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Essence Bakery Cafe Announces Arizona’s First Baking Apprenticeship
Helena WegnerDecember 2019
Essence Bakery Café started Arizona’s first baking apprenticeship program in June for graduating high school students. Students who are still in high school can apply for the pre-apprenticeship program.
The two-year program allows students to gain valuable culinary skills without accruing student debt because there is no program fee.
The program was started by Essence Bakery Café chef and owner Eugenia Theodosopoulos who partnered with Arizona’s Careers through Culinary Arts Program. C-CAP partners with more than 150 high schools and connects students to job training and work opportunities, internships, scholarships, and college and career advising in the culinary field.
Students learn hands-on experience while making croissants, macaroons, breads, cookies and other pastries.
Theodosopoulos says the program was created to alleviate debt that many students have after graduating from college.
During the apprenticeship, students start at minimum wage while they learn the tools of the trade. Students can earn a higher wage by working their way up through achieving different goals throughout the program.
“These kids earn money and they become certified right after these two years by the state of Arizona,” Theodosopoulos says.
She says the program is an opportunity to help students gain skills in the culinary industry for a career that will benefit hospitality industries.
“After two years, they can pretty much go work anywhere in the world,” Theodosopoulos says.
Some of the apprenticeship positions include baking, front-of-house and managing.
“This is just the beginning of really making this program into something that can benefit hotels, restaurants, cafes and everybody in the hospitality industry,” Theodosopoulos says.
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Christian doctor begins legal fight over gay adoptions
Jessica Geen November 15, 2010
A Christian doctor who was removed from an adoption panel after she refused to endorse applications by same-sex couples hopes to go to the European Court of Justice.
Dr Sheila Matthews, of Kettering, will ask the court to establish whether medical opinion should be permitted to override equality laws.
She says she was forced out of her post on the Northamptonshire Council Adoption Panel after she asked to be allowed to abstain from voting in cases involving same-sex couples, on the grounds that it contravened her beliefs.
She was told that her beliefs on gay adoption were incompatible with equality legislation and council policies and resigned in March.
The Daily Telegraph reports that she will go to a Leicester employment tribunal today to ask it to refer her case to the European Court.
Dr Matthews will ask the court to decide whether professional medical opinion should override the rights of gay would-be parents.
She said: “I understand that legislation permits same sex couples to adopt and they are positively encouraged to apply, but I have professional concerns, based on educational and psychological evidence, of the influences on children growing up in homosexual households and I feel this is not the best possible option for a child.
“I do not consider myself to be homophobic, however I believe that children do best in families with a father and mother playing different roles in a child’s upbringing and committed to each other in a lifelong relationship.”
She added: “My view arose from both a professional one from my reading of the literature, and an historical Christian perspective of relationships, based on the Bible, an authority which our court system still uses today to swear in those giving evidence and juries, based on its authority.”
Dr Matthews is being represented by the Christian Legal Centre.
Andrea Minichiello Williams, barrister and chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said: “It cannot be right that a doctor of such standing is forced from her role on an adoption panel, just because of her professional and Christian views.
“Much of the population, and many studies, would agree with her professional and personal standpoint. Most professional opinion on this issue happens to fit closely with the Christian view. Yet Christians are being increasingly excluded from the public square and this can no longer go unnoticed.”
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Intercos confirms skincare ambitions
Dario Ferrari, Chairman and CEO of Intercos confirmed to Premium Beauty News he has great ambitions for CRB, Centre de Recherche Biocosmétiques S.A., the group’s subsidiary based in Puidoux, Switzerland, and specialized in skincare products.
Intercos overtook CRB, three years ago. CRB totalizes 150 staffs and its turnover should reach CHF 33 million in 2009. On the occasion of Cosmoprof Asia, Intercos’ stand was clearly demonstrating that the will of its leader, Dario Ferrari, was to put forward its skincare subsidiary.
“This company, as you may know, belonged to my family and joined the Group in 2005,” Dario Ferrari explains. “Since this date, our strategy, together with Simone Gibertoni, CRB’s General director, consisted, on the one hand, to optimise CRB’s huge know-how and current positions, and, on the other hand, to implement new concepts hence increasing the value of CRB’s offer.”
“CRB must be (already is!) at the very heart of our group’s development strategy on the skincare segment, and this is why we want to transmit to this company the same gift for innovation that has always been Intercos’ credo. In order to achieve this result, new active ingredients, and new raw materials are the key to success. We are already working to address the issues.”
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In Hong Kong, CRB highlighted its Eco White range featuring five references. Botanical Elixir, an ultra-natural serum, extremely hydrating, designed to repair the skin’s small imperfections and discoloration spots. Natural Harmony Cream, with an extremely soft creamy texture to enlight and regenerate the skin. Eco Spot Eraser, a lightening formula to erase dark spots. Herbal Clarity Mask, a soothing and healing mask that revitalizes the skin. And eventually, Light Eco Breeze, a toning lotion for refreshing and lightening the skin.
The Eco White line features products complying with the Cosmebio charter and ready to pass the EcoCert certification.
The other lines showcased by CRB during Cosmoprof Asia in Hong Kong are the following: the Crystal Inspiration, a luxury range made of mineral crystal and gold, and playing with transparency effects; the Beauty Designer line allowing women to formulate their own products, in compliance with its skin’s needs; the Ironman line, specifically dedicated to modern men, the Swiss Ritual line, combining Asian beauty gestures with Swiss technology; and eventually, Skin Metabolics, where science meets nature for state-of-the-art skincare products. Furthermore, CRB also proposes a portfolio featuring hundreds of products.
“However, CRB is a laboratory specialised in tailor made third party formulations, the product lines we are showcasing are only starting points for our creativity, they provide ideas for the unique original products that will be supplied to each customer,” Dario Ferrari explains.
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Suits Claiming Racial Discrimination Plague Florida Prisons
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2001 by Gary Hunter published in Prison Legal News September, 2001, page 8
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation. Location: Florida.
Citing incidents dating back to 1993, over 100 current and past employees are suing the Florida DOC for perpetuating a "long standing custom or policy of racial discrimination." What began as two law suits in December 1999 increased to four suits by March 2000, and now involves the Florida NAACP. Depositions taken as recently as April 2001 suggest that DOC officials have not been as forthcoming as they would like to appear.
Black prison guards allege numerous incidents of verbal, physical and administrative abuse. Louis Brown, a black recreation supervisor at the Lowell Correctional Institution, reports having come to work and finding his office ransacked. Twice the letters "KKK" were spray painted across his bulletin board. Nothing was ever done to address the issue.
Sgt. Paul Patton complained of having to patrol the perimeter of Charlotte Correctional Institution in vehicles that had "Niggers Go Home" carved inside. Reports to his supervisors went unheeded and no record was ever made of his complaints.
At the Union Correctional facility a major was demoted and forced to accept an $18,000 pay cut when he referred to his new black supervisor as "another nigger on the compound."
The scope of the problem is so large that the Black Caucus in the Florida Legislature has pressured Governor Jeb Bush into launching an investigation of the charges. According to Justin Sayfie, communications officer for the governor, the Bush "administration will not tolerate any discrimination in any state agency. We'll take this very seriously."
Florida's prison population is 55 percent black while 70 percent of the guards are white. Florida DOC Secretary Michael Moore made the observation that many of the white prison guards come from rural areas of the state and from families that have worked in the system for generations.
The former DOC Secretary, Harry Singletary, is a black man. He recounted an incident that occurred on death row at the Union facility in Starke, Florida. One night, prisoners were alerted by shouts, "There's a Klansman on the wing." They looked out of their cells to see a guard dressed in a white sheet parading down the run. The incident was verified by the Inspector General's office and the offending guard was eventually fired. But Singletary points out, "They don't see anything wrong with that in Starke. They think that's just a harmless prank."
Some incidents aren't so harmless. In 1993, near the Charlotte prison, several white guards were involved in a cross burning and were shouting racial slurs while brandishing an assault rifle and firing into the air. Some of the guards involved were terminated. Others, including one guard who was wearing a "White Power" tee-shirt, are still working at the prison. [See: PLN , Jan. 1995, and Lawrenz v. James , 852 F.Supp. 986 (MD FL 1994).]
Black guards also recount an incident at Charlotte in which posters that read "OPEN SEASON ON PORCH MONKEYS" were widely distributed around the unit. The posters limited the number of kills to 10 per day.
Supervisors at the Charlotte facility were undisturbed by a note on the bulletin board that read, "You have enough niggers here to make a Tarzan movie." According to guards, the note remained posted for several days.
In the suit, black guards from the Charlotte prison also allege that a group of white guards, referred to as "the Family", regularly beat prisoners and purposely stirred up trouble until it became necessary to send in black guards to calm the disturbances. They complain that this behavior places them in potentially dangerous situations.
A very similar report about the Lancaster Correctional Institution has motivated both the NAACP and members of the state legislative Black Caucus to demand an investigation. Both guards and prisoners claim that at Lancaster there exists a widespread clique of racist guards who carry knotted cord key chains as a symbol of solidarity. In response to the key chain allegation, Secretary Moore sent a dozen inspectors to investigate. Still, interviews with hundreds of employees came up empty.
However, in a May, 2001, interview, Moore refused to comment on a hand-written diary kept by Captain Willie Hogan. Hogan was one of the original guards to testify on the significance of the knotted cord key chains as an emblem of solidarity between certain guards at the Lancaster unit. According to Hogan and other witnesses, these were guards willing to assault prisoners and cover for each other.
Moore's investigation revealed that 24 guards carried the key chains but found no evidence of prisoners being abused. Hogan maintains that investigators were trying to discredit the allegations, not uncover abuse. He also said that guards knew about the surprise investigation long before investigators arrived.
In defense of Moore's silence about the journal, Debbie Buchanan, spokesperson for the DOC said, "We're not going to comment on a so-called hand-written diary." She also made reference to an interview in which Hogan "denied knowledge of staff abuse of inmates." While the report shows that Hogan acknowledged only one case of abuse, which was already under investigation, the report was unclear because Hogan's interview was not taped, as it was with other guards.
Apparently the Black Caucus is not convinced of Moore's objectivity either. If these allegations prove to be true they have insisted that Bush ask for Moore's resignation. Secretary Moore, who is white, is the first person named in a long list of defendants. He is also a relative newcomer to the Florida system. This means that, having been in charge for less than three years, many of the incidents occurred before he arrived.
C. J. Drake, spokesperson for Florida DOC, emphatically denies allegations that the system has a racial problem. He insists that the "Department of Corrections has zero tolerance for any kind of racial misconduct or discrimination."
Jerome Miller, a prison consultant from Virginia, sees racial tension as a problem on the rise in all prisons. He observes that increasing incarceration of urban African Americans and a prison system run predominantly by rural whites is creating a culture clash. He says, "You're seeing less understanding of culture, language, things like that, and it's just like dynamite in there."
But the immediate problem in the Florida prisons is not between black prisoners and white guards. It's between black and white employees. And investigations that keep coming up empty, like the key chain affair, are making matters worse.
Sgt. Shawana Perry was attending a training class at Tomoka Correctional Institution when she encountered Sgt. Jay Norton wearing a tee-shirt with the logo "Boys In the Hood" and a picture of a hooded Klansman. When she confronted him about it he replied, "Fuck you. I don't tell you guys not to wear Malcolm X or Martin Luther King tee-shirts." Norton was reprimanded for the incident, but on the same unit nothing was done to address the issue of a group of guards who sport "KKK" tattoos on their arms and legs. Singletary observes that it is impossible to discipline guards simply because they are active in groups like the Klan unless they do something illegal or break institutional rules.
Sgt. Roosevelt Paige recalled an incident at a meeting where a white guard told him, "Get your coon feet off me, nigger." The captain, who was present at the time and heard the exchange, looked away and laughed. The department has no record of the incident.
In a deposition given on April 12 of this year, Paige validates many of Hogan's complaints. He said, "They discriminate against you for not going along with them beating up inmates." In the same deposition Paige told DOC attorney Blake Hayward that he once sent a prisoner to a lieutenant because the prisoner had complained about getting beaten up by guards. The lieutenant sent the prisoner back to the dorm and he was beaten up again. Paige went on to say that the same lieutenant tolerates abuse and threatens prisoners who file grievances. He testified that guards go into the mailboxes and tear up grievances and get prisoners transferred after they beat them.
When Hayward asked Paige why he didn't file more formal complaints Paige replied, "Why would I complain about things being written out when the colonel ... himself tells wild stories about me and uses the word `nigger-child'? He's the colonel. Do you think he cares about me complaining about any racial incidents?" Like Hogan, Paige says he has kept a set of personal notes. He has also been placed on paid leave while the investigations continue.
Because many of the plaintiffs still work in the system, a primary concern of the NAACP is to protect them from retaliation. Adora Obi Nweze, state president of the NAACP, points out that the long list of complaints is not a recent phenomenon. "It's been developing, quite frankly, for years, in terms of one here, one there" and points to "a clear pattern" of abuse of black guards.
Corey Godwin, who is head of gang security for the Florida prison system, insists that the problems are exaggerated. His overall duties include monitoring mail and recognizing tattoos that may be gang related. Mostly he deals with prisoners, but is convinced that "if it was a widespread problem" it could not escape his attention. "There would be clues all over the place," he said.
Both Singletary and Moore acknowledge that improvements have been made in the area of racial relations in the Florida prison system. However, the St. Petersburg Times notes that more changes might be necessary. They point to the fact that there is still no African American presence in the upper echelons of the prison system. They go on to say that, until this happens, it is unlikely that the racial problems and the suits they bring will go away anytime soon.
Source: St. Petersburg Times.
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Overexpression of p27Kip1 lengthens the G1 phase in a mouse model that targets inducible gene expression to central nervous system progenitor cells
Takayuki Mitsuhashi, Yoko Aoki, Yaman Z. Eksioglu, Takao Takahashi, Pradeep G. Bhide, Steven A. Reeves, and Verne S. Caviness Jr.
PNAS May 22, 2001 98 (11) 6435-6440; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.111051398
Takayuki Mitsuhashi
Yoko Aoki
Yaman Z. Eksioglu
Takao Takahashi
Pradeep G. Bhide
Steven A. Reeves
Verne S. Caviness
Edited by Pasko Rakic, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, and approved March 27, 2001 (received for review January 31, 2001)
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We describe a mouse model in which p27Kip1 transgene expression is spatially restricted to the central nervous system neuroepithelium and temporally controlled with doxycycline. Transgene-specific transcripts are detectable within 6 h of doxycycline administration, and maximum nonlethal expression is approached within 12 h. After 18–26 h of transgene expression, the G1 phase of the cell cycle is estimated to increase from 9 to 13 h in the neocortical neuroepithelium, the maximum G1 phase length attainable in this proliferative population in normal mice. Thus our data establish a direct link between p27Kip1 and control of G1 phase length in the mammalian central nervous system and unveil intrinsic mechanisms that constrain the G1 phase length to a putative physiological maximum despite ongoing p27Kip1 transgene expression.
Neocortical projection neurons arise from a pseudostratified ventricular epithelium (PVE) that forms the margins of the embryonic lateral ventricles (1–4). By the time young neurons exit the PVE, they are already specified with respect to class and the architectonic region of the neocortex for which they are destined (5–10). In mouse, the pace of neuron origin and the events of specification, scheduled coordinately over a series of 11 cell cycles, are determined by the proportion of postmitotic cells that exit from the PVE with each cycle [as part of the mitotically quiescent fraction (Q)] and the duration of the cell cycle (TC). Both Q and TC advance in cycle-specific increments during the 11-cycle sequence (11, 12). The lengthening of TC is due exclusively to the lengthening of the duration of the G1 phase (TG1) (11). However, virtually nothing is known about the mechanisms that govern TG1 and its rate of advance with cycle progression.
The coordinate regulation of TG1 and Q is a property of the intact neuroepithelium, and reproducing this process in dissociated cells or explants is not currently possible. More fundamentally with respect to histogenetic regulation, no experimental system is available to examine the coordinate regulation of TG1 and Q. An examination of the mechanisms that regulate these two parameters will require an in vivo experimental system in which molecular mechanisms critical to the progression of TG1 can be targeted selectively and modulated over a specified number of cell cycles. To this end, we engineered mice in which the expression of a cell cycle regulator transgene, p27Kip1, is spatially restricted to the central nervous system (CNS) neuroepithelium and temporally controlled by doxycycline (dox). We chose p27Kip1 from among a variety of proteins that regulate the vertebrate cell cycle because several lines of evidence specifically implicate p27Kip1 in vertebrate CNS cell proliferation (13–15). Furthermore, there is a scaled increase in cell number in most body structures, including the neocortex in p27Kip1 “knockout” mice (16–18). Finally, our own investigations establish that p27Kip1 mRNA levels in the PVE rise sharply with increases in Q and TG1 in the 11-cell-cycle sequence (19). Spatial control of transgene expression is accomplished in our transgenic mice with the use of a nestin intron II enhancer/promoter: the reverse tetracycline regulatable transactivator protein (rtTA)-IRES-βgeo transgene (PnestinrtTA), which restricts rtTA expression to the proliferative populations of the developing and mature CNS (20, 21). Temporal control is accomplished by using a p27Kip1:rtTA-dependent promoter transgene (tetOp27Kip1), which is regulatable with dox (22, 23).
Transgene Construction, Transgenic Mice, and Genotyping.
IRES-βgeo was removed from pPGT.1.8IRES-βgeo (a gift from Austin Smith, University of Edinburgh, Scotland) and inserted into the SmaI–SalI site of pBSII KS(+) (Stratagene) to generate the PnestinrtTA transgene. rtTA was removed from pUHD17–1 (a gift from Hermann Bujard, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) and inserted into a blunt-ended SpeI site pBSII KS(+)/IRES-β-geo. A NotI linker was inserted into the BglII site of plasmid gIITK (a gift from Richard Josephson, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD) to facilitate removal of the rat nestin intron II and thymidine kinase minimal promoter. The NotI fragment was then inserted into a NotI site of pBSII KS(+)/rtTA-IRES-βgeo. To generate the tetOp27Kip1 transgene, PCR was performed to amplify the full-length p27Kip1 gene (the template was a gift from Andrew Koff, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York), which was flanked by MluI and NheI restriction endonuclease sites. The amplicon was digested with MluI and NheI and cloned into pBi-EGFP (CLONTECH). pBSII KS(+)/rtTA-IRES-βgeo and pBi-EGFP/p27Kip1 plasmids were digested by the endonucleases DraI and PacI (New England BioLabs), respectively, and the resulting fragments were separately injected into FVB/N mouse zygotes. In each case, the injected embryos were implanted in the oviducts of day 1 pseudopregnant foster females. Transgenic mice were identified by Southern blot analysis and PCR with the use of tail genomic DNA. Routine genotyping of transgenic pups and embryos was done by PCR. TA51 (5′-AGAGCTGCTTAATG-AGGTCG-3′) and TA31 (5′-GTCCAGATCGAAATCGTCTAG-3′) primers were used to amplify a 829-bp fragment from the rtTA transgene. EG52 (5′-CTGAAGTTCATCTGCACCAC-3′) and EG31 (5′-GTAGTTGTACTCCAGCTTGTG-3′) primers were used to amplify a 305-bp fragment from the tetOp27Kip1 transgene. PnestinrtTA/−; tetOp27Kip1/− double transgenic (DT) mice were obtained by cross-breeding hemizygous PnestinrtTA/− females with hemizygous tetOp27Kip1/− males. Conception was ascertained from the presence of a vaginal plug. Mice were housed in a facility with a 12-h light-dark schedule.
5-Bromo-4-Chloro-3-indolyl-β-d-Galactopyranoside (X-Gal) Histochemistry to Verify rtTA Expression.
Embryonic day 12 (E12) mice were immersion fixed in 2% paraformaldehyde, 0.2% glutaraldehyde, 0.1 M NaHPO4 (pH 7.3) for 1 h at 4°C. After three washes in 0.01% sodium deoxycholate, 0.02% Nonidet P-40, 2 mM MgCl2, 0.1 M NaHPO4 (pH 7.3), X-gal staining was performed for 12–16 h at 37°C in X-gal buffer [2 mM MgCl2/5 mM K3Fe(CN)6/5 mM K4Fe(CN)6/0.1 mM NaHPO4, pH 7.3/0.01% sodium deoxycholate/0.02% Nonidet P-40) containing 1 mg/ml of X-gal (Fisher Scientific). In additional experiments, brains from E14 PnestinrtTA/− mice were embedded in 5% agarose (type VII; Sigma) and sectioned on a Vibratome (TPI, O'Fallon, MO) at 200-μm thickness in the coronal plane. Sections were immersed in X-gal buffer (8 mg/ml) and washed in PBS at 4°C.
Dox Administration.
Dox hydrochloride (Sigma) was dissolved in PBS at a concentration of 1–10 mg/ml (pH 7.2). The solution (0.1 ml) was administered orally to pregnant mothers twice a day for 1–3 days with a feeding needle (Fisher Scientific).
Western Blot Analysis.
E12 or E13 mouse forebrains were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and homogenized in 10 vol of cold lysis buffer (100 mM Tris, pH 8.0/2 mM EDTA/20 mM β-mercaptoethanol/1% SDS/1 mM sodium fluoride/2 μg/ml−1 aprotinin/1 μg/ml−1 leupeptin/1 μg/ml−1 pepstatin/50 μg/ml−1 PMSF). Separated protein was transferred to supported nitrocellulose membrane (Bio-Rad) and incubated with mouse monoclonal p27Kip1 antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) in PBS containing Tween-20 (PBST) with 5% nonfat dry milk at 1:300 overnight at 4°C. Band intensities of p27Kip1 were quantified by iplab spectrum imaging software (Scanalytics, Billerica, MA). In each experiment, the signal intensity was standardized by comparison with the intensity of α-tubulin.
Competitive Reverse Transcription–PCR.
A 173-bp deletion was introduced into the p27Kip1 cDNA by digestion of pBi-EGFP/p27Kip1 with Tsp509I to prepare a p27Kip1 internal standard/competitor cRNA. The truncated cDNA was inserted into the KpnI–XbaI site of pBSII KS(+). The resulting construct was linearized by XbaI digestion, and cRNA was generated with the use of T3 RNA polymerase (Promega). Total RNA from E13 forebrain was purified with an RNeasy kit (Qiagen, Chatsworth, CA), and mRNA was separated from total RNA with an Oligotex mRNA kit (Qiagen). Five serial dilutions of cRNA were made and mixed in 20 ng of mRNA. The first-strand cDNA was reverse-transcribed by random hexanucleotide primers (Life Technologies, Rockville, MD) and Omniscript reverse transcriptase (Qiagen) for 1 h at 37°C. P52 (5′-GTCAAACGTGAGA-GTGTCTA-3′) and MCS-1 (5′-CAGTCTAGAGATATCGTCGAG-3′) primers were used to amplify a 640-bp fragment for the transgenic p27Kip1 and a 467-bp fragment for the deleted p27Kip1 as an internal standard. Band intensities of p27Kip1 and internal standard were analyzed with the use of iplab spectrum, and the ratios of sample to internal standard were measured and plotted against the concentration of the internal standard on a log/log scale. The ratio log 0 obtained from the regression line corresponds to the concentration of mRNA in the sample.
Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase-Mediated dUTP-Biotin Nick-End Labeling Analysis.
Four-micrometer-thick paraffin sections of the forebrain were processed with an ApopTag kit (Intergen, Purchase, NY) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The sections were stained with cresyl violet.
BrdUrd Immunohistochemistry and Labeling Analysis.
BrdUrd (Sigma) was injected into pregnant mice (50 μg/g body weight, i.p.) Two hours later, dams were anesthetized, and embryos were removed by hysterotomy; the heads were immersed in 70% ethanol and processed for paraffin-wax histology. Four-micrometer-thick coronal sections through the forebrain were processed for BrdUrd immunohistochemistry as described (24). The BrdUrd labeling index (LI) (ratio of the number of BrdUrd-labeled cells to the total number of cells) was calculated separately for the medial cortical zone (MCZ) and lateral cortical zone (LCZ) within a 1 × 104 μm2 area of the PVE that was defined with the use of a microscope ocular grid (12, 24). In other experiments, the 1 × 104 μm2 area was subdivided into 10 “bins.” Each bin area was measured to be 10 × 100 μm2, and the BrdUrd LI was calculated separately for each bin. LI was calculated in each experiment in a series of 7–8 brains obtained from 2–3 litters.
Targeting Dox-Inducible Transgene Expression to the CNS Neuroepithelium.
rtTA expression was verified in PnestinrtTA/− E12 mice by examining the pattern of expression of the IRES-linked βgeo reporter gene with the use of X-gal histochemistry. X-gal staining was uniform and intense in the telencephalon, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon, spinal cord, retina, and trigeminal ganglion (Fig. 1b) but was not detectable in skeletal muscle or the viscera. X-gal staining in histological sections was localized to the neuroepithelium (Fig. 1d). X-gal staining was not observed in nontransgenic embryos (Fig. 1c).
Targeting regulated transgene expression to the neuroepithelium. (a) Targeting vector used to generate PnestinrtTA/− mice. (b) Whole-mount X-gal staining is restricted to the CNS in an E12 PnestinrtTA/− mouse. TE, telencephalon; ME, mesencephalon; RH, rhombencephalon; SC, spinal cord; arrowhead, retinal primordium; and arrow, trigeminal ganglion. (c) No labeling was seen in a WT littermate. (d) The neuroepithelia of the cerebral cortex (CC), lateral ganglionic eminence (LGE), and hippocampus (HI) in a histological section. LV, lateral ventricle, ST, striatum. (Scale bars: a and b = 1 mm; c = 500 μm.)
Dox Dosage and Administration for Optimal in Vivo Transgene Expression.
tetOp27Kip1/− mice were generated and crossed with PnestinrtTA/− mice to obtain DT embryos. Pregnant dams were administered dox by oral gavage for 2 days [10 μg/day−1 per g body weight (bw)−1], beginning on E11. Total p27Kip1 protein was assayed by Western blot analysis with the use of lysates from E13 forebrains. A 2-fold increase in p27Kip1 protein was detected in the forebrains of DT embryos compared with wild-type (WT) embryos exposed to the same dosage of dox (Fig. 2). In contrast, when DT embryos were exposed to PBS, the total p27Kip1 protein level was not increased compared with WT controls.
Dose-dependent overexpression of p27Kip1 protein. (a) Western blot analysis of total p27Kip1 protein levels in the forebrains of dox-exposed WT and DT E13 embryos. α-Tubulin levels were determined and used to verify equal loading of samples. (b) Dox dose-dependent induction of p27Kip1 protein. Bars indicate percentage signal intensity. Protein levels in the WT embryos exposed to dox were considered to be 100%.
We determined the dosage of dox required for maximal transgene induction in the forebrains of DT embryos. When dox was increased to 50 μg/day−1 per g bw−1, the level of total p27Kip1 protein increased 2.5-fold compared with that seen at 5 μg/day−1 per g bw−1 (Fig. 2b). A dosage of 100 μg/day−1 per g bw−1 resulted in only a 2-fold increase in the level of total p27Kip1 (Fig. 2b), and often a selective resorption of DT embryos. The embryonic lethality is likely due to strong transgene activation and not to toxicity associated with the relatively high dox dose used. In support of this hypothesis, resorption affected only the DT embryos, even though the 100 μg/day−1 per g bw−1 dox-exposed litters also contained non-DT embryos (i.e., PnestinrtTA/−, tetOp27Kip1/−, and WT), and resorption was not encountered in DT embryos within a dosage range of 5–50 μg/day−1 per g bw−1. We did not establish the mechanism by which strong transgene activation caused the resorption of embryos and, in particular, did not determine whether lethality was due to an unrecognized primary effect or a less direct secondary effect of p27Kip1 overexpression.
The p27Kip1 antibody does not distinguish between endogenous and transgene-derived proteins. Therefore, we performed competitive reverse transcription–PCR with transgene-specific primers to quantify dox-induced transgene-derived transcripts in the embryonic forebrain (Fig. 3 a and b). After 24 h of dox administration (5 μg/day−1 per g bw−1) beginning on E12, there was a 5-fold increase in transgene-derived transcript expression in DT embryos exposed to dox compared with DT embryos exposed to PBS (Fig. 3c). The low level of transgene-derived transcript detected in PBS-exposed DT embryos provides an estimate of the level of “leakage” of the inducible system (Fig. 3c). When the dox dose was increased to 50 μg/day−1 per g bw−1, transgene expression rose more than 500-fold over the level observed in DT embryos exposed to PBS (Fig. 3c). Therefore, transgene induction is dose-dependent within the dosage range used. We have not compared the level of transgene expression with that of the native gene for p27Kip1.
Competitive reverse transcription–PCR of transgene-derived p27Kip1 mRNA in the forebrains of dox-exposed E12 and E13 DT embryos. (a) Lane 1, competitor cRNA alone; lane 2, E12 forebrain mRNA (sample) alone; lanes 3–7, sample mRNA containing 2-fold serial increments of competitor cRNA. (b) The logarithm of the ratios of sample to competitor (vertical axis) was plotted against the logarithm of the amounts of competitor (horizontal axis). A ratio of 0 represents the concentration of transgene-specific p27Kip1 mRNA in the sample. (c) Dose-dependent increase in transgene-specific mRNA after 24 h of dox exposure, beginning on E12. (d) Regulatablity of transgene-specific transcript induction after a 25 μg/g bw−1 dose of dox on E12. Each bar represents mean values from two independent experiments.
We next examined the regulatability of transgene induction in response to a single administration of dox at 25 μg/day−1 per g bw−1. A 60-fold increase in transgene-specific transcripts compared with basal levels was detected in the DT embryonic forebrain at 6 h (Fig. 3d). The expression level reached 300-fold by 12 h, but then returned to a level 7-fold higher than the basal level by 48 h (Fig. 3d). Thus, transgene expression is rapidly induced by dox and shut down reliably when dox is withdrawn.
p27Kip1 Overexpression and Cell Cycle Progression in the Neocortical PVE.
We exposed control and DT embryos to BrdUrd for 2 h after 16 and 24 h of dox exposure in utero. BrdUrd LI was analyzed in the PVE of the MCZ and the LCZ (Fig. 4 a and b). The progenitors in the PVE of the LCZ are encountering cell cycle number 8 of the 11-cell-cycle neurogenetic sequence on E13, whereas those in the PVE of the MCZ are encountering cell cycle number 6 (12). Thus LCZ is developmentally “in advance” of the MCZ with respect to the neurogenetic schedule.
Analysis of BrdUrd LI in the neocortical PVE of E13 embryos. (a) BrdUrd in E13 forebrains. BrdUrd-labeled nuclei are black and non-BrdUrd-labeled nuclei are red. BrdUrd LI was analyzed at the MCZ and the LCZ. (b) High-power view of the MCZ shown in a, to illustrate the reduction in BrdUrd labeling in dox-exposed forebrain. Arrows show BrdUrd-labeled mitotic Fig. 2 h BrdUrd LI in the MCZ (c) and the LCZ (d) after 18 h or 26 h of dox exposure. The reduction in BrdUrd LI occurred throughout the PVE, in each of the 10 bins at 18 h (e and f) and 26 h (g and h). *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01. LV, lateral ventricle; LGE, lateral ganglionic eminence; TH, thalamus; CC, cerebral cortex; PPZ, primordial plexiform zone; PVE, pseudostratified ventricular epithelium. * in a and b indicates skull and skin. (Scale bar: a = 200 μm; b = 10 μm.)
Virtually all of the mitotic figures were BrdUrd-labeled in the LCZ and MCZ in DT embryos exposed to dox or PBS for 18 and 26 h, indicating that the combined lengths of the G2 and M phases of the cell cycle were unchanged by exposure to dox and that they were not longer than 2 h.
The 2-h BrdUrd LI in DT embryos exposed to dox for 18 h was reduced by 24.0% in the MCZ and 27.3% in the LCZ (Fig. 4 c and d). In the DT embryos exposed to dox for 26 h, the 2-h BrdUrd LI in the MCZ decreased by 32% (Fig. 4c). The reduction in the BrdUrd LI in the LCZ at 26 h was 26.8%, virtually the same as the reduction at 18 h (Fig. 4d). When the LIs at 18 and 26 h were analyzed in the MCZ and LCZ at 10-μm intervals, the reduction in LI occurred uniformly throughout the PVE (Fig. 4 e–h).
Over the full 26 h, the total number of cells in the PVE within the 1 × 104 μm2 sector and the height of the PVE remained essentially constant and indistinguishable between dox-exposed and PBS-exposed embryos (MCZ: dox, 179.1 ± 6.2 cells, PBS, 163.0 ± 0.1, P = 0.079; LCZ: dox, 177.6 ± 2.8, PBS, 171.5 ± 6.5, P = 0.177). Thus, by this criterion overexpression of p27Kip1 over the 26-h interval had no effect on the rate of cell exit from the proliferative cycle and from the ventricular zone.
p27Kip1 Overexpression Does Not Cause Apoptosis in the Neocortical PVE and Postmitotic Marginal Zone.
We also examined the PVE and postmitotic marginal zone of DT embryos exposed to dox for increased apoptosis. The analysis was performed separately for the MCZ and the LCZ. There was no statistically significant difference in the number of apoptotic cells between DT embryos and WT littermates exposed to dox (∼4 × 10−5 cells per μm2). These findings indicate that p27Kip1 overexpression did not cause apoptosis in the PVE or in the postmitotic region of the neocortex.
We describe a transgenic mouse model in which the CNS neuroepithelium is targeted selectively to modulate cell cycle progression over a specified number of cycles. Our principal conclusion is that p27Kip1 overexpression over an interval of less than two cell cycles in the neocortical neuroepithelium is associated with prolongation of TG1 without alteration of Q. The extent of TG1 prolongation depends on the developmental stage of the PVE at the time of transgene expression. Regardless of the developmental stage, TG1 does not appear to exceed a putative physiological maximum.
The reduction in the 2-h BrdUrd LI after transgene induction (Fig. 4) indicates a lengthening of TC and/or an increase in Q, the two parameters whose coordinate regulation determines the pace of neurogenesis and the events of cell class specification. All cells in S, G2, and M phases are labeled by the 2-h exposure to BrdUrd. The unlabeled nuclei either are in the G1 phase or belong to cells of the Q fraction. Therefore, the reduction in the 2-h BrdUrd LI (Fig. 4) indicates (i) an increase in TG1 and/or a decrease in TS relative to TC and/or (2) an increase in Q. We suggest that the reduction is due to an increase in TG1.
Overexpression of p27Kip1 promotes cell cycle exit in vitro (25–27). The duration of p27Kip1 overexpression in the present 26-h dox exposure experiments is unlikely to be sufficient for an effect upon Q. Substantial augmentation of p27Kip1 expression is attained after ≈12 h of dox exposure (Fig. 3d). As shown in Fig. 5, this level of expression may affect PVE cells for no more than a single cell cycle on E13. The pattern of TIS21 mRNA expression suggests that the “Q choice” is made in the G1 phase of the terminal cycle—the cycle before the final mitosis (28). Thus the effect on Q attributable to p27Kip1 overexpression should not be felt in terms of cell exit from the ventricular zone within the 26-h time frame of the present analyses. This assumption is supported by the observation that there was no reduction in the height of the PVE or the number of cells in the 1 × 104 μm2 sector of the PVE. A significant change in Q should have been reflected in these parameters because Q cells exit the PVE in an interval less than TC − TS (11).
A schematic illustration of the effects of p27Kip1 transgene expression on TG1 in the neocortical PVE. TG1 (ordinate) in LCZ and MCZ of dox-exposed (○) and PBS-exposed (●) E13 embryos is plotted against elapsed cell cycle numbers of the 11-cell-cycle neocortical neuronogenetic interval (abscissa). The continuous traces (Upper, MCZ; Lower, LCZ) correspond to TG1 progression in WT mice (12). The broken upward arrows represent the apparent augmentation of TG1. The 18-h and 26-h time points correspond to late cell cycle number 6 and early cell cycle number 7, respectively, for the MCZ and to successively later stages of cell cycle number 8 for the LCZ. The graded shading in the wedges represents the relative advance of p27Kip1 overexpression with respect to the state of the cell cycle.
Because all of the mitotic figures are labeled with BrdUrd by 2 h in DT and WT mice, transgene expression does not alter the G2 + M phase length. We did not measure the S-phase duration directly in the present study. However, because the p27Kip1-induced reduction in BrdUrd LI was uniformly scaled through the full width of the ventricular zone (Fig. 4), that is with respect to cells in the S, G2, and M phases, the duration of the S phase is unlikely to have altered with respect to the duration of the G2 and M phases. Moreover, the action of p27Kip1 is at the G1–S phase transition in vertebrate cells, where it regulates the termination of the G1 phase but without an effect on the S phase (25–27). Finally, in WT mice, S-phase duration is virtually constant throughout the entire 11-cell-cycle sequence of the mouse neocortical neuronogenetic interval in vivo (4), even as p27Kip1 expression varies greatly (19). Therefore, we conclude that an increase in TC, caused by transgene expression, occurred because of a selective increase in TG1.
Assuming that the reduction in BrdUrd LI is exclusively due to a lengthening of TG1, the magnitude of the TG1 increase that would be necessary to cause the LI reduction can be calculated. TG1 would have to increase to 9.5 h in the 18-h dox administration experiment and to 11.5 h in the 26-h experiment to account for the observed reductions in the BrdUrd LI in MCZ (Fig. 5). For the LCZ, the prolongation would need to be about 13 h (12.5 and 13.3 h) in both the 18-h and 26-h experiments (Fig. 5). This prolongation corresponds to a 97% in TG1 for the MCZ and to a 59% increase in TG1 for the LCZ at the 26-h interval (4, 12). The estimated maximum TG1, namely 13.3 h, also is the maximum TG1 attained in the course of neocortical neurogenesis in vivo (Fig. 5) (4, 11). It may imply that there are “ceiling effects” on the allowable abundance of p27Kip1 in the cell nucleus, where its interactions with the cyclinE-cdk2 complex act to trigger termination of the G1 phase and an advance to the S phase.
Additional evidence supports such a ceiling effect on intracellular levels of p27Kip1 protein. Although a 300-fold increase in p27Kip1 transgene-specific transcripts occurred in the DT forebrain (Fig. 3), the total p27Kip1 protein levels increased by only 2-fold (Fig. 2). It is possible that regulatory mechanisms at the level of translation (29) or protein stability (30) determine maximum allowable amounts of intracellular p27Kip1 protein.
Whereas a mechanism by which p27Kip1 overexpression might prolong TG1 is not established, we suggest that it reflects an alteration in the stoichiometry of the inhibitory effect of unbound p27Kip1 upon the kinase functions of the cyclinE-cdk2 complex required terminally in the G1 phase to drive cells into the S phase. The abundance of cyclin E is known to be transcriptionally regulated with each cell cycle (31, 32). Overexpression of p27Kip1 might prolong the time needed to synthesize cyclin E in amounts sufficient to exceed the rate-limiting threshold required for the G1/S phase transition.
This work was supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grants NS12005 (V.S.C.), NS32657 (P.G.B.), and NS35996 (S.A.R.). T.T. was supported in part by the Pharmacia Upjohn Fund for Growth and Development Research.
↵† Present address: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160, Japan.
↵§ Present address: Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980, Japan.
↵¶ Present address: Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Hospital–Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021.
↵‖ P.G.B., S.A.R., and V.S.C. contributed equally to this work.
↵** To whom reprint requests should be addressed. E-mail: bhide{at}helix.mgh.harvard.edu.
↵‡‡ To whom correspondence regarding the PnestinrtTA dox inducible system should be addressed. E-mail: reeves{at}helix.mgh.harvard.edu.
This paper was submitted directly (Track II) to the PNAS office.
CNS,
central nervous system;
X-gal,
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-d-galactopyranoside;
dox,
doxycycline;
embryonic day;
WT,
wild type;
bw,
body weight;
double transgenic;
labeling index;
LCZ,
lateral cortical zone;
MCZ,
medial cortical zone;
PVE,
pseudostratified ventricular epithelium;
rtTA,
reverse tetracycline regulatable transactivator protein;
βgeo,
lacZ-neomycin fusion gene
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Predatory land contracts strip wealth from communities
Housing is a basic need that can be exploited for a profit. For some, homeownership provides stability and wealth, but many who aspire to own a home are taken advantage of by predatory lending practices. Communities that are locked out of traditional home buying because of income, race, and credit history are common targets for exploitative practices. Land installment contracts, also called land contracts, are one way of exploiting buyers. These contracts, common during legal housing segregation, have seen a resurgence as tightened access to conventional lending has reduced home-buying options for many aspiring home-owners.
A land contract is a seller-financed home purchase transaction where the buyer makes payments directly to the seller over time, and the seller agrees to transfer the title to the buyer after the house has been paid in full. They can include egregious terms like exorbitant fees, buyer-required repairs, and balloon payments. In Ohio if a buyer defaults before making substantial payments, the seller can cancel the contract through a process called forfeiture, which allows the seller to force the buyer to leave and to forfeit all prior payments and investments entirely. Land contracts are often advertised as an alternative model to homeownership, but usually they represent a blatant predatory lending practice that harms buyers and communities.
In Ohio, a state hit hard by the foreclosure crisis, investors, like Harbour Portfolio Advisors, are buying foreclosed derelict properties in bulk, marking up prices, and selling houses on contract. From January 2008 to January 2018, there were 47,610 recorded land contracts in Ohio.[1] This number does not include the large number of unrecorded contracts.[2] Land contracts often provide the illusion of homeownership to the buyer but are instead a predatory agreement that deeply, almost exclusively, advantages the seller.
To address the issue of predatory land contracts, Ohio should provide greater legal protections for land contract buyers, allowing seller financing to be restricted to terms that are fair, equitable, and ethical.
How land contracts harm communities
Predatory land contracts are designed to strip wealth from buyers and communities. Weak state laws allow unfair contracts with one-sided terms. Land contracts are usually used in communities lacking access to traditional credit. Prospective homeowners denied access to mortgages are vulnerable to predatory land contracts. Thus, homebuyers in land contracts are disproportionately low-income, people of color, and immigrants.[3]
For buyers, predatory land contracts bring the responsibilities of homeownership without the benefits. Under current law, buyers have few protections or rights under a land contract. The buyer builds no equity in the home until the principal, interest, taxes, liens and fees are paid in full. Only then does the seller transfer the deed. This rarely happens because, absent the protections and access to programming that homeowners have, buyers struggle to meet contract demands. Typically, land contracts make buyers responsible for insurance, maintenance and major repairs. These buyers are often unable to obtain repair loans or access to loan and grant programs for low- to moderate-income homeowners. If a buyer defaults on any term of the contract, they can be kicked out of their home without recourse.
Without strong regulation, land contracts are structured to advantage sellers and disadvantage buyers. A report from the National Consumer Law Center found several common exploitative features of land contracts, described in the box below.[4]
Exploitative features of land contracts
1. Lack protections of renting or mortgages. Predatory land contract purchases are designed to fail. Because the contracts lack the protections found in leases or mortgages, it is very easy to kick buyers out of their homes for defaulting on the contract.
2. Have artificially high purchase prices. Often the purchase price of a land contract is significantly higher than the house’s fair market value. Because most land contracts are sold without an inspection or independent appraisal, buyers are unaware of the true value. Over the life of the loan, buyers would typically pay much more than if they had access to traditional financing.
3. Make buyers responsible for repairs. Many homes sold by land contract are barely habitable and not up to code. The condition often prevents the home from being rented or, in some cases, qualifying for a traditional bank loan. In addition, land contract buyers are generally ineligible for loan and grant programs designed to help moderate-income homeowners make repairs. To avoid the cost of making a home habitable, sellers sell the house through land contracts, which puts the legal burden of making repairs on the buyers
4. Contain title problems. There are often title problems with the transactions. Land contracts are rarely recorded with the county, so buyers have little recourse when title problems arise. When contracts are recorded, if the seller defaults on the mortgage or property taxes or does not pay a lien, the house can be sold without consideration for the buyer. In many cases, a buyer pays the full term of the contract and the seller cannot provide them with a title.
Source: Policy Matters Ohio based on “Toxic Transactions: How Land Installment Contracts Once Again Threaten Communities of Color.” National Consumer Law Center.
For corporations, the goal of selling a house through a land contract is often to buy cheap, sell high, and kick the buyer out before they finish paying off the contract. The exploitative features of many land contracts enable this business model. In part, the profitability of land contracts depends on the ability to constantly turn over properties with new buyers. Sellers force buyers out of their homes through forfeiture clauses. Forfeiture occurs when buyers default on the terms of the contract. It is especially harmful to buyers because they do not have foreclosure protections. In Ohio, these protections only take effect after buyers have been paying their contract for more than five years. Most land contracts come with forfeiture clauses outlining what a buyer must do to avoid losing their home.[5] These requirements range from not missing payments to getting the property up to code in an allotted amount of time. Buyers of land contacts often struggle to make monthly payments because the homes they buy are below code and need significant and expensive repairs. Thus, forfeiture clauses result in the constant turnover of buyers. This, perversely, increases corporate profit.
Racist history of land contracts
Land contracts have a racist history. In the mid-twentieth century land contracts were used to exploit black homebuyers. From the 1930s to 1960s, the U.S. government barred black people from receiving federally backed home loans and mortgages. Because black neighborhoods were shut out of traditional credit, land contracts were often one of the only ways to purchase a home. Unscrupulous and racist speculators emboldened by discriminatory federal policy sold black homebuyers land contracts with inflated prices and impossible-to-fulfill contract terms. Many families lost their homes, down payment, all monthly payments, interest, and the costs of repairs, maintenance, and insurance when they were not able to meet the contract demands.[6] Land contracts were a part of the racist practices that stripped wealth from black families and continues to harm access to opportunity.[7]
Connection to foreclosure crisis
Today, land contracts are on the rise in part because of the foreclosure crisis, which hit Ohio hard. Many of the hardest hit areas have not recovered and are in need of targeted, intensive intervention. Real estate investors use foreclosed homes as an investment. Large corporations often buy foreclosed properties in bulk at dirt cheap prices, then dramatically increase the purchase price and sell the house by land contract. In Ohio, though they have fallen significantly, foreclosure rates are still higher than in the 1990s, prior to the onset of subprime lending and the housing crisis. The predatory practices of the mortgage lending industry led to the foreclosure crisis. Now, real estate investors use land contracts to prey on communities that have not yet recovered.
Corporate investors and Harbour Portfolio
After the housing crisis, real estate investment firms began buying up inexpensive houses in areas hit hard by foreclosures. Many investment firms selling homes on land contracts bought houses from Fannie Mae. These firms targeted areas with limited access to traditional mortgages and many dilapidated homes. Harbour Portfolio Advisors of Dallas, an investment firm that has been active in Ohio, was the largest buyer of homes from Fannie Mae. Harbour raised $60 million from investors to buy houses in bulk for an average of $8,000 per house between 2010 and 2014.[8] The firm purchased over 6,700 single-family houses in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, and a few other states. In Ohio, there are 1,329 records involving Harbour.[9] This does not capture the substantial number of unrecorded land contracts.
Harbour and other investment firms buy properties in bulk in poor communities to sell them on contract to community members at inflated prices with high interest rates. Cities like Youngstown, Toledo, Dayton, Akron, and Cincinnati. The City of Cincinnati sued Harbour Portfolio for “predatory and unconscionable” practices targeting low-income residents,[10] including practices like selling houses for five times the purchase price. The city is suing Harbour for $360,000 in unpaid fines, fees, and violation notices.[11] In Akron, the Housing administrator’s office that oversees code violations has received several complaints about Harbour Portfolio. These are a couple examples of an out-of-state firm preying on Ohio communities.
How Ohio is affected
Nearly all counties in Ohio are affected by land contracts. From January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2018 a total of 47,610 land contracts were recorded in the state. This probably grossly understates the number of actual land contracts, many of which are unrecorded, in violation of state law.[12] The lack of recording obscures the magnitude of the problem. Moreover, unrecorded land contracts completely lack protections for buyers. Table 1 shows the top 10 counties for recorded land contracts.
The map in Figure 1 shows recorded land contracts across the state.[13] Most land contracts are in higher populated urban areas. The number of recorded land contracts range from zero in Medina County to 2,706 in Trumbull County.
(Click here for and interactive version of this map.)
Land contracts are recorded in most counties in the state. Southern Ohio has counties with the highest number of land contracts per 1,000. The top 10 counties for recorded land contracts per 1,000 people are in Table 2.
The map in Figure 2 shows the number of recorded land contracts per 1,000 people.
(Click here for an interactive version of this map.)
Ohio’s insufficient land contract law
Predatory land contracts are a threat to communities because weak regulation allows investors and others to exploit homebuyers for profit. Ohio’s land contract law is not sufficient to protect Ohioans from problematic corporations and contracts. Ohio law spells out the definition and requirements for land contracts, rights of the buyer and seller, and the process of forfeiture and contract cancellation. Ohio law favors the rights of sellers. There are some laws protecting buyers, but not enough to stop the sale of bad contracts and protect buyers and the money they have invested in houses. Also, buyers often do not have access to legal representation to help enforce their rights. Existing law contains the following provisions:
Requires land contracts to be recorded by the seller with the county recorder within 20 days of contract execution and outlines information to include in the contract.
At least once a year but no more than twice per year, the seller must inform the buyer of how much they owe and how much they have paid to principal and interest.
The buyer can take the seller to court if they do not abide by the law.
Buyers are responsible for the payment of taxes, assessments, and other charges against the property from the date of the contract, unless agreed otherwise.
With few exceptions, no seller can hold a mortgage on property sold by a land installment contract in an amount greater than the balance due under the contract.
If a buyer defaults on payments, a seller can use eviction and forfeiture to seize the house, unless the buyer pays in full within 30 days. However, if the buyer has paid on the house for longer than five years or has paid 20 percent or more of the value of the contract, the seller must go through the foreclosure process to take back the house.
The process of cancelling a land contract is outlined.[14]
The existing land contract law in Ohio does not sufficiently protect homebuyers. There are several problematic provisions, like requiring buyers to pay taxes, assessments, and other charges against the property, and not having foreclosure protections for buyers who have been paying their contracts for less than five years. Lawmakers should do more to protect Ohioans from predatory land contracts by passing laws to protecting buyers from common exploitative features of land contracts.
Ohio needs to create better rules for land contracts and better enforce them once they’re in place. Without regulation, Ohioans are vulnerable to predatory practices. Community leaders have been working with the legislature to document the problems and put forth best practice solutions. Solutions should include:
Require houses sold through land contracts to be habitable and up to code prior to sale and over the course of the contract and require sellers to provide documentation that property is in compliance.
Require sellers to pay for independent inspections and appraisals, ensure clear rules about inspections, and ensure that sellers use reputable appraisers.
Require sellers to pay off liens on the property prior to executing a contract and prohibit sellers from holding a mortgage on the property.
Ensure that contracts are understandable, clearly spell out seller obligations, are provided to buyers, and inform buyers of their rights.
Deviation from land contract law provisions should only be permitted when the buyer and seller each have their own attorney.
Ensure that buyers have the right to sue for contract or law violations and can be awarded money damages.
Contracts must be subject to the federal Truth in Lending Act. Contracts should not be permitted to contain forfeiture clauses; prepayment penalties; or unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices.
The state should vigorously enforce and monitor compliance, including collecting data to enable assessment of how land contracts affect communities.
It is essential that Ohio protect its people from predatory land contracts. Legislators should support measures to shield Ohio communities from predatory practices that strip wealth from homebuyers and harm neighborhoods.
[1] Public records request from County Recorder’s Offices. Montgomery County is not included. Montgomery County’s online records system lists 7,490 land contracts. This number is an outlier and does not reflect the actual lower number of recorded land contracts. A staff person in the Montgomery County Recorder’s Office confirmed their online database can include multiple records for one land contract, which results in an usually high number of records.
[2] Peter M. Ward, Heather K. Way, and Lucille Wood, The Contract for Deed Prevalence Project: A Final Report to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (Aug. 2012), available at http://www.tdhca.state.tx.us/housing-center/docs/CFD-Prevalence-Project.pdf
[3] Battle, Jeremiah, Jr., Sarah Mancini, Margot Saunders, and Odette Williamson. “Toxic Transactions: How Land Installment Contracts Once Again Threaten Communities of Color.” National Consumer Law Center, July 2016. https://www.nclc.org/issues/toxic-transactions-threaten-communities-of-color.html.
[5] Chapter 5313: Land Installment Contracts, Ohio Revised Code §. Accessed March 5, 2018. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5313.
[7] Brotman, Barbara. “Decades Later, Black Homebuyers’ Battle for Justice Back in Spotlight.” Chicagotribune.com. Accessed March 6, 2018. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-contract-buyers-league-20150724-story.html.
[8] Goldstein, Matthew, and Alexandra Stevenson. “Market for Fixer-Uppers Traps Low-Income Buyers.” The New York Times, February 20, 2016, sec. DealBook. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/business/dealbook/market-for-fixer-uppers-traps-low-income-buyers.html.
[9] Public records requests from County Recorder’s Offices
[10] Norton, Paula. “Cincinnati Sues ‘Predatory’ Housing Firm Harbour Portfolio Advisors.” Cincinnati Business Courier. Accessed March 6, 2018. https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/04/21/cincinnati-sues-predatory-housing-firm.html.
[11] Goldstein, Matthew, and Alexandra Stevenson. “Cincinnati Sues Seller of Foreclosed Homes, Claiming Predatory Behavior.” New York Times, April 20, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/dealbook/cincinnati-sues-harbour-seller-foreclosed-homes.html.
[12] Chapter 5313: Land Installment Contracts, Ohio Revised Code §. Accessed March 5, 2018. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5313.
[13] Please view our website to see the interactive map accompanying this report that shows the number of recorded land contracts, the number of records involving Harbour Portfolio, the percent of residents in poverty and the percent of non-white residents for each county. In Ohio, in 2016 the poverty rate was 14.5 percent and the state was 17.8 percent non-white.
[14] Ohio Revised Code. Chapter 5313: LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, Ohio Revised Code §. Accessed March 5, 2018. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5313.
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To expand on the testing.
1. The software went through a number of design phases
2. It was tested in the factory for errors, categorised and fixed
3. We have had this software running on 10 machines since January
4. Myself and other Northern colleagues have spend considerable time observing all types of customers using the software. This has been done both on site and remotely (VNC direct dial in). Where we noted people struggling we have committed to making changes.
5. We have also shared it with stakeholders from RUG's and Transport Focus
Yes it was beta tested, since January at 10 locations across our network. Focus groups were only one part of the process.
Good feedback, thanks, Let me look at the cut over from peak to off peak
Sorry to hear you have had some problems at Bingley. We have been having some issues with the reliability of these two particular machines, and we talk to the ticket office team almost daily. With regards to contactless, it will have been a contactless reader fault, not helpful, so apologies for that.
And in respect of your final comments, yes the supplier employed such testers. We have completed a huge amount of testing on this software, including a cautious roll out given its so different. However the need to achieve a committed obligation for smart season sales has driven the roll out, and we are monitoring the feedback carefully and even this week have a design workshop to discuss.
Thanks, Promise to Pay button doesn't translate, I have raised that, but the process and subsequent screens do translate, although my Polish is a little rusty
Good point! I will ask for a change to state ""drag here to move the screen".
takno said: ↑
Agreed, the basket on the first screen should not appear, Promise to Pay only appears on machines where its applicable, its also showing Parking, which we don't currently offer through our TVMs.
WatcherZero said: ↑
Its set up to allow advance fares to be purchased, advance fares are a minimum of 15 minutes before the train so cant purchase a ticket for that train.
Yes its extra faff but the point is to allow the passenger the option of the cheapest fare rather than keeping it a online customer option.
Northern Advance can be purchased there and then, there is no 15 minute wait
I think the journey planner is the way to go, the trouble is when you get a delayed train.
A solution to this might be a button saying "my train is delayed" which would then allow one to scroll back. It could also mean the ticket would be endorsed automatically so a fraudulent Delay Repay claim would be avoided.
Really interesting feedback about delayed trains versus fares available. Remember that if a train is a peak time train, but delayed, its still classed as a peak time train, (unless theres a major incident and restrictions are lifted), so its a balance between ensuring the passenger gets the right fare for the right train. I will look into this further to see what I can do to improve the cut over process
Thanks very much for your feedback. As the new software release roll out gathers pace (50% by close of play today), its really important that this kind of information can be gathered, so thanks!
I am seeking to hold a review session in the near future and if you are local to Northern I'd welcome an on station meeting to discuss feedback and planned changes. Drop me a line on the forum.
Ian Borthwick, Retail Systems Manager, Northern
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northernman said: ↑
Thanks for the above Ian. Obviously we are not there yet in terms of a seamless dispenser of tickets.
My question is when, or if, Northern intend to dispense Rangers and Rovers via the TVM's? It can be a frustration at my local station when, despite normal operating hours, staff are not in the ticket office which then requires a return visit to buy the ticket.
Sounds good to be fair to you, cheers.
xotGD Established Member
Last week I had to abandon an attempt to buy a ticket from the 'improved' machine next to the ticket office at Bingley and go to the ticket office. A total farce trying to buy a ticket. The next day I didn't even try to use the machine and went straight to the office. Meanwhile the machine on the platform was out of service on both Weds and Thurs mornings. Can we please have the old software reinstated? It used to be a simple process to buy a ticket - now it is not.
Thanks, Ian, but remember that it isn’t just about software. The ergonomics are really important too. Ideally the project will have access to a climate chamber where testers can try buying tickets in pouring rain, freezing cold, bright sun in eyes or on screen, left handedly (whilst being tugged by large dog, whilst wearing sheepskin mittens, juggling a beverage container, reaching for card in zipped-inside pocket and so forth). All ‘against the clock’. Ideally with a good smattering of testers who don’t have English as a first language.
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At the beginning of the month, the ticket machine at Navigation Road on the Mid Cheshire Line had only Leeds showing as a popular destination, “ticket not available” if you select Manchester Piccadilly but no duo tickets
Now Navigation Road has had its software updated. The ticket machine now automatically offers you a Duo fare if you buy tickets for two people, Now the bad news. The machine thinks it is on the Calder valley line? as the initial popular destinations screen still have “Leeds” which has now been joined by “Halifax”! Still cant get a ticket to Manchester Piccadilly!
Cuddington TVM does not seem to have been modified – still no Duos. If you spell out Metrolink, you are offered various zone combinations but then only season tickets. They also offer Tyne and Wear Metro as a tease (bu no tickets available).
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Baildon, West Yorkshire
And while we are at it can they be tested during storms, earthquakes, plagues of locust, alien invasion and zombie apocalypse?
Seriously though, whilst testing in different temperature ranges and lighting is sensible (and no doubt part of the sign off for these devices), dealing with dogs, children, coffee cups and troublesome wallets are things that the end users need to deal with, as they would have to in all other facets of their lives.
Bantamzen said: ↑
Having had the pleasure of ‘managing’ a significant population of (relatively primitive) ticket machines back in the 1980s I learnt a lot about human behaviour. As a ‘friend’ of my local station these days I often assist struggling and bemused Northern passengers.
The point about the ‘situational’ features is that they can often be optimised from the word go with a little careful thought. Having a machine under a canopy, not facing the sun in the morning, with a handy shelf to put a drink or gloves on and a hook for a dog lead or toddler harness can immediately allow a user to get stuck in with both hands, e.g. one to hold a bank card and one to tap the screen.
These sorts of enhancements can be far cheaper and quicker than re-writing software but achieve far more dramatic savings in time and increases in issue rate.
Incidentally, during my studies in Japan there was a major earthquake and the worst typhoon in Tokyo for ten years. It was still possible to use the ticket machines reliably and quickly in a foreign language with the rain coming sideways in stair rods and a 100mph gale outside the door. The trains were still running too. Rather better than places like Hope and Bamford seem to manage at the moment.
NorthernSpirit On Moderation
Before this new fangled design was rolled out I was able to purchase tickets from Brighouse to Trowbridge and or Westbury or Melksham without any problems (as part of my job I may be sent out at the last minute to commute to various suppliers). Sadly I'm unable to do this now and is highly fustrating, so as xotGD has stated above "Can we please have the old software reinstated?".
tarq Member
Ian, I tried to use the machine at Brighouse on Sunday and the machine was frozen on the ITSO screen. I reported it to the social media team and they said they would log the fault.
Are there any plans to install a machine on the opposite platform at Brighouse (platform 1). I would expect that the vast majority of departing passengers use Platform 1 rather than Platform 2 as this is where the Leeds via Dewsbury / London KX / Huddersfield trains depart from. It’s circuitous walk from Platform 1 to Platform 2.
tony_mac Established Member
Presumably, the software logs all interactions - and you will have access to metrics such as:-
average time to purchase ticket
average number of screen presses to purchase ticket
percentage of transactions left uncompleted
You may need to do some work on the statistics to make the comparisons meaningful; while it's pretty standard stuff for a statistician, it is also easy to get it wrong and end up biasing the results - particularly when there is an incentive to bias the results.
(apologies if this is obvious, but you would be surprised how haphazard some usability testing can be).
Another standard technique is to test groups of users (in-house) with a script of specific actions (e.g., buy a single to Manchester, but a return to Clapham for 1 adult and 1 child with family railcard for tomorrow), and you can also see how often they ask for help completing the script. Again, it gives you slightly more organised data than just observing customers at random.
I too have helped people through the process at my local station, its just a nice thing to do. However from my observations at this and two other stations I potentially pass through on my way to work, generally speaking I see many people quickly adapting to changes. The key is to try and make the signposting at the initial landing screen as intuitive as possible, although you will never have a system that doesn't leave at least some people confused.
I currently work in developing systems, and associated UIs that many thousands of our staff will use. And whilst testing these to a limited user audience is essential, as is observation & feedback, you will never be able to cover even a fraction of possible scenarios with prescripted tests, you only really get to find out users really interact with systems when they are left to it. Which from was has been said above is what has happened in Northern's case.
In terms of positioning there is a need to consider things like facing the sun, cover etc. However in the case of Northern many stations are pretty sparse, with limited space & options for placing machines without having to spend considerable amounts of money installing additional facilities, infrastructure etc. If the responses from Ian above are anything to judge by, Northern are willing to at least listen & engage on matters like these. And as a member of my local station's 'Friends Of' group, we have seen improvements to what is a very small, one platformed station through this engagement (something I have regularly banged on about on these forums).
As for some of the 'nice to haves' you mention, whilst these might be of some limited benefit to some, things like shelves for coffee cups, hooks for dogs and small children (almost in a way sounds barbaric ) will all add cost to the building & procurement of the devices, as well as potentially maintenance as people knock their coffee over machines, and large dogs spooked by something tear out the hooks (and possibly parts of the casing depending on how they were secured). And as I said, these are really things that the users themselves should be thinking about, as they will likely be interacting with various other interfaces throughout their day. If you have children or a dog travelling with you, at any moment you could be distracted regardless of there being somewhere to attach leads or harnesses. And coffee cups can generally be quickly placed on the ground in front of you.
No, get the UI right first and foremost. This is where the benefits will be best realised by making them as intuitive as possible. I'll be keeping a closer eye on the new version as it has rolled out to machines at the stations I use, and I'll be doubtless using it over the coming weeks.
joke2711 Member
Perhaps you can help @northernman ... the software has been upgraded at Rainford and this morning I attempted to get a promise to pay as I only had cash with me. On the ticket machine I selected Promise to Pay and then it gave me a screen with popular journeys or plan your journey.
I selected the plan your journey option and entered Manor Road (MNR). It then gave me a list of departures and arrival times but not for the 0712 service. This transaction was being undertaken around 0706. I didn't know what to do, so left it, and with no guard selling tickets on the short hop to Kirkby I bought my return ticket on arrival there. Have I missed something?
Providing a shelf should generally make it less likely the coffee is spilt on the machine, since it will be easier to place there than on top of the machine, and users won't be waving it towards the screen as they have to use the hand that's holding it to touch the screen.
Not sure about putting coffee (or handbags, or backpacks as I rifle through them for the wallet in the bottom) on the ground. Even back in the days when I could bend down that far confident of still being able to get back up, the ground by ticket machines is often not flat or stable enough for the job. It's really not a significant cost compared to the terminal itself. Even phone boxes used to manage it.
The problem is with the larger screen type TVMS is that there is no easy place to put anything like that, save attaching them to the side. But again, supplying a handy place to put a coffee (remembering again that many Northern stations have only just gained little more than a TVM & PIS, let alone anywhere to buy coffee) really won't come up as a high priority.
Are you seriously suggesting that a shelf is too fancy to fit on a station fitted with a platform, namesigns, lights, an electronic ticket machine, and often a primitive form of shelter?
I'm saying it is not a priority, there are lots of improvements that can be made before worrying about people wandering around with a cup of coffee.
-m sorry, but can you gaive a list of current locations where such an arrangement is already in place?
I can't think of any places on the SouthEastern route that does - inside the station building TVMs or at the shacks, out in the open.
I'm tall enough to reach up and put my paper and coffee on top, but I do have to remember to pick them again!
Personally, I think the manufacturers and TOC'S are just being a little shelfish about the whole thing.
People are still missing the point about ergonomic factors.
Even with relatively poor screen menus and software many users will become accustomed to buying ‘their’ ticket fairly quickly, thereby reducing transaction times.
Whereas poor ergonomics will continue to delay people every time. E.g. the dog owner will always have to use the machine single handed or the cup-toter will always have to bend down to deposit and then retrieve their cup in the absence of a shelf.
Somehow the rail industry can design a coupling to pull a 4,500 tonne freight train from the Mendips to London but Northern can’t come up with a hook that is proof against an excitable puppy pulling the side off a ticket machine. This forum is so resourceful at coming up with excuses for not making paying customers’ experiences more convenient.
(There were two ticket purchasers with dogs on leads at Hope this morning, incidentally.)
Northern, or for that matter other operators haven't been asked to, and obviously seen no need to. Are there any examples of ticket machines with special facilities for coffee cups and hooks for canine friends? I've used a lot of different types over the years but cannot recall anything built specifically for these purposes, nor do I recall there ever being some concerted campaign for them.
Sorry but I'm afraid we are straying firmly into "first world problem" territory here. Relatively few people travel with their dogs, especially excitable puppies, and most people carrying cups of coffee can cope. There are plenty more ways of improving the customer experience using these machines, let's concentrate on those I say.
First world problems, experienced by people in the first world? Who'd have thought it? We are experiencing a wide-scale rollout of ticket machines to more places with no alternative vending options and fewer facilities than has commonly been the case in the past. Compared to an optional-to-use ticket machine, or one in an area where most journeys are done via Oyster, you are going to experience far more problems of all types. A shelf is a potentially very useful and reasonable adjustment which could make the machine usable by a whole range of people who struggle a lot currently, whether it's coffee they are struggling with or a bag or something else they are holding. Sure it's not a software upgrade, but it's a pretty cheap off-the-shelf (as it were) item which is available pre-designed for a whole range of environments.
The new northern machines are actually worse for this than other machines because they've been designed with no flat surfaces so even if you can reach you can't put anything on the top, and you can't lean something against the screen without worrying about damaging or possibly accidentally pressing random buttons and ending up with an open return to Penzance
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The Ergs!
Thrash Compactor [7-inch] (2010)
Grave Mistake / Firestarter
Reviewer Brian Shultz
It seems like eons ago when the Ergs! announced they had written and recorded a batch of songs sidestepping their smart-alec pop-punk in favor of go-for-the-throat '80s hardcore. Those tracks make up Thrash Compactor; four of 'em were recorded way back in summer 2003, and an additional song in winter 2007. It took until March 2010 to get these songs properly released, but here they are.
These songs are as advertised: barking, to-the-point, early '80s hardcore averaging about 39 seconds apiece, best nestled between your Preschool compilation and Untouchables records. Buzzsaw guitars and viciously shouted, mostly incomprehensible vocals–it's all here.
Opener "Johnny Reznick Needs His Ass Kicked" bears a simple threat, and while some might call the Ergs! simply protective of their beloved Replacements, the band manage to cleverly dismiss the Goo Goo Dolls' entire career in five quick lines. The newest of these songs, a redux of older song "Throttle Boy", digs a hook deepest, but the judicious speed all the tracks are conducted with make for enough of a compelling–albeit incredibly brief–bullet point in the Ergs!'s exhausting discography.
Hogwash: Sticker Paralysis
La Plebe: Brazo en Brazo
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The Palos Verdes Point
Student News from Palos Verdes High School
Munro Brings Climate Change Activism to Campus
Aurora Khatibi Garrity, Reporter
Senior Sophie Munro, a Campus Leader for Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL), has brought her advocacy for climate change legislation from Capitol Hill to Palos Verdes High School.
This past summer, Munro became a part of CCL, and is using her lobbying experience to create the needed student voice into the important and polarizing issue of climate change.
CCL is a nonprofit organization focused on national policies for climate change, but to Munro, it is much different from most climate advocacy organizations, since it is nonpartisan.
Due to her general interest in climate change legislation advocacy, Munro ended up going to her local CCL chapter’s meeting, got more involved, and eventually was invited to go to Washington DC.
Although Munro only recently joined CCL, she quickly made contact with Sebastian Young, one of the regional fellows across the country that works with CCL.
Young has found Munro’s passion for climate change advocacy to be a huge asset for the organization, as they value students’ opinions on their future.
When Young first met Munro in DC, she asked for assistance in starting a CCL chapter at PVHS. Young found her initiative to be an excellent step towards establishing more chapters in California, a major goal of the organization.
Munro’s trip to Washington D.C. amplified her voice in the discussions on climate change.
“For the first two days, I was in conferences where we learned about the Energy and Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (HR763), and we learned how to lobby a representative in the House,” Munro said.
HR763 is the focal point of the organization- it was written by CCL. The bill puts a fee of $15 per metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions on fossil fuel companies. The fee goes into dividends for every citizen in the country per month. The money is taxable, meaning the wealthy with higher income receive less money, while low-income citizens would receive that check to adjust to the higher gas prices.
Munro has advocated for the bill to legislators such as Representative Ted Lieu, and beyond her time in D.C., according to Young, she “does an excellent job of planning out how she is going to advocate CCL at her school and work with other students.”
Along Munro’s journey, she has brought advocacy for the representation of students opinions. According to Young, one of Munro’s greatest moments was through her work as campus leader for California and PVHS. Young was checking off boxes for what each campus leader of California had done, and found that Munro had checked off every box.
“As soon as it came time for her to engage with her students, she immediately had a plan for how to get people to sign up. Ever since the summer, it’s been clear, she’s been on top of things at every point,” Young said.
Alongside her efforts to promote climate change bills to be passed in Congress is junior Paolo Brinderson, the Vice President of the CCL club at PVHS. Munro and Brinderson hope to introduce and reform students’ ideas of climate change activism, and help student’s voices on the matter be heard. According to Brinderson, Munro is “very reliable and responsible, and is never behind.”
Going full steam ahead after Munro’s journey this past year, she now hopes to further involve PVHS in CCL. According to Munro, the lack of representation in climate advocacy among the younger generations was disappointing. There were around 3000 people from around the country at the Washington DC legislation meeting, 50 of which were high school students.
According to Munro, “I realized that most kids don’t know that this organization exists. To be the ones pushing for these policies, in conjunction with these climate strikes, was really attractive to me.” Munro’s plans to start the CCL club at PVHS may be small now, but she hopes for future students to continue to grow the club.
Munro’s experience in CCL and the Washington trip has inspired her to go down a similar path in college as she plans to study economics and applied math. “I hope to be a part of forming [these market-based solutions] policies in our government that will drive the market to want to be more sustainable in that unique way.”
In the future, Munro hopes to further her involvement in CCL, pass HR763, and “educate peers on climate activism, giving them a voice no matter their political affiliation. It’s a human issue, not a party issue.”
Sophie Munro and Paolo Brinderson in Washington D.C. with the Citizen Climate Lobby. Photo Courtesy of Sophie Munro.
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Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious
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By John Pavlus
Computer scientists are finding ways to code curiosity into intelligent machines.
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You probably can’t remember what it feels like to play Super Mario Bros. for the very first time, but try to picture it. An 8-bit game world blinks into being: baby blue sky, tessellated stone ground, and in between, a squat, red-suited man standing still — waiting. He’s facing rightward; you nudge him farther in that direction. A few more steps reveal a row of bricks hovering overhead and what looks like an angry, ambulatory mushroom. Another twitch of the game controls makes the man spring up, his four-pixel fist pointed skyward. What now? Maybe try combining nudge-rightward and spring-skyward? Done. Then, a surprise: The little man bumps his head against one of the hovering bricks, which flexes upward and then snaps back down as if spring-loaded, propelling the man earthward onto the approaching angry mushroom and flattening it instantly. Mario bounces off the squished remains with a gentle hop. Above, copper-colored boxes with glowing “?” symbols seem to ask: What now?
This scene will sound familiar to anyone who grew up in the 1980s, but you can watch a much younger player on Pulkit Agrawal’s YouTube channel. Agrawal, a computer science researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, is studying how innate curiosity can make learning an unfamiliar task — like playing Super Mario Bros. for the very first time — more efficient. The catch is that the novice player in Agrawal’s video isn’t human, or even alive. Like Mario, it’s just software. But this software comes equipped with experimental machine-learning algorithms designed by Agrawal and his colleagues Deepak Pathak, Alexei A. Efros and Trevor Darrell at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab for a surprising purpose: to make a machine curious.
“You can think of curiosity as a kind of reward which the agent generates internally on its own, so that it can go explore more about its world,” Agrawal said. This internally generated reward signal is known in cognitive psychology as “intrinsic motivation.” The feeling you may have vicariously experienced while reading the game-play description above — an urge to reveal more of whatever’s waiting just out of sight, or just beyond your reach, just to see what happens — that’s intrinsic motivation.
Humans also respond to extrinsic motivations, which originate in the environment. Examples of these include everything from the salary you receive at work to a demand delivered at gunpoint. Computer scientists apply a similar approach called reinforcement learning to train their algorithms: The software gets “points” when it performs a desired task, while penalties follow unwanted behavior.
But this carrot-and-stick approach to machine learning has its limits, and artificial intelligence researchers are starting to view intrinsic motivation as an important component of software agents that can learn efficiently and flexibly — that is, less like brittle machines and more like humans and animals. Approaches to using intrinsic motivation in AI have taken inspiration from psychology and neurobiology — not to mention decades-old AI research itself, now newly relevant. (“Nothing is really new in machine learning,” said Rein Houthooft, a research scientist at OpenAI, an independent artificial intelligence research organization.)
Such agents may be trained on video games now, but the impact of developing meaningfully “curious” AI would transcend any novelty appeal. “Pick your favorite application area and I’ll give you an example,” said Darrell, co-director of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence lab. “At home, we want to automate cleaning up and organizing objects. In logistics, we want inventory to be moved around and manipulated. We want vehicles that can navigate complicated environments and rescue robots that can explore a building and find people who need rescuing. In all of these cases, we are trying to figure out this really hard problem: How do you make a machine that can figure its own task out?”
The Problem With Points
Reinforcement learning is a big part of what helped Google’s AlphaGo software beat the world’s best human player at Go, an ancient and intuitive game long considered invulnerable to machine learning. The details of successfully using reinforcement learning in a particular domain are complex, but the general idea is simple: Give a learning algorithm, or “agent,” a reward function, a mathematically defined signal to seek out and maximize. Then set it loose in an environment, which could be any real or virtual world. As the agent operates in the environment, actions that increase the value of the reward function get reinforced. With enough repetition — and if there’s anything that computers are better at than people, it’s repetition — the agent learns patterns of action, or policies, that maximize its reward function. Ideally, these policies will result in the agent reaching some desirable end state (like “win at Go”), without a programmer or engineer having to hand-code every step the agent needs to take along the way.
In other words, a reward function is the guidance system that keeps a reinforcement-learning-powered agent locked on target. The more clearly that target is defined, the better the agent performs — that is why many of them are currently tested on old video games, which often provide simple extrinsic reward schemes based on points. (The blocky, two-dimensional graphics are useful, too: Researchers can run and repeat their experiments quickly because the games are relatively simple to emulate.)
Yet “in the real world, there are no points,” said Agrawal. Computer scientists want to have their creations explore novel environments that don’t come preloaded with quantifiable objectives.
In addition, if the environment doesn’t supply extrinsic rewards quickly and regularly enough, the agent “has no clue whether it’s doing something right or wrong,” Houthooft said. Like a heat-seeking missile unable to lock onto a target, “it doesn’t have any way of [guiding itself through] its environment, so it just goes haywire.”
Moreover, even painstakingly defined extrinsic reward functions that can guide an agent to display impressively intelligent behavior — like AlphaGo’s ability to best the world’s top human Go player — won’t easily transfer or generalize to any other context without extensive modification. And that work must be done by hand, which is precisely the kind of labor that machine learning is supposed to help us sidestep in the first place.
Instead of a battery of pseudo-intelligent agents that can reliably hit specified targets like those missiles, what we really want from AI is more like an internal piloting ability. “You make your own rewards, right?” Agrawal said. “There’s no god constantly telling you ‘plus one’ for doing this or ‘minus one’ for doing that.”
Curiosity as Co-Pilot
Deepak Pathak never set out to model anything as airily psychological as curiosity in code. “The word ‘curiosity’ is nothing but saying, ‘a model which leads an agent to efficiently explore its environment in the presence of noise,’” said Pathak, a researcher in Darrell’s lab at Berkeley and the lead author of the recent work.
But in 2016, Pathak was interested in the sparse-rewards problem for reinforcement learning. Deep-learning software, powered by reinforcement learning techniques, had recently made significant gains in playing simple score-driven Atari games like Space Invaders and Breakout. But even slightly more complex games like Super Mario Bros. — which require navigating toward a goal distant in time and space without constant rewards, not to mention an ability to learn and successfully execute composite moves like running and jumping at the same time — were still beyond an AI’s grasp.
Pathak and Agrawal, working with Darrell and Efros, equipped their learning agent with what they call an intrinsic curiosity module (ICM) designed to pull it forward through the game without going haywire (to borrow Houthooft’s term). The agent, after all, has absolutely no prior understanding of how to play Super Mario Bros. — in fact, it’s less like a novice player and more like a newborn infant.
Indeed, Agrawal and Pathak took inspiration from the work of Alison Gopnik and Laura Schulz, developmental psychologists at Berkeley and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively, who showed that babies and toddlers are naturally drawn to play with objects that surprise them the most, rather than with objects that are useful to achieving some extrinsic goal. “One way to [explain] this kind of curiosity in children is that they build a model of what they know about the world, and then they conduct experiments to learn more about what they don’t know,” Agrawal said. These “experiments” can be anything that generates an outcome which the agent (in this case, an infant) finds unusual or unexpected. The child might start with random limb movements that cause new sensations (known as “motor babbling”), then progress up to more coordinated behaviors like chewing on a toy or knocking over a pile of blocks to see what happens.
In Pathak and Agrawal’s machine-learning version of this surprise-driven curiosity, the AI first mathematically represents what the current video frame of Super Mario Bros. looks like. Then it predicts what the game will look like several frames hence. Such a feat is well within the powers of current deep-learning systems. But then Pathak and Agrawal’s ICM does something more. It generates an intrinsic reward signal defined by how wrong this prediction model turns out to be. The higher the error rate — that is, the more surprised it is — the higher the value of its intrinsic reward function. In other words, if a surprise is equivalent to noticing when something doesn’t turn out as expected — that is, to being wrong — then Pathak and Agrawal’s system gets rewarded for being surprised.
This internally generated signal draws the agent toward unexplored states in the game: informally speaking, it gets curious about what it doesn’t yet know. And as the agent learns — that is, as its prediction model becomes less and less wrong — its reward signal from the ICM decreases, freeing the agent up to maximize the reward signal by exploring other, more surprising situations. “It’s a way to make exploration go faster,” Pathak said.
This feedback loop also allows the AI to quickly bootstrap itself out of a nearly blank-slate state of ignorance. At first, the agent is curious about any basic movement available to its onscreen body: Pressing right nudges Mario to the right, and then he stops; pressing right several times in a row makes Mario move without immediately stopping; pressing up makes him spring into the air, and then come down again; pressing down has no effect. This simulated motor babbling quickly converges on useful actions that move the agent forward into the game, even though the agent doesn’t know it.
For example, since pressing down always has the same effect — nothing — the agent quickly learns to perfectly predict the effect of that action, which cancels the curiosity-supplied reward signal associated with it. Pressing up, however, has all kinds of unpredictable effects: Sometimes Mario goes straight up, sometimes in an arc; sometimes he takes a short hop, other times a long jump; sometimes he doesn’t come down again (if, say, he happens to land on top of an obstacle). All of these outcomes register as errors in the agent’s prediction model, resulting in a reward signal from the ICM, which makes the agent keep experimenting with that action. Moving to the right (which almost always reveals more game world) has similar curiosity-engaging effects. The impulse to move up and to the right can clearly be seen in Agrawal’s demo video: Within seconds, the AI-controlled Mario starts hopping rightward like a hyperactive toddler, causing ever-more-unpredictable effects (like bumping against a hovering brick, or accidentally squishing a mushroom), all of which drive further exploration.
“By using this curiosity, the agent learns how to do all the things it needs to explore the world, like jump and kill enemies,” explained Agrawal. “It doesn’t even get penalized for dying. But it learns to avoid dying, because not-dying maximizes its exploration. It’s reinforcing itself, not getting reinforcement from the game.”
Avoiding the Novelty Trap
Artificial curiosity has been a subject of AI research since at least the early 1990s. One way of formalizing curiosity in software centers on novelty-seeking: The agent is programmed to explore unfamiliar states in its environment. This broad definition seems to capture an intuitive understanding of the experience of curiosity, but in practice it can cause the agent to become trapped in states that satisfy its built-in incentive but prevent any further exploration.
For example, imagine a television displaying nothing but static on its screen. Such a thing would quickly engage the curiosity of a purely novelty-seeking agent, because a square of randomly flickering visual noise is, by definition, totally unpredictable from one moment to the next. Since every pattern of static appears entirely novel to the agent, its intrinsic reward function will ensure that it can never cease paying attention to this single, useless feature of the environment — and it becomes trapped.
It turns out that this type of pointless novelty is ubiquitous in the kind of richly featured environments — virtual or physical — that AI must learn to cope with to become truly useful. For example, a self-driving delivery vehicle equipped with a novelty-seeking intrinsic reward function might never make it past the end of the block. “Say you’re moving along a street and the wind is blowing and the leaves of a tree are moving,” Agrawal said. “It’s very, very hard to predict where every leaf is going to go. If you’re predicting pixels, these kinds of interactions will cause you to have high prediction errors, and make you very curious. We want to avoid that.”
Agrawal and Pathak had to come up with a way to keep their agent curious, but not too curious. Predicting pixels — that is, using deep learning and computer vision to model an agent’s visual field in its entirety from moment to moment — makes it hard to filter out potential distractions. It’s computationally expensive, too.
So instead, the Berkeley researchers engineered their Mario-playing agent to translate its visual input from raw pixels into an abstracted version of reality. This abstraction incorporates only features of the environment that have the potential to affect the agent (or that the agent can influence). In essence, if the agent can’t interact with a thing, it won’t even be perceived in the first place.
Using this stripped-down “feature space” (versus the unprocessed “pixel space”) not only simplifies the agent’s learning process, it also neatly sidesteps the novelty trap. “The agent can’t get any benefit out of modeling, say, clouds moving overhead, to predict the effects of its actions,” explained Darrell. “So it’s just not going to pay attention to the clouds when it’s being curious. The previous versions of curiosity — at least some of them — were really only considering pixel-level prediction. Which is great, except for when you suddenly pass a very unpredictable but very boring thing.”
The Limits of Artificial Curiosity
Darrell conceded that this model of curiosity isn’t perfect. “The system learns what’s relevant, but there’s no guarantee it’ll always get it right,” he said. Indeed, the agent makes it only about halfway through the first level of Super Mario Bros. before getting trapped in its own peculiar local optimum. “There’s this big gap which the agent has to jump across, which requires executing 15 or 16 continuous actions in a very, very specific order,” Agrawal said. “Because it is never able to jump this gap, it dies every time by going there. And when it learns to perfectly predict this outcome, it stops becoming curious about going any further in the game.” (In the agent’s defense, Agrawal notes that this flaw emerges because the AI can press its simulated directional controls only in discrete intervals, which makes certain moves impossible.)
Ultimately, the problem with artificial curiosity is that even researchers who have studied intrinsic motivation for years still can’t precisely define what curiosity is. Paul Schrater, a neuroscientist who leads the Computational Perception and Action Lab at the University of Minnesota, said that the Berkeley model “is the most intelligent thing to do in the short term to get an agent to automatically learn a novel environment,” but he thinks it has less to do with “the intuitive concept of curiosity” than with motor learning and control. “It’s controlling things that are beneath cognition, and more in the details of what the body does,” he said.
To Schrater, the Berkeley team’s novel idea comes in attaching their intrinsic curiosity module to an agent that perceives Super Mario Bros. as a feature space rather than as sequential frames of pixels. He argues that this approach may roughly approximate the way our own brains “extract visual features that are relevant for a particular kind of task.”
Curiosity may also require an agent to be at least somewhat embodied (virtually or physically) within an environment to have any real meaning, said Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, a research director at Inria in Bordeaux, France. Oudeyer has been creating computational models of curiosity for over a decade. He pointed out that the world is so large and rich that an agent can find surprises everywhere. But this isn’t itself enough. “If you’ve got a disembodied agent using curiosity to explore a large feature space, its behavior is going to just end up looking like random exploration because it doesn’t have any constraints on its actions,” Oudeyer said. “The constraints of, for example, a body enable a simplification of the world.” They focus the attention and help to guide exploration.
But not all embodied agents need intrinsic motivation, either — as the history of industrial robotics makes clear. For tasks that are simpler to specify — say, shuttling cargo from place to place using a robot that follows a yellow line painted on the floor — adding curiosity to the mix would be machine-learning overkill.
“You could just give that kind of agent a perfect reward function — everything it needs to know in advance,” Darrell explained. “We could solve that problem 10 years ago. But if you’re putting a robot in a situation that can’t be modeled in advance, like disaster search-and-rescue, it has to go out and learn to explore on its own. That’s more than just mapping — it has to learn the effects of its own actions in the environment. You definitely want an agent to be curious when it’s learning how to do its job.”
AI is often informally defined as “whatever computers can’t do yet.” If intrinsic motivation and artificial curiosity are methods for getting agents to figure out tasks that we don’t already know how to automate, then “that’s something I’m pretty sure we’d want any AI to have,” said Houthooft, the OpenAI researcher. “The difficulty is in tuning it.” Agrawal and Pathak’s Mario-playing agent may not be able to get past World 1-1 on its own. But that’s probably what tuning curiosity — artificial or otherwise — will look like: a series of baby steps.
This article was reprinted on Wired.com and Spektrum.de.
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4 Things That Could Happen When You Hold In Your Pee for Too Long
Possibilities range from mildly embarrassing to straight-up unhealthy.
By Andrea Stanley
There's a phenomenon plaguing busy women everywhere (OK, and women who just don't feel like hitting pause on The Affair): pee procrastination. You know, the feeling that you gotta go — but then...you don't.
Whether it's because your schedule is slammed (guilty) or you're just feeling lazy (also guilty), blowing off your bladder's cue like it's some annoying guy on Tinder can have an impact on your health. "You should be urinating every four to six hours," says Lauren Streicher, M.D., an OB/GYN and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's The Feinberg School of Medicine. "If you're always holding your pee in for too long, there are consequences."
So what are we talking about here? Exploding bladders? Higher risks of cancer? A breeding ground for UTIs? Not exactly, Streicher says. But here's what can happen if you piss away — or in this case, aren't pissing away — that feeling that you need to pee.
1. An Embarrassing Accident
Just to keep it real: Peeing your pants is a real possibility because the crossingyourlegsreallytight trick is only going to work for so long. "As your bladder gets fuller and fuller, there's a good chance you aren't going to make it to the bathroom on time," Streicher says. Imagine your bladder like a water balloon that's filling up — the longer you hold off going to the bathroom, the bigger and heavier it gets. And the muscles that contract to keep your bladder sealed can only withstand the pressure for so long before it will start to leak.
So the next time the bathroom feels like 11 steps too far away and you just can't even, think about this: Do you really want to be the grown-ass woman who just peed her pants because she didn't feel like prying herself away from her deadline? It may not be a super scary medical condition, but still.
2. Your Pelvic Floor Might Get Weak
When you force your bladder to constantly carry around a bowling ball's worth of pee for hours, the muscles in your pelvic floor start to lose strength. "Pelvic floor muscles contract in a coordinated fashion to help you either release pee or hold it," Streicher says. "But if you're continually holding urine, you can end up with some real dysfunction of your pelvic floor muscles." Over time, that can cause you to lose control of your bladder functions.
Don't freak out if you feel the urge to go and your boss pulls you into her office for a quick brainstorming session when you were about to jet to the ladies' room, or if you're on a road trip and it's an eternity till the next rest stop. "There's a big difference between someone who holds it once in a blue moon and someone who does it all the time," Streicher says. "Every now and then isn't going to cause huge problems."
3. Long-Lasting Pain
That feeling you get after you've been holding it forever and finally go? Sweet relief — but maybe not. If it's been too long, you may continue to hurt. "Once the pain signals have been trigged in the lower abdomen, the pain may not just go away," Streicher says. "Your muscles are clenching and are almost in a spasm, so they're not able to just relax."
And the pain may last for days. "I see a lot of people who come in with lower abdominal pain and think that something is seriously wrong, and one of the things I look for is does the person have normal bladder habits," Streicher says. "And a lot of times, they don't. Well, that causes pain that may stick around for awhile."
4. Your Bladder Might Get Stretched Out
As mentioned above, your bladder is (thankfully) not going to blow up, but it's certainly going to get stretched to its limits. One of the big side effects of an overextended bladder? Your body may start missing cues that your bladder needs emptied, and those messages your brain sends to your body that it needs to go to the bathroom are important (for obvious reasons).
But wait — before you start bolting to the bathroom every time you feel a pang to pee, know that "you don't have to urinate the minute you feel the urge to go," Streicher says. "A good measure is that it should never get to the point that you're uncomfortable. Holding it to that point is too long."
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By Brie Schwartz
Not again! We're still nursing our wounds following Jen and Ben's split and now we hear that Jon Hamm and his multitalented girlfriend, Jennifer Westfeldt, have have called it quits after 16 glorious years.
Jennifer, 45, who stole my heart in Kissing Jessica Stein, which she co-write, allegedly separated from Jon because he "refused to have a committed relationship," according to Star Magazine.
We do take solace in the fact that this is being reported by a tabloid (okay, a few tabloids) so of course it could be total trash. However, the pair haven't been seen together since before January, when Jon,44, entered a 30-day rehab for alcohol abuse.
Our theory: they were just happily laying low, eating Cheetos in robes, far from the ire of the paparazzi. But Star is singing a different tune:
"The relationship just ran its course. Jennifer realized that she and Jon don't want the same things. So they agreed that it was time to take a step back," a source told the magazine.
Those "same things," the insider inferred, means that Jennifer wants to have a baby while Jon does not.
Jon has previously said that he wasn't sure if he was keen on having kids. He told ABC news, "We've seen enough of our friends, who shall obviously remain nameless, become parents, and sometimes it's hard not to think they shouldn't have had kids... I don't have a driving force to have a baby. There's a reason it hasn't been prioritized, because I don't think either of us has that pull."
Well, let's hope it's a lie because I can't take anymore news of heart-wrenching breakups from people I'll never meet. It's just too much to stomach.
Brie Schwartz Deputy Editor, Oprahmag.com As deputy editor, Brie oversees OprahMag.com's lifestyle content including beauty, style, health, and relationships.
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Commodities firms: getting ready for EMIR Refit
Home Perspectives Commodities firms: getting ready for EMIR Refit
The text of the proposed amendments to the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR Refit) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union1 on 28 May 2019 and – with the exception of certain provisions that are subject to a delay – will come into force 20 days after publication, i.e., on Monday, 17 June 2019.
While the aim of EMIR Refit is to simplify the current EMIR2 regime and “address disproportionate compliance costs, transparency issues and insufficient access to clearing for certain counterparties”, there are certain amendments that require consideration and, in some cases, immediate action.
In this alert, we discuss certain key provisions of EMIR Refit which commodities firms should take into account when preparing for it.
Authors: Chris Borg Brett Hillis Alexander Murawa Sarah S. Bird
Financial counterparties
This alert focuses on the changes that will affect non-financial counterparties (NFCs).3 However, it is first worth noting two major developments in relation to financial counterparties (FCs). These changes will also indirectly affect NFCs, as their EMIR obligations will differ depending on the categorisation of their counterparty.
Alternative investment funds (AIFs) – EMIR Refit expands the definition of FCs to capture all EU AIFs, with two minor exceptions (see our client alert entitled “EMIR amendments: Big changes for alternative investment funds”); and
Small financial counterparties – EMIR Refit creates a new category of small FC for those FCs whose open OTC derivatives positions do not exceed the clearing thresholds, i.e., “small FCs” or “FC-” (this is a similar sub-categorisation to NFC+ and NFC- under the current EMIR regime).
Although small FCs will still be subject to obligations to exchange margin, they will be exempt from the clearing obligation.
An FC wishing to take advantage of this regime should run this calculation every 12 months, based on the aggregate month-end average position for the previous 12 months, and must notify ESMA and its competent authority if either: (i) it does not calculate its positions; or (ii) it exceeds any of the clearing thresholds.4
There is no delayed implementation of the clearing obligation, so FCs must be in a position to comply on the day EMIR Refit comes into force.
Non-financial counterparties – asset classes
One of the most well publicised changes under EMIR Refit is the new asset-class-specific approach to the clearing threshold. Currently, the clearing obligation operates on a ‘breach one, breach all’ basis. If an NFC (NFC Co) exceeds the clearing threshold for a single class of OTC derivatives contracts (let’s assume in commodity derivatives), it will become subject to the clearing obligation for that class and for all of the others5 even if its activities in relation to those asset classes are below the applicable clearing threshold. This means that NFCs exceeding the clearing threshold for commodity derivatives (no classes of which have been made subject to the clearing obligation) are required to clear OTC interest rate derivatives and other classes of derivative which are subject to the clearing obligation even where their activities in those classes are very limited.
Under EMIR Refit, this will no longer be the case. In our example, where NFC Co has calculated its OTC derivative positions in accordance with EMIR Refit (see below), it will only become subject to the clearing obligation in respect of classes of OTC derivative contracts for which it has exceeded the applicable clearing threshold. Therefore, NFCs that exceed the threshold for commodity derivatives only are not, as a result, subject to the clearing obligation for interest rate derivatives or other classes of derivative contracts.
However, the ‘breach one, breach all’ rule in respect of the exchange of collateral remains unchanged. This means that if an NFC exceeds the clearing threshold for any class of OTC derivatives, it would also remain subject to the requirement exchange collateral in respect of OTC derivative contracts in all other classes of OTC derivative contract.
Recital 8 of EMIR Refit summarises this neatly: “Those non-financial counterparties should be subject to the clearing obligation only with regard to the classes of OTC derivatives that exceed the clearing threshold. Non-financial counterparties should nonetheless remain subject to the requirement to exchange collateral where any of the clearing thresholds is exceeded.”
What should you do now?
Review your positions by class of OTC derivative contract and prepare to amend EMIR classifications as necessary.
Calculation of positions
Under article 10(1) of EMIR, all NFCs are required to determine whether their rolling average position over 30 working days exceeds a relevant clearing threshold.
Article 1(8)(a) of EMIR Refit (which replaces articles 10(1) and (2) with wholly new provisions) now asks NFCs to calculate their threshold position every 12 months on a month-end average basis.
The new article 10 imposes a new regime for threshold calculations. An NFC which either: (i) does not calculate its positions; or (ii) exceeds any of the clearing thresholds:
a. must immediately notify ESMA and its competent authority;
b. must establish clearing arrangements within four months of the above notification; and
c. becomes subject to the clearing obligation for the positions that were entered into or novated not less than four months after it made the above notification that:
i. pertains to those asset classes in respect of which the result of the calculation exceeds the clearing thresholds; or
ii. where the NFC has not calculated its position, pertains to any class of OTC derivatives subject to the clearing obligation.
It remains the case that an NFC calculating its positions is required to include all OTC derivatives entered into by the NFC and by other non-financial entities within the group to which the NFC belongs.
ESMA confirmed in a public statement on 28 March 2019 that this new regime applies as soon as the EMIR Refit text enters into force.6 As a result, NFCs choosing to calculate their positions in the manner described above need to collect the necessary data and create systems to perform the calculation as soon as possible, so as to be ready for 17 June 2019, the EMIR Refit implementation date.
NFCs which have not run the threshold calculation are subject to an “immediate” requirement to notify their competent authority that they have not done so; and, as a result, become subject to applicable clearing requirements, as if they were over the threshold for all the asset classes.
In other words, an NFC- firm which does not run the calculation on 17 June 2019 (and cannot show that it has done so) may find itself over the clearing threshold for all classes. This could change its margining and risk mitigation obligations for some classes and, if it enters into certain interest-rate or credit derivatives, it may become subject to a clearing obligation for those within four weeks.
If an entity wishes to ensure it is an NFC- for the relevant asset classes, then it would be prudent to make sure there is an audit trail showing it carried out the calculation on the day EMIR Refit comes into force. It should do the same every 12 months thereafter.
This audit trail might, for example, be served by ensuring the calculation is approved in board minutes of either the relevant NFC entity or a compliance committee, though this is by no means the only way. In strict terms, each NFC is required to notify ESMA and the relevant competent authority if it has not made the required calculation – and therefore an audit trail showing such delegation should be available in respect of each NFC.
New entity categorisations
Some of the changes under EMIR Refit will cause counterparties to not only establish new processes, but also update established ones. For example, the switch from the ‘breach one, breach all’ test to the asset-class-specific test will mean that many firms will need to revisit the processes by which they populate their reporting fields. For example, the answer to field 16, “clearing threshold”, is likely to change for many. The new calculation will have a similar impact.
In a similar vein, firms should check the representations and other statements they provide about their EMIR status in standard master trading documents, as these may be affected by the changes.
Although these amendments might appear simple, changes such as these often require a longer lead time than firms originally anticipate.
Review your standard reporting fields and standard EMIR classification representations.
Reporting regime changes
Intra-group transactions
Under the current EMIR regime, intra-group transactions are subject to the transaction reporting obligation. This is set to change under EMIR Refit, which recognises at recital 16 that “the obligation to report such transactions imposes significant costs and burden on non-financial counterparties”.
Consequently, the EMIR Refit text provides an exemption (see article 1(7)) from the transaction reporting obligation for derivatives between group companies where at least one is a non-financial counterparty, provided that:
a. both counterparties are included in the same consolidation on a full basis;
b. both counterparties are subject to appropriate centralised risk evaluation, measurement and control procedures; and
c. the parent is not a financial counterparty.
Firms that wish to use this exemption must notify their competent authority of their intention (and the exemption will apply unless the competent authority responds within three months that it does not agree that the conditions have been met.)
Under EMIR Refit (see article 1(7)(b)), FCs will be “solely responsible and legally liable” for reporting contracts concluded with an NFC- on behalf of both parties. FCs are also responsible for ensuring the correctness of the details reported. Equally, an NFC- will not be required to report concluded contracts with a third country counterparty that would be an FC if established in the European Union provided that:
a. the third country reporting regime has been deemed equivalent; and
b. the third country FC has reported the relevant trades.
The new rule does still require the NFC- to provide the FC with details of the contracts that it “cannot be reasonably expected to possess”. Responsibility for this information remains with the NFC-.
EMIR Refit recognises that many NFC- firms may have already invested in a reporting system to report details of contracts concluded with FCs to a trade repository. The text therefore gives NFC- firms the option to choose to continue reporting these contracts, and the NFC- firms should inform the FCs if they wish to do so.
Article 2(b) of EMIR Refit provides that this provision shall apply 12 months after EMIR Refit enters into force (i.e., from 18 June 2020). NFC- firms that wish to continue reporting trades with FCs should inform the FCs far in advance of this date.
eur-lex.europa.eu.
Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012.
An NFC is an undertaking established in the European Union that is not a financial counterparty (Article 2(9) EMIR).
See article 1(3) of EMIR Refit for further detail.
Credit derivatives, equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives.
www.esma.europa.eu.
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60 Seconds With Megan Mullally, TV’s Funniest Crazy Lady
Story from Entertainment News
Holly E. Thomas
We have a serious weakness for funny ladies — whether it's Kristen Wiig or Lucille Ball, a witty woman with a knack for physical comedy can always find a place in our hearts. So, when a little birdie told us that actress Megan Mullally was in town this week with her musical act, Nancy and Beth, we jumped at the chance to pick her very funny brain. Ahead, she dishes on her creative pursuits, crazy characters, and what makes her laugh.
First up, how did Nancy & Beth come to fruition?
"Stephanie Hunt and I met doing an indie movie in Austin called Somebody Up There Likes Me. Stephanie had told me that she played the ukelele and wrote songs. When I asked to hear something, she cheerfully consented, but asked me to sing along with her. The minute we did, we looked at each other wide-eyed and said, 'Well, sh*t, dawg. That sounds real purdy.'"
Tell us a bit about Nancy & Beth's sound — what influences your songs?
"There's a certain fresh-faced, throw-back-y take on 'entertainment,' I guess you could say. I have thousands of songs archived, and Steph and I have sifted through hundreds and hundreds of them. When we hear one we really like, we get wide-eyed, say 'well, sh*t, dawg,' then add it to the freak-out list. We stand in front of the bathroom mirror and do choreography, then we go in my closet and play dress-up, deciding what we will wear for our shows. It's like little girls in a way. There is some interest in the fact that Stephanie and I have a 30-year age difference (I'm younger), and yet we seem to perceive music from a very similar perspective, and often work songs straight through without ever actually discussing anything, in a weird, one-brain sort of situation."
Are there any musical icons that you find particularly inspiring?
"Kind of a wide range — everyone from Al Jolson to Nina Simone to The Violent Femmes...our sound is not reminiscent of any of those artists, but there is a joy that I hope is in the vicinity."
You've played some memorable crazy-lady characters (our favorites are Bev on 30 Rock and Tammy on Parks & Recreation) — how do you create these incredibly funny and unique personas?
"I guess I must be crazy, but my condition lies dormant until someone lets me in front of a camera."
What's your secret to time management, given the fact that you're working/touring all the time?
"Oy. I don't know. Let me know if you have any ideas."
Let's turn the tables a bit. What do you find funny?
"My husband. Our dogs. Stupid comedy. Smart comedy. The Bachelor. So many things."
Last but not least — how do you keep your skin looking so amazing? Seriously, people would kill for that glow.
"That is really nice, thank you. I think it's genetic. My mother is 91 and confined to her bed, but man, does her skin look fantastic."
Catch Nancy and Beth at The Birchmere on Friday.
Photo: Courtesy of Megan Mullally/Andrew McLeod
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October 13, 2014 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
As you can see money isn’t the issue at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as Democrats will have you believe. Big government is the killer as Cato’s Chris Edwards illustrates here:
In an editorial today, the Wall Street Journal discusses Democratic complaints linking Ebola with supposedly falling spending on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Let’s take a look at the data with the Downsizing Government chart tool. Click open Health and Human Services, then click on CDC. Hold your mouse over the line to see the data.
Between 2000 and 2014, CDC outlays almost doubled in 2014 constant dollars, from $3.5 billion to $6.8 billion. Outlays have dipped the last few years, but that’s after a Bush-Obama spending boom. CDC outlays have quadrupled in constant dollars since the late 1980s.
The chart below shows CDC spending since 1970 in constant, or inflation-adjusted, dollars. The data is sourced from the Office of Management and Budget public database, available here.
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Featured Alumni: Elizabeth Dyer
Elizabeth Dyer
College for Elizabeth Dyer was all about friends. At a place like Rio, with its small campus size, many form close relationships, and this was the case for this two time graduate.
At the age of 15, Dyer started classes through the College Credit Plus Program, and so when it came time to finish a degree, she said it just made sense to stay. Dyer’s mother, Jenny Dyer Henchey (Class of 1990) also worked at Rio, and her stepfather, Russell, currently is a Rio employee.
Describing herself as a social butterfly, Dyer said the close relationships she formed at Rio were very special to her. She was very involved in campus life, as she enjoyed planning events and parties on campus. Dyer even had her own talk show on Rio Cable Access with her best friend.
With two degrees from Rio in hand (Associates in General Studies ‘17, and Bachelors in Communications ‘19) Dyer moved out of state to South Beach, Miami, FL with her boyfriend, Chris Vaughn, soon after Commencement 2019. Dyer said she lived in Ohio her whole life, and so therefore was adamant about moving. She and Chris packed up their belongings and found themselves very far from Southeast Ohio with just a dream to succeed. After waiting for her career to begin, Dyer worked with Victoria’s Secret, Melissa’s (a shoe store), and within a month, she was hired by a private software company. Vaughn began work right away as a private trainer. Her new position with Kaseya as a Solutions Specialist is a job title Dyer is proud of.
What did Rio offer you besides an education?
Lifelong memories, sometimes painful but necessary life lessons, and the joys of a simple life. I reflect very fondly on my experiences at the University. I was enrolled in the University from age 15-20, so I went through an immense amount of growth during this time.
What are some of your favorite Rio memories?
Soccer and basketball games, the Farm Festival, and the sense of community.
Was there any teacher, advisor, coach, etc. that made an impact on your life? How?
Dr. Kay-Anne Darlington. She’s the realest. Dr. Darlington was the perfect mix of teacher, consultant, therapist, and parent. I stay in touch with her to this day.
What did you learn about yourself during college?
Everything. College will teach you as much about yourself as you allow it to. Allow yourself to be young, allow yourself to make mistakes, and allow yourself to learn from these mistakes- but never stop chasing a better version of yourself in the process.
Why are you proud to be a Rio Alumna/Alumnus?
Rio is the reason for who I am today, and who I am today makes me prouder than anything else.
Do you have any advice for current students?
Enjoy being young, and don’t take these times for granted. College is more than just preparing for your career- it is an entire life experience that you will never be able to relive. Get out of bed more, finish your work early, and embrace those around you, because one day you and your classmates will have gone your separate ways, and all you will have with you are the memories you make now.
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Holy Shit: Lamborghini Huracan Performante Breaks Nurburgring Lap Record By Five Seconds
A time of 6:52.01 makes the Performante the fastest production car to ever lap the Nurburgring, trouncing the Porsche 918 Spyder.
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For the last few weeks, Lamborghini has been teasing us with its latest track-ready masterpiece, the Huracan Performante. It hasn't quite revealed what the car will look like yet, but his has dropped something else: the car's Nurburgring lap time. And it's a new production car record.
Lamborghini dropped a video today on its Youtube channel of the lap in-full, with a view of the front and from in the passenger compartment. It managed to get around the 'ring in a time of 6:52:01, five seconds faster than the previous production car record holder, the 918 Spyder.
Interestingly, that's also more than seven seconds faster than Lamborghini's V12 flagship Aventador SV, which set a time of 6:59.73 back in May of 2015. This may have to do with the Huracan's active aero, lower weight, and dual-clutch transmission.
Lamborghini enlisted test driver Marco Mapelli—the same person who set the Aventador SV's time—to set the Huracan's lap. It used semi-slick (but still road-legal) Pirelli Trofeo R tires.
Of course, the Radical SR8 LM still holds the fastest time for street-legal vehicles at 6:48, but calling it a production car is far from rational. The Huracan Performante, while unbelievably impressive, is still a ways off the fastest Nurburgring lap ever, a 6:11.13 set by Stefan Bellof driving a Porsche 956 in 1983.
You can watch the full lap below. Yes, it's very, fast.
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The Fastest Left Hook in Rock Steady...
Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 29 May 1976
...was not JOE HIGGS. He was the one on the receiving end of Coxsone Dodd's mighty fist. But then that's all in a day's work for a reggae veteran like Higgs. PENNY REEL checks the man's career and latest work.
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The Hexagone Balard
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Fire protection and safety are key priorities in France’s extraordinary new Ministry of Defence
The Hexagone Balard, the new Paris HQ for the French military, is a building of superlatives.
It’s built over a sprawling 41-acre site, designed to accommodate over 9,000 personnel. . At its core is a hexagonal structure that reflects the shape of France.
Safety and security are integrated into the design of this massive, high-tech structure, which acts as the command-and- control centre for France’s army, navy and air force. Fire protection is bolstered by 16,000 m2 of 150mm ROCKFEU non-combustible insulation. Providing a superior fire rating, which can provide as much as two hours’ additional protection in the event of a fire in a large building, is crucial as it gives people time to evacuate a building. Over 50,000 m2 of ROCKFACADE insulated cladding offers even further protection, while enhancing the building’s appearance.
Stone wool insulation also contributes to another fundamental feature of the Hexagone Balard: energy efficiency. With its 4,000m2 solar roof, ground-source heat system and in particular the passive design features achieved through insulation and insulated cladding, the building has been designed to be almost self-sufficient in its use of natural resources, an extraordinary feat for a project on this scale.
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How to get from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Godalming by train, bus, car or towncar
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83 balwadi(pre-school) children visited Vaigai Dam on a school outing. All the children enjoyed seeing the huge dam with water, flowers and big trees in the park. They also enjoyed playing in the beautiful meadow and on the play equipment in the park. And our 5th standard children visited Kottakudi’s river for their educational trip. All the children enjoyed seeing the water resources and admired the flora and fauna. Kottagudi’s river flows from Meesapulimala in the foothills of Athiyuthu, Anakarai in the Western Ghats.
A life-skills training programme was organised for 6th to 8th standard students (aged 12 to 15) on every Saturday throughout February by staff from the Nikhil Foundation. In total, 300 students attended the classes which helped to empower them to aim high and to become responsible citizens in our society. We also organised workshops on child rights for teachers and children and the laws available to protect them. This workshop was held here in the RTU campus and more than 120 of our students from 8th standard (aged 14/15) took part.
Physiotherapy unit offers new treatments
This month we moved the physiotherapy unit to a newly refurbished building opposite the medical centre to give the unit more space. We have purchased cryotherapy (ice treatment equipment) which reduces arthritic pain and short-wave therapy machines which are used to encourage healing, pain relief, reduction of muscle spasm and an increase in mobility. These will be very helpful to our patients and staff in our physiotherapy unit.
Wedding bells for one of the former children in our care
Muthumasila came to RTU in 2005 as her father deserted the family and her mother was unable to cope with raising five children in a very remote village. So, Muthumasila and her younger sister, Shanmugapriya, came to our Anbu Illam Children’s Village. Muthumasila studied in RTU’s schools and her greatest wish was to become a teacher. Therefore, we helped her join Sancta Fatima Teachers’ Training Institute in Dindigul where she completed a 2-year Diploma in Teaching in 2016. After completing her course, she was able to get a job in a private school. Her mother and relatives arranged her marriage and it was held in Sivakasi with Mr Gurunathan on 18th February. On the previous evening, the traditional betrothal function was held in their own village –VadakkuValayapatti in Batlagundu block. Our Director, Fr Antony, and some staff members attended the function with a marriage gift. We wish her a happy married life.
In February we also held our Sports Day in our schools and opened new housing in rural villages. You can read our full e-news for February here
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Read our e-news for January as we welcomed visitors from RTU-UK and we opened a new hostel to care for the teenage boys in our care
Children's Christmas Camp and other news for December
Our annual Children’s Camp began on Christmas Day for the children in our care who came together for three days of fun and learning. Also in December we welcomed a school group from Australia who worked extremely hard labouring with our builders to help build new houses for those in need
Bringing 'Wales water' to a remote village
The lack of water at a remote village school was severely affecting children's education until a group of supporters from Wales enabled RTU to help.
Diwali, Children's Day and news for November
As well as celebrating Diwali and Children's Day, this month we welcomed a group of supporters from RTU-UK. They spent a week here, meeting the children they sponsor and experiencing the many aspects of our work with disadvantaged children and families
The innauguration of the JK Meditation Hall and news for October
On 5 October we inaugurated the JK Meditation Hall in honour of Brother James Kimpton, our founder and 'Thatha', on the first anniversary of his death
Our e-news for September
September was a month of new beginnings for some of our the children in our care as they started on prestigious Government nursing courses, while other RTU alumni took a significant step into married life
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Giving a bright future to orphaned and destitute children and families living in poverty in South India
Welcome to Reaching the Unreached
Enabling a bright future for orphaned children and destitute families in South India
Children's Villages - a safety net for orphaned children
For the children most in need in the poorest communities where we work in South India, our Children’s Villages provide the family, home and community they would otherwise lack
Lacking basic needs such as housing, water and sanitation, a huge number of the poorest families in South India face a daily challenge just to survive
The poorest communities in the areas in South India in which we work depend on irregular, poorly paid work, mostly in the agriculture sector
The best way to see for yourself the impact we are having is to pay us a visit
The huts that some of the poorest families call home are dirty, dangerous and unreliable. We build the homes they need to start building a better life
Help us build a new home for a family lacking even the most basic facilities
John's first marathon
I (nearing 60!) am running my first marathon over the steep chalk downs near Beachy Head, Eastbourne. I'm doing the event for fun but I also want to raise funds for RTU's tailoring initiative for rural women
Annual Review from India
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Current: DAB Digital Radio
DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting and across Europe and other parts of the world is becoming the successor to AM and FM analogue radio. Like analogue radio, DAB is a broadcast medium and is transmitted via broadcast towers placed strategically across the country offering listeners digital sound quality, more stations and allows for additional broadcast information to be displayed.
One of the major benefits of DAB is that like digital TV it is able to provide listeners with a far greater choice of stations than that available on analogue radio. Providing your reception is good, listeners’ in some areas of the UK are able to receive up to 100 stations offering programmes to sort all tastes and styles.
This digital station availability is due to improve even more with the proposed launch of DAB+ or D2 as its being called in the UK. The launch of D2 in the UK will mean that even more digital stations are available to UK listeners providing they have a DAB+ compatible digital radio. All Ruark Audio products contain DAB+ tuners so once the launch of D2 in the UK occurs our products will have no problems picking up these extra digital stations.
DAB radios are far easier to operate that conventional analogue radios. DAB radios allow users to tune to their desired station with the touch of a button rather than having to fine tune to the station, this a requirement of analogue radios. DAB radios allow listeners’ to simply scroll through the list of available digital stations and then select the station, it really is as simple as that.
Digital radio signal is constantly improving and with the launch of D2 digital radio is set to offers listeners’ even more listening options in the future. Couple that with ease of use and digital sound quality there has never been a better time to upgrade to a DAB radio.
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REFUND POLICY CONDITIONS
Simply return the rug in "as purchased condition" within 48 hours of receiving the item for a refund. *Refunds for 'change of mind' attract a $19 re-stocking fee.
Some exclusions apply (eg. if it is a second or damaged rugs sold in ‘as is’ condition)
Must be returned with a valid Rugs a million online receipt.
Does not apply to cut lengths of hall runner or Custom Made Rugs.
Any freight costs to return are at customers expense
OTHER RETURNS
If for any reason, you are not happy with the product that you have purchased online, Rugs a million is happy to exchange the item/s or provide you with a credit note, providing that the product is returned to us undamaged and in its original condition within 14 days of receipt. If you let us know, and return to us within 48 hours of receiving the rug we will also offer a refund less a $19 re-stocking fee. A return may not be returned to stores, but must be freighted back to the warehouse.
Although not required, it is suggested you insure deliveries and returns as we are not responsible for items lost in transit (Please note that insurance up to $100 is usually only a cost of $2.50 only within Australia).
This insurance can only be applied if arranged prior to purchasing. Please contact us for further details.
If goods are faulty, wrongly described or different from a sample shown, you may choose between a refund, exchange or credit. Please see instructions below for Defective Items.
When it comes to returns or exchange, we operate a “fair and reasonable” policy. All items are thoroughly inspected for defects at our depot prior to shipping. You should contact us immediately on receipt of your parcel (within 2 days) if you believe there is an error and deem it necessary to return the item.
Rugs a million prides itself on providing quality products at very reasonable prices. All are inspected for quality; however, some slight imperfections may occur due to the manufacturing process.
*Original condition means unused, unmarked, not laundered or 'cleaned' and in suitable packaging for return.
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Rugsamillion.com.au have made every effort to present the images displayed on our website as close to the product colours as possible. The screen images of our products are intended as a guide only and not as an exact colour replica. The representation of rug colours displayed on our website are limited by technology and likely will vary due to screen and monitor settings, pixel definitions, digital photography, camera angles and lighting. For this reason, RugsaMillion.com.au cannot guarantee that the rug image colour displayed on your particular monitor is an exact colour of the actual product. Please be aware of this when making your purchase. Whilst refunds may be made at the change of mind on colour as per our policy, Rugsamillion.com.au will not be responsible for the representation of a colour on the website, and any return freight will be the responsibility of the customer.
Please email requesting a return authorisation number, no returns will be accepted without this number.
Defective items must be returned to the address specified at the issue of an authorisation number.
Items must be returned within (7) seven days of the purchase date to be eligible for replacement. Items will be replaced with the same item originally purchased. For items that cannot be replaced, a full refund will be offered.
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Please note that discontinued and Clearance items cannot be returned, as they are offered at a greatly reduced price and will not be restocked.
Complete the on-line Contact Form. A customer service representative will evaluate your return request, record all the necessary product return information and issue you with a Return Authorisation Number (RAN). You must obtain a RAN number immediately so as to ensure that you are eligible for a replacement or refund.
Send your item to the return address provided. Please ensure that your RAN number is clearly displayed on the return packaging.
As soon as the return has been received, a replacement product will be shipped or re-ordered.
The return must be received by Rugs a million within (14) fourteen days of the RAN number being issued.
Replacement product will only be shipped after the faulty item has been received by Rugs a million.
All returns must have a RAN number.
Any item that is returned to Rugs a million without a RAN number will be returned to sender.
If you feel that your return falls outside of our policy, then you will need to complete the on-line Contact Form to confirm if your return can be accepted.
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INFLUENCER ENGAGEMENT
TRADITIONAL MEDIA PLANNING AND BUYING
A Difference You Can See & Feel
It isn’t often that a midsize, boutique agency gets the opportunity to work with the likes of A-list celebrity Kendall Jenner, but when Formawell Beauty called, we answered and got involved.
The Power To Change
It’s hard to decide what should be written about our involvement with the launch of the Zona Plus. A company which had existed for many years, mostly off the radar, Ryze got involved and the game changed forever.
High-Tech Skincare For Nails™
An introduction from a colleague, our relationship with Adesse NY began as a social media contract, helping the brand clarify its voice in the marketplace. Soon thereafter, email marketing began. Then digital. Then telesales . Then a complete upgrade on their website, including a battery of customization. Needless to say, this brand just can’t get enough of the Ryze Agency.
a behind-the-scenes look at the people who risked it all
In the world of beauty and fashion, the best stories are the ones that you have never heard. The David and Goliath, rags to riches stories of brands which were developed with struggle and passion by people who risked it all to “make it.”
Starting with a social media campaign surrounding the pre-launch, Ryze has continued to be involved with the brand at various levels, from social media, email marketing, brand positioning, digital marketing, and general consultation. Also, our internal call center was able to set up all business automation and customer service support.
And, likely the greatest compliment in this engagement is that the parent company, JH Group, offered brand leadership to the Ryze Agency for other brands they own, such as Besanté – a skincare line made from pure Egyptian honeybee venom.
Influencer Reach
ULTA Stores
International Market Penetrations
Reasons to Love Kendall
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Zona Health
After making an introduction to the ideal product spokesperson, Dr. Travis Stork (host of the acclaimed TV show The Doctors), Ryze led an international television campaign introducing this revolutionary medical device to the world. Supported by social, digital, radio, podcast, and print media, the Zona Plus brand immediately saw results of 20x their prior sales and they continue to climb.
The launch was anything but easy, but it was incredibly rewarding, watching an underdog in the medical device space gain international recognition – branching into markets in Canada, China, Mongolia, the Middle East, and already parts of Europe.
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Adesse New York
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Adesse NY, started by a husband and wife team dedicated to quality products in the cosmetology industry, has held its market position in the subscription box world for the last several years. Seeing the change in the marketplace, with decreasing margins and increasing bureaucracy, they engaged the Ryze Agency to solidify their position in the world of e-commerce, understanding that their brand needed to be an established online brand –both for profitability, as well as a precursor for retail distribution. And we rose to the occasion.
HUMBLE BRAG: Take a look at the online, dynamic product recommendation tool on the site. The virality of that tool has been off the charts.
Take the Adesse quiz today and learn who your celebrity alter ego is, and which Adesse NY products are best suited for you.
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Creating Couture
Birthed from a conversation between the partners at MRSB Productions, Inc., Ryze Agency has been the catalyst for the rise of Creating Couture.
The Creating Couture brand is the first of its kind, a “behind the scenes” look at the lives and struggles of the small business owners and entrepreneurs who fought and scrapped their way into the competitive world of beauty and fashion.
Beginning with concept, then fleshing out the unique position the show has in the space, Ryze is proud to bring Creating Couture to life and anticipates its anticipation.
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Republican Senator Thad Cochran (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
GOP Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeats Tea Party opponent
The septuagenarian senator from Mississippi pulled off a surprise victory with some Democratic help
Donna Cassata - Emily Wagster Pettus
June 25, 2014 7:30AM (UTC)
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable political turnaround, six-term Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi edged out tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel Tuesday night in a bruising, costly Republican runoff that pitted Washington clout against insistence on conservative purity.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Cochran had 51 percent to McDaniel's 49 percent, three weeks after McDaniel had beaten the veteran lawmaker in the initial primary round but had fallen short of the majority needed for nomination. In the three-week dash to the runoff, Cochran and his allies had highlighted his seniority and Washington clout while McDaniel had argued that Cochran was part of a Washington blight of federal overspending.
The victory for a stalwart of the Senate Appropriations Committee was a fresh blow to the tea party movement, which spent millions to cast aside Cochran, a mainstream Republican who won a U.S. House seat in President Richard Nixon's GOP wave of 1972 and has served in the Senate for more than three decades.
In another setback for the tea party, two-term Rep. James Lankford of Oklahoma won the GOP nomination in the race to succeed Sen. Tom Coburn, who is stepping down with two years left in his term. In the solidly Republican state, Lankford is all but assured of becoming the next senator. Part of the House GOP leadership, Lankford defeated T.W. Shannon, a member of the Chickasaw Nation and the state's first black House speaker, backed by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, two stalwarts of the right.
Despite Congress' abysmal public approval ratings, incumbents have largely prevailed midway through the primary season — with two notable exceptions.
Little-known college professor Dave Brat knocked out House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia's Republican primary this month, and Republican Rep. Ralph Hall, 91, lost in a Texas runoff to a younger Republican.
McDaniel declared as he voted Tuesday, "We are here, we're going to fight for our belief system no matter what, and we're going to reclaim Washington, D.C., one race at a time."
But Cochran and his allies, notably former Gov. Haley Barbour, promoted his Washington establishment credentials, focusing on the billions he funneled to his home state, one of the poorest in the nation. In a last-ditch effort, Cochran reached out to traditionally Democratic voters — blacks and union members — who could cast ballots in the runoff. That possible factor in Cochran's victory is sure to be cited by critics in days and weeks to come.
In predominantly black neighborhoods of Hattiesburg's south side, an organized effort for Cochran was evident. Ronnie Wilson, a 50-year-old unemployed Hattiesburg man, said he had been encouraged by his pastor to vote for Cochran.
"They say the other guy is trying to cut food stamps and all that," Wilson said. "I'm trying to look after the majority of people not working."
McDaniel had railed against the federal spending sprees by Cochran but his calls to slash the budget unnerved some voters.
Frank McCain, a 71-year-old retired tax administrator from Mendenhall, voted for Cochran.
"I believe he is doing a good job," McCain said. "But mostly I'm more scared of the other candidate. He wants to do things like not taking school funding when everyone else is."
In Mississippi, outside groups, from tea party organizations to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, spent some $12 million on the GOP Senate runoff. Former Green Bay Packers quarterback — and Gulfport, Mississippi, native — Brett Favre called the 76-year-old Cochran a "proven and respected leader" in one Chamber ad.
McDaniel, 41, an attorney and former radio host, had the strong backing of Palin and the tea party movement, which saw his political approach as a change from a Washington status quo of mainstream conservatives willing to compromise.
Kellie Phipps, a 42-year-old public school teacher from Taylorsville, voted for McDaniel. "I think we need some new blood," Phipps said.
In November, Cochran will face Democrat Travis Childers, a former congressman, in the heavily Republican state.
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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, Illinois Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, speaks at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois state lawmakers are considering a proposal that could make Illinois the first state in the Midwest and the ninth nationally to legalize recreational pot. Sen. Steans and Rep. Kelly Cassidy introduced legislation last week that would legalize small amounts of marijuana for adults and license businesses to sell cannabis products. They argue it would help solve the state's budget crisis. say the move could raise between $350 to $700 million in tax revenue, create new jobs and bolster tourism. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File) (AP)
Illinois considers legalizing marijuana for a fiscal boost
Illinois would become the first state in the Midwest and the ninth nationwide to legalize recreational pot
Kiannah Sepeda-miller
March 26, 2017 9:15AM (UTC)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Marijuana advocates are trying to lay the groundwork for Illinois to become the first state in the Midwest and the ninth nationwide to legalize recreational pot, arguing the move will help solve the state's notorious budget crisis.
Two Illinois state lawmakers introduced legislation last week that would allow residents 21 and older to possess, grow or buy up to an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana and license businesses to sell marijuana products subject to regulation. They say it would help fill Illinois' multibillion-dollar budget hole with $350 to $700 million in new tax revenue.
A national advocacy group, the Marijuana Policy Project, based the estimate on the proposal's $50-per-ounce wholesale tax, Illinois' standard sales tax, federal marijuana consumption data and recreational pot prices in Colorado. The proposal earmarks 50 percent of wholesale revenues for the state's general fund and divides the remaining half 30/20 between education and public health.
Every state to legalize pot to date has done so by voter ballot initiative, according to Chris Lindsey, a legislative analyst with the project. But Illinois advocates are not alone in holding out hope for lawmaker approval. Seventeen other states — including Missouri — are also considering legislative action.
Rep. Kelly Cassidy, a Chicago Democrat who co-sponsored 2014 legislation that legalized medical marijuana in Illinois, is sponsoring the proposal in the House. She said states that legalized marijuana have seen an economic boost from increased tax revenue, new jobs and bolstered tourism.
"We're talking about all sorts of ways of raising revenue," Cassidy said, referring to state lawmakers' efforts to break a two-year budget logjam. "We might as well be talking about this, too."
But she and fellow Chicago Democrat Sen. Heather Steans, who sponsored legislation that succeeded in decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of pot last year, know their new pitch could be a tough sell. They plan to jumpstart conversations with lawmakers, interest groups and the public this spring but won't move legislation forward in the current session.
Key players like the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police currently oppose the measure. Ed Wojcicki, the association's director, called legalizing recreational pot "an enforcement nightmare." He said existing science remains inconclusive about how to best identify impairment on the road and in other compromising situations.
Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie, lead sponsor of the medical marijuana proposal, suggested the staggered timeline could help lawmakers gain a more complete picture of potential benefits and consequences — especially as more data rolls in on Illinois' pilot medical marijuana program, which launched in late 2015.
"I do think this might be in Illinois' future," Lang said. "I certainly support the idea of having a discussion."
Illinois legalization advocates like Dan Linn, who directs the state chapter of a nonprofit lobbying group called NORML, have long been working toward this conversation. Linn said states where pot is legal have recorded no uptick in traffic fatalities. Instead of threatening public safety, he contended, regulating the already widely consumed substance will take the business out of the hands of criminals and impose important regulations like quality and age controls.
"There's not a drug dealer in this country that asks for an ID when someone's looking to buy drugs," he said.
The proposal is launching at a time when the federal government, which still lists marijuana as an illegal drug, is considering ramping up enforcement against recreational use. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said last month his department is reviewing an Obama administration memo that gave states flexibility in passing marijuana laws.
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Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre
Based on interviews with survivors, Samia Halaby created a set of documentary drawings on the 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre. The emotions of anger and fear leap from every page of this book, enabling the reader to bear witness to the terrible suffering endured by the inhabitants of this small Palestinian village.
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Author: Samia Halaby
‘An important contribution to the preservation of Palestinian memory.’
Ramona Wadi for Middle East Monitor
The 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre was carried out by the Israeli Border Police under cover of the tripartite attack on Egypt by England, France, and Israel. Two other massacres took place during the ensuing days in the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis, where 111 and 275 Palestinian civilians were slaughtered by Israeli troops on their way to Egypt, respectively. In Kafr Qasem, an artifice was created to provide a fig-leaf excuse for the killing of innocent people — a curfew announced less than a half an hour before it was implemented. Workers returning home, tired and hungry, unaware of the curfew, were cold-bloodedly shot dead by members of the Israeli Border Police.
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CFTC Awards Over $1M to Whistleblower For Helping To Expose Scheme
by Silver Law Group
The CFTC (Commodities Futures Trading Commission) has announced that it will award over $1,000,000 to a whistleblower for providing a tip that helped to expose a scheme that violated the CEA (Commodity Exchange Act).
According to the press release, the whistleblower gave information first through their employer’s compliance program to another regulator, then to the CFTC.
The scheme isn’t named, but the release states that the tip led to charges being filed by the CFTC. Continue reading
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Updated: January 14, 2020 4:25 pm
SEC Awards More Than $260k To Whistleblowers For Helping To Spot Securities Fraud
On Friday, November 15, 2019 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a whistleblower award of more than $260,000 had been given to three people who jointly alerted the agency to a “well-concealed fraud targeting retail investors.”
The SEC’s press release does not identify the fraud specifically, but does say that the whistleblowers were harmed investors themselves. Continue reading
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Updated: November 25, 2019 5:01 pm
Did You Work For GPB Capital Or A Broker Dealer That Sold GPB? You May Qualify For An SEC Whistleblower Award
If you worked for GPB Capital Holdings or a broker-dealer that sold it, and you have information that helps an SEC enforcement action, you could qualify to receive money from an SEC whistleblower award.
To be eligible for a whistleblower award, a person must provide the SEC with non-public information that is original and leads to a successful enforcement action. When the sanction is $1 million or more, a whistleblower award can range from 10% to 30% of the money collected. Continue reading
SEC Charges Collectors Café With Violating Whistleblower Protection Laws
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that Collectors Café, an online memorabilia auction company, and its CEO Mykalai Kontilai, illegally tried to stop investors from reporting misconduct to the government in violation of the SEC’s whistleblower protection rules.
The SEC already sued Kontilai and Collectors Café for operating a “fraudulent $23 million securities offering based on false statements to investors.” Continue reading
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Updated: November 12, 2019 12:20 pm
$2.5 Million CFTC Whistleblower Award
On June 24, 2019, the Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an award of approximately $2.5 million to a whistleblower who assisted in an enforcement action against Cargill Inc.
This award evidences the importance that the CFTC places on reliable whistleblowers who prove to be essential resources in combating corporate misconduct. Without the whistleblower’s valuable information, this investigation, like many others, would remain unresolved. Continue reading
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Updated: July 8, 2019 2:39 pm
CFTC Whistleblower Award
In November 2017, the CFTC ordered Cargill Inc., a global agricultural, commodity and financial services business headquartered in Minnesota, and its business, Cargill Risk Management, to pay a $10 million civil monetary penalty for violating the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. In its November 2017 order, CFTC stated, “[i]n particular, Cargill was reluctant to disclose its mark up on certain complex swaps because of a concern that such transparency might ultimately reduce its revenue. As a result of this concern, Cargill chose to provide a mark that was based on a termination or ‘unwind’ value that included a portion of Cargill’s estimated revenue during the first sixty calendar days of the swap, and also credited the counterparty with a portion of its estimated revenue if the counterparty terminated the swap during that same period.” The CFTC’s Order also highlighted Cargill’s failure to supervise its employees in relation to these fraudulent swaps. Continue reading
SEC Awards Whistleblower $4.5 Million After Internal Review, Reporting
An anonymous tip from an employee led to an internal review as well as an SEC review that ended with the award of $4.5 million in May.
The unidentified employee first sent the anonymous tip to the employer, alleging “significant wrongdoing.” The company then conducted its own investigation and self-reported its findings to the SEC, who then launched its own investigation into the allegations. Continue reading
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SEC Awards $3M To Two Whistleblowers
On June 3, 2019, the SEC announced that two individuals will share a $3M award after providing information that led to a successful action surrounding a securities law violation. Since they supplied this information jointly, they will each receive half of the award. The amount is 30% of the financial penalties imposed on their former employer, identified by The Wall Street Journal and legal counsel for both individuals Merrill Lynch. (The SEC does not identify whistleblowers, their company, or any identifying information.) Continue reading
CFTC Foreign Corrupt Practices And Whistleblowers
Recently, the SEC announced that it has paid a $3M award to a group of whistleblowers who provided information to the agency about an alleged securities law violation that led to an SEC investigation. While the SEC gets a fair amount of attention for these kinds of cases, it’s not the only agency that not only investigates wrongdoing and pays whistleblowers for their help.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is a federal governing agency that regulates commodity futures and option markets in the US. Although the futures market began primarily in the agricultural sector, the futures industry has become much more complex, and the agency’s mandate has been expanded since its inception in 1974. Continue reading
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SEC gives $37 Million to a Whistleblower
On March 26, the SEC announced that it was going to award $37 million to a whistleblower who assisted in an enforcement action. This whistleblower provided the SEC with very important information.
This situation shows how important whistleblowers are to the SEC. This investigation, and other previous investigations, would have never come to resolutions without information from whistleblowers. Continue reading
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Runner Rapidly Finishes 40 Marathons Across Every Continent
Australian athlete Mina Guli ran an insane number of marathons in seven weeks, all for water.
By Alyssa Danigelis
"Keep warm. Be safe." Those are the parting words Australian athlete and activist Mina Guli heard when picking up her running gear for Antarctica, reports Outside.
She wasn't just going for a visit, which is already an adventure. No, Guli was there to run approximately 131 miles by herself -- one of many stretches she would end up running across all seven continents in a mere seven weeks. All to help save the planet's water supply.
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Guli set out on February 1 to run across seven deserts, one on each continent, finishing in late March. It would be the equivalent of 40 marathons. Her endeavor, called the 7 Deserts Run was a way to gain global attention for the water crisis. She pointed to the World Economic Forum ranking water scarcity the number one risk facing society last year, and expert predictions that there will be a 40 percent greater demand for water than supplies available within 14 years.
The corporate lawyer-turned-activist heads up the nonprofit Thirst. She's also an experienced athlete, having completed six Ironmen triathlons and the famously grueling Marathon des Sables ultramarathon, Runner's World reported. The deserts Guli ran were: the Tabernas in Spain, the Arabian in Jordan, Antarctica, the Simpson in Australia, the Karoo in South Africa, the Atacama in Chile, and the Mojave in the United States, which she finished on March 21.
To me, her most interesting runs took place in Antartica, the polar desert. The continent was bright and cold when she arrived in March, connecting with a crew of scientists stationed there. But by the time she took off in snowpants and sneakers on a cloud-like snow plain, the sky was cloudy. The conditions there are grueling for walking, much less running long distances solo.
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At one point Guli gets tired and discouraged, breaking down in tears. Then she rallies, saying, "Although it's hard every day to run in the snow and ice and cold, you need to be prepared to really keep your eye on the goal." Guli ended up running the equivalent of five marathons while she was there.
All told, she ran 1,049 miles for the 7 Deserts Run. It's mind-boggling. Walking that would be impressive. At the same time, as we enter more extreme times for the planet, perhaps it will take extreme measures like this to grab attention and spur action. The more we get to see of the world -- even through another person's eyes -- the more we'll care about what gets lost.
Watch Guli's Antarctica adventure here.
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Canada Geese over Bala Lake
Many different types of wildlife are found
Many different birds can be seen near to Abercelyn
Wildlife when staying at Abercelyn, Bala, Snowdonia
See wildlife, including: Ospreys, Red Kites, Buzzards, moorland birds, otters, badgers, squirrels and much more
There are a wide range of wildlife which can seen at Abercelyn or not far awy in North and Mid-Wales.
There are otters in the stream at the Abercelyn and around Lake Bala. Seen in the garden are numerous squirrels, rabbits and many varieties of birds (see below), we have been visited by a pheasant and mallard ducks, with their young, on the stream. We sometimes see that badgers have visited us and they have been seen in the woods nearby. Owls can be heard, at night, and we have seen foxes, on several occasions, in our field next to the garden.
The following bird species have been seen in the garden: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Common Snipe, Crow, Dipper, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Heron, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Magpie, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Siskin, Song Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, Starling, Swallow, Tree creeper, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren.
The following birds species have been seen from the garden: Red Kites, Buzzards, Canada Goose, Herring Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Swift, Carrion Crow, Raven.
Bala Lake is a Ramsar wetlands site of international importance. The lake has 14 species of fish, including the Gwyniad (Coregonus lavaretus), a species of whitefish which is unique to Bala Lake. Around the lake and some rivers, are otters. The lake is also the home of the glutinous snail - Myxas glutinosa. This is the only location in mainland UK where this snail is found. Over the years, some 139 species of birds have been seen around the lake, including some unusual ones such as the great-northern diver, Bewick swans and the green sandpiper.
Birds which live along the Rivers Dee & Tryweryn include: kingfisher, heron, dipper, pied-wagtail, grey-wagtail, yellow-wagtail, goosander, merganser, nuthatch, tree-creeper, great spotted woodpecker and wren. In addition, there are various dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies along the banks.
The Berwyn National Nature Reserve (NNR) lies to the east and north-east of Bala - it is an important breeding ground for many upland birds, including: Merlin, Hen Harrier, Peregrine Falcon and Red Kite. Other upland birds that breed on the Berwyn include: Red grouse, Black grouse, Golden plover, Dunlin, Snipe, Curlew, Short-eared owl, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Ring ouzel and Raven.
Ospreys have been seen occasionally around the lake. There are Osprey viewing points (March to August) at:
Glaslyn Osprey viewpoint, Pont Croesor, more info
Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve, Ynys-hir, with splendid viewing platform
Ten places to see Wildlife:
In the woods a short walk from Abercelyn
Lake Bala: SSSI and Ramsar wetlands site of international importance
Lake Vyrnwy RSPB nature reserve and Visitor Centre
Llechwedd Slate Caverns: Choughs view by RSPB remote TV monitors; nearby it is also possible to see Kestrels, Red Kites and Buzzards
Mawddach Estuary: walk/cycle track, nature reserves, Arthog Bog, wetlands.
Rhinog mountains: wild goats
Berwyn mountains: upland birds
Dyfi (Dovey) National Nature Reserve, Dyfed
Download Wildlife guide to Bala & Penllyn from GoBala - leaflets avaiable at Abercelyn
North Wales Wildlife Tust: find nature reserves
RSPB Wales
The above is just a sample of the many opportunities available to experience wildlife in Mid- and North-Wales.
Awards for Abercelyn
1st Prize in the "Large Garden" section of the Bala and Penllyn Horticultural Society competition for 2005
Winner: Most Sustainable Tourism Business - Small Business Category, Green Snowdonia Tourism Awards 2007
Gold Award: Snowdonia Wildlife Gardening Project competition for 2008 (Business Category)
2nd: "Best Wildlife Garden in Snowdonia" Snowdonia Wildlife Gardening Project competition for 2007 (Business Category)
3rd: "Best Wildlife Garden in Snowdonia" Snowdonia Wildlife Gardening Project competition for 2006 (Business Category)
Otters live around Bala Lake
Buzzards are often seen from Abercelyn
Many birds are found in the moorland area around Bala
Wildlife walk with the Lake Warden
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Enterprise Holdings and Philabundance fight hunger in the Philadelphia region one person at a time.
Enterprise Holdings has joined the Satell Institute Collective Force as a founding corporate member by making a four-year commitment to Philabundance. Philabundance seeks to drive hunger from the Philadelphia area today and end hunger forever. Last year Philabundance and its member agencies distributed 24 million pounds, feeding 90,000 people weekly in nine counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Enterprise Holdings’ deep commitment to ending hunger around the world led to their partnership with Philabundance. The company’s mantra of giving back started with their founder Jack Taylor, who gave more than $1 billion to the community throughout his life. Enterprise Holdings is leading the way in the fight against hunger not only on the local scale, but also globally.
“Here in the Philadelphia region, we are funding five food banks. Philabundance is one of these. By connecting with these food banks, our teammates can say we are doing something good that they are proud of.”
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Warren came loaded with fiery response to Bernie’s denial of sexism
“There was a movement to draft Senator Warren to run for president,” Sanders said. “And you know what, I stayed back. Senator Warren decided not to run, and then I did — I did run afterwards.”
Responding to Sanders, Warren noted that “Bernie is my friend,” but stuck by her previous assertion that Sanders did indeed make the gloomy appraisal of a potential female presidential candidacy.
“Look, this question about whether or not a woman can be president has been raised, and it’s time for us to attack it head-on,” Warren said, imploring the audience to “look at the men” on the debate stage.
“Collectively, they have lost ten elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women. [Sen. Amy Klobuchar] and me,” Warren said. “And the only person on this stage who has beaten an incumbent Republican anytime in the past 30 years is me.”
The senators’ collision was widely expected in the aftermath of a CNN report on Monday stating that Sanders made the alleged assessment during a private meeting with Warren in 2018, ahead of their presidential campaign announcements.
The year-long détente between the pair of progressive icons had already been shattered over the weekend after POLITICO reported that Sanders volunteers attacked Warren as a candidate with a “highly-educated, more affluent” bloc of support who could not expand the Democratic base in 2020.
Weighing in on the controversy on Tuesday night, Klobuchar acknowledged that “people have said” a woman cannot defeat President Donald Trump in November, but invoked the recently elected female Democratic governors of Kansas and Michigan.
“I point out that you don’t have to be the tallest person in the room,” Klobuchar said. “James Madison was 5 foot 4. You don’t have to be the skinniest person in the room. You don’t have to be the loudest person. You have to be competent.”
The brawl devolved when Sanders re-entered the fray, as he sought to challenge Warren’s declaration that she alone among the debate participants had vanquished a GOP incumbent during the previous three decades. Warren ousted Republican Sen. Scott Brown in the 2012 Massachusetts Senate race.
“Well, just to set the record straight, I defeated an incumbent Republican running for Congress,” Sanders said, referring to his election to the House of Representatives in 1990.
“Wasn’t that 30 years ago?” replied a seemingly puzzled Warren, as a wave of uncomfortable laughter emitted from the debate hall crowd.
Sanders insisted that “30 years ago is 1990, as a matter of fact,” and said “nobody believes” that a female candidate cannot be elected president.
In her final remarks on the matter, Warren cited similar examples of discrimination against racial and religious minorities that have plagued previous aspirants for public office — including former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama.
“Look, don’t deny that the question is there,” Warren said. “Back in the 1960s, people asked, ‘Could a Catholic win?’ Back in 2008, people asked if an African-American could win. In both times, the Democratic Party stepped up and said yes. Got behind their candidate, and we changed America. That is who we are.”
It was Joe Biden, however, who moderators afforded the last word regarding the viability of a female White House candidacy.
The former vice president, who has drawn scrutiny amid the Sanders-Warren feud for his comments earlier this month about Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, said “women can win” and mentioned his work stumping for female congressional candidates ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
“The best group I have ever campaigned for, in terms of competence. But the real issue is who can bring the whole party together [and] represents all elements of the party,” Biden said, arguing he has “the broadest coalition of anyone running up here.”
Although Sanders and Warren did not address the dust-up again for the remainder of the debate, a brief video of the senators interacting at the conclusion of the televised forum suggested tensions remained high.
As the Democratic contenders dispersed from the stage, Sanders extended his hand to Warren, which Warren appears to rebuff. The two competitors then engaged in a tense back-and-forth as fellow candidate Tom Steyer looked on, culminating in a seemingly bitter parting as Sanders raised his hands and turned away.
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Japan's Wildly Popular Ramen Isolation Booth Restaurant Has Come to America
What it's like to to eat a meal out while never interacting with another human being
By Jamie Feldmar
A pair of anonymous hands serves a bowl of Ichiran ramen.Rebecca Fondren
I call the Japanese ramen restaurant Ichiran "Egg Hands." It's not that "Ichiran" is particularly hard to say, it's that Egg Hands is what I remember most clearly about the first time I ate there.
Let me paint the scene: It’s 2 a.m. in Tokyo. My friend Leah had just arrived from New York, her circadian rhythms flipped completely upside-down, and she was hungry. I had been in the country for a week but now was operating on Leah time and at zombie-level efficiency. Leah needed food, and Ichiran was open, so out we went. It was late, and the streets were weirdly empty, with snoozing drunken salarymen sprawled on the sidewalks after missing the last train home. We wandered the eerie city for a while and eventually found the subterranean ramen shop.
Ichiran is known for what they call “low-interaction dining,” in which diners seat themselves in individual ramen booths, fill out ticket orders, and receive food from anonymous hands through a curtain-covered window.
Ichiran was founded in Fukuoka in 1960, and it only makes one type of ramen: pork-rich tonkotsu. Beyond that, Ichiran is known for what they call “low-interaction dining,” in which diners seat themselves in individual ramen booths, fill out ticket orders, and receive food from anonymous hands through a curtain-covered window. In other words, it’s possible—encouraged, actually—to eat an entire meal there without seeing or speaking to another human being.
I've written about the rituals of food culture Japan, and how these ways of doing things are often developed in the service of creating the best eating and drinking experience possible. At Ichiran, the low-interaction setup is designed partially to enhance the experience—there's a lot of cheerful messaging in their materials about "focusing on your personalized ramen" in your little booth. But it's also to reduce the stigma of being alone.
In Japan, the shame of losing face is a major motivator to behave in certain socially acceptable ways. Ichiran customers, nestled safely in their own ramen booths, get a break from the face-preserving pressures of modern life—safely ensconced in a steamy isolation booth, you are free to act without fear or shame. And if you are an American visiting Japan, Ichiran provides a safe space for you to not know what the hell you are doing without embarrassing yourself.
The formula has proved popular: Ichiran currently operates almost 60 locations in Japan. And now, as of last month, it also runs a restaurant in Brooklyn.
Ichiran's ramenRebecca Fondren
Back in Tokyo, Leah and I were delirious, hungry, and completely unsure of how to proceed. We punched some random buttons on the machine. After a few failed attempts, we managed to successfully figure out where sit down in neighboring booths, and pulled back the partition dividing us (this is a little-discussed aspect of the Ichiran experience— you can actually share your booth with another person, should you so desire). We filled out our papers, mercifully in English, indicating how rich we'd like our broth and how firm we'd like our noodles. And then, moments later, a pair of disembodied hands emerged from the curtain before us, holding a bowl containing a single egg, in its shell, and a tiny packet of salt.
We stared at the egg. We didn’t know what to do with it. Was it cooked? It felt heavy. The ramen was still MIA. Did they go together, or was this just a random egg, emerging from the abyss, a cryptic message from the universe? We had no one to ask, obviously.
Eventually a bowl of ramen appeared from the same (or were they?) anonymous hands, and we cracked the egg—soft-boiled, it turned out—into the broth, where it bobbed around and eventually sank.
The ramen was good. Not great, but rich and salty in the way you want 2 a.m. ramen to be, with a fiery blob of housemade chile paste to wake us up. We left unsure if we did anything right, but we remember our confusing meal there fondly, and we’ve taken to referring to Ichiran as Egg Hands ever since.
Now, after several stalled attempts, Ichiran has finally expanded its operations to America, landing in a distinctly unglamorous stretch of Brooklyn’s industrial Bushwick neighborhood. Their massive space is part-restaurant, part noodle factory, and will act as commissary if and when the chain is able to expand in New York, as the company hopes it will. A year to the day after our meal in Tokyo, Leah and I decided to pay a visit.
The two seating styles at Ichiran Brooklyn: group tables and isolation booths.Rebecca Fondren
Things were different from the moment we walked in: unlike in Japan, the restaurant here is split into two distinct rooms: one communal dining area with regular tables, the other the same partitioned-booth setup we encountered in Tokyo. There was an actual human host to greet and seat us, even as we entered the solo booth room (which also has an electronic seating chart, but it’s just for looks), and a cheerful cashier stationed near the door. The ramen booths themselves were wider and airier, and though the bamboo curtain remained, a waiter bent down to talk to me at one point, revealing his entire smiling face.
Some spects remained the same, however: the menu is virtually identical, and you still fill out a little paper ticket to customize your bowl. Waiters are summoned with a call button, and food is delivered through the curtain. The ramen itself looked and tasted almost the same as it did in Tokyo—if anything, it actually tasted better in Brooklyn. But there was one glaring difference that Leah and I could not move past: no egg hands.
“We haven’t found the right chicken to lay the right egg,” said our waiter, peeking out from beneath the curtain. “We actually have a guy in Japan dedicated specifically to finding eggs, and he’s been running tests for three months. We can’t find the perfect ones just yet. It’s something we’re working on.”
On our way out, we struck up a conversation with the manager (something that would literally never happen at Ichiran in Japan), a native New Yorker who trained at Ichiran’s headquarters in Fukuoka. We told her about our night in Tokyo and our memory of the mysterious egg hands. She laughed at us. “The egg is actually a palate cleanser. You’re supposed to eat it with the salt before the ramen arrives,” she said. We stared at her, dumbstruck. “Right now we’re not sure if we’re going to be able to get Americans to crack their own egg,” she continued. “But we hope to have them here soon.”
As a foreigner in Japan, part of the pleasure of Ichiran is in not knowing what you're doing, then doing it anyway. Even as you're bumbling around, it's okay, because Ichiran is designed as a safe space to be alone, and what you do when you're alone can't be that embarrassing. But in Brooklyn, low-interaction dining gives way to medium-interaction dining—a necessary adjustment to suit the American audience, maybe, but one that feels inherently at odds with the very thing that made Ichiran so special and weird to begin with.
I don’t know if I’ll be back to the Brooklyn Egg Hands—it feels a little too interpersonal for me. I think I’ll have to wait until they find the right chickens, or I’ll bring my own egg.
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Nintendo hits two popular ROM sites with a massive lawsuit
Eric Abent - Jul 23, 2018, 10:46 am CDT
Downloading ROMs of classic games is something a lot of gamers do, much to the distress and frustration of the companies who own the rights to those games. Nintendo in particular has historically taken a hard line against ROM downloads and the sites that make them possible, and it shows no sign of letting up. The company has filed a lawsuit against two massive ROM sites, and if the it gets what it’s asking for, the damages could be immense.
TorrentFreak first drew attention to this lawsuit last week. Nintendo has filed a complaint against LoveROMs and LoveRETRO – two sites owned and operated by Jacob Mathias and his company Mathias Designs LLC, according to Nintendo – in the US District Court of Arizona. Nintendo, of course, claims that Mathias is guilty of copyright and trademark infringement for offering ROMs of its classic games, stating in its complaint that both sites are “built almost entirely on the brazen and mass-scale infringement of Nintendo’s intellectual property rights.”
The company also says that LoveROMs and LoveRETRO are “among the most open and notorious online hubs for pirated video games.” Nintendo lays out many examples of copyright and trademark infringement throughout the 28-page complaint, and notes that it does not believe that the defendants are merely casual fans. “Defendants are not casual gamers but are instead sophisticated parties with extensive knowledge of Nintendo’s intellectual property and the video game industry more generally,” the complaint says.
Nintendo is asking for damages of $150,000 per infringing title and up to $2 million for each instance of trademark infringement. As TorrentFreak points out, that could put total damages over $100 million, which is an eye-watering sum. It’s likely that Nintendo won’t end up being awarded that much, but for what it’s worth, it’s also looking for a permanent injunction against the owners of these sites and the transfer of both domains.
At the time of this writing, all Nintendo titles have been removed from LoveROMs.com. LoveRETRO.co, on the other hand, has been taken down entirely, showing a message to visitors that says “Loveretro has effectively been shut down until further notice. Thanks for your patronage to date and we hope to get this figured out.” We’ll see what happens from here, but it’s clear that Nintendo isn’t interested in turning its head as these ROM sites quietly offer its older titles. Stay tuned.
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How wellness and fashion affects emerging home trends
By Jane Parbury
August 26, 2018 — 12.00am
We want our homes to feel like our own, but there's no denying that when a strong decor trend comes through, we can all fall under its spell. Our homes can also be influenced by other developments, such as the wellness movement bringing an appreciation of natural materials, or emerging technology adding internet functionality. So, what's hot in the ever-evolving world of home interiors?
The clean lines of Scandinavian design make it a great choice for tight spaces. Credit:Louise Wellington/courtesy of Temple & Webster. Styling by Jess Bellef
BEYOND WHITE
White, as the perfect backdrop, won't be going far, and neither will grey. But Wendy Rennie, colour and concept manager for Haymes Paint, predicts a move to a mix of warmer-toned greys "that are easier to live with".
Colours, on the other hand, are in a state of flux. "On one side of the field we have the saturated tones of burgundy, russet, navy, mustard and deep purple," says Jessica Bellef, head of styling at Temple & Webster. "This bold colour palette hints at the '70s and echoes the decade's explosion of self-expression and celebration of individuality.
"On the other side, we have a more subtle palette. Beige and putty, nude pinks, sage, lilac and mint are seen as grounding neutrals. They work well in pared-back interiors and quiet, restorative spaces."
On the subject of neutrals, the millennial pink that has been so popular recently will start to segue into shades of berry, plum and wine, while shadowy colours, so perfect for a home retreat, will bring dark greys, deep blues and rich greens into the home-decoration spotlight.
The wellness trend is also having a big impact on palette choices. "Plants are playing an increasingly important role in interior design," says Wattyl's Sarah Stephenson. "Soft greens are mixed with warm neutrals to evoke a feeling of restfulness and a connection to nature."
Earthy colours – terracotta and clay hues – will also hold sway, while tropical prints and jungle patterns make their way into wallpapers, cushion fabrics and artwork, says Amber Cooke, general manager for furniture at Domayne. "The tropical trend is still going strong," she says.
"Think large-scale leaf prints, oversized insects, safari wildlife and exotic birds."
Marble continues to enjoy its moment in the sun, but colour is moving beyond predominantly white Carrara, with dark tones such as ocean green coming to the fore. Though recyclable, marble is a finite resource, so eco-conscious consumers are increasingly looking to marble-look composites or more readily available stone.
"The availability of high-quality honed blue basalt has seen it find its place in the Australian DIY scene," says Vanessa Thompson, designer at Beaumont Tiles. "It has exciting colour variations, unique markings, and an exquisite ability to bring the outdoors in."
Concrete's chameleon-like qualities – it can recede quietly into the background or shine as a feature, depending on how it's used – mean it's going to be around for some time, a situation only enhanced by the fact that it can be recycled. But it won't be the only eco-aware show in town.
Another material pressing all the right environmental buttons is the new terracotta. Created from baked clay, Thompson describes it as "modern, layful and hard-wearing". Also getting a modern makeover is terrazzo, traditionally composed of waste chips of marble in cement, which has been updated with additional aggregates such as granite, quartz and glass. Using up all those leftovers gives it strong eco credentials as well as visual interest.
Embracing the burgeoning trend towards texture, timber is becoming a hero material again, and not just for floors and furniture. Wood is popping up on ceilings and as wall cladding, and re-emerging in kitchen and bathroom cabinetry.
Wood tones are growing darker, towards a warmer palette that chimes with the fashion for all things mid- 20th-century. This works well with the new, deep wall colours to create a cosy effect. For a striking counterpoint to darker timbers, metallics will still be around but in more subtle brushed brass and matt gold.
Furniture is another area where more than one trend is apparent. Pieces for smaller spaces are trending towards slimmer profiles and a lighter feel overall, utilising woven materials such as cane and rattan, or clear ones like glass or acrylic.
Temple & Webster's Jessica Bellef points to the clean lines of Japanese and Scandinavian design as a fantastic solution for tight spaces. Yet furniture also needs to be comfy and attractive, and our love affair with deep, buttoned Chesterfields isn't waning.
How to reconcile these apparently contradictory urges? "People want to be comfortable in their homes, so that means lounging back, not sitting upright," says Sarah Nolen of Birdblack Design. "You can achieve a nice balance by having a deep, layered lounge which is perched on slim legs."
For colour, expect warmer greys, saturated tones and subtle grounding neutrals. Credit:Martina Gemmola/courtesy of Haymes; courtesy of Beaumont Tiles. Styling by Ruth Welsby
More and more, home decoration is about mixing materials – think embellished textiles, marble and metal, timber and stone – as well as texture and layering. "So much can be achieved by simply playing with textures and materials, whether it be woven wicker furniture or macramé cushions," says Domayne's Amber Cooke. "Don't underestimate the power of embracing and combining different textures."
The pull toward natural materials is strong and echoes a yearning for a better connection with nature. "It's for the same reason we have become plant-obsessed over the past few years," says Temple & Webster's Jessica Bellef. "Injecting a raw, natural element into our space grounds us."
In fabrics, sumptuous velvet continues to speak to our desire for comfort; it also takes deep colour very well, boosting the moody magnificence permeating our rooms. But in quieter spaces, we're turning increasingly to the natural look. Linen, with its eco-friendly credentials and endearingly sloppy feel, is taking over the bedroom, with sludgy colours underpinning the relaxed-refuge trend.
Cotton remains an important textile. "It's still the top fabric choice in Australian homes," says Ikea's Christine Gough, who also points to the growing awareness of the impact of cotton on the environment, especially in drought-prone Australia. Some manufacturers are utilising only more sustainable varieties of cotton, and we can expect further eco-friendly initiatives as consumer awareness grows.
While new free-standing houses aren't getting any smaller, what has changed is the number of Australians living in apartments and townhouses. Apartments made up nearly half of all new homes built in the 2017 financial year, according to a Commonwealth Bank report that drew on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This has helped to push down the average home size after decades of expansion.
“The trick is to be selective with the hero items you add to the room, limiting them to only one or two 'wow' pieces.” Credit:Martina Gemmola/courtesy of Haymes; courtesy of Beaumont Tiles. Styling by Ruth Welsby
Space is becoming a luxury for many, particularly in cities, and this is having an impact on home design. Tall ceilings, large windows, doubleheight voids and non-solid room dividers have all become part of architects' new-build armoury as they seek to make spaces appear larger than they are.
More specifically, spaces are set to become genuinely multi-use. With the flick of a switch kitchen shelving can disappear behind a sliding panel, a sink can be hidden by a moving benchtop. The long-anticipated "disappearing kitchen" looks set to become a reality.
The growing interest in tiny homes and compact living in general will also fuel demand for clever design. "Small spaces requires furniture that is modular, flexible, multi-functional and innovative," says Christine Gough. "Smaller homes are seeing an increasing need for furniture that can be moved, shifted or packed away, like a sofa that turns into a bed, or a coffee table that has built-in storage and can be easily rolled around the room when you need to make space."
you need to make space." It's not just in the areas of furniture and storage where space-friendly, practical-meets-pretty decorating solutions will become ever-more prevalent. "There's a definite focus on lighting," says Jessica Bellef. "Statement pendant lights stamp style on an area without sucking up valuable floor space, and table lamps instantly add polish to a petite area."
Another burgeoning trend is towards a quality-over-quantity approach that dovetails with the "buy once, buy well" eco mantra. "The savvy maximalists of the world know that balance is key when it comes to decorating small spaces," says Bellef. "The trick is to be selective with the hero items you add to the room, limiting them to one or two 'wow' pieces to create a focal point."
CLEVER KITCHENS
Smarter and speedier is where we're going, with kitchen appliances using high-tech advances to become more intuitive and energy efficient.
One example is Miele's "Dialog" oven, due in Australia next year, which "targets" food with electromagnetic waves of different frequencies that are continually adjusted for peak efficiency, cooking up to 70 per cent faster than a conventional oven. It can also cook different foods at different speeds at the same time. Another potential game changer is the upcoming Smeg blade-flame gas cooktop, which claims to be 20 per cent more efficient than traditional gas burners.
Space is becoming a luxury for many, particularly in cities, and this is having an impact on home design. Credit:Martina Gemmola/courtesy of Haymes; courtesy of Beaumont Tiles. Styling by Ruth Welsb
"Kitchen appliances will also be connected to a brand's database and be monitored," says Jimmy Kalotheos, managing director of Smeg Australia. "This means the service department will be alerted to an impending fault or problem with the appliance, and valuable floor space, and table lamps instantly add polish to a petite area." Another burgeoning trend is towards a quality-over-quantity approach that dovetails with the "buy once, buy well" eco mantra. "The savvy maximalists of the world know that balance is key when it comes to decorating small spaces," says Bellef. "The trick is to be selective with the will know about it immediately, probably before the consumer."
According to technology analysts Telsyte, the number of web-connected devices in the average home will grow from 17 to 37 by 2022, making reliable connectivity paramount.
"5G will support vastly more connected devices in and outside the home as it will deliver more capacity as well as faster mobile speeds, and ultimately be able to support the 'internet of things' on an even larger scale," says Ed Bobeff, director of product innovation at Telstra.
product innovation at Telstra. And the next big thing? Artificial intelligence and video analytics capabilities. "Smart home cameras will be able to detect anomalies and make homes safer," says Bobeff. "This will mean that not only will my Smart Home cameras tell me when there's motion at home while I'm away, maybe one day it could also mean that they'll tell me who that is – imagine a camera identifying the difference between a family member and a face that we haven't seen at home before." The new world beckons.
This article appears in Sunday Life magazine within the Sun-Herald and the Sunday Age on sale August 26.
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The Indian Aerospace Industry is going through an interesting phase with `Make in India' initiative goading entrepreneurs to innovate and produce for India, finally graduating to exports. IAF is expected to spend $150 billion on aircraft and Aero Engines over the next 15 years, growing at an annual rate of 10-15%. Of the USD 100 bn projected expenditure on defence equipment in the next 5-10 years, USD 20 bn is likely to be reserved for military aircraft alone. Global majors are making a beeline to get a share of the pie, a trend evident from the huge response to the Request for Information (RFI), floated for fighter aircrafts. Same applies to large helicopter procurements planned for other Services. The Defence Industrial Corridors that will shape the overall defence eco-system would have aerospace entities as major residents. It is in our interest that Indian entities, including MSMEs, cash-in on the resultant offsets accruing from the contracts.
In order to accelerate the` Make in India’ movement, feedback from the industry would be vital. Towards this, the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) along with Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM)/ Confederation of Indian Industry and Indian Air Force (IAF) will be organizing ‘The 13thInternational Conference on Energising Indian Aerospace Industry: Mapping the Change’, on 05-06 September 2018. The conference, would bring together Government officials, serving Armed Forces officers, captains of industry (both Indian and foreign), MSMEs, academia and the users to discuss action points that could assist policymakers and stakeholders including the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Defence, National Security Council, Dept of MSMEs et al.
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(d) Session IV: Defence Industrial Corridors (outreach by State Governments who have set up these special zones).
(e) Session V: Expectations from the Government (with a special address by Joint Secretary (DIP) in Dept of Defence Production).
(f) Session VI: MSMEs: The Real Movers of Aerospace Industry.
(g) Session VII: Panel Discussion with captains of major aerospace industries.
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The Last Passenger: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #13) (Hardcover)
By Charles Finch
This is book number 13 in the Charles Lenox Mysteries series.
#1: A Beautiful Blue Death: The First Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) (Paperback): $9.99
#2: The September Society (Charles Lenox Mysteries #2) (Paperback): $17.99
#3: The Fleet Street Murders (Charles Lenox Mysteries #3) (Paperback): $17.99
#4: A Stranger in Mayfair: A Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #4) (Paperback): $17.99
#5: A Burial at Sea: A Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #5) (Paperback): $17.99
#6: A Death in the Small Hours: A Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #6) (Paperback): $17.99
#7: An Old Betrayal (Charles Lenox Mysteries #7) (Compact Disc): $59.99
#8: The Laws of Murder: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #8) (Paperback): $17.99
#9: Home by Nightfall: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #9) (Paperback): $17.99
#10: The Inheritance: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #10) (Paperback): $17.99
#11: The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series (Charles Lenox Mysteries #11) (Hardcover): $25.99
#12: The Vanishing Man: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #12) (Hardcover): $26.99
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Kobo eBook (February 17th, 2020): $14.99
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From bestselling author Charles Finch comes the third and final in a prequel trilogy to his lauded Charles Lenox series.
London, 1855. A young and eager Charles Lenox faces his toughest case yet: a murder without a single clue. Slumped in a third-class car at Paddington Station is the body of a handsome young gentleman. He has no luggage, empty pockets, and no sign of identification on his person. And putting together the clues to the mystery of the man’s identity only raises more questions, when Lenox discovers that the crime has a significant connection to America.
As he seeks to solve this impossible case, the young Lenox must confront an equally troublesome problem in his personal life. Kitty Ashbrook, beautiful and cultured, appears to be his soulmate—but love comes with obstacles of its own. In tandem, this fiendish early case and passionate, deeply felt affair will irrevocably shape the brilliant detective and thoughtful gentleman Lenox is destined to become.
Written in Charles Finch’s unmistakably witty and graceful voice, THE LAST PASSENGER is a cunning, thrilling, and deeply satisfying conclusion to this trilogy of prequels to his bestselling Charles Lenox series.
Charles Finch is the USA Today bestselling author of the Charles Lenox historical mysteries, which begin with A Beautiful Blue Death. His contemporary novel The Last Enchantments, is also available from St. Martin's Press.
Finch received the 2017 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, from the National Book Critics Circle. His essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Washington Post, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles.
Praise for The Last Passenger:
“Avid mystery readers will enjoy Lenox’s thorough review of his sleuthing process…choose this if you revel in atmosphere.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This tightly plotted mystery…is rich in historical detail…[Lenox] coming into his own as a detective is a delight.” —Booklist
"Finch effectively integrates the politics of the time, including pre–Civil War tensions in America... a clever murder puzzle. Anne Perry and David Dickinson fans will be satisfied." —Publishers Weekly
Praise for The Vanishing Man:
“Fiction readers who crush on blue-blooded British detectives will fall hard for Victorian-era sleuth Charles Lenox.” —The Washington Post
"Finch's nimble prose, edged with humor, makes this twelfth in the Charles Lenox series a pure delight." —Booklist (starred review)
"Rich in period minutiae...unveils the frightening power of the uppermost classes." —Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Woman in the Water:
"A cunning mystery."—The New York Times Book Review
"Finch is an elegant stylist...a persuasive portrait of Victorian England."—The Washington Post
“Finch does a wonderful job of re-creating the atmosphere of mid-19th-century England; his characters are crisply drawn and believable. It’s wonderful to see the neophyte Lenox develop the skills for which he becomes renowned in later books. An excellent addition to an already terrific series.” —Library Journal (starred)
“With its splendidly drawn characters and brisk, supple prose, this can be either an inviting introduction to those new to Finch’s accomplished series or a winning addition to the canon for established fans.” —Booklist (starred)
“Lenox has officially reached the big leagues—the conclusion waiting for him is nothing short of chilling. A case with enough momentum to recharge this series and grab new readers with its pull.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: February 18th, 2020
Series: Charles Lenox Mysteries
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A is for Activist (Board book)
By Innosanto Nagara
“A is for Activist. Advocate. Abolitionist. Ally. Actively Answering A call to Action. Are you an Activist?” Don’t you want to know what B stands for? This book is so awesome. It has great references that politically active parents will get a kick out of, as well as fun alliteration and bold, colorful illustrations. A go to baby shower present for me, this book is sure to raise a peace-loving, politically active baby army. Power to the babies! - Linnea
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Elton John Grammy Salute Performers and Songs Announced
By Rebecca Murray on March 13, 2018 Music, Music Artists - Album Details, Biographies and News, Music News
Elton John and stars perform “I’m Still Standing” on ‘Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy® Salute (Photo by Michele Crowe © 2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
The star-studded list of performers set to honor Elton John during Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute has been revealed, with artists including Lady Gaga and Sam Smith paying tribute to the iconic performer. CBS will broadcast the tribute on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT, with the network promising a two-hour event featuring more than a dozen of the artist’s biggest hits.
In addition to Elton John, Sam Smith, and Lady Gaga, the list of artists includes Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran, Maren Morris, Shawn Mendes, Little Big Town, Kesha, John Legend, Alessia Cara, Christopher Jackson, SZA, Chris Martin, Valerie Simpson, and Miranda Lambert. According to CBS, John Batiste, Neil Patrick Harris, Anna Kendrick, Gayle King, Lucy Liu, and Hailee Steinfeld will also appear in the two-hour tribute.
The Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute Artists List:
“The Bitch Is Back” – Miley Cyrus
“Candle in the Wind” – Ed Sheeran
“Daniel” – Sam Smith
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” – Alessia Cara
“Your Song” – Lady Gaga
“Rocket Man” – Little Big Town
“Border Song” – Christopher Jackson & Valerie Simpson
“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – SZA & Shawn Mendes
“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” – Maren Morris
“We All Fall in Love Sometimes” – Chris Martin
“My Father’s Gun” – Miranda Lambert
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” – Kesha
“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” – John Legend
“Bennie and the Jets” – Elton John
“Philadelphia Freedom” – Elton John
“I’m Still Standing” – Elton John and Ensemble
The Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute special is produced by Ron Basile and executive produced by Ken Ehrlich and Rac Clark. David Wild is the special’s writer. AEG Ehrlich Ventures, The Recording Academy and CBS previously presented the Sinatra 100 – An All-Star GRAMMY Concert, Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star GRAMMY Salute, The Beatles: The Night That Changed America – A GRAMMY Salute, and Stayin’ Alive: A GRAMMY Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees musical tributes.
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How Crazy Can Syria Get?
Rarely have so many factions been wrong.
As a fan of science and philosophy, which continually ask questions, it’s taken me decades, really, to figure out how terrified most people are of admitting, “I don’t know.” That explains why they must strive to appear so confident about everything from God to political policies.
The left (along with a few libertarians and paleoconservatives) has pretty much adopted Palestinians as the Middle East analogue of oppressed 1960s African-Americans at this point. Fine. Let’s posit for the sake of argument that the Palestinians are one of the groups in that region of the world with a sane case to be made for their cause, a set of legitimate grievances that you need not be Noam Chomsky to appreciate.
Well, then, it’s troubling that your poster children for Arab sanity have launched a campaign—clearly a coordinated one and not just the acts of isolated mentally-ill people—to stab lots of random Israeli pedestrians on the street. Click here if you want to see one such attacker ram a bus stop with his car and then attack people with a meat cleaver until stopped by a heroic bystander who, thank goodness, was armed (Israel wisely having recently loosened gun laws under the circumstances).
And, since I’m more comfortable with complexity than most, I’m still not saying this wave of horror erases Israeli wrongs. Instead, I’m just wondering how crazy the real crazies in the Arab world—say, ISIS—might get. I’m also wondering how much we helped them get that crazy.
The pseudonymous Tyler Durden argues at ZeroHedge that the current Syria conflict, if the media were itself still sane enough to judge such things, would be looked upon as “Obama’s Bay of Pigs,” that is, roughly speaking, another fight in which the CIA armed rebels, abandoned them, left them pissed off and crazy, and completely failed to take down the authoritarian national leader who was the target of all this risky covert effort. Durden fears “the CIA handed over Syria to Putin on a silver platter,” since Putin’s now intervening to destroy the rebel maniacs we (directly or indirectly) armed.
But there are worse things in the world than Putin and Assad, and we might yet get those things by the time this is over.
Syria’s so complicated that it has quickly become one of those things that I will happily admit I’m not at all sure about (though I’ve no doubt countless people will tell me with extreme confidence what I ought to think), but I can’t help pessimistically toting up the situation like so:
If (A) the U.S. pretends to target ISIS but mainly just wants to oust Assad even if it means letting weapons flow to ISIS and (B) Russia (if you believe what hawkish Americans say) merely pretends to target ISIS but mainly wants to crush more U.S.-leaning anti-Assad rebels forces, what do you suppose the odds are that Syria will end up with neither Russia-favored Assad nor U.S.-favored rebels, but only ISIS, who will then rule Syria? I’m guessing pretty high.
And it’s tempting, then, to hope feebly that perhaps ISIS would calm down a bit once in power—especially if the CIA actually has some sort of secret influence over them—and at least lay off the constant beheadings, immolations, and defenestrations. I mean, all that is so horrible it has to be temporary and aberrant, right? It has to be. But then again, remember how badly even those poster children for Arab sanity have been behaving lately.
—Todd Seavey can be found on Twitter, Blogger, and Facebook, daily on Splice Today, and soon on bookshelves with the volume Libertarianism for Beginners.
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New York Times Publishes Mark Winston Op-Ed
The New York Times has published an op-ed by Mark Winston about the decline of honeybees and the potential lessons this can teach us about human health and the potential for interactions between pharmaceuticals. In addition to being the Director of SFU’s Centre for Dialogue, Winston is a noted bee biologist and is publishing the forthcoming book, Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive, in October 2014 through Harvard University Press.
"Observing the tumultuous demise of honeybees should alert us that our own well-being might be similarly threatened. The honeybee is a remarkably resilient species that has thrived for 40 million years, and the widespread collapse of so many colonies presents a clear message: We must demand that our regulatory authorities require studies on how exposure to low dosages of combined chemicals may affect human health before approving compounds."
Read the full op-ed here: Our Bees, Ourselves: Bees and Colony Collapse
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Nintendo Switch Lite attached Joy-Cons bring back the D-Pad
Nintendo Switch Lite is taking away some features from its big brother, but the handheld device is adding back the D-Pad to its integrated Joy-Con controllers.
Asif Khan
Nintendo just announced the next addition to their Switch family of products, Nintendo Switch Lite. Many people are focused on the features from the original hybrid console that have been removed in this cheaper $199 model, but we think it is worth pointing out something that is being added to the device in this new form factor. The D-Pad has returned to the left Joy-Con. The Nintendo Switch Lite features integrated Joy-Con controllers and the Big N removed the directional buttons in favor of their classic D-Pad. This will be a welcome addition for platforming game fans.
The Nintendo Switch Lite removes some features that made its predecessor really stand out like the ability to dock and play on the TV or flip out the kickstand for some tabletop gameplay. The Joy-Con controllers also see the removal of HD Rumble force feedback as well as the IR sensor that is found in the detachable right Joy-Con on the original Nintendo Switch. Players will still be able to connect existing Joy-Con or Switch Pro controllers wirelessly, so some multiplayer games might work. While there are some drawbacks to the removal of these features, the lower $199 price point and portable form factor will likely make up for the compromises.
The original NES D-Pad changed gaming input devices forever.
Many Switch owners who play games in handheld complain about having directional buttons on the left Joy-Con. This is especially annoying in platforming games like Celeste or the recently released Super Mario Maker 2. Hori even made their own third-party Joy-Con that reintroduced the D-Pad, and it seems like Nintendo took notice. The integrated Joy-Con controllers in the Switch Lite device allowed Nintendo to take a look at a fresh design for input, and the return of the D-Pad is great to see.
Are you interested in this new Nintendo Switch Lite dedicated handheld device? Still on the fence? Head over to the official Nintendo website to compare Switch models to figure out which one is right for you.
Asif Khan is the CEO and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.
Asif Khan posted a new article, Nintendo Switch Lite attached Joy-Cons bring back the D-Pad
If this is the only decent D-Pad made by Nintendo during the Switch lifecycle I'm going to throw such a fit.
If they release a stand alone, fully featured, solo d-pad joycon, so many people would by it and keep it in their carry case or bag.
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Can I get the other half that only plays on TVs for $100?
I just want to play Nintendo games on my couch.
So is there no rumble at all? Or just no "HD Rumble" ?
the man with the briefcase
Nintendo PR is just saying no HD Rumble right now. I can reach out to confirm that there will be no force feedback at all.
If it can share my account, games and saves and has less clicky buttons I’d get one for bedtime gaming and occasional local multiplayer. Also seems like a decent attempt to woo the 5-10 year old demo away from tablets and phones
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Zoning overlay districts provide more flexibility for individuals proposing development in the City of St. Louis
Zoning Districts "A" through "L"
The Zoning Section of the Building Division reviews all building and occupancy permits for compliance with the Zoning Code Ordinance. The Zoning Code and the Official Zoning District Map shows the twelve (12) primary zoning Districts:
A Single-Family Dwelling District
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I Central Business District
J Industrial District
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Community Unit Plan
A Community Unit Plan (CUP) by applicant is a zoning overlay district that provides more flexibility than the City's individual ("A"-"L") zoning districts. A CUP must comprise a contiguous area of at least 15 acres. To initiate the process, applicants must own all of the property involved and submit a plan per CUP regulations (see link below) and a filing fee ($500.00 for the first acre, $250.00 for each additional acre or fraction thereof) to the City of St. Louis. The application will be reviewed by the City's Planning Commission and will require the approval of an ordinance.
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Form-Based District
A Form-Based District (FBD) is a zoning overlay district that is intended to enhance the vibrancy and atmosphere of a neighborhood or a commercial corridor by providing a cohesive urban form and character. An FBD is established by ordinance and can be initiated by the City's Planning Commission or a formal application process by an applicant.
Only those areas that meet three criteria are eligible to become an FBD -- a minimum geographic area of at least 15 contiguous acres; identification and documentation of a specific attribute or rationale of form-based zoning that would help the area to develop into its full potential and that is unavailable elsewhere in the City's Zoning Code; and documentation that the area exhibits at least one of the following characteristics -- is experiencing inappropriate development; is expecting or experiencing significant change in terms of development activity; or a desire to encourage a transformation of an area or to make general improvements to an area.
In addition, certain minimum requirements are mandated for an FBD, as detailed in Ordinance 69199. In the case of a formal application process by an applicant, the applicant shall schedule a pre-application meeting with the City's Director of Planning and the Zoning Administrator and submit a preliminary application at that meeting. Following that meeting, an applicant may submit its application to the Planning Commission along with an application fee of $500.00.
Further information on Form-Based Districts is available below.
Ordinance 69199 established the rules and regulations for establishing an FBD in the City.
Ordinance 69406 established the first FBD in the City -- the Central West End Form-Based District.
Ordinance 69689 rezoned one parcel -- 4054-66 West Pine Blvd. -- in the Central West End Form-Based District from NCT1 to NGT3, resulting in the amended boundaries of the NCT1 (Eastern Area) zone and NGT3 (Eastern Area) zone.
Ordinance 70788 rezoned one parcel -- 4117R West Pine Blvd. -- in the Central West End Form-Based District from NGT1 to NCT1, resulting in the amended boundaries of the NGT1 (Eastern Area) zone and NCT1 (Eastern Area) zone.
Ordinance 70732 established the second FBD in the City -- the Forest Park Southeast Form-Based District
Form-Based Zoning Enabling Legislation (Ordinance 69199)
Central West End Form-Based District (Ordinance 69406)
Rezoning of One Parcel - 4054-66 West Pine Blvd. (Ordinance 69689)
Rezoning of One Parcel - 4117R West Pine Blvd. (Ordinance 70788)
Current Central West End Form-Based District Regulating Plan
Forest Park Southeast Form-Based District (Ordinance 70732)
Current Forest Park Southeast Form-Based District Regulating Plan
Planned Unit Development District
A Planned Unit Development District (PUD) by applicant is another zoning overlay district that provides more flexibility than the City’s individual (“A”-“L”) zoning districts. The PUD intent by site plan review is to encourage the appropriate development of residential or commercial uses, or the combination thereof. There are no minimum site requirements for a PUD, but the proposed uses must be allowed in the “A”-“G” zoning districts. To initiate the process, applicants must submit an application and a filing fee ($500.00 for the first acre, $250.00 for each additional acre or fraction thereof) to the City of St. Louis. The application will be reviewed twice by the City’s Planning Commission (at two different stages of the review process) and will require the approval of an ordinance.
View and Download Planned Unit Development District Forms, Instructions & Regulations
Signage Plan Overlay District
A Signage Plan Overlay District (SPD) encourages creativity and flexibility in the design and display of signs in areas that meet "unique area" criteria. Adopted regulations are regulations that have been officially approved by the City’s Planning Commission. The adopted regulations for Signage Plan Overlay Districts by applicant provide information such as definitions, requirements and standards that may be useful to people applying to the Planning Commission for a specific Signage Plan Overlay District for a unique area of the City. To initiate the process, applicants must submit an application and a $300.00 filing fee to the City of St. Louis . The application will be reviewed by the City's Planning Commission and will require the approval of an ordinance.
View and Download Signage Plan Overlay District Instructions, Forms & Regulations
Special Use District
A Special Use District (SUD) is another zoning overlay district that provides more flexibility than the City’s individual (“A”-“H”, “J” & K”) zoning districts. A SUD must comprise a contiguous area of at least 2 acres. The Planning Commission may initiate a SUD in response to well-defined health, safety, moral and/or general welfare problems. The SUD will require the approval of an ordinance.
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A Catholic community of dedicated teachers, parents, and students.
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Students emerge from St. Martha with a robust, well-rounded education supported by technology. Students learn decision-making skills, develop high levels of literacy in language arts and mathematics, apply inquiry based experimentation and problem solving, and build understanding and appreciation for world history and culture. Our students are award-winners in visual and performing arts programs, they build lifelong habits of fitness, and they engage in a variety of high-quality extracurricular activities.
Our high-quality, early childhood preschool program provides an up-to-date, imaginative and stimulating learning environment in a well- equipped, child-centered school setting. We work to develop children’s knowledge and skills in all developmental areas – intellectual, emotional, social and physical.
In grades K-5, we partner with you to instill in your child a love of learning and a strong foundation to ensure their future success.
In grades 6-8, we challenge students to achieve academic excellence while building the confidence and independence they’ll need as they prepare for high school.
Data supports the educational benefits of arts as part of a well-rounded curriculum. That’s why students participate in art, music, library, P.E., Spanish and technology each week.
From iPads and Chromebooks to SMART and Clever Touch Boards and online learning curriculum, our teachers and administrators strive to stay on the cutting edge of technology as a way to enhance learning and prepare students for the future.
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St. Martha offers a multi-platform device media center, including iPads for all preschool and primary school classrooms, that serves 300 students at a time. In addition, middle school students are engaged in a 1 to 1 program with Google Chromebooks.
SMART Board™
SMART Boards™ (Interactive whiteboards) are provided in each classroom for grades Kindergarten through 5th grade as well as our Pre-School.
Some additional highlights include:
Sycamore Education, a web based school management and communication system provides a digital platform for communication between teachers and parents.
Online subscriptions such as MobyMax, IXL, STEM Scopes offer tutorial and enrichment programs for a variety of subject areas
Reading Counts, National Geographic curriculum
Our robust arts and humanities curriculum includes Art, Computer, Library, Music, Physical Education, and Spanish.
Technology opportunities outside of the classroom abound with participation in Coding Club, STEM and Robotics Club, and WRCK televised morning announcements.
Field trips taken each year to provide education outside of the classroom. These field trips include, Cedar Ridge for team building, 8th grade Chicago trip, 7th grade Indianapolis trip, 4th grade Frankfort trip, Safety City, and more.
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“When choosing a parish for my family, I was looking for a community that would fulfill our spiritual, educational, and social needs. St. Martha Church and School has been that for over 23 years now."
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You Can’t Beat the People
"My husband and I toured several parish schools in Louisville, and St. Martha stood out for its incredibly friendly staff and supporting culture. We felt the magic immediately."
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“The community and fellowship are amazing. My boys have made friendships and bonds they will treasure. Their educational experience has been wonderful and will help them with their transition to high school!”
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Family is the Best Word
"The teachers are really vested in the kids long after they leave their classes. Family is the best word to describe St. Martha and prepared is the best word to describe my son after his time there.”
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What Scientist Say About Quran
Written by:adminPosted on: May 26, 2019
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Each chapter is a fresh reminder that for nearly every accepted fact of Islam. a science or that it does what it promises to do. The idea is that by assessing the reputation of a given hadith’s.
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Hankin, a Muslim, said the genre “is concerned with climate change, science, race, with our place in the universe.” Scholars say interest in other worlds is as old as Islam’s sacred texts, which.
I’d attended an all-girls Catholic school before opting to study science at university. And people did have a lot to say. Divorce may be perfectly allowable according to Islam (the Prophet’s first.
Feb 27, 2017. Cognitive scientist Justin Barrett, for example, demonstrates that belief in. Say [ Prophet Muhammad], 'Who is it that saves you from the dark.
new scientific miracle of quran and sunna. Indeed, today statistics says that religion of Islam is in every place in the world. In a new study scientists said that there are some kinds of soil which can remove the most obstinate kind of bacteria.
Jun 22, 2013 · Quran 71:19 “‘And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out), 20 “‘That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.’” It is arguably beneficial for scriptural folk to hold on firmly to their beliefs, as after a merry go round, science usually gets to the point they were at.
Al-Qur'an, the main source of the Islamic faith, is a book believed by Muslims, to be of completely Divine origin. Muslims also believe that it contains guidance for.
It is not desirable for science to determine one's faith because Muslims believe in whatever is in the Qur'ān and hadiths regardless of what scientists say.
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She had never heard of Islam until Sept 11 happened. I really do think the fact that we’re such an uncurious people says a.
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Yes, humanity is encouraged to question whether or not the Quran is the. I don' t suggest you to blind-mindedly trust what the "scientists" say,
“But the reason I think that many of us knew that this was going to get worse is that we finally had a leader in the White House who publicly says Islam hates us, who fuels hate against Muslims, who.
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Dec 24, 2018. A French Teenager Turned the Bible and Quran into DNA and. of peace between religions and science," he said, adding, "I think that for a.
A Muslim woman who posed for a picture with anti-Islam protesters says she wanted to "combat their hatred with love and a smile". Shaymaa Ismaa’eel told Newsbeat: "The reaction to all this has been.
Finally, it must be clearly understood that the Qur'ān is not a book of science, The Prophet himself did not claim to be the author of the statements in the.
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In practice, scholars say the UAE has co-opted the term “moderate Islam” to pursue its political goals in. military and financial partnership,” Annelle Sheline, a political scientist at Rice.
Others argue that Islam has a strong tradition of reason, knowledge, and science, and that if Mohammed were around. you’re welcome to just say, "Happy Ramadan!" or "Happy Eid!" That’s not offensive.
In practice, scholars say the UAE has co-opted the term "moderate Islam" to pursue its political goals in the. military and financial partnership," Annelle Sheline, a political scientist at Rice.
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Abstract: Science is the branch of knowledge that deals with the. Index Terms: Science, Research, Quran. The Almighty Allah says in the Holy Quran; 35:43.
Above all, the main idea within the holy Quran is about guidance and exhortation. To say this is to basically dissociate the Quran from those claims that the book is of science. Should it be considered extravagant or represent a shameful act of ignorance to dispel.
All the latest stories, video, and articles on RealClearPolitics about Quran. Nothing is more satisfying than the conviction that your enemy lacks the ability to think. Melding modern science with the ancient beliefs found in faith is a problem.
It stresses the important position occupied in the Revelation by God’s emissaries, such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, the Prophets and Jesus, to whom they allocate a special position. His birth is described in the Qur’an, and likewise in the Gospels, as a supernatural event.
May 12, 2019 · Islam & Science. According to the Qur’aan, the fact that Adam was given knowledge is a mark of honor, and not the cause of his expulsion from Paradise. Hence, if one discusses Islam and science with Western thinkers, they tend to expect an argument similar to what they have in their own religious and cultural context.
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A renowned Christian apologist says the entertainment and media industries are blind to the realities of Islam – to their own detriment. Dr. Ravi Zacharias says America has often been caricatured as.
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The Quran preceded the modern science and said that there is a barrier between two seas that meet and that they do not transgress. The Meeting of Two Seas in the Bible: The Meeting of Two Seas or even the meeting of two rivers is not mentioned in the Old Testament.
Jul 22, 2015. Prof Thomas says that some of the passages of the Koran were written down on parchment, stone, palm leaves and the shoulder blades of.
“Mr. Baudet has been a scientist and an author of novels,” says Jan Eppink. “What you write in novels. "Seeing.
Embryology in the Qur’an. Such courses have their genesis in orthodox Saudi Arabia. The Saudis have spent considerable sums on medical conferences at which leading Western scientists are asked to confirm that Koranic verses, which seem vague to the layperson, are in fact specific predictors of modern science.
She added: "Islam says every single one of you wonderful people here today deserves to be killed." Those attending the rally were then told it was time for the world to come together against "the one.
Oct 1, 2017. Scientists did not know that the sky was a protected ceiling until the 20th century. Allah says in the Quran: And We made the sky a protected.
Such considerations are part of what gives the Qur’anic Revelation its unique place, and forces the impartial scientist to admit his inability to provide and explanation which calls solely upon materialistic reasoning." [Dr. Maurice Bucaille in his book: "The Bible, The Quran and Science" 1981, p. 18]
Really it should come as no surprise that the scientist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins. this arch-secularist wouldn’t have anything very complimentary to say about Islam either. Yet there is.
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I noticed another soundstage enhancement due to the stereo subwoofers: due to Cathedral regulations, I was forced to place the Calrec Soundfield mike some 15 feet above the conductor's head, meaning that some instruments—bass drum and timps—and the soloists were to the side. Conventionally, these are reproduced as coming from the extreme sides of the soundfield, ie, at the speaker positions. With the Sumos in circuit, these images came from beyond the SL600 positions and were stable. And the thwack from the bass drum at Letter 10 in the introduction now knocked off not only my socks but my Reeboks too.
Gerontius is the kind of work to bring an evening of classical listening to an end. It was therefore time to put some rock, or at least some electric jazz, on again. Richard Lehnert, aware of my erstwhile career as a bass guitarist, had lent me the live Miles Davis double album from 1982, We Want Miles (Columbia C2 38005). "Here," he whispered furtively, "Take this home. Tell me what you think of Marcus Miller."
What do I think of Marcus Miller? The man is a monster! And on this live album, the engineers have captured the sound of his Fender to perfection as he plucks, slaps, and punches the music from its fretboard. George Gershwin's "My Man's Gone Now," from Porgy and Bess, is metamorphosed into a precessing series of solos floating over Miller's exploring of what could be the ultimate bass-guitar riff (footnote 6). Surprisingly, the CBS engineers have captured a fair sense of the space around the instruments on this recording. Al Foster's drums, in particular, have a live feel to their sound which enables the SL600s, unassisted, to throw a convincing soundstage. Switch in stereo Samsons and that soundstage expands in width and depth; the additional octave of bass extension also adds both the right degree of live weight and a suitable "purr" to Miller's percussive tone, even though the quantity of LF information being put out by either subwoofer appears to be minimal.
However, I once again heard the slight lack of integration between the main speakers and the subwoofers, particularly on kick drum. (Oddly, it was much more noticeable in the second half of the Gershwin arrangement.)
I was still using a single stereo Polaris to drive both subwoofers, whereas Sumo recommends using a bridged Polaris, capable of delivering 375W into an 8-ohm load, for each Samson. I hadn't thought that I needed to do this: playing "The Power of Love" with the Krell flat-out resulted in the subwoofers handling just 6V RMS of signal, compared with 15V RMS for the main amp, well within the capability of a conventional Polaris. Nevertheless, I had another Polaris at hand, so it took no time at all to fix the system up as Sumo would like.
Time for another rock album—unlike classical music, that four-to-the-bar beat really shows up low-frequency idiosyncrasies. I reached for Jackson Browne's Lawyers in Love LP (Asylum 96-0268-1), mastered by Doug Sax and featuring a great sound. Again the producer and engineer have attempted to create a sense of space in what would otherwise be a totally artificial image. "Say It Isn't True" features "acoustic" drums with mighty kick-drum sound. Now, with the bridged Polaris amplifiers, the integration was considerably better. The drums had the necessary weight, the bass guitar the requisite degree of thunder, yet the delineation of depth within the soundstage was still excellent. The bridged amplifiers obviously were the way to go.
Back to "The Power of Love." Damn. The midbass was still not as tight as with the Celestions alone.
Time for some lateral thinking. The EQ built into Delilah is intended to endow it with a flat anechoic response to 25Hz. Yet my listening room, while not small, is still acoustically finite compared with an anechoic chamber. A factor which may be relevant is that it is of very solid construction, with adobe walls and a concrete floor. It is also smaller than the other two rooms where I have heard Samson-based systems: Randy Patton's own room, where he gets an excellent sound from KLH Nines; and Michael Harvey's listening room at Upscale Audio, where I heard them in conjunction with MartinLogan CLSes. Perhaps Samson would be strong enough on its own in my room, without the EQ. I switched the EQ out and sat down again to Huey Lewis at 100dB.
Got it! Now I had the weight and the coherence I want—no, need—from reproduced rock bass. Measurement-wise, the in-room bass roll-off moved up to –3dB at 25Hz, otherwise there didn't seem to be much change, the 40Hz band still being too high. Without the EQ, however, the enhancement of soundstage space was not so noticeable.
At the end of four weeks of living with the Sumo Samsons and Delilah, I am not sure ultimately how to rate this electronic menage à trois.
Samson is a well-thought-out, beautifully constructed subwoofer with excellent dynamic range and power handling, capable of true extension to below 25Hz. Its price is almost a bargain, considering the performance. Used in pairs, it enhances the spatial resolution of the main speaker system, as well as adding effective weight. It also raises the dynamic-range capability of the main speakers considerably. Freed from the need to reproduce either low-bass information or warp signals, the available headroom of the main amplifier is noticeably increased. This also clarifies the midrange performance of the main speakers.
Delilah is well-made and has obviously been designed by someone au fait with the system-integration problems presented by subwoofers. Its sound quality is very good, but does not, I feel, quite reach the standards set by the admittedly much more expensive components I regularly use. Time ran out before copy date, but I would like to try using Delilah just to tailor the signal for Samson and feed the main system via a passive first-order, high-pass network consisting of just an audiophile-quality series capacitor working in conjunction with the input impedance of the power amplifier. (My early experiments with the Janis ultimately let the main systems run full-range. Though this gave the most transparent sound, you do not get any midrange, headroom, or dynamic-range benefits from the use of the subwoofer.)
Against this must be set the problems I encountered in integrating the system, which, to be fair, are common to subwoofers in general. The exception is Sumo's choice of a reflex tuning for Samson, coupled with active equalization. This, I feel, makes the integration of Samson with the main speakers a little hard to optimize in less than large rooms where the subwoofers must be positioned relatively close to a wall. It also dictates having to change the bass-level setting, according to the record being played, a little more often than I like. (I am basically lazy.) Given the considerable peak excursion capability and the low intrinsic distortion of the JBL drive-unit used, I would have thought that a sealed-box loading would have been feasible.
There is also the point that, from the simplest configuration auditioned—Delilah, one Samson, one Polaris; total cost $1847 plus cabling—o the most complex—Delilah, two each of Samson and Polaris; total cost $3145 plus cabling—the user is faced with a relatively large entry fee to the world of the missing octave. Might he be better off replacing his current speakers with a true full-range loudspeaker?
The answer to that question will have to be up to the customer, though even the fully loaded Samson set-up is still competitively priced when compared with the Celestion System 6000 and B&W 801 Matrix, both of which offer similar low-frequency extension. But if he loves the sound of his existing speakers, particularly if they are limited-dynamic-range dipoles like Quad ESL-63s and MartinLogan CLSes, the Samson/Delilah combination will be well worth investigating.
One final note: at the end of the review period, I took delivery of a pair of Mark Levinson No.20 monoblock amplifiers. Retail price? $11,000. Within the dynamic-range limitation of the SL600s, I have never heard such bass definition and weight—well, mid-bass weight—from these speakers as when they were driven by the ML behemoths. Given the choice between this set-up and the Samsons and SL600s working in harness, if I had unlimited funds I would have to choose the former—if I never wanted to play organ recordings or that Gerontius again.
Footnote 6: I find this album fascinating on musical grounds: while truly a child of the 1980s, being totally electric and spawned by Miles from the best of funk, it echoes '50s small-group jazz, replacing the latter's ubiquitous piano vamping with chopping, block-chording electric guitar.
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I noticed the same thing..
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I noticed the same thing.. Ha!
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London (calling)
We are living in a time when musical anniversaries are as common as musical obituaries. Just as it seems a rock star dies every couple of weeks, there’s always some musical milestone being celebrated, usually around a classic album.
But I fell off my chair when today I read that it’s been exactly 40 years since the Clash released London Calling. Forty years. I felt old.
Scene one:
London Calling film clip. Somewhere in early 1980 my eyes were arrested. Sandwiched between an endless parade of multicolored, big haired and affected pop music clips, I see the grainy, shaky, black and white clip of the Clash playing London Calling. They’re on the banks of the Thames, on a freezing winter’s night, it’s pissing down rain, and the band’s playing as if to save themselves from drowning. What sort of a post-apocalyptic, dystopian scene is this? It looks like a war zone. By the end of the clip, this particular pacifist wants to join their mercenary army and fight whatever battle these guys are in the middle of.
Scene two:
It’s still 1980, and I’ve bought a copy of NME, and I’m reading a compelling cover story all about the making of the London Calling album. The article is a bit difficult to comprehend because it’s so far away from what I’ve always imagined recording an album would be like. The story outlines in great detail how the band’s eccentric producer, Guy Stevens, deliberately incited violence during the recording process. I imagined aural chaos. And I had to hear it.
Scene three:
A month later I’m at Coles Variety Store in Doncaster. In the days before barcodes, the LP records had price stickers on them. To help we poor, struggling, dole recipients afford the latest music, my mates and I would sometimes engage in what we called “price change”. This involved peeling off a low price sticker from one record and placing it over the higher recommended retail price sticker of a desired disc. We wouldn’t have called it shoplifting, but we also knew we had to be surreptitious when we set about manually adjusting Coles’ profit margin. My vinyl copy of London Calling still carries evidence of this particular subterranean economic activity. You see, it’s a double album, and I only knew one song on it, and it’s in the spirit of punk. Joe Strummer would have approved of my efforts, I’m sure.
London Calling is the White Album of my generation. The lead off, title track, contains The Best Opening Minute of a Double Album of All Time. Drums and guitars in military lockstep, pulsing a staccato rhythm. It’s an arrogant, arresting call to arms that after four decades has lost none of its punch. Some minimal bass filigree follows, then Strummer’s forcefully desperate vocals slap at your conscience like the last ever news bulletin.
Scene four:
Today, after reading the article about the 40 year anniversary of London Calling, I read the news about Boris Johnson’s overnight landslide election victory, and drew a line from Johnson to Trump to Morrison to Reagan to Thatcher. Here we are, again.
Scene five:
The ice age is coming
The sun’s zooming in
Engines stop running
The wheat is growing thin.
(I never felt so much like [singing the blues])…
Also see Smokie Dawson’s love letter to London Calling, at Almanac Music.
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Stephen Andrew is a psychotherapist, writer and musician. A former contributor to Rolling Stone Australia, Rhythms and Juke, he is also a multi-instrumentalist of The Stereo Stories Band. Guitar, bass, vocals, drums...
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The Clash were a hard hitting band, politically and musically. Their innovative use of both Rockabilly & Ska influences- two fervent, potent, exciting styles- means they will always be relevant.
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M-Audio Hammer 88
Controller Keyboard
Controllers > MIDI Controllers
By Nick Magnus
M-Audio’s Hammer 88 is a fully weighted 88-note keyboard with a very attractive price tag.
There are many computer-based MIDI musicians who need extensive real-time control over their software and hardware, typically in the form of a well-specified keyboard controller bristling with knobs, faders and buttons (and, of course, lots of LEDs). However, not everyone needs an all-singing, all-dancing keyboard controller, requiring only an 88-note weighted keyboard with a decent feel, and just enough additional features to perform a handful of basic/essential functions, so it would clearly make no sense to shell out big bucks for features that will never be used. With those requirements in mind, Hammer 88 fits the bill rather nicely.
Weighing In
The first impression on unpacking the Hammer 88 was how solid and well-built it is: there’s not a trace of plasticky cheapness here. Weighing in at 17.5kg, it would still be manageable to lift by one person even in a reasonably substantial flightcase. The front panel provides just five controls: one fader, two buttons, a pitch wheel and a modulation wheel (both sensibly mounted on a left-hand panel, not above the keys).
The rear panel is similarly minimalist: a USB connector, three footswitch sockets, and for when USB connection is not an option, an external wall-wart power input and a MIDI output. The Hammer 88 can run on USB bus power; since there is no on/off switch, the red glowing of the pitch and mod wheels are the only visual indication the unit is on. No additional drivers are needed for USB functionality — just plug in, select the Hammer 88 as a MIDI input device in your DAW and you’re ready to go.
Factory Configuration
The unit ships with factory default settings for the panel controls: the fader sends CC7 (volume), the two buttons send incremental +/- program changes, whilst the two wheels do what you’d expect, ie. pitch-bend and CC1 (modulation). The keyboard’s velocity response curve is preset as ‘hard’ (ie. a concave exponential curve), which will probably suit your average pianist, but may prove hard work for those used to a lighter, synth key action. There’s no way on the keyboard itself to reassign any of these functions, so M-Audio provide a freely downloadable app (Win and Mac OS), the Hammer 88 Preset Editor, to enable custom configurations.
The Hammer 88 Preset Editor, showing the fader assigned to Breath Control (CC2) and the Expression Pedal assigned to Expression (CC11). Both are transmitting on the Global MIDI channel (Ch1) across their full zero to 127 range.
The Preset Editor
Just fire up the Editor app, and as long you’re USB connected, the app and keyboard are ready to talk to each other. The first thing to note is that changes to the settings take no effect until you send them to the keyboard (File/Send Preset). However, the Editor app threw up an “error connecting to device” message when I attempted to send the changes I’d made. It transpired that the app wasn’t happy to share USB with my DAW (Sonar), so I had to close Sonar first, send the changes to the keyboard, then restart Sonar. That would be particularly annoying if you happened to be working on a DAW project that took a long time to load up, and very time consuming if you need to repeatedly make adjustments in the Editor and check what effect they’re having.
Given the limited controls, a good number of options are available. The fader, mod wheel, buttons and the three footswitches can all be configured to send a wide variety of messages ranging from notes, CCs, program changes and MMC commands. The message types available are appropriate to which controller you’re editing, so obviously you can’t assign the fader to send program changes (imagine trying to do that accurately!). Minimum and maximum values can also be specified for continuous controller values. The three footswitches can also be assigned to various functions, bearing in mind that the Exp (expression) is designed for continuous footpedals, and the Sustain and FS2 are for momentary footswitches. It should be noted that the fader, mod wheel and expression pedal can all be assigned to send Aftertouch messages — the keyboard itself is sensitive only to velocity.
Here, the keyboard is split into four non-overlapping zones, each transmitting on different MIDI channels. Zones 3 and 4 are also transposed downwards by one and two octaves respectively.As well as playing a single instrument across the full key range, the keyboard can be split into up to four Zones, each of which can transmit on separate MIDI channels, with its own octave and transpose settings. Zones can of course overlap each other to create layered sounds. The settings you make can be saved to file, thus a library of presets for different applications can be stored for future recall.
From within the Editor, seven key velocity curves are available to suit your playing style: Hard, Soft 1, Soft 2 and Linear are the four continuous curves, along with three fixed values of 64, 100 and 127. Being normally used to a 76-note semi-weighted keyboard, I personally found the Linear curve to be the most comfortable; its velocity response is smooth and comfortably controllable across the range, although I found accurately homing in on low values between one and 30 difficult to achieve predictably. The maximum of 127, whilst achievable, does require a little extra determination (see box).
The Hammer 88’s rear panel features quarter-inch sockets for sustain, footswitch and expression pedals, a MIDI out socket, a USB-B port and an input for the external power supply.As to the physical feel, it’s light enough to play fast, yet weighty enough to feel satisfying. Fast(ish) single-note repetitions are performable up to a certain speed, beyond that the keys can struggle to return quickly enough. The keys themselves have a smooth, shiny playing surface, which could make them potentially more slippery in sweaty conditions. A non-slip, faux ivory finish or even a simulated escapement action would have been nice, but such luxuries would no doubt have pushed the price up considerably. Nevertheless, the quality of this keyboard subjectively feels at least on a par with those on other more expensive instruments.
I found the Hammer 88 playing experience enjoyable, with a pleasing action that belies its low price. It won’t be of interest to MIDI power-users, but then that’s not its target market. It should appeal to computer-based pianists and those who primarily play piano, but make occasional forays into other MIDI instruments, or live players who want to dedicate one keyboard to play piano-oriented sounds. It would also make an excellent auxiliary keyboard for anyone who uses a shorter-scale synth controller as their main input device, but feels the lack of weighted keys and the full length scale. It also gives easier access to those awkwardly located sample library keyswitches, which always seem to be lurking well out of the range of a shorter keyboard!
There’s not a huge choice generally in 88-note weighted controllers, most being in the upper price echelons, so at around £380$400 the Hammer88 has precious little competition. Its closest rival is the Studiologic SL88 Studio Keyboard Controller, offering onboard programming, aftertouch and three programmable X-Y joysticks, it would appear to be the only other 88-note weighted controller in this price range. Aside from this, and notably cheaper, are the Nektar Impact LX88 and the M-Audio Keystation 88, but these are both semi-weighted keyboards.
Velocity Response Test
To get an idea of the kind of values generated by each velocity curve, I examined MIDI recordings of my playing performed with what is for me and weighted keys, a normal amount of physical effort. This may of course differ wildly from anyone else’s definition of ‘normal effort’! These were the results:
Soft 1: centred around mid 60s, average low 45, average high 90.
Soft 2: centred around upper 90s/low 100s, average low 60, average high 120.
Linear: centred around mid 70s, average low 40, average high 100.
Hard: centred around mid 50s, average low 30, average high 80.
Competitively priced.
Subjectively, a pleasing weighted keyboard action.
MIDI functions customisable with Editor app.
Pitch and mod wheels mounted on left hand panel, not above the keys.
Editor app may not share USB output with your DAW.
Presets not easily changeable in a live situation.
Keyboard is not sensitive to Aftertouch.
It may not bristle with MIDI control options, but if you’re looking for a decent 88-note weighted keyboard for piano-oriented duties and don’t want to break the bank, the Hammer 88 is a quality bit of kit for the money.
£379 including VAT.
www.m-audio.com
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Study Material and Summary of Best Seller NCERT Class 9th
Abhishek 29 Mar, 2015
Study Material of Best Seller (Summary, Character Sketch and Word Meanings)
Character Sketch
• John A Pescud: He was small man and not good looking. He was a travelling salesman for a plate glass company. He was very successful and had his salary raised twice in the previous year and his company was to give him few shares as well. In his view, plate-glass was the most important commodity in the world. He was hypocrite, mocks the stories of Best Sellers by calling them unrealisitic but in his real life, he himself followed a girl like hearo of some best seller and later marries that girl.
• Jessie Allyn was fine and pretty. She was the only daughter of Colonel Allyn belonging to the oldest family in Virginia. She was proud of her aristocratic lineage and rich mansion. She was observant and perceptive and was attracted to Pescud.
• Colonel Allyn: He was father of Jessie and retired colonel with a stern and strict face. He was angry looking man who rarely laughed. He had hobby of telling and listening to the stories from strangers and travellers who came to him.
Summary of the Chapter
One day, the narrator was on his way to Pittsburgh for business purpose by the chair-car. He was sitting on the chair No. 7. After a while, he noticed someone on the chair No. 9 When he saw him, remembered him at once. They both were old acquaintances and met after two years. His name was John A Pescud. He was reading the Best Seller ‘The Rose Lady and Trevelyan’. Pescud was a travelling salesman for a plate-glass company. He also believed that plate-glass was the most important commodity in the world.
Pointing towards the book he was reading, Pescud said that the novel dealt with an American hero who falls in love with a royal princess from Europe. He believed that such romances only happened in novels because in real life, any sensible fellow will pick out a girl from the same kind of status and family.
After mocking the imaginative content of the novel, Pescud informs the writer that professionally, he was prospering and he had also invested in real estate. On being asked regarding his love-interest, Pescud relates his personal experience. He was going to Cincinnati, when he came across a very beautiful girl, whom he wished to marry. He chased her wherever she went, crossing many stations and finally reached Virginia. She was escorted to a palatial mansion by a tall old man. Pescud stayed back in the village and discovered that she was the daughter of Colonel Allyn, who was the biggest and finest man in Virginia. He met the beautiful girl next day and tried to converse with her. He discovers that her name was Jessie and her father was the royal descendant of a renowned British family. She had been aware all along that Pescud was following her and warned him that her father would feed him to the hounds, if Pescud ever thought of a proposal. Nevertheless, nothing seemed to deter Pescud and with due ceremony, he arrives at the mansion. He was surprised to see that the inside of the palace was very impoverished with very old furniture. Colonel Allyn arrived in great style, despite his shabby clothes. Amidst talking of anecdotes and humorous occurrences, Pescud frankly put forth his proposal, giving all details of his business and family. He is accepted by Jessie and her family and the marriage had taken place a year ago.
Pescud had built a house in East End and the Colonel was also residing with him. He waited daily at the gate for Pescud to hear a new story. By this time, the train was nearing Coketown. It appeared to be a dull and dreary place and the writer questioned Pescud regarding his purpose of getting down at Coketown. Pescud told the writer that he was halting there to get some Petunias which Jessie had seen in one of the houses. Pescud invites the writer to pay a visit and gets down at the station. The train moves forward and the writer discovers that Pescud had left his bestseller behind. He picked it up and smiled to himself because Pescud’s own story was no less than a bestseller.
Terms and Meanings form the Chapter
• Tepidest curiosity – mild curiosity
• Swell - a wealthy person of upper class and fashionably dressed
• Alias – false name
• Principality – a state ruled by a prince
• Turkish pashas - a high official of the Ottoman empire
• Vermont - a state of north east US bordering Canade
• Clamdiggers - people who hunt for clams.
• Aristocracy - class of people of high social rank
• General prosperity - doing well
• For keeps – for ever
• Proposition – theory
• Contrived – forced
• Frazzled - worn out
• Garnet – red, semi-precious gemstone
• Clumsy – awkward
• Earl - a British nobleman between a viscount and a marquess
• Quadrille - a square dance for four couples
• Rattled - shaking briskly, confused, nervous
• Ragged - having a rough or uneven surface or edge
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Taylor White couldn’t choose between science and journalism—so she didn’t
“What’s your major?”
When Taylor White was entering college four years ago it seemed like an impossible question to answer. Should she build on a lifelong love of writing by majoring in journalism, explore a new interest in science sparked by her high school biology class, or perhaps follow her mother’s advice and pursue a steady career in the medical field?
White decided to come to Suffolk and use her analytical skills—which would serve her well in any of those disciplines—to conduct a methodical four-year investigation to find the right fit. The result of her college “experiment” is a career option she didn’t know existed: science writing.
Taylor White’s advice to new students: “Jump on every opportunity Suffolk offers. Try new things to clarify your interests and see what sticks.”
Careful research
White, Class of 2019, started as a journalism major with a biology minor, then flipped her declared major and minor as working with Suffolk professors intensified her interest in science.
She seized opportunities to learn outside campus with help from the McNair Scholars Program, working with horse shoe crab tissue as a lab technician near her Cape Cod hometown, studying bacteria in fruit flies and diabetic retinopathy in two Boston labs, and researching breast cancer at the University of Notre Dame through a fellowship funded by the National Science Foundation.
White joined the Suffolk Journal student newspaper, then started a science column during her junior year. She interviewed student researchers about projects like preparing astronauts for radiation on Mars and studying antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
“Working on those articles was my ‘ah-ha’ moment,” says White. “I saw the passion those students had for their research, and I realized my own passion wasn’t lab work. What I loved was learning about new discoveries and telling those stories.”
You can take the scientist out of the lab...
Realizing the “grind” of lab work wasn’t for her didn’t mean White’s experiment was over. To test her new hypothesis—that science writing might be her future—she needed to gather more information. Would writing about science provide the thrill of discovery she craved? Was it a viable career path that would satisfy the inquiries of her practical mother?
She continued writing for the Suffolk Journal, developed her own blog, and contributed STEM pieces to the Suffolk University Office of Public Affairs. On her podcast “The Suffolk Science Scoop” White and co-host Shelby Stubbs, Class of 2019, discuss hot topics in science while debunking myths.
After completing an editorial internship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, White landed a news and analysis internship with the PBS science program Nova. She enjoys the bustle of a news environment and the opportunity to connect with scientists from around the globe.
“This is the Chinese Year of the Pig, so the first story I pitched was about the PED virus that affects pigs. I read papers then emailed the authors for interviews,” says White.
She uses her background in basic science to find and research stories, then applies her talent for communication to present complex concepts in a way that a broader audience can understand and appreciate. White wants everyone “to be inspired and feel like they’re part of the scientific community.”
White attended the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Washington, DC.
Promising results
This winter White was awarded an undergraduate travel fellowship by the National Association of Science Writers to attend the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Washington, DC. Meeting other aspiring science writers, working with editors on a challenging piece, and networking with career professionals from prestigious national and international publications just felt right. It was confirmation that her exhaustive, and exhausting, search had been a success.
White will graduate in May with a BS in biology and minor in print journalism and enter New York University’s 16-month Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program this fall. After that her “dream job would be to travel for National Geographic, finding new species, promoting conservation, and documenting discoveries in a hands-on way.”
First, White has one more project to complete closer to home.
“I’m still hoping to finish up my Suffolk Journal series of interviews with all the Suffolk science professors. I will always appreciate the way they shared their time, interests, and findings with me. I would not have been able to make the decision to apply to science journalism schools without the encouragement and support from Suffolk professors, including Eric Dewar, Melanie Berkmen, Denyce Wicht, Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber, and mentors from my writing internships. They really played an instrumental role in furthering my interest in science journalism and pushed me to grow as a writer and science communicator.”
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Suffolk Performing Arts is home to a variety of outstanding student performing and art affinity groups who share their talents with the Suffolk community.
All student groups hold auditions at the beginning of the fall semester. All students are encouraged to audition.
The Aura
The Aura is Suffolk's Korean Dance troupe.
The Common
The Common is Suffolk's house band. They play all styles of rock music and host an annual show at the Hard Rock Cafe. Check out their first music video and their full performance opening for Post Malone at the Royale on their YouTube channel.
Fusion Dhamaka
Fusion Dhamaka is a group of dedicated dancers who perform K-pop with a Bollywood twist.
The Jazz Ensemble, formed in 2005, is comprised of talented vocalists and instrumentalists who all share a passion for music.
Musicians Network
Musicians Network is an initiative to bring Suffolk musicians together. Suffolk musicians perform, play together and have access to the resources musicians need. The Musicians Network is always looking for new musicians to join!
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Pasión Latina
Pasión Latina is Suffolk's Latin dance group! They perform on and off campus, hold regular social dance nights, and run workshops with other Suffolk groups to teach Latin dance.
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The Ramifications
The Ramifications are Suffolk's popular co-ed a cappella group. Formed in the spring of 2001 and composed of 12-15 students, this group quickly made a name for itself in the Suffolk community, the Boston area, and even around the Northeast. The group has a contemporary repertoire spanning everything from pop and rock to R&B and soul. The Ramifications have two albums to their credit: Voices in the Attic and If Maniacs Riot (You can buy this second CD in the Suffolk Bookstore for $12!). They're working on a brand-new CD now.
You can see the Ramifications at campus events including SpringFest, the Performing Arts Winter concert, and their annual A Cappella Festival. They also perform regularly with other a cappella groups throughout the Northeast and are available for private functions both on and off campus. Past appearances include singing the National Anthem at a Celtics game and a guest performance during a Valentine's Day segment on Fox 25 news.
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Rampage Show Choir
Rampage Show Choir sings and dances to pop songs, ballads, and modern show tunes. Rampage is New England's ONLY collegiate show choir and were the 2016 hosts of FAME Orlando, a national show choir championship series. They host auditions every year for all vocal parts and dance backgrounds. They also host an annual cabaret show and perform at a variety of Suffolk events throughout the year.
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Seriously Bent
Seriously Bent has earned a reputation as one of the funniest collegiate improv comedy troupes in the greater Boston area. Known for their quick wit and fun-filled, on-the-spot games, the group performs at Suffolk orientation and frequently at Boston’s Improv Asylum and ImprovBoston. They host an annual improv festival and perform every Thursday at 10pm in the basement of Smith Hall. Accolades include: 2005, 2006, and 2007 College Improv Champions, 2014 regional College Improv Tournament Champions. The team also has competed nationally in Chicago.
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The Performing Arts Office's newest group, Soulfully Versed is a coed a cappella group with soul!
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Suffolk Dance Company styles include hip hop, jazz, lyrical and modern and are professionally choreographed. The group performs each semester on and off campus, and at many Suffolk athletic games. Come see them and cheer on the Rams!
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The Union of Designers, Operators, and Technicians (UDOT) aims to nurture, educate, and grow both the number and abilities of student event technicians and designers in the Suffolk community, as well as to serve as a resource for any Suffolk event that needs technicians and designers. To this end, UDOT runs workshops and organizes backstage tours. Members also have staffed and consulted on many Suffolk events in many capacities, ranging from stage manager to lighting designer to sound designer.
Who's Askin'?
Who's Askin'? is dedicated to writing, producing, and performing original sketch comedy pieces. They have performed at Improv Boston many times. They hold several shows each semester, so keep your eyes peeled for times and dates!
W!CKED
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Editorial: Sisterhood
EDITORIAL-SISTERHOOD-587454
ONE day, two friendship agreements.
That was Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio's highlight yesterday when she signed separate agreements with Jinjiang City of China and the County of Kaua'i of Hawaii.
"The agreements we entered today show that Davao City is friends with everyone," Mayor Duterte-Carpio said after the signing of the sister city agreement with the Kaua'i County on Monday.
The sisterhood pact came after the visit of Kaua'i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. last year.
Earlier, the mayor signed a Letter of Intent with Jinjiang City of China for the establishment of a friendly relationship that is hoped to lead to a sisterhood agreement between the two cities in the future.
The signing was done in the presence of a Chinese delegation headed by Jinjiang City Deputy Mayor Li Zili.
Sisterhood agreements are long-term cooperative relationships between two cities or townships from different countries with the aim of cultural, educational, business, and technical exchanges.
At present, Davao City has sisterhood pacts with Nanning in China, Manado and Pekanbaru in Indonesia, Koror in Palau, Panama City in Panama, Vladivostok in Russia, Keelung in Taiwan, and Tacoma in Washington State, US. It has friendship pacts with Uijeonbu and Incheon in South Korea. And also has sisterhood agreements with Baguio, Manila, Cebu City, Bayugan, Cotabato City, Zamboanga City, Legazpi in Albay, Bacoor in Cavite, and San Juan, Metro Manila.
Many of these agreements, however, have not gone beyond the signing and initial exchanges. But that is because in a sisterhood agreement these exchanges have to be planned out and implemented to bring mutual benefit to both partners.
What if the city will push for these exchanges and ensure that benefits are derived from all these? How much will the city gain from these in terms of networking, cooperation, business, and the development of finer things like arts and culture?
With the city enjoying a popularity like never before, maybe it's time that the City exhaust everything it can harvest from such agreements to bring opportunities for its people. That should make for lively external relations, shouldn't it?
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Great Scott! Inventor hoverboards into the history books
Back to the Future-esque tech is actually here
Gadget nuts and adrenaline junkies, add this one to your Christmas list. One inventor has created what every 80s kid wanted when they first saw Back to the Future Part II. Yep, the hoverboard is a thing folks, and here's the proof.
Marty McFly and Doc Brown would be proud.
A Canadian inventor named Catalin Alexandru Duru has done the impossible, and built a fully-functioning hoverboard. Not only that, but he's also achieved a place in the Guiness Book of World records.
Duru is the first official person ever to break the Guinness World Records title for the farthest journey by hoverboard. To qualify for the record, Duru only had to fly a distance of 160 feet.
Well, he didn't do that. Instead, Duru smashed the record to pieces and managed a whopping 905 feet. The feat was performed over a lake in Quebec, with the Guiness Book of World Record reps filming the action.
The hoverboard is just a prototype at this point, but nevertheless groundbreaking. There aren't too many details regarding its design, but it looks like a series of propellers are affixed underneath for it to take flight.
Duru straps his feet in and changes direction by shifting his bodyweight. He said the hoveboard can be used anywhere, but he tests it over water because of how "dangerously high it can fly.”
Don't bank on it ever making it to market, but just try and enjoy the fact that hoverboards are actually possible. Gutted it's not on Amazon? Read our pick of the 10 coolest movie gadgets you can actually buy.
And be sure to watch the video below to see the record go down.
Sonic boom: understanding the Concorde-crushing supersonic jets about to fill our skies
A host of new supersonic commercial jets are incoming and they are faster and more advanced than ever
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8K TVs, robots, smart home gadgets, wearables, hearables, AI, and much, much more on the final day of CEATEC 2017
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CEATEC 2017 Day 1: AI robots, drones, and cloud computing are conquering Japan, while VR is still alive
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T3 visits Heineken’s Göss brewery and, yep you guessed it, we drink a dump truck load of beer
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T3 straps into Skyjet, the militarised single seat flying vehicle from Valerian
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More Sri Lankan troops leave on UN peacekeeping mission
More Sri Lankan troops leave on UN peacekeeping mission | Tamil Guardian
The Sri Lankan army has announced that yet another contingent of troops will leave on a United Nations peacekeeping mission later this month.
The troops will be part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and will include at least 10 officers and 140 other rankers, according to an official army website.
“Since the year 2010, Sri Lanka Army has so far dispatched 11 such contingents to serve in Lebanon at the request of the UNIFIL,” it added.
The departure comes after the commander of Sri Lanka’s army claimed their involvement in peacekeeping missions was an “endorsement that recognizes our professionalism at international level”, with another contingent of troops having left on a mission to Haiti in December. A lawsuit was filed in Haiti against the UN and peacekeeping soldiers, including Sri Lankan troops, by mothers of 'peacekeeper babies' seeking child support and paternity payments. At least 134 Sri Lankan peacekeeping forces are reported to have exploited children in a sex ring in the country, during a UN mission from 2004 to 2007.
The United Nations and the United States have previously stressed the need for accountability for sexual violence committed by Sri Lankan peacekeepers, but Sri Lanka continues to participate in missions.
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A driverless bus for tourist pickups on Clearwater Beach is in the planning for testing on Mandalay Avenue, according to the city.
The City Council agreed during a recent work session to write a letter of support for the demonstration of a 12-passenger, self-driving vehicle along Mandalay. The letter will be included in an application for a federal grant to run the project.
The federal government in December announced $60 million in grants to entities that test the “safe integration of automated driving systems” into the nation’s road systems.
The proposed test, a collaboration between the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, engineering firm Stantec and the city, would run between October and January, before the height of the winter tourist season kicks in.
The proposed one-mile test route would run a loop from the Pier 60 area north on Mandalay to Juanita Way. A technologist monitoring the onboard systems can grab the wheel to go around stopped delivery vehicles and avoid other mishaps.
Onboard cameras will constantly record surrounding traffic and all incidents.
The Clearwater police and fire departments are on it on the project, too and have discussed using a lot adjacent to Fire Station 46 at 534 Mandalay Ave. to serve as a staging area for the vehicle, which resembles a small, square bus.
The location provides electricity to recharge the vehicle at night and access to wireless Internet, which lets researchers download data collected by the vehicle’s systems during the day.
Wifi is vital to the driverless vehicle trials on public roadways. Two competing systems are being tested in the country: One would have driverless vehicles depending on sensors along the route to guide them; the other system constantly downloads data into the vehicle to avoid collisions and make such decisions as where to turn and where to stop.
There are limits to the vehicle’s abilities, however.
It runs about 12 mph, and to ensure it runs all day without a recharge, the route it follows can’t be longer than a mile and it also can’t negotiate the traffic circle on Clearwater Beach.
The buses can still get in accidents. That’s what happened on the first day the Navya bus was tested in Las Vegas, according to city officials.
A delivery truck driven by a human driver backed into the shuttle just a few hours after a city ceremony launching the test in November 2017.
According to extensive media reporting on the incident, no one on the bus or in the truck was injured. Las Vegas Metro Police cited the delivery truck driver, and said the French-built, self-driving vehicle was not at fault. City officials wrote that the “shuttle did what it was supposed to do, in that its sensors registered the truck and the shuttle stopped to avoid the accident.”
Driverless cars or autonomous driving vehicles are no longer a thing of the future. They were designed with cameras, sensors, artificial intelligence and algorithms to replace human drivers and eliminate human error, which is one of the leading causes of truck accidents, car accidents and bus accidents. However, like everything else, nothing is perfect and these driverless cars can be involved in collisions. Because driverless car accident lawsuits are relatively new, these claims involve thorough investigation to determine liability and a tenacity to initiate a new venture when it comes to pursuing justice for accident victims.
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You are here: Home / Residential Real Estate & Developers / RE/MAX Alliance Group Agents Make the REAL Trends America’s Best List
RE/MAX Alliance Group Agents Make the REAL Trends America’s Best List
July 21, 2019 by Press Release
RE/MAX Alliance Group associates and teams on the Florida Gulf Coast have been ranked among America’s Best Real Estate Professionals.
Published by REAL Trends based on 2018 home sales, the rankings represent the top one-half of 1 percent of the 1.4 million licensed real estate professionals in the United States.
In the North Port/Sarasota/Bradenton Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), among teams by closed transaction sides, the Kathy Damewood Team in the Englewood office ranked #1, the Stiver Firth International Team in the Englewood office ranked #2, the Brewer Team in the Sarasota office ranked #3, the Sandra Newell Team in the Englewood office ranked #6, the Finney Team in the University Park office ranked #13, and Team Richard Capps in the Bradenton office ranked #14.
Among teams by closed sales volume, the Brewer Team in the Sarasota office ranked #6, the Stiver Firth International Team in the Englewood office ranked #11, the Travis Group in the Bradenton office ranked #15, the Glenn Brown Team in the Sarasota office ranked #19, and the Finney Team in the University Park office ranked #20.
In the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater MSA, Ann Marie Vaughan in the Riverview office was ranked as one of the top individual agents for both transaction sides and sales volume. In addition, the Jennifer Fieo Team in the Riverview office was recognized as one of the top teams for transaction sides.
“We are pleased to see so many RE/MAX Alliance Group associates on the REAL Trends America’s Best list,” said Peter Crowley, Broker and Co-Owner. “It is gratifying to see RE/MAX Alliance Group agents dominating their local markets. Congratulations, team!”
RE/MAX Alliance Group is the #1 RE/MAX franchise in Florida and the #15 RE/MAX franchise in the United States. It is the #1 office in Florida for contributions to the Children’s Miracle Network. The company now offers residential and commercial real estate solutions throughout Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. For more information, please visit https://www.alliancegroupfl.com.
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Amazon Echo Show review: This is the best Echo (but it’s also the most expensive)
Adding a display makes Amazon’s smart speaker even better, but it also balloons its price tag.
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Amazon Echo Show
The Echo Show is not just Amazon’s best smart speaker, it’s the most capable mainstream smart home assistant on the market. An Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor and a 7-inch color touchscreen pumps its price tag up to $230, but the display is worth the added cost to have at least one in a smart home with other Echo speakers. And the Show’s eight-element far-field mic array is stronger than the ones on Amazon’s other Echos, which for me eliminated the need to have an Echo Dot in an adjoining room.
Amazon takes full advantage of that display, providing not just useful visual feedback, but also an in-home intercom—with video, if two Echo Shows are used—and a VoIP-type videophone system. I’ll elaborate on the intercom feature shortly. The videophone service is a great way for families to stay in touch—especially grandparents who live far from their grandchildren—but video requires both parties to have Echo Shows (you can make voice-only calls between other Echo models).
That could be expecting a lot from grandma and grandpa unless they’re tech savvy or you’re willing to set it up for them (a task distance will make doubly difficult). While that limitation takes a lot of the sizzle out of the proposition, it’s not much different than Apple requiring both parties to use an iOS device to make use of Facetime.
The Echo's new Drop In feature enables conference calls between two Echos, including video on Echos with displays.
Amazon’s new Drop In feature is even more compelling. This enables two Echo devices to operate as a wireless home intercom. You simply say “Alexa, drop in on the Kitchen” (or whatever you’ve named the Echo you want to use) and a two-way communication session will start. With Echo devices that have screens (the Echo Show and, I assume, the new Echo Spot when it ships), you’ll get a two-way video intercom as well as audio. I tried this with a pair of Echo Shows operating on a Linksys Velop-based home network and it worked great.
As cool as that is, I can’t say the Echo Show has a fabulous touchscreen. The colors in the digital photos I displayed on it were somewhat muted, its resolution tops out at just 1024x600 pixels, and visual quality suffers when viewed off axis. It is responsive to touch, however, and it will save you from the need to pull out your smartphone to get information such as the current time and weather (accompanied by line drawings depicting the sun, clouds, or rain). Set a timer, and the Show will display a countdown, so you can see at a glance how much time is remaining. Link your calendars to your Alexa account, and the display will scroll through your upcoming appointments. Arrange for an Uber and you’ll get visual updates as to when your ride will arrive.
You can also display photos you’ve uploaded to Amazon’s cloud storage service (you can get 5GB of free storage or unlimited photo storage if you’re an Amazon Prime customer). Once you’ve uploaded your photos, you can identify the people in them, organize them into albums, and then ask Alexa to show all your photos of a particular person, photos in a specified album, or photos that were shot during a stated time frame.
The movie and video experience
You can also watch movies and TV shows on Amazon Prime Video, although I don’t imagine many people will want to do that on such a small screen—there’s no video output, so you can’t connect the Show to your big-screen TV. You can request specific titles (“Alexa, show me Transparent,” or even “Alexa, show me Transparent, season one”). The titles, or TV episodes, appear in numbered boxes. To play the title or episode you want to watch, you say “Alexa, play one” or whatever number the box is labeled as.
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Don't let the absence of a power cord in this picture fool you. The Echo Show does not offer the option of running on battery power.
With both music and video, you can use voice commands to play and pause, adjust volume, fast forward and rewind, skip forward and back, and so on. All this worked just fine on two of the Echo Shows I got in for review, but a third unit refused to cooperate—at least not with videos. It would pause for a second or two, and then just go back to streaming as if I’d never interrupted it. I’ve reached out to my Amazon contact about this and will update my review when I get a response.
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If the manufacturer of your home security camera offers an Alexa skill, you can also view the camera’s video stream on the Echo Show. This feature works with popular cameras from Nest, Logitech, Ring, EZviz, and others. It also works with the security cameras—including the video doorbell—in the Vivint smart home system that I use.
It’s so much more convenient to just ask to see what my security cameras can see than it is to pull out my phone and call up an app. There is one caveat, however; if your broadband connect has a slow uplink—as mine does—there can be a bit of a delay between when you ask to see the video feed and when it appears on Show. But I have the same problem when viewing those feeds on my smartphone.
What it’s like to play music on the Echo Show
It’s no contest: This is Amazon’s best-sounding Echo. It’s the only one that comes close to delivering good sound, and like all other Echos, you can connect any Bluetooth speaker if you find it inadequate. This is the only Echo, however, to not also include a 3.5mm auxiliary output.
The Echo Show’s bulky design—it’s 3.5 inches deep at its base—allowed Amazon’s engineers to put in a pair of 2.0-inch full-range speakers aided by Dolby DSP algorithms. It’s not an audiophile product by any stretch of the imagination—it would sound even better with discrete woofers and tweeters—and many people won’t want to rely on it alone for music reproduction. But the Show does deliver respectable dynamic range and it can get pretty loud. You can stream music from Amazon Music, Spotify (paid accounts only), iHeartRadio, Pandora, TuneIn, and SiriusXM. But you can’t connect Tidal or Deezer, which offer the option of streaming music encoded in FLAC.
Perhaps more importantly, you can’t stream any media from a server on your own network. If you want to stream your own music library, you’ll need to do it over Bluetooth or upload the files to Amazon’s music service. But you’re limited to uploading 250 tracks unless you pay for an Amazon Music storage subscription, in which case the limit increases to 250,000 tracks.
The Amazon Echo Show looks particularly good in white.
There are more caveats you’ll want to be aware of: You won’t need to convert files from one format to another before you upload them (from FLAC to MP3, for instance), but you’ll get compressed files when you stream them back (Amazon will convert them in the cloud to either MP3 or AAC. And it will do that only if it can match the track to one in its library. If you have rare bootlegs or recordings of your own, you’re out of luck.)
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On the bright side, you’ll be treated to a display of album art with the music, and you can even ask the Show to display the lyrics for the current song. This latter feature, however, seems to be available only with Amazon Music—not Spotify or any of the other services you can link to your account.
Worthy of your cash? Absolutely
Priced at $229.99, the Echo Show isn’t exactly cheap. But it delivers plenty of value, and at press time, Amazon was offering a $100 discount to shoppers who buy two at once. This is the first time Amazon has offered a lower price on the Show, however, so that offer might not last.
As I found with the very first Echo, once I had one, I wanted multiples—especially for the video intercom feature. And the video calling feature is good enough that my adult kids can look forward to receiving one for the holidays. You’ll doubly appreciate the Echo Show if you have a compatible smart home system. I’ve always liked the idea of having my smart home user interface on my TV—the biggest screen in my house—but the Echo Show lets me have it on multiple screens in my house. This is particularly great for monitoring my home security cameras. I don’t have to go to one room to visually interact with my system, and the Echo Show experience is far superior to pulling out my smartphone.
Finally, the Echo Show is the only Echo that I’d remotely consider for a multi-room audio system—I really like the lyrics features and wish it was available with more services. But the Echo Show’s native audio capabilities don’t hold a candle next to my Sonos components, which will soon gain Alexa skills of their own with the launch of the Sonos One. We'll publish our review of that product soon.
Bottom line: The Echo Show isn't great at everything, but it will make a fantastic addition to any home.
This is the best Echo by far, and the only one we'd consider recommending for music reproduction. But its true value lies in its smart home capabilities.
Everything we like about Alexa, plus visual feedback
A 7-inch touchscreen display
Video calls and an in-home video intercom (two Echo Shows required)
Can't stream media from network storage
No video our aux audio output
Smallish 7-inch display that's limited to 1024x600 resolution
Michael covers the smart-home, home-entertainment, and home-networking beats, working in the smart home he built in 2007.
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"Rise" Actor Ellie Desautels Opened Up About Representation of Transgender People on TV
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“Michael's story isn't about him figuring out he's trans or his transition."
By Elly Belle
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It’s long been the case that a majority of LGBTQ representation in the media, shows, and movies is largely white and male. Even when it isn’t, accurate representation of people who identify as non-binary and transgender seems to be lacking. Even worse than how little representation there is, transgender characters are also not often played by transgender people themselves. Fortunately, there’s one show that’s hitting the scene and looking to change that — the new NBC drama Rise, which premiered on March 13, features actor Ellie Desautels.
Ellie is a a non-binary, trans-masculine actor who plays the main character, Michael, a transgender high school student. Following the premiere of the new show, GLAAD’s director of transgender media and representation, Nick Adams, sat down with Ellie to talk about Rise and transgender representation.
In their conversation with GLAAD, Ellie said they were drawn to the character of Michael because of the fact that the creators of the show were seeking actual transgender people to portray a transgender character, which doesn’t happen often enough in Hollywood.
“The plot was interesting and gripping, and of course the character description for Michael resonated with me deeply, but what ultimately made me want to play Michael was knowing that the creators were auditioning transgender actors and wanted to ensure that Michael’s story was portrayed authentically,” Ellie said. “It was so exciting to think that I could be actively involved in improving trans representation on TV, considering it is my other passion. That I could act and improve trans representation at the same time? It certainly felt like the job for me.”
Ellie also found that playing Michael on the show allowed them to connect strongly with their own identity.
“I identify as non-binary and I also strongly identify as trans-masculine, which to me means that I have a strong connection to my masculinity. My trans experience had a big influence in the development of Michael. I was also inspired by trans teens I had the pleasure of speaking with through Facebook. But I can only ever know my own experience. I can't replicate someone else's,” Ellie said. They also mentioned labels, and explained that, “Michael and I coexist in the same trans experience, but we use different terms to label it. Plus, Michael is more than his gender identity, and our high school experiences are pretty similar! I was once a teenager doing high school drama, and I was a teenager who loved to sing. So a lot of Michael came from who I am as a person and from my teenage human experience.”
Because it can be difficult to go on auditions as a transgender or non-binary person, some people might be forced into roles that thrust them into a binary gender they may not feel comfortable with. Fortunately, Ellie has been able to try out for roles that match their gender identity most closely, and they say that so far they’ve only had good experiences with auditions and casting directors. But that's not the experience Ellie has heard from others.
“I've heard other stories from trans women and trans-feminine people about their not-so-good experiences. Many of them were weren't considered for transgender roles because they ‘don't look trans enough,’" Ellie said. "That idea, that trans characters need to look a certain way, rules out many trans artists. It also devalues us as people by saying trans people must ‘look trans.’”
“We need roles written for everyone – and casting directors should then know how to cast those roles accordingly,” the Rise actor said.
Ultimately, the actor revealed that one of the best things about the show is that the audience gets a chance to see a transgender character as more than their gender identity.
“Michael's story isn't about him figuring out he's trans or his transition. When the show starts, his parents know and he's already attending school as Michael. Part of Michael's story is about the obstacles that real trans youth face, but Jason and the writers also put Michael in situations that any teen can relate to,” Ellie said.
Ellie said they hope the show can help to remind viewers that transgender people are not defined by their gender identities.
“We are human and experience life in all its complexities," Ellie said, "just like everyone else.”
Related: Actors Release PSA About Transgender Representation in Hollywood
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Microsoft and Yahoo! rumoured to be close to sealing search deal
Microsoft is rumoured to be close to finally sealing a deal to buy Yahoo!'s search business, according to leading technology blogs.
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By Rupert Neate
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A host of respected technology blogs have reported that several Microsoft executives have flown to Silicon Valley to hammer out the final details of the deal which would see Microsoft take charge of Yahoo!'s search engine business.
Sources told Kara Swisher's All Things Digital blog that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, is deeply involved in the talks.
The terms of the deal remain unclear, but investment website 24/7 Wall St said Yahoo! would be paid $3bn (£1.8bn) upfront and collect a share of advertising revenue. 24/7 Wall St reported a source at ThinkEquity, an institutional investor, saying the deal was "imminent".
Carol Bartz, Yahoo!'s chief executive, has said she is open to the deal if Microsoft offered "boatloads of money" and in May confirmed the companies were holding discussions.
Yahoo's former chief executive, Jerry Yang, turned down Microsoft's offer to buy the whole of Yahoo! for $44.6bn (£27bn) last year.
Google and IBM record second-quarter profit rises
The companies are seeking ways to compete with Google, which this week reported a 19pc increase in profits to $1.4bn (£851m).
Google dominates search in the US with about 65pc of the market. Yahoo! and Microsoft are second and third with 19.6pc and 8.4pc respectively.
"Separately they're only fighting each other, instead of winning from Google," said Jack Neele, from investment bank Robeco. "They've got to do something together."
Both Microsoft and Yahoo! refused to comment.
More details are likely to emerge when Yahoo! announces quarterly results next week.
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High end, not high price: Sara Sells furniture warehouse is your new home decor haven
Find discounted high-end furniture, similar to RH, Pottery Barn and West Elm, at monthly Sara Sells warehouse sales.
High end, not high price: Sara Sells furniture warehouse is your new home decor haven Find discounted high-end furniture, similar to RH, Pottery Barn and West Elm, at monthly Sara Sells warehouse sales. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/shopping/ms-cheap/2019/07/12/nashville-furniture-stores-discount-sales-sara-sells/1622891001/
Mary Hance, Nashville Tennessean Published 6:00 a.m. CT July 12, 2019 | Updated 9:07 a.m. CT July 12, 2019
I love an unlikely success story.
Sara Sells, a monthly sale offering high-end furniture, home decor, lighting, rugs and more at 40%-60% off retail pricing, is just that.
Started by Sara Young, a mother of four who had no previous furniture or retail experience, this quality-focused shopping event that runs only eight hours a month in a rural warehouse with no air conditioning is not your everyday business model.
Inside the College Grove warehouse, you will find large contemporary dining tables, leather and upholstered sofas, bar stools, light fixtures, lamps, pillows and rustic wood-framed art.
The style of Sara Sells inventory is similar to what is available at RH, Pottery Barn or West Elm.
"We do not have those brands, but a lot of what we have comes out of the same factories," Young said. "The look is the same."
Sara Young, owner of Sara Sells, shows off her warehouse where she holds her popular monthly sales. (Photo: Mary Hance / The Tennessean)
When the doors open for the sale each month, hundreds of eager shoppers are waiting in line and are let in about 50 at a time. Most weekends attract 900 to 1,200 shoppers over the two-day sale, Young said.
"The model is to keep our overhead low," Young said.
There is back stock of many of the offerings, along with some one-of-a-kind pieces.
Furniture at discount prices
Make no mistake, Sara Sells is not a place to buy a $200 sofa or a $150 dining set.
The savings are relative. For example, there was a $2,899 leather sofa similar in style to one you might see at RH for $5,000 or more. The upholstered sofas, which are among the best sellers, range from $989 to $1,599.
"Our price range on dining tables is approximately $599 to $1,599 for rectangular styles ranging in length from 70 inches to 126 inches. The largest table we’ve had was 134 inches long ($1,799). The compared retail price point is, on average, at least twice our price," Young said.
"It is not cheap quality for cheap pricing. It is high quality for much less," she said, explaining their "goal is to keep overhead low by opening once a month, operating out of a warehouse and purchasing directly from manufacturers so we can pass the savings on."
Sara Sells is a monthly sale offering high-end furniture, home decor, lighting, rugs and more at 40%-60% off retail pricing. The next sale is July 20-21. (Photo: Mary Hance / The Tennessean)
Jenny Elzen, who is furnishing a house for her family in Nashville after moving from a smaller home in California, shopped the June sale and said the Sara Sells merchandise "is close to Restoration Hardware but at half the cost."
"We bought an 88-inch sofa for $1,400, and it would have been double that at other places. The prices were significantly lower, and we really liked the look. We will be back," Elzen said.
Quality is first
"Everything is first quality. We like it that what we have are not leftovers or things the manufacturers no longer wanted. We pick all of this ourselves," Young said.
"What I go for is the look, the price point and the comfort. And going to furniture shows like we do, we get to try it out, feel it and sit on it. And we want people to be able to do that here, too.
"Another perk of our store is that customers can take their pieces home the same day. Most higher-end furniture stores typically order large furniture pieces, which generally takes 12 to 14 weeks."
How Sara Sells got its start
In 2016, as a stay-at-home mom with a toddler and some extra time, Young, now 38, said she "stumbled upon" a warehouse in Lebanon that held auctions for furniture and furnishings.
"I bid on benches, headboards, chairs," said Young, who bought a truck and started buying pieces to store in her Franklin garage while selling them on Craigslist and buy-sell-trade sites.
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"It was just for the fun of it, just a little something to do. I told my husband that the worst-case scenario would be that what I sold would at least cover the truck payment," she said.
But the business took off.
Sara Sells' following grew from her 10-person online group to 35,000 followers today on Facebook, Instagram and the initial group.
Nowadays, Young and her husband, Jim, who joined her in the business 18 months after she started, go to six furniture markets every year and buy from multiple vendors.
Two years ago, they moved the business from their garage to the 6,000-square-foot warehouse in College Grove. They also have an adjoining storage area, which they hope to use for future expansion, possibly adding outdoor furniture and bedroom pieces to the mix.
Food, music and more
Young says they try to make sale days exciting. There are food trucks, music and a "high energy" atmosphere, heightened by the fact the sales are open only two days per month.
"We like that it has a level of excitement and urgency to shop," she said. "We never aspired to be a retail store. There are plenty of good retailers out there."
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What to know about Sara Sells
The Sara Sells warehouse does not have heat or air conditioning. There are fans.
There is delivery service that you can get for $150 within 30 miles.
All sales are final, so bring your tape measure and be sure to inspect items carefully before purchasing. Even with the no return policy, the Youngs say they stand by their merchandise.
Sara Sells accepts cash and credit cards.
No presales.
They offer alternate pickup dates.
Sara Sells is celebrating its two-year anniversary at the Aug. 17-18 sale.
Sara's mother, Ann Opperman, works the door, letting in about 50 people at a time.
Don't miss the clearance corner, where everything with red dots is 30% off.
The July sale is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 20 and 1-4 p.m. July 21 at the warehouse at 8436 Horton Highway in College Grove.
Sara Sells shares some of its profits with the nonprofit Mercy Multiplied, a free program that helps local women with life-controlling issues.
Details: sarasells.com or follow the sales on Facebook and Instagram @sarasellstn.
Reach Ms. Cheap at 615-259-8282 or mscheap@tennessean.com. Follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/mscheap, and at Tennessean.com/mscheap, and on Twitter @Ms_Cheap, and catch her every Thursday at 11 a.m. on WTVF-Channel 5’s “Talk of the Town.”
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Thursday, Oct 24, 2019 03:36 PM
Titans Veteran LB Wesley Woodyard Lauded By Coaches, Teammates for His Selfless, Winning Approach
Jim Wyatt
Donald Page
NASHVILLE – Wesley Woodyard started every game he played in over the previous two seasons with the Titans.
Since joining the team in 2014, he'd been a regular starter until this year.
Yet when this season started, Woodyard found himself in a reduced role behind surging young linebackers Rashaan Evans and Jayon Brown. During the first six weeks of the season, he played primarily in extra linebacker packages, and on special teams.
Woodyard didn't complain.
Then, when Brown was sidelined with an injury on Sunday against the Chargers, Woodyard got his first start of the season.
And he stepped up and made the biggest play of the game when it mattered most. It was Woodyard who stripped Chargers running back Melvin Gordon of the football before he crossed the goal-line in the closing seconds, and defensive lineman Jurrell Casey recovered it in the end zone to preserve the win.
And it was a perfect example of Woodyard's winning approach, as if anyone needed a reminder.
You see, there's a reason why Woodyard has been voted a captain by his teammates every season since he entered the NFL back in 2008 with the Broncos. Woodyard was also a captain in high school and at the University of Kentucky.
"I told him one day a couple of weeks ago that he may be the best pro I've ever been around, and I have been around some great ones," Titans defensive coordinator Dean Pees said of Woodyard. "He has handled everything with class, and with dignity. He prepares like he is going to play, and when he does play, he is prepared to play. He is great for the younger guys in the room … and he is a great role model for all the guys on defense.
"I can't say enough good things about Wood – he is a dream to coach."
“He’s a dream to coach.”@Titans DC Dean Pees with some high praise for veteran @WoodDro52. pic.twitter.com/qZig9zcXJ6
— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) October 24, 2019
Woodyard finished Sunday's game with seven tackles, one week after racking up eight stops and a sack while stepping in for an injured Brown in Denver.
Brown has returned to practice this week, and he's expected to be back in the starting lineup on Sunday against the Buccaneers.
While on the sideline Sunday, Brown cheered for Woodyard the same way Woodyard has supported him. A third-year pro, Brown called Woodyard's instinctive play one of the best he'd ever seen.
"He is a great professional, a great player, and a great person as well," Brown said of Woodyard. "I look up to him and I watch how he interacts with the guys on the team and the coaches. He's a great leader and hopefully I can get to that level one day."
Woodyard said he'll always be prepared, no matter his role.
And he appreciates the compliment Pees gave him during a Saturday night pregame speech in front of the team.
In 12 NFL seasons, Woodyard has played in 171 career games, and he's now up to 1,050 tackles, 28 sacks, and eight forced fumbles.
"It means a lot, what Dean said, because he has been around a lot of guys I look up to," Woodyard said. "I will take that compliment and cherish that moment he gave me for the rest of my life.
"I just want to come in here every day and work hard and get my teammates better. I control what I can control and not worry about any other situation. … Overall, I am here to do a job and I have to do a great job with whatever I am doing, whether that is on special teams or whether that is starting on defense. But at the end of the day you have to go out there and make those plays."
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LaCie d2 Thunderbolt 3 And Rugged Debut at CES 2017
By Paul Alcorn 2017-01-04T16:55:00Z
LaCie, which serves as the premium consumer arm of Seagate's product line, debuted two new products designed by Neil Poulton.
d2 Thunderbolt 3
The d2 Thunderbolt 3 makes the step up to a dual Thunderbolt 3 connection and also features a USB-C port. Like its Thunderbolt 2-equipped predecessor, the unit supports a dual connection that allows you to daisy chain two 4K displays, one 5K display, or up to six d2 enclosures.
The d2 also brings up to 10TB of capacity to bear, which eclipses the previous limitation of 8TB, and it also comes in 6TB and 8TB options. The enclosure packs the enterprise-class 7,200-RPM Seagate Barracuda Pro HDDs. The single drive provides up to 240MBps of throughput, which is a slight increase over the previous-generation drives. Of course, the HDD isn't suitable for random access. The previous generation offered an SSD upgrade path, but there is no mention of that option with the new model.
The svelte aluminum unibody can be a bit misleading, because the enclosure uses an external power supply, which isn't pictured. The unit features a Kensington lock, which would be helpful in an office environment.
LaCie includes a 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cable, along with a USB 3.0 USB-C to USB-A adapter cable. All capacities come with a 5-year warranty and start at $430. The drives will be available worldwide this quarter.
LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt USB-C
LaCie's Rugged Thunderbolt USB-C drives are designed to stand up to not only rough-and-tough use but also the elements. LaCie claims the drives can withstand the force of being run over by a 1-ton car, a 6.6-foot drop, and dust and water (IP54-rating). The drives also support AES 256-bit software encryption.
The Rugged series features a USB-C connector and supports up to Thunderbolt 2 speeds.
The rugged drives come in both SSD and HDD flavors. The SSD models come in 1TB and 500GB capacities and offer transfer speeds up to 510MBps. The HDD models top out at 130MBps and use the Seagate BarraCuda drives. They come with 2TB, 4TB, and 5TB options, and prices start at $250. The drives will be available worldwide this quarter and carry a three-year warranty.
knekker 04 January 2017 20:32
where's all the external ssd TB3 drives at???
*ssd TB3 usb 3.1 type c
wifiburger 05 January 2017 00:08
right... not touching any of that, in about 4 years it's going to be dirt cheap !
got my WD external 3TB usb 3.0 cheaper then the OEM 3tb hardrive,
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Tonbridge Together
School and Home
Chapel Life
In the belief that education should be a shared enterprise, we greatly welcome and encourage the close involvement of parents with the school – in all aspects of their son's work, activities and progress at the school, and also with the corporate life of the school in a wider context.
Free and frequent communication between school and home is essential to that end and parents are warmly invited to attend a wide variety of school events and functions.
The immediate and main link between school and home is a boy's Housemaster. Most parents establish a close and friendly relation with their son's Housemaster early on (often before their son joins the school) and it is hoped that parents will always feel free to contact the Housemaster by telephone or e-mail if there is any matter they would like to discuss with him.
The Housemaster likewise will contact a boy's parents if there is any cause for concern or need for consultation. When important choices have to be made (of GCSE subjects, Sixth Form subjects, universities and courses) booklets giving full details of the options and procedures are sent to parents well in advance.
At an appropriate stage of every year, the parents of boys in each year group are invited to spend an evening at the school to meet all members of staff who teach their sons. Full reports are written on every boy each term, and sent to parents shortly after the end of term together with a letter from the Headmaster.
Developing core values and responsibilities…
Our belief in shared involvement is further reflected in the weekend arrangements for boarders, which are flexible enough to suit the variety of needs and circumstances among boarding families. Except on the first weekend of each term and the weekend of Remembrance Sunday (on these four Sundays there is a morning Chapel service), weekend leave home may be taken, by those who so wish, from after games or other school commitments on Saturday afternoon through until 7pm on Sunday evening.
Boys and parents are free to make as much or as little use as they wish of weekend leave (in this rather narrow sense of "weekend") and practice varies of course with individual circumstances and commitments - rehearsals for concerts and plays, for example, are often held on Sundays. A substantial number of boarders stay at school for most or all weekends, others make occasional use of weekend leave, and some more frequent use. All the facilities of the school are open over the weekend, and a range of social events and other activities is organised each term.
Quick Links: School Calendar | Sports Portal | Term Dates | Tonbridge School Centre | EM Forster Theatre | OTs | Parents' Arts Society | Tonbridge Development | Tonbridge Events / Hire
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it's a girl! June 17, 2013
Everything We Know About Kim and Kanye’s Baby
By Maureen O'Connor
Photo: Michael Jaworski/FIlmMagic
As you have perhaps heard by now, Kanye West’s baby sprang from Kim Kardashian’s loins on Saturday. Born one day before Father’s Day and three days before Kanye’s Yeezus album release, the much-anticipated infant could go platinum by the end of the week. Here’s what we know about 32-year-old Kim and 36-year-old Kanye’s baby so far:
• Girl.
• “Less than five pounds” after a birth that was reportedly five weeks early.
• Name unknown, but it “will start with a K.”
• Kimchee. Kaya. Kite. Kale. Kinetoplastid protozoa. (Just spitballing.)
• “She has dark hair. She looks just like Kim,” reports E! News.
• No pictures yet, but lots of creepy artist renderings. Daniel Edwards, the artist who imagined Britney giving birth on a bearskin rug and Kim as a fertility goddess, recently cast Kimye’s baby in bronze. Update: Kim’s ex Reggie Bush “debuted” the baby he had with his “Kim lookalike” girlfriend yesterday. If Kim’s baby “looks just like Kim,” and Reggie’s girlfriend “looks just like Kim,” then maybe the babies look alike, too? Reggie’s daughter’s name is Briseis, so let’s add “Kriseis” to the Kimye baby name list.
Photo: Daniel Edwards/Splash News/Corbis
• “[Kim] started having contractions Friday night and went into full labor early Saturday AM,” TMZ reports. “E! Online—home network of the Keeping Up With the Kardashians—reported Kim had a natural childbirth. But witnesses said that she was wheeled into a recovery room reserved for mothers who had given birth by Caesarean section,” notes a suspicious New York Daily News.
• Last night’s Keeping Up depicted Kim hospitalized with an appendicitis and stomach infection, mid-pregnancy. “It feels like I am in labor. Why is this happening to me? I hate it; I can never do this again,” she said.
• Kanye was present at the birth and canceled his appearance at a release party for Yeezus. After spending time with her new grandchild at Cedars-Sinai hospital, Kris Jenner walked the red carpet for the Daytime Emmys last night. The baby, she said, is “beautiful” and doing fine.
• Report from the trenches: “It is pandemonium in here, but Kanye is celebrating his first Father’s Day. This may finally make him not so angry all the time. He may soften up because he has always wanted a girl.”
• Early visitor list also includes Lisa Gastineau, Brittny Gastineau, Jonathan Cheban.
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DCWAF adds new celebrity winemaker
Special to The Log
Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF), recently announced that Domaine Serene will join the line-up of winery headliners showcased at this year’s Harvest Wine & Food Festival from Oct. 25–27 in WaterColor.
The Domaine Serene Celebrity Winemaker Dinner will be held at the newly renovated Fish Out of Water in WaterColor from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 25.
Tickets to each Celebrity Winemaker Dinner are $150 each and are available online with all other announced festival events at HarvestWineandFood.com.
Domaine Serene joins VGS Chateau Potelle and Robert Craig Winery to complete the list of winery headliners that will be hosting private dinners throughout South Walton to kick off three days of festival events.
VGS Chateau Potelle will host a dinner at Seagar’s Prime Steaks and Seafood presented by Krueger, Fosdyck and Associates – Merrill Lynch while Robert Craig Winery hosts a dinner at Vin’tij Food and Wine’s new location in Grand Boulevard presented by Crystal Collins Spencer, attorney at law at Spencer Law PA. Each dinner will showcase highly rated, luxury wines from each respective portfolio, complimented by a perfectly paired, multi-course menu provided by each restaurant.
Harvest Wine & Food Festival has been labeled one of the premier fall festivals in the southeast that provides patrons the opportunity to sip and savor more than 250 world-class wines paired with the best in regional Gulf Coast cuisine, all while enjoying the beautiful beach town of WaterColor.
Currently ranked No. 3 “Top Charity Wine Auction in the U.S.” by Wine Spectator Magazine for the second year in a row, DCWAF is one of the nation’s leading fundraising organizations, raising money for 16 Northwest Florida children’s charities that assist at-risk youth in the local community by tackling a variety of issues including homelessness, food insecurity, mental health, education, medical care, and much more.
Harvest Wine & Food Festival wouldn’t be a DCWAF event without the opportunity to bid high and bid often. A silent auction featuring a variety of rare wines, staycations, and unique experiences will open Oct. 26 and run through noon on Oct. 28.
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Book - Snakeskins
Titan Books announce the publication next month of Tim Major's new intelligent SF thriller, Snakeskins...
“Charmers and Skins were as similar to one another as anyone could be. More similar than sisters. More similar than twins. It ought to mean something.”
An exciting new speculative fiction thriller from an emerging voice in the genre, Snakeskins is a timely and poignant novel set in an isolated UK that has cut itself off from the wider world following a freak astrological event known as The Fall, which imbued a fraction of the population with a unique new gift that has implications for everyone.
Caitlin Hext’s first shedding ceremony is imminent, but she’s far from prepared to produce a Snakeskin clone. When her Skin fails to turn to dust as expected, she must decide whether she wishes the newcomer alive or dead.
Worse still, it transpires that the Hext family may be of central importance to the survival of Charmers, a group of people with the inexplicable power to produce duplicates every seven years and, in the process, rejuvenate. In parallel with reporter Gerry Chafik and government aide Russell Handler, Caitlin must prevent the Great British Prosperity Party from establishing a corrupt new world order.
Offering an allegorical look at the inheritance of power through the exploration of the repercussions of rejuvenation and cloning on individuals’ sense of identity and on wider society.
Tim Major has authored You Don’t Belong Here, Blighters and Carus & Mitch, the YA novel Machineries of Mercy, the short story collection And the House Lights Dim, and a non-fiction book about the silent crime film, Les Vampires. His shorts have appeared in Interzone, Not One of Us and numerous anthologies including Best of British SF 2017. He is co-editor of the British Fantasy Society’s journal, BFS Horizons.
Snakeskins is published on 17th May
Image - Titan Books
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Pope Francis has changed the Lord’s Prayer after criticising the English translation for implying that God – not Satan – leads people into temptation.
Francis approved an alteration the line ‘lead us not into temptation’ which now reads ‘do not let us fall into temptation’, which is closer to the French translation.
Speaking about the change back in 2017, Francis said: ‘It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department.’
The pontiff continued: ‘I am the one who falls. It’s not him pushing me into temptation to then see how I have fallen.
‘A father doesn’t do that, a father helps you to get up immediately.’ The change comes after 16 years of research by Biblical scholars, and corrects what they believe was an error when the prayer was translated.
It is thought that Jesus originally spoke the prayer in Aramaic, before it was translated into Greek and other languages. The English version of the prayer is derived from the Greek translation.
The Greek word in question, eisenenkes, is found in the original New Testament in Matthew 6:13.
Francis also approved changes to The Gloria from ‘Peace on earth to people of good will’ to ‘Peace on Earth to people beloved by God.’
During the General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy, President Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti announced the approval of a third edition of the Messale Romano in May, ‘in the wake of the liturgical reform.’ The Bible has been edited many times over the years as errors were discovered with translating the ancient work.
Perhaps the most infamous version, Robert Barker’s King James Bible, published in 1611, omitted a key word from the seventh commandment. In that edition the commandment read ‘thou shalt commit adultery’. The correct version is, of course, ‘thou shalt not commit adultery’.
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Teddy Naluswa, the embattled former wife to House of Prayers Ministries (HPM) pastor Alouysious Bujjingo has told the New Vision newspaper that Bujjingo will soon return to her because she owns him.
In an interview in their Sunday newspaper, Naluswa, who was found at her newly formed World of Salvation Church, told Carol Kasujja that she will not sign the divorce papers until Bujjingo returns to her.
Meanwhile, a HPM church elder who told us not to reveal his name because Bujjingo refused them to make any public comments on the matter told the Grapevine that, “Teddy accepted to be used by the enemies who want her husband down. These are big pastors in some big churches and some media proprietors. She has failed to do what every bible believing Christian/wife should do (report her matter to God through prayer). She has put her trust in people. The very people by the way who want to put her former husband down. Why does she allow to be used?”
He added, “before she left, she made sure that the whole church is split. She convinced some church elders, who are now in her new church, convinced some choir members, who are now in the choir of her new church and made sure that they put Bujjingo down.”
He said, “She is working with one of the big media houses in the country with the help of other pastors who are pulling the strings from the background. You know people are judgmental, but let us leave God to be the judge. She is already being exposed; her intentions are being put in broad day light. She has started a church and she is already using all the people who she influenced using divisionism from HPM.”
“Every time the matter is getting out of the news, Naluswa and the team of pastors that are derailing her go through that big media house to bring the matter back and incriminate Bujjingo, if those are not ill intentions what is it!” he wondered.
“Maybe Bujjingo would be hers if he belonged to the devil, remember the Lord we serve is a jealous God. Jesus said, In Mathew 12:30 and Luke 11:23 (Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters). She (has) worked so hard to scatter the believers and divide them. She is still doing so even outside the church. What kind of wife does that?My problem with her is her continued use of that media house that her handlers pay to endlessly drag Bujjingo into their matters. They always get a new angle to the story and make sure it gets space on their front pages,” he said.
Asked about Naluswa’s interview where Naluswa claims ownership of Bujjingo, the church elder said, “Some of us know Naluswa. She openly destroyed and scattered her husband’s church in the name of greed? Her problem is she wants to be in charge of everything including the husband. She wanted to be the man in Bujjingo’s house. What hasn’t she done to see Bujjingo’s downfall and death? She did everything to defame and destroy Bujjingo’s personality, what else does she want?
She took elders, she took followers and funnily, she is still using his name for her cheap popularity. She is still not ashamed to say Bujjingo is hers. These are things that can be seen by a blind person.”
He added, “When you read the interview, she used the whole interview to attack and discredit Bujjingo, you can clearly see her goal and the intentions of her handlers, but God is good, and he will finally judge on this matter, already some of the things that Bujjingo complained about are coming true, the more she continues to climb, the more the world will see her nakedness.”
Bujjingo asked court to allow her divorce his wife over irreconcilable differences. However, Naluswa told court that she cannot allow the divorce. The matter is still before Kajjansi Chief Magistrate Mary Babirye.
By Prossy Mulungi
Edward Kabunga has praised House of Prayer’s ministries International Pastor Alouysious Bujjingo as a revolutionist of our time for forcing Ugandans to search the scriptures and defend the faith.
Kabunga equated Bujjingo to Martin Luther, a German priest and theologian of the Protestant Reformation who taught that salvation and, consequently, eternal life are not earned by good deeds but are received only as the free gift of God’s grace through the believer’s faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer from sin, even though the ‘men of God’ during Luther’s time preached that salvation was earned through good deeds.
Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo has caused a storm in the religious circles and has come under fire over a statement he made recently on marriage vows.
According to Bujjingo, there is no scripture in the Holy Book that says that married people can only separate when one of them is dead. Bujjingo says that because of this unbiblical vow, so many people including religious leaders have lost their lives and many are suffering silently in abusive marriages and can’t come out because they made the vow.
Bujjingo even challenged those who are against him to come to his Salt Media TV/radio station and they have a live open debate by reading the scriptures live on TV.
Those who support Bujjingo say that the marriage vow is from the Book of Common Prayers (BCP) which was authored by English Reformation following the break with Rome.
Wikipedia says, “Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism. The original book, published in 1549 in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome.
Some examples of well-known phrases from the Book of Common Prayer are:
“Speak now or forever hold your peace” from the marriage liturgy.
“Till death us do part”, from the marriage liturgy.[e]
“Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust” from the funeral service.
“From all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil” from the litany.
“Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest” from the collect for the second Sunday of Advent.
“Evil liver” from the rubrics for Holy Communion.
“All sorts and conditions of men” from the Order for Morning Prayer.
“Peace in our time” from Morning Prayer, Versicles.
However, those against Bujjingo, led by Rt. Rev. Johnson Twinomujuni, the Bishop of West Ankole, maintain that the vow is biblical.
Below is Edward Kabunga’s submission verbatim:
The message of Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo is like that of the Revolutionist Martin Luther because it has caused many to read their Bible. This is a blessing in disguise. Just like in the dead lion killed by Samson; when he went back, he found honey in it!
God can use anything or anyone to bring revival. In our days, He has decided to use pastor Aloysius Bujjingo to bring revival to our nations. The man has put the nation on tension!!! (Banange omusajja atutadde kubukenke obutalaba omutume Deo Mukasa Balabyekubbo)
The question is; ” Who is the beneficiary in what is happening to the church and nation?” In my opinion, God is the one benefiting from what is happening. Philippians 1:15-18
V15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry but other from good will. V18 What then? Only that in every way whatever in pretence or truth Christ is proclaimed and in that rejoice.
NB: We are now in search for Scriptures in order to defend our faith. Don’t be angry with Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo.
(Tuli mukutikula byawandiikibwa emisana na kiro okwetasa!!nokunonya Katonda. Ekyo kyebayita okudda obugya abantu bonna okudamu okunonya ebyawandikibwa ku nsonga ezitalizimu. Kale Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo temunyigira!)
Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo is a vessel chosen in our generation to bring revival to the church and nations.
By Steven Edward Kabunga
Self-claimed media consultant Joseph Tamale Mirundi has blasted and warned pastors under the National Fellowship of Born-Again Pentecostal churches to stop celebrating house of prayers ministry international senior pastor Aloysius Bujjingo’s woes.
Mirundi said that born again pastors must learn that the reason why people are still at Bujjingo’s church is because of the miracles Bujjingo performs and his preaching and the day they discover that he no longer performs to their expectations, they will leave on their own.
“I was suprised to see the likes of pastor Bugembe, David Kiganda cerebrating the troubles of their fellow pastor Bujjingo stupidly, thinking that they will get his followers. They don’t know the reasons behind Bujjingo’s problems, it’s a big scheme that can only be understood by us who eat enough food,” the celebrated political analysts stated.
He wondered why Bishop David Kiganda sided with the mafias who want to put Bujjingo down yet he also once tested the bitterness of these mafias when he was embarrassed in public that his wife was snatched by a chapatti maker which was not true.
He insisted that the scheme to put Bugingo down was planned by mafias because of his steady progress spiritually and economically which made him a political threat to those who are fighting to succeed President Museveni. A bitter Mirundi blasted the women who participated in the demonstration against Bujjingo saying that they were just hired as machineries to humiliate the man of God.
He boasted that through his Mirundi Internal Security Organization (MISO), he has collected enough evidence pinning Naluswa that she was cursed by her father after conspiring with her mother to harass the old professor until he died.
The former press secretary to the president further blasted journalists who were beaten at Salt Media based home at Lugujja in Lubaga division, he branded them as machineries hired to tarnish Bujjingo’s name like they did to him during his tenure as the President’s press Secretary.
“I was accused and called all sorts of names, that man Kulubya of Bukedde even called me a mad,” a bitter Mirundi said. The cerebrated journalist warned that if journalists don’t stop being used, the public will continue beating them up. However, Mirundi blamed Bujjingo for miscalculating and always responding to his enemies. He predicted that Bujjingo will not lose the battle though he must be prepared for the war if he is to decisively defeat his enemies.
A man who was allegedly found with 21 pieces of female genitalia in his freezer has
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Baralaye / Rosch: In Time
June 28th – July 28th 2019
Reception Saturday, June 29th 6-9 pm
The Great Highway Gallery is excited to present Baralaye / Rosch: In Time. Window Installation, sculpture and paintings by Ebitenyefa Baralaye and Brion Nuda Rosch.
In the summer of 2018, Brion Nuda Rosch invited Ebitenyefa Baralaye to collaborate with him as a part of an informal series of short residencies. Both artists brought to the residency and experimental playfulness and fluidly open dialogue that intersected interests in sculpture, painting, and spoken narratives. The result has been an ongoing exchange of ideas, shared reflections on art practice within evolving contexts of life, and responsive explorations in form and media. A loosely defined but mindful structure continues to make this collaboration productive; its main and most active variable has proved to be the element of time: time as a tool in the processing of clay and paint; time as a landscape for shared dialogue and individual meditation on ideas; and time as a flexible construct for containing, extending, and mediating the output of art production. Baralaye and Rosch will present collaborative and individually composed works that are the product of their ongoing investigations in clay, canvas, and time.
Ebitenyefa Baralaye – As a generation, we have become increasingly used to juggling in a moment multiple understandings of where we come from, where we are and the futures we are intended for. I use art as a way to deconstruct and expand that moment. I produce compositions in the form of installations and objects that are markers of identity, place, and state, and the fluid dynamics around them. I layer spirituality, culture, context, utility, and desire into works that navigate and rest in between definitions and operate as recorders of time.
Brion Nuda Rosch – My arrangements and compositions are performed following considered movements, and these are confirmed within a defined set of rules. Simple conclusions are developed from banal starting points – paint a face with three parts – paint a nose far too large or an ear – paint a large clock with too many numbers – paint a grid – a calendar. Time. Trip out. Time, trips, forms, places, spaces, materials, objects, habits, movements, language, color.
Ebitenyefa Baralaye is a ceramicist, sculptor, and designer. His work explores cultural, spiritual, and material translations of form/objects, text, and symbols interpreted through a diaspora lens and abstracted around the aesthetics of craft and design. Baralaye received a BFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in Ceramics from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Baralaye was an Emerging Artists Program recipient at the Museum of the African Diaspora in 2017 and an AICAD Teaching Fellow at the San Francisco Art Institute from 2016 to 2018. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Section Head of Ceramics at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
Brion Nuda Rosch lives and works in San Francisco, a self taught artist and curator, he has exhibited his work at Et al., San Francisco; Halsey McKay, New York; DCKT Contemporary, New York; ACME., Los Angeles; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; and The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Recent curatorial projects include OK GREAT THANKS THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS, at ACME. and DCKT. He has also organized exhibitions and projects for SFMOMA’s Open Space, Adobe Books, as well as his residential gallery, Hallway Projects and One-Day Residency Program. Rosch was an artist-in-residence at UC Berkeley’s Ceramics Department. SFMOMA SECA Finalist in 2011, he was the recipient of the Artadia Award in 2009.
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Japanese pop star in critical condition after knife attack by fan
Mayu Tomita was about to peform concert when she was stabbed more than 20 times, allegedly by a fan upset that his gift to her had been returned
Justin McCurryin Tokyo
Mon 23 May 2016 02.27 EDT Last modified on Tue 28 Nov 2017 15.59 EST
Japanese pop star Mayu Tomita reportedly told police weeks ago that Tomohiro Iwazaki had been posting ‘obsessive’ comments about her online Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images
A man suspected of carrying out a frenzied knife attack that left a Japanese pop singer in critical condition allegedly told police he had been angered by her refusal to accept a gift he sent her.
Tomohiro Iwazaki was arrested after allegedly stabbing Mayu Tomita more than 20 times in the neck, chest, arms and back while she was waiting to go onstage in Tokyo at the weekend.
It emerged on Monday that police had not acted in response to complaints Tomita made earlier in May about being stalked online by her assailant, even though she was able to provide them with his name and address.
Police were still trying to confirm if Iwazaki was behind inappropriate messages to sent to the singer, according to Kyodo news agency, and did not report the allegations to its stalking unit after officers concluded an assault was not imminent.
Tomita, a 20-year-old university student who has launched a promising career as a pop singer and actor, was in critical condition after the attack on Saturday.
The 27-year-old suspect said Tomita had angered him by returning a gift he sent her without explaining why, police alleged. “I sent her a gift, but it was returned,” Kyodo quoted him as telling investigators. “I asked her why, but she gave an evasive answer, so I became mad and stabbed her numerous times.”
The singer reportedly complained to police weeks ago that Iwazaki had been posting “obsessive” comments about her on Twitter and other social media sites.
Tomita was about to perform at a small concert venue in the Japanese capital when, according to police, Iwazaki “ambushed” her.
Police arrested him moments later and retrieved a knife from the scene.
It is not unusual for female pop singers in Japan to appear at meet-and-greet events for the public and to perform at smaller, more intimate, concert venues.
Satoru Umeta, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was arrested in May 2014 after attacking two teenage members of the hugely popular girl band AKB48 with a saw at a public event.
Rina Kawaei and Anna Iriyama needed hospital treatment for fractures to their hands and cuts on their arms and heads.
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Gorge on these goodies this Christmas
Aparna Narrain
Updated: December 24, 2019 14:29 IST
We tell you a few places you can order from for the feast
Suzie’s Patisserie
A tradition of baking at home and for relatives and friends led the mother-daughter team of Susan and Anthea Padua to officially start Suzie’s Patisserie two years ago. For Christmas, the self-taught bakers have their traditional fruit cake on offer. Says Anthea, “It has seven different kinds of fruits and nuts and of course, a little rum. We usually soak it around November. We also have goodies like marzipan, kalkal, chocolate fudge, rose cookies, smaller rum cakes decorated with a snowflake, as well as cookies such as gingerbread man, Danish, peanut butter, and chocolate chunk.”
Prices start at ₹10 for chocolate. Homemade cakes go up to ₹1200 a kg and the chocolate cheesecake is ₹1,800 a kg. Call 9886214180.
East of Bangalore
“My cousin and I were having a conversation about how difficult it was to get good smoked and cured meat in India. So, we did some research and we realised that actually it’s not as hard as it is made out to be,” says Jacob John. Initially, they made 1 kg of bacon for their respective families but soon other relatives started asking for smoked meat too. “It grew organically from there,” says Jacob. Now over 100 people are part of a group where Jacob informs the participants the menu for the week. (The cousin backed out as his priorities changed, laughs Jacob, but adds that he still helps out.)
For Christmas, Jacob says, “The menu is whole, herb roasted chicken with bacon stuffing (₹800 per kg) and rack of pork ribs with a sweet barbecue sauce (₹1,500 per kg).”
Call 7760333370.
Bangalore Connection 1888
It was after finding a photo of his great great grandfather PV Kuppuswamy Naidu at his bakery that Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef Priyank Sukanand had an epiphany.
Known for quarter loaves, cakes, kheema samosas and different types of biscuits, the original - Naidu Bakery - opened in 1888 but closed in 1985. After returning from London and not finding a suitable job, Priyank then decided that he would continue his family’s legacy by opening Bangalore Connection 1888 last year, in the same spot in Shivajinagar that his ancestor’s bakery once stood.
For Christmas and up to January, Priyank says they are offering hampers that aim to bring back the tradition of sending greeting cards and displaying them around Christmas. “The exterior of the box is designed on those lines. We have two variants: Modern Christmas Luxury Hamper (₹3,000) and the Old Bangalorean Christmas Hamper (₹2,000).”
The Old Bangalorean hamper contains plum cake, Grandma’s sweet and sour brinjal pickle, kalkals, a box of macarons, a box of chocolates, and a mulled wine kit. The Luxury hamper contains these products as well as orange peel squash, marmalade, and five tea bags of traditional Indian teas with floral notes.
Call 9108511888. Home delivery is available.
Curly Sue Pork
The name, Curly Sue Pork, comes from my daughter, who has ringlets and loves her pork, laughs Radhica Muthappa. Formerly kitchen executive at The Park, Chennai, she moved to Bengaluru after marriage. “Curly Sue Pork is my husband Uttam Muthappa’s brainchild. He has been a foodie ever since he could eat. So, this is a labour of love where he wanted to take home recipes, modernise them, and use the old method of slow cooking. We started last year with Coorg food because that is where we are from.” For Christmas and up to January, Curly Sue Pork is offering a hamper that can be customised. The centerpiece is rosemary crusted pork rack and the other items are pandi curry, chilli pork, pulled pork and bacon jam. “We had a lot of trials for the rosemary rack. It is marinated for six hours and then marinated again for 24 hours and then cooked for about three hours. The idea being if people want to have a roast at home, all they have to do it put it in the oven. That’s for people who want to experience the joy of cooking. Or they can just pick it up cooked.”
Minimum order is half a kg. Prices start at ₹425 for pandi curry. If more is required, order in advance.Call 9900026681. Home delivery is available.
Melt It Down
After some time working at an event production company, Priya Vijan realised that she wanted to do something on her own. Baking happened by accident and she started Melt It Down in 2012. “Earlier, I used to bake at home but from the last two years I have my own kitchen.” And just last month, Priya made it to Top 40 of Season 6 of MasterChef India.
For Christmas, she says, “I have been focussing on making plum cakes without any artificial flavouring; the core ingredients are organic. The fruits have been soaked in rum for almost four months and I use home ground spices as well.” She adds that the hamper comprises of the plum cake, cranberry coconut granola, garlic chilli swirl, gingerbread cookies, and cherry logs.
The hamper costs ₹1,800. Call 9886808899. Home delivery is available.
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Winter sports recap: Laczynski wins gold, women's basketball first in Big Ten, four Buckeyes go pro
Laczynski skates against a Finnish defender in the 2016 USA evaluation camp. Credit: Courtesy of USA Hockey
While students were away from campus and taking a break from classes post-Fall Semester, there were still several teams in competition during the break. The featured event was the Playstation Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve in Glendale, Arizona, where the No. 3 Ohio State football team took on No. 2 Clemson in a College Football Playoff semifinal.
In the end, 2016 delivered one more punch to the gut of Buckeye Nation before the clock struck midnight as the Buckeyes were embarrassed 31-0. Thus, prompting a change in direction on offense with the hiring of a quarterbacks coach and the expected hiring of former Indiana coach Kevin Wilson for OSU’s offensive coordinator in 2017, first reported by Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports.
Spring Semester has begun, so here’s a recap of news across OSU athletics.
Tanner Laczynski wins gold
Before break, OSU men’s hockey freshman forward Tanner Laczynski was invited to tryout for the United States hockey junior team ahead of the World Junior Championships in Canada. Laczynski made the team and contributed to a 7-0 record and a gold medal in the games.
Team USA beat Team Canada 5-4 in a shootout in the gold medal match after falling behind twice by two goals at 2-0 and 4-2. Laczynski played in all seven games and scored a goal against Slovakia in the preliminary round.
While Laczynski was away from the team, No. 11 OSU lost to Miami (Ohio) at home, then split a series with No. 2 Penn State, winning the first, 3-0, and losing the second, 4-2. The Buckeyes are now ranked No. 10 in the country.
OSU hosts Arizona State for two games this weekend.
Five Buckeyes declare for NFL draft
Junior linebacker Raekwon McMillan, redshirt sophomore safety Malik Hooker, redshirt junior cornerback Gareon Conley, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Noah Brown and junior H-back Curtis Samuel all announced their intentions to forgo their remaining eligibility to enter the 2017 NFL Draft.
OSU starting quarterback redshirt junior J.T. Barrett is returning to the Buckeyes, along with defensive ends Sam Hubbard, Tyquan Lewis and Jalyn Holmes. Redshirt sophomore cornerback Marshon Lattimore has yet to announce his intentions to return to or depart from the program.
Men’s volleyball begins title defense
The top-ranked OSU men’s volleyball team began its season this past weekend, raising the 2016 national championship banner at St. John Arena. OSU faced off against the University of Southern California Trojans and the UCLA Bruins.
In the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge, OSU beat USC and No. 2 UCLA 3-1. Junior outside hitter Nicolas Szerszen led the Buckeyes with 28 kills, hitting .340. The reigning National Player of the Year also had 11 digs and three blocks. Senior opposite hitter Miles Johnson had 27 kills in two games.
OSU hosts George Mason on Tuesday.
Men’s basketball sliding fast
Following a 13-point loss to then-No. 2 UCLA, the OSU men’s basketball team won two nonconference games against Youngstown State and UNC Asheville. On New Year’s Day the OSU men’s basketball team started Big Ten play at Illinois, needing victories to put itself in the NCAA tournament picture. Coach Thad Matta’s team lost in Champaign, Illinois, then dropped a close game to then-No. 20 Purdue, 76-75 at home. On Sunday night, the Buckeyes lost by 10 at Minnesota, beginning 0-3 in Big Ten play.
OSU is now 10-6 with no signature wins and will be going forward without junior forward Keita Bates-Diop, who is one of the most versatile players on the team. Bates-Diop averaged 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in over 23 minutes this season. He is undergoing a season-ending surgery this week on a stress fracture to his shin.
Next up for OSU is a showdown in Madison, Wisconsin at the 18th-ranked Badgers. The Buckeyes then return home for a Sunday game against Michigan State.
The No. 4 Ohio State wrestling team improved to 6-0 and 2-0 in conference with a win against No. 17 Wisconsin on Jan. 6. Bo Jordan, Myles Martin, Nathan Tomasello, Kollin Moore, Micah Jordan and Luke Pletcher all won their matches in a 23-15 team victory.
OSU hits the mat next on Sunday at Illinois.
The No. 11 OSU women’s basketball team slugged through a tough nonconference schedule, which featured games at No. 1 Connecticut, a neutral-site game against No. 2 Baylor and home games against No. 14 Miami (FL) and No. 5 South Carolina. Since classes broke, OSU has earned a 4-0 Big Ten record and sits alone in first place.
Last time out, junior guard Kelsey Mitchell led the Buckeyes with 26 points in a 96-87 win over Michigan. The National Player of the Year candidate ranks sixth in the NCAA averaging 23 points per game. Mitchell currently ranks fourth all-time in career scoring at OSU with 2,110 points. Jantel Lavender is the all-time leader with 2,818 points.
OSU plays at Michigan State on Tuesday.
After ending the first half of the season with two consecutive blowout losses to No. 1 Wisconsin, the Buckeyes regrouped for two wins against Penn State on Jan. 6 and 7. OSU outscored the Nittany Lions 11-0 over the two games.
Six different players scored for OSU in its 6-0 victory on Saturday to improve the Scarlet and Gray to 10-10-2 in 2016-17. Under the direction of first-year coach Nadine Muzerall, the OSU defense has improved to No. 4 in penalty kill and No. 13 overall.
OSU next plays Bemidji State on Friday and Saturday at the OSU Ice Rink.
Men’s Basketball: Ohio State travels to Penn State as both struggle through January
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Apple Patents Watch Band That Identifies Owner's Skin
Another factor in the battle to improve personalizaton - and the electronic ecosystems which bind customers to their technological providers. JL
Greg Kumparak reports in Tech Crunch:
A sensor built into the Watch or the watch’s band could use infrared to build a thermal image of your wrist and its identifying traits (like skin texture/arm hair) to identify who is wearing it, like a fingerprint. Unlike most of Apple’s other devices, the Apple Watch doesn’t have any built-in biometrics for unlocking. there’s no thumb print sensor for Touch ID, or camera for Face ID. Unlocking your Apple Watch means poking at the screen to punch in a PIN (or, if you’ve configured it to unlock when you unlock your phone, doing that.) A sensor like this could make the unlocking process automatic without the need to unlock your phone.
It looks like Apple is playing with the idea of making the Apple Watch’s band a bit smarter.
As spotted by PatentlyApple, the company was granted a handful of patents, all focused on bringing new tricks to the Watch by way of the band.
The first patent describes a sensor built into the Watch or the watch’s band that could use infrared to build a thermal image of your wrist and its identifying traits (like skin texture/arm hair) to identify who is wearing it — sort of like a fingerprint, but from your wrist.
Unlike most of Apple’s other devices, the Apple Watch doesn’t currently have any sort of built-in biometrics for unlocking — there’s no thumb print sensor for Touch ID, or camera for Face ID. Unlocking your Apple Watch means poking at the screen to punch in a PIN (or, if you’ve configured it to unlock when you unlock your phone, doing that.) A sensor setup like this could make the unlocking process automatic without the need to unlock your phone.
The second granted patent describes a Watch band that can adjust itself on the fly — think Nike’s self-tightening shoes, but on your wrist. If the Watch
detects that it’s sliding while you’re running (or if the aforementioned thermal sensors need a closer look at your wrist skin) tensioners in the device could tighten or loosen the band on command.
Finally, a third granted patent tinkers with the idea of a Watch band with built-in light up indicators — like, say, a notification light for incoming texts, or a meter that fills up to tell you at-a-glance how much distance you’ve got left on your run, or a stripe that glows yellow when you’ve got something on your calendar in the next hour. All of this can already be done on the Watch’s screen, of course — this would just allow for it without having to power up the entire display.
As always, it’s worth noting that patents being granted doesn’t guarantee that such any such features will make it to the final product — just that Apple found something cool in its R&D labs, and decided to lock it down.
Apple has kept its bands relatively simple so far for the sake of keeping them swappable; they come in all sorts of materials and colors, but the electronic bits are contained within the Watch itself. Adding sensors and indicators to the band complicates that. As the user you’d have to decide: do you want the band you like the most on your wrist, or the one with the fancy notification lights?
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Playing Soccer Has Taught Me So Many Lessons That I Will Continue To Utilize Even Off The Field
High school sports taught me many lessons that carry on into my everyday life today.
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Michele Flanagan
Being involved with sports has influenced my life in several positive ways. A quote that really stood out to me was "It's your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or loser". As the seasons passed, I could come out of a tough game smiling because I knew my team worked hard. I have learned discipline, hard work and dedication, and how to overcome difficulties over the years
Discipline can be the toughest area of sports. You have to accept the training you do and work hard. Without practices, I would not be the athlete I am today. Not only did I learn the positive outcomes of discipline, but I could bring discipline into my daily life. Without discipline, I would have trouble seeing results. I can keep myself on track and make improvements each day. My coaches continually instilled discipline to help me better myself one step at a time. Along with discipline, hard work and dedication have endless benefits.
Hard work and dedication is so rewarding in the end. Although this was practiced on the field, I could take these skills with me to school and work. No effort of mine has gone unnoticed and I can thank my hard work and dedication for that. Dedication requires a commitment to a task or purpose. My role as a teammate was to commit myself to the game, others expected my part and I expect them. Together as individuals, we could make one team. Each man was for himself, but that brought us together as one. This hard work and dedication helped my team, and myself to overcome any difficulty thrown our way.
Sports have taught me how to overcome difficulties. With each fail came a new success. When a play didn't work during a game, we could take what we learned and make adjustments at practice. Each day brings a new learning experience. After the loss of my father in middle school, nothing made me feel better than stepping onto the field. I gained a greater appreciation of the game. Soccer never felt like a hassle, I love the sport and every second I spent playing helped me put any problems aside to enjoy my time. My friends would tell me they would look over at me mid-game and I was always smiling. Whether it was ninety degrees and profusely sweating or thirty-eight degrees and raining, there was a smile on my face just to be playing again.
During my sophomore year, we only had a Varsity team, which had a roster with ten seniors. From starting Junior Varsity every game as a freshman to sitting the bench as a sophomore, I lost my confidence as a player. Receiving a new coach as a junior was a great opportunity to get back on the field. We traveled to a summer soccer camp at the University of Findlay. In the second game, I scored the first goal of my Junior season. I immediately burst into tears saying "I love soccer". The impact soccer has had on my life is tremendous. I have learned discipline, hard work and dedication, and how to overcome difficulties.
This sport has helped me grow in so many ways, alongside teaching me lessons each day that I can continue to use in my adult life
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Insider Trading Alert - OMI, PSX And HCA Traded By Insiders
Stocks with insider trader activity include OMI, PSX and HCA
Brian Hamilton
May 9, 2014 12:17 PM EDT
Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.
Yesterday, May 8, 2014, 131 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $460.00 to $19,915,560.00.
Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:
Owens & Minor (OMI) - FREE Research Report
Meier Richard A, who is EVP, Chief Financial Officer at Owens & Minor, bought 2,500 shares at $32.50 on May 8, 2014. Following this transaction, the EVP, Chief Financial Officer owned 40,566 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 6.57% with the 2,500-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $33.03, up $0.53, or 1.6% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Owens & Minor go as follows:
4-Week # shares bought: 2,500
4-Week # shares sold: 2,545
12-Week # shares bought: 2,500
12-Week # shares sold: 2,545
24-Week # shares sold: 45,785
The average volume for Owens & Minor has been 506,200 shares per day over the past 30 days. Owens & Minor has a market cap of $2.0 billion and is part of the services sector and wholesale industry. Shares are down 10.86% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
Owens & Minor, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare logistics company. The company offers supply chain assistance to the providers of healthcare services; and the manufacturers of healthcare products, supplies, and devices. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 3.09%. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.4. Currently, there are no analysts who rate Owens & Minor a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
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Phillips 66 (PSX) - FREE Research Report
Tilton Glenn F, who is Director at Phillips 66, bought 5,900 shares at $84.41 on May 8, 2014. Following this transaction, the Director owned 5,900 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 100% with the 5,900-share transaction.
Lowe John E, who is Director at Phillips 66, sold 5,000 shares at $84.55 on May 8, 2014. Following this transaction, the Director owned 35,000 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 12.5% with the 5,000-share transaction.
Loomis William R Jr, who is Director at Phillips 66, bought 5,907 shares at $84.57 on May 8, 2014. Following this transaction, the Director owned 27,267 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 27.65% with the 5,907-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $81.48, down $3.09, or 3.79% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Phillips 66 go as follows:
4-Week # shares bought: 13,600
12-Week # shares bought: 13,600
The average volume for Phillips 66 has been 3.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Phillips 66 has a market cap of $48.1 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are up 7.51% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company. It operates in four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, Marketing and Specialties. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.35%. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.4. Currently, there are 8 analysts who rate Phillips 66 a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
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Riley Wayne Joseph, who is Director at HCA Holdings, sold 10,000 shares at $52.00 on May 8, 2014. Following this transaction, the Director owned 6,749 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 59.71% with the 10,000-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $51.25, down $0.75, or 1.46% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for HCA Holdings go as follows:
4-Week # shares sold: 21,000
The average volume for HCA Holdings has been 2.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. HCA Holdings has a market cap of $22.9 billion and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. Shares are up 7.27% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
HCA Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides health care services. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.4. Currently, there are 15 analysts who rate HCA Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
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Two fatalities in 48 hours: Second three-car crash claims another life on Highway 49 between Grass Valley and Auburn
News | December 8, 2019
Sam Corey
A 55-year-old Grass Valley woman was killed on Highway 49 early Friday evening in a three-car crash, according to a California Highway Patrol report.
The CHP has not released the name of the driver, pending notification of next of kin.
The fatal crash was the second in a little more than 48 hours on the stretch of Highway 49 between south Nevada County and North Auburn. Two days ago Tyler William Burk, 21, of Auburn died in a collision near Cramer Road, less than 2 miles north of Friday’s crash.
The woman who died Friday was driving a 1996 black Lexus at a high speed rate when the car’s right rear tire rim began emitting sparks moments before the crash, the CHP reported. As the driver of the Lexus approached Joeger Road, the car swerved into northbound lanes striking the front of a Hyundai Sonata, driven by 39-year-old Shannon Jordan of Grass Valley, the report states. That collision caused the Lexus to rotate clockwise into northbound traffic, where a third vehicle — a Toyota 4Runner driven by Michelle Tompkins, 31, of Grass Valley — struck the left side of the car.
The driver of the Lexus was ejected from the vehicle.
Jordan was taken to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with “major” injuries, according to Auburn CHP Sgt. Chris Joller. Joller said Sunday he did not know the full extent of her injuries, or her condition. Tompkins, the driver of the Toyota 4Runner, did not sustain any injuries, according to the report.
Highway 49’s northbound lanes were closed for about three hours at the scene of the collision for investigative purposes Friday. Officers are still investigating what led to the crash and what followed based on physical evidence and statements from witnesses, said Joller.
According to the report, is unknown if alcohol and/or drugs was a factor in this collision and will be determined at a later date through a toxicology report from the Placer County Coroner’s Office.
“It’s concerning for us when there are collisions this serious,” he said. “We want people to always be careful. Be careful in the rain.”
TWO DAYS EARLIER
Wednesday’s fatal crash, also included a head-on collision and high speed, the CHP reported.
Burk was driving a Volkswagen sedan was reported by witnesses to be driving at least 80 mph and swerving on Highway 49 before he crashed head-on into a truck, leading to his death and causing a chain reaction that injured another driver Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Burk’s car struck a Ford F-150 truck head-on, then swerved sideways into the southbound lane and was broadsided by an Acura RDX driven by Richard Leader, 74, of Auburn, the CHP reported.
Burk was killed on impact, Martinez said. Leader was taken to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with major injuries, while the driver of the truck was not injured.
To contact Staff Writer Sam Corey email scorey@theunion.com or call 530-477-4219.
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It seems that wherever superstar actress and flower girl of high society, Monalisa Chinda goes, controversy is never far away, following her around like a faithful shadow. The pretty entertainer has fallen foul of state laws as she is being pursued by the Lagos State Government for allegedly failing to pay her taxes.
And, rather than show up to state her case, the woman who cracked the Nollywood industry with the 1996 hit Pregnant Virgin, has shown more dexterity in staying away from court than she has shown in steering clear of her numerous brushes with controversy over the years. Despite repeated summons by the court for her to appear, she has feigned deaf ears and blind eyes.
The case against her stems from her entertainment company Monalisa Code Productions, which operates out of highbrow Lekki, allegedly failing to render tax returns to the government as enshrined in law. Since 2017 when the company was dragged to court on a two-count charge, Port Harcourt-born Monalisa, who rode to stardom on the back of the hit 2007 soap opera Heaven’s Gate, has failed to show her face in court.
The exasperated judge, Adedayo Akintoye finally lost her cool on January 21 as she issued a bench warrant for the immediate arrest of the fair-complexioned actress who is on her second marriage after her first to Dejo Richards crumbled amid allegations of domestic violence and infidelity. But Monalisa remained unfazed as she went AWOL as usual the next two times the court reconvened.
As the case could not proceed in the absence of the defendant and her lawyer who was also nowhere to be seen, Justice Akintoye of the Lagos High Court in Igbosere had no choice but to again adjourn the case to June 2 while renewing the bench warrant.
It remains to be seen what happens in the standoff between Monalisa and the civil authorities. There are speculations that if she keeps up her game of cat and mouse, the court might issue an arrest warrant which would force the police to find and take her into custody so she could finally stand trial.
And, rather than show up to state her case, the woman who cracked the Nollywood industry with the 1996 hit Pregnant Virgin, has shown more dexterity in staying away from court than she has shown in steering clear of her numerous brushes with controversy over the years. Despite repeated summons by the court for her to appear, she has feigned deaf ears and blind eyes
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Editorial: Search secrecy serves no one
The Columbus Board of Education has been promising an open and transparent search for its next superintendent since August, when Dan Good announced he would retire from the job at year's end. That promise started looking shaky in January, when board President Gary Baker refused to acknowledge that scheduled interviews were happening and the board refused to say which of 19 initial candidates had made its short list.
Now internal emails show the board's professed transparency to be all but meaningless.
Here's what a look at some emails, requested by The Columbus Dispatch Reporter Bill Bush under the Ohio Open Meetings Act, reveal:
* The list of 19 applicants, made public in December, was incomplete. Board members have met with at least four candidates who weren't named on the list. Baker acknowledges there may be still others who have been interviewed but not named.
* The executive-search consultant hired by the board took deliberate steps to keep documents from being available to the public. In one email to a school-district staffer, the consultant wrote, "I shared them last meeting but had to recollect them so the list wasn't public."
* The board also might have violated Ohio's open-meetings law, by making decisions about the search behind closed doors. To quote another email from the consultant, from December: "Next Tues. could take a while... We need to decide whom they'll interview, decide on questions, decide about them presenting or (sic) writing sample and decide on next steps after Jan. interview."
The law allows public bodies to meet in secret for certain purposes, including to discuss personnel issues, but they cannot legally take action in those meetings. Any decisions must be made in public sessions.
Baker seems blithely unconcerned when questioned about the secrecy. Asked whether the board is keeping records with the consultant to avoid making them public, he said, "I'd rather not get into details like that. Any documents that the consultant has that relate to applicants are public records."
We're glad to hear Baker say that, and we expect the district to be forthcoming with those documents.
It isn't as if applicants for the job should expect anonymity. Ohio's open-records laws preclude that, and the search firm said that every applicant had been informed of that fact.
Yet the district has balked at virtually every request for information about the search, even making the not-very-credible claim, when the Dispatch formally requested search-related records at an earlier point in the process, that it hadn't had any written correspondence with the search firm -- only verbal conversations.
This, despite the fact that the firm's contract with the district says it must, among other services, "present to the board a list of finalists."
Our concern over secrecy isn't about an affront to the Dispatch or other news media; it is that the district violates its public trust, and possibly state law, by keeping the public in the dark.
Beyond that, by hiring in secret, it risks sabotaging the next superintendent's credibility before he or she even starts. It certainly undermines the credibility of the board.
This editorial was first published in the Feb. 1 edition of The Columbus Dispatch.
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Turkey’s relationship with Sudan is making waves in the Red Sea region
Why is Sudan's Suakin island important for Turkey?
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Turkey’s growing presence in Sudan is heating up geopolitics in the Horn of Africa, as regional rivals watch Turkey's every move.
The diplomatic traffic over the past two years between Turkey and Sudan has significantly accelerated.
Most recently Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay visited Sudan last week. Accompanied by Turkish Agriculture and Trade ministers, Oktay signed a wide range of agreements to boost bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy, agriculture, electricity and livestock.
“Our primary goal is to improve trade,” the vice president said in a press conference following a closed-door meeting with Sudanese President Omar al Bashir.
He continued, “Bilateral trade [between Turkey and Sudan] currently stands at less than $500 million,” which he hopes to boost to $10 billion within the next five years.
To compare, that is exactly what Turkey targets in its trade with India by 2020.
Immediately before Oktay’s visit, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was in the Sudanese capital city Khartoum, meeting with his Sudanese counterpart Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf and President Bashir. Turkey’s plan to establish military training centres in the country was discussed in the meetings.
However, ties initially began to flourish with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Sudan last year, which turned over a new leaf in the relations of the two countries. Both countries during his visit signed a significant amount of agreements pertaining to defense cooperation, mining, agriculture, forest, science, education and tourism.
Among 13 agreements signed, the highlight of the visit was a deal to temporarily lease the Red Sea island of Suakin to Turkey.
Strategically located in the Red Sea, the Suakin island lies at the crossroads between Saudi Arabia and Port Sudan — Sudan's largest port, located just north of the island.
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During the nearly 400 years of Ottoman rule from the 16th to 19th century, Suakin island was a vital point not just for regional maritime trade but also in the journey of Muslim pilgrims traveling from African nations to Mecca and Medina to perform Hajj.
Although, Erdogan’s visit marked the first visit of a Turkish president to Sudanese soil, Turkey’s growing involvement in the Horn of Africa has awakened geopolitical rivalries in the Red Sea region.
The Saudi-backed Egyptian government publicly remained silent, Egypt's pro-government media, however, is vilifying neighbouring Sudan over its growing ties with Turkey and Qatar, saying the three are conspiring against Egypt.
Emad Hussein, editor of Cairo's Al Shorouk daily, wrote that Erdogan's visit to Sudan, "cannot be viewed ... except as harassment of Egypt.”
Ankara and Cairo's diplomatic relations are at the lowest level since 2013, after the coup by Egypt's Abdel Fattah el Sisi toppled the first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi.
In addition, right after Erdogan’s visit, Egypt sent its troops to a UAE base in Eritrea, on the border with Sudan. In response, Sudan recalled its ambassador to Cairo after the the head of the Sudanese Border Technical Committee, Abdullah al Sadiq, accused Egypt of attempting to "drag Sudan into a direct [military] confrontation."
Reactions to Erdogan’s visit to Sudan is indeed a part of the growing geopolitical competition in the Horn of Africa.
Sudan remained neutral in the blockade of Qatar by a coalition of Gulf countries led by Saudi Arabia. And while the UAE actively supported the Saudi-led blockade, Turkey economically assisted Qatar, where it has an army base.
The UAE uses its strategically important army bases in Eritrea and Somaliland to bomb Yemen. Turkey has an army training centre in Mogadishu and supports the Somali government and its federal integrity, while the UAE supports the Somali states of Somaliland and Puntland, which are seeking independence.
A Sudanese man passes by electoral posters on the walls of the Arabic market in the old town of Khartoum, Sudan Sunday, April 4, 2010. (Nasser Nasser / AP)
Different expectations
Serhat Orakci, an expert from Istanbul-based the Humanitarian and Social Research Center, believes that Turkish ambitions in Sudan are “purely economic.”
Orakci tells TRT World that, in the eyes of Turkey, Sudan symbolises a transitional point to Africa from the Arab world, and “Turkey cannot ignore Sudan’s strategic importance.”
On the other hand, Orakci argues that Sudan does not only seek economic benefits from its relations with Turkey. He believes “Sudan’s Bashir is aiming to gain more international recognition by being continuously seen with Erdogan.”
Bashir, who came to power in Sudan in a 1989 military-backed coup, was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in 2008 by the International Criminal Court over the deaths and persecution of ethnic groups in the Darfur province.
The court’s arrest warrant significantly limits his international visits, and Bashir’s case made it to global headlines once again, when he visited South Africa for an African Union meeting in 2015.
In this Wednesday, April 15, 2015 photo, Younis Hamad al-Nil, 35, sails his wooden boat on the Nile River on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan. (Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP)
Secondly, Orakci believes, on the eve of the 2020 presidential elections, Bashir is trying hard to overcome the “deep economic crisis,” which resulted from sanctions against the country.
Sudanese people have been suffering from cash shortages and hyperinflation, which touched almost 68 percent last August.
Therefore, he says, Bashir needs Turkish investments; “He is just being a pragmatist.”
As the recent military and economic cooperation between Turkey and Sudan grows, Turkish influence in the Red Sea region appears to have irked some of the actors there, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Source: TRTWorld and agencies
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Infertility can affect a couple both emotionally and physically. It can be devastating life crisis that has a significant impact on family relationships, overall health, job performance and social interactions. Stress, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, changes in the eating habits, pollution, and several other comorbidities results in an increase in the infertility rates. As per WHO estimates, 48.5 million couples worldwide experience infertility.
With advanced treatment modalities, infertility can be successfully treated. Now, India serves as fertility tourism hub for the patients around the world and provides an affordable, professional, and world-class medical care. Apart from other qualitative treatments of infertility, India is considered as the most preferred destination for assisted reproductive technology (Surrogacy).
The first in-vitro fertilization (IVF) was performed in 1978, when the first test tube baby was born in India. Twenty years of experience in IVF had helped India in providing a successful, cost-effective, and qualitative treatment to the infertility couple. The IVF clinics in India are well equipped with skilled professionals and excellent infrastructure.
Because of the lower cost of treatments and lighter regulations, the infertile couples are attracted towards India. In Britain, an outlawed payment is
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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is the medical procedure that involves injecting a sperm directly into the egg. The procedure is often used as a part of in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Testicular biopsy involves retrieval of sperm for IVF-ICSI.
IVF involves the fertilization of the egg outside the body. The procedure involves removal of egg from the ovaries and mixing them with sperm in a laboratory dish. Then, the embryo is transferred into the uterus.
IUI is involves insertion of the sperm into the uterus during ovulation. This procedure is intended to increase the number of sperms that meet the ovum by traveling through the fallopian tubules increasing the chances of fertilization.
IVF / ICSI + Donor sperms
In certain cases where the couple’s gametes cannot be used for IVF/ICSI, then the donated sperm can fulfill the dream of the parenthood. The procedure involves injecting a donated sperm into an egg.
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IVF with intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is the procedure that involves the use of specialized micromanipulation tools and equipment. It uses inverted microscopes which makes the embryologists to select the individual sperm with special ICSI needle.
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Usually, in-vitro fertilization procedure involves injecting a sperm into an egg directly (ICSI). Optical spindle view offers an effective and safe transfer of sperm into an egg using a special device.
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The donated eggs are fertilized with male gamete (sperm) using in-vitro fertilization or intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection. Then the developed embryos are transferred into the uterus. This procedure is used if the female partner has diminished ovarian reserve.
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Laser assisted hatching is the procedure that helps the embryo hatch from the protective shell and promotes the implantation in the wall of the uterus after the embryo transfer. This procedure can overcome the failure of the embryo to implant them in the uterine wall.
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One in eight couples worldwide are infertile. Approximately one third of the cases of infertility are
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