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Balexco achieves renewal of ISO certification
MANAMA, September 16, 2015
Bahrain Aluminium Extrusion Company (Balexco) has been awarded a renewal of its ISO9001:2008 standard and Quality Management System by Bureau Veritas.
The renewal was achieved after a rigorous audit, of its operation and supporting departments, to confirm compliance to the requirements of the standard, said a statement from the company.
The renewal, which is valid through to September 2018, provides an assurance to customers and companies dealing with Balexco that its products and services being provided are in line with an internationally recognised standard for quality management, it said.
Jassim Mohd Seyadi, chief executive officer was presented with the renewal ISO9001:2008 certificate by Zulfiqar Haider, Bureau Veritas, country chief executive for Bahrain, it added. – TradeArabia News Service
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Links 10/10/2017: Plasma 5.11, GCC 5.5 Released
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Devices/Embedded
Free Software/Open Source
How To Protect Your Privacy On Linux
It’s easy to have a false sense of security, thinking that other operating system might be more targeted than Linux, but there are plenty of risks and vulnerabilities for all types of Linux devices. Keep your guard up regardless of your OS.
What is Linux? It’s a free operating system you may already use without knowing
As with any operating system, there are pluses and minuses when using a Linux distribution. The big benefit is that Linux-based distributions are more secure because hackers generally target Windows-based PCs. They’re also typically not running excessive processes in the background, so the platform feels responsive, and programs experience better performance.
Then again, you won’t see the very latest hardware immediately supported by Linux-based distributions, given that manufacturers mostly focus on Windows and MacOS platforms first. Plus, finding answers to your problems will take more investigative work than usual. So unless you purchase a device with a Linux distribution already installed, the only technical help you’ll receive will be through the Linux community.
What’s next in DevOps: 5 trends to watch
The term “DevOps” is typically credited to this 2008 presentation on agile infrastructure and operations. Now ubiquitous in IT vocabulary, the mashup word is less than 10 years old: We’re still figuring out this modern way of working in IT.
Kernel Space
Stable kernel updates
Stable kernels 4.9.54, 4.4.91, and 3.18.74 have been released. They all contain important fixes and users should upgrade.
Linux 4.9.54
Linux 3.18.74
Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board election call for nominations
The next election for members of the Linux Foundation’s Technical Advisory Board will be held on October 25 at the Kernel Summit in Prague. The call has gone out for candidates to fill the five available seats. “The Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB) serves as the interface between the kernel development community and the Foundation. The TAB advises the Foundation on kernel-related matters, helps member companies learn to work with the community, and works to resolve community-related problems before they get out of hand. The board has ten members, one of whom sits on the LF board of directors.”
Graphics Stack
Mesa Is Up To About 8,000 Commits This Year, 2.2 Million Lines
Now being into Q4, I’ve been meaning to run some fresh Mesa Git development statistics to see how this year is pacing for this important piece of the open-source graphics ecosystem and Linux desktop.
As of this morning, Mesa’s Git tree is made up of 5,633 files representing a total of 2,243,544 lines. This came about over 96,443 commits from more than 800 different authors. Mesa is still seeing on average about 13 commits per day.
Mir 1.0 Is Ready For Release
There is just one week to go until the Ubuntu 17.10 “Artful Aardvark” release but it looks like the Mir 1.0 release will still happen in time.
It’s been the goal of the remaining Mir developers to release version 1.0 during the Artful cycle. As of a few weeks back they were still aiming for that goal and to pursue a feature freeze exception. As of yesterday, all blocker bugs have been cleared for releasing Mir 1.0.
MESA_tile_raster_order Added To The OpenGL Registry
The new OpenGL extension MESA_tile_raster_order proposed by Eric Anholt at Broadcom has now been merged to the Khronos registry.
Phoronix Test Suite 7.6-Alvdal Milestone 1 Released
More AMD EPYC Processors Arrive For Linux Performance Testing
Kdenlive – An Open Source Non-Linear Video Editor for Pros & Beginners
Just recently we published on the award-winning OpenShot Video Editor, and before that, FlowBlade, LosslessCut, and Lightworks Video Editors.
Today, we bring you another Linux video editor that needs no introduction to editing professionals but will definitely be a good addition to the list for beginners – Kdenlive.
Kdenlive stands for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. It is an open source video editor created in 2003 based on Qt and the KDE Frameworks libraries to answer almost all the needs of professional video editors.
OnionShare – A Tool To Share Any Size Of Files Securely And Anonymously
When we wrote an article about file sharing utilities such as Magic Womhole & transfer.sh most of the users asked is it secure? and where the files are stored.
So, we decided to bring one of the best utility that stores and share files securely over the Internet. When we dig on that, we came to know about OnionShare which fulfill all this requirements.
stardicter 1.1
Stardicter 1.1, the set of scripts to convert some freely available dictionaries to StarDict format, has been released today. The biggest change is that it will also keep source data together with generated dictionaries. This is good for licensing reasons and will also allow to actually build these as packages within Debian.
Better acess control in Weblate
Upcoming Weblate 2.17 will bring improved access control settings. Previously this could be controlled only by server admins, but now the project visibility and access presets can be configured.
Cloud9- A Cloud-Based Dev Environment for Web Projects
Many web developers I know prefer using Linux-based distros for their work for a variety of reasons. Many users will argue that Linux OSes don’t particularly have an edge over Mac or Windows PCs but with time, such arguments seem to be going extinct owing to the trend of coding in the cloud.
Cloud-based IDEs are becoming more popular (especially in developed countries) and it’s about time we started paying them some attention.
Today, we introduce to you a freemium cloud service for developers who appreciate not having to keep their project files on their local machines
and it goes by the name of CLoud9.
Instructionals/Technical
Examining network connections on Linux systems
6 new guides and how-tos for OpenStack
Do not do the math with expr
Define a function with inline Ruby code in QSoas
Using Octave on Fedora 26
How to Disconnect Inactive or Idle SSH Connections in Linux
Working with YouTube and Extracting Audio
Here’s a look at some good FPS games available on Linux & SteamOS
Looking for your next FPS? There might be a few in here that tickle your fancy. Here’s a look at a few good FPS options on Linux & SteamOS.
When it comes to FPS games, Linux now actually has quite a number of high quality titles. We don’t get the latest Call of Duty, sure, but maybe there’s something here you might enjoy.
Death Trash, a grim post-apocalyptic role-playing game that will have Linux support
Death Trash [Official Site] is one of my most surprising discoveries lately. A grim post-apocalyptic role-playing game that will have Linux support.
Intel Core i3, i5, i7 With NVIDIA vs. AMD Radeon For Linux Gaming
For those wondering which Intel Coffeelake processors would make the most sense for a Linux gaming rig, I took the new Core i3 8100, Core i5 8400, and Core i7 8700K processors and tested them each with two Radeon and two NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards for looking at the overall Linux OpenGL/Vulkan gaming performance.
Interstellar Marines, the once promising FPS is still slightly alive
Interstellar Marines [Steam] was once an incredibly promising FPS, but sadly somewhere along the way they lost focus and funds ran dry. The last developer left has given an update.
PS3 emulator RPCS3 now supports high resolution rendering
HEADLINER, a game where you control the news might come to Linux
I came across HEADLINER [Steam] today while researching more potential Linux games, this adventure game sees you controlling the news to further your goals. It might come to Linux, as the developer is looking into it.
Desktop Environments/WMs
K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt
Plasma 5.11
Tuesday, 10 Oct 2017. Today KDE publishes this autumn’s Plasma feature release, KDE Plasma 5.11. Plasma 5.11 brings a redesigned settings app, improved notifications, a more powerful task manager. Plasma 5.11 is the first release to contain the new “Vault”, a system to allow the user to encrypt and open sets of documents in a secure and user-friendly way, making Plasma an excellent choice for people dealing with private and confidential information.
KDE Plasma 5.11 Desktop Environment Arrives with Vaults, Better Wayland Support
KDE Plasma 5.11 Officially Released With Vault, Better Wayland & More
KDE Neon 5.11 Is the First Linux Distro to Ship with KDE Plasma 5.11 Desktop
Just hours after the release of the KDE Plasma 5.11 desktop environment, the developers behind the KDE Neon GNU/Linux distribution have announced the availability of a new version that ships with Plasma 5.11.
KDE neon 5.11 is Out
Plasma 5.11 was out this morning with many bugfixes, Plasma Vaults to keep your private files secure, System Settings redesign, a new wallpaper of course and many other nice features.
The KDE neon scalable cloud devops build farm has been working hard to compile it and the packages were available for KDE neon User Edition users to upgrade a few hours ago.
GNOME Desktop/GTK
GNOME and Budgie: 2 Comfy Ubuntu 17.10 Environments
If you are looking for a change-of-pace desktop that has a modern flare and very tiny learning curve, Ubuntu’s integration of both GNOME 3 and Budgie easily can fit your needs. If you want to keep using the Ubuntu family desktop line, take the other Ubuntu flavors for a spin.
Or, consider checking out the GNOME and Budgie flavors as an alternative to your current Linux distro. Canonical is a solid developer that has pioneered many innovations.
GUADEC 2017 Notes
Quick Look to Uruk GNU/Linux
Uruk GNU/Linux is a complete, user-friendly desktop operating system with strong commitment in free software that is derived from Trisquel. Uruk 2.0 is derived from Trisquel 8 Flidas (that is still in Beta now) that is derived from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Uruk features MATE Desktop as its interface, with LibreOffice and VLC there, plus Emacs and GIMP preinstalled, and completed with Ubiquity to easily install the system. If you kindly want a 100% free distro (despite for now, it hasn’t been recognized by FSF) that is user-friendly and actively developed, I wish you’ll be happy with Uruk. So here’s a quick look to its live session. Enjoy!
Q4OS 2.4 Scorpion, stable
We are proud to announce the immediate availability of the brand new stable Q4OS 2.4 version codenamed ‘Scorpion’. This is a long-term support LTS release, to be supported for at least five years with security patches and software updates. Q4OS Scorpion is based on Debian Stretch 9.2 and Trinity 14.0.5 desktop environment and it is available for 64bit and 32bit/i686pae computers, as well as i386 systems without PAE extension. We are working hard to release Q4OS Scorpion editions for 64bit and 32bit ARM architectures as soon as possible.
Q4OS offers its own exclusive utilities and features, especially the ‘Desktop profiler’ for profiling your computer into different professional working tools, ‘Setup utility’ for the smooth installation of third-party applications, a ‘Welcome Screen’ with several integrated shortcuts to make system configuration easier for novice users, KDE5, XFCE, LXDE, Cinnamon and LXQT alternative environments installation option and many more.
Q4OS 2.4 “Scorpion” Linux OS Released, Based on Debian GNU/Linux 9.2 “Stretch”
Keeping the spirit of the deprecated KDE 3.5 desktop environment alive, the developers of the Q4OS GNU/Linux distribution informed us today about the general availability of the new “Scorpion” series, a.k.a. Q4OS 2.x.
Red Hat Family
Red Hat Updates Container Storage Platform as Market Strives for Maturity
Red Hat’s container push continues with an announced update to its storage component. This follows the recent update to the Red Hat OpenShift Container platform.
2017 Red Hat Government Symposium to Highlight the Role of Open Source in Meeting the Challenges of Government IT
A few fall conferences
I was on the planning committee for Linux Plumbers so I ended up doing a bunch of behinds the scenes work in addition to the hallway track and going to the occasional session. Jon Corbet gave a talk about the kernel’s limits to growth. He gave a version of this talk at Linaro Connect and I gave some thoughts about this previously. Most of my opinions there still stand. Grant Likely held a BoF about the upcoming ARM EBBR. If you’ve been following the arm64 server space, you may have heard of SBBR which is a boot specification for arm64 servers. The EBBR is something similar for embedded devices. As a Fedora maintainer, I’m happy to see this moving forward to make booting arm64 SBCs easier. There was a discussion about contiguous memory allocation for DMA. Some hardware vendors have discovered they get better performance if they use a contiguous block of memory despite possibly having an IOMMU. The proposal was to use the MAP_CONTIG with mmap to get appropriate memory. There wasn’t a conclusion and discussion is ongoing on the mailing list.
New Adventures: Ansible Edition
I am honored, excited, nervous, humbled, and over all elated to announce that starting December 1, 2017 I will be a member of the Ansible Core Development Team at Red Hat where I will work primarily on Upstream Ansible (what most people would likely know as just ‘Ansible’, ‘Ansible Core’, or ‘The Ansible Project’ depending on who you talk to).
DevConf.CZ 2018 CfP is OPEN
Debian Family
Generating 3D prints in Debian using Cura and Slic3r(-prusa)
At my nearby maker space, Sonen, I heard the story that it was easier to generate gcode files for theyr 3D printers (Ultimake 2+) on Windows and MacOS X than Linux, because the software involved had to be manually compiled and set up on Linux while premade packages worked out of the box on Windows and MacOS X. I found this annoying, as the software involved, Cura, is free software and should be trivial to get up and running on Linux if someone took the time to package it for the relevant distributions. I even found a request for adding into Debian from 2013, which had seem some activity over the years but never resulted in the software showing up in Debian. So a few days ago I offered my help to try to improve the situation.
pristine-tar updates
pristine-tar is a tool that is present in the workflow of a lot of Debian people. I adopted it last year after it has been orphaned by its creator Joey Hess. A little after that Tomasz Buchert joined me and we are now a functional two-person team.
Debian LTS work, September 2017
My Free Software Activities in September 2017
Welcome to gambaru.de. Here is my monthly report that covers what I have been doing for Debian. If you’re interested in Java, Games and LTS topics, this might be interesting for you.
Canonical/Ubuntu
LXD Weekly status #18
Flavours and Variants
Linux Mint: Inside the Top Linux Distro
While Ubuntu has been refocusing their efforts, Linux Mint has managed to supersede other distributions in becoming what some have argued is the most popular Linux Distro of all time. Obviously there is no hard data to support this, however I’ve found that on YouTube and in the forums, Linux Mint is the go-to distro for most Linux newcomers.
What most newcomers might not realize is that Linux Mint wasn’t always that polished. As a matter of fact, Linux Mint used to be nothing more than Ubuntu with codecs and a green theme installed. Flash forward to the current state of the project, Linux Mint supports a number of desktop environments and even offers Mint specific tools as well.
Ubuntu MATE 17.10 to Be First Linux OS to Ship with a Snap Installed by Default
Ubuntu MATE leader Martin Wimpress is pioneering pre-installed Snap support in his Ubuntu distro by shipping the forthcoming Ubuntu MATE 17.10 release as the first distro with a Snap app installed by default.
Security and Privacy Focused Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Successfully Crowdfunded
Believe it or not, Purism’s Librem 5 security and privacy-focused smartphone has been successfully crowdfunded a few hours ago when it reached and even passed its goal of $1.5 million, with 13 days left.
Privacy lives! Purism Librem 5 Linux smartphone exceeds crowdfunding goal
As companies continue to violate our privacy, such as Microsoft with the latest version of Skype for iOS and Android, we slowly become desensitized to it. In other words, as time marches on, people slowly become more and more accepting of being spied on. This is tragic, as our private information has value, and many will simply turn it over in exchange for a free service or other nonsense.
Purism Meets Its $1.5 Million Goal for Security Focused Librem 5 Smartphone One Week After Surging Past the 50% Mark
Purism, the social purpose corporation which designs and produces popular privacy conscious hardware and software, has reached its $1.5 million crowdfunding goal to create the world’s first encrypted, open smartphone ecosystem that gives users complete device control, the Librem 5. After amassing incredible support from GNU/Linux enthusiasts and the Free/Open-Source community at large, forging partnerships with KDE and the GNOME Foundation in the process, Purism plans to use the remaining two weeks of the campaign to push for its stretch goals and start working on the next steps for bringing the phone to market.
Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Crosses Its $1.5 Million Funding Goal
Linux smartphone Librem 5 has met its $1.5 million crowdfunding goal with 2 weeks left in the campaign. With this campaign, Purism aims to create the world’s first encrypted, open smartphone ecosystem that brings total control to the users. Reaching this goal ahead of schedule will help the people behind the project accelerate the production of the final product.
Success — Linux Phone Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches Its Goal
The security-conscious US-based Linux laptop vendor has raised the full $1.5 million target it sought. The money will be used to help fund the development and manufacture of a 5-inch privacy-focused smartphone, dubbed the ‘Librem 5’.
Librem 5 Reaches Crowdfunding Goal, Expected To Ship Jan 2019
Librem 5 smartphone hits its $1.5 million crowfunding goal
Free smartphone crowd-funding effort exceeds target
Purism Linux smartphone makes its $1.5 million crowdfunding goal
Hundreds of millions are happy with Android smartphones and iPhones. But there are some users who want the maximum possible control over their smartphones. For those people, Purism now has the funding it needs for its free-software smartphone without a trace of proprietary code or firmware: The Purism Librem 5 smartphone.
At first, it appeared Purism wouldn’t make its $1.5-million goal. The Librem 5 crowdfunding campaign staggered forward at first. Them, when KDE and then GNOME threw their support behind the project, the project picked up steam.
4 reasons why the librem 5 got funded
Windows Phone is now officially dead: A sad tale of what might have been
World’s worst-kept secret confirmed: Windows Phone is dead
But Belfiore refused to acknowledge that the lack of Windows Phone would result in users also quitting Windows on the desktop.
Microsoft has finally admitted that Windows Phone is dead
The move is cemented by Microsoft’s ongoing “chestburster” strategy that has seen a dedicated Microsoft browser and a mobile version of Edge for Android.
Microsoft is finally killing off the Windows Phone
Windows devices accounted for less than half of one percent of all new smartphone sales in the last quarter of 2016, according to Gartner.
Customizable RPi expansion line adds stepper, breakout, and PoE LoRa boards
Gumstix added to its line of “Gumstix Pi” add-ons for the Pi and Pi Compute Module 3 with a Stepper HAT, a breakout, and a PoE-driven LoRa gateway.
In August, Gumstix announced several LoRa add-ons to its Geppetto board design service that work with a RisingHF LoRa module, and launched LoRa boards based on its Overo module, Arduino boards, and the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 (RPi CM3). Now, the company has introduced a Power-over-Ethernet ready version of its Pi Conduit PoE called the Gumstix Pi Conduit PoE, and launched a Gumstix Pi Newgate breakout board that works with the RPi CM3 and the original compute module. Gumstix also launched a HAT add-on for the Raspberry Pi 3 SBC called the Gumstix Pi Stepper HAT.
Nvidia’s latest Drive PX car computer offers Level 5 autonomy
Nvidia unveiled a “Drive PX Pegasus” computer for Level 5 self-driving cars that runs Linux on up to 4x octa-core “Xavier” SoCs and a 640-core Volta GPU.
At the GPU Technology Conference in Munich, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced a more powerful version of the chip designer’s Linux-based Drive PX platform for autonomous cars. Drive PX Pegasus is the first system to promise a new class of fully autonomous Level 5 driverless vehicles “without steering wheels, pedals or mirrors.” The compact Drive PX Pegasus computer can process over 320 trillion operations per second, or 10 times the power of last year’s Drive PX 2, claims Nvidia.
Samsung Electronics to introduce an IoT smart building system in Seoul
Samsung’s advanced T-commerce service lets you pay for services directly on its TVs
Developer – Tizen SCM Tools Release – 17.02
Tizen Store official website now shows Themes as well as Apps
Most Popular Android Versions In October 2017 (Always Updated List)
8 Best Android Cleaner Apps : Boost performance, Clean Junk Files And Improve Battery Life
Kuo: Samsung making progress with Note 9 under-display fingerprint reader
Android Pay and Samsung Pay cardless withdrawals now available at 5000+ Wells Fargo ATMs
Kotlin’s killin’ Java among Android devs
Google can bring new features to Android Wear through the Play Store
Huawei is already publicly testing Android Oreo on the Mate 9
Windows Phone Is Dead—How to Make Android the Next Best Thing
Android One Moto X4 faces ‘production delay’ as Project Fi shipments pushed back
Rising costs to remain default services on Android, Apple devices worry Google investors
Google can add new features to Android Wear through its app store
New rumor claims OnePlus 5T is coming in November with an 18:9 display
Deal: Save 50 percent off hybrid and Android Wear smartwatches on Amazon
Essential Phone to get Android Oreo beta in coming weeks, night mode included
Best affordable Android smartphones you can buy [October 2017]
The Galaxy S9 will have an advantage over every other Android phone next year
The Essential team talks jittery touch issues, new colors, and Android Oreo in AMA
Linux Foundation Launches OpenMessaging Project
The roster of Linux Foundation Collaborative Project is growing again, this time with the launch of OpenMessaging project.
According to the project’s GitHub projec page, the goal of the effort is to provide a vendor-neutral open standard for distributed messaging and stream.
“OpenMessaging, which includes the establishment of industry guidelines and messaging, streaming specifications to provide a common framework for finance, e-commerce, IoT and big-data area,” the project states. “The design principles are the cloud-oriented, simplicity, flexibility, and language independent in distributed heterogeneous environments.
Designing tabletop games with open source
The print-on-demand industry is one of my favorite products of technological innovation. It removes gatekeepers and eliminates the bottleneck of physical bulk production. It gives anybody with a good idea and the drive to produce it a way to get their work out into the world.
Print-on-demand combined with open source software is even more powerful, letting independent publishers generate content at whatever price they can afford at the time (or for nothing at all). And the tools are a pleasure to use.
This New Storyboarding Software Is Both Free And Open Source
A new piece of software – both free and open source – wants to upend the market for digital storyboarding applications. Meet Storyboarder.
Storyboarder is intended to be a fast and simple tool, with six drawing tools and easy-to-rearrange panels. The app is also integrated with external software, allowing for the ability to do roughs in Storyboarder, and with the click of one button, refine the artwork in Photoshop.
Circle Announces Open Source Project CENTRE and Foundation
TACC Develops Multi-Factor Authentication Solution, Makes it Open-Source
How does a supercomputing center enable tens of thousands of researchers to securely access its high-performance computing systems while still allowing ease of use? And how can it be done affordably?
These are questions that the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), asked themselves when they sought to upgrade their system security. They had previously relied on users’ names and passwords for access, but with a growing focus on hosting confidential health data and the increased compliance standards that entails, they realized they needed a more rigorous solution.
To learn more about OpenMFA or explore the code, visit the Github repository.
Google Works on Revamping Chrome’s Internal Flags Page with Cool New Features
Chromium evangelist François Beaufort shares today on his Google+ page news about Google’s Chrome team working on redesigning the internal chrome://flags page with a bunch of cool new features and improvements.
SaaS/Back End
Is Mesosphere surrendering to Kubernetes?
Until recently there were three major contenders for the spot as top cloud container orchestration program: Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and Mesosphere. It’s now down to two. Mesosphere has thrown in the towel and is adopting Kubernetes into DC/OS.
Is this really a surrender? Mesosphere CEO Florian Leibert argues it’s not. His position is Marathon, Mesosphere‘s parent company, and Kubernetes have different use cases. You can use Mesosphere to run legacy applications without containers, while Kubernetes is all containers, all the time. Leibert said. “It’s like a layer cake. Kubernetes and Mesos can work really well together. Kubernetes takes over the container workflow but it can’t handle workflows that don’t run on containers such as Hadoop.”
Oracle/Java/LibreOffice
LibreOffice Conference 2017 Kicked Off Today with a Focus on LibreOffice 6.0
The LibreOffice Conference 2017 event kicked off today in Rome, Italy, with a focus on the development of the next major LibreOffice office suite release, version 6.0, which will arrive next year in early February.
The Document Foundation will be hosting the LibreOffice Conference 2017 in a venue located at Via del Tempio di Giove 21. During three days full of talks, workshops, and hacking sessions, various developers will try to improve the open-source and cross-platform LibreOffice office suite, as well as to focus on adding new features.
Pseudo-Open Source (Openwashing)
Report: Ikea to debut ‘open-source’ showrooms
How a Microsoft docs team increased openness and improved collaboration [Ed: Red Hat is openwashing Microsoft now]
Deutsche Bank open sources Autobahn code [iophk: "public domain is good but not the same as Open Source"]
Security-Oriented OpenBSD 6.2 OS Released with Better ARM Support, Improvements
The BSD-based, UNIX-like operating system OpenBSD has been recently updated to version 6.2, a release that introduces up-to-date components, better hardware support, and lots of security improvements.
Coming six months after the launch of OpenBSD 6.1 early this spring, which was the first point release in the 6.x series of the operating system, OpenBSD 6.2 is here to introduce a large number of enhancements, among which we can mention better support for various ARM boards, IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements, as well as some generic network stack improvements.
OpenBSD 6.2 released: Oct 9, 2017
We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 6.2. This is our 43rd release. We remain proud of OpenBSD’s record of more than twenty years with only two remote holes in the default install.
OpenBSD 6.2 Released
A few days ahead of the date hinted at by the work-in-progress release page, OpenBSD 6.2 was released today, October 9th 2017.
FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC
GCC 5.5 Released
The GNU Compiler Collection version 5.5 has been released.
GCC 5.5 is a bug-fix release from the GCC 5 branch containing important fixes for regressions and serious bugs in GCC 5.4 with more than 250 bugs fixed since the previous release.
This is also the last release from the GCC 5 branch, GCC continues to be maintained on the GCC 6 and GCC 7 branches and the development trunk.
GCC 5.5 Released, That’s It For GCC5
Jakub Jelinek of Red Hat today announced the release of GCC 5.5 compiler that also marks the end of the GCC5 series.
The State Of GNU’s GDB Conversion To C++
Last year the GNU Debugger’s code-base was converted from the C programming language (C90) to now using C++11. At last month’s GNU Tools Cauldron was an update on this process.
Public Services/Government
Europe pledges support for open source government solutions
Estonia has long been the digital envy of many European Union member states. An effective and open policy approach to digital government has yielded extraordinary results—from 90%+ uptake of electronic identification (E-ID) solutions to an open source e-government platform (X-Road) to meet the ever-growing expectations of IT-savvy citizens as well as other countries wanting to pool IT across borders.
Standards/Consortia
NISO Publishes Standards Tag Suite (NISO STS) Standard
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of a new American National Standard, STS: Standards Tag Suite, ANSI/NISO Z39.102-2017. The purpose of this “standard for standards,” which will be known as NISO STS, is to define a suite of XML elements and attributes that describes the full-text content and metadata of standards. NISO STS provides a common format that preserves intellectual content of standards independent of the form in which that content was originally delivered.
Health/Nutrition
Mechanism To Assess Trade Agreements Needed, UN Forum On Access To Medicines Hears
She said that such a mechanism would safeguard the measures countries have under the TRIPS (WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) agreement, to protect and advance human rights.
No Vaccines Before the Next Zika Outbreak?: A Case for IP Preparedness
In September 2017, the development of the US Army’s Zika vaccine—once a leading candidate in the Zika vaccine race—came to a halt after almost all federal funding for Zika R&D was cut short. This happened less than a year from the end of the global public health emergency. Funding will now resume only if the Zika epidemic re-emerges.
That R&D on diseases like Zika is not attractive to pharmaceutical companies is a well-known phenomenon. It usually takes a major public health crisis to shake up the playing field. With Ebola, for instance, funding for R&D increased 258% in 2015. The Zika outbreak had the same effect, and so will future outbreaks of similar diseases.
Congress Uses Las Vegas Massacre to Push Abortion Ban
This week, the Senate takes up an unconstitutional bill recently passed 237-189 in the House that would ban all abortion after 20 weeks. The deceptively named “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” (H.R. 36) would “make it a crime for any person to perform or attempt to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more.”
The claim that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks has been thoroughly debunked. Published at the Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, a 2011 review of more than 150 studies has confirmed that a fetus’s neurological system is not developed enough at 20 weeks to register pain; the connection between the brain and the rest of the body simply doesn’t exist.
Deloitte hack hit server containing emails from across US government
The hack into the accountancy giant Deloitte compromised a server that contained the emails of an estimated 350 clients, including four US government departments, the United Nations and some of the world’s biggest multinationals, the Guardian has been told.
Sources with knowledge of the hack say the incident was potentially more widespread than Deloitte has been prepared to acknowledge and that the company cannot be 100% sure what was taken.
Deloitte said it believed the hack had only “impacted” six clients, and that it was confident it knew where the hackers had been. It said it believed the attack on its systems, which began a year ago, was now over.
However, sources who have spoken to the Guardian, on condition of anonymity, say the company red-flagged, and has been reviewing, a cache of emails and attachments that may have been compromised from a host of other entities.
Apache Patches Optionsbleed Flaw in HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Web Server (commonly simply referred to as ‘Apache’) is the most widely deployed web server in the world, and until last week, it was at risk from a security vulnerability known as Optionsbleed.
Browsers Will Store Credit Card Details Similar to How They Save Passwords
A new W3C standard is slowly creeping into current browser implementations, a standard that will simplify the way people make payments online.
Called the Payment Request API, this new standard relies on users entering and storing payment card details inside browsers, just like they currently do with passwords.
Equifax will give your salary history to anyone with your SSN and date of birth
Forrester Research Discloses Limited Website Data Breach
At 6:17 ET PM on Oct.6, Forrester Research publicly admitted that it was the victim of a cyber-attack. According to the firm, the attack had limited impact, with no evidence that confidential client data had been stolen.
According to Forrester Research’s preliminary investigation, attackers were able to gain access to Forrester.com content that was intended to be limited exclusively to clients.
“We recognize that hackers will attack attractive targets—in this case, our research IP,” George F. Colony, chairman and chief executive officer of Forrester, stated.
“We also understand there is a tradeoff between making it easy for our clients to access our research and security measures,” Colony added. “We feel that we have taken a common-sense approach to those two priorities; however, we will continuously look at that balance to respond to changing cyber-security risk.”
Akamai Reports Fast Flux Botnets Remain a Security Risk
Attackers are continuing to benefit from the use many different technique to remain hidden. New research released Oct.10 by Akamai reveals that a botnet with over 14,000 IP addresses has been using the fast flux DNS technique to evade detection, while still causing damage to users and organizations.
Fast Flux is an attacker technique that uses the Domain Name System (DNS) to hide the source of an attack. DNS operates by referring a domain name to a specific IP address
Disqus reveals data breach, but wins points for transparency
Disqus has publicly announced that its user database leaked in 2012, exposing the usernames, email addresses, sign-up dates, and last login dates of more than 17 million users.
In addition, the data included crackable SHA1-hashed passwords of “about one-third” of users. Presumably many accounts registered with the popular blog-commenting service do not have associated passwords due to many users signing-in using third-party social media accounts such as Google or Facebook.
Quite how the security breach occurred is currently a mystery, and – frankly – despite their good intentions, Disqus may find it difficult to pinpoint exactly what happened five years after the event.
WhatsApp Exploit Can Allow Hackers To Monitor Your Sleep And Other Things
Multi-Layered Defenses Needed to Improve Cyber-Security, FBI Says
Hacking is inevitable, so it’s time to assume our data will be stolen
If recent hacking attacks such as the one at Equifax, which compromised personal data for about half of all Americans, have taught us anything, it’s that data breaches are a part of life. It’s time to plan for what happens after our data is stolen, according to Rahul Telang, professor of information systems at Carnegie Mellon University.
Companies are prone to understating the scale of hacks, which suggests that there needs to be better standards for disclosing breaches. Yahoo recently confessed that its data breach actually impacted 3 billion user accounts, three times what it disclosed in December. Equifax also boosted the number of people it says were affected by its hack.
7 Security Risks User and Entity Behavior Analytics Helps Detect
UpGuard Reports Accenture Data Exposure, Debuts Risk Detection Service
Security vendor UpGuard announced on Oct.10 that it discovered that global consulting firm Accenture had left at least four cloud-based storage servers publicly available. UpGuard alleges that the exposed cloud servers could have left Accenture customers to risk, though Accenture is publicly downplaying the impact of the cloud data exposure.
“There was no risk to any of our clients – no active credentials, PII and other sensitive information was compromised,” Accenture noted in a statement sent to eWEEK. “The information involved could not have provided access to client systems and was not production data or applications.”
Accenture added that the company has a multi-layered security model and the data in question would not have allowed anyone that found it to penetrate any of those layers.
[Older] The creepiest data breach till date: Passwords of 540,000 Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online
Data breaches have become so common these days that every single day we get news about a data breach. We have seen data breaches from big to small, from dangerous to embarrassing, but this is one is the creepiest data breach of 2017, this leak of credentials of almost 540,000 Car Tracking Devices might take the biscuit.
The Kromtech Security Center recently found over half a million login credentials belonging to SVR, a company specializes in “vehicle recovery”, is leaked online and is publicly accessible. SVR provides its customers with around-the-clock surveillance of cars and trucks, just in case those vehicles are towed or stolen.
Nginx 1.13.6 Patches Web Server for the Year 2038 Flaw
Developers and organizations around the world rushed to fix the Y2K bug nearly 20 years ago as the calendar rolled over to the new millennium. There is also a similar bug that is resident in Unix/Linux systems known as the Year 2038 bug.
The latest vendor to fix its software for the 2038 bug is open-source web application server vendor nginx. The new nginx 1.13.6 release debuts on Oct. 10, fixing 11 different bugs.
“Bugfix: nginx did not support dates after the year 2038 on 32-bit platforms with 64-bit time_t,” the nginx changelog noted.
Equifax: About those 400,000 UK records we lost? It’s now 15.2M. Yes, M for MEELLLIOON
Last month, US credit score agency Equifax admitted the personal data for just under 400,000 UK accounts was slurped by hackers raiding its database. On Tuesday this week, it upped that number ever-so-slightly to 15.2 million.
In true buck-passing fashion, at the time of writing, Equifax hadn’t even released a public statement on the matter. Instead it fell to Blighty’s National Cyber Security Centre to reveal the bad news that a blundering American firm had put them at risk of phishing attacks.
“We are aware that Equifax was the victim of a criminal cyber attack in May 2017,” the NCSC said in a statement today.
“Equifax have today updated their guidance to confirm that a file containing 15.2m UK records dating from between 2011 and 2016 was attacked in this incident. NCSC advises that passwords are not re-used on any accounts if you have been told by Equifax that any portion of your membership details have been accessed.”
Major Data Breach Left 15 Million Accounts from These Popular Sites Vulnerable
In what seems like an ever-lengthening line of data breaches in recent weeks (This restaurant, this financial services company, and this supermarket have all been breached in the past month), Lifehacker has reported that information from 15 million Kickstarter and Bitly accounts are now available to the public due to a 2014 data breach. The breach itself isn’t new, much like the fresh news about Yahoo’s massive breach, but it’s much less disconcerting. Although the information is now public, it is still encrypted, and both Kickstarter and Bitly took swift action to notify users of the breach when it originally occurred, urging them to change their passwords and nullifying the breach ones if user action was not taken.
It’s 2017… And Windows PCs can be pwned via DNS, webpages, Office docs, fonts – and some TPM keys are fscked too
Microsoft today released patches for more than 60 CVE-listed vulnerabilities in its software. Meanwhile, Adobe is skipping October’s Patch Tuesday altogether.
Among the latest holes that need papering over via Windows Update are three vulnerabilities already publicly disclosed – with one being exploited right now by hackers to infect vulnerable machines. That flaw, CVE-2017-11826, is leveraged when a booby-trapped Microsoft Office document is opened, allowing malicious code within it to run with the same rights as the logged-in user, and should be considered a top priority to patch.
Dustin Childs, of Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, noted today that users and administrators should also pay special attention to Microsoft’s ADV170012, an advisory warning of weak cryptographic keys generated by Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) on Infineon motherboards.
Defence/Aggression
Republican Sen. Bob Corker Warns Trump Taking U.S. Toward “World War III”
The powerful head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tennessee Republican Bob Corker, warned Sunday that President Trump is treating the presidency like “a reality show” and setting the U.S. “on the path to World War III.” Sen. Corker made the comments to The New York Times after Trump spent much of the weekend threatening war with North Korea, and after Trump attacked Corker on Twitter Sunday morning, saying the senator “didn’t have the guts” to run for re-election and claiming Corker dropped out after begging unsuccessfully for Trump’s endorsement. That prompted Corker to respond on Twitter, “It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.”
Vegas Massacre Story Changes: Gunman Shot Security Guard Before Opening Fire On Crowd
In a dramatic shift to the original Las Vegas shooting narrative, over a week after Stephen Paddock rained down bullets on a crowd and killed 58 people, late on Monday Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo drastically changed the timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, and now the gunman allegedly opened fire on a security guard six minutes before he unleashed the massacre. Officials had previously claimed that Paddock, 64, shot Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos only after Paddock had started shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country-music festival from his 32nd-floor hotel suite on Oct. 1.
The revision to the story also undermines the story surrounding the end of the shooting: officials had previously credited Campos, who was shot in the leg, with stopping the 10-minute assault by turning the gunman’s attention to the hotel hallway, where Campos was checking an alert for an open door in another guest’s room. However, with the revelation that Campos was shot before his mass shooting, officials now admit they don’t know why he stopped his attack.
Duterte’s satisfaction rating plunges below 50 per cent amid Philippines drug killings
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s honeymoon period may be over, but his deadly anti-drugs campaign will not wane, his office said on Monday, after a fall in ratings that his opponents said showed public disillusionment with his rule.
Duterte has enjoyed strong opinion poll numbers since winning the presidency in last year’s elections but heavy scrutiny of his war on drugs, which has killed thousands of Filipinos, appears to have impacted his ratings.
Trust and satisfaction in Duterte fell to the lowest of his presidency in the third quarter of this year, a survey showed on Sunday, although sentiment about his leadership remained positive overall.
The Scandal of Pentagon Spending
Here’s a question for you: How do you spell boondoggle?
The answer (in case you didn’t already know): P-e-n-t-a-g-o-n.
Hawks on Capitol Hill and in the U.S. military routinely justify increases in the Defense Department’s already munificent budget by arguing that yet more money is needed to “support the troops.” If you’re already nodding in agreement, let me explain just where a huge chunk of the Pentagon budget — hundreds of billions of dollars — really goes. Keep in mind that it’s your money we’re talking about.
The answer couldn’t be more straightforward: it goes directly to private corporations and much of it is then wasted on useless overhead, fat executive salaries, and startling (yet commonplace) cost overruns on weapons systems and other military hardware that, in the end, won’t even perform as promised. Too often the result is weapons that aren’t needed at prices we can’t afford. If anyone truly wanted to help the troops, loosening the corporate grip on the Pentagon budget would be an excellent place to start.
Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government?
In recent months, advances in the North Korean government’s nuclear weapons program have led to a sharp confrontation between the government leaders of the United States and of North Korea. This August, President Donald Trump declared that any more threats from North Korea “will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” In turn, Kim Jong Un remarked that he was now contemplating firing nuclear missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam. Heightening the dispute, Trump told the United Nations in mid-September that, if the United States was forced to defend itself or its allies, “we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” Soon thereafter, Trump embellished this with a tweet declaring that North Korea “won’t be around much longer.”
From the standpoint of heading off nuclear weapons advances by the North Korean regime, this belligerent approach by the U.S. government has shown no signs of success. Every taunt by U.S. officials has drawn a derisive reply from their North Korean counterparts. Indeed, when it comes to nuclear weapons policy, escalating U.S. threats seem to have confirmed the North Korean government’s fears of U.S. military attack and, thus, bolstered its determination to enhance its nuclear capabilities. In short, threatening North Korea with destruction has been remarkably counter-productive.
A Deaf Ear to Dire Russian Warnings
From time to time, the Kremlin uses the Sunday evening weekly news wrap-up program of Dmitry Kiselyov on state television, channel Rossiya-1, to send blunt and public warnings to Washington without diplomatic niceties. Last night was one such case and we must hope that the intended audience within the Beltway can put aside all its distractions about Russia-gate long enough to read a real message from Moscow.
Chris Murphy: Trump’s threat of war with North Korea must be taken ‘seriously’
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday said President Trump’s rhetoric directed at North Korea must be taken “seriously,” following remarks made by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) about Trump possibly leading the U.S. on the path toward “World War III.”
“It’s time to take Trump seriously as he keeps hinting, over and over, that he wants to go to war with North Korea,” Murphy said in a series of tweets, adding that some of the president’s other tweets have proven to not always be “just bluster.”
War Culture – Gun Culture: They’re Related
If you go to the Wikipedia page that gives a timeline of U.S. foreign military operations between 1775 and 2010, you are likely to come away in shock. It seems that ever since the founding of the country, the United States has been at war. It is as if Americans just could not (and still cannot) sit still, but had to (and still have to) force themselves on others through military action. Often this is aimed at controlling foreign resources, thus forcing upon others the consequences of their own capitalist avarice. At other times the violence is spurred on by an ideology that confuses U.S. interests with civilization and freedom. Only very rarely is Washington out there on the side of the angels. Regardless, the bottom line seems to be that peace has never been a deeply ingrained cultural value for the citizens of the United States. As pertains to foreign policy, America’s national culture is a war culture.
Jimmy Carter Urges Trump Administration to Pursue Peace with North Korea
Former President Jimmy Carter has decades of experience talking to North Korean leaders and citizens, and he shares his knowledge in a recent piece published by The Washington Post. Arguing that the current tension between the U.S. and North Korea is “the most serious existing threat to world peace,” Carter urges President Trump to work towards a peaceful, diplomatic solution.
Environment/Energy/Wildlife/Nature
‘An Inferno Like You’ve Never Seen’: Deadly Wildfires Ravage California
More than ten people have been killed, thousands have been left without power, and tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate as more than a dozen wildfires tore through Northern California overnight Monday, forcing Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in eight counties.
Mass Evacuations in California as Wildfires Kill at Least 10
In California, powerful winds and bone-dry conditions have fueled massive wildfires across the state, leaving at least 10 people dead, destroying whole neighborhoods and forcing 20,000 people to evacuate their homes. State fire officials say they’re battling at least 14 major fires in eight counties. One of the worst blazes was in the city of Santa Rosa in Northern California’s Sonoma County, where fire ripped through a trailer park, destroyed homes, restaurants and hotels, and forced medical teams at the Kaiser Permanente hospital to evacuate 130 patients as flames approached. This is Santa Rosa resident Dave Rollans.
Emergency aid distribution stalled in Puerto Rico
Status update: Customers with electricity: 15% … People in shelters: 6,452 … Functioning cell towers: 28% … Access to drinking water: 60% … Commercial flights: 100%.
USA Today’s Oren Dorell reports from San Juan: “The Auxilio Mutuo Hospital here can’t figure out how to get specialized medical supplies from the nearby airport. A Puerto Rican in Tampa found the quickest way to deliver help to her hometown was to do it in person. And shipping containers filled with emergency goods are piling up at the Port of San Juan.”
In the photo above, taken yesterday, Efrain Diaz Figueroa, 70, walks through the remains of the house of his sister, destroyed by Hurricane Maria in San Juan.
Republican Leaders’ Tax Framework Provides Windfall to High-Income Households, With Working Families Largely an Afterthought
The “Big Six” Republican tax framework announced last week by President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress specifies large tax cuts aimed at profitable corporations and wealthy households while offering only vague promises for lower- and middle-income working families. It closely follows many aspects of the House GOP’s “Better Way” plan released last year, which was heavily tilted to those high on the income scale. Like that plan, the new framework offers little for working families with modest incomes compared to what it would do for those at the top.
For hardline Brexiters, the lure of the cliff edge is irresistible
The heckles in the House of Commons can be as revealing as the speeches. When the prime minister was taking questions about her Brexit plans on Monday, Anna Soubry, Conservative MP for Broxtowe, asked about the no-deal scenario – whether the UK would “jump off the cliff”. At which point a male voice, dripping with derision, chimed in: “There is no cliff!”
Hansard doesn’t record the source of the intervention. It could have been one of dozens of Tories who despise talk of cliffs. The prime minister is not among them. She has been taken on an illustrated tour of the edge by her advisory council of business leaders. They describe the elevation and the effect of high-velocity impact: the return of customs controls; barriers to trade; the rupture of supply chains; investors rerouting money and jobs to the continent.
[Older] Revealed: How gold takes the shine off Britain’s trade figures
Doubt has been cast over one of the longest-standing economic claims in the Brexit debate after a Sky investigation revealed that Britain’s real exports to outside the EU are actually far lower than official figures suggest.
The Government’s trade statistics show that, over the past five years, the share of UK goods being exported to the European Union was only 46% – a fact frequently referred to by those who campaigned for Brexit.
Brexit is no game, says Barnier when asked if ball is in his court
“Brexit is not a game,” the EU’s chief negotiator has said, as he emerged from a lunch with the UK’s Brexit secretary, David Davis, in Brussels on the second day of the fifth round of negotiations.
Michel Barnier was responding to a question that referred to Theresa May’s claim that the ball is now in the EU’s court on Brexit.
“Lunch was good and we had constructive talks, not the first time or the last time,” Barnier told reporters outside the residence of the UK’s permanent representative in Brussels.
When asked whether progress was being made on the opening withdrawal issues, and if “the ball [is] in your court”, Barnier responded: “We are working. Brexit is not a game. Don’t forget it.”
IMF cuts UK growth forecast and warns Brexit is starting to bite
The International Monetary Fund singled Britain out as a “notable exception” to an improving global economic outlook on Tuesday, as it confirmed a cut to its long-term forecast for UK growth and said negative effects of Brexit were beginning to show.
In its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook, the IMF sharply reduced its UK long-term growth outlook, from an estimated annual growth rate of 1.9 per cent to 1.7 per cent. The forecasts show the UK trailing Greece over the next five years. The IMF is now predicting 11.5 per cent growth in Greece during the period, compared with 10.3 per cent in Britain.
IMF says UK ‘notable exception’ to growth in advanced economies
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday downgraded the U.K.’s growth expectations, declaring it to be the “notable exception” to the trend of higher economic growth among the world’s advanced economies in the first half of 2017.
The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook report predicted the U.K.’s economy would grow by 1.7 percent in 2017, 0.1 percentage points less than in 2016. The agency predicted that the U.K. would grow at an even slower rate, 1.5 percent, in 2018.
Egypt military opens ‘New Cairo’ luxury hotel, as old Cairo sinks in poverty
A swanky new hotel built by Egypt’s Armed Forces Engineering Authority was unveiled on Friday, coinciding with the 44th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, sparking criticism on social media.
Theresa May refuses to say if she would vote for Brexit in fresh poll
Theresa May has refused to say if she would vote for Brexit if another referendum were held today, saying instead she would have to “weigh up the evidence” before deciding what to do in the current situation.
The prime minister, who voted to remain in the EU in last year’s poll, struggled to give clear answers on Brexit issues during an LBC radio phone-in on Tuesday, and admitted there was no plan for what would happen to EU citizens living in the UK if no deal was agreed with Brussels.
‘We don’t know what’s going to happen’: Theresa May won’t guarantee migrants’ rights if there’s no Brexit deal
Theresa May has refused to guarantee EU citizens’ rights if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal.
And she admitted the government ‘don’t know what’s going to happen’ to UK citizens in the EU if negotiators can’t reach an agreement.
The Prime Minister tried to reassure a worried radio phone in listener by saying: “We want you to stay.”
Mrs May was taking part in a live call-in show on LBC Radio when Nina from Islington, an EU citizen who has been living in the UK for 31 years, called in with some concerns.
She said: “I’m extremely worried about my future. My question is, in case of a no-deal scenario, will the proposal of ‘settled status’ be withdrawn, and will EU citizens end up losing their rights and be deported?”
AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
Manhattan DA Vance Took $10,000 From Head Of Law Firm On Trump Defense Team, Dropped Case
The principal of a law firm involved in fending off a criminal investigation into a Trump Organization project gave $10,000 to Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance amid the probe, according to campaign finance records reviewed by International Business Times. The money from Elkan Abramowitz, which had not previously been reported, was in addition to a separate campaign donation to Vance from Trump attorney Mark Kasowitz. After the money flowed to Vance, the Democratic DA overruled his prosecutors and declined to file charges against Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump, Jr. and others involved in the controversial Trump SoHo project.
Trump digital director says Facebook helped win the White House
The Trump presidential campaign spent most of its digital advertising budget on Facebook, testing more than 50,000 ad variations each day in an attempt to micro-target voters, Trump’s digital director, Brad Parscale, told CBS’s 60 Minutes in an interview scheduled to air on Sunday night.
Parscale said he asked the Facebook “embeds” to teach staffers everything the Clinton campaign would be told about Facebook advertising “and then some”.
American Kakistocracy
“Can’t anybody here play this game?” was Casey Stengel’s famous lament about his inept 1962 New York Mets. The same lament could apply to the Trump administration and its majority team in Congress—but the problem is deeper and worse when ineptitude joins with venality and recklessness, and when the stakes are far more than baseball pennants.
NO ONE CAN SAVE THE TORIES
Grant Shapps, the former Tory chairman, was slapped down by MPs – in widely leaked WhatsApp messages – for pulling together signatures to prompt May’s resignation. Foreign secretary Boris Johnson’s crowd-pleasing turn at conference has suggested he’s once again on manoeuvres, but his stock is lower than ever among the parliamentary party.
The usual factions are split. Boris still pines for the top job, fancying himself as the positive pro-Brexit leader the people crave, but many Tory Eurosceptics fear a leadership challenge would put Brexit at threat. Meanwhile, Tory Remainers have no clear candidate. For all the gloom, and the Brexit battles to come, May clings on for lack of any alternative.
Europe Hostage to the Ludicrous Hyperbole of the Spanish Constitutions
A glance at a historical atlas of Europe century by century shows a kaleidoscope of continuing shifts in states as they form and reform, move, merge and dissolve. It is the normal state of Europe. Nor is it in any sense slowing down; this is not a process which has stopped. Even in the short period since I left university, eight states currently members of the European Union have undergone truly drastic changes to their national boundaries or nation state status.
Even Hitler was only nuts enough to think his Reich would last for a thousand years. Spain (which incidentally was almost entirely Muslim a thousand years ago) tops Hitler for mad ambition. Spain believes its current borders will last forever. The Constitution specifies the “indissoluble unity” of Spain. This plainly mad claim is the entire basis of the “legalistic” stance of Rajoy. An excellent article today by Gerry Adams in the Guardian points out that Rajoy is making negotiation impossible by insisting on the precondition that it is illegal even to discuss Catalan independence.
Progressive California Democrat calls for Feinstein primary challenge
Hours after Dianne Feinstein announced she will run for re-election next year, a prominent California Democratic representative urged primary challengers to unseat the four-term senator.
Arguing it’s time for Democrats “to move on” and better represent the progressive grassroots, freshman House Democrat Ro Khanna of Silicon Valley on Monday said he has contacted Rep. Barbara Lee, one of the most liberal members of Congress, and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich to urge them to challenge Feinstein’s re-election in 2018.
President Trump’s temper tantrums are getting worse and occurring more frequently.
Fact Checker: President Trump has made 1,318 false or misleading claims over 263 days
Why EU Consultations Are Inherently Biased Against Members Of The Public
The European Union’s institutional machinery is so complex and hard to fathom for those outside the Brussels bubble, that most people don’t bother trying. That’s a pity, because the grinding of the EU’s great gears often throws out small sparks of illumination. For example, earlier this year, the S&D MEP Childers Nessa used a parliamentary question to ask the European Commission about “Civil society’s views on ancillary rights in response to the public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain” – the (in)famous Article 11 of the EU proposed copyright directive, also known as the “snippet tax”.
As well as supplying a few figures relating to the response to the consultation, in his reply Vice-President Ansip also noted that “Public consultations are for the Commission an essential tool to inform its policy-making. However, the Commission adopts a cautious approach to quantitative data, as responses to consultations are generally not statistically representatives of a target population.”
The bizarre situation where only retiring Republicans will talk about Trump’s fitness for office
Sen. Bob Corker’s warning that President Donald Trump’s recklessness could set the country “on the path to World War III,” issued in a New York Times interview on Sunday, is notable for a few reasons.
For one, this is a critique that many Democrats and even some Republicans have made for some time — and that even more Republicans are said to make regularly in private.
For another, this is coming publicly from a Republican senator in a conservative state who chairs a major committee, has worked closely with the administration, and has had strong relationships with several of its officials. So when he says he knows “for a fact” that there’s no “good cop, bad cop” act underway, we should take him seriously.
But perhaps most noteworthy of all is that Corker only felt empowered to make such a bold critique after he had decided to retire rather than run for reelection in 2018 (as he announced at the end of last month). Only Corker’s liberation from the concerns of electoral politics, it seems, has motivated him to say what he truly thinks.
Trump proposes ‘IQ tests’ face-off with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a ‘moron’
Poll: Americans Hope Trump Follows Pence’s Example and Leaves Early
A poll taken after Vice-President Mike Pence made headlines on Sunday with an abrupt early departure reveals that a broad majority of Americans hope that Donald Trump follows Pence’s example and leaves early, as well.
In a striking result, the poll shows that Trump’s early exit would be approximately a thousand times more popular than the one Pence participated in on Sunday.
While Pence defended his decision to leave early on Sunday by saying that he did it out of patriotism, a substantial majority of Americans agreed that a premature departure by Trump “would be, by far, the most patriotic thing he could ever do for his country.”
Trump’s popularity is slipping in rural America: poll
Outside the Morgan County fair in McConnelsville, in a rural swath of Ohio that fervently backed U.S. President Donald Trump in last year’s election, ticket seller John Wilson quietly counts off a handful of disappointments with the man he helped elect.
The 70-year-old retired banker said he is unhappy with infighting and turnover in the White House. He does not like Trump’s penchant for traveling to his personal golf resorts. He wishes the president would do more to fix the healthcare system, and he worries that Trump might back down from his promise to force illegal immigrants out of the country.
Theresa May’s latest ‘initiative’ shows she’s now just trolling everyone living with mental health issues
FT columnist who called Corbyn supporters “thick as pigsh*t” nominated for Political Commentator of the Year Award
Censorship/Free Speech
Yale-NUS: A partner in name only?
Classics professor Victor Bers added that he was disturbed by the recent case of Amos Yee, a Singaporean teenager who has applied for asylum in the United States on the grounds that he was persecuted for his political opinions in the city-state.
Lindsay Lohan’s Parents Want Her To Sue A Senator Who Made Fun Of Lindsay
Over the past few years we’ve written about some really dumb lawsuits (or threats of lawsuits) filed by actress Lindsay Lohan. There was that time she sued E*Trade for $100 million because it had a baby in its commercial, named Lindsey, who was described as a “boyfriend-stealing milkaholic,” which she insisted must be a reference to her (think about that one for a second…). Or there was the time she claimed that a jewelry store releasing surveillance tape footage of her stealing a necklace violated her publicity rights. Then she sued the rapper Pitbull for a lyric “I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan” (and, bizarrely, that one included accusations of a plagiarized filing by her lawyer. And, of course, most famously, Lohan spent years battling Take Two Interactive, claiming a ditzy starlet character in Grand Theft Auto was also a violation of her publicity rights.
Lightning Network Centralization Leads to Economic Censorship
A few months ago, I wrote an article called “Mathematical Proof That the Lightning Network Cannot Be a Decentralized Bitcoin Scaling Solution”. It received quite a bit of attention, both positive and negative.
Now it seems that the realities of LN’s limitations are being accepted, and new narratives are forming to justify the continued morphing of Bitcoin into a settlement layer.
Group claims censorship over film screening at M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival accused of censorship by artist collective
Privacy/Surveillance
ICE Demands Journalists ‘Return’ Snitch Hotline Data It Left Exposed For Three Days After Being Notified
Daniel Rivero and Brendan O’Connor of Splinter recently acquired documents pertaining to ICE’s snitch program — a “see something, say something” but for suspected undocumented aliens. What’s contained in these documents is nasty, petty abuse of a crime victim hotline by Americans who don’t mind turning the government into their own personal army.
This is part of new program started by the Trump Administration — one presumably meant to pump up numbers for its weekly “Two Minutes Hate” reports, which document the criminal acts of people roaming the county without the proper papers.
Splinter didn’t find much evidence backing up the administration’s fervent belief that “undocumented” equals “hardened criminal.” What it did find was Americans using the VOICE tip line to engage in a low-level variant on SWATting: sending ICE to round up people they just don’t like.
US Cyber-Defence Data Stolen From NSA Contractors’ Home Computer Direct
Dubai Airport is going to use face-scanning virtual aquariums as security checkpoints
Dubai International Airport has come up with a novel way for departing travelers to clear security: by walking through a virtual aquarium lined with facial recognition cameras.
According to a report from The National, the virtual aquarium is shaped like a tunnel, and outfitted with 80 cameras that can scan faces and irises as passengers walk through. The images inside the tunnel can be changed to show different landscapes, like deserts, or to display advertisements. Once a traveler reaches the end, they’ll either be cleared with the message “have a nice trip,” or a red sign will be displayed to alert security.
As Catalonia Plans Independence from Spain, Julian Assange Advises Organizers on Secure Messaging
Barcelona’s Mayor Ada Colau is calling for Spain to remove thousands of state police who have been deployed to Catalonia ahead of tonight’s expected declaration of independence by regional President Carles Puigdemont, possibly triggering intervention by Spanish forces. We speak with WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange, who has been advising those pushing to secede on how to communicate securely even as the state pushes back.
VPN logs helped unmask alleged ‘net stalker, say feds
Virtual private network provider PureVPN helped the FBI track down an Internet stalker, by combing its logs to reveal his IP address.
The Department of Justice announced on Friday the arrest of Ryan Lin, a 24-year-old from Newtown, Massachusetts, on charges that he cyber-stalked a former room-mate.
The science of spying: how the CIA secretly recruits academics
The CIA agent tapped softly on the hotel room door. After the keynote speeches, panel discussions and dinner, the conference attendees had retired for the night. Audio and visual surveillance of the room showed that the nuclear scientist’s minders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were sleeping, but he was still awake. Sure enough, he opened the door, alone.
According to a person familiar with this encounter, which took place about a decade ago, the agency had been preparing it for months. Through a business front, it had funded and staged the conference at an unsuspecting foreign centre of scientific research, invited speakers and guests, and planted operatives among the kitchen workers and other staff, just so it could entice the nuclear expert out of Iran, separate him for a few minutes from his guards, and pitch him one-to-one. A last-minute snag had almost derailed the plans: the target switched hotels because the conference’s preferred hotel cost $75 more than his superiors in Iran were willing to spend.
Key transatlantic data flows under threat as US surveillance laws clash once more with EU privacy protections
We wrote recently about clouds gathering over the Privacy Shield framework that governs transatlantic data flows for thousands of US companies. As that post explained, even if the Privacy Shield is struck down by the EU courts, as some believe it will be, there are alternative mechanisms that can ensure the legality of data transfers out of the EU to the US. The most important of these is the use of standard contractual clauses (SCCs), also known as “model clauses”. However, last week an Irish judge said she would make a formal request for the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s highest court, to rule whether SCCs for this purpose were invalid too. If the CJEU decides they are, that will make sending personal data of EU citizens across the Atlantic hard, or even impossible, for many top Internet companies like Google and Facebook.
What the proposed new EU rules on free flow of non-personal data could mean for businesses
Current data localisation restrictions by Member States’ public authorities and so-called ‘vendor lock-in practices’ (obstacles to the movement of data across IT systems) are considered to prevent businesses from embracing digital opportunities, including the use of data-driven technologies and services relating to data-storage, data-transfer and analytics. Legal uncertainty and lack of trust cause additional barriers to the free flow of non-personal data.
Privacy International suggests improvements to the Data Protection Bill
They include smart thinking including the non-use of automated judgement systems, and a better consideration towards its structure so that any mistakes or complaints and issues can get to the right people.
Finland plans personal ID number overhaul, may add biometrics
Another reason Finland is looking at ways to change the ID system is the relatively recent development of undocumented residents living in the country. Korpisaari says that adding a biometric aspect to the IDs – like a person’s fingerprints – would assist in identifying residents who do not have a passport or other ID.
Facebook Lies
In the past, I had a Facebook account. Long ago I “deleted” this account through the procedure outlined on their help pages. In theory, 14 days after I used this process my account would be irrevocably gone. This was all lies.
Civil Rights/Policing
Reminder: In government training material, “terrorism” includes peacefully disagreeing with administration policy in public
Governments are still using “terrorism” as a scareword to get any insane law passed – like Britain’s digital book-burning law. But with its other hand, those same governments are expanding the definition of terrorism way beyond what the public could possibly imagine: the government’s own training material says that peaceful street protests in disagreement with administration policies are examples of terrorism.
Inside the CIA’s black site torture room
The High Court deals a major blow to Amber Rudd, ruling that her ‘barbaric’ policy is unlawful
Rudd became Home Secretary in July 2016. In September of that year, the Home Office redefined the term to refer only to torture carried out by state agents; such as the USA’s actions in the so-called war on terror that many suspect the UK was complicit in. The new definition didn’t include those tortured by traffickers or other non-government entities.
The Home Office’s guidelines don’t allow it to detain torture survivors while it’s processing their asylum claims. But the revision essentially created a work-around that allowed the government to lock up people in detention centres who didn’t fall under that narrow definition.
Wall Street Journal Reporter Sentenced to Prison by Turkish Court
A Turkish court sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak to two years and one month in prison Tuesday, declaring her guilty of engaging in terrorist propaganda in support of a banned Kurdish separatist organization through one of her Journal articles.
The Human Stain: Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think
But of course people knew about Harvey Weinstein. Like the New York Times, for instance. Sharon Waxman, a former reporter at the Times, writes in The Wrap how she had the story on Weinstein in 2004—and then he bullied the Times into dropping it. Matt Damon and Russell Crowe even called her directly to get her to back off the story. And Miramax was a major advertiser. Her editor at the Times, Jonathan Landman, asked her why it mattered. After all, he told Waxman, “he’s not a publicly elected official.”
America’s Predators Problem
If we look a little deeper, what do we see? America’s cruel, in strange and unthinkable ways. It is something like a religious mission, a crusade, and the only object of this pilgrimage is to purify the weak with suffering. That is the reason its institutions and norms and values punish the broken, not protect them. Mercy is the truest crime of all. So the American way is to punish those who cannot stand up for themselves, and to celebrate, aggrandize, apotheosize those who can stand sneering, smirking, grinning, above everyone else.
Philly socialists accuse prisons of censorship
A Philadelphia socialist group is questioning how their magazine was denied entry into a state prison over language regarding “white supremacy.”
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has apologized for a letter that stated that an August 2017 issue of Worker’s World newspaper was being “denied to all inmates” due to “articles that call for people to join the fight against white supremacy.”
Leaked FBI Report Cites “Black Identity Extremists” as Terror Threat
An FBI counterterrorism unit secretly identified so-called black identity extremists as a violent threat, according to a leaked document obtained by Foreign Policy magazine. In the report, dated August 2017, the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit writes, “The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence.” Civil liberties groups warn the “black identity extremists” designation threatens the rights of protesters with Black Lives Matter and other groups, and have compared it to the FBI’s COINTELPRO program of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, which targeted the civil rights movement.
The Rock Test: A Hack for Men Who Don’t Want To Be Accused of Sexual Harassment
While navigating professional relationships can often require that dreaded thing known as “any amount of work at all”, there is hope. You see, by following this one simple rule, you too can interact with women as people.
It’s as clear cut as this: Treat all women like you would treat Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
I know, this sounds weird, but trust me, this is a visualization exercise that will work wonders in your dealings with the women in your workplace. When a woman approaches you, just replace her in your mind with The Rock. Then, behave accordingly.
Weinstein Company Fires Harvey Weinstein over Sexual Harassment Reports
Back in the United States, in Hollywood, the Weinstein Company fired co-founder Harvey Weinstein Sunday, just four days after The New York Times reported the movie mogul was the subject of harassment and assault accusations for decades—and that he paid off at least eight women who confronted him over the alleged humiliating and degrading harassment. Weinstein’s firing came after three members of the company’s board of directors resigned, along with two of Weinstein’s attorneys, following the report in the Times.
Email Prankster Apparently Fooled Both Harvey Weinstein and His Ex-Adviser Lisa Bloom
An email prankster who has fooled a number of high-profile people in both the media and politics has apparently struck again — and this time it involves the huge Harvey Weinstein scandal.
As reported by CNN’s Jake Tapper this afternoon, the trickster posed as Weinstein to fool his former adviser Lisa Bloom, who recently dropped out from representing Weinstein following quite a bit of criticism tossed her way. In the email exchange on Sunday, the fake Weinstein told the real Bloom that he understood why she had to leave his team. She responded by telling the prankster that she was unaware of the more serious allegations against Weinstein. When the fake Weinstein asked what those allegations were, Bloom merely said “sexual assault.”
Kim Dotcom sets sights on Hollywood execs as sex abuse scandals escalate
Proposed Bill Would Exempt Customs And Border Protection From FOIA Compliance
To build a wall, you’ve got to break a few laws. That’s the message being sent by a new bill, which helps pave the way for the eventual construction of a border wall by exempting the CBP and US Border Patrol from a large number of federal laws.
H.R. 3548 [PDF] would give the CBP a free pass to ignore all sorts of federal restrictions when engaging in its enforcement activities. All the things citizens can’t legally do on federal land, the CBP and Border Patrol would be allowed to. This would keep the federal government from getting in its own way in the event wall construction actually takes place, as well as keep CBP agents from worrying about polluting, killing endangered species, or violating sacred grave sites while pursuing undocumented aliens.
Home Office splits British man from his wife 10 months after she gives birth to their daughter
A British man has been told his Ecuadorian wife cannot settle in the UK despite the couple having three young children, including a baby who is still breastfeeding.
Dan Newton, 41, lived with his wife and three young children in Abu Dhabi in the UAE for nearly five years. The couple had previously lived in the UK for a year, where they had their first child.
Torture victims were wrongly imprisoned in UK, high court rules
Hundreds of victims of torture have been wrongly locked up in immigration detention centres, a high court judge has ruled, following a challenge by seven survivors of serious abuse.
Mr Justice Ouseley ruled that aspects of a Home Office policy introduced in September 2016 known as “Adults At Risk” wrongly allowed many who had been tortured overseas to be imprisoned.
The NFL Quietly Changed Its Obscure Rule About Standing For The National Anthem
Having gotten all the public relations it wanted (even a hackneyed Sports Illustrated cover), NFL leadership is now back to the more familiar demeanor of reminding its players to either get in line or join the unemployment line. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Monday that any player who is “disrespectful to the flag” won’t play. The league, then, itself upped the ante by feeding this tidbit to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, which he reported before the station’s broadcast of Monday Night Football.
Joe Arpaio’s Infamous and Inhumane Tent City Jail Officially Shut Down
In 1993, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio opened his infamous Tent City outdoor jail, supposedly as an answer to the problem of overcrowding in Phoenix’s jails. Tent City was a source of controversy for the entirety of its existence, and this weekend, it finally closed for good, just 10 months shy of its 25-year anniversary.
After her spies told Thatcher they thought an MP was raping children, she knighted him
The UK has been rocked by a series of “historic sex scandals” in which beloved cultural and political figures — Clement Freud, Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris and many others — have been revealed to have been sexual predators since the earliest days, using their money and respectability to rape children for decades with impunity. When each new horror surfaces, one of the first questions the public asks is, “Who knew about this and helped to cover it up?”
Margaret Thatcher knew.
Cyril Smith was an MP for Rochdale when in 1988 when Margaret Thatcher recommended that he be knighted. She had been warned by MI5 that Smith was suspected to have raped at least eight boys. After Thatcher knighted Smith, he went on raping children, because his knighthood opened doors for him, getting him inside organisations that supported vulnerable children. He died in 2010, at the age of 82, without ever facing charges.
Judge denies Reality Winner bail on grounds she “hates” the United States
Federal judge Brian Epps of Augusta, Georgia has denied bail for alleged whistleblower Reality Winner in an aggressively worded ruling that claims the 25-year-old intelligence contractor “hates the United States and desires to damage national security.” Epps also cited social media comments by Winner that she”admires Edward Snowden and Julian Assange” as evidence against her bond request.
Reality Winner faces an Espionage Act charge for allegedly passing classified material to media outlet The Intercept. The documents in question summarise the NSA’s view at the time of evidence suggesting Russia’s military intelligence attempted to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election.
Black man beaten by Charlottesville Nazis has been charged with assault
DeAndre Harris is a 20 year old black man who was subjected to a vicious armed beat-down by Nazis who marched in Charlottesville on August 12. Two of the men who beat him have been charged with “malicious wounding” and are being held without bail; two others have not been arrested yet.
One of the men who beat Harris tried to get the Charlottesville police to arrest Harris as well. When the Charlottesville police declined, the Nazi found a sympathetic magistrate judge (the clowns of the US judicial system) to issue a warrant for Harris’s arrest.
Jefferson Parish jail touts new video visitation program, but ban on in-person visits concerns inmate advocates
Inmates at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna will no longer be able to receive in-person visits from relatives and friends beginning Oct. 10, when the facility will begin a “video visitation” program similar to one put in place at New Orleans’ lockup a couple of years ago.
Newly installed Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said Wednesday that one major benefit of eliminating in-person visits at the jail is ending the possibility of visitors giving contraband to inmates.
But some lawyers who work with people accused of crimes countered that face-to-face visitation makes it easier for inmates to rejoin their loved ones’ lives after their release, and a video-only model complicates that.
It is becoming more common for correctional facilities across the country to use video technology similar to Skype to let inmates communicate with loved ones, though it is less common for jails to do away with all in-person visits as a result.
Donald Trump Can Destroy Records Without Judicial Review, Justice Department Tells Court
It’s a question that pops up pretty much every time that Donald Trump deletes a tweet: Is he violating the Presidential Records Act?
In a court filing Friday, not only do attorneys at the Justice Department say that courts can’t review this, but they also argue that when it comes to laws pertaining to government record-keeping, judicial review would be inappropriate even if Trump deleted secret recordings with administration officials or even if his staff purged phone records because they expected to be subpoenaed in connection with various investigations.
The arguments come in response to a lawsuit from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, D.C.
In a complaint filed in June, the watchdog group cited the Presidential Records Act and challenged the way Trump and staffers “seek to evade transparency and government accountability” by the alleged use of certain communications practices and by a consolidation of power that allegedly results in records being shielded from other disclosure laws like the Freedom of Information Act. In particular, CREW nodded to news reports that White House staffers were using Signal to send encrypted, disappearing messages as well as resorting to the secret chat app Confide to duck any record preservation. Also mentioning Trump’s famous tweet implying a taped conversation with former FBI Director James Comey and the president’s repeated deletion of social media messages, the plaintiff is asking for injunctive relief compelling Trump and his staff to comply with duties under the Presidential Records Act.
New Yorkers Call for Indigenous Peoples’ Day & Removal of Columbus Statue
More than 50 U.S. cities celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday in place of the federal holiday honoring Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer who massacred and enslaved Arawak indigenous people while opening the door to the European colonization of the Americas. In New York City, protesters rallied at a 115-year-old statue of Christopher Columbus near Central Park, calling for its removal and for the city to make the second Monday of each October Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The protest came as the New York Police Department ringed the statue in metal barricades and said it was providing round-the-clock surveillance of the monument. Democracy Now! was there to speak with demonstrators. Special thanks to producer Andre Lewis.
New Report Alleges Harvey Weinstein Raped Three Women
Intensifying the growing outrage aimed at Harvey Weinstein, a feature-length report published by The New Yorker on Tuesday includes accusations by three women who say the famous and politically powerful Hollywood producer “raped them.”
Detailed in the article—written by Ronan Farrow and entitled “From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories“—are the allegations that “include Weinstein forcibly performing or receiving oral sex and forcing vaginal sex” on his victims.
While a spokesperson for Weinstein released a statement to The New Yorker saying that “any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied,” Farrow reports that while rumors of the producer’s behavior circulated for years in Hollywood, “[t]oo few women were willing to speak, much less allow a reporter to use their names, and Weinstein and his associates used nondisclosure agreements, monetary payoffs, and legal threats to suppress these myriad stories.”
From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories
Since the establishment of the first studios a century ago, there have been few movie executives as dominant, or as domineering, as Harvey Weinstein. As the co-founder of the production-and-distribution companies Miramax and the Weinstein Company, he helped to reinvent the model for independent films, with movies such as “Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” “The English Patient,” “Pulp Fiction,” “The Crying Game,” “Shakespeare in Love,” and “The King’s Speech.” Beyond Hollywood, he has exercised his influence as a prolific fund-raiser for Democratic Party candidates, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Weinstein combined a keen eye for promising scripts, directors, and actors with a bullying, even threatening, style of doing business, inspiring both fear and gratitude. His movies have earned more than three hundred Oscar nominations, and, at the annual awards ceremonies, he has been thanked more than almost anyone else in movie history, just after Steven Spielberg and right before God.
For more than twenty years, Weinstein has also been trailed by rumors of sexual harassment and assault. This has been an open secret to many in Hollywood and beyond, but previous attempts by many publications, including The New Yorker, to investigate and publish the story over the years fell short of the demands of journalistic evidence. Too few people were willing to speak, much less allow a reporter to use their names, and Weinstein and his associates used nondisclosure agreements, monetary payoffs, and legal threats to suppress these myriad stories. Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director, told me that she did not speak out until now—Weinstein, she told me, forcibly performed oral sex on her—because she feared that Weinstein would “crush” her. “I know he has crushed a lot of people before,” Argento said. “That’s why this story—in my case, it’s twenty years old; some of them are older—has never come out.”
Harvey Weinstein Tries Every Possible Response To Explosive NY Times Story
Last week, the Hollywood Reporter broke the story that famed Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein (formerly of Miramax and more recently of the Weinstein Company — from which he was fired over the weekend, despite practically begging for his friends to support him) had seriously lawyered up, hiring three high profile lawyers: David Boies, Lisa Bloom and Charles Harder to deal with two apparent stories that were in the works — one from the NY Times and another from the New Yorker (two publications not known for backing down from threats) — about some fairly horrible alleged behavior by Weinstein towards young female actresses, employees and more.
A day later, the NY Times published its article about Harvey Weinstein and, damn, it’s quite an article. It details multiple cases of alleged sexual harassment by Weinstein against both employees and hopeful actresses — and includes claims of Weinstein having to pay off some of those individuals. The article was not based on a single source, but many sources, including one actress (Ashley Judd) willing to put her name behind the accusations (and just as we were completing this post, the New Yorker published its piece which appears to be more detailed and more damning, with more names and even more horrifying stories about Weinstein). And with the NY Times’ publication, much of the “legal team” leaped into action. Of course, if you’re not familiar with the three lawyers named above, it may help to do a quick review, before we dig in on the myriad (often contradictory) responses we’ve now seen from Weinstein and his legal team over the past few days.
Smashing White Supremacy, Building for Black Freedom
Just 10 short months ago, kneeling in protest to the white national anthem, unapologetic blackness, raised fists, unruly afros, defiantly colored braids and hope that danced in the eyes of shiny brown children were becoming the norm. Players knelt in solidarity with Kaepernick’s sideline protests, stepping into what it means to be a “field Negro,” in the Malcolm X sense of the term.
Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
Advertised broadband speeds should actually be realistic, UK tells ISPs
The United Kingdom’s telecom regulator, Ofcom, wants to strengthen an industry code that lets Internet customers exit contracts without penalty when broadband providers fall short of their advertised speeds.
Ofcom’s proposed changes would also improve the accuracy of speed information provided to customers before they sign up for broadband. Ofcom intends to add the new guidelines to its existing codes of practice for residential and business broadband speeds, which already “commit Internet companies who have signed up to them to give customers an estimated range of speeds they are likely to receive, as well as the right to exit their contracts penalty-free if their speed falls below a minimum level.”
Intellectual Monopolies
Roku Shows FBI Warning to Pirate Channel Users
The popular media player Roku is flashing an FBI anti-piracy warning to users of “pirate” channels, including XTV. After been shown the FBI’s well known anti-piracy seal, users are informed that unauthorized copying is punishable under federal law and that the associated channel was removed.
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Battistelli’s Choice (Campinos) Confirmed as New EPO President
Posted in Europe, Patents at 12:34 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Munich, 10 October 2017
153rd meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (Munich, 10 and 11 October 2017) – Election
Mr António CAMPINOS elected next EPO President
The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation, meeting in Munich on 10 October 2017 under the chairmanship of Mr Christoph ERNST (DE), has elected Mr António CAMPINOS to succeed Mr Benoît BATTISTELLI as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Mr CAMPINOS’ 5-year term will start on 1 July 2018.
A Portuguese national, Mr CAMPINOS is currently Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). He is also a former President of the Portuguese Patent Institute (INPI). In the latter function, he has been for many years the Portuguese representative on the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.
The Administrative Council, made up of the delegations from all member states, is the Organisation’s legislative body. It is responsible for supervising the activities of the Office, approving the budget and appointing senior employees, including the President of the EPO.
The Chairman of the Administrative Council, Mr ERNST, congratulated Mr CAMPINOS on his election: “I am happy that the Council was able to reach a decision today on this very important matter, and to find in Mr CAMPINOS an excellent candidate. With him, I am confident that our Organisation will add another thriving chapter to its continued success story.”
The European Patent Organisation is an intergovernmental organisation set up on the basis of the EPC, which was signed in Munich in 1973 and entered into force on 7 October 1977. The Organisation currently has 38 member states – all of the 28 EU members, plus Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey. Its task is to oversee the granting of European patents under the EPC by the European Patent Office.
With nearly 7 000 staff, the European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the largest public service institutions in Europe. Headquartered in Munich with offices in Berlin, Brussels, The Hague and Vienna, the EPO was founded with the aim of strengthening co-operation on patents in Europe. Through the EPO’s centralised patent granting procedure, inventors are able to obtain high-quality patent protection in up to 42 countries, covering a market of around 700 million people. The EPO is also the world’s leading authority in patent information and patent searching.
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Judge Cuno Tarfusser Wants to Become the Next EPO President
Posted in Europe, Patents at 10:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Latest news from the EPO Administrative Council (AC) meeting, including details about the person who competes with Campinos over Battistelli’s job
THE EPO is about to announce its next President, but as we said earlier on in the afternoon, nothing is final (yet).
We knew that at least one other person had put in an eligible job application. We just didn’t know who that was. Well, Board of Appeal judges would probably be happy to know that it’s a judge, not some politician with barely any experience in the area of patents (that’s what Battistelli was).
“But with Battistelli pulling strings, as always, nepotism might trump sanity.”“According to reports,” a source told us, “the Administrative Council will have a long confidential session this afternoon (Tuesday 10 October). The main topic will be the selection of the new President of the EPO. It is reported that there are two candidates. The one favored by Battistelli is Mr. Campinos. According to inside information, the other candidate is Cuno Jakob Tarfusser whose candidacy has been supported by the Italian delegation.
“Tarfusser is an Italian judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and prior to his appointment to the ICC, he had an extensive legal career in Italy as a prosecutor.
“He comes from the South Tyrol and undertook his legal studies at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and at the University of Padua in Italy.”
Since one of the main issues at the EPO is lawlessness it certainly sounds like Tarfusser would be the more suitable candidate. But with Battistelli pulling strings, as always, nepotism might trump sanity. █
Early Reports Suggest That Battistelli’s Policies Will Remain at the EPO (in the Form of Campinos)
Posted in Europe, Patents, Rumour at 9:15 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
It seems like the bunch below will indeed govern the Board of Appeal, Office etc.
Summary: Battistelli’s ‘Club Med’ vision is reportedly becoming a reality
THERE’S no major surprise here. We saw that coming and expected that based on rumours from the inside.
Well, published earlier today (in German) by Mathieu Klos and Christina Schulze, who are familiar with EPO affairs (and scandals), is an article about today’s meeting.
“The headline suggests he would be chosen to become the EPO President, but there’s still no official confirmation of it.”Battistelli’s successor, according to them, is EUIPO’s chief Campinos. The headline suggests he would be chosen to become the EPO President, but there’s still no official confirmation of it.
As one anonymous insider put it: “If confirmed, this would be disastrous news for the staff, the Board of Appeal and ultimately the whole patent community.”
For background to this, see the following series:
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part I: EPO Validation Agreement With Angola
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part II: António Campinos, Benoît Battistelli and the Angolan Connection
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part III: Angola and the Portuguese “Laundromat”
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part IV: The Angolan Patent Office (IAPI) Seems Almost Defunct
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part V: Portugal’s “Golden Visa” Scheme for Angolan Nationals
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part VI: “When Corruption Rules” in Portugal – Operation Marquês
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part VII: Quo Vadis EPO?
Battistelli’s Club Med at the EPO – Part VIII: Summary and Photos of Battistelli’s Club Med
Got any tips/information? Maybe photos from this afternoon's EPO protest? Please let us know; send us information anonymously. █
US Congress Will Likely Stop Native American Tribes From Helping Patent Trolls by Misusing Sovereign Immunity
Posted in America, Patents at 8:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The US political system, in spite of its many flaws, steps in to defend the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) from the “scam” which is passage of patents to tribes that have nothing to do with these patents (for the sake of immunity/protection from scrutiny)
IT HAS been just over a month since sites — including ours [1, 2, 3] — bemoaned this. Well, that trick or loophole didn’t last long, did it?
A patent trolls expert, Mr. Mullin, who was following this whole affair pretty closely since the very start (although Patently-O had beaten him to it), says that Senator McCaskill called it “[o]ne of the most brazen and absurd loopholes I’ve ever seen.”
Weeks after many of us protested Native Americans’ help to patent trolls it certainly looks like the loophole will be closed. To quote:
Allergan’s move to stop its patents from being reviewed by handing them off to a Native American tribe is winning support from few people outside the drug company. Now one lawmaker is seeking to ban it.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has introduced a bill (PDF) that would head off Allergan’s strategy without waiting to see whether the judges at the Patent Trial and Appeals Board will even approve it.
Mullin’s article does give the impression that there’s momentum and the “scam” (as some sites called it) is on borrowed time.
In the meantime, CCIA writes about “A Bridge To Sovereign Patent Funds”. Yesterday it explained how PTAB helps stop patent trolls/aggression and how the aggressors retreat to the above loophole not just in the US but also in Japan:
Patent trolls are a familiar concept at this point, but a “sovereign patent fund” (SPF) might not be. This isn’t the kind of sovereign I wrote about recently in regard to sovereign immunity. In essence, an SPF is simply a patent assertion entity (PAE) with backing from a national government.
While government-funded companies that create patent portfolios have been around for quite some time, such as South Korea’s ETRI, they typically functioned as operating companies and research institutions first, obtaining patents from their own research, and only secondarily as patent litigators. It’s only over the past few years that the first generation of sovereign patent funds has arisen, acquiring patents from external sources. These SPFs are formed for various reasons, but they all generally have a protectionist bent, focused on protecting local industry and keeping IP in local hands. IP Bridge, a Japanese SPF, openly states that one goal is to “aggregate [patents] and use them, for example, to support domestic1 SMEs [small and medium enterprises].”
So what can you do if a company backed by the resources of an entire foreign government targets you with a patent infringement lawsuit?
You can file a petition for inter partes review.
We wrote about IP Bridge many times before. Their main proponents are sites which favour patent trolls. We last wrote about it less than a week ago and many times earlier this year. █
Jesper Kongstad Was Not Honest About Early Retirement, He is Joining the Private Sector
Posted in Europe, Patents at 7:59 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
‘Pulling a José Manuel Barroso/Goldman Sachs’? (context)
Summary: The former Director of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (EPO) will be working for corporations now (without even a ‘cool-off’ period)
Jesper Kongstad’s last day at the EPO was 11 days ago. We heard he had been sacked/pushed out by his government (which previously offered him protection). Even the DKPTO gave him just months to go, presumably because he wanted to retire (so he said).
“Kongstad has high-level access/connections/nepotism in institutions such as the EPO and DKPTO.”Well, guess what… less than a week ago, as readers point out to us, a sort of self-promotional press release titled “Jesper Kongstad joins Zacco” turned up in the company’s site.
“It is with great pleasure we can announce that former Director of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organization (EPO), Jesper Kongstad has joined Zacco as Industrial Advisor and Investor,” said the press release. “Jesper will have three primary focus areas in Zacco – advising clients on strategic level, developing and building the business of Zacco, and as vice chairman of the Board of Directors of Zacco. Jesper has extensive experience and shown impressive results within the IP business and he will bring important and positive competences, knowledge and insights to Zacco. We are very excited to bring this into play in our continuous development ensuring that we can continue to deliver IP counselling that makes a difference to our clients.”
Kongstad has high-level access/connections/nepotism in institutions such as the EPO and DKPTO. As is common with former officials, sometimes the real product they offer is “ties” (e.g. to the government). We shall see what happens next. █
Summary: A roundup of our latest series of posts regarding Battistelli, Patricia Garcia Escudero, and the rest of that “Iberian connection”
THE EPO‘s Administrative Council may soon approve continuity of Battistelli’s “Club Med”, with “Team Battistelli” still in charge. The important thing is, however, that we remain aware of the connections or the personal bonds, which predate people’s time at the EPO, cementing or reinforcing a culture of nepotism (employment based on connections rather than qualifications).
Here are the previous parts of this series:
Some photos of Battistelli’s “Club Med” are shown below. One of the photos shows Battistelli and Campinos as guest speakers at an event organised by the Spanish private university UIMP in 2014. The person in the middle is the head of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, Patricia Garcia Escudero. There are also some photos of the ceremony where Battistelli was conferred with an honorary doctorate by the UIMP.
UIMP event in 2014:
UIMP’s ‘Battistelli group’:
UIMP crowns Battistelli:
Spain’s Garcia-Escudero:
Portugal’s Trindade:
The UIMP was also explored in the following past articles:
EPO and the “Iberian Connection”: Patricia García-Escudero Márquez – Battistelli’s Pet Chinchilla on the Boards of Appeal Committee?
Worrisome Connections Between EPO VP2 Alberto Casado Cerviño and Patricia García-Escudero Márquez
EPO Rumours About Antonio Campinos as Replacement for Benoît Battistelli
We welcome any information people may have about this week’s meeting of the Administrative Council. They don’t exactly like transparency; they just put out some polished “minutes” at the end, usually pre-approved (filtered) by Team Battistelli. █
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Municipal solid waste, (MSW), includes two main sources of waste, household waste and commercial waste (IC&I waste), which includes medical waste, construction waste, restaurant waste, etc., (anything that doesn’t come from households).
Other wastes, such as piped sewage waste (and septic tank septage), result in a sludge processing end product known as sewage bio-solids. These are mentioned, even though they are produced at the sewage treatment plant, because their de-watered residues, the bio-solids, often end up in landfill sites.
By perverse irony, highly toxic landfill leachate is conversely ending up in Ottawa's ill-equipped sewage treatment facility (ROPEC), where its untreated toxic liquid fraction is merely "diluted" by the Ottawa River and its toxic solid portion is also diluted by mixing it in with the sewage biosolids, that are then, either disposed of by spreading them onto farmland or re-deposited back into the landfills. (See more on this under the "Biological Waste" heading, below.)
One can clearly see why, up until recently, we have looked at MSW as a problem to be dealt with, or “managed”, hence, the term “waste management”.
However, the mindset of waste as a "problem" must be drastically altered if unfeigned constructive change is to occur. Public programs regarding the three Rs, (of Reduce, Recycle and Reuse), have created little more than a public consciousness of the need for change. But such programs have delivered very poorly as a strategy to divert the waste stream from landfills, in any real cost-benefit sense. Especially when the reality is that much of the Blue Box plastic and Green Bin "compost" ends up in the landfills, anyway, only to become merely another costly green-washing exercise in the new growth industry of "Feel-Good Enviro-pseudonomics".
Recycle numbers are currently stuck in the 11% to 35% range. The lower the public subsidization of the three-Rs, the lower the numbers. The higher the subsidies, the more costly and problematic the program "solutions" become.
The former assistant administrator for America’s Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA), J. Winston Porter, stated that diversion of 35% of waste into recycling is about as high as any city can justify. He believes that any higher than that can be wasteful, if not harmful.
Methodologies that can divert all of our MSW away from landfills through real value propositions that are sustainable, and do not require subsidization, will be realized only through use of the new state-of-the-art, (SOTA), clean, green waste-to-energy technologies that are emerging.
That is the only way in which MSW will be properly used, as the valuable resource that it is.
Below, is a brief overview regarding the status of some of our current methodologies.
The most common waste management methodology has traditionally been “landfills”, which of course, is the euphemism for the primitive practice of merely throwing our waste into “garbage dumps”.
Landfills are hugely problematic, in that they pollute our air with methane, H2S, volatile organic compounds, and a host of other noxious and offensive substances, as well as pollute our ground water and soils with a plethora of disease-causing toxins, the migration of which ultimately becomes uncontrollable.
Environment Ministries rule that dumps are not permitted to pollute neighbouring properties. However, the abatement process can easily be circumvented and deferred for many years simply by dump owners acquiring the land in the path of the polluted groundwater migration.
Landfills or dumps, by any name, are an abomination, and the intelligent goal should be to eventually divert all waste away from landfills, by recycling, reusing and converting the remainder into energy and inert reusable residues. The utopian goal would be to “mine” all landfills, (as we would do any mining of resources), for their energy and inert construction materials, eradicating garbage dumps from the face of the earth.
The time when we can begin to do that is now here.
The second most common waste management methodology in North America is incineration. “Incineration” is a dirty word, because of its past history of having high pollution-belching smoke stacks that poisoned the down-wind landscape.
Research into cleaner incineration has never stopped and Sweden now boasts of having some of the cleanest incineration plants in the world, even though they still produce ash that is a highly-toxic water-quenched slurry that has to be disposed of as a hazardous material.
To achieve the cleaner exhaust releases demanded today, at the 1,1000F to 1,6000F temperature ranges that most operate, requires that often more than half of the equipment and costs associated with these installations is for exhaust scrubbing equipment. That is why large incineration installations these days, look like oil refineries and are very expensive.
Plasma Gasification
Plasma Gasification, (PG), is a process whereby an external source of energy is used to generate heat from “plasma arcs” subjecting batches of MSW to temperatures between 7500F and 13000F, in the absence (or reduction) of oxygen. This produces a synthetic gas, or “syngas”, which is then scrubbed of enough toxins to be burned as a fuel to produce steam generated electrical power.
The process is very complex and costly to build as well as to operate. The plasma arc guns burn out quickly and are expensive to replace. Additionally, in order to operate the PG process the requirement for input of energy is so high that it is often not clear how much, (if any), NET energy would be available to profitably sell to the grid.
Disintegration is a process whereby extreme temperatures, ranging between 1,9950F to 2,2000F, are applied to both solid and liquid waste streams in a computer-controlled environment, in the presence of oxygen (air). The process disintegrates all organic waste into energy and its inert elements, leaving non-toxic residues. After-burner Dwell Times, (DT), of 4.2 seconds, (compared to conventional 1-second DT), at the above temperatures, effectively prevents the release of harmful emissions. Heavy metals and other non-destructible toxic components, representing less than 1% of the waste, are either altered to be non-toxic or are safely sequestered.
The other 99% of the input waste material is either broken down into energy that can be sold to the power grid, or into 17% (by volume) inert ash residues that can be used in cement production, road construction or utilized in other clean applications.
Disintegration is efficient. Whereas the incineration process extracts only 4,520 British Thermal Units (BTUs), of heat per tonne of municipal solid waste (MSW), the disintegration process extracts 7,446 BTUs of heat energy per tonne of MSW, without requiring any quenching process and without leaving any toxic residues in the ash.
Rotting landfill sites emit up to sixty times more green house gasses (GHG), than that emitted, on a tonne-for-tonne basis, by the thermal disintegration process. If we are to seriously strive to reduce our country's GHG emissions, mining of our nation's landfill sites, using the thermal disintegration waste-to-energy process, appears to be one of the most environmentally beneficial and commercially profitable ways to achieve that objective.
The disintegration process is "auto-thermic", meaning that it uses the waste itself as fuel to power the system, (using approximately 15% of the feedstock energy). That means that there is approximately 85% NET energy available to direct towards electrical power generation.
The greatest two advantages of the disintegration process are its environmental cleanliness and its high net energy output.
Its Capital and Operating Costs rank among the most favourable in the industry, as well.
It is hard to imagine any higher or better “landfill diversion” for our toxic wastes than an application that permanently “amputates” pernicious toxic environmental hazards from becoming generational polluters of our soil, air and water …and produces instant, valuable clean energy in the process.
Realistic discussion on ways to achieve up to 99% waste diversion without pollution.
The three fundamentals of any process applied to optimizing waste diversion from landfills must be centered upon: 1.) honest evaluation of all available waste management options, 2.) start to finish environmental impact considerations, and 3.) thorough sustainability and cost-benefit economic considerations.
1.) HONEST CONSIDERATION OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM, IN ORDER TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTIONS:
-The preferred solution must be determined through realistic, complete, and verifiable, relative cost-benefit analysis on each of the options.
-Review all potential ramifications of each option, relative to the others.
-The public has an important role to play, here. Often, misguided or unscrupulous politicians, bureaucrats and consulting engineers have been known to collude, to advance solutions or technologies that are personal-agenda-focused, rather than having a solution-based agenda with the public interest as the focus. The higher the potential project cost, the more public vigilance that is required. (See Environmental Ethics Paper:
Is there an obligation to tell the whole truth?.)
By examining the facts and educating oneself on matters before Council, and by several interested citizens communicating regularly with city officials, asking the right questions, the public has a better chance of compelling city representatives to conduct proper due diligence and give honest consideration of what is truly in the public interest.
Recent examples of city actions that should have had closer public --and/or official-- scrutiny, relate to the handling of composting issues in both Toronto and Ottawa. (See more, below, under heading, Compostables, and links at bottom of page.)
2.) CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF EACH ACTION:
–Short-term, mid-term and long-term environmental consequences (impacts) of each potential action must be scientifically evaluated and compared.
-Thorough environmental safety evaluations must be conducted on each waste treatment option being considered: from starting point of the waste stream, to its stable end point.
-Plausible Worst Case Scenario Evaluation must be conducted for each treatment option: Eg.: What is the potential worst-case environmental outcome of each option choice, relative to each possible waste diversion action?
3.) CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC VALUE OF EACH ACTION:
-Determine the highest and best use of each waste diversion action for each material group in the waste stream.
- Ascertain the Cost-Benefit (ROI) of each action, both in environmental and in economic terms. (For example: Is it economically sustainable to warehouse those plastics which have no commercial recycle value, simply to keep them out of landfills, when there is a much better ROI by turning the high energy value of the plastic into electrical power for the grid, as well as concurrently avoiding needless warehouse storage costs?)
DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC WASTE STREAM MATERIALS
Common objectives:
1.) Avoid sending waste to landfills.
2.) Avoid waste processing options that have negative environmental side effects.
3.) Use every possible component of the waste stream as a resource for future re-application, or alternative benefit.
4.) Waste components of current low commercial value must be utilized in ways to yield their present highest and best use, without posing an environmental hazard.
5.) Toxic materials that are currently unusable in their present form must be detoxified, rendered inert or safely sequestered, to avoid environmental contamination.
6.) Always look for secondary uses or benefits from detoxified, altered, or denatured breakdown elements of previously toxic waste components.
One approach to addressing the above points is to individually review several specific materials that commonly appear in waste streams (that are, or may become, harmful by-products of the waste stream and/or its decomposition process).
As noted in the October 2009 Minister’s Report on the Waste Diversion Act 2002 Review, metals, glass and wood are generally recognized as having good economic recyclable value, and should be diverted from landfills as part of the collection and pre-disposal steps.
Automobile tires are another material that is finding more creative re-applications from doormats to road construction. However, supply of unwanted tires may from time-to-time outstrip the demand for its alternative uses. Past incidents of stockpiled waste tires that have been ignited have resulted in cases of serious environmental pollution and health risk.
In such cases where storage becomes too costly or presents an environmental hazard, then the highest and best use for tires could temporarily be seen to be in the clean Thermal Energy From Waste, (TEFW), area, until other demand for used tires again catches up with supply.
Plastics. While certain grades of plastic are listed for recycling in municipal Blue Box programs, the current problem that exists with many plastics is that it is cheaply made and there is very little market for recycled plastic.
In Ottawa, for example, as storage space bursts with currently unmarketable plastic, often 100% of the conscientiously home-sorted plastic that is put into Blue Boxes, now goes straight into landfills. This below-the-radar practice is neither honest nor environmentally sound.
Until better plastic waste applications can be found, it is logical that clean TEFW could be considered one of the best interim uses for plastics that might otherwise sit in a landfill for 1000-plus years, breaking into smaller coloured shards that get mistaken by birds and animals as food, only to poison, entangle or suffocate wildlife, or pollute waterways and oceans and are thus consumed by fish and sea mammals in the same manner.
By turning the high thermal energy (enthalpy) of these same plastics into clean local sources of power, as a beneficial by-product of clean waste disposal within the very same communities, provides immense benefits for both the environment and the economy.
Polyethylene hay bale covers, from farms, are produced and discarded into landfills in ever-increasing amounts. While some enterprising uses, (such as deck and fence-building products), can be made from this material, demand has not kept up with supply and much of it continues to end up in landfills.
Clean TEFW may well be the on-and-off process to balance commercially non-viable oversupplies and deal with unsalvageable dirt-contaminated poly-bale covers, thus diverting them from landfills.
Roof shingles: One-and-a-quarter million tonnes of asphalt roofing is discarded annually in Canada; (Source: Paul Stastny, Alberta Construction Magazine, July, 2007).
Roof shingles are one of those high-volume discard products that have high enthalpy and are thus a valuable feedstock for clean TEFW processes. This may well be the highest and best use for old asphalt shingles, by diverting them from landfills.
Biological Waste: Compostables and Non-Compostables. Because vegetable parings and other kitchen wastes have been used for centuries on family farms and rural properties, as hog feed or turned into rich soil composts, the thought of making valuable compost out of such materials from city kitchens has wide emotional appeal as a landfill diversion methodology.
However, the idealistic similarity is quickly lost when one looks at the reality of what goes into the city’s organic waste stream. Rotting meat waste, disposable diapers and sanitary products would never be considered healthy components of a home compost bin, and do not appear to have market appeal or suitability as marketable compost ingredients.
Commercial acceptance of this product for farmland application is the entire premise upon which the urban ‘Green Bin’ program’s business case is founded. Without a market for this uncertain and potentially toxic product, the final output material will, itself, become merely another very expensively prepared waste stream.
A classic example of such a program gone wrong is Toronto’s ‘Green Bin’ compost product, which was found to have excessively high E-coli counts and concentrations of salts so elevated, that plants could not grow in the material. An enterprising Toronto Star reporter recently revealed that trucks were found transporting this unwanted “Green Waste” compost product to a Michigan landfill site, while some others were caught dumping what they could into an abandoned gravel pit, en-route to the US border.
(See References at bottom of page.)
In Ottawa, a private foreign firm has been given a 20-year contract to follow a somewhat similar Green Bin program. Local farmers, (who are the intended users of composted material), are beginning to express concerns that the product has too many input variables and unknowns, thus, is excessively prone to contain unknown contamination hazards. They feel that use of the material could put their farming livelihoods at undue risk, which they refuse to allow.
It is not surprising to hear that increasing numbers of European farms, which have had surprise audits of their soils that have found hazardous levels of contaminants, now find that their farmland is quarantined and their livelihoods are lost.
Ottawa already has a serious problem disposing of its large volumes of sewage sludge biosolids. To make matters worse, Ottawa's highly toxic landfill leachate, is also added to the city's sewage treatment system.
The landfill leachate is so toxic that it exceeds the limits of Ottawa’s own “Sewer Use Bylaw” (resulting in on-going fines paid by the City to MOE …which MOE then pays back to the City), is being piped into Ottawa’s sole sewage treatment plant (ROPEC). Since the ROPEC treatment plant uses a microbial digestion process, all of the highly toxic chemicals piped in from the Carp Landfill site and the Trail Road Landfill site remain untreated. The toxic aqueous components of the leachate pass directly through the plant into the Ottawa River, untreated, while the remaining toxic insoluble particulates reside in the sewage biosolid-sludge, untreated, presumably to be spread onto farm fields (that produce feed for dairy herds, etc.). Sewage sludge biosolids are not fit materials for composting, (but are high in enthalpy and thus ideal for thermal waste to energy systems).
Medical Officers of Health and environmental regulators are also currently ignoring the potential time-bomb of prions in sewage entering the food chain through biosolid deposition on farmlands. MedicineNet.com describes prions as disease-causing agents that "have been held responsible for a number of degenerative brain diseases, including scrapie (a fatal disease of sheep and goats), mad cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, fatal familial insomnia, kuru, an unusual form of hereditary dementia known as Gertsmann-Straeussler-Scheinker disease, and possibly some cases of Alzheimer's disease". This is one of many reasons why disposible diapers and sewage biosolids should not be allowed as materials for composting. Prions are not destroyed by the sewage treatment process or by composting. They can be thermally destroyed when temperatures exceed 5000C.
See more on sewage sludge, ("Links of Interest" on left side of page): http://vernonsludge.blogspot.com/2009/11/ocaps-ottawa-citizens-against-pollution.html .
One wonders how soon it will be before the operators of Ottawa's Green Bin Composting scheme will receive provincial permission to exacerbate the spread of contaminants throughout our food supply chain by adding the purulent sewage biosolid sludge, the landfill leachate brew, and now the unwholesome mix of contaminated and disease-ridden sanitary products to its Green Bin Compost concoction?
From environmental as well as human health and safety perspectives, combining the three toxic waste streams into one would be a clear case of triple jeopardy.
Many enlightened farmers are no longer accepting sewage biosolids because such biosolids are already laden with landfill-leachate toxins. Why would they want to accept even greater risk and uncertainty?
All of this points to the environmental and health hazards, and economically wasteful problems, that can arise when superficially seemingly-clever, “green” ideas such as the Green Bin Program are not thought through to their logical conclusions, considering all of the environmental and economic consequences of each in order to produce correct decisions. (See references at bottom of page.)
The highest and best use for toxic biological/biosolid waste is to extract their high enthalpy, through TEFW, producing clean energy without toxic residues.
New, clean, Thermal Energy From Waste disintegration technology, (TEFW), now exists, that operates (auto-thermically, at 2,200 0F. to 3,000 0F.), at much higher temperatures than the standard process known as “incineration” (which operates at approximately 1,100 0F). The TEFW disintegration process has distinct advantages, in that it is able to use much higher dwell times and temperatures to destroy, denature, or sequester virtually all known toxins and their combustion byproducts, thus preventing any of the typical, (even scrubbed), releases of modern incinerator smoke exhausts, from re-entering the environment as pollutants.
This would also mean that a clean TEFW plant could handle all of the problematic biological waste materials such as diapers, sanitary products, sewage biosolids, medical waste, farm deadstock and other contaminated substances, in ways that permanently protect the environment and produce valuable clean energy from these waste streams, as well.
Additionally, other problematic materials such as paints, solvents, antifreeze, used oil filters, automobile upholstery ‘fluff’, batteries and e-waste can all be handled in the same, contained, environmentally safe, extractive way with the new TEFW disintegration technology.
Landfills have changed drastically from a century ago when they were much smaller in scale and more-or-less composted on their own in a world without plastics.
Today, landfills are far larger, highly plasticized, toxic chemical/industrial waste depositories that increasingly pollute our air, ground and water with VOCs, heavy metals, and a plethora of other pernicious cyto-toxic compounds that are hormone-mimickers, prions, mutagens and carcinogens.
Various uses for many specific waste stream materials are expanding as we collectively attempt to reuse and recycle metals, glass, wood and other useful materials, thus preventing them from going into our overloaded landfills.
But, will we be able to divert 100% of our waste? Unfortunately, the honest answer is: not through recycling and reusing, alone.
Given the complex toxic makeup our post-industrial modern waste streams of today it is not likely that we will ever be able to recycle our way through 100% of waste in its original states.
Even though some materials presently defy reclamation, and cannot be given second cost-effective end uses in their original states, such materials, for example, may, still, very well be able to deliver valuable clean energy when submitted to the new super-clean, highly efficient, TEFW process. For example, much of the unusable plastic that currently wraps and entangles our household garbage, as it sits rotting in brimful dumps, has very high locked-in enthalpy, (heat producing value), that can be used to power our homes and industries.
With the additional availability of the new, clean, SOTA, extreme-high-temperature EFW technologies, working together with sensible recycle and reuse methodologies, propelled simply by free-market forces alone, municipal solid waste should progressively be seen less as a problem and viewed more as a valuable resource.
Clean Thermal Energy From Waste (TEFW) is very much a valid waste diversion methodology, if it means that TEFW keeps the waste out of landfills. To claim otherwise is not an honest assessment of the terms: “landfill diversion of waste” or “diversion of waste from landfills”.
The key issues to be addressed with respect to consideration of TEFW technologies alongside other diversion processes are:
a.) What is the highest and best use -–at this particular time-- for the specific material being diverted from landfills?
b.) For each waste material, a worst-case scenario evaluation of each possible treatment option must be considered for that material. (That must be an honest assessment of all environmental and economic levels of impact, over extended time considerations.)
c.) The short, medium and long-term environmental and economic ROI on each of the alternatives should be evaluated.
d.) In choosing a TEFW process it must be shown to produce clean energy. In fact, every part of the process must avoid creating any secondary air, water or soil pollution problems that are as bad or worse that the problems it is attempting to solve.
e.) Any TEFW process, to be viable, must not merely trade one pollution problem for another. It must have the distinct advantage of permanently “amputating” (otherwise) long-term toxic hazards from the face of the earth.
f.) In the context of applying the appropriate methodologies of reusing, recycling and applying TEFW technologies, to detoxify and salvage all municipal solid waste streams, the concept of 99% waste diversion (from landfills) can, in fact, become a modern-day reality. In this context waste can, and should, truly be viewed not as a problem but as a valuable resource.
We have to learn to divert all of our future waste away from toxic, leachate-producing, poison-emitting dumpsites that wreck havoc on our natural environment.
Now, with the benefit of new SOTA technologies, such as clean Thermal Energy From Waste Disintegration Systems, not only can we divert waste streams away from landfills, we can completely mine and eradicate the perpetual scourge of the very landfills, themselves, (those, both active and ancient).
Now, that’s waste diversion!
Green bins: A wasted effort? – The Star- July 04, 2009:
http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/660864
How tons of rotting garbage ended up in a gravel pit –The Star- July 04, 2009:
Province steps in to fix Green Bin mess –The Star - July 07, 2009:
How your blue bin hurts the environment - National Post:
The recycling conundrum: How your blue bin hurts the environment - N. Post
Persistence of pathogenic prion protein during simulated wastewater treatment processes. - Hinckley GT, et al. -Environ Sci Technol. 2008 Jul 15;42(14):5254-9.
CEWEP (Confederation of European Waste-to- Energy Plants) represents about 380 Waste-to-Energy Plants across Europe. They thermally treat household and similar waste that remains after waste prevention, reuse and recycling by generating energy from it. This is how they replace fossil fuels, such as coal, gas and oil, used by conventional power plants. At the same time Waste-to-Energy plants help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by diverting waste from landfills.
Waste-to-Energy - low hanging fruit for Copenhagen
The renewable energy contribution from waste across Europe
Position paper on sustainable energy from waste
Environment Canada Website: "Municipal solid waste landfills are one of the largest sources of human-related methane emissions in Canada." ..."Approximately 27 megatonnes of CO2 equivalent are being generated annually from Canadian landfills equal to almost 6 million cars on the road."
Turning Trash into Green Power
Ottawa’s Green Bin Program smells foul before it begins - RCOC Reports
Is the Green Bin Program mere "green-washing"?
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A My second week at the course I got in early and became bored while waiting for my homeboys.
A My teammates and coaches were often challenged by my "Just give me the ball and get the hell out of my way" attitude. A I was not the best athlete on the field or on the court, but I thought I was.A When the game was on the line I wanted the ball in my hands. A A It was a hot evening and the constant in and out of the woods was not a pleasant undertaking. What I thought would be a nine-hole outing turned into eighteen holes and a White House visit and a Presidential appointment in 1969.
General William Rogers, Hattie, President Nixon and HBA Petey and I would become great friends and in 1965 we would meet again.
A The United Planning Organization a self-help community organization was hiring "Neighborhood Workers." A They hired three, me, Petey and H. A Two years later Rap would be named Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
A I would become a Roving Leader (Youth Gang Task Force) for the DC Recreation Department and Petey would find his new home in radio at WOL.
A Three UPO "Neighborhood Workers" would go on to establish their own independent idenities.
A Petey would win 2 Emmy Awards and in 2007 there was a feeble attempt to do his life story on the big screen. He is now in jail serving a life sentence for the murder of a black Deputy Sherrif in Fulton County, Georgia.
Brian McIntyre.A He was sitting almost alone and there was no one waiting in line (compared to today's media circus).
A I looked down and notice that all the white media were seated on one side of half-court and all the blacks were seated on the other side of the half-court line. He stepped in front of me and said "I got it."A It would be the start of the 4th quarter that Mark returned to the press table table and apologize for his unprofessional actions.
A There were other mistakes like someone thought a black Judy Holland was VP material---far from it.
A It took a minute but in the meantime, he was making an effort to bring about change in his own way. A But according veteran (32 years) sports writer Bill Rhoden of the New York Times, progress in sports media pressrooms around the country are on a slow boat to China.A His recent appearance on the widely acclaimed television news show Meet the Press, he said, "the NBA, NFL and MLB are still dragging their feet. Media pressrooms at Deadline are still the last plantations.A A Pioneering broadcaster and former NBA CBS basketball analyst Sonny Hill and now a sports talk show host on WIP Radio in Philadelphia said, "I am not surprised by Rhoden's statement, very little has changed in media pressrooms.
A One of the problems there is no networking among blacks who have moved it up the ladder." A That is an understatement. A The copy rights for Inside Sports is own by News Week Magazine and it is own by the Washington Post.
A A First, there was a a problem with the PR Men from hell, Brian Sereno and Matt Williams. A A It was brought to my attention that Sereno was disrespecting the ladies of The Roundball Report. A The meeting was set before a Wizard's game in the press louge but Scott Hall was the lead man.
A He listened and we disagreed on some points but when we walked away from the table we were on the same page. A The community and everyone in it was a friend, the old and the young, the black and the white and the healthy and the lame.
A I was honored to speak at his retirement held at the arena just before the Bullets moved to Washington and changed their name to the Wizards.A Denny Gordon was in ticket sales and it seem like he knew everyone who brought a ticket. A He was made the scapegoat after being sold out by his assisstant coach Bernie Bickerstaff and others.
A The meeting revolved around a charity all-star game scheduled for the Bahamas, the island home of NBA star Mycal Thompson. A Magic Johnson was one of All-Stars participating.A Representatives from the NBA included VP Ron Thorne, Legal Counsel Gary Bettman and head of security Horace Balmer. A A Gary Bettman is the Commissioner of the NHL, Thorne is somewhere lurking in the NBA, Balmer has since retired and Magic is a role model for Black America?
A A The short lived existence of basketball legend Michael Jordan as a Wizard's player and Executive in the front office. A After the story broke he and several teammates made light of it during introductions of a game. A He was eventually suspended for most of the 2009a€“10 season.A The thing that I find disturbing about this Donald Sterling charade is that folks are acting like they were surprised by his rants against blacks. A A I also notice the same "Old faces and voices" are called on to respond to the racist acts by men like Sterling---when they are a part of the problem . A He and Sterling were good friends because "Birds of a feather flock together." A Check Magic's history out and you will discover the two have a lot in common.
A Magic's claim to be a minority owner of the LA Dodgers is another sham (token black face). James Brown (CBS Sports) another mis-guilded brother claiming to be a minority baseball owner and an expert on racism. A He did finally admit on the late George Michael Show (Sports Machine) "I have no say in making baseball decisions as a minority owner." A His role as a minority owner is to be paraded out on Opening Day as the black face to read the starting line-ups. A A This is the same Michael Wilbon that I had at least two recent conversations about the use of the N word as a term of endearment. A I have to give him credit, he will at least talk to me face to face and not behind my back.
A I tried to explain that his rationale that his grandfather's use the word as a term of endearment does not make it right today. A I told him he should not go on national television saying it is okay to use the N word among friends and family. A It gives bigots like Donald Sterling the Green Light to do the same among his friends and family.
A Plus, Michael told me he was not going to appear on the ESPN Show Outside the Lines because the white host had no horse in the race! A A I wish that Magic, James, Michael and the rest of the media experts would defer to black men like Hank Aaron, Dr. A But they wear the battle scars and have been on the front lines of the civil rights movement in real life and in the sports arenas of America.
A In other words, they have been there and done that.A I guess that is wishful thinking, especially when everyone wants to be an expert on television. A In the meantime, they don't know their asses from a hole in the ground but the beat goes on and on. A Auerbach would go a step further in the 1966-67 NBA season, when he stepped A down after winning nine titles in 11 years, and made Bill Russell player-coach. A A trailblazers, RED AND DOTIE AUERBACHi»? ON INSIDE SPORTSA Russell would eventually be the first black to win an NBA championship. A There are far too many crying "Foul" and playing the victims in this charade, to include some NBA owners.A Let me start with my homeboy, the great Elgin Baylor who was the Clippers GM for over 2 decades. His teams were perennial losers on the court and in attendance, but he picked up his check every two weeks and kept his mouth shut.
A A In his deposition, Elgin spoke about what he called Sterling's 'plantation mentality,' alleging the owner in the late 1990s rejected a coaching candidate, Jim Brewer, because of race. A Talking about an organization needing a change of name and a face-lift---meet Leon Jenkins.A Jenkins seen above at a press conference trying to explain why the li»?ocal branch was honoring Sterling during the 100th Anniversary of the organization next month. A A He explained the previous award had been approved by the man he replaced and he just went along to get along.
A A Sterling won't be the first to sleep black and think white when it comes to sex, politics and money. Slave owners lived by the credo and in modern day history there was the late Senator Strom Thurmond.
A Nike NBA rep John Phillips and I met with VP Rod Thorn, League Counsel Gary Bettman and Head of League Security, Horace Balmer.
A The meeting centered around whether Magic Johnson, Mycal Thompson and a group of NBA All-Stars would be allowed to travel to the Bahamas for a charity basketball game without league approval. The game had been played in the Bahamas the previous year without incident or controversy.A It was obvious that there was a power-play being made by the league office to cancel the game. Thorn open the meeting by asking who was going to be responsible if one of the players was hurt during the game? A Magic suggested that the topic of conversation just might be centered around an injury to a player. I tried to explain that playing the game was no different then one of the players participating in a pick-up game on a New York City playground in the off season. A What is this some kind of plantation?"A The room went silent and Horace Balmer the only other black in the room just shook his head and seem to be lost for words. A Thorn called off the discussion and promised to get back to us but he never did.A In the meantime, Magic Johnson disappeared and changed his number.
A Mycal was a class act but his hands were tied when Magic decided to do his Houdini act.A Gary Bettman now runs the NHL, Ron Thorn is still in the NBA somewhere calling the shots, Horace Balmer has since retired and Magic is the face (black) in the middle of the Donald Sterling charade. A When all is said and done, the real victim despite all of her baggage is the girlfriend (The Whistle Blower) V.
A NBA Commissioner Adam Silver during his annoucement as it related to the punishment of Donald Sterling apologize to black NBA pioneers Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Magic Johnson.
A He reminds me of the controversial Celebrity Chef Paula Deen who alledgely use The N word to describe her love for black folks. A How should we expect her to know if she has never walked in our shoes ?A When it is a part of your DNA it is difficult to rid yourself of the gene.A A One morning I was watching Ms.
This award was longed overdue and I wonder why it took the NAACP so long to finally recognized Mr.
Belafonte in accepting the award asked, "Where are today's black leaders?A Our children's blood is still running in our streets---there is work still to be done.
The coalition stated it will urge President Obama to mention an urban jobs plan in his state of the Union speech on February 12th----Good luck!
Ben Carson of John Hopkins University Hospital.A His prayer and message was centered around health care, the economy, American debt, and tax reform, thus taking dead aim at President Obama's platform for the nation. Carson spend 25 minutes talking about the nation's ills and solutions with the President sitting less than 5 feet from him.A When all was said and done, President Obama was not looking so Presidential! Carson set the record straight from the very beginning.A He made it clear he was not taking any wooden nickels. In 2010, he became that series' youngest driver and the first black driver to win a race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.
A close friend of mine that has been partially paralyzed by strokes, pays for aids to "help". If they show up, they usually just sit and do nothing, root through her jewelry and personal effects, and some have been caught stealing jewelry.
One was there when she collapsed with another stroke, and instead of calling for help, she called her boyfriend and left, leaving her patient to manage on her own. It runs M - F from 10am - Noon and starting on Monday July 22 will repeat from 4pm - 6pm each day. My opinions about Tiger Woods or any other issue are mine and I could give a damn about what Feinstein or anybody else things about them. In their prime at theA Washington Post, they were among the best sports writers in the country. A I was up close and personal with the sports department.A Kindred and Chad were talented writers but you could not trust them, Cornheiser and Feintstein's talent, they easily blended in with the landscape of the paper. A Feinstein called Wilbon the biggest ass kisser in sports media, if that is true he had great teacher in Cornheiser. A When Solomon tried to kick Cornheiser to the curve (fire him) in the 80s he was able to move to the Style section of the paper.
A One black female Washington Post columnist wrote a book titled "Plantation on the Potomac." A She was describing her employer. A Hopefully, they were asked to participate and were of the same mindset as Wilbon not comfortable with Mr. A Goodell makes more than any player in the NFL and he never has to make a tackle or catch a pass.A The owners recent pay out to the players for injuries suffered on their watch was peanuts compared to the billions they make year in and year out. A When he refused a request by his mother to cease using the word and a similar plea by poet Myra Angelo. Martin Luther Kinga€™s 1963 march on Washington and 46 years since his assassination in Memphis, Tenn. With the high-scoring Macauley, elite passer Cousy, and new prodigy Sharman, Auerbach had a core that provided high-octane fast-break basketball. In the next years until 1956, the Celtics would make the playoffs every year, but never won the title. Brown was desperate to turn around his struggling and financially strapped franchise, which was reeling from a 22a€“46 record.[5]A The still young but already seasoned Auerbach was made coach.
A Nike NBA rep John Phillips and I met with VP Rod Thorn, League Counsel Gary Bettman and Head of League Security, Horace Balmer.A The meeting centered around whether Magic Johnson, Mycal Thompson and a group of NBA All-Stars would be allowed to travel to the Bahamas for a charity basketball game without league approval. A He was right on point.A To this day I think Magic had a previous discussion with the league office. James Gholson, Red Auerbach, Biff Carter, Jessie Chase, Morgan Wooten, Everett Cookie Payne Sr., Frank Bolden, Dr. Leo Hill, Roper McNair, Earl Alfred, Maxwell Honemond, Tilman Sease, William Roundtree, Charlie Baltimore, Jaky Mathews, Ferdinand Day, Nick Turner, Walter Brooks, Ted McIntye, and my saviors, Dave Brown and Bighouse Gaines.A They knew their Xs and Os, but more important, they were there for our highs and lows.A Where have all those flowers gone?
We never could have made it without them.I have given up on the Pigskin Club, but keeping hope alive for the DC Recreation Department and the Roving Leader Program. BELL 12-25-1940---8-1-2013A A GOOD COP WHO BROKE THE CODE OF SILENCE IN THE WASHINGTON, DC POLICE DEPARTMENT. A The real Serpico is seen leaving the Bronx Courthouse alone after testifying before the Knapp Commission on wide spread police corruption in the department.
A In the old days police A would carry a "drop knife---an inexpensive weapon cops would bring along on patrol to drop onto or next to suspect that they had taken out so that they could say that he had threaten them.
A Today you don't even need to do that; all that you have to do is justify the use of deadly force if you are a police officer is to say that you feared for your life, for whatever reason. If the victim dies, that just means there will one less witness around to contradict the test-lie. A In the case of Officer Michael Slager of the North Charleston police, it appears he was being extra-carefulto cover his tracks.
A Probably he could have gotten away with simply declaring, as he did in the radioed report, that Walter Scott "took my taser," and that would have probably have sufficed to exonerate him.
A But Slager having shot Scott eight times in the back--as everyone can see in the now famous video--perhaps felt that he needed a little help explaining what he was up to. A So apparently dropped his Taser next to Scott's body, which would obviously help to make the case that Scott "Took my taster."A If you think that what happen in North Charleston is a unique case, its not. A Only recently, in another case, a policewoman in Pennsylvania first Tasered a black man then shot him twice in the back as he lay face down in the snow.
A Unless honesty is rewarded more often then corruption, the police will lose credibility altogether.
A I wrote a letter to President Bill Clinton in 1994 addressing this very issue, saying that honest cops have never been rewarded, and maybe there ought to be a medal for them, he wrote back but nothing change.
A If enough testi-lying is uncovered, then who is going to believe the police even when they are telling the truth? A A Until now the shoot first fear of my life mantra has eliminated any cause for concern in the taking of life by police. A When a civilian committs a crime, every nuance is looked at, the better to "throw the book at" the suspect. A The other day I got a letter from a journalist in Argentina who was complaining about police and judicial corruption there. A I wrote back to him, there are good cops, even where you live, but if the good cops don't want to be painted with the same broad brush as the bad cops, they need to come forward and expose the guys who are doing bad things.
A Take New York City detective who was caught on camera recently abusing an Uber driver with threats and foul language, A This was truly disgusting behavior. Yet predictably enough the detective union leader, Michael Palladino, was out there making excuses for him, suggesting that, well, it was only one incident, and everyone has a bad day. A Afterward Police Commissioner William Bratton announced he was removing the detective's shield and placing him temporarily on desk duty while an investigation is conducted . A But this man needs to be demoted to uniform at the very least, or "back in the bag" as we use to say.
A Imagine what he is capable of doing under the cover of darkness if he can talk to someone like that in broad daylight. A There are plenty legitimate incidents where police believe, correctly, that their lives are in danger.
A I was in a few of those situations myself during the course of my career.A But unless the police forces and society as a whole take action we're not going to be able to distinguish between the legititimate claims and made-up testimony. A A long time ago Norman Rockwell painted a famous picture of a friendly neighborhood cop bending down to help a little boy. A For example; I could name someone who is a great athlete but a lousy human being or I could name someone who is a great human being but not a great athlete. A Heading the list is Muhammad Ali (The Greatest), Red Auerbach (NBA), Dave Bing (NBA), Lenny Moore (NFL), Bert R. Sugar (Boxing), Lee Jones (NBA), Roy Jefferson (NFL) and Harold McLinton (NFL), finding pro athletes like them today are far, few and in-between. A And that is a sad commentary when you think about the hundreds of men and women I have interviewed on Inside Sports and worked with as a youth advocate (Kids In Trouble). Moore, LB Dave Robinson (2013 NFL Hall of Fame inductee) and WR Roy Jefferson host KIT toy party. A Sam Jones (NBA), Lenny Moore (NFL) and Roy Jefferson (NFL) participate in KIT clothing drive for needy children at Union Station. A Bert Sugar (Boxing) receives KIT Life Time Achievement Award and Dave Bing (NBA) pays tribute to KIT Saturday Program All-Stars.I had the opportunity to hear an interview on Sirius A XM Radio (channel 126) on the Maggie Linton Show recently, her guest was NFL Washington Pro football player, wide receiver Peirre Garcon.
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In a surprising twist, the sequel to Frozen features a plotline addressing indigenous land rights. The Walt Disney Company
Frozen 2’s postcolonial plotline: is it all a bit of a charade?
December 18, 2019 7.26am EST
Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University
Emily Zobel Marshall
Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature , Leeds Beckett University
Emily Zobel Marshall does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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Parents across the globe have been dragged into the cinema to watch Disney’s latest icy offering. I, being of them, was expecting Disney’s usual fare – princesses with special powers who, in an amazing feminist twist (because recently Disney do enjoy subverting the princess fairytale genre now they’re “woke”), don’t marry the prince at the end of the film.
In a curve ball, however, Frozen 2 appears to tackle the historically silenced issue of indigenous land rights and repatriations head on. It suggests that, at all costs, land must now be returned to the people it was once stolen from. However, whether it is a genuinely a rewriting of biased colonial historical narratives from the perspective of the dispossessed is up for debate.
Let me provide a bit of context. The film starts with a grand tale which hides a terrible lie, as do all colonial narratives. King Agnarr of Arendelle tells his young daughters, Elsa and Anna, a bedtime tale about their “heroic” grandfather, King Runeard, who sought to establish a treaty with the neighbouring “tribe” of Northuldra. He does this by building a dam on their territory, the Enchanted Forest. To mark the treaty the people of Arendelle invite the Northuldra to celebrate in the Northuldra territories – but the good people of Arendelle are attacked by the “savage” tribespeople.
Anna and Elsa are told a bedtime story that echoes colonial narratives. The Walt Disney Company
“We let down our guard, we were charmed, it felt so magical,” King Agnarr tells his daughters, “but they were attacking us”. King Runeard dies but Agnarr (who was then a young prince) escapes with the help of a mysterious saviour. The battle makes the spirits angry (“Air, Water, Fire and Earth”) and in their fury they create a great impenetrable wall of smoke around the Enchanted forest and its people. In a final warning, King Agnarr tells his wide-eyed girls: “We are safe but the forest may wake and we must be prepared.”
Narratives of colonial control
Postcolonial theory examines how literary and historical narratives seek to uphold and legitimise colonial control and the stealing of land from indigenous people. This bedtime story reasserts this, and Frozen 2 is dedicated to unravelling such a damaging colonial myth. The film hinges on the idea that “water has memory,” like the poet Derek Walcott’s poem The Sea Is History, it suggests that water remembers ancestral wrongdoings.
The Northuldra are of course a romanticised portrayal of indigenous people and there is much of the stereotype of the “noble savage” reflected here. They live in a magical forest, are deeply in tune with their natural environment and are innocent and pure. As the lies on which the Kingdom of Arendelle is founded start to unravel, we discover that Anna and Elsa’s mother, Iduna, is from the Northuldra tribe – she was the mysterious saviour who rescued their father during battle.
The Northuldra live in a magical forest surrounded by a wall of smoke. The Walt Disney Company
After Elsa is drawn to the Enchanted forest by a haunting song, she realises she must travel to a glacier named Ahtohalla to find answers. There the past is revealed to her through a series of ice statues – ancestral crimes are literally frozen in time.
It transpires that King Runeard cheated the Northuldra, the dam he built was to weaken their lands and he attacked them while they were defenceless. His reasons for doing so was that they have their own magic and people with magic cannot be trusted. “It makes them think they can stop the will of a king”, he states – echoing colonial fears of indigenous belief systems.
As the deeds of her ancestors are revealed to her, Elsa also becomes an ice statue. Anna realises that the wrongs of the past must be corrected if Elsa and Arendelle are to be saved. “Arendelle has no future unless we make things right”, she proclaims passionately.
Retroactive rehabilitation
For all its worthiness, this is clearly a plotline created in retrospect. It seems in the wake of the negative backlash on social media against the first Frozen – which depicts indigenous songs, musical scores and clothing without any acknowledgement that they are inspired by indigenous culture – Frozen 2 has placed indigenous issues at centre stage. The Northuldra are fictionalised portrayals of the Sámi who are traditionally reindeer herders and whose lands covered parts of present-day Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia.
The filmmakers worked alongside Sámi experts, formed an advisory group and a contract was signed, the first of its kind, between the Walt Disney Company, the transnational Sámi Council and the Sámi parliament to ensure a culturally sensitive depiction of the inspiration behind the fictional Northuldra people.
From the 1800s onwards, the Sámi have been oppressed and discriminated against. They have been subjected to forced sterilisation programs, segregation, scientific study and ethnic discrimination and prevented from speaking their indigenous languages. Settlers have been encouraged to move on to Sámi lands, money has been invested to eradicate Sámi culture and parliamentary acts have ensured the allocation of their lands to settlers. It seems that the dam in the film may be based on the controversy over the construction of a hydro-electric power station and dam on Sámi land in 1979 in Alta, which brought Sámi rights into the public eye and started a international movement for the protection of the Sámi and their culture.
The Nothuldra tribespeople were based on the Sámi people. The Walt Disney Company
Anna realises that she must break the dam, which will flood Arendelle, to put things right. She is willing to sacrifice Arendelle and its ill-gotten gains to heal the Northuldra community and return what belongs rightfully to them. By doing this she can save Elsa, free the Northuldra and appease the angry elemental spirits. As she plans to break the dam, she sings a song entitled: “The Next Right Thing”. Reparations are the next right thing to do and she is the woman to do it.
Yet, as expected, the sacrifice is minimal. Elsa arrives just in time to freeze the floodwater before it reaches Arendelle. Order is quickly restored, the spirits are at peace and the wall of smoke around the forest dissolves. The Northuldra and the forest are free. It all ends neatly with marriage, a “new” monarch and the idea of freedom.
So did Disney do the next right thing? Quite frankly, it’s all a bit of a charade. But at least they tried.
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The update has slashed growth and surplus forecasts, as the economy is buffeted by global and domestic pressures. Lukas Coch/AAP
Lower growth, tiny surplus in MYEFO budget update
December 15, 2019 6.21pm EST • Updated December 15, 2019 8.07pm EST
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU.
The government has shaved its forecasts for both economic growth and the projected surplus for this financial year in its budget update released on Monday.
The Australian economy is now expected to grow by only 2.25% in 2019-20, compared with the 2.75% forecast in the April budget.
The projected surplus has been revised down from A$7.1 billion at budget time to $5 billion for this financial year.
By 2022-23 the surplus is projected to be tiny A$4 billion, a mere one fifth of one per cent of GDP, less than half the $9.2 billion projected in April.
Combined, $21.6 billion has been slashed from projected surpluses over the coming four years.
The revenue estimates have also been slashed, down from the pre-election economic and fiscal outlook (PEFO) by about $3 billion in 2019-20 and $32.6 billion over the forward estimates.
The changes this financial year reflect downgrades to superannuation fund taxes, the GST and non-tax receipts. The downgrade in later years reflects changed forecasts for individual taxes, company tax and GST.
The official documents sought to put as positive a spin as possible on the worse economic figures:
Australia’s economy continues to show resilience in the face of weak momentum in the global economy, as well as domestic challenges such as the devastating effects of drought and bushfires.
While economic activity has continued to expand, these factors have resulted in slower growth than had been expected at PEFO.
The revised figures forecast growth will be 2.75% next financial year.
The impact of the drought is reflected in the fact farm GDP is expected to fall to the lowest level seen since 2007-08 in the millenium drought.
The downgrades will fuel calls already being made by the opposition and some stakeholders and commentators for economic stimulus.
But the government, which since the budget has brought forward some infrastructure and announced spending on aged care and drought assistance, is continuing to resist pressure for stimulus now, wishing to hold out until budget time.
Read more: Surplus before spending. Frydenberg's risky MYEFO strategy
The budget update - formally called the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) - contains more bad news for workers’ wages.
Wages are forecast to rise in 2019-20 by 2.5%, compared with the forecast of 2.75% in the budget.
Employment growth remains at the earlier forecast level of 1.75% for this financial year, but the unemployment rate is slightly up in the latest forecast, from 5% at budget time to 5.25% in the update.
In its bring forward and funding of new projects, the government is putting an extra $4.2 billion over the forward estimates into transport infrastructure projects.
Its extra spending on aged care will be almost $624 million over four years, in its initial response to the royal commission. This is somewhat higher than the $537 million announced by Scott Morrison in November.
While the projected surplus has been squeezed, the government continues to highlight the priority it gives it, saying that despite the revenue write downs, it expects cumulative surpluses over $23.5 billion over forward estimates.
Spending growth is estimated to be 1.3% annual average in real terms over the forward estimates. Payments as a share of GDP is estimated at 24.5% this financial year, reducing to 24.4% by 2022-23, which is below the 30 year average.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the update showed “the government is living within its means, and paying down Labor’s debt”.
He said “the surplus has never been an end in itself, but a means to an end. An end which is to reduce interest payments to free up money to be spent elsewhere across the economy.”
Read more: 5 things MYEFO tells us about the economy and the nation’s finances
The government’s economic plan was “delivering continued economic growth and a stronger budget position.
"MYEFO demonstrates that we have the capacity and the flexibility to invest in the areas that the public need most.”
Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers said the update showed the government’s economic credibility was destroyed. At its core, there were “two humiliating confessions - the economy is much weaker and the government has absolutely no idea and no plan to turn things around”.
Chalmers said Morrison and Frydenberg “couldn’t give a stuff that Australians are facing higher unemployment and weaker wages and slower growth.
"If they cared enough about the workers and families of this country, they would stop sitting on their hands and they would come up with an actual plan to turn around an economy which is floundering on their watch.”
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Posted on October 13, 2014 by theheraldteam in More Stories
By Cecil Mensah
As tongues are wagging about the misinformation put out there by the National Identification Authority (NIA), the agency tasked to register Ghanaians and non- Ghanaians, that the purpose for the one hundred fifteen million Dollars Chinese Exim bank loan, was going to be used to build another data for the onward distribution of a synchronized Ghanacard, it has emerged that the Public Private Partnership (PPP) company handling the registration of foreigners, has opted to transform the undistributed fifteen million cards to smartcards.
IMS, a subsidiary of Margins Group of companies, a wholly owned Ghanaian company, has said that the proposal was to transform the Ghanacards at the cost of the company to address the delays in the issuance of the cards, which the Government of Ghana (GoG) has spent millions on.
Speaking at the media briefing in Accra, Mr Joseph Iroko, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IMS said, as part of the PPP agreement, the NIA was supposed to deliver data on five hundred thousand foreigners residing in the country.
He said, in return the IMS would pay an annual license fee of two million Dollars to NIA, and this arrangement went through an approval process, that involved a multitude of stakeholders including, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Security secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Ministry of Interior, Public Procurement Authority (PPA) and the Ministry Justice and Attorney-General’s office, before approval was given.
He maintained that the current data at NIA contains data that captures eight fingers, but the newly
Developed smartcards captures all ten fingerprints and it encompasses all data fields used by all stakeholders, especially for crime detection in the country.
He added that the new cards enable NIA to satisfy the compliance of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
He explained that the objective of the arrangement was to transform NIA into a self-sustaining institution; weaned off the Government subvention and still be able to deliver on its core mandate of registering Ghanaians and non -Ghanaians.
As part of the arrangements, an amount of five hundred thousand Dollars was advanced to NIA, he said.
He stressed that IMS, has not taken a single pesewa from Government, but has rather invested its own time and resources to delivering cards to all foreigners and Ghanaians as whole
He said, as part of the PPP arrangement, IMS has generated over one million Dollars under the FIMS project of registering fifty thousand foreigners living in the country.
He said data available as part of the registration of foreigners has it that there over fifteen thousand foreign students representing one hundred thirty-four different countries.
He added Chinese nationals are in the majority followed by Nigerians who have failed in renewing their registrations since the project started two years ago.
In a related development, Mr Josiah Cobbah, the Acting Executive Director of NIA joined by its Board Chairman Mr Larry Adjetey disclosed at a press conference that there is nothing on towards about the PPP arrangement and admitted the arrangement has brought life into the operations of the operations of the company.
He said the contract with IMS had Parliamentary approval involving the following stakeholders: National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA),Ghana Statistical Service, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and Financial Intelligence Centre(FIC).
The rest are Bank of Ghana (BoG), Birth and Death, Free Zones Board, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and Controller and Accountants General Department.
He said it difficult for all these companies to pass the company when there was a problem with the contract.
He denied the rumour making the rounds that Chinese Exim bank loan was for the issuance of the smart cards.
According to him, the loan was for the infrastructure of NIA and not for the issuance of cards as being speculated in the media.
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New York State Governor Spitzer Focuses on "Patient-Centered" Care, Guts CAM Office: What's Up?
Written by John Weeks
New York State Governor Spitzer Focuses on "Patient-Centered" Care, Guts "CAM Office" - What's Up?
Summary: In the best of all worlds, or even a reasonably acceptable one, the consumer-driven movement toward use of alternative, complementary and integrative medicine approaches might be included in any effort to promote "patient-centered" care. But within the course of a week last month, New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer first announced his vision for the former. Then he put the leaders of an emerging New York State "CAM Office" on notice that they had a week to clean out their desks. Here is the story of the departed. The Integrator has contacted Governor Spitzer's budget office but hasn't yet a response on his actions. This will be added here later ...
The budget plans and priorities for New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer (D), who took over on January 1, include a focus on "putting patients first" and "patient-centered care" according to a March 5 release.
New York Governor Hugh Spitzer (DE)
But Spitzer's vision for New York's healthcare future apparently does not link complementary, alternative and integrative approaches with patient-centered approaches. Two days after Spitzer's press conference promoted patient-centered care, a deputy director in the state's department of regulatory affairs who had been exploring the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in numerous venues sent out a letter declaring that the New York State "CAM Office" was to be shut down.
The note the Integrator received was from Leslie Botta, DC. Botta held the title of Deputy Director, Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform Complementary & Alternative Medicine Project. She stated:
"It is with great disdain that I write to inform you of the elimination of the NY State Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and termination of all staff. Despite serious efforts to raise the new administration's awareness and understanding of CAM and its benefits (as well as risks), it has chosen to dispose of an office that would factor very favorably into an agenda for 'putting patients first' and focusing on 'treatment and more importantly prevention of chronic disease.'"
The statements which Botta cites are from the above-mentioned March 5, 2007, press release from Spitzer. In that release, representatives of numerous blue-chip, disease-specific associations (diabetes, cancer, heart, etc.) endorse a Spitzer initiative to make health care "patient-centered." States Spitzer:
“I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with those who know that state health care spending should be patient-centered. Our ability to effectively treat – and more importantly prevent – chronic diseases means we must invest in new public health programs, such as cancer screenings, obesity prevention programs, and anti-tobacco initiatives.”
Apparently Spitzer didn't view complementary and integrative medicine as part of the patient-centered mix, at least as advocated through the state's "complementary and alternative medicine project." [Note: The Integrator has contacted Spitzer's budget office and will update this article when a response comes back.]
A "CAM Office" or a Build-Out of Department Head Passions?
In truth, the so-called "CAM Office" existed largely as a hopeful idea of Botta and her boss, Margaret Buhrmaster, the director of the Office of Regulatory Reform for the New York State Department of Health. Buhrmaster served on Institute of Medicine's Committee on complementary and alternative medicine which produced the 2005 IOM Report.
Botta explains that in 2000, the New York State Office of Regulatory Reform, "originally created to support the [prior] Governor's regulatory reform agenda and facilitate a more effective regulation processing system, now also serves as a resource for the most current and reliable information and research on CAM, and as a facilitator/mediator on a number of interdisciplinary projects."
Botta, who joined the regulatory reform staff in April of 2006, adds that "what started as a narrow focus project has now grown into a major resource for both government and the private sector." What projects? Botta's March, last-minute appeal included a long list of potential values and specific projects.
Resources, Real and Potential, of the Gutted new York State CAM Office
- Leslie Botta, DC
former Deputy Director, New York State Department of Health,
Office of Regulatory Reform
Values from a CAM Office
Develop information files, resource materials and data bases
Track CAM policies/activities within federal government and other states
Collaborate and facilitate DOH CAM projects
Collaborate with other NYS agencies, the legislative and the executive branches
Collaborate with health care providers, educators, health care organizations at state and national levels
Research special public health issues related to CAM
Identify possible CAM grants for NYS
Assist in policy development
Current CAM Issues/Projects
CAM Use Surveys - AIDS patients, Hospitals, Insurance Companies on both state and national levels
Legislation - resource file on state and federal laws, regulations, proposed legislation
Botanical (herbs) - maintain reliable database, information on uses, clinical trials, current efficacy and risk information
Dietary Supplements - continue research of potentially harmful weight loss, sports supplements, personal enhancement products; marketing frauds, statistical data
Licensing/Certification/Registration of CAM Practitioners and/or Training Institutes - developing files on other states, collaborating with State Education Department, Legislature, and CAM Therapy Representative Associations
Physicians Scope of Practice - communicating with Office of Professional Medical Conduct on CAM practice issues
Insurance Coverage - collecting information on independent insurance coverage plans, looking for cost benefit information/data collection formats
Medical Education and CAM practitioner education - reviewing current curriculum and serving as a resource for Albany Medical College on expansion of CAM program
Consumer Education - working with other DOH units on public information issues, for example, informational brochures on CAM
Hospital and Nursing Home CAM Programs - serve as a resource for interested facilities
Kids & CAM - completed first phase of a research project designed to study the use of CAM for specific childhood diseases and wellness programs
Chronic Diseases and CAM treatments and prevention
Trauma and its role in Chronic Disease
Revitalization of NY’s historic mineral spas
Insurance/Medicaid/Child
The extensive document released to the Integrator by Botta and later by Roberta Gilgore, a consultant to the office, underscores just how ambitious the nascent "office" was becoming. Kilgore notes specific work on "two innovative projects." One of them was exploring CAM in a Trauma Demonstration Program and the second a more general exploration of renovating New York's "historic mineral spas."
Both Botta and Kilgore argue that the loss is significant to New York. Here are Kilgore's words, referring only to the two projects with which she was associated:
"Both these projects would have had an enormous impact on reducing the health and economic burdens associated with chronic disease while improving the health and economic well-being of communities, especially in upstate New York."
Comment: The irony in the announcement of Spitzer's decision last month was that the very existence of the so-called "CAM Office" probably became known to all of you only through the announcement of its demise. I had an excellent phone interview with Botta and Buhrmaster as part of their information gathering late in 2006 - set up through Integrator sponsor and adviser, Tino Villani, DC.
Isn't it ironic, but
somehow emblematic
of CAM and our culture
that we only have a
chance to learn about
this initiative after
its demise.
I found the existence of the work fascinating. No other state has a "CAM Office" of which I am aware. I wished to report it but didn't when it became clear that the work they were doing was under the radar. I later had a chance to support a request from Botta for information gathering on the economic case for integration.
Isn't it ironic, but somehow emblematic of the still precarious political-economic position of alternative, complementary and integrative medicine, that we only have a chance to learn about this initiative after its demise.
I will follow-up when I hear more from Spitzer's office about the decision, and the Governor's views of on CAM, and particularly their relationship to patient-centered care. I have a suspicion though that the termination of the so-called "office" may be framed as a dismantling of a favored project of the Democrat's predecessor, a Republican. And my guess is that the budget-cutting had more to do with differing views of "regulatory reform" than with the only barely visible, until the end, CAM-related activity. Let's see.
Meantime, the list of possible projects and potential value is reminiscent of the visionary components of the White House Commission on CAM Policy. The potential for value touches many areas of health. But it's hard to grab that value if one can't announce what that value might be out loud.
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New apps are popping up all the time, which is why it's important for children and young people to develop critical thinking and media literacy skills, to help them stay safe. With time, especially if you post stories on Snapchat regularly, most of your storage space gets used up, thus the need to find out how to delete Snapchat Story on your device. Now you have to tap on your name. There are several steps involved when deleting Snapchat messages. I don't want to see someone's snapchat stories, but I still want them to see mine? Follow. From there there should be a gear in the top right. Select possible formats of the old or deleted Snapchat photos, and click Next. Snapchat has come a long way since its launch in 2012, account settings, friends, Snaps, Chats, Story, device data and location data in our main user. Snapchat is like bait for a To Catch a Predator episode. That’s the most probable reason why user searches for terms like ‘how to delete snapchat’, ‘how to change Snapchat username’, etc. Open the Snapchat app. Need help? Tweet @snapchatsupport. Now you have to tap on your name. When the Snap you wish to delete is visible, scroll up from the bottom of the display. Then tap Delete Conversation. Literally no one asked for this. Method 2# – Deleting the Snapchat Account. Now just by tapping on the Clear Conversation option, you can also delete the saved messages. To delete a single snap from the story all you have to do is double tap on the photo. A Snapchat Guide for Parents. Snapchat has done it again. That was a quick guide to find your shared stories via SnapChat application, and how to keep your privacy and files away from hackers who would break it within a moment, wait for more tricks and more of How-TOs articles and share your knowledge with us down here in the comments section. This fancy app allows users to set time to show the story between 1 to 10 seconds, not providing any way to save the received snaps. How to Delete a Snapchat Account. For more information on cookies including how to manage your consent visit our Cookie Policy. who can add to the story and 2. It is very easy to do but note that it does not delete the message on the recipient's device. Tap More (iPhone) or More (Android) in the bottom right of the photo or video you'd like to delete. How to use Snapchat Stories. Tap on My Story to expand, and tap your story. They are customized images with either typed or written text. Snap rolled out a new feature this week that finally lets you. All selected items will be erased from Snapchat Memories as well as the device storage. It doesn’t enable people to search for new “friends” like some services, but there are still ways to find people you don’t know (such as finding their Snapchat username on other services and “adding” them to your Snapchat friends list). But you may not know how to access your story to see available photos. Drag the sticker GIF around the screen to move it, and pinch it to resize it if necessary. The Snapchat icon is yellow with a white ghost on it. Choose the length of time your snap will appear at the bottom of the screen. Snapchat enables a person to send text messages and pictures that self-delete. Swipe up the screen and locate trash icon. If you are a heavy Snapchat user, you will find it very annoying when Snapchat is not working. While viewing a story, users can also reply with a direct message. What are Instagram Stories and how do they work? Jun 29, 2018 When Instagram Stories first launched, it was a direct competitor to Snapchat. 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How to Disable Auto-Save Stories in SnapChat. Actually, it’s far more likely you’ve seen more people talking about Snapchat in. While you can share precious memories on Snapchat with your contact, there is also an option to block, delete, and if needed, unblock them. SNAP • Snapchat opens right to the camera so you can share the moment in seconds. If I delete snapchat and later reinstall it do it delete all my friends If I delete snapchat and later reinstall it, does it delete all my friends? - iPhone, iPad, iPod Forums at iMore. Snapchat is currently the most popular social media app. ; Tap Delete, then tap Delete again to confirm. You can post your own Stories by tapping the Snapchat logo in the top-left corner of the main camera screen. Tap the button at the bottom left of the screen that is shaped like a square and a plus symbol to add a shot to your story. Snapchat FAQ | When You Delete A Friend Can They Still See Your Stories? There are many good reasons to delete a friend on Snapchat, but no matter the reason, the goal is the same: Increased privacy. Snapchat has been one of the major success stories as far as messaging apps. Pinch inward on this screen and be careful you don’t accidentally tap on a story or suggested account. When you open snapchat and you are on the camera section.
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Latest YouGov, Populus & MORI figures
This morning’s YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 35%, LAB 39%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 11%. The four point lead is lower than we’ve seen of late, and comes after a series of five and six point leads this week . In comparison Labour leads were averaging 7 points last month. Tabs are here.
YouGov also asked people if they thought the economy would be doing better or worse if Labour had won the election, and if they thought their own personal finances would be doing better or worse. 21% thought the economy would have been doing better if Labour had won in 2010, 42% that it would be doing worse, 26% thought that it would be much the same. On their own finances, 25% think they would have been better off if Labour had won, 32% worse off, 31% much the same. Tabs are here.
Meanwhile Populus’s twice weekly poll has a similar Labour lead, with topline figures of CON 33%, LAB 38%, LDEM 13%, UKIP 9%. Tabs here.
UPDATE: Ipsos MORI’s monthly poll for the Standard is also out, and it also has a four point Labour lead. Topline voting intentions are CON 33%(+1), LAB 37%(-1), LDEM 9%(+1), UKIP 10%(+2)
Filed under: Economy, MORI, Populus, Voting Intention, YouGov
196 Responses to “Latest YouGov, Populus & MORI figures”
mrnameless
“Oh, it was a dolly zoom, he called it “Bruce” after his lawyer, the full-size model kept shorting out so it was rarely seen, the Indianapolis speech was written by John Milius…”
It’s not even that interesting. I’m specifically searching for references to the representation of colour in the film. The worst part is I’m not even a film student, this is a favour!
@ Statgeek,
Basically what Mr. N said: John Major is a Nice Neoliberal, although probably on the socially conservative side of the party.
Gordon Brown as he governed was definitely a lefty Nice Neoliberal, but I can’t tell if that came from ideology or fear. Without the historical legacy of the Labour Party being run into the ground by the TUSN faction and New Labour’s rightward lurch to make the party electable, what does Brown actually believe? Is he genuinely in favour of the Blairite “stealth redistribution/trickledown from the financial sector” economic model he promoted in government, or would he have liked to restructure the economy but didn’t have the guts to do it? I can’t tell.
The really tough placements are Osborne and Gove. Gove is too neocon for the Thatcherites but he’s too negative about the EU to be a Nice Neoliberal, and Osborne’s basically a Thatcherite but he’s pro-EU. (Then again, the EU splits the RL Tories in half, so I suppose my rightwing parties can have internal divisions as well…)
Salmond is quite tricky too- he’s too pro-nationalisation to be a Nice Neoliberal and too pro-financial sector to join the TUSN, and he doesn’t really have Guardianista priorities.
Salmond is indeed hard. You can’t just have a “Nationalists Coalition” because, as was pointed out, Leanne Wood is a Guardianista and Salmond has miles of clear water between him and the EngDems or BNP. Maybe Mebyon Kernow?
@ Guymonde,
The RL parties are very broad tents. Labour includes the Blairites as well, who are Nice Neoliberals, and some of the Old Labour types are pretty Back to the Future-y. (Which explains why Labour has such a large voter pool- as the leftish statist party it can draw from everyone but the Thatcherites.)
Boris is a quintessential Nice Neoliberal. I don’t think he’s even genuinely anti-EU as long as the EU doesn’t regulate the financial sector too much; he loves free movement of labour. He’s just using Euroscepticism to play to the Thatcherite and BFP wings of the Tory base.
rosieanddaisie
“You really should be less politically tribal and critical of everyone else and spend less time on blogs all day ”
I tire of your attacks. How my post you quoted could be described as “tribal” escapes me – it was a fairly mild joke.
As for your previous comment on a previous thread I did ask you for examples – of which you have provided none – of my daily “partisan” comments – or suggest you report them to Anthony.
Alternatively just give it all a miss please.
an attack of mouses as well as marcos.
@MrNameless
The early scenes of the film with Brody and his family are primary colours to emphasise a warm child-friendly domestic feel. Blue is used for the sea in order to reduce the use of red: Red will be reserved for the copious blood gushing later in the film. Yellow (a colour said to be most visible to sharks, altho I’m not sure that’s an urban myth) is used to denote danger (spectators on the beach scene wearing/using yellow will die). The Brody/Quint/Hooper team later change into all black to denote acknowledgement of danger
Colour choices will also be dictated by the different cameras used for the early scenes on land and the later scenes filmed at sea.
Spielberg’s director of photography on Jaws was Bill Butler, the camera operator was Michael Chapman
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Guymonde
I don’t disagree. I suppose I have always seen Blair and a few of his mates (Mandelson, Milburn) as not really Labour at all but sailing under a flag of convenience.
I suppose you’re right about Bozza, but it brings the flaw in your naming convention to the fore, because I regard Boris as anything but nice.
Perhaps ‘Disguised Neoliberals’ would be more appropriate name because whilst I think your characterisation of what they stand for is about right (and if it walks like a duck…) most if not all of them would dissemble from that agenda and be horrified to attract the neolib tag.
Will keep trying to look up academic sources for that stuff! Didn’t know about the yellow being visible to sharks thing though – could be good to add.
Now about the use of colour on “Masque of the Red Death” (who was the DP on that?), or “A Matter of Life or Death” (or “Black Narcissus”, “The Red Shoes”), or the colour-coded armies in Kurosawa’s “Ran”, or any Michael Mann film…
Also note that colour choices are/were dictated by the film stock used and you could get different effects using fim stock with tungsten, with silver, and film that captured ultraviolet/infrared film (see day-for-night)
Sorry, this isn’t helping…:-(
Actually, it’s all going into my notes – some of it might not be useful now, but later in the year it might come up (for my girlfriend, of course – I’ve handed in all my work for Journalism and now have nothing to do, hence why I’m helping).
@Martyn
I’m fascinated – please continue to help Mr N’s girlfriend. Very impressed too!
@Szyzygy
Um, thank you, but you’re either referring to the use of colour in Jaws (in which case I’ve gone as far as I can), or the use of colour in fim generally (in which case the subject is too big!)
The bits about Jaws are sourced so MrNameless is free to use them with confidence. The other bits are from memory, so may not be accurate. Anyhoo…
When asking questions about the use of colour, find out who the director, the director of photography, the ncamera operator and the lighting director are. They will have their hobby horses and the nteraction between them dictats the look of the films. The DP on “Masque of the Red Death” (a film with colour-coded scenes) was (from memory) Nicolas Roeg, and the one on “The Devils” was Derek Jarman.
Yes, Kurosawa colour-coded the armies on “Ran”. Michael Mann also uses colours to indicate emotion on his films, sometimes to good effect (e.g. Manhunter), sometimes not (I thought he used it too obviously on “The Insider”)
The reference to “AMOLAD” was due both to its use of black-and-white for Heaven and colour for Earth, and a remark of (from memory) Marius Goring saying “we are starved of colour up there”. Black Narcissus *really* overdoses on this, with a pivotal scene hinging on the colour of a lipstick. Powell/Pressburger (individually and collectively) used colour well.
Prior to digital filming, the choice of film stock was crucial, with silver film in the mid 90’s (Alien: Resurrection) allowing different colour choices (did this enable the desaturated palette of “Saving Private Ryan”?). Tungsten film and film that captures ultraviolet or infrared can be used in filming day for night. Oliver Stone used multiple different film stock to good effect in JFK, and to bad effect in Natural Born Killers.
And of course, there’s Technicolor…:-) Hello, Wizard of Oz
In these digital days, I think a lot of this is now done in post and new tropes (see “Orange/Blue Contrast”) are kicking in.
I shall now shut up…:-(
statgeek
I think those looking to pigeon hole Salmond are making the mistake that the English media constantly make. They try to categorise him according to their own known categories, fail and therefore dismiss him and his policies as alien (or that’s how it seems). He doesn’t conform, therefore, his ideas can’t work.
The closest they have to the UK in recent memory is the Republic of Ireland, and with that you get Sinn Fein, so many dislike it out of hand.
A simple Google of ‘left-wing nationalism’ simplifies it a lot.
As a ‘piggy in the middle’ onlooker, I can’t understand why the more left-wing folk of Scotland don’t hitch on to his bandwagon (as being more left-wing than New Labour). Some do, but most don’t. Maybe they did in 2011.
In my humble opinion, the SNP walk a line of socially left, economically centrist (or as many things to as many people as possible). Not a bad stance, but it can’t last.
They did the shark black and white to show it also had a nice side.
Not many people know that – not even ole Martyn.
Mike N
Latest YouGov / Sunday Times results 13th December – Con 32%, Lab 38%, LD 9%, UKIP 13%; APP -30.
chrislane1945
Good Morning All from Bournemouth beach.
Labour seems to be holding to its lead, which is not large, but seems solid at the moment. Approval rating seems to be fluctuating.
Latest Yougov Poll I expect is about right though the Cross break for the Conservatives in London seems a tad high and that for Labour in the rest of the South a bit low.
Labour continues as it has for the Last 3 Years to hover around the high 30’s/low 40’s and the Conservatives appear stuck in the low to mid 30’s.
I can’t see any particular predictable reason for the situation to change in the next 18 Months so we are down to “events”.
tingedfringe
@Spearmint
I guess that I’d have to vote for your Guardianistas Party, but where’s the love for the left that have the goals of TUSUAN but without the methods of it?
Those on the mutualist/syndicalist/anarchist left are always forgotten by these sorts of things.
I guess that we’re still left with tactical voting. ;)
@Martyn,
If Tim just grabbed the European level parties, why did he still lump the European United Left, the Green-European Free Alliance and Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats together?
While European Freedom and Democracy is his ‘Freedom Party’, the EPP and ECR are lumped together to form his ‘National Party’ and ALDE is his ‘Liberal Party’.
It seems like he effectively said, ‘I know all of the right-wing factions in British politics and err.. then there’s the lefties’.
As if the left is one homogeneous blob where we all believe in traditional big-state social democracy.
And if you think that the centre-left’s antagonism to the left (and vice versa) is big, you should see the factionalism on the far left.
I would say that the libertarian/anarchist-left probably hate the SWP/Marxist-Leninist-left far more than their antagonism goes to the centre-left.
Ashcroft Poll Alert (20,062 people), since we’re discussing factions, it’s perfect timing.
He splits the population, in terms of immigration, in to 7 categories –
Universal Hostility (16% of the population), Against all Immigration.
Cultural Concerns (16% of the population), Against immigration due to concerns about public services and changes to culture.
Competing for Jobs (14%), Against immigration due to concerns about unemployment or wages. (This would be the Old-Labour Eurosceptic view).
Fighting for Entitlements (12%), Against immigration due to concerns about public services and benefits being priorities toward immigrants.
Comfortable Pragmatists (22%), Neither for nor against Immigration but seeing the costs and benefits of both.
Urban Harmony (9%), Neither for nor against immigration necessarily, but on balance feel that immigration adds to the culture of the nation.
Multicultural Militancy (10%), Overwhelmingly positive about immigration.
So an anti-immigration coalition could effectively have 58% while a pro-immigration coalition could have 41%.
But if you were to try to unite the anti-immigration vote, you’d probably have to focus on the cost to public services rather than a general cultural or anti-immigration view.
VI for Each Group (May 2013) –
Universal Hostility –
Con 18%, Lab 28%, UKIP 42%, Lib 3%
Cultural Concerns –
Competing for Jobs –
Fighting for Entitlements –
Comfortable Pragmatists –
Con 32%, Lab 41%, UKIP 6%, Lib 12%
Urban Harmony –
Militant Multicultural –
Compared to an overall VI of –
And for those who’re interested, since it’s a subsample of 2647 –
LibDem 2010s –
Con 9%, Lab 32%, Lib 35%, UKIP 15%
rogerh
Lindsay Anderson used to joke about the academic interpretations of his use of black & white film in ‘If’, saying it was simply a matter of saving money.
Eric Goodyer
What I find interesting is that economic competence usually swings behind a party – yet that does not seem to be helping Cons as much as it should. The latest economic good news, plus the gap of perceived competence between Lab & Con is not delivering a strong surge for Cameron et al (I note that the Observer poll today still has a 7 point lead for Lab).
Could it be that the only group who are changing their minds on economic competence are Cons, who would have voted that way anyway – and not defectors from Lab or Lib Dem
As for Scotland, living in Berwick upon Tweed if they go I think we will have to campaign to be returned to Scotland too! London is a long way away
Final comment, why is all the press coverage of us being over run by Bulgarians not helping UKIP?
Lots of odd things happening
I wouldn’t count out a Lib Dem resurgence. If Rawnsley in the Observer is to be believed (and, to be fair, it’s not a negligible ‘if’), the Lib Dems and the Tories are getting more and more fractious with one another.
If the Tories start getting very angry with the Lib Dems about some of their more right-wing policies being blocked, I wouldn’t rule out some of the more left-wing Lib Dem defectors to Labour returning.
The reason why the improvement in the economic situation is not helping the government is because more people feel excluded than included. The UK has lost the social cohesion that came about due to the external threat and two world wars.
For many outside of M25 land the government is looked upon as totally London centric that doesn’t give a toss about anyone who lives outside of the gilded South East. That will lead many to vote Labour, (not with any feeling of hope) and UKIP out of a desire for revenge.
alister1948
Have enjoyed the discussion about different types of political parties. Borgen has a lot to answer for!
When you realise the range of views within our existing parties, almost coalitions within themselves, then it is remarkable how friendship, loyalty and sheer habit must keep these groups together over the years.
I would only say that there were even fascinating political differences between factions of the ruling party in an era and country we must not talk about, between nationalists and socialists.
Strange, I think, considering what this country has been through in the last five years or so, that there is not more interest or passion for politics – outside the virtual portals of UKPR that is. Hope this vacuum will be filled with one of the nice parties…? It’s a bit too quiet I think – or maybe that’s just East Anglia?
Yes there has not been much discussion about how solid Labours polling appears to be. I presume the assumption by many commentators is that as soon as the election starts, any Labour lead will vanish, as people have to decide who they want to run the country.
Can the Tories get above 35%, if UKIP run a full campaign in 2015 ? If UKIP do very well in the 2014 EU elections, they may use this as a springboard to try to win a number of Westminster seats. I would think that UKIP will concentrate their efforts in say 50 seats, which they have a chance of winning. I am sure they will field candidates in other seats, but not where the current MP is a Eurosceptic.
I have quite a large post in moderation, but I can’t figure out what triggered it…
crossbat11
@Chris Riley
“I wouldn’t rule out some of the more left-wing Lib Dem defectors to Labour returning.”
You’re sensible not to rule anything out, only a fool making unfounded assertions would do that, but I think one should also examine the balance of probabilities that lie behind the various potential scenarios. If you do that, then the likelihood of outcome can be put into some reasonable perspective.
Let’s take the possibility of the Lib Dems recovering some of their lost voters and let’s look at this in the context of the certainty, with FPTP, of tactical voting boosting their percentage share anyway at the General Election. That inevitability is a different hypothesis to the one that suggests that voters will swing back to them for positive reasons. For that to happen, quite a few will have to forgive and forget why they deserted them after they went into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010. That was the trigger for the one truly plate-shifting event of this Parliament. These people will ask a simple question, won’t they? What’s changed and why should I give them another chance to do exactly the same again?
It seems to me that the Lib Dem voters who jumped ship to Labour in 2010 did so for breach of trust reasons and I think they may take an awful lot of persuading to do the deal with Clegg, Alexander, Laws et al again, no matter what bones and volte faces are thrown in their direction by drowning Lib Dem leaders involved in life-saving manoeuvres in May 2015.
Will they want to risk getting fooled again?
UKIP’s objective may not be to win a lot of seats, but to secure a lot of second places, so they gain the status in those seats as “the alternative”.
Where the Referendum Party and BNP failed to break through was the inability to look like anything more than a protest vote because they had no serious prospects of gaining anything[1].
With UKIP, it’s entirely reasonable that they could win as many as 100 second-places. The problem is that these might just be safe Tory seats where people feel “safe” to vote UKIP.
[1] Of course, in the case of the Referendum Party, it didn’t help to have their founder and main financial backer die two months after the 1997 election. For the BNP, it was because they looked like scary nutters. UKIP have managed to put a marginally more respectable and a touch less extreme look to the whole thing.
@ Crossbat11
“It seems to me that the Lib Dem voters who jumped ship to Labour in 2010 did so for breach of trust reasons”
No, they did it because although they were warned that cuts had to be made, no-one likes cuts and now the prefer to opt for a party that pretends cuts don’t actually have to be made.
Sadly, a large chunk of floating voters (of which Lib Dems have a very large share) will go for whoever promises to take the pain away.
People had ridiculously high expectations of what one party with 57 MPs can do in the midst of a crisis in the public finances and an economy that was in a terrible state. The felt let down that the party they voted for wasn’t able to deliver on every single thing they promised.If you call that “breach of trust” then feel free, but the Lib Dems did not “breach trust”, there just wasn’t any money or enough MPs to do the stuff they wanted to do. I call it the “disappointment factor”.
I don’t think people make up their minds on how to vote in any rational way anyway. It’s whoever is able to appeal to that irrationality in particular ways that wins.
CROSSBAT11.
The Reds are coming to the Villa later.
@ Tingedfringe,
The Cooperative Party can run joint candidates with one of the larger leftwing parties, like usual. ;)
@ Crossbat11,
I agree. I think the key question for most of the Lib Dem -> Lab defectors is “Would they form a coalition with the Tories again?” Until the Lib Dems can answer with a firm “No”- and that’s impossible with Clegg still in charge- I doubt they’ll be coming home. (Barring some hideous Labour implosion.)
@ Mr. Nameless,
Ukip are very likely to rack up some second places in safe northern Labour seats as well, I’d bet.
Potentially we’re going to see substantial reductions in both major parties’ vote shares without it making any difference to the overall result, as Ukip soak up Tory votes in Tory and Labour heartlands and the Lib/Lab tactical voters return to the Lib Dems in the South.
A rather patronising view. Maybe they just have different reasons for supporting a particular party.
@ RC,
People had ridiculously high expectations of what one party with 57 MPs can do in the midst of a crisis in the public finances and an economy that was in a terrible state
I know, right? They assumed a party that campaigned on an “austerity would be an economic disaster” platform and very publicly pledged to vote against any increase in tuition fees would not back austerity to the hilt and vote through a tuition fee rise. Silly voters. What were they thinking?
And really, to be fair Clegg and Cable just said austerity would be a disaster for the country- they never said they wouldn’t implement it. So you can’t even accuse them of breaking a promise there.
Bit like Howe saying he didn’t break his 1979 promise not to double VAT as he’d only increased it from 8% to 15%.
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norbold
@ RC
‘@ Crossbat11
I have spoken to many LD defectors on the doorstep and other places since the GE. I can assure you that from my experience, Crossbat is absolutely correct.
What they hadn’t bargained for was that their own left of centre vote would go to prop up a right wing Government. They believed the LDs when they said they wouldn’t put up tuition fees, when they said they would oppose an increase in VAT, when they said they would protect Sure Start. They have also been incensed by the LibDem support for the NHS reorganisation and the bedroom tax.
I really can’t see the vast majority of those I have spoken to coming back to the LibDems before the next election.
@ Spearmint
“They assumed a party that campaigned on an “austerity would be an economic disaster” platform”
When did they say that? They didn’t, did they? Clegg said there would have to be massive cuts. Everyone did.
As for tuition fees, they made a promise they couldn’t keep because there wasn’t enough money to fund higher education tuition through general taxation. That’s not betrayal, it’s not having enough money to do something. Betrayal is when you could do something, but choose not to, which clearly is not the case.
I think, however, that like you, a lot of voters choose to see things in a way that forgets the reality of the public finances and numbers of MPs because it suits them to pretend there aren’t massive limits on public spending. It’s a message people just don’t want to hear or to accept and they’ll switch their votes to someone who pretend money exists to fund things they like.
leftylampton
As a Labour Party member in 1983, I fully appreciate the warm, comforting appeal of the refrain, “it’s not OUR fault, it’s the voters'”.
Doesn’t help in either the short or long runs though.
@TINGEDFRINGE
“…If Tim just grabbed the European level parties, why did he still lump the European United Left, the Green-European Free Alliance and Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats together? While European Freedom and Democracy is his ‘Freedom Party’, the EPP and ECR are lumped together to form his ‘National Party’ and ALDE is his ‘Liberal Party’. It seems like he effectively said, ‘I know all of the right-wing factions in British politics and err.. then there’s the lefties’. As if the left is one homogeneous blob where we all believe in traditional big-state social democracy…”
I agree with you. I think that’s exactly what he did, and that may be exactly what he thinks. In fairness, by definition grouping people together results in the ungainly lumping you describle, and seeing as I did a series of graphs with only four groups (Lab/Lib/Con/Other) I’m hardly in a position to complain…:-(
When did they say that?
Saturday, the 13th of March 2010.
Nick Clegg:
“George Osborne and David Cameron… seem to think that one should start pulling out the carpet from under the feet of the British economy the day after the next general election… I think it would be an act of economic masochism for us to start as a country cutting big time in a few weeks time when the economy can’t sustain it… So if anyone had to rely on our support and we were involved in government, of course we would say no, do it sensibly.”
(So actually, I gave him too much credit- they did promise not to back austerity.)
You can watch him say it right here if you like: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/lib+dems+aposwill+not+back+early+spending+cutsapos/3578857.html
@Fringe
Being pedantic, but:
Shouldn’t that be 58 % and 19%, with 22% neither for or against?
You’re correct.
Perhaps I should have been clearer – 41% wouldn’t be interested in being united by anti-immigration policy. But only 19% are for immigration.
I do find the most interesting bit to be the diversity in opposition – you could generally lump the first two groups as the ‘right-wing’/UKIP stance (32%) and second two (26%) as the ‘left-wing’ anti-immigration stance.
The small-c conservative view is the largest, but still not a majority.
“Look, the decision on how we govern this country and how people vote shouldn’t be driven by fear of what the markets might do. Let’s say there was a Conservative government. Let’s say a Conservative government announced, in that sort of macho way: “We’re gonna slash public spending by a third, we’ll slash this, we’ll slash this, we’ll do it tomorrow. We have to take early, tough action.”
Just imagine the reaction of my constituents in south-west Sheffield. I represent a constituency that has more people working in public services as a proportion of the workforce than any other constituency in the country. Lots of people working in universities, the hospitals and so on.
They have no Conservative councillors. They have no Conservative MPs. There are no Conservative MPs or Conservative councillors as far as the eye can see in South Yorkshire. People like that are going to say: “Who are these people telling us that they are are going to suddenly take our jobs away? What mandate do they have? I didn’t vote for them. No one around here voted for them.””
Ireland cut public sector pensions drastically and now they are allegedly about to boom.
In the UK the coalition has:
Frozen public sector pay while inflation has roared (effective and growing pay cut of quite a bit)
Increased pension contributions by 3%plus
For pensions in payment reduced inflation protection from RPI to CPI
Changed the pension scheme from final salary to career average
Ended “contracting out” another 1 and quarter percent pension contribution increase when the 3%plus has worked through.
Please don’t assume we are not taking our licks.
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Black-headed Owl Monkey (Aotus nigriceps)
MORPHOLOGY:
The black-headed owl monkey has a grooming claw on the fourth digit of both feet. Members of the genus Aotus are the only nocturnal New World primate. The legs of this species are longer than the arms, which assists in leaping. The black-headed owl monkey has large eyes, but lacks the tapetum typical of the nocturnal prosimians. The average body mass for this species is 1 kilogram, and no difference exists in body mass between males and females (Ford and Davis, 1992). This species is part of the red-necked group. In some populations of this species the pelage of the throat is entirely orange, but in other populations only the sides of the throat and the chin are orange (Hershkovitz, 1983). In this species the interscapular whorl is either present or absent depending upon the population (Hershkovitz, 1983).
The black-headed owl monkey is found in Eastern Peru and Western Brazil (Nowak, 1999). This species lives in forests where the trees are evenly dispersed.
ECOLOGY:
The black-headed owl monkey is a frugivorous species that also eats leaves and insects. The insects are foraged for at dawn, dusk, and during moonlit nights (Wright, 1989). The black-headed owl monkey will forage for insects by moving along branches then grabbing the insects out of the air using one hand (Wright, 1989). The most common insects consumed are large orthopterans (katydids and grasshoppers), lepidopterans (moths), coleopterans (beetles), and spiders (Wright, 1985). The black-headed owl monkey prefers to eat small ripe fruit (Kinzey, 1997). An advantage of foraging at night is decreased competition from diurnal frugivores and the presence of larger nocturnal insects (Wright, 1989). This species spends all of its life up in the trees (Kinzey, 1997). The black-headed owl monkey becomes more active when the moon is bright (Wright, 1984), and they travel the same route during the night, so they may memorize routes when they travel when the moon is brighter (Wright, 1989). Group size for this species ranges from 2 to 5 individuals (Wright, 1989).
LOCOMOTION:
The black-headed owl monkey moves through the forest quadrupedally in the trees, but also can leap from tree to tree (Fleagle, 1988).
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:
The basic group of black-headed owl monkeys is composed of a breeding pair and their offspring. This species has a monogamous mating system (Kinzey, 1997). The monogamous mating system is correlated with having males present to help raise offspring and having food resources in predictable, uniform patches (Wright, 1986). Both males and females disperse in this species (Kinzey, 1997). The young stay with their birth group until between 2.5 and 3.5 years old, then they disperse (Kinzey, 1997). Social grooming is not common for members of this genus (Fleagle, 1988). Most social behavior such as playing, intergroup fighting, and intergroup calling occur high in the canopy and occur more when the moon is full (Wright, 1989). Like other members of the genus Aotus the male does most of the carrying of the infant after the first week and the mother only takes the infant back for suckling (Wright, 1989).
VOCAL COMMUNICATION:
hoot call: This is a long, low call, of between 200-400 hertz, emitted by an individual, and can be heard for 500 meters (Wright, 1985). Each hoot is made up of 2 long sounds and 2 to 5 short sounds, with brief intervals, making them sound all like one note (Moynihan, 1964). Hoot bouts occur singly or in a series from 2 to 4 (Moynihan, 1964). During each bout the mouth is slightly opened, then closed between bouts (Moynihan, 1964). This call is used to communicate sexual advertisement, and is used by females or subadult males when looking for mates (Kinzey, 1997). This call is also emitted by a separated juvenile, or by an adult if its mate has been separated (Kinzey, 1997).
resonant whoop: This call consists of a series of 10-17 low grunts which build up in intensity to a climax, and is used to communicate defense of a fruit tree used for feeding (Kinzey, 1997). This call starts low and soft, softer than gruff-grunt (Moynihan, 1964). Then the succeeding notes became louder, rapidly, and during the middle of the call the notes are much louder than gruff-grunt and take on a resonating quality that lasts for a few notes (Moynihan, 1964). The last part of the call the notes decrescendo, becoming softer, lower, and slower (Moynihan, 1964). The notes of this call are monosyllabic in nature (Moynihan, 1964). An individual performing this call will go into back-arch, and then stop when the call is completed (Moynihan, 1964). The elbows also move during this call, going in (towards the body) when the note is uttered and going out (away from the body) between the notes (Moynihan, 1964). This pumping action of the elbows may help to increase air flowage moving in and out, which would assist in sound production (Moynihan, 1964). This call may also be emitted during hostile situations, functioning as a threat display (Moynihan, 1964).
gruff-grunt: This call is low-pitched, moderately long, and moderately loud in nature (Moynihan, 1964). The call is uttered singly or in a short series of 2 to 5 notes (Moynihan, 1964). When occurring in series, several series may be emitted which are separated by long pauses (Moynihan, 1964). The mouth is closed or almost completely closed when this call is emitted (Moynihan, 1964). This call is emitted during hostile encounters, during intraspecific disputes, and as a reaction to a predator or a potential predator (Moynihan, 1964). When emitted during intraspecific disputes, the call occurs before or after an attack (Moynihan, 1964). This is essentially a threat call (Moynihan, 1964).
scream: This call is high in pitch but wavering, and can be quite prolonged (Moynihan, 1964). When the call is uttered the mouth is usually wide open (Moynihan, 1964). This call functions to startle a predator or potential predator, giving the individual time to escape (Moynihan, 1964). When this call is emitted by infants or young juveniles this call is softer and more plaintive in tone (Moynihan, 1964).
low trill: This is described as "a 'bubbling' series of short low-pitched notes. uttered very rapidly one right after the other but still distinguishable by the human ear" (Moynihan, 1964). The individual notes of the call are described as being slightly plaintive in tone (Moynihan, 1964). The number of notes varies from 2 to 12 in a series and successive notes tend to rise in pitch (Moynihan, 1964). This call is done with the mouth closed or almost closed (Moynihan, 1964). This call is emitted during initial greeting ceremonies between individuals, and when this occurs between members of the opposite sex, the female will emit this call more frequently than the male (Moynihan, 1964).During the greeting, this call will often occur before or during social sniffing (Moynihan, 1964). The call may serve to function as a threat between novel individuals (Moynihan, 1964). This call may also function as an appeasement display (Moynihan, 1964). This call is heard in association with moan and sneeze-grunt (Moynihan, 1964).
moan: This call is brief, soft, and described as plaintive sounding (Moynihan, 1964). The mouth is closed when this call is emitted (Moynihan, 1964). This call serves the same function as low trills do, and also when two mates are separated and brought back together (Moynihan, 1964). This call is also heard during the first parts of a precopulatory sequence (Moynihan, 1964). This call is heard in association with low trill, gulp, and sneeze-grunt (Moynihan, 1964). This call may occur when hostile and nonhostile stimuli occur simutaneously (Moynihan, 1964). This call also function as an appeasement call (Moynihan, 1964).
gulp: This call is moderately loud and "liquid" in nature, sounding like a human belch (Moynihan, 1964). The mouth remains closed during this call, but the throat swells up (Moynihan, 1964). The call is uttered in a series of 2 to 5 notes, with 2 or 3 being the most common (Moynihan, 1964). This call was heard in captivity during vigorous locomotory activity, and may function as being a contact call (Moynihan, 1964). Contact calls would be important for this species because of the need to maintain contact during the night when moving and/or foraging (Moynihan, 1964).
sneeze-grunt: This call is described as being sounding like a sneeze superimposed upon a gruff- grunt (Moynihan, 1964). The call is sharp and abrupt, and has a slightly nasal tone (Moynihan, 1964). Usually this call is emitted singly, but sometimes two are emitted in a quick succession (Moynihan, 1964). The mouth is closed or nearly closed when this call is uttered (Moynihan, 1964). This call occurs in association with gulp, moan, and low trill (Moynihan, 1964). This call may function as a contact call like gulp (Moynihan, 1964).
squeak: This call is made up of two to three sounds with short intervals in between them and are brief and relatively high in pitch compared to a grunt (Moynihan, 1964). The pitch of this call usually first rises then falls (Moynihan, 1964). This call is emitted by infants and young juveniles (Moynihan, 1964). This call is uttered when an individual is distressed, for example when it separated from its parent (Moynihan, 1964).
high trill: This call sounds like three to four squeaks emitted in rapid succession (Moynihan, 1964). This call rises and falls in pitch with the first two notes rising and the last two notes falling in pitch (Moynihan, 1964). This call may be interpreted as components of squeaks or a discontinuous series of squeaks (Moynihan, 1964). This call is emitted by infants and young juveniles (Moynihan, 1964). This call is produced in response to distress with an alarm or escape component (Moynihan, 1964).
Moynihan (1964) made an interesting comment regarding infant vocal patterns:
"It is interesting that the vocal patterns uttered by infants
who want to attract or join their parents are similar to those
of adults who want to attract or copulate with their mates.
This might suggest that the sexual tendencies
of adults develop from the infantile tendency to keep in
contact with parents."
OLFACTORY COMMUNICATION:
urine-wash: This is when an individual will deposit urine on its hands and then rub the hands on a branch or other substrate. This is used to communicate sexual attraction.
social sniffing: This is when one individual will approach another, stick its neck out, and smells the other individual (Moynihan, 1964). The duration of each sniffing bout lasts for a few seconds, and the individual being sniffed will remain motionless while this occurs (Moynihan, 1964). The individuals start out nose-to-nose before a sniffing bout will occur, then individual who will sniff will bring its head as close to other as possible (Moynihan, 1964). The most common places which are sniffed are the armpit and/or the perineal region (Moynihan, 1964). The individual being sniffed will sometimes respond by sniffing, and two individuals may occasionally sniff each other's perineal region simultaneously (Moynihan, 1964). This behavior is done when two individuals meet each other for the first time, thus this functions as part of a greeting ceremony (Moynihan, 1964). Individuals who have just met each other may repeat social sniffing for the first few hours after first introduction (Moynihan, 1964). This behavior is also seen before copulation amongst mates (Moynihan, 1964).
VISUAL COMMUNICATION:
back-arch: This is when an individual will raise the dorsal part of the body while in a quadrupedal stance, with all four limbs held straight (Moynihan, 1964). Sometimes an individual will have the hands free, in a standing position with the knees slightly bent and the palms facing outward, when performing this behavior (Moynihan, 1964). This display is used to communicate aggression.
swaying: This is when an individual will move its body back and forth, from side to side in a smooth, regular, moderately rapid, wide arch (Moynihan, 1964). The head of the individual is either facing straight forward while moving or turns the head to the right when moving to the right and turning the head to the left when moving to the left (Moynihan, 1964). This behavior may have gruff-grunts or gulps occurring at the beginning or the ending of a bout (Moynihan, 1964). An individual will do this with the hands clasping or free from a branch (Moynihan, 1964). This is done in response to the presence of a predator or a potential predator (Moynihan, 1964). This behavioral pattern is often followed by overt escape (Moynihan, 1964). An individual might do this to let the potential predator know that they have been detected, thus discouraging the predator (Moynihan, 1964). An individual can save energy that would be used for escaping by doing this because the predator would not waste time chasing after the individual because it knows it has been detected (Moynihan, 1964).
rubbing: This is when an individual will flex their legs, press their perineal region against a substrate, and start rubbing the region against the substrate with rapid side-to-side motions (Moynihan, 1964). Individuals tend have favorite sites where to perform this behavior (Moynihan, 1964). This behavior is done between males and females and in the context of hostile or copulatory patterns (Moynihan, 1964). This behavior is done more by females than by males (Moynihan, 1964). Males tend to be slightly dominate over females, and in an instance where a female was dominant over a male, the male performed rubbing during an encounter with her (Moynihan, 1964). This suggests that perhaps this behavior is a submissive display.
TACTILE COMMUNICATION:
rejection bite: This is done by the mother to the infant after suckling or when the infant tries to establish contact after the first week; also done by the male more after the first 8 weeks (Dixson and Fleming, 1981). The mother will bite the tail, hands or feet of the infant, signaling it to move away (Dixson and Fleming, 1981). The infant will often squeal after being bitten (Dixson and Fleming, 1981). The mother does this in higher frequency than the male up to the first 8 weeks of an infants life (Dixson and Fleming, 1981).
social grooming: This behavior is only associated with copulation in this species (Moynihan, 1964). This is where one individual will use the hands and the teeth to remove dead hairs, dead skin, and small arthropods from hair of another (Moynihan, 1964). The hands are used to separate the hair so that the teeth may be used to get at the base of the hair (Moynihan, 1964). The most common places groomed are the sides, back, crown, and back of the head (Moynihan, 1964). Social sniffing usually occurs before a grooming bout will occur (Moynihan, 1964). This behavior occurs before and after both successful and unsuccessful copulation attempts (Moynihan, 1964).
The black-headed owl monkey most often gives birth to a single offspring, although twins have been recorded. The interbirth interval for this species is one year. Copulation attempts tend to be brief and rapid, with the male and female first quietly approaching each other (Moynihan, 1964). Then the male performs social sniffing, and the female may social sniff while the male is doing the same to her (Moynihan, 1964). Mating is done dorso- ventrally, with the male inserting his penis under the female's tail, with female moving the tail slightly (Moynihan, 1964). The male usually makes 3 to 4 pelvic thrusts, with ejaculation occurring on the last thrust (Moynihan, 1964).
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Denny's Sends Breastfeeding Mom to Bathroom: What Do You Think?
Suzanne Murray February 12, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Should babies have to eat in the bathroom?
A breastfeeding battle is being waged in Asheville, North Carolina, where Crystal Everitt was breastfeeding in a Denny's restaurant. The manager asked Everitt to cover herself or go to a private place to breastfeed her son.
Everitt was seated while she was breastfeeding, and some patrons sitting near her quickly left the restaurant. One woman who was there for brunch with her husband and son explained, "She was so exposed, my husband and son and I had to turn away. And then we left. On the way out I turned and said to the lady, 'They do have restrooms," and she said to me, 'Yes, you do your business in restrooms.' The woman told reporters she had nothing against breastfeeding, "I think God gave a woman her body to do that, but you should be discreet about it."
Denny's wanted to serve the woman, but also wanted to serve the other patrons. After Everitt refused to cover up or go to the bathroom, the manager called the Asheville Police to see what the law was. The police said that indecency laws did not apply to breastfeeding, but they could charge the woman with trespassing. Denny's declined to do so.
Forty states have laws specifically allowing women to breastfeed in public. In North Carolina, the law says, "A woman may breastfeed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether the nipple of the mother's breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breastfeeding."
Everitt says her legal rights were violated and she is planning a demonstration against Denny's. She believes society should not sexualize breasts especially when they are used for the practical purpose of caring for the young. "It's incidents like these that keep women from breastfeeding for longer than a couple months because of the peer pressure to stay home," says Everitt.
What do you think about this incident? Do you agree with the mom that she should be able to breastfeed anywhere? Or with the Denny's customer that says breastfeeding women should go to the bathroom?
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No on 777
Full Resolution of SQ 777
SQ777 Ballot Title
Opposition to 777
Don't let corporate interests harm our family farms, land, and animals.
We're a grassroots campaign of family farmers, community leaders, and concerned citizens opposing State Question 777. SQ 777 wasn't proposed by farmers or ranchers -- it's designed to give free reign to corporate interests and Big Ag.
Join us in the field
We're kicking off the campaign around the state. Join us for a kickoff event in your area!
Tulsa World endorsement: Against State Question 777
Both sides in the debate over State Question 777 — the so-called Right to Farm proposal — have been guilty of excesses in their arguments.
The proponents have suggested that only a state constitutional measure could shield cherished rural values of decent working farmers from the meddling hands of bureaucrats and lunatic eco-extremists.
Barry Switzer: SQ 777 eases the way for puppy mills and dirty water
My passion for the gridiron is well known. What a lot of people don’t know about me is my love of animals.
My wife, Becky, and I own several dogs and they are a big part of our life. We have trained working dogs, and we own others that are being trained for search and rescue missions. We’ve also rescued many dogs over the years who were abused or neglected and we do whatever we can to elevate animal welfare, including facilitating adoptions.
City is officially opposed to State Question 777
At its most recent meeting on Monday, July 11, the Edmond City Council formally passed a resolution opposing State Question 777 (Oklahoma Right to Farm). Resolution No. 18-16 lays out the reasons for opposition to the proposed question.
State Question 777 is a threat to Oklahoma. Family farmers, voting rights, our voices, and even basic protections for animals are at risk. We need to stand up to corporate interests and foreign corporations to ensure Oklahomans have a fair say in what happens on our state's lands. We can't let corporations use "right to farm" as an excuse to harm our lands, weaken our state's traditional agricultural standards, and remove our ability to protect our land, our animals, and our environment.
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NC State at Duke
It's Disappointing and Makes Me Want to CRY!
For most Wolfpack fans, the glass is half full. The team has been transformed, the players have been transformed, and to some extent expectations have been transformed. Under the leadership of Mark Gottfried and staff, what was a pathetically run, out of shape and emotionally absent team has become a factor in the ACC and for sure a bubble team for the NCAA tournament. What we've seen this year is pretty much the most any state fan dared to hope for. And we won't even talk about next year, at least not quite yet.
But you can't be a real State fan without being in some pain today after the way things unfolded last night in Cameron. I just couldn't let this one go by without a few comments.
I can't imagine anything more fun that the way we played for 30 minutes last night. The style that Gottfried has them playing, the 11-0 fast break advantage in the first half, the athleticism Calvin exhibited making every Dookie look slow and lazy, the confidence of our mid-range shooters, the fact that even when we gave up a basket we simply pushed back harder and faster, ALL give us great joy and hope and pride. After watching 30 minutes of that it is hard to understand why any recruit wouldn't want to be part of it and our bright future (Amile Jefferson).
No, there isn't a conspiracy among ACC Officials to favor Duke or Carolina or anything even bordering on that. BUT, officials are human, and officiating during a game is an active organism with a life of its own. For the most part the officials played no major role in the 1st half. CJ Williams picked up 3 early, but every now and then that will happen, even to one of the best defenders in the league.
But what took place in the first few minutes of the 2nd half was unfortunate for NC State. In the early minutes of the half, CJ is called for his 4th foul on an off the ball play that wasn't a foul in the first half. The first half of the game had been called pretty loose. If you could get an honest answer from the ref that called that foul, I'd be willing to bet 10 seconds after making the call, he wished he hadn't. They are human, things happen. All 3 refs recognized the fact that NC State had just been very disadvantaged by a call of something that probably wasn't the type of thing they had called the entire first half. So, the next time down the court, a Duke defender makes the exact same type of contact, a small hold that had been going on all game, but had just been called on State in a huge play, so it had to be called on Duke.
Now at this point, both teams are pissed off, the crowd is getting more vocal, and both coaches are screaming at the refs. The emotional level cranked up another level, and without the intention of intervening in such a way, the officials had imposed a completely new interpretation of what is isn't a foul. Having done this, they pretty much had to stick with it. What followed was a flurry of fouls that likely in the first half would have been no-calls. The calls were pretty much evenly distributed, causing players on both sides foul-trouble and causing both coaches to have to adjust. I think you can make a strong argument that if that ticky-tack foul against CJ Williams hadn't been called, this game plays out completely differently.
NC State doesn't have it. NC State may have the best starting 5 in the ACC. Not the most talented, but with the exception of the UNC game, NC State's starters have beaten the starters of every team they have played this year. State starters beat Syracuse, beat Stanford, beat Indiana, and beat Duke. But state has no depth. You can argue whether Gottfried could have developed depth by this point, or whether the cupboard is just bare, but we don't have it. Between the fact that key players couldn't participate for much of the 2nd half, and the high number of minutes being played by those who did play left open a door for Duke that couldn't easily be closed.
Coach K was bold in orchestrating this comeback. I think you'd have a hard time finding another coach in the country that would have used timeouts the way he did to help keep that comeback going. It goes against all conventional wisdom to put so much effort and resources (timeouts) into a run with 7+ minutes left in the game. But K masterfully recognized that if he could make a big run while State had key players on the bench, and that if he could get it below 8 or so, the game would completely change. By pulling his levers when he did, he took advantage of a window that wouldn't be open later and I believe that was a huge factor in the comeback. I also can't say enough about the performance of Seth Curry. With State unable to play great defense because of fatigue and foul trouble, Curry took advantage of the high screen to perfection.
The Scars of Losing
I texted a Duke friend at half-time "Don't worry. We forgot who we were because of the black uniforms. State will show up in the 2nd half. Collapse to follow".
NC State fans "expect" to lose games like this. We have been through hell as fans for way too long, and this is just how we are. It is going to take time to change that. As much as we feel pain for loses, it has to be far worse for players. These players have had years of disappointment. I believe that re-wires your brain to some extent. That cannot help but mess with your confidence. Along with fatigue, I believe that is a key part to why NC State couldn't close the door on Duke, and couldn't respond with plays in the last few minutes of the game. Getting your body in shape, learning a real offense, learning to trust your teammates and coaches are things you can learn in 6 months. Learning how to win the big game is going to take longer.
I'm really confident we will earn how to win big games like this. The future looks bright and whether or not we ever become on par with Duke and Carolina every year or not, games like this will start going our way occasionally in the future. I'm really looking forward to that.
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A Bad Afternoon
For the last 35+ years I have been following Carolina Basketball and yesterday at the Leon Civic Center in Tallahasee Florida something happened that I have never seen in all these years is, not only did a basketball team give up,but its coach did too. Getting blown out is one thing. But giving up and walking off the floor to avoid the storm.(But "he was protecting his players", so he says)) Why would he leave those walkons on the floor to fend for themselves? That was only part of it.
I remember Dean Smith teams getting blown out,but never giving up! One I distinctly remember in 1990 when they were crushed by Lethal Weapon 3(DennisScott,KennyAnderson@BrianOliver) Georgia Tech couldnt miss that night winning by 27. Carolina kept playing even though they had no chance. Yesterday Tyler Zeller was the only one who kept playing hard. Cold shooting days do happen but someone else picks up the slack. Barnes,Marshall,Hensen, and Strickland looked like they did at the beginning of last year.But they fought through it and became an elite 8 team. They looked frightened and their coach DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER. How do u not have an answer? Thats what time outs are for. But u prefer to let the players play through the mess. Please call timeout to atleast stop the bleeding for that moment. If they continue staying hot. Well at least u tried to stop the carnage. Its very annoying to hear Dukie V talking about Carolina getting blown out like this. The only positive I see in all this is. The season is not over yet. Another thing is. These are kids. Yelling and screaming at them constantly is not going to get better results. Also John Henson needs to quit shooting jumpshots and his poor freethrow shooting is going to be a problem. Justin Watts should not be in rotation unless there is foul trouble or someones hurt. Robert McAdoo and P.J. Hairston need to be more aggressive and get faster on defense. It would also help Marshall(needs serious work on D) and Barnes. Florida State was benefited by hot shooting great hustle and Carolinas poor play. Still a long way to go!
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New York's Most Desired
By Scoop Fox
Winter has arrived in New England. Football starts to wind down, people are looking towards basketball to fill in. Yes, the 2013-2014 NBA has reached the one-fourth mark and now the infamous 'trade rumors' are starting to sprout. Right now all the buzz is about Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo and where he might land before season's end. Though some trade talks are just laughable (Rondo to Sacramento anyone), one team has thrown away whatever is left of their dignity in an attempt to gain #9's services.
As we speak, the word on the street is that the New York Knicks are trying to make a trade with the Boston Celtics for the services of point guard Rajon Rondo. Any Knicks fan would salivate and pray that this trade will happen, even though Rondo is currently recovering from a torn ACL he suffered in last season. When healthy, Rondo is a top 5 point guard in the NBA and perhaps the best point guard in the Eastern Conference. He not only brings a competitive edge but is a defensive stalwart and a floor general for the offense, something that the Knicks definitely need.
If he were to come to the Knicks, he’d already be an upgrade over current point guards (Raymond Felton, Pablo Prigioni, and Ben Udrih). His career averages are 11.1 points per game, 8.3 assists per game and 4.5 rebounds per game in 7 years in the NBA. Rondo would also be the key piece needed to help the Knicks finally get into the Eastern Conference Finals as well as keep their superstar, small forward Carmelo Anthony, in New York. Knick fans are salivating at the thought Rondo dishing the ball off to Carmelo for his amazing jumpshot, to big men Tyson Chandler for the big jam, or to Andrea Bargnani in the corner.
That’s all nice and everything but then reality comes into effect.
First off, if you are the Celtics why would you trade your best player away, especially to a divisional opponent? I know the talk for the 2013-14 NBA season for the Celtics is to ‘tank’ away the season to get a high lottery pick. But currently, they are sitting at 12-17, just 1 game back in the Atlantic Division behind Toronto. They are averaging 95.0 ppg while giving up only 96.9 ppg on defense, which puts them 5th overall in that category. This is all without a healthy Rajon Rondo. Once he comes back, you know the Celtics will start to pick up more wins and score more points. Not to mention that Rondo puts fans in the seats in the Boston Garden and that, regardless of what some Boston media people think and say, he is respected by his Celtic peers.
Second, what do the Knicks have to offer? If the Celtics are looking for 1st Round draft picks from the Knicks they might want to hold their breath. The Denver Nuggets currently hold the Knicks’ 2014 NBA 1st Round pick stemming back from the Carmelo Trade back in 2011 and have the ability to swap with the Toronto Raptors the Knicks’ 2016 1st Round pick amongst themselves. Also what Knick players/contracts do to the Celtics even want? Amar’e Stoudemire and the 2-years and $45.09 million left on his contract, J.R. Smith and his 3-year $17.94-million contract, or perhaps the 3 years and $11.38-million left on Raymon Felton’s deal. The only attractable things the Knicks have to offer are young guards Iman Shumpert and Tim Hardaway Jr. and it's hard to believe the Knicks would be stupid enough trade away their only young team assets.
All in all, it’s all just smoke and mirrors. Christmas has already past so Knicks fans should stop hoping that Santa Ainge will give them an elite point guard. Fact is that there are only two ways that this trade will happen. First is if Rondo decides that Boston is not a place he wants to be and forces his way out. The other is if Danny Ainge decides to finally trade Rondo (after talking about it for so long) and takes on a few bad contracts. Hell has a better chance of freezing over than any of those scenarios happening.
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The White Girl Who Went As Snoop Dogg
By Wyl Villacres
"If you acknowledge racism, then aren't you the one being racist?" she screamed at me, the underage, drunken fury leaking out of her mouth.
It was then that she shot me in the temple with an airsoft gun, before finding her boyfriend, dressed as James Dean, demanding that I be forcibly removed from the party.
"Her costume isn't racist! And you're not even black!" her friend yelled, waving her own airsoft pistol in my face.
"She's wearing black face!" I countered, trying to decide the median age of the people there.
"She's dressed as Snoop Dogg!"
Someone has been teaching a group of kids that our society is post-racial. That since we have a black man in office, that discussions of race are in-and-of themselves passé and, as the two drunk girls dressed as their favorite rappers said, racist.
These kids grew up knowing that one black kid in their class - the guy everyone wanted to be friends with so that they could openly and freely say "nigga," and if anyone gave them flack for it, could point to them and say "LOOK! MY FRIEND IS BLACK!"
Affluence breeds this idea that as long as you don't talk about something, it doesn't exist, like racism, wealth disparity, or your parent's alcoholism.
But outside of the suburbs, in a city that is racially divided, segmented by neighborhood, can a blonde, white girl dress up as a black man?
In Wrigleyville, she could get away with it. Sure, she probably got dressed at the party. Sure, she wasn't going to walk outside and find out just how accepted her painted brown skin would be, paired with her doo rag. But in a neighborhood as outstandingly white as the North Side drunk spot, she wouldn't face too hard a consequence. Would she be willing to go south, though? To get on the Red Line, sitting, waiting, as faces of all colors climbed onto the train? Would she feel their stares bore into the side of her face, as she desperately looked out of the window, trying not to see their reflections? Or would no one think anything of it?
When I was a freshman in college, my roommate decided to go as the color black for Halloween. He wore all black clothes, painted his face black, dyed his hair black, and could disappear into dark corners. It was a strange costume - just a color - but it was interesting and we thought nothing of it. Walking to Jim's Original, just south of Roosevelt and Halsted, past a congregation of weekend fast-food seekers, he ran into a bit of trouble.
The crowd, probably 30 people, mostly black, stopped their conversations, mouths agape, looking at him. The cooks in the restaurant, a mix of black and Latino, wouldn't look at him, wouldn't take his order. The security guard came over to him, looked him up and down and said "I think your racist ass should leave."
What would they think of this new drunk girl, dressed not as the color black, but as a person who is black?
Halloween has always been the holiday where people get away with dressing however they want. If girls want to be a scantily clad version of Darth Vader, fine. If boys want to dress up as an obscure reference to a children's show they watched that was cancelled after one episode, whatever. But there is always a line. I don't think acknowledging that line is in itself racist, just as I don't believe that the girl dressed as Snoop Dogg was being intentionally racist (even though I may not have accurately conveyed that belief to her).
I look at the idea of racial sensitivity in a strange light. I'm half Latino, the last name of a Puerto Rican, the complexion of a German. I know that racism exists, that my father and his family dealt with it, but that I didn't have to. But still, I recognize the deep, personal identity that comes with race, and it's something important.
So, no, drunk girl. I am not black. But I see why your costume made my friend, the black guy standing next to me, shift uncomfortably whenever you walked into the room.
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Germany Summit
Arrivals of heads of state for the EU summit
Dateline: Berlin - 24 March 2007
1. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, arriving at Berlin Philharmonic concert hall with her husband, Professor Joachim Sauer
2. Angela Merkel and her husband, Professor Joachim Sauer, on red carpet
3. Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy, arriving with his wife
4. Angela Merkel and husband greeting Romano Prodi and his wife
5. Cutaway of Angela Merkel and husband
6. Angela Merkel greeting Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden, and his wife
7. Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland, walking on red carpet, greeting Merkel and husband
8. Merkel greeting Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and his wife
9. Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, and his wife walking on red carpet
10. Lech Kaczynski, President of Poland, arriving with his wife, walking on red carpet
11. Angela Merkel greeting Lech Kaczynski and his wife
12. Jacques Chirac, President of France, with his wife, walking on red carpet
13. Angela Merkel greeting Jacques Chirac, President of France, and his wife
14. Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the Council, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, arriving with his wife, greeted by Merkel
15. Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, arriving with his wife, Cherie
16. Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, walking on red carpet with his wife
17. Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, and his wife being greeted by Angela Merkel and husband
18. Jose-Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, arriving with his wife
19. Angela Merkel and husband and Jose-Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his wife posing for photographers
20. Exterior shot of Berlin Philharmonie
European leaders started arriving at the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall on Saturday as the European Union prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has challenged her fellow European Union (EU) leaders to back a fundamental renewal of the EU over the next two years, hoping a summit to celebrate the achievements of the bloc's first 50 years will point the way out of deadlock over the bloc's stalled constitution.
She said they had to send a clear message to the EU's 490 (m) million citizens on where the union was going, highlighting Germany's drive to overhaul the treaty that underpins the way the EU does business by 2009.
Germany holds the EU's rotating presidency and is leading efforts to end a two-year hiatus in Europe's drive for closer unity following the rejection of the bloc's draft constitution by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
Merkel hopes to rekindle popular support with a clear statement of the EU's achievements, from tearing down trade barriers to bolstering once-fragile democracies in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Eastern Europe and taking a world lead in development aid and fighting global warming.
Merkel told reporters she was confident the 27 EU governments could overcome their deep differences over the EU's future by the 2009 deadline.
Anxious to ensure those differences do not overshadow the EU's anniversary party, leaders will leave out any direct reference to the constitution in their "Berlin Declaration" which will instead highlight the EU's achievements.
After a spate of last-minute diplomacy, Merkel did manage to secure agreement on the wording of the declaration, which the Germans, at least, see as pointing the way out of the constitutional deadlock over the next two years.
Merkel is pushing a timetable that includes a summit in June to launch six months of negotiations to draw up a revised EU treaty that could be ratified by all EU nations by 2009.
However, many see the schedule as overambitious given the level of division over how much of the deadlocked constitutional treaty should be saved.
Germany and Italy want to preserve much of the substance of the original text, while the Dutch insist that a new treaty must, in content, scope and name, differ from the constitution.
The Poles and British are wary about any changes that shift power from national capitals to EU headquarters, and the Czechs are opposed to setting a date for concluding the new treaty.
Substantive talks on the constitution are unlikely to get under way until after the French presidential election in April, which will see the departure of Jacques Chirac, who will be attending his last EU summit in Berlin after 12 years in power.
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Ben Bass and Beyond
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Knowing is (just) half the battle
I was recently invited to play in an online trivia contest called the LearnedLeague.
You play a six-question head-to-head match against a different opponent every day in a season comprising 25 such matches. After each season, depending upon performance, players may be promoted or relegated to higher or lower divisions, and at the highest rank, an overall league champion is crowned.
The unique element of LearnedLeague is that a match includes both offense and defense. The offense part is straightforward: you try to score points by answering the questions correctly.
The defense part is both elegant and strategic: you assign points to the questions for your opponent to earn (or preferably not earn). Each day you distribute a 3, 2, 2, 1, 1 and 0 based upon what you think your opponent will know. You'd give your opponent 0 on a gimme, and 3 where you're sure they won't know it.
It works like this:
Defense can and often does decide matches. It's routine to get the same number of answers correct but lose a match, or get one more correct and tie; also possible to get one more correct and lose; and even possible, although rare, to get two more answers correct and still lose due to catastrophically bad defense (known as "Bucknering" a match). On the offense side, answering all six questions correctly is known as "drinking the beer," i.e. scoring a six-pack.
My rookie season started several weeks ago and I've been having myself a time playing it, so I've decided to write about the daily ups and downs in this space for three reasons:
A, it's interesting, at least to me;
2, it gives me something to write about, which turns out to be a big thing for people who would attempt to write regularly. Hell, Hemingway moved to Europe, with its bullfights, moveable feasts and café expatriacy, so he'd have something more interesting to write about than Oak Park, Illinois, the hometown whose "broad lawns and narrow minds" he derided.
I tend to be one of those people who have a lot to say, and yet I wouldn't presume to blog most of it. There are a great many blogs on specific topics (sports, crossword puzzles, politics, border collies, public transportation, restaurants; insert your list here) and I have always felt a measure of envy toward those bloggers for whom the world supplies an unending supply of new fodder. Those of us in the unfashionable category of general interest blogs are left with our wits, thoughts and such parts of our lives as we wish to share (insert up to three jokes here) to fill the white space. Writing about a daily trivia league provides a small but fresh measure of new grist for the mill each day;
and C, as regular readers will have noticed, there has been a marked decline of late in the frequency with which I update this blog. After four years of dedicated banging away, I've been feeling increasingly burned out over the past few months, and my annual fall busy season at work has been more than reason enough to take a break. Now that things are quieting down and I've had a little time off, I'm ready to get back on the stick.
And so—with apologies to FOBB&B Eric Berlin, who has been blogging about the daily LearnedLeague experience for some time, and to any other LLer who has been doing likewise unbeknownst to me—I now undertake to do the same.
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What familiar saying with seven words has seven consonants in a row? The answer is a common saying, in ordinary English. Sometimes it's expressed in nine words rather than seven, but it's the same saying. And either way, in one spot it has seven consecutive consonants. What saying is it?
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40th anniversary of Missouri's Bigfoot, the Momo
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Christina Windmiller holds a Momo cast made by her father
On a summer afternoon 40 years ago (July 11, 1972) Terry, Wally, and Doris Harrison claimed to have seen the Momo. According to Wikipedia, Momo is the name of a local legend, similar to the Bigfoot, which is reported to live in Missouri. The name Momo is short for 'Missouri Monster' and it is reported to have a large, pumpkin-shaped head, with a furry body, and hair covering the eyes. First reported in July 1971, near Louisiana, Missouri by Joan Mills and Mary Ryan, Momo has been spotted up and down the Mississippi River. It is supposedly a large, 7 ft (~2.1 m) tall, hairy, black, manlike creature that eats dogs and emits a terrible odor.
While Doris Harrison still claims the Momo sighting was very real, there is retired school teacher, Priscilla Giltner, who thinks several of her pupils faked the whole thing. It is important to note she was out of town at the time of the 1972 sighting. You can watch her interview below and a in-depth story from the Herald-Whig after that.
By RODNEY HART
Herald-Whig Staff Writer
LOUISIANA, Mo. -- Mention the word "Momo" around Louisiana these days, and you'll get everything from laughs to furrowed brows.
Some say it was a hoax perpetrated by several kids with active imaginations. Others swear it was a large ape-like creature (or creatures) that terrorized the small Mississippi River town 40 years ago this month.
One thing is for sure -- people remember the creature.
It was dubbed the "Missouri Monster," or Momo for short. It caused a huge uproar in the area and nationally as people searched for the creature. For years later, Louisiana businesses had celebrations like "Momo Days." Montgomery City native Bill Whyte, now based in Nashville and scheduled to perform July 28 at the Pike County Fair, even wrote a song about Momo.
The spot where it all started is near Ninth and Allen streets, right next to what is now called Star Hill. Back then it was called Marzum Hill, and the Harrison family lived right next to it.
The three young Harrison children, Terry, Walley and Doris, claimed to have seen a tall, dark and hairy creature. There was an awful smell coming from it, and it appeared to be holding a dead animal.
Doris Harrison Bliss was 15 during that summer of 1972, and she says Momo was real.
"I was in the bathroom cleaning the sink, and I looked up out the window and I saw it," Bliss said Tuesday afternoon from her Louisiana home. "I made my brothers come in, because they were scared to death."
When Edgar Harrison, their father, returned home that afternoon, he found brush beaten down where the children said the creature had been. In a 1985 interview with The Herald-Whig, Edgar Harrison claimed to have seen two creatures behind the house.
"It was almost like a human except it had black hair all over it," Harrison told Herald-Whig Staff Writer Edward Husar.
What followed were reports by many of seeing the monster, hearing strange noises and sniffing awful odors. Louisiana Police Chief Shelby Ward didn't believe in Momo, but with many gun-toting citizens crashing through undergrowth in the area, he became concerned and organized a 20-man search party eight days after the furor started.
Nothing was ever found.
More sightings were reported in areas around Louisiana, and media began arriving from around the country to report on the strange story. There was even a visit from a man who ran the Unidentified Flying Objects Bureau.
Clyde Penrod made a plaster cast of a strange footprint believed to be made by the monster. There is confusion about where the footprint was found -- his daughter, Christina Windmiller, says the three-toed footprint was located on the River Road that runs along the Mississippi River. Other reports said it was made on a nearby farm nearly a month after the creature, or creatures, were sighted.
"It's really nice to think that it (Momo) was real," Windmiller, who was a year old when the hysteria started, said. "But it probably wasn't."
Priscilla Giltner is a retired schoolteacher from Louisiana who thinks several of her pupils faked the whole thing. She won't mention their names, but she laughs when remembering.
"I had them in school, and one of them dressed up as Momo," Giltner says. "It was nothing in the world but a prank. They were up on Star Hill for whatever reason, and for whatever reason, God only knows, they decided to pull this trick.
"I really don't think they counted on anybody actually seeing them up there."
Giltner, whose husband, Donald, was the mayor of Louisiana from 2006 to 2010, says she was on a family vacation in Georgia when it all started. Her son went to get a newspaper, and they were astounded to see a big headline saying "Big Foot Has Found A Mate In Louisiana, Missouri."
Momo may not have been real, and it never was captured, but the resulting attention it brought to the sleepy river town in Pike County was nothing but good. Momo Days, the song about Momo and other events helped the town remember.
"There was even a Momoburger at the local Dairy Queen," Priscilla Giltner says. "It kind of sparked this town up. It's kind of our thing. We don't have much, but we do have Momo and nobody else can claim Momo but us."
The boys involved in the prank simply had active imaginations, the retired schoolteacher claims.
"I don't find anything wrong with what they did," she says.
The house where Doris Harrison Bliss lived with her now deceased parents and brothers was torn down last year, but the memories remain.
"I was harassed about it a lot at school, and I don't even like to talk about it," Bliss says. "But it's true. I wouldn't lie to you.
"I used to hate talking about it, because people made fun of me and stuff, but now, and you can pardon my French, they can kiss my (butt). I saw what I saw and I heard what I heard."
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By Angel Cohn | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on 12.10.2008
Previously: Kate went off on Dyshaun in front of the panel. Her design was deemed too busy. She was finally sent home.... weeks after she should have been.
It's the final four, which Ashlie obviously states. She thought she'd be getting the ax last week for her inability to make editing decisions. Johanna, who clearly doesn't understand the fashion industry, hopes that there won't be any backstabbing now. Ashlie talks about how she's struggled and been waiting for this opportunity for her whole life. All 22 years of it. Johanna says it is hard to get interviews with her resume, since she has no experience. She did actually start a fashion blog, which is somewhat proactive. Megan basically calls Johanna too old to be starting out in this industry. She says that if you work in fashion, you start to hate shopping. Johanna thinks that the 22-year-old kids are all too jaded.
Malina calls them and tells them to get their asses over to Elite modeling agency. Dyshaun interviews that models tend flock to him. Anne needs the wannabes to cast a replacement model for a shoot with Zac Posen. Would an assistant be allowed to do this task? I'm skeptical. Ashlie flips out because she loves Zac Posen, he's her favorite designer. There's a selection of 30 models and they each have to pick one and put her in one of four identical dresses. Johanna's never been around a model before. She's intoxicated by their beauty. The dress is a pale golden yellow. Dyshaun smartly says that he's looking for someone who isn't too pale. Megan's looking for someone voluptuous. Ashlie goes for the eenie meenie miny moe approach. Johanna chooses the skinniest, palest model of the bunch. Anne comes in and says that it is for a body conscious story. Megan's got the best model. She thinks the honey-colored hair compliments the golden tone of the dress. Ashlie and Dyshaun get compliments from Slowey, but she says their models aren't quite statuesque enough. Johanna is told that she can't always just pick the slimmest person. Anne grabs Megan's model and heads out.
In the Elle office, Malina tells them they have to actually do something that involves writing more than a blurb. They have to do some reporting for a New Designers layout. They are sent to a showroom, where some of the best up and coming talent will be congregated. Way to have them do some investigating there. Not like they actually had to make an effort to seek out actual new designers. They've got three criteria to keep in mind. 1) Choose a designer who is on trend. 2) Pick clothes that represent their collection and 3) Convey who the designer is through the interview questions. Seems pretty obvious for basic journalism. Then Malina gives them a warning: Anne typically creates these pages herself, so they'd better bring it. They are split into teams of two, and Megan's in charge. She pairs Ashley and Dyshaun, and puts Johanna on her team. That's actually pretty shrewd, since Johanna does have some writing experience... even if Megan does consider her too old for this job. Dyshaun is hurt that she didn't pick him because he thought they were besties.
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Access to finance, market and skilled labor; bottlenecks to investment climate
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September 27, 2017 businessbhutanLeave a Comment on Access to finance, market and skilled labor; bottlenecks to investment climate
The 2017 Investment Climate Assessment by World Bank revealed
Access to finance, market and skilled workforce are the major factors affecting the investment climate in the country, according to a new World Bank study released yesterday.
The 2017 Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), which surveyed 13,000 Bhutanese firms, reveals that reforms that encourage Bhutanese firms to enter new markets and develop premium products can accelerate economic development.
While the report notes the success of recent reforms in improving Bhutan’s investment climate, it states that firms have limited access to finance and the lack of skilled labor undermines efforts to increase productivity and attract investment.
It also says that the access of firms to domestic and international markets is further limited by deficiencies in transport, logistics, customs procedures, marketing, and policies to encourage competition.
World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, Qimiao Fan, at the launch said that Bhutan has maintained high economic growth but the Bhutanese economy is dominated by state enterprises and the public sector.
He also said that hydropower projects dominate the economy but though it generates revenue it has failed to create enough employment. Employment remains concentrated in agriculture and the public sector, and many firms are struggling to grow due to obstacles that hinder investment, productivity, and international trade.
Speaking at the launch, economic affairs minister Lekey Dorji said that the 2017 ICA provides a strong basis to undertake the next level of reforms to further strengthen the competitiveness of the private sector.
“Almost every other socioeconomic indicator has shown marked improvements. However, a strong and resilient economy is only possible if the private sector is equally strong, resilient and robust,” said Lyonpo Lekey Dorji.
Sector-specific recommendations were made for tourism, ICT and agriculture businesses as these sectors are potential areas for economic diversification.
“Bhutan has achieved rapid economic growth and poverty reduction through sound macroeconomic policies and investments in hydropower,” said Qimiao Fan. He added though that youth unemployment remains high, especially in urban areas.
“To create jobs, the Royal Government of Bhutan, with support from its development partners, can help the private sector take advantage of opportunities to develop new products and services,” said Fan.
The ICA concludes that export of services and marketing of specialized products can play an important role in Bhutan, given that it is a landlocked country with a small domestic market.
“Bhutan’s fledgling ICT industry is one example of a sector that is starting to attract investors and has potential to create high-value exports and high-wage employment. Agribusiness is another sector with untapped potential where producers could benefit from Bhutan’s unique reputation to command a premium in high-value export markets,” states the report.
The ICA recommends modifications to financial sector regulations to improve access to credit, relaxation of barriers to high-skilled migration, reducing the compensation gap between the private and public sectors, coupled with improvements to border processing, transport infrastructure, while encouraging Foreign Direct Investment and scaling up “Brand Bhutan” promotions.
An economist with World Bank, Massimiliano Santini said a systematic approach to reforms with emphasis on sector-specific and cost-cutting reforms is the way forward and will pave the way for enhancing much needed competitiveness of the private sector and its growth.
World Bank collaborated with the Royal government and the Ministry of Economic Affairs on the third series of the Investment Climate Report.
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Heritage, Culture, Leisure and Sport Scrutiny Commission
Tuesday, 3 December 2019 5:30 pm
Attendance details
Agenda frontsheet PDF 128 KB
Agenda reports pack PDF 3 MB
Printed minutes PDF 105 KB
Venue: Meeting Room G.02, Ground Floor, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ
Contact: Anita Patel, Scrutiny Policy Officer, tel: 0116 454 6342 - email: Anita.Patel@leicester.gov.uk Ayleena Thomas, Democratic Support Officer, tel: 0116 454 5369 - email: Ayleena.Thomas@leicester.gov.uk
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Nangreave, Councillor Shelton and John Leach (Director for Neighbourhood and Environmental Services).
The Chair welcomed Councillor Gee to this Committee meeting.
Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.
There were no declarations of interest.
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING PDF 2 MB
The Minutes of the meeting of the Heritage, Culture, Leisure and Sport Scrutiny Commission held on 8 October 2019 are attached and Members are asked to confirm them as a correct record.
AGREED:
That the minutes of the Heritage, Culture, Leisure and Sport Scrutiny Commission held on 8 October 2019 be confirmed as a correct record.
PROGRESS ON ACTIONS AGREED AT THE LAST MEETING
To note progress on actions agreed at the previous meeting and not reported elsewhere on the agenda (if any).
The Chair thanked Officers for sending updates. It was requested that any other items be added to the work programme.
· Following the last committee meeting it was agreed that data on swimming usage would be provided. A document entitled ‘Swimming usage by ethnicity at Braunstone and Cossington’ was sent to Members before the meeting and also a hard copy circulated at the meeting.
· A Member of the Commission had concerns that the document was difficult to understand and required more clarity i.e. the second most users were ‘unknown’ which did not give details as to the users’ ethnicity.
· Officers suggested that this Member of the Commission could meet with the Officer to obtain more clarity on the details.
1) That the author of the document ‘Swimming usage by ethnicity at Braunstone and Cossington’ provide further clarity.
2) Following this, the document was to be circulated to all Members of the Commission.
CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements made by the Chair.
The Monitoring Officer to report on the receipt of any petitions submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.
The Monitoring Officer reported that no petitions had been received.
QUESTIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, STATEMENTS OF CASE
The Monitoring Officer to report on the receipt of any questions, representations and statements of case submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.
There were no questions, representations or statements of case.
HUMBERSTONE HEIGHTS GOLF COURSE - UPDATE PDF 120 KB
The Director of Public Health, submits a report providing an update on the Humberstone Heights Golf Course development.
Members of the Commission will be asked to note the improved performance at the site and the continued developments that aim to further improve the effectiveness and access of local residents to the course.
Crispin Clark, Outdoor Recreational Manager – gave a presentation to update the Committee on the Humberstone Heights Golf Course.
During the presentation the following was outlined:
· The decision to close Western Park in October 2015 was made to consolidate and invest in Humberstone Heights Golf Course.
· A brief history of the golf course, capital investments that had been made to improve the course including drainage improvements, reception upgrade and the refurbishment of changing rooms.
· Other improvements noted included; new signage, appointing an outdoor recreation manager, advertising and developing leases/ licences.
· The golf course’s net subsidy would be expected to break even this financial year.
· Future developments would be to review contractual arrangements, analyse casual users, develop a 12-month annual marketing plan and reviewing irregularities with fees and charges.
· Although the developments were not yet complete, the Deputy City Mayor Councillor Clair was proud of the work.
Victoria Ball, Sport & Active Recreation Manager and Andrew Beddow, Head of Sports with Officers from their team responded to the following points raised by Members:
· One of the aims would be to improve junior participation and working with the course to improve greater competition with women and girls.
· It was noted that improved joined approaches were required.
· The Academy course would help to build confidence.
· In response to the Chair’s suggestion for Officers to work with local schools to engage awareness. The Officer noted that there was now more opportunity to do outreach work in the community and it was necessary to have a junior section that sat alongside the golf club and made golf accessible to young people.
· Work with professionals was now required to retain those children/ people who had reached a certain level.
· Responding to a Member’s questions on whether there was any consideration to identify the ethnicity of users, it was noted that these communities were encouraged mainly through marketing however more could be done. Officers also welcomed feedback on how this could be achieved.
The Chair and Members of the Commission suggested the following ideas:
· Open spaces could be used to do ‘golfing pop ups’.
· To take golf into local communities to provide a basic tuition.
· Use a large screen to give people tasters.
1) That the contents of the report be noted.
2) For the Officer to provide information as to how many people transferred from Western Park to Humberstone Golf Club (to keep membership).
3) To encourage younger people in schools to use the facility.
4) To encourage minority groups to use the facility.
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PLAN FOR LEICESTER PDF 104 KB
The Director of Tourism, Culture & Inward Investment, submits a report advising that the city council intends to facilitate the creation of a forward looking cultural and creative industries plan as well as progress made to create a new cultural prospectus document.
Members of the Commission will be invited to comment on the proposals to create a forward looking cultural and creative industries plan and to note the recently completed cultural prospectus.
Mike Dalzell, Director of Tourism, Culture and Inward Investment presented the following:
· A short video on the culture of Leicester and circulated the brochure hardcopy which was created to showcase and celebrate Leicester’s art, culture and creative industries.
· This brochure would also be distributed in the city and to organisations to promote what the city had to offer, to encourage new investment, attract staff to the city and invite new collaborations.
· It would also be marketed to tourists, visitors, hotels and organisations involved in the arts world.
· The brochure reflected the considerable additional investment from Arts Council England into the city, particularly the core funding provided to the 16 National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) featured in the brochure.
· The brochure was also available in digital formats alongside 30 and 120 second short film clips to be used for promotion on social media networks. Links to the interactive PDF version and all the organisations featured were available online.
· Director of Tourism, Culture and Inward Investment stressed Leicester’s range, diversity and international connections as featured in the brochure.
· The next step would be further work with these organisations and to engage creative businesses, with the intention of developing a more forward looking cultural and creative industries plan.
· It was hoped that an update would be bought back to the Commission in six months’ time.
Deputy City Mayor Councillor Clair noted how exclusive Leicester was as a City with its diversity and cultures.
The following points were made in discussion:
· To deal with the impact of Brexit on creative industries in Leicester - it would be essential to sustain engagements and connections with organisations which worked closely with Europe and Internationally.
· The process of becoming an NPO with Arts Council England was explained in terms of the application, need to submit a comprehensive business plan and demonstrate clear outcomes.
· The forward plan would be launched early in the spring / summer of 2020.
1) That the project be noted.
JEWRY WALL/ VAUGHAN COLLEGE REFURBISHMENT PROJECT UPDATE PDF 931 KB
The Director of Tourism, Culture & Inward Investment, submits a report updating on the refurbishment project on the Jewry Wall Museum and Vaughan College site.
Members of the Commission will be asked to comment on progress to date and to note the contents of the report.
Jo Jones, Head of Arts, Museums, Festivals & Events presented the report and drew Members’ attention to the following points:
· Following the purchase of Vaughan College, funding was approved to develop a master plan, interpretation strategy and designs for the refurbishment of the Jewry Wall/ Vaughan College site to create a two-floor visitor attraction.
· In November 2018 an executive decision was taken that the first phase would be to carry out improvement works whereby £2.644m was allocated.
· The project had also secured £0.5m funding from the LLEP and other works were done to attract external funding towards the overall scheme costs.
· A cost review had recently been undertaken which seen the scheme go out to tender in November 2019 and it was anticipated that a new contractor would be appointed mid-March 2020.
· Further anticipations would be that works commence on site in June 2020, the completion of the connecting walkway by the end of 2020 with the rest of the Phase 1 works to be completed in the spring of 2021.
· Designers had recently been commissioned to review the visual audio interpretation elements.
· Due to the buildings being constructed on top of Roman remains exposed in the 1930’s, there had been potential for onsite archaeology issues.
· October 2019 – the pit was dug for the proposed lift installation.
· Finalising archaeology onsite were noted as works to be anticipated before the end of 2019.
· The scheme benefited from the HLF funded project in partnership with the Friends of Jewry Wall to deliver site improvements and public interpretation.
· It was noted that a good relationship had been kept with contractors and training providers.
· Following phase 1 which was to make the building safe and watertight, the next stage would be to finish the building and mechanical aspects and then set the exhibition.
· Further funds would continue to be raised in order to assist with the remainder of the project.
A Member of the Commission requested that an update on what’s happening on the site, and interpretation of heritage be provided at the next Heritage Partnership meeting.
1) That the report be noted, and programme supported.
2) That the Head of Arts, Museums, Festivals & Events provide a progress update in one years’ time.
WORK PROGRAMME PDF 81 KB
The current work programme for the Commission is attached. The Commission is asked to consider this and make comments and/or amendments as it considers necessary.
That the work programme be noted.
ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS
There being no further business the meeting closed at 6:36pm.
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Utah evacuees watched flames draw closer, smoke get thicker
Written by AP
The smoke plume caused by the Brian Head Fire, seen just north of Cedar City, Utah on Thursday, June 22, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A wildfire menacing a southern Utah ski town for nearly a week flared again, doubling in size for the second night in a row and torching more homes after residents fled the flames, officials said Friday.
The blaze was one of several burning in the U.S. West as extreme heat challenges firefighters.
The Utah fire that’s charred 43 square miles (112 square kilometers) near the town of Brian Head has destroyed a total of 13 homes, Forest Service spokeswoman Cigi Burton said.
No one was injured because the houses were among 400 evacuated a day earlier from the alpine community that is home to the Brian Head Resort and near several national monuments and parks in Utah’s red rock country.
Mountain bike and hiking trails, zip line courses and a water tubing hill that lure visitors to the resort in the summer were closed as firefighters try to hem in the flames.
At least 700 people have been out of their homes since Saturday, when the blaze was ignited by someone using a torch to burn weeds, authorities said.
High winds and hot weather have intensified the fire, driving it toward Panguitch Lake, a fishing and recreation spot with more homes.
Brian Head and eight other communities and campgrounds were under evacuation orders, fire spokeswoman Erin Darboven said. She did not know the total number of homes or residents affected.
Jim Moore said the flames were about a mile from his home in the community of Beaver Dam Village when he packed up his car and his dog early Thursday. At that point, the evacuations were not yet mandatory.
“At 2 o’clock in the morning, I could stand on my deck and see the flames,” Moore said. “It was pretty scary.”
Moore, who drove about four hours to Las Vegas where his girlfriend lives, said Beaver Dam Village is almost entirely made up of second homes and cabins and is largely a weekend getaway for Vegas residents.
LaRue Billings, who spends summers with her husband in their recreational vehicle near Panguitch Lake, said the couple could spot flames from their campsite Wednesday before they packed up and left Thursday.
“By the time we left, the fire had gotten quite a bit closer. We didn’t realize that because the smoke was so dense,” Billings said.
She said beetles have killed off trees in the surrounding forest, leaving lots of dried wood on the ground.
“I’m sure that had a lot to do with fueling the fire,” Billings said.
The couple, who live in Hurricane, said they were camping Friday in a city about 20 miles away until they figure out where to go next.
The unidentified person accused of starting the blaze could face charges, officials said. Firefighting costs could rise to more than $1 million, said Jason Curry of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.
In Arizona, astronomers fear a nearly 46-square-mile (74-square-kilometer) wildfire may have caused heat damage to a research telescope on a mountain northeast of Tucson. Paul Gabor, vice director of the Vatican Observatory, says the blaze came within probably 30 feet of the building but didn’t cause it to catch fire.
Fire conditions are preventing telescope operators from examining the inside of the building. But Gabor suspects the heat damaged metal on the exterior and is concerned smoke could have damaged electronic equipment and mirrors on the telescope.
On the nation’s largest American Indian reservation, which spans parts of New Mexico, Arizona and southeastern Utah, increasing fire danger led officials to ban fireworks and campfires outside developed sites. Ceremonial fires are allowed if a tribal burn registration is obtained.
In Southern California, firefighters made progress on a 5-day-old forest fire in the San Bernardino Mountains that has burned about 2½ square miles (625 hectares).
Associated Press writers Brady McCombs and Lindsay Whitehurst in Salt Lake City and Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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Home World Urgent appeal after Bournemouth food bank trashed (Details)
Urgent appeal after Bournemouth food bank trashed (Details)
Claire Matthews said the charity needed urgent donations of non-perishable goods
A food bank in Bournemouth is appealing for emergency donations after burglars stole a month’s worth of goods intended for families in need.
Volunteers at Hope For Food said the site was trashed, causing £3,000 of damage, and 90% of food, clothes, toiletries and toys were taken.
More than 400 families will be affected following the burglary on Friday.
Founder Claire Matthews said: “We’ve got beans and soup but the rest of it has gone. It beggars belief.”
Hope for food
Burglars caused damage totalling £3,000
She added: “It’s going to have a huge impact on our families. One family we needed to get food to yesterday, but we didn’t have any.
“A van was supposed to go out tomorrow but there’s nothing to go into the van. They’ve [the burglars] taken a good month’s worth of food.
“Families are going to get a meagre offering of the basics instead of the normal hamper we give out.”
The organisation, based on the West Howe Industrial Estate, has appealed for urgent donations of non-perishable goods such as tins of food, pasta, biscuits, sauces in jars and squash.
Thieves stole nearly all the toiletries stored on shelves
Toiletries needed include nappies, toothpaste and shampoo.
Dorset police officers were at the scene investigating the burglary and the vandalism, which includes smashed windows and fridges left open, with ready meals thrown on the floor.
Ms Matthews said: “We just can’t believe people would do such a cruel thing.”
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Oysters
Recycle Oyster Shells
Photo Credit: Erika Nortemann
Photo Credit: Kenny Fletcher/CBF
What is the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance?
The Chesapeake Oyster Alliance is a multi-year collaborative effort to add 10 billion oysters to the Bay by 2025. For it is only with a healthy Chesapeake oyster population that a restored Bay is possible. The Chesapeake Oyster Alliance will improve water quality, engage new constituencies, and drive economic benefits across the region to accelerate ongoing oyster recovery efforts in the Chesapeake Bay.
Who is involved in the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance?
A diverse group of partners have committed to making the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance goal a reality. These partners include community organizations, universities, NGOs, and corporate and private partners. Aquaculturists are also important partners in this effort because of their crucial connection to the public and private fisheries where much of the Bay's increased oyster abundance will need to occur.
How does this alliance differ from existing oyster restoration efforts?
In recent years, recovery of Chesapeake Bay oyster populations has been accelerating due to state and federal agencies' large-scale efforts to restore 10 tributaries along with improvements in water quality, increasing disease resistance, growth of aquaculture on leased bottom, and scientific management of wild harvest. But without an ambitious, collaborative effort like the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance, we will likely fall short of truly restoring this keystone species. By generating new partnerships and sparking innovation, this coalition will accelerate efforts that already show tremendous promise for the Bay's oyster populations, while also bringing new partners and approaches to this rapidly evolving field.
Where will the 10 billion oysters come from?
The 10 billion oysters will come primarily from large-scale restoration efforts in Maryland and Virginia that support the Chesapeake Bay Program objective of restoring 10 tributaries by 2025, but will also include oysters planted in the aquaculture industry and wild fishery.
What are the key components of the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance?
Restoring Oysters in Sanctuaries
Experience, adaptive management, and cutting-edge science are teaching us more about restoration every year, but the task is huge. At present, the largest contribution to restoration efforts comes from tributary-scale projects undertaken by state and federal agencies in support of Chesapeake Bay Program oyster restoration goals. We must continue to support these restoration efforts while developing opportunities to improve and expand. Not only will we rebuild habitat and water filtration capacity, but restored sanctuary reefs will produce oyster larvae to disperse to harvest bars as well as sanctuaries.
Improving Science-Based Fishery Management
Because more than 75 percent of the Bay's oyster bottom is open to commercial harvest, good management of these reefs represents a significant opportunity to recover the Bay's oyster population. Rotational harvest holds promise for stability in the fishery, but its success will depend on harvesters, packers, scientists, and managers working together. Science-based management should be employed with a goal of substantially increasing the number of oysters on public bars. It will be particularly important to devise a funding system that can make critical, strategic, up-front investments in bottom rehabilitation and spat-on-shell planting that will make the industry self-supporting and profitable in the long-term.
Increasing Oyster Aquaculture
Aquaculture provides a unique opportunity to support economic growth in coastal communities while providing sustainable seafood and water quality benefits. Aquaculture in Virginia has grown rapidly in recent years and Maryland's fledging industry is beginning to grow as well. The Chesapeake Oyster Alliance will support the continued growth of these industries to provide economic development opportunities, enhance water quality in the Bay, reduce fishing effort on wild oyster stocks, and provide novel structured habitat for commercial and recreational fishes.
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Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
автор Frederic P. издательство Книга по Требованию Научно-популярная литература
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Аннотация: High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais, born Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1960) is the imam of the Grand mosque in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and the "Islamic Personality Of the Year" 2005. Al-Sudais comes from the Anza clan. He had memorized the Quran by the age of 12. Growing up in Riyadh, Al-Sudais studied at the Al Muthana Bin Harith Elementary School, and afterwards the Riyadh Scientific Institution from which he graduated in 1979 with a grade of excellent. He obtained a degree in Sharia from Riyadh University in 1983, his Master's in Islamic fundamentals from the Sharia College of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in 1987 and received his Ph.D. in Islamic Sharia from Umm al-Qura University in 1995 while working there as an assistant professor after serving at Riyadh University. He was honoured to lead funeral prayer for Sheikh Ali Jaber
Автор: Frederic P.
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This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Lambert M. S. Книга по Требованию
Constructing Reality: A Comparison of Al Jazeera, BBC and CNN The Palestinian Israeli Conflict.
As a result this book provides some indication of the ideological constraints faced by each of the news sources, which allows for the emergence of a critical discourse surrounding the role of the media and consequently surrounding the positions of Tamara A. Книга по Требованию
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AL: Thirteenth Element. Encyclopedia
This unique encyclopedia introduces the reader to the history of the discovery, production and numerous applications of this silvery metal - from decorative and fine arts to uses in the military and aerospace, from light industry and automobiles to Библиотека РУСАЛа
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Для широкого круга читателей, интересующихся языком и культурой современной Испании. Калашникова Л.Л.
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Sergio R. Edelsa
Al-Qaeda. The True Story of Radical Islam
But does this tell the whole truth? Jason B. Penguin Group
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En este cuaderno, el alumno encontrará mú ltiples actividades para trabajar la comprensió n y expresió n escrita así como la comprensió n y expresió n oral. Incluye un CD con las grabaciones de los textos que Gisele P. SGEL
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MOLECULAR MODELING OF AL-FE2O3 NANOMATERIAL SYSTEM. Nanocrystalline Material Deformation and Shock Wave Propagation
The framework is applied to analyze the nanoscale mechanical behavior of the Al+Fe2O3 material system in two different settings. Vikas T. Книга по Требованию
High efficient X-ray source,Lithography,Tailored X-ray source, Contact microscopy, Radiography STUDY OF 2. 3 KJ PLASMA FOCUS AS K-RADIATION (Al, Neon, Cu, Ar)
X-ray emission provide useful diagnostic tool for the state of plasma,as contrary to the tokamaks. Muhammad K. Книга по Требованию
Friction Stir Welding of Metal Matrix Composites. The Joining of Al 6061/SiC/17.5p Using Diamond Coated Tools
The secondary objective of this research is to parameterize FSW of Al 6061 reinforced with 17. 5 percent SiC particles, a superabrasive composite material valued for its high strength to weight ratio. Tracie P. Книга по Требованию
AL QAEDA: POLITICS AND STRUCTURE. AL QAEDA: POLITICS AND STRUCTURE
One implication of the 9/11 attacks is the United States’ and a number of its allies’ international campaign to reduce the threat presented by terrorism in general and Islamic radicalism in particular. Nora C.E.H. Книга по Требованию
JIH?D IN TWO FACES OF SHAR?’AH. SUFISM AND ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE AND THE REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS IN THE MALAY WORLD Case studies of Yusuf al Maqassary and
This book instead will focus on the Malays-Indonesian Archipelago. Lukmanul H.D. Книга по Требованию
Ibn al-Azraq's Political Thought. A Study of Bada'i‘ al-Silk fi Taba'i‘ al-Mulk
In formulating his political thought, he combined usul al-fiqh and syllogism. Aldila I. Книга по Требованию
Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Arabic: ' Mosque of the Prophet' ), often called the Prophet' s Mosque, is a mosque situated in the city of Medina. As the final resting place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, it is considered the second holiest Frederic P. M. Книга по Требованию
Abd Al Razzaq Abdallah Ibrahim Al Tamini
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Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali
A number of other suspects are still wanted or awaiting trial for this bombing. Frederic P. M. Книга по Требованию
Al Asad Airbase
Other major tenants include the 82nd Airborne Advise Al Asad Airbase (ICAO: ORAA / KQAJ) is the largest US military airbase in Iraq and is located in the largely Sunni western Iraq Province of Al Anbar. Frederic P. M. Книга по Требованию
Bayt Al-Mal
Bayt al- mal is an Arabic term that is translated as "House of money" or "House of Wealth. " Historically, it was a financial institution responsible for the administration of taxes in Islamic states, particularly in the early Frederic P. M. Книга по Требованию
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Frederic P. M. Книга по Требованию
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Muhammad Al-Arabi Al-Darqawi
He was imprisoned by the Moroccan ruler Mulay Slimane (r. 1792-1822) for supporting revolts against the throne, but was released by Abderrahmane (r. 1822-1859). A Sufi order, the Darqawa, was organized around his teachings after his death, with Aaron P.T. Книга по Требованию
Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab
There are two contemporary histories of Ibn ' Abd al-Wahhab and his religious movement from the point of view of his supporters: Ibn Ghannam' s Rawdhat al-Afkar wal-Afham and Ibn Bishr' s ' Unwan al-Majd fi Tarikh Delmar T.C. S. Книга по Требованию
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Mustafa al-Ansari
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Al Idrisi was a descendent of the Idrisid rulers of Morocco, who in turn were descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, the son of Ali and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Al-Idrisi' s education was probably acquired in Andalusia. Born and Frederic P. M. Книга по Требованию
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Jebel al-Madhbah
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The team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most tournament titles (24 in Total) and the team with the most UAE league titles (9). Frederic P. M. Книга по Требованию
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Beautiful Book
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Rabbit Is Rich (Signed Limited First Edition)
Book Information: 1/1/2/US/AF/1981/o.350 • 210x148x46 • 831 • Pulitzer'82 • NBA'82 • NBCCA'81
A decade after “Rabbit Redux", we have the only comedy, and the most successful novel in terms of literary awards, of the Rabbit tetralogy. In "Rabbit is Rich", Harry stopped running because he, along with the rest of America, is "running out of gas". That bore well for Harry's Toyota dealership, handed to him by his father-in-law - "because there isn't a piece of junk on the road gets better mileage than his Toyotas, with lower service costs".
So Rabbit is rich now, for a change. But he is also still the irreverent Rabbit who plays golf and drinks, now at a country club, with a bunch of cronies who, in a Caribbean trip, did some wife-swapping. Perhaps to make amends to his past infraction, and to seek closure on the status of a daughter who he does not know was given birth to, Rabbit also wandered around to look for Ruth, the mistress he walked out on in "Rabbit, Run". The fun part, though, starts with the return of Nelson, his resentful son, from college, with two girls, one of whom he impregnated and married before running away - the long shadow of Rabbit's own youth. The apples doesn't fall very far from the tree.
"Rabbit is Rich", published in 1981 by Alfred Knopf, would be Updike's most "prized" novel, sweeping all major American literary awards - the National Book Critics Circle Award in the same year, and the Pulitzer and the National Book Award in 1982. The Pulitzer fiction jury praised Updike, noting that "no one writing in English today can match his purity of style" but placed "Rabbit is Rich" third on its recommendation list, behind Robert Stone's "A Flag for Sunrise" and Marilynne Robinson's debut novel, "Housekeeping". The Advisory Board, however, elected to bestow Updike with the Pulitzer. For the NBA, Updike came up top against Robert Stone again, Mark Helprin's "Ellis Island and Other Stories", John Irving's "The Hotel New Hampshire", and William Wharton's "Dad". For the NBCCA, Rabbit was victorious against fellow finalists comprising Russell Hoban's "Riddley Walker", Donald Barthelme's "Sixty Stories", Leonard Michaels' "The Men's Club", and Robert Stone's "Flag" yet again.
Interestingly, Updike also designed the dust jacket for the trade version, keeping the disc - in the form of a rainbow of happiness, perhaps an allusion to the Noahic covenant - without the strips, and adding an image of the Susan Anthony dollar.
This is the signed limited first edition, issued without dust jacket, with the original slipcase and dust jacket. The slipcase is in black with gilt lettering and margin". The book is bound in grey clothed board with gilt lettering and margin on black background, and has grey topstain. The dust jacket is in gold with no price or blurb. The copyright page should state "First Edition" and the author signed on a limitation page stating that this edition is limited to 350 copies. There is a separate first edition of the trade version.
This book is not very rare and a VG+ copy can be purchased from eBay or Abebooks from $250 onwards. This is a NF copy with a VF+ slipcase with a slight knock at the top, a NF dust jacket and a NF book.
RABBIT, RUN
RABBIT REDUX (SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION)
RABBIT REDUX (FIRST TRADE EDITION)
RABBIT IS RICH (FIRST TRADE EDITION)
RABBIT AT REST (FRANKLIN SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION)
RABBIT AT REST (SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION)
RABBIT AT REST (FIRST TRADE EDITION)
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Marcel Proust. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu...Forget about Madeleine biscuits & cork lined rooms...
Marcel Proust. A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU. 12 VOLS. Grasset & N.R.F. Paris 1913-1928.
$18000+ / £10000+
The supreme classic of 20th Century European literature, the ultimate roman fleuve, although Powell runs him a close second with his 'Music of Time' also 12 vols. A paperback or paper wraps, at least- I don't have a set about my person at present and have never had all 12 or any 'tetes', although we always have a few sets of the Scott-Moncrieff translation. Admired by Graham Greene, Gianni Versace, Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Logan Pearsall Smith, Arnold Bennett, Sam Beckett, Tuesday Weld, Will Self etc., Alain de Botton wrote a pretty useful self help book based on the master's life and work 'How Proust can change your Life.' Even Nabokov liked the early volumes.
Forget about Madeleine biscuits and cork lined rooms and persevere with the first 200 pages, or start with a later book, or download it to your Ipod and walk 100 blocks with it. As Joseph Conrad said: ‘It appeals to our sense of wonder and gains our hommage by its veiled greatness. I don’t think there ever has been in the whole of literature such an example of the power of analysis.’ You don't need to be an intellectual, an epicene snob or a pseud but it might be unwise if your usual fare is shopping and fucking novels. The audio version by John Rowe btw is the one, NOT Neville Jason who doesn't appear to understand what he is reading.
It is on record that James Joyce met Proust at a midnight supper in the fashionable Majestic Hotel in May 1922, the two great men did not speak more than a few words with each other. "Of course the situation was impossible," Joyce recalled later. "Proust's day was just beginning. Mine was at an end." They shared a cab home but again hardly exchanged a word. It seems a pity - Joyce once said 'I never met a bore' and Proust had a similar outlook finding an evening with unimportant provincial burghers no more or less interesting than the most fashionable ball with aristos and jeunesse doré.
VALUE? Btw this is a rejig of an earlier posting with more info, the disco version as it were. Above is a very desirable item, a review copy of the very first book. Decent French sets in the original paper wraps or in attractive and exquisite bindings with the wraps bound in can make (at auction) $18000 or more, it gets much more serious with 'editions du tete' eg one of 12 of just one vol (Du Cote de Chez Swann) made $50,000 in 1999, another inscribed to Anatole France made $70000 way back in 1989. A one of 5 of the same volume on Japon with an ALS loosely inserted made $300,000 in 2001. This was the Calmette -Le Garrec -Blaizot - Meeus - Hayoit copy and you can be pretty sure it didn't turn up at a boot fair. A 13 vol set in a Paul Bonet binding with inlaid letters across the spines and a staircase motif made $50K. The paper on the ordinary editions can become brittle, especially in hot climates and the 'editions du tete' last a lot better. English editions are reasonably easily found, the Scott Moncrieff translation being limited to 1300. Inscriptions help -- usually to toffs and grandees in his circle e.g. the ubiquitous Princesse Marthe Bibesco. Being a French book condition is vital, shagged out copies get thrown in the Seine. [ W/Q ** ]
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© Dublin City Council
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Crosses Marlborough Street to Hawkins Street
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← O'Connell Bridge
Butt Bridge →
Rosie Hackett Bridge is the newest addition to the family of bridges crossing the River Liffey. Construction began in February 2012 and the bridge opened on the 20th of May 2014. Named after the trade union activist, who was involved in the 1913 Lockout, and later the 1916 Rising, it is the only bridge in the city centre named after a woman.
A low, single span, concrete structure, it is simple and sensitive in design - not wanting to compete with its classically elegant upstream neighbour, O’Connell Bridge, or to intrude upon the surrounding historic quayside. That sensitivity and simplicity perfectly complements its purpose - it is a public transport priority bridge, its 26 metre width generously accommodating dedicated bus and taxi lanes, a cycle track for southbound traffic, open spaces for foot passengers and a LUAS light rail corridor for future use.
Design mockup
Though crossing the river at a skew, viewed from its thresholds Rosie Hackett Bridge is a fluent, continuation of the connecting streets - Marlborough Street on the north side and Hawkins Street on the south. The wonderful river view of Dublin is framed by the portal like presence of tall poles at either end, most especially at night when light projects down onto the deck. These poles will also support the necessary cables for the Luas.
The bridge’s wide, open spaces were eclectically and cleverly designed by Seán Harrington Architects: stainless steel strips, inlaid with the granite paving, run neatly towards the river, then curve to form the bridge balustrades and finally spread into a handrail. The busy pedestrian moves fluently and efficiently from one zone to another across its 47 metres. Those who wish to linger and admire the riverscape can do so while resting on the seating formed from the concrete up-stands, which also separate walkers from road traffic. City hardy greenery softens and brightens the seating areas and at night lighting, integrated into the seating, balustrades and handrail, sets a very contemporary scene.
Unobtrusive as the Rosie Hackett Bridge is on the riverscape, it is very much a bridge of change. Pedestrians will continue to migrate from O’Connell Bridge (the busiest walking route in the country) and the areas surrounding Marlborough and Hawkins Streets will, as footfall increases, regenerate through greater economic activity. Dublin will boast yet another facet of contemporary city life when, in time to come, the first light rail tram crosses the river. For Dubliners, the real story of this bridge was in its name. For the first time ever suggestions were actively sought from individuals and groups and were finally filtered down by Dublin City Council to the very resonant Rosie Hackett Bridge.
The first Liffey bridge to be named after a woman since Sarah Bridge, now Island Bridge, in 1792.
18,000 people had input to the naming process with 85 different suggestions eventually being whittled down to a final list of 5 for Council vote.
A proposed pedestrian bridge at this location had previously been included in the Dublin City Development Plan.
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World Series Followup
Dalton Carriker rounds the bases after his World Series Winning home run.
It was a proud moment for all Americans.
But NOBODY was as proud as his grandfather: our own classmate, Bill Carriker!
Dalton Carriker's Grandfather
.....And Now, the Rest of the Story......kind of....
On those rainy days when we get the old '54 "Snips and Cuts" down from the attic to show our grandkids how good looking and brilliant we were when we were their age, I have no doubt that we'll stop at page 22 (between Nancy Books and Dale Cato) and point to Bill Carriker's picture and proudly point out that he's the grandfather of Dalton Carriker, the guy who hit the home run in the 2007 Little League World Series!
Bill writes that being World Champs is a lot of hard work, along with the rewards:
"....they have had autograph signings at Auto dealerships, sports stores, and Wal-Marts. four
grocery store/openings, they've been grand marshalls in five parades, and have tree lightings and medical center visits to go before Christmas.
On the fun side they have been honored by the Braves, Falcons, NASCAR,NASA, the state of Georgia, Mercer University, Georgia Tech and Gov Purdue.
The Houston County school
system had Dalton address the grade school to talk about what it takes to be a champion."
Wish him luck
Bill Carriker
Thanks for the update, Bill. In my opinion the wisest thing that your grandson told those grade school kids was,
"....set goals and work your goals when others are going to the mall or watching TV."
That's what we all did, right?
Nancy Aughtry Kinley
Jerry Gaudet reports:
It's with sadness that we learn of another classmate passing:
Nancy, 71, a native Charlottean, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 12, 2007. She was the daughter of the late Harvey and Maggie McAllister Aughtry.
She was a graduate of Central High School.
Nancy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Married to Ray Kinley for 52 years, a stronger, more committed marriage could not be found. Her son, Don Kinley, and daughter, Donna Brookshire, both of Charlotte, were blessed to have had such a wonderful, caring mother who made home such a wonderful place. Twin grandchildren, Grayson and Allison Brookshire, have wonderful memories of times shared. She adored her younger sister, Jean Aughtry, of Mooresville, with whom she talked almost daily.
Aside from family, she loved her backyard birds and nursing distressed flowers back to life. She loved shopping trips with her daughter, crafts, and was an excellent cook. Holidays were especially special and full of family traditions that will be forever remembered.Special thanks go to Dr. Arthur Patefield, her special "angel", and Presbyterian Hospice & Palliative Care.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Edgar H. Aughtry, Jr., Harold Aughtry and Frank Aughtry; and sisters, Bernice Wheeler and Joyce Williams.A celebration of her life will be 2 PM Wednesday, November 14, at Wilson Funeral & Cremation Service, 5301 Albemarle Road, with the Reverend Dr. Larry Mitchell of Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be sent to Presbyterian Hospice & Palliative Care, PO Box 33549, Charlotte, NC 28233-3549.
Mrs. Kinley's family is being served by Wilson Funeral & Cremation Service.
Published in the Charlotte Observer on 11/13/2007.
Your tireless webmaster was going over some of the older posts on this website and was surprised that most of the pictures are still here, having survived a couple of "digital meltdowns" to my main servers; obviously caused by "global warming."
I really like the group photo taken at our 40th reunion. A new feature of this site is the ability to enlarge most new photos (newly posted, that is) to a very large size.
Click on the photo to see if you've changed any since that great event.
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Post by Corlyss_D » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:19 pm
Iraq Syndrome Has Finally Arrived
By Daniel Henninger
You knew it had to happen. Haditha, an "incident" involving American troops in Iraq, is now part of the erosion of support for the war in Iraq. The Iraq Syndrome has finally arrived.
This past Monday, Memorial Day, a driver down Manhattan's fast West Side Highway would have slowed at 46th Street to allow the crossing of a constant stream of visitors heading to the USS Intrepid, the aircraft-carrier museum on the Hudson River. It was a beautiful day but a hot day to stand on long lines in the open sun. A small squadron of planes flew up the Hudson in the solemn missing-man formation, with one plane trailing. Amid the sunshine, the chairman of the Intrepid museum, Arnold Fisher, said something to the gathered crowd no one could have expected to hear.
Mr. Fisher, whose family runs the Fisher House Foundation for the military, suggested that the men and women at arms were being forgotten. And he apologized to them. "I apologize to you for carrying the burden of this nation's commitment to freedom and liberty alone." Mr. Fisher's bitterness over the troops is a Cassandra cry, a portent. But why now?
Opinion polls put support for the war below 40%. Still, it has become obligatory now as a nod across the political spectrum to the corrosive Vietnam Syndrome, to reassure that one's opposition is only to the war, not to the men fighting it.
Really? How does that work?
Arnold Fisher said the troops were forgotten, but they are very much on the minds of the news cycle just now. This Memorial Day week the news is preoccupied with stories of the Marine squad that allegedly killed civilians at Haditha, a town in Iraq. The narrative of this story has pretty much set in already: It's another My Lai, we all know they did it, the brass covered it up, and prison sentences for homicide are merely a formality.
Haditha is indeed the new Abu Ghraib. What this most importantly means is that any U.S. military action overseas now, no matter its level of justification, can be taken down by the significance assigned to events by the modern machinery of publicity. This explains why the U.S. commanders in Iraq announced yesterday that all soldiers in the next 30 days would take what the headlines are calling "ethics training." Of the some 150,000 U.S.-led troops there, Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the U.S. combat commander in Iraq, said "99.9% of them perform their jobs magnificently." Yes, and 99.9% of them, after all they've been through, will deeply resent the clear inference they lack "core values." Is that different than standard "Corps values"?
Stories of apparently malfeasant U.S. troop behavior are arriving daily now. A military truck whose brakes failed from overheating crashed and killed Afghan civilians. Press reports are now fly-specking whether the troops shot over or at the rock-throwing mob of more than 300 that surrounded them. Every one of these troops surely knows the story of Mogadishu. Been there, never again. But there will be investigations of their behavior.
Finally came the even more lurid pregnant-woman shooting. As transmitted around the world by the BBC: "A pregnant Iraqi woman in labor and her cousin were shot dead by U.S. forces as they rushed to a hospital along a closed road, police and relatives say." The BBC's next four sentences neatly sum up the common story line now in play around U.S. troops: The soldiers said the car failed to heed a stop warning in a prohibited area; the driver said he heard no warning; U.S. troops will be "trained in moral and ethical conduct" and this "comes in the wake" of the Haditha allegations.
In El Paso, Texas, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, whose death from a roadside bomb is the event said to have precipitated the Marine shootings at Haditha, said simply: "I don't even listen to the news." This may be the widespread reaction as the Haditha story overwhelms all else--enough, I don't want to hear about it.
And there begins the Iraq Syndrome.
Some elements of the newly ascendant Democratic left may welcome it, but no serious person in American politics should.
The Vietnam Syndrome, a loss of confidence in the efficacy of American military engagement, was mainly a failure of U.S. elites. But it's different this time. This presidency has been steadfast in war. No matter. In a piece this week on the White House's efforts to rally the nation to the idea of defeating terrorism abroad to thwart another attack on the U.S., the AP's Nedra Pickler wrote: "But that hasn't kept the violence and unrest out of the headlines every day." This time the despondency looks to be penetrating the general population. And the issue isn't just body counts; it's more than that.
The missions in Iraq and Afghanistan grew from the moral outrage of September 11. U.S. troops, the best this country has yet produced, went overseas to defend us against repeating that day. Now it isn't just that the war on terror has proven hard; the men and women fighting for us, the magnificent 99%, are being soiled in a repetitive, public way that is unbearable.
The greatest danger at this moment is that the American public will decide it wants to pull back because it has concluded that when the U.S. goes in, it always gets hung out to dry.
Two major military reports will come out soon on the Haditha incident, and no one will gainsay justice if that is required. But the atmosphere around this event is going to get uncontrollably manic, and that will feed the dark, inward-turning sentiments already poisoning the country's mood over issues like the immigration debate.
Good for Democrats? Don't count on it. After this, the public appetite for a Democratic president's "humanitarian" military intervention in a Darfur or East Timor will be close to zero.
One suspects that U.S. troops were party to some awful events in the Pacific and European theaters of World War II, all gone in the mists of history and the enemy's defeat. Not now. Gen. Chiarelli's magnificent "99.9%" notwithstanding, it's the phenomenon of the so-very-public 0.01%--at Abu Ghraib, on an Afghan street, at Haditha--that is breaking America's will this time.
Daniel Henninger is deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page. Page Printed from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl ... ops_w.html
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Henniger wrote: One suspects that U.S. troops were party to some awful events in the Pacific and European theaters of World War II, all gone in the mists of history and the enemy's defeat. Not now. Gen. Chiarelli's magnificent "99.9%" notwithstanding, it's the phenomenon of the so-very-public 0.01%--at Abu Ghraib, on an Afghan street, at Haditha--that is breaking America's will this time.
The troops in WW2 didn't have a hostile press eager to serve as the mouthpiece of the enemy. Ambrose in his book later made into the very fine series on HBO, Band of Brothers, recounts the episode of a US soldier machinegunning a group of German POWs. No one was held to account for that. Was the incident more important than winning the war in Europe? Nope. But the MSM is incapable of making that calculation now.
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Post by Haydnseek » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:48 pm
Corlyss_D wrote: The troops in WW2 didn't have a hostile press eager to serve as the mouthpiece of the enemy.
But the Union troops in the Civil War did.
"The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be." - Raymond Chandler
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Post by Werner » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:05 pm
Another insult - now the press is serving as a mouthpiece for the enemy!
And the Swift Boat Vetereans to the rescue!
You can say whatever you like to respect the service the troops are giving under great handicaps - we know that in any military campaign, including incidents we've seen iun WWII, he sort of thing that launched this diatribe happens. That does not negate the fact that the troops with very few exceptions do their duty and much more.
What is insulting is the distortion that tries to justify the basic delusion under which this war was launched - Vietnam syndrome, Iraq syndrome, what have you - and anyone who recognizes that is either a pacifist, or a mouthpiece for the enemy.
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Justin Bieber's Instagram listing for his home has attracted a number of offers.
The 25-year-old singer announced on the picture-sharing app last week that he wants to sell his 1930s Monterey Colonial house in Beverly Hills, which he bought for $8.5 in March, and a number of people are interested, including a billionaire, according to TMZ.
The 6,100-sq ft property was renovated by production designer Charles Infante and boasts a courtyard, an infinity pool, olive trees, a fire pit, seven bathrooms, a library, a bar, a wine cellar and a home cinema.
Justin shared some pictures on Instagram and wrote: ''Home vibes, but I wanna sell it I think anyone interested? I think I wanna sell my home in Beverly Hills who wants it.
''I'll sell it with all the furniture . MAKE AN OFFER. Whoever wants to buy my home reach out (sic).''
Justin and Hailey Bieber tied the knot soon after rekindling their romance last year and before they moved to Beverly Hills, they were renting a property in the San Fernando Valley for $100,000 a month.
Meanwhile, Justin recently revealed he is ''looking forward'' to having children after marrying wife Hailey for the second time.
He shared a video of a father playing with their young child on his Instagram account and wrote: This is something I look forward to :) (sic)''
It was previously claimed Hailey, 22, is ready to build a ''happy home'' with Justin now they have married again.
A source said recently: ''Marrying Justin is Hailey's dream come true. She always had a crush on him and she was so happy and excited when they got a bit older and dated.
''He wasn't in the right place to be in a healthy relationship with anyone, and she was really upset with him [when they split before]. They both went their separate ways.
'' When they came back together, it was everything she had been praying for. She truly just wants to build a loving, happy home and family with Justin.''
Justin's mother, Pattie Mallette, has praised her 25-year-old son and his ''beautiful'' wife and hailed them a ''gift'' to one another.
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Title: Cortisone
CAS Registry Number: 53-06-5
CAS Name: 17,21-Dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,11,20-trione
Additional Names: 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone; 11-dehydro-17-hydroxycorticosterone; D4-pregnene-17a,21-diol-3,11,20-trione; Kendall's compound E; Wintersteiner's compound F; Reichstein's substance Fa
Molecular Formula: C21H28O5
Percent Composition: C 69.98%, H 7.83%, O 22.19%
Literature References: Isoln from suprarenal glands: Pfiffner et al., J. Biol. Chem. 111, 585 (1935); 116, 291 (1936); Mason et al., ibid. 114, 613 (1936); Reichstein, Helv. Chim. Acta 19, 1107 (1936); Kuizenga, Cartland, Endocrinology 24, 526 (1939). Synthesis of the monoacetate from desoxycholic acid: Sarett, J. Biol. Chem. 162, 601 (1946). Further development of prepn methods: Meystre, Wettstein, Experientia 3, 185 (1947); Helv. Chim. Acta 30, 1037, 1256 (1947); Reichstein et al., ibid. 26, 562, 705, 721 (1943); 27, 821 (1944); Reichstein, US 2403683 (1946); Kendall et al., J. Biol. Chem. 166, 345 (1946); Gallagher, US 2447325 (1948); Peterson, Murray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 74, 1871 (1952); Perlman, ibid. 2126; Sarett, ibid. 70, 1454 (1948); 71, 2443 (1949); Mattox, Kendall, ibid. 70, 882 (1948). Stereospecific total synthesis: Sarett et al., ibid. 74, 4974 (1952).
Properties: Rhombohedral platelets from 95% alcohol, mp 220-224° (some decompn) when heated in evac capillary. [a]D25 +209° (c = 1.2 in 95% alcohol); [a]25546 +269° (c = 0.125 in benzene); [a]25546 +248° (c = 0.1 to 0.2 in alcohol). uv max: 237 nm (e 1.4´104) see Mason et al., J. Biol. Chem. 116, 267 (1936); Wintersteiner, Pfiffner, ibid. 291. Fairly sol in cold methanol, ethanol, acetone; much less sol in ether, benzene, chloroform; slightly sol in water (28 mg/100 ml at 25°). The water soln is neutral. Gives orange-red soln with intense green fluorescence in concd H2SO4. Reduces Benedict's soln on heating.
Melting point: mp 220-224° (some decompn) when heated in evac capillary
Optical Rotation: [a]D25 +209° (c = 1.2 in 95% alcohol); [a]25546 +269° (c = 0.125 in benzene); [a]25546 +248° (c = 0.1 to 0.2 in alcohol)
Absorption maximum: uv max: 237 nm (e 1.4´104) see Mason et al., J. Biol. Chem. 116, 267 (1936); Wintersteiner, Pfiffner, ibid. 291
Derivative Type: 21-Acetate
Additional Names: Cortisone acetate
Trademarks: Cortistab (Abbott); Cortisyl (Aventis); Cortogen (Schering-Plough); Cortone (Merck & Co.)
Properties: Flat needles from acetone; clusters of radiating rods from chloroform. Becomes opaque at 70-100°, mp 235-238° with slight sintering at 230°. [a]D25 +164° (c = 0.5 in acetone), [a]D25 +208 to +217° (dioxane). uv max: 238 nm (e 1.58´104), see Sarett, J. Biol. Chem. 162, 630 (1946). Soly at 25° in water: 2.2 mg/100 ml; in propylene glycol 44 mg/100 ml; in chloroform 182 mg/g. Reduces ammoniacal silver nitrate soln at room temp. Sol in sulfuric acid giving a yellow soln without fluorescence (difference from hydrocortisone acetate).
Melting point: mp 235-238° with slight sintering at 230°
Optical Rotation: [a]D25 +164° (c = 0.5 in acetone); [a]D25 +208 to +217° (dioxane)
Absorption maximum: uv max: 238 nm (e 1.58´104)
Derivative Type: 21-Cyclopentanepropionate
CAS Registry Number: 509-00-2
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Google has issued a new update for its Google Play. The company has chosen to update the way new apps are downloaded and purchased.
It seems that at this point, Google’s decision came as the company was several times accused that it makes it very simple for incidental purchases by children. The new setting that Google has made actually forces the user to enter a password at each new purchase.
The new setting will not bother users who are don’t want to introduce a password each time they access the app of the device. This means that they have the option to not enter again the username and the password.
Moreover, Google has introduced an additional warning, which tells users that they are installing an application with in-app purchases. This is a precautionary approach, according to the big company. Reports reveal that this change comes following a lawsuit that a woman has filed against Google.
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The new password protection setting will ask your password at each purchase, so this will confirm the buy, no matter if it is for a new app or within an app.
Reports reveal that the update is already up in the Play Store for Android users. The new system also requires a password if there is a gap it detects at more than half an hour between the current buy and the last purchase. There is a similar system found in the app stores on iOS devices, including the stores on iPads and iPhones.
So, there are three options that the new update will give users. They can go to settings and choose to enable password-protection for each buy or they can choose the two-password protection at every 30 minutes option. They may also disable password protection.
Google has previously been accused of trying to tempt kids into buying games and apps, so there is no wonder that the company reacted.
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Ever been 5 consecutive cancellations before???
Pretty self-explanatory
bronxapostle
Postby bronxapostle » Wed May 18, 2016 10:13 am
Very sorry for all those hoping to attend, I'm certain Elvis will try to make it all up to you soon. However, i must praise his good judgment here. Why attempt travelling to five separate countries over a week when ailing? Someone made a great call. I bet he will be back in top shape for his barrage of Italia. With the sudden loss of the great PRINCE, I'm well pleased with this decision, even if it was on American soil and ME holding a couple of tickets. Curiosity, has there ever been an instance where this many shows were scraped due to illness before or for any other reason at all? Wishing Elvis all the best of health soon, now and always, FROM ALL OF US HERE AT THE FAN FORUM. Godspeed, benny
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Re: Ever been 5 consecutive cancellations before???
Postby Man out of Time » Wed May 18, 2016 11:20 am
bronxapostle wrote: has there ever been an instance where this many shows were scraped due to illness before or for any other reason at all?
There is a page on the Wiki (of course) for canceled appearances.
Canceled appearances
In November 2011, Elvis cancelled a run of six solo shows in Europe, including one in Belgium and one in Holland, because his father was dying. He subsequently rescheduled all but two of them (Malmö and Warsaw). I had a ticket for the Eindhoven show, which finally took place in June the following year.
I would hope that ticket holders for this week's shows will have the option of their money back or seats at a rescheduled show. Of course that does not compensate for the cost of hotels or flights that were booked for this week....
In the shows he played in London last week, Elvis reminded us that Allen Toussaint died on tour in Spain. So as you say, better that Elvis rests when ill rather than press on, with potentially serious consequences
erey
Postby erey » Wed May 18, 2016 11:33 am
bronxapostle wrote: With the sudden loss of the great PRINCE, I'm well pleased with this decision, even if it was on American soil and ME holding a couple of tickets. Curiosity, has there ever been an instance where this many shows were scraped due to illness before or for any other reason at all? Wishing Elvis all the best of health soon, now and always, FROM ALL OF US HERE AT THE FAN FORUM. Godspeed, benny
I hear you here, bp. Not to be too melodramatic, but I was also thinking of Prince when A Rope Leash, cwr, and others were expressing concern a few days ago that EC is working himself too hard. While obviously I don't fear that EC might do irreparable damage to his joints from too many on-stage deep splits and leaps off the piano in high heels, I do worry about him damaging his voice beyond repair. Perhaps EC learned something after all from writing "Stella Hurt"!
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Postby VonOfterdingen » Wed May 18, 2016 12:14 pm
His concert schedule have been crazy the last 10 years. I had tickets for the cancelled Malmö show and now the one in Aalborg. Once in Hamburg he was pretty hoarse (and had cancelled a few shows prior) and once in Copenhagen (summer 2010) he should have left the building before the show started instead of 70 minutes of croaking whispering. Many (younger) bands who plays shorter shows doesnt play 3 nights in a row in 3 different countries. I love that he plays so many shows but...
I'm not buying my share of souvenirs
sweetest punch
Postby sweetest punch » Wed May 18, 2016 12:34 pm
Elvis on Facebook:
Elvis Costello sincerely regrets that due to illness he has had to cancel his “Detour” shows in Utrecht May 18th, Aalborg May 20th & Hamburg May 21st.
Any patron seeking a refund may do so at the point of purchase. Re-scheduled dates will be announced as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Elvis Costello’s “Detour” solo show will resume in Turin May 23rd
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
Elvis on his homepage: http://www.elviscostello.com/news/beyon ... n-door/818
BEYOND THE GREEN DOOR
I don’t usually like to reveal what goes on behind the green door but my current predicament demands that I am frank about this for those who care to read on…
Monday night in Antwerp was the first time in my 39 years as a professional musician that I have done a soundcheck but then failed to, at least, attempt a performance and this probably includes a few fights that I truthfully should have ducked.
So, I was forced to postpone the show on the advice of a doctor on Feast of The Pentecost.
So much for talking in tongues.
I don’t cancel shows lightly, as my record will attest, so I offer my sincere apologies to my friends and the ticket-holders for the shows in Antwerp, Paris, Utrecht, Aalborg and Hamburg, all of which we have been advised to postpone while I recover from the effects of respiratory virus.
I’m thankful for the understanding of my promoters, agency, management and tour crew and their willingness to accept this difficult decision without stress or drama.
We will live to fight another day.
You will not have to go far to find someone who has been afflicted by this current viral strain, a stealthy but persistent epidemic.
It was first visited on my touring crew and myself on the 5th of April in Riverside, California but its continued effects have been unsettling to say the very least.
We did everything we could to keep “Detour” on the road, while my crew-members and I travelled in and out of the sickbay during the U.S shows in April.
My own expectation of complete rest and full recovery were somewhat compromised when I arrived home from three wonderful days in and around New Orleans JazzFest to find my entire household down with the same affliction.
Sometimes you just can’t catch a break…
Bringing “Detour” to the London Palladium was a special event in my calendar. Having to think about my ability to perform is the opposite of what I do. Trying to give the audience of my best over those four performances clearly pushed my own expectations and reserves to the very limit.
Despite this, I’m very grateful for the welcome we received, especially the curiosity and interest in the songs from the forthcoming stage production, “A Face In The Crowd” but all of the songs matter to me, even the ones I claim not to like or I wouldn’t be singing them for you.
The contribution of Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe to these “Detour” shows has been something special, both in their suggestion to revive unexpected numbers like, “Hoover Factory” and their fearless part in the live debut of the new songs, “Burn The Paper Down To Ash” and “American Mirror”.
I trust that those who stayed to hear them play on Monday night in Antwerp had a treat despite any disappointment at my cancellation.
Only an idiot would mistake me for an auto-tuned robot, content to play
dimly remembered songs for cheap applause.
It is my desire and intention to only play shows that have scale and scope.
There are no encores in “Detour”.
There are only a number of consecutive scenes that occur before I leave the stage for the first time and those that happen after I return.
I play just exactly as many songs as your good graces and my energies will allow, always leaving the door open to an impromptu, detour or two, while telling the story that I set out to tell on that particular evening.
That’s why it’s called, “Detour”.
This is a stage show, not a promotional tool.
The relationship between themes and threads of “Detour” and the contents of “Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink” are there to be seen and heard but a concert and a book are two different animals.
If you have the taste for one, you may lack the patience for the other.
The choice, as always, is yours…
So, if this unfortunate turn of events should extend the life of “Detour” into 2017 and beyond our presently scheduled visits to Japan, Asia and a grand sweep across the United States the last days before the impending insanity, I will enjoy gambolling and gambling in this playground just a little while longer.
We will attempt to reschedule our “Detour” dates in Antwerp, Paris, Utrecht, Aalborg and Hamburg as soon as possible and perhaps this will also give us an opportunity to visit your town.
Before then, The Imposters and I will cross the Atlantic in July for shows at The Roundhouse, London, the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Barrowlands, Glasgow and Colston Hall, Bristol.
We will see you in good health.
Yours most sincerely. Elvis Costello
Please check elviscostello.com for these and other festival dates in Ireland, Holland and Belgium and look out for the announcement of a series of special presentations by the Imposters later in 2016.
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Postby krm » Wed May 18, 2016 2:35 pm
VonOfterdingen wrote: His concert schedule have been crazy the last 10 years. I had tickets for the cancelled Malmö show and now the one in Aalborg. Once in Hamburg he was pretty hoarse (and had cancelled a few shows prior) and once in Copenhagen (summer 2010) he should have left the building before the show started instead of 70 minutes of croaking whispering. Many (younger) bands who plays shorter shows doesnt play 3 nights in a row in 3 different countries. I love that he plays so many shows but...
The story of my life! That tivoli gig in 2010 was the worst I have seen him perform. On the other hand EC substituted for Shane MacGowan that night in Malmö 1985 when the Pogues were here. I have to make some new plans for seeing a gig this year.
verbal gymnastics
Location: here at Traitors Gate
Postby verbal gymnastics » Wed May 18, 2016 2:45 pm
The Tower of London show in 2007 falls within the fights j should have ducked category.
I'm now intrigued about the series of presentations later on in the year. Let's hope they're in England!
It’s such a shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on
Postby VonOfterdingen » Wed May 18, 2016 3:21 pm
krm wrote:
Indeed. I will rather be without a concert than the Tivoli thing. But now it might be another 2-3 years.
Postby bronxapostle » Wed May 18, 2016 4:59 pm
verbal gymnastics wrote: The Tower of London show in 2007 falls within the fights j should have ducked category.
Nooooooo, let's NOT!!!
Postby MOJO » Wed May 18, 2016 6:12 pm
The dude (AKA The Man, AKA EC) needs to take it easy on the touring... It's almost too much touring. He needs to chill out and enjoy time with his family. This is not a good year to be or get sick! We need this guy to stick around for a long time and tour responsibly (for his health!). I hope the "special" Imposters presentation makes its way to the West Coast... say October... say Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016! I could use a free EC & Imposters show courtesy of the Hellman family. BRING IT (...or not... I'll take and pay for whatever I can get, actually)... Toodles - MOJO
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Postby InvisibleMan » Wed May 18, 2016 6:34 pm
I hope he will be fine in time for the May 25th gig in Padua. It would be the third time that I miss one of his shows, in fact I still have to see him live.
[Lost gigs, for various reasons: Correggio in 1994, and Verona around 2006].
io strombazzo!
Ombre nel sole
sheeptotheslaughter
Postby sheeptotheslaughter » Thu May 19, 2016 4:07 am
I must be the only one who enjoyed the Tower of London.
Elvis never seems to rest does he and he puts everything into a show. He really did struggle during Shipbuilding on Saturday although in a strange way it made it.
Have a break, have a holiday and come back fitter
johnfoyle
Location: Dublin , Ireland
Postby johnfoyle » Thu May 19, 2016 10:01 am
The Tower show was alright but it wasn't a patch on his show that a few of us saw in a dingy backstreet in Liverpool a few days earlier.
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Special mix from long time Austere supporter, Deep Explorer’s Dubbyman. These mixes contain a selection of the tracks that have been released from the very first ep to the latest sixth release. This is the first part, we’ll upload the second when the 100 downloads are reached
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Moto G Review
The third generation of Moto G is a little pricier than its predecessors, but the camera quality and performance of the mobile is top notch. The phone is also water resistant and has a fairly decent screen. However, the overall design of Moto G is rather bulky and it has a non-stereo front speaker. So let’s have a closer look at the phone.
The core design of Moto G is consistent throughout all generations. The third generation, however, uses a plastic cover that’s removable and under it you will find slots for the memory card and SIM card. The plastic cover makes it water resistant. The phone can stay 1m under the water for an impressive 30 minutes. The back of the phone is clean and simple, with a slim rubber that borders the phone to seal off slots.
While the water-resistant and customization features are attractive, the actual design of the phone is not so much. The Moto G is very heavy and chunky, especially for someone who is used to using lighter and more compact phones. However, the phone is well made and the sides are curved, so it doesn’t feel as thick.
The 5″ inch screen of Moto G is LCD and unfortunately it isn’t 1080p, even though a lot of Motorola fans were expecting it. But the screen resolution and size are sufficient for the basics such as playing games, browsing and displaying media.
Moto G is 4G enabled but it’s not integrated with fancy features such as NFC or an IR transmitter. The phone is available in 8GB storage with 1GB RAM and in 16GB storage with 2GB RAM. The latter option is better, because with 8GB storage you will definitely need a micro SD card and the performance level of 1GB RAM is obviously not as good as the 2GB.
The phone has an excellent quality camera for the price it comes in and the water resistance is well-implemented as well. Moreover, the performance is flawless in the 2GB phone and almost as good in the 1GB as well.
Though, the phone isn’t exactly competitive on price and most will find it too pricey for the features it offers.
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OnePlus X Review
OnePlus is certainly a brand that has made itself famous for offering its consumers phones that are available at lower prices. Well, the theme continues with the OnePlus X as this new phone is cheapest phone the firm has launched up to date. The stunning smartphone delivers both looks and performance.
Compared to OnePlus 2, the OnePlus X is a mini version of the same phone however there are many downgrades, this explains why the OnePlus X is a cheaper option. One of the major difference between the two phones is the small display screen and over all small design. While the OnePlus 2 was bulkier, the OnePlus X offers a more compact design and is easy to carry.
However, in terms of resolution OnePlus X offers Full HD display which means that it has a higher pixel density compared to OnePlus 2.
OnePlus X offers a 2.3GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, which is fairly out of date. The processes or accompanied with 3GB RAM, the combination, however, allows the device to run quite smoothly. In terms of overheating, the OnePlus X is a device that does not heat up quickly while web browsing. The device is accompanied by a 2525mAh battery that allows up to 4 hours and 57 minutes of screen time, which is not so bad.
With only 16GB internal storage available, you will have to make use of the Micro SD slot so that you can boost your storage to 128 GB more. However, keep in mind that the OnePlus X is a dual-sim phone so putting in a memory card would use up all its slots.
On the bright side, the OnePlus X has a 13Mp rear camera that comes with an LED flash along with an 8MP front camera. While the camera’s work great, the front camera fails to produce sharp and detailed images in low light conditions.
For what it’s worth, the OnePlus X is a great phone for its modest price. However, the phone lacks in some major features such as WiFi and is also missing a finger print scanner. For its extremely low price, you get a phone with a great camera and a good battery life which is not bad.
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Google Pixel C Review
Along with the launch of its new Nexus smartphones, Google in a rather surprising move announced that it will be releasing a new tablet, however, the Google Pixel C does not feature the Nexus branding rather it is an addition to the Google Pixel Series.
Despite being an android device, Pixel C shares a lot of design similarities with its laptop counterpart. There’s nothing that’s not to love about its design. Like the Chromebook Pixel, the Pixel C features a light bar, which can be used to check the battery status. In addition, the ports are kept to a minimal as the rest of the design. Beautifully machined dual stereo speakers can be found at the opposite sides of the tablet. The power button and rocker button are made of button and show a good amount of tactile feedback.
The Pixel C may not be the lighted tablet in the world but its elegant and minimalist design makes it an eye catcher. One of the most important features of the tablet is the optional keyboard that is available. The sleek and elegant looking keyboard attaches itself to the tablet with the use of strong magnets. The keyboard however does not close like a laptop, rather it has to detach from the tablet and then placed face down.
The Pixel C offers quad-core NvidiaTegra X 1 processors with 3 GB RAM backed by Nvidia Maxwell GPU. The Pixel C offers an impressive processing package compared to any other tablet.
On the downside, the Pixel C features a 2.1 MP front camera so that you can make business calls along with an 8 MP rear camera. While the primary camera is able to do a good job in well-lit situations, the quality of pictures immediately starts to worsen in low light conditions.
The Pixel C is a fun device when it comes to gaming and media consumption however for its price, it does not offer any more functionality than any other Android tablet.
HP Star Wars Special Edition Notebook – “May the Force Be With You
For all those Star Wars fans out there, you will be pleased to know that HP has recently released a new Start Wars Special Edition Notebook, which takes you to the Dark Side, for less. This mean-machine perfectly describes the power of the evil force and is fully operational, featuring unique Star Wars design elements, which clearly set it apart from the competition. In fact, there is no other notebook like it in the galaxy, and this can be owed to its amazing Galactic Empire inspired design. For more information about the notebook, let’s take a look below:
Features and Design
The HP Star Wars Special Edition Notebook is definitely one of the most distinctive laptops available on the markets today. Almost every visible cue of the laptop is covered with graphics of Star Wars, making it a rare genus in the world of notebooks. The case is distinguishing and features a black-on-grey design with highlighting done in red.
Big monochromatic images of the leader of darkness, Darth Vader, have been added on the back of the lid. A battle-worn design is utilized on the keyboard tray with scratchy renditions of Imperial and Death Star logos in the background. Along the hinge, a line of Aurebesh writing (language of the Star Wars films) has been added that spells out “Galactic Empire”.
Even the backlit keyboard bears a Star Wars deep Empire-like red touch that shines through the translucent letter shapes of each key. However, apart from the fancy paint job and design, the system also provides access to the empire and the Star Wars universe via a huge collection of preloaded rare concept arts, wallpapers, original trilogy storyboards, and screen savers.
Subsequently, for a laptop that is priced at only $699, the Star Wars Special Edition Notebook definitely provides some good styling cues, design features and off-axis viewing angles.
Overall Performance
The surprisingly good design, combinations of colors, and dark inspired accessories doesn’t mean the notebook lacks on any important performance features. As a full-size 15-inch notebook, you get a generous collection of connections and ports. This includes a DVD drive, three USB ports, SD card slot, Ethernet Jack, and an HDMI port.
The display supports a native resolution of 1,920×1,080 pixels and the laptop comes equipped with a 2.3GHz Intel Core i5-6200U processor, 6GB DDR3 SDRAM, and 128MB Intel HD Graphics 520 (upgradable to a basic Nvidia GeForce 940M Graphics card for $999). A large 1TB hard drive has also been added, which means storage definitely won’t be a problem.
Is it worth the buy? Well, battery life is a little on the short side, but apart from that the Notebook is absolutely perfect for its price. So, if you are a die-hard Star Wars fan looking for a notebook that perfectly marries the epic space opera franchise’s content into a reasonably priced 15-inch laptop, then the HP Star Wars Special Edition Notebook is definitely worth purchasing.
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The Samsung 4K UHD JU7500 Series Curved Smart TV
The Samsung 4K UHD JU7500 Series Curved Smart TV with vibrant PurColor Technology is available in six size screens from 40 inches to 78 inches. “Get drawn into the action with an immersive curved screen, and a Smart TV experience that puts your favorite content at your fingertips.”
If you’re in the market for a new TV in the latest and greatest technology, you’re going to notice the difference among Samsung TV versus the rest of TVs. Samsung is unquestionably the leader in the market for quality televisions, and this curved, hi-def, TV isn’t an exception.
Curved 4K UHD TV with Full Array Backlighting
UHD Dimming Technology
Smart TV with Apps, S-Recommendation and Full Web Browser
Built in Wi-Fi
Dolby MS11 Audio
The 4K UHD JU7500 Series Curved Smart TV is recognized as the 2015 Editor’s Choice from Reviewed.com. “This curved, 4K option is an excellent performer that won’t leave your wallet reeling,” according to the review.
For more information and a full preview of the 4K UHD JU7500 Series Curved Smart TV visit Samsung.
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Sony Xperia Z5 Premium: a Step Up on Its Predecessors
The Sony Xperia X5 is a great improvement on the Xperia Z3+ with a better design, new security features and longer battery life. However, users may find it still heats up after prolonged use and it’s also on the pricey end. Let’s look at the phone more closely.
The Z5 is different from its predecessors, with a frosted glass back and more rounded edges. It’s available in green, black, gold, and white. Unlike other Xperia phones, the power button has been moved halfway along the edge on the right side. Also, the volume rocker has been moved under the power button which is inconvenient and you are likely to lose your grip on the phone if you adjust the volume with one hand. Everything else is more or less the same. The phone is also waterproof which makes it easier to clean as you could just run it under some hot water and also use it in the shower.
The Xperia Z5 has a 5.2″ screen with a pixel resolution of 1080 x 1920. The screen has a scratch resistant glass with an oleophobic coating to protect it from damage and grease. The most outstanding feature of this phone is its fingerprint sensor which is the highest level of security a phone can offer. The sensor is sharp and it only takes one try to unlock. It is located under the power button on the right side and you wouldn’t really know it’s there. The Z5 is also able to hold a 200GB mircoSD card which is a rare feature to have in a phone.
What Works and What Doesn’t
The design of the Xperia Z5 can definitely be rated higher than Galaxy S6 or iPhone 6S with its rounded edges, frosted glass back and comfortable feel, in terms of weight and size. The fingerprint sensor has definitely made it safer to use for online purchases and the battery life is incredible.
The phone does get hot after half an hour of use, which is inexcusable for a smartphone. While the design is great, the specs are still the same as the Z3. Also, even though the 2K screen saves battery life, it is about time Sony upgraded it to a 4K.
All in all, this is the best phone Sony has come up with so far and if you are looking to buy a Sony phone then this is the one. It is definitely in line with other topnotch Android phones but a little on the pricey end.
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Motorola Droid Maxx 2: Great Battery Life but Poor Processing
The Motorola Droid Maxx 2 is a fairly well designed Android phone with a mid-range price tag. It offers incredible battery life which is great if you are always on-the-go. However, because of its large battery the phone is rather large and relatively heavier to carry around. It also has a poor processor which makes multitasking hard. Let’s take a closer look at the phone.
This is definitely a heavy phone because of its heavy-duty battery and metal frame. The battery life is great at almost 8 hours which is double in comparison to other phones with the same screen resolution. It has a rather large screen, 5.5″, but still comfortable enough to use with one hand. It has a soft back cover but the battery is not removable. The microSD card can be inserted from the top, allowing it to expand to an additional 128GB of memory. It has a 1920 x 1080 screen resolution with 403 ppi. The brightness is fairly high, which makes it great for wide viewing angles.
The Droid Maxx uses Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and comes with 16GB storage space which can be further expanded with an SD card. The processor is of poor quality. If you perform heavy-duty tasks on your phone it will likely start to heat up within 30 minutes. Since the processor is slow, it’s not ideal for playing games or watching videos. Overall, the phone is user-friendly and easy to navigate.
The Pros and Cons
If you are on-the-go and commute a lot, this phone will be of great benefit as its battery can easily last you the entire day. It is also waterproof so you can wash it under the tap to clean it or take it with you in the shower.
The phone is pretty heavy and not really pocket-friendly. You also won’t be able to stack up all your application shortcuts on the home screen as it only allows up to five home screens. In comparison to other similar Android phones, such as Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC One X, the specs aren’t that great, except for its battery life. Lastly, if you are gamer, this phone will be a poor choice for you because the processor isn’t fast enough. But if all you need is a long-lasting, heavy-duty phone, the Motorola Droid Maxx 2 is the phone for you.
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Reports: Bloomberg Prepping Run for Democrat Presidential Nomination; Billionaire Former NYC Mayor Expected to File in Alabama Primary Friday
In preparation for a run for the presidency, billionaire businessman, gun control activist and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is expected to file for the Alabama Democrat presidential primary on Friday to beat that state’s filing deadline, according to a report by the New York Times and confirmed by a Bloomberg spokesman to CNN Thursday evening.
“Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to file for the Alabama Democratic 2020 presidential primary, a Bloomberg spokesperson told CNN on Thursday…Bloomberg dispatched staffers to Alabama to get enough signatures to qualify for the primary, according to the Times…
Bloomberg had said back in March he would not seek the presidency.
The crowded field of Democrat presidential candidates has started to shake out, with some dropouts and some floundering campaigns cutting staff with four top candidates far ahead of the pack: Aging leftist Baby Boomers former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) and young man in a hurry Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, but each is seen as unlikely to beat President Trump next year, regardless of what polls say now.
Perceived as mainstream, but actually very liberal/left, Biden has seen his lead slip as President Trump has hammered him over corruption related to his time as Vice President when his son Hunter was cashing in on foreign nations Biden dealt with.
Leftist Warren has proposed a Medicare-for-All program that would take away private health insurance and massively raise taxes that is being seen as alienating more voters than it attracts.
Sanders is an aging socialist who had a heart attack recently and whose stamina for the job, combined with his far left policies will give general election voters much to worry about.
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The youthful far left Buttigieg is green on the national scene and his dismal record as mayor of South Bend has gone unchallenged as he has stayed in the middle of the pack until recently.
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Video Screen resources
This is a zip file containing images to be imported and used for creating video screen effects in rpg maker using "Show Picture"
Screen Static
Liquid Crystal displays "Live" "Rec" "-Signal Lost-"
Play, Pause, FF & RW buttons
https://www.mediafire.com/?0j11d3dqlf5mdpu
Author: coyotecraft
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FYI, to get "nightvision" you can just tint the screen green.
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I have yet to look at the other resources, but I did want to make a comment on the scanlines in your screenshot: They are very much an artistic mutation of what would actually be seen. Scanlines were a defect of old CRT screens, and a good example of their visual effect can be seen with the image below:
With a cut-down version of that image, I ended up making this as a quick example of what scanlines actually tended to look like:
That said, if you dislike the pure realism, then try a simple alternating pattern that is 2 pixels or so in height. The primary issue with your representation is the fact that the lines are far too thin in comparison to the distance between them.
Just call me Glitch.
I was aiming for radio or electromagnetic interference. My roommate always called it scanlines and I guess it can look pretty similar
The difference being that the lines move across the screen.
I should have used broken lines or tilted it a little. It's been a while since I've seen something like that, my memory isn't very accurate.
But as for the scanlines that everyone tries to emulate for old games. I've never saw anything like that growing up. But then we used an 80's box set for 20 years before upgrading to a flatscreen. If TV screens were ever that crisp I'm feeling kinda jealous.
CRT screens were never particularly crisp, admittedly. As for the interference you're looking for, that's actually a result of several things, mostly a result of analogue signals degrading in transmission. (Especially through cords and cables and such.)
It's actually a variation of analog static, if you're curious. Scanlines like I tossed at you are caused by the screen itself.
Edit: avarisc mentioned to me that you may be looking for a Moiré pattern. That's the issue with the first picture you posted. It's the effect you get when you film an old television screen.
I'm not sure. The effect does look better when I use two line patterns moving over each other.
Here's a test project if anyone want to see it in motion.
https://www.mediafire.com/?iza11bnq54kzc2g
The whole point of a Moiré pattern is that the overlapping lines are at different angles. That's how I created this:
That's a fairly good approximation (and overemphasis of) NTSC static. For reference, it's that same overlay from my screenshot earlier, plus a static overlay of horizontal, 4 pixel tall bars, plus a moving (and oscillating) overlay of 4 pixel wide bars at a 45 degree angle.
I like it. I'm going to see about applying a kind of mask so the static is confined to a monitor instead of the whole screen. For design purposes. I wonder if I can apply the same principle to create static snow. Before I was just alternating between 2 images of snow, but it doesn't have the randomness quality I would like.
Static snow, as in analog static, is definitely random. Moiré noise can create something vaguely similar, but it's not quite the same. In terms of applying it to a monitor rather than just the screen: easy, if the monitor is facing the screen directly. That enables use of viewports and the plane class to achieve the effect. If it isn't facing the screen directly (i.e. not a rectangle), things get iffy quickly.
Eh. Ended up looking like moving snow. I know flash animators just flip an image of snow around. But I'm doing this by means of rpg maker's show and move picture that anyone can use.
Probably would work better as a battle animation. But it's tricky filling the whole screen up with animation frames.
Not particularly. A single battle animation isn't much more intensive on the whole screen than it is on a portion of it, especially if it's only composed of one or two components.
A battle animation sheet would be smaller. But I think it's easier to control a single screen sized picture then it is to set up an animation slide by slide. copy and paste. And if you wanted the static to fade in and out you'd have to to that frame by frame. It's tedious. And I can't really predict what someone might need it for, you know?
I need to add static sound effects.
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Sorry, haven't been on for a long time. These are so neat! Love em. I still remember those line distortions on the old tv, whilst playing my nintendo. =D
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Our two exciting Summer School programmes within the ChemEng Discovery Space boast a range of specially designed educational courses that allow students to expand their knowledge outside traditional term time and have been specifically constructed for groups from overseas academic institutions.
Three week programme: Carbon Capture Theory and Pilot Plant Operation
Now in its third year, this short course has been specifically designed at the request of one of our regularly attending universities to meet the needs of students who may not have had an opportunity in the past to work hands-on with our centrepiece facility, the Carbon Capture Pilot Plant.
Where else would a student without previous experience be allowed to control a £10m facility? Future employers - please take notice of our attendees' exceptional experience!
Spread over a highly intensive period of study for three weeks students will, in the first week of studying theory, be taken on a highly-paced resume of process analysis, transfer processes, separation processes, process dynamics and control and given learning tasks.
The final two weeks will be devoted to learning and thinking on their feet inside the pilot plant, taking health and safety instructions, walking the P&IDs, discovering over 250 instruments, starting up and controlling the Plant, reacting to emergencies and working in real life teamwork situations. Find out more on our learning outcomes page.
Students will also receive some social and cultural activities, similar to those contained in the longer experiment-based course below.
For invited institutions only (not individuals), this highly popular short-course for 2019 now has two dates: Monday 22 July - Friday 9 August and Monday 5 August - Friday 23 August.
Thank you for your interest - this programme is now full.
Five week programme with laboratory experiments
Our highly successful Summer School offers groups of international chemical engineering undergraduates the chance to enrol on an academically challenging and culturally stimulating five week programme in South Kensington, at the centre of London.
For 2019 our five week programme dates are: Monday 24 June - Friday 26 July and Monday 1 July – Friday 2 August.
Note: later dates for Notre Dame, Dalian and Iberoamericana Universities only.
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Summer school students complete safety checks on the Carbon Capture Pilot Plant
Your experience with us
This Summer School programme is provided to juniors and seniors studying chemical engineering and comprises a tight and demanding schedule combining laboratory experiments, a rig-building team exercise and a Pilot Plant hands-on experience.
Young chemical engineers will enjoy an outstanding training experience in our state-of-the-art carbon capture pilot plant and its' ABB Control Room, which will equip them with unique expertise for their future careers in the industry.
Summer school students will also take part in a bespoke range of short and long undergraduate laboratory experiments based on our current MEng curriculum and an enjoyable and entertaining rig-building challenge.
There will also be an opportunity to take guided visits around a number of cultural and historical sites in and around London. Students also enjoy exploring the rest of the UK and Ireland, and, as London is the gateway to Europe, they may make the most of their free time to go exploring further afield.
The course is coordinated by Professor Daryl Williams and Mr Clive Rodgers. In the first instance please email c.rodgers@imperial.ac.uk.
As there are high levels of interest in these exciting programmes please don’t delay to make contact with us as soon as possible and we can discuss in detail our summer school programme structure, application details. Together we will ensure that your students will receive the best possible experience and have the time of their lives.
Further information can be found in the linked pages, in our downloadable leaflet or in the details and fees [PDF, 121KB] guide.
Please note that all of our Summer School programmes are for block bookings by institutions only, subject to agreeing our contract terms and conditions, and we are unable to accept applications from individual students.
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Guesthouse Explorer
When to go: November – April
Nothing gets you as close to the ‘real’ Sri Lanka as staying in the island nation’s gorgeous guesthouses and heavenly homestays. Do just that on this two-week journey across its central and southern regions, where you’ll climb to the summit of ancient rock fortresses, marvel at centuries-old Buddhist frescoes and spend at least two days lazing on an impossibly pretty palm-fringed beach. There’s even time to travel on what’s regarded as one of the world’s finest train journeys.
Marvelling at Dambulla’s exquisite cave temples
Climbing to the summit of Sigiriya’s rock fortress
Travelling the world’s most beautiful train journey
Relaxing on the palm-fringed shores of Tangalla
Staying Sri Lanka’s finest guesthouses and homestays
Day 1: Arrive in Negombo
After landing at Bandaranaike International Airport, make the short journey to the seaside town of Negombo, where you’ll check in to The Icebear Guesthouse: a charming beachside property with a huge tropical garden.
Day 2: Negombo to Inamaluwa
Transfer north-west to Inamaluwa, a modest settlement roughly equidistant between Sigiriya and Dambulla. Later, climb to the summit of the former, taking in its magnificent ruins and frescoes en route. Overnight at Hotel Eden Garden.
Day 3: Inamaluwa
Explore the nearby Royal Rock Temple at Dambulla, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that features approximately 150 representations of the Buddha. The rest of the day is spent at leisure. Overnight at Hotel Eden Garden.
Day 4: Inamaluwa to Kandy
Travel south to Kandy, stopping off at Matale’s Aluvihare Rock Temple along the way. The rest of the day is spent at leisure at River Grove Villa: a delightful homestay to the north of Sri Lanka’s second city, set beside the winding Mahaweli River.
Begin today by visiting the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, which, as its name suggests, holds one of the Buddha’s teeth. Later, visit Peradeniya’s 147-acre Royal Botanical Gardens – once exclusively the preserve of Kandy’s royalty. Overnight at River Grove Villa.
Day 6: Kandy to Ella
Board the train to Ella for what’s considered one of the world’s most beautiful railway journeys. On arrival in the Central Highlands transfer to the family-run Zion View Guest House, which just so happens to offer stunning views of Ella Gap.
Day 7: Ella
Today’s activities are entirely up to you. Perhaps take a trek to Adam’s Peak, also known as ‘butterfly mountain’, or spend time admiring the gushing Ravana Falls. No visit to Ella would be complete, though, without visiting one of the nearby tea estates. Overnight at Zion View Guest House.
Day 8: Ella to Tissamaharama
Head south-west to Tissamaharama, stopping off at the country’s highest rock-cut Buddha statue at Buduruwagala en route. The next two nights are spent at the guesthouse-style Hibiscus Garden Hotel, which is perfectly positioned for exploring ‘Tissa’s’ heritage and wildlife attractions.
Day 9: Tissamaharama
Begin this morning by taking a safari at the nearby Yala National Park. Choose to spend the rest of the day at leisure or by discovering Tissa, the ancient capital of the Sinhalese Ruhuna Kingdom, from its Buddist dagobas to the artificial Tissa Wewa lake. Overnight at Hibiscus Garden Hotel.
Day 10: Tissamaharama to Tangalla
Journey along the south coast to Tangalla, one of Sri Lanka’s prettiest fishing villages and beach destinations. After checking in to the eco-friendly Mangrove Chalets, the rest of the day is naturally spent at leisure, glass of freshly squeezed fruit juice in hand.
Day 11: Tangalla
What you do today is entirely down to you. If you can tear yourself away from the beach then maybe a visit to Rekawa’s Turtle Conservation Project, a few kilometres east along the coast, is in order. Overnight at Mangrove Chalets.
Another day on the south coast spent at leisure. While beach bums should stay exactly where they are, the adventurous should consider a visit to Mirissa for a whale-watching excursion or watersports session. Overnight at Mangrove Chalets.
Day 13: Tangalla to Galle
Venture further along the coast to Galle, where you’ll check in to Fortaleza, a refurbished 200-year-old Dutch colonial property, for a two-night stay. Spend the rest of the day roaming the ramparts and taking in sights like Galle’s famous lighthouse.
Your final full day in Sri Lanka is spent at leisure exploring Galle, which manages to blend its centuries-old history with a charmingly bohemian atmosphere thanks to its narrow streets’ numerous boutiques, cafes and art galleries. Overnight at Fortaleza.
Say goodbye to the south coast before proceeding to Bandaranaike International Airport for your return flight home.
Taking a boat ride along Negombo’s centuries-old canals
An excursion to Pidurangala Rock with a naturalist
Various trekking excursions from Ella
Visiting Rekawa’s Turtle Conservation Project
Going in search of blue whales from Mirissa harbour
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Saving Money with Legacy Source Code
By Stephen B. Morris
Network Management = Making Complexity Simple
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The Need to Reuse Proven Legacy Code
Façade PatternRepackaging the Legacy Code
Characterizing Network Interfaces
Using the Article Source Code
A happy marriage between legacy and new source code helps to reduce the cost of development. Network management specialist Stephen Morris discusses the way in which mixed language techniques and software design patterns can help to ease the inevitable migration of source code.
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Every line of source code you write instantly becomes obsolete. The march of technology ensures that this is so; each line produced is frozen in time. It's noteworthy that the vast bulk of software in use today was written in COBOL! As the software sector becomes increasingly an established industry (similar to building construction), it's important to try to preserve and enhance the successes of yesterday. Although this has certainly been the case for operating systems, there is room for improvement at the application level. A happy marriage between old and new code helps to reduce the cost of development.
This article discusses the way in which mixed language techniques and software design patterns can help to ease the inevitable migration of source code. Using an example from network management, we see how complex legacy code can be used without modification to save that most precious resource: time. A convenient framework for this discussion is the well-known façade pattern.
At its heart, the field of network management seeks to simplify the construction and operation of the increasingly complex networks we all take for granted. It applies equally to enterprises as well as the largest global telecom service providers. Even as you read these words, you're making use of technology that would seem like magic to someone plucked out of the 1980s! The invisible machinery that facilitates this is a mixture of networking and management technology.
The field of network management is vast, but has as its main projects the reduction of complexity and cost. An analogy may help to illustrate this. Think of two of the major services you use in your home: heating and cooling. These services are handled by expensive, sophisticated machinery. The main inputs you supply are (among others) power, timer settings, and scheduled maintenance. These inputs can be seen as the network management of these essential services and are conceptually similar to those required for managing networks of computer and telecom equipment. In the latter, the manager is tasked with configuring hardware and software, monitoring operation, updating device settings, and so on. Just as successful home maintenance enhances your quality of life, well-managed networks help to serve end users and operators alike!
A key element of managing network devices is what I call the characterization of network device interfaces. Interfaces are device elements that send and receive network traffic—they are said to "face into" the network and provide much of the sophisticated network action that we all take for granted. Later on, we'll look at the facilities that Visual C++ provides for determining the network interfaces on a host machine. These tools provide access to the underlying SNMP service, and this is where we'll see the use of the façade pattern in the code example.
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Windred, Trent lead Aussie field at US Amateur
August 13th, 2019 / Anthony Powter
Blake Windred’s hopes in the US Amateur being contested at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club has gotten off to a flying start after opening with a 3-under-par 67 to be in a share of 4th position, two behind first round leader American Brandon Wu.
Windred, playing on Pinehurst’s No.4 course, sizzled home over the back nine with four birdies after completing the opening holes at 1-over.
Blake Windred (Credit: Anthony Powter)
Wu entered the US Amateur as the number 8 ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) and has shown his dominance early. He qualified to play in the US Open at Pebble Beach in June going on to making the cut, being paired with Dustin Johnson in the final round and finishing tied for 35th.
He also owns the distinction of being the first amateur since 1967 to play both the US Open and The Open in the same year having qualified as medallist.
Of the top 50 players in the WAGA, 49 are competing. Yet an essential part of the US Amateur is not just the top-ranked players but those who survived 36 holes of sectional qualifying to earn their place in the field.
With 312 players, including six Australians, aiming for the desired top-64 spots that advance to the match play stage following the second round, Windred is well placed to challenge.
Jack Trent is another Aussie off to a flying start with a 2-under-par opening round to be in a share of 8th position and the best of the Aussies likely to advance to the championship proper.
Jordan Garner will need a solid second round to advance having opened with a 3-over-par 73 to be currently in a share of 103rd position. David Micheluzzi opened with a 5-over 75 to sit in a share of 152nd position, with Josh Armstrong a shot behind in a share of 179th.
Karl Vilips opened with a 7-over 77 and languishes in 204th place to round out the Australians.
For the first time in US Amateur history, the 36-hole final match will take place over two courses, Pinehurst No. 2 and No. 4. Both courses will host one round of stroke play. The first five rounds of match play, through the semifinals will be held on No. 2.
The 2018 champion, Viktor Hovland, turned professional after this year’s US Open at Pebble Beach and is working his way toward the PGA Tour. Recent champions Bryson DeChambeau (2015) and Matt Fitzpatrick (2013) are now PGA Tour mainstays.
The US Amateur champion and runner-up earn exemptions into the 2020 US Open at Winged Foot, and for the first time, the champion won’t have to remain an amateur to take advantage of that opportunity.
Curtis Luck, Nick Flanagan and Walter Travis are the only Australians to win the US Amateur.
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Bourke runner-up at Scottish Amateur
Didone, Michel lead Aussie field at British Amateur
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J|D RoVolus Joint Venture Awarded Federal Aviation Administration PEARS II Contract
February 22, 2019, PR-19-01
Media Contact: Kay Jefferson, 813.990.7379
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“This contract is integral to the expansion of our planning services and our Baltimore–Washington, DC office,” said Matt Johnson, Senior Vice President of the Planning Division. “In serving the FAA, we have new opportunities to carry out our mission as a company to improve the journey for our industry as a whole.”
Under the PEARS II contract, the J|D Rovolus Team will provide a broad range of technical services, including model and analysis tool design, development and application; knowledge management; airspace engineering; human factors engineering; and software design, development, test and implementation. Other technical services J|D will provide include airport, air traffic, and airspace environmental analysis and support; regulatory and program guidance; policy development; and conference, committee and working group support.
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Successful autologous skin grafting in a patient of severe Haemophilia
Rahul Gorka MBBS, MS , Elvino Barreto, Geley Ete
Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Web Publication 18-Jan-2017
Dr. Rahul Gorka
Senior PG Registrar, Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu
In haemophilia-A patients, if the plasma concentration of factor VIII could be maintained at an optimum level, an open wound can be easily covered with split-thickness skin grafting without any significant bleeding or complication. Removing a split-thickness layer of skin should cause no more difficulty than in a normal individual. This can be attributed to normal bleeding time, prothrombin time, clot retraction and platelet count found in such patients. Skin grafting over non-healing raw areas in haemophiliac patients can significantly decrease the morbidity and length of hospitalization required, thereby, decreasing health expenditure. We present a case report of a haemophilia-A patient having raw area over lower limb, which was managed successfully by skin grafting.
Keywords: Factor VIII, haemophilia, skin grafting
Gorka R, Barreto E, Ete G. Successful autologous skin grafting in a patient of severe Haemophilia. J Appl Hematol 2016;7:141-2
Gorka R, Barreto E, Ete G. Successful autologous skin grafting in a patient of severe Haemophilia. J Appl Hematol [serial online] 2016 [cited 2020 Jan 20];7:141-2. Available from: http://www.jahjournal.org/text.asp?2016/7/4/141/198511
It is a great challenge to achieve haemostasis in a severe haemophiliac patient, even with a small open wound.[1] There are only a few cases published in literature where autologous or homologous split-thickness skin grafts were used to cover open wounds in haemophiliac patients. This may be attributed to the lack of sufficient replacement factor VIII concentrate, the risk of haemolytic complications associated with use of the relatively impure concentrates available, uncontrolled bleeding, transmission of blood-borne infectious agents, postoperative infections and problems with wound healing. Today, substitution factor concentrates are abundantly available and are characterized by high purity, few or no red cell allo-agglutinin antibodies, and a high degree of viral safety.[2]
Davidson and Levenson[3] were the first to use a split-thickness autograft (STSG) for successfully covering a small slowly healing ulcer in a haemophiliac patient in 1945.
We present a case of 36-year-old gentleman from Jharkhand state, a diagnosed case of severe haemophilia-A for 2 years who presented with complaints of prolonged bleeding from an ulcer over right lower limb for 2 months, following minor trauma when he was hit by a two wheeler while crossing road [Figure 1] and [Figure 2]. There was no bone exposure or fracture in the involved leg. He was initially managed at local hospital where primary suturing of laceration right leg was done. Despite suturing, there was continuous bleeding from the wound which did not stop for 2 days. Thereafter, the patient was shifted to another hospital where he received factor VIII transfusion, and bleeding stopped. The patient was on daily dressings with non-adherent paraffin gauze since then but the ulcer did not heal.
Figure 1: Raw area over middle of right leg, anteromedial aspect
Figure 2: Raw area right leg (close up view)
The patient also had a past history of recurrent episodes of haemarthrosis involving elbows and knees since childhood. There was a family history of his two brothers having similar symptoms, and one of them had succumbed to a fatal episode of prolonged bleeding in an accident 15 years ago. The patient then reported to our hospital, where he was evaluated. The investigations revealed that the haemoglobin level was 12 g%, with a normal platelet count, morphology and bleeding time; normal prothrombin time, fibrinogen. Activated partial thromboplastin time was prolonged with reduced level of factor VIII (<1%). Inhibitors were not detected. He was diagnosed as having severe haemophilia-A with no inhibitors. Target trough levels were above 30% and target peak level about 60%. The correction was initiated by infusing pooled normal plasma and recombinant factor VIII rich plasma pre-operatively otherwise, uncontrollable bleeding may arise during surgery.[4] The factor VIII target levels thus achieved were 60%. He underwent debridement and STSG of right leg ulcer under spinal anaesthesia [Figure 3]. Post-operatively, he was infused with 40% factor VIII twice daily for next 2 days. In total, 5700 units of factor VIII were administered during the course duration of 3 days. Laboratory monitoring was done using factor VIII assay. The graft healed well with 100% take. There was no haematoma or excess bleeding from grafted site. The patient was discharged on 7th post-operative day with closed dressing and crepe bandage.
Figure 3: Raw area covered by autologous split-thickness skin graft
We here by conclude that if the plasma concentration of factor VIII could be maintained at an optimum level, an open wound can easily be covered with split-thickness skin graft without any significant bleeding or complication. Removing a split-thickness layer of skin should cause no more difficulty than in a normal individual.[5] This can be attributed to normal bleeding time, prothrombin time, clot retraction and platelet count found in such patients. Skin grafting over non-healing raw areas in haemophiliac patients can significantly decrease the morbidity and length of hospitalization required, thereby, decreasing health expenditure.
McKittrick JE. Control of hemophilic bleeding: A report of two cases utilizing autogenous skin grafts. Ann Surg 1961;154:48-52.
Ingerslev J, Hvid I. Surgery in hemophilia. The general view: Patient selection, timing, and preoperative assessment. Semin Hematol 2006;43(1 Suppl 1):S23-6.
Davidson CS, Levenson SM. Skin grafting in hemophilia with a preparation of thrombin and sulfanilamide. JAMA 1945;128:656-7.
Jentzsch T, Brand-Staufer B, Schäfer FP, Wanner GA, Simmen HP. Illustrated operative management of spontaneous bleeding and compartment syndrome of the lower extremity in a patient with acquired hemophilia A: A case report. J Med Case Rep 2014;8:132.
Zaroff LI, Linder WR, Moncrief JA. Successful autografting in a burned hemophiliac without systemic or local hemostatic agents. Plast Reconstr Surg 1965;35:271-6.
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Relationship between the hotel and OTA shift: after the owner loyalty and benefit to the attention of a changing
If hoteliers hope channel competition with a third party, we must constantly add innovation in loyalty programs, attractive and experience.
At the hotel distribution activities last week, the speaker says, recently the transition of the relationship between the hotel and OTA, bring more opportunities for the hotel owners and potential value.More and more hotel companies increased the catering, sports and entertainment options, as a faithful member points for options.
Swedish hotel owners and operators Pandox AB business development director Jacob Rasin said, loyalty will continue to play an important role.
Rasin said in "investors and owners" round table discussion, when we consider the distribution platform, we do consider the power of loyalty programs.
Round table guest said, immediacy is often accompanied by loyalty rewards.Airline loyalty programs, for example, provide special treatment, including the lounge can be used immediately.
AB Bernstein, senior analyst Richard Clarke said European hotel and leisure industry, many hotel management company has already signed up these points for the hotel.
This concept has been extended to the hotel product and attractions, and intercontinental hotels group and Mr & Mrs Smith announced plans to build loyalty exclusive cooperation.Mr & Mrs Smith is a tourism club and marketing company, specializing in high-quality goods business hotel.
Clarke, "marriott and accor is take the private rental market route", in order to increase loyalty.
Sarwood capital group hotel asset management, senior vice President, Nick Chadwick said the company's Principal brands really has launched a loyalty program, but once the brand in 2018 by the French Fonciere des Regions to buy real estate investment trusts, is difficult to measure its success.Fonciere des Regions know, because of the Covivio Covivio joined intercontinental hotels group management portfolio.
Clarke said, the whole hotel industry exchange mode of each are not identical."Some hotels like exchange, because these customers feel that they are free, and are more likely to take things out of the fridge, to spend money on food.
He also warned that the attention to the trap, the loyalty data because it is generally believed that some people have registered just to get free wi-fi.
Responsible for the owner
Rasin said, OTA and chain hotels become the trend of closer cooperation partners, in terms of buying real estate for owner to provide more choices.
"We can choose to change plans more brands and more.OTA with hotel not so competitive, it is an advantage for the owner."
asin said Pandox interested buying shares hotel is located in the downtown and the airport;While Chadwick said his company like some limited service assets, especially Yotel opened in July.Starwood capital in September 2017, bought a 30% stake in Yotel.
The participants mentioned OYO, agree that its attribute is "light brand and mass distribution.
Clarke, one day have a owner to me and said, "until I have lost a owner, he didn't realize OYO is a threat", I thought that has not happened.
Clarke added that although OYO does have good financial support, as well as property improvement plans to deploy the cash, but its fee structure is different from the franchise mode of payment, (and) may expect more damaging of the owner's."
Chadwick, points out that more brand generally provide more opportunities for the owner, but he added that it also requires hotel operators become more innovation, even if it's just because distribution still expensive.
He said: "you also have to notice the exit time."
Chadwick said the starwood capital use an as its independent assets.
"But I don't think this is a cheap option.The industry is maturing, companies such as Booking.com and its performance is more like hotel companies, hotel and the company's performance more like OTA.Reality is on the move in that direction."
Clarke said, growing company continues to develop, already opened up more ideal of "travel".
"When an buy HotelTonight, that's another change.Reality is a dream.No one will be in fairfield, bragging about their hotel, but they actually did so in reality."
Clarke said, adding that he realized that reality has been criticized for fuelling excessive tourism, and in some markets are regulatory hurdles.
"An want to be seen as a more stable entity, this is another interesting change."
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An impacted supplemental premolar in the mandible
M Koul, Rakesh Koul
Department of Dentistry, Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Rakesh Koul
Dept of Dentistry, Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Bijapur - 586 103, Karnataka
Supernumerary teeth are rare anomalies of the maxillofacial complex that are more common in the maxilla than in the mandible. This article reports a case of an impacted supplemental type of supernumerary tooth in the mandibular arch, in the left premolar region. The etiology, types and treatment alternatives are discussed.
Keywords: Supernumerary, supplemental premolar teeth
Koul M, Koul R. An impacted supplemental premolar in the mandible. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 2006;24, Suppl S1:38-40
Koul M, Koul R. An impacted supplemental premolar in the mandible. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent [serial online] 2006 [cited 2020 Jan 20];24, Suppl S1:38-40. Available from: http://www.jisppd.com/text.asp?2006/24/5/38/26038
Supernumerary teeth are present in addition to the normal complement of teeth in permanent / deciduous dentitions.[1] Their incidence is high in permanent dentition, affects both the sexes but are more common in males, with the male to female ratio of 2:1.[2] These occur in 0.3-3.8 percent of the population, out of which 90-98 percent are seen in the maxilla. These may be present singly or in multiples, unilaterally or bilaterally in the maxilla, the mandible or both and are commonly seen in the incisor region of the maxillary arch.[3] These teeth are commonly associated with various syndromes e.g., Cleidocranial dysostosis, Gardener's syndrome, with predilection of non-syndromic, multiple supernumeraries in the mandible, occurring predominantly in the premolar region followed by the molar and the anterior regions respectively.[4]
A case of non-syndromic impacted, single supplemental type of supernumerary tooth in the left premolar region of the mandible is presented.
A 15 year old male patient reported to the Dental Department of Shri B. M. Patil, Medical College and Hospital, Bijapur, with a chief complaint of a hard and painless protuberance since last two months on the tongue side of the left lower back teeth. Family, medical and dental histories were non-contributory.
Extra oral examination was normal. Intraorally, a well-aligned full complement of teeth up to second molars was present with fair oral hygiene.
On palpation, a hard immobile painless swelling was observed on the lingual aspect of mandible between 35 and 36. Intra oral periapical (IOPA) of 35 and 36 [Figure - 1] and mandibular occlusal [Figure - 2] radiographs were taken.
Occlusal radiograph revealed the presence of an additional tooth impacted on the lingual aspect of 35 and 36 and IOPA radiograph showed the presence of an impacted and vertically aligned supernumerary tooth in between 35 and 36. After the clinical and radiographic evaluations the condition was diagnosed as an impacted supernumerary tooth.
The supernumerary tooth was extracted under local anesthesia. The extracted tooth resembled a fully formed mandibular premolar [Figure - 3].
Supernumerary premolars are said to represent between 8%[5] and 9.1%[6] of all supernumerary teeth. Although, literature reports increased occurrence of the supernumeraries in the maxilla,[7] supernumerary premolars are more likely to develop in the mandible and usually resemble premolars that are normal in shape and size.[8]
The etiology of supernumerary teeth is ambiguous, with different factors giving rise to different types of supernumeraries and combined etiological factors responsible for same. Amongst the various factors, are:
1. Disruption of normal embryonic processes.
a. Epithelial cell remnants[9]
b. Dichotomy of tooth germs.[10],[11]
c. Proliferation of dental lamina[12],[13]
2. Progress zone of dental lamina at the end of every tooth series or class gives rise to supernumerary teeth[14]
3. Atavism - This theory states that supernumeraries are a return to primitive dentition.[8]
4. Hereditary - While an autosomal dominant inheritance is suggested, there is increased incidence in male to female ratio indicates the possibility of sex - linked hereditary.[15] Mutant genes can also account for supernumeraries.[16]
Supernumerary teeth may be classified according to -
Rudimentary
A. Morphology
B. Number
C. Location
Mesiodens
Paramolar distomolar
Rudimentary teeth are smaller and tuberculate in shape,[17] whereas the term supplemental is used when the teeth usually resemble the teeth of a group with which they are associated i.e., incisors, canines, premolars and molars. Supernumeraries generally cause problems of malocclusion of local nature like tipping of adjacent teeth, rotation, bodily displacement, delayed eruption or prevent eruption of tooth of normal series. Also, they may lead to esthetic disharmony and functional distortion. Literature reports 82 to 90% of supernumeraries to be associated with pathologic changes and occasionally, may lead to the development of dentigerous cyst, primordial cyst and root resorption.[18]
The treatment options include:
1. Maintain in situ with regular follow-up.
2. Extraction if accompanied by pathologic changes.
3. Orthodontic treatment.
In this case no pathologic changes were observed, except for a hard asymptomatic immobile protuberance on the lingual surface of 35 and 36 that interfered, with the positioning of the tongue. The late development and detection of the protuberance at 15 years of age by the patient may be due to the characteristic of supernumerary teeth as they begin their calcification late.[19] The supernumerary tooth was extracted to correct this functional distortion.
The supernumerary tooth was categorized as supplemental, since the morphology of the extracted supernumerary tooth resembled the mandibular premolar with which it was associated i.e., 35 and was of normal size and shape with fully formed crown and root which is consistent with the observations of Stafne (1932).[8]
1. Shafer WG. Developmental disturbance in shape of teeth in Shafer W.G, Hine M.K, Levy B.M.: A textbook of oral pathology, 4th ed. W. B. Sunders: Tokyo; 1983. p. 42-4.
2. Alvarez I, Creath CJ. Radiographic considerations for supernumerary tooth extractions. Report of a case. J Dent Child 1995;62:141-4. [PUBMED]
3. Zhu JF, Marcushamer M, King DL, Henry RJ. Supernumerary and congenitally absent teeth: A literature review. J Clin Pediatr Dent 1996;20:87-95. [PUBMED]
4. Moore SR, Wilson DF, Kibble J. Sequential development of multiple supernumerary teeth in the mandibular premolar region - A radiographic case report. Int J Paediatr Dent 2002;12:143-5. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
5. Nazif MM, Ruffalo RC, Zulo T. Impacted supernumerary Teeth: A survey of 50 cases. J Am Dent Assoc 1983;106,201-4.
6. Grahnen, Lindahl BC. Supernumerary teeth in the permanent dentition: A frequency study. Odontologisk Revy 1961;12:290-4.
7. Dash JK, Sahoo PK, Das S, Mohanty UK. Prevalence of supernumerary teeth in deciduous and mixed dentition. J Indian Soc Pedodont Prevent Dentist 2003;21:37-41. [PUBMED]
8. Stafne EC. Supernumerary Teeth. Dental Cosmos 1932;74:653-9.
9. Fisher SE. Maxillary Sixth Molars. Br Dent J 1932;152,356.
10. Taylor GS. Characteristics of premaxillary supernumerary teeth in the primary and permanent dentition. Dent Pract Dent Rec 1972;22:203-8. [PUBMED]
11. 11. Liu J F. Characteristics of premaxillary supernumerary teeth: A survey of 112 cases. ASDC J Dent Child 1995;62:262-5.
12. Mason C, Rule DC, Hopper C. Multiple supernumeraries: The importance of clinical and radiographic follow-up. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 1996;25:109-13. [PUBMED]
13. Sedano HO, Gorlin R, Familial occurrence of mesiodens. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1969;27:360-2.
14. Schwarz JH. Supernumerary Teeth in anthropoied primates and models of tooth development. Arch Oral Biol 1984;29:833-7.
15. Brunning LJ, Dunlop L, Hergele ME. Report of supernumerary teeth in Honston Texas School children. J Dentist Child 1957;24,98-105.
16. Messer JG. Supernumerary molar teeth. Br Dent J 1972;133:261-2. [PUBMED]
17. Bhaskar SN. Synopsis of oral pathology. CV. Mosby: St. Louis; 1961. p. 17.
18. Braham LR, Morris ME. Text Book of pediatric dentistry. 2nd ed. CBS Publishers: 1990. p. 99-415.
19. Salzmann JA. Orthodontics in Daily practice. J B Lippincott Co: Toronto; p. 230-1.
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Lady Ogden opens new physics lab at her old primary school thanks to her family trust
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Lady Ogden officially opened an Ogden Trust ‘Phiz Lab’ at Avonmore Primary School in west London during the week.
She was accompanied by her husband, Sir Peter Ogden, and family members – all trustees of the family charitable trust which promotes the teaching and learning of physics.
Pupils were excited to show a number of distinguished visitors who attended their hands-on experiments in the newly furbished space which had been created thanks to the enthusiasm and hard work of Assistant Head and Science Lead, Dan Brown, with encouragement from Head of School Maya Wittleton, and the commitment of school governor, Alastair Lang.
Dan Brown says: It was such a delightful event. To have over 100 parents, children, people from our community and guests from The Ogden Trust all together in our lab was amazing. The children loved being able to show off their experiments, scientific artwork and detailed subject knowledge to so many adults.
“To hear about Lady Ogden’s time working at our school as a PE teacher was a particular highlight! Working with The Ogden Trust has completely revolutionised the way that this school teaches science and the way that the children here experienced it.
“After months of hard work, transforming this derelict space into our lab was so rewarding. Every single child at Avonmore deserves the chance to experience in a fun, engaging and curious way to be inspired to become the scientists of tomorrow.
“Next week we are holding our first partnership science fair and then will continue to use our Phiz Lab for many, many years. I look forward to developing the partnership further next year by including more schools so that Ogden’s support can impact even more children across this part of London.”
Lady Ogden, with her husband, Sir Peter Ogden, watched pupils from Avonmore Primary School in west London try out experiments on Tuesday 26 March when she officially opened a new Phiz Lab – a dedicated space for science – supported by The Ogden Trust, a family charitable trust which promotes the teaching and learning of physics. Lady Catherine was a teacher at the west London school.
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Glen King's MBI Stats
Points: 305 pnts
Award Level: Novice Breeder
MBI Join Date: 4/8/2011 4:29:18 PM
Location: Sullivan, MO
MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Societies of North America
Species: Amphiprion ocellaris
Reference: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3673/1/Article1.pdf
Synonyms: Amphiprion bicolor, Amphiprion melanurus
Environment: Reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 7247 ), usually 3 - 15 m
Size/Weight/Age: Max length : 11.0 cm TL male/unsexed;
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: eastern Indian Ocean including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, and northwest Australia to Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines; ranges north to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands.
Description: Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. Easily identified by the orange color and three white bands, the middle one widening forward to the head centrally (Ref. 48636 ). Caudal fin rounded.
Biology: Inhabits shallow and calm lagoons. Are protandrous hermaphrodites (Ref. 32167 ). Distinct pair is monogamous (Ref. 32167 ). One of the most popular marine aquarium fishes. Bred artificially in Florida for the aquarium trade. Associated with the anemones: Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea, and Stichodactyla mertensii (Ref. 5911 ). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35410 )(Ref. 35413 )(Ref. 35415 )(Ref. 35418 )(Ref. 35420 ). Has reached an age of 12 years in captivity (Alexandre Fontayne, pers. comm., 2006).
Data Sheet: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6509
WoRMS: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Amphiprion ocellaris
Classification Request: Classification Request Not Available
Amphiprion ocellaris 04/23/2011 King, Glen A Spawn
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On August 21, 2013, Sean Boushie signed a sworn affidavit before a notary, and he swore that Bill Windsor was carrying a gun and that he intends to be involved in a shootout. The false sworn affidavit was used to get William M. Windsor arrested and jailed for 134 days.
This article provides evidence that law enforcement needs to establish that Sean Boushie should be charged with false swearing, perjury, and filing a false police report...
"He claims to be carrying a firearm, per his denied request for a TOP in Ravalli County, and has posted photos of himself wearing a bullet proof vest, insinuating that he intends to be involved in a shootout with me or the police."
This is absolutely false, and Sean Boushie published statements in which he acknowledged that Bill Windsor did not have a gun. At no time did Bill Windsor ever claim to be carrying a firearm. He said exactly the opposite. Bill Windsor published well in advance that he would be wearing a bulletproof vest in Montana because of the death threats from Sean B**shie. Bill Windsor is known to be absolutely non-violent. he had no gun in Montana, and his only intention was to expose Sean B**shie as the criminal that Bill Windsor knows him to be.
EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE CRIMINAL CHARGE AGAINST SEAN B**SHIE:
On August 21, 2013, to obtain a protective order, Sean B**shie swore under penalty of perjury that William M. Windsor had a gun in Montana. He wrote “he claims to be carrying a firearm” and that he was carrying a firearm “on person.” [A true and correct copy of this is on the Flash Drive marked as Exhibit A, Exhibit = 2013-08-21-Boushie-v-Windsor-Petition-for-Protective-Order – unnumbered pages 1, 3, 11.]
As William M. Windsor has said before and will be happy to say while connected to a polygraph, he did not take a gun to Montana in August 2013 or at any time, and he never said he claimed to be carrying a firearm. William M. Windsor made this known to Judge Sam Warren and Missoula County Montana Judge John W. Larson in Exhibit 41 in the folder named Missoula Montana Criminal case, the Motion for Modification, ¶¶17 and 30. The Affidavit of William M. Windsor dated january 16,. 2015 includes two published statements where Sean B**shie notes that William M. Windsor published that he did not have a gun, paragraphs 638 (“First he said he no longer carried his judge gun.”) and 642 (“I thought he got rid of his little gun….”).
These statements were published on July 29, 2013 and July 31, 2014, when William M. Windsor was just about to arrive in Montana. [A true and correct copy of an article where William M. Windsor published that he would not be bringing a gun to Montana is on the Flash Drive in the folder “Facebook Downloads, in the subfolder Lawless America Facebook.] [A true and correct copy of the published statements of Sean B**shie noting that William M. Windsor would not have a gun in Montana are on the Flash Drive in the folder named Blogspot -- tinyfeetnhands - July 29, 2013 at 9:25 PMtinyfeetnhands - July 31, 2013 at 12:00 AM .]
William M. Windsor’s ex-wife can testify that the Taurus Judge pistol that he purchased for protection was in her home in Atlanta, Georgia from April 4, 2013 to December 6, 2013, and it was not in Montana in August 2013. This information was filed in the underlying case. [William M. Windsor swore that his ex-wife could testify that she had the gun in Georgia is on the Flash Drive -- Exhibit 29 in the folder named Missoula Montana Criminal Case, ¶23. Exhibit 56 is the Motion for Discovery filed August 18, 2014, and it explains this in paragraph 2 as a deposition by telephone is requested with his ex-wife.]
These lies are what enabled Sean B**shie to obtain a Temporary Order of Protection against Bill Windsor on August 23, 2013. Sean B**shie's first attempt to obtain a temporary order of protection was denied. So, he added the claim that Bill Windsor had a gun and was committing assault. Based upon that fabrication, he obtained the Temporary Order of Protection.
Sean B**shie claims the petition for a temporary order of protection in Ravalli County says Bill Windsor was carrying a firearm. False. Make him show it, When he can't, that's proof of this false swearing.
WHAT THE MISSOULA POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO DO TO HAVE NEEDED EVIDENCE:
1. Call Bill Windsor's ex-wife, and she will confirm that she had the gun in her home.
2. Ask Sean B**shie when he was ever close enough to Bill Windsor to see if he had a gun. Bill Windsor has never been around Sean B**shie except on March 27, 2015 when Sean B**shie sat in the courtroom laughing at him and pointing his finger at Bill Windsor as if his hand was a gun.
3. See the articles online where Bill Windsor states that he does not have a gun. July 23, 2013 Article
4. Sean B**shie claims the petition for a temporary order of protection in Ravalli County says Bill Windsor was carrying a firearm. False. Make him show it, When he can't, that's proof of this false swearing.
5. Review the Petition for Temporary Order of Protection filed in Ravalli County.
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Militant Islam Monitor > Articles > Muslim Shot , One Arrested In Plot To Behead Cop In Boston - Terrorist Was Brother Of Local Imam
Muslim Shot , One Arrested In Plot To Behead Cop In Boston - Terrorist Was Brother Of Local Imam
One Shot, One Under Arrest in Boston Cop Beheading Plot
A man officials said had planned to behead a police officer was shot and killed in Boston, while an accomplice of his was arrested.
Yaakov Levi
A man officials said had planned to behead a police officer was shot and killed in Boston on Tuesday, while an apparent accomplice of his was arrested. David Wright was arrested in Everett, Massachusetts, after Usaama Rahim, holding a large knife, lunged at FBI agents when they tried to detain him at a shopping center.
The Boston Globe quoted an official as saying that "We believe the intent was to behead a police officer. We knew the plot had to be stopped. They were planning to take action Tuesday." Officials have declined to discuss specifics of the plot, the report said. Wright is set for a court appearance in Boston Wednesday afternoon.
Rahim, said officials, had been under 24-hour surveillance by FBI and security officials, part of an investigation that had been going on for at least several weeks. Officials did not say what Rahim was being investigated for, but in the wake of his shooting, the investigation was widened, leading to the arrest of Wright. Officials have not specified the connection between the two.
"We believed [Rahim] was a threat," the Globe quoted Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans as saying. "He was someone we were watching for quite a time. The level of alarm brought us to question him today. I don't think anybody expected the reaction we got out of him." Evans added that officers did not have guns drawn when they approached Rahim, who took an 8-inch military knife out of his pocket and rushed the officers. He was shot dead on the spot.
Rahim was an active member of a Muslim community in Boston. His brother, Ibrahim, is a well-known imam at two Boston mosques. According to the Globe, the imam sought on social media to compare his brother's death to the death of Eric Garner, who died in a confrontation with a New York City undercover detective on Staten Island last year. A Grand Jury declined to indict the officer, who was accused of choking Garner to death.
"He was on his cellphone with my dear father during the confrontation needing a witness," the Times cited Ibramim Rahim's Facebook page as saying. "His last words to my father who heard the shots were: ‘I can't breathe!'" the imam wrote on his social media account on Tuesday, the newspaper reported, echoing what many in the media have cited as Garner's last words.
Imam Rahim, the Globe said, "is known as a voice of moderation and compassion," who spoke out against the Boston Marathon bombing. "There is nothing in Islam that will ever commend, compliment, or praise Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev," perpetrators of the bombing, the report quoted him as saying in a speech at a mosque. "There is not one thing in Islam that these two men can point to and justify the murder of four people and the maiming and injury of nearly 300 others."
Last October, four Islamic terrorists associated with ISIS were arrested in London for planning beheadings in that city. MI5 (British intelligence) and police monitored the four, arresting them while they were in the "early stages" of planning a "significant" attack. Scotland Yard indicated the four intended to import ISIS's beheadings of westerners in Syria that have shocked the world.
The plan mirrors plots by a large Australian ISIS cell that was busted in mid-September, which had planned to behead a random member of the public.
Just days later in Norway, another ISIS cell was foiled ahead of executing its plans to behead an entire family and film it as a "warning" to Western states intervening against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Terror suspects in Boston 'plotted to BEHEAD a police officer' on the day one was shot dead for lunging with a knife at cops and the second arrested
David Wright was arrested at his home in Everett, Massachusetts, late on Tuesday in connection with an earlier terrorism investigation
He and suspect Usaama Rahim, were reportedly 'conspiring to kill a cop and planned to act on Tuesday'
Rahim 'had been making threats against law enforcement and lunged at police with a knife' when he was shot dead earlier on Tuesday
Authorities also searched a home in Warwick, Rhode Island, but would not confirm that was linked to the Boston shooting
Rahim's brother Ibrahim contradicted police reports and said his youngest brother was killed while waiting at a bus stop to go to his job
A man arrested in connection with terrorism and a second suspect who was shot dead by counter-terrorist forces were allegedly conspiring to behead a police officer.
Suspect David Wright was taken into custody at his home in suburban Everett, Massachusetts, late on Tuesday and was expected to face federal charges in court on Wednesday.
He and suspect Usaama Rahim, 26, who was shot dead by police after lunging at them with a knife, were reportedly planning to kill a cop and planned to act on Tuesday, the Boston Globe said.
One official told the Globe: 'We believe the intent was to behead a police officer.'
The charges against Wright were not specified but the U.S. Attorney's office confirmed they're related to the Usaama Rahim investigation.
Wright will appear in U.S. District Court in Boston before Magistrate Judge Kelly at 3.30pm on Tuesday, according to authorities.
Earlier on Tuesday, police said they have video showing Rahim, who was under 24-hour surveillance for about three weeks by counter-terrorism units, lunging with a knife at a Boston police officer and an FBI agent before he was shot and killed - an account his brother has disputed.
Rahim had been making threats against police, according to an official was not authorized to release details of the investigation.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3108765/Police-Man-shot-dead-lunged-police-officer-FBI-agent.html#ixzz2HHceq75Y
Terror suspects in Boston 'bought military knives on Amazon and laughed over ISIS beheadings as they plotted imitation terror killing of a local cop'
A sworn FBI statement said terror suspects Usaamah Abdullah Rahim, 26, and David Wright, spoke on the phone about 'going after' the 'boys in blue'
Wright was arrested late on Tuesday and Rahim shot dead after he brandished a knife in a confrontation with police
FBI said Rahim had bought three fighting knifes on Amazon and told Wright the 'tool was good for carving'
The men laughed about 'thinking with your head on your chest' - a reference to extremist beheadings
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3109879/Terror-suspects-Boston-bought-military-knives-Amazon-laughed-ISIS-beheadings-plotted-imitation-terror-killing-local-cop.html#ixzz2HHSrbdz8
6/4/15 Update:
jQuery16404309329774987602="8">Days after police shot and killed an apparent lone-wolf terror suspect in Boston, new details about the suspect, Usaama Rahim, and an alleged plot to attack conservative activist and Muhammad cartoon contest sponsor Pamela Geller are emerging.
jQuery16404309329774987602="9">On Wednesday, ABC News learned from sources that Rahim, 26, had initially planned to travel to New York, find Geller, and behead her. Rahim changed course before his death, instead electing to "go after the boys in blue," according to the FBI.
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Home > Business > Parts of Kashmir record sub-zero temp
Parts of Kashmir record sub-zero temp
Agencies30 Nov 2019 4:50 PM GMT
Jammu: Cold wave intensified in the Union Territory of Ladakh while parts of Kashmir, including the famous hill resort of Gulmarg and Pahalgam, also reeled under sub-zero temperatures after the recent snowfall, the MeT office said on Saturday.
At a low of minus 9.2 degrees Celsius, Kargil town was the coldest recorded place in Ladakh region followed by Leh town which recorded a minimum of minus 8.7 degrees Celsius, a spokesperson of the MeT department said.
He said the maximum temperature in Leh and Kargil was 2.6 degrees Celsius and 3.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir, a star attraction for tourists visiting the valley during winter, also marked a dip in the night temperature which settled at minus 7.2 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest recorded place in Kashmir.
The hill resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir also recorded a low of minus 5.0 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said, adding that Kupwara town of north Kashmir also recorded a low of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius.
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The New Worker
The Weekly paper of the New Communist Party of Britain
Week commencing 21st October 2011
Dreamers and workers
THE CROWD that gathered in St Paul’s churchyard last Saturday were fully united in one thing — their abhorrence at the way advanced finance capitalism is making one per cent of the global population unimaginably rich while impoverishing and oppressing the remaining 99 per cent of the world’s population.
And it is part of a worldwide movement that is growing spontaneously. For some romantic revolutionaries it is a long-awaited dawn of the ultimate freedom fight. And it is a big step forward that so many citizens are at last standing up to the capitalists.
But old hard-headed Marxist-Leninists like us know that there is a long and painful process ahead before we can reach any kind of socialist utopia.
We want to encourage this movement but we also need to inject a scientific, rational perspective. We know it is not enough to be united against capitalism; we have to be united in what we are for and have some idea of the necessary steps to achieve it.
If we asked any one of the people in that square they would all say they are for freedom and democracy but they hold as many different ideas of exactly what those words mean as there are people there. And they have equally as many versions of the ideal society, from a return to Iron Age agriculturalism to urban bohemian hippy communes. The bourgeois ideals of maximum individual freedom would conflict with the working class need for collective collaboration.
Some see democracy as an eternal, harmonious consensus. Others know, especially those with experience of the idealistic hippy cultures of the 60s and 70s, that in such a situation the best educated and most articulate soon dominate and can be just as intolerant and dictatorial as those they seek to overthrow.
Some look upon structured democracy, with proper voting, as bureaucratic and “Stalinist”. But is does give everyone in the group, especially the less articulate, less well educated (in other words the children of the working class) the same level of actual political power as the children of the intelligentsia. And the workers inevitably outnumber the rest.
There are even a few voices in the crowd who equate the hated bankers with a Jewish plot to dominate the world. These people are very dangerous but they have to be defeated politically, with rational argument.
In other words, as Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Mao Tse Tung, Castro and Kim Il Sung all said over and over again — it is vital that the movement is led by the organised working class, not the bourgeois intelligentsia.
At the moment in Britain the people best placed to inject the working class perspective into the movement are the trade unions. And they have a wealth of knowledge and experience, inherited from generations of organised workers, in the practicalities and logistics of organisation and basic democratic centralism.
In the United States the trade unions are already heavily involved in the Occupy Wall Street camp — and the dozens of other similar occupations around the country.
In Greece the movement against the bankers has been well led from the start by the KKE (Communist Party of Greece) and is very class conscious and has a clear idea of where it is going.
In fact all around the globe working class perspectives are strong within the movement against global capitalism. It is only in Britain and a few other western countries — where young workers are now a couple of generations divorced from strong labour movement culture and traditions — that the words “socialism” and “communism” are hardly mentioned. These words are particularly unpleasant to bankers’ ears. We must use them a lot and communicate what they mean to our young people.
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Cui Yongping: The Artistry and Heroism of a Shadow Master
Oct 07, 2013 Art History, Biography, Guest Blogger 1 Comment
We’re excited to have Grant Hayter-Menzies, author of Shadow Woman: The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton, as today’s guest blogger.
This past summer, I was presented with a collection of antique shadow figures, painted parchment veterans of performances in China from some seventy years ago. The collection was chosen for me by its owner, Cui Yongping, a master of the Beijing Shadow Troupe and owner of the Cui Yongping Shadow Art Museum, who died in Beijing in May 2013.
I had first met him and his wife, Wang Shuqin, in New York City in 2011. I interviewed them for Shadow Woman, my biography of Pauline Benton, the Kansas-born shadow master whose collection of shadow figures is in the care of Chinese Theatre Works in Queens.
With Cui Yongping and Wang Shuqin
Mr Cui and Ms Wang were in New York not only because their son and his family live there, but to make a powerful statement to the Chinese government. In 2010, the couple, whose priceless shadow theatre collection (figures, sets, musical instruments, stages, scores and scripts) fills their self-funded shadow theatre museum in Beijing, announced in the New York Times that they were bringing their collection to the United States. They believed, as did Pauline Benton, that shadow theatre would be better respected in North America than in China, where it has been performed for a millennium and where for the past eight decades it has been dying a slow death at the hands of politics, movies, video games, and relentless Westernization of Chinese culture.
Pauline Benton in front of her shadow stage
These artists had been through a worse hell than official negligence. Mr Cui and Ms Wang were among those who survived the Cultural Revolution, the years between 1966-1976 when artists deemed compromised by expertise in “feudal” art forms were sent to work in fields and factories, or left to rot in prisons, were forced to burn violins, shadow figures, poetry, and be reborn as proletarian robots in Chairman Mao’s brave new world. I knew that Mr Cui, having endured years of labour in a smelting factory and the shock of being ordered to destroy his beloved shadow figures (some of which he hid, at great peril, under his house), had suffered a devastating stroke that left one arm useless—the death knell to an artist whose medium requires the agility of a dancer. I knew that Mr Cui gave his shadow puppets credit for bringing him back to the land of the living, so he could continue to advocate for their own survival. And I knew that his and his wife’s decision to uproot themselves from a culture in which they and their art were inextricably intermingled, neither of them young, one of them in frail health, was fraught with as many potential perils as the adventures of Sun Wu-kung, the Monkey King of shadow theatre legend, who changes shape to suit situation and faces down the most terrifying demons.
Our interview was sometimes very sad. Our discussion took the couple back to the Cultural Revolution, to the weeks after Mr Cui’s stroke, to the Hong Kong millionaire who offered him a fortune for his museum (and was refused), and to what seemed a life of endless struggle in a rapidly changing world that appeared not to understand or support their quest to save shadow theatre for the future. But we had laughter, too. Ms Wang showed me how to manipulate figures. We enacted the Monkey King being given a very bumpy ride by a tiger. Thus had Mr Cui and Ms Wang also leapt onto the tiger’s back, from which they dared not dismount. Yet like Monkey, they showed no fear. “Shadow theatre is the culture not just of China, but of the whole world,” said Mr Cui that day. He and his brave wife would prove this, waken the world to its rich inheritance and serious responsibility, just as Pauline Benton tried to do. That afternoon, it seemed possible they might be right. Because of what Mr Cui and Ms Wang shared with me, Shadow Woman became the book I had hoped it would be, a link in the same chain connecting a shadow theatre dynasty of late imperial China with a college president’s daughter in democratic America, and to the innovations of such contemporary shadow masters as Annie Katsura Rollins.
Fast forward two years later, and Mr Cui’s daughter Cathy sat with me in her Vancouver living room, her coffee table stacked with bundles wrapped in Chinese newspapers. “My father wanted you to have these,” Cathy told me. She gently unwrapped each newsprint chrysalis to reveal the butterfly colours and personalities of twenty shadow figures, stars of shadow versions of the great Chinese novels The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, A Dream of Red Mansions, The Water Margin. “He chose them all specially for you,” Cathy said. We held the figures to the window, where they shimmered like stained glass angels come to life.
I sailed home to Vancouver Island with my heroes and heroines, and that afternoon I set them all out on my living room carpet, a mosaic of China’s history—generals, emperors, noble bandits, sensitive poets, corrupt officials. And I thought back to a little over a year earlier, when Mr Cui had stood in that same room, his face glowing, because the night before he had played to a standing-room only audience, giving what no one then knew was his final public performance. The venue was Merlin’s Sun, the exquisite private theatre of Canadian puppeteer Tim Gosley in Victoria. The night of the performance, I watched what happened behind the shadow screen and what happened in front. I saw Mr Cui and Ms Wang shed their years as they made magic behind the screen, enacting scenes romantic and comic. Among the huge and diverse crowd I saw tearful but smiling faces of elderly Chinese-Canadians, who had only heard of shadow theatre but never seen it. I saw their grandchildren sit open-mouthed in awe at entertainment that doesn’t rely on video technology to be entrancing.
I see a theme in these figures Mr Cui bequeathed to me. There are not only male but female warriors; not only figures from fiction but from China’s history. In his posthumous gift, it is as if Mr Cui adjured me to remember that great art is also a great struggle, that the fight to preserve shadow theatre must continue, and that the fight requires heroes of today—women and men—as it did yesterday. Pauline Benton and Mr Cui were such warriors, and so is anyone who loves something enough to risk their very lives in its service and celebration.
Join us for the following Shadow Woman events this week:
Shadow Woman Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, October 9 at 12:30 PM
Shadow Woman Book Launch
The Chinese Cultural Centre of Vancouver
Saturday, October 12 at 2:00 PM
To learn more about Shadow Woman, or to order online, click here.
For media inquiries, contact MQUP publicist Jacqui Davis.
Alan Cook says:
This is a most welcome book. I knew Pauline Benton and saw one performance of White Snake in the late 1940s. I visited her homes in Hollywood and Carmel CA, visited the mineral shop where she worked in Carmel, and sometimes saw her in San Francisco when she visited puppeteer Roberta Mack.
Being a puppet collector most of my life, I often saw Pauine at early meetings of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry around 1957, yet there was so much about her that I did not know until reading this book which fills in a lot of gaps.
And finding names of several friends who crossed paths with Pauline in significant ways was a extra delight for this reader.
I wholeheartedly recommend this publication, especially to young puppeteers who need to know about this remarkable woman’s contribution to puppetry in North America.
Alan Cook
International Puppetry Museum
http://Www.puppetrymuseum.org
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Max STEINER (1888-1971)
The Son of Kong (1933) (45:28)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) (31:49)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra/William Stromberg
rec. Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, April 2000
NAXOS 8.570183 [77:20]
First a word of warning for Max Steiner completists: this recording was first issued in the year 2000 on Marco Polo 8.225166. It follows the same team's 1996 album of Max Steiner's complete pathfinding film score for the original 1933 King Kong (Marco Polo 8.223763).
Son of Kong was rushed out at the end of 1933 to cash in on the extraordinary success of the celebrated original released earlier that year. Son of Kong was a banal film; cringing comedy following a classic film of great excitement and pathos. The Most Dangerous Game was a horror vehicle dating from a year earlier concerning a madman whose sport was hunting human prey on his remote island.
Steiner used much new material for Son of Kong, suitable for the sequel’s lighter atmosphere but retaining some major King Kong themes for continuity. One of the most interesting Son of Kong tracks is ‘Runaway Blues’ redolent of blue jazz of that era. It reminds us of Steiner’s pedigree, working in Vaudeville and on Broadway before he went over to Hollywood.
When Film Music on the Web was operational as part of MusicWeb, my colleague Gary Dalkin wrote an erudite review of this music as released on the Marco Polo label. I can do no better than refer you to his original appreciation.
The new Naxos 12-page notes are sparser than on the Marco Polo original but tightly-packed and certainly informative enough.
Ian Lace
See also review by Gary Dalkin
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#VISIT AND #GIVEAWAY WITH J. KENNER,”RELEASE ME” AUTHOR….
MB&M AND RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS….
**Release Me is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences.**
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WELCOME JULIE…..
JULIE: I’m so excited to be here today for another stop on my Release Me blog tour! Be sure to leave a comment so you’re in the running to win a copy of the book!
Today’s topic ties right in with the book. Release Me is an erotic romance, and I’ve been asked so many times about how difficult it is (or isn’t!) to write the sensual scenes that I thought that would be a great topic to handle today.
Truly, though, the answer may surprise you. Because the scenes aren’t hard to write at all … not so long as the sex flows from the characters’ honest interaction.
The fact is, sex is emotional, intimate, arousing, sometimes funny, sometimes awkward, hopefully mind-blowing. It can be slow or fast, rough or tender. It can bring two people closer or build walls of embarrassment and unfamiliarity. It can release a free spirit, or trap someone in low self-esteem and uncertainty. There are as many possibilities with a sexual scene as there are people, and all those possibilities flow from the way the characters are relating to each other before they actually—how shall we say?—get down to it.
My favorite part of writing sex is the part that comes before. The intimate dance when the characters lead up to consummation. My least favorite part is choreography, because while writing a sex scene is absolutely 100% not about inserting part A into slot B, you still have to get all the body part placement right, otherwise your reader will be left scowling at the page, turning the book this way and that as they wonder how in the world the characters got into that position.
Copyeditors are a real blessing in that regard. But before the copyeditor it helps to have a movie running in your head. I know I do. R or NC-17. Not X, no matter how hot the actual scene might be. Because to my way of thinking, X means it’s about the sex. R and NC-17 means it’s about the characters who, at that moment, are connecting both emotionally and sexually. And that, after all, is what the story should be about.
I hope you check out Release Me! Hard to believe it’s going to be hitting shelves tomorrow!
And be sure to have a safe New Year’s Eve—and I wish you all a wonderful 2013.
J. Kenner is the pen name of USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner (who also writes as J.K. Beck). Release Me, an erotic romance, will be available in the U.S. and the U.K. on January 1, and in over a dozen other countries later in 2013.
You can hang out with J.K., learn more about Release Me and her other novels, or just poke around and see what catches your eye at her website, www.jkenner.com, and also at her J. Kenner Facebook page, www.facebook.com/jkennerbooks and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/juliekenner
Book Widget promoting the tour dates:
Thank you Julie for spending time with us and our readers today!
The link to the buy page
https://www.randomhouse.com/book/225186/release-me-by-j-kenner
J.KENNER
Publisher: Bantam (January 1, 2013)
BOOK COPY:
For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Bared to You comes an erotic, emotionally charged romance between a powerful man who’s never heard “no” and a fiery woman who says “yes” on her own terms.
He was the one man I couldn’t avoid. And the one man I couldn’t resist.
Damien Stark could have his way with any woman. He was sexy, confident, and commanding: Anything he wanted, he got. And what he wanted was me.Our attraction was unmistakable, almost beyond control, but as much as I ached to be his, I feared the pressures of his demands. Submitting to Damien meant I had to bare the darkest truth about my past—and risk breaking us apart.But Damien was haunted, too. And as our passion came to obsess us both, his secrets threatened to destroy him—and us—forever.
Release Me is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences.
RELEASE ME EXCERPT…
Release Me by J. Kenner (an excerpt)
Scribd Link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/109725470/Release-Me-by-J-Kenner-an-excerpt
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Thanks to Sue at Random House Publishing we are offering 1 print copy of “Release Me” by J. Kenner to 1 lucky commenter. Sorry, open to US residents only! NO P.O. Boxes,please.
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GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND ENJOY!
We hope you have enjoyed your visit with us and our guest today, as much as we have enjoyed your visit with us. Thanks for spending time with us and our guests.
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR from the staff at My Book Addiction and More!
#VISIT AND #GIVEAWAY WITH CARIDAD PINEIRO,AUTHOR OF “THE PRINCE’S GAMBLE”….
MBA&M AND ENTANGLED PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS….
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AUTHOR CARIDAD PINEIRO!
Now without further ado,sit back and enjoy our visit with Caridad…..
MBA&M: Caridad, please tell those readers who may not know you a little about yourself?
First of all, thanks for having me here at your wonderful blog! As for me, I love to write and have been published for about a decade. I write paranormals and romantic suspense, but started out writing contemporary romances. I’m also a mom and wife!
MBA&M: What was your inspiration behind writing “The Prince’s Gamble”?
THE PRINCE’S GAMBLE was inspired by a dare from some writing friends during a visit to Las Vegas. We were there to get some intensive writing time, but also took time to relax and check out the sights and activities in Las Vegas. As we did that, I started getting ideas for how to include some of those things, like a visit to a spa and a pole dancing class, in a story. My friends didn’t think I could do it and dared me and the result was THE PRINCE’S GAMBLE. Unfortunately, I didn’t meet anyone as sexy as Prince Alexander in Las Vegas!
MBA&M: What made you write about white slavery,the Russian mafia and where did you find research for these topics? What a difficult topic white slavery must have been.
After the dare, I started researching the kinds of crimes that go on in and around casinos. Money laundering was a recurring activity. Did you know that the 9-11 terrorists spend time in Las Vegas, probably to get the money for their activities? Additional research revealed that in addition to prostitution, young women are sometimes taken and sold into slavery. Because I wanted to get the message across about women being empowered to help themselves and others, I decided to include white slavery in the story line.
MBA&M: What was the hardest part about writing this title?
The hardest part was portraying Prince Alexander as something besides an entitled and perfect royal. I wanted him to have depth and be three-dimensional. I wanted him to have a complex personality beneath that perfect face and body and I hope that I accomplished that. I know that I fell in love with him as I discovered more about him, his caring and the weaknesses that only made him that much stronger by the end of the story.
MBA&M: Who was your favorite character and your hardest character to write about?
LOL! I guess I answered this one already! But since I love the prince so much, let me tell you a little more about him and what we have in common. The prince is very concerned with having freedom and in large part that comes from having survived part of his life in a Communist regime. My family escaped Castro and his dictatorship, so I could understand the prince’s desire to be free to control his own life.
MBA&M: Tell us a little about the secondary characters,who was the most difficult to write about,and who will have a possible story of their own one day?
I loved including sexy Detective Peter Roman, who is a local police officer who helps out the heroine, FBI Agent Kathleen Martinez with information about the local Russian gangsters. It was lots of fun to have him in the story, but not let you know too much about him. I wanted to give you just enough to whet your appetite about Peter and his friendship with Prince Alexander and his “relationship” of sorts with the prince’s younger sister, Tatiana. What’s next for Peter and Tatiana? Their story will be out in summer 2013 and it’ll be a story about an arranged marriage, a deception and a cat burglar who has targeted customers at one of the Ivanov casinos.
MBA&M: What’s next?
Besides Peter and Tatiana’s story, THE CALLING vampire series will be back in 2013 and retitled as THE REBORN vampire series. The first book, BORN TO SERVE, brings fans more in the love story between Diana Reyes and Southern vampire Ryder Latimer. Also look for THE SHATTERED, the next book in the SIN HUNTER series, in the summer of 2013. You’ve asked for Ryan and Sammie’s story and I’m very excited to bring it to you!
MBA&M: Please tell our readers where to find you and where to purchase their copy of “The Prince’s Gamble”?
THE PRINCE’S GAMBLE is available at all the various online retailers and at 2.99, it’s an affordable addition to your library, plus you’ll be helping out a worthy cause as I’ll be donating my share of proceeds from the sales to the Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund so that my home state can help rebuild and repair the damage done by Hurricane Sandy.
We understand you are giving your proceeds from this title to the victims of Hurricane Sandy,New Jersey Relief Fund, we would like to say a big THANK YOU!
Thank you for letting me visit and help spread the word about my campaign to try and help others!
For more information on Caridad,please visit her at
http://www.caridad.com/
Thank you,Caridad for spending time with us and our readers today! As always,what a pleasure to have you visit with us!
THE PRINCE’S GAMBLE
CARIDAD PINEIRO
Title: A Prince’s Gamble
Author: Caridad Piñeiro
Imprint: Dead Sexy
Book Description(from the publisher)
Prince Alexander Ivanov is scrambling to save his reputation and his livelihood. One of the Russian Nights Casino’s hostesses has disappeared, and his business is suddenly under investigation by the FBI for associations with the mob and money laundering.Special Agent Kathleen Martinez has no patience with rich, entitled aristocrats, especially one like Alexander Ivanov whom she believes is involved in the vicious human trafficking ring which she’d tried—and failed—to shut down two years earlier. With a second chance to bring him to justice, she goes undercover in the casino, but instead of facing the villain she expected, she finds herself battling a sizzling attraction to the man.Now, forced to work together to trace the source of the illegal activities, the danger—and the passion between them—grows out of control, and they slowly begin to realize the biggest danger isn’t to the casino, it’s to their lives…and to their hearts.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Princes-Gamble-ebook/dp/B00A9XN2LC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1356619870&sr=1-1&keywords=the+prince%27s+gamble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-princes-gamble-caridad-pineiro/1112131025?ean=2940015728798
(Sponsored by MBA&M)
We are offering 1 e-book copy to one lucky commenter. Please leave a valid email address. Also, tell us who your Prince is,we would love to hear. Giveaway will run from today December 28 until January 4,2013.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Check out “Our Thoughts” on “The Prince’s Gamble” by Caridad Pineiro!
As always, thank you for spending time with us and our guest today!
A WORD FROM DEBORAH HEAL…”NO CRIB FOR A BED”….
MBA&M PROUDLY PROUD PRESENTS….
*Image from the author*
No Crib for a Bed
by Deborah Heal
Christian fiction writers sometimes think their stories are less important than the sermons, essays, and treatises of the “serious” non-fiction writer. But imaginative writing has tremendous power to teach deep truths. For example, many, many people have come to know God through C. S. Lewis’ Narnia stories.
Storytelling is even an effective tool for fund raising. One Christmas, when it was time to send out the monthly newsletter for our crisis pregnancy center, I decided to use a story to help readers understand the problems families faced. Here is the letter I sent out:
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger.” Luke 2:7
Now that was a crisis pregnancy! There is something so heart wrenching about the newborn King lying in a stable when he should have had every luxury in the universe.
Every parent wants the best for their precious little ones. But for some couples like, Carl and Brenda…
June, 1955. Carl was just out of the service and couldn’t find a job. And he had a wife and two kids—Brenda, three-year-old Stevie, and two-month-old Patty. So Carl packed up the family and moved, but with the recession there were no jobs. For a while Brenda worked at the dime store, and Carl stayed home to watch the kids. With no gas for the car, he walked across town when he heard the Shell station was hiring. Sure enough, the sign in the window said, HELP WANTED, but the man inside told him the job had just been filled. It was a long walk back home. “The air Force will take me back,” he told Brenda. But the Air Force was not taking men with two children.
The approaching Christmas season just highlighted their misery. “Well,” Brenda said, “at least Patty is too little to know about Christmas presents.” Or maybe she did and that’s why she cried so much. She seemed hungry all the time, no matter how often she nursed, and Brenda began to wonder if she had enough milk.
Brenda cried in the doctor’s office when he explained that, “yes, you can get pregnant even while you’re nursing.” And when baby Mikey came, he slept in a dresser drawer because Patty still needed the crib.
This Christmas season I am asking you to consider a very special gift so that we can continue to help families like Carl and Brenda’s resist the pressure to abort their baby “Mikey’s.” Your gift will allow us to help with baby supplies—like a crib for the baby to sleep in.
Apparently, my little story helped to put a face on the problems associated with unplanned pregnancies, because donations poured into the center.
Does the story seem to overly sentimental? The “Patty” in the story is me. I’m grateful to be able to use my family’s ordeal to write real good.
Deborah Heal is the author of the young adult novels Time and Again and Unclaimed Legacy She lives in Waterloo, Illinois, where she enjoys reading, gardening, and learning about southern Illinois history. She is married and has three grown children, three grandchildren, and a canine buddy named Scout (a.k.a. Dr. Bob). Currently, she is working on book three in the Time and Again trilogy.
You may learn more about the author by visiting her website: http://www.deborahheal.com/, her Facebook Fan Page, and Goodreads. Her books may be purchased on Amazon.com.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!
#VISIT WITH VICTORIA JAMES…..,
MBA&M AND ENTANGLED PUBLISHING PRESENTS…..
WELCOME VICTORIA JAMES!
Now, within further ado presenting Victoria James….
MBA&M: Good morning, Victoria! Welcome to My Book Addiction and More.
[VJ] Hi, thanks so much for having me here today!
Please give our readers some insight into Victoria James?
[VJ] I met my husband thirteen years ago in University-in an English Lit class. Two years later we got married, and now we have two children-a two year old and a six year old. My days are busy juggling the responsibilities of our small business, my writing, kids, and household chores. But when I have a free moment, I’m putting my interior design background to use-I’m always rearranging furniture and pictures in our house. I still do freelance work as well. I love seasonal decorating. Basically, I drive my husband nuts, because he hates change…and thing are always changing!
MBA&M: Where did your inspiration for “The Billionaire’s Christmas Baby” come from?
[VJ] I live in Canada, and growing up I adored our snowy winters and white Christmases. I knew I always wanted to be a writer, so writing a book that was set in a remote, snow-filled area during the holidays was too hard to resist…
A few years ago, surrounded by my extended family, I started wondering about how much of whom I was today, was shaped by the people around me. I had always known the love of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins. But what if I hadn’t? How would that have changed me? And that thought triggered the characters in THE BILLIONAIRE’S CHRISTMAS BABY. How would different people react to the holidays if they didn’t have a family? If they had no one? Would they build walls around themselves? Or would they be in a perpetual search for a soul-mate, for love? The hero and heroine that took shape in my mind became larger than life. Their pain, their need for acceptance and unconditional love tugged at my heartstrings until I was forced to find a way to create a happily-ever-after for the three of them! And of course, it would have to take place during the holidays!
MBA&M: What do you feel the allure of contemporary romance is to readers?
[VJ]I think it’s that we can relate to them easily. Contemporary romance deals with characters that we can identify with, that are similar to our everyday friends and family members. The issues in contemporary romance are also identifiable. I think we can derive comfort from knowing that there are others who are going through the same things, people who’ve loved and lost and have come out on the other side.
MBA&M: Who was your favorite character in “The Billionaire’s Christmas Baby”?
[VJ]Well, as much as I loved writing Hannah, I think Jackson is my favorite J His journey and the evolution of his character from beginning to end tugged at my heartstrings. Hmm…Maybe this means I have a crush on Jackson Pierce!
MBA&M What scene stands out the most to you?
[VJ]When Hannah thanks Jackson, after their wedding. I loved writing this scene because it evolved so naturally-she’s about to make a sarcastic comment in order to keep her distance from Jackson, but instead she is overcome by everything he has done for her. She thanks him and I think it’s a turning point for Hannah-she’s finally letting him in. And of course Jackson is surprised by her candor…and well, one thing leads to another…;-)
Victoria, since the Christmas holiday is upon us, let’s talk Christmas…..
MBA&M: What are some of your favorite Christmas things?
[VJ]“Raindrops on roses and…” Sorry, I couldn’t help it! Some of my favorites are spending extra time with family and friends. The decorating, the hustle and bustle at the mall, the pure, uninhibited excitement children have over Christmas. The giving, the extra effort we put into helping those less fortunate. The time we make to remember all our blessings.
MBA&M: What are your favorite Christmas songs?
[VJ]I love the classics-The Christmas Song, I’ll be home for Christmas, I’m dreaming of a White Christmas…
But I do have some contemporary favorites…I love everything from Sarah Mclachlan-especially Wintersong. I love The Pretenders’ Two thousand Miles, Tom Cochrane’s Christmas all the Time.
MBA&M: What are a few of your family’s traditions?
[VJ]Growing up in a North-American-Italian family, the holidays were always filled with an abundance of family, food, and drama. Cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, parents, would gather. The crowd was loud and the toasts with homemade wine were plenty.
This year, I’m hosting Christmas Eve dinner for approximately fifteen of our nearest and dearest. I have hosted Christmas Eve before, but I haven’t done the full-blown deal. This year, I’m going to cook up a big old, traditional Italian Christmas Eve dinner. All seven fish dishes. I can do it…I hope! The day after I told my husband my plan? He bought a fire extinguisher.
MBA&M: If you could be anywhere this holiday season where would it be and why?
[VJ]Anywhere with snow and my family!! I’m not one of those people who want to escape the cold for the hot, sunny beach. It’s not Christmas without subzero temps, and a blanket of the white stuff. I’m a true Canadian girl, I guess!
Thank you for visiting with us and our readers, with Christmas just around the corner we wish you and your family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS…..
Thank you so much for having me, this has been fun!! Merry Christmas to all of you as well!
The Billionaire’s Christmas Baby:
Jackson Pierce didn’t make his fortune entertaining every half-cocked idea, especially one involving diaper changes. Not even the cute brunette who links him to the baby in her arms can crack his icy heart.
A baby on the doorsteps is the least of Hannah Woods problems–she has to find the baby’s uncle, or the child will end up in foster care. She sleuths her way to the reclusive CEO’s doorstep only to find six feet of holiday sexy–and a door slammed in her face. But when Jackson comes around, and urges they marry for little Emily’s sake, Hannah finds herself falling for the jaded billionaire and wishing for a holiday miracle of their own…
Buy links: Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/The-Billionaires-Christmas-Baby-ebook/dp/B00AA3P3WW/
BN.com– http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-billionaires-christmas-baby-victoria-james/1113823900
About Victoria James:
Victoria James is a romance writer living near Toronto, Canada. Victoria is a mother to two young children, and one very disorderly feline. Victoria attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and graduated with a degree in English Literature, where she met and then later married, her own hero. After Queen’s, Victoria earned a degree in Interior Design. After the birth of her first child she began pursuing her life-long passion of writing. Her dream of being a published romance author was realized last February, 2012, when Entangled Publishing bought her manuscript. Victoria is living her dream-staying home with her children and conjuring up happy endings for her characters.
Visit Victoria James: www.victoriajames.ca
Twitter: @vicjames101
“Our Thoughts” on “The Billionaire’s Christmas Baby” by Victoria James.
Thank you for visiting everyone and have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
#VISIT AND #GIVEAWAY WITH KATE HARDY,”BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE…
ENTANGLED PUBLISHING AND MBA&M PRESENTS…..
KATE HARDY,BABY,IT’S COLD OUTSIDE (ANTHOLOGY)
WITHOUT FUTHER ADO, WELCOME KATE…..
My favourite holiday memories, traditions and food :o)
Because my closest family and best friends from university live quite a way from us, we don’t get to see them around Christmas itself – so we have a tradition of ‘early Christmas’, which means I get to have Christmas every weekend in December, complete with traditional Christmas dinner, crackers and party hats, and a little pressie from ‘Santa’ to unwrap. (These vary from sensible chocolate reindeer to the year I was a bit inspired, and my daughter gleefully told her classmates: ‘Santa gave me a box of poo!’ It also contained a sunflower seed and was a fundraiser for London Zoo!)
I normally do a very traditional English Christmas dinner – roast turkey with roast potatoes and parsnips, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower (the latter two are in place of Brussels sprouts, which are more traditional but everyone in my house hates them), plus cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon.
For pudding, we’re a bit less traditional – nobody in our house really likes Christmas pudding (it’s just too stodgy, and my husband loathes dried fruit), so we tend to have a fresh fruit salad with fresh pineapple, kiwi fruit, pomegranates and strawberries or raspberries. (I have one of those gadgets that lets you core the pineapple and take the fruit out while leaving the outside intact, which looks quite cool when you use it as a serving dish.)
I think my favourite memories are from when the children were very small and the absolute look of wonder on their faces when they came downstairs to discover that Rudolph had eaten his carrot and Santa had eaten his choc-chip cookie and left a huge pile of presents. And the year one of their godmothers gave them some special food for Rudolph that sparkled at night so Santa could find our house :o) And definitely the year it snowed so we made snow angels. (Um, you might notice that particular bit in my novella…)
I always love finding something they’ll NEVER guess for their Christmas stockings. I have a great one this year for my teenage son, who insists on growing a moustache – I’ve found a sandwich-cutter in the shape of a moustache!
Thank you Kate, for sharing your favorite holiday memory! What lovely memories.
Wishing you and your loved ones a very MERRY CHRISTMAS from the team at My Book Addiction and More!
Website: http://www.katehardy.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorkatehardy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katehardyauthor
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/181377.Kate_Hardy
The blog tour for Baby, It’s Cold Outside starts this week! A brand-new holiday anthology with truffle-sized romances from four of the best authors in romantic fiction, this is one you don’t want to miss. Kate Hardy, Heidi Rice, Amy Andrews and Aimee Carson will be visiting blogs for interviews, guest posts, and some great giveaways! Who needs to buy gifts when you can win a free e-book, plus gift cards and more? Keep them for yourself or pass on the joy – either way, don’t skip a single stop on the Baby, It’s Cold Outside blog tour!
Here is the link where you can find all tour stops listed:
http://www.entangledinromance.com/2012/12/02/baby-its-cold-outside-holiday-blog-tour/
When a freak blizzard hits America’s Eastern seaboard, four pairs of strangers spend a hot night together one cold Christmas season!
‘Tis the Season to Kiss Santa by Kate Hardy
With the help of a sprig of mistletoe and some snow angels, a recently single pastry chef teaches a highly successful and sexy Scrooge the true meaning of the holidays on a snowy Christmas Eve that quickly heats up.
‘Tis the Season to Love Shopping by Heidi Rice
When a Christmas Day blizzard strands an up-and-coming marketing manager and her boss’s very off-limits, very hot playboy son in his department store, the two toe the line between naughty and nice as they unwrap their holiday presents—and each other!
‘Tis the Season to be Kissed by Amy Andrews
A down-on-her-romantic-luck kindergarten teacher plans to drown her New Year’s Eve sorrows in a gallon of spiked eggnog, but the arrival of her best friend’s sexy brother threatens to melt the snow piling up outside the tiny Vermont cabin.
‘Tis the Season to be Tempted by Aimee Carson
After the worst year ever, a jilted music manager rings in the New Year alone, swearing off men forever. But things get complicated when her brother’s best friend, the perfect man with the perfect body, tempts her to break her vow—if only for one hot night!
Title: Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Anthology)
Author: Heidi Rice, Kate Hardy, Aimee Carson, Amy Andrews
Genre: Category – Contemporary Romance
Imprint: Indulgence
Purchase from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Its-Cold-Outside-ebook/dp/B00AA3P868
Purchase from Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/baby-its-cold-outside-kate-hardy/1113823988
Aimee Carson:
Website: http://aimeecarson.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aimeecarsonmb
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aimeecarsonmb
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4905490.Aimee_Carson
Amy Andrews:
Website: http://www.amyandrews.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Andrews/382936461720040?ref=tn_tnmn
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmyAndrewsbookshttp://www.mybookaddictionandmore.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=9492&action=edit
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1128457.Amy_Andrews
Heidi Rice:
Website: http://heidi-rice.com/
Blog: http://heidi-rice.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heidi.rice.524
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeidiRomRice
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/786456.Heidi_Rice
(Sponsored by the publisher)
We are offering one ebook copy of “BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE” by Kate Hardy to one luckycommenter.Giveaway will run from today December 19 until December 26,2012.
We wold love to hear some of your favorite “Holiday” memories!
*Please leave a valid email address for contact purposes*
Kate Hardy is also offering a $10 Amazon gift card to one reader from all blog stops this week. All you have to do is follow the tour stops!
“Our Thoughts” on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”.
As always, thanks for spending time with us and our guest today!
#VISIT AND #GIVEAWAY WITH KATIE LANE,AUTHOR OF “TROUBLE IN TEXAS”…
MBA&M AND GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING PRESENTS….
Ready for a little Texas Heat!
Join Bestselling author
Katie Lane’s TROUBLE IN TEXAS blog tour!
WELCOME KATIE!
What do you feel makes cowboys and Texas so enduring to readers?
KATIE: Cowboys are alpha men who are honest and hard working. Texas is filled with small towns that take us back to a simpler life that’s far removed from the hustle and bustle of big cities.
How hard is it to write a series? and how many will be in this series?
KATIE: The easy part is that you have most of the characters already. The hard part is keeping the characters fresh and interesting. Bringing in Miss Hattie’s Henhouse was my way of keeping things fresh in the Deep in the Heart of Texas series. I didn’t really set out to write a series. I just had this idea about a woman searching for her long-lost twin sister. But once I finished Going Cowboy Crazy, I realized that I had a lot of ideas that might work for other books. Fortunately, people fell in love with Bramble and I’m getting my opportunity to write those stories. As of now, there will be seven books in the series. Beau’s story, Flirting with Texas, will be out in July 2013. Brianne’s story will be next. And finally, Beckett’s. After that, who knows :o)
List five words to describe your writing style?
KATIE: Fun. Sexy. Zany. Character-driven. (Does a hyphenated word count as two?)
Thank you, Katie,for taking the time out of your busy schedule to visit with us and our readers today! What a pleasure to have you with us again.
About TROUBLE IN TEXAS:
Trouble in Texas:
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Price: $7.99 US/$7.99 CAN
Pages: 352ISBN-13: 9781455515707
On Sale Date: 12/18/2012
THERE’S A FOX IN THE HENHOUSE
Inheriting the most notorious house of ill repute in Texas can spell trouble for a girl’s reputation . . . especially when she’s Elizabeth Murphy, Bramble’s prim and proper librarian. Yet when she discovers a buck-naked cowboy handcuffed to a four-poster bed, she forgets all about the town gossips. Elizabeth has sworn off men, but the stranger’s kisses melt her resolve faster than ice cream on a hot summer day.
Waking up in Miss Hattie’s Henhouse isn’t how Brant Cates reckoned on getting to the bottom of his great-granddaddy’s murder. The plan was to solve the centuries-old crime, then get the heck out of Dodge. But after meeting Elizabeth and discovering that the buttoned-up beauty is a sexy siren in disguise, he just can’t pull himself away.
Now Brant needs Elizabeth to finally put his past to rest, but is she willing to risk her future on Bramble’s newest bad boy?
About Katie Lane:
Katie Lane’s interest in romance was sparked in high school in the backseat of a ’65 Mustang-okay, so maybe it wasn’t romance as much as raging teenage hormones. Still, coupled with a wild imagination, those make-out sessions inspired many a steamy storyline along with a strong belief that true love does prevail. Katie lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the owner of that Mustang and would love to hear from her readers.
You can learn more at:
KatieLaneBooks.com
Twitter @ktlane3
Facebook.com/katielanebooks
GIVEAWAY ALERT….
**Giveaway copies will be sent directly to winners**
We are offering 2 copies,yes, 2 lucky commenter, a print copy of Katie Lane’s “Trouble In Texas”. Sorry, open to U.S. residents only! No P.O. Boxes,please.
**Please tell us why you enjoy reading about modern day cowboys?**
*Please leave a valid email address*
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! HAPPY READING!
Check out “Our Thoughts” on “Trouble In Texas” by Katie Lane!!
-Giveawy copies will be sent directly to winners
A MOMENTOUS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM VICTORIA VANE….AND A #GIVEAWAY…
MBA&M AND VICTORIA VANE PROUDLY ANNOUNCES…..
A Holiday Greeting and Momentous Announcement from Victoria Vane:
When I first conceived A Wild Night’s Bride, a Georgian set, Hangover-inspired romantic comedy, I had no idea that one devilish secondary character would spawn an entire series, but Ludovic, Viscount DeVere, proved to be a dream come true. This larger than life character has captured the hearts of so many fans who have begged for more DeVere. In response to these requests, I have not only decided to continue the series, but have recently commissioned an amazing artist to render gorgeously detailed full color illustrations for my DeVere stories! My goal is to offer a wonderfully enhanced reading experience to fans of my series.
The first book to be illustrated (and just in time for all those glorious full color and graphics capable Christmas e-readers), is Devil in the Making, a riotous Georgian romp in the tradition of Fielding’s Tom Jones and a prequel to the Devil DeVere series.
The Illustrated Edition will feature a gorgeous depiction of the key scene in every chapter. If this experiment is successful, I will be illustrating the entire DeVere series (old and new) over the next 12-18 months. As a holiday greeting, I am attaching a sample of the absolutely stunning photorealistic artwork that will grace the new book cover as well as the inside pages! Devil in the Making: The Illustrated Edition will be available in e-book early December 2012. A print anthology will follow later in 2013. Now, without further ado…. Here is how it all began….
Devil in the Making: A Devilish Vignette by Victoria Vane
Every devil has a beginning… A rebellious young nobleman’s prank with the king’s lion goes comically awry, leading to a startling chain of events.
“But I know that look, DeVere, and it always bodes ill.”
“Come now, Ned,” DeVere cajoled. “With only weeks until matriculation, we may never get another chance to serve up some revenge on ole’ Trasker.”
“What have you in mind?” Simon asked.
“Since our dear pedagogue is so fond of bear-leading, why not procure one for him?”
Ned looked stunned. “You wish to buy a bear?”
“Of course not,” DeVere answered.
“Thank God,” Ned replied with a sigh of relief.
“I only wish to borrow one.”
“A bear?” Simon repeated.
“Yes. It can be a small one. As to age, size, or gender. I am not particular.”
“And how do you propose to find one?” Ned asked warily.
DeVere replied with a look of pure devilment. “I propose a midnight foray to the Royal Menagerie.” (end excerpt)
Warmest holiday greetings,
Victoria Vane
http://authorvictoriavane.com
And now a quick interview with Victoria Vane….
Victoria,where did the idea for illustrations come from?
Illustrations within e-books,what a novel idea…
Victoria: Thank so much for asking, April. The idea occurred to me after reading so many reviews of my books that remarked upon how “vivid” my stories are. As a person who believes in playing to my strengths, I began to wonder how I might take this a step further. After reading so much about the new generation of full color and graphics capable e-readers, it seemed a no-brainer to take my stories into the “visual realm. Thus, the illustration idea was born.
MBA&M: How hard is it to find an illustrator? Where did you find your resources for the illustrations?
Victoria: At first, I really didn’t know where or how to begin. My immediate thought was to hire a cover artist and use illustrations with photo manipulation, but that concept proved far too limiting given that my work to date has been set exclusively in the Georgian era. It’s very difficult to find appropriate stock photos even for my book covers, so then I wondered about hiring a digital artist who could draw/paint whatever I needed with the kind of look I desired. While this is not an inexpensive endeavor, I felt very strongly about offering my fans this visually enhanced reading experience, so I bit the bullet and began advertising for an artist. After looking at dozens of portfolios I found someone with both the intuition and the talent to create EXACTLY what I wanted. It has been a match made in heaven!
MBA&M: What do you hope your readers will come away with by buying your books with illustrations within?
Victoria: I want them to be mesmerized and stunned by the realism and to come begging for more! LOL!
MBA&M: Thank you so much for allowing MBA&M and our readers along on your grand adventure!
A lover of history and deeply romantic stories, Victoria Vane combines these elements to craft romantic historical novels and novellas for a mature reading audience. Her writing influences are Georgette Heyer for fabulous witty dialogue and over the top characters, Robin Schone , Sylvia Day, and Charlotte Featherstone for beautifully crafted prose in stories with deep sensuality, and Lila DiPasqua for creative vision in melding history with eroticism. Ms. Vane also writes award nominated romantic historical fiction as Emery Lee (http://authoremerylee.com)
Web: http://authorvictoriavane.com
Blog: http://victoriavane.wordpress.com
Twitter: @authorvictoriav
E-BOOKS:
A Breach of Promise ,Ellora’s Cave
A Wild Night’s Bride, Breathless Press
The Virgin Huntress, Breathless Press
The Devil You Know, Breathless Press
The Devil’s Match, Breathless Press
Devil in the Making, Victoria Vane
Treacherous Temptation– coming soon from Entangled Publishing
The Highest Stakes by Emery Lee, Sourcebooks
Fortune’s Son by Emery Lee, Sourcebooks
The Devil DeVere Volume I by Victoria Vane, Breathless Press
A Devil Named DeVere by Victoria Vane, Breathless Press
Thank you Victoria for sharing this exciting news!
To become an official fan of the DeVere Series, for in depth information on the characters,favorite quotes,etc…..follow this link…..
http://thedevildevere.wordpress.com/
We look forward to seeing these available soon. What a novel idea,illustrations in e-books? Love this idea!
For a chance to win a copy of “A Wild Night’s Bride”,(e-book)and the first in the exciting “DeVere” series,tell us your thoughts on: illustrations in e-books? Good idea or bad idea. What do you, the reader think?
Giveaway will run from today Dec 17 until Dec 24,2012. Just in time for Christmas.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND PEACE ON EARTH!
BLOG TOUR,#ANNOUNCEMENT AND #GIVEAWAY: PATAGONIA
MBA& M PROUDLY PRESENTS….
Is Patagonia on your bookshelf?
Mention outdoor clothing company Patagonia and what comes to mind? Jackets! Puffy ones, fleece ones, waterproof ones — beloved, long-lasting, favorite ones.
How about books? That’s right. Patagonia has been publishing since 2007. But their little-known secret is out, as Patagonia Books are now available in digital form. Readers can now find all 12 titles in digital form at Patagonia.com, Amazon, BN.com, and iTunes.
eBooks do right by the environment: same great stories, less environmental harm. That’s why Patagonia has joined the mobile movement.
Great news for Patagonia-clad readers, since print books don’t really travel well. (Remember Cheryl Strayed in Wild, torching chapters on the trail?)
“Not only do eBooks have less environmental impact, they are also more portable,” says Patagonia Books Director Karla Olson. “We know that our audience is often on the move, and the convenience of having these titles available as eBooks will enhance their reading experience.”
Enjoy the thrill of the outdoors with eBooks from Patagonia – and this special giveaway!
**Sponsored by the publisher**
PATAGONIA BOOKS GIVEAWAY: In the comment section, tell us what you’d like to read and you’ll be entered to win the eBook. Preview the latest releases below, and the entire catalog at www.patagonia.com/books .
New from PATAGONIA BOOKS:
Closer to the Ground: An Outdoor Family’s Year on the Water, in the Woods, and At the Table – Dylan Tomine describes a year of foraging in the Pacific Northwest and how living close to the earth enriches one’s own life and that of one’s children.
The Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned From Patagonia’s First 40 Years – Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley offer insights into the process of reducing the impact of their company.
Paddling North is a tale of a solo kayak journey in Southeast Alaska by Audrey Sutherland that is remarkable for her self-sufficiency and powers of observation.
The Voyage of the Cormorant – Christian Beamish tells what happens when vision meets reality in his book about his building an open sailing boat and then taking it in search of surf down the Pacific Coast of Baja.
For more, go to www.patagonia.com/books.
We are so glad you stopped by today and hope you enjoyed our Blog tour with Patagonia Books today…..
SPOTLIGHT ON: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED TITLES…
MBA&M PROUDLY PRESENTS….
BOOK SPOTLIGHTS ON….
Football’s Greatest: Who is the greatest running back of all time? How about the most dominant team in NFL history? What was the best play ever? Sports Illustrated has polled its experts, asking them to list their Top 10 answers to these and other questions that football fans have been debating ever since the pigskin starting flying. This new, 288-page book, packed with 150 photos and diagrams, will rank the best of the best, explaining the methodology while paying tribute to those chosen with material from SI’s rich historical archive. Released in time for the 2012 holiday season, this is a touchdown for any true NFL fan.
si.com/footballsgreatest
At the Fights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing: One of the nation’s premiere photographers, Howard Schatz, tackles the sport of boxing in a way no one has before with his new book, At the Fights. Born out of a six-year study and exploration into the sport, this book is a magnificent collection of award-winning photographs and revealing interviews of boxing’s current champions and key movers and shakers including promoters, managers, referees, judges and trainers. The 224 page book captures boxing’s current, recent and legendary champions with 320 breath-taking photographs that will fascinate not only sports fans, but those who value original, cutting-edge photography and fine art.
si.com/atthefights
· Pittsburgh Steelers: Pride in Black and Gold: Sports Illustrated commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the most successful franchise in NFL History. With 176 pages, including 150 full-color photos and an introduction by SI senior writer Tim Layden, Pittsburgh Steelers: Pride in Black and Gold captures the team through the eyes of the world’s most accomplished sports photographers and writers. The book showcases players and performances, crucial moments and classic rivalries, and the unprecedented six Super Bowl championship runs that have helped make the Pittsburgh Steelers America’s team.
si.com/steelersbook
“Our Thoughts” on these titles.
We hope you have enjoyed our spotlight on these “Sports Illustrated” titles.
SPOTLIGHT ON *** ROSEDALE THE VAMPYRE by Lev Raphael…
MBA&M AND PUMP UP YOUR BOOK SPOTLIGHTS:
LEV RAPHAEL’S ROSEDALE THE VAMPYRE…
Join Lev Raphael, author of the historical supernatural fiction, Rosedale the Vampyre, as he tours the blogosphere December 3 – 14 2012~
ABOUT LEV RAPHAEL
Lev Raphael is the author of twenty-four books in genres from memoir to mystery to Jane Austen mashup. He’s been in love with storytelling since second grade and a reader of catholic tastes since he discovered his first public library. Lev has published traditionally with large and small houses, and recently gone indie because it’s the wave of the future. His latest fiction, Rosedale the Vampyre, grows out of his love of The Gilded Age. Lev has been a newspaper columnist, a radio talk show host, a DJ and even an academic. He writes and reviews full-time and is currently working on three different book projects.
You can visit his website at http://www.levraphael.com.
Hop over to his blog and say hi at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lev-raphael/.
Stalk Lev!
ABOUT ROSEDALE THE VAMPYRE
Grief-stricken by his wife’s untimely death, a wealthy New York banker turns to sexual abandon in the bordellos of 1907 New York. Then one fateful night, after a mysterious attack, he dies to his old life and is reborn a Vampyre. Once obsessed solely with making money and social advancement, he’s now driven by a new, perverse hunger for blood. Written in a period voice, this deeply erotic work takes us into dark corners of the psyche as it explores a secret world of power and obsession.
Rosedale the Vampyre Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule
Guest Blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner
Book Review at Community Bookstop
Book Review at Socrates Book Reviews
Guest Blogging at Precious Monsters
Interview at Blogcritics
Book Review at Must Read Faster
Book Review at Beauty in Ruins
Interview at Examiner
Book Review at Bunny’s Reviews
Character Dear Santa Letter at Literarily Speaking
Book Review at Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
Book Review at My Book Addiction Reviews
Book Review at Reader Girls
Character Interview at Beyond the Books
RESCHEDULING: Book Review at Reviews by Molly
CHECK OUT “OUR THOUGHTS” ON THIS TITLE!
We hope you have enjoyed yet another “Spotlight” and will spread the word!
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Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas vacation. Over the break, we had two new and exciting things happen at Our Mother of Sorrows.
In the north building and the kindergarten building, new bathroom stalls were installed in the bathrooms. Thank you to the parish for their generous support of the school with the new stalls.
We also updated the marketing and school website. There is new information related upcoming events, the calendar, and segments of the newsletter are present on the website. The website also showcases the new logo! Also, if you have not already done so, please check out our school Facebook page which contains information related to what is going on at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic School.
In a few weeks, re-enrollment will open for all our school families, so be on the look-out for more information!
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Posted On : July 11, 2012 Published By : Adam Shaftoe
When Another Earth debuted in January 2011 it quickly became the darling of the 27th Sundance Film Festival. Therein, it won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, a Special Jury Prize, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Since then the film has found praise from the Chicago Film Critics Association and the American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. But like many independent science fiction films, Another Earth has cobbled surprisingly little traction within the entertainment mainstream. Perhaps this tragic neglect is due to the film being pigeon holed as a science fiction story – not that there is anything wrong with that. While there are some obvious sci-fi elements to the plot, at its core Another Earth is a contemporary story about loss and redemption.
Another Earth uses tragedy to weave together the lives of two people. Rhoda Williams, played by the film’s co-writer Brit Marling, is a brilliant high school student bound for MIT to study astrophysics. John Burroughs, played by William Mapother, is a composer and professor of music at Yale University. On the night that a second Earth appears in the sky, Rhoda is driving home drunk from a party where her friends had been feting her good fortune. During the trip Rhoda’s attention gradually shifts from the road toward the stars until her vehicle smashes into Burroughs’ parked car, killing Burroughs’ toddler son and pregnant wife. After serving a four year prison sentence, Rhoda returns to her childhood home and struggles with finding a way to carry on after committing an unforgivable act.
With a description like that, it would be all too easy for Another Earth to descend into maudlin banalities: hissy fits, wailing, cursing the universe for its unfair machinations, and an eventual forgive-and-forget happy ending. Yet even when John and Rhoda are at their lowest, their agony comes with a certain stoicism. Rhoda’s early in the film attempt at suicide is that of a person who wants nothing more than to lay down and go to sleep, forever. Burroughs’ inner anguish is manifested through the ruin that is his home. This particular metaphor is made all the more acute when Rhoda’s first contact with Burroughs transforms from a planned admission of guilt into an offer to clean his home. As she gradually pushes back the dirty dishes, mouldy take out, and perennially dirty laundry so too does Burroughs true nature begin to emerge from his self-imposed exile. It’s not the most subtle of character shifts, but at the very least it’s an honest display of heartbreak, contrition, and recovery – perhaps more honest than the audience would be willing to admit given the pretensions of sadness that propriety demands people wear in such situations.
The film also resists the temptation to make the other Earth a focal point for endless philosophical discussion. There are no scenes where characters wax poetic on which planet is the real Earth. Neither is there the sort of existential crisis that one might expect from the sudden appearance of a second earth, apparently populated by a parallel civilization. Instead, the other Earth acts as a point for inner reflection. The central question to that mediation, point in fact, is deceptively simple: “If you met another version of yourself, what would you say?” In that, Another Earth makes explicit the sort of judgmental conversations that we have with ourselves on a daily basis. The second Earth is a beautiful metaphor, as well as a stunning special effect, for humanity’s collective doubts, anxieties, hubris, vanity, hopes, and fears. Throughout the film the second Earth looms omnipresent in the sky as something infinitely more tangible than the alternate realities promised by multiverse theory. It is a constant reminder of that which is and that which might be, but it’s never so intrusive as to steal a scene or undermine the inner conflicts of the central players.
Arguably Another Earth is a perfect example of what science fiction can do as a means of relating a sophisticated yet universal story. If only to appease the pedants, there are snippets of audio throughout the film that attempt to offer a plausible explanation for the sudden appearance of a second Earth within our solar system. However, the core story draws upon this single fantastic event to reflect upon some of the most common elements to the human condition. There are no dogmas, political systems, or easy answers within Another Earth’s runtime. Instead, there are only questions, best guesses, and flawed ventures into negotiating impossible situations. The combination of outstanding acting from Marling and Mapother pairs with the rarest sort of honest writing wherein the script does not follow the usual path of inviting the viewer’s sympathy. Instead the story creates an environment where the audience is free (maybe even encouraged) to react with the entire spectrum of their emotions. All the while, the dialogue poses questions that will inspire self-reflection well after the credits have rolled such that the narrative is never a litany of base appeals to emotion. Thus the movie is no simple tragedy; rather Another Earth is best understood as a slice of contemporary realism.
Another Earth is elegant, honest, and thoughtful but never condescending or pretentious. The film is catalyzed by an event that is traditionally within the realm of science fiction, but the story is, perhaps purposefully, conventional and terrestrial. If Moon was the hidden sci-fi gem of 2009, then Another Earth is certainly such a film from 2011.
Directed by: Mike Cahill
Starring: Brit Marling, William Mapother, and Matthew-Lee Erlbach
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A striking compound composed of two pyramids was built at the Kloosterbos in Almere, the Netherlands in 2012. The buildings are a true copy of the great pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. Angles are 51° 51’ and floor sizes are 3 and 4 pi meters long and wide. Both pyramids are covered with shiny gold-coloured aluminium plates and show circles and six-pointed stars as windows. The project was commissioned by Robert van Harten (who established Mira International, Indian import and grocery) and Sattwa Valk. They want to use the complex as both a house and a meditation centre and state that the origin of the window symbols is India. The circle centre should represent the highest state of consciousness. The upwards directed triangle in the star represents the human aspiration and the downwards directed triangle the answer to that aspiration. Harmony, co-operation, and dynamic perfection in the design are pivotal according to van Harten and Valk. The building design is by Willem van Seumeren of the Architectencentrale in Amsterdam. Compare the star with Solomon’s seal by for instance Hermes Trismegistus. On the left is former PvdA (Dutch Labour party) alderman Adri Duivesteijn in Almere.
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Objects on Tour 2020: Wessex Women
The objects
Our four partner museums have explored their collections and found objects that tell the untold stories of our region’s women and their past – from the unexpected to the ground-breaking and intriguing. Visit the museums to uncover the fascinating stories that lie behind the objects – and remember to ask about children’s activities. The objects will be displayed at each museum in turn until October 2020.
26 OCTOBER 2019 – 5 JANUARY 2020
Granny Cousins’ Lantern and Bonnet
Downton Lace Pillow
Wiltshire Museum
Iron Age Pots
Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum*
Carved Stone Sculptures
18 JANUARY – 5 APRIL 2020
18 APRIL – 5 JULY 2020
18 JULY – 4 OCTOBER 2020
* Dorset Museum is currently closed, so the Wessex Women objects are being displayed at Shire Hall, High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1UY.
Objects on Tour 2019: Wicked Wessex
Our four partner museums have chosen objects that tell stories of the region’s ‘wicked’ past – from grim and gruesome to strange and shocking! The objects will be displayed at each site in turn until October 2019.
The second of the Wicked Wessex objects to go on display here is the Martyrs’ Maquette from Dorset County Museum. The maquette is a miniature version of a memorial that stands exactly where Dorchester’s town gallows were located. Hundreds of people died there in the 16-17th centuries.
The memorial was created by Dame Elisabeth Frink in 1983 in memory of the Catholics in Dorset who were hanged because of their religion.
Come and see the haunting maquette – and learn other murderous facts about Dorset.
Watch out for the other Wicked Wessex objects as they tour Dorset County Museum, Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum.
Watch out for Wicked Wessex objects from Dorset County Museum, Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum when you visit.
The Wicked Wessex Objects on Tour schedule is as follows:
20 October 2018 - 5 January 2019
Each museum will display its own Wicked Wessex object
Dorset County Museum – Martyrs Maquette
Poole Museum – Cat o’Nine Tails
The Salisbury Museum – Scold’s Bridle
Wiltshire Museum – Bellarmine Witch Bottle
Dorset County Museum – Bellarmine Witch Bottle from Wiltshire Museum
Poole Museum – Martyrs Maquette from Dorset CountyMuseum
The Salisbury Museum – Cat o’Nine Tails from Poole Museum
Wiltshire Museum – Scold’s Bridle from The Salisbury Museum
Dorset County Museum – Scold’s Bridle from The Salisbury Museum
Poole Museum – Bellarmine Witch Bottle from Wiltshire Museum
The Salisbury Museum – Martyrs Maquette from Dorset County Museum
Wiltshire Museum – Cat o’ Nine Tails from Poole Museum
Dorset County Museum – Cat o’Nine Tails from Poole Museum
Poole Museum – Scold’s Bridle from The Salisbury Museum
The Salisbury Museum – Bellarmine Witch Bottle from Wiltshire Museum
Wiltshire Museum – Martyrs Maquette from Dorset County Museum
Spotlight Loans 2018: Made in Wessex
A cradle of prehistoric society in England and today renowned for its arts and crafts, Wessex has been a centre of making for thousands of years. The downland, heathland, rivers and coast of Wessex have shaped the making and use of artefacts, from ancient flints to contemporary ceramics. This second series of Spotlight Loans between the four leading museums that tell the stories of Dorset and Wiltshire focus on this tradition of making and reveals some surprising and fascinating objects to illustrate the theme.
Dorset Ooser, Guy Sydenham, Mermaid Studios, Portland, 1990s, Ceramic
at Poole Museum 20 November 2017 - 18 March 2018 (on loan from Dorset County Museum)
This is a pottery representation of an 18th-19th-century Dorset Ooser. The originals had wooden heads with semi-human faces and bulls’ horns. Dorset dialect poet William Barnes (1801-1886) defined Ooser, or Wurse: ‘a mask...with grim jaws, put on with a cow’s skin to frighten folk. “Wurse” … is a name of the arch-fiend.’ Oosers made their way into the writing of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
These mysterious masks were used in traditional midwinter gatherings at villages like Melbury Osmond and Shillingstone. Several probably existed around Wessex.
Tale of Wiltshire Moonrakers (in Wiltshire dialect) – US WUR CLEVERER THAN ‘E-AH, US DIDDLED ‘E ALRIGHT.
at Poole Museum from 26 March - 22 July 2018 (on loan from Wiltshire Museum)
In a pond up ‘Vizes way – smugglers ‘ad ‘idden a keg ‘o brandy & us wur trying to get at un. Us were scrabbling away with gurt ‘ay rakes when us spied ‘zizeman ‘a’watching. So us pointed to moon’s ‘flection in water & told un us wur “raking vor that gurt chase”. ‘e thought us wur caddled & ‘ad ‘ad too much tiddley. So off ‘e went, laffing fit to bust ‘is britches. That’s why Wiltshiremen be called “Moonrakers”, s’now.
Moonrakers is the colloquial name for people who come from Wiltshire and according to 18th century legend, they were smugglers who hoodwinked local excise officers to disguise their illegal activities. The men had hidden some contraband barrels of French brandy in a dewpond and when trying to retrieve them were almost caught. To distract the officers, the men said they were trying to catch a cheese in the pond. The excisemen soon departed, chuckling at the simple yokels attempts to rake out the reflection of the moon.
The pond is thought to have been The Crammer in Devizes.
The plate was made in the 1970s by the ceramic artist and calligrapher Mary White (1926-2013), in her studio in Malmesbury. It was donated to Wiltshire Museum by Marjorie Couzens, who composed the legend.
Old Sarum Cathedral Stonework, c.1130 - 1140
at Poole Museum 30 July - 25 November 2018 (on loan from The Salisbury Museum)
What you see here is a stone carving from Old Sarum cathedral showing two lions fighting an eagle. This piece was excavated near the south transept of the Old Sarum cathedral.
Old Sarum was originally an Iron Age hill fort, grew to prominence as a town with castle and cathedral after William the Conqueror accepted the oath of allegiance there from the country’s landowners in 1086. Old Sarum castle was part of the first wave of royal castles built to establish Norman rule after 1066.
Crown Dorset Pottery (currently on display at one of our partner museums)
11 December 2017 - 25 November 2018
The Crown Dorset Art Pottery was established by Charles Collard in Green Road, Poole in 1905. The pottery produced was very similar to that of the Devon potteries where Collard had previously worked, although Collard also developed new styles.
These pieces are examples of Cottage Ware, produced for the tourist and cheaper end of the market in a range of shapes and sizes. These were usually decorated with country scenes and a motto in Dorset dialect, often quoting the Dorset poet William Barnes.
1. Pot pourri holder, about 1911
2. Bent-lip vase, 1913
3. Two-handled vase, about 1912
4. Small ‘top hat’ pot, about 1910
Spotlight Loans 2017
Wardour Hoard from Salisbury Museum
These artefacts have been on display at Poole Museum and are currently on display at one of the partner museums.
Salisbury Museum has archaeology collections of national importance – including prehistoric finds from Stonehenge and the surrounding landscape. The Wardour Hoard (part of which is on display here) is a significant Bronze Age hoard acquired by Salisbury Museum via the Treasure Act in 2013. It will feature in a major exhibition about hoards supported by the British Museum in 2017.
The Wardour Hoard was initially discovered by a metal detectorist working on cultivated land, but it was subsequently retrieved by controlled archaeological excavation. The complete hoard contains c.114 bronze weapons, tools and ornaments dating from the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age and was probably buried in or towards the end of the 6th century BC. What is fascinating about the hoard is the date range of the objects represented – the earliest object dates back to 2,200 BC, yet the youngest object dates to the Early Iron Age (c. 6th century BC). This means there were objects buried in the hoard that were over 1,500 years old when it was buried. On display here are an axehead, tanged razor, knife blade, socketed gouge, tanged chisel and socketed sickle.
The reason hoards were buried is unclear, but one suggestion is the disposal of precious objects in hoards was a ritualistic act. With no contextual information they are difficult puzzles to solve. The objects are more-or-less contemporary but occasionally heirlooms are included. By 800BC the practice of burying hoards reached its peak just as iron appears for the first time in the archaeological record.
Acquired with the support of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Headley Trust
Tibetan Teapot from Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum
A copper and brass Tibetan teapot given to Sir Merton Russell-Cotes in 1889 by the explorer Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband who went on to lead the 1903-1904 British military exhibition to Tibet. The teapot is made from cast copper and brass and sits on a large circular foot that has a repetitive engraved pattern. The main section of the vessel is made from plain copper with a raised quatrefoil on each side that features a mythological animal head of some kind. The shoulder area of the vessel features an over layered cuff of shaped copper pierced with a floral design.The vessel has a small cylindrical neck with a floral engraved design featuring pierced sections to an external cuff. The handle is made from a large dragon that has been ornately design so the body becomes the main section of the handle. The vessels spout is large and appears to protruding from the mouth of a mythological bird, possibly a griffin or something similar. The lid is circular and hollow cast from bronze. It features an ornate floral engraved design with pierced sections. The lid itself has four tiers which gradually get small until the last is a cone shape graduating to a point.
Woman of Power from the Time of Stonehenge from Wiltshire Museum
Close to Stonehenge was the burial of an important woman, covered by a barrow and facing towards the setting sun, a tradition common in Northern Britain.. She women was laid to rest with objects that showed her power and authority. Was she a chieftain? Did she marry into the ruling dynasty?
Gold, amber and jet beads and pendants were placed with her body. The most unusual item is a jet pendant in the shape of a double-headed axe, a stone weapon usually found in the north of England and Scotland. Jet comes from Whitby in Yorkshire, and necklaces and beads made of jet are often found in as far north as Scotland. Did she come from northern Britain?
Iron Leg Shackles and Chain from Dorset County Museum
These were used to restrict the movement of criminals in Dorchester Prison during the 19th Century.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs were six Dorset farmworkers famously transported as convicts from Dorchester Prison to Australia in 1834. Found guilty of taking an illegal oath whilst forming a Friendly Society, their attempt to secure a basic living wage made them popular heroes and founding figures of the British trade union movement.
Before their transportation one of the martyrs, George Loveless became ill and was detained in Dorchester Prison for a few weeks to recover whilst his five fellow Martyrs were put aboard the hulks before being shipped to Australia. So these men may well have worn shackles such as these.
Dish from Poole Museum
A dish made by Poole Pottery, with a hand-painted design of the C-Class Sunderland flying boat Canopus (G-ADHL) and a service launch (AMC2) and inscription ‘Port of Poole Empire Airways 1940'; designed by Arthur Bradbury and painted by Ruth Pavely.
During the Second World War, flying boat services were transferred to Poole Harbour from Hythe, Southampton and operated by the BOAC, formed in 1940. The service carried passengers to and from many parts of the world, including key figures of the time. Canopus was the flying boat in which the pilot Arthur Hooper brought President Roosevelt's envoy Harry Hopkins to Britain in 1941, landing in Poole Harbour, to negotiate the Lend-Lease agreement. It is believed that a copy of this dish was presented to Hopkins by Poole Pottery on his departure, presumably through the British Overseas Airways Corporation reception centre which during the war occupied part of the showroom block. An address was presented with the dish reading, 'To Mr Harry Hopkins who landed at the ancient Port of Poole On January 9 1941 on what may prove to the most important mission in the history of democracy, and who left England for America from the same port on February 10 1941. This piece of Poole Pottery, representing the chief industry of the town, is presented with great respect by the makers'.
Poole Pottery is known and collected worldwide and formed a major part of Poole’s history of ceramics manufacture.
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Promotion and elevation of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi activities
Category Development of Digital Strategy
European Cultural Centre of Delphi and PostScriptum implemented the Project "Promotion and elevation of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi activities through the establishment of a comprehensive digital strategy", which was implemented under the NSRF and the Operational Programme Digital Convergence, which enhance communication between the Centre and the public and also enhance accessibility to the rich cultural stock that produces while at the same time it is maximizing the value of actions carried out so far.
OCC Datacentric: a datacentric approach to OCC's digital assets
Category Developments of Digital Strategy
The project OCC Data Centric is an infrastructure project with a view to more effective management of digital assets of Onassis Cultural Center through a central Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
National Historical Museum. Virtual Exhibitions and Educational Applications for the Modern Greek History
Category Implementation of Cultural Project
The project "National Historical Museum. Virtual Exhibitions and Educational Applications for the Modern Greek History" was implemented under the NSRF and the Operational Programme Digital Convergence. This is a key project for the upgrading of the National Historical Museum which owns one of the oldest and richest collections and archival documents of the recent history in Europe. The project includes scientific documentation and digitization of 4.550 items, collection management system MusuemPlus and eMuseumPlus, new website, interactive applications, educational seminars etc.
Thesswiki
Thesswiki project is an original crowdsourcing action which aims at digitising the history and culture of the city of Thessaloniki by the citizens themselves through the global electronic encyclopedia Wikipedia. The action was organised by the Municipality of Thessaloniki and was part of the 50th Demetria festival. It was coordinated by PostScriptum, as part of its services for the promotion of cultural heritage institutions and organisations, in cooperation with the GFOSS and the Wikimedia Community User Group Greece.
Greek National Opera
Virtual Educational Museum Opera
PostScriptum implemented the project "Virtual Educational Museum Opera & Training Programs for Opera using ICT" for the Greek National Opera. It is a project with an interactive and educational character and high artistic value. The aim of the virtual museum is to present online and in an interactive way the culturally fascinating world of opera.
G. Zongolopoulos Foundation
Digitization and Promotion of Cultural Heritage George Zongolopoulos Foundation
The project "Digitization and Promotion of Cultural Heritage George Zongolopoulos Foundation" aims at digital elevation of the Foundation of the famous sculptor and includes new website, interactive applications, virtual exhibitions, scientific documentation and digitization of 1.095 documents, collection management system MusuemPlus and eMuseumPlus, educational seminars etc.
Michael Baron Tositsa Foundation
Digitisation and Enhancement of Foundation's Michael Baron Tositsa Cultural Heritage
An innovative project of interactive digital applications which contributes to the promotion of the special identity of Metsovo and informs the younger generations about the folklore history.
Thessaloniki Olympic Museum
Healthy mind in a healthy body in the digital age
In order to maintain and increase the exposure of the special collection and its disposal to the citizens, the Thessaloniki Olympic Museum in cooperation with PostScriptum implements under the NSRF and the Operational Programme "Digital Convergence", the project "Healthy mind in a healthy body in the digital age". The aim of the project was to create the first digital exhibition in Greece based on the history of the Olympic Games.
Museum of Greek Folk Art
The Bathroom: A trip to the body and the soul
The Project "The Bathroom: A trip to the body and the soul" is the digital representation of the full set of operations performed by the Bath House of the Winds. The project presents the "bathroom" not only as a body cleansing process, but also as an important - timeless and cross-cultural - social meeting point, fully incorporated in the city's daily life. The project included the creation of digital interactive applications, regarding the cleanliness and the beautification of the body, on the Internet and in the museum's physical space.
Enrichment Wikipedia Contest regarding the Revolution of 1821
Τhe aim of the action "Marathon of Wikipedia on March 25th focusing on the collections of the National Historical Museum" was to enrich Wikipedia with entries on the Greek Revolution and the general themes of the National Historic Museum through the active participation of teachers and students and raise awareness among the educational community regarding the proper use and importance of Wikipedia, a project of open content that PostScriptum supports.
Europeana Food and Drink
The project Europeana Food and Drink aims at promoting and increasing the re-use of content related to food and drink cultural heritage of Europe through Europeana and is funded by the European Commission under the CIP ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP).
Museum of the City of Athens
Digital Tour in Athens of Yesterday and Today
Virtual museum, thematic chronologies, interactive map, experiential narratives, virtual tours and digital upgrade to MuseumPlus system compose an interesting digital tour of the Athens City Museum's collections.
Byzantine and Christian Museum
E-Byzantine and Christian Museum
The Byzantine and Christian Museum with the project E-Byzantine and Christian Museum upgrades the system of management of archaeological collections, using modern digital applications, creates a new, accessible digital archive that can be enriched and provides valid information on the Byzantine civilization, refreshes communication and deepens its relationship with many different audiences, with specialists and non-specialists, but also with the international audience and finally encourages learning through entertainment, dialogue and networking with young and old.
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Digital Modern Art
Category Funding for Cultural Organisations
Within the framework of “Digitalisation, Documentation and Promotion of the National Museum of Modern Art,” PostScriptum undertook the development of the infrastructure and digitization of the Museum's collections. The project contributed to the development of technological infrastructures, such as hardware and software, so as to provide the National Museum of Modern Art with a system which supports the organisation and the management of collections as well as the promotion of digital works.
Benaki Museum
Collection Management System for the Benaki Museum
PostScriptum increased the reach of users’ licenses for MuseumPlus, a museum management system and expanded the Museum’s website under a broader initiative to digitally upgrade the Benaki Museum.
Innovation Room
Weekly meeting of key executives - and not only - of PostScriptum in order to facilitate creative brainstorming, ideas exchange and come up with innovative new products and services.
KOIRANIA
Digital Museum G. Iakovidis
Exploiting the potential of new technologies to approach each section of the exhibition in a special way. The Digital Museum G. Iakovidis is an exhibition in the existing building - Museum. The attributes of the new exhibitions includes various digital media tools.
National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum
Online National Gallery
As part of a broader initiative for the digital upgrading of the National Gallery, the Gallery’s new web site was designed and developed, so as to creatively present and promote its digitised Collections.
Messolonghi Municipality
Study for Messolonghi Exodus Museum
A challenging study for PostScriptum which aims at a comprehensive proposal for the permanent exhibition of Messolonghi Exodus Museum and was based on survey sources, bibliographic and historical research. It also included evaluation of existing exhibits and resources, documenting material research and development of museological rationale.
Expert Room
PostScriptum calls twice a month partners to talk about their field of expertise in the Expert Room.
Design of the national wine portal
PostScriptum created for the National Interprofessional Organisation of Vine and Wine (EDOAO), the only organization in Greece on the vine and wine made up of representatives of production and marketing for vine and wine products, the official national portal for Greek wine, with predominant purpose of promoting Greek wine products worldwide.
Destination Portal for Aitoloakarnania
Development and installation of an internet application regarding an interactive tour in the region of Aitoloakarnania. This is an educational and simultaneously entertaining application (edutainment) that "animates" the region of Aitoloakarnania for the users, making their tour highly interactive and fun.
Eco Tourism for the Olympic Games, Athens 2004
Public Information Activities for the Greek Ecotourism Product through Information, Education, Entertainment Applications through the creation of a single, recognisable branding for ecotourism presenting all the advantages of the Greek ecotourism product, which benefited the providers of services, as well as the Greek economy and tourism.
Europeana Inside
Europeana Inside is a project funded by the European Union aiming the enhancement of Europeana’s content and the troubleshooting related to this process.
Εθνικό Ιστορικό Μουσείο
Transcribathon Athens
PostScriptum and the National Historical Museum of Greece organized a 9 days Marathon for the transcription of historical documents from the First World War. Transcribathon Athens was hosted by the National Historical Museum, in cooperation with Europeana, Facts & Files and PostScriptum, as a contribution to the ICOM International Museum Day 2018.
Hellas House: Remarkable Grand Opening for Global Leaders Club Shanghai
Category Hellas House: Remarkable Grand Opening for Global Leaders Club Shanghai
PostScriptum has completed the very first project implemented in China as cultural consultant of Hellas House, a remarkable unique hub of Greek culture, launched in Shanghai on the 15th of May. PostScriptum contributed to Hellas House content branding, digital presence and marketing, educational material, audiovisual installations, volunteer network setup and to the overall successful launching.
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India Property Journal
ndia Property Journal brings you real estate news concerning the Indian real estate market. We highlight dynamic trends in the real estate world and also inform common people about government decisions on the same aspect. Our most important goal and sole focus is simple – help all active property investors, buyers, sellers and tenants across India – make informed decisions.
Godrej Properties net profit slides 65% in Q4 to Rs 18 crore. MUMBAI: The process to sell Tata Steel's UK assets has slowed down as the British government tries to convince the company to keep the business, three people familiar with the matter said, even as some potential buyers claimed that the steelmaker is dragging its feet.
Tata Steel is exploring the reversal of the sale decision due to pressure from the referendum-bound UK government, sources said. The UK government is said to believe that Tata's exit will reflect badly on the country's business competitiveness. The Port Talbot plant is losing £1 million (Rs 9.7 crore) a day. Ghaziabad devpt body invites tenders for projects.
MUMBAI: Lenders to Essar Steel have asked the company to prepare a new debt repayment plan.
Bank officials will meet later this month to examine the company's proposal to repay loans of around Rs 40,000 crore. While two senior bankers said the need to come up with a fresh repayment plan was conveyed to the company after a core committee of bankers met on May 30 at the offices of the State Bank of India (SBI), an Essar Steel spokesperson said the company was unaware of any such meeting. Essar Steel had borrowed Rs 40,000 crore from 30 banks. The loan account has been classified as a non-performing asset after the steelmaker failed to repay on due dates.
Essar Steel owns India's most modern steel production complex with a capacity of 10 million tonnes. TMC running real estate syndicate in Kolkata, BJP says. Infosys gets govt nod to set up SEZ in Bengaluru - India Property Journal. NEW DELHI: The government has approved the proposal of Infosys to set up an IT/ITeS special economic zone in Bengaluru in an area spread over 4 hectares.
The decision was taken by an inter-ministerial Board of Approval (BoA), headed by Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia, at its meeting on April 28. Microsoft scouts for 1.1 million sq ft office space in Bengaluru. SHENZHEN: A housing boom in China's wannabe "Silicon Valley" of Shenzhen risks undermining the city's tech boom as young professionals consider moving out to avoid the highest residential prices in the country.
In the space of four decades, Shenzhen has transformed itself from a fishing village into a manufacturing centre and now a tech hub - attracting top firms and young talent in sectors including technology, advertising and design. But a property frenzy, which has driven prices up by 580 percent in the past 10 years, is beginning to weigh on the city's competitiveness, tech firms, professionals, industry groups and officials say, just as it strives to develop new economic drivers and pull away from old-economy manufacturing. The tech hub has drawn some of China's top names including internet giant Tencent and telecoms firm Huawei, plus emerging new leaders such as DJI, the world's biggest commercial drone maker, and gene mapping company BGI. Delhi-NCR has highest unsold housing inventory: Assocham. NEW DELHI: Levels of unsold inventory in the residential and commercial real estate segments have risen to between 18% and 40% in different cities with the maximum unsold stock lying in the Delhi NCR over the last one year, according to a new study by industry body Assocham.
This is creating a big drag on several other sectors like financial services and steel, according to the study. "In spite of a fall in prices and interest rates, the demand for residential market has witnessed a steep decline by 25-30% in the whereas the demand for commercial space dropped by 35-40% in the NCR region over the last year," Assocham pointed out. Mumbai which had been witnessing an increased activity around Navi Mumbai, Thane and other suburbs, is carrying the second largest unsold inventory, followed by Bengaluru and Chennai.
While Mumbai had unsold sold of 27.5%, for Bengaluru it was 25%, Chennai (22.5%), Ahmedabad (20%), Pune (19.5%) and Hyderabad (18%). Godrej Properties net profit slides 65% in Q4 to Rs 18 crore. Ghaziabad devpt body invites tenders for projects. TMC running real estate syndicate in Kolkata, BJP says. Infosys gets govt nod to set up SEZ in Bengaluru - India Property Journal. Lenders to revalue Kingfisher House, hope to sell it shortly. Rahul Gandhi bought 2 shops at market rates: Emaar MGF - India Property Journal. Create exit plan for Sector 107 home buyers: Noida Authority to builders. Realty prices go north along metro corridor in Bengaluru - India Property Journal. The housing market is still looking grim.
A report by Mumbai-based property research firm Liases Foras estimates that the unsold inventory in eight top cities rose by 22% in 2015-16. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region alone, around 2.26 lakh apartments are lying unsold. In the National Capital Region, the unsold inventory rose 12% from 322 million sq ft in March 2015 to 361 million sq ft in March 2016. Assuming a flat size of 1,200 sq ft, that's more than 3 lakh units lying unsold in what was once regarded as the hottest real estate market in the country. While this may be heartening news for prospective buyers, it spells trouble for those on the other side of the table. With increased concerns around delays by developers in handing over possession of new properties, buyers are increasingly looking at ready-to-move-in or resale properties. Spruce up your home to boost its valueBefore you go hunting for a buyer, make your house attractive. Selling a house with an outstanding loan No loan.
Hyderabad Metro project faces 18-month delay. Untitled. Untitled. Everstone Capital to list logistics & warehousing assets worth $2.5 billion as REIT - India Property Journal. Smart city project to get a branded look soon. Everstone Capital to list logistics & warehousing assets worth $2.5 billion as REIT - India Property Journal. Home sales increase 6% in India’s top eight cities during January-March - India Property Journal. Snapdeal in final talks to buy Housing.com in around $50-$100 million. K Raheja Corp, Gera to build IT-SEZ in Pune at Rs 1,000 crore - India Property Journal. NEW DELHI: Realty firms K Raheja Corp and Gera Developments have partnered to construct an IT-SEZ in Pune at an investment of about Rs 1,000 crore over the next four years.
Property consultant JLL India has facilitated the deal between the Mumbai-based K Raheja Corp and Pune's Gera Developments for the development and operation of the prime 30-acre land parcel in Pune's IT hotbed Kharadi. "The land parcel will be developed into an ultra-modern IT-SEZ under the Gera Commerzone banner and will yield 3.5 million sq ft of leasable space," JLL said in a statement. When contacted, Gera Developments MD Rohit Gera said: "We are both going to develop this IT-SEZ together.
Nisus Finance invests in affordable housing with Shriram Land Development. An average delay of two three years, going up to seven or eight and even 12 years on the longer end, is symptomatic of the deep malaise in the real estate industry in NCR today.
The flat market has been, well, flat for at least a couple of years now, kept in prolonged downturn by a vicious cycle -long delays in possession eroding buyer confidence, in turn drying up cash flow and leaving builders who had diver ted funds to launch new projects with little to finish the old ones. Why did this happen? 40 get notice for commercial use of property in Gr Noida. Projects in Noida Sec 107 stuck, buyers meet senior officers. An average delay of two three years, going up to seven or eight and even 12 years on the longer end, is symptomatic of the deep malaise in the real estate industry in NCR today.
The flat market has been, well, flat for at least a couple of years now, kept in prolonged downturn by a vicious cycle -long delays in possession eroding buyer confidence, in turn drying up cash flow and leaving builders who had diver ted funds to launch new projects with little to finish the old ones. Why did this happen? Sebi comes out with FAQs in 13 languages for PACL investors - India Property Journal. KOCHI: The Local Fund Audit Department has found severe anomalies in recent land transactions by Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA).
According to the audit report, GCDA authorities have caused huge revenue loss to the development agency by selling prime holdings at lower rates. HDFC Bank signs agreement with Lucknow Development Authority - India Property Journal. BEIJING: Chinese investments in India grew six-fold in 2015 to $ 870 million from the previous year while more investments are in the pipeline following easing of restrictions on Chinese firms and favourable tax rates, a state-run daily said ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee's visit.
Investment in India by Chinese companies in 2015 reportedly rose six-fold from 2014, partly thanks to low investment restrictions and favourable tax and land rent policies in the country, Global Times quoted Chinese business experts as saying. Maha govt refuses to ease TDR use restrictions - India Property Journal. KOLHAPUR: The state government has turned down the demand of the municipal corporation and city-based developers to ease the restrictions on using transfer development rights (TDR) for plots with road width less than 9m.
In the draft development control rules (DCR) framed in November last year, the state government had restricted the use of TDR for such plots. Moreover, the government had also linked the use of TDR with the actual plot size. TDR means making available certain amount of additional built-up area in lieu of the area relinquished or surrendered by the owner of the land, so that he can use the extra built-up area either for himself or transfer it to another in need of the area for an agreed sum of money. It is designed to steer growth and not to limit or stop development. Big cheer for home buyers as Real Estate Bill becomes an Act now. NEW DELHI: The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016, became an Act on May 1, kick-starting the process of making rules as well as putting in place institutional infrastructure to protect the interests of home buyers in India.
While acknowledging that the act is a positive development, property experts said the new rules should address problems faced by builders in getting sanctions and approvals in a timely manner. "Government authorities should also be made accountable for timebound approvals through the rules that will be made," said Anshuman Magazine, managing director of property advisory firm CBRE South Asia. He said that if this happens, it will be one of the major steps towards the recovery of the Indian real estate market and will improve the confidence of both consumers and institutional investors - domestic or foreign. "Of course, it should not become another hurdle for development, which will then raise property prices in the long term," said Magazine. Redevelopment stops, 500 Dadar families lose roof and rent.
MUMBAI: In the heart of Dadar, the bastion of 'Marathi Manoos', a human tragedy is silently unfolding. An estimated 500 families, mainly middle and lower income Maharashtrian tenants, are languishing after builders, redeveloping their properties, stopped paying rents for their alternative accommodations. Developers have been unable to complete the projects, and worse, residents are now stranded because their buildings were demolished several years ago.
At least three of these redevelopment projects are within a couple of hundred metres of each other in Dadar (west)--one of the major ones right next to Sena Bhavan. Last year, an 80-year-old woman, Prabha Anande, wrote a heart-rending letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis about her plight. She is one of the over 160 tenants of Chapra building near Dadar's Plaza cinema, who have been stranded since almost a decade after work stopped on their project. "Over 120 families are virtually on the road. Pay Rs 5 lakh rent if you want to stay in SoBo flat : Bombay HC. MUMBAI: Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) chairman Sanjay Bhatia, on Monday, said a global tender will be floated in 10 days to appoint a project management and implementation consultant, who will create a master-plan for the proposed port-land development at the country's oldest harbour.
Creating basic infrastructure will take two to four years, he said, adding the final action plan will draw from the numerous committee reports which have been presented till now by a slew of stakeholders, including citizen groups, industry lobbies, etc. "Till now, the plans that have been made are general. We do not have a detailed master-plan enlisting where to build a road, a marina or a restaurant. I need to appoint a consultant for that," Bhatia, who took over as the chairman recently, said.
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Digital, Media, and News Literacy (Part I)
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USA Today: Students need to know this for media literacy. Students today are increasingly turning to online new sources to meet their research needs.
Because of this, it is important for educators to teach students about trustworthy news sources and separating real news from fake news—but how can teachers impart these media literacy skills when trends in journalism are constantly shifting? In “Media Literacy: A Crash Course in 60 Minutes,” hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School, CT, interviewed Greg Toppo, the National Education and Demographics reporter for USA Today, about today’s shifting trends in journalism and how teachers can help students identify reliable sources. Know 4 Qualities of Good Journalism “Is there such a thing as objective journalism?” MASL 2017 - News and Media Literacy - Google Slides. Fake News Resources Update. The Digital Shift 2016: The Service Continuum. On October 19, 2016, Library Journal, School Library Journal, and thousands of library professionals from around the world gathered for the eighth annual Digital Shift virtual conference to focus on the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital transition’s impact on libraries and their communities.
As technology evolves, so do the needs of communities, and more than ever, libraries are uniquely positioned to provide services to lead their communities and beyond. The “digital shift” continues to press libraries forward as it allows and compels them to create and improve library service through the smart and coherent application of technology to mission. Nicholas Carr writes about technology and culture. News Literacy Resources. Fake News Lessons. Media Literacy- Fake News- Responsible Research. Students Reject 'Fake News' To Write Footnoted, Neutral Wikipedia Entries : NPR Ed. Fake news has been, well, in the news a lot lately.
But for the world's largest crowdsourced encyclopedia, it's nothing new. "Wikipedia has been dealing with fake news since it started 16 years ago," notes LiAnna Davis, deputy director of the Wiki Education Foundation. To combat misinformation, Wikipedia has developed a robust corps of volunteer editors. Anyone can write new entries and scrutinize existing ones for adherence to Wikipedia's rules on sourcing and neutrality. While it's not free of errors or pranks, what results is a resource that 50 million people turn to daily on hundreds of thousands of topics in a few dozen languages.
The official metaliteracy blog with the latest updates. Dataminr. Commentary: It’s Facebook’s algorithm vs. democracy, and so far the algorithm is winning — NOVA Next. Over the last several years, Facebook has been participating—unintentionally—in the erosion of democracy.
The social network may feel like a modern town square, but thanks to its tangle of algorithms, it’s nothing like the public forums of the past. The company determines, according to its interests and those of its shareholders, what we see and learn on its social network. The result has been a loss of focus on critical national issues, an erosion of civil disagreement, and a threat to democracy itself. For Schools. Preparing students to participate thoughtfully in democracy - and in life.
Students need to learn how to sort through mass media and social networks, think critically about the issues, and engage with each other in a healthy and positive way, even when there are differences in opinions and backgrounds. AllSides for Schools helps educators teach these valuable lessons and skills. A decent breakdown of all things real and fake news. New Graph Tries To Break Down Real And Fake News — How'd They Do? Blue Feed, Red Feed.
Recent posts from sources where the majority of shared articles aligned “very liberal” (blue, on the left) and “very conservative” (red, on the right) in a large Facebook study. In 2015, the journal Science published a research paper by Facebook scientists (Bakshy, Eytan; Messing, Solomon; Adamic, Lada, 2015, “Replication Data for: Exposure to Ideologically Diverse News and Opinion on Facebook”, Harvard Dataverse, V2) which looked at how a subset of the social network’s users reacted to the news appearing in their feeds. For six months, Facebook tracked and analyzed the content shared by 10.1 million of its users (who were anonymized).
Where News Audiences Fit on the Political Spectrum. Where do Americans get their news about politics and government?
And how does the media environment intersect with political polarization? A Pew Research Center study based on a representative online survey finds striking differences in news habits along the ideological spectrum. Balanced news, issues and opinions, media bias ratings, political news. Log In - New York Times. Trump administration to change transgender student bathroom rules. White House preparing to reverse transgend...
It looks like Republican President Donald Trump may be preparing to reverse a U.S. policy on transgender rights, set in place by Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama. USA TODAY The Trump administration is poised to issue new guidance outlining which restrooms transgender students can use, potentially sowing confusion in schools, angering LGBTQ rights groups and adding uncertainty to a widely discussed case due to come before the next month.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, White House Press Secretary said President Trump is "a firm believer in states' rights and that certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level.'' Bibliotech: Media Literacy Part I. During my edWeb.netwebinar today (5PM, eastern), I will interview Greg Toppo, the National Education Writer for USA Today, and author The Game Believes in You.
“Fake news” is the buzz phrase of the season. For librarians, this is not a new topic. Teaching source evaluation is our bread and butter. Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles". 'Boys On The Bus': 40 Years Later, Many Are Girls. Reporters surround Sens.
George McGovern (left) and Hubert Humphrey after a Democratic presidential debate in 1972. George Brich/AP hide caption toggle caption. Episode 63: Late-Night Icon David Letterman and Songwriter Jason Isbell. Our privacy promise The New Yorker's Strongbox is designed to let you communicate with our writers and editors with greater anonymity and security than afforded by conventional e-mail.
When you visit or use our public Strongbox server at The New Yorker and our parent company, Condé Nast, will not record your I.P. address or information about your browser, computer, or operating system, nor will we embed third-party content or deliver cookies to your browser. Strongbox servers are under the physical control of The New Yorker and Condé Nast. Strongbox is designed to be accessed only through a “hidden service” on the Tor anonymity network, which is set up to conceal both your online and physical location from us and to offer full end-to-end encryption for your communications with us.
Episode 67: How to Cover Trump’s Presidency, and Football’s Concussion Crisis. Our privacy promise The New Yorker's Strongbox is designed to let you communicate with our writers and editors with greater anonymity and security than afforded by conventional e-mail. When you visit or use our public Strongbox server at The New Yorker and our parent company, Condé Nast, will not record your I.P. address or information about your browser, computer, or operating system, nor will we embed third-party content or deliver cookies to your browser.
Strongbox servers are under the physical control of The New Yorker and Condé Nast. Greg Toppo (@gtoppo) Fake Facebook News Sites to Avoid. As Facebook and now Google face scrutiny for promoting fake news stories, Melissa Zimdars, a communication and media professor from Merrimack College in Massachusetts, has compiled a handy list of websites you should think twice about trusting. “Below is a list of fake, false, regularly misleading, and otherwise questionable ‘news’ organizations that are commonly shared on Facebook and other social media sites,” Zimdars explains. “Many of these websites rely on ‘outrage’ by using distorted headlines and decontextualized or dubious information in order to generate likes, shares, and profits.” (Click here to see the list.) Be warned: Zimdars’s list is expansive in scope, and stretches beyond the bootleg sites (many of them headquartered in Macedonia) that write fake news for the sole reason of selling advertisements.
Fake News. Skip to main content Fake News, Misinformation, and Propaganda This guide offers a brief introduction to the spread of misinformation of all kinds and tools for identifying it, and reading the news with a more informed eye A Visual Take. Covering the White House: “Who Ya Gonna Believe?” - The New Yorker Radio Hour. The media’s relationship with a President has never been more contentious than in this Administration. Journalists are struggling to keep up with hard-to-believe news and what Kellyanne Conway described as the “alternative facts,” also called lies, by official sources. Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, walks David Remnick through his decision to publish an unverified dossier that alleges Donald Trump’s secret ties to Russia.
Fake News. Fake News, Alternative Facts and Librarians As Dedicated Defenders of Truth. How Facebook and the 'Filter Bubble' Pushed Trump to Victory. Teen Vogue's Political Coverage Isn’t Surprising - The Atlantic. Amazon. Is Google Making Us Stupid? - The Atlantic. How Teens In The Balkans Are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News - BuzzFeed News. There is no such thing as the Denver Guardian, despite that Facebook post you saw. Episode 739: Finding The Fake-News King : Planet Money. The author of The Filter Bubble on how fake news is eroding trust in journalism - The Verge.
Fake News. Greg Toppo: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle. Rumor has it. FactCheck.org - A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center. Video: Spotting Fake News. How to Spot Fake News. Security Check Required. Channel 4 News - Want to help us stop fake news from... Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Did Warren Buffett Really Asked You To Forward His Email? 5 Ways To Know. Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 4 Sites to Fight Fake News.
My memories from the fake news business. Tim Cook Says Fake News Is 'Killing People's Minds' "Fake News" Isn't New, and the New "Fake News" Isn't as Influential as We Think. Here’s How Fake News Works (and How the Internet Can Stop It) BuzzFeed Editor: How to Live in a World of Misinformation and Fake News.
The ‘fake news’ hysteria. Fake news: How can African media deal with the problem? 5 Ways Teachers Are Fighting Fake News : NPR Ed. Fake Facebook News Sites to Avoid. Oswegocountynewsnow. SUNY Oswego panel offers tips to prevent being ‘bamboozled’ by fake news - Oswego County News Now: News. The Life, Death And Rebirth Of ‘Fake News’ On Reddit. Colorado Newspaper Battle Could Define What's 'Fake News' And What's Not. False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources. Read. Research. Rest. Repeat.: News Imposters and the Role of Journalists. Hillary Clinton: The Vox Conversation. Clinton: Illegal Immigrants Taking Jobs Away From Some Americans.
Lesson plan: How to teach your students about fake news. Fake News Antidote: Teaching Kids To Discern Fact From Fiction : NPR Ed. How To Tell Fake News From Real News In 'Post-Truth' Era. 10 Ways to Spot a Fake News Article - EasyBib Blog. Stony Brook Center for News Literacy.
Center for News Literacy – Bringing crucial critical thinking skills for the 21st century to teachers and students. Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens - The University of Hong Kong, The State University of New York. Media literacy courses help high school students spot fake news. How Photos Fuel the Spread of Fake News. Scientists show how Donald Trump's words can change our brains and make us susceptible to fake news. — Quartz. Lesson Idea: Media Literacy and Fake News. Breitbart News Daily: ‘Fake News’ Mania. Rumor has it.
Fake news hits home for Sedro-Woolley family. Facebook’s fresh ‘fake news’ follies. The Long and Brutal History of Fake News. Executive Summary 11.21.16. B.S. Detector - Browser extension to identify fake news sites. Fake-news-bogus-tweets-raise-stakes-for. Episode 739: Finding The Fake-News King : Planet Money. Introducing This Is Fake, Slate’s tool for stopping fake news on Facebook.
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Episode 31 with Meli Alexander
Audition with Improv: A Coaching Call with An Actor
Ever felt like the audition process is set up to fail you? You’ll love this coaching episode with SAG Hollywood actor, Meli Alexander as she relays a recent co-star audition that didn’t go as she hoped and I coach her through how to approach it better next time. We talk about how to use your natural gifts in auditions, improvisation as a tool to conquer self-doubt and how to bounce back after bombing.
Episode 25 with Enon Gaines from Unlikely Heroes
How to Talk About Your Craft with Confidence
As an artist, it isn’t uncommon to feel at a loss when asked about what you do. In this episode, you’ll hear about a two-step process for answering that question in a way that feels genuine and makes people interested to hear more. Joined by the lead singer/rapper of Unlikely Heroes, Enon Gaines, Holly coaches him through the process and more as Enon shares about the burnout experience of being a new popular band, the meaning behind the name, “Unlikely Heroes,” and what family wounds songwriting has healed for him. This episode energized by the music of Unlikely Heroes and includes a bonus rap improvisation with Enon.
Episode 19 with Rebecca Kleinmann
The Creative Formula Live Experience
Special Episode! Experience the wisdom of Holly’s creative formula in action as Holly coaches critically acclaimed flutist and composer, Rebecca Kleinmann through this three-step process in this musically rich episode invigorated by the sounds, improvisations, and stories of this intriguing rising artist. Rebecca also shares her biggest regret when it comes to missed opportunities, insider secrets into how she learned to improvise and overcome perfection paralysis, and tales of how she ended up with a hand-written original composition by legend, Hermeto Pascoal, on her kitchen wall. Hear how the creative formula works firsthand! And find exclusive bonus video clips of this episode and others here.
Episode 14 with Ayden Graham and Mark Pearson
Original You: Copycats, Copyrights, and Owning Your Art
Ever worried someone might steal your work? And what would you do if someone accused YOU of copying theirs? We cover these questions with guests, singer/songwriter, Ayden Graham and entertainment lawyer, Mark Pearson as we explore topics like art ownership and stealing like an artist, as we discuss the famous copyright battles of Prince and Pharrell Williams. Holly also shares 7 Mistakes that Cause You Anxiety about Art Ownership. This episode is Part I of Original You, a series where we’ll dive into what it means to be unique, and how to safeguard it, sell it, and define your artistic voice. The legal information provided in this episode is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for qualified legal advice given by counsel of your choosing. Neither Mark A. Pearson nor Holly Shaw dba Performers & Creators Lab shall hold any responsibility for your reliance on the information provided.
Episode 9 with Arya Jha and Emily Zisman
Promoting Your Work Part II: Getting Over the "Ick" and The Art of the Vulnerable Share
It's time to go deeper! Do you sometimes feel icky about self-promotion? Or you’re just unsure about how to get the word out so you can actually have an audience, a fan base, a following? In this Part II episode of the Promoting Your Work Series, Holly covers the “inner game” of this topic. You’ll discover 4 questions you can ask to help you work through your resistance around self-promotion, learn about “The Art of the Vulnerable Share,” and get ideas for how you can promote your work in a way that feels good as we continue the coaching session with singer/songwriter, Emily Zisman and booking agent, Arya Jha. This episode delivers the powerful mindset shift that you need in order to get out there and actually start promoting your work. Listeners can pick up their free gift, Build Your ‘You Are ‘Da Bomb!’ Bio Minicourse, and the BONUS, The Art of the Vulnerable Share here.
How Do I Get Creative Without Pot?
“How do I access the stoned dancer when I’m not stoned?” Listen as Holly answers this question and coaches a professional dancer wanting to find a different way other than marijuana to access her creative genius when she choreographs. The episode covers insights into the way marijuana works with creativity, how to achieve a natural high, the four essential components in creating trance states without drugs, and tips for breaking bad habits. Includes commentary from a musician/composer and a middle-school science teacher who enjoy the benefits of marijuana and see no reason to stop. This episode is 420 friendly and simply provides alternatives for those wishing to create without using substances.
Episode 15 with Ayden Graham & Mark Pearson
Original You Part II: Balancing Business with Creativity
Are you feeling burned out from trying to balance the business side of being a professional artist with the creative side? Listen as Holly talks once again with guests, singer/songwriter, Ayden Graham, and entertainment lawyer, Mark Pearson. Find out why it’s important to work on pieces that are “hot” for you, as we talk about selling your art, using failure as a springboard for success, and overcoming self-doubt. You’ll also learn 10 ways to get into Alignment with being creative even when you’re overwhelmed so that you can Make Art in the Middle of the Madness.
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L'Après-midi d'un faune
Choreographer: Vaslav Nijinsky
Staged by: Leon Woizikovsky, Lydia Sokolova
Producer: Leon Woizikovsky
Composer: Claude Debussy
Set designer: Léon Bakst (after)
Rambert premiere: 20 Apr 1931, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London
World premiere: 29 May 1912, Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Production note: Leon Woizikovsky and Lydia Sokolova, who had danced the lead roles with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, staged this ballet for the Rambert company. The costumes were after Bakst's originals for the Ballets Russes.
Revival credits: 1976 revival: Lighting designer: Nadine Baylis
1983 revival: Lighting designer: Campbell
2012 revival: Lighting designer: Sid Ellen; revival director of the Rambert version of Nijinsky's choreography: Ann Whitley
Music title: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1984)
Music details: Live music: flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (in A and Bb), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass. Piano was included 2012-2014.
Music note: Mark Bowden's 2011 orchestration was used for the 2012 revival.
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0042
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2019 top 10 records: hotter, faster, pricier and in small bundles
http://www.safrica24.com/world/2019-top-10-records-hotter-faster-pricier-and-in-small-bundles/223139-news December 05, 2019 77
The hottest month, the fastest marathon, the wildest auction prices... here is a look back at 10 new records in 2019.
Longest flight
Qantas completed the longest non-stop passenger flight in October, taking 19 hours and 16 minutes to test a direct route from New York to Sydney.
Just 49 people travelled on the Boeing 787-9 to minimise the weight on board and give the plane sufficient fuel range to travel more than 16 000km without re-fuelling.
Smallest survivor
Around the weight of a large apple when she was born, Saybie was announced in May by a California hospital to be the world's smallest baby ever to survive.
After discharging her following months of intensive care, the San Diego hospital disclosed that she had been born prematurely in December 2018 weighing a mere 245 grams.
Million-dollar parking
A parking space in Hong Kong's The Center skyscraper sold in October for a whopping HK$7.6m (more than $970 00) - about the price of a one-bedroom apartment in London's plush Chelsea.
Under two hours
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run the marathon in under two hours in October when he set a time of 1hr 59min 40.2sec at an unofficial event in Vienna.
Record temperatures
Temperatures in July 2019 were the hottest ever recorded globally at an average of 16.75°C for the planet, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.
A heatwave in Europe the same month reset several record highs: 42.6°C for Paris; 41.5°C for Germany; and 38.7°C in Britain.
Facebook fine
Facebook was in July slapped with the largest ever fine - $5 billion - imposed on any company for violating consumers' privacy.
Announcing the penalty, the Federal Trade Commission said it was also one of the largest ever issued by the US government for any violation.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (Win McNamee/Getty Images).
Monster sale
Chinese consumers spent a record $38.3 bn on Alibaba platforms in the annual 24-hour "Singles' Day" buying spree in November.
It was a jump of 26% from the previous record high a year earlier, the e-commerce giant said.
Art auction highs
Amid furious Brexit wrangling, Banksy's "Devolved Parliament" painting depicting lawmakers as chimps was sold at auction in October for €11.1m, a record for the British artist.
A new auction record for a work by a living artist was set in May when Jeff Koons' stainless steel "Rabbit" fetched $91.1m.
Most medals
US gymnastics star Simone Biles scooped five gold medals in October to take her World Championship medal haul to a record 25, topping the 23 won by men's star Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus in the 1990s.
US gymnastics star Simone Biles scooped five gold medals, taking her World Championship medal haul to a record 25. (Getty Images).
Summit speedster
Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purj summited all of the world's 14 highest peaks in just six months and six days over April to October, smashing the previous record for the feat of almost eight years.
Gunman who killed two Hawaii cops dies in house fire
Crimes, what crimes? Prosecutors, defence lay out arguments in Trump impeachment trial
Donald Trump hires OJ Simpson's lawyer to fight impeachment
Trump taps legal heavyweights for impeachment defence
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'Surviving was a miracle': Iran's missile attack on Iraq base
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Silent Hill 2 and Guilt: Part 4
Posted by Margaret on Oct 14, 2013 in Video Games | 0 comments
Guilty James in the “Prisonic Fairytale”:
In the previous sections, I gave a brief survey on previous writing about Silent Hill. That was essentially “Part One” of the essay broken down into more appropriate lengths for a blog post. We discussed Santos, White, and Kirkland, among other things. Writers before me have already spoken of the connection between player and avatar, and they have already established that guilt and inward trauma are driving factors for the game’s narrative. They have also established that the game world reflects these factors. Bearing this in mind, I will explore James’ guilt and how it is represented in the game (landscape, monsters/Doppelgangers, sound, etc) in order to conclude that he is both the protagonist and the antagonist.
First, let us look at the Freudian psychoanalytic approach to guilt. This topic will take up most of this post with Doppelgangers and other things coming into play for the last post. Post-1920 Freud “introduces the agency of the super-ego as part of the new triumvirate (including the id and ego)” (Johnston, 250) and that “one of the crucial philosophical upshots of the Freudian conception of the super-ego is that not all of conscience (that is, consciousness of guilt as conscience) is conscious” (Johnston, 250). Because of this conception of the super-ego, it means there are unconscious and conscious dimensions of the mind and guilt within it.
Considering this, Freud declares that “the normal man is not only far immoral than he believes but also far more moral than he knows” (Johnston, 250). That being said, it means that a person can disobey their conscience with or without being aware they are doing so; as Freud sees it, “although the conscious ego isn’t aware of the infraction, the intrapsychically omniscience super-ego certainly is—and there are consequences” (Johnston, 250-251). Namely, the consequence means guilt, unconsciously or consciously felt which may seem irrational, “a sense of culpability minus an awareness of a transgression as a preceding cause” (Johnston, 251) which can manifest as feelings of anxiety and fear if not recognized as guilt.
This is precisely what happens to James in Silent Hill 2. James is not consciously aware that he has murdered his wife, Mary, but his unconscious super-ego is definitely aware. James’ guilt in the beginning of the game is manifested in the form of a false letter from his dead wife. In the letter, “Mary” writes:
In my restless dreams, I see that town, Silent Hill. You promised you would take me there again someday, but you never did. Well, I’m alone there now, in our special place. Waiting for you. (Silent Hill 2)
James then contemplates the meaning of the letter; he knows that the dead can’t write letters, but he wants to believe he will find her there anyway. This is the player’s first indication that not all is well in the mind of James Sunderland. Even his name, “Sunderland,” suggests a sense of fragmentation and incompleteness. Unable to remember the event of his crime or comprehend the unconscious guilt of his crime consciously, his unconscious mind fabricates a letter to lure him into the town of Silent Hill to discover the truth. In other words, it represents the “guilt-in-search-of-a-crime” phenomenon (Johnston, 251). James feels compelled to go into Silent Hill by this letter and any attempt to leave will prompt an on-screen message telling the player they have unfinished business.
Considering that we know unconscious guilt is the driving force of James’ actions and the game’s narrative, we have to consider the purpose of the guilt and how it manifests in-game. In 1914, Freud writes about how the conscience “coerces the ego, through (the threat of) guilt, to maintain an orientation and proximity to the norms, values and so on enshrined within the psychical apparatus in the form of the “ego ideal”” (Johnston 267). If the ego strays too far from this ego ideal, the conscience inflicts “a penalty consisting of unpleasurable negative affect” (Johnston 267).
In James’ case, he takes this to a masochistic level, and Johnston discusses the “negative therapeutic reaction” in connection with the “unconscious sense of guilt”—James is driven to wallow in pain and anguish because of guilt because on a certain level, he is convinced that he should be miserable and that he doesn’t deserve to be “relatively happy and healthy” (Johnston 266). He engages in “an affliction that can manifest itself in such a masochist as excessively brutal self-criticism…in which the super-ego is far more vicious and unforgiving than any external authority figure” (Johnston, 267).
Remembering Mary’s in-life words referring to Silent Hill as a sacred place and remembering her desire to return with him there, his unconscious picks Silent Hill as the space where the player witnesses and works through James’ guilt. Keeping in mind the sacred nature of Silent Hill’s past and James’ unconscious guilt, James’ super-ego puts him on trial in Silent Hill because there is a “pronounced need for punishment that can be satisfied either by the internal super-ego or the external world… the super-ego, operating below the threshold of consciousness, is invariably the unconscious source of consciously registered suffering” (Johnston, 269). In the game, the unconscious super-ego and the external world’s landscape of Silent Hill work hand-in-hand as James’ conflicts his inner demons in a very visible and physical way.
Douglas Hollan’s writing about the constructivist model of the mind and contemporary psychoanalysis have also proved fruitful for discussing the nature of James’ guilt and repression. He asks a vital question—“How can a self hide important information from itself about itself?” and this question is highly appropriate for a character like James (Hollan, 539). He approaches the constructivist model of the mind which assumes this position:
The consciousness of ourselves and other things must be actively constructed out of our myriad engagement with the world. Many of our engagements will remain unconceptualized, unverbalized, and outside conscious awareness unless or until they gain representation through complex symbolic processes. Here, self-awareness, once developed, is not a seamless, unfractioned whole, but rather the end product of a complicated series of feedforward and feedback loops within a broad and open system of information exchange. (Hollan 539)
This appears to be the case for James. The game represents these complex symbolic processes as James develops representation for what he has done and then develops consciousness of it. The self-awareness he gains at the end is, of course, not a seamless whole either considering there are six different endings and the “true” ending is left ambiguous.
The constructivist model that Hollan explores also accounts for the splits in human consciousness that Freud also explores. In this case, Hollan asserts that these divisions:
may serve, under certain circumstances, to enhance survival, adaptation, and communication…divisions in consciousness seem adaptive, perhaps even necessary…splits and divisions of consciousness could divert, and then preserve for future motivation or developmental growth, vital interests and needs of the individual that are inexpressible and unrealizable because (at least temporarily) in conflict with the social and emotional needs… (Hollan, 539)
This model also goes on to account for how repression works for the mind; we push away unpleasant thoughts and feelings for later. Certain trauma, for example, can be so life-shattering that they just “never become cognitively and linguistically processed and represented” (Hollan, 540). Thus, the individual experiencing such a trauma ends up with a “not-me” and “not-knowing” situation.
In James’ case, bearing in mind Freudian psychoanalytic theory in connection with guilt and Hollan’s constructivist model of the mind, James kills Mary and forgets his crime. He is not conscious of his experience, but his super-ego is aware and unconscious guilt is consciously felt as anxiety and fear. The events of the game seek to bring meaning and representation to James’ experience, confronting James’ repression and guilt by bringing the intrapsychic conflict into the material world of Silent Hill through his hidden willfulness (Hollan, 541).
While Freudian guilt and masochism seek to destroy the subject, Hollan’s constructivist model perspective seeks to preserve the subject. Juxtaposing these two positions, I can argue that James is both protagonist and antagonist as he seeks to work through his guilt. On one hand, his unconscious super-ego is punishing him, but at the same time, his super-ego is pushing him toward realization of the truth. From there, depending on the ending that the player achieves, he can either commit suicide, attempt to resurrect his dead wife, leave the town with a fictional copy of Mary known as Maria, leave the town and adopt a little girl named Laura… or the player gets two “joke” endings which suggests that everything the player accomplished was insignificant.
So, how does the game symbolize and provide meaning for James’ guilt? It is necessary to keep in mind the structure of the game’s narrative, use of monsters/Doppelgangers, environment/landscape, music/sound, and reader/player interpretation. More on this topic on the next and final post of this series. Thanks for reading, guys!
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When I get that phone call from an organization wanting media relations or spokesperson training for its key representatives, many times it’s because there is an impending critical issue. “We need to let the public know how this issue affects everyone,” the caller says.
A prime example is an association of judges whose members were threatened by new merit-retention elections. Instead of needing only a majority of votes to retain their seats, the judges needed more than sixty percent. So some veterans were being thrown out by voters because of a perception that the judges were not responsive to the average person.
When is the last time you saw a judge personally campaign for election? Judges like to be above the political fray and rightfully so. However now, in order to get votes, they were being forced to participate in the political process. That meant speaking at campaign rallies, marching in parades, and being more aggressive about seeking campaign dollars.
The Impact of Training
The judges association wanted spokesperson training for its members to make their campaign messages clear and concise. After all, they now had to seek media interviews and public appearances. The training emphasized turning perceived negatives into positives, for example:
The judges’ image of “stodgy and unresponsive” was now more accurately described as one of “toughness and independence”.
Instead of being “forced to campaign”, the judges now had “the opportunity to get to know their constituents better” and vice versa.
The judges were now able to present their excellent records and show how their decisions had positively affected the public. This built credibility with the public and the news media.
Before any association member can deliver your message effectively, it is important to follow these tips, as the judges did:
The most effective way to get your message across is through credibility.
Don’t wait for a crisis to build your relationship with the news media.
Be as open as possible.
Remember that a reporter is paid to be cynical, so you must be able to document what you say.
Stay away from negative words, even if the reporter uses them.
In the judge’s example, attitudes were changed. The result was the judge’s association helping its members build a more positive and accurate image through openness and credibility. The judges, its association and the public benefited. And yes, the rest of the judges were re-elected.
My goal is for these articles to offer some "street smarts" based on what it's really like out there doing speaking engagements, being interviewed by the media and conducting campaigns. Your opinions are welcome! - Al
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In pictures: The best of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
SCOTLAND put on a stunning show to welcome the 71 Commonwealth nations. We had Red Arrow fighter jets, Subo and Rod Stewart and the sell-out crowd at Celtic Park loved it.
IT was the moment Scotland had been waiting for.
After seven years of waiting, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games finally arrived, and what a spectacle it was.
We had Red Arrow fighter jets, Subo and Rod Stewart and the sell-out crowd at Celtic Park loved every single minute of the opening ceremony.
Glasgow has enjoyed a heatwave all week and the weather couldn't have been better to welcome the 71 nations of the Commonwealth in to the stadium ahead of the 20th Games.
The show began with a tribute to Scotland, with everything from human teacakes to a tribute to the national flower aided by TV entertainer john Barrowman.
Team after team were welcomed with a rapturous applause but the loudest cheer was saved for the host nation: Team Scotland.
After a slight malfunction, Sir Chris Hoy handed the message within the baton to the Queen who delivered her message to the public to get the Games officially underway.
It was a fantastic way to begin the Commonwealth Games, and you can relive all the best moments here with our bumper picture gallery.
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Wanna Know a Secret?
a teen art contest for a movie
called "The Sisterhood of Night"
Caroline Vanessa Doering
Age 18, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
See Caroline's entries on Flickr: Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3
Kana Leonard
Age 14, Brooklyn, NY
Watch Kana's entry on YouTube: Go to YouTube.
Regine Tanson
Age 15, Long Beach, CA
See Regine's entries on Tumblr: Fashion 1 | Fashion 2 | Fashion 3
Mackenzie Loren
Age 13, Leonia, NJ
Listen to Mackenzie's entry on SoundCloud: Go to SoundCloud.
We told you about a movie we’re making called The Sisterhood of Night. We invited you to submit your best photography, performance, fashion, and music, for a chance to have your work featured in the movie, or to land a featured role.
You responded. More than 1,200 submissions came to us from all over the country. Bloomington, Indiana. Hamlet, North Carolina. Berwyn, Pennsylvania. You shared your art and your dreams with us. That takes guts. You told us about the artists that inspire you. Brooke Shaden, Tim Walker, Janis Joplin, and Jennifer Lawrence. Taylor Swift, Marc Jacobs, Cass Bird, and more.
You inspire us. Here’s what some of you had to say...
“I hope to bring to the film a kind of voice of the girls who don't always speak their mind, the shy ones, and show that there are many way of expressing yourself through things like photographs or fashion.” -Alysia
“[T]he beauty of living and waking up every morning is something many people take for granted. My grandmother always told me, 'You're alive aren't you? Well honey that's something to celebrate.'" -Sevin
“It’s hard for me to fathom ever outgrowing New York--it still fascinates me just as much as it ever did--and the city, as well as its artists, remain some of my biggest inspirations.” -Gabriella
“A lot of fantasy and surreal art inspires me. Things like faeries, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, magic, wizards, mythology, and ghosts and the supernatural.” -Hailey
“I love to perform and create. I love the entire process. I like how you can think of one line, and one line becomes two, and then it tells a story.” -Dana
“I see the world as full of opportunity and beauty.” -Agnes
“Through my performance all I really want to do is show who I really am. Living through characters allows me to live my life in ways I'm either not able to or am too afraid to.” -Natasha
“This is the time to chase my dreams. There is nothing tying me down. Acting is the life I want, I can't see myself doing anything else.” -Tierney
“i like to have a vision. an idea, and to capture that--whatever that may be and portray that through my work.” -Sarah
“Everything, just the world, everything around me just inspires me.” -Andrea
“I love getting lost in a character.” -Gillian
“I want to change the world with my photography.” -Julia
“Nature inspires me, going through its different cycles, constantly providing a different view of the world. That's just what I want to show people, the diversity that the world and art provides us.” -Courtney
“I found that I could come home from school and get my emotions out through songs and no one would ever hear them. It was like a diary that no one could ever find because they were my songs in my head.” -Savannah
“As an artist, I love everything about acting and I try to make it as believable as possible. What inspires me the most would be the thought of knowing you can achieve anything that you set your mind to.”-Gregory
“I feel most at peace deep in the forest with my camera.” -Lorena
“i wanna show that a lil girl from the bronx can reach her dreams.” -Beatriz
Contribute your vision. Be in a movie. Here's how.
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What's the movie about?
Everyone has secrets. Some you tell your best friend, and some you write in your diary. Sometimes, it's in a photo. A song. The way you look or the way you smile. Secrets fill the world around us. This is where you can share that world. Pass it on.
Deadline for Entries: April 1, 2012
We’re making a movie called The Sisterhood of Night about YOU. Real everyday teenagers. We can’t think of a better way to make a movie that you will like and respect and that will maybe affect you in the tiniest way than to invite you to be a part of making it.
So we came up with The Secret Sisterhood Contest, a community-based, nationwide search for the most cutting edge teen talents in photography, performance, fashion, and music. This is where you can check out the top entries that have made it into The Sisterhood, meet new artists, and get updates on the upcoming movie. But this is also a contest so those of you who submit will be competing to have your work featured in the movie, or to land a featured role. For real.
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Hindered Souls: Dark Tales for Dark Nights
Hindered Souls: Dark Tales for Dark Nights is a really astounding debut collection from Hindered Soul's Press. This is a relatively new indie horror publishing company formed in 2016 and they have really started off with a bang.
I have to admit I do love reading short horror fiction and had to buy this one even though I have so many queued up on my kindle. It features 25 brilliant dark tales and many of the authors featured in this are really starting to make a name for themselves. This had to go straight to the front of my kindle queue.
What's great about this anthology is that there is a really wide range of horror styles, some are scary, some are weird whilst others are creepy and some have a really beautiful feel to them. There is something for everyone because we all have our own preferences.
There were so many that I really enjoyed and whittling them down into my favourite pile was really very tough as the bar has been set really high.
Highlights for me include Shelf Life by Gary Buller. A tale that every man can relate to. Every story that I've read of his is utterly brilliant and if you liked Shelf Life you will love his other recently published tale, Wicked Congregation featured in the Monsters Exist Anthology by Deadman's Tome.He also has released his own short story anthology, Mechanisms of Despair, and all proceeds go to two great charities; Sarcoma UK and The Alzheimer's Foundation.
Magic Hour by Christine Makepeace was another favourite, it stood out to me through it's beautiful ethereal writing and is a really original tale. An author I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for.
Baby Bird by Craig Bullock was also exceptionally creepy and scary, loved it! Sometimes when I read short horror tales I think wow that tale would make a brilliant film and Baby Bird was one of them.
Degeneration X by M.R Tapia had a really cool sci-fi horror feel unlike anything I've ever read before. Tonight Forever by William Marchese was deliciously dark and features a very dark messenger indeed.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Theresa Braun. is a tale set in the heart of swinging London of a down and out trying to get his life back and making quite the deal!
Hindered Souls is out now and available on Kindle and in paperback. Buy it now!
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The Grimhaven Disaster by Leo X.Robertson
This story was crazee!!! I've never read anything like it before.
Leo X.Roberston is an author I discovered after reading his amazing short story Kelpies, as featured in the Monsters Exist Anthology from Deadman's Tome. So I leapt at the chance to have a sneak read of this before it officially comes out in August 2017 from Unnerving
Never before have I read a horror story set in an abandoned nuclear energy plant which immediately stresses me out. Why would anyone ever think it a good idea to go poking around there? Nuclear energy really unnerves me, it's power is just so deadly, the side-effects last for hundreds of years. It's a naturally occurring energy source but just seems so at odds with what nature has to offer us.
When not being an author, Leo X Robertson moonlights as a process engineer and he's used his technical know-how and flair into writing a really believable book on the dangers and mysterious qualities of "the ineradicable nature of radiation's insidious spread!" This is a great blend of horror and sci-fi and makes for a really cool what-the-fuck?! read.
The story centres around Themis and his friends who are celebrating the end of high school by spending a lost weekend in an abandoned nuclear energy facility. Abandoned because it was the site of an infamous nuclear accident in which his grandfather, Socrates lost his job and really fell from grace. But it's not going to get in the way of them having a great party before they all ruin their lives by becoming adults.
It's an odd choice for a party but then again Themis has been through an odd upbringing full of misery, murder and nuclear obsessions. He has many repressed questions about his childhood and family and here seems to be a good place to finally awaken the past and conduct some thorough soul searching. Also he really wants to get it on with Zara in the weirdest place possible.
He's still haunted by the ghost of his crazy scientist grandfather who believed that hidden in his bloodline was the ability of radio-kinesis - the ability to control radioactive materials using only the power of the mind.
Events escalate pretty quickly through this great dark edgy tale. It pulls you in straight away as it's really original and quirky. If you've never read indie horror fiction before this is a great place to start.I found it really imaginative, very dark with some sly dark humour. I particularly loved all the gruesome radioactive descriptions which has really reaffirmed my suspicions about nuclear energy and has me pinning all my hopes on mankind being able to utilise solar and wind sources of energy for the future!
Leo has a really good narrative and I can't wait to read Bonespin Slipspace (wow what a title) his previous novella from Psychedelic Horror Press
On a side note, this novella is being released by Unnerving who also publish their self titled Unnerving Magazine. It's a fairly new venture and has already featured some really talented indie authors, I've recently read the second issue and its brilliant. So if you really like indie fiction and want to show your support buy the magazine. It's available on kindle and in paperback, very really priced and if you subscribe it's even cheaper.
Leo X. Robertson is originally from Glasgow but now lives in Oslo where he works as a process engineer. His short stories have been featured in many publications such as Helios Quarterly, Deadman's Tome, Unnerving Magazine, Schlock! Bi-Monthly, Open Pen Magazine and many others. This is his second novella, his first was Bonespin Slipspace from Psychedelic Horror Press.
Crone by Jeannie Wycherley
So in a nutshell this is a book about witches and a kick ass woman!
Crone by Jeannie Wycherly came highly recommended through a book reviewer who has a great blog at The Grim Reader It's currently on sale for just 99p so I thought why not.
To be honest it was the word witches in the description, that did it for me. I love great stories with witches in it and also just look at the author's surname, Wycherley! Could a name be anymore witchy!?
What I really liked about this book is that it celebrates the strength that women possess, that we're always stronger than what we think we are. I guess most of us aren't as physically strong in the way men are but it doesn't matter as we're strong in other ways. As illustrated in this book, if we dig deep enough we have the power to heal ourselves and others even, to protect our loved ones and even to forgive. The main character, Heather, is a prime example of this. She's a very quiet heroine, not feisty and fierce like some people,(ahem Aefre) but she refuses to give in no matter how bleak and hopeless things look.
The characterisation of Heather was brilliant,she was so relatable and I could really see her as a real person. You can really feel her grief for her son, Max, and take pride in her desire to keep on fighting, in the hope she will learn to live again.
In contrast, Aefre is an example of that woman who cannot forgive and move on with their life. People say that hate is an acid which rots us from within and this saying really applies to her. But having said that she's a great character!
One thing I hate about stories with witches in them is that they are always portrayed as evil.I find this irksome as the reason so many women were persecuted in during the witch hunts was because men feared powerful women and their intelligence and sought to destroy them by either burning them or discrediting women. But in this book evil witches are nicely balanced with good witches who care.
I really enjoyed this book and read it in a matter of days. I just couldn't put it down particularly at the end. I kept thinking how the hell is Heather going to get out of this crazy situation. The plot was really clever, fantastical but really believable too. The ending was so great, all the little loose ends were tied up particularly with the White Cottage. I thought that was a really nice touch.
It was a book that is really easy to get into, it starts off fairly gently but really begins to pick up the pace particularly with the ending. I was torn between desperately trying to skim read so I could find out what happened but also wanting to enjoy it at the same time.
This is the first book written by Jeannie Wycherley I will definitely be keeping an eye out to see what she writes next. This is a one off book but the world that she has created is so cool she could easily write another one in that setting.
P.S. Does anyone know how to pronounce Aefre?
Independence Denied by Calvin Demmer
Independence Denied is the final instalment of Calvin Demmer's epic Dark Celebrations series which consists of twelve short dark tales - Hungry Ghosts , Labor Day Hunt , Trick or Death, Thanks Sinning, Three Dead Men, Happy Dark Year, Dying Valentine, Spring Outbreak, She Will Rise, Prom Screams, Unidentified Fatherly Object and Independence Denied.
Dark Celebrations is a series I've really enjoyed reading and can't wait to see Calvin Demmer's future projects. Independence Denied is the darkest tale of them all in this series. We're introduced to Brad Marshall, just another regular guy looking forward to celebrating Independence Day.
But suddenly all hell breaks loose, there's multiple reports of earthquakes, tsunami's striking all four corners of the world. Brad Marshall just wants to bury his head in the sand than watch of the devastating news reports. Instead he focuses on work, on helping his boss, Professor Masterson studying shark behaviour, but that doesn't help matters.
He uncovers a vital piece of information which sheds light on recent events. How can he use it? Who can he trust?
Calvin Demmer is a crime, mystery and speculative fiction author. When not working, he is intrigued by that which goes bump int he night and the sciences of our universe. His work has appeared in a variety of publications including Under The Bed, Deadman's Tome, Siren's Call, Sanitarium Magazine, Morpheus Tales, Devolution Z and many, many more.
You can find out more about Calvin Demmer at https://calvindemmer.com/
Twitter @CalvinDemmer
Dark Moon Digest Issue #27
Dark Moon Digest is a quarterly horror fiction magazine produced by Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing and is available to buy via Amazon or via Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing.
Inside are some really good stories, I think nine in all and not one of them was a dud. There's a really fun feel to this magazine just full of really great horror tales that will make you wince and jump in all the right places.
For me, my personal favourites were; I Will Find Them All by Evan Kells, Lost by Rachel Watts and The Screaming by Leigh Harlen. Though I feel it's important to say I really enjoyed them all. There's a really diverse offering of tales featuring all sorts of creepy monsters, there's something in here for everyone.
As well as stories there's also articles from Jay Wilburn and George Lea as well as the first two chapters of Betty Rocksteady's new novella Like Jagged Teeth.
I bought this for my kindle and it came to under £3! I do love a bargain and will definitely buy it again in the future.
Labels: anthologies, horror
Before You Sleep by Adam L.G.Nevill
Before You Sleep is a little appetiser to Adam L.G. Nevill's debut short story collection, Some Will Not Sleep. It consists of three short tales, Where Angels Come in, Ancestors and Florrie.
I've just finished reading it and now I genuinely feel really creeped out. I love reading horror but it is very rare where I actually feel disturbed or scared, unless I'm reading something written by Gary Buller. These three stories had me reaching for a stiff drink after reading. I needed to watch a disney film, go and play with some kittens and roll around in glitter just to feel ok again. I also can't help but admire Adam Nevill's genius marketing methods. As soon as I had finished this I wanted to read more. I want to read everything he's ever written.
What's really odd is that I have never heard of him before, (to my shame) he clearly has an amazing talent and can actually writer stories that actually scare.
Before You Sleep consists of some really intense writing, there's a real power behind his words. His is a wonderfully manipulative writer who can control all your thoughts as you read. Each word carefully placed for maximum impact. Each story will pick away at you until you want to go and hide under the bed.
Out of these three stories I think my favourite would have to be Ancestors, if there's any film makers reading, this would make an excellent film! A really dark story that feels all too real. I don't want to give too much away as I don't want to ruin the experience of reading these great stories for the first time. If you want to know just how scary they are you'll have to read them for yourself!
Florrie was great too, a really simple concept but beautifully executed. This one really got under my skin, both poignant and disturbing.
The first tale, Where Angels Came In provided a very strong cautionary tale, curiosity really does kill the cat. So creepy too! This tale really did take me back to when I was once a young child. It's a crime every child is guilty of, trespassing onto forbidden property that adults have warned about, perhaps even running through fields of wheat!? As a child you really do feel a sense of invincibility where nothing bad can touch your life.
Currently this book is a free ebook and you can get a copy here
Adam L.G. Nevill was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is the author of the horror novels: 'Banquet for the Damned', 'Apartment 16', 'The Ritual', 'Last Days', 'House of Small Shadows', 'No One Gets Out Alive', 'Lost Girl', and 'Under a Watchful Eye'. His first short story collection, 'Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors', is published on Halloween, 2016.
His novels, 'The Ritual', 'Last Days' and 'No One Gets Out Alive' were the winners of The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. 'The Ritual' and 'Last Days' were also awarded Best in Category: Horror, by R.U.S.A. Six of his novels are currently in development for film and television.
Adam also offers two free books to readers of horror: 'Cries from the Crypt', downloadable from his website, and 'Before You Sleep' available from major online retailers.
Adam lives in Devon, England.
More information about the author and his books is available at: www.adamlgnevill.com
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2012 Monday Novice Ride Leaders from Epic
SCC is setting up a Novice Ride Leader schedule for the remainder of the year. There are 24 Monday’s between now and the first week in October when organized group rides will conclude. We will give any Ride Leader that commits to leading at least 2 Novice rides during the season a free SCC Ride Leader t-shirt. Keep in mind you are not limited to 2 Novice rides, if you want to do more that would be great! Also, note that it will be your responsibility to find a replacement ride leader if you can not make your scheduled ride. See the dates below and respond via e-mail to secretary@bikescc.org with the dates when you can volunteer.
4/23: Martin Jordan
4/30: Carlos Talbott
5/7: Martin Jordan
5/14: Joel Simmons
6/4: Junior Diaz
6/11: David & Debbie Sigmon
6/18: Neil Farmer
6/25: David Mills
7/2: Neil Farmer
7/9: Jerry Crockett
Wednesday 7/18: James Varner
7/23: Isabel Gutierrez
7/30: Kimberly Mayben
8/6: David Mills
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10/1:
SCC 2012 Events
The road racing team will focus on the GA Cup Series. The MTB team will focus on the Chain Buster Series. Junior is co-captain of the road racing team with Jorge Collado. Jason D’Arcy is the MTB team captain. Neil Farmer is the triathlon team captain. Check the calendar and team page for details.
The following events and leaders are included in the club’s 2012 events calendar.
March 17th – Tour de Pike – Obie Ingram is the lead - Link
March 27th – GA Rides to the Capital – Isabel Gutierrez is the lead - Link
April 7th – Tony Serrano Century – David Mills is the lead - Link
April 21st – Run of the Mill (formerly; Chicken Fit) – Ride Registration Form - Link
April 28th – Race for Riley – Lisa at the Trek store in PTC is the lead - Link
May 5th – 3 States 3 Mtns Century – Peto Fallas is the lead - Link
May 12th – AMS Ride – Details to follow - Link
May 19th – Peachtree City Int'l Tri – Susan Farmer is the lead - Link
May 20th – Tour de Cure – Derek Smith is the lead - Link
June 16th – Jackson Brevet – Team Name: Southern Crescent Cycling. Peto Fallas is the lead - Link
June 23rd – Tri the Parks Indian Springs Sprint Tri – Neil Farmer is the lead - Link
August 11th – Gezzo’s Group Ride – Lisa at the Trek store in PTC is the lead - Link
August 18th – PTC Sprint Tri – Carlos Talbott is the lead - Link
August 26th – Wilson 100 – Susan Farmer is the lead - Link
August 31st - September 2nd – Savannah Century – Carlos Talbott is the lead - Link
September 30th – 3/6 Gaps – Junior Diaz is the lead - Link
September 30th – Augusta Ironman 70.3 – Susan Farmer is the lead - Link
TBD – Ride for Reed – Details to follow - No Link
SCC 2012 Events Meeting at Gezzo's Surf & Grille
SCC board members met at Gezzo's on Sunday, March 4th to plan the club's events for the rest of the year. Club president Carlos Talbott emphasized the use of Facebook and club website calendar to help organized club sanctioned events. He also stated that a club sanctioned event would require a volunteer to act a liaison or lead for each event. The liaison would communicate with other participants in the club and with event organizers, when needed, to support the team/club.
It's time to get registered!
Eric Stone vs. The Mountain
The Crew at the entrance to Brasstown Bald
The 2012 6 Gaps and 3 Gaps ride was on September 30th. Eric Stone, mechanic extraordinaire at Epic Bikes in McDonough was sick that weekend and couldn't make it. To help alleviate the deep sorrow that Eric must have felt Dr. Peto Fallas decided to organize a 3-Gaps do-over ride on November 18th. He called the ride "Eric Stone vs. The Mountain". Nine riders participated. The group met at Epic Bikes at 5AM on Sunday morning. They were in Helen, Georgia and on the road by 8:15AM. The weather forecast for the day was a low temperature of 33-degrees and a high of 60-degrees. The route had them climbing the worst mountain first - Hogpen Gap. Then they'd hit Jack's Gap and Unicoi Gap. They regrouped at the top of each mountain and after each descent. After the ride they ate at the Troll Tavern in Helen. Everyone made it home safely.
Eric Stone vs The Mountain
Holiday in the Hampton
The Southern Bicycle League is sponsoring a Holiday in the Hampton, a bike ride from Hampton, GA on Saturday, December 1st. The ride leaves from Ray's House on East Main Street at 9:00AM.
Come to the City of Hampton, a quaint town 30 miles south of Atlanta, GA to ride your bike on a crisp fall morning! New Belgium will sponsor the after-ride party. Mileage options include 73, 51 and 33 as well as a short Family Fun Ride. All routes pass by beautiful historic homes and old oaks and confederate cemeteries. Cyclists will gaze across rolling hills that conjure up cavalry and blaring bugles from the distant past. In fact, the city of Hampton welcomes all cyclists to visit Nash Farm Battlefield, a historic landscape that hasn't changed much since August 20, 1864.The SBL bike ride will depart at 9AM from Ray's House, a recently restored antebellum home on East Main Street where festivities are to occur throughout the day. Santa Claus is stopping by to greet cyclists and all are encouraged to fill up his goody bag with brand new toys. Connecting Henry will distribute the toys to needy children: Community Cares Toy Shop flyer. The other beneficiary of the ride is Praying For Paws Inc. an organization dedicated to rescuing homeless dogs. Their cookbook with yummy southern recipes will be on sale throughout the day.
Whatever option you choose, Southern Bicycle League's thoughtful routes will take you on a fun-filled day in the saddle where you will zoom past lakes and woods teaming with turkey and wild boar, and picturesque pastureland. Yes, you'll trudge up 'Winston Hill' and one or three other grades may test the quads but this rural farmland is known for its gentle rollers.
SBL's first-ever swap meet kicks off December 1st at Ray's House, as well. Bike shops, clubs and individuals can participate by signing up for a $25 bring-your-own table deal. The bike shops will unload last year's gear while clubs and individuals can swap out or sell that notorious unused gear.
Of course, we will serve New Belgium's beer and Just Dogs will be grilling up their famous frankfurters including bratwurst, kielbasa, and Italian sausage-all on soft fresh buns-their dogs are the best of the best and toppings top out at two-dozen (veggie dogs are available too)!
The quaint town of Brooks will host the main rest stop, homemade cookies and holiday goodies will be served at the Town Hall and street festivities and fabulous booths will decorate the streets like Christmas ornaments so stop and rest at 'Brooks Gift Stop' and SBL will haul back all purchases. The Woman's Club will also sell tickets to Brook's popular Holiday Tour of Homes, which takes place that Sunday. Not to be outdone, the town of Concord will be preparing their famous chicken salad-quite scrumptious-so those of you cycling the 51 or 73-mile route will get to taste Linda's famous sandwich. Concord Café's unique gift shop will also be open during the Hampton Ride and an array of locally handcrafted holiday gifts will be on display.
Southern Journal Magazine Article
Be sure to checkout the November/December 2012 issue of the Southern Journal Magazine (formerly H Magazine). You'll find an article about Southern Crescent Cycling's own Dr. Peto Fallas on pages 47 and 48. The article highlights Peto's passion for fitness and cycling.
The accompanying picture was taken inside the Epic Bikes shop on Jonesboro Road in McDonough. It features Isabel Gutierrez, club president Carlos Talbott (El Toro), Kevi Schram, club treasurer David Mills, Joel Simmons, club secretary Neil Farmer (Super Gnat), Dr. Fallas in the middle with Epic Bikes' owner Tom Kohl's faithful dog and shop mascot Tarmac.
In that same magazine issue you'll find our own Josh Reeves modeling some fancy eyewear on page 2.
Ogio SCC Endurance Bag
Epic Bikes has put together a deal with Ogio Int'l for the SCC club members. Tim Kohl has worked out a program with Ogio for SCC members can get a bag embroidered with the SCC logo. A minimum order of 20 bags is required. Several members have already shown interest. More orders to meet the minimum order requirement. These bags regularly sell for $90. Club members may purchase them for $60 each as part of this offer. Orders must me submitted by November 23rd. Contact Tim at Epic Bikes at (770) 305-9590 for order information.
SCC End of Season Party
The 2012 Southern Crescent Cycling club party at the Walden community clubhouse on Saturday, November 3rd was a great success. Special thanks to all those that helped organize the event and to those that donated the awesome door prizes.
Checkout the photos from the evening, and some from before, via the link on the right.
Special thanks to Tim at Epic Bikes and Alec at Atlanta Trek in McDonough for providing the awesome door prizes. Really guys, they were great! Thank you to Lovejoy Chiropractic for the massages.
2013 SCC Kit Sample Sizes
Southern Crescent Cycling members, in the next few days please visit Trek McDonough to try on and sample the kits we are looking at for 2013. We have a full run of sizes for men and women in jerseys and shorts/bibs. If you try them on it will hopefully prevent anyone from purchasing the incorrect sizes. If you can't make it to the shop, here's a pdf of the manufacturer's size chart.
As for the design for 2013, that remains to be seen. However, as was done last year, members will have the opportunity to help select the final design. Here's a link to the manufacturer's website.
Redleg Ramble MTB Race
214th FIELD ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION inaugural Redleg Ramble Mountain Bike Race is on November 17th and 18th at Paynes Creek Campground 518 Ramp Road, Hartwell, Georgia 30643. The event schedule for Saturday includes a Time Trial at 1:00PM and a Night Time Trial 8:00PM. The event schedule for Sunday includes a Cross Country Race 11:00AM.
The registration fee is $45.00. This fee covers all 3 races, camping for Saturday night at the Paynes Creek Campground and a Pint Glass with the 1-214th FA Battalion Logo. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE 1-214TH FA BATTALION FAMILY READINESS GROUP TO BENEFIT THE SOILDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THEIR UPCOMING DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN.
Race Categories will include: Juniors 18 Years and below (Male and Female), Male Ages 19-39 (Geared or Single Speed), Male Ages 40+ (Geared or Single Speed), Female Ages 19-39 (Geared or Single Speed), Female Ages 40+ (Geared or Single Speed), Single Speed Male (All Ages), Single Speed Female (All Ages), and Clydesdale (All Aqes Geared or Sinqle Speed).
Register at https://www.bikereg.com/Net/17548
October 2012 Cycling Events
October 6th - Between Two Rivers Bike Ride (12, 30, 50, 100) - Sylvania/Screven County. http://www.screvencounty.com/
October 7th - The Georgia Cyclocross season kicks into gear. Check it out at http://georgiacx.com/
Dates: October 7th - Rocky Face, October 14th - Marietta, October 21st - Augusta, and October 27th-28th - Savannah
October 12th-14th The Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) is in Columbus Oct. 12th through 14th. http://www.brag.org/
October 13th - Trek Breast Cancer Awareness ride - Peachtree City, GA. http://atlantatrek.com/
October 13th-14th - 24 Hours of Booty - Sandy Springs, GA. The 24 Hours of Booty is the Official 24-Hour Cycling Event of LIVESTRONG™. The event brings together cyclists of all abilities and unites people who are passionate about fighting cancer. Held on a traffic-free loop, 24 Hours of Booty raises vital funds for local and national cancer charities. This year, the brand new traffic-free Sandy Springs Booty Loop will come alive again with a host of cancer fighters. 24 Hours of Booty Atlanta will celebrate its third annual event and host 500+ riders who will raise more than $350,000 for cancer research and survivorship. http://www.24hoursofbooty.org/
October 20th - Deep Root Festival - Milledgeville, GA. A charity ride in historic Milledgeville, Georgia. The ride will begin in historic Milledgeville and flow out into the rolling hills of Baldwin County for a scenic ride, with free entrance into Deep Roots, an award winning cultural arts and music festival. Proceeds will benefit Georgia Cancer Support, Community Gardens, Cafe Central and Live Healthy Baldwin/Bicycle Friendly Community. The ride is organized by The Bicycling Club of Milledgeville. Ride options include 15, 30, 50 and 75 mile routes. Event address is: 130 N. Irwin St., Milledgeville GA 31061. http://www.deeprootsfestival.com/
October 20th-21st - Spin for Kids - Rutledge, GA. On Saturday the Mountain Bike Ride will take place at Camp Twin Lakes- Will-A-Way at Fort Yargo State Park! Start from camp and choose the 8-mile, 12-mile or 20-mile loop and ride along the adventurous and beautiful trails of Fort Yargo State Park! All courses will be supported with several rest stops and have easy access to SAG support. After the ride, bikers are invited to join their friends and family for a Thank You Luncheon. On Sunday the road bike rides will begin and end at Camp Twin Lakes- Rutledge, located 50 miles east of Atlanta. The routes will take riders through rural Northeast Georgia and the historic towns of Madison and Rutledge. Five courses will allow riders of various skill levels, from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist, to participate in this exciting event. This year, we will feature 5, 27, 47, 62, and 100-mile rides. All routes are fully supported with premium rest stops, SAG wagons, and motorcycle escorts. http://www.spinforkids.org/
October 27th - Hincapie Gran Fondo - Greenville, SC. Join George Hincapie and cycling stars of the past, present and future on a ride celebrating George’s retirement after 19 years as a professional cyclist. View the leaves changing from one season to the next as George leads cyclists along the same roads he has ridden on training for races like the Tour de France and the Paris-Roubaix. After completing the ride, join family and friends for a fun festival at the picturesque La Bastide hotel. Complete with live music, cold beer, and rides for the kids, this festival is a great way to cap off the day. http://www.granfondohincapie.com/
October 27th - Sigvaris Century and Fall Harvest Featival - Peachtree City. Georgia Ride 35, 65 or 100 miles for a GREAT cause. Come join us as we support Camp Southern Ground. In addition to the longer rides, there will be a one mile fun run and ride for the entire family. There will also be a family-friendly Harvest Festival. The event address is: Sigvaris HQ, 1119 Highway 74 South, Peachtree City. http://atlantatrek.com/
October 27th - Rope Mill Dirty Duathlon - Woodstock, GA. Join Mountain Goat Adventures, SORBA Woodstock, and OutSpokin' Bicycles on October 27th, 2012 at Rope Mill Park in Woodstock for the Rope Mill Dirty Duathlon. The course features 6 miles of mountain biking, 3 miles of trail running, and 6 miles of mountain biking - in bike, run, bike format. This is THE duathlon for mountain bikers - still plenty of time to work on that run or find a teammate! http://www.mountaingoatadventures.com/ropemill
October 27th-28th - 24 Hours of Georgia Mountain Bike Race - Watkinsville, GA. Come join us on October 27th and 28th on Halloween weekend for tons of excitement and thrills. We will be giving away a new award this year for the “Best Costume” worn by a racer! We would like to encourage all of you to bring your families out and let the kids have fun trick or treating Saturday October 28th from campsite to campsite! The event address is: 2543 Macon Highway, Watkinsville, GA. http://www.24hoursofgeorgia.com/
November 3rd - Southern Crescent Cycling End of Season Party - Walden subdivision clubhouse.
End of Season Party!
We invite all SCC members and their families to the SCC End of Season Party on Saturday, November 3rd. We are planning on a 30-45 minute SCC meeting starting at 5pm to recap the year and talk about the plans for the winter months as well as 2013. The meeting starts at 5pm. The party starts at 6pm. SCC members will be cooking a traditional southern BBQ that is sure to impress (we hope). We will also have assorted beverages beer, wine, and soda. We'll have lots of door prizes too. The party will take place at the Walden community clubhouse, 1930 Jodeco Road, Stockbridge, GA 30281. Please RSVP via the SCC Facebook Events page so that we can better plan for how much food and drinks to provide. Contact Susan Farmer via e-mail at social@bikescc.org if you have any questions.
Door Prizes - Delicious BBQ Dinner - Craft Beer, Wine and Soft Drinks
SCC Supports Local Champion
Eleven Year old Georgia State Time Trial Champion Tony Cooper was the recipient of some gifts from generous Southern Crescent Cycling club members on Monday, September 10th.
Anyone who competes knows how expensive racing can be. To help Tony continue his winning ways several club members offered to donate to Tony's cause. Facilitated by SCC board member Junior Diaz, the club presented Tony with some equipment and a gift card for future purchases at Epic Bikes. Andrew Rowe presented Tony with a SRAM group for his bike. Dan Guitierrez agreed to pay Tony's race fees for the year. Good Luck Tony!
Tony Cooper & Group Ride
Beirut Memorial 5K
The Beirut Memorial 5K Race and 1M Fun Run begin and end at Heritage Park in McDonough on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. - Rain or Shine! Families may run together as long as a parent remains with any child 10 and under at all times during the race. Walkers are also welcome. The top 3 finishers in each age division will receive a medal, and all participants will receive a Long Sleeve Technical Shirt and goody bag. Proceeds benefit the Endeavors of Detachment 1339 of the Marine Corps League. Detachment 1339 will use the proceeds to contribute to Toys for Tots, Wounded Warrior Project, and projects in Henry County that assist members of the Military both active duty and prior service. Find out more at: http://www.mcdonoughmarines.com/
2012 Ironman Augusta 70.3
Neal Hamilton, Carlos Talbott, and Neil Farmer
SCC was well represented at the 2012 ESI Ironman Augusta 70.3 triathlon on Sunday, September 30th . Neal Hamilton, Carlos Talbott, and Neil Farmer all successfully completed the race. This was Neal's second triathlon his first being the Peachtree City Int'l Triathlon in May of 2012. Carlos, a veteran triathlete by now with several races under his belt including the 2011 Augusta 70.3 and the April, 2012 TryCharleston 70.3 triathlon was in Augusta attempting to complete the race under 5 hours and 30 minutes. Neil, also a veteran, was hoping for a long shot at a podium slot.
In the end, they all had a great race. Neal made the leap from Olympic distance to 70.3. Carlos beat his previous Personal Record (PR) by 30 minutes. Neil bested the first two-thirds of the race but fell short on the run. You can read Neil's race report here. Great job guys!
2012 Augusta 70.3
2012 Wilson 100
SCC members tested their legs at the Wilson 100 on Sunday in Senioa, Georgia, a week before the Savannah Century on September 2nd. This was the 39th running of the Wilson Century and as always it was well attended. The weather at the 8am mass start was perfect with the temperature in the low 60's. The heat would build throughout the day to reach the mid-80's by the time most of the riders finished the 100 mile ride.
Susan Farmer and Kevi Schram rode the 30 mile course. They had the opportunity to visit with the Serrano family (Tony Serrano Century) at the 15 mile rest stop. The whole Serrano family manned the rest stop. Susan said it was very well stocked with 60 or different items including, fresh figs with peanut butter, blueberry lemonade, fresh apples with caramel drizzle, zucchini bread, etc., and all were homemade.
The faster SCC 100 mile course riders stuck with the "Beck Boys" and other team riders as the peloton passed through the Coweta county countryside. Averaging almost 25 mph the group was on schedule for a 4-hour century. It was later reported that they finished in 4 hours and 8 minutes. Unfortunately, the heat, and lack of water from not partaking of fluids at the rest stops took its toll causing some riders to be spit out the back of the peloton before the final sprint to the finish.
After the ride the participants were treated to a chicken or ground beef burrito, rice, re-fried beans, salad, cookies, fresh plums, lunch in the school cafeteria.
Bring on the Savannah Century - we're ready!
Click the album above to see a few pictures from the event.
2012 Grant Park Criterium
The weather held out long enough on Sunday, August 19th for a good day of fast paced cycling on the streets near and through Grant Park in Atlanta. Aaron Dameron competed before noon in the beginner's race. Aaron was followed by Cat 5 racers Eric Stone and Angel Reyes. Just after 2PM it was time for the Cat 4 racers. Junior Diaz and Lino Asiatico raced Cat 4. Finally, at around 3PM Charles Seward hit the course in the 35+/45+ race.
Check-out the photo album on the right. The images start with the last of the Women's Cat 3/4 race and end with the 35+/45+ race.
Kudos to Aaron, Modesto, Angel, Charles, Eric, and Lino for a job well done.
2012 PTC Sprint Triathlon
The 2012 Peachtree City Sprint Triathlon is in the books. SCC members David Grace, Greg Bush, Carlos Talbott, Kimberly Mayben, Pete Van den Elzen, Neil Farmer, and Kristen Bray competed. Kristen did not make the post race picture. Tommy Smith (not shown) and Leslie Momper (center) also were there.
The .3 mile swim, 14 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run race started 2 by 2 time trial style at Drake Field on the edge of Lake Peachtree. Racers lined-up informally by their estimated swim time. Confident in their abilities to swim Middle of the Pack (MOP), the majority of the SCC members started mid-group of the more than 900 racers. Amy Hill was there volunteering at the swim start to yell "GO".
The rest of the race was a blur with the occasional friend sighting and subsequent shout-out. Click these links for the full photo album and results. Kudos to the PTC Tri Club for hosting another great race!
Georgia Golden Olympics
The deadline to register for the 2012 Georgia Golden Olympics is on August 1st. Late registration will be allowed until August 15th. SCC member Neil Coleman asked us to get the word out about this event. Neil competes in the GGO each year and, from what we hear, he does very well. The 2012 GGO take place in Warmer Robins, Georgia on September 19th through 22nd. The Georgia event is a national qualifying event for the 2013 National Senior Games in Cleveland, Ohio. For more information on the National Senior Games go to www.nsga.com.
September 2012 Cycling Events
August 31st - September 2nd – Savannah Century – Savannah, GA. For solo or family travel, this is a must do weekend for cyclists! Cycle miles and miles of both coastal flatlands and rural scenery...AND visit a historic destination city...AND meet hundreds of other cyclists. The 'Bridge' Ride is the Sunday ride that departs Savannah via the beautiful Talmadge Bridge.
Ride start time is 8:00 a.m. Several SCC members are staying at the Hampton Inn & Suites Savannah Historic District, 201 MLK Jr. Blvd., Savannah, GA, United States, 31401 - Tel: 1 912-721-1600. Arriving on September 1st and departing on the 3rd. The century is on September 2nd. Carlos Talbott is the SCC lead for this event.
September 1st - One Love Century - The Metro Atlanta Cycling Club hosts its 7th Annual “One Love Century” bike ride, an enjoyable and fun-filled event for experienced and beginning cyclists. Proceeds benefit organizations that promote cycling for inner city youth: The East Atlanta Kids Club, The East Point Velodrome, and the Dream Team.The ride starts and ends at Stonewall Tell Elementary School in Fulton County, GA. Ride options are 16, 27, 43, 61, and 100 miles in Southern Fulton, Rico, Palmetto and Coweta County. Just minutes outside of Metro Atlanta, experience cycling of unparalleled beauty and low traffic.
The ride starts at Stonewall Tell Elementary School, 3310 Stonewall Tell Rd., College Park, GA 30349. Ride Day Registration is 6:45 AM – 8:30 AM. The course closes at 4:00 PM
September 2nd - Callaway Gardens Triathlon - Pine Mountain, GA. The oldest ongoing triathlon in the continental U.S., since 1980! The entire event is within the beautiful Callaway Gardens. The best triathlon venue in the south!
September 3rd - Atlanta Cycling Labor Day Century - Fairburn, GA. The Atlanta Cycling stores-Ansley and Vinings are proud to sponsor this event. Please join us Labor Day morning for a metric century through the rolling, rural countryside of South Fulton County in support of the church that is so supportive of cycling in the community. Routes of 24, 40, 50 and 62 miles will be painted and supported. An 'ole fashion summer picnic will greet the riders upon their return. Ride this event to see why these roads are called "Silk Sheets".
Please register early; we expect this event to sellout during pre-registration. Rides may pick up their wrist bands and registration info on the morning of the event. Registration opens at 8:00am. All routes are supported and clearly marked. The terrain is gently rolling using very low traffic roads, and riders never are more than 20 miles from the start. The picnic following the ride uses the church's covered pavilion. So, please bring your riding friends and expect to enjoy yourselves.
September 8th - Fool's Gold 50 and 100 Mountain Bike Race - Dahlonega, GA. Fool's Gold 100 is part of the National Ultra Endurance Series and all governing rules of the NUE apply to the Fool's Gold 100.The 2012 Fool's Gold 50/100 will again be based out of the beautiful Montaluce Winery in Dahlonega, GA. As far as the course, expect lots of fast & flowy singletrack, some doubletrack, and a fair dose of gravel road grunts. There are a couple of longer sustained climbs, but the rollers will probably be the ones to get you. Terrapin Brewery is once again offering the Turtle Award for the last place finisher of the 50 and 100 mile races. The last racer to cross the finish line (completing the entire course) will go home with a case of Terrapin Beer! Sweetwater Brewery will award a case of beer to the 50 mile racer who finishes the course closest to 4 hours and 2 minutes AND the 100 mile racer who finishes the course closest to 4:20pm. There could be some close finishes here, folks...it is for beer, after all.
September 8th - Tri the Park John Tanner 2 Triathlon/Duathlon - Carrollton, GA.
September 8th - 9th – Historic Brooks - Brooks, GA. The Velo Voodoo Historic Books Road Races take place on September 8th and 9th. Much like the Grant Park races, the Historic Brooks races are a great way to get introduced to bike racing.
September 9th - Black Bear Rampage - Ducktown, TN. 40 and 20 mile mile mountain bike race utilizing the best trails of the Tanasi Trail System in the Cherokee National Forest. Link for a map of the Black Bear Rampage. The 40 mile course has 4125 feet of ascent and 3834 feet of descent.
September 15th - Beautiful Backroads Century - Cartersville, GA. The Beautiful Backroads Century (BBC) ride intensity is moderate to strenuous with the increased mileage. Again this year, we are planning a feast after the ride with music and sampling of fine Anheuser Busch products. The Anheuser Busch Brewery in Cartersville is located in the beautiful rolling hills of north Georgia. You MUST bring a picture ID with you to the event if you want to sample the Anheuser Busch products.
September 22nd - Rock Ranch Century - The Rock Ranch, 5020 Barnesville Hwy, The Rock, GA. The Run.Bike for Bethany at The Rock Ranch will include 25/50/100 mile bike rides, a 5K cross country run, and a fun bike ride for children to enjoy.
September 22nd - 12 Hours of Dauset Race - Jackson, GA. Miles of singletrack wind up and down the varied terrain that make up this nature preserve. Most technical trail is called "Huff & Puff" for good reason. Course distance is 10 miles per lap.
September 30th - Ironman Augusta 70.3 - Augusta, GA. Athletes start the day with a 1.2 mile swim in the Savannah River then take on a one-loop, hilly bike course through Georgia and into South Carolina. The day ends with a run through downtown Augusta allowing spectators to see their athlete several times throughout the course. Susan Farmer is the SCC club lead for this event.
September 30th - 6 Gaps/3 Gaps - Dahlonega, GA.. Taking place in Georgia's Premier Cycling Venue, the Six Gap Century & Three Gap Fifty boasts many of the same roads and mountain climbs as the elite Tour de Georgia. Come ride the Ride of the Pros!
The Six Gap Century’s ultra challenging route takes you up and down six of the steepest climbs in the North Georgia Mountains. Test your stamina with more than 11,200 feet of vertical climbing over the 104 mile course. Elevations for the six gaps in this ride range from 1,400 feet to 3,460 feet. The toughest climb, Hogpen Gap, will test even the strongest riders, averaging a 7% grade for seven miles, with sections as steep as 15%.
The Three Gap Fifty’s alternative route offers half the gaps and half the distance, but is nevertheless a demanding and challenging course at 58 miles. Elevations range from 1,400 feet to 3,364 feet.
We are also pleased to announce the 5th Annual "Valley Route" Bike Ride. This 35-mile valley option is a great introduction to the infamous Six Gap Century and boasts some of the most scenic mountainside in the Southeast. This new route will cast a special spotlight onto Yahoola Valley, Turner's Corner, and R-Ranch in the Mountains. 100 miles - 11,200 vertical feet - 3,000 friends.
September 29th and 30th - Georgia State Single Speed Championships at Payne's Creek. The Georgia State Singlespeed Championships are returning to Payne's Creek for 2012, hosted by Faster Mustache! Don't miss out on this incredible weekend of bikes, camping, camaraderie, and one7gear competition to crown the king of cogs.
There are likely many other events in and around south Atlanta during the month of September. These are just a few that were brought to our attention. Don't forget the track races at the Dick Lane Velodrome and the club group rides. The formal group rides are scheduled to end on Thursday, October 11th.
2012 Savannah Century
Members of the Southern Crescent Cycling club rode by caravan to the coast for the Savannah Century on Saturday, September 1st. Some members had left the McDonough / Locust Grove area earlier in the week and were already there. In total the club had eleven members riding the full 100 mile course. They were Ken Barbet, Jorge Collado, Junior Diaz, Mike Dozier, Greg Ferrie, Peto Fallas, Neil Farmer, Angel Reyes, Joel Simmons, Bill Strang, and Carlos Talbott. Joel and his family made for an additional half-dozen or so riders.
On the ride down to Savannah we stopped at Grady’s Truck Stop & Grill in Metter, GA for a quick break and later had lunch at Toucan Café in Savannah.
After lunch we went to The Bicycle Link for packet pickup. The caravan left the bike shop for our downtown Savannah destinations of the Hampton Inn and Suites and Doubletree Hotel. Other club members were staying at the River Street Inn, and other hotels in the historic district.
Parking was valet only at the Hampton Inn, so unpacking (and later re-packing) was an exercise in the efficient use of the coveted luggage cart. The Doziers, Talbotts, and Farmers were on the same floor at the Hampton Inn. The Simmons' were on the floor above them.
Carlos made Saturday evening reservations for twenty at Bella’s Italian Café for a pre-ride pasta dinner. We ended up with a few more than that. As most of us were carbo-loading at Bella's, the Simmons family was preparing for the Midnight Garden Ride.
The Simmons family "Poppa's Peloton" included Joel, his twelve year old grandson Dawson, his youngest daughter and son-in-law. They all completed the entire 100 mile course.
Sunday morning arrived with better than expected weather. The sky was completely clear and the temperature was in the low 70’s. After a quick breakfast the group suited up and headed to the starting line at around 7:30am for the 8am start. The 850 or so riders were already starting to gather at The Distillery.
The peloton rolled out right at 8am behind a police escort for the mile or so before sending them off on their own. The petelon climbed the bridge over the Savannah River and raced down the other side reaching speeds close to 50-mph, then it was on to the pothole filled section of the course. The drone of the constant refrain “Hole” wore out the group but within a few miles they were passed that unwelcome section of the course. Traveling at a 25-mph pace, the peloton stretched out on the back roads around Savannah. The wind, while present was not the factor it was the previous year. However, as the sun rose in the sky, so did the heat and humidity also rise. It took its toll.
We were all much better prepared for this century than the Wilson 100 the week before. All of us were loaded down with four or more water bottles, gel packs, electrolyte supplement tablets, bananas, and more. This was going to be a nonstop sub-4 hour century but that wasn’t to be. The first member off the back of the peloton was Neil. He just wasn’t feeling it! Everyone else stayed with the peloton until either the 50 mile point, where Bill succumbed to cramps, or the 80 to 90 mile point where all but Peto, Carlos and Jorge were casted out. All except for Angel, that is, who almost missed the mass start and never was able to recover after a flat tubular tire only 17 miles into the course. Peto finished second in 4 hours and 10 minutes. He was right behind a rider who somehow was able to rejoin the peloton several times with the aid of a SAG vehicle. No, the rider wasn’t drafting behind the vehicle. He and his bike were all loaded up comfy and cozy inside the back of a van, hatch open, speeding through the back roads of Georgia to somewhere just beyond the peloton. That’s taking SAG support to its limits. Carlos finished in 4 hours and 11 minutes. Jorge finished up front in the mix somewhere with Carlos and Peto. Everyone else finished somewhere after them.
The "I got you Bro" award goes to Jorge for his valiant efforts to keep the group together. Junior was vying for that coveted award last year but was disqualified after reportedly leaving Peto to the buzzards shortly after the start. This year Peto had an axe to grind and it showed.
Overall, it was a great century for the club. We had awesome club participation and were probably the largest single group in club kit. The rest stops were plentiful and well stocked. The riders were fun and friendly, except for the grumpy elderly gentleman that had words with Junior. Junior's reply, as described by Mike, was that “Junior killed him with kindness”. Way to go Junior!
We ate dinner at Tubby’s at the River Street Inn on Sunday night. The whole of River Street was abuzz with people enjoying the Labor Day weekend. So much so that it took us almost an hour to decide where we’d eat and another 45 minutes to get a table for thirteen.
Our condolences to Junior and Johanna Diaz on the passing of Johanna’s grandmother. They received the sad news as we all waited at The Distillery for more riders to finish the century.
Check the the Photos page for some images from the weekend.
The 2012 Gezzo's Group Ride is in the Books
The weather was great (later that afternoon) and the riders had a great time (well, that's true) during the Gezzo's Group Ride on Saturday morning. The riders left Gezzo's Surf and Grille on Jonesboro Road just after 8am escorted by several Henry County Police Department patrol cars on their way to completing either the 20, 40 or 60 mile course. Kudos to HCPD! The rain and mist was on and off for much of the morning until the ride was over. Much like the Covington Century the week before. It kept the temperature down and the hearty riders muscled through it. Not always the way one wants to describe a ride but you can't control the weather.
Most of the riders rode the 60 mile route with full SAG support provided by Atlanta Trek, Allen Innis, Carol and Pam. On the right is a link to a photo album from the ride. Most of the images were at Gezzo's and the 40/50 mile rest stop on the 60 mile route.
2012 Gezzo's Group Ride
August 2012 Cycling Events
August 4th - Covington Century – Covington, GA. Covington Century cyclists depart from the Newton Conference Center en mass at 7:30. This beautiful air-conditioned facility is located at 8100 Bob Williams Parkway off of I-20 at Alcovy Rd. (Exit 92) in Covington, Georgia. Enjoy the morning mist and meander past sweeping vistas that please the eye. You'll visit OXFORD, GOOD HOPE, RUTLEDGE, NEWBORN, MANSFIELD, PORTERDALE and the historic settlement of STARRSVILLE.
August 11th – Gezzo’s Group Ride – McDonough, GA. The Gezzo's Group Ride benefits “A Friend's House” located in McDonough, Ga. A Friend's House is dedicated to meeting the emotional and physical needs of children in crisis. Join us as we “Pedal to Protect the children of Henry County from abuse, neglect and abandonment.” For more information please visit www.afriendshouse.org. Ride options include a 20 mile family fun ride, and 40/60 mile rides, as well. Day of ride registration begins at 7AM. The ride starts at 8AM.
August 11th-12th – West Oak Races presented by Smyrna Bicycles – Dalton, GA
August 12th – DLV State/Regional Championships – East Point, GA
August 18th – Litespeed BMW Twilight Criterium – Atlanta, GA
August 18th – PTC Sprint Triathlon – Peachtree City, GA. The TRI Peachtree City Sprint Triathlon consists of a .3 mile swim, 14 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run. This event attracts all levels of competitors, but we aim to make it especially appealing to first timers! Carlos Talbott is the SCC lead for this event.
August 19th - Grant Park Criterium – Atlanta GA. The L5Flyers presented by Quantum Mechanics is proud to host the 8th annual Grant Park Criterium. Check the event website for category start times. For the fourth year in a row, they are hosting both Men and Women Beginner races. No race license is required. If you ever wanted to try criterium racing, this is your event! Prizes will be awarded to the top 5 in each beginner category.
The Grant Park Criterium is a cool event for spectators so think about taking the short trip to Grant Park to support those SCC members who will be participating. Last year's races were well attended by SCC members.
August 26th – Wilson 100 – Senoia, GA. The popular Wilson 100 features a 13 (Family Ride/Walk/Run), 30, 64 & 100 mile options, great maps, road marking and signage, and rest stops with assorted foods. Bicycle Ride from 13 miles to 100 miles (Century). 13 miles may be used as a half marathon run/walk. It is recommended that all riders complete no later than 5:00pm. Lunch will be provided at end of the ride. Susan Farmer is the lead for this event.
August 31st - September 2nd – Savannah Century – Savannah, GA. For solo or family travel, this is a must do weekend for cyclists! Cycle miles and miles of both coastal flatlands and rural scenery...AND visit a historic destination city...AND meet hundreds of other cyclists. The 'Bridge' Ride is the Sunday ride that departs Savannah via the beautiful Talmadge Bridge. Ride start time is 8:00 a.m. Several SCC members are staying at the Hampton Inn & Suites Savannah Historic District, 201 MLK Jr. Blvd., Savannah, GA, United States, 31401 - Tel: 1 912-721-1600. Arriving on September 1st and departing on the 3rd. The century is on September 2nd. Carlos Talbott is the SCC lead for this event.
Don't forget to checkout our Cycling on TV page for August too.
2012 PTC Sprint Triathlon Analysis
As with the olympic distance triathlon in Peachtree City in May of this year, again, we took some of the numbers from the Peachtree City Sprint Triathlon on Saturday, August 18th, 2012 and culled through the results. To keep things simple we just looked at the results from the men's division and charted those results by overall finish placement and the time in each segment of the race. That means if a racer finished 136th overall amongst the male racers then each chart will show that racer as 136th horizontally on the chart. The times are in minutes and are in respect to the 0.3 mile swim, 14 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run segments.
The 5 SCC members that competed out of the almost 600 male finishers are indicated in red on each chart. As the swim chart indicates, the abilities of the racers in the swim segment were varied. Even the top finishers took between 6:30 and 10 minutes to complete that segment. If that range was carried across to the bike segment the same racers would have finished between 30 and 46 minutes. As expected, SCC members did well in the bike segment as indicated by the red dots in the lower portion of the trend line. The chart of the run segment of the race shows slightly less ability to close out the race. Overall, SCC members did very well finishing in the top half of those that competed.
Swim Segment
Bike Segment
Run Segment
Place - Name - Swim - Bike - Run - OA Time
37 - Neil Farmer - 9:30 - 35:10 - 21:43 - 1:08:39
136 - Carlos Talbott - 9:09 - 35:21 - 28:32 - 1:16:31
184 - David Grace - 12:16 - 38:41 - 24:38 - 1:18:28
198 - Gregory Bush - 10:02 - 38:26 - 27:09 - 1:19:14
263 - Pete Van Den Elzen - 12:19 - 39:50 - 25:54 - 1:22:01
52 - Kimberly Mayben - 11:34 - 39:26 - 27:25 - 1:21:30
223 - Kristen Bray - 12:53 - 45:21 - 37:50 - 1:42:13
SCC Rider Profile - Tony Cooper
NAME: Tony Cooper
NICKNAME: None…just Tony
RESIDENCE: McDonough, GA since 2009
AGE: 11 years of age
PLACE OF BIRTH: Detroit, MI
ETHNICITY: Italian/Latino
YEARS CYCLING: Started 3-4 years ago. Second year on the road bike
LONGEST RIDE: 50 miles
FLAT OR CLIPLESS? Clipless all the way. I got the scars to prove it from falling.
BIKE USED: Specialized frame
FAVORITE TYPE OF CYCLING: Time Trial
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Lance Armstrong
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED: My dad got me a bike and got me into it.
ASPIRATIONS: Professional Racing
DREAM BIKE: Specialized TARMAC. Red and Black colors.
SCHOOL: Currently attending Eagles Landing Middle School
FAVORITE MOVIE: American Flyers
FAVORITE FOOD: Sloppy Joes
LEAST FAVORITE FOOD: Tuna
CROSSTRAINING CATEGORIES: Boxing and running.
AWARDS: 3rd Place State of GA on Scratch Race 2012
1st Place State of GA on time trial 2012
3rd Place State of GA 9 Lap Point Race 2012
2nd Place State of GA Overall 10-12 Age group 2012
NEXT RACE: August 11th
Georgia State Champion Tony Cooper
Henry County Times Article
The August 1st on-line edition of the Henry County Times features an article about Southern Crescent Cycling. The image in the article was taken on Saturday, April 7th at one of the rest stops on the 100 mile course of the Tony Seranno Century in Monroe, Georgia. SCC was well represented that day. We had a great ride and the weather couldn't have been better. Check it out here!
SBL FreeWheelin' Magazine
Checkout the July 2012 issue of the Southern Bicycle League FreeWheelin' magazine. Contributing writer Brian Williams has written an article which features Southern Crescent Cycling as the subject. Mr. Williams interviewed club president Carlos Talbott, Josh Reeves, and Joel Simmons as part of the article. Tim Kohl's Epic Bikes are also featured in a separate article.
In addition to the great articles, FreeWheelin' is also a good place to find information about upcoming rides. Download Here!
On Monday, July 9th SCC sponsor and avid cyclist Dr. Peto Fallas, SCC president Carlos Talbott, and triathlete Kimberly Mayben were interviewed by Talk of the Town hosts Adam Stanfield and Kay Bohan. The Charter Cable Channel 15 show interview can be seen online at www.scbtv.com/
Great interview folks!
Talk of the Town daily broadcast schedule: 7:00am - 9:00am - 11:00am (Except Sunday) - 1:00pm - 3:00pm - 5:00pm - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Talk of the Town - Southern Crescent Cycling from SCB TV 15 on Vimeo.
July 2012 Cycling Events
The Hospitality Highway Century on Sunday, July 8th starts at exit 7 of Georgia Route 400, and will wind through Sandy Springs, Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, and other scenic areas of North Fulton. There are 9-mile, 23-mile, 60-mile, and 100-mile options. The 100 mile ride is over 8500 feet of climbing up short steep hills that build your base strength! Perfect training for that fall triathlon, or that late season race, or maybe you just want to burn over 8700 calories! The 60 Mile ride also ascends 5500 feet and will climb the "Three Sisters" same as the 100 milers do. The Three sisters are three short climbs near the end of the ride in Roswell. You will have cheering fans as you pedal squares up the Big Sister in Mountain Park and Middle Sister as you pound your way through Wildwood Springs and finally you will roll up the Little Sister in Waverly Hall. Look for the local kids to have lemonade stands as an excuse to stop or use the cheers of neighbors to help you up the hill!
The inaugural Pedal for Pets Senoia Century to benefit dog and cat spay and Neuter programs is on Saturday, July 14th. Come Join the riders and volunteers of SouthSide Cycling Club for a relaxing bike ride through beautiful central Georgia! Light traffic. Gently rolling terrain. This FULLY SAG'd ride offers options of 33, 66 and 99 miles. Fully provisioned rest stops no further than 20 miles apart on all routes. Free T-shirts. Coupons and good deals after in and around historic Senoia.
The Tri the Parks Triathlon and Duathlon Race Series is the original multi-sport event series in Georgia. Six triathlons, six duathlons, six aquabikes and one aquathlon comprise the series for 2012. This month there is the Mistletoe sprint triathlon near Appling, Georgia on Saturday, July 21st.
The Georgia Bicycle Racing Association (GBRA) has races each weekend in July as part of the Georgia Championship Series. Check out their complete list of events at http://gacycling.org/ .
- “The Omnium” East Point July 6-7 Website
- State RR Championships Fairmont July 7-8 Website
- Brenau Criterium Gainesville July 21-22
- Georgia Cycling Gran Prix Gwinnett County July 25-29 Website
As always, checkout the track racing at the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point, Georgia. The races start at 7:00PM and end at 9:30PM. If you have never seen track racing before than we think you'll find these races well worth attending.
2012 Jackson Brevet Roundup
The 2012 Jackson Brevet is in the books. A dozen or so Southern Crescent Cycling members made the trip to Braselton, Georgia. This was a charity ride to raise funds to fight Aplastic Anemia, and the ride was well attended by riders from all over Atlanta. The weather was perfect for a ride so we took the opportunity to take a few pictures. A link to the photo album is on the right.
As the ride started the faster riders led the group out. The course was marked with a yellow "J". Unfortunately, Jorge and Neil along with a few other riders didn't see the marker and missed one of the first turns. Since they were in front of the group they kept going as calls from the rest of their group went unheard. When they finally looked back the group was gone. Undaunted they continued on, in the wrong direction, following ride marks on the road used for another ride. The Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) had just come through the area only weeks before. Anyway, after some creative orienteering, Jorge, Neil, and another rider, David Harding, met up with the SCC group at the last rest stop near the 80 mile point. Overall, it was a fun but tiring day. Kudos to the ride organizers and volunteers, and thanks to Tim Kohl of Epic Bikes for the pre-ride breakfast.
A few pictures from before, during and after the Jackson Brevet.
2012 Jackson Brevet
New York Gran Fondo
Lina Asiatico, Fallas Family Vision owner and Southern Crescent Cycling sponsor Dr. Peto Fallas, Modesto Diaz, and Jorge Collado participated in the New York Gran Fondo in New York on Sunday, May 20th, 2012.
"Gran Fondo New York starts with a bang on the world’s most travelled bridge, George Washington Bridge, exclusively closed for you. Enjoy magnificent views of Manhattan during this once in a lifetime car free stint. Following Hudson upstream on rural roads and through scenic towns, riders will compete against each other and themselves on a timed climbs which will count towards the King and Queen of Mountain competition. The featured climb of the event and Cima Coppi (highest point of the ride) is the nearly four mile climb up to Bear Mountain in Harriman State Park. After descending, the course will wind its way back, hitting two more timed climbs before finishing in Weehawken with stunning NYC views.
The total ride distance is 110miles/177k and the elevation gain is 8,500ft/2,800m."
Great picture fellas!
June 2012 Cycling Events
The 3rd Annual Jackson Brevet is on Saturday, June 16th, 2012. The ride starts at 7:30am. Dr. Peto Fallas has registered a team/club and is the club leader for this event. He and a dozen other SCC members plan to participate. The team name is "Southern Crescent Cycling". Use the team name to get a discount on registration. Contact Peto for the password.
The Tri the Parks Triathlon and Duathlon Race Series is the original multi-sport event series in Georgia. Six triathlons, six duathlons, six aquabikes and one aquathlon comprise the series for 2012. This month there is the Blalock Lakes sprint triathlon near Newnan, Georgia on June 2nd and the Indian Springs sprint triathlon near Flovilla, Georgia on June 23rd. Neil Farmer is the SCC club leader for the Indian Creek race.
The Peachtree City Youth Triathlon will be held on June 9th at the Glenloch Recreation Area. They are looking for volunteers to help put on this annual event. If you have an hour or two to spare, please consider volunteering. It's fun to see the young kids out there playing, racing and enjoying the sport we love while encouraging healthy lifestyles at a young age. Anne Chrzanowski is coordinating the volunteers - please contact Anne if you can help! Find out more at http://tri-ptc.com/.
The Pedal for Pets Senoia to Savannah Tour is June 7th - 9th. The Pedal for Pets Senoia Century is the following month on July 14th.
On Sunday, June 10th several SCC member will do 3-GAPS. They'll be riding HOGPEN, JACKS, and UNICOI. The group will depart from Epic Bikes on Jonesboro Road at around 5:00 - 5:30 am. They will park in Helen, Georgia and ride their bikes from there. After the ride, they will grab a drink and bite to eat at the TROLL TAVERN. Contact Peto for information.
The Blood Sweat & Gears century is on June 23rd is a challenging to strenuous full English century - 100 mile loop ride starting and ending at the Valle Crucis Elementary School, approximately 5 miles south of Boone, North Carolina. The route roughly circles Boone through the outskirts of Watauga County, the heart of North Carolina's High Country. The terrain is constantly changing with hills of all lengths and curves too numerous to count. The cumulative climbing elevation is 13,000+ feet, with the climb up to the gap at Snake Mountain, mile-point 63, reaching an 18-20% grade near the top. Several SCC riders are doing this ride. Contact Peto for information.
SCC is getting a group together to go watch some exciting track racing on Wednesday, June 6th. Come join your fellow cycling enthusiasts at the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point, Georgia for Madison Night. The races start at 7:00PM and end at 9:30PM. If you have never seen track racing before than we think you'll find these races well worth attending.
The SCC race team has several races this month as well. They'll be in Covington, Georgia for the Healthy Newton Omnium on June 9th and 10th and they may be in Augusta, Georgia on June 20th through 24th for the Georgia TT Championship, one of USA Cycling's most popular and competitive events. The Elite, U23, Juniors & Paralympic Road Nationals will showcase America's current and future stars as they race for national titles in the road race, time trial and criterium. Go to www.gacycling.com to find out more.
The Bicycle Ride Across Georgia is from June 2nd through 9th. If you can't make the whole week of riding, than check out the BRAG website for daily ride information.
Trek from Trek to Trek
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 30th, 2012. That's the date of the 2nd Annual Customer Appreciation Day at Atlanta Trek. Both the McDonough and Peachtree City stores will be participating. The day begins at 8AM with a beginner and intermediate road ride. At 11AM they'll have a free cookout for all with food and refreshments. There's also a Velo Swap (Cyclist Flea Market) for riders to get rid of equipment they no longer need and/or pickup something they've been looking for. The 1st ten vendors will get the prime spots. Bring your own tables. If you can't stay for the Velo Swap get with Alec at the McDonough store and he'll try to work out something where your items can be displayed.
For more information call (770) 320-7477 for the McDonough store or (770) 632-1830 for Peachtree City.
Indian Spring Sprint Triathlon
Kudos to SCC Members, Jim Banaski, Kevi Schram, and Neil Farmer for their efforts on Saturday, June 23rd at the Tri the Parks Indian Springs Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon. Kevi and her friend Shannon both completed their first ever triathlon competing in the novice category. Kevi finished in 3rd place and Shannon in 4th. Jim completed the Duathlon in 4th place in the Male 40-44 age-group. Neil competed in the Male 50-54 age-group of the triathlon and finished 4th in that category.
As of this writing the results have not yet been posted. Please forgive all the images of Neil in the photo album on the right. That's what you get when your wife has the camera.
2012 Indian Springs Tri
MACC Attack Group Ride
On Sunday, June 10th at 9:00am Southern Crescent Cycling members will join the Metro Atlanta Cycling Club "MACC Rock Cut" group ride. The ride is described as having pleasant sections of rolling terrain, punctuated with challenging hills. The Rock Cut route transverses mixes favorite sections from other routes with “new” classics. There are 50 mile and shorter options.
The ride starts at Georgia Perimeter College, South Campus at the intersection of Clifton Springs and Panthersville roads. The Georgia Perimeter College address is 3251 Panthersville Road, Decatur, GA 30034. Take I-285 to Candler Road/Flat Shoals exit, go 1/4 mile south to first light to Columbia Drive/Clifton Springs Road, make a right and go through the next light (Panthersville Rd.). Keep straight. The school will be on left. All riders welcome! You don't have to be a MACC or SCC member to participate.
Cancelled due to rain. Stay tuned for new date.
Peachtree Int'l Triathlon Analysis
A week has passed since the Peachtree Int'l Triathlon and SuperSprint Triathlon on May 19th. Southern Crescent Cycling had several members in the international distance race and one member in the supersprint race. All of our men and women racers did very well with three of them podiuming. Carlos Talbott placed third in the Clydesdale division. Neil Farmer placed third in the M50-54 age-group. Greg Bush placed first in the M55-59 age-group in the supersprint.
With those results in mind we took the men's overall results from the international distance race and culled through them to find the placement for the six male SCC members that competed in that race. The six are Neil Farmer, Carlos Talbott, Dan Gutierrez, Trey Hair, Marriner Smith, and Neal Hamilton. They are indicated in red. Each chart shows the time to complete the segment on the left and the overall placement at the bottom. The blue and red diamonds represent the 350, or so, men that competed in the race. As you can see, SCC members were all over the place on the swim. This seems to reflect the varied ability of the entire field. The bike and run segments seems more compressed but that is probably just a reflection of the wider increments in the chart. Even so, as expected, SCC members nailed the bike. The run chart shows an area for improvement with many of the red diamonds on the upper portion of the plotted blue diamonds. The transitions were not charted but as is often said, you can win a race in transition but you sure can lose it. We'll try to improve those times as well in the next few months.
We apologize to our women competitors, Isabel Gutierrez and Kimberly Mayben, and supersprinter Greg Bush for not including their results in the charts. Each data point was entered manually so after finishing the men's results we'd had enough and quit.
Annual Jackson Brevet
The 3rd Annual Jackson County Brevet is on Saturday, June 16th, 2012. The ride starts at 7:30am. Dr. Peto Fallas has registered a team/club for this event. He and several other SCC members plan to participate. The team name is "Southern Crescent Cycling". Contact Peto or Neil Farmer for the team password. There are only 1500 spots in this event. A team/club requires 10 or more members to qualify as a team. The individual registration is $40. Team/club members pay $35.
The beneficiary for the Jackson County Brevet is the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AA&MDS), the world's leading nonprofit health organization dedicated to supporting patients and families living with Aplastic Anemia.
Ride organizer Robert Wilhite rode with SCC during the Get Chicken Fit 60K on April 21st. Visit the Jackson Brevet website to find out more.
May 2012 Cycling Events
Get Chicken Fit 60K on April 21st
As the cycling season progresses we'll try to send out e-mails to our members to help remind them of upcoming events. You'll also find a lot of these events on our Facebook page. Get out your pen, smartphone, or sticky notes and mark your calendars!
The month of May brings Southern Crescent Cycling members several fun and challenging events. First there is the 3 State 3 Mountain Challenge in Chattanooga, TN on Saturday, May 5th. This ride has four mileage option, 100, 90, 62 and 25. That's something for everybody. Dr. Peto Fallas is the club leader for this event.
A week later we have the Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) Race to the Finish Line in Hampton, GA on Saturday, May 12th to benefit the Speedway Children's Charities. This event includes a 1 mile fun run, 5K and 10K foot race, and a 35 and 63 mile bike ride. The foot races start at 8am. The bike rides start at 10am. The Run for the Finish Line is on our "home turf" so we're expecting good member participation. This is also when the we'll try to announce the winner of the SCC Sexy Legs Contest. Register by 6pm on Wednesday, May 2nd to be guaranteed a t-shirt.
The following weekend brings us the popular Peachtree City Int'l Triathlon and Super Sprint Triathlon in Peachtree City, GA on Saturday, May 19th. The International or Olympic distance triathlon consists of a .93 mile Swim, 25 mile Bike, and 6.2 mile Run. The Super Sprint triathlon consists of a 300 yard Swim, 8 mile Bike and 2 mile Run. Susan Farmer is the club leader for this event.
On Sunday, May 20th we have the Atlanta Tour de Cure in Douglasville, GA. Ride options include 8, 17, 37, 66, and 103 mile routes. To participants each rider must raise $200 for the American Diabetes Association. These fund go to support diabetes research and programs. Derek Smith is the club leader for this event. Use promo code "atl10" and "Team Southern Crescent Cycling" when registering.
So, there you have it! May is full of challenging and competitive races and charity rides. Choose one, two, three, or all four...you'll be glad you did!
In addition to the club sanctioned events above, SCC road and track team members have the opportunity to show their muscle during the Sandy Springs Cycling Challenge in Sandy Springs on Sunday, May 6th and the Gainesville Criterium in Gainesville on Saturday, May 12th. The popular Roswell Criterium is scheduled for April 29th.
The Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point, GA has the Super Saturday race scheduled for Saturday, May 5th from 2pm to 5pm and Pro Race Series "The Keirin" on Friday, May 11th from 7pm to 9pm and Saturday, May 12th from 3pm to 9pm.
Club leaders help promote the event by encouraging other members to participate, act as a point-of-contact for meet-ups and carpooling, help haul equipment when needed, take pictures (if they've got a camera), and provide some feedback to the club after the event. This is especially important when we have members competing.
Don't forget the club group rides Monday through Thursday at 6:15pm. Check the calendar for details.
AMS Race to the Finish Line
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 12th. That's the date of the Atlanta Motor Speedway Race to the Finish Line 1 mile fun run, 5K / 10K foot race, and 30 / 65 mile bike rides to benefit the Speedway Children's Charities. Walk-up registration starts at 7:30am. The foot race starts at 8am and the bike ride starts at 10am. The route for the 65 mile bike ride is on the right. The start and finish are at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, 1500 19/41 South, Hampton, GA 30228. Each pre-registered participant (except the 1 mile fun run) will receive a t-shirt. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult for the 5K and 10K.
Open House at Atlanta Motor Speedway - Saturday, May 12 | 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Come join Atlanta Motor Speedway’s staff for a FREE Open House on Saturday, May 12. Enjoy free Legends racing, giveaways, a... ton of family fun and the opportunity to drive your car on Atlanta Motor Speedway’s 1.54-mile quad-oval. Each fan that purchases a ticket to the AdvoCare 500, will be able to drive their car on the track for FREE! Tickets start at only $39! Fans that wish to only drive the track can do so for $30.
The fun will include:
• Drive YOUR car on the track *
• Giveaways include autographed NASCAR driver memorabilia, Richard Petty Ride-Along, Papa John’s Pizza gift cards & more!
• 15 percent off 2012 NASCAR Gear in the Speedway Gift Shop & an additional 10 percent with a ticket purchase
• Legends Racing
• Kids’ rock wall and jump house
• FREE snacks
• Coca-Cola Pit Crew Challenge Simulator
• Track Tours
• Car Show
• Opportunity to take photos with the AMS pace car and a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner trophy
* $30 or FREE with AdvoCare 500 ticket purchase.
Register on-line here.
Bike Ride Start
Bike Ride Markers
Race to the Finish Line 65 Mile Ride
Find more Bike Ride in McDonough, GA
Find more Bike Ride in Hampton, GA
SCC Sexy Legs Contest
The Southern Crescent Cycling Sexy Legs contest has ended. We had 12 brave souls willing to participate in our off beat effort to celebrate the arrival of our new club kit. Now it's time to announce the winner. Congratulations to Matthew Wilkins. You are our winner. Your legs while obviously in need of a spray tan garnered the most votes. You'll be happy to know that the other competition wasn't even close.
Kudos to you Matt and we hope you enjoy your new kit. You can see the other contestants with their bikes, and some others in the Photos section of the website.
Matt with his Ridley Orion
Events of Interest and a plea for Volunteers
The 2012 Roopville Ramble on Saturday, May 19th is looking for riders. The ride benefits Camp Sunshine, a camp for kids with serious illnesses.
The Rocket City Criterium on Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th is looking for racers. Save $10 on on-line registration until May 16th. If you miss online registration, you can still register for the Omnium without late fees until Friday, May 18th, 6-8 pm at the Huntsville Downtown Holiday Inn at 401 Williams Avenue.
The Jackson Brevet is looking for volunteers. They need 125 volunteers, to pull off their 3rd annual Jackson County Brevet on Saturday, June 16th. They have many areas where you can volunteer and still ride in the event. Please help them spread the word about volunteers to your family/friends/co-workers/social groups, etc. Volunteers will be treated to breakfast and lunch, along with receiving a Special Volunteer t-shirt. If you (or someone you know) would like to help, please send an email to info@jacksonbrevet.com with the words "I want to Volunteer" in the subject line.
SCC 2012 Kit Order #2
If you missed your opportunity to order the new 2012 Southern Crescent Cycling club kit back it February than this might be your luck day. Club members have a second chance to order club shorts, bibs, jerseys, arm warmers, gloves, leg warmers, and more. Club apparel is available to club members only. Please use the sizing chart to find the exact items you'd like to purchase. Be specific regarding the quantity, size, gender, jersey cut, and style of shorts. Thanks to our sponsors SCC club members can purchase items at a substantial discount. Click on the links to see the price list and Veloce Speedwear sizing chart. Club Treasurer, David Mills will be the point of contact for orders.
Submit your order to David at treasurer@bikescc.org on or before Sunday, May 6th.
The second kit order has been submitted. We'll let you know when they arrive.
The Southern Crescent Cycling Sexy Legs contest has started. What a great way to celebrate the arrival of our new club kit. We have 12 contestants, men and women, who were brave enough to enter this year's contest. It's hard to believe that all the hours of training over months and years, in the cold of winter and the heat of summer, have led us to this. Hey, it's supposed to be fun! The deadline for voting is Friday, May 11th, 2012 at 8pm EST.
Enjoy and vote early and vote often. Vote here.
SCC T-Shirts for Sale
Order your long anticipated, highly coveted Southern CrescentCycling 100% cotton Gildan Ultra t-shirt now. There are two designs to choose from 1) a white t-shirt with the SCC logo on the back and 2) a yellow t-shirt with the SCC logo and RIDE LEADER in text above the logo. Both designs have a small SCC logo on the front of the shirt.
The t-shirts are only $10 each. Please submit orders to Junior Diaz via e-mail at team@bikescc.org. Indicate the color (white or yellow), size (Unisex or women's sizes S, M, L, XL, for XXL through 5XL add $2) and quantity of each in your order. Junior will accept orders through Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at 6pm. Make checks payable to: Southern Crescent Cycling.
The t-shirt order has been submitted.
White SCC T-Shirt
Yellow SCC RIDE LEADER T-Shirt
April 28th and 29th Events
In addition to the Race for Riley 5K run and 13, 32, 65 mile bike rides on April 28th, we've also got some criterium races this weekend. The Terrapin Twilight Criterium in Athens on April 28th and the Historic Roswell Criterium on Roswell on April 29th. Both races should be very fun to watch. Check the race website for locations and start times.
Race for Riley 5K and Bike Ride
Join us for the 8th Annual Race for Riley 5K and bike ride on Saturday, May 28th, 2012. The events take place in the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. The run starts at 8:30am. The bike ride starts at 10:00am. Parking is in a field just east of the Serenbe Bed and Breakfast at 10950 Hutchesons Ferry Road, Palmetto, GA 30268 - Map.
Ride through scenic Chattahoochee Hills in south Fulton County
Ride options include 13, 32, and 65 mile routes.
Awards in the 5K run to overall male & female, overall male & female master, and top 3 in 14 age groups (male & female) - 10 & under to 70 & over in 5-year increments. Ribbons to all finishers in the 1 Mile & Tot Trot
Meet DJ Michael Stuart!
Short-sleeved Race for Riley shirt guaranteed to all pre-registered entrants.
Proceeds from the day go to support the Joseph Sams School serving children with special needs.
April 21st and 22nd Events
Southern Crescent Cycling members are all over the map this weekend. We're in Charleston, SC participating in the Try Charleston half triathlon and Piedmont, Alabama doing the Cheaha Challenge Century. Still more of us will be closer to home in McDonough, Georgia participating in the Run of the Mill 5K and Get Chicken Fit with Epic Bikes 60K bike ride. We look forward to seeing some good pictures!
A few pictures from the Run of the Mill 5K and Get Chicken Fit with Epic Bike 60K have been uploaded to the website Photos page. Kudos to Neil Farmer and Greg Hammond. They both finished the 5K 1st in their age group.
Kudos to Carlos Talbott for his 3rd place finish in the Clydesdale division at the Try Charleston Half triathlon, and to Kimberley Mayben and Jason Reeves for completing the race. Results
Run of the Mill 5K / Get Chicken Fit 60K
SCC Kit Order - Update (4/20/12)
You can pay for and pick up your new SCC kit at the McDonough Trek store on Friday, April 20th all day until 6:00pm. On Saturday morning David will be at Epic Bikes to hand out kits before the Get Chicken Fit 60K ride - time to be announced. Don't forget your check made payable to "Southern Crescent Cycling" or bring cash (exact change or round up to nearest dollar). Stay tuned for additional pickup dates and times. Unfortunately, a few items have been backordered including, tri tops, tri suits, and fleece arm/leg warmers.
- The address for the McDonough Trek store is: 120 Westridge Parkway, McDonough, GA 30253 Map
- The address for the Epic Bikes store is: 1993 Jonesboro Rd, McDonough, GA 30253 Map
Get Chicken Fit 60K Bike Ride - April 21st
EVENT DETAILS: In addition to the Run of the Mill 5K on April 21st there is 60K (36 miles) Bike Ride, coordinated by Epic Bikes. The ride begins at 9:00 a.m. The Get Chicken Fit ride will begin at Truett’s Grill in McDonough, head out into Spalding County and finish back to Truett’s Grill where cyclists will enjoy lunch. Helmets are mandatory for all cyclists. The course includes two challenging climbs. There will be sag support and vehicle escort.
FEE: $20 per person. Includes Chick-fil-A lunch. There is no additional charge to register on the day of ride. Checks should be made payable to James Everett Scholarship Fund. Cyclists may pick up their goody bags and lunch ticket between 8:15-8:45 a.m. Saturday, April 21, in the Truett’s Grill parking lot.
Register for the ride on-line at Active.com or via Printable Ride Registration Form (pdf)
Macon Cycling Classic
Saturday, April 14th brought us the 2012 Macon Cycling Classic Criterium race followed on Sunday, April 15th by the Monroe County Road Race. Several Southern Crescent Cycling team members participated in both events. Good job team. Find out more at http://www.maconcyclingclassic.com/
Tony Serrano Post-Ride Roundup
The skies were clear and the temperature was perfect, from the mid-40's in the morning to the mid-70's in the afternoon. Rollout was at 8:35am. Most of the SCC riders collected at the back of the staging area before the start. After the start, the line of riders stretched out as they meandered through the city of Monroe. The SCC riders took the opportunity to re-organize as a group. Most of us were riding the 100 mile option. Somewhere before the first rest stop we lost a few riders from our group. One rider had a flat and a second rode into a ditch. Both riders were okay but several more SCC riders stopped to assist. Those in the front traveled on unaware of what had happened. That's our story anyway!
Rest stop #2 was our first stop. The club stopped at each subsequent rest stop on the 100 mile route to regroup before what seemed like a sprint to the next rest stop. Each station was well supported with cheerful volunteers and stocked with all sorts of fruit, cookies, peanuts, pretzels, sandwiches, cold water and Gatorade. A volunteer reported that 672 riders participated in this year's ride. The ride was well attended.
One of our members, Susan Farmer had the opportunity to ride with the Serrano family. She took a few pictures. They're included in the photo album on the right. Enjoy!
2012 Tony Serrano Ride
SCC and SBL Club Affiliation
The board of Southern Crescent Cycling is proud to announce a mutual club affiliation agreement with the Southern Bicycle League (SBL). If you're not familiar with the SBL you still may know of the Wilson 100 Century. The "Wilson" named after former SBL President Scott Wilson, is a very popular event for Metro Atlanta cyclists in Senoia, Georgia. SBL affiliation will provide your board with a base of knowledge of which they may access as our club continues to grow. As an SCC member you'll receive a $5 discount off an SBL membership, should you choose to join the SBL. SBL membership allows you to receive a discount on Wilson 100 registration. SBL affiliation costs Southern Crescent Cycling and its members nothing. We will display their logo on our website and they will display ours. They will include our rides on their ride calendar and hopefully, both clubs will continue to grow and promote safe cycling. Find out more about the SBL at http://www.bikesbl.org/.
Fouche Gap Road Race Results
Congratulations to SCC members Modesto Diaz, Frank Santoyo, and Charles Seward for their impressive showing at the Fouche Gap Road Race on April 7th in Rome, Georgia. The Fouche Gap Road Race was held in Floyd County less than 5 miles from downtown Rome GA. The course wound through the undulating backroads of Floyd County. The final lap of the race finished atop Fouche Gap. Modesto and Frank competed in the Cat 5 race and Charles competed in the Masters 55+. Modesto placed 17th and Frank placed 34th in a field of 46 riders. Charles placed 2nd in the 55+ category.
Well deserved kudos to you fellas!
2012 Fouche Gap Road Race
Dick Lane Velodrome Track Racing
SCC triathlete and track racer Daniel Gutierrez sent us a few pictures from his latest race at the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point, Georgia on April 4th. At the time of this posting Dan was ranked 16th out of 60 racers year-to-date.
Kudos to you Dan for your excellent finishes. We look forward to more pictures from you and the other SCC riders who have taken to the track.
The velodrome hosts races many nights during the week. Check the Dick Lane Velodrome website for dates and times.
DLV Track Racing
SCC Group Rides Have Started
Club group rides officially started on Monday, March 12th. The Monday and Wednesday rides start from the Epic Bikes store on Jonesboro Road and the Tuesday and Thursday rides start from the McDonough Trek store on GA-20. In this early part of the season the rides are about 20 miles in distance. As the season progresses we'll add new longer routes. Check Facebook and the website Calendar for ride date, time, and location information. All rides are subject to cancellation without notice. Ride cancellations are usually due to weather.
The Epic Bikes rides will follow this route - Short Loop from Epic with the track. The McDonough Trek store rides will follow this route - Trek Short Loop
New riders might want to checkout the Westridge Beginner Ride each Saturday morning at 8am from Trek McDonough. This is a 15-23 mile no drop ride.
Rock Hill Bicycle Club Classic
Good luck to SCC club members Obie Ingram and John Harsch on Saturday and Sunday, March 31st and April 1st, as they compete in the Rock Hill Bicycle Club Classic. The first day of the 2012 RHBC Classic features a challenging road race, located in and around Western York County. This 28 mile, multi-loop race allows riders to test themselves through rolling/hilly countryside while racing thru several small SC towns. Start / Finish is at York Middle School in York, SC (SC 321 south of York). The second day of the 2012 RHBC Classic features the Winthrop Lake Criterium. This all-day event provides ample opportunities for new and experienced racers to test their skills against racers from all over the country along a 1 mile loop course. Winthrop Lake provides the perfect venue for spectators to watch the multi-lap race. Find out more at http://www.rockhillbicycleclub.com/
2012 GA Rides to the Capitol
Georgia Rides to the Capitol
The 2012 GARTTC event is in the books. Twenty-five or so riders from the Epic Bikes and Trek McDonough bike shops left the McDonough city hall at 8am with a full police escort. They headed north on GA Hwy 155 to meet up with other riders from Conyers, Stone Mountain, and Decatur at the East Lake MARTA station. From the MARTA station the group headed west to the join up with other riders from Roswell and Alpharetta before the final leg of the ride to the steps of the capitol.
At the capitol the riders were addressed by event organizers, and state and local officials.
The return trip from the capitol followed a different route with the majority of the SCC riders opting to ride south by the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary down Moreland Avenue / GA-42. Check out the article in the Henry Herald.
Fouche Gap Road Race
Good luck to the Southern Crescent Cycling Road Race Team members Junior Diaz, Frank Santoyo, and Charles Seward as they compete in the Fouche Gap Road Race in Rome, Georgia on Saturday, April 7th. The Fouche Gap Road Race will be held in Floyd County, with a convenient start less than 5 miles to downtown Rome GA. The course winds through the undulating backroads of Floyd County. Each passes scenic Rocky Mountain Park. All races will finish atop Fouche Gap on the final lap. The final section of road in red will be closed to motor vehicles on race day. Riders doing multiple laps will only climb the mountain at the end of the race.
Tony Serrano Century
As the SCC Road Race team is competing in Rome, Georgia, at the Fouche Gap Road Race on Saturday, April 7th many other SCC members will be riding the roads of Walton County from Monroe to Social Circle, Good Hope, Bostwick, and North High Shoals in the Tony Serrano Century ride. Upwards of two dozen club members are expected to participate in this popular ride which features 100, 62, 37, and 10 mile options. The pre-ride plan is to carpool caravan to Monroe from the Trek McDonough bike shop at 6:30am. David Mills is the club lead for this event.
SCC Tri Team First OWS
Isabel Gutierrez, Trey Hair, Neal Hamilton, and Neil Farmer hit the open water on Sunday, April 1st for the first Open Water Swim session for the Southern Crescent Triathlon Team for the 2012 race season. The plan was to swim 1 mile in the late afternoon when the water was warm and there was minimal boat traffic on the lake. Susan Farmer drove the chase boat. The planned distance is just a bit more than the .93 miles they'll each have to swim during the Peachtree International Triathlon (PIT) in Peachtree City on May 19th. Since this was our first swim session some time was spent getting used to new equipment purchased over the winter (and getting a good feel for the enormity of the task). We are happy to report that the water temperature was perfect and everyone survived the ordeal.
2012 Georgia Rides to the Capitol
On Tuesday, March 27th Southern Crescent Cycling will participate in the Georgia Bikes annual Georgia Rides to the Capitol event to promote cycling in Georgia. Club members will meet at the Epic Bikes store on Jonesboro Road and Trek McDonough store on GA-20 at 7:00am. They'll depart promptly at 7:30am before rallying in downtown McDonough at 8:00am. From McDonough riders will be escorted north on GA Hwy 155 for much, but not all, of the way to the East Lake MARTA station near Decatur. From there it's a slow ride to the capitol as we pickup other riders along the way. At the capitol riders are addressed by various politicians and the ride organizers. This is a fun event but it does take much of the day. The return ride is unescorted and may not follow the same route used that morning. Some riders me elect to join the group somewhere along the route. Wear your Southern Crescent Cycling kit, if you've got it. The new kit won't arrive until sometime in early April. SCC ride leader Isabel Gutierrez is leaving from the Trek McDonough store. Please check in with Isabel via Facefook so she'll know where you are before the ride. Thanks in advance to our local bike shops for the SAG support and to those that have volunteered to help.
Trek McD. - GA Rides to the Capital
Epic Bikes - GA Rides to the Capital
Spring Weekend Beginners Classes (Sold Out)
If you've ever thought about track racing on a velodrome now is your chance. The Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point is having a two-day training class for beginners on March 24th and 25th from 2pm to 5pm.
To signup either send an email to brian@dicklanevelodrome.com - include bike size or your height or you can sign-up online. You'll also need to provide a signed waiver, you can print one here: ATRA Waiver
The cost is only $60.00 and includes a loaner bike if you don't have a track bike. Don't forget to bring your bike shoes, pedals and helmet.
Check the velodrome website for details.
If you're not scheduled for training you can still go to watch!
Union City Mayor's Race Results
Kudos to SCC members Dan Gutierrez, Modesto Diaz, and Frank Santoyo for their results in the 2012 Union City Mayor's Race Time Trial and Criterium on Saturday, March 17th. While other members of the club were taking a scenic ride through Pike County in the Tour de Pike, Frank, Modesto, and Dan were racing in the Cat 5 class races. On Sunday Modesto, Frank, Trey Hair, and Josh Reeves competed in the Cat 5 road race. All four did very well. Your fellow club members are very proud of you!
Chainbuster Granite Grinder
As we said, it was a BIG weekend for cycling. On the mountain biking side of things, SCC had several members competing in the Chainbuster Granite Grinder at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia on Saturday, March 17th. Roland Grimm competed in the 6-hour solo race while Mark Herrington and Jason D'Arcy competed in the 6-hour team event. Kudos to all!
SCC Rides the Tour de Pike
On Saturday, March 17th about thirty Southern Crescent Cycling members participated in the 15th Annual Tour de Pike in Pike County, Georgia. Riders started at 8:30am from downtown Concord and rode through the small towns that dot the area. The event, organized by the Kiwanis Club of Pike County, featured 100, 66, 33, and 17 mile distance options. SCC had riders on the 33, 66, and 100 mile route. The roads were great, scenery was beautiful and the routes were well planned.
Kudos to the Pike County Sheriff's Department and Paramedics. One of our members stayed with a rider after he took a nasty spill. She called 911 and stayed with him until paramedics arrived and then stayed with his bike until the SAG vehicle picked it up.
2012 Tour de Pike
Big Cycling Weekend Coming to the Southside
The weekend of March 17th and 18th brings two events worth noting. The first event is the 15th Annual Tour de Pike. Organized by the Kiwanis Club of Pike County, this is the first club event of 2012 so, we’re expecting good participation from Southern Crescent Cycling club members. The Saturday, March 17th ride in Concord, Georgia includes 7, 18, 33, 66, and 100 mile options. Go to http://www.kiwanispike.org/ for details. The second event of the weekend is the Union City Mayor’s Race. Southern Crescent Cycling has several team members that will be participating in this event. The race includes a time trial, criterium, and road race. Go to http://www.spincyclesports.com/ for start times and locations.
Race to the Finish Line
Southern Crescent Cycling is excited to announce its support of a new cycling event in Hampton, Georgia. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at 10am. That’s the date and start time of the Atlanta Motor Speedway “Race to the Finish Line” 32 and 63 mile bike ride. Proceeds from the event will support Speedway Children’s Charities. There is also a 5K and 10K run, and a 1 mile run/walk.
Stay tuned for registration information, course maps, and other details.
March 3-4 Race Results
Congratulations to Junior Diaz, Josh Reeves, Charles Seward, Jason D'Arcy, and Roland Grimm. Junior, Josh and Charles competed in the SB&T Bike Race Weekend criterium in Albany, Georgia. Charles, a former resident of New York, raced for his Unione Sportiva Italiana team. Junior raced for Southern Crescent Cycling. Jason and Roland competed in the Snake Creek Gap time trial mountain bike race in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in northwest Georgia near Dalton, Georgia. Obie Ingram, Steve Church, John Harsch, and Roger Carr competed in the River Falls Road Race CAT-5 35+ race Greenvile, SC. Tornadoes and heavy rain on Friday night likely made conditions in the southeast United States extremely challenging. Good job fellas!
La Vuelta Puerto Rico
Carlos Talbott, Southern Crescent Cycling President, awesome cyclist, and budding videographer has completed a brief trailer of a trip he took with several SCC riders. Carlos and seven other riders participated in the 2012 La Vuelta Puerto Rico in January. This video provides a brief glimpse into what they experienced during their week long journey - Project Puerto Rico.
See some of the team members before the ride on our Old News page.
Good job guys!
Project Puerto Rico Trailer from Carlos Talbott on Vimeo.
Saturday's Race Results
Congratulations to Southern Crescent Cycling members Greg Hammond, Steve Church, John Harsch and Dan Gutierrez for a great Saturday of racing.
Greg finished 16th, Steve finished 19th, and John finished 36th in Greenville, SC at the Greenville Spring Training Series Fork Shoals Road Race on Saturday, February 25th, 2012. They all participated in the CAT-5 35+ race.
Dan finished 12th in the Perry Roubaix Time Trial in Perry, GA on the same day. Dan participated as a CAT-5 racer as well.
GSTS Results Link. PR Results Link.
Next weekend, March 3rd and 4th will brings us another race in Greenville, SC, the GSTS River Falls Road Race, and SB&T Bike Race Weekend in Albany, GA.
SCC President Carlos Talbott addresses club members at the 2012 Annual Meeting at Heritage Park in McDonough, Georgia. Members voted on a host of important issues for the club including the election of new directors, and by-laws. Club treasurer David Mills reported on the club's corporate status, taxes, the budget, insurance, and the new club kit. Club secretary Neil Farmer reported on the website and the results from the 2012 member survey.
Good Attendance
Members listen to the discussion of various other topics regarding the future of the club including how to better introduce new riders to the sport while still providing a good experience for those members that are seeking a more competitive experience. Vice-president Obie Ingram emphasized the role of ride leaders for safer group rides and plans for leader training rides.
SCC Racing Teams Forming
Southern Creascent Cyling is in the process of forming several cycling teams. Our goal is to field a mountain biking, triathlon, road racing, and track racing team. Riders in all categories are needed. Riders must be 18 years old or more.
In addition to riders, support personnel are also needed. Along with logistical help, support is needed with training, bike mechanics, and nutrition. Our first team meeting is at the Trek bike shop on GA-20 on Wed., February 22nd at 6PM.
Interested parties should contact Junior Diaz via e-mail at team@bikescc.org for details.
2012 SCC Kit
It's time to order your new 2012 Southern Crescent Cycling club kit. Club members may order shorts, bibs, jerseys, arm warmers, gloves, leg warmers, and more. Club apparel is available to club members only. Join Here (link removed)! Please use the sizing chart to find the exact items you'd like to purchase. Be specific regarding the quantity, size, gender, jersey cut, and style of shorts. Thanks to our sponsors SCC club members can purchase items at a substantial discount. Click on the links to see the price list (link removed) and Veloce Speedwear sizing chart. Orders must be submitted before February 17th. Please use this order form (link removed) in Microsoft Excel format. Club Treasurer, David Mills will be the point of contact for orders. Submit your order to David via e-mail at treasurer@bikescc.org.
Survey Says!
The results of the SCC 2012 survey are in. Designed to identify where club resources should be allocated; the survey was open for input from December 30, 2011 through February 7, 2012. During that time the survey was promoted on the SCC Facebook page. Fifty-three members and non-members took the time to complete the survey. The average time taken was about six to seven minutes although a few survey takers took as little as 2 minutes and one individual took over 4 hours.
The survey asked nine questions. Respondents indicated whether or not they thought certain issues were important to the club and/or themselves, as well as, their interest in volunteering and a club supported cycling team. Respondents where also offered the opportunity to add additional comments. Many of you did just that. Lastly, those that provided an e-mail address were entered in a drawing for a $20 gift card to be presented at the annual meeting on Saturday, February 11.
The questions were as follows.
1. What activities are important for the club? Group rides and helping new riders were considered very important by respondents overwhelmingly. Organizing a club century or other event was also considered important to a lesser degree. Respondents were somewhere between important and neutral on fundraising for charities, cycling advocacy and safety seminars, events to gain members, community work, and parties. A few respondents indicated that some of the activities were unimportant.
2. What activities are important to you? As one might expect, the activities of interest to individuals echoed those that respondents thought that the club should support.
3. How much time do you expect to participate in club activities each month? 38% of respondents said 1-9 hours, 36% said 10-19 hours, and 26% of respondents said 20-39 hours
4. Of that time, what percentage do you expect to be riding with SCC members? 24% of respondents said 100%, 50% said 75%, and 18% of respondents said 50%
5. Are the club membership dues of $25 too high? 65% of respondents thought the dues were just right, 18% thought the dues should be lower, and 16% of respondents preferred higher dues with a club jersey included.
6. Would you be willing to serve? 78% of respondents said NO
7. Would you be willing to volunteer? 57% of respondents said NO
8. Should the club support a road racing and mountain biking team? 73% of respondents were in favor of supporting an SCC team.
9. Would you participate as a member of an SCC team? 55% of respondents preferred to let others do the racing.
Most of the additional comments were regarding either group rides or teams. Some of the group ride comments were from respondents who were concerned about safety and/or wanted the groups better defined. Several respondents expressed interest in group rides that would be more appropriate for beginners or slower riders. The team comments stated an interest in a track racing team and a triathlon team.
That’s a quick summary of the 2012 SCC survey.
Thank you to those of you who took the time to help make Southern Crescent Cycling better.
Questions 1 - 9
Mark your calendars for February 11th, 2012 for the Southern Crescent Cycling annual meeting. Starting at 2pm at Heritage Park in Henry County members will elect officers, discuss the annual budget, review Bylaws, plan the group ride schedule and safety and other club events.
The address for Heritage Park is 97 Lake Dow Road, McDonough, Georgia 30252. Heritage Park Website.
From McDonough go east on GA-81 for 1.7 miles. Turn left onto Lake Dow Road. Heritage Park is on the left.
La Vuelta Puerto Rico 2012
Project Puerto Rico (Click to Enlarge)
In December friends and family of Epic Bikes met at the shop to celebrate the holidays and SCC club members participating in the 2012 La Vuelta Puerto Rico. Scheduled for January 27th through 29th, "The Vuelta" is the ultimate cycling adventure for serious endurance athletes interested in a unique pro-like experience. The course circumnavigates the entire island as part of a fast-paced international peloton on this fully supported, three-day, 375-mile event.
Pictured from left to right are Kevin Morritz, Jr. Diaz, Carlos Talbott, Tim Kohl, Isabele Guiterrez, Peto Fallas, and Jose Morales. Not shown are Lino Asiatico, Jesus Viera, and Angel Reyes. Visit them on their Facebook page "Project Puerto Rico". Good luck guys!
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"The Tragedy of Maria Macabre," Rachel Klein's Latest Production, Plays Tomorrow
Rachel Klein Productions’ morbid dance drama, The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, will perform its first full-length production on Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:30 PM at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street).
Upon dying, Maria Macabre is not granted eternal slumber, but instead a whirling, kaleidoscopic carnival of horrors: a morbid funhouse where humanity is stripped away and a permanent place in the gruesome chorus line is all but assured. The Tragedy of Maria Macabre is a ghoulish movement and visual based theater piece that uses dancers and physical actors to create a world of fantasy and spectacle. It is a work of theater, dance, and performance art.
The Tragedy of Maria Macabre stars Abigail Hawk (from CBS’s “Bluebloods” with Tom Selleck), Danielle Marie Fusco (Martha Graham Company, Joyce Soho) Eric Schmalenberger (The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, The Citizens Band) and RKP regulars: Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Megan O’Connor, Preston Burger, Freddy Mancilla, and Brian Rubiano. Conceived and Directed by Rachel Klein (Circus of Circus at the House of Yes, Princes of Darkness at Theater for the New City, Hound at Planet Connections Theater Festivity). Story by Rachel Klein and Sean Gill. Featuring Music by Borut Krzisnik (Peter Greenaways’ The Tulse Luper Suitcases) Costume and Wig Design by Rachel Klein, Makeup Design by Anita Rundles, and Sound Design by Sean Gill. Stage Managed by Marina Steinberg. Choreography by Rachel Klein, Preston Burger, Danielle Marie Fusco, and the Ensemble.
The Tragedy of Maria Macabre will perform on Wednesday, March 2nd, at 7:30 PM at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street btwn Rivington and Delancey. F to 2nd Ave, J to Bowery, B, D to Grand, 4, 6 to Spring
Tickets available at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/8640235
$15 general admission. $12 Students and Seniors.
Rachel Klein Productions (RKP) is a NYC-based theater company that strives to communicate its artistic vision primarily through visual storytelling techniques. Relying on innovative performances and lavish design elements, RKP’s ensemble of actors, dancers, circus performers, and performance artists convey a highly stylized representation of reality that is much more bold and often fantastical. RKP aims to create art that explores and elicits genuine human emotion, which is amplified through the actions and reactions of its characters, allowing the audience to simultaneously identify with the human condition and enjoy the artistic qualities of the performance.
Rachel Klein Productions has produced several full-length plays (both movement and text based) including Metro, Sir Sheever, Aenigma, and Go-Go Killers!, and co-produced Hound, All Kind of Shifty Villains, and Stage Blood is Never Enough. The Rachel Klein Theater Dancers have performed all over the city in different festivals, art gallery openings, and nightlife events including the opening number to Night of 1,000 Stevies (20th anniversary), the Highline Ballroom, La MaMa Moves! at La MaMa E.T.C. in 2009 and 2010, Dixon Place, the premier of Banzai! at the Red Lotus Room, Low Life @ HOWL Festival, (le) Poisson Rouge, the House of Yes, Rated X at Don Hills, the Hiro Ballroom, the Bushwick Site Fest at 3rd Ward, the Bushwick Open Studios Festival, the World Famous Bob’s Give Thanks!, Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO, the NY Downtown Clown Review, and Off-Broadway at the Bleecker Street Theater (45 Bleecker, Main Theater).
“There are certain directors whose work is instantly recognizable. Having seen a few Rachel Klein productions, I would add her to this list. Klein's productions feature an otherworldly feel, highlighted by odd costume pieces, choreographed movement, and a bold, non-realistic acting style.”
-Byrne Harrison, Stagebuzz
“Rachel Klein brings a heap of experience -- in ballet, clowning and acrobatics -- to the plays she works on. Her direction of the recent All Kinds of Shifty Villains showed an original mix of grace and slapstick that stretched the comedy and made for some clever theatrical surprises.”
-Tom Murrin, Paper Magazine
"That the deadpan delivery and physical screwball comedy coexist naturally is a marvel on behalf of the playwright as well as director Rachel Klein, whose exaggerated sex-kitten poses for leading lady Precious Jones and slapstick fight sequences inspire many well-deserved laughs.”
- Ronni Reich, Backstage
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The Art of Home Staging
Hi beautiful people!
I hope you're enjoying these fall rainy days. Here's an article I found that tells a first hand story of the art of staging from a couple trying to sell their home:
Like many sellers, Francis and Dave were initially reluctant to stage their apartment.
Their agent, Annalese, an associate broker, had already helped them declutter and identify home improvements for their two-bedroom ground-floor co-op..
Following Annalese’s advice, the couple had spent about $45,000 tearing out carpets, installing hardwood flooring and new light fixtures, painting, repointing brick and replacing siding on a wall in the rear garden.
But they stopped short of hiring a professional stager to swap out their furniture and art. “I was extremely skeptical, I couldn’t see why things that I had collected over my life, sparsely placed, would be a problem.”
They listed the apartment for $1.85 million in June 2014. Then they watched, dismayed, as it sat on the market for six months, while they gradually cut the asking price to $1.65 million. “I had over a hundred showings, and could not sell it,” Francis said. “Not one offer.”
The couple took the place off the market that December, and at Annalese's behest, sent for a Home Stager.
To the Stager, the home’s décor was too eclectic, “like Victoriana meets ’80s meets Ikea,” she said.
She instructed the couple to empty the apartment, except for one small bench that she deemed attractive. Then, for about $26,000, she had the kitchen cabinets, shelving, doors and door frames painted white, and moved in an entire home’s worth of contemporary furniture, including shapely clear acrylic dining chairs and a white pedestal table, an Italian linen sofa and a chrome-and-glass coffee table placed atop a cowhide rug.
When Francis relisted the staged property last April for $1.495 million, “the place was mobbed,” at the first open house.
A bidding war ensued, and the apartment soon went into contract for $1.8 million, before closing in July.
“I can’t believe how it worked out, I still shake my head!”
Recent Work By Upstage By Lili!
The practice of home staging has long elicited strong reactions. Staging can usually help a home sell faster, and for a higher price, offering a larger return on the investment. Homeowners, reluctant to spend the money or admit that their decorating choices might not be catnip to buyers, are often loath to pay strangers to impose their tastes on their premises. But as staging has evolved over the past decade, many real estate professionals say it has become more important than ever!
“It always makes a difference, and is essential in this market,”
“It’s not just about solving a problem now, but much more about presenting a lifestyle to prospective buyers,”
“The bar has definitely been raised. The glamour apartment is really what sells. People will walk out if it looks ugly, or they think it’s dark, claustrophobic or has other warts they don’t want to deal with.”
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We Weren't Invited Wednesday
She said No Dogs Allowed.
She said it was called
a Whale Watch
No whales, but lots of these things.
Labels: Dana Wharf Whale Watch, dolphins, French Bulldogs
Cowspotdog April 16, 2014 at 6:14 AM
so not allowed......can not go place without you
stellaroselong April 16, 2014 at 6:19 AM
OUR MOM goes ALOT of places that we can't go...maybe on those days WE should get together.
Sheltie Times April 16, 2014 at 6:21 AM
We here that more often than we'd like to admit.
The Daily Pip April 16, 2014 at 6:49 AM
My assistant's lifelong dream is to go on a whale watch trip. I don't quite understand the attraction, but humans are weird.
P.s she loves these pictures!!
We so would love to whale watch. Has mum seen any yet? Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Leslie April 16, 2014 at 7:12 AM
So sorry you weren't invited but how cool to have those dolphins swimming so close to your mum? Wow. :)
My Mind's Eye April 16, 2014 at 7:13 AM
Bravo bravo for the great dolphin photos!! Mom just loves them.
I hope you two did something fun while the peeps were rubbing elbows and noses with the dolphins
Wonderful pictures Lily and Edward :) pity you were not allowed...we have gone on a whale watch and saw babies breaching so close you could see their eyes :)...and we have seen them from a chopper flying over the Great Barrier reef...you pups would love it :) hugs Fozziemum xx
What gorgeous pictures, so sad you had to miss it! Mamma would be there all the time if she could.
Shannon April 16, 2014 at 7:33 AM
Beautiful! Sorry you couldn't go, though!
How sad that you weren't allowed. But at the end it's better to stay with all 4 paws on the ground than to sail away :o)
Jans Funny Farm April 16, 2014 at 9:12 AM
A whale watch with no whales? Humans are so strange!
Boss Mare Eventing April 16, 2014 at 9:18 AM
Looks like you missed a good time!
Misaki @ misadventuresofMisaki April 16, 2014 at 9:24 AM
Now that is just plain mean! Can't believe you didn't get to go:-(
Frankie Furter and Ernie April 16, 2014 at 10:50 AM
NOW we know why the Whales stayed away... they were protesting the NO DOGS ALLOWED thingy. That will teach the peeps to BAN you!
BUTT we DID like seeing the seals and the dolphins. THAT was grrreat.
Sketching with Dogs April 16, 2014 at 10:50 AM
Oh wow, those seals and dolphins are beautiful.
Dip and Elliot
ps, better luck next time :)
Ryker April 16, 2014 at 1:15 PM
Oh man, I hate that! No dogs allowed? This is just not right!
Flora Fascinata April 16, 2014 at 2:25 PM
Lovely sea creatures pics. What a wonderful day. Still inapprop to be off the invite list. Hmmmppphhhh.
The Army of Four April 16, 2014 at 2:27 PM
We LOVE the pix, but how come you guys didn't get to come?!?!
Play bows,
Molly the AireGirl April 16, 2014 at 2:27 PM
What a bummer. That would have been so much fun!
Piranha Banana April 16, 2014 at 2:46 PM
Now that's just WRONG!
Bella Roxy & Macdui April 16, 2014 at 2:50 PM
WHAT??!!! There's plenty of room for dogs. Something's wrong.
We love the dolphins. What a treat for SOME PEEPS (who abandoned their dogs)!
XXXOOO Bella & Roxy
Trust me you don't want to be on that boat, according to the Lady. Love Dolly
Marjie April 16, 2014 at 3:18 PM
She probably didn't have life jackets in the correct sizes for you. Plus, she might have thought you'd feel barfly if you went on a boat. Or maybe that you would try to play with the seals, because they also bark. I hope you guys played nicely at home while unsupervised!
xoxo Marjie
Laika April 16, 2014 at 3:33 PM
I believed you two guys would catch the whales anytime LOL.
♥Mona + Prissy + Angel Weenie♥ April 16, 2014 at 4:29 PM
The Mommy went on a whale watch once with her Uncle Bennie 100 years ago when she was a sweet young thing and she loved it.
BTW.......the Mommy has hair just like♥♥♥Mona & Prissy mine every morning.
♥♥♥Mona & Prissy
Mom says she would love to go on a whale watch! Not fair you had to stay home though
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Greta
Cat Chat With Caren and Cody (Caren Gittleman) April 16, 2014 at 5:06 PM
what a cool trip but I am so sorry you couldn't go!
Now how can she enjoy that without her two little buddies!
The Mad scots
animal lover, quilt lover April 16, 2014 at 5:39 PM
No dogs allowed???????????????????? Poor babies had to stay home!!!
We are sorry Sweeties!!
KB April 16, 2014 at 6:22 PM
Amazing and gorgeous!!!!
That is amazing and beautiful. Sorry you two didn't get to go!
♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ April 16, 2014 at 6:38 PM
Maybe those rule makers were worried you two cuties would steal the show from the whales:)
Woos - Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning
Sully April 16, 2014 at 6:49 PM
Don't worry she didn't have any fun cause y'all weren't there.
Pat Wahler April 16, 2014 at 7:32 PM
No fair! You must stow away next time.
The Gang at LLB April 16, 2014 at 8:18 PM
How come those Sea Doggies were allowed and you all weren't? So not fair!!!
Tweedles -- that's me April 16, 2014 at 8:27 PM
Well I hope you got some good naps since no dogs were allowed to go!
GLOGIRLY April 16, 2014 at 10:39 PM
Dolphins and seals and you WEREN'T INVITED???
You better be plotting your revenge.
Or at least making a nice shopping list of treats.
sprinkles April 16, 2014 at 10:39 PM
I'm sorry you weren't invited. I wasn't either. bol
Looks like we both missed a really good time.
WHAT!? You weren't allowed to go see the dolphins!? UN-AC-CEPT-ABLE!!!
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Stitt To Donate Proceeds From Children’s Festival To Foster Care Groups In State
The Okie on January, 8th 2019 in Governor Tulsa
FIRST LADY SARAH STITT ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR UPCOMING SCISSORTAIL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL
Tulsa, Okla. (Jan. 2, 2019) – Incoming First Lady Sarah Stitt announced today new details for the Scissortail Children’s Festival, a preinaugural celebration taking place from 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 12 at the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks.
“The Scissortail Children’s Festival is a wonderful opportunity for families to come together and celebrate the future of our great state while also reflecting on Oklahoma’s history through educational activities and entertainment,” said Stitt. “We will be giving away 300 festival tickets to children in foster care, and all ticket sales will be donated to non-profits supporting these children and the families who open their heart and a safe home to those in need.
Tickets are $25 per family unit and must be purchased in advance at www.OklahomaTurnaround.com.
More than 300 tickets will be donated to children and families in the foster care system through James Mission and Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children (TAPC). All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the following Oklahoma-based non-profits: Lilyfield, Pepper’s Ranch, James Mission and TAPC.
Stitt continued, “This event holds a special place in my heart. It is a time to come together as one state to support those in need in our communities and focus on the progress we can make when we are unified under a shared vision to strengthen families and give all of Oklahoma’s children a hope and a bright future.”
The Scissortail Children’s Festival will include activities focused on educating attendees on the history of Oklahoma through craft stations, scavenger hunts, storytelling, and face painting.
Entertainment during the festival will feature the following Oklahoma-based talent:
Tulsan Magician Steve Lancaster
Marty Tipton, a trick roger and cowboy humorist known as the “Oklahoma Kid”
Clark Youth Cabaret, Tulsa’s longest running youth arts program outside the public schools
Osage Children’s Ballet
Princesses from Miss Oklahoma and Miss Teen Oklahoma
Discovery Lab scientists from the OKC Science Museum
Ella Phillips, a Tulsa youth singer performing the Star Spangled Banner
Brayden Jamison, a Tulsa youth musician performing God Bless America
Pistol Pete mascot from Oklahoma State University and Boomer mascot from the University of Oklahoma
Scissortail Children’s Festival sponsors include Educational Development Corporation, who will be donating 800 copies of the book Wonders of the USA to attendees, Tulsa Yard Greetings, and Cookie Doodle.
Post Tags: Foster CareJames MissionLilyfieldPepper’s RanchSarah StittTulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children (TAPC)
Fallin, DHS Kick Off ‘Oklahoma Fosters’ Initiative To Recruit Foster, Adoptive Familes
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Archive, Reviews October 15, 2010
Tracy Bonham – Masts Of Manhatta
Tracy Bonham
Masts of Manhatta
Engine Room Recordings
With the state of the music business evolving, artists too, are forced to find new ways to share their music. And more and more artists are realizing that belonging to a demanding label simply isn’t necessary anymore.
Long gone are the days where you’d go to your local record store to pick up the latest release from your favorite artists. Albums in CD format are slowly going the way of the dodo, for better or for worse.
Tracy Bonham has become one of these liberated artists.
Although originally introduced to the masses during the wave of 90’s-era female rockers, today’s Bonham possesses less snarl and more confidence and has self-released her fourth (and possibly greatest) album, Masts of Manhatta.
Recorded from 2007 through 2009 and in-between frequent trips to and from Woodstock and Brooklyn, New York, Masts of Manhatta finds the singer using New York as her theme and inspiration. Creatively blending tones of pop, rock and country into an impressive collection of memorable songs, Bonham proudly exhibits her knack for masterfully combining her trademark violin and lyrical bite into tracks that never sound formulaic.
The entire album is remarkably strong, particularly with the opening track, “Devil’s Got Your Boyfriend,” which employs Bonham’s weeping violin and a satisfying drum beat to spin a slinky tale of a boyfriend’s infidelities.
“Big Red Heart” is an equally groovy cut which makes reference to the misery one can find one’s self in when deeply in love.
But there are many other standouts which include the beautifully ‘urban meets rural’ story found in “We Moved Our City To The Country”, “Reciprocal Feelings,” a mood-altering, softer number played entirely on piano and “In The Moonlight,” a happily strummed, if not lyrically abstract sing-a-long.
Masts of Manhatta clearly shows that Bonham’s penchant for writing smart, engaging songs is no fluke. She seems truly comfortable with where she is at in her life and her approach to music writing and these songs simply flow beautifully from one song to the next.
Bonham is currently preparing for a short tour in Europe in support of her latest album. She also urges fans to visit her page at PledgeMusic where fans can purchase unique items including the opportunity for Bonham to perform in their living room.
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Module Name CopSahidica
Book Name Sahidica - A New Edition of the New Testament in Sahidic Coptic
Language cop
Install Size 522.62 kb
About "Sahidica - A New Edition of the New Testament in Sahidic Coptic"
Copyright © 2000-2008 by J Warren Wells. All rights reserved.
For more information visit www.sahidica.org.
This edition is available free of charge for use in free electronic editions of the New Testament as long as the full title and copyright information are included and credited. For written permission to use all or any part of this document in print editions, contact the editor at www.sahidica.org.
This edition is primarily meant for use by teachers and students of Sahidic Coptic, and to a lesser degree by Coptologists involved in scholarly research, textual criticism, or New Testament translation.
:PURPOSE
Please note: This text is a work in progress. As such, there is an ongoing effort to standardize the spelling of words in the text. Be aware that version updates periodically appear.
The primary purpose is to produce a standardized edition of the Sahidic NT similar to standard Greek editions.
An additional purpose of this text is to allow side-by-side comparison with the Greek New Testament. To facilitate this effort, a new version of the Greek text has been developed, which is meant to better represent the Greek text upon which the Sahidic was based. This text is entitled "The New Testament According to the Egyptian Greek Text" [NTAEG]
This text does not include representation of either accents or supralinear strokes, since these are used inconsistently in the original texts. There is also a higher degree of standardization in spelling and punctuation; like today's standard Greek master texts, but unlike both the original Sahidic texts, and the PHI and Coptic Society texts. Moreover, as in standard Greek texts, instances of the Nomina Sacra have been expanded to their full forms. This is again a departure from earlier versions of the Sahidic, including the PHI and Coptic Society texts, which are Both inconsistent in their usage.
Special thanks to David Brakke of Indiana University Bloomington, Brigitte Comparini of the Packard Humanities Institute, and Michael Heiser, Academic Editor, at Logos Research Systems; for their assistance in making this edition possible.
:BASIS
Sahidica was initially based (by permission) on the Coptic New Testament, which is an electronic publication, which was edited by David Brakke. (PHI-CD 5.3 dated 7/2/91. Los Altos. Packard Humanities Institute. 1991).
During later development, Sahidica was electronically collated against the Coptic CD I by the St. Shenouda The Archmandrite Coptic Society. Los Angeles, CA dated April, 1998.
These two editions were reduced to a raw electronic form, which allowed both to be compared electronically letter by letter with Sahidica in order to accurately detect and report every single variation and input error in any of the texts. Though errors are inevitable, the collators of three seperate editions are highly unlikely to make the same errors. Therefore, this method helps to insure the integrity of the Sahidica edition.
Throughout the project, Sahidica was also collated against printed editions of the following coptic manuscripts, which manuscripts date from the third century and later.
Matt: Pierpont Morgan Library M-569 collated against Bodmer XIX papyrus
Mark:* PPalau Rib. Inv.Nr.182 collated against Pierpont Morgan Library M-569
Luke: PPalau Rib. Inv.Nr.181 collated against Pierpont Morgan Library M-569
John: PPalau Rib. Inv.Nr.183 collated against Pierpont Morgan Library M-569
Acts: Chester Beatty B (Copt.Ms.814) collated against Berlin P.15926 and British Museum MS Or.7594
Paul: Chester Beatty A (Copt.Ms.813) collated against Pierpont Morgan Library M-570 and M-571
James-Jude:** Pierpont Morgan Library M-572 collated against the Pierpont Morgan Library M-573 and M-601***
Revelation: Berlin MS Or.408 ( British Museum Ms Or.3518) collated against British Museum MS Or.6803
* Note: The longer and shorter endings of Mark are based on Horner; cf Kahle (JTS.1951.p49-57)
** Note: 1st Peter was also collated against the Crosby-Schøyen Ms.193.
*** Note: Portions of James and Jude were reconstructed from M-573, M-601, and four other mss.
Note on Interpolations
The short and long endings of Mark are ommited from the PPalau ms 182, but they do appear in most mss.
To better represent the overall Sahidic tradition, both endings are included, but in double brackets.
The pericope of the adultress (John 7:53-8:11) does not appear in any Sahidic ms. Herein it is omitted.
If you find this module useful, please consider making a donation to Sahidica.
Distribution License Copyrighted; Free non-commercial distribution
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Assange, the optimist:
"Plans which assist authoritarian rule, once discovered, induce resistance. Hence these plans are concealed by successful authoritarian powers. This is enough to define their behavior as conspiratorial.
Conspiracies are cognitive devices. They are able to outthink the same group of individuals acting alone Conspiracies take information about the world in which they operate (the conspiratorial environment), pass through the conspirators and then act on the result. We can see conspiracies as a type of device that has inputs (information about the environment), a computational network (the conspirators and their links to each other) and outputs (actions intending to change or maintain the environment).
In a world where leaking is easy, secretive or unjust systems are nonlinearly hit relative to open, just systems. Since unjust systems, by their nature induce opponents, and in many places barely have the upper hand, mass leaking leaves them exquisitely vulnerable to those who seek to replace them with more open forms of governance."
Nation building: "Exchange program cancelled after Afghan students flee U.S. for Canada"
"Senator Schumer Says Bitcoin Is Money Laundering" The Homepage of J. Orlin Grabbe is almost all Bitcoin these days.
"Yale Pulls the Plug on Anti-Semitism Institute" - "A faculty review committee said the 5-year-old Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism did not meet its standards on research and teaching . . ." That's the polite way to refer to Jews lying so they can murder people and steal their land.
"Pharmageddon: how America got hooked on killer prescription drugs" The pillbillie bus trip was a plot point in the American TV series 'Justified'. Also: "David Simon to Attorney General: Drop Drug War and We’ll Do More Wire" Is Holder the worst Attorney General in the history of the United States? He makes John Ashcroft look good.
"Daniel Ellsberg: All the crimes Richard Nixon committed against me are now legal"
"Onion-Like Headlines in Real Life"
Apologist for war crimes
Mission creeping to the ultimate crime
International Law, R. I. P.
Weiner resignation
DO5, aka the Asymmetric Threats Division
The two kinds of 'Arab spring' revolutions
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Volleyball Ireland Shortlisted for 20x20 Award
Last week The Federation of Irish Sport announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2019 Sport Industry Awards. The awards were set up in 2015 to highlight the contribution that sport makes to Ireland’s economy both directly and indirectly. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Monday 15th of April in the Crown Plaza Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. The Awards recognise and reward excellence in the business of sport, whilst simultaneously highlighting the contribution of sport to Ireland.
A women in sport award, under the banner of 20x20, will be a new addition to the award ceremony this year in a move towards showcasing the increasing contribution and value of women in sport in Ireland. In all a total of 14 awards will be distributed on the night, reflecting the diverse nature of Irish sport.
Speaking at the announcement of the short-list, Mary O’Connor, CEO, Federation of Irish Sport, said “The awards were set up to highlight the importance of the business of sport in Ireland and the value of sport to the Irish economy. Today sport supports almost 40,000 jobs, represents almost €2.4 billion in household expenditure and has been estimated to contribute almost €1.9 billion in tourism revenue. And that is beyond all of the other contributions sport makes in areas such as health, inclusivity, diversity and reputation both at home and abroad.”
Nominated for the 20x20 Award are;
Volleyball Ireland – Transition Year Women in Sport programme
Basketball Ireland – Women’s Coaching Forum
Dublin City Sports and Wellbeing Partnership - GAGA Programme
Sara McFadden
Waterford & FAI – Soccer for Girls
Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers (Referees/Score Keepers & Lines People - Volunteers Require)
Volleyball Ireland will be hosting Round 1 of the CEV Continental Cup a Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualifier tournament over the June (1-2nd) bank holiday weekend in Bettystown.
Teresa Court has volunteered as Referee Manager, to be a part of this amazing opportunity and to help Volleyball Ireland make this an event that Ireland can be proud of.
She will be working with the CEV Referee Delegate in gathering together an amazing team of volunteers who can assist in the following roles: Referees; Score keepers and Lines people, preferably who have a knowledge of beach volleyball through refereeing or as an experienced beach player or current volunteer.
We are hosting a Training Programme over the weekend of 26/28 April, starting with a presentation, webinar and theory training which will be delivered by the CEV's Referee delegate, followed by practical beach referee training sessions on beach courts on the Saturday and Sunday (27-28 April).
Friday, 26th April: National Sports Campus 18:00 - 21:00
Saturday, 27th April: Sandymount Beach 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday, 28th April: Sandymount Beach 11:00 - 14:00
Could you please reply directly to volunteer@volleyballireland.com if you are willing to volunteer and help Ireland host these beach qualifier matches and help make a name for the Emerald Isle in the international volleyball community?
Please respond at your earliest convenience so we can confirm numbers for the upcoming training programme to the CEV.
PS: A few points to note:
- As a volunteer there will be no compensation forthcoming should you offer up your time over the course of the event. Food and refreshments will be provided to all volunteers over the course of the event.
- If you have any questions, concerns, comments or opinions (positive or negative) please direct them to VI or myself and it would be greatly appreciated if all volunteers would refrain from using social media in any negative manner. You're representing Ireland and that's what your posts will be viewed as from the wider international volleyball communities. Let's grow the sport and encourage further support and investment from CEV and FIVB into Irish volleyball.
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Your finest source for outstanding original vintage advertising online
Welcome to our clean and simple Frequently Asked Questions page,
brought to you without the benefit of slow-loading flash website tricks (or much attention to style)
1. Do you sell ads off-eBay?
2. Do you ship world-wide?
Yes! We have customers from around the world, including, as of January 12th 2002, Antarctica.
3. How much is shipping and handling?
It depends on where you are, what kind of packaging you want and how fast you want it delivered; we offer a variety of shipping solutions to accommodate one of the largest varieties of customers of any eBay seller. It also depends on what is being shipped- ads and prints make up 99.9% of our items on eBay; the flat-rate prices below are for up to seven ads or prints.
For most packages going to the United States of America
We have two flat rate fee shipping and handling options:
$4.85 ships your purchase to a US address, bagged and rolled in a thick tube, via USPS 1st class mail (shipping code A)
$9.00 ships your purchase flat to a US address, bagged with a backing board, in a box with packing paper, via USPS Priority Mail (shipping code B). The green arrow points to the ad in it's sleeve with a backing board- we have the boards made to fit the length of the boxes so they don't move around during shipping.
The backing boards we use are 15.25" x 11.75" and are thick and sturdy- the tape roll sitting on the backing board weighs a full pound. Nothing else is supporting the board except the large volume on the desk at the right.
Please be aware that there are certain conditions (fragility, thickness, etc) that make shipping items flat a requirement, not an option.
For most packages going to Canada
$12.00 ships your purchase to a Canadian address, bagged and rolled in a thick tube, via air mail (shipping code A)
$15.00 ships your purchase flat, bagged with a backing board, in a padded envelope with packing cardboard, via Airmail (shipping code B).
For most packages going to countries other than the US and Canada
$14.75 ships your purchase to an overseas address, bagged and rolled in a thick tube, via air mail (shipping code A)
4. What's this I read about getting a "valuable surprise" with my order?
You'll have to wait for your order- it's a surprise.
5. What forms of payment do you accept?
We prefer money orders or other forms of guaranteed funds, or checks, through the mail. Checks may have to clear before shipment. We do take credit cards through the online payment service www.paypal.com.
6. How do I use the online services to pay for an auction?
After registering with them, log in, click the "Send Cash" button, and follow the directions there! It takes almost no time.
7. Should I always put the eBay item # in my email subject line?
Actually, no one ever asks this, but some should. It's always good practice to put your eBay item # in the subject line of your email message- we have thousands of items going around most of the time, and need that number to get a response to you quickly. We get many email messages each week without that number in subject line, and since we don't know what the person is asking about, there are some very unnecessary delays.
8. When will you ship my package?
We ship packages within 24 hours of the receipt of funds, unless an unforseen circumstance occurs such as a snow storm, etc.
9. How long will it take for my package to arrive?
To a US address, 1st class mail takes 2-5 days, usually. Priority Mail takes 2-3 days, usually.
To other countries, airmail takes 4-7 days. The post office does not guarantee these times, but we all do our best.
10. How does your grading system work?
Most collectors and dealers don't grade ads as strictly as they would other paper collectibles such as postage stamps, baseball cards and comic books. Postage stamps are scrutinized with magnifying glasses, while most dealers barely look at the condition of a vintage ad. This is due to vintage advertising's more-recent emergence as a collectible than those other, longer-established paper collectibles- and the resultant lower prices for vintage ads. The collectible difference/comparison between a stamp, baseball card and an ad (all are made of paper, most were discarded, etc) is a discussion for some other place.... Although there are many recognized ads that consistently demand more interest than others, the relative affordability of ads will continue on, encouraging more people to begin collecting. This will likely change over the next twenty years, as more people begin to understand the beauty, desirability and significance of ads. Eventually there will be an established, comprehensive annual price guide, more adherence to a strict grading system, vintage ad conventions and exhibitions, and readily available storage/display materials designed for long-term preservation -things which have transformed many collectible fields already.
We pay attention to grading, owing to the future; we use the following terms for grading ads:
Mint. This condition is exceedingly rare, even for recent ads, and is more of an ideal than anything else. We use it for maybe one out of every 10,000 ads. It indicates a basically flawless piece. When scrutinizing anything, one is bound to find a flaw somewhere, in the paper quality, printing ink coverage, gloss coverage, color registration- something is flawed somewhere on everything if you look long enough. We grade something "Mint" with real reservation, and only if we can't find any kind of flaw after taking a couple of minutes with it.
Near Mint (NM). This condition describes an ad that 'looks perfect', and has only the smallest and subtlest of flaws, which could include very minor stress marks (the marks that result from turning a page, which in this grade can only be seen at certain angles) or very minor printing imperfections. There is no surface wear, tearing, yellowing, staining, pencil/pen marks or creasing. We use this grade sparingly.
Very Fine (VF). This condition is nearly perfect, and allows for only slightly more of the subtle flaws than Near Mint. Minor stress marks, minor printing imperfections, with no surface wear, staining, tearing, yellowing, pen/pencil marks or creasing. Most people would see nothing wrong with an ad in this grade.
Fine (F). This condition allows for only slightly more flaws than VF. There can be light stress marks barely visible or minor printing imperfections, a corner crease smaller than 1/4" or two slightly less than perfectly sharp corners, or some yellowing at the edges (but not in the image area), possibly one edge tear smaller than 1/4", very faint ink ghosting (the presence of ink on the surface from a facing page, or from the reverse side), some light tanning overall from age. No surface wear, creasing in the image area, staining or pen/pencil marks. An ad in excellent shape, with no color fading. Most of the ads we select to offer on eBay are in this grade or better.
Very Good (VG). This condition allows for more flaws than Fine, but no significant flaws. There can be some stress marks that are visible, some light printer's ink marks, some light ink ghosting, light creasing, a light subscription fold, some light pencil marks, some light surface or edge wear, light surface staining in a small area, edge tears shorter than 1.5", tanning overall but not brittle. This condition can also describe an otherwise NM ad with only one significant flaw such as a strong subscription crease or waterstain. It will look nice in a frame.
Good (G). This condition allows for more flaws than VG. There may be waterstaining with some discoloration, but not over the majority of the ad. There can be pen marks, a strong subscription crease, surface wear, foxing, soiling, ink ghosting, improper trimming into (but not through) a printed border, tears less than 3", edge wear, tanning overall, surface staining, and other flaws that one might expect from an ad that comes from a back cover or has been improperly stored for years. There are a lot of ads out there in this kind of shape. We offer very few ads in this conditon on eBay unless the artist, subject or style is of much higher-than-average interest. This will look like an average 'old ad' (or will be 'authentic', if you're a good salesman). It can also describe an otherwise "Fine" ad with one significant flaw such as a strong subscription crease or waterstain.
Fair (Fr). This condition allows for some serious flaws, and an ad in this shape will challenge your framer. All the flaws of the "Good" condition ad may be present on a "Fair" ad, along with others such as pieces missing, tape repairs, heavy staining and soiling, ragged edges, brittle/flaking paper, crayon marks, holes, etc. Rough shape.
We sometimes combine conditions when an ad does not quite seem to fit into one category ("VG/Fine" indicates an ad that's nicer than VG but might have one too many flaws to be called "Fine". "VG/M" would be a typo, and it's been pointed out that we do have a few typos in our listings at times- sorry about that.)
11. Who else buys your ads, and what do they do with them?
In our twelve+ years on eBay, we've sold ads to an incredible variety of people all over the world. As one of the most-established and trusted eBay sellers, we get a large number of corporate buyers picking up ads showing their company, ads that they did not save when originally published. Companies buy them for their archives, and sometimes put them on display. During 2001, there were at least six locations around New York City where ads we sold were on public display, including a few in at least three prominent store windows on 5th Avenue at Christmas! In the interest of privacy, we never divulge customer names.
Our other customers include:
a number of museums who've needed unusual materials to accompany exhibitions, or who have presented the ads as the sole subjects of exhibitions,
many police museums who buy Harley Davidson motorcycle ads with photos featuring their own precinct(!),
relatives of ad illustrators, and sometimes the illustrators themselves,
book editors who use the ads to accompany text in books,
musicians featured in their own promotional ads (both obscure and world-famous),
teachers and professors of art,
directors of regional and National foundations specializing in a focused area of study, who buy ads related to that field,
interior decorators looking for a certain 'look' for their clients,
restaurant owners decorating their restaurants and bars,
People speculating on price increases, as ads are still very reasonably priced when compared with other fields of paper-item collecting,
artists who use the ads as part of their own projects,
film and TV producers, who have used ads from us on movie and television show sets as decoration,
and of course, a huge number of vintage advertising collectors looking for something special!
12. What's so great about ads anyway?
Most ads feature images and designs that were published at one time only, and with very few exceptions, the images never appeared anywhere else! If you like the design, you have to buy the ad to have it. That's just one reason the collecting of ads is so rewarding- you've found something beautiful, and uncommon.
Some of the world's most-prominent artists worked in advertising. The list of renowned painters who also created images specifically for ad work is extensive. Maxfield Parrish, Anne Harriet Fish, J.C. Leyendecker, Robert Lawson, Norman Rockwell, Saul Bass, Paul Rand, Salvador Dali, Rockwell Kent, Alexis Kow, Maud Earl, Leonetto Cappiello, A.M. Cassandre, Achille Mauzan, Marcel Vertes, Rene Vincent, Bob Peak, Robert Williams, Peter Max, George Ham, Bernard Krigstein, Jesse Willcox Smith, Alphonse Mucha, Coles Phillips, Jack Davis, Georges Barbier, Paul Rand, Roger Duvoisin, Ludwig Bemelmans- this list of famous artists in advertising could go on for pages and pages.
There are so many more that are unheralded outside of the industry, creators of beautiful images, who don't have the following of Maxfield Parrish- at this time. But time witnesses the shifting of prominence, and the work of some currently-unknown ad artist from the 1950's will certainly wind up being more highly-considered in another fifty years. What makes that happen is the discovery of the unknown, and in exploring the incredible array of advertising that's been produced over the last 120 years we'll all find a lot to like. We at 237studio continually list items on eBay that feature 'known' and 'unknown' painters, photographers and other illustrators, and we hope you discover something great in our listings.
Sometimes it's not the creator of the image, but what's in the image that's most appealing. We sell promotional ads that record-labels commissioned for their singers and musicians. Again, the images of these musicians in the ads probably never appeared anywhere else. If you want a Jimi Hendrix or Frank Sinatra that few other people have, you need an ad. We sell ads for fire engines that show innovations in fire-fighting from 1930. A fan of the Chrysler Imperial might want an elegant Imperial ad framed on their wall. A grower of Chrysler Imperial roses might want one, too. Some of the most heavily-collected (and most-beautiful) ads are those from the Coca-Cola company; the collecting of these ads is so widespread that there are at least two price-guides specifically for Coke ads (and one just for collecting Coke ads from The National Geographic Magazine)! Everyone wants to design their environment with a style that says something about themselves, and sometimes a beautiful but common, mass-reproduced print isn't personal enough. Not that we don't appreciate or love Munch's The Scream. But the incredible variety of ad subjects and styles opens up an entirely different world.
There's a lot more to say on this; if you're reading this far, thanks very much. Let us know what you think.
13. Can you sell me a color xerox of that ad?
We never make copies of anything we list for bids on eBay, nor do we sell or give away scans of the items. When someone buys an ad, they agree with us that it has value. We feel that making a copy or scan of the image, and selling or giving away that copy or scan to someone who is not the buyer violates the integrity of the value the buyer places on the item; it also most likely violates US copyright law.
Do something genuinely good- click on the photo below and see if you can help bring a missing child home. We support the work of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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BREAKING NEWSDeal reached to negotiate sale of home to Oakland mothers
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Rare movie memorabilia up for auction at Silicon Valley Comic Con
By by Tiffany Wilson
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Silicon Valley Comic Con kicks off on Friday and for the second year in a row, a San Jose based company is auctioning off rare movie memorabilia.
Some of the items are going for nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
You saw it on the screen and now you can have it in your home. "Having the actual piece that the actor actually used is very, very rare," ScreenUsed co-owner Desi Dossantos said.
Some items up for auction from Screen Used are the clock from "Back to the Future," Commander Riker's uniform from "Star Trek" and a Superman suit worn by Christopher Reeve.
"It starts at $65,000. We think it could go for north of $100,000," Dossantos said.
Another item is one of the escape shuttles from "Starship Troopers" like Denise Richards was in. If you don't have room for this in your home, don't worry. They have things from all sizes and price points.
The lowest opening bid is $50 and a "Star Wars" storm trooper helmet is the crown jewel. "We think that could go up to $250,000," Dossantos said.
Dossantos said collectors especially love props from the 80s and 90s, thanks in part to technology.
"Things are changing in the movie industry, where they're going computer graphics, CGI. If you had 'Back to the Future' today, they probably wouldn't have hoverboards. It would all be done on a green screen," he said.
He said it's tough to explain the magic of owning these iconic pieces. "You kinda have to hold it in your hand to find out," he said.
But you'll have to open your wallet first.
The online auction opened at the beginning of the month and the live auction will take place Sunday starting at noon.
Click here to visit ScreenUsed's website and click here for more information on Silicon Valley Comic Con.
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Pictures, Trailer, Reviews, News, DVD and Soundtrack
Superhero, Action
http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/x-men-apocalypse
144 minute(s)
Simon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Hutch Parker
James McAvoy as Kevin
Michael Fassbender as Hermann
Jennifer Lawrence as Caitlin
Nicholas Hoult as Bobby
Evan Peters as Adam Sheppard
Lucas Till as Harry Vanderbilt
Olivia Munn as Girl #1
Oscar Isaac as Pool Boy
Alexandra Shipp as KT Rush
Sophie Turner as Adeline March
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Toby Connelly
Rose Byrne as Rastus Sommers
Lana Condor as Allison
Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
X-Men: Apocalypse News and Articles
'X-Men' Is Done With Prof. X and Magneto Drama
'X-Men' to Focus on 'Dark Phoenix Saga' in Next Installment
Early 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Concept Art Sees Elle Fanning as Jean Grey
Deadpool Makes Surprise Appearance in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Japanese Trailer
Fox Issues Apology Over 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Choking Posters
Bryan Singer Wants a Solo Movie for Mystique
X-Men: Apocalypse Photo Collections
Tye Sheridan stars as Scott Summers/Cyclops in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Sophie Turner stars as Jean Grey in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Lana Condor stars as Jubilee in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Kodi Smit-McPhee stars as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Jennifer Lawrence stars as Raven/Mystique and Evan Peters stars as Peter/Quicksilver in 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Poster of 20th Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse Video Gallery
X-Men: Apocalypse (Clip 'Let's Go to War')
X-Men: Apocalypse (TV Spot 'Quicksilver Rescue Scene')
X-Men: Apocalypse (Viral Video 'Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters - Voicemail Messages')
X-Men: Apocalypse (Featurette 'The Extraction')
X-Men: Apocalypse (TV Spot 'Who Will Survive')
X-Men: Apocalypse (Viral Video 'Fables of the Flush & Fabulous')
X-Men: Apocalypse Premiere Photo
X-Men: Apocalypse Fan Screening
(Tye Sheridan)
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(Ben Hardy)
(Bryan Singer)
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Ann Wilson Aims for Heart Reunion in 2019
Heart singer Ann Wilson said she’d be talking to sister Nancy Wilson in the near future to discuss the possibility of reuniting in 2019.
The siblings haven’t worked together since a dispute broke out in 2016 over a backstage incident concerning Ann’s husband and Nancy’s children.
“Just about everyone I’ve talked to today has asked me to comment on this rumor that there’s a Heart reunion next year,” Ann told Q104.3 in a new interview. “I haven’t heard about that yet. But Nancy and I will be getting together soon to talk and see if we have any ideas on that.”
You can watch the full interview below.
“I will never agree to going back out there in a mechanical, money-grab type way," she said. "At this point in my life, I’m not gonna do that. I’m gonna make every minute count and make it real. So we’ll talk, and we’ll figure out if we can figure out a fresh, new, cool way.”
Wilson emphasized her determination to focus on credibility: “Heart was conceived in an atmosphere of idealism, and that’s how it has to be re-conceived now for me to be interested in doing it," she said. "So it’s possible.”
Discussing the falling out last year, Ann said the sisters “no longer had a shared vision” for the band, and that had been the case for some time. “[Nancy] has a vision of playing the same old meat-and-potatoes set in Europe,” she explained. “It can just go on for ever.”
She added that she wanted the band to avoid becoming “a static thing that’s going to ride into obscurity without at least trying to evolve.” Wilson also noted that, even though their views differed, she didn’t necessarily believe Nancy was wrong.
Ann recently completed a solo tour alongside Jeff Beck and Paul Rodgers, while Nancy has been working with her new band Roadcase Royale.
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