resides in Richmond with his husband, Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland, and their 13-year-old daughter and son.
Tracy Thorne-Begland
Tracy Thorne-Begland was born on October 3, 1966, and raised in Southern Florida. He attended Vanderbilt University where he served as president of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and was active in the Racial Environment Project. During college, Tracy developed a passion for aviation and earned his single, multi-engine, and instrument pilot ratings.
After graduating from Vanderbilt in 1989, he joined the United States Navy to pursue his dream of becoming a Naval Flight Officer. He attended Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida. After being commissioned as an Ensign, Tracy earned his wings as a Naval Flight Officer, graduating at the top of his class and earning Top Gun honors. Tracy was assigned to Attack Squadron 65, the Fighting Tigers, based at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach.
In 1992, Tracy sought to highlight the injustice of the Department of Defense ban on service by homosexuals when he acknowledged his sexual orientation on the ABC News program Nightline. Based on Tracy’s admission the Navy moved to discharge him, and over the following two years, Tracy took part in a national debate on the topic of “gays in the military.” He made numerous appearances in forums such as the Today Show, Larry King Live, and Crossfire.
Tracy was honorably discharged in 1993, was returned to active duty by federal court order that same year, and was again discharged honorably under the military’s newly minted Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy in 1994. Ironically, the Secretary of the Navy awarded Tracy a Navy Achievement Medal for his service on the same day he was discharged. Tracy appealed his final discharge unsuccessfully to the U.S. Supreme Court. In December 2010, President Obama recognized Tracy’s commitment to the cause by inviting Tracy and his partner to attend the signing ceremony of the legislation ending the military’s policy of discrimination against gay service members.
After his final discharge from the Navy, Tracy enrolled in T.C. Williams School of Law, and was graduated in 1998. While in law school, Tracy served as a member of the Law Review, as President of the Moot Court Board, and as a Justice to the School’s Honor Court.
Since law school, Tracy has served as both a law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Staff Office and as a state prosecutor in Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
At the Fourth Circuit, Tracy was responsible for reviewing pending appeals involving both state and federal criminal litigation as well as a panoply of civil matters including: civil rights violations, employment discrimination claims, and immigration matters.
Tracy joined the Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office in 1999 as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, where he served as a line prosecutor handling narcotics offenses and violent crimes ranging from sexual assaults to murders.
Tracy served as a Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney beginning in 2006 and oversaw a complete restructuring of the office under the newly elected Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Herring. These changes included newly reconstituted district, circuit, and specialized prosecution teams, as well as significant outreach and coordination between the office and its local, state, and federal counterparts in law enforcement.
In 2009, Tracy was promoted to Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney and has overseen the day-to-day operations of the office since that time. In addition to supervising the various practice groups within the office, Tracy maintains his own practice focused on the prosecution of aggravated assaults, robberies, and vehicular homicides.
Tracy has lectured on topics ranging from the use of unadjudicated acts in sentencing proceedings to the prosecution of vehicular homicides and drunk driving. He has also recently joined the faculty at the University of Richmond as an adjunct professor teaching trial skills.
Tracy has previously served as a member and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Equality Virginia, and as a member of the Military Advisory Committee to the Service Members Legal Defense Network.
Tracy’s partner, Michael Thorne-Begland, is a Director and Assistant General Counsel with Altria. They live in Richmond where they raise their son and daughter, Chance and Logan.
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Rabobank Arena Theater & Convention Center
1001 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Rabobank Arena is the premier Bakersfield venue for live entertainment year round including concerts, all-age family shows, and community performances by the Bakersfield Community Concert Association. Rabobank Arena is also home to the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors whose season runs from October to April.
To purchase events tickets, the Rabobank Arena's box office is open from Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm and special hours on weekend event days. Call the box office for special hours and more information at (661) 852-7300.
Getting to Rabobank Arena Theater and Convention Center is made easy due to its downtown location. Public transportation is readily available and encouraged to avoid traffic congestion getting to and leaving from the venue. There is an Amtrak station located down the street at 601 Truxtun Ave and visitors may also use Route 45 of the GET Bus system. Parking is available on N Street for $6-$25 depending on event and vehicle type.
2001 H St, Bakersfield, CA 93301
The 1500 seat Fox Theater in Downtown Bakersfield first opened in 1930 and still has its rare Art Deco style interior intact. The venue is known for its acoustics and hosts live shows all year round. Events include concerts, ballet, and other live performances for all interests and age groups.
The Fox Theater Box Office is open Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm with extended hours for show nights and weekend events. Tickets for all Fox Theater shows can be purchased at the box office or online. Contact the box office for more information at (661) 489-4369.
Bakersfield Ice Sports Center
1325 Q St #100, Bakersfield, CA 93301
The San Joaquin Community Hospital Ice Center of Bakersfield better known as the Bakersfield Ice Sports Center is the go-to Downtown Bakersfield hockey facility. The Bakersfield Ice Center is home to the Bakersfield Condors as well as adult and youth league hockey, public skating, and sled hockey. The facility has an onsite hockey equipment retailer, Discount Hockey Bakersfield, for all hockey and skate needs as well as Condors merchandise.
New skaters can take private or group lessons to learn how to skate with coaches. Choose from Freestyle lessons for figure skaters or attend group format Skate School for any age, from Ice Babies to Adult classes.
Bakersfield Museum of Art
1930 R St. Bakersfield CA 93301
The Bakersfield Museum of Art first opened in 1956 and has provided educational opportunities and visual art exhibits to the Bakersfield community throughout its 60 year history. Comprised of 17,400 square feet, the museum boasts a permanent collection of painting, paper, photography, and sculpture work from California artists as well as seasonal exhibitions.
The Bakersfield Museum of Art also hosts unique events such as Yoga at the Museum and Art after Dark which mixes current exhibits with craft cocktails. Museum hours vary daily so be sure to visit their website for more information.
Buena Vista Museum of Natural History
2018 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301
The Buena Vista Museum of Natural Historypromotes the education of the natural history of Kern County and has the largest collection of Shark Tooth Hill Miocene fossils in the world. The Buena Vista Museum includes exhibits for anatomy, archeology, anthropology, biology, geology, and paleontology all under the same roof.
Museum members are eligible to participate in Paleo Digs at Ernst Quarries where all diggers are allowed to keep any teeth and fossils they find with some exceptions.
Buck Owens Crystal Palace
2800 Buck Owens Blvd, Bakersfield, CA 93308
The Buck Owens Crystal Palace is entertainment facility with a live music venue, museum for Buck Owens' memorabilia, and restaurant and bar. As a music venue, the Crystal Palace features live country music and dancing all year round. Country music and Buck Owens fanatics can view limited edition and iconic guitars used by Buck Owens, show suits worn on tour by Buck Owens, and miscellaneous Buck Owens memorabilia.
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New financing instrument of Early-Stage Technology Companies reducing investor risk and allowing founders to retain full control of their company ©
Arthur Lipper
Written by Arthur Lipper, Chairman British Far East Holdings Ltd. chairman@REXRoyalties.com
Early-stage tech startups often raise up to US$1.0 million and prepared to offer ownership of 25% to 40% of the equity of their company to investors.
The product or service of the companies have great potential values if the funding is enough to allow development sufficient to attract an acquisition by a company having the resources necessary to produce and market that which the company seeking funding has perceived and induced the participation of the company actually bringing the product or service to market.
In many cases, additional funding will be required and these funding’s will be highly dilutive of the ownership interest’s of the founders and earlier investors.
There is a better way for both investors and company founders to finance early-stage companies and that better way is for the company to sell to investors a long-term percentage of the company’s revenues. The negotiable instrument representing the revenue sharing obligation of the company is called a royalty.
Royalties can be for the entire amount of revenues of a royalty issuer’s company or only for the defined revenues as to specific products, revenues from some or all customers in agreed geographic areas, revenues up to a maximum all as the parties to the royalty purchase agreement agree.
Royalty investors can lose their entire investment if there are no revenues, even if there are assured minimum levels of revenues, if the companies are unable to honor their obligations. Royalty issuing companies can be terribly disadvantaged if revenues are generated but profit margins are not able to be maintained or reach anticipated levels as the royalties have to be paid regardless of profitability.
Royalties can also be made where the occurrence of certain agreed events trigger investor-related requirements on the part of the company. Most importantly, royalties should provide a redemption right benefit for the royalty issuing company and investor whereby the company may, on agreed terms, reacquire the royalties sold. These terms will include payments already made to investors and perhaps be a 5-fold return of the investor’s cost if within 60 months and a 10-fold return if within 120 months. There are a number of possible different ways of rewarding the investors for the termination of their revenue sharing rights, all agreed in advance.
The royalty issuing company is also free to attempt to negotiate the acquisition of the royalty with specific or all of the investors whenever they wish.
In summation, royalties allow company founders to obtain capital without surrendering ownership interests in companies or becoming fiduciaries for investors and only having sold a percentage of defined revenues.
The royalty investors, using our patented and recommended approach receive their royalty payments on the company’s receipt of revenue and hold an obligation that acquirers of the company will want extinguished. Of course, the company founders will continue to own their interests in the company and therefore be in a far better position than had they used the traditional means of financing the company. Royalties are win/win for both investors and company founders.
Those potential issuers or investors are asked to contact the publisher of this newsletter or the undersigned for more information and possible participation.
© Copyright 2018 British Far East Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved.
Arthur Lipper, Chairman
British Far East Holdings Ltd.
chairman@REXRoyalties.com
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Derwentwater, at 3 miles long, 1 mile wide and 72 feet deep, is just a short stroll from Keswick town along well maintained footpaths.
Known also as “Keswick’s Lake”, Derwentwater is fed by the River Derwent catchment area in the high fells at the head of Borrowdale, and has a long historical and literary background. The lake is very much a landscape of moods, varying from the dramatic waves splashing against Friar’s Crag when driven by southerly gales, to the absolute mirror calm of early mornings.
Derwentwater and the Borrowdale Fells
Derwentwater Islands
There are four main islands, Lord’s Island, Derwent Island, St Herbert’s Island, and Rampsholme Island. Smaller islands are Park Neb, Otter Island, and Otterbield Island.
Lord’s Island
Close to land, opposite Stable Hills, Lord’s Island was once the home of the Earl of Derwentwater. The ruins of the great house can still be discerned in the undergrowth. Local legend has it that the Countess of Derwentwater fled the house on Derwentwater after the arrest of her husband for his part in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. The story goes that she was carrying a fortune in jewels which were lost during her mad ascent of a cleft on Walla Crag, giving rise to the name “Lady’s Rake”. Almost certainly completely untrue.
St Herbert’s Island
The largest of the islands on Derwentwater, St Herbert’s is named after the hermit, or anchorite, who lived there in the 7th Century. The remains of his hermit’s “cell” can still be discovered in the undergrowth today. The island is always referred to simply as Herbert’s Island by long time locals.
Rampsholme Island
The smallest of the four main islands on Derwentwater, Rampsholme takes its name from the old Norse for the wild garlic that grows in abundance there in the spring. Usually, unless the water levels are very high on the lake, there is a convenient sand and gravel spit extending from the north end of the island that is good for landing small craft.
Derwent Island
This is the large island opposite the Keswick Launch boat landings near the Theatre by the Lake and is the only inhabited island on Derwentwater. It is prohibited to land on Derwent Island. The house is owned by the National Trust and is rented out to private tenants. The house is open to the public on five days per year.
All of the major islands are owned by the National Trust, as is much of the shoreline. There are many nesting geese and ducks in the Spring on all the islands on Derwentwater. Take care you do not disturb the wild life at this time of year in particular. Specifically, the National Trust ask that you do not land on Lord’s Island during nesting time.
Derwentwater and (from left) St Herbert’s, Rampsholme and Lord’s Islands.
On & Around Derwentwater
The most popular way to enjoy the beauty of the lake, other than by walking the paths around its shores, is to board one of the Keswick Launches which operate round the lake. The main boat landings are just a 10 minutes walk from the centre of Keswick town.
The launch stops at Ashness Gate, Lodore, High Brandlehow, Low Brandlehow, Hawes End and Nichol End. You may either take a cruise right around the lake or hop on and off at the various landing stages.
There is an extensive selection of Adventure Activity companies, guides and instructors for all abilities based around and on Derwentwater.
Though there is plenty of activity with several sailing & windsurfing centres and providers and rowing boats, and motor boats for hire, Derwentwater is remarkably peaceful. For the family, whether picnicing, fishing, swimming or just walking, the lake is holiday in itself.
Derwentwater and Skiddaw
The town of Keswick is at the north end of the lake, and the valley of Borrowdale at the southern end.
There is a National Trust shop just by the lake at Lakeside Car Park, from where leaflets can be bought describing Family Walks round Derwentwater.
Between 1885, when she was 19, and 1907, Beatrix Potter spent nine summer holidays at Lingholm and one at Fawe Park, the two stately homes whose estates now occupy most of the north western side of Derwentwater. The two houses, their gardens and the surrounding landscape provided material for several of her books.
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Accommodation Links :
The Pheasant Inn – a superb location beside Bassenthwaite Lake and one of the Lake District’s most historic and charming Inns. Approx 13 minutes from Derwentwater.
Swiss Court Guest House – 4* in central Keswick with some private parking. 12 minutes stroll to Derwentwater.
Lane Head Farm – country guesthouse 10 minutes from Keswick
Keswick Holiday Homes – Holiday Cottages & Apartments in the heart of Keswick, most within easy walking distance of Derwentwater.
4* San Ging – cottage sleeping 8 on the edge of the town centre. 25 minutes walk to Derwentwater.
Stay in Borrowdale – 2 cottages sleeping 4 each in Borrowdale. 15 minutes walk to Low Brandlehow Landing on Derwentwater.
4* Brackenrigg – 4 cottages in 7 acres of private gardens 2.5 miles. Sleep 2 – 8.
4* Croft House Cottages – two cottages for 2 and 4 people in Applethwaite village, 1 mile.
5* Bawd Hall – pet friendly country house sleeping 10 in the Newlands Valley, 6 miles.
Sykes Cottages – over 140 holiday cottages in and around Keswick, many within easy walking distance of Derwentwater.
Sally’s Cottages – over 200 holiday cottages in the Keswick area, many within easy walking distance of Derwentwater.
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#13 Makenna Gardner
School: Langley Christian
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The Best Hotels in Cape Town: Where to Stay for Every Budget
Wondering where to stay in Cape Town? You’ve come to the right place! With a curated roundup of the best Cape Town hotels and hostels, this list has something for every budget.
Whenever I think of Cape Town, my heart skips a beat.
I mean, it’s Cape Town. One of the most beautiful cities in the world!
The streets are home to the colourful buildings of the Bo-Kaap, Victorian-era mansions from a by-gone era and a never-ending supply of cafes and restaurants.
But where should you stay in Cape Town? That’s a tough question.
You first need to decide which Cape Town neighbourhood matches your travelling style (and wallet size). Once you have that locked down, the next daunting task is choosing from the endless list of gorgeous hotels.
In this post, I’ll give you a rundown of some of the top Cape Town hotels and hostels for every price range and occasion.
The best part? You don’t need to cosy up to bed bugs to find a good deal in the Mother City.
Here are some of the best hotels in Cape Town for every budget!
Best Luxury Hotels in Cape Town
The Silo Hotel
Pod Camps Bay
Tintswalo Atlantic
Best Boutique Hotels in Cape Town
Glen Boutique Hotel & Spa
The Grand Daddy Hotel
Best Budget Hotels in Cape Town
An African Villa
Atlantic Affair Boutique Hotel
MOY Guesthouse and Backpackers
Best Hostels in Cape Town
Once in Cape Town
B.I.G. Backpackers
91 Loop
Photo by: The Silo Hotel
For a luxurious Instagrammable getaway, check into the Silo Hotel. It’s a 5-star hotel in Cape Town that’s in the heart of the V&A Waterfront.
Staying here puts you within walking distance (or a short Uber ride) from the most famous attractions in Cape Town.
You’ll be 15-minutes from the start of the Lion’s Head hiking trail, five minutes from the colourful Bo-Kaap district and mere footsteps from Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Africa’s largest collection of contemporary African art).
And if you don’t feel like leaving the hotel, you can have a sundowner at the rooftop bar. It features a jaw-dropping 360-view of the Mother City, or you can spoil yourself with an indulgent spa experience!
CHECK PRICES AND AVAILABILITY
Photo by: The POD Camps Bay
I know I gave Camps Bay a fair amount of shit in my guide to the best neighbourhoods in Cape Town. But it is the best place to splurge on luxury hotels in Cape Town.
At the top of the list is Pod Camps Bay. Located off the trendy main beachfront strip, the boutique hotel is sleek, modern and luxurious.
Your stay will include a sunset glass of wine and cheese board, movie nights with popcorn and beverages, a fully stocked mini-bar and a tasty breakfast.
POD offers a beach service complete with loungers, umbrellas and sunscreen, romantic turndowns, a fully-equipped gym and an incredible pool that overlooks the ocean.
Photo by: Tintswalo Atlantic
Tintswalo Atlantic is the place to go for a luxurious romantic getaway in South Africa. It’s one of the best hotels in Cape Town for a honeymoon and is located at the foot of Chapman’s Peak Drive.
It’s the private rendezvous of your dreams!
In fact, it might be hard to want to leave this five-star boutique lodge.
You’ll have a private pebbled beach with sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean and decadent spa treatments. There’s also an on-site restaurant that’s perched dramatically on the edge of a cliff.
Photo by: The Ellerman House
Ellerman House is a gorgeous luxury hotel in Cape Town that is minutes from some of the best beaches in the city.
Sandwiched between Lion’s Head and the Atlantic Ocean, you’re in the perfect location to explore the Mother City’s restaurant scene, cultural highlights and the top hiking routes.
Back at the hotel, you can unwind at the exclusive bar, restaurant and spa. Sample some of the 7,500 bottles of rare and vintage South African wines and go on a private tour of the in-house art collection.
But what makes the Ellerman House an exceptional luxury hotel in Cape Town is the open-access kitchen. Hungry guests need only walk in and tell the chefs what you’re craving.
Within minutes you’ll be on the balcony, munching on your favourite meal while overlooking the spectacular Atlantic Ocean.
Read More: Where to Stay in Cape Town: A Guide to the Best Neighbourhoods
Photo by: The Glen Boutique Hotel & Spa
Travelling to Cape Town for work? Stay at the swanky Glen Boutique Hotel & Spa. It’s centrally located in the coastal suburb of Sea Point.
You won’t have to wander far to find a plethora of trendy cafes, beautiful beaches and things to do.
What makes the hotel a firm favourite with business travellers is that the rooms come with an Apple Mac! Plus, you’ll have lightning-fast WiFi, a complimentary full English breakfast and a comfy bathrobe to strut around in while you check your emails.
If you get a bit peckish, you can lounge by the pool and order a bottle of champagne with a side of delicious burgers, pizzas or open sandwiches.
And don’t worry about overindulging. The hotel has an exclusive membership with BUC Fitness Club. You’ll have incredible views of the ocean and Lion’s Head while you work out!
Photo by: Gorgeous George
Gorgeous George is the newest boutique hotel in Cape Town and boy, is she a stunner! If you love that modern industrial vibe with quirky Victorian design elements, George is a visual feast.
Choose from their studio’s apartments or suites and stay in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD. You’ll be mere steps from some of the best things to do in Cape Town including the trendiest cafes, hidden bars, and art galleries.
For breakfast, lunch or dinner, you can wander upstairs to Gigi Rooftop. There’s a stunning rooftop pool (!) complete with a DJ playing chill house every Sunday.
If you’re hardpressed for what to order, start with their cocktail menu. Gigi has an in-house mixologist who crafts exceptional concoctions you won’t find anywhere else.
Photo by: Thirty Ate Eatery at The Grand Daddy Hotel
When it comes to boutique hotels in Cape Town, you can’t go wrong with a night or three at The Grand Daddy Hotel. It’s not every day that you get to stay inside an airstream trailer perched on a rooftop in the middle of Cape Town’s CBD.
When you aren’t taking in the 360-degree views of the city, you can catch the latest blockbuster at the on-site Pink Flamingo open-air cinema.
Each of the seven trailers has its own unique theme and come with queen-sized beds, but if you want to book a showstopper, do your best to grab the Gold Rush trailer.
It’s decked out in gold finishings, luxury design elements and quirky decor items like golden antelope skulls.
With incredible views and unique decor, it’s not hard to see why Grand Daddy is one of the best hotels in Cape Town’s city centre!
Read More: 45 Awesome Things to Do in Cape Town: A (Hella Long) Local’s Guide
Photo By: An African Villa
If you’re a budget traveller who still wants a little luxe, An African Villa might be the perfect compromise between location and cost.
Situated in Tamboerskloof, one of Cape Town’s oldest suburbs, you’ll be within a 10-minute walk from the CBD and all bars on Kloof Street.
Best of all? No children under 12!
It’s the perfect escape for couples looking for affordable places to stay in Cape Town.
For further savings, book your room over Cape Town’s winter months. You can knock off 20% from the price!
Photo by: Atlantic Affair Boutique Hotel
Atlantic Affair Boutique Hotel is one of the most affordable hotels in Cape Town. For under R500.00 per night, you can get a gorgeous Penthouse Suite in the heart of Sea Point.
The apartments are self-catering and feature chic and trendy interiors. Unwind in an extra-length king-sized bed and wake up to a private deck with partial sea views.
From your apartment, you can walk to the Sea Point Promenade, catch an Uber to Clifton 2nd Beach or indulge your inner foodie at the weekend Oranjezicht City Farm Market!
Photo by: MOY Guesthouse and Backpackers
Searching for cheap hotels in Cape Town, South Africa? It doesn’t get any better than Moy Guesthouse and Backpackers.
Situated in the hip neighbourhood of Green Point, MOY is a short distance away from the V&A Waterfront, the CBD, De Waterkant precinct, Table Mountain and Cape Town’s best beaches.
If you’re not looking to share a room with fellow travellers, book yourself into one of the six designer en-suite rooms. You can rest your weary head on a massive king-sized bed, and plan your day’s adventures while overlooking the Frangipani front garden.
Each of the rooms are beautifully designed with modern, minimalistic decor and plenty of natural light. You won’t take a bad selfie in here!
For those that are travelling to Cape Town on a budget, the dorm rooms aren’t too shabby. You’ll get an extra-length single bed, individual USB and plug points for all your devices and a bed locker to keep all your valuables safe.
Read More: 18 Most Instagrammable Places in Cape Town
Photo by: Once in Cape Town
For cheap accommodation in Cape Town that will have you footsteps away from the city’s nightlife, stay at Once in Cape Town.
The backpackers is located on the vibey Kloof Street, and you can mingle with locals and travellers alike at the downstairs bar.
It’s also one of the best backpackers for solo travellers in Cape Town. The hostel offers free daily activities like walking tours, visiting markets or hitting Long Street’s many bars and clubs.
When it comes to room choices, there’s something for everyone’s bank balance.
Solo travellers can share a dorm for R300.00 per night, or if you’re travelling with a group of friends you can book out an entire 4-bed dorm for less than R1200.00!
Photo by: B.I.G. Backpackers
B.I.G. Backpackers is a hostel that could pass for a boutique hotel. It’s THE place to stay in Cape Town if you’re on a budget and don’t want to skimp on the swag.
You can pick up a shared dorm for less than R300.00 or grab a private room for under R1500.00
The hostel is also designed to help you meet your fellow travellers. You can hang out by the pool, curl up with a book in the library or challenge someone to a board game.
When it comes to attractions, you have an endless list of things to do. Conveniently located in Green Point, you’re a 10-minute walk from the V&A Waterfront, the 2 Oceans Aquarium and dozens of restaurants and coffee shops.
Photo By: 91 Loop
Want to experience the best of Cape Town’s nightlife? Stay at 91 Loop.
The boutique hostel is nestled between Bree Street and backpacker party destination Long Street. You’re close enough to walk to all the bars and clubs, and far away to get away from it all once you’ve had enough.
Cape Town’s MyCiti bus stops right on the hostel’s doorstep. It gives you zero chance of getting lost and access to the cheapest mode of transport in the city.
The rooms at 91 Loop are affordable, unique and spacious. For something different, try the futuristic pod rooms, standard dorms or a private en-suite abode.
Your booking includes a free breakfast, key-card lockers and rooms, free WiFi and a welcome drink. There’s also the on-site Honey Badger bar and cafe that serves delicious food, artisan beer and select wines.
Have you been to any of these hotels in Cape Town? Did your favourite make the list? Hit ya gurl up in the comments and let’s discuss!
Psst…Want more Cape Town travel inspiration? Check out these other posts:
Where to Stay in Cape Town: A Guide to the Best Neighbourhoods
The Perfect Cape Town Itinerary for One Incredible Week
45 Awesome Things to Do in Cape Town: A (Hella Long) Local’s Guide
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'Big Eater Mike' slays Not-so-Simple Burger Challenge
7 patties, cheese, bacon, pound of fries downed in less than 10 minutes
The first ever Not-so-Simple Burger Challenge is on the record books.Michael Whities, of Brandon, was able to down seven patties -- all covered with cheese and bacon -- on a bun and about 1 pound of fries in 9 minutes and 42 seconds, Simple Burger general manager Jamie Tucker said.This was the first challenge for the locally-owned restaurant, which has been open in Dogwood for three months.“It was way more entertaining than I would have ever anticipated,” Tucker said. “That’s like my caloric intake for three days, and he put it away in less than 10 minutes.”Whities, also known as "Big Eater Mike," went home with a T-shirt and bragging rights. The challenge now for other takers is to finish the $35 meal in 15 minutes or less, Tucker said.
FLOWOOD, Miss. —
The first ever Not-so-Simple Burger Challenge is on the record books.
Michael Whities, of Brandon, was able to down seven patties -- all covered with cheese and bacon -- on a bun and about 1 pound of fries in 9 minutes and 42 seconds, Simple Burger general manager Jamie Tucker said.
This was the first challenge for the locally-owned restaurant, which has been open in Dogwood for three months.
Jamie Tucker
“It was way more entertaining than I would have ever anticipated,” Tucker said. “That’s like my caloric intake for three days, and he put it away in less than 10 minutes.”
Whities, also known as "Big Eater Mike," went home with a T-shirt and bragging rights. The challenge now for other takers is to finish the $35 meal in 15 minutes or less, Tucker said.
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This is a photo of actress Agnes Burdett (stage name) After much searching this was confirmed to be one in the same as Sarah Hart, sister in law to Arthur Francis Wileman. Arthur’s wife Amelia Hart had been in a rather nasty court case with her former husband in which reference to Sarah and Agnes appeared in different articles and this is where confusion arose.
Apparently she was quite well known and you can find references to her performances in different London theatres.
Agnes(Sarah) was born in 1832
The photo was taken approx 1860 -1865
Most actors and actresses in the Victorian era had what was called a ‘carte visite’ which often depicted them in costume.
The picture is an albumen print made from a glass negative attached to a stiff card backing. The photograph can be found in the V&A museum Guy Little collection.
Photograph provided to wbrq02.com courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Yet Another Paywall Experiment Fails
Fair Use Is Not Enough: Using The 'Copyright Misuse' Defense To Protect Free Speech
Dear Journalists: There Is No Cyberwar
from the period dept
Fri, Apr 9th 2010 5:29pm — Mike Masnick
At the beginning of April, we noted that director of national intelligence, Michael McConnell, who's now consulting for some firms that would profit greatly from a re-architecting of the internet, is going around pushing a ridiculous moral panic about "cyberwar" and how we basically need to break the internet and get rid of all privacy and anonymity. Forget your civil liberties, there's money to be made in scaring people. While even the US "cybersecurity" czar tried to throw some cold water on these claims, the press sure does love bogus "cyberwar" stories, despite the lack of proof that there is any such thing or that it could do any real damage.
It's being helped along, of course, by another former government official, Richard Clarke, who is selling a new book all about "Cyberwar" (in fact, that's the title), leading to all sorts of news stories about how the US is at risk in this "cyberwar."
The problem, of course, is the same as we described back in March: the people playing up the whole "cyberwar" threat are simply lumping together basic vandalism -- the kind done by script kiddies, as if it's part of a war. If that's the definition of a "war," you can find it going on around the country, anywhere there are kids and spray paint. Thankfully, Tom Lee has written a scathing critique of dumb journalistic coverage of this whole "cyberwar" crap:
The piece starts out by discussing Russian vandals' successful efforts to screw with the Georgian government’s website -- something that can be plausibly done by a disaffected teenager -- then jumps rapidly to "monkey[ing] with GPS" which involves, you know, satellites, or at least skill at building, concealing and fortifying radio transmitters; and, if anything other than a braindead denial of service, would also require the discovery of a novel attack on the system's design. These things are much harder than checking to see if the recently-launched website of a small ex-Soviet country is running slightly outdated software that someone else has written an exploit for....
Disrupting the operation of a website is very different from disrupting the operation of the internet, which is very different from interfering with military communication systems, which is very different from interfering with military battlefield communication systems, which is very different from being susceptible to the interception of digital communications. But all of these things are just jammed together, mindlessly.
What kinds of electronic attack are possible? To what extent are our defense systems susceptible to them -- in particular, are those systems at all tangled up with the internet? If not, what economic consequences could plausibly be inflicted on our country by disruption of the internet, and how do they compare to the historical example of, say, a blockade? If an online attack originates from overseas, what countermeasures are available? And do we have a protocol in place with the major backbone operators to implement them?
None of these questions are asked or answered. Blah blah blah cyber. That's it, over and over.
Welcome to the next moral panic that's more about taking away your rights in an attempt to make some ex-politicians rich.
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P. Orin Zack, 9 Apr 2010 @ 5:43pm
Asymmetric Information Warfare
It seems to me that most of these moral panics take advantage of an asymmetry in knowledge about the subject at hand. If people don't know enough about whatever is being presented to frighten them to judge for themselves, it's far easier to use the logical fallacy of speaking from authority to induce them to go along with the ruse. Intelligence agencies know more than you do, so what cause have you to question their word, and so forth. But with this one, there are technically adept people all over the planet who can poke holes in the story, just as Mike has noted here. Perhaps the countermeasure fort this cyberwar scare is a crowd-sourced education blitz. Anyone who knows better, and can support what they say, ought to make sure that those in their circle are educated about the farce. This could short-circuit the strategy.
Richard Corsale (profile), 9 Apr 2010 @ 5:51pm
Re: Asymmetric Information Warfare
You're absolutely right. Very well put also. The only way that an educated community can neutralize FUD, is through strategic arguments and education of those that will teach others. The fact is, most people need talking points and a few links. It's almost like you could put a media kit together and serialize .. "gorilla education"?.
Anonymous Coward, 9 Apr 2010 @ 6:29pm
It would be easily solved. Just challenge Michael McConnell and Richard Clarke to a hacking contest.
When neither one is shown to be able to even hack a computer then it would confirm that they've no idea what they're talking about.
Richard, 9 Apr 2010 @ 5:44pm
Funny how they insist that every little old lady lock down their Internet connection under penalty of bankruptcy. Yet, they shed buckets of tears for corporate America, who's Security is weak because they simply never invest in it.
terrorism is often a result of the actions of bomb kiddies, who have no real skill who copies an online bomb making recipe and made a bomb. pro bomber or bomb kiddies, the results are usually the same. dismissing their actions would be called sticking your head in the sand.
abc gum, 9 Apr 2010 @ 5:56pm
wtf are to talking about ?
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? THERE'S A CYBERWAR GOING ON! JUST LOOK AT ALL THE CYBERCASUALTIES! THEIR DEAD CYBERBODIES RIDDLE THE CYBERGROUND AND ARE BLEEDING THEIR CYBERBLOOD!
I blame video games.
Seriously - wtf ?
that was not even good sarcasm
Public Potty War
If that's the definition of a "war," you can find it going on around the country, anywhere there are kids and spray paint.
Or on the walls of the stalls of most public toilets.
OH NO! IT'S A PUBLIC POTTY WAR! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
There is no cyberwar? That's just what the secret cyberassassins would say from their secret cyberheadquarters!
Anonymous Coward, 10 Apr 2010 @ 7:22am
I'm In Your Base Killin' Your Dudes
Is there a war? Probably not, but military systems wouldn't need to be attacked to cripple America. Take out NYC mass transit servers, streetlight controls, you cripple NYC. Take down the power grid and guess what? You put the US without electricty and natural gas and telecommunications (all private sector areas) for 2 weeks and I believe that the country would need to be put under martial law.
Oh Noes !!!
the sky is falling
Atkray (profile), 9 Apr 2010 @ 9:26pm
I saw a documentary about this. It had Bruce Willis in it.
I totally agree. We should stop all space exploration this instant unless we end up with a bunch of astronauts being exposed to excessive levels of solar radiation, and thus causing them to mutate.
Theoretically a human "torch" could burn sufficiently hot to ignite the Earth's atmosphere and end all life.
Think about it, you know it makes sense. Boycott space exploration before it's too late.
Re: (#8)
Those potential problems can be easily resolved internally by keeping systems up to date, checking and re-checking them often, constant monitoring and quick response by dedicated internal staff, and basic fundamental restriction of privileges on the systems of all non-administrative users (yes, including management staff). It could also be helped by the state showing a willingness to hold these companies and organizations liable for unlawful negligence in the event of a successful compromise. Look, for all the bleating about the potential disasters that would result from a successful attack, the fact still remains that the biggest risk to any network comes from the inside, large scale networks are checked for vulnerabilities thousands of times daily, and most attack attempts from the outside fail.
You don't have to positively identify and conduct surveillance on the malicious actors of the world in order to protect even the most critical systems. All you have to do is make sure that whatever they try to do isn't going to work. It's all within the control of the system owners right now, and it's easier (and has a lower cost in money and liberty) than setting up identification, data gathering, data analysis, and enforcement mechanisms.
Technologically, we're in a position right at this very moment even where we can do the equivalent of putting up building facades that spraypaint will slide right off of--without even having to spend any more money on new products. We just have to correctly implement what's already included in the systems that are in place. System owners are just choosing not to do it.
Mike, get a clue
You're always trying to ruin business models. You say you want to help and want content creators to do well, but obviously you want to keep Mr. Clarke from making a living or you wouldn't be writing stories like this.
Folks, here is the truth: The e-book for Cyberwar isn't free, so Mike is against it. Typical.
abc gum, 10 Apr 2010 @ 7:36am
Re: Mike, get a clue
If that is all you got from the post, then you have failed.
Anonymous Coward, 10 Apr 2010 @ 4:14pm
"You're always trying to ruin business models."
No one is trying to ruin business models, we just don't want the government to have undue control over everyone's business models. You are free to implement whatever business model you want that doesn't involve lobbying the government to restrict my rights, freedoms, and liberties and that doesn't involve fraud.
Re: Re: Mike, get a clue
You are free to implement whatever business model you want that doesn't involve lobbying the government to restrict my rights, freedoms, and liberties and that doesn't involve fraud.
I've heard there's a lot money to made selling street drugs, but the government keeps interfering with those kinds of business models.
Darryl, 10 Apr 2010 @ 9:11am
Journo's do what Journo's do !!. It's their job.
I dont think the "director of national intelligence, Michael McConnell", is a Journo. !!
Journalists and reports, well report. That's there job.
So if someone of importance makes a statement, and they report on it, it's not them making that statement, it's them reporting on it. Makes sense :)
The US likes to define everything in terms of "the war against.....(fill in the blank). Terror, drugs, crime, povity, communism, slavery, you name it. And yes the term cyberwar is not restricted to a few scrip kiddies, it involves any attack using or into a computer system. Yes, net connected systems are common but as you stated SCADA systems, offline banking networks, GPS, and so on are all cyber attacks.
So sure, saying it's a "war" might be a bit over the top, but that's the US's way, but also trying to reduce or degrade the potential threats to no more than a few script kiddies or some 15 year old tagging a wall is not responsible.
The variety and severity of attacks vary greatly, as is the damage done by said attacks. In that respect it is a war just as it's a war that the police are in against crime or drugs. It's not a war against a single orginised army like a convertional war, it's more a gorilla type of war. Or scirmish. But it is very serious, it is potentially life threatening, and it's alot more than a few 'script kiddies' doing little more than vandalism.
So real journo's are reporting on the news and people of authority's opinions, whereas you just seem to simply 'report' on you're own opinions. Which is more responsible ?
nasch (profile), 10 Apr 2010 @ 9:55am
That's FORMER Director of National Intelligence (John) Michael McConnell. I'm hoping the currently-serving director isn't allowed to be a private consultant at the same time.
Coughing Monkey (profile), 10 Apr 2010 @ 10:34am
Chicken little was just a journalist
ajp345, 10 Apr 2010 @ 4:45pm
Problem is...
Our fearless leaders, both public and private, have made the boneheaded mistake of relying on computers and electronic communications networks for just about everything, and even worse, they connected them to public networks.
What private company is going to rebuild its insecure network without government incentive or regulation? How is an attack on the power grid possible unless the control systems are connected to the public network, and how many utilities are going to build interconnected but isolated control networks without government incentives or regulation?
Companies have also proven time and time again that backup systems fail and disaster recovery doesn't always work.
I don't advocate more government regulation on the internet, but the problem is that by and large the free world has built and come to rely on a very fragile network with an infinite number of attack vectors and limited self healing capabilities. DDoS attacks taking out major online companies; backhoes taking out major backbones; undersea cables snapping; comm satellites knocked out by solar flares; There is no last mile redundancy for personal users.
(Except for the phone system; last weekend a lightning strike took out my power and cable, but the phone, which runs mere feet away, still worked. Took a long time for the lines to be fixed - major downside to underground utilities.)
What's the solution? I don't have one. It needs to be in the best interests of every organization that runs a computer connected to the internet, whether it's a home laptop, a router at an ISP, or a DNS root server to take security more seriously.
shively, 11 Apr 2010 @ 5:21am
what predicated this piece?
I don't understand the reasoning for this article.
Large corporations are getting hacked into. Government military computers are getting hacked into, by other governments, not script kiddies. Why the opposition into researching the best ways to reduce/eliminate this type of intrusion?
Please explain how your background in labor relations and your MBA qualifies you for the opinion piece you wrote, and why we should give any credence to it. Congrats on having a popular site and all, but c'mon...
Any Mouse, 11 Apr 2010 @ 3:07pm
Re: what predicated this piece?
How do 'credentials' give anyone the right to a privileged opinion? Explain how your opinion should mean anything to me? Better yet, go back and read through this site and his other sites, and maybe you'll answer your own question. In the meantime, questioning specific points instead of the writer's credibility will make you look like less of an asshat.
Yes, computers are getting hacked into.
Every major government is also practicing espionage on every other major government. Would you expect anyone to take you seriously if you claimed then that the entire world is at war?
DeFenDor, 11 Apr 2010 @ 8:49am
So quick to dismiss the facts...
As a former DoD contractor working in network security I can ASSURE you, there is in fact a "cyberwar". And, it is being conducted 24/7 365 days a year. Most attacks are being carried out by organized crime groups. However, it is also being carried out by foreign governments. Go ahead and continue to live in your ignorant world where everything is rainbows and ponies. Meanwhile, I will continue to defend our digital boarders from digital attackers. Wake up people, there are other countries that HATE us and want to destroy us. Why? Because of greed and power. Have none of you ever had history 101? Please, read some books.
Anonymous Coward, 11 Apr 2010 @ 10:27am
Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
As a former DoD contractor working in network security I can ASSURE you, there is in fact a "cyberwar".
As a former DoD contractor working in network security myself, I can ASSURE you, there is in fact NOT a "cyberwar". However, claiming that there is one is a good way to keep the money coming.
Meanwhile, I will continue to defend our digital boarders from digital attackers.
Huh? I thought you said "former" contractor. So, what are you now, some kind of vigilante? Or maybe a wannabe in your mom's basement?
DeFenDor, 11 Apr 2010 @ 12:25pm
Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
I am a professional security consultant. A digital "border" could be a corporate network, or Government network. This is what I am paid to analyze and defend.
But what is your point? You are trying to push the discussion in a different direction. I am talking about "cyberwar" and the fact that it is happening.
Re: Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
And the person who originally responded to you worked in the same field as you, and states there is no cyberwar, and the facts are that it isn't happening. That isn't pushing the discussion in a different direction, that's you dodging the issues. Can you produce proof that it IS happening? Obviously you can't produce proof that it is not, but if there is a lack of proof, then logically you can't prove that is IS. Can you?
DeFenDor, 11 Apr 2010 @ 6:31pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
Sure let me point you to the "Google machine" and show you a few bits of "evidence".
Try this for a light read. This is a 70 page study on the notorious RBN: http://www.bizeul.org/files/RBN_study.pdf
The Google Aurora Hack:
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11575
And the list goes on and on. I am not sure how you can deny the facts. I am not going to argue with you if you refuse to accept the truth. I just urge you to education yourself on the topic before dismissing it as rubbish.
The "evidence" you seek is abundant and publicly available.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
That isn't warfare. It's crime.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
This is pointless. Believe what you want. I have nothing to gain nor any type of agenda here. I am telling you what I have seen and provided information for you to do your own research. Yet, you seem to have a simple comeback to anything I say.
I could pose the same question to you. What EVIDENCE do you have that there isn't a cyberwar? Do you work in information security? Do you work with classified government networks? Do you even understand the current threat landscape in cyber space? I would love to hear more your expert analysis on this issue.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Apr 2010 @ 12:33pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
I have nothing to gain nor any type of agenda here.
Except promotion of your services.
I could pose the same question to you. What EVIDENCE do you have that there isn't a cyberwar?
The tactic of charlatans. (Can you prove that the tooth fairy *doesn't* exist?) If you want to claim that something *exists*, you need to prove it, not the other way around.
Do you work in information security? Do you work with classified government networks? Do you even understand the current threat landscape in cyber space?
Yes, to all three.
I would love to hear more your expert analysis on this issue.
I don't think you'd believe anything contrary to your stated beliefs.
No one is denying that network attacks are real and constantly occurring. But there is no cyber "war" going on. And if there ever is one, you can expect to also see massive military force deployed in response to it, as there would be with any other *real* war.
This app was developed to launch cyber jihad attacks against various US networks. More information here: http://www.v3.co.uk/vnunet/news/2116329/hackers-launch-cyber-jihad
Various (DoS) and (DDoS) distributed denial of service attacks used in cyber crime and cyber warfare: http://www.ddosinfo.com/
Cyber attack against U.S. Air Force fighter jets: http://www.mxlogic.com/securitynews/network-security/report-spies-hack-us-air-force-fighter-plans184 .cfm
Iraqi's hack into drone feeds: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/17/drone.video.hacked/index.html
"Dalian University of Technology published a paper on how to attack a small U.S. power grid sub-network in a way that would cause a cascading failure of the entire U.S.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/world/asia/21grid.html
Congress should declare a cyberwar on hackers. Then the US should invade, well, everybody.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
That is completely ludicrous....
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So quick to dismiss the facts...
Yes, and it goes right along with your warfare claim.
It's sad this is the best thing you can come up with after being presenting with information about cyber warfare. You make a completely radical statement.
This is about protecting our information and infrastructure. Would you also suggest we just drop all defenses and let foreign governments have access to whatever information they please?
As I stated before, this discussion is pointless, because you refuse to accept anything other than what you want to believe.
In a perfect world there would be no hunger, no war, and no evil. That isn't the real world. Good luck to you my friend.
I don't think anyone is suggesting that, so why would you say something like that? Straw man much?
Back at you.
Oh look, a cyberstraw man to go along with the imaginary cyberwar.
I just want to note that I believe in the US Constitution. I fully support privacy and anonymity on the web. And I am against censorship. I understand that you don't want to see our civil liberties rights taken away. I fully agree with that. IMO the restrictions and high security controls belong on government and corporate networks.
I agree that our Government should NOT use "cyberwar" as a way to strip us of our rights. HOWEVER, we are being attacked in cyber-space on a daily basis from foreign and domestic hackers. Some or sponsored by other governments and some are part of organized crime groups.
What we don't want and what I do AGREE with you about is that we don't want another "czar" telling us we no longer have the right to our civil liberties. I'll get off my soapbox now. Thanks!
TROLLEDJA!!!
Tgr, 13 Apr 2010 @ 3:44am
This app was developed to launch cyber jihad attacks against various US networks. More information here:
http://www.v3.co.uk/vnunet/news/2116329/hackers-launch-cyber-jihad
Where "cyber jihad attacks" apparently means the defacing of relatively unimportant government web pages such as the site of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center. (Teh horror! Hundreds of citizens interested in oceanic and atmospheric administration in danger of being mildly annoyed! This requires a full redesign of teh interwebs IMMEDIATELY.)
Various (DoS) and (DDoS) distributed denial of service attacks used in cyber crime and cyber warfare:
http://www.ddosinfo.com/
Where on "warfare" we mean that government web pages designed for low traffic might become unavailable for days. Again, teh horror!
More importantly, DDOS attacks have jack shit to do with privacy and anonimity; they are based on weak security of some older operating systems and lack of security education amongst internet users.
Cyber attack against fighter jets! How ominous! Them evil viruses make our jets explode in mid-air!
Of course upon reading this turns out to be bullshit too; it is about industrial espionage in which some of the less important data on the new F-35 planes was stolen (sensitive technical information, stored separately on more secure servers, was not compromised).
Where "hack into" means they listened in on unencrypted video feeds sent by these drones.
This is, of course, no more "cyber" than your average wall outlet. The paper examines in a very abstract graph-theoretic way how failure in certain parts of the US power grid might overload other parts.
Thanks for giving us a demonstration of how totally average acts of small-scale hacking and some unrelated news can be glued together into a big scary "cyberwar" concept, I guess.
And the list goes on and on.
Except none of what you've presented so far proves a cyberwar.
I am not sure how you can deny the facts. I am not going to argue with you if you refuse to accept the truth.
I would say the same to you.
Then why don't you present it? Because so far, you haven't.
Private networks are not "our borders" and your presenting them as such indicates a dishonesty on your part that also discredits your claims of a "cyberwar".
I'm claiming that it isn't happening. If you want to call that "pushing the discussion in a different direction" then that just indicates the weakness of your claims.
chris (profile), 12 Apr 2010 @ 9:05am
Go ahead and continue to live in your ignorant world where everything is rainbows and ponies. Meanwhile, I will continue to defend our digital boarders from digital attackers. Wake up people, there are other countries that HATE us and want to destroy us. Why? Because of greed and power. Have none of you ever had history 101? Please, read some books.
calm down dude. that's the same stuff that's always happened, it's just happening now with computers, on the internet. spies have always spied, thieves have always stolen, con artists have always conned, and terrorists have always terrorized. a cybercriminal is just a criminal that has added computers and the internet to his or her modus operandi.
now that everyone uses computers and the internet to do everything, spies, terrorists and criminals are targeting computers and the internet. it's a logical progression.
the point is that this isn't some new shadowy thing that has sprung up from the internet itself. it's just the same groups taking their acts online.
using "cyberwar" to create panic is just orwellian doublespeak to create fear and push for new legislation to further damage our civil liberties.
John Laprise (profile), 11 Apr 2010 @ 9:25am
Wrong on so many levels...
Nuclear war was the shadow that loomed over the Cold War. Did we have a nuclear war? No. Are there nuclear weapons? Yes.
Cyberwar is a shadow that looms over us presently, even if we choose not to take note of it. Is there an observable well defined cyber war? Probably not though some attacks in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe come close. Attribution is really hard and most cybersecurity professionals are more concerned with closing the security hole and limiting the than figuring out who did what to whom. Are there cyber weapons? Yes, viruses, worms and hackers exist. Are governments developing them? Yes, there is good evidence that China, Russia, and the US are all developing cyberwar fighting capabilities.
So, do militaries develop weapons with the intent never to use them. Sort of. Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons are developed in the hope that they are never used but better to be prepared than caught unprepared. Those weapons are directly lethal. Their effects are acknowledged and constrained by international treaty because they are so devastating. Cyberweapons unknown effects allow them to remain outside the law because we prefer not to think of them. Russia is actively seeking an international agreement on cyberwar.
Countries do not seek to make treaties about non-existent threats.
Re: Wrong on so many levels...
Treaties are useless. What happens in those cases is that countries that are not signatories end up being used as proxies for the countries that are. This is even easier in a network communications scenario, since traffic is getting bounced around already even without a treaty to work around.
And look, I do information security for a living. I know there are "hacktivists" and (much, much worse) organized criminals who are out to conduct information theft and system compromise. They do it all the time already. However, that does not mean we have to have a "war" mindset to deal with what passes for the threat that they pose. Their attacks are only successful because existing systems are configured with "just working" in mind first and with security as an afterthought at best, and because stupid end users keep doing personal browsing (or connecting personally-owned devices) at work and end up letting them in. Implement the systems correctly and keep an eye on traffic coming in and going out and there's nothing the bad people can do.
There's no point in identifying the actual people involved (not that it's possible anyway). The chances of getting them arrested, put on trial, and incarcerated are slim, the process of doing so is expensive and politically sensitive, and even if you succeed there are thousands of people who can and will step in and take over whatever the role was. Even in the cases of ISP takedowns, the recovery of the malicious networks was seamless. Destroying the liberty, anonymity, and privacy of innocent people is not going to help that situation in the slightest.
The best approach in my opinion is to make it as clear as possible that if you own the systems, you are responsible for protecting them yourself. That means you bear the considerable cost of doing so and of not doing so. It's the price of participation. Deal. That goes for you folks at home configuring your own devices, too.
jlaprise (profile), 12 Apr 2010 @ 6:07am
Re: Re: Wrong on so many levels...
The point I was making with the treaties is that states are treating the threat seriously because they are putting diplomatic energy into discussions about.
There are people on this thread who do not take it seriously but it's indisputable that governments do treat it as facta nd take it seriously and that has real implications.
Haapi, 11 Apr 2010 @ 7:45pm
Please not another "War on ...." crusade
I will not try to deny that attacks are happening, are common, are constant, and are growing. But does anyone want to have it treated by the government like it does the War on Drugs? War on Terror? War on Christmas? (ahem.)
The USA has some damn good crime-fighting capability, and we are now savvy enough for the crime-fighters to bring in the State Department when it turns out foreign countries are involved. But when it comes to "War On's" we are morons.
Re: Please not another "War on ...." crusade
I propose a War on Morons. That should solve all our problems.
You know the best way to win a cyberwar? Turn off the internet. How hard could that be?
Chris in Utah (profile), 12 Apr 2010 @ 12:57am
Re: Re: Please not another "War on ...." crusade
I have a daughter that is handicapped and she laughs at this joke to:
Arguing over the internet is like winning the special Olympics; even if you win your still a retard.
oh didn't you know the War on... is just to keep you from relizing the following:
Homeland Security is the gestapo.
NBC & ABC are the propoganda spreaders.
Fox is the only one rebelling
Oh yeah...
That you can only own a gun or hunt with the government say so. Don't live in a Dictatorship? Look at the patriot act and tell me if congress has ANY power any more.
Technopolitical (profile), 12 Apr 2010 @ 6:06am
just because your Paranoid.........
The electric grid , Air traffic control , communication, and more , COULD BE disrupted -- by rouge gov'ts, terror types , or independent loonies.
If it can happen---- it will happen ,,, UNLESS we have some sort of security .
Was Sept 11 2001 preventable ? Yes.
Let us not be sorry again. The electric grid , Air traffic control , communication , COULD BE disrupted by any of the various "terrorists" loonies that spawn globally, and if we leave our guard down,,, one day one of the loonies WILL succeed.
known coward, 12 Apr 2010 @ 6:38am
well if the damm defense dept
Did not have systems that required security connected to the internet, it would be damm well impossible to hack into defense dept. systems from the outside.
Same as the power grid, same as transit grids, some systems simply should not be accessable via the net.
Re: well if the damm defense dept
Actually, the US military also has networks that are separate from the internet. Contrary to what the chicken littles would have us believe, the whole internet could go down and the US military could still function.
In my experience with systems of those types, the critical parts were connected with private leased lines instead of the public Internet.
there is nothing to see where because masnick says so. nothing behind the curtain, no elephant, no smoking gun, no hacked apart body. the masnick knows all.
Not even going to bother with a lame attempt to refute the post this time, TAM?
alina orozco, 13 Apr 2010 @ 11:21am
Re: Hacker for Hire
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M�rio SF Alves, 14 Dec 2010 @ 9:15am
"Don't panic, eat organic". It is very simple!
RickRavenRumey, 8 Nov 2014 @ 8:45am
What cracks me up about the media bugle blowing over the new flavor of the moment is "Cyber Attacks". Everywhere you look, "China/Russian"(u pick one) hackers steal millions of (add noun here)__________. Millions of Credit Card Numbers from Home Depot, Target, TJX." "Hackers broke into White House, DOD, DHS, CIA,FAA, US Chamber of Commerce, The Boy Scouts of America and Starbucks websites and caused .5% denial of service lag time.
I don't live under a rick, I was in the Navy for a long time when they were testing HAARP. This is not a conspiracy theory. One of its original intended uses was to communicate with deeply submerged submarines using ULF (ultra Low Frequencies) in a bid to constantly be in communication with these strategic assets in the event the president ordered a retaliatory nuclear strike. The reasoning to attain the ability to communicate with deeply submerged subs was to keep them from coming close to the surface to either deploy a rather long and mostly unreliable "floating antennae", or come to periscope depth to raise her periscope and radio masts where the advantages of submarines become moot; Radio Masts and Periscopes leave wakes and reflect radar, quick burst radio traffic can be detected and tracked, and even though the sub is still under water, a Trident Submarine with a length over 500 feet and width over 30 feet can be seen from the air depending on water clarity down to 300-500 feet. HAARP would have eliminated all that. IT didn't work. But what it did do, it had the ability to fry any electrical circuit it was focused at, either by bouncing it off the ionosphere just like any radio station transmission or an orbiting satellite. We have been doing the same thing to these cyber enemy nations for years. Remember the Logic Bomb that was planted into the Iranian Centrifuges? The Iranian techs worked for weeks ripping the controlling software apart to ensure their Ayatollahs that the software was safe to use. They plugged them in, turned them on…Then they ran for 1 week, 2 weeks, three weks. In the meantime they brought online more centrifuges and then KA_BLOOIE"!!!!! Logic Bomb! The Ultimate IED.
So don't think our NSA, NRO, CIA, DAARPA and our other intel agencies are sitting on thier asses. Our cyber adversaries have the ability to blackout and censor any new detrimental to that current regimes policies. A Successful USA or Western Nation cyber attack would definatly fall into the "We don't want our public knowing the USA is having great success in not only hacking into thier systems, but shutting them down. Because I feel if hackers were able to disrupt The Americsn Economy by shutting down portions of our power grids, damageing our transpertation ATC Radar and Railroad track signals, reprogramming GPS location signals and wrecking the banking industry by rerouting deposits; IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY! But that would be an act of war, and this government is very good and accurate in finding out where these attacks originate from and 99.9% of the time it is not a high school kid in his parents’ basement. These are professional programmers working for a foreign state sponsor. Systems like HAARP were just a prototype. There are smaller and more transportable devices that can focus an EMP type disruption at say a bank while leaving the police department’s computers unaffected next store. The R&D for these types of weapons have been in development, testing and Deployed since Regan Announced SDI in 1983 (or was it 84, I forget)
So calm down America. If sections of our grid get EM'd it will suck, it will be inconvenient, but it won’t take years to get back up and running. Many systems already have been hardened, banks back up their systems all over the world, mainly near those countries that would cause us harm.
In closing, if the unlikely did happen, it would unite this country in a away never seen before. I see move toward a more Nationalistic America with full support of the population with the main reasoning behind it would be the reason, “Why do we continue to be nice, placate and in a lot of cases financially support countries that clearly at the most, want to do us harm. Even more countries, at the very least, with reliable foreknowledge of a full blown cyber attack, would happily sit back and allow it to happen. Unfortunately I am taking about most of our NATO allies who have seen their own countries destroyed by the biggest loss of human life after two World Wars in the last century followed by 45 years of a very disruptive yet needed Cold war that required them to be Junior Partners and watch their own countries opinions become ever increasingly irreverent while the US Military did all the heavy lifting while they focused on Social Welfare programs while basking in the security that Uncle Sam Provided them. Now that the Cold War is over and the continent has its Dentures and Eyeglasses; they bad mouth and insult the USA for being imperialistic for 45 years in Europe as if they could have kept the USSR at bay without us. They proudly look at the European Union that has been created. Unfortunately history has a strange way of repeating itself. Europe has not solved the problems or found answers to the issues that caused the two world wars costing the lives of 100 million people. And it seems those issues are becoming louder and more relevant with every passing day. I hope my government keeps out of it this time, unlike Clinton who needed to divert the attention of cheating on his wife and the American people while taking a steamer from a young intern in the Oval Office. He changed the subject by attacking our friends in Bosnia.. That would be a very bad day for the world if the United States went that way. Very bad indeed!
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The Most Engaging Games for Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming has basically surpassed desktop gaming in popularity. Nowadays, only the old-school players keep on playing on their laptops or computers. Everyone else is playing on their smartphones.
The video gaming industry has noticed that and has started developing games with the mobile user in mind. Today, any game can be played on a desktop and mobile device and run perfectly on both of them.
However, there are many games that you would actually prefer playing on your smartphone. If you’re searching for a new game you could start playing on your phone, we suggest you take a look at the following options.
A Battle-Royale Type of Game
PUBG (PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds) is a type of battle-royale game, which actually runs better on a smartphone than on PC, even though it got popular as a desktop game. It is a game where you parachute in on buildings and try to gear up and do the best you can do to survive. You are a survival shooter who’s landed on an island filled with 99 other players. You can squad up, but you should know that the last one standing wins.
An Online Slot Game
Online slots are the hottest games in online casinos today. They are the focus of major leading software developers who compete in which one creates a better slot game than the other. You can go to an online casino and investigate all the internet fruit machines, video slots, 3D slots, and progressive slot games you could play. We would only recommend you to find slots that are developed by the likes of Microgaming, Playtech, NetEnt, Yggdrasil and Pragmatic Play. These are the developers that know what they’re doing when developing these games.
A Game with Match 3 Gameplay
Now, this is a broad game category, so we have two options to suggest here. The first one is the ever-favourite Candy Crush. It may sound like a cliché, but hey, you wouldn’t believe how many players from all around the globe still play it. That’s mainly because it is a highly addictive game, one that makes you want to play it over and over again. The second option is the Sega Heroes. If you’re an old-school fan of the Sega games, then you really need to try this match 3 gameplay offered in Sega Heroes.
A Console-Level Game
If you’re a console games fanatic, you’re probably dying to find a console-type game you could play on your phone wherever you are. If that’s so, Shadowgun Legends is a must for you. This is the game that will get you as close as you can get to a console-level game for a mobile device. You’ll be able to go through story missions, buy weapons, armour and other stuff from the black market and blast your way through bad people to achieve better scores. As you play, you will discover many futuristic and exotic firearms and you will definitely feel like playing a console game since Shadowgun Legends has real depth.
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Sony Xperia 8 with Snapdragon 630 Launched
Sony has launched the Sony Xperia 8 smartphone in Japan. It has a 6-inch Full HD+ 21:9 Wide Full HD+ display powered by Snapdragon 630 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal Storge.
Dual SIM device runs Android 9.0 (Pie). On-Camera, it has a 13-megapixel camera and an 8-megapixel camera with 2X optical zoom for Images and an 8-megapixel front camera. It has a waterproof (IPX5 / 8) and dustproof (IP6X) body, Packed by a 2760mAh battery.
6-inch (2560 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 21:9 aspect ratio wide LCD with Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection
2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 508 GPU
4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 512GB via microSD card
12MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, EIS, secondary 8MP camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2x optical zoom
8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
Waterproof (IPX5 / IPX8), dust proof (IP6X)
Dimensions: 158 x 69 x 8.1 mm; Weight: 170g
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C
2760mAh battery with fast charging
Sony Xperia 8 comes in Gray, Black, Orange, Blue priced at 54,000 yen (US$ 505) and will go on sale in Japan from late October.
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Sony Xperia 5 with 21:9 display, Snapdragon 855 Launched
Sony has introduced the Sony Xperia 5 smartphone at the IFA 2019. It has 6.1-inch 21:9 CinemaWide FHD+ HDR display offering bright colors with BRAVIA X1 for mobile Powered by Snapdragon 855 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB Storage.
It runs on Android Pie. On-Camera It has triple 12-megapixel rear cameras that include 16mm super wide-angle lens, 26mm normal lens with dual photodiode image sensor and RAW noise reduction and a 52mm lens for portrait and 2x optical zoom. It has Eye AF and up to 10FPS AF/AE for precision focus and high-speed shooting. side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Packed by a 3140mAh battery with Xperia Adaptive Charging.
6.1-inch (1080 x 2520pixels) FHD_ OLED HDR Display with 21:9 aspect ratio, X1 for mobile, DCI-P3 100%, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection
Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 640 GPU
6GB RAM, 128GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 512GB via microSD card
Single / Dual SIM
12MP rear camera with Exmor RS sensor, 1/2.6″ sensor, f/1.6 aperture, Hybrid OIS/EIS, 1.4μm pixel size, Predictive capture, 12MP f/2.4 aperture 1/3.4″ 1.0μm 135° ultra wide-angle, 12MP f/2.4 aperture 1/3.4″ 1.0μm 45° telephoto lens, Hybrid OIS/EIS, 2x optical zoom, 960 fps Super slow motion
8MP front-facing camera with 1/ 4″ Exmor RS sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size, 84° wide-angle lens
USB Type-C audio, Stereo speaker, DSEE HX, LDAC, Dolby Atmos
Dimensions: 158 x 68 x 8.2mm; Weight: 164g
Water Resistant (IP65/IP68)
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/ GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C
3140mAh Battery with Xperia Adaptive Charging technology, USB Power Delivery (USB PD) fast charging
Sony Xperia 5 comes in Black, Blue, Grey and Red colors priced at £699 (Rs. 61,990) and will roll out various countries and regions from October 2019.
Sony Xperia L3, Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus launched at MWC
Sony has launched Sony Xperia L3, Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus mid-range smartphones at its MWC 2019
Sony Xperia 10 comes with 6-inch 21:9 Wide Full HD+ displays with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection powered by Snapdragon 630 and runs on Android 9.0 (Pie). On Camera, it has a 13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture secondary 5MP camera and 8MP front camera packed by a 2870mAh Battery
6-inch (2560 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 21:9 aspect ratio CinemaWide display
3GB RAM, 64BGB internal memory, expandable memory up to 512GB via microSD card
13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperure, 1/3.0″ sensor, 1.12μm pixel size, 76.4° wide-angle lens, secondary 5MP camera with f/2.4 aperture, 1/4″ sensor, 1.4μm pixel size, 87.9° lens
8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture, 1/4″ sensor, 1.12μm pixel size, 84° wide-angle lens
Dimensions: 156 x 68 x 8.4 mm
2870mAh battery with Adaptive Charging, fast charging
Sony Xperia 10 Plus has a 6.5-inch (2560 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 21:9 aspect ratio CinemaWide display powered by Snapdragon 636 processor with 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage. It has a 12+8MP Dual Rear Camera and 8MP front camera packed by a 3000mAh Battery
6.5-inch (2560 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 21:9 aspect ratio CinemaWide display
12MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.75 aperture, 1/2.8″ sensor, 1.25μm pixel size, 76.3° wide-angle lens, secondary 8MP camera with f/2.4 aperture, 1/4″ sensor, 1.12μm pixel size, 44.6° lens
Dimensions: 167 x 73 x 8.3mm
Sony Xperia L3 has a 5.7-inch (1520 x 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 display powered by Helio P22 12nm processor with 3GB RAM and 32GB Storage. On Camera, it has a 13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, 1.12µm pixel size, secondary 2MP camera and 8MP front-facing camera packed by a 3300mAh Battery
5.7-inch (1520 x 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 display, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P22 12nm processor with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB eMMC storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD
13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, 1.12µm pixel size, secondary 2MP camera
8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, 1.12µm pixel size
Dimensions: 154 x 72 x 8.99mm; Weight: 156g
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS+ GLONASS, USB Type-C, NFC
3300mAh built-in battery
Sony Xperia 10 comes in Navy, Black, Silver and Pink colors, Xperia 10 Plus comes in Navy, Black, Silver and Gold colors. Sony Xperia L3 is available in Silver, Black, and Gold colors. No details about price or availability yet.
Sony launches SRS-XB12, SRS-XB22 and SRS-XB32 , GTK-XB72,GTK-PG10 Speakers
Sony Electronics has introduced SRS-XB12, SRS-XB22 and SRS-XB32 portable speakers, GTK-XB72 high-power speaker and a new outdoor party speaker, the GTK-PG10 at CES 2019
Sony XB22 and XB32 speakers come with dual passive radiators that work together with stereo full-range speakers to enhance low-end tones and give the bass a boost. The XB12 uses a single passive radiator to achieve a similar effect. Users can link up multiple XB72 speakers using Wireless Party Chain via Bluetooth. The XB22, XB32, and XB72 feature ‘LIVE SOUND’ mode, which expands the service area of the sound via angled speakers and Digital Signal Processing technology, producing a three-dimensional sound that puts users in the thick of the music.
Sony XB12, XB22 and XB32 speakers come with an IP67 rating and are completely party-proof with a rubber-like coating on the XB12. The XB32 and XB22 are also rust and shock resistant. The XB12 is equipped with a detachable strap to hook it anywhere. The company claims that the XB32 can last up to 24 hours and can even charge mobile devices. The XB72 also features an FM Tuner that gives you even more flexibility to enjoy music. The XB22 and XB32 come with a built-in accelerometer which lets the Party Booster feature reacts from tapping on them to create unique lighting and sound effects, including single- and multi-color line lighting, respectively. Additionally, both the XB32 and XB72 have built-in flashing strobe lights.
Sony GTK-PG10 speaker is easy to transport and is also tripod-compatible and has a built-in rechargeable battery, boasting up to 13 hours of listening. The outdoor speaker also incorporates a table and cup holders on the splash-proof top panel to let nothing get in the way of the next celebration or tailgate. There is also an FM tuner and a convenient charger for mobile devices. The GTK-PG10 is compatible with the Sony Music Center and Fiestable apps.
SRS-XB12 is priced at $59.99, SRS-XB22 is priced at $99.99,, SRS-XB32 is priced at $149.99
GTK-XB72 is priced at $349.99, GTK-PG10 is priced at $249.99. All the speakers will be available in spring 2019.
Sony Xperia XZ Premium, Xperia XZ1, and Xperia XZ1 Compact gets Android Pie Update
Sony has started rolling out the Android 9.0 Pie update to the Xperia XZ Premium, Xperia XZ1, and Xperia XZ1 Compact Smartphones. The update brings the model number 47.2.A.0.306.
Sony WH-1000XM3 Launched in India for Rs 29,990
Sony has launched Sony WH-1000XM3 wireless noise-canceling headphone in India. It comes with new HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN1 that promises four times greater performance to cancel mid to high-range noise such as street noise and human voices. The high quality internal headphone amp for the HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN1 realizes stunning high sound quality.
Sony Xperia XZ3 with OLED Display, Android 9.0 Pie launched
Sony today at IFA 2018 has introduced Sony Xperia XZ3 flagship smartphone with Snapdragon 845 and runs on Android 9.0 Pie.
List of Sony Smartphones to get Android 9 Pie update
Google has started rolling out Android Pie Update.Sony has announced 9 Sony Phones which will be getting Android Pie update.
Sony Xperia XA2 Plus with 6GB RAM, Snapdragon 630 Launched
Sony has launched the Xperia XA2 Plus Smartphone. It comes with 18:9 display, Sony’s Hi-Res Audio, and powerful camera technology.
Sony launches 55/65/85-inch X9000F series of 4K HDR TVs in India
Sony has launched new X9000F series of 4K HDR TVs in India. It has a X1 Extreme processor that promises striking highlights, deeper dark, and vibrant colours. It incorporates technologies like Object-based HDR remaster, Super Bit Mapping 4K HDR and Dual database processing. It runs on Android TV version 7.0 with Sony’s exclusive user interface and also has Chromecast built-in.
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium with 4K HDR Display, Dual Rear Camera launched
Sony has introduced Xperia XZ2 Premium Smartphone with Snapdragon 845 Processor, Dual Rear Camera.It has a 5.8-inch 4K HDR display powered by Snapdragon 845 Processor with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
Sony A7 III with 4K HDR video support launched
Sony has introduced Sony a7 III full-frame mirrorless camera (model ILCE-7M3).new α7 III, as it features a brand new 24.2MP back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS image sensor.
Sony Xperia XZ2 and Xperia XZ2 Compact with Snapdragon 845, 4K HDR Video recording Launched
Sony At Mobile World Congress 2018 launched Xperia XZ2 and the Xperia XZ2 Compact.Both Phones feature an 18:9 aspect ratio displays. Snapdragon 845 Processor and 19MP Rear Camera
Sony Xperia L2 with 5.5-inch HD Display, MediaTek MT6737T processor launched in India for Rs 19,990
Sony has launched Xperia L2 smartphone in India which was announced at CES 2018.It has a 5.5-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection powered by 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737T processor with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage.
Sony SRS-XB41, SRS-XB31 and SRS-XB21 EXTRA BASS wireless water resistant speakers launched
Sony has announced the SRS-XB41, SRS-XB31, and SRS-XB21 EXTRA BASS wireless speakers. These speakers come with extra bass sound and Live Sound mode.
Sony BRAVIA A8F and X900F 4K HDR OLED TV Announced
Sony has introduced BRAVIA X900F and A8F 4K HDR OLED TV series at CES 2018. designed to deliver enhanced color, contrast, and clarity. The A8F Series range from 65″ and 55″ models OLED 4K TVs, while the X900F Series includes 85”, 75″, 65″, 55″, and 49″ 4K HDR TVs.
Sony Xperia L2 goes official at CES 2018 : Specs, price, Features
Sony at CES 2018 along with Xperia X2 and X2 Ultra introduced Xperia L2 smartphone.It has a 5.5-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection powered by 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737T processor with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage.
Sony Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra goes official : Snapdragon 630, 23MP Rear Camera
Sony has introduced Sony Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra Smartphones at CES 2018. Both Phones come with Snapdragon 630 Processor.
Sony Xperia R1 and R1 Plus with Snapdragon 430 launched in India : price,specs, features
Sony has launched Son Xperia R1 and Xperia R1 Plus smartphones in India. Both phones feature a 5.2-inch HD 2.5D curved glass screen, powered by Snapdragon 430 Octa-Core processor.
Sony Xperia XZ Premium gets Android 8.0 Oreo update
Sony has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for Xperia XZ Premium Starting today.some of the neat new features for this device include
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Nigel Huddleston MP welcomes reduced journey times to London
Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
Mid Worcestershire MP Nigel Huddleston has welcomed the news that railway journey times between Worcester and London will be reduced by the end of the year.
Along with other Worcestershire colleagues, Mr Huddleston has campaigned for faster, more reliable journeys between London Paddington and Worcestershire stations. He has also campaigned for the new station, Worcestershire Parkway, which is due to open by the end of 2019.
Worcestershire Parkway will provide connections to Cardiff and Nottingham, with the potential of new services between Bristol and Birmingham.
Mr Huddleston recently met representatives of Great Western Railway (GWR) at the Houses of Parliament to discuss how constituents will greatly benefit from the new winter timetable.
Following GWR’s announcement of reduced journey times to under two hours between Worcester and London, Nigel said: “I am pleased that GWR is to introduce shorter journey times during peak times between Worcestershire and London, which will greatly benefit rail users throughout the county. Working alongside my Worcestershire colleagues, I am glad that our efforts have helped convinced GWR of the positive case for implementing quicker train services and shorter commuter times between London and our region.”
He added: “The opening of Worcestershire Parkway Station by the end of this year will continue to increase the frequency of trains and connect us to even more parts of the country.”
Staffordshire Deputy Commissioner sleeps rough for charity
Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
Deputy Commissioner Sue Arnold will soon spend the night sleeping in a cardboard box to help raise money for charity.
Mrs Arnold will sleep out on Friday 8 November to experience what homeless people go through every night.
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Wharton-Smith has been a long-standing partner with the Central Florida Zoo for over a decade providing ongoing construction management and gratis services for park improvements. The Discovery Center and ZooLab project is a 17,000-square-foot multi-purpose building that features 3,400 square feet of meeting space and two classrooms. It’s “cracker-style” architecture was designed to feel “Southern,” with large porches and stamped concrete to look like wood and standing seam metal roofs. It is a metal stud building with drywall and pre-engineered wood trusses under a standing seam metal roofing system. The 3,600-square-foot ZooLab is a masonry structure with wooden trusses and a standing seam metal roofing system. The project also included a 9,800-square-foot courtyard with benches and sidewalks, a 1,500-square-foot animal holding facility and the construction of a retention pond in the park.
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Holmen vs Milwaukee King
2003 WIAA Spring Baseball Championship
6/11/03 at Grand Chute, Wis. (Fox Cities Stadium)
Holmen 9 (22-3)
Scott Gerardy c........... 4 2 2 0 1 0 5 1
Dan Heintz dh............. 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0
Adam Wershofen cf......... 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
Corey Haug lf............. 4 1 2 4 1 1 2 0
Kyle Rigazio ss........... 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 4
Trevor McCoy p............ 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
Drew Holloway pr.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dustin Lentz 3b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Todd Galvin ph............ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Eberhardt 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 0
Adam McHugh ph............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Schmitt pr........... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Hemker 2b............ 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Josh Kuhlmann rf.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.................... 28 9 9 6 11 4 21 11
Milwaukee King 5 (16-7)
Phil Hill 2b.............. 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 3
Scott McMullen ss......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 2
Cesar Dusel c............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Tom Lemke 1b.............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Nick Moraza 3b............ 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Peter Maino ph............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Kuriatnyk p/rf...... 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
Marcos Ramos-Garcia cf.... 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 0
Gavin Werner lf........... 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
Matt Nichols dh........... 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
John Leppanen rf/p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Holmen 300 500 1 - 9 9 2
Milwaukee King 100 202 0 - 5 9 4
E - D. Lentz; A. Hemker; S. McMullen 2; N. Moraza; J. Leppanen.
DP - H 2. LOB - H 11; MK 6.
2B - S. Gerardy; C. Haug; M. Nichols.
SB - S. Gerardy; D. Heintz. CS - A. Wershofen; C. Haug.
SH - G. Werner. SF - K. Rigazio.
Holmen IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Trevor McCoy........ 7.0 9 5 4 2 6 29 32
Milwaukee King IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
James Kuriatnyk..... 1.0 1 3 3 4 0 2 7
John Leppanen....... 6.0 8 6 1 7 4 26 34
Win - T. McCoy. Loss - J. Kuriatnyk. Save - None.
WP - J. Leppanen. PB - S. Gerardy; C. Dusel.
HBP - by J. Leppanen (A. McHugh).
Umpires - Home:Rob Weise 1st:Rodney Davis 2nd:Ron Brinkman 3rd:Dan Hoffman
Start: 4:30 pm Time: 1:53 Attendance: 750
Division I Semifinal...H advances to title game on Thursday at 2:05 pm
against Middleton...H is appearing in its first state tournament...After
three walks to open the game, H's Haug belts a two-run single...Haug's two-
run double highlights H's five-run fourth inning.
Holmen inning 1
S. Gerardy walked. D. Heintz walked; S. Gerardy advanced to second. D.
Heintz stole second; S. Gerardy stole third. A. Wershofen walked. C. Haug
singled, 2 RBI; A. Wershofen advanced to third; D. Heintz scored; S. Gerardy
scored. C. Haug out at second p to 2b, caught stealing. K. Rigazio flied
out to cf, SF, RBI; A. Wershofen scored. T. McCoy walked. D. Holloway
pinch ran for T. McCoy. D. Lentz reached on a fielder's choice; D. Holloway
out at second 2b to ss. 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Milwaukee King inning 1
T. McCoy to p for D. Holloway. P. Hill walked. S. McMullen reached on a
fielder's choice; P. Hill out at second p to ss. C. Dusel grounded out to
ss; S. McMullen advanced to second. S. McMullen advanced to third on a
passed ball. T. Lemke reached on an error by 3b, advanced to second; S.
McMullen scored, unearned. N. Moraza grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 0 hits, 1
J. Kuriatnyk to rf. J. Leppanen to p. J. Eberhardt flied out to rf. A.
Hemker popped up to ss. S. Gerardy reached on an error by 3b, advanced to
second. D. Heintz walked. A. Wershofen flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1
J. Kuriatnyk flied out to lf. M. Ramos-Gar singled. G. Werner grounded out
to 3b, SAC; M. Ramos-Gar advanced to second. M. Nichols struck out, out at
first c to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
C. Haug struck out. K. Rigazio grounded out to ss. T. McCoy grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
P. Hill struck out. S. McMullen singled. C. Dusel flied out to lf. T.
Lemke grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
D. Lentz popped up to 2b. J. Eberhardt struck out. A. Hemker walked. S.
Gerardy singled; A. Hemker advanced to third. D. Heintz reached on an error
by ss; S. Gerardy advanced to third; A. Hemker scored, unearned. D. Heintz
advanced to second on an error by p, failed pickoff attempt; S. Gerardy
scored, unearned. A. Wershofen singled; D. Heintz advanced to third. C.
Haug doubled, 2 RBI; A. Wershofen scored, unearned; D. Heintz scored,
unearned. C. Haug advanced to third on a wild pitch. K. Rigazio walked; C.
Haug scored on a passed ball, unearned. T. McCoy walked; K. Rigazio
advanced to second. D. Holloway pinch ran for T. McCoy. D. Lentz struck
T. McCoy to p for D. Holloway. N. Moraza struck out. J. Kuriatnyk singled.
M. Ramos-Gar singled, advanced to second; J. Kuriatnyk advanced to third.
G. Werner grounded out to ss, RBI; M. Ramos-Gar advanced to third; J.
Kuriatnyk scored. M. Nichols doubled, RBI; M. Ramos-Gar scored. P. Hill
grounded out to p. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
J. Eberhardt reached on an error by ss. A. Hemker flied out to cf. J.
Eberhardt out at first p to 1b, picked off. S. Gerardy doubled. D. Heintz
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
S. McMullen struck out. C. Dusel grounded out to ss. T. Lemke struck out.
A. Wershofen singled. A. Wershofen out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.
C. Haug grounded out to 2b. K. Rigazio walked. T. McCoy walked; K. Rigazio
advanced to second. D. Holloway pinch ran for T. McCoy. T. Galvin pinch
hit for D. Lentz. T. Galvin struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
T. McCoy to p for D. Holloway. D. Lentz to 3b for T. Galvin. N. Moraza
singled. J. Kuriatnyk singled; N. Moraza advanced to third. M. Ramos-Gar
grounded out to ss; J. Kuriatnyk advanced to second. G. Werner singled, 2
RBI; J. Kuriatnyk scored; N. Moraza scored. M. Nichols reached on an error
by 2b; G. Werner advanced to third. P. Hill grounded into double play 1b
unassisted; M. Nichols out on the play. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
A. McHugh pinch hit for J. Eberhardt. A. McHugh hit by pitch. A. Schmitt
pinch ran for A. McHugh. A. Hemker singled; A. Schmitt advanced to second.
S. Gerardy reached on a fielder's choice; A. Hemker out at second 2b to ss;
A. Schmitt advanced to third. S. Gerardy out at first p to 1b, picked off.
D. Heintz singled, RBI; A. Schmitt scored. A. Wershofen singled; D. Heintz
advanced to second. C. Haug walked; A. Wershofen advanced to second; D.
Heintz advanced to third. K. Rigazio reached on a fielder's choice; C. Haug
advanced to second; A. Wershofen advanced to third; D. Heintz out at third
3b unassisted. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
J. Eberhardt to 1b for A. Schmitt. S. McMullen walked. C. Dusel struck
out. T. Lemke singled; S. McMullen advanced to second. P. Maino pinch hit
for N. Moraza. P. Maino grounded into double play 3b to 1b; S. McMullen out
on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
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A Word from the Wibbitz Editors
How to Give Your Entertainment News Videos the Star Treatment
By Tal Newman | Jan 18, 2017
Wibbitz’s in-house editorial team creates daily Top Story news videos using our text-to-video Studio platform. In her guest post, Wibbitz Editor Tal tells us how to create A-list videos for entertainment news stories.
Thanks to social media platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter, celebrities are on display more than ever before – and are providing an endless amount of celebrity gossip and entertainment news for publishers to cover. And now that it’s awards season, the entertainment news world is in full swing, with nominations and winners, scandals and reactions that audiences want to know about. So what’s the best way to tell these star-studded stories? Video, of course. Video creates an immersive experience for entertainment news audiences– it gives them a taste of the red carpet themselves, and a chance to share emotions and experiences with their favorite celebrities.
In this post, I’ve broken down the best practices used by the Wibbitz editorial team to cover entertainment news during its busiest season (and all other seasons, for that matter!) with glamorous and exciting videos that emulate the stars themselves.
Planned Events: Cover all the angles
When major events like the Oscars, Fashion Week, and Coachella are on the public’s radar, audiences will want the inside scoop. We make sure that video coverage is planned in our editorial calendar for announcements and expectations leading up to the event, highlights during the event, and reactions following to make sure audiences are getting the full experience. It’s also important to use the most relevant media footage. If we’re talking about a movie, there’s nothing better than seeing parts of it. If we’re recapping an awards show, then we’ll feature the Tweets and Instagram posts. Here are some great examples of our Golden Globes video coverage before and after the event:
What to Look Out For at the 2017 Golden Globes
‘La La Land’ is the Biggest Winner at 2017 Golden Globes
Breaking News: Spill the juciest beans
Once our editorial calendar is fully prepped for major event video coverage, it’s much easier to react to unexpected news stories – which tend to happen a good amount in the unpredictable world of celebrity gossip and culture. As soon as a new story breaks, it’s important to inform audiences as soon as possible with the most essential (and accurate) facts, and relay the news through short, quick, to-the-point videos. Then, we will create follow-up videos that dive deeper into the story. Watch these Top Story videos that I created in the Wibbitz Studio – the first, within minutes of Debbie Reynolds’s tragic passing, and the second, once more information and media footage became available:
Debbie Reynolds Passes Away at 84
Joint Funeral Will Be Held to Honor Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher
Make ’em sound good:
The sound in an entertainment news video is very important since it sets the tone of the story, and makes the viewer feel involved and engaged. For the same reason, it’s just as important to include original soundbites from interviews, speeches, etc. Studio makes it easy to add sound to each story, according to the mood that we would like to emulate. Check out how I used the Studio’s New Model music to give this Top Story video the red carpet treatment it deserves:
10 Best Dressed Celebrities on the Golden Globes 2017 Red Carpet
… but make ’em look better:
Since most stars these days can be found on social media platforms, the same is true for their fans – it’s possible that your video’s sound may be on mute for most of your target audience. It’s important to make sure that your video grabs their attention with or without sound by implementing dynamic transitions, colorful text styles, and user-friendly design. We try to change up the look of each video (while still sticking to brand requirements) by using different styles for quotes, titles, descriptions, and adding highlights to important keywords. When it comes to entertainment news videos, I tend to throw on the Studio’s Dynamic Theme, which automatically packages videos with fun and flashy graphics reminiscent of a celebrity gossip magazine cover. For the following video, however, I used the Minimal Theme to take a more simple and sleek design approach… because for stories like these, #nofilter is needed.
Selena Gomez is Wearing Just A Thong in her Latest Sexy Selfie
Tal Newman
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Farsi love
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun The modern form of the Persian language, especially the western dialect of Persian that is the national language of Iran.
proper noun proscribed The standard Persian language; national language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
noun the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms
noun a person of Iranian descent
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Persian fārsī, of Persia, alteration (influenced by Arabic Fāris, Persia) of pārsī, from Middle Persian pārsīg.]
Apparently first used widely in English in the late 1960s or early 1970s. From Persian فارسی (fârsi), from Fars, the Arabic name for the province of Persis (“Pars”) in southwestern Iran (Arabic lacks the sound ‘p’). That name was adopted by the Arabs and Persians to refer to the Persian language after the Islamic invasions of the 7th century.
Huckabee in Farsi translates to "Ahmadinejad", and I believe Romney translates to "Camel boy".
Huckabee wins Values Voter's 2012 straw poll
The term Farsi is also used by the Hindus to signify foreign or non-Aryan languages like Gondi.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
The Persian dialect spoken in Afghanistan has been referred to as Dari since the 1950s in accordance with Afghan state policy, although the term Farsi is still often employed domestically and in outsiders 'references to Afghan Persian. back
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier
Also, Mousavi has written a letter (in Farsi) to the Iranian security council saying that personnel from the Ahmadinejad-loyalist Basij militia are doffing their uniforms and attacking innocent people in the streets.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
It is a hoax, as Mousavi's official Facebook acknowledges today (in Farsi).
Volunteers for Republican Meg Whitman's campaign for California governor are calling voters in Farsi, Korean and two Chinese dialects.
Whitman Banks on Big Ground Game
Reader YS shared this news story (in Farsi) with us.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18)
Emailer Walt sends a link to this site, which is claiming (in Farsi) that she saw half a dozen hit by gunfire.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15)
The poster, writing in Farsi, sarcastically says Ahmadinejad is displaying his English fluency:
BBC Persia is streaming live, in Farsi, here (thanks to Chas and Ilya).
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Prof.Fujii arrived back from France
Activity Reportsおすすめ Dec 13 2018
Visit to Aix-Marseille University for collaboration with professor Christophe Jouvet 2018.10.31-2018.11.8
I visited the laboratory of professor Christophe Jouvet in Laboratoire de Physique Des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires Aix-Marseille University from October 31st to November 8th, 2018 by the support of WRHI. Prof. Jouvet and I are long-term collaborators over 30 years. I met Christophe for the first time when I visited the Université Paris Sud on my way back from the Gordon Research Conference in île d’Oléron in France during my stay in Cornell University. Later, Mitsuo Ito’s laboratory that I was a research associate started collaboration with Laboratoire de photophysique moléculaire du CNRS where Christophe was a researcher, and had chance to work together on spectroscopy of molecular clusters. Since I moved to Institute for Molecular Science, a national research institute in Okazaki via Waseda University, our contact was less frequent, but was restated again when my group studied the excited state hydrogen transfer in phenol-ammonia clusters.
Christophe’s laser laboratory.
Originally people believed that aromatic acids such as phenol changes to strong acid and release a proton (excited state proton transfer) when it is photoexcited. By this reason, phenol, naphthol and related molecules are called “photoacid”. Christophe started to revise this understanding from proton transfer to a neutral hydrogen atom transfer (Excited State Hydrogen Transfer) at the end of 20’s century. Our group provided the definite evidence of excited state hydrogen transfer for the first time and Christophe’s ESHT was established. The establishment of ESHT is “Paradigm Shift” in photochemistry and many photochemical processes including photoprotection mechanism of biomolecules have been interpreted by ESHT. This triggers further collaborations between our group and Christophe, and we have been publishing 13 collaboration papers until now. The purpose of my visit is tight collaboration with Christophe to cowrite the 14th collaboration paper. Topics is EHST in trimer of phenol and two ammonia molecules. Time-resolved experiments has done in TokyoTech and theoretical calculations have been performed by Christophe. We have found double exponential time-evolution of the reaction products which has not been found any other molecular system that has ESHT reaction. In this visit, finally we concluded the two reaction pathways and contribution of triplet reactive electronic states. The contribution of the triplet state is found for the first time in ESHT and I wrote the most of this paper by our conclusion. If you are interested in further scientific part of the collaboration, please read the collaboration paper which will be submitted soon, or contact me.
Marseille is a famous city for sea foods. After finishing discussions on Friday, Christophe took me to a seafood restaurant in the downtown harbor area. The restaurant was operated by a fish store and everyone select the sea foods directly in their stock and enjoyed them with wines. We selected a big plate of oysters and clubs with a bottle of dry white wine, and fully enjoyed fresh sea foods and nice discussion on the collaboration over wine glasses. This was very good refreshments and we got more power on the collaboration.
Friday night, with Christophe at a seafood restaurant.
Finally, I deeply appreciate WRHI and professors Koyama and Azuma for the kind support for the collaboration visit. I believe this direct face-to-face contact enhances more close relation and long-term international collaboration.
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Brothers, Fernando (born 1961) and Humberto (born 1953) founded Estudio Campana in 1983 and quickly established their voice in the contemporary design world for their use of untraditional materials. Exploring ideas of transformation and reinvention, the Campanas create intriguing forms using scraps of cloth and wood, plastic tubing, wires and stuffed animals. The Campanas have worked with a number of manufacturers including Alessi, Baccarat, Edra, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Magis and Venini, to name a few. In 2008 the brothers won Designer of the Year in Miami, in 2013 they were listed among the top 100 most influential Brazilian personalities by Forbes magazine and in 2014 Wallpaper* listed them among the top 100 major players in design. Special editions pieces by the Campanas can be found in the permanent collections of museums around the world including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Musée Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo.
Auction Results Fernando and Humberto Campana
Sushi sofa
estimate: $40,000–60,000
result: $56,250
Anhanguera sofa from the Brazilian Baroque Collection
Panda Banquette chair
Shark and Dolphin chair
Banquete chair
Multidão chair
Alligator Banquete in Leather
Multidão chair
Harumaki chair from the Sushi series
estimate: $8,000–10,000
set of twelve Zig Zag chairs from L'est Parisien
estimate: $6,000–8,000
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Gridlock Guy: Remembering WSB’s Pete Combs and the I-85 plane landing
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By: Doug Turnbull For the AJC
Published: December 29 2019 12:00 AM
The 95.5 WSB family suffered a big loss on Dec. 12, when iconic reporter Pete Combs lost his short battle with bone and lung cancer. Combs worked two stints with WSB between 2006 and 2019, covering national stories for CBS Radio and ABC Radio, along with the local beat in Atlanta.
When the AJC’s breaking-news team started working from our radio newsroom, Combs and beat writer Kristi Swartz worked in back-to-back cubicles.
“We clicked from the start. I mean, he had this energy and enthusiasm that were just infectious,” Swartz, who now writes about utilities and energy for EnergyWire.com, said.
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Early into this collaboration, they began working stories together. The Sept. 20, 2010, emergency plane landing on I-85 one will go down as one of the most memorable and odd.
“It was pretty calm out there and there was some scanner chatter,” Swartz recalled. Combs was closer to that police scanner than her and heard the first reports that DeKalb County 911 received about a plane possibly going down on I-85.
Combs and Swartz wasted no time, though Swartz admitted she needed a minute to process what Combs had just heard.
“We both looked at each other and he said, ‘You wanna go?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’”
They checked in with their bosses and then hit the road, obstacles be damned.
“We were getting closer — we could see the plane from the other side of the highway. And Pete’s driving and I’m in the passenger seat and we are just talking a mile a minute.”
Their station vehicle was traveling a bit faster than 60 mph, however, as they approached the Shallowford Road exit off of I-85/northbound.
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“Both of us had our heads turned to the left, so we are looking across the highway and we can see the plane.” Swartz said. Their attention to the plane and their speed almost sent them into stopped traffic on the exit ramp. “He looks at me and goes, ‘You look, I’ll drive.’”
Their urgency in leaving WSB’s and AJC’s Midtown offices meant they got to pull up right next to the plane.
At just before 5 p.m., a Piper aircraft scraped to a stop in the three left lanes on I-85/southbound about one mile south of Shallowford. It didn’t crash, hit zero cars, and the pilot even posed with a thumbs-up after officials got him safely from the plane. It was a miracle. Had he been forced to land on the busier northbound side, the plane very likely could have hit vehicles and made the landing far more infamous.
The late Captain Herb Emory relayed the first reports the WSB Traffic Team received of this landing.
“We’ve got four left lanes blocked on I-85/southbound between Shallowford Road and Clairmont Road in DeKalb County,” Emory bellowed during the opening of the 5 p.m. newscast on 95.5 WSB (WSB had just begun simulcasting on 95.5 FM the month prior). Emory then pitched to former WSB Skyplane reporter Kim McCarthy, who circled above the melee.
“There are a lot of emergency vehicles on the scene. It doesn’t look like the plane is damaged too badly,” McCarthy calmly reported. “There is no fire at this time — only southbound traffic is affected. Traffic is slow back to Shallowford Road, Captain.”
As I worked from the WSB 24-Hour Traffic Center on the ground, relaying what information I could to Emory and McCarthy, they worked hard to assure everyone that this improper plane-interstate connection was not nearly as bad as it sounded. Once Combs and Swartz arrived, they got right up close and did just the same.
At 5:11 p.m., Combs described to WSB news anchor Chris Chandler just what he saw.
“Right now, I’m looking directly at this Piper Saratoga, a single-engine, high-performance airplane, red and white, with gold stripes on it.” Combs was an aviation wonk, even hosting a podcast, “The Human Factor: Tales from the Flight Deck.”
Swartz was impressed that Combs knew to take down the tail number of the aircraft, so they could easily look up flight information. And Combs’ knowledge of planes made for a richer dispatch to WSB’s listeners. “I think (calling this) landing is probably pretty charitable,” Combs’ adrenaline rang. “It looks like (the pilot) had some gear down landing on touchdown here and that maybe another problem actually brought him onto the highway.”
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Combs continued, “There appears to be no fire. The pilot is out and appears to be talking to fire officials right now. The propeller of this plane is bent, so it was moving as the airplane struck the ground. One of the tires on the main landing gear is flat, the nose gear doesn’t appear to have deployed at all.”
Combs was obviously just seeing and gathering some facts as he talked, a talent that few can pull off well. His snap judgments throughout his coverage of this strange news story astonished, educated, and reassured the listening audience.
Crews eventually towed the wounded Piper down the I-85/southbound exit to Clairmont Road and then north to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. The scene’s diminuendo was very much like that of a car crash scene: tow and go. The delays could have been much worse and the closure much longer.
Swartz said she was always so amazed with one particular trait of Combs’ and those like him: “The amazing ability to boil something down to 30 seconds or 20 seconds and then he would paint a picture.”
Swartz said that even though she saw the same things Combs saw up close, she could close her eyes and listen to his reports and see them just the same way.
Much like the vicious whiplash of the news cycle, Combs’ battle with cancer came like a blind left hook and knocked him into hospice care almost before any of us really got to process that he was in such shape. His war with the disease, though, ended much as the I-85 plane scene did: peacefully and mostly painlessly for him.
Many who worked alongside him, including myself, have described him as a “reporter’s reporter,” always thirsting to get as close to a story as quickly as possible. He once asked me for any NASCAR aviation connections to try to bum a ride to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. He always found a way.
To Combs’ widow, Karen, son Daniel, and the rest of his family and close friends: thanks for sharing him with us and with the many listeners his unmistakable voice graced all over the United States. The Atlanta motoring public needed that calming baritone on that hot Monday evening over nine years ago and many more times of crisis. Godspeed.
Doug Turnbull, the PM drive Skycopter anchor for Triple Team Traffic on 95.5 WSB, is the Gridlock Guy. He also writes a traffic blog and hosts a podcast with Smilin’ Mark McKay on wsbradio.com. Contact him at Doug.Turnbull@cmg.com.
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No subpoena: Bolton declines to appear for impeachment inquiry
Former national security adviser John Bolton failed to show up for an interview with impeachment investigators Thursday, making it unlikely that he will provide any testimony to the House about President Donald Trump’s handling of Ukraine.
No subpoena: Bolton declines to appear for impeachment inquiry Former national security adviser John Bolton failed to show up for an interview with impeachment investigators Thursday, making it unlikely that he will provide any testimony to the House about President Donald Trump’s handling of Ukraine. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2019/11/07/subpoena-bolton-declines-appear-impeachment-inquiry/40567705/
Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press Published 9:11 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2019
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton failed to show up for an interview with impeachment investigators Thursday, making it unlikely that he will provide any testimony to the House about President Donald Trump’s handling of Ukraine.
An attorney for Bolton, Charles Cooper, said his client had not received a subpoena. Cooper had previously said Bolton wouldn’t appear without one.
A House intelligence committee official said the panel has no interest in engaging in a drawn-out court fight over a subpoena for Bolton and will simply add the White House’s instructions against testifying as evidence of the president’s obstruction of Congress. The person wasn’t authorized to discuss the situation publicly and was granted anonymity.
Even as Bolton was a no-show, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence came to the Capitol to speak with impeachment investigators .
Jennifer Williams, a career foreign service officer detailed to Pence’s office from the State Department, was subpoenaed to appear. She is one of several White House aides who were listening in on a July phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Trump asked the new leader to investigate Democrats, according to an administration official who requested anonymity to discuss the conversation.
That call is at the center of the impeachment probe.
Speaking to reporters in New Hampshire, Pence stood by Trump and said if Americans read the administration’s rough transcript of the call they will find “there was no quid pro quo, the president did nothing wrong.”
Pence called the impeachment inquiry a “disgrace.”
Investigators are wrapping up the private interviews as they prepare to start public hearings next week. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced Wednesday that three State Department witnesses will appear in two hearings next Wednesday and Friday: top Ukraine diplomat William Taylor, career department official George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Yovanovitch was ousted in May on Trump’s orders and Taylor replaced her; both have testified about their concerns with the administration’s policy on Ukraine.
13 on slate to testify: Democrats scheduled 13 witnesses to testify behind closed doors this week, but so far only Williams and another State Department employee, David Hale, have shown up. Trump has directed his employees not to cooperate with the probe.
In addition to Bolton, Democrats had requested interviews from two other high-level Trump administration witnesses, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Perry did not show up for his Wednesday interview and Mulvaney was not expected to appear for his scheduled deposition on Friday.
Still, Democrats have indicated they think they already have ample testimony about Trump’s conduct on Ukraine. A slew of current and former officials from the State Department and White House have appeared and largely corroborated the same narrative – that Trump had delegated his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to guide U.S.-Ukraine policy and that the two men were focused on pressuring Ukraine as the administration withheld military aid from the country.
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Are Republicans Caving On The 2nd Amendment?
Ben Dorr February 27, 2018 Latest News, State Legislation 0
Republican politicians are starting to cave to gun grabbers.
It was only a matter of time before the pressure to “do something” got to them.
Our insiders tell us gun grabbers are now making a hard push for “Universal Background Checks” and Republicans may be considering their proposal — we’ll tell you how to help stop them in just a second.
No matter the shooting, and no matter the location, gun grabbers from Diane Feinstein to Nancy Pelosi immediately call for stricter gun laws.
Within seconds of a mass shooting, their calls for gun control spread through fake news media across the country.
The Florida tragedy is no different.
But this time they are using students to perpetuate their propaganda lines, and encouraging students to protest against your gun rights.
Fear. Anger. Confusion.
Emotion is the greatest tool our enemies have, and they are using it at an alarming rate.
Facts don’t matter to Michael Bloomberg and his cronies from Moms Demand Action.
And now, according to recent reports, it appears that Republicans are beginning to cave to this fearmongering and are setting aside logic that has kept infringements at bay.
Even President Trump has signaled a willingness to expand background checks, ban “rate increasing devices” and raise the age limit to purchase a rifle to 21.
Senator Marco Rubio also expressed a willingness to cave to gun grabbers at a recent CNN townhall in which he said he would support raising the age limit to buy a rifle to 21.
And there are many other Republicans who are beginning to cave, such as Senator Flake and Congressman Gowdy.
What we must do is stand against these infringements, no matter who proposes them or what party they belong to.
We can no longer rely on Republican “promises” to defend the 2nd Amendment.
You must presume that many of them are just as willing to cave on your gun rights as the Democrats are.
After all, they have failed to act on National Reciprocity and the Suppressor Bill that have been languishing on the desks of Senator Mitch McConnel and Speaker Paul Ryan, respectively.
And right here in Madison, they have failed to move on Constitutional Carry since September of 2017.
Is this the best representation that gun owners can get?
Rather than moving on pro-gun measures, we are beating back anti-2nd Amendment proposals from both sides.
The reality is, none of the proposals from Bloomberg and his minions will stop these violent acts, and you can be sure that the proposals they have are just the beginning.
Just what do gun grabbers want, which they claim will solve or reduce gun violence?
Current proposals before Congress include, but are not limited to:
“Banning Assault Weapons.”
“Banning High-capacity Magazines.”
“Nationwide Universal Background Checks.”
“Raise the age limit for rifle purchases to 21.”
Even in Wisconsin we have state level proposals for useless “common sense” gun legislation:
>>> A statewide so-called “Assault Weapons” ban (S.B. 350).
This draconian legislation has 7 cosigners and its aim is to outlaw any semi-automatic rifle, shotgun or pistol with a detachable magazine and any other “scary” feature.
That could include something as simple as a thumbhole stock or muzzle brake, which are common on many modern hunting rifles.
Not only that, but this bill would effectively cover all AR-style rifles, tactical shotguns, and any semi-automatic pistols with magazines holding more than seven rounds.
>>> So-called “Universal Background Checks” (S.B. 34).
This radical anti-gun attack currently has 27 combined cosigners and is nothing more than code for STATEWIDE GUN REGISTRATION. There’s no way such a scheme can be enforced without tracking every gun and gun owner in the state!
And as you and I both know, registration is just the first step toward outright CONFISCATION.
>>> A so-called “Bump Stock” Ban(H.B. 616).
Perhaps one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation, because this bill could potentially ban semi-automatic firearms.
The legislation currently contains over 40 cosponsors between the Assembly and Senate.
The truth is, gun grabbers will settle for nothing less than full confiscation of your firearms, and a complete repeal of the 2nd Amendment.
That’s why we can’t rest.
Our activism is the only thing stopping gun grabbers from running over our 2nd Amendment rights.
We must be the brick wall that stops them.
With members of the Wisconsin Legislature rejuvenating their push for “Universal Background Checks” in the wake of the Florida shooting — we need you to act right away!
We must leave no doubt that despite Republicans controlling both chambers in Madison, we will not relent to gun grabbers, and they must not do it either.
First, sign the petition to stop S.B. 34, “Universal Background Checks” by signing the petition today!
Then, be sure to follow our efforts to stop gun control in Madison by “Liking” our Facebook Page right away!
Finally, our gun rights are under perhaps no greater jeopardy than they are right now, and we need more gun owners involved.
Please consider a generous donation of $100, $50, or $25 today to help us mobilize gun owners from all over Wisconsin!
With weak-kneed politicians from both parties coming after your gun rights, it’s time to stand our ground!
Act now before it’s too late!
Greg Pruett
P.S. With Republican lawmakers caving across the country, and giving gun grabbers some hope of gun control, we need your activism now more than ever.
Bloomberg and his minions from Moms Demand Action have launched an all out assault on your gun rights.
They aren’t going to stop until they have repealed the 2nd Amendment.
That starts right here in Wisconsin with their “Universal Background Checks,” which is nothing more than statewide gun registration.
Sign the petition today to oppose this measure (S.B. 34) and send a message loud and clear that we won’t accept any more infringements.
Finally, please chip in $100, $50, or $25 today to help us mobilize gun owners against this atrocious piece of legislation!
Read My Letter To President Trump!
Assault Weapons Ban Gaining Ground!
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Will sing for their supper (maybe): Blizzard leaves robins out in the cold and hungry
The April blizzard has buried or delayed spring food sources for robins and other wildlife. What you can do to help them out.
Will sing for their supper (maybe): Blizzard leaves robins out in the cold and hungry The April blizzard has buried or delayed spring food sources for robins and other wildlife. What you can do to help them out. Check out this story on wisfarmer.com: https://gbpg.net/2H8aWKk
, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 1:36 p.m. CT April 17, 2018 | Updated 12:55 p.m. CT April 18, 2018
You win, Winter Storm Evelyn! | April 14 photos
Bryce Rosenau, 13, left, makes a snow fort with his brother Blake, 10, and sister Elise, 15, right, during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
A pair of mallard ducks take flight from a flooded farm field Saturday April 14, 2018 during a massive spring storm system that left northern Fond du Lac and southern Winnebago Counties covered in ice. Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
A mail carrier delivers mail Saturday April 14, 2018 on Nekimi Avenue in Winnebago County next to a pile of branches that were ripped off a tree from a massive spring storm system that left northern Fond du Lac and southern Winnebago Counties covered in ice. Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
A massive spring storm system left northern Fond du Lac and southern Winnebago Counties covered in ice Saturday April 14, 2018. Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Ice, wind and wet grounds led to this tree falling over Saturday April 14, 2018 on Country Club Road in Winnebago County. A massive spring storm system left northern Fond du Lac and southern Winnebago Counties covered in ice. Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Mike Hyne of Appleton uses a snowblower to clear his sidewalk and driveway during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Rick Giese of Appleton digs out of the snow during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Steve Ballard snowblows his driveway during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Shayla Arentz, left, Alaina Foster and Kassidy Mauel, right, collaborate to dig Alaina's car out of the snow after she got stuck during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Faith, 2, Schreiner plays in the snow as her mother Kelly shovels the walkway during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Cheryl Kolosso and her husband Dave collaborate to clear heavy snow at their home during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Leslie Coburn, left, and her mother Kayleen Coburn remove heavy snow from their driveway during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Anna Arentz braves blowing winds and slippery conditions to make her way towards a driver stuck in the snow during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Ranzo Sarli digs out his car from heavy snow in Appleton last weekend. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Lee Arndt of Appleton uses a snowblower to clear his neighbors' driveway during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Dave Voigt makes an adjustment on his snowblower as he clears snow from his driveway during a snowstorm Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Appleton, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis
Waves crash against a breakwall along the Lake Michigan shoreline during winter storm Evelyn Saturday, Apr. 14, 2018, in Manitowoc, Wis. Josh Clark/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Joshua Clark, Josh Clark/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
A car is shown having spun out and stuck on Main Street during a strong winter storm Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Bellevue, Wis. Jim Matthews/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
A motorist gets out to shovel his trapped van free from the snow on Klaus Street Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis. Jim Matthews/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
High water is pushing into the ramp areas at the mouth of the Fox River Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis. High north winds are pushing bay of Green Bay water and ice floes into the river raising water levels. Jim Matthews/USA TODAY NETWORK-W
Neighbors along Day Street try unsuccessfully to push a van free of the heavy snow clogging the side street Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis. Jim Matthews/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Residents across northeast Wisconsin are starting to dig out of a heavy winter storm Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis. Jim Matthews/USA TODAY NETWORK-W
Heavy wet snow is the task of the day as a worker clears snow from in front of Pizza Ranch on Main Street Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis. Jim Matthews/USA TODAY NETWORK-W
Strong winds whip the waves of Lake Michigan against the Sheboygan lighthouse, Saturday April 14, 2018, in Sheboygan, Wis. According to the National Weather Service, winds hit 52 mph at Sheboygan Memorial Airport near Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Gary C. Klein/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Winter weather slams the state and Fox Cities for another round of rain, ice and snow Saturday in Appleton. Ron Page/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Winter weather slams the state and Fox Cities for another round of rain, ice and snow Saturday in Appleton. Ron Page/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisco
John Victor clears a walk on Superior St., as winter weather slams the state and Fox Cities for another round of rain, ice and snow Saturday in Appleton. Ron Page/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
A robin perches on a shrub outside City Hall in downtown Green Bay on Tuesday. With many winter berries gone and no sign of earthworms anytime soon, the birds are looking for food sources after the blizzard.(Photo: Adam Wesley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wi, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
GREEN BAY - If you thought you’ve had tough sledding after the blizzard, try being a robin.
Two feet of snow in mid-April, high temperatures in the 30s and not so much as a worm in sight. Would you feel like singing?
Last weekend's record-setting blizzard has left robins and other migrating birds wondering if they punched the wrong ticket on their return flight to Wisconsin.
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary has been getting many calls from residents who are concerned about robins struggling with the deep snow cover. It’s a challenge for the birds and other wildlife to find food in these conditions, said Mike Reed, executive director at Bay Beach.
“It is the timing of it that makes it especially difficult for the birds. and some other animals, too,” he said. “Deer are really hurting right now, too.”
While some robins overwinter in northeastern Wisconsin, surviving on fruits and berries, most go south. When they return in spring, the majority of berries are gone and insects and earthworms become their diet — unless they're buried beneath deep snow.
Robins don’t eat seed, so Bay Beach animal curator Lori Bankson recommends putting out dried mealworms, berries or suet. She also encourages collecting brush or using a lean-to to give them protection from the wind, and shoveling an area free of snow.
“That will be a magnet for these birds to come in and seek refuge,” Reed said. “They’re looking for bare pieces of ground.”
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Other early migrants, such as hermit thrushes, would also appreciate mealworms, berries and raisins, Reed said. He’s concerned about the tree swallows and purple martins that will be returning next week and won’t yet find insects available.
Filling up feeders will help other birds looking for food at this time of year. Squirrels, by their nature, will find a way to seize the opportunity, too.
“If you’re feeding the birds, you’re probably also feeding the squirrels,” Reed said.
Robins don't eat seed, but they would appreciate dried mealworms, berries or suet. (Photo: Adam Wesley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wi, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
With deer, their metabolism begins to transition in March from slower in winter to faster in spring. As a result, they burn more calories. It normally coincides with the snow melting, habitat greening up and more food sources, but this spring has been anything but normal.
“All their food got buried, too, and their metabolism has increased, so it’s going to be especially tough for them,” Reed said.
While supplemental feeding will help wildlife until the real spring decides to show up, Reed encourages people to consider longer-term help by planting bushes and shrubs that are known for holding their fruit longer into the winter, including such native plants as sumac, highbrush cranberry and bittersweet.
Any injured robins or other birds can be brought to the sanctuary’s animal care center, 1660 E. Shore Drive. Call (920) 391-3685 with questions.
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Tagged: linear combination
Problem 4. Let
\[\mathbf{a}_1=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}, \mathbf{a}_2=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}, \mathbf{b}=\begin{bmatrix}
a \\
Find all the values for $a$ so that the vector $\mathbf{b}$ is a linear combination of vectors $\mathbf{a}_1$ and $\mathbf{a}_2$.
Find the inverse matrix of
0 & 0 & 2 & 0 \\
0 &1 & 0 & 0 \\
1 & 0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}\] if it exists. If you think there is no inverse matrix of $A$, then give a reason.
Consider the system of linear equations
3x_1+2x_2&=1\\
5x_1+3x_2&=2.
(a) Find the coefficient matrix $A$ of the system.
(b) Find the inverse matrix of the coefficient matrix $A$.
(c) Using the inverse matrix of $A$, find the solution of the system.
(Linear Algebra Midterm Exam 1, the Ohio State University)
If Two Vectors Satisfy $A\mathbf{x}=0$ then Find Another Solution
Suppose that the vectors
\end{bmatrix}, \qquad \mathbf{v}_2=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}\] are a basis vectors for the null space of a $4\times 5$ matrix $A$. Find a vector $\mathbf{x}$ such that
\[\mathbf{x}\neq0, \quad \mathbf{x}\neq \mathbf{v}_1, \quad \mathbf{x}\neq \mathbf{v}_2,\] and
\[A\mathbf{x}=\mathbf{0}.\]
(Stanford University, Linear Algebra Exam Problem)
Compute Power of Matrix If Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Are Given
Let $A$ be a $3\times 3$ matrix. Suppose that $A$ has eigenvalues $2$ and $-1$, and suppose that $\mathbf{u}$ and $\mathbf{v}$ are eigenvectors corresponding to $2$ and $-1$, respectively, where
\[\mathbf{u}=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix} \text{ and } \mathbf{v}=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}.\] Then compute $A^5\mathbf{w}$, where
\[\mathbf{w}=\begin{bmatrix}
Linearly Dependent if and only if a Vector Can be Written as a Linear Combination of Remaining Vectors
Let $V$ be a vector space over a scalar field $K$.
Let $S=\{\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2, \dots, \mathbf{v}_n\}$ be the set of vectors in $V$, where $n \geq 2$.
Then prove that the set $S$ is linearly dependent if and only if at least one of the vectors in $S$ can be written as a linear combination of remaining vectors in $S$.
Linear Transformation to 1-Dimensional Vector Space and Its Kernel
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Let $T:\R^n \to \R$ be a non-zero linear transformation.
Prove the followings.
(a) The nullity of $T$ is $n-1$. That is, the dimension of the nullspace of $T$ is $n-1$.
(b) Let $B=\{\mathbf{v}_1, \cdots, \mathbf{v}_{n-1}\}$ be a basis of the nullspace $\calN(T)$ of $T$.
Let $\mathbf{w}$ be the $n$-dimensional vector that is not in $\calN(T)$. Then
\[B’=\{\mathbf{v}_1, \cdots, \mathbf{v}_{n-1}, \mathbf{w}\}\] is a basis of $\R^n$.
(c) Each vector $\mathbf{u}\in \R^n$ can be expressed as
\[\mathbf{u}=\mathbf{v}+\frac{T(\mathbf{u})}{T(\mathbf{w})}\mathbf{w}\] for some vector $\mathbf{v}\in \calN(T)$.
Determine linear transformation using matrix representation
Let $T$ be the linear transformation from the $3$-dimensional vector space $\R^3$ to $\R^3$ itself satisfying the following relations.
T\left(\, \begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix} \,\right)
=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}, \qquad T\left(\, \begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix} \, \right) =
\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}, \qquad
T \left( \, \begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix} \, \right)=
\end{bmatrix}.
Then for any vector
\[\mathbf{x}=\begin{bmatrix}
x \\
y \\
\end{bmatrix}\in \R^3,\] find the formula for $T(\mathbf{x})$.
Find a Condition that a Vector be a Linear Combination
b \\
\end{bmatrix}.\] Find the necessary and sufficient condition so that the vector $\mathbf{v}$ is a linear combination of the vectors $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$.
Express a Vector as a Linear Combination of Given Three Vectors
13 \\
\end{bmatrix}.\] Express the vector $\mathbf{b}$ as a linear combination of the vector $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2, \mathbf{v}_3$.
(The Ohio State University, Linear Algebra Midterm Exam Problem)
The Subset Consisting of the Zero Vector is a Subspace and its Dimension is Zero
Let $V$ be a subset of the vector space $\R^n$ consisting only of the zero vector of $\R^n$. Namely $V=\{\mathbf{0}\}$.
Then prove that $V$ is a subspace of $\R^n$.
Linearly Independent vectors $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$ and Linearly Independent Vectors $A\mathbf{v}_1, A\mathbf{v}_2$ for a Nonsingular Matrix
Let $\mathbf{v}_1$ and $\mathbf{v}_2$ be $2$-dimensional vectors and let $A$ be a $2\times 2$ matrix.
(a) Show that if $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$ are linearly dependent vectors, then the vectors $A\mathbf{v}_1, A\mathbf{v}_2$ are also linearly dependent.
(b) If $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$ are linearly independent vectors, can we conclude that the vectors $A\mathbf{v}_1, A\mathbf{v}_2$ are also linearly independent?
(c) If $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$ are linearly independent vectors and $A$ is nonsingular, then show that the vectors $A\mathbf{v}_1, A\mathbf{v}_2$ are also linearly independent.
Dual Vector Space and Dual Basis, Some Equality
Let $V$ be a finite dimensional vector space over a field $k$ and let $V^*=\Hom(V, k)$ be the dual vector space of $V$.
Let $\{v_i\}_{i=1}^n$ be a basis of $V$ and let $\{v^i\}_{i=1}^n$ be the dual basis of $V^*$. Then prove that
\[x=\sum_{i=1}^nv^i(x)v_i\] for any vector $x\in V$.
Quiz 3. Condition that Vectors are Linearly Dependent/ Orthogonal Vectors are Linearly Independent
(a) For what value(s) of $a$ is the following set $S$ linearly dependent?
\[ S=\left \{\,\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix}
a^2 \\
\end{bmatrix} \, \right\}.\]
(b) Let $\{\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2, \mathbf{v}_3\}$ be a set of nonzero vectors in $\R^m$ such that the dot product
\[\mathbf{v}_i\cdot \mathbf{v}_j=0\] when $i\neq j$.
Prove that the set is linearly independent.
Determine Conditions on Scalars so that the Set of Vectors is Linearly Dependent
Determine conditions on the scalars $a, b$ so that the following set $S$ of vectors is linearly dependent.
S=\{\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2, \mathbf{v}_3\},
Determine Linearly Independent or Linearly Dependent. Express as a Linear Combination
Determine whether the following set of vectors is linearly independent or linearly dependent. If the set is linearly dependent, express one vector in the set as a linear combination of the others.
\[\left\{\, \begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix},
\end{bmatrix}\, \right\}.\]
Linear Combination of Eigenvectors is Not an Eigenvector
Suppose that $\lambda$ and $\mu$ are two distinct eigenvalues of a square matrix $A$ and let $\mathbf{x}$ and $\mathbf{y}$ be eigenvectors corresponding to $\lambda$ and $\mu$, respectively.
If $a$ and $b$ are nonzero numbers, then prove that $a \mathbf{x}+b\mathbf{y}$ is not an eigenvector of $A$ (corresponding to any eigenvalue of $A$).
Compute Determinant of a Matrix Using Linearly Independent Vectors
Let $A$ be a $3 \times 3$ matrix.
Let $\mathbf{x}, \mathbf{y}, \mathbf{z}$ are linearly independent $3$-dimensional vectors. Suppose that we have
\[A\mathbf{x}=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}, A\mathbf{y}=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}, A\mathbf{z}=\begin{bmatrix}
Then find the value of the determinant of the matrix $A$.
Given All Eigenvalues and Eigenspaces, Compute a Matrix Product
Let $C$ be a $4 \times 4$ matrix with all eigenvalues $\lambda=2, -1$ and eigensapces
\[E_2=\Span\left \{\quad \begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix} \quad\right \} \text{ and } E_{-1}=\Span\left \{ \quad\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix},\quad \begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix} \quad\right\}.\]
Calculate $C^4 \mathbf{u}$ for $\mathbf{u}=\begin{bmatrix}
\end{bmatrix}$ if possible. Explain why if it is not possible!
(The Ohio State University Linear Algebra Exam Problem)
Two Eigenvectors Corresponding to Distinct Eigenvalues are Linearly Independent
Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ matrix. Suppose that $\lambda_1, \lambda_2$ are distinct eigenvalues of the matrix $A$ and let $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$ be eigenvectors corresponding to $\lambda_1, \lambda_2$, respectively.
Show that the vectors $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$ are linearly independent.
Given Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues, Compute a Matrix Product (Stanford University Exam)
Find the Largest Prime Number Less than One Million.
Every Prime Ideal is Maximal if $a^n=a$ for any Element $a$ in the Commutative Ring
Condition that a Matrix is Similar to the Companion Matrix of its Characteristic Polynomial
Write a Vector as a Linear Combination of Three Vectors
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Zack Metcalfe
Conservation and Travel Journalist
Category: Birds
Prescribing Nature: Why Academics and Doctors Recommend the Pursuit of Wilderness
It was too cold even for insects, the glassy surface of Lake Superior faithfully reflecting a ruby sky as the sun rose over Pancake Bay Provincial Park, crisp beams of light cutting through the branches of old growth maple, birch, oak, spruce and pine. The mist burned away and birdsong swelled to fill the open chambers of this lakeside wood. I was alone.
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Piecing Together Island Ecology: PEI Strives to Protect 7 Per Cent of Province
In 2010, we Canadians committed to protecting 17 per cent of our lands and fresh water as part of a global push to mitigate mass extinction and climate change. This undertaking gained speed in recent months with February’s $1.3 billion federal budget promise to exactly this effort.
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Like Home, Except Bigger: The Many Faces of Gros Morne National Park
It took nothing short of a billion years to craft Gros Morne National Park, its mountainous conglomerations the result of ancient continents colliding and breaking apart, of ice ages and glaciers shaving away soil and carving out fjords, and of course human beings, our contribution at times destruction, regenerative, even humane. It’s a place steeped in grandeur, infusing an Atlantic Canadian humbleness with earthen majesty. It’s enough to stagger us modest Maritimers, and yet it feels like home, a conundrum with which I grappled this past July.
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Bird Trouble
The Migratory Bird Convention Act (MBCA) is a fine piece of legislation, stipulating in no uncertain terms than an exhaustive list of our native birds – chiefly those who come and go with the seasons – cannot be legally killed, nor their nests lawfully destroyed. It’s an emblem of protection for those species who face enough danger on their epic annual migration, more or less ensuring their safety within our borders. Yes, permits do exist for the killing of some listed birds, but these are typically for hunting waterfowl, and are never granted to industrial undertakings such as forestry.
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Repeating History
In 2008, Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources (now the Department of Lands and Forestry) set out to create The Path We Share, a natural resources strategy setting long term goals for our province’s forestry sector and its biodiversity, among other things. This document, released in 2011, attempted to strike a long sought balance between economic demand and ecological realities, and its formation had several steps.
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Posted on May 1, 2019 April 11, 2019
Legislation dedicated to the protection of species-at-risk is relatively new to Canada. Our federal Species-At-Risk Act (SARA), only came into force in 2002. Recognizing the need for complimentary legislation several provinces established their own, some after, like Ontario’s 2007 Endangered Species Act, and others before, like Nova Scotia’s 1999 Endangered Species Act, among the first in Canada. But, as the decades rolled by, these various acts have proven flimsy, while federal and provincial governments alike leave them unenforced.
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The Founding Principles of Point Pelee
Point Pelee has always been unique among Canada’s national parks. It was the first to be established for primarily conservation purposes in 1918, its importance to the migratory songbirds of North America made evident by local ornithologist Jack Miner and others. Because it jutted so far south into Lake Erie from southern Ontario, it offered birds flying north their first opportunity to make landfall in Canada, sharing unorthodox company on this 15 square kilometre spit of land for a few weeks before scattering across the Canadian north.
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Burning Forests
I never thought we’d be scraping the bottom of the barrel like this. While Nova Scotian forests once yielded European fleets and world class lumber, today they have been degraded so completely that, in our desperation to continue the roller-coaster ride of clearcut forestry, we’ve begun chopping down the scraps and torching them for electricity, a process known commonly as biomass.
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Your average North American can recognize 150 corporate logos without effort or preparation. Our evolutionary gifts for pattern recognition, once wielded by our ancestors to understand and embrace the complexities of nature, are now being clogged by companies from which we purchase the necessities. Most of us are incapable of missing a Tim Hortons on the highway, but are, by the same token, unable to name the vast majority of living things giving our world beauty and diversity.
Continue reading “What’s in a Name?”
To Block a Clearcut
Clearcutting, in my mind, represents everything that’s wrong with forestry past and present. Yes, there are nuances to this industry I will never fully grasp and the economic drivers involved are powerful, but through the lens of sustainability, clearcutting is absurd.
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Where Past Meets Present: Nova Scotian Living Museum Goes Solar
Solar Has Arrived: Renewable Power Within Reach of Most Islanders
Karen Beazley on The 13 Per Cent
Zack Metcalfe on The 13 Per Cent
Pam Miller on The 13 Per Cent
Alison MacGregor on Sports and the End of the World
Dorene Bernard on Written In Stone: Nova Scotian Geologist Unsure of Alton Gas
Alton Gas
Nature Trusts
Renewable Power
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49ers give likely starting center Kilgore 3-year extension – San Francisco Chronicle
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OT Kilgore Agrees To 3-Year Contract With SF 49ers – WJBD Online
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12th Fan View – Super Bowl XLVIII vs Denver Broncos – Seahawks.com
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San Francisco 49ers 2014 offseason preview – CBSSports.com
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With tensions rising, 2014 could be make-or-break for Jim Harbaugh – CNN
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No weak link in NFC West – ESPN
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Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam disputes San Francisco 49ers’ denial … – San Jose Mercury News
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Seahawks.comThe 49ers went 12-4 and lost the NFC Championship game to the Seahawks, but only when All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman deflected a pass in the end zone that linebacker Malcolm Smith intercepted on San Francisco’s…
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Jim Harbaugh nearly traded from 49ers to Browns, according to report – SI.com
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Why San Francisco Giants believe Michael Morse is worthwhile risk – San Jose Mercury News
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Cam Newton: I won’t hold out – ESPN
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5 Realistic Trade Scenarios for San Francisco 49ers to Pursue This Season – Bleacher Report
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NFL’s sun is rising in the NFC West – U-T San Diego
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Watch: ‘Proof’ that ‘fix was in’ for Seahawks’ NFC Championship Game victory – Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
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