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Fes, Medieval Imperial City
The Ancient Imperial City of Fes
Fes is the oldest Imperial City in Morocco and is the largest car free zone in the world. Its medieval medina has some 9000 streets and alleys making it one giant labyrinth. Idriss I was the founder of the old city in 789 on the banks of the Jawhar River now known as Fes al Bali. In 808, his son Idriss II built a settlement on the far side of the river. 800 families of Berber descent that were exiled from Cordoba during the Spanish Inquisition were housed on the old city and after the rebellion of 824, 2000 Tunisian families from Kairouan came to live in the newer city. It was the daughter of one of these families; Fatima, who founded the University of Al Kairouyine in 859. It is still functioning today as a degree attaining school and houses a recently renovated mosque and library.
The two cities were united by the Almoravid Dynasty in 1070, the old walls were destroyed and new connecting ones built as well as bridges and the largest expansion and renovation of the Great Mosque of Kairouyine took place between 1134 and 1143. Fes was greatly enlarged by the Almohad Dynasty as many Andalusians settled there. As in Marrakech, the Almohads destroyed the walls and at the start of the 13th century new ones were built which still exist today. With some 200,000 people living in Fes between 1170 and 1180, it became the largest medina in the world. A large number of Madrassas were built, many of which are still in good condition. Each neighbourhood also had a fountain built so everyone had access to water.
After a huge massacre of Jews in 1276, Fes el Jdid was built and in 1438, The Mellah or Jewish Quarter was built near the Royal Palace and was a major centre of wool trade. Fes has long been a major centre of trade and is at the northern end of the gold route from Timbuktu, perhaps better known as the Salt route. Its main goods are leather, embroidery and ceramics.
A visit to Fes should be on everyone’s to do list as it a most fascinating and historic city with an abundance of places of interest to visit. The nature of the Medina requires you to take a licensed guide so as not to get lost and to enhance your experience. We use one of the best guides available who always delivers a first class tour full of interest, intrigue, knowledge and knows the best places to shop and to eat. Fes is known for its gastronomy and the streets are full of food stalls to tempt you.
The variety of artisan work is incredible, the amount of work entailed in each discipline is something you can discover on one of our guided tours as you will visit the places where the ceramics are made, the zellig tiles are cut and made into wonderful creations, the metal decorations are added to the pottery and the designs are painted on before final firing. You can discover how the sabra silk is made and see how it is woven into exquisite fabrics and accessories, visit a carpet bazaar and see the girls weaving and knotting beautiful rugs on huge looms, visit the tanneries and see first hand the labour intensive processes to make the exclusive bags, coats and shoes. Wander the streets and see the carpenters, metalworkers and instrument makers.
There is so much to see and to discover in Fes and the accommodation is authentic and typical as many of the merchants houses have been turned into riads for guests.
Ask us about a guided tour as part of your adventure.
"Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends. The mind can never break off from the journey."
A Weaving loom
Baskets of freshly harvest roses in the souk
Roses in the souk
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Ariana Grande Apologizes For Her Comment On “7 Rings” Lyrics
When Ariana Grande‘s song “7 Rings” arrived last week, fans were thrilled — but some rappers weren’t.
Specifically, rapper Princess Nokia accused Ari of stealing the lyrics from her song “Mine,” in which she says, “Flip the weave, I am a stunner/It’s mine, I bought it/It’s mine, I bought it.” In “7 Rings,” Ariana sings, “You like my hair? Gee, thanks, just bought it/I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it.”
According to Entertainment Tonight, in a now-deleted comment on her Instagram Story, Ariana wrote, “‘You like my hair? Gee, thanks, just bought it’… White women talking about their weaves is how we’re gonna solve racism.”
This comment upset fans who thought Ariana’s flip comment was missing the point. When The Shade Room pointed this out, Ari commented on the post with an apology.
“Hi hi… I think [my] intention was to be like… yay a white person disassociating the negative stereotype that is paired with the word ‘weave,’” she wrote.
“However I’m so sorry if my response was out of pocket or if it came across the wrong way. Thanks for opening the conversation and like…to everyone for talking to me about it. It’s never my intention to offend anybody.”
Meanwhile, rapper Soulja Boy has outright accused Ariana of stealing his flow on his song “Pretty Boy Swag” on the rap portion of “7 Rings.” He tweeted, “You’re a thief @ArianaGrande.”
And rapper 2 Chainz feels that “7 Rings” is very similar to the part in his song “Spend It,” in which he says, “It’s mine/I spend it.” He also feels that the “7 Rings” video appropriates imagery from rap videos.
Meanwhile, Ariana’s manager Scooter Braun tweeted that “7 Rings” broke the Spotify all-time record for most-streamed song within 24 hours of release, scoring just under 15 million streams.
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Japanese Horse Dierdre Wins British Group 1
By Ivy Heffernan on August 4, 2019 Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Top Stories, UK
Deirdre came from way off the pace to win the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood and record a historic success for Japanese trainer Mitsuru Hashida. Settled way off the pace by Oisin Murphy as Mehdaayih and Hermosa set a stiff gallop, the five-year-old stayed on powerfully to notch a famous overseas win. It was the first time […]
Deep Impact Claims 7th Consecutive Leading Sire Title in Japan
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on March 9, 2019 Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Sports, Top Stories
Deep Impact the general ranking champion for the 7th consecutive year Remarkable advance by Lord Kanaloa, who produced his second generation General sires ranking In the 2018 general ranking in Japan, Deep Impact (sire: Sunday Silence (USA)), who has produced nine generations over his career, remained in the top spot from January through the end […]
Japan Breeders Cup Qualifier for this year’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1)
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on February 15, 2019 Breeders Cup, Breeding, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Sports, Top Stories, USA
Led by former champions Gold Dream (JPN), Nonkono Yume (JPN), and Moanin, and the speedy Inti (JPN) 14 horses have been entered for Sunday’s 36th running of the one mile, $870,000 February Stakes (G1) on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse, the first automatic qualifier for this year’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) to be awarded through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series. The Breeders’ […]
American Pharoah in High Demand
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on August 12, 2018 Australia, Breeding, Coolmore, Headline News, Horse Racing, Investments, Japan, keeneland, kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Shayne Heffernan, Sports, Top Stories, USA
American Pharoah in High Demand In America The 2018 Fasig Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale saw the first yearlings by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah offered for sale and they lit up the ring with a filly and colt selling for $1.2 million and $1million to top the opening session of this prestigious sale. Offered […]
Japan: Mikki Rocket Earns Breeders Cup Spot
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on June 25, 2018 Breeders Cup, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories, USA
Mizuki Noda’s 5-year-old Mikki Rocket (JPN), at odds of 13-1, held off former Hong Kong Horse of the Year, Werther (NZ), by a neck to win Sunday’s 59th running of the 1 3/8-mile, $2,955,000 Takarazuka Kinen (G1) at Hanshin Racecourse and earned an automatic berth into the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge. The […]
Marijuana Legal in Canada
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on June 20, 2018 Headline News, Japan, Opinion, Politics, Shayne Heffernan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
Both chambers of the Canadian parliament have voted to approve the bill, paving the way for recreational use of marijuana and its cultivation, including home growth. To become law, it needs a largely formal royal approval. The Canadian non-elected Senate passed the bill, commonly known as the Cannabis Act, on Tuesday, with 52 votes in […]
Breeding Season Underway in Japan
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on April 2, 2018 Breeding, Headline News, Horse Racing, Horse Sales News, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
The foaling and breeding season is always an exciting time of year for those who work closely with the horses, with the stars of tomorrow being born or conceived and the stars of yesterday going to work in the breeding shed. The first few seasons for a stallion are always the most important. Here is […]
Japanese Contender for Dubai World Cup
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on March 30, 2018 Dubai World Cup, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Sports, Top Stories
Japanese Contender for Dubai World Cup Experience Could Help Awardee There is only one Japanese horse in Saturday’s main event, the Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline. This year it is 8-year-old Awardee, who ran a respectable fifth in last year’s renewal. He will be following in the hoof prints of many Japanese horses […]
Godolphin Win the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo, Japan,
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on March 27, 2018 Godolphin, Horse Racing, Japan, Top Stories
Godolphin Win the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo, Japan, Fine Needle achieved a tremendous first G1 victory from 17 rivals in the six-furlong Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo, Japan, on Sunday, 25 March. The success marked the first locally-trained G1 win in Japan with Godolphin’s silks worn. The five-year-old Admire Moon horse, trained by Yoshitada Takahashi, broke […]
Coolmore’s Deep Impact Experiment Pays Off with Saxon Warrior
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on January 12, 2018 Breeding, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Knightsbridge, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories, USA
Coolmore’s Deep Impact Experiment Pays Off with Saxon Warrior Coolmore’s experiment of sending mares to visit Japan’s super stallion Deep Impact has paid dividends with the emergence of group one-winning juvenile Saxon Warrior. Victories in the Beresford Stakes (G2) and the Racing Post Trophy (G1) have made Saxon Warrior a great stallion prospect already for […]
Frankel a Star in Japan
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on January 11, 2018 Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
Frankel a Star in Japan FRANKEL filly Soul Stirring has been named best three-year-old filly by the Japan Racing Association and may potentially come to Ascot to race this summer. Taken from The Racing Post, 10th January 2018, by Bruce Jackson Soul Stirring, Frankel’s first Classic winner when landing the Japanese Oaks last year, could […]
Olympian Boyd Martin Retraining Racehorses in Japan
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on November 28, 2017 Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Japan, Lifestyle, Luxury, Polo, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
Tokyo, Japan: Two-time Olympian Boyd Martin is to host ‘retraining the racehorse’ clinics in Japan this December, in partnership with the National Riding Club Association of Japan (NRCAJ), the Japan Racing Association (JRA) and Godolphin, the global thoroughbred breeding and horseracing team founded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and […]
The 2017 Japan Cup Aidan O’Brien Takes on Asia
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on November 20, 2017 Breeding, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Japan, Japan, Lifestyle, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories, Travel
The 2017 Japan Cup Aidan O’Brien Takes on Asia Four foreign runners have accepted their invitations to run in the 2017 edition of the Japan Cup (G1, 2,400m) on November 26 at Tokyo Racecourse. Idaho (IRE, C4, by Galileo) guided by top Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien is a two-time group-two winner who also finished third […]
Deep Impact sire-line in Australia
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on October 18, 2017 Australia, Australia, Breeding, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
Deep Impact sire-line in Australia The outstanding performance by topweight Tosen Stardom in Saturday’s $500,000 MRC Toorak H. 1600m G1 has strengthened the case for backing the Deep Impact sire-line in Australia. Arrowfield stands the only two Group 1-winning sons of Deep Impact available to breeders outside Japan: Real Impact, whose first Australian foals are […]
FRANKEL Produces Outstanding 1st Crop
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on October 17, 2017 Australia, Australia, Breeding, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, kentucky, Royal Ascot, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories, UK
FRANKEL Produces Outstanding 1st Crop Two stakes winners this weekend have boosted FRANKEL‘s first crop stake winners to 16 and his first crop stakes winners to foals ratio to an outstanding 15% Goldrush, FRANKEL‘s regally bred daughter out of Alexander Goldrun, kicked off the weekend in style, stepping up to stakes company when she powered […]
Australian Sires: Maurice
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on September 13, 2017 Australia, Australia, Breeding, Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
Australian Sires: Maurice Champion Miler and six-time Group 1 winner Maurice will shuttle to Arrowfield from the 2017 southern hemisphere breeding season onwards. Maurice was named Japan’s 2015 Horse of the Year, Champion Sprinter & Champion Miler. He was also honoured with a Special JRA Award for his 2016 victories in the Tokyo Tenno Sho […]
Keeneland September Sale Will Set Records
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on August 10, 2017 Australia, Australia, Breeders Cup, Breeding, Coolmore, Godolphin, Headline News, Horse Racing, Horse Sales News, Investments, Japan, Kentucky Derby, Shayne Heffernan, Singapore, Singapore, Strategy, Top Stories, USA
Keeneland September Sale Will Set Records The thoroughbred breeding industry around the world is booming and Keeneland will set brand new records this year. If you are intereseted in investing in the Thoroughbred industry now is the time, Contact us or complete the form at the bottom of this article. Keeneland announced the expansion of […]
2 New Stallions to Larneuk Stud
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on July 26, 2017 Australia, Breeding, Coolmore, Dubai World Cup, Godolphin, Headline News, Horse Racing, Horse Sales News, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
2 New Stallions to Larneuk Stud Picturesque Larneuk Stud in the heart of Victoria’s most fertile thoroughbred country is home to exciting stallions – Cluster, Ilovethiscity & O’Lonhro and in 2017 they are proud to introduce two additions to their stallion roster this season. Wolf Cry who is a Magic Millions winner and G2, Listed […]
Belmont Stakes Day Selections
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on June 9, 2017 Breeders Cup, Breeding, Coolmore, Godolphin, Headline News, Horse Racing, Investments, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories, USA
Belmont Stakes Day Selections by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock We have a great card of Grade 1 racing at Belmont on Saturday night, with six fascinating top quality races. The Belmont Stakes is the pick of those and Japanese raider Epicharis heads what is a fascinating field. Epicharis is a highly promising three year […]
Stallion Honorius Could Make his Name in British Classics
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on June 7, 2017 Australia, Breeders Cup, Breeding, Coolmore, Dubai World Cup, France, Godolphin, Headline News, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Horse Racing, Horse Sales News, Investments, Japan, Kentucky Derby, Royal Ascot, Shayne Heffernan, Singapore, Top Stories, UK, UK Horse Racing, USA
Stallion Honorius Could Make his Name in British Classics by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock One of my favourite things about being interested in Horse Racing breeding is pinpointing new stallions to follow. One stallion I like the look of and will follow with interest is Honorius, who will stand in Australia but also stand […]
Honorius to Stand at Stud for Knightsbridge
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on June 6, 2017 Australia, Australia, Breeding, Dubai World Cup, Headline News, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Horse Racing, Horse Sales News, Investments, Japan, Japan, Kentucky Derby, Lifestyle, Luxury, Royal Ascot, Shayne Heffernan, Singapore, Singapore, Strategy, Top Stories, UK, UK Horse Racing, USA
Honorius to Stand at Stud for Knightsbridge The proven Australian race horse Honorius will stand at for Knightsbridge in Australia and in the Northern Hemisphere in 2018. Bred to be a Champion Honorius is a 7 year stallion with an impeccable pedigree and strong racing credentials that will prove to be popular in Australia, Hong […]
Yasuda Kinen (Grade 1) Form Guide and Selections
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on June 1, 2017 Headline News, Horse Racing, Investments, Japan, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Sports
Yasuda Kinen (Grade 1) Form Guide and Selections Our Selections GREATER LONDON (JPN) AIR SPINEL (JPN) BEAUTY ONLY (IRE) S2-1 2:40 P.M. HK TIME (04.06.2017) (3:40 P.M. LOCAL TIME) (04.06.2017) Yasuda Kinen (Grade 1) Tokyo, Japan – Turf – 1600 Metres (Left-handed) For 3-year-olds and upwards. Weights: 3yo 119lb; 4yo+ 128lb. Allowances: fillies and mares […]
Japan Attracts Strong Field for G1 Yasuda Kinen
By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on June 1, 2017 Headline News, Horse Racing, Japan, Japan, Japan, Shayne Heffernan, Top Stories
Japan Attracts Strong Field for G1 Yasuda Kinen One of Japan’s premier mile races, the G1 Yasuda Kinen, this year boasts five G1 winners, including two raiders from Hong Kong and 2016 winner Logotype. At the forefront are horses like Staphanos, Air Spinel and Isla Bonita, but it is an open race that could see […]
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Louisiana Lawyer Blog
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Wrongful-Death Suit Filed In Relation to Parade Incident
February 17, 2016 | by Broussard & David
An incident during last year’s Krewe of Excalibur Carnival parade in Metairie has resulted in civil repercussions. Don J. Dauzat, 52, was struck and killed by an allegedly drunk motorist who was purportedly pursued by a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy at the time. Now, Dazuat’s family has filed a wrongful-death suit in the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna, naming the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Excalibur, King Arthur, PFJ Float Co., and others as defendants.
According to the suit, Dauzat had finished dropping off the float he was pulling for the Excalibur parade and was transporting a tractor to a staging area for the Knights of King Arthur parade. It was at this time, about 2:50 a.m., that he was struck by a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Michael Burrle near Lapalco Boulevard and Paxton Street in Harvey. The impact caused the tractor to roll approximately 70 feet and flung Dauzat from it, resulting in severe injuries to his skull and brain. He was transported to a New Orleans hospital but died less than a day later from his injuries.
Burrle was booked on suspicion of DWI and was eventually charged with vehicular homicide to which he plead not guilty.
The lawsuit claims that the deputy, at this time unnamed, who was pursuing Burrle violated Louisiana’s “due care” standard by chasing Burrle in excess of the posted speed limit, 40 miles per hour, without using emergency lights or siren. As to the other defendants, the suit accuses them of failing to provide police escort for tractor drivers, the failure to do so contributing to Dauzat’s untimely demise.
The suit seeks appropriate damages. Dauzat is survived by his wife and two children.
The attorneys at Broussard & David have the knowledge and experience necessary to handle cases of this nature and will fight to obtain fair compensation for your injuries. If you or a loved one has suffered harm because of the negligence of another, contact the attorneys at Broussard & David to discuss your legal rights at (337) 233-2323 (local) or (888) 337-2323 (toll-free).
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South Point Equestrian Center honored as ‘Facility of the Year’
Laramie Craigen of Texas falls from a bull during the Tuff Hedeman bull riding tour at the South Point Arena Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Las Vegas News Bureau)
Allow them to get up on their high horse and crow a bit — the South Point Arena & Equestrian Center has been named “Facility of the Year” by the League of Agricultural and Equine Centers.
Awarded for excellence in the management and operation of an equestrian venue, the honor recognizes that South Point “exemplifies those attributes,” said Jennifer Bexley, chairwoman of the league’s awards committee. “South Point’s motto is, ‘Find a way to say yes.’ And both the awards committee and the entire Board of the League were impressed with their application and examples in ways they say yes to facilitate memorable events at their facility.”
South Point’s arena spans 240,000 feet of event space with a trio of climate-controlled arenas, plus 4,500 seats in the main arena and two arenas in the Priefert Pavilion. The Equestrian Center also features a vet clinic, a feed store and the Cinch Saloon. Adjacent to 1,200 climate-controlled stalls is a horse valet, and the stall areas offer 24-hour security monitoring.
A table of attendees relaxes with drinks during the “Christmas with the Clydesdales” event in the Priefert Pavilion at the South Point in 2016. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau)
As part of a two-year multimillion-dollar expansion, the complex added new LED lighting throughout the arenas and barns, a state-of-the-art video board and 25-plus acres of horse-trailer parking. The Equestrian Center is scheduled to host more than 40 weeks of equestrian events this year.
“Michael and Paula Gaughan had a very clear vision for this property since the beginning, and it was to create a one-of-a-kind facility that would not only help expand the equestrian industry but also serve as a home away from home for the participants and their animals,” said Steve Stallworth, the center/arena’s general manager, in a statement.
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Hirsch & Kirsch
The label focuses on a 'Modern Leather Craft' aesthetic through minimalist shapes paired with bold graphic details, surface patterns and contrasting colours, to produce visually striking pieces that only get better with age.
Modern Leather Craft Is Our Focus
Each product is designed, developed and hand-crafted in Somerset using the best Italian Vegetable-Tanned leather and British hardware.
The label grew out of my own need for products that were beautiful yet functional and not overly engineered. We love the idea and simplicity of a ‘Vessel’ but it needed to have a colourful and slightly playful element which is where the debossing comes in. Our inspiration comes from travel, art, design, architecture and textiles which heavily informs the shape, colour and surface print of the collections.
We love the honesty of vegetable leather
We first worked with leather as a BA Fashion student at Winchester School of Art over 15 years ago , falling in love with the tactility, variations and finishes but also how it could be manipulated and applied as a material. We love the honesty of Vegtan, the growth marks and scratches that celebrate the life of the animal, the nakedness of the surface that is ready to tell a new story, the way the edges will burnish naturally over time through use, it is phenomenally satisfying to work with and use. The neutral colour we use acts as the perfect canvas for the foiled debossing designs that are then applied but coupled with the vegtan, it also highlights the shape, form and structure of each piece really well, lending them a certain sculptural quality.
We source my leather from Italy, from a tannery that belongs to the Consortium for Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather. It guarantees a definitive level of quality whilst continuing to support ancient tanning techniques in the Tuscan region. My hardware comes from a family-fun foundry in Walsall who specialize in supplying the saddlery trade. This transparency of my supply chain and the label as a whole is hugely important to us, knowing where my materials come from, utilizing my off-cuts and essentially avoiding a fast-fashion model.
Alongside running the Hirsch & Kirsch label, We freelance for the Fashion and Accessories Industry, providing sampling and development services as well as hosting a variety of leather workshops and courses - https://www.hirschandkirsch.com/workshops-courses/ from my Somerset studio, teaching traditional leatherworking skills and techniques.
Follow Hirsch & Kirsch on Instagram. Go to the link:
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Episode 237 May 23rd, 2019
Mike and Matt invite Layout Initiative lead Tim Plunkett on the podcast to talk everything about Drupal's new Layout Builder, its use-cases, issues, and what's new in Drupal 8.7, and what's coming next!
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People want visibility controls like they have in the block system... there are people working on that issue.
This Episode's Guest
Tim Plunkett
Principal Software Engineer at Acquia and proud Philadelphian.
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Matt Kleve
For May 23rd, 2019 it's the Lullabot Podcast.
Hey everybody it's the Lullabot Podcast episode 237. I'm Matt Kleve, Senior Developer of Lullabot and with the always Co-host of the show, Senior Front End Developer, Mike Herchel.
Hey Mike.
Mike Herchel
Hey, good afternoon Matt.
Good afternoon. You know we're recording a Podcast and we're not sitting next to each others. How did we ever do this before?
Through the magic of tubes.
The series of tubes known as the internet?
The series of tubes, yes.
Yeah, so on the Lullabot Podcast we talk all things Lullabot. Generally, in the Drupal's space right? Where a Web Development Strategies Designed Development company that works primarily in Drupal and we're going to learn some more about some of the latest, greatest stuff coming out of Drupal 8.
Yeah, we're revisiting a topic that we talked about, what, a little bit over a year ago with Layout's and for those of us that have tried out the newest version of Drupal, Drupal 8.7, one of the biggest within that release is that the Layout Builder Module is now stable and that's huge.
Yeah, we've talked a little bit about this in the past. We had our guest on before.
And when we talked about the Lullabot website, we heard all about how Layout Builder was super and you know how it really helped us leverage making cool things happen on our website.
Yep and with us today to talk about that is Tim Plunkett, who is a Principle Software Engineer- Acquia. He's working on the Layouts Initiative, at least until this week. Right Tim?
I'm doing pretty good. And you're from Philadelphia and you're typically in a red Philadelphia, Philly hat. Is that right? Are you wearing it right now?
I am wearing a maroon 1980's throw back Philadelphia Philly hat right now.
Okay, we'll allow that. That's good.
Maroon's red.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Thank you for the clarification.
I think we're kinda with you now in spirit even if we are separated by tubes, so, I don't know, first of all congratulations.
Yeah, it was a lot of work. I'm assuming it was a lot of work to get this into Core, correct?
It really was. Thankfully we had a big team working on it and over a long period of time now. The plans for it with the Layout Initiative about three years ago, the ideas for [inaudible 00:02:40] came up about two years ago at Triple Con and we've been working on it since then.
Wow, yeah, and it shows the amount of work. So let's maybe start by talking about the process of getting it into Core. Let's talk about maybe the genesis of the idea and how you proposed it or who proposed it and [inaudible 00:03:04] and things like that and getting it in.
Absolutely. The Layout Initiative itself kinda [inaudible 00:03:12] for a bit. The ideal was that there was all these modules and featured panels and panels that are in display suite that needed a singular mechanism for defining Layout's and that was added to Core as the Layout API back in Triple A.3 and so from then it was like, "Okay now we have this generic API that we can do these things with, what should we do next"? The first attempt was just try to improve the Field [inaudible 00:03:42] as it was in place and it was an experimental Core Module called, Field Layout and it was a nice attempt, it was a good experiment but it didn't really go anywhere and it really wasn't worth the sort of pain it caused for existing sites, the upgrade was the way it broke your templates. It really wasn't worth it for the functionality you got but was a really good experiment to see what it would be like to put something like that in Core.
So coming out of that failure at Triple Con in Baltimore, Emilie Nouveau, who also is a Engineer at Acquia, proposed a new kind of approach to things. And that grew into now being called Layout Builder.
That is awesome. So how did she propose on getting this into Core and what was the process on, did you just decide, "I'm going to do this" or did you have to pitch it to someone?
Yeah. So there's a process for this with Intregral. There is a separate issue key outside the Core Issue queue and it's called The Idea's queue and there's a define process of how you do ideations and how you step through proposing a product introduction to Core. Anything that isn't [inaudible 00:05:02] facing thing would be we go through this process. So we were actually out at Sprint. We were working on getting panels and Panelizer stable for Drupal 8 and having a migration path from Drupal 7 and at the end of that Sprint we had an extra afternoon and so a bunch of us sat around and discussed it and particularly Emilie and myself and Angie Byron "webchick" who is a Product Manager of Drupal core and sort of went through some of the feedback that she gathers from the community about what people need and ran the proposal by the UX team at the time, the Usability team, which is a group of volunteers that work with Drupal core to kind of validate and give advice and propose UX related functionality.
So from there after pitching the idea to them and getting some initial positive feedback, we sat down and came up with some user stories and then went from there to designs and then at a Acquia Hackathon we began to actually code the module, which is very different from how Drupal modules end up starting which is usually someone writes a proven concept and then you just go with that and try to incriminate and prove it from there.
Scratching the itch, right? Yeah.
Starting with user stories and designs is very backwards for how Core usually works but it's how software should work, in my opinion, and it really set the foundation for the success of the initiative.
Yeah, so it came into Core in what, 8.5 experimental? Is that right?
Yeah so a year ago it was added to Core Triple 8.5 and then from there it had the general rules experimental modules supposed to have about a year to finish up whatever they had not finished. A experimental module has to have a stable data module, a stable API and no glaring obvious visibility bugs or performance regressions or any secure code or anything like that. So from that point a year ago we had that time to finish all of the outstanding work and it was a lot. We had a team at Acquia of about five or six, depending on the time of year, different engineers working on it. And at the end about six engineers working full time just [inaudible 00:07:31].
That's a lot of support.
It really is, I mean, I'm really fortunate to have the institutional backing that I have and the whole team has that same sort of support but even on top of that there were I would say a dozen really key volunteers that were working on the Uploader and then several dozen, maybe 50 plus people working to help out incrementally. So it wasn't just Acquia product or anything it's very much the communities project but it was just that instead of working nights and weekends we were fortunate to be compensated and aloud to work on it as our day job.
When we developed Lullabot.com we developed it within Layout Builder 8.6, what are the big changes between that experimental version of Layout Builder and 8.6 going forward to the stable version 8.7?
Honestly from 8.5 to 8.6 there wasn't to much extra. There were some low hanging fruit, bug fixes that we got in the in evenings six months but coming off the big push to get it into Core, there was kind of a breather period and honestly a bunch of us were kind of burnt out.
Yeah. That's understandable.
Yeah so there wasn't really that big of a difference from 8.5 to 8.6. And from 8.6 to 8.7 is basically the entire rest of the work.
So there is actually a huge difference from 8.6 to 8.7 on the API side as well as the UI side and addition a lot, meaning 90 percent of all the explicit work we did around accessibility landed in 8.7 even though we've been working on it through out.
Yeah, accessibility is a big topic that I wanna talk about. I feel I'm jumping ahead just a little bit though, maybe we should kind of explain to give the 10,000 overview of what exactly Layout Builder is from a user interface point of view for maybe a Drupal developer that has, you know, experience in the Field UI and, you know, maybe display speed and stuff like that.
Yeah, sure. Absolutely.
For a site builder from their perspective, it completely replaces the Field UI for any place that you turn it on so it can be turned on for any specific bundle [inaudible 00:09:52] per for nodes [inaudible 00:09:55] for comments and for each one of those you can then configure the display of your fields similar to how you might have done things with display suite except for with the ability to re-arrange them into different layouts sort of like Panelizer but without making all comparisons to existing modules, in Triple Core without Layopular you get to control the order the fields display. And it's just this is the order they are in printed in flat. With Layopular you can group them into different sections and within a section with different regions. Previously when you had to write a very complex layout, let's say you wanted a big banner at the top and then two columns were you have a big picture and then a small, you know, call to action and then the body of the text and at the bottom three more things where their recent articles or something.
In order to do that you would have to write out a custom layout that said, "Okay, one column, two columns. One column, three columns". The key difference from Layout Builder is that you can click together that using smaller building block simpler layouts to literally say, "Hey I want a one column layout". Done. Then you put in two then in one then three. And instead of having to code any of that and write NCSS or any templates or anything you can just pick from those pre-defined ones and stack the layouts themselves and then re-arrange all your content within them. I think that's the real key differentiator solutions.
I 100 percent agree with you. I think there's an additional key differentiator though. The fact that it's kind of done on the front end of the site so you can actually see the content there. So for those that haven't used Layout Builder you will go to, for example, like a node, you can turn it on per node or per content type and if you enable it per node you can go to the Layout Tab of the node and you're still loading to front end theme so you see your custom styles and everything like that but it puts some padding in there, some little dotted lines onto where you can drag stuff around and then there's a little button in there that says add block or add section and once you hit one of those buttons the settings tray pops out from the right hand side of your screen and at that point you'll have your various options.
You might have a list of pre-defined layout sections that you can insert that might be one column, two columns, three column or four column. You might have if you're adding a block you'll have a list of blocks. And the coolest thing I think from an editor's point of view is when their adding a block or when their adding a piece of content in there, they see that content immediately how it would look. And that's really cool because for example, if you're inserting content and you're selecting the view mode and they don't know what the view modes are which I could see being a pretty common thing they can at least go ahead and add it and maybe make an educated guess and see what it looks like and then if it looks great, you know it's going to look great as soon as they hit that save button. I think that's so awesome.
And the preview is pretty killer Mike. Not everybody reads floats and grids and sees it all in front of them. Seeing is believing. That's awesome.
Yeah, honestly the tool has been built from the ground up with content editors, content authors, marketers, those end users of that part of the site as the focus. And it also is a killer site builders tool but it was aimed towards content authors in a way that the other tools are not. And the previous are a huge part of that.
Yeah. As we implemented Lullabot [inaudible 00:13:49] and I'm also working on a new project, a new client project and we're doing a very similar thing. We have a content type called Landing Page and it's basically, you know, a Layout Builder enabled page where marketing people or people who might not be as technical savvy as say a Web Developer but they can go in they have their pre-defined blocks that the can add their pre-defined content, they can stick it into their pre-defined layouts, they can move those layouts around and you know, the styling automatically inherits the correct amount of spacing, padding's, gutters and all that type of stuff and makes it very, very difficult for them to make something terribly ugly which I think everybody is loving that.
Mike as a friend how's the CSS?
I really like it because it kind of-
Does it look all right? Your proud of it if Layout Builder is what's on the page and you're the Front End Developer, your like, "This'll work".
Yeah, I mean, we've been defining our own layouts.
Fancy.
Yeah. So we've been defining our own layouts and in that point we've been doing that on the module side of things because of the way that Karen Stevenson has the layouts implemented on Lullubot.com and we're doing the same thing on this new clients site. We have drop down that reaches out to a [inaudible 00:15:21] vocabulary where you can select CSS classes that you have added in there and so I can add a layout section in there and then I can attach CSS classes to that and the CSS classes might say something like, send as a text or it might say, constrain by one grid or it might say apply a negative margin bottom or a margin bottom of four units and that makes it pretty easy for people who are composing the pages to work with it.
And there's also the ability to add a title into those and when you're adding the title you can select which element you want and it defaults to an H2 and there's CSS classes for that. And then from the styling point of view I typically override the library's just on the theme wire just so I can kind of manage everything within the [inaudible 00:16:24] base and just have a layout directory within my sass directory structure that does all the layout stuff and keeps it very componentized which when you're dealing with CSS you want a kind of componantize everything because CSS is global and you know, you can really shoot yourself in the foot if you don't do it properly and I'm sure everybody has done that, you know and-
Z makes one thousand.
Yeah, right. Z makes one thousand and import everything and you know-
And what it sounds like is that it's good to go out of the box but it can be as complex and as complicated as exciting as you need it to be.
It's very Drupal, in a good way though.
Yeah, that didn't sound like a good way though.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No one's ever said very Drupal.
Well, we should.
The first time right here on the Lullabot Podcast. 2019 episode 237, yeah.
We kind of went into the front end a little bit, maybe now is a good way to-
Well, we were kinda going into the latest version the-
The dot eight. You had mentioned accessibility.
That sounds like that might be challenging for such an interface. Can we talk a little bit about that Tim?
Well it comes in accessibility kind of conveying the information of a spacial layout is extremely challenging and the reason any software that does that right now and there's no real mechanism for it either. Although there are new proposals at the CSS level to kind of have a way to convey spacial layouts, it's in the early draft state. So we were really kind of having to you know, blaze our own trail here and I mean the main thing is that accessibility there's no one answer, there's no way to know oh yeah, you're done now. You did the one thing, check off the checklist accessibility is finished. It's a process, it's a way of thinking and it has to be baked in at the lowest level.
The easiest thing to point to is say, oh [inaudible 00:18:35] is it keyboard navigable in a way that even makes sense. Not only can you actually get through a [inaudible 00:18:41] to do the things but does the user understand what they are doing and what the effects of what they're doing has on the rest of the page. And we spent a lot of time on that via either these announce calls in [inaudible 00:18:54] to sort of convey to the user via speech when it's happening or just using Aria roles correctly to give them sort of these landmarks of this is where you are and this is what this means and additionally there's also in the case of navigability we rely on Drupal's table drag UI which is, you know, very prevalent through out Core.
Whether it be menu's or tech savvy terms. If you're going to use a Drupal site as a site builder, you're going to have to figure out table drag whether you're using a pointer device or a keyboard. So we did rely on that sort of assumption of knowledge to allow us to provide that functionality for keyboard navigation, which really did obviously help but there's also still a lot more and the guidelines are very specific in what the intent is of each point but their not specific in terms of how to implement that for all the different possible input devices and output devices and so there's always more work to be done and what we did when scoping anything with Core we use a must have, should have, could have and would like to have system in terms of just to finding out priorities. In order to get anything in the Core there's a series of different topic gates that need to be satisfied. User ability, security, performance, accessibility and I think one about model API. And you have to satisfy all the must haves for that category in order for it to be included in the Core.
So we did a 100 percent of all the must haves between the [inaudible 00:20:36] team and the accessibility team came up with. We also tackled a good chunk of the should haves and sort of the nice to haves and could haves. And so that's what remains going forward there's always more we can do but at least at the bare minimum we know we've covered what we have decided as a community are the absolute blockers.
Did you end up doing any type of user ability testing after or before? Was there any type of accessibility user testing or anything like that or?
I haven't had anything holistic. We're looking into that but as far as we had multiple things we did some user abilities test, you know, actual sit downs and test for specific design choices. For example, there was due to technical limitations we had to hobble together a quick and easy way to print out where the save buttons are and describe the changes revert, those sort of actions. And we just kind of shoved them up to the top as Hackathon level, let's get this in. We knew it wasn't good, but we didn't necessarily know what to do from there. So Emilie who's you know, one of the co-initiative leads with me, came up with a couple different proposals and then sat down and did some full visibility studies on those different options and was able to determine what we will end up coming out with.
But we haven't had anything at the holistic level yet and that is something I'd be interested in doing but you know, that's next.
And of course if somebody says there are issues-
Oh for sure, I mean, there are-
File an issue, right?
Yeah, please. I mean since it was announced and featured at Triple Con Seattle in the key note, there's been a lot of activity in the layouts Slack channel in the Triple Slack and there's dozens of people in there asking questions and there's even more people answering questions and you can pretty much either get acknowledged that what you're asking is a problem and we don't know the answer yet but here's where to follow a long for it or someone could point you to there's already a solution progress, sorry it's not fixed already but here's where it's happening.
so there's a lot of momentum and enthusiasm and really interesting questions so much are resulting in new feature requests, some are resulting in spot off contribute modules to build out the Layout Builder ecosystem.
Yeah. That's awesome.
In the vein of what have you done for me lately, what are people chomping at the bit for? What do they want?
I mean there's a good couple things. There's some specific things that themers want and with regards to more flexible templates suggestions so that they can really drill down and customize the markup for a specific component to sort of go with what Mike was saying earlier with the component based approaches, where you can either right now you can custom do it yourself but some little bit more flexibility out of the box has been one big request. There's a recent performance fix that we found that should be committed this week and would be back portable to 8.7 so the next version 8.7.2 or something would be in that release. The biggest I think feature request, well, there's two different hands, one is just pure feature request. People want visibility controls like they have in the blocks system where you can say this specific field, this specific block is only visible to people that have this role or viewing page in this language.
Almost text like.
Exactly. That is forth coming, I mean there's people working on that issue. I would say the other one is that we shift without support for multi-lingual sites. Which is not to say that we can only do in English or anything because Drupal 8 can be installed in any language. So it's language eugnostic but it's right now it only works, you can't customize or translate the custom concept content [inaudible 00:24:38] through the Layout Builder and into other languages.
Okay, so the UI itself is multi-lingual but-
But content, okay.
No if you create regular node content and have all you're different fields displayed and you translate them in old fashion with content translation everything's going to be fine but there are a specific parts of the layopular AUI that allow you to enter texts, specifically labels for your blocks and if you chose to do that those labels are not currently translatable and so that is a known bug and we're working on fixing it. And there's four possible ways to fix it and we're picking to it, we're doing two of them and not the other two and the other two are going to be [inaudible 00:25:25]. I can include some links for those curious about it but you can do three more episodes just on the translation consequences of Layout Builder but this is something that's on the roadmap.
I'm wanting to ask questions about it but I think I'll just set it aside. It sounds like it's bigger than I'm assuming.
There was a good two hour discussion about it at Seattle and was really, really informative and interesting and the notes from that are public so I can make sure there linked for those curious.
But between Core and Contrib within the six months we're planning on supporting pretty much all these cases. It's just depending on which one you want in Core or not.
We're talking Layout Builder with Drupal 8, the latest greatest in 8.7 with Tim Plunkett from Acquia.
Yep and when we come back we're going to talk about what's next and any type of gotchas within Layout Builder.
Lullabot Podcast coming up right after this.
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Welcome back we're talking with Tim Plunkett about Layout Builder and the awesomeness that is Drupal 8.7.
Yeah, hey Tim, so we talked about the early days of Layout Builder off the top and I was kind of wondering, my mind was wondering during that commercial break. Does Layout Builder as we know it today kind of have it's seed in the old Scotch Initiative?
That's a good question. I would say no, I mean, it obviously for context the Scotch Initiative was intended a sort of modern replacement for the block module.
Yeah, it was kind of an awkward backarim because there was another initiative called Whiskey, so-
Yes and if anyone can tell you what Scotch did then they're wrong because they don't remember.
Whiskey was web services and something and plugins and...but Scotch was kind of the promise of the new generation, right? The let's do panels and Core almost.
Yeah, there was a Layout module actually committed to Core at one point and ended up being removed because it didn't do anything. In a way a lot of the foundation but in the end the actual part where we put the output code it just said at to figure this part out. And so-
That sounds like my code.
Some of that is timeline I'm sure, right?
Absolutely. And it has to do with the Drupal 8.0 dub cycle was very unique in many ways and stretched on for a long period of time so there was no real known end point so there was no deadline to kind of give some scope to the whole initiative. It ended up being not succeeding in that sense but some of the improvements they made the plugin system and some of the context system within Core and some of the improvements of block module ended up being sort of foundational to the Layout Builder although I would say about at least a third of my time or more that I spent coding the Layout Builder was fixing bugs within the context system and the block system and the plugin system because they were improved in such a way in Triple 8.0 with this promise of more functionality but no one actually took advantage of it or exercised it in meaningful ways and so when I actually tried to put it to use it kind of fell over.
I'm sure building Layout Builder is an exercise for the system itself.
Absolutely. [crosstalk 00:29:15].
Exactly. And so the Scotch initiative itself had some really next generation of thoughts and approaches to how different customizations were related to their parents and there was this whole inheritance system and so we basically dug and it was all scrap when it was removed from Core. I definitely looked at it every once in awhile to make sure I wasn't repeating any old ground but we didn't really use any of the new ideas from it at all. And really as I said, they started with all these really next generation approaches and proposals and sort of foundational code but nothing actually functional whereas we started at every step of the way Layout Builder did something and it sort of a true iterated approach where you know the image where you start with a scooter and then you go to a bicycle and then you go to a motorcycle and then you get car as opposed to just having some axles and axles in a steering wheel and then you know, from there you build a car and no point till it's completely done is it functional.
So we wanted to iterate due to the nature of Core development in order to land anything we had to have something functional. So honestly we did borrow a lot from Panelizer in terms of inspiration but with an eye at display suite, display is a really interesting module because it's really widely used but it does a lot of things and we enture to guess that most people that use it don't use it for the same reasons as the other people that use it and don't use a 100 percent of it's functionality.
I was trying to remember what it actually did. I've been on projects using display suite but we used a small portion of it's functionality, we used different display modes per content type or something to display suite-
That was in Drupal 7. Display suite was the first one that sort of added this concept of different view modes and then you know, in Drupal 8 I helped move that into Core so that was the beginning of kind of chipping away at display suites feature set and moving parts of it in the Core but honestly the biggest thing I've heard is the reason that people installed display suite was because the title field was not manipulable in Field UI.
There wasn't any other base field, it was only the configurative fields that you add through the Field UI where the ones available in that display. Some people installed this entire module that does dozens of things really well just for one small set of functionality and so it's sort of in discussion going back three years to Drupal Con New Orleans discussing with the display maintainers about what they saw as sort of the 80 percent users of their module and how to just kind of deprecate the whole module and make it obsolete in which it's basically happened now. And even just this morning there was a blog post published by previous [inaudible 00:32:16] explaining why they pivoted completely from using display suite on all their current site builds to where now everything new they build is going to be using Layout Builder.
That's awesome. We'll link that in our show notes.
And honestly along those lines, I know we mentioned briefly earlier when I was coming the initiative there's a field layout module. The field layout module was very much trying to be display suite in Core and that was the experiment but it ended up as I said, not being ambitious enough, to little for too much pain. And so I declared it as kind of a failed experiment and it's still hanging around in Core and we have to figure out the best way to kind of get rid of it in sustainable way to not ruin the lives of the people who try to adopt it. But switching to something more that supplied Panelizer but in Core it turned out to be the more ambitious and successful approach.
I do remember when you were last on Tim and you were describing the Field Layout Module, I was like, "Oh, well is it gonna do this, this, that or the other thing"? Essentially, explaining Layout Builder was my assumption based on it's cool name, Field Layout, right? It's going to do that and you're like, "Yeah, sadly no it doesn't do that so-". Well, okay, so any ideas what's going to happen in the future?
Yes, so the interesting thing about Field Layout is that while Layout Builder is all about controlling the output of your content. Field Layout both attempted it to improve that work flow but also allowed you to alter the display of the form itself where you enter the content. Which is really powerful and really kind of nice especially for, as an agency like yourself, you're going to try and build out the best work flow for your client as possible.
Well it's already editable like Dragon Drop wise, right? Now the form and the display-
You can re-arrange the order the widgets are displayed but saying the same way that you could do that with Field UI for your output but you couldn't kind of re-arrange or split it into columns or split it into a wider footer or any of those things. And so that sort of functionality is really going to be the casualty, that's what the part we have to focus on because there's a clean update path from migration path from Field Layout to Layout Builder to those using the output capabilities. But for those that have been using it to control the output of their forms, we don't have anything to do with that right now. It's still just an alter of the Field UI code, it's to just kind of roll that foreign part directly into Field UI itself and just make it instead of enhancement of Field UI just make Field UI do that thing.
And so then just pretend the Field UI module never existed. Which is good because you know, I have a lot of thoughts about the experimental module process. Yeah, but I think that one of the biggest things that we're allowed to fail. And failing in public is really hard and kind of uncomfortable but I think it's really great and it's a good example of how to do that responsibly.
Yeah and I don't think there's any shame in failing.
No absolutely not. I mean, the only shame is if you try and cover it up or pretend it never happened or you learn nothing from it and you repeat your mistakes but failing in public can be, especially in an open source community, it shows people that look, you can take a chance and go for something and it might be the next big thing or it may not and there's no harm no foul.
So let's maybe move on to some Layout Builder gadgets and maybe non-use cases. If you're creating site in Layout Builder what are some maybe things to avoid or maybe used cases where not to use Layout Builder. If you don't have any thoughts on this-
Yeah, no I can. I would say there are limitations to it's functionality that may or may not be clear at first. Some of them are enhanced by contrib's, some of them are on the roadmap to become something contrib but for example you know, the Layout itself is focused on the output of the editing and the Fields itself and as such if you're a triple site builder you know what the main content region of your page is. Everything that Layout Builder does it lives within that main content region. All of the other things like your headers and your footers and if you have them your side bars are still controlled by the block UI and your page templates and that can be sort of frustrating and you come in and you have this really great tool that's really great for your content and you want to use it for other parts of your page and you can't you're stuck with the old block UI.
And that is something that is looking to be addressed by contrib in a couple different forms, some people will want to have a completely brand new solution that our other people working on improving the page manager module which is [inaudible 00:37:23] to sort of use that Layout UI itself to show you how to edit the parts around the main content. Sort of site chrome if you will. So without that module done, or without anyone of those efforts completed it can be kind of jarring like, "Wait, why is this powerful tool limited to this middle part and why can't I use it in other places"?
Remind me which one page manager is.
Page manager is what people might think panels is.
Oh okay, so page manager is the requirement for panels? And it-
[crosstalk 00:38:00]
Panels requires page managers, right?
No, that was in 8.7.
Oh yeah, yeah that's what I'm talking about.
So in D8 they switched it so panels is just this shared DUI module on top of panel, it's used by Panelizer and page manager. And yes, all of those words are confusing and make no sense, especially with D8 but-
I want going to say anything but-
Just like Drupal.
Panelizer has been largely supplied by Uploader but the concept of doing and so that another node is that if you are doing a specific node, let's say you're on node slash five and it's you and your events and you want to customize the [inaudible 00:38:42] events and customize it just the way you want. That is stored as content, that is a field, it is revision able, it will eventually be translatable it can go through work flows like moderation work flows and it's pure content and can be deployed. Page manager is [inaudible 00:39:02] you go in and you say, "I want a slash about to a new route on my site" and when you go to that you see this landing page and it has nothing to do with any particular content it's just you can pull in content from somewhere else but it is a configuration thing and that can be put in version control and ployed [inaudible 00:39:21] what have you.
And it's not content, it's not revision able. So that config part is still in [inaudible 00:39:28] and looks like it will be that way for the foreseeable future, there's not enough, if though it's a very powerful tool, there's not enough demand that'll land at in court self anytime soon.
So I have a question for you. Do you know anything that would help me with this case where, if for example, a field exists then display another field or say ad, I know know, a CSS class or something to something. These cases I'm thinking of is say, I'm deciding my layouts and I'm hard coding them directly in my tweaked input so out of time so you know, I'll have a little twig stem that says, "If this exists then you know, place this one right here and if it doesn't exist I'm going to place this other field down here". Is there anything-
If there's a picture have a caption or something like that? I'm trying to-
Yeah-
Make it more tangible for you Mike.
So the exact case I'm thinking about is actually on the episode nodes that this-
Lullabot.com/podcast, okay yeah-
Yeah, like that. There's a little rule within the twig templates that says, If we add the links, we do one thing where we move a block around and then if we don't add the links, then we add a CSS class and move another block around, and we do that just so we have this big expanding collapsing transcript thing and then we also have something, we typically don't post a transcripts until a day or so after the node is published. So-
That's my fault.
Yeah, it totally is. So it doesn't show the link to the transcript until the transcript content exists. Is there anything in Layout Builder contrib or possibly going into Core that can handle a situation similar to that?
Well, so it really depends. Honestly, the short answer's no, not that I know of. But the longer answer is it really depends on what you're talking about because if you're thinking of everything as separate components, in theory those components shouldn't know anything about each other-
But if you're talking about things like sub components and sort of create a larger thing. There are some reference around sort of a multi-field module being worked on by President [inaudible 00:41:57] of previous nets and a [inaudible 00:42:00] of Lullabot are working on sort of a multi-field module and that will allow through the use of custom field formatter's and what not, it will allow you to sort of change and alter the granulite in the printing of one field based on the other. The [inaudible 00:42:19] out here is none of that has nothing to do with Layout Builder.
Layout Builder will print out blocks. That may sound limiting to those that are used to blocks before Layout Builder. All the blocks that live in Core and most of the blocks you see their out by your contrib site modules are just there. They print the thing and that's it. Since 8.0 there has been the ability for a block to sort of receive information from outside or request that information and do things based on the examples, field block so, field block knows what field it is but it needs an iminity to print the field out of. So that sort of what we call contextually aware block. It lives in Core now and you have always been able to write context aware blocks but not there's actually a system that uses them and [inaudible 00:43:13] them correctly.
So you can write a lot more complex stuff now but at the end of the day you're just writing blocks or field formatter's or what have you, that aren't Layout Builder specific.
Got you, that makes sense. Did we talk about what's next for Layout Builder? What are you concentrating on right now and what's immediately coming in and is there anything that's planned for Drupal 8.8 or anything like that?
So there are, I mean, there's a couple hundred issues in the issue queue of things that can be worked on or are being worked on. There's you know, dozens of bug fixes and future requests and just clean up tasks in progress. And with the way that Drupal Core works is there's no guarantee that any of it's going to land for 8.8 but there's also nothing stopping anything from landing in 8.8. 8.8 was going to go out and the day that it goes out and whatever is in goes with it. That said, within my team at Acquia, we have a list of things we are focused on.
And as I mentioned before, one of the biggest one is translations, allowing sort of you to translate the customizations you've made within Layout Builder and so whatever language you're displaying it in, that is very much targeted for 8.8 by our team but that's not a promise to anything, there's no guarantees that anything is going to happen. Layout Builder is stable now so there's no more strings attached you know, it's just everything else is just improvement from here on out. So yeah, but that means in translations is the main one as I mentioned before also, the visibility controls but everything else is just kind of whatever. Anyone is empowered to work on and there are multiple people that just jump in the issues, saying you know, I need this for my use case and then there are people, myself included, who can help guide them to either making the changes themselves or describing their use case better so that other people can do it for them or they test the changes after we work on them to make sure that they work.
So in that sense the web map is actually kind of very open and democratic at this point where anyone can kind of influence what happens.
So it's the open source way, right?
Absolutely. It's definitely how I think it should be done. Honestly how it works maybe let's say last summer after Beta before we had this kind of focused burned out to release where we just stopped working on all new fun things and only worked on the things we knew we had to do. So getting back to that sort of what do people need and what is important to them and how can we make Layout Builder better in Core, is great. And also supporting the contrib modules that have started cropping up, which is something I did want to talk about, there's a link in the nodes but there's a good list already on the documentation of existing contrib modules but there are a couple I want to call out. Specifically, Layout Builder restrictions module.
One of the things I was just at the Drupal Delphia, the local Philadelphia Triple Camp a week ago and it's been a couple weeks by now but the one thing that people noted was that Layout Builder was almost to powerful and let people do to many things. And they were realizing their going to spend more time pairing back and locking down and sort of restricting parts of Layout Builder in this case than it would be for them to have to write new code to expand or extend the functionality. And Layout Builder restrictions is a great example of that where it allows you to restrict which blocks and layouts are available within Layout Builder and really can help you clean out the interface if you don't want people to be able to replace all fields for example.
And the difference, there's actually another module which I think Lullabot called Block Blacklist, that ones a little bit more absolute in the fact that it prevents anyone from doing it anywhere and just completely removes that block from existence which can help with performance but doesn't let you ever place it and can actually break your site if you start removing things that you've actually placed in other places, where Layout Builder restrictions is only about restricting the list of options available to you.
Yeah, Lullabot CTO, Karen Stevenson talked about that on the podcast a few episodes ago. And that was more a UX improvement I think. I think there's some performances as well but there's a bunch of stuff you can chose from and we don't want to chose any of this stuff so we're just going to hide that.
And that's what Layout Builder restrictions is also, from the UX sort of things, is intended for and they were written at the same time. But I think now sort of the best practices are settling on Layout Builder restrictions for UX and Block Blacklist for performance. And you can use both you know, but you should be very careful about which one you pick and why.
Gotcha. Are there any other contrib modules that you want to highlight?
There is an interesting one called layout Library, which if you used Panelizer and you used the functionality referred to as multiple defaults, that's where that lives now. It's basically the pre-configured sets of layouts with their fields placed within them. So you can come up with let's say five different variations and some have the [inaudible 00:48:39] image and some have where it's just the big headline and no images at all and you build up a couple of those and then on the actual note to edit form it allows the author to pick from that list and have that sort of let them be the limit of their customization. And that's just another example-
Pairing back the functionality instead of letting them just go completely into the blue with moving anywhere they want, you can give them a pre-set west. So that's Layout Builder Library.
Yeah. Yeah. That sounds awesome. I'm going to need to investigate both of those modules for my project I'm on. That's exciting.
Yeah. And there's a good list like I said in the documentation note it kind of kept up to date with what are the best practices and what are the things that are available? Another one on that list, this is kind of a Segway, is there's a module on that page called paragraph blocks.
Paragraph blocks is intended to let you place your individual paragraph items anywhere you want on the page. Which kind of to me, fulfills the promise of paragraphs module itself. Paragraphs as sort of editorial tool allows you to just pick any sort from a pre-determined list a bunch of different input types and just have all this different content in a semi-loosely, unstructured way but in the past you had to rely on either abusing paragraphs itself to create nested paragraphs that determined the placement and layout or just some really [inaudible 00:50:13] hard coded templates. So with paragraphs and paragraph blocks in Layout Builder you can keep the flexibility of the editorial control of paragraphs without having to use or shoe on the module into anything more than it is and on Layout Builder to control the output and placement of it.
Yeah, that's awesome. So I have a question here added to our show notes from one of my coworkers, Matt Oliveira and he talks a little bit about paragraphs and so the question is, there's been some rumblings about paragraphs being the wrong approach for reasons of entity references used in a couple presentations from [inaudible 00:50:54] and [inaudible 00:50:55] Wolf. How can Layout Builder play some of these concerns, in other words, what's the underlining storage mechanisms that Layout Builder uses and does Layout Builder store as entities?
Right. So, I have seen at least one or two of those presentations and the paragraphs that the date module issues that largely come into play when you are using revisions and depending on your configuration, yeah, you can really quickly scale yourself into millions of rows. I think that Layout Builder only really maybe decreases it by an order of magnitude but doesn't necessarily solve the problem outright because Layout Builder still allows you to have revisions and just from the mental definition of how revisions need to work and that there's always that story canonical reference or version of that data that you could always get back to it anytime. That can create scaling issues, that said, there are a lot less entity references by the way it uses blocks unless you are creating content on the fly throughout the Layout Builder UI you're just going to be placing other blocks and that's really a small couple lines of config when it's exported the [inaudible 00:52:15] that really doesn't have the same sort of scaling problem.
That said, I'm really hesitant to make any sort of promises around that. Every tool can be misused to the point of horrible performance. And it doesn't necessarily, as I said, you can still use them together even but it shouldn't be as sort of exaggerated as a problem. Honestly, there's still just a lot of work that needs to be done around new references and revisions. [inaudible 00:52:51] revisions module but still there's not really sort of a community consensus on that and how to solve those in a general way whereas now you just have to kind of evaluate and know what your scale set you're building is and see what restrictions you have to make based on that.
So to address the second half of that question which is what is the underlining storage mechanism? When you're controlling the layout of let's say, all articles or all event types you know, all event notes. That is through the [inaudible 00:53:24] display page right around where you usually find the Field UI. All that stored in config. It can be exported to version control and that's all it is. The same exact data models also reuse when you're doing overrides but that data is stored as a field on the entity itself. So if you go in and you change your node title around and you see you have revisions on it's going to create a revision and it's going to have that new node title. And then you go and change your layouts and you have revisions on it's going to go and change the ordering within that one layout field.
And those are to stay in the same revisions table. Stored the same way. So if you want to revert one you can revert the other. You know, it's just using the Field UI or, sorry, Field API and getting all that translation and the support for translation and the moderation and work flows and revisions all for free from Field API.
So a follow up question to that, so if I'm using the Layout Builder to create content you know, say if I'm adding you know, one time use blocks directly into the settings tray UI, and I have revisions turned on. Is that a potential issue down the road?
If you're using inline blocks sort of non-reusable [inaudible 00:54:44] blocks in Layout Builder you're hitting the same exact problem with paragraphs has. That said there is one key difference and that we have a separate usage table that tracks every time each of those inline blocks or any of the blocks are used and if the usage drops to zero they'll eventually deleted. Now that actually doesn't actually work when you have revisions because their still in there forever. So that doesn't really help in the revisions case so but that's sort of not paragraphs fault, really. It's sort of just if you want to build your site that way and use revisions, you're going to have that problem and it's up to you to figure out how to litigate that scaling issues.
Yeah, that makes sense.
How did you find yourself at the helm of this initiative?
that's a really good question.
Is this something you were excited about before? Is this something that you know, you saw a place to jump in and really make a splash for Drupal or-
So you know, I mean, I found myself working in Drupal Core largely through the original revising Core initiative back in 2012 during the early Drupal 8 cycle and that was sort of my intro and dry run and being thrown head first in the pool of how Core works and from there I ended up doing the Triple 8 death cycle, worked on a bunch of things like Form API and routing system, the age access to the block system and then continue working on these or what not. And then when it came time Triple 8 was actually released you know, I like many other Core [inaudible 00:56:23] were really super burned out. And I kind of did take a breather and worked with the Module Acceleration Program which is a thing that Acquia had set up-
Yeah, to accelerate the porting of Drupal modules to Drupal 8 to sort of make cycling fees able again. So I've worked a bunch on porting different modules and it's sort of forward into the page manager panels sphere on that behalf but there was one specific conversation I had which was with a friend of mine who doesn't do Drupal professionally but he actually sort of sat along, got me into Drupal but he has a Drupal site that he uses to run for his non-profit and he was building Drupal 8 and he was like, "You know, I got all my data models all set up and I even started writing a custom theme and ever things all on the page but there's nothing I can figure out to move fields around and change how I want something on the right, I want something on the left. There's no mechanism in it and I can do all this other powerful stuff but where is that functionality"?
And that's my friend Steve and I excited Steve and Steve's needs in this case they helped form a foundation of our original user stories.
Steve and his kickball site, his charity kickball site, need a tool in Drupal Core that anyone can use to sort of re-arrange their content as needed. And so you know, just at dinner one time, three or four years ago we had this conversation and that sort of lit a fire under me and said, yeah, this is something that was attentive with the Scotch initiative but that was sort of developer focused and sort of just a we can approve on the thing we have but I really wanted to build something for the end user or the content author. The person who just really wanted their site to look a certain way and didn't necessarily worry about site building, the upscale for large agencies or anything just something in the hands of a normal content author marketer. And so that's really how I got passionate about it and then as I mentioned, Emilie Nouveau is the lead. She had been working with the DA and also been working on Panelizer and what not. I think also had a similar sort of drive to make it less developer and site builder focused and together this is you know, this is what we came up with.
Well thanks. Thanks Steve.
Thanks kickball.
Yeah, thanks kickball.
That's a really cool story Tim and Drupal's better because of it. Thank you.
Thank you and I mean, there's dozens and dozens of people we can link to my session from DrupalCon Seattle and I do go out of my way to thank a bunch of people cause you know, I mean, other than the other developers within Acquia and the Core committers, especially [inaudible 00:59:24] and [inaudible 00:59:26] you know, there's just dozens and dozens of people that made huge, huge contributions to this. It wouldn't be anything close without them.
Anything else that you want to talk about or anything that you're super excited about before we wrap up?
No not really I honestly just keeping the enthusiasm high in the community and making sure everyone knows that if it doesn't work the way you want it to it might not be your fault, there may be a bug and their are people who will help you either identify that or help fix it or will let you know when it's fixed and for anyone interested to try and get involved at any level of that.
And that's in the Drupal Slack?
In the Drupal Slack in the Layout's Channel-
In the Layout's Channel, yeah. [inaudible 01:00:15] layouts.
Cool. Well, thanks for coming on.
Thanks so much for having me.
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On behalf of Lincoln & Wenk, PLLC posted in Wrongful Death on Monday, August 10, 2015.
A pedestrian was struck and killed in Scottsdale, Arizona last week. It is unclear if the pedestrian was in the crosswalk or not. She was in the street when a motor vehicle struck here. She was declared dead at the scene, and the driver who hit her remained there. Police do not suspect that the driver was under the influence of alcohol, nor do they believe the driver was speeding.
Little else is known at this time about the accident. It is possible that the driver of the vehicle was negligent in some other way -- just as it is likely that the driver did not do anything wrong to trigger the accident.
However, this is a good time to remind people that in many pedestrian accident cases, there are circumstances involved that make the driver at fault. These circumstances may not necessarily warrant criminal charges or a criminal case, but they can certainly be more than enough to pursue civil justice against the driver. If the pedestrian is killed, their family or loved ones could pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver, which is exactly what could happen in this case.
A wrongful death lawsuit can be a complex matter, and the people who are filing the lawsuit need to provide substantial evidence to prove that their loved one was killed as a result of another's negligence. It is also important to realize that most lawsuits of this nature are settled or resolved out of court.
Source: azfamily.com, "Pedestrian hit, killed by vehicle in Scottsdale," Catherine Holland, Aug. 3, 2015
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Microsoft Gets Assimilated
It didn't look like it at the time, but the best move Microsoft ever made on the Mac platform was to develop and release Word 6.
It wasn't that the word processing application was a well-received product. It wasn't. With its memory-gobbling size and Windows-like interface, many Mac users treated Word 6 like a box full of eels. The only thing louder than complaints about the software was the sound of people clicking on "Uninstall."
"When we shipped Word 6, we heard about it," says Irving Kwong, product manager for Microsoft's Mac business unit.
Did they ever. Microsoft set up a page on its Web site to gauge user feedback on Word 6. The flood of comments -- most of them far from complimentary -- forced the company to close down the forum after a week. That was the moment Microsoft realized that if it was to make a splash on the Mac platform, it would have to do more than jury-rig its Windows products to run on Mac OS.
Flash ahead six years to this week's release of Office 2001 for the Mac. Microsoft says it set out to make the applications suite easier to use and more Mac-like. That's not just a bunch of hot wind; from the bevy of Mac-only features to the software's streamlined, more elegant look, Office couldn't be more Mac-like if it had been designed in Cupertino. Even the new rounded plastic case Office ships in looks like it sprang from the outer reaches of Steve Jobs's brain.
"We worked very closely with Apple to make sure we understood what the Mac is about," Kevin Browne, general manager of Mircosoft's Mac business unit, told the assembled masses at Wednesday's Office 2001 for the Mac rollout in San Francisco.
That's clear as soon as you look at the finished product. The interface is cleaner. The Office applications work together better than before. And even the most fervid sworn enemies of Redmond will have to come to terms with an increasingly apparent situation: Microsoft may well be the leading Mac developer when it comes to understanding and embracing the platform.
We will now pause as our Macworld.com server crashes under the weight of all the hate mail you're busy sending my way. While we wait, let me just offer a rebuttal or two to the well-thought-out and carefully constructed arguments that are no doubt appearing in the reader forum below.
You're entitled to your opinion just like I'm entitled to mine.
Even if what you're proposing was anatomically possible, I'm not flexible enough to do that.
I fail to see what my mother has to do with any of this.
Same to you, buddy.
There. Got it out of your system? Good. Let's continue.
This is not to say that Microsoft is the best developer or has the best products. What I am saying is that the company seems to understand and emulate what drives people to buy a Mac in the first place -- it makes complex tasks simple and simple ones effortless. And I'm saying that the people who automatically denounce Microsoft for age-old wounds increasingly come off like cranks who won't eat at Benihana because of that spot of unpleasantness with Japan back in the 1940s.
After Word 6, Kwong says, "we took a look at the (software's) fundamental architecture and ripped out a lot of the code assumptions we were making about the Mac OS." The Office programmers rewrote the code to Apple's specs. The result, Kwong says, is a program that won't break.
"There's a legion of people who are into Word 5.1 because it's very, very native," Kwong says. "Office 2001 is even more native now than Word 5.1 was then."
And consider Mac-like attributes such as:
The bulky, multiple tool bars at the top of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are gone; now, there's just a single tool bar at the top of each application and a context-sensitive formatting palette to handle things like font size, type style, and alignment.
"With Mac users, there are certain expectations of having products that are very refined," Kwong says. "We took that to heart."
If you wanted to use a template in previous versions of Office, you had to launch the right application; Word, Excel, and PowerPoint didn't share templates. "We used to make assumptions that people knew which applications to use," Kwong says.
That's where Project Gallery comes in. Anytime you launch Office, this beefed-up dialog box appears, letting you choose from templates to create documents in any application. The result? More seamless interaction between the Office programs.
Office now features a FileMaker Pro Import Wizard that simplifies the task of importing a FileMaker Pro database onto your Excel spreadsheet. After the List Wizard helps you create a spreadsheet-based list, the new List Manager tool lets you sort data to show information however you want. PowerPoint presentations can be livened up by saving the file as a QuickTime movie. Kwong recalls one beta tester who took photos from a family reunion, put them in a PowerPoint file, and used the QuickTime feature to add transitions and create a slide show that anyone could watch on a QT Player.
"You make it what you want it to be because the feature is open-ended," Kwong says.
That may sound familiar, says Apple vice president of worldwide developer relations Clent Richardson, because that's how Apple made its bones with the Mac.
"This is a celebration of incredible craftsmanship in software design," Richardson says. And other Mac developers would do well to follow Microsoft's lead.
That's not to say Microsoft can do no wrong. Flaws will inevitably crop up in Office 2001. Users will justifiably balk at the $499 ($299 upgrade) price tag. And if you want a Carbonized version of Office for OS X, you'll have to wait.
Microsoft wanted to finish work on this version before putting together a Carbon-ready one. All Browne could say Wednesday was that Microsoft was committed to OS X and a Carbonized Office probably wouldn't be ready immediately after a final version of the operating system ships. That's not ideal, but it's not any reason to burn Bill Gates in effigy, either.
A month ago, Microsoft was the only developer to share the stage with Steve Jobs during the Apple CEO's keynote speech in Paris. Parisians, apparently sharing America's charming disdain for all things emanating from Redmond, booed lustily.
That brought a reprimand from Jobs. "We've got to help these guys," Jobs said of Microsoft's Mac business unit, which probably doesn't get a lot of congratulatory handshakes from its Windows-crazed colleagues. "Isn't it great that the Mac is going to have the best version of Office?"
Well, yeah.
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In the last two decades, we’ve gone from software to apps, from doing most of our work from one desktop to migrating workflows between PCs, tablets and smartphones, and from an isolated system to the connected cloud.
Public cloud adoption is at 91% among businesses, and the next big trend that Microsoft is tapping into with their new Windows Virtual Desktop is moving entire desktop environments from PC hard drives to the cloud.
One thing that this move to cloud computing has done is make deploying new software across an organization much easier.
Instead of having to go computer to computer to install a new software, now companies can use the Microsoft Store for Business to instantly deploy a new application across all their Windows 10 devices.
Using the Microsoft Store allows for expert installs with less disruption and streamlines the entire process of choosing, deploying, and administering office applications.
Following, we’ve got an overview of the Microsoft Store for Business and why it’s an excellent resource for businesses.
Microsoft Store Overview
Need an application to help you manage time tracking and billing? Looking for a team educational app? The Microsoft Store for Business has hundreds of both free and paid apps focused on company needs.
The store allows companies to find, acquire, manage, and distribute applications for their organization for Windows 10 and Windows 10 mobile in volume.
Beyond being a place to purchase software for your business, the Microsoft Store acts as a central repository from which you can track and manage all your provisioned applications across employee devices.
How do you sign up?
To sign up, visit the Microsoft Store for Business. You need to be a Global Administrator for your organization. You can sign up using an existing account (i.e. the one you use for Office 365, Azure, etc.) of they’ll create one for you during sign up.
Benefits of Using Microsoft Store for Business
If you thought the Microsoft Store was just a place to buy apps, you’re missing a lot of the additional benefits you gain from using it.
Centralized Application Management
Have you ever had to search your office for software packaging to find the product key so you could switch software licensing from one computer to another?
When you use the Microsoft Store, you have a centralized area where you can manage all your company app purchases, including:
Provisioning to another user
Flexible Options for Bulk Deployment
You can easily purchase applications in bulk and deploy them to employee devices in a number of ways, including assigning apps to individual employees or making them available through your private store (more on that next).
You can also choose to use a management tool from Microsoft or a third party that gives you advanced distribution options. You also have an offline licensing option.
Create a Private Store
A private store is a feature that allows you to create a store where your employees can go to view and download applications that you’ve provisioned.
For example, say that your management wanted to make it easier for your team to conduct online meetings and webinars, so they provisioned a certain number of licenses for the app GoToMeeting.
But, since they were unsure exactly which users would need the app, instead of just purchasing one for everyone, they purchased a certain number and made them available in their private store. This means that users can visit the company’s private store and download only the apps they need, and the company isn’t paying for unused software.
The private store also allows you to create collections, which can be a group of apps meant for a particular department. For example, you may have a collection of apps meant for your sales team and another collection of different apps meant for your accounting department.
Manage the Update Process
Keeping software updated is important for your company’s data security. It’s not so easy to ensure all users are updating their apps like they should if you don’t have a central place to manage it.
This is another incredibly helpful feature of the Microsoft Store for Business. Apps are automatically updated across all devices, so you can ensure user devices are always have the latest security updates as well as access to the newest app features.
Access to Multiple Free Apps
Another great reason to use the Microsoft Store is to discover free apps that can improve your office productivity and won’t cost you a thing.
A few of the free apps currently on the front page of the store are:
Microsoft Remote Desktop
RemindMe for Windows
One Calendar
All apps also have a star rating which can help you zero in on the apps that other companies found the most helpful.
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Orbit Downloader & Recipester: Keep Your Applications Updated & Learn More About Them [Windows]
Jeffry Thurana January 25, 2011 25-01-2011 3 minutes
Apple has released the Mac App Store – a place where Mac users can find and download great Mac applications. This iOS App Store little brother has a similar behavior to its sibling: it will help users to keep their apps updated. When an updated version of any installed apps are available, users will be notified and they can easily download the updates from within the App Store.
Windows users who wish that this convenience could also be made available to them should keep their fingers crossed, because Microsoft is currently trying to persuade the court that the term “App Store” is too generic to be granted protection. The court may or may not approve Microsoft’s dispute, but while waiting for the verdict, why not try a combination of tools that are already available for Windows: Orbit Downloader and Recipester. These tools can help Windows users keep their applications updated, while helping users learn more about the apps.
The Software Updater
I found this feature by accident after I upgraded Orbit Downloader to version 4. There’s a new item in the left pane called “Software Updater” with a pair of numbers written after it.
After clicking on it, the main area of the app showed me a list of updateable software on my computer. The pair of numbers represented the number of installed software and how many of them had updates waiting. Orbit gets this data by scanning the hard drive for the version number of installed software, then comparing the result with the list of the latest software releases on their database.
Clicking on any item on the list will open up more information about that software, such as the developer, the number of users, how many reviews it has, questions, tutorials, votes related to the app; and also buttons to “Write a Review“, “Ask a Question“, and “Visit Software Page“.
Most of the information is related to the data about that software on Recipester. This is the site that dubbed itself as “Wiki Answers for all things about (your favorite) software“. The site is created by the maker of Orbit Downloader as a software database to support Orbit Downloader’s “Software Updater” feature.
Orbit Downloader could also be set to remind users about the availability of software updates on a regular basis. You can set how often you want to be reminded from the “Preferences – Software Updates” menu.
When you click on the update notification, you will be brought to the software update list on Recipester.
Even though Recipester has promised that our data is not accessible by anybody but us, it’s advisable to check the “make the list of your programs private” box just to make sure. The box is located at the top right area of the software update list.
Clicking the download button of any item on the list will bring you to the software’s download page. Along with it you will see two small information links above: Reviews and Tutorials.
Let’s Learn More
It turns out that Recipester is more than a database to support Orbit Downloader. It’s also a source of information on software. For example, clicking “Tutorials “on the download page will bring you to the software’s tutorial page. You can see several available tutorials related to that software.
The other link that you can follow from the download page is the “Reviews” link.
Basically, Recipester wants to be a one stop place for people who want to know everything about their software. All that users need to do is search for available information, or ask. Your questions will be answered by one of their 200-something experts.
Even though there are already many tutorials and Q&As in their database, I felt that Recipester is far from complete. Maybe it’s because the site is still in the early stages and still in the process of building their database.
In general, I think that the combination of Orbit Downloader and Recipester provides Windows users with a convenient way to keep their software updated. But we still have to wait and see how everything will turn out in the future.
What do you think about this “Software Updater” feature? Do you know other alternatives? If so, please share using the comments below.
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The bit about finding out more about your software is the nice part. Cool find Jeffry! Have to give the new Orbit a second look.
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A current defamation claim in the Federal Court is seeking to compel two senior investigative journalists to reveal their confidential sources. The claim involves multiple Walkley Award-winning journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters – both members of MEAA – over a story they wrote alleging a war crimes incident in Afghanistan in 2012.
MEAA Media federal president Marcus Strom says: “MEAA backs our members who are obliged to adhere to the MEAA Journalist Code of Ethics. Clause 3 of the Code says that confidences made to a journalist’s source must be respected in all circumstances. There is no higher principle for journalists the world over.
“Journalists have been have been found guilty of contempt and jailed for maintaining this ethical principle. But they have not revealed the identity of their confidential source. To do so would be a betrayal of trust. It would have a chilling effect on journalism because whistleblowers would think twice about telling the truth if their identity is exposed.
“The principle of journalists’ privilege is already enshrined in Commonwealth ‘shield’ laws that protect journalists from being compelled by a court to name their sources. Shield laws exist in many countries around the world. To discard the shield at a time when the public’s right to know is already under assault would further damage press freedom in Australia,” Strom says.
“It is pointless to pursue this path in court because the outcome is already known: journalists cannot and will not reveal their confidential sources,” Strom says.
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Family Research Council celebrates Pride Month by spreading vile misinformation and hate about the LGBTQ community
FRC’s Peter Sprigg suggested that mental illness among some LGBTQ people is evidence that they are not “natural,” said HIV is “a direct result” of gay sex, and promoted the debunked practice of conversion therapy
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Extreme anti-LBGTQ group Family Research Council regularly traffics in extreme language, but it recently published a post by Peter Sprigg about LGBTQ Pride Month, which was particularly vile even by its own standards. In the blog, Sprigg said gay men should not be proud because HIV is “a direct result of that sexual behavior” and that mental illness in the LGBTQ community is evidence its members are not “natural.”
Sprigg, a senior fellow at FRC, has called for homosexuality to be criminalized and has said, “I would much prefer to export homosexuals from the United States than to import them into the United States because we believe that homosexuality is destructive to society.” Sprigg has pushed his anti-LGBTQ views internationally at the global summit of World Congress of Families (WCF), where he “argued that transgender identity is unscientific,” according to Right Wing Watch. The WCF is an international coalition of anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ groups led by former National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown, and it promotes extreme right-wing policies around the world under the guise of protecting the “natural family.”
Domestically, Sprigg has given public comment at a committee meeting urging the Food and Drug Administration’s to uphold its policy banning men who have sex with men from donating blood, advocated to the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee against nondiscrimination protections for transgender people, and testified before state legislatures in Vermont, Hawaii, and New Hampshire against protections for LBGTQ youth from conversion therapy. Moreover, Sprigg’s boss, FRC President Tony Perkins, was appointed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to be a commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Sprigg also writes articles spreading anti-LGBTQ misinformation across several right-wing platforms, including The Daily Signal, Washington Examiner, and The Christian Post. Right-wing and evangelical media, in turn, quote Sprigg as an expert on conversion therapy and the health needs of transgender people even though he is not a medical professional.
In an article posted on June 11, Sprigg railed against the LGBTQ community under the deceitfully reasoned headline “Should Christians Recognize ‘LGBT Pride?’” Anti-LGBTQ organizations often try to pit religious rights against LGBTQ equality in a fallacious “God vs. Gay” dichotomy, though the majority of religious groups think homosexuality “should be accepted,” according to Pew Research. Here are some of the worst anti-LGBTQ comments that Sprigg pushed in the FRC blog post:
“The high rates of mental illness that accompany such feelings is strong evidence against the idea that homosexual and transgender feelings are ‘natural.’”
"Men who have sex with men, in particular, have high rates of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases as a direct result of that sexual behavior—so is it something to be ‘proud’ of?”
“To accept ‘LGBT Pride’ is to accept the assertion that these feelings are a normal and natural variant of human sexuality.”
“Some individuals who identify as transgender ask surgeons to mutilate or remove otherwise healthy body parts—often with serious long-term consequences—in order to make their bodies resemble more closely their desired sex. Is this something to be proud of?”
"To endorse ‘LGBT Pride’ is to endorse all three—to affirm that LGBT feelings are normal and natural (which is untrue), that LGBT behaviors are harmless or even admirable (also untrue), and that their LGBT ‘identity’ is innate (untrue as well).”
"Homosexual activists and their allies in the states have even been invading the privacy of the relationship between mental health providers and their clients, by passing laws to prohibit sexual orientation change efforts, or SOCE (which critics refer to as ‘conversion therapy’) with minors.”
“The former tennis star and self-identified lesbian Martina Navratilova said, ‘Catholic clergy has been a lot more dangerous to kids than LGBT’ (apparently without irony, since there is reason to believe that most of the Catholic priests who have molested children are themselves homosexual).”
Fox News has dominated coverage of anti-LGBTQ judicial nominee Lawrence VanDyke
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More than half of top US newspapers failed to cover Trump’s anti-LGBTQ foster care and adoption rule
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1978-1983 B.A., Sociology, University of Connecticut (Summa cum Laude)
1983-1985 Pharm.D., University of Texas College of Pharmacy
1985-1987 Fellowship (Pediatric Pharmacotherapy), U of Texas HSC
1987-1988 Fellowship (Infectious Disease and Microbiology), U of Texas HSC
1989-1993 M.D., University of Connecticut School of Medicine (SOM)
1993-1994 Internship (Primary Care Internal Medicine), Yale University SOM
1994-1997 Residency (Dermatology), U of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston
Dr. Driscoll's primary interests are in general dermatology and skin cancer, particularly in the most deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma. Her clinical specialty is in the area of women’s health and she is a member of The Expert Resource Group in Women’s Health, an international group of dermatologists who share this passion. Her research interests focus upon dermatologic problems in pregnancy, including specific dermatoses of pregnancy, as well as melanoma and changes in moles during pregnancy. In addition, Dr. Driscoll is involved in medical student and resident education, and serves as the dermatology residency program director. She holds multiple administrative positions, including medical director of dermatology clinics, departmental compliance officer, and departmental representative for committees concerning quality of patient care, such as The Physician Quality Reporting System.
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Bieber AK, Matires KJ, Driscoll MS, et al. Nevi and pregnancy. J Am Acad Dermatol 2016;75:661-78.
Driscoll MS, Matires KJ, Bieber AK, et al. Pregnancy and melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 2016;75:669-78
Shaw KC, Altmayer SA, Driscoll MS. Muir-Torre syndrome: multiple sebaceous neoplasms and visceral malignancy manifesting after cardiac transplantation and iatrogenic immunosuppression. Int J Dermatol 2017;56:e26-e27.
Bieber AK, Matires KJ, Stein JA, Grant-Kels JM, Driscoll MS, Pomeranz MK. Pigmentation and Pregnancy: Knowing What Is Normal. Obstet Gynecol 2017;129:168-173.
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Jeff Ubben & Paul Hilal: Future of Shareholder Activism Panel at Reuters Live
At the Reuters Live Newsmaker Event, a panel on The Future of Shareholder Activism featured Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital and Paul Hilal of Mantle Ridge and they were later joined also by Zach Oleksiuk of BlackRock and Richard Brand of law firm Cadwalader.
Jeff Ubben (ValueAct Capital)
He said "The last fat pitch was financials in summer of 2016. We're very late cycle." He's seen some activity that's concerning to him where companies are just doing silly deals or allocating tons of money to stupid things. He says the markets are loving it, but he's not. He says he's had to be "Mr. No" in board rooms which is the kind of thing he has to do at tops, whereas at bottoms he needs to tell people to buy. Ubben's got $3 billion in cash right now (manages $16 billion) and is clearly cautious.
Thinks Morgan Stanley's (MS) earnings will go from $2.50 to $4.50. They've sold some shares but still own it. Sounds like he only sold because shares have gone up so far so fast.
"One of the hardest things to do is refresh a board." "The hedge fund activist is putting us on a very awful path. These are guys with 1 year money and want 1 year returns. The hedge fund activist is a big problem."
Thinks activist investing should be its own asset class. You've got private equity with 10 year lockups, hedge funds mainly with 1 year lockups, so perhaps activist investors could slide in at 4-5 years.
Ubben also noted that he thinks large cap activist plays are 'treacherous' with high PEs and then not a lot of growth. Argues that so much money flowing into alternatives has inflated things. "Everything about Trump I think is inflationary."
"It's uncomfortable for directors to talk to shareholders" due to regulations (Reg FD). "Boards are just ... ugh." Thinks this is a 'young' business (i.e. younger people have the energy to do the legwork) and doesn't think he'll be the portfolio manager of ValueAct in five years. For more on this fund, we've highlighted recent ValueAct portfolio activity here.
Paul Hilal (Mantle Ridge)
Prior to founding Mantle Ridge, Hilal worked at Bill Ackman's Pershing Square. Has a 5-year lockup at his fund with over $1 billion with a vehicle designed to hold 1 company. Purposefully moved away from an annual payment structure and he gets paid at the end of the lockup if he's done his job and created value.
Argues longer lock-up helps when dealing with management as he's not just in for a quick hit. He's been working with railroad CSX (CSX). Hilal notes that "(Trump) likes the thought of a manufacturing renaissance here." If a railroad can be a facilitator then that will be welcome by the administration. Thinks it's very useful for companies to hear from various types of shareholders: hedge funds, institutional investors, etc.
Talked about the rules around disclosing activist positions (i.e. 13D filings etc). Thinks there's a decent balance now. Seemed to think potentially moving disclosure requirements down to a 1% threshold would be difficult as shares can move against you.
Thinks it's useful for Directors of companies to go on a 'listening tour' to hear what people think about the company first. It's in the company's interest to attract smart investors to give input.
Zach Oleksiuk (BlackRock)
"We are skeptical of directors who are focused on a single issue or a single thesis." Notes there's a lot of different types of activists in terms of style and quality. Thinks there will be more investor focus on environmental and social issues going forward, especially if the issues impact the business.
Richard Brand (Cadwalader)
Settlement outcomes should be driven by two things: what's right for the company (shareholder value) and the relative leverage of the parties. The opinions of large institutional shareholders matters a lot. Thinks there will be a convergence of private equity style and activist style investing in the future. Also argued hedge funds could start to buy companies (cites Elliott Management, Carl Icahn). And then private equity investors could start behaving more like activists.
Labels: activist investing, blackrock, BLK, cadwalader, CSX, hedge fund portfolios, jeffrey ubben, mantle ridge, MS, paul hilal, richard brand, valueact, zach oleksiuk
JANA Partners Files 13D on Tiffany & Co
Barry Rosenstein's activist hedge fund JANA Partners has filed a 13D with the SEC regarding Tiffany & Co (TIF). Per the filing, JANA now owns 4.9% of Tifany with over 6 million shares (inclusive of options to purchase 1.39 million shares).
This is a newly disclosed position for JANA. The filing notes they were buying throughout January and into early February, with the bulk of their buying coming at between $77.19 and $83.15. They're working together as a group with Francesco Trapani (who owns $16 million worth of stock as well) who they've nominated to the board.
The filing specifically notes they've had discussion with Tiffany about: "the balance sheet, potential opportunities to accelerate top line growth and expand margins, supply chain, working capital, and the composition of the board."
Per Google Finance, Tiffany & Co is "a jeweler and specialty retailer. Through its subsidiaries, the Company designs and manufactures products and operates TIFFANY & CO. retail stores. The Company's segments include Americas, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Europe and Other. The Americas segment includes sale in Company-operated TIFFANY & CO. stores in the United States, Canada and Latin America. The Asia-Pacific segment includes over 80 Company-operated TIFFANY & CO. stores in China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, Macau, Malaysia and Thailand. The Japan segment includes approximately 60 Company-operated TIFFANY & CO. stores. The retail sales in Europe are transacted in over 40 Company-operated TIFFANY & CO. stores. The Other segment includes retail sales and wholesale distribution; wholesale sales of diamonds, and licensing agreements."
Labels: 13d, activist investing, barry rosenstein, hedge fund portfolios, jana partners, SEC filing, TIF
Viking Global Discloses Calithera Bioscience Stake
Andreas Halvorsen's hedge fund firm Viking Global has filed a 13G with the SEC regarding shares of Calithera Bioscience (CALA). Per the filing, Viking now owns 7.8% of the company with over 1.6 million shares.
This is a newly disclosed equity position for Viking and the filing was made due to activity on February 8th.
You can view the rest of Viking Global's portfolio here.
Per Google Finance, Calithera Bioscience is "a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. The Company focuses on discovering and developing small molecule drugs directed against tumor and immune cell targets that control key metabolic pathways in the tumor microenvironment. It is engaged in developing agents that take advantage of the metabolic requirements of tumor cells and cancer-fighting immune cells, such as cytotoxic T-cells. Its lead product candidate, CB-839, is a critical enzyme in tumor cells. Its other product candidate, CB-1158, which is an enzyme that depletes the amino acid arginine, a key metabolic nutrient for T-cells. Its lead preclinical program in tumor immunology is directed at developing inhibitors of the enzyme arginase and may provide a therapeutic agent for the target. CB-839 is a selective, reversible and orally bioavailable inhibitor of human glutaminase. Hexokinase is an enzyme in the pathway that allows cancer cells to convert glucose to energy to fuel cancer cell growth."
Labels: 13g, andreas halvorsen, CALA, hedge fund portfolios, SEC filing, viking global
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Warren Buffett & Bill Gates' Talk at Columbia University 2017
Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett and Microsoft's Bill Gates recently gave a talk at Columbia University. They chatted about a wide range of topics and did a Q&A session as well.
Embedded below is the video of Warren Buffett & Bill Gates' talk at Columbia:
If you missed it, we also highlighted Buffett & Gates interview with Charlie Rose. And we've also posted up notes about the new documentary Becoming Warren Buffett.
Labels: berkshire hathaway, bill gates, brk.a, brk.b, educational, msft, warren buffett
Charlie Munger Q&A After Daily Journal Meeting 2017
Last week we highlighted Charlie Munger's talk at the Daily Journal annual meeting for 2017.
Someone has also posted videos of Munger's Q&A session after the meeting. There's 22 short videos in total with a playlist at the bottom.
Here's a few takeaways:
- He always reads 3 or 4 newspapers every morning: WSJ, New York Times, Financial Times, LA Times
- Thinks a single-payer healthcare system would work a lot better
- They're doing a lot of stuff (investment wise) these days that they wouldn't have done in the 'old days.' Specifically mentioned Apple (AAPL): "It's a very odd thing for us to do. And obviously we've got no special insights as to how sticky Apple's business is."
- "I think young people should learn more and shout less."
- "The trouble with real estate is everybody else understands it. And the people you're competing with specialize in little blocks and they know more about the industry than you do."
- "I think a lot of easy money that comes into finance just ruins practically everything."
- BYD is another stock they never would have done back in his younger day. Partly he's betting on the horseman there as he's fanatical about his business.
- Amazon's Jeff "Bezos is utterly brilliant and utterly remorselessly ambitious. I would never bet against Jeff Bezos."
- Interested in the 'agricultural revolution' like gene splicing etc and says the world needs it as we have to get more out of our existing land.
- "If you haven't prepared (for the opportunity) then you won't seize it."
- "If you run a business where people have to trust your food, you just can't afford to have a scandal." re: Chipotle (CMG).
- Do you think Walmart (WMT) can turn into Sears (SHLD)? "Well, not for a long time."
- On the airlines: it's more concentrated (fewer players) and there's no real substitute for air travel. "I don't regard it as a perfect model." Considering how the world's changed, they thought it was a decent opportunity... but it's "not a cinch." "It's a sector bet, not a bet on individual airlines."
- Munger says he read Barrons for 50 years and found 1 investment opportunity... made $80 million on it. Then gave that money to Li Lu, who turned it into $400-500 million. Munger's also read Fortune for 60 years but never bought a stock due to it.
- "I don't like to gamble against up odds. If the odds are against me I just don't play."
- Nowadays it's tough in merger arbitrage as it's too crowded
- On John Malone: he's something of a genius and doesn't like to pay taxes and has been very successful and Munger's just ignored it. "I've always been troubled by the cable industry." Munger doesn't like the movie business either.
- Doesn't talk to Ted Weschler and Todd Combs a ton, but some. "They're both good in their own way and they both love Berkshire and they've both made contributions." Sounds as though the younger portfolio managers helped Charlie and Warren Buffett think differently about things like the airlines and Apple.
- "I don't want to be in the bottom 80% of the auto dealerships."
- On 'cloning' in investing: "I do it all the time." He added, "Of course it's useful." He talked about the trouble with it is if you pick investors later in their game (i.e. Berkshire Hathaway) you basically inherit their problems of being constrained by size because they have to invest a certain way. So Munger encouraged younger people to look at slightly younger investors, though admitted it's harder to pick out the right people to follow.
- On mistakes: "We learned a lot vicariously, but also learned a lot from unpleasant experiences. You'll learn."
Embedded below is the video playlist of Munger's Q&A session after the Daily Journal meeting. Just let the videos keep playing to see the next one out of the 22 total short clips:
Be sure to also check out Charlie Munger's talk at the Daily Journal annual meeting for 2017 as well.
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Top 10 Stocks That Matter Most To Hedge Funds Per Goldman Sachs (Q4 2016)
Goldman Sachs' quarterly hedge fund trend monitor outlines what stocks matter most to hedge funds. Here's the list as the fourth quarter 2016:
Top 10 Stocks That Matter Most To Hedge Funds: Q4 2016
- Alphabet (GOOGL / GOOG)
- Facebook (FB)
- Amazon.com (AMZN)
- Bank of America (BAC)
- Charter Communications (CHTR)
- Apple (AAPL)
- Microsoft (MSFT)
- Yahoo (YHOO)
- Time Warner (TWX)
- NXP Semiconductor (NXPI)
As you can see, it's quite tech-heavy. The major exception is Bank of America (BAC), which was a consensus buy in Q4 among hedge funds we track in our newsletter.
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Tiger Global Starts Domino's Pizza Stake
Chase Coleman's hedge fund firm Tiger Global has filed a 13G with the SEC regarding shares of Domino's Pizza (DPZ). Per the filing, they now own 6.2% of the company with 3 million shares.
They started buying in the fourth quarter of 2016 and really ramped up their stake in the new year. The filing was made due to activity on February 7th.
You can view the rest of Tiger Global's portfolio in the brand new issue of our newsletter.
Per Google Finance, Domino's Pizza is "operates pizza stores at 12,500 locations in over 80 markets. It operates through three segments: domestic stores, international franchise and supply chain. Its Domestic Stores segment consists primarily of its franchise operations, through which it operates network of over 4,820 franchised stores located in the United States. Its International Franchise segment consists of a network of franchised stores in approximately 80 international markets. Its supply chain segment operates approximately 20 regional dough manufacturing and food supply chain centers in the United States; a thin crust manufacturing center; a vegetable processing center, and a center providing equipment and supplies to certain of its domestic and international stores. Its basic menu features pizza products in various sizes and crust types. Its stores also offer oven-baked sandwiches, pasta, bread side items, desserts and soft drink products."
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Carl Icahn Takes Bristol-Myers Squibb Stake
Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a stake in Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) according to The Wall Street Journal. He apparently sees it as a possible takeover candidate as well.
He's not the only activist involved now, either. Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners had been in talks with the company after becoming a shareholder in the fourth quarter of 2016. As a result, the company added three new board members and also added to its share repurchase program.
Now, apparently Icahn has gotten involved as well. If his past playbook is any indication, perhaps he pushes the company for a sale?
You can view the rest of Carl Icahn's portfolio in our just released Hedge Fund Wisdom newsletter.
Per Google Finance, Bristol-Myers Squibb is "engaged in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of biopharmaceutical products. The Company's pharmaceutical products include chemically synthesized drugs, or small molecules, and products produced from biological processes called biologics. Small molecule drugs are administered orally in the form of a pill or tablet. Biologics are administered to patients through injections or by infusion. It offers products for a range of therapeutic classes, which include virology, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; oncology; immunoscience; cardiovascular, and neuroscience. Its late-stage investigational compounds that are in Phase III clinical trials include Beclabuvir, BMS-663068 and Prostvac."
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Exclusive: 11 winners identified for $543…
Exclusive: 11 winners identified for $543 million lottery jackpot — coworkers at Wells Fargo in San Jose
Kewal Sachdev speaks during a press conference outside his store at Ernies Liquors in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Sachdev will be taking home $1 million for selling the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket of $543 million. (Maritza Cruz/ Bay Area News Group)
California Lottery officials said a winning Mega Millions ticket for the $543 million jackpot was sold at Ernie's Liquors on South White Road in San Jose. (Google Maps)
Kewal Sachdev, left, shakes Russ Lopez’s hand while receiving a symbolic check for $1 million outside his store at Ernies Liquors in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Sachdev sold the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket of $543 million. (Maritza Cruz/ Bay Area News Group)
Imelda Rillera of McLean, Virginia, talks outside Ernies Liquors in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Rillera didn’t win the big prize, but won some money with her lottery ticket that she bought at the store. (Maritza Cruz/ Bay Area News Group)
Kewal Sachev, second from right, and his family during a lottery press conference outside Ernie's Liquors in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. (Maritza Cruz/ Bay Area News Group)
Kewal Sachdev smiles while being interviewed in his store at Ernies Liquors in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Sachdev will be taking home $1 million for selling the winning lottery ticket of $543 million. (Maritza Cruz/ Bay Area News Group)
Lottery officials on Wednesday presented the ceremonial $1 million check to Kewal Sachdev, second from right, and his family who own and operate Ernie's Liquors in San Jose, the retailer that sold Tuesday's night $543 million Mega Millions jackpot winner. The mystery winner has still not come forward. (Bay Area News Group/Anna-Sofia Lesiv)
Ernie's Liquors owner Kewal Sachdev, from left, Rakesh Sachdev and Kirpal Atwal check the California Lottery's website to see if the store was the only one to sell a winning Mega Millions ticket for Tuesday night's $543 million draw. (Jason Green/Bay Area News Group)
By Anna-Sofia Lesiv | alesiv@bayareanewsgroup.com, Ethan Baron | ebaron@bayareanewsgroup.com and Kristin Lam | klam@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: August 3, 2018 at 11:35 am | UPDATED: August 5, 2018 at 10:43 am
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On a whim, Roland Reyes pitched $2 into an office pool, along with 10 colleagues at his Wells Fargo office in San Jose, trying to win the largest prize in California lotto history.
The 11 financial workers, ranging in age from 21 to 60, won the $543 million Mega Millions jackpot with a quick pick ticket and claimed the prize at the Hayward lottery office the day after the July 24 draw.
“If I could win, anybody could win. We’re just normal people!” Reyes said in a press release.
All 11 winners have chosen to take the lump sum of $320.5 million, which for each member amounts to $29,140,281 before federal taxes (the state of California does not tax lottery winnings). The lotto earnings will be taxed at the highest bracket, 37 percent, which will come to a whopping tax-bill of roughly $10.7 million.
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In addition to Reyes, the winners were identified as Marigold Villaruz, Rita Sinha, Murad Kureshi, Nga Lam, My Nguyen, Solonachchige Dissanayake, Isabel Dominguez, Alejandra Villanueva, Alice Socorro and Joji Ziegele. They all work for a Wells Fargo branch in San Jose.
The size of the prize that each member takes home is truly life-changing. It’s enough to buy 220 Tesla Model Xs, or purchase 12.2 homes in Santa Clara — or pay half of Warriors Steph Curry’s annual salary. Instead of splurging, however, the winners said they plan to pay off mortgages and kids’ college tuition, help family members, go back to school and travel.
Banding together to play the lottery has proved extremely lucrative for other office workers. In 2016, 20 workers at a Tennessee auto parts plant — who twice a week bought $120 worth of lottery tickets — won a $421 million Powerball jackpot.
Some office pool wins don’t end quite so happily.
In 2013, seven hair stylists at an Indiana salon sued a co-worker who had bought a winning state lottery ticket. The seven claimed it was part of a
regular group-purchase arrangement. The dispute eventually ended in a settlement over the $9.5 million prize.
A group of seven Kaiser Permanente co-workers in Southern California split a $315 million Mega Millions jackpot in 2005, after winning a legal battle against four other colleagues seeking a share of the loot.
In 2009, a New Jersey construction worker was sued by six colleagues, with whom he regularly pooled cash and bought lottery tickets. When he purchased a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $38.5 million and didn’t tell the rest of the ticket-buying group, a court ordered him to split the money with them.
Jason Kurland, who markets himself as “The Lottery Lawyer,” says he fields a couple calls a year from people involved in disputes over office-pool lottery winnings. But preventing such conflicts is fairly straightforward, said Kurland, who is based in Long Island.
Whoever buys a ticket for the group should email the ticket number or a photocopy of the ticket to the entire group, along with text specifying the draw date and stating that those receiving the email are the members of the pool. The email also should include how the winnings are to be divided, Kurland said.
“You don’t want there to be any confusion,” he said, adding that legal disputes over lottery winnings can be extra-costly, because the eventual winners lose out on interest they could’ve earned by receiving the money right after winning.
It’s unlikely that this group will have such problems, however, said Russ Lopez, a spokesperson for the California lottery. He met some of the winners on July 25 and said they had no issue collecting and splitting their money.
“They were extremely friendly, very smart,” said Lopez, “Their heads were on straight.”
“They are casual players, they don’t usually play the lottery,” said Lopez, who added that the size of the jackpot convinced them to try this time.
Jackpot drawings started on May 8. It took 22 rolls before the group’s winning ticket matched the numbers 19-2-4-1-29 and the Mega number 20. Reyes purchased all of the group’s tickets at Ernie’s Liquors in San Jose because he figured they would have a better chance at a mom-and-pop shop.
Ernie’s Liquors owner, Kewal Sachdev, was overjoyed when he heard the news that Reyes and the 10 others had claimed the prize.
“Man, that’s great!” he exclaimed, “That’s wonderful!”
He didn’t recognize the name of the winner, but said that he could likely identify him if he showed up at the store.
Sachdev is waiting for his own million-dollar check to arrive in the mail, his reward for selling the ticket, and he offered some words of advice for the 11 winners.
“They should take care of their family and their friends,” he said, adding that “They need a financial planner and adviser.”
One thing they didn’t need to do was call their supervisor, because he was one of the winners. According to the press release, one winner said she plans to invest wisely instead of becoming a “one-time millionaire.”
Staff writers Jason Green, Robert Salonga and Khalida Sarwari contributed to this report.
Anna-Sofia Lesiv
Anna-Sofia Lesiv is a reporting intern at the Mercury News. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she is currently studying economics and computer science at Stanford University.
Ethan Baron
Ethan Baron is a business reporter at The Mercury News, and a native of Silicon Valley before it was Silicon Valley. Baron has worked as a reporter, columnist, editor and photographer in newspapers and magazines for 25 years, covering business, politics, social issues, crime, the environment, outdoor sports, war and humanitarian crises.
Follow Ethan Baron @ethanbaron
Kristin Lam
Kristin Lam is a Chips Quinn news intern for The Mercury News. She’s passionate about covering underrepresented communities. A recent San Jose State grad, she previously interned at Metro Silicon Valley. Her DMs are open for tips and journalism job apps.
Follow Kristin Lam @kristinslam
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Kansas Secretary Of State Kobach Takes Eric Holder To School On The Constitution
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Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Secretary of State in Kansas, Kris Kobach, has made a statement on Attorney General Eric Holder’s letter written to Sam Brownback about Kansas’s Second Amendment Protection Act, SB 102. This is a great lesson in constitutionality, kiddies. Pull up a chair, warm your hands around the campfire, and lend an ear. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…
Mike: I have other things in the news today. I had mentioned this in the first hour of the program. Secretary of State in Kansas, Kris Kobach, has made a statement on Attorney General Eric Holder’s letter written to Sam Brownback about Kansas’s Second Amendment Protection Act, SB 102. This is a great lesson in constitutionality, kiddies. Pull up a chair, warm your hands around the campfire, and lend an ear. Kobach writes:
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As one of the co-authors of SB 102 and a former professor of constitutional law, I ensured that it was drafted to withstand any legal challenge. SB 102 states that a firearm that is assembled in Kansas, that is stamped “Made in Kansas,” and that never leaves the State of Kansas is not subject to regulation by the federal government. [Mike: Listen to this. This is key.] It was drafted with the intent to assert Kansas’s authority as a co-equal sovereign under the United States Constitution to regulate a matter that is outside Congress’s jurisdiction under the Interstate Commerce Clause of Article I, Section 8. It was also drafted to stave off unconstitutional legislation pending in Congress that not only infringes upon the Second Amendment rights of Kansas Citizens, but also exceeds Congress’s constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce.
Mike Church Show Transcript: Kansas Nullifies Gun Law As Eric Holder Threatens With Supremacy Clause
In his letter, Holder makes the simplistic and incorrect claim that “SB 102 directly conflicts with federal law and is therefore unconstitutional.” He rests his claim on the Supremacy Clause of Article VI. However, what he fails to mention is the basic constitutional rule that a federal rule that exceeds Congress’s power has absolutely no ability to preempt a contrary state law.
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Mike: How true, Secretary of State Kobach. You are absolutely 100 percent correct. I was talking earlier about Albert Taylor Bledsoe’s book Is Davis A Traitor? the greatest treatise ever written on the Constitution as a compact. A compact is key here in our discussions because the only way to get into a compact is to have consenting parties, meaning everybody brings something to the table, everyone is a party or partner to the deal, and everyone has the right to determine what is the extent of the powers granted or the responsibilities assumed under the compact. That’s what Kobach is reaffirming here.
For the past 80 years, Congress has used the interstate commerce power as a conduit for asserting regulatory authority over numerous specific subjects that have nothing to do with interstate commerce—including firearms. While some federal regulations of firearms are permissible exercises of the interstate commerce power, others clearly are not. [Mike: I’d like to know what. The Second Amendment says no, not unless there’s a declared war and you have to regulate the militia, unless Congress is making trade and firearms regular across state lines, Congress doesn’t have any authority none. He may just be saying that because he’s a politician and he wants to give Holder a chance to save face or Congress a chance to save face.] One of the things that the federal government cannot do is regulate firearms that have never traveled in interstate commerce and that have no substantial effect on interstate commerce—firearms covered by SB 102.
Mike Church Show Transcript: Kansas Joins The Nullification Fight Over Gun Laws
Mike: This is the distinction here between myself and many people that write and talk about this particular issue. You can make the claim that the interstate commerce clause cannot be used to pass this regulation. I will wholeheartedly agree with you. I am also going to tell you that Amendment Two added to the Constitution in August of 1789 — I know just a little bit about this because I wrote an entire feature length audio feature on it called “Militias Are Good And They Are Good For You, Part I and II.” As a matter of fact, I’d like to send Secretary Kobach of “Militias Are Good And They Are Good For You” because I believe he might change his tune and then might take the totally defensible and irrevocable stance or indefatigable stance — that’s not the right word either, is it — unbeatable stance that the Second Amendment is put into the Constitution and added to it.
It is an amendment, but it doesn’t matter that it’s an amendment. Once an amendment is added and ratified, it is then part of the Constitution. So saying “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” is a blanket statement that Congress will stay out of this. They put the militia clause in there because militias are listed in Article I, Section 8. Militias are listed because Congress may have to call militias to be regulars. If the militia is called up, then Congress has to be able to prescribe orders of discipline for them. That’s the end of the discussion. That’s where the discussion ends. It doesn’t say anything about the muskets, nothing about the balls, nothing about the powder, nothing about who makes the weapons, nothing, zero. No power was granted, zero. That’s all you need to know. They need to butt the hell out of this. Of course, they’re not doing to, but that’s why they need to butt the hell out of it. That’s why that amendment is now part of the Constitution. Once you understand this, then you’re going to understand the incorporation doctrine and why it’s a bad thing. Then you will understand why it is that Kansas doesn’t need to go to the extraordinary step of trying to explain the interstate commerce clause. They don’t have to. It doesn’t matter of the gun leaves the state of Kansas.
Mike Church Show Transcript: Louisiana, Incorporation, And States’ Rights
Holder also threatens that “the United States will take all appropriate action, including litigation if necessary, to prevent the State of Kansas from interfering with the activities of federal officials enforcing federal law.” With respect to any litigation, we will happily meet Mr. Holder in court. With respect to his concern that federal officials must be allowed to enforce federal law, Mr. Holder’s statement is a curious one. He was evidently not concerned that ATFE officials be allowed to enforce federal law when his agency oversaw the “Fast and Furious” operation to walk guns into the hands of Mexican cartels. And he is not concerned about the fact that the Obama Administration is directly ordering ICE officials to violate federal law through the executive amnesty for illegal aliens that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano launched in June 2012. Holder’s lawyers are currently attempting to defend that violation of federal law in court.
In conclusion, the State of Kansas stands firmly on the principles laid out in the United States Constitution. SB 102 is fully supported by the Second Amendment, the Tenth Amendment, and the limited scope of the Interstate Commerce Clause. The Obama Administration has repeatedly violated the United States Constitution for the past four-and-a-half-years. That abuse cannot continue.
Mike: I would say not only has the Obama administration violated the Constitution, the Bush administration before it, Clinton administration, Bush administration before that, Reagan administration, Carter, Nixon — oh my did Nixon violate it — Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, Roosevelt — the king of all violators. So some good stuff in there.
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Thank the Lord!! Finally a politician with big enough rocks to stand up for the constitution as it was written! Kudos Mr. Kobach…any chance you want to move to Ohio?
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113 Miller Canfield Lawyers Named Best in U.S.
Firm leads Michigan in number of lawyers named
Miller Canfield announced today that 113 of its lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the pre-eminent legal referral guide, The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 published by Woodward/White, Inc. As the leading law firm in Michigan, Miller Canfield has 35 more lawyers earning this designation than the next most recognized firm.
Miller Canfield ranks number one in Michigan with the most lawyers named in 19 categories including Banking, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Criminal Defense, Energy, Information Technology, Labor and Employment, and Public Finance; and the firm has more lawyers listed from the cities of Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Saginaw and Troy than any other law firm in Michigan.
Following is a list of Miller Canfield attorneys honored in Best Lawyers® 2011. Five lawyers were named for the first time this year (*). Four lawyers have been recognized in Best Lawyers since its inception in 1983 (**).
Mark T. Boonstra, Antitrust, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation; Paul R. Dimond, Real Estate; Joseph M. Fazio, Real Estate; Robert E. Gilbert**, Real Estate; Linda O. Goldberg, Labor and Employment; Marta A. Manildi, Information Technology and Intellectual Property; Sonal Hope Mithani, Commercial Litigation; Thomas C. O’Brien, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Personal Injury Litigation; Stephen G. Palms**, Real Estate; Roselyn R. Parmenter, Health Care; Erik H. Serr, Corporate; Timothy D. Sochocki, Health Care
Darryl R. Davidson, Public Finance; Robert T. Zielinski, Labor and Employment
Frederick A. Acomb, Commercial Litigation; Marjory G. Basile, Intellectual Property; Bruce D. Birgbauer**, Corporate and International Trade and Finance; Orin D. Brustad, Employee Benefits; Harold W. Bulger, Jr., Public Finance; Beverly Hall Burns, Education and Labor and Employment; Michael P. Coakley*, Commercial Litigation; Thomas D. Colis, Public Finance; Donna J. Donati, Labor and Employment; Lawrence M. Dudek, Construction and Real Estate; W. Mack Faison, Commercial Litigation; Adam S. Forman, Labor and Employment; Brant A. Freer, Public Finance and Tax; Joseph F. Galvin, Land Use & Zoning, Municipal and Real Estate; Leonard D. Givens, Labor and Employment; Jonathan S. Green, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights; Michael W. Hartmann, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice and Professional Malpractice; Donald W. Keim, Public Finance; Douglas M. Kilbourne, Banking; Stephen S. LaPlante, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights; Thomas W. Linn, Banking; Anthony J. Mavrinac, Banking; Michael P. McGee, Public Finance; Patrick F. McGow, Public Finance; Jeffrey M. McHugh, Public Finance; Samuel J. Mc Kim III**, Tax; David K. McLeod, Banking; Christopher A. McMican, Employee Benefits; Megan P. Norris, Labor and Employment; Kathryn L. Ossian, Information Technology; A. Michael Palizzi, Intellectual Property; Thomas G. Parachini, Commercial Litigation; Joel L. Piell, Public Finance; Clarence L. Pozza, Jr., Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation; Steven A. Roach, Banking; Jerry T. Rupley, Education and Public Finance; Larry J. Saylor, Antitrust; P. Rivka Schochet, Franchise; Richard J. Seryak, Labor and Employment; Michael H. Traison, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights; Amanda Van Dusen, Public Finance, Education and Banking; Carl H. von Ende, Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, and Banking; Peter W. Waldmeir, Energy; Jerome R. Watson, Labor and Employment; John H. Willems, Labor and Employment
Robert L. DeJong, Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation; Richard A. Gaffin, Intellectual Property; Charles ( Sandy) Mishkind*, Labor and Employment; John M. Sommerdyke, Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Funds and Project Finance; Stanley J. Stek, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation and Personal Injury Litigation; Robert E.L. Wright, Alternative Dispute Resolution; Jeffrey G. York*, Corporate
Ronald E. Baylor, Environmental; Eric V. Brown, Jr., Corporate; John R. Cook, Corporate; Harold J. Decker, Biotechnology and Commercial Litigation; Pamela C. Enslen, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation; Kurt P. McCamman*, Commercial Litigation; John M. Novak, Banking; Don M. Schmidt, Municipal, Public Finance and Real Estate; Kurt N. Sherwood, Labor and Employment; James E. Spurr, Construction; Thomas H. Van Dis, Health Care; John G. Van Slambrouck, Trusts and Estates; B. Jay Yelton III, Commercial Litigation
Ronald W. Bloomberg, Energy and Natural Resources; Douglas W. Crim, Environmental; William J. Danhof, Public Finance and Banking; Christopher J. Dembowski, Public Finance; Michael J. Hodge, Administrative; Harvey J. Messing, Administrative, Energy, Natural Resources and Oil & Gas; Thomas C. Phillips, Environmental and Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Brad S. Rutledge, Public Finance; James B. Thelen*, Labor and Employment; Sherri A. Wellman, Energy and Natural Resources
Gregory L. Curtner, Antitrust and Sports
James C. Foresman, Health Care
James L. Allen, Banking and Real Estate; Frank L. Andrews, Environmental; Thomas G. Appleman, Corporate and Securities; Brad B. Arbuckle, Corporate, Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions; Thomas W. Cranmer, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation and Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Gregory V. DiCenso, Trusts and Estates; Kalman G. Goren, Employee Benefits; Robert J. Haddad, Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation; Ronald E. Hodess, Construction and Real Estate; Brian R. Jenney, Elder Law; Amy M. Johnston, Personal Injury Litigation; David D. Joswick, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Banking; Kenneth E. Konop, Trusts and Estates; Matthew F. Leitman, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense and White-Collar Criminal Defense; Anna M. Maiuri, Environmental; Stephen J. Ott, Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation; James A. Simpson, Banking; David M. Thoms, Non-Profit/Charities and Trusts and Estates; J. Kevin Trimmer, Real Estate; Brian S. Westenberg, Mass Tort Litigation; James W. Williams, Trusts and Estates; Mark E. Wilson, Health Care
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
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Winner – Queensland Law Society
Equity & Diversity Award 2016, 2017 & 2018
Miller Harris Lawyers has recently been announced as an award winner in the 2018 Queensland Law Society Equity and Diversity Awards having also won this award in 2016 & 2017. The award, for legal practices with fewer than 20 legal practitioners, recognises the variety of initiatives we have put in place to support equity and diversity in our workplace. Equity and diversity is a key strength of our firm and is embedded within our recruitment and career development processes.
Why Choose Miller Harris
At Miller Harris Lawyers, we are always on the lookout for good people!
A career with Miller Harris Lawyers gives you the opportunity to develop your personal and professional skills in a dynamic and supportive environment. You will have the chance to work with some of the region’s most respected and high-profile clients, including corporates, government agencies, not-for-profit organisations and high wealth individuals. You will also have access to a range of career benefits including:
post graduate study support;
on-the-job coaching and mentoring from professionals who are recognised experts in their respective fields;
a formal and objective performance appraisal and career development program;
in-house training programs on both technical and non-technical subject matters;
opportunities to attend external training courses and seminars;
working in a new, modern and dynamic office space situated in the Cairns CBD;
competitive remuneration;
opportunities to take part in the firm’s community and pro bono activities;
a range of non-monetary benefits and policies (purchased additional annual leave, flexible working arrangements etc); and
working for a firm with unquestionable ethical and quality standards and with strong cultural values.
Our people strategy is underpinned by our philosophy that, by investing in and nurturing our team, we enable both them and our business to realise their full potential. All enquiries are treated with the strictest confidence and sensitivity.
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Miller Harris Lawyers career pathways are flexible to meet the needs of the individual. We offer a range of employment options to launch your career in the legal profession.
Our vacation program is rotational and provides candidates with the opportunity to gain valuable insights into a legal career working for one of the region’s leading law firms. It is also a pathway to a potential full time graduate position with us when you complete your degree.
When does the program run? The program will run for a period of two weeks during the traditional university vacation period. Exact dates are flexible to suit the needs of the individual.
What will I be doing? You will have the opportunity to work side by side with our team, gaining experience whilst working on a range of legal matters. The program is rotational so you will have the opportunity to work in each area of our practice to gain an understanding of the different career paths and specialisations available within the legal profession.
Who is the program aimed at? Positions are generally reserved for those candidates who are currently in the penultimate year of their law degree.
When do I apply? Applications will open in January each year, and need to be submitted electronically. If you would like to register your details now to be kept informed regarding our vacation program, please email hr@millerharris.com.au and use the subject line ‘Vacation Program’ and we will make sure we keep you updated.
Will I get paid? Yes! Candidates are paid a casual rate based on the hours worked.
Miller Harris Lawyers recruits a number of graduate lawyers to the firm. Our graduates will generally rotate through the various areas of our practice during their first year with us, gaining a broad level of experience on a range of legal services. Candidates are able to undertake either a supervised traineeship, or the practical legal training (PLT) required to gain admission to practice as a solicitor in Queensland. During your graduate year with Miller Harris Lawyers, you will gain valuable on‑the‑job experience, as well as be provided with a range of formal and informal training and development options.
If you are interested in a graduate position with Miller Harris Lawyers, please email hr@millerharris.com.au with the subject line ‘Graduate Program’ and we’ll make sure we keep you updated with our graduate program recruitment activities.
From time to time, a range of alternative employment options arise, including administrative traineeships for those candidates looking to gain experience working in a legal firm after completion of high school and before embarking on further study. If you are considering one of these options, please email hr@millerharris.com.au with the subject line ‘Traineeship’ and we’ll keep you posted regarding any vacancies. We are always flexible for the right candidate!
We are always on the lookout for good people and opportunities arise for experienced solicitors to join the Miller Harris Lawyers team on a regular basis. It is an opportunity to leverage your established experience and grow your career alongside some of the region’s most respected professionals. Ongoing professional development, strong cultural values, a structured career progression program, competitive remuneration and a suite of non-remuneration benefits means that Miller Harris Lawyers is the ideal place to launch the next phase of your career.
Legal support team
Our legal support team are an integral part of our ongoing business success. You will have the chance to work alongside respected professionals in a dynamic and supportive environment. Our legal support team roles include secretaries and personal assistants, receptionists, accounts and administration and, paralegal roles. Vacancies for these positions are posted on the current vacancies section of our website so, keep an eye out for opportunities that may arise.
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Home » Latest News » Bold plan to link north Australian gas pipeline network to eastern states
Bold plan to link north Australian gas pipeline network to eastern states
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Construction of a 1000 kilometre gas pipeline linking infrastructure between Alice Springs and Moomba in South Australia is being considered by Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane as a way of creating a national gas network and preventing future gas shortages.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) the link could see a gas pipeline network running all the way from the Browse Basin, off the northern coast of Western Australia, to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and as far south as Hobart.
Speaking to SMH, Mr Macfarlane said the project was “more than a vision” and that he had already been discussing the matter with NT chief minister Adam Giles, the industry and NSW Energy Minister Anthony Roberts and that “at the moment we are trying to get enough pieces to fit”.
With a 900 kilometre pipeline from Browse Basin to Darwin already under construction, the relatively short “missing link” between Alice Springs and Moomba would join eastern Australia to abundant gas supplies from the north.
Mr Macfarlane took a swipe at the NSW government’s inaction over a predicted gas shortage in that state telling SMH, “Even if we see major progress there in the next 12 months because of all the time that has been lost in NSW, there is no way that will provide a solution to NSW’s impending gas shortage and higher prices which will really start to come into being in the winter of 2016 and then 2017,” he said.
“The only solution to the gas supply problem in NSW appears to be interconnection.”
“It [gas] could become very expensive. There are people speculating it could cost $10 a gigajoule or more.”
Mr Macfarlane also singled out Mount Isa as another possible point of connection.
According to the SMH, the plan, “…could deliver additional gas supplies into NSW within three years which would be about two years faster than developing NSW’s own gas supplies.”
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ian-macfarlane-outlines-ambitious-plan-for-national-gas-network-20140825-1089h9.html#ixzz3BSAPM88A
Tags1000 Alice Springs Australia Brisbane Browse Basin construction gas government Hobart Ian Macfarlane Industry Minister Melbourne Moomba national Natural gas network Northern Territory pipeline shortage South Australia Sydney Western Australia
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EditorialProgram allows city to scan 3,000 feet of pipe quickly
Program allows city to scan 3,000 feet of pipe quickly
By Craig Mandli
Electro Scan, Inc. Pipeline Inspection
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Problem: The city of Muscatine, Iowa, experiences high-flow conditions in its sanitary sewer interceptors that run through flood control levees on the Mississippi River. As a designated critical sewer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordered the city to inspect its interceptors on a regular basis. However, bypassing and dewatering high-flow pipes so they can be taken offline to accommodate CCTV inspection can be an expensive and time-consuming process, often with mixed results.
Solution: The city chose instead to use low-voltage conductivity to test its large-diameter mains. By turning off the pump station and allowing a temporary buildup in effluent flow, Electro Scan, in partnership with Municipal Pipe Tool, was able to inspect all 3,000 feet (12 segments) of 24- and 27-inch CIPP-lined RCP in less than a day and half. Additionally, defects often not seen on CCTV were located and quantified in gpm.
All work was done in accordance with ASTM F2550 and newly issued 7th Edition, Volume 1 of the Operations & Maintenance Manual of Wastewater Collection Systems.
Result: While nine of 12 pipes had little to no defects, two segments had multiple defects. In fact, combined defect flows for the two pipes accounted for nearly 80 percent of the infiltration flows for the 3,000-foot project. The city was happy with the speed and efficiency of the project and the level of data provided. 800/975-6149; www.electroscan.com.
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Putting on my teacher hat
See all posts Sarah Brody October 2013
When I left teaching to join NCTQ more than four years ago, I don't think anything could have kept me in the classroom. The pay was low, the demands high, and the effort of learning how to teach while teaching made me feel like I was drowning. As a chronic high-achiever, I felt a sense of frustration that the only path to advancement was outside the classroom, by becoming a principal. But most acutely, I felt like I was another cog in a machine that was failing students year after year.
There were ed reforms "back then" of course. My district had reading interventions, 9th grade academies, small schools, some principal autonomy in hiring, school turnaround interventions, and probably many more initiatives I wasn't even aware of. As a teacher, I had no sense of the gamut of the district's strategies or why particular reforms were selected, not to mention any rationale behind why they might help my failing school succeed.
Take pay for instance. I was assigned to my high school a year after a differentiated pay initiative targeted at high-need schools had ended--I suppose because the funds had dried up. But if I'd taught at this particular Title I school a year or two prior, I'd have seen an extra thousand bucks or so tacked on to my base pay (not small change to someone pulling in a first-year teacher's salary with no master's degree). Meanwhile, similar bonuses were still flowing at the failing Title I middle school down the street for science and special ed teachers.
Now, I think differential pay is a great idea, and I know I would have appreciated the extra cash as a recognition of my efforts in a more than challenging environment. But because the initiative was so random, it would have been impossible to choose a school where differentiated pay was offered. It came as more of a surprising extra than as an advertised incentive that might sway teachers' choices about where to teach, in the same way that many other reforms made unannounced appearances in schools. Without a formal introduction to the teachers who would implement them, these reforms almost inevitably fell flat.
When I put on my teacher hat, I can't help but worry that unless we bridge the gap between teachers and education policy, history will repeat itself. We see groups out there starting to address the issue: Teach Plus, E4E, Hope Street Group's National Teacher Fellows and NCTQ's new TAG. We're on the right track, but much more is needed, particularly at the district level, to ensure that teachers are informed agents in the reform process rather than cogs in the wheel.
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First Google-approved Cyanogenmod phone, Oppo N1, now on sale
By Jett Goldsmith News Editor Neowin @JettGoldsmith · Dec 24, 2013 14:26 EST · Hot! with 16 comments
Today the team behind CyanogenMod, the popular open source community-built Android operating system, announced their first Google-approved phone for retail sale: The Oppo N1. The phone, which CyanogenMod says is the culmination of over fours years of work by CM contributors and developers, is currently available for purchase from the team's online store at a price of $599. All copies of the phone are shipped with the popular CyanogenMod operating system, the source code of which will, according to the team, be made available along with the phone.
In marking more good news for the device, Google has also cleared the phone with its CTS (or Compatibility Test Suite), which means that those wishing to purchase apps may do so directly from the Google Play store instead of having to sideload them. The phone also boasts a 13 megapixel camera, a customized security system called Privacy Guard, and a wealth of customizable themes.
2013 has been a strong year for CyanogenMod overall, marking a few milestones for the developers: Earlier this week, the OS hit 10 million installs - a major benchmark for the company, placing it as one of the most popular custom Android ROMs. In the spring, the team incorporated into a company and moved into two offices in Seattle and Palo Alto. The company seemingly has big dreams for the future, as it promises more great things to come in 2014.
Watch the CyanogenMod Oppo N1 release video below:
Source: CyanogenMod | Image via Oppo
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NES > Directions
Building SA
Campus Essen (Area S)
Leave highway A40 at exit Stadtmitte or Huttrop, then follow signs Zentrum/Universität. When coming from Düsseldorf via A52, leave at exit Essen-Süd and follow signs Universität (not Universitätsklinikum).
The entrance to the parking area is on Gerlingstraße.
Trams 101 and 105 stop at Rheinischer Platz from where you have to walk 300m in eastern direction to our building. Trams 106 and 107 stop at Viehofer Platz, which is only 50m away from our building.
For detailed connections, also with busses, have a look at the VRR Journey Planner.
National Transit
Essen is well connected with regional and long-distance trains. Look at the Deutsche Bahn webpage for connections. You have to buy your ticket before entering the train.
The fastest way (3-4 min.) to get from Essen main station to our building is to take a tram from platform 1 in the basement floor (not the train platform on top floor). Just follow the Tram sign in the main station.
You can also have a nice walk through the pedestrian zone, which takes approx. 10-15 minutes. Alternatively, taxis are waiting at the north exit of the main station (towards city center).
The closest airport is Düsseldorf (approx. 30 km). From the terminal, take the Sky Train to the Airport Railway Station (4 minutes). Trains to Essen usually ride from track 1 and 5 – the trip takes approx. 22 minutes.
Tickets for the regional trains (RE, RB) are also valid for the tram in Essen. You could also take IC or ICE trains, but they are more expensive, not much faster and the ticket is not valid for the trams in Essen.
Köln/Bonn (CGN)
Köln/Bonn airport is approx. 77km from Essen. Usually, you have to change trains once in Cologne but there are also a few ICE trains that connect the airport with Essen directly. The trip takes between 70 and 85 minutes.
Although Dortmund airport is also close (approx. 46 km), it is a bit inconvenient to go there since you have to take a bus to Dortmund main station or Holzwickede station first. The trip takes between 1 and 1.5 hours.
Niederrhein/Weeze (NRN)
The airport Niederrhein is 83 km away from Essen. Like Dortmund airport, you will have to take a bus to the train stations Weeze or Kevelaer. The whole trip takes almost 2 hours.
It takes at least 1:45 by train from Frankfurt airport (approx. 240 km), but you have to use the more expensive ICE trains.
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FC Barcelona selects locals for international tourney
Sandin Dizdarevic, Marvin Aveliz, Elijah Perez, Kieran Fields and Adam Henry play for U.S.
FC Barcelona selects locals for international tourney Sandin Dizdarevic, Marvin Aveliz, Elijah Perez, Kieran Fields and Adam Henry play for U.S. Check out this story on news-press.com: http://newspr.es/1gQI1B1
NICK TWARDUS, NTWARDUS@NEWS-PRESS.COM Published 3:05 p.m. ET April 10, 2014 | Updated 3:11 p.m. ET April 10, 2014
Adam Henry of Fort Myers makes a save during the FC Barcelona camp held at Fenway South in Fort Myers last summer. Henry is one of five locals selected to play in a tournament in Spain this month. (Photo: Courtesy photo)
Five local soccer players head to tournament in Spain
Selected out of 2,400 players from FC Barcelona camps
Adam Henry aspires to be a goaltender for FC Barcelona when he grows up. The 11-year-old Fort Myers soccer player dreams of playing for one of the world's prestigious fútbol clubs like his favorite player Victor Valdés.
"That would be a dream come true for me," Henry said.
Kaptiva Sports brought the official FC Barcelona Escola youth soccer camp to JetBlue Park for the first time last summer, featuring coaches from the club teaching young players about the game.
"I'm very humbled by that, it's amazing what they do to come here and teach the Barcelona way," Henry added.
Henry was one of five area players, including Sandin Dizdarevic, Marvin Aveliz, Elijah Perez and Kieran Fields of Cape Coral, that impressed the Barcelona coaches enough to earn an invite to represent the United States in the third edition of the FC Barcelona Escola International tournament.
"FC Barcelona brings the best kids from all around the world that represent the club already, to compete and meet each other. We will be playing against teams from Singapore, Egypt, Spain and Germany among others," said Marcel Bombonato, who is the managing director of Kaptiva Sports.
This will be the first time the Unites States will be represented in the tournament. Barcelona selected 48 players across four age-divided teams from the 2,400 that participated in their U.S. camps. The tournament will run from April 14-17 in Barcelona.
"We hope that providing these kids an opportunity to somewhat bypass the system and directly bring them to the highest level of soccer that it would be great for them," Bombonato said.
"There is a lot of talent in Fort Myers and across the country. We just have to look, groom it, appreciate opportunity and meet individuals like Adam who have the passion, the education and the courage to train hard, rest right, eat right and have the humbleness to want to learn. The more that you want to learn, the more that you become a coachable individual, and that's who we're looking for."
Henry will be the goaltender of the Formació U.S. team, which is made up of 11-12 year old players.
"It's amazing, I'm really looking forward to seeing all the wonders of Barcelona," Henry said.
"I feel honored and very grateful that they (FC Barcelona) came to Fort Myers."
The games will be played at Mini Estadi, a stadium that seats 15,000. Adam and other select players will stay in Barcelona from the April 13-21.
"I wish there was an opportunity similar like this when I was young but now, I strive very hard to provide opportunities like this," Bombonato said.
"I always want to give them more and put all my efforts out because I want to see them be successful and I hope that one day Adam is able to give me one of his signed jerseys. That would mean more than any salary to me."
Local Players on the U.S. FC Barcelona Escola Tournament teams
Prcompetició (Ages 13-14)
Sandin Dizdarevic (Cape Coral)
Marvin Aveliz (Cape Coral)
Formació (Ages 11-12)
Adam Henry (Fort Myers)
Preformació (Ages 9-10)
Elijah Perez (Cape Coral)
Kieran Fields (Cape Coral)
Iniciació (Ages 7-8)
No Local Players
Participating teams in FCB Escola Tournament
Barcelona (Catalonia)
Varsòvia (Poland)
Dubai (E.A.U)
Egipte (Egypt)
Fukuoka (Japan)
Delhi NCR (India)
Rio de Janeriro (Brazil)
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
USA Blue (United States)
Mallorca (Balearic Islands)
Catalunya (Catalonia)
Tenerife (Canary Islands)
North's Hauser sets program goal-scoring mark
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Mixed feelings over HS2 plans for Cumbria
By Tom Coleman @tomcoleman93 Reporter
PLANS for a high speed railway station in Carlisle have been met with mixed reactions, despite claims the city could be “like Leeds” in 20 years.
This week the Northern Powerhouse partnership has been inviting prospective parliamentary candidates from all the main parties in constituencies across the north to pledge their support for the Connecting Britain campaign.
Connecting Britain is a coalition of business and political leaders who have come together to make a case for why the North and UK Plc need HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail delivered together, in full.
But Tony Lywood, Labour candidate for Copeland, refused the invitation, branding the Cumbrian HS2 link “a mythical white elephant”.
He said: “I turned down an invitation for a photo opportunity at Whitehaven station this week by representatives from the Northern Powerhouse, partly because I am busy campaigning in this election for Labour but also because I feel that this dreamt up HS2 link to Carlisle is a mythical white elephant and is very unlikely ever to happen.
“My priority is to get the west coast line upgraded, invest in buses and improve the A595, not spend the estimated cost of HS2 which is now at £85 billion pounds and rising on a project to deliver businessmen to London 20 minutes earlier for their meetings. How does this help west Cumbria?
“However, if they start this fabulous project by investing in the local transport problems on the totally underfunded West Coast rail line, bring back more buses at a reasonable cost and improve our shocking road structure then I’ll get behind HS2 rather than posing for photo opportunities in Whitehaven station.
“Incidentally, £85 billion would pay for the new nuclear power station at Moorside many times over.”
But John Stevenson, Carlisle’s Tory candidate, said the Cumbrian station was an absolute necessity.
He said: “Through the Borderlands growth initiative, we’ve demonstrated that Carlisle is very much the capital of our Borderlands region, servicing over a million people. It is a transport hub for a very large area. Therefore, the arrival of a station here I think is an absolute necessity, not just for the validity of the line but also for helping to boost the economy of the Borderlands region in Cumbria.”
He added that there was a need for greater capacity.
He said: “There is a capacity issue on the line. The people particularly who travel up and down to London will recognise that the trains are full now. There’s clearly a need for greater capacity.”
Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership said connectivity would help locate high value jobs in the region: “We want to make Carlisle feel like a Manchester or Leeds, which I believe it will be in 20 years.”
In response to Mr Lywood’s remarks, he said the Connecting Britain campaign aimed to close the North – South divide and had support from businesses and civic leaders from all parties, including that of Andy McDonald, Labour’s transport spokesman.
Mr Murison added: “The independent review of HS2, that will be presented to whoever is elected as Prime Minister next month, will state that fares on the West Coast mainline will have to go up at peak times if HS2 is not built in order to ration the number of seats due to future overcrowding.
“There is an active campaign which we have been leading to get a station for Carlisle, but which Tony Lywood has this week refused to support. If he wants to take control of bus services, he should, like us, support devolution with a combined authority and mayor for the county.
“However, by trading off local and wider northern priorities, he divides himself from most candidates standing for all the main parties who want to increase the overall investment here in the North and do both. His party’s own capital spending plans allow for that, whether or not in the end they are judged to be fiscally credible when are fully costed.”
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Rapid City National Weather Service Forecast Office
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING PT. 4
Megan Murat,
As we begin our morning, our days, our week, some are just getting off work. They’re finishing a long night to make the rest of our week a little safer. These are the people we’re focusing on. NewsCenter1’s Megan Murat gives us a look at what goes on while you’re sleeping. Mother nature doesn’t sleep so that means meteorologists have to keep watch at all hours of the day.
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Black Hills are no stranger to extreme weather, even holding the record for the fastest change in temperature in Spearfish.
“People’s glass broke and there was instant frost,” said National Weather Service (NWS) Senior Forecaster Eric Helgeson.
A team of meteorologists stakes out at the NWS office in Rapid City overnight to keep an eye on current observations and look ahead at the coming week.
“If it makes a difference between whether you get to work or not or if the road is icy, or whether you get heavy rain, then that’s where it really matters,” said Helgeson. “That’s where the meteorologists come into play.”
Eric Helgeson handles the forecast, looking at the big picture of the atmosphere at each level, from top to bottom. But computer models are just one tool in forecasting the weather.
“Sometimes you just know,” said Helgeson. “I don’t know that computer models are ever going to get to a point where humans aren’t going to be able to improve the forecast noticeably.”
But technology has still come a long way in improving the way information goes out.
After tweaking different areas of the forecast like precipitation, temperatures, winds and clouds, Helgeson says, “The forecast builder will take all that, ask me some questions about certain things and recombine it all into a forecast that everyone can have and see.”
On the other side of the room, Katie Pojorlie keeps track of the short term for her shift.
“Mine is more little things throughout the shift,” said Pojorlie. “I prefer this side of things because I get to stay busy the whole time.”
There can be lulls, and the big office can fall quiet.
“It’s nice to have it quiet, working with one other person,” said Pojorlie. “It’s much more relaxed.”
As they continuously update the forecast, they get that information out to the public. They create Forecast Discussions, TAF’s (terminal aerodrome forecasts), watches/warnings and weather graphics for social media, all to get the message to people.
Then, it’s time to launch the weather balloon.
After checking the settings and inputting local data and observations, the sounding sensor goes out back to attach to the balloon. Then up it goes, collecting data as it rises and sending it down to the office.
Once that’s done, the shift wraps up and the forecast they’ve been updating and sending out will give folks in western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming an idea of how to plan for the rest of their day.
“We use the word impact a lot,” said Helgeson. “It really is. What is the impact on peoples’ lives?”
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Syrian National Coalition on Brink of Collapse
This post first appeared at The National.Attempts to revitalise the opposition Syrian National Coalition and widen its narrow support base were in disarray yesterday after efforts to significantly expand its membership stalled. .
Written by Phil Sands / The National Published on May 28, 2013 Read time Approx. 4 minutes
A key decision about attendance at the Geneva 2 talks had also not been made, with a senior SNC official saying that more details were needed.
“We are waiting to hear the outcome of the Kerry-Lavrov talks, the outcome of the EU arms embargo talks, and for more details about the negotiations before we decide,” he said.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov discussed Syria in Paris yesterday, each backing different sides in the rapidly expanding civil war.
The Russians have secured an agreement in principle from the Syrian regime to take part in the planned Geneva 2 talks, while the SNC remains uncommitted.
An increasingly rancourous dispute over control of the opposition alliance has pushed the SNC to the brink of collapse in Istanbul over the past five days.
“If we do not solve our internal problems here and now there will be no coalition left to speak of,” an SNC member said.
What was supposed to be a brief conference dealing with a host of pressing issues has, instead, become an embarrassing display of internal politicking and inefficiency.
It has undermined the already threadbare credibility of the main opposition alliance, both inside Syria and in the eyes of its international backers.
An opposition organiser in Damascus said the SNC had missed a chance to make itself relevant, just as the Syrian crisis is dramatically escalating and a strong, united opposition front was needed.
“The fighting groups and the activists working inside Syria were demanding to be represented in the coalition but remain excluded,” he said.
“Since it was formed the SNC has done nothing tangible on the ground, it is a failure,” he said.
The timing could hardly be more critical.
Rebels are fighting against impossible odds in Qusayr, under a heavy assault from regime troops and Shiite militants from Hezbollah.
The European Union is currently considering lifting an arms embargo – which in theory would aid the supply of weapons to the Free Syrian Army, the SNC’s military wing – and the opposition risks being outmanoeuvred on the diplomatic front after the Syrian regime indicated it would take part in the Geneva 2 peace talks, tentatively scheduled for next month.
Problems within the SNC came to a head in the early hours of yesterday morning
A secular grouping, led by veteran dissident Michael Kilo, together with other, smaller blocs, had sought to add 22 seats to the 63-member alliance.
The Kilo grouping is a liberal, broadly secular bloc that its supporters say would counter the dominance of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and help reassure the SNC’s international allies that it will safeguard sectarian and ethnic minorities.
But, in a 3am vote yesterday, after four days of deadlocked, at times angry, talks, just eight new seats were approved.
Six members from Mr Kilo’s bloc, were given places in the SNC – far short of the 25 it had opened the negotiation process with on Thursday.
Jamal Suleman, a popular actor, Anwar Badr, an Alawite writer and former political prisoner and Mr Kilo were all voted in.
Under SNC rules, existing members were required to vote on who should join and each candidate needed 42 ballots for approval.
Adding more than 20 seats would have significantly altered the balance of power within the SNC.
But entrenched members elected not to dilute their influence by opening the doors to what would have been another major bloc.
Broad Inclusion of Mr Kilo’s group would have weakened a widely held perception of excessive dominance dominance of the Muslim Brotherhood, one major faction, and a grouping headed by the Qatari-backed SNC secretary general, Mustafa Sabbagh.
The SNC has a reputation even in opposition circles, as being controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, with backing of Qatar and, to a lesser extent, Turkey.
In the days running up to the Istanbul conference – originally scheduled for three days but extended to six – a deal was reportedly brokered between Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Muslim Brotherhood to significantly expand the SNC, in exchange for a serious injection of funding from international backers.
Western supporters of the opposition were also advocating for an expansion to counter the dominance of Islamists and improve the image of the SNC within Syria’s sectarian and ethnic groups.
That deal appeared to have broken down yesterday, amid furious recriminations.
“There was a shouting match between the French and one element of the SNC,” said an opposition member who was present.
“The French said ‘unless you expand you will get no support from any of us’, and was told ‘leave us alone, we don’t need your support’.”
International pressure on the SNC has, members said, been intense.
An SNC official described it as counterproductive.
“The Kilo group came with all these international supporters and Syrians don’t like to be put under that kind of pressure, it doesn’t work,” he said,
There were also signs last night that Mr Kilo’s bloc was beginning to fragment, with members saying they were representing themselves and talk of defections, according to SNC members involved in the talks.
By yesterday evening what was being called a “reconciliation” effort was underway, with members locked in a conference hall and told they could not leave until they had settled their differences.
Divisions have plagued Syria’s opposition since the start of the uprising in March 2011.
Moaz al Khatib, the former president of the SNC, resigned earlier this year, in part because of refusals within the alliance to widen its membership.
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Home Forex Dollar softens as Sino-U.S. trade deal optimism lifts Asian currencies
Dollar softens as Sino-U.S. trade deal optimism lifts Asian currencies
By Tom Westbrook
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar gave a little ground to riskier Asian currencies on Thursday, as investors hoped the Sino-U.S. trade deal could herald warmer relations between the world's two biggest economies and help to revive global growth.
Beijing and Washington touted the Phase 1 deal, signed overnight at the White House, as a step forward. [nL1N29K0MV]
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said further Phase 2 discussions had already begun as negotiators work to resolve differences. [nW1N27201T]
That helped the trade-exposed Australian and New Zealand dollars to book modest gains, while the safe-haven Japanese yen softened slightly.
"We are living in a higher-tariff world in this year than last year, but against that is the removal of uncertainty," said Ray Attrill Head of FX Strategy, National Australia Bank.
"If you think that the trade situation is not going to be a bigger drag than it was over the last couple of years, then that's the glass half full interpretation of the outlook."
The beaten-up kiwi led gains in major currencies, rising 0.3% to $0.6635, while the Aussie tacked on 0.1% to its highest for the week at $0.6919.
The Chinese yuan, the most sensitive currency to the U.S.-China trade relationship, headed back toward a six-month peak hit on Tuesday, adding 0.1% to 6.8860 per dollar in offshore trade .
The greenback was also marginally lower against the euro (EUR=) and pound , nursing overnight losses. Against a basket of currencies (DXY) the dollar sat at 97.195.
The centerpiece of the deal is a pledge by China to purchase at least an additional $200 billion worth of U.S. farm products and other goods and services over two years. [nL1N29K1HY]
The United States will also cut by half the tariff rate it imposed on Sept. 1 on a $120 billion list of Chinese goods, to 7.5%.
Yet it addresses few of the issues that led to the trade conflict in the first place, checking potentially more dramatic market moves.
The safe-haven Swiss franc's overnight rally to a 15-month high of 0.9680 per dollar - close to where it held in early Asian trade - points to the level of caution.
The agreement does not fully eliminate tariffs. It is vague on enforcement. It makes no real progress on host of thorny problems from intellectual and many analysts are skeptical that the purchase targets are realistic.
"I'm not sure that there's any hidden gold nugget," said Westpac FX analyst Sean Callow.
"There's a sense of markets having traded off the positive vibes of the trade agreement for long enough, and it's very hard to see where the upside is from here," he said.
"If there is a step towards freer trade and lower tariffs, then it's obviously not going to happen anytime soon."
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Long time coming: Grey Cup parade to take over downtown Winnipeg
It’s their first championship since a 50-11 win over Edmonton in the 1990 title game
Winnipeggers are expected to crowd the downtown streets today to celebrate the end of a Grey Cup drought that lasted almost three decades.
The city will be hosting a parade this afternoon after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their 11th Grey Cup with a 33-12 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in Calgary.
It’s their first championship since a 50-11 win over Edmonton in the 1990 title game.
Fans packed Winnipeg’s major airport Monday to welcome home the Canadian Football League champions.
The crowd chanted and screamed as Bombers players walked out from a secure area to a stage set up to celebrate the end of the longest Cup-less streak in the league.
Quarterback Chris Streveler signed autographs and shook hands with the fans, saying the players didn’t fully understand how much the win meant to Winnipeggers until they got off the plane.
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Scientists fear turning over launch systems for nuclear missiles to artificial intelligence will lead to real-life “Terminator” event, wiping out all humans
Friday, December 27, 2019 by: JD Heyes
Tags: apocalypse, artificial intelligence, China, Collapse, computing, cyborg, Dangerous, false threat, Glitch, ICBMs, miscalculation, nuclear arsenal, nuclear holocaust, nuclear missiles, nuclear weapons, Russia, skynet, Terminator, United States
(Natural News) One of the most popular movie franchises of our time is the “Terminator” series, launched back in the early 1980s and featuring six-time Mr. America bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger as a futuristic humanoid killing machine
As noted by Great Power War, the backstory to the film is that the creation of the nearly-invincible cyborg Terminators stemmed from a “SkyNet” computer system that controlled U.S. nuclear weapons and “got smart,” eventually seeing all humans as its enemy.
So, in one fell swoop, the system launched its missiles at pre-programmed targets, which, of course, invited a second-strike counter-launch and created a nuclear holocaust that nearly destroyed all of humankind.
While the Terminator series never really identified the ‘smart’ SkyNet computer system as having artificial intelligence, some years later after AI became more of a thing it was understood that’s the kind of system the fictional SkyNet operated.
The “machine-learning” aspect of AI is how SkyNet “got smart” one day and launched the nuclear payloads it controlled.
But the Terminator series are just movies, right? Nothing like that could ever really happen…right?
In fact, as the Jerusalem Post notes, it nearly did happen — back in 1983 (one year before the original “Terminator” hit movie theaters):
An example that the article gives of human judgment’s importance was a 1983 incident when a Soviet officer named Stanislav Petrov disregarded automated audible and visual warnings that US nuclear missiles were inbound.
The systems were wrong and had Petrov trusted technology over his own instincts, the world might have gone to nuclear war over a technological malfunction.
According to a group of scientists, as AI technology advances in leaps and bounds, it’s possible that someday great powers like the U.S., Russia and China could turn over their launch capabilities to an AI-powered “machine learning” system that could accidentally start a nuclear war by identifying a false “threat.”
Some advantages, but more disadvantages
The UK-based Daily Mail reported this week that top nuclear scientists from Cornell are warning in a newly published paper that AI technology could turn on humans the way SkyNet did in the movies. (Related: Human-like Terminator rescue droids to become our “fourth emergency service” in 50 years.)
So-called “automation bias” would allow machines to “slip out of control.”
Who’s closer to turning over their nuclear launch sequences to AI-powered computers? The scientists identified Russia and China, both of which are working feverishly to develop the technology and both of which could use it to offset America’s technological advantages, despite the risks.
Global military powers could be convinced to employ AI and more safe than human judgment, though the technology could bring “insidious risks that do not manifest until an accident occurs.”
Moscow’s military is already developing an autonomous nuclear torpedo, codenamed “Status-6” or “Poseidon.” And the Cornell scientists believe that weapon could be the beginning of a trend.
“While so much about it is uncertain, Russia’s willingness to explore the notion of a long-duration, underwater, uninhabited nuclear delivery vehicle in Status-6 shows that fear of conventional or nuclear inferiority could create some incentives to pursue greater autonomy,” the report’s primary author, Michael Horowitz, told the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
The Cornell report does concede that there may be some advantages to AI.
“Some forms of automation could increase reliability and surety in nuclear operations, strengthening stability,” it says. And the tech can help decision-makers by gathering comprehensive data in real-time.
However, “other forms could increase accident risk or create perverse incentives, undermining stability,” notes the report. “When modernizing nuclear arsenals, policymakers should aim to use automation to decrease the risk of accidents and false alarms and increase human control over nuclear operations.”
AI isn’t ready for prime time just yet, but the day is coming.
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EXCLUSIVE: Natural News investigation finds Amazon.com shipping LONG EXPIRED superfoods: “Grape Fiber powder” expired in 2018, shipped as new in 2020
Wednesday, January 08, 2020 by: Mike Adams
Tags: #hazardous, #nutrition, Amazon, badhealth, badmedicine, badscience, expired products, Jeff Bezos, public safety, superfoods, supplements
(Natural News) Just weeks after the Wall Street Journal published a damning investigation which found Amazon.com was selling literal dumpster trash as new food, a NaturalNews.com investigation has caught Amazon.com selling long expired, banged-up superfood supplements that look like they were reclaimed from trash dumpsters, too.
As part of our routine purchasing of superfoods and supplements for lab testing in the public interest, we recently purchased “MD.LIFE Grape Fiber Powder 100g” on January 4, 2020, for $13.99. We received the product on January 6, 2020.
The product, which sports a label that says it is from a company called “MD.LIFE” of West Palm Beach, FL, was packed in a black poly bag that was embossed with its expiration date. Shining a flashlight from the side, the embossed print can be easily read. It says:
BEST BY 08/08/18
That means the product expired in 2018, nearly 17 months ago, yet Amazon happily shipped the expired product to customers in 2020.
See the full photo of the actual product here, unaltered except for adding a red circle around the embossed expiration date:
The Amazon.com bar code for the item is X001MKM1B9.
Here’s a closeup of the expiration date that’s embossed onto the bag:
Dumpster diving for products to sell on Amazon
Last year, the Wall Street Journal sent its own reporters to go dumpster diving behind a Trader Joe’s to find expired, discarded products that it could sell on Amazon.
“Late one night several days before the store opened, reporters with flashlights and blue latex gloves visited Clifton, Clark and Paramus, N.J., scouring dumpsters behind outlets such as a Michaels craft store and a Trader Joe’s grocery,” reports the WSJ. “The bins were a humid mess of broken glass and smashed boxes, a stench of rot in the air. Several products were in original packaging, some soiled with coffee grounds, moldy blackberries or juice from a bag of chicken thighs.”
Among the trash, WSJ reporters found a jar of discarded lemon curd from Trader Joe’s. Here are the photos published by the Wall Street Journal, showing how dumpster trash was turned into food products to be sold on Amazon:
As The Journal explained:
The Journal cleaned and packed the three items—bubble-wrapping and taping the curd jar—and mailed them to an Amazon warehouse in Pennsylvania in September and October. The Journal completed Amazon’s documentation requirements by specifying the items’ universal product codes, the numbers next to bar codes on most products.
Amazon didn’t ask about the inventory’s origins or sell-by dates.
The Journal’s dumpster finds were soon up for sale with an Amazon Prime logo, available to millions of shoppers, including the listing for “Trader Joe’s Imported English Authentic Lemon Curd 10.5oz” at $12.00.
Natural News investigation turns up yet more evidence of expired, possibly discarded products being sold on Amazon as nutritional supplements
The bag of “Grape Fiber Powder” we ordered from Amazon appears to have a tremendous amount of scuffing and wrinkles, causing the Amazon bar code to be barely legible. This is consistent with the kind of packaging damage that would typically be found on products which are discarded into dumpsters.
When we purchased this expired product, Amazon offered no warning that the product had expired nearly 17 months ago:
A closeup of the bar code:
As of this writing, Amazon.com still sells this product on its site, saying it has “17 left in stock” which are ready to ship to other customers. The product has three five-star ratings. Amazon.com has so far not published my own one-star rating which sought to warn potential customers that the product is expired and may pose health risks to unsuspecting users.
The brand name is listed by Amazon as “Unknown” — a username that somehow did not raise any red flags at Amazon.com. This speaks to the reprehensible lack of safety-oriented quality control by Amazon.com, which once again proves it will sell absolutely anything — expired nutritional products, literal dumpster trash, etc. — to anyone, with apparently no regard whatsoever for public health.
The name of the seller on Amazon that sold this product is “Shop Smart Live Smart,” which also sells weight loss supplements through Amazon.com. The “MD.LIFE” brand may not be at fault here, since they were not the reseller. It is theoretically possible that MD.LIFE discarded these products when they expired, but the products somehow found their way back on Amazon.com to be sold as new.
The Wall Street Journal found that all sorts of food and nutritional items which were expired or thrown away were being sold on Amazon.com, writing, “After a later dumpster dive, the Journal was able to go through almost all of the listing process with salvaged breath mints, sunflower seeds, marmalade, crispbread, fig fruit butter, olives, a headband and a Halloween mask…”
Amazon.com sells food and supplements that are literally harvested from the “town dump”
Now that both the Wall Street Journal and Natural News have confirmed Amazon is selling expired, potentially hazardous food and supplement products which were either thrown in the trash or should have been, it’s probably no surprise to hear that Amazon.com is selling items which are harvested and packaged by individuals who mine the local town dump to look for products to sell.
The Wall Street Journal even profiled one such individual — “Mr. Durfee” — who makes a living doing it.
All this underscores the importance of purchasing foods and supplements from reputable sources that do not sell literal dumpster trash, repackaged as “new” products.
Amazon.com is rapidly become hazardous to the health and safety of the American people
Amazon.com is becoming increasingly known as a public health hazard and a deceptive online retail platform that utterly lacks the most basic quality control measures that would be demanded of any local retail establishment — such as removing expired products from store shelves.
It begs the question of why the FDA and FTC aren’t investigating Amazon over these deceptive and potentially hazardous business practices, when no other online retailer would be allowed to keep selling dumpster trash with impunity.
Could it be that the owner of Amazon.com — Jeff Bezos — also owns the Washington Post, a discredited fake news outlet that can target Amazon’s competitors (or government regulators) with malicious hit pieces that damage their revenues and reputations?
Finally, the very fact that Amazon and the Washington Post are owned by the same man underscores the dangers of such monopolies, where the Washington Post for some reason has failed to report on Amazon.com’s deceptive business practices.
Sesame Street used to feature the “Cookie Monster” that literally ate cookies out of trash cans. Today, Amazon.com has turned that left-wing utopian dream into reality. In Venezuela, citizens have to dumpster dive on their own to find morsels of food scraps, but thanks to Prime delivery, Amazon.com can deliver that dumpster trash straight to your door… and maybe even by drone delivery in the near future. That’s called “progress,” in case you were curious.
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How to File for Spousal Support in Texas
May 22, 2019 Alimony, Articles, Divorce, Spousal Support
In Texas, court-ordered, post-divorce spousal support, otherwise known as spousal maintenance, is difficult to come by. In short, there is no court-ordered alimony in Texas. However, the Texas Family Code does recognize that there are some limited instances in which a recently divorced individual may need financial assistance for a period of time – due to a physical or mental disability, for example – and has provided guidelines pursuant to which the Court may grant it.
Contractual Alimony vs. Court-Ordered Spousal Maintenance
Contractual Alimony
While a court cannot order alimony, Texas allows for a contractual alimony agreement to be reached between spouses and included as part of their Final Decree of Divorce. In fact, the only manner in which alimony may be ordered in a divorce case in Texas is by agreement. While the state does have very strict standards by which court-ordered spousal maintenance is administered and enforced, the terms of this “contractual alimony,” including the amount and the duration, are as agreed upon by the two spouses. Terms are not imposed on them by the Texas court system.
Should problems arise down the road, the court can only enforce the alimony provisions to the extent the court would be able to enforce a normal contract. The Texas Family Code sets forth a number of ways that spousal maintenance may be enforced, including withholding from earnings and contempt, but these remedies are not available to enforce contractual alimony.
In limited circumstances, courts in Texas may order one spouse to pay another a measure of support for a time. In order to qualify for court-ordered spousal maintenance, Texas law says that one spouse must prove that after divorce he or she will lack sufficient property, including the community property the spouse receives in the divorce and the spouse’s separate property, to meet his or her minimum reasonable needs.
In addition, the spouse must prove at least one of the following:
The marriage has lasted at least ten years and the spouse does not have the ability to secure employment earning enough to provide for the spouse’s minimum reasonable needs.
The requesting spouse is caring for a disabled child of the marriage and those responsibilities do not allow him or her to earn sufficient income to provide for the spouse’s minimum reasonable needs.
The requesting spouse cannot earn sufficient income him or herself due to an incapacitating disability which occurred during the marriage.
The paying spouse has either been convicted or received deferred adjudication for committing an act of family violence within two years before the date the divorce is filed or while the case is pending.
How is spousal maintenance calculated in Texas?
Because the circumstances surrounding every marriage and divorce are different, there is no hard and fast rule used to calculate the amount of spousal maintenance one spouse will be ordered to pay another. The Texas Family Code includes a laundry list of some of the relevant factors a court should consider, including but not limited to things like education, employment, age, employment history, duration of the marriage, marital misconduct, and the contribution of a spouse as a homemaker during the marriage. However, there is a cap on the amount that can be ordered of $5000 per month, or 20% of the spouse’s average monthly gross income, whichever is lower.
How many years do you have to be married to get spousal maintenance?
In most cases, the Texas Family Code provides that spousal maintenance may only be ordered for spouses that have been married for 10 years or longer. For marriages lasting between 10 and 20 years, support can be paid for a maximum of five years. For, marriages lasting between 20 and 30 years, support can be paid for a maximum of seven years. For marriages lasting over 30 years, spousal support can be paid for no more than 10 years. Of course, even for these long-term marriages, the spouse requesting maintenance must still show that he or she lacks the ability to meet his or her minimum reasonable needs, as discussed above.
There are other cases in which a court may order spousal maintenance, even if the parties have been married for less than ten years. In the case of a spouse who is disabled or is caring for a disabled child, the length of the marriage doesn’t matter. The receiving spouse can continue to receive support for as long as they remain eligible. For victims of family violence who have been married for less than 10 years, support can be paid for a maximum duration of five years.
Who pays the tax on alimony and spousal maintenance?
Historically, post-divorce spousal support payments, whether alimony or spousal maintenance, were taxable to the receiving party as income and tax deductible for the paying party. The new tax plan in 2017 brought dramatic changes. For all final decrees of divorce executed after December 31, 2018, alimony and support payments are no longer deductible. Now, the paying spouse is responsible for paying tax, at his or her tax rate, on the amount being paid to the receiving spouse. The receiving spouse will receive this support tax-free, and will no longer be required to report the payments as income on their own taxes.
This, of course, increases the overall cost of support for those paying contractual alimony, while decreasing the cost for the receiving spouse. A workaround that has been suggested and used by several couples has been to negotiate a lower monthly payment amount, taking the increased taxes into account.
The rules related to court-ordered spousal maintenance and alimony in Texas are complex. Because of this, it’s always a smart decision to speak with an experienced family law attorney who can offer advice and help ensure that your needs are seen to once the divorce is finalized. If you have questions, please call Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson at (214) 273-2400.
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Emotional Whitehead happy for Wighton's career turnaround
Scott Hazlewood NRL.com Reporter
Tue 28 May 2019, 08:11 PM
One is from Bradford in the north of England, the other from Orange in the central west of NSW, but Elliott Whitehead knows what makes Jack Wighton tick.
That's why he could not help but feel emotional when Wighton was named on the bench for the Blues for the Holden State of Origin series opener. That news capped a remarkable turnaround for the 26-year-old.
This time last year Wighton's career was at a crossroads, in trouble with the law over a drunken incident caught on CCTV.
Whitehead said the work Wighton has put into both his game and growing as a person since then means he is richly deserving of an Origin debut.
"He's worked really hard through the off-season all the way through and he's been one of our better performers," Wighton said.
"I nearly shed a tear when he told me he got in, I really like Jack and since I've been here I've been really close with him.
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"For him to get that call-up it means a lot to him and I hope he plays well and gets some good minutes."
With the Raiders having players in both NSW and Queensland camps for the first time in six years coming on top of a host of injuries, Saturday's clash with Canterbury takes on a totally different look.
On top of being without Wighton, Nick Cotric (NSW) and Josh Papalii (Queensland), the Raiders also now have skipper Josh Hodgson on the long-term injury list.
John Bateman (expected to return round 15-17), Jordan Rapana (round 13-14) and Joseph Leilua (out for the season) are also missing from Canberra's strongest 13.
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Instead of lamenting what they will be without, Whitehead said the players stepping into the side have to make the most of the chance they will be given.
"It's also a great opportunity for the younger guys who are going to get their chance over the next couple of weeks," Whitehead said.
"They can really show people they want that NRL career so it's really exciting for them as well.
"The Origin guys really deserve their spots and I'm happy for them to be there."
Siliva Havili will likely be called upon to fill in for Hodsgon, having to reprise his role from last season when he was the first-choice hooker as the Englishman recovered from knee surgery.
"It's a big loss losing Hodgey with all of the experience and leadership he brings to the team," Havili said.
Canberra utility Siliva Havili. ©Keegan Carroll/NRL Photos
"I know my game is different to Hodgey's so all I can do is play a really simple game and have lots of clarity for the players around me."
Havili had been one of the Raiders' best bench players this season, with his powerful frame ideally suited to short, impact stints.
With the prospect of playing 80 minutes again starting this weekend against the Canterbury Bulldogs, Havili knows he will have to adjust his game.
"That's something I have to get my head around, not knowing what the team is this week, I'll just try and get my lungs ready and my mindset ready," he said.
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Bright, Alan D.; Barro, Susan C.; Burtz, Randall T. 2002. Public Attitudes Toward Ecological Restoration. Society and Natural Resources 15(9):763-785
Zinn, Harry C.; Manfredo, Michael J.; Barro, Susan C. 2002. Patterns of Wildlife Value Orientations. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 7:147-162
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Dwyer, John F.; Barro, Susan C. 2001. Outdoor recreation behaviors and preferences of urban racial/ethnic groups: an example from the Chicago area. In: Kyle, Gerard, comp., ed. 2001. Proceedings of the 2000 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-276. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 159-164
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Ramien feels right at home at Newcastle and Knights
Brett Keeble NRL.com reporter
Wed 6 Feb 2019, 08:56 PM
It did not take Jesse Ramien long to feel at home in Newcastle – and at the Knights.
Though he was never exactly a fish out of water at the Sharks, the Dubbo-born Coonamble Bears junior concedes he is more comfortable in Newcastle’s "big country town" atmosphere after five years in Sydney’s "big smoke" at Cronulla and Manly.
The Knights signed Ramien to a two-year deal before the 2018 season even kicked off, clearing his head to focus on an eye-catching campaign for Cronulla.
He scored 10 tries in 20 games in his break-out season, earning him the Sharks’ Rookie of the Year award and little fist-pumps from Newcastle fans excited about his impending arrival and partnership with playmakers Mitchell Pearce and Kalyn Ponga.
"Since pre-season started, I feel like I’ve built up a good combination with the boys on the right side that I’ve been training with in Pearcey and [Shaun] Kenny-Dowall outside of me," Ramien told a media conference on Wednesday.
"So we’re all coming along really well and can’t wait to get out there and start playing some trials.
Ramien: 'Physically and mentally as fit as I've ever been'
"I think physically and mentally, I feel the best I’ve felt. This pre-season has been a big one for me, being pretty much only my second year going into a full-time pre-season.
"I’ve learnt heaps and it’s been a bit different than it was at the Sharks, so it’s been really good.
"I’m a country boy from out in the bush so I’m loving it here in Newcastle. It’s got that country feel to it, not like Sydney but still big, so I’m absolutely loving the town.”
It's "different" to Cronulla? How so?
"We’ve got a younger squad here, and some older people in Pearcey and Glas [Tim Glasby], but I think we do a lot more training-wise, and intensity-wise it’s gone up a bit with the amount of training we do," he explained.
"Being young, I love it, and I feel fitter and stronger than I did last year so I can’t wait for the season."
The 21-year-old centre said elder statesmen such as Pearce, Glasby and fellow star recruit David Klemmer have allowed him to feel like one of the boys, not a hired gun.
Brown: Best playing group we've had
"We’ve got a lot of older heads that have come here … so when we’re out on the field I’m just another player doing my job," he said.
Having played for the Junior Kangaroos in 2017 and Prime Minister’s XIII last year, then participating in the NSW Emerging Blues camp last month, Ramien has taken another giant stride down the representative pathway by being named in the Indigenous All Stars squad.
He was selected on the bench behind NSW Origin centres James Roberts and Latrell Mitchell, and will line up against Knights teammates Ponga and Danny Levi in the Maori squad at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on February 15.
Naturally, Ramien is determined to make the most of however many minutes he gets, knowing a standout performance will not harm his Origin chances. But he is certain the off-field experiences will be equally enlightening and enriching.
"I can’t wait for the All Stars game. I feel very honoured and blessed to be picked in that side," he said.
"It’s been a childhood dream of mine, ever since they started playing it, to make the All Stars side. Even if I don’t play, just going into camp and learning more about my culture and Indigenous heritage, so I’m just really looking forward to the week."
Ramien sampled that experience at the 2018 Koori Knockout in his home town last September, playing alongside Roberts for Kempsey Dunghutti Bloodlines.
"My family’s stoked. I’ve had all my family back at home calling me since they found out the news, and my old man and younger brother are going to come down for the game," he said.
"Since playing NRL, this will be my first representative team I’m playing in, and what better way to do it than in the Indigenous jersey. So if I get the opportunity to take the field next Friday, I’m going to wear my heart on my sleeve and go out there and give it everything I’ve got."
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No, you're crying: Couple gets married on Jetstar flight between Australia and New Zealand
David Oliver / USA TODAY
We're all used to flight crew members walking down the aisle of a plane – but on a recent Jetstar flight, a just-married bride and groom strutted down the aisle, too.
David and Cathy Valliant both love aviation and met for the first time at Sydney Airport in 2013 after chatting for more than a year. "We locked eyes and that was it!" Cathy Valliant said in an emailed statement.
"Three years after that, on Halloween evening, we went together on our first Dreamliner flight (with Jetstar from Brisbane to Melbourne) where David had planned to propose on board but he got too nervous with all the surrounding passengers," she recalled. "He eventually proposed that evening."
The couple wanted to get married mid-flight between Sydney, Australia (where David is from) and Auckland, New Zealand (where Cathy is from).
"I thought: I’ll be cheeky and ask Jetstar," she said. "Without telling Dave, I posted on Jetstar’s Facebook page with the ask. I was so excited when they said they’d see what they could do."
Jetstar helped make the couple's dream a reality and had employee Robyn Holt marry the couple during the flight. A typical Sydney-to-Auckland flight on Jetstar is about three hours.
“Being a part of Cathy and David’s day and celebrating their love and their passion for aviation was unforgettable," Holt added. "The passengers enjoyed being a part of it, too. As an airline we love bringing people together, and this was one of my most memorable wedding celebrations."
"David, you are my best friend, and today I promise to love and respect you," Cathy told David during her vows.
They will cherish the day forever.
"It was the most amazing experience and something we will remember for the rest of our lives," Cathy added.
And maybe love will once again be in the air on a Jetstar flight: A crew member caught the bouquet.
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Just Like Netflix Changed TV, VoIP Is Disrupting Phone Service
By Dennis Peng|Tuesday August 14, 2018
Businesses that have previously had a stronghold on an industry are increasingly being edged out by technological innovators, or as they’re commonly called, disruptors.
For example, take how Airbnb has affected the hotel business, with 150 million travelers opting to not stay at hotels. Consider how Uber has affected the taxicab industry, especially in New York City where there are about 4.5 times as many cars affiliated with Uber as there are licensed yellow cabs.
Yet, these have not been the only companies to disrupt the marketplace, nor were they the first.
How Many Industries Has Netflix Disrupted?
Netflix has dramatically changed the landscape of the at-home video viewing market.
Initially, the DVD-by-mail service was an alternative to brick-and-mortar rental options such as Blockbuster, which eventually went bankrupt in 2010. Then, Netflix’s streaming service became an alternative to cable TV, and the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers has put the two services neck and neck with about the same number of subscribers each.
It’s also positioning itself to disrupt traditional Hollywood models of movie-making by investing in the production of its own movies and TV shows. In 2018, the company plans to spend a shocking $8 billion on programming including the release of 80 original movies, taking further strides toward its next industry disruption.
These innovations in the streaming media industry have changed the way we consume the media, as we binge-watch multiple episodes in a single sitting. It’s also changed the language we use with phrases such as “cut the cord” referring to the trend of high-tech and lightweight solutions that are often less expensive.
Can Technological Disruption Affect Every Industry?
In 2018, Accenture analyzed 3,600 companies with annual revenues more than $100M and found that 63 percent of companies are currently facing high levels of disruption. Additionally, 44 percent of companies show signs of being highly susceptible to future disruption.
As part of its “disruptability index,” group chief executive Mike Sutcliff said, “We found that the lower an industry’s digital performance, the more susceptible it is to future disruption.”
VoIP Takes on Big Telecom
The biggest force in an industry disruption, according to Accenture, is “new innovations enabled by technology.”
Despite the Ma Bell legacy of large telephone companies having an apparent stronghold on the telephone industry, there’s a groundswell of consumers who are opting for alternative phone providers that transmit calls over the internet rather than through traditional phone lines or cellular voice services.
These internet-based phone services, collectively called Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), are providing a low-cost and high-tech alternative, and their positioning as a tech disruptor is on par with how Netflix challenged traditional media companies.
VoIP vs. Landline Calling
VoIP’s disruption of traditional landline phone service has been ongoing. In 2010, there were 21 million U.S. subscribers to VoIP. A 2018 FCC report says that as of December 2016, there were 63 million VoIP residential subscribers in the U.S. That’s a 300 percent growth rate in just six years!
Among households choosing VoIP instead of a landline, consumers using Ooma Telo noted benefits such as the service’s access to advanced 911 safety features, increased call quality, customizable blocking of spam callers, and so much more. Additionally, residential customers report an average of $1,167 in savings on phone service over three years, excluding taxes and fees.
For businesses choosing VoIP instead of a landline, companies get an advanced phone service that’s affordable, flexible, and scalable. With Oooma’s small business phone, businesses benefit from high-quality, professional phone service with extension dialing, music on hold, conference bridge, and many other features that can incur add-on costs elsewhere. After making the switch, a small business with three users could save $6,185 over three years, excluding hardware, taxes, and fees. That’s a nice financial boost for using a phone service that’s won the PC Magazine Business Choice Award for six consecutive years.
VoIP vs. Cellular Phone Calls
VoIP is also positioning itself as an alternative to high-cost cellular phone service.
Just as Netflix’s mobile app made it possible to watch a TV show while you were away from home, the mobile VoIP market is providing consumers with low-cost phone service that’s accessible wherever there’s internet.
In particular, Ooma’s free calling app has provided residential customers with a way to make calls through their home phone services. Customers value the app as a way to place affordable phone calls via Wi-Fi, as a solution for international calls while traveling, or as a remote 911 tool.
In turn, business customers using Ooma Office’s free calling app appreciate how a mobile device can be used as part of a networked business phone system. For managers catching up on work off-site, delivery drivers needing to be in-sync with HQ, or the growing force of telecommuters, the app lets users answer incoming calls to their work line and place outgoing calls using their work number. It doesn’t get any more streamlined than that.
These are some of the reasons why the mobile VoIP market in North America is currently $9 billion and expected to grow to $23.5 billion by 2024.
Learn why some VoIP services have clearer calls than others do, and check out the features that are included in Ooma internet phone service.
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Dennis is the vice president of product management and technical advisory board member of Ooma and is responsible for creating an intuitive, compelling user experience.
Prior to joining Ooma, Dennis worked at Cisco Systems for 11 years where he began his career as a customer support engineer. He later joined the Escalation Team where he focused on fixing the most technically challenging problems, as well as supporting the design, rollout and operations of the largest remote access and broadband aggregation networks worldwide. He was honored with the title of Distinguished Support Engineer because of his expertise in networking protocols, isolating and fixing highly complex issues, and leadership among his peers.
Dennis holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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Supersonic Jets Could Return To Inland Northwest Skies
by Tom Banse Follow Northwest News Network Nov. 20, 2019 7 a.m. | Updated: Nov. 20, 2019 11:52 a.m.
It’s been more than 15 years since a British Airways Concorde made its final landing in Seattle. The needle-nosed supersonic jet was added to the collection of the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field.
Now, new companies are poised to bring back supersonic commercial flying. A recently-formed industry group wants to designate airspace over the inland Northwest for the flight testing.
Engineering and flight testing contractor AeroTEC leads the new Supersonic Flight Alliance. It aims to attract new business to Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. The trick will be to get the Federal Aviation Administration to approve a high-altitude flight test corridor for a new wave of civilian supersonic jets now in development elsewhere.
Rendering of 55-75 passenger supersonic airliner under development by Boom Supersonic.
Boom Supersonic
AeroTEC President and CEO Lee Human said the new designs could make a barely noticeable thump when passing overhead — not a startling, window-rattling, car alarm-triggering sonic boom like from a fighter aircraft.
“Some equate it to slamming a car door outside of your house where you might perceive it, but it certainly is not going to bother you,” Human said during a Friday interview in Seattle. “This is not something that someone is going to believe without data … We want to prove that.”
Human’s company, in partnership with the Port of Moses Lake and the Seattle-based industry lobbying group Aerospace Futures Alliance, has sketched out what is basically a 300-mile long autobahn in the sky. The long, skinny rectangle stretches from the east slopes of the Cascades to western Montana, a little bit south of and parallel to the Canadian border.
The advantages of this location include low population density on the ground, good flying weather most of the year and minimal interference with other air traffic.
Human said supersonic flight testing could draw hundreds of jobs to Washington state.
“It’s a simple metric to say that for each flight test aircraft, you easily need 100 people to support that flight test airplane,” he said.
The Supersonic Flight Alliance has just started its outreach to local civic leaders. It may launch a public relations campaign next year to reassure communities under the potential flight test path.
“I hadn’t heard of this yet,” state Sen. Brad Hawkins, R-East Wenatchee, said when asked about it Thursday. “My first reaction is to be supportive of industry and new technology so long as it doesn’t adversely impact the quality of life of my constituents enjoying their rural living.”
Okanogan County Commissioner Jim DeTro said that he had only heard rumors about the civilian supersonic flight testing possibility, but would keep an open mind given the potential economic benefits to eastern Washington. The switchboard at the county administration has received many citizen complaints over the years about the noise and disturbance that military planes create while training over north-central Washington.
The proposal for a supersonic flight corridor came as a surprise to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Rodney Cawston, chairman of the Colville Business Council, said his initial reaction was one of concern about potential impacts to fish and wildlife as well as to people such as vulnerable elders.
“We’re not opposed to bringing jobs to rural Washington, but at the same time, we need to look out for our communities and our environment,” Cawston said.
Civilian supersonic flight over land has been banned by the FAA since the early 1970s.
At least three American companies have supersonic passenger planes in advanced phases of development:
Boeing has invested in Reno-based Aerion Supersonic, which is aiming for a 2024 first flight of its Mach 1.4 business jet. Aerion describes its aircraft as being capable of “boomless cruise.”
Rival Spike Aerospace in Boston has an 18-passenger, Mach 1.6 business jet on its drawing board. It is projected to leave a “quiet boom” in its wake.
Denver-based Boom Supersonic is aiming bigger. It designed an all-business-class, ultra-fast (Mach 2.2) airliner for 55-75 passengers. The design, named Overture, is slated to begin service in the mid-2020s. Boom has signed up Japan Airlines as an investor and potential customer as well as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group.
Another potential test range customer could be NASA, which has contracted with Lockheed Martin to build a commercial supersonic demonstration plane. The X-59 QueSST is slated to make its maiden flight in 2021 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NASA said it wants to measure public acceptance of “low boom” noise in other places during later phases of testing.
Current U.S. rules prohibit commercial and business jets from breaking the sound barrier over land to prevent loud, disturbing booms on the ground. The supersonic flight ban, which does not apply to the military, dates from the days of the noisy Concorde.
Under prodding from Congress, the FAA has begun a rules revision process to open American skies to the new generation of quieter civilian supersonic aircraft. New noise regulations are expected next year. An FAA spokesperson on Monday said the agency deemed it inappropriate to comment right now on the pending proposal for a civilian supersonic test corridor over the inland Northwest.
AeroTEC’s Human acknowledged that supersonic flight testing could happen over the ocean or at a military test range. But he noted that civilian manufacturers chafe at the restrictions that come with operating in military airspace. Human said a civil supersonic corridor over land would be preferable because in the case of an inflight problem there would be a nearby airport to which to divert and land a prototype.
The Concorde flew for British Airways and Air France from 1976 to 2003. The sleek planes could cruise at supersonic speeds only while over an ocean or Arctic lands. Noise restrictions, poor fuel efficiency and increasing safety and maintenance concerns combined to force the early retirement of the fleet.
The similar-looking, Russian-built Tupolev TU-144 made its maiden flight the year before the Concorde, but saw very limited commercial usage. The last of its kind was retired in 1999.
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Local Government Portal (IE0027)
Action Plan: Ireland, First Action Plan, 2014-16
Lead Institution: Department of Public Expenditure & Reform (DPER)
Support Institution(s): All public bodies involved in the delivery of the commitments
E-Government, Public Service Delivery, Subnational
IRM Report: Ireland End-of-Term Report 2014-2016
Early Results: Marginal
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information
The new Local Government portal localgov.ie has been put in place facilitating one stop shop access for all citizens to all local authority services.
2.6: Customer improvements to be implemented for citizens through technology (2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6)
Action 2.6 - Customer improvements to be implemented for citizens through technology
A key driver of the Public Service Reform Plan 2014-2016 is to provide better services and outcomes for citizens and service users including:
Development of an ICT Strategy for the Public Service and a Strategic Implementation Plan for the ICT Strategy with a view to achieving a range of improved transactional processes and reducing the administrative burden on citizens. Following collation, analysis and publication of the data on these transactional processes, the ‘Top 20’ service processes across the public sector will be identified for consideration as to how they can be significantly improved through digitalisation. A new Data Sharing and Governance Bill will be developed to enable the improved delivery of digital transactional services. A number of significant improvements will be made through the new Public Services Card including the incorporation of contactless ticketing chips for travel entitlement and new smart card technology. By the end of May 2014, over 730,000 cards had been issued. It is intended that a cumulative target of three million cards will have been issued by the end of 2016. Further services will be reviewed with a view to providing them through use of the Public Services Card Development of a range of new public service applications based on the Single Customer View.The new Local Government portal localgov.ie has been put in place facilitating one stop shop access for all citizens to all local authority services. New Local Enterprise Offices will be established to provide “first-stop-shops” for the micro-enterprise and small business sector to avail of enterprise support services, other direct business supports and coordinated access to other services for business.
Responsible institution: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER)
Supporting institution(s): All public bodies involved in the delivery of the commitments
Start date: August 2014 End date: Q4 2016
Given the six sub-commitments, this action is one of the largest in the plan. It seeks to improve the government services citizens receive through the use of technology. The first sub-commitment promises the development of an ICT strategy to improve transactions and decrease the red tape for citizens when dealing with government. The second is the development of a new Bill on Data Sharing and Governance, whose main objective is to improve data sharing in public service. The third and fourth related initiatives aim to make a number of improvements through a Public Services Card, which would replace other cards such as the free travel pass and social services card. The Public Services Card (PSC) would also establish a Single Customer View (SCV).
SCV is a way to manage customer services, through which service providers can track customer experience, regardless of the communication channel used by the customer to interact with the provider. The SCV is intended to incorporate a range of future customer service applications in the public service. The fifth sub-commitment assures the development of a local government portal to connect citizens with all local government services, including that for making payments. The final sub-commitment establishes Local Enterprise Offices (LEO), which are complementary on-line tools that serve as first-stop shops to support small businesses. This initiative can be seen as particularly crucial, given the impact of the financial and economic crisis on small enterprises, which are at the heart of Ireland’s economy.
2.6.1: Substantial
2.6.4: Unclear
As seen in the IRM midterm report, the main achievements by the end of year one are as follows, with substantial completion of the first five sub-commitments:
The Public Service Strategy was approved by government and launched in January 2015
A General Scheme (i.e. a broad outline) of the Data and Sharing and Governance Bill was approved by Cabinet, but the passing of legislation is pending.
The number of Public Service Cards doubled from levels before the action plan, resulting in over 770,000 new cards being issued after May 2014.
The Local Government Portal was substantially developed, containing links to several local government services and information.
There were substantial advancements on Local Enterprise Offices during the action plan’s first year, consistent with the strategy to strengthen local business and culture, including €5 million of investment into the over Thirty LEOs across Ireland as discussed in the IRM midterm report.
Concerning the Single Customer View, however, the government’s one-year self-assessment gave few details on what was achieved in the first year.
End of term
2.6.4: Limited
2.6.6: Complete
A summary of main achievements during the last year of the action plan, as well as remaining steps if relevant, are as follows:
Action 2.6.1 on the Public Service ICT strategy was substantially completed. By the second quarter of 2016, as indicated in the government self assessment report, progress included building government networks and the development of a common application for all government departments to foster efficiency. As was publicized in the press, there was also the appointment of a new Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO).[Note 31: See Irish Times article: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/government-to-appoint-chief-information-officer-1.2547159 (last accessed September 18, 2016) ] Next steps include said GCIO securing future resources to drive the strategy forward, with an end date for the action set for 2020.
While progress on Action 2.6.2 was made by beginning the legislative process of submitting the General Scheme of the Data Sharing and Governance Bill, the action was not completed in its entirety as of 30 June 2016. The bill still needs to be submitted to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform for pre-legislative scrutiny (predicted for the end of 2016/early 2017) before being drafted as an official bill. Once this is done, the bill will go through the legislative process, where it will be passed by both the lower and upper houses.
On the Public Service Card (2.6.3), key achievements included deploying an online self-scheduling service to help customers book their own appointments during the third quarter of 2015. As of June 2016, over 2 million cards have been issued, over 2.5 times the number of cards since the IRM midterm report. Ongoing steps include considering further services for the cards.
(2.6.5) On the Local Government Portal, since the progress report, it has been further developed. The site is still a work in progress as more services are included in the catalog, and other local government initiatives such as FixYourStreet, MyPlan, CheckTheRegister still need to be integrated.[Note 32: https://www.localgov.ie/en/about/ ] According the government’s end of term report, next steps include adding services to process Fire Certificates and Disability Permits.
To complement the services of the 30 LEOs established during the first year of the action plan, the government established a new LEO gateway and SME (small and medium enterprises) online tool for small and medium size enterprises,[Note 33: See https://www.localenterprise.ie/ and https://www.localenterprise.ie/Discover-Business-Supports/Supporting-SMEs-Online-Tool/ (last accessed September 18, 2016)] thereby deeming Action 2.6.6 complete.
Regarding the Single Customer View (SCV) (2.6.4), the government self assessment says this action is complete. However, the full range of services and applications to be developed based on the SCV is not entirely clear, nor is it clear how the SCV approach ‘is in use and being trailed within Public Service Bodies. The IRM researcher was unable to verify substantial progress during the implementation period through desk research or through a URL dedicated to the SCV identified. The government provided further clarification on this commitment stating that the SCV is meant to be a single view of Public Service Identity (PSI) data from across the Public Service. According to the government work has continued after the end of the action plan's implementation period. Currently it allows:
Public agencies to verify elements of the PSI dataset (verifying Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSN), Name, Date of Birth, Address etc. in real-time as they are collected).
Running of reports comparing (and sharing) datasets between public bodies, leading to improvements in the quality of data held by public bodies.
The government clarified that services on the SCV are available to public bodies only, and access is restricted to these bodies. The SCV is currently deployed and live within a number of public bodies supporting identification verification and quality control. Additionally, due to the internal nature of the SCV, the researcher confirmed the action’s unclear relevance to OGP values.
Civic participation: Did not change
Public accountability: Did not change
Taking all the actions (save the SCV) together, five of the six sub-commitments had a moderate potential impact: the ICT Strategy, the Bill on Data Sharing, the changes to the Public Services Card, the Local Government Portal, and the establishment and enhanced functioning of the LEOs. They represented steps forward in terms of the larger context of improving public services through technology. By the end of 2016, the Department of Social Protection had issued about 2 million cards out of an original aim of 3 million. In August 2016, media coverage explained the benefits, guidance, and reasons for obtaining the card.[Note 34: http://www.newstalk.com/What-is-a-Public-Services-Card-and-do-I-need-one ] Overall, it is too early to observe changes in government practices that show improvement in actual service delivery. So far, the changes have helped improve efficiency within public bodies, through the sharing of infrastructures, as seen especially in the ICT strategy, thereby bettering the quality of public services available to citizens and businesses. That said, while rolling out these actions is marginally making information and services more accessible to citizens, it is not entirely clear what possible negative effects (if any) the Public Service Cards will bring in the future. Some media sources like the IrishTimes raised concerns on possible side effects to information privacy, while recognizing the efficiency of the new service.[Note 35: http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/a-national-id-card-by-any-other-name-1.2401882 ] Others have raised concerns on the sustainability of the PSC, as it has already spent more than the original budget allocated for this project.[Note 36: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/department-made-no-business-case-for-public-services-card-c-ag-1.2812095 ]
Some of this cluster was carried forward into the next action. Commitment 6 (Improve Access to Government Services Through Technology) of the new action plan is explicitly related to the development of the public services card (2.6.3).
Promote Transparent Climate Policy Development IE0031 2016 Ireland Environment and Climate
Support Public Participation Networks IE0032 2016 Ireland Capacity Building
Improve Access to Justice: Reducing Costs IE0033 2016 Ireland Judiciary
Improve Access to Justice: Framework to Assist Vulnerable Persons IE0034 2016 Ireland Judiciary
Improve Access to Justice: Oversight of Legal Practitioners IE0035 2016 Ireland Justice
Enhance Citizen Engagement in Policy Making: General IE0036 2016 Ireland Capacity Building
Enhance Citizen Engagement in Policy Making: Youth IE0037 2016 Ireland Marginalized Communities
Enhance Customer Engagement IE0038 2016 Ireland Capacity Building
Improve Access to Government Services Through Technology IE0039 2016 Ireland Capacity Building
Participatory Budgeting IE0040 2016 Ireland Participation in Budget Processes
Improve Transparency of Government Service Providers IE0041 2016 Ireland Fiscal Transparency
Enhance Fiscal Transparency IE0042 2016 Ireland Fiscal Transparency
Introduce Modern Document Management Procedures IE0043 2016 Ireland Legislation & Regulation
Develop an Open Data Strategy 2017-2020 IE0044 2016 Ireland E-Government
Invest in Data Infrastructure That Will Result in Better Open Data IE0045 2016 Ireland Legislation & Regulation
Starred Develop a Code of Practice for the Governance of Charities IE0046 2016 Ireland
Starred Public Sector Standards Bill IE0047 2016 Ireland Anti-Corruption Institutions
Establish a Register of Beneficial Ownership IE0048 2016 Ireland Asset Disclosure
Establishment of Best Practice Standards for Open Data IE0001 2014 Ireland Capacity Building
Establishment of Ireland’S Open Data Platform IE0002 2014 Ireland E-Government
Undertake an Audit of Key Datasets for Publication IE0003 2014 Ireland Open Data
Establish a Roadmap for the Open Data and an Evaluation Framework to Provide Assessment of the Ongoing Open Data IE0004 2014 Ireland Open Data
Establishment of an Open Data Ireland Governance Board (ODIGB) and Steering and Implementation Group (SIG) for Open Data Ireland IE0005 2014 Ireland Open Data
Signing up to the G8 Open Data Charter IE0006 2014 Ireland Open Data
Implementing Open Data IE0007 2014 Ireland Open Data
Improve Computer Literacy Through Implementation of Proposed New Digital Strategy for Schools IE0008 2014 Ireland Capacity Building
Review National and International Practice to Develop Revised Principles / Code for Public Engagement/Consultation with Citizens, Civil Society and Others by Public Bodies. IE0009 2014 Ireland Public Participation
Starred Hold Referenda Arising from the Recommendations of the Constitutional Convention IE0010 2014 Ireland Gender
Starred Ethics Reform IE0011 2014 Ireland Conflicts of Interest
Strengthening Freedom of Information - Implement the Code of Practice for Freedom of Information (FOI). IE0012 2014 Ireland Legislation & Regulation
Reform of FOI IE0013 2014 Ireland Capacity Building
Starred Regulation of Lobbying IE0014 2014 Ireland Legislation & Regulation
Starred Encourage, Protect and Raise Awareness of Whistleblower Duties and Protections IE0015 2014 Ireland Whistleblower Protections
Measures to Increase Citizen Participation in Decision Making on Policy and Legislative Proposals. Systemic Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Draft Bills IE0016 2014 Ireland Legislation & Regulation
Develop and Deliver Access to Environmental Information (AIE) Training Module for Public Officials IE0017 2014 Ireland Capacity Building
Increase Citizen Participation at Local Level. Pilot Approach to Implementation of Public Participation Networks IE0018 2014 Ireland Private Sector
Provide Legal Base for Public Participation Framework in Local Government IE0019 2014 Ireland Capacity Building
Undertake a Feasibility Study on Possible Means of Enabling Further Citizen Engagement in Local Authority Budgetary Processes IE0020 2014 Ireland Participation in Budget Processes
Support Children and Young People as Citizens. Develop, Finalise and Publish the First Government Strategy on Children and Young People's Participation in Decision-Making. IE0021 2014 Ireland Capacity Building
Maximise Participation and Understanding of Young People in Civic Life IE0022 2014 Ireland Capacity Building
Development of an ICT Strategy IE0023 2014 Ireland Public Service Delivery
Data Sharing and Governance Bill IE0024 2014 Ireland E-Government
Public Services Card IE0025 2014 Ireland E-Government
Single Customer View IE0026 2014 Ireland E-Government
Local Government Portal IE0027 2014 Ireland E-Government
New Local Enterprise Offices IE0028 2014 Ireland Public Service Delivery
Review and Enhancement of Complaints Procedures and Using Feedback to Improve Services Across the Public Service; a Review of Citizen Complaints Procedures Will Be Undertaken. IE0029 2014 Ireland Public Participation
Enhance Customer Engagement IE0030 2014 Ireland Public Participation
Promote Transparent Climate Policy Development
IE0031, 2016, Environment and Climate
Support Public Participation Networks
IE0032, 2016, Capacity Building
Improve Access to Justice: Reducing Costs
IE0033, 2016, Judiciary
Improve Access to Justice: Framework to Assist Vulnerable Persons
Improve Access to Justice: Oversight of Legal Practitioners
IE0035, 2016, Justice
Enhance Citizen Engagement in Policy Making: General
Enhance Citizen Engagement in Policy Making: Youth
IE0037, 2016, Marginalized Communities
Enhance Customer Engagement
Improve Access to Government Services Through Technology
IE0040, 2016, Participation in Budget Processes
Improve Transparency of Government Service Providers
IE0041, 2016, Fiscal Transparency
Enhance Fiscal Transparency
Introduce Modern Document Management Procedures
IE0043, 2016, Legislation & Regulation
Develop an Open Data Strategy 2017-2020
IE0044, 2016, E-Government
Invest in Data Infrastructure That Will Result in Better Open Data
Starred Develop a Code of Practice for the Governance of Charities
IE0046, 2016,
Starred Public Sector Standards Bill
IE0047, 2016, Anti-Corruption Institutions
Establish a Register of Beneficial Ownership
IE0048, 2016, Asset Disclosure
Establishment of Best Practice Standards for Open Data
Establishment of Ireland’S Open Data Platform
Undertake an Audit of Key Datasets for Publication
IE0003, 2014, Open Data
Establish a Roadmap for the Open Data and an Evaluation Framework to Provide Assessment of the Ongoing Open Data
Establishment of an Open Data Ireland Governance Board (ODIGB) and Steering and Implementation Group (SIG) for Open Data Ireland
Signing up to the G8 Open Data Charter
Implementing Open Data
Improve Computer Literacy Through Implementation of Proposed New Digital Strategy for Schools
Review National and International Practice to Develop Revised Principles / Code for Public Engagement/Consultation with Citizens, Civil Society and Others by Public Bodies.
IE0009, 2014, Public Participation
Starred Hold Referenda Arising from the Recommendations of the Constitutional Convention
IE0010, 2014, Gender
Starred Ethics Reform
IE0011, 2014, Conflicts of Interest
Strengthening Freedom of Information - Implement the Code of Practice for Freedom of Information (FOI).
Reform of FOI
Starred Regulation of Lobbying
Starred Encourage, Protect and Raise Awareness of Whistleblower Duties and Protections
IE0015, 2014, Whistleblower Protections
Measures to Increase Citizen Participation in Decision Making on Policy and Legislative Proposals. Systemic Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Draft Bills
Develop and Deliver Access to Environmental Information (AIE) Training Module for Public Officials
Increase Citizen Participation at Local Level. Pilot Approach to Implementation of Public Participation Networks
IE0018, 2014, Private Sector
Provide Legal Base for Public Participation Framework in Local Government
Undertake a Feasibility Study on Possible Means of Enabling Further Citizen Engagement in Local Authority Budgetary Processes
Support Children and Young People as Citizens. Develop, Finalise and Publish the First Government Strategy on Children and Young People's Participation in Decision-Making.
Maximise Participation and Understanding of Young People in Civic Life
Development of an ICT Strategy
IE0023, 2014, Public Service Delivery
Data Sharing and Governance Bill
Public Services Card
Local Government Portal
New Local Enterprise Offices
Review and Enhancement of Complaints Procedures and Using Feedback to Improve Services Across the Public Service; a Review of Citizen Complaints Procedures Will Be Undertaken.
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Pit Bull Owner Kimberly Vasquez Turns In Wrong Dog for Euthanasia After Attack on Child
Phyllis M Daugherty
A woman who pleaded guilty in September after her Pit Bull attacked a 5-year-old boy turned over a different dog to authorities for euthanasia, a Washington state judge has ruled.
Kimberly Vasquez, 40, was held in contempt of court on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
She had pleaded guilty to charges of a dangerous dog attack and forgery in September and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, according to KPTV News.
However, Vasquez’s sentence was delayed when allegations surfaced that the Pit Bull she surrendered to animal control for euthanasia was not Lexi, the dog responsible for the attack and ordered to be euthanized.
The case resulted from an incident in August of 2012 when Vasquez’s Pit Bull, Lexi, attacked a 5-year-old boy, leaving a gruesome, gaping wound on his leg.
Vasquez, 40, told Fox 12 at that time that Lexi was often taunted and teased by the neighborhood kids and that the Pit Bull had acted out of fear, not aggression, when she bit the boy.
“I had asked the kid three times not to ride his bike by the dog because I know how she is,” Vasquez said.
She later added, “I’m very sorry about the kid, I really am. You have no idea how bad I feel.”
However, she did not feel bad enough to turn over Lexi to authorities for a quarantine period; thus, the child had to be given rabies shots, KPTV reported.
According to court documents, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 5, 2012, animal control officers made multiple attempts to take custody of the dog for a 10-day quarantine period for rabies observation.
Police said on Aug. 28 that Vasquez had provided a falsified document to animal control as a supposed copy of Lexi’s rabies certification. When officers checked with the Vancouver Animal Hospital listed on the certificate, they discovered the document was false.
The doctor listed on the form had never been a veterinarian at the hospital and there were no records of the client or the dog in the hospital’s database. Even the phone number for the clinic was incorrect, according to police records.
THE SEARCH FOR LEXI
A probable-cause document from 2012 said Vasquez had “hidden the dog.” And, in fact, Vasquez told Fox 12 in August of 2012 that her son hid the dog.
“I honestly don’t want to know where she is,” she said.
The judge ruled Tuesday that the Pit Bull that was eventually turned over is actually a “decoy.” The judge held Vasquez in contempt of court and ordered her to remain in jail until she surrenders the correct dog to authorities.
Vasquez’s original jail sentence won't begin until she is no longer in contempt of court, the judge stated. No details regarding where she obtained the second dog were available.
Source: KPTV
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The Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed by President Obama On December 10, 2015, was a reauthorization of our nation’s national education law (i.e., the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), and replaced and updated the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. Using the flexibility afforded by ESSA, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) created the At-A-Glance School Profile as part of a redesign of the school and district report cards. For more information on the redesign project, go to the Report Card Redesign webpage.
The creation of the At-A-Glance School Profile required ODE to engage parents from diverse backgrounds. The aim of the parent engagement campaign was to capture and honor the voices of parents from historically underserved communities so as to facilitate the display of locally meaningful and relevant information on the At-A-Glance School Profile.
All data is based on the 2018-19 school year unless otherwise noted. Exceptions include the graduation and completion rates, and teacher and principal turnover. For more detailed technical information about the At-A-Glance reports, please refer to the At-A-Glance Profile Technical Manual. In particular, the At-A-Glance Profile Technical Manual includes details on the data sources and calculations used in the report.
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The Students We Serve section shows the school’s Student Enrollment (total student enrollment on the first school day in May in grades K-12 in 2018-19) and the percentage of students and teachers by racial/ethnic group. This section also displays five critical school demographics:
Ever English Learners (percentage of students who have been served or were eligible for an English language development program during 2018-19 or at any time in the past)
Languages Spoken (unique number of home languages spoken by students)
Students with Disabilities (percentage of students who had an Individualized Education Program at any time during the 2018-19 school year)
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Free/Reduced Price Lunch (percentage of students who were eligible to participate in or participated in the free/reduced price lunch program at any time during the 2018-19 school year)
Our Staff (page 2)
The Our Staff section shows the adjusted full-time equivalent (FTE) of Teachers, Educational Assistants, and Counselors in the school. FTE is a conversion of hours worked to a standardized and comparable measure of staff workload. For instance, FTE of two could reflect two full-time teachers or four half-time teachers.
A teacher is defined as a teacher, head teacher, special education teacher, or special education physical education teacher.
This section also displays the Average Teacher Turnover Rate (the three-year average of the percentage of teachers employed at a school that did not return to teach the following year) and whether the school has had the same principal during the last three school years. The Teacher Experience measure is also reported as the “percentage of licensed teachers with more than three years of experience” (it is calculated by dividing the number of teachers who are licensed with more than 3 years of experience teaching in Oregon and outside of Oregon by the total number of Teachers who are licensed in the school).
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The School Environment section shows the Class Size (median class size for the school) and Regular Attenders (percent of students who attended more than 90 percent of their enrolled school days). The median gives an estimate of the average class size for the school. This section also shows the Oregon state average and the calculated change from the school’s previous year for each indicator.
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The Academic Progress section varies by school type (elementary/middle or high school).
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The Academic Progress section for elementary and middle schools shows Individual Student Progress based on individual student growth on the English language arts (ELA) and Mathematics statewide assessments. This indicator uses the Levels assigned to growth for the “All Students” group on the Accountability Details reports. The dial marker shows only if both ELA and mathematics receive a Level and is based on the sum of the Levels assigned. A school is “Low” if the sum of the Levels is four or less. A school is “Average” if the sum of the Levels is five, six, or seven. A school is “High” if the sum of the levels is eight or higher.
The Academic Progress section for high schools shows the On-Track to Graduate (ninth grade on-track). This is the percentage of students that have earned at least one quarter of their required credits for graduation in their first year of high school. This section also shows the Oregon state average and the percent change from the school’s previous year.
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The Academic Success section varies by school type (elementary/middle or high school).
The Academic Success section for elementary and middle schools includes English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science assessment results. This section also shows the Oregon state average and the percent change from the school’s previous year for each subject. Note that the state average shown is the state percentage for the grades served by the school. For example, for a school serving grades K-5, the state average would be the state average for grades 3-5. Science assessment data is not displayed on this year’s At-A-Glance profiles due to the implementation of a new Science assessment in the 2018-2019 school year.
The Academic Success section for high schools and combined schools shows On-Time Graduation (four-year graduation rate), Five-Year Completion, and College Going. The College Going rate is the percentage of On-Time graduates who enroll in a postsecondary institution after graduating and before the end of the first academic year that follows the cohort’s graduation. This section also shows the Oregon state average and the percent change from the school’s previous year for each indicator.
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The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) provides the State Goals section. The School Goals section is for schools to provide local context regarding the school’s priorities or goals for serving their students. The Safe & Welcoming Environment section is for schools to describe actions taken or resources used to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all students and their families. Both the School Goals and the Safe & Welcoming Environment sections are submitted to ODE by school and district staff.
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The Outcomes section varies by school type (elementary/middle or high school).
The Outcomes section for elementary and middle schools shows data for Regular Attenders, English Language Arts, and Mathematics, disaggregated by fifteen student groups.
The Outcomes section for high schools shows data for Regular Attenders, On-Track to Graduate (ninth grade on-track), and On-Time Graduation (four-year graduation rate), disaggregated by fifteen student groups.
About Our School (page 2)
The About Our School section varies by school type (elementary/middle or high school) and is submitted to ODE by school and district staff.
For elementary and middle schools, this section has headings for Bullying, Harassment, and Safety Policies; Extracurricular Activities; Parent Engagement; and Community Engagement. The Bullying, Harassment, and Safety Policies subsection contains a summary of the school’s efforts to address bullying and harassment and promote safety. The Extracurricular Activities subsection describes student access to or key resources related to extracurricular activities. The Parent Engagement subsection describes actions taken or key resources used by schools to engage parents. The Community Engagement subsection describes actions taken or key resources used by schools to engage community members.
For high schools, this section has headings for Advanced Coursework; Career & Technical Education; Extracurricular Activities; and Parent & Community Engagement. The Advanced Coursework subsection lists the school’s advanced courses available to students. The Career & Technical Education subsection includes the Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses offered to students or key resources related to CTE. The Extracurricular Activities subsection describes student access to or key resources related to extracurricular activities. The Parent & Community Engagement subsection describes actions taken or key resources used by schools to engage parents and community members.
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This could appear in front of a percentage to communicate that the actual value is greater than the percentage.
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This could also appear when the total number of students available for a measurement is less than 10 students or the data are unavailable. To protect confidential student information from being revealed, the asterisk appears in place of the percentage.
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Carnival Breeze names a godmother
By By Richard Tribou and Orlando Sentinel
Carnival Cruise Lines revealed the godmother for its newest ship, the Carnival Breeze.
The Breeze, which debuted this past summer and has been sailing the Mediterranean repositions to its year-round home of PortMiami to sail eastern and western Caribbean itineraries beginning in late November.
So it's fitting the Miami-based ship should have as its godmother Tracy Wilson Mourning, wife of former Miami Heat star Alonso Mourning and founder of the Honey Shine mentoring program for young girls.
"Tracy is a hero in our community and with Miami serving as our headquarters since our inception 40 years ago, I can think of no better choice as godmother of the new Carnival Breeze," said Gerry Cahill, Carnival president and CEO. "Tracy's passion, commitment to serving others and desire to help make South Florida a better place is extraordinary and we are proud and honored that her name will be forever associated with this magnificent ship."
Mourning will be on hand for a traditional naming ceremony on Dec. 8. The event will feature a $25,000 donation from Carnival Cruise Lines to the Honey Shine program. The program pairs young girls with female role models in South Florida in an effort to empower them to become future leaders.
"I am honored to serve as godmother to the Carnival Breeze," said Mourning. "The Honey Shine mentoring program continues to be a vital part of our community thanks to the generosity and commitment by companies like Carnival Cruise Lines."
The Breeze, a 3,690-passenger, 130,000-ton ship and sister to the Carnival Magic and Carnival Dream, will be the largest ship in the Carnival fleet to sail out of South Florida. It's the 24th cruise ship in the line's fleet.
It features the popular WaterWorks aqua park, SportSquare recreation complex with ropes courses, mini-golf and outdoor fitness area. The Lanai is a wraparound promenade with whirlpools jutting out over the ship's sides.
The look of the Breeze is decidedly Caribbean in style, as in island breezes and tropical sunsets, created by Germany-based Partner Ship Design, focusing on bright colors and pastel hues.
It's the first of the line's ships to feature all of the Fun Ship 2.0 elements it plans to roll out fleetwide in time. The amenity program is a $500 million initiative that features new entertainment options, new venues and new celebrity partnerships such as comedian George Lopez, DJ Irie and Food Network star Guy Fieri.
One of the Fun Ship 2.0 entertainment options to debut aboard the Breeze is the new Thrill 5D Theater, which presents high-def, 3D film with tangible enhancements similar to theme park attractions that interact with the viewer -- things like squirting water, bubbles, and chairs that will tickle legs, blow air on guests' necks and poke them in their seat. In addition, the seats themselves will move and vibrate to simulate motion, adding what Carnival deems a fifth dimension. It's kind of like combining a ride like Universal's Terminator 3-D with Spider-Man with a dose of Disney's Stitch ride.
The Breeze is 101st ship sailed under the Carnival brand since the 1970s.
rtribou@tribune.com, 407-420-5134
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Mary Alice Miller December 19, 2013
By Mary Alice Miller An overflow crowd gathered at Medgar Evers College to welcome Dr. Joy DeGruy back to Brooklyn. They came to hear an update of her internationally acclaimed cultural theories of healing intergenerational trauma among African-Americans. Dr. DeGruy did not disappoint. Audience laughter and applause punctuated Dr. DeGruy’s journey through her ground-breaking research […]Read More
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By Mary Alice Miller During the weekend of Thanksgiving in 1987, Tawana Brawley, a 15-year-old high school student, got off a bus in Wappingers Falls and began walking home. She says she was forced into a car and over the course of four days she was raped and physically abused. Tawana was found naked and […]Read More
Shop-And-Frisk Prompts State Legislation
By Mary Alice Miller A middle-aged foster mom is the latest victim of the city’s retail shop-and-frisk policy. While shopping in Macy’s in the Bronx the woman was detained as she made a phone call at the entrance of the store. She was apprehended by on-site personnel, dragged down to the holding cell, kept there […]Read More
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3 Comments on “Episode 584: The One Where They Talk about Friends by Talking about Dawson’s Creek”
John C Member Sep 9th 2019 4:30 pm #
I guess I’m the other person who didn’t watch Friends. There’s been some editorial-feeling approach to NBC sitcoms–Frasier and Wings are sort of the last of the “old guard,” and The Good Place is the other side–with specific archetypes and storytelling rhythms that just never land for me, enough that I’ve never sat through a whole episode of Friends, Seinfeld, The Office, or a whole bunch of other NBC staples.
And it’s kind of interesting (to me) that The Good Place, on one level as Schur has pointed out, is outright lampooning the production of an NBC sitcom in the guise of running Hell. Brooklyn Nine-Nine didn’t start on NBC, but it’s also an odd case in that the show seems very unlike the network (and even more unlike Fox), except that Chelsea Peretti’s Gina feels like she could’ve easily been written for a “Must See TV” role and Andy Samberg’s Jake started out as very squarely a Fox sitcom protagonist so the writers could poke at the archetype. And they’re easy to contrast with something like DC’s Powerless (the superhero show without the superheroes), which is basically my demographic, but it didn’t work for me because of its…NBCness? I wonder if any of that ties into Pete’s theory that the shows are about old people with young actors. Probably not.
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is another show that interests me in this respect, because, as much as I wanted to like it, it has so much of that NBC DNA that it was a show I struggled to sit through, because it seemed like it was trying to say something important.
It seems like that model is going away, though, or at least there are enough alternatives that I don’t stumble across them as often. And I still have to wonder if it’s an intentional choice by NBC, it’s just that the people running the sitcom division just have that particular sense of humor, or some kind of mappable chain of influence dating back to Fibber McGee or Vaudeville routines.
Three Act Destructure Sep 11th 2019 3:23 am #
That makes three of us who haven’t seen Friends. We’re getting close to being able to fill out our own sitcom cast now.
clayschuldt Sep 11th 2019 5:38 pm #
I did watch Friends, but not to an obsessive amount. I can go entire years without watching an episode.
But, that aside I support Pete’s theory about Friends being a show about old people played by young people. I never really noticed it before, but the cast of Friends never acted their age, but rather acted out of Fantasy of New York life in the ’90s.
I think about the cast of “How I Met Your Mother” in comparison. In a way, both shows were similar. Both groups seem to live in a fantasy version of New York, but the “How I Met Your Mother” crews always seemed younger. I think because HIMYM is narrated from the future, it makes them seem younger, but it is still an older person playing with the memories of youth.
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Marienlyst Park
Architect: Lund Hagem Arkitekter
In the mid 1930s, a large estate of parallel, seven and eight story high blocks were raised at Marienlyst in Oslo, after modernist principles and designed by a number of the city’s finest architects. Still Norway’s most densely residential area, the blocks sit in a green, urban landscape at Kirkeveien, a Boulevardtype traffic artery close to the University of Oslo and the National Broadcast. In 2000 the architectural firm Lund Hagem won the competition for further developing the popular area. Marienlyst Park was completed in 2004. Subjected to strict regulatory guidelines, demanding that the new should resemble the old both structurally and formally, Lund Hagem’s set of large, free-standing blocks explicitly reference modernist Marienlyst, Yet, as architect Håkon Vigsnæs writes: “The plan conveys a desire for historical continuity and urban consistency, whereas on a purely programmatic level there is obviously no continuity because of the utterly different social conditions underlying the architecture of the two projects.” In interesting ways, the constellation of the new and the old Marienlyst reflects shifting ideals of planning, domesticity, individuality, materiality and aesthetics.
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KrisEnergy becomes operator in G10/48 licence (Thailand)
KrisEnergy’s wholly owned subsidiary KrisEnergy Management Ltd (“KEML”), has agreed with Mubadala Petroleum to purchase the entire issued and paid up share capital of MP G10 (Thailand) Limited, the entity holding a 75% working interest in, and operatorship of, the G10/48 licence in the Gulf of Thailand.
KrisEnergy acquired in 2009 a 25% non-operated working interest in G10/48, which covers 4,696 sq km over the southern section of the Pattani Basin in water depths up to 60 metres. On completion of the MP G10 transaction, within five business days, KrisEnergy will hold a combined 100% working interest and operatorship of the block, which contains three oil discoveries, Wassana, Niramai and Mayura, in various stages of development or appraisal. The upfront consideration for the acquisition is US$102.5 million, subject to a working capital adjustment.
Keith Cameron, KrisEnergy’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “We have been keenly involved in G10/48 since the early days and we firmly believe in the potential of the area. In anticipation of this transaction, we have been building our technical resources in Bangkok and in Singapore and we now have a team in place covering all aspects of the Wassana development from geology and geophysics, reservoir engineering, project engineering and drilling to expedite the production of Wassana oil.”
The Production Area Application for Wassana is being drafted and will be submitted in 2014. First production is anticipated for the second half of 2015 and to peak at 10,000 barrels of oil per day.
Chris Gibson-Robinson, KrisEnergy’s Director Exploration & Production, said: “This transaction provides additional contingent resources for us to transform into 2P reserves as the project progresses. A number of development concepts have been assessed and we expect to make a decision on which to pursue shortly. Whichever concept is selected, an initial 12 to 14 wells will be drilled in the first phase of Wassana development. We have additional contingent resources from the Niramai and Mayura oil discoveries, which we will review, and there are further prospects and leads.”
As at 31 December 2013, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc estimated gross best estimate contingent resources (“2C”) associated with G10/48 at 19.6 million barrels of oil.
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NBI nabs smuggler of corals, ‘taklobo’
MANILAOperatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested a man allegedly involved in the illegal shipment of corals to the United States.
The suspect, identified as Glenn Alber Binoya, was presented to the media at the NBI office in Manila on Friday.
Binoya was arrested by the NBI's Environmental Crime Division in Bacoor, Cavite earlier this week, after authorities received a letter from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service about smugglers of corals from the Philippines.
Recovered from Binoya were some 1,800 pieces of live hard and soft corals and three giant clams, locally known as taklobo, estimated to have a commercial value of USD54,000 or about PHP2.7 million.
The NBI said the National Fisheries Research Development Institute, which examined the seized items, said the live hard/stony corals fall under the order, Scleractinia.
The clams were identified as Tridacna and are on the list of endangered species of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. (PNA)
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SEND-Ghana engages stakeholders on indigent NHIS registration
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Adolescent Friendly and Peer Educators Organization, a Non-Governmental Organization in partnership with SEND-Ghana, Penplusbytes and Ghana News Agency have through the People for Health programme (P4H) organized a week-long sensitization durbar in five project communities within Lower Manya Krobo.
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Kaneshie Market women educated on basic hygiene
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P4H National Advocacy Team Calls On Government To Provide Details On The 2018 National HN Fund
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ADAKLU DISTRICT CITIZEN MONITORING COMMITTEE INAUGURATED
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P4H project: Adaklu DCMC embark on 5 days community sensitization Programme
As part of its efforts aimed at ensuring access to quality health service delivery, District Citizen Monitoring Committee (DCMC) in the Adaklu District has embarked on five days community outreach programme in five communities in the district.
P4H PROJECT: ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK PLATFORM TO IMPROVE QUALITY HEALTH DELIVERY IN THE ADAKLU DISTRICT
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P4H mobilizes indigents to register for NHIS
People for Health are currently mobilizing indigents for registration in the Afram Plains North District. Over hundred of the poor and the vulnerable who could not afford the NHIS premium turned up the selection process. In all 344 made-up of 215 females and 129 males went through the process successfully.
‘Stop Misapplying HIV/AIDS Funds’
Metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) have been urged to stop misapplying funds meant to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS infection. Mukaila Adamu of SEND-Ghana said the practice where the 0.5 percent District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) allocation was used for other purposes by some of the assemblies should stop.
P4H Platform Deployment Starts in Northern Region
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Increase DACF to support HIV/AIDs programmes
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Ghana urged to prioritise budgetary allocation to health sector
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People for Health (P4H) project begins
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Serengeti & Ngorongoro Experience - Independent
This five-day independent trip offers up a world-class natural wonder – the Ngorongoro Crater.
Starting at your lodge located on the edge of this enormous caldera, you’ll venture to the depths of this wildlife hotbed before heading to Serengeti National Park, home to the Masai people and an incredible spectrum of wildlife.
Independent travel, without the stress. Peregrine’s Independent Experiences are a range of short packages that you can add to other Experiences or as an extension to a longer tour, to craft your perfect holiday itinerary. Independent Experiences are for 1-3 travellers, depart daily and offer the back-up of Peregrine, our local offices and expert resident guides.
Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO), Tanzania
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Discover the lush wildlife-filled landscape of Ngorongoro Crater with game drives in this ‘Garden of Eden’ – without doubt one of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders.
Enjoy incredible panoramic sunset views from a lodge on the rim of an extinct volcano.
Stay in a camp in the heart of Tanzania's oldest national park, the Serengeti. Explore timeless East Africa where endless savanna, bursting with predators and prey, offers the ultimate safari experience.
Enjoy the benefits of a fully comprehensive itinerary but with the freedom and intimacy of an independent trip, and the convenience of included game drives and local guides.
Accommodation in the Serengeti is in permanent tented camps on the savanna. Despite the canvas walls, they offer many the comforts of a hotel, including en suite facilities and windows, all surrounded by the sights and sounds of the Serengeti.
The rim of the Ngorongoro crater can reach up to 7,500 feet in altitude, which means you should be prepared for possible signs of altitude sickness.
Although this is an Independent Experience, your game drives within the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater will be by necessity shared game drives. You will be accompanied by other guests of the lodge.
Our Independent Experiences have been designed for just one to three people, departing every day of the week for most Experiences. You can mix and match to create your perfect trip combination, then we’ll arrange the transport between each experience for you. You will have local guides at most destinations and activities. It’s independent travel without the stress.
Day 1: Kilimanjaro Airport - Karatu
Welcome to Tanzania. This Independent Experience starts at Kilimanjaro Airport where you will be met and transferred to your lodge by a Peregrine representative. Please arrive before 2pm so you will have time to transfer to Karatu (approximately 4-5 hours drive). The rest of the day is free for your leisure. Your farmhouse for the next two nights is located in a small town down the road from the Ngorongoro Crater. Millions of years ago, the eastern side of the African continent started to crack and slide away, leading to the formation of giant volcanoes – one of which was Ngorongoro. It’s estimated that it once rivalled Kilimanjaro in size, and then the lava ‘lid’ collapsed, forming the giant crater (8,280 square kilometres) that you can see today. The ash from the volcano created fertile soil that encouraged rich savanna grasslands, which now support the largest herds of hoofed animals in the world. This of course attracts numerous predators and birdlife. In the late afternoon be sure to take in incredible vistas as the sun sets over the crater.
Farm of Dreams Lodge or similar (1 night)
Today you will explore the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater, widely regarded as a microcosm of natural habitats in Africa and often touted as a veritable Garden of Eden. Within this crater lies so many types of ecosystem, including riverine forests, open plains, freshwater and alkaline lakes. The scenery is spectacular as you descend almost 600 metres down to the crater floor. There is every chance you will see a considerable variety of wildlife in this compact area – hopefully you'll see some or all of the 'big five' creatures that rule here. Animals within the Ngorongoro Crater are less shy of people and safari vehicles, so it's easier to see them up close. The Masai are permitted to water their cattle at the permanent lake and can be seen leading their animals in and out of the crater. The most commonly seen animals are the lion, wildebeest, zebra, eland, bushbuck, cheetah, jackal, buffalo, Grant's gazelle and Thompson's gazelle. You may even catch a glimpse of the highly endangered black rhinoceros. In the afternoon you will leave the crater and return to the lodge for a second night. (National park regulations stipulate that vehicles are only allowed a maximum of six hours in Ngorongoro Crater.) The late afternoon can be spent relaxing at the farm house.
Notes: Today's total driving time is approximately 7 hours.
Ngorongoro Crater - 4x4 Game Drive
Day 3: Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Serengeti National Park
This morning you will leave the crater and drive to the Serengeti National Park. Enjoy a game drive on your way to your accommodation, watching the landscape change within the park from the vast treeless central plains to thick scrub and forest in the north. Linking these areas is the savanna, dotted with acacia trees and magnificent rock outcrops. You may visit the Simba Kopjes, an outcrop favoured by lion and cheetah as high perches and a place to hide their cubs, and they can often be seen basking in the morning sun on top. (Simba is Swahili for lion and kopje Afrikaans for ‘little head’). You’ll stop for a picnic lunch on the drive from Ngorongoro Conservation area to the Serengeti National Park. Along the way you will have the option to visit Olduvai Gorge, a site famous for the discovery of human ancestor remains that provide the most continuous known record of human evolution during the past 2 million years. The next two nights are spent in a safari camp that’s at the heart of the park in a beautiful setting with a view on the plains and valleys and surrounded by wildlife. Each tent has an en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity desk and flush toilets.
Ang'ata Serengeti Tented Camp or similar (1 night)
Serengeti National Park - 4x4 Game Drive
Today’s total driving time is approximately 7 hours, including game drives.
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
The ‘Endless Plains’ of the Serengeti span some 14,700 square kilometres and capture the essence of Africa, with their main claim to fame the 3 million or so animals that make their home here. Massive numbers of grazing animals and various predators can be seen – wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, lion, cheetah, warthog, hyena, hippo and ostrich – and the interaction between the many species often provides some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities in the world. Today you will start around sunrise for a morning game drive and follow that up later on with an afternoon game drive, as the animals tend to be more active in the cooler hours of the day. You will usually return to camp during the hotter hours in the middle of the day, where you will enjoy a hearty meal, relax and maybe take a siesta. Depending on wildlife movements and opportunities for sightings, the drive may continue through lunch and last all day. In this case, you will return to the lodge in the late afternoon.
Day 5: Serengeti National Park - Kilimanjaro Airport
This morning you’ll enjoy your final sunrise game drive to soak up the memorable Serengeti National Park vistas, before returning to Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) via Arusha. Any flights out of the Kilimanjaro or Arusha airports should not be booked prior to 5pm. Should you wish to depart from Arusha Airport (ARK), a transfer can be booked (at an additional cost). Please contact your booking agent to arrange.
Notes: Approximately 6 hours driving today; game drive times may vary.
4WD vehicle
Farmstay (2 nights), Permanent tented camp (2 nights)
There are currently no scheduled departures on our Serengeti & Ngorongoro Experience - Independent trip. If you are interested in other trips in the region visit one of the links below.
INDEPENDENT EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES:
Please note that lodge based activities on your Independent Experience will be on a join in basis. This means that these activities may be shared with other guests at the property.
FLIGHTS AND TRANSFERS:
As an arrival transfer is included, please ensure the correct details are provided to Peregrine 15 days prior to your departure. A representative will meet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport on arrival. Please arrive before 2pm to allow for enough time to transfer to Ngorongoro Crater. On the final day of the tour, you will be dropped off at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) in the early afternoon. Please ensure you do not book your departure flight out of Kilimanjaro Airport prior to 5pm. Should you wish to depart from Arusha Airport (ARK), a transfer can be booked (at an additional cost). Please contact your Travel Agent to arrange.
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Freeline presents preclinical liver-directed AAV gene the...
Freeline presents preclinical liver-directed AAV gene therapy data at the European Working Group on Gaucher Disease (EWGGD)
London, 5 July, 2019 – Freeline, a biotechnology company focused on developing curative gene therapies for chronic systemic diseases, will present preclinical data on its gene therapy development candidate for Gaucher Disease at the European Working group on Gaucher Disease (EWGGD) in Auvergne, France, July 4-6 2019. The Freeline program FLT200 is a liver-directed Adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy for the treatment of type 1 Gaucher Disease and is designed to increase levels of beta-glucocerebrosidase (GCase) in macrophages of Gaucher’s Disease patients.
Gaucher Disease is a genetic disorder in which a fatty substance called glucosylceramide accumulates in macrophages present in certain organs due to the lack of functional GCase. The disorder is hereditary and presents in various subtypes. Freeline is focused on Type 1 Gaucher Disease, which impacts the health of the spleen, liver, lungs and bones. The current standard of care is intravenous infusion of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) every two weeks, which is a significant treatment burden on the patient. The aim of Freeline’s investigational gene therapy programme is to deliver a one-time treatment of a long lasting gene therapy for Type 1 Gaucher Disease patients that will provide a consistent and therapeutically relevant level of endogenous GCase, thus eliminating the need for ERT.
Freeline’s preclinical data to be presented at EWGGD shows that a single infusion of FLT200 results in sustained GCase expression in the liver and greater bioavailability in the bloodstream as compared to ERT. Data collected from a combination of in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrates that liver expression of GCase results in sustained blood levels of GCase and that the enzyme is taken up by the macrophages in target organs affected by Type 1 Gaucher Disease. FLT200 showed superior levels of GCase uptake in the target organs including spleen, liver, lungs and bone marrow compared to the leading ERT, velaglucerase alfa (VPRIV®).
Professor Amit Nathwani, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Freeline and Professor at UCL Cancer Institute said:
“Freeline’s proprietary gene therapy platform has been used to generate these promising preclinical results for Gaucher Disease. We look forward to progressing the program into the clinic and hope to give patients whose lives are severely disrupted by Gaucher Disease the potential to live free of the effects of this disease.”
Chris Hollowood, Executive Chairman of Freeline said:
“We believe there is a significant opportunity for gene therapy to offer functional cures for a wide range of chronic diseases. Freeline’s technology has already shown clinical benefit to Haemophilia B patients and we look to leverage this same platform, for not just haemophilia, but also for lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). Gaucher Disease is our second LSD program after Fabry and these preclinical Gaucher Disease data are very encouraging showing that we may be able to demonstrate a clear clinical benefit for these patients.”
Oral presentation details are as follows:
Presentation title: Liver-directed AAV gene therapy for Gaucher Disease results in sustained Gcase expression and greater bioavailability for macrophage uptake than velaglucerase alfa (n°3)
Presenter: Carlos Miranda
Date: Friday, 5 July, 2019 from 4:00 - 4:15 pm
Location: University Clermont Auvergne: The Faculty of Dentistry of Clermont - Ferrand: 2, rue de Braga - 63100 Clermont-Ferrand, France
JW Communications
juliawilsonuk@gmail.com
Last Updated: 05-Jul-2019
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Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
Isabela City, Province of Basilan
city (component)
Area (2007)
223.73 km2 (86.38 sq mi)
Density (2015)
504 / km2 (1,306 / sq mi)
15.7 meters (51.6 feet)
Isabela is a coastal component city in the island province of Basilan. It serves as the provincial capital.
The city has a land area of 223.73 square kilometers or 86.38 square miles which constitutes 6.94% of Basilan's total area. Its population as determined by the 2015 Census was 112,788. This represented 2.98% of the total population of the Zamboanga Peninsula region. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 504 inhabitants per square kilometer or 1,306 inhabitants per square mile.
Isabela City has 45 barangays as shown in the following table.
Balatanay
Baluno
Begang
Binuangan
Cabunbata
2.03% 2,289 1,348 69.81% 10.61%
Diki
Doña Ramona T. Alano
0.80% 907 980 -7.45% -1.46%
Isabela Eastside
2.10% 2,370 2,967 -20.12% -4.19%
Isabela Proper
Kapatagan Grande
0.99% 1,118 877 27.48% 4.73%
Kapayawan
0.85% 964 905 6.52% 1.21%
Kaumpurnah Zone I
Kaumpurnah Zone II
Kaumpurnah Zone III
Kumalarang
Lampinigan
Lanote
Lukbuton
Lumbang
Makiri
0.60% 678 385 76.10% 11.38%
Maligue
Marang‑marang
Marketsite
Masula
Menzi
Panigayan
Panunsulan
0.84% 951 1,139 -16.51% -3.38%
Small Kapatagan
Sumagdang
Sunrise Village
Tabiawan
Tampalan
Isabela City Total
112,788 97,857 15.26% 2.74%
According to the Bureau of Local Government Finance, the annual regular revenue of Isabela City for the fiscal year of 2016 was ₱464,519,622.35.
299,615,179.79 –
329,364,025.58 9.93%
303,683,882.99 -14.01%
According to the 2015 Census, the age group with the highest population in Isabela City is 5 to 9, with 12,976 individuals. Conversely, the age group with the lowest population is 80 and over, with 510 individuals.
The population of Isabela City grew from 59,482 in 1990 to 112,788 in 2015, an increase of 53,306 people. The latest census figures in 2015 denote a positive growth rate of 2.74%, or an increase of 14,931 people, from the previous population of 97,857 in 2010.
112,788 2.74%
The city center of Isabela is situated at approximately 6° 42' North, 121° 58' East, in the island of Basilan. Elevation at these coordinates is estimated at 15.7 meters or 51.6 feet above mean sea level.
Based on the great-circle distance (the shortest distance between two points over the surface of the Earth), the cities closest to Isabela City are Lamitan, Zamboanga City, Pagadian, Tangub, Dipolog, and Cotabato City. The nearest municipalities are Lantawan, Maluso, Akbar, Tuburan, Tipo-Tipo, and Sumisip. Its distance from the national capital is 878.93 kilometers (546.14 miles). The following list delineates such distance measurements.
Lantawan, Basilan, 16.39 kilometers (10.18 miles) to the West‑Southwest (S62°W)
Maluso, Basilan, 20.90 kilometers (12.99 miles) to the South‑Southwest (S32°W)
Akbar, Basilan, 23.94 kilometers (14.88 miles) to the East (S79°E)
Tuburan, Basilan, 26.69 kilometers (16.58 miles) to the East‑Southeast (S66°E)
Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, 28.06 kilometers (17.44 miles) to the Southeast (S36°E)
Sumisip, Basilan, 28.26 kilometers (17.56 miles) to the South (S1°W)
Lamitan, Basilan, 18.92 kilometers (11.76 miles) to the East‑Southeast (S74°E)
Zamboanga City, 24.82 kilometers (15.42 miles) to the North‑Northeast (N27°E)
Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, 257.00 kilometers (159.69 miles) to the Northeast (N36°E)
Population (2015): 112,788, ranked 149 out of 1,634
Land area (2007): 86.38 square kilometers, ranked 490 out of 1,634
Population density (2015): 504 inhabitants per square kilometer, ranked 376 out of 1,634
Annual population growth rate (2010 to 2015): 2.74%, ranked 37 out of 1,634
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Porsche Motorsports Event Notes. Monday, March 14, 2016
Dateline. Sebring, Florida
Circuit. Sebring International Raceway
Track Length/Turns. 3.74-miles/12-turns
Event. 64th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Classes. GT Le Mans (GTLM Porsche 911 RSR), GT Daytona (GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R)
Round. GTLM. Two of Ten, GTD. Two of Ten
Next Round. Grand Prix of Long Beach, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, April 15-16
Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge
Event. Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway
Date. Friday, March 18
Race Duration. Two Hours, 30-minutes
Class. Grand Sport (GS) (Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport)
Round. Two of Ten
Next Round. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, April 29-30
Pirelli World Challenge
Event. Grand Prix of Long Beach
Dateline. Long Beach, California
Date. Saturday – Sunday, April 16-17
Race Duration. One, 1-Hour Race
Classes. GT, GTA (Porsche 911 GT3 R), GT Cup (Porsche 911 GT3 Cup)
Round. Five of 22
Porsche Profile. Event Story Lines
New Porsche 911 GT3 R Captures Twin Wins
While the endurance world was prepping for the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring, the premier sprint-race sports car series in the country, Pirelli World Challenge, was readying for the one-hour Rounds Three and Four of 2016 on the temporary street course in St. Petersburg, Florida. Michael Lewis (Laguna Beach, California) started off the weekend winning his first GT class pole position in the No. 41 EFFORT Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R while Sloan Urry (Park City, Utah) took the GT Cup pole position in the TruSpeed Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Lewis never relinquished the top spot on his way to victory in Race One. His best lap in the race placed him pole position for Sunday’s 60-minute sprint. The young Californian again led wire-to-wire taking the checkered flag for both races of the weekend.
The one-make GT Cup class was again a battle between the sports up-and-coming young lions and the veterans. Like Lewis, Urry led both races from start-to-finish to make a statement on his championship intentions in the all-Porsche 911 GT3 Cup class.
Porsche performance continued off the track as well. Factory driver Patrick Long (Manhattan Beach, California) had won the season-opening pole position and first race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) on March 5 before being hit at the start of Race 2 the following day. Long’s No. 31 EFFORT Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R was turned hard into the wall sustaining substantial damage. The team began repairs immediately working closely with Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA) representatives. Once a significant amount of progress was made on repairs, the rear-engine racer traveled to Alex Job Racing’s shop in Tavares, Florida to complete the work before making the final leg of its journey to St. Petersburg. Long’s ride arrived shortly after GT class qualifying. America’s only Porsche works driver took the start for Saturday’s race from the back of the field finishing seventh in Race One and starting that same spot in Race Two on Sunday. Long ran as high as third but finished fourth to keep himself within striking distance of his teammate in the championship chase.
Michael Lewis, Driver, No. 41 EFFORT Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R
“Two for the EFFORT Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R. Flag-to-flag victories for the EFFORT Racing Porsche. Stefan Pfeiffer [team engineer], Patrick Long and everyone helped me so much in practice and qualifying to sit on pole. From the first initial green flag, I never looked back. The team has been working every night with little sleep. This car was hooked up on those restarts. It was pretty much a restart game the whole race. I was just head down, trying to get to turn one first. After that, our car was on rails and we could beat everybody on lap time. Big thank you to the team for working the long hours. That’s two for two.”
Patrick Long, Driver, No. 31 EFFORT Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R
“The goal was just to pull my weight for the long days that these guys put into rebuilding this car. I’m really proud of the whole group. Congratulations to Michael. It’s great to see him progress as a driver and a person. He kicked butt and I’m really happy about that. The second race was a tough to not have many green flag laps. It really made it a race of restarts. I got some good timing on the initial restart and Johnny O’Connell ran me clean. I had good pace and was able to make up a few spots. For as few laps as we completed, it was pretty adventurous. I’m glad to have recovered some points after what has been a forgetful and yet memorable week altogether.”
Erin Gahagan, Team Manager, EFFORT Racing
“Sunday at COTA we put an extra driver in the truck to get to Alex Job’s shop by Monday night to unload Tuesday. Three guys stayed there and three guys came to the track. They worked all day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and they showed up back here Friday by lunchtime with the car. It still needed work after that. We were able to get a hardship lap at 5:00pm, which is always difficult on a street circuit with such a tight event schedule. We wanted to do a system check, and make sure that there were no leaks. All six of our guys worked nonstop to get the car ready for that lap. Four team members from Alex Job Racing, including Alex himself, helped us get our car back. We couldn’t have done it without them. Porsche’s help was huge. Anything that we could have possibly needed, other than a brand new car, they provided. We’re very excited for Michael, but we’re exhausted.”
Porsche and Sebring Go-Hand-In-Hand
Porsche history does not start at Sebring International Raceway; Porsche’s racing tradition pre-dates the great America endurance event by nearly five years. However, the two have long been synonymous. With a total of 70 class wins, 20 of which are overall titles, Porsche dwarfs the competition in both categories – next in line is Ferrari with 20 class wins and 12 overall trophies. In 2014, Team Seattle Alex Job Racing earned the most recent class win with Ian James (Great Britain), Mario Farnbacher (Germany) and Alex Riberas (Spain). That trio returns on March 19 with the new Porsche 911 GT3 R looking for back-to-back titles. 2014 Sebring GT Le Mans (GTLM) class winning team Porsche North America brings two factory cars to the class again in 2016. The No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR will see defending IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title-winner Patrick Pilet (France) co-driving with 2015 overall 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Frenchman Kevin Estre who is the newest member of the Porsche factory driver program. Earl Bamber, the New Zealander who joined Tandy to win Le Mans last season, France’s Frédéric Makowiecki and Michael Christensen (Denmark) will share the No. 912 Porsche North America 911 RSR.
Sebring Training Ground Used to Tune Porsche 911 GT3 R.
In 1942, Hendricks Field was constructed just outside of Sebring, Florida to train pilots and crews for the US Army Air Force. Ten years later, the airfield was the site of the first 12 Hours of Sebring. Since that time, it has remained a hotbed of testing and training. As Porsche was looking the world-over for locations to test the new 911 GT3 R, Sebring International Raceway’s 3.74-mile circuit was immediately on the ‘test schedule’ because of characteristics found nowhere else. The racer based on the seventh-generation of the iconic rear-engine sports car and its new direct fuel injection flat-six engine, spent a week in Sebring taking all the legendary track could throw at it. It is often said that 12 hours at Sebring is like 24 hours anywhere else. The test was vital not only in preparation for the 64th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring but for the international community where the FIA GT3-spec racer will see competition. The circuit proves such a grueling test that the German marque uses it to develop and wear-test the vital components such as drivetrain and suspension for a car that will see the bulk of its racing as a sprint machine.
The Porsche 911 GT3 R is already a proven endurance performer having finished second in the GT Daytona (GTD) class Rolex 24 At Daytona with Black Swan Racing. However, nowhere is more daunting than Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Four Porsche 911 GT3 Rs are entered for Saturday’s race including Black Swan’s No. 540 with Porsche works driver Patrick Long (Manhattan Beach, California) on the roster, the defending GTD class winning Team Seattle Alex Job Racing machine, the No. 22 WeatherTech Racing Alex Job-prepared entry and the No. 73 Park Place Motorsports car which 13-time race starter and three-time winner Jörg Bergmeister (Germany) heading the driver-lineup.
Owen Hayes, Director of Operations, Porsche Motorsport North America
“Sebring is the hardest test you can have. If you can do an endurance test at Sebring and survive, you know you have a good solid package for the race.”
Alex Job Honored as 2016 Sebring Hall of Fame Inductee
Alex Job, who co-owns Alex Job Racing with his wife Holly, will be honored as a member of the 2016 class of Sebring Hall of Fame recipients. The Jobs started AJR in 1995 and have since captured 70 major sports car racing victories, five championships (GT in 2002-2004, and GTC 2012-2013) and two GT class wins at the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team also boasts ten Sebring 12-hour wins including last year’s GTD class victory. Jobs’ record of success has come along with 27 years of partnership with Porsche. Job and five others will be inducted at a special ceremony and lunch on Friday, March 18.
For this year’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Alex Job Racing will enter two Porsche 911 GT3 R racecars. In the No. 22 Alex Job Racing/WeatherTech entry, Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Leh Keen (Atlanta) and Gunnar Jeanette (Salt Lake City, Utah) will contest the race, while drivers in No. 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing car will be Ian James (Great Britain), Mario Farnbacher (Germany), and Alex Riberas (Spain).
Alex Job, Owner, Alex Job Racing: “I am honored to have the team inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame,” said Alex Job, the team’s owner. “With 10 wins and a 1-2-3 sweep of the podium we have always done well at what is considered, around the world, as the most demanding track for sports cars. All of our victories have been with Porsche and as we head into our 27th year with the brand we are hoping to add the 11th win this weekend.”
More Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Join CTSCC at Sebring
The Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport made its international debut at Daytona International Speedway in January. The first official mid-engine Porsche racecar since the Porsche RS Spyder prototype saw two cars race in the one-hour and 30-minute Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSCC) support series event at the season-opener. This Friday’s Sebring 150 sees the car’s participation in the class double. Leading the way is the No. 33 CJ Wilson Racing Cayman GT4 Clubsport driven by Daniel Burkett (Canada) and Marc Miller (Holland, Michigan). The pairing finished second in the car’s premier at Daytona. CJ Wilson brings a second entry, the No. 35, but is yet to announce the driver lineup. Also making a first appearance at Sebring will be the No. 64 Team TGM Porsche of Ted Giovanis (Highland, Maryland) and David Murry (Atlanta, Georgia). A previous Sebring ST class podium finisher in 2015, this marks the team’s first foray in GS class and into the Porsche family. Longtime Porschephiles will recognize Murry as a past Porsche factory driver at Le Mans and longtime GT competitor with the brand here in North America. The No. 12 Bodymotion Racing entry driven by Cameron Cassels (Canada) and Trent Hindman (Wayside, New Jersey) rounds out the growing representation of the popular road car built to race spec.
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama Opens 2016 at Season
The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama starts its 12th season with two 45-minute rounds March 17-18 at Sebring International Raceway. There’s an interesting mix of new and returning drivers to the IMSA-sanctioned Porsche single-make Cup Challenge series.
Jesse Lazare and Andrew Longe are the top returning drivers to the Platinum Cup championship. Lazare finished second to champion Elliott Skeer last season and is back with series standout Kelly-Moss Road and Race. Longe has moved to reigning Platinum Cup Team Champions Wright Motorsports after finishing fourth in the championship as a rookie in 2015.
Other young drivers to watch include second-year driver Lucas Catania and rookie Victor Gomez IV, both with NGT Motorsport.
Platinum Cup competition will feature plenty of new faces from familiar places. Reigning Gold Cup and Gold Masters champion Jeff Mosing has climbed to Platinum this season with TOPP Racing.
All three 2015 champions from the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama – Chris Green (Platinum), Marco Cirone (Platinum Masters) and Orey Fidani (Gold) — will start their seasons at Sebring by competing in Platinum Cup in the USA event.
Porsche History.
Porsche 12 Hours of Sebring Facts.
Overall Wins. 18
Class Wins. 70
13-Year Winning Streak: 1976-1988
1960 – Hans Herrmann/Oliver Gendebien Porsche RS 60
1968 – Hans Hermann/Jo Siffert – Porsche 907
1971 – Vic Elford/Gerald Larrousse – Porsche 917
1973 – Hurley Haywood/Peter Gregg/Dave Helmick – Porsche Carrera
1976 – Al Holbert/Michael Keyser – Porsche Carrera
1977 – George Dyer/Brad Frisselle – Porsche Carrera
1978 – Brian Redman/Charles Mendez/Bob Garretson – Porsche 935
1979 – Bob Akin/Roy Woods/Rob McFarlin – Porsche 935
1980 – Dick Barbour/John Fitzpatrick – Porsche 935 K3
1981 – Hurley Haywood/Al Holbert/Bruce Leven – Porsche 935
1982 – John Paul, Sr./John Paul, Jr. – Porsche 935
1983 – Kees Nierop/Wayne Baker/Jim Mullen – Porsche 934
1984 – Stefan Johansson/Mauricio DeNarvaez/Hans Heyer – Porsche 935
1985 – A.J. Foyt/Bob Wollek – Porsche 962
1986 – Hans Stuck/Bob Akin/Jo Gartner – Porsche 962
1987 – Bobby Rahal/Jochen Mass – Porsche 962
1988 – Klaus Ludwig/Hans Stuck – Porsche 962
2008 – Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard, Emmanuel Collard – Porsche RS Spyder
Other Porsche Sebring Facts.
– Porsche scored its 70th class win at Sebring in 2015 when the No. 23 Team Seattle Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT America took GT Daytona (GTD) honors.
– Porsche won both GT classes in 2014 – Porsche 911 RSR in GTLM and Porsche 911 GT America
– Most top-ten overall finishes – 207
– Class Wins: 70 (a manufacturer record)
– Fastest race lap: 130.707 mph (by Derek Bell in a Porsche 962 – 1986)
– Porsche 911 Wins: 31 Overall and Class Victories
– GT Class Wins: 28 (since 1979)
– At least one Porsche has competed at Sebring every year since 1953 – 59 straight races (there was no race in 1974). No other manufacturer is close to that record.
– Hurley Haywood has 38 starts at the 12 Hours of Sebring (27 of them in Porsches) – eight more than his nearest rival
– Porsche has led 4,198 laps at Sebring (overall) for a total of 19,997.4 miles (Ferrari is second at 2,743 and 13,099.1 respectively)
– Porsche also leads Ferrari – 207 – 74, in number of top ten finishes
Porsche-Sebring Hall of Famers.
Of the 51 members, including this year’s class, of the Sebring Hall of Fame, 17 have direct connections to Porsche. Included in this list is Porsche itself, inducted in the Inaugural Class of 2002, longtime Porsche partner Michelin (’10) and the legendary Porsche dealership, Brumos.
Others, by class.
Alex Job (’16)
Vic Elford (’14)
Peter Gregg (’14)
Hans Hermann (’12)
Hurley Haywood (’10)
Derek Bell (’08)
Hans Stuck (’08)
Roger Penske (’08)
Bob Akin (’06)
Brian Redman (’06)
Bob Holbert (’04)
Al Holbert (’04)
Bobby Rahal (’04)
John Fitch (’02)
Porsche Point of View.
Jens Walther, President/CEO, Porsche Motorsport North America
“This weekend we have 42 Porsche Motorsport-built racecars competing here at Sebring. Of those, all but two are customer cars, which continues to show the focus we have on customer programs. This is also a very special week with the induction of one of our longest-running and most successful team owners, Alex Job, into the Sebring Hall of Fame. Considering the legendary figures that are not in this prestigious Hall, it speaks well of Alex and his accomplishments. Alex Job Racing’s Team Seattle No. 23 gave Porsche its 70th class victory at Sebring last year. We expect strong competition again this year and the Porsche teams are looking forward to another good race after the debut of the new 911 GT3 R in Daytona. We also welcome the several new customer teams in CTSC who are competing with the new Cayman GT4 Clubsport. The weekend will see the kick-off for the GT3 Cup Challenge USA, which has an exciting calendar for 2016. In addition to the core lineup of traditional sports car tracks and major events like Sebring, the schedule includes support of F1 in Montreal.”
Nick Tandy, Driver, No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR
“Sebring is the heart of American motor racing. It’s fascinating to see which legendary drivers and marques have already won there. It is the oldest sports car race in the USA and one of the highlights of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, not least because of the many spectators.”
Patrick Long, Driver, No. 504 Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R
“The new 911 GT3 R is simply phenomenal. It’s particularly stable and therefore doesn’t react as heavily to the bumps. And this will certainly benefit us, especially on this racetrack.”
Ted Giovanis, Owner/Driver, No. 64 TeamTGM, Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport
“TGM is excited to race the new Porsche GT4 Clubsport, especially at Sebring supporting the JKTG Foundation and Camp Boggy Creek. We are coming off last year’s second-place finish at Sebring but that was in the ST class. We believe that Sebring will be a great event for us. Based on our testing, we think we can podium in the GS class in the Cayman GT4 Clubsport. The Cayman is a great platform, and it certainly has a lot of potential as we learn more about it.”
Andrew Longe, Driver, No. 47 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
“Wright Motorsports knows how to win a championship. There’s not added pressure coming back, but with the season I had last year, it definitely motivates me. I know what I can accomplish and having the team behind me just pushes me that much more. If we put all of our pieces together, I know we’ll be there in the end.”
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Television Race Broadcast (All times ET)
10:30 a.m. – Noon Fox Sports 1 (FS1)
Noon – 7 p.m. Fox Sports 2 (FS2)
7 p.m. – 10 p.m. IMSA TV on IMSA.com (live video streaming and commentary)
10 p.m. – Post-Race Fox Sports 2 (FS2)
Re-Air of Race Highlights Package
12:30 p.m. FS1
Live Race Video Streaming:
IMSA.com
Live Qualifying Streaming:
Live Timing and Scoring:
http://scoring.imsa.com/
Porsche AG Twitter. @PorscheRaces
Event Hashtag. #Sebring12
Race Weekend Schedule. (All times ET)
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Practice 1 – All Classes – 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Continental Challenge Practice Session 1 – All Classes – 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Practice 2 – All Classes – 1:55 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Continental Challenge Practice Session 2 – All Classes – 2:50 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Qualifying – All Classes – 9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
WeatherTech Championship Practice Session 1 – All Classes – 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Continental Challenge Qualifying Session – GS Class – 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
WeatherTech Championship Practice Session 2 – All Classes – 2:25 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Race 1 – All Classes – 3:50 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. (45-minutes)
HSR Race 1 – 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (45-minutes)
WeatherTech Championship Practice Session 3 – Night Practice – All Classes – 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Race 2 – All Classes – 9:10 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. (45-minutes)
Sebring Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony featuring Alex Job – 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Continental Challenge Sebring 150 – Race (2Hr30-min) – 12:20 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
WeatherTech Championship Autograph Session – Paddock – 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Sebring Hall of Fame Autograph Session – Paddock – 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
WeatherTech Championship Qualifying Session – GTD Class – 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
WeatherTech Championship Qualifying Session – GTLM Class – 3:55 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
WeatherTech Championship – Warm-Up – All Classes – 8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
WeatherTech Championship – Pre-Race/Grid Cars – 9:05 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
WeatherTech Championship – Open Grid/Fan Walk – 9:15 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
WeatherTech Championship – Formation Laps – 10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
WeatherTech Championship – 64th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – Race – 10:40 a.m. – 10:40 p.m. (12 Hours)
Porsche Entries.
Six (6) Porsche entries in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
GT Le Mans Class (2) Porsche 911 RSR
No. 911 Porsche North America
Patrick Pilet (France)/Nick Tandy (Great Britain)/Kevin Estre (France) Marc Lieb (Germany)
Earl Bamber (New Zealand)/Frédéric Makowiecki (France)/ Michael Christensen (Denmark)
GT Daytona Class (4) Porsche 911 GT3 R
No. 22 Alex Job Racing
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.)/Leh Keen (Atlanta)/David MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.)/Shane van Gisbergen (New Zealand)/Gunnar Jeanette (Salt Lake City, Utah)
No. 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing
Ian James (Great Britain)/Mario Farnbacher (Germany)/Alex Riberas (Spain)/ Wolf Henzler (Germany)
No. 73 Park Place Motorsports
Patrick Lindsey (Santa Barbara, California)/Matthew McMurry (Phoenix, Arizona)/ Jörg Bergmeister (Germany)
No. 540 Black Swan Racing
Tim Pappas (Boston, Mass.)/Nicky Catsburg (Netherlands)/Andy Pilgrim (Boca Raton, Florida)/Patrick Long (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Grand Sport (GS) Class (4) Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport
No. 12 Bodymotion Racing
Cameron Cassels (Canada)/Trent Hindman (Wayside, New Jersey)
33 CJ Wilson Racing
Daniel Burkett (Canada)/Marc Miller (Holland, Michigan)
TBA / TBA
64 Team TGM
Ted Giovanis (Highland, Maryland)/David Murry (Atlanta, Georgia)
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama
32 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars are entered for the Sebring International Raceway rounds.
Platinum Class Twenty-One (21) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (current generation), Gold Class Eleven (11) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (type 997)
Full entry list: http://www.imsa.com/races/sebring-international-raceway-7
Porsche North America Livery Delineation.
No. 911 White windshield banner with black lettering, White rear wing
No. 912 Black windshield banner with white lettering, Black rear wing
Images and Video from the venue.
Porsche Motorsport Video News Release.
https://vimeo.com/user26426348
2016 Rolex 24.
http://press.porsche.com/media/gallery2/v/photos/motorsports/happenings/2016+Rolex+24+At+Daytona/
2015 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
http://press.porsche.com/media/gallery2/v/photos/motorsports/happenings/2015+Mobil+1+Twelve+Hours+of+Sebring/
Porsche Cars North America Media Site. http://press.porsche.com/
Porsche North America Race Team Site. www.porscheusa.com/racing
Porsche Motorsports Media Information. Current news, images and notes relating to Porsche can be found on our press kit. Please contact Dave Engelman or Tom Moore for the latest Porsche Motorsports media kit.
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Three innovative uses of cardboard
Tents, tables and art installations to prove cardboard can have life beyond cereal boxes
Lucy Purdy August 9, 2019
Arts Culture Environment Innovation Lifestyle
Recyclable festival tents
When they heard that hundreds of thousands of tents get abandoned at festivals across Europe every year, a team of Dutch designers got scratching their heads to devise an alternative. They came up with the KarTent, a temporary festival tent made entirely out of cardboard, which can go directly to recycling once the music has faded.
What if it rains? High-quality cardboard featuring long wood fibres is used, which, the team says, makes tents resistant to both water and humidity.
The main KarTent measures 2.4m by 1.6m, and costs €54.95 (£49). Using cardboard means the structures can be easily printed with the festival’s logo or sponsor, which encourages event organisers to consider buying them in at no cost to the festival-goer.
Any more benefits? “Our tent stays nice and dark in the morning, so you can sleep out your festival hangover without being bothered by the morning light,” promise members of the design team.
Image & main image: KarTent
Cardboard art
Studying for a BA course in design, Giles Miller focused on issues surrounding homelessness and designed a range of cardboard products that could be given to homeless people for free.
After he graduated, fashion designer Stella McCartney commissioned Miller to collaborate on a development of his ‘fluting’ process, whereby imagery is drawn into cardboard by alternating the direction of corrugation.
In McCartney’s case, it was images to do with horses (pictured). For International House, at St Katharine Docks in London, Miller was commissioned to create a rippled cardboard effect in the building’s lobby.
Image: Giles Miller Studio
Flatpack furniture
Seoul-based studio Pesi has designed a series of tables using planks of cardboard that have been made to look like wood. The structures are designed to be easily assembled
and, once no longer needed, recycled. While cardboard furniture is usually folded like origami or laminated, said the designers, they wanted the aesthetic of their tables to be different.
To cut sections for the Lumber table, Pesi used a die-cutting press, before rolling the cardboard into several rectangular shaped ‘lumbers’ and fixing them together with PVC rivets. They come in five colours.
Image: Pesi Studio
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Britain’s First Transgender Couple to Allow Their 5-Year-Old Child to Begin Transition
Claim they didn’t encourage the transition.
Britain’s first transgender couple have stoked controversy by revealing that they will allow their 5-year-old child to also begin gender transition.
Jody, 21, and Greg Rogers, 27, from Glasgow in Scotland went public with the announcement that their son Jayden has begun transitioning into a girl.
The couple claimed that they were subjected to abuse since making the announcement and that they had also been reported to social services.
The couple denied claims they had encouraged the transition, with Greg Rogers telling the Daily Record, “We’ve had people saying we’re using Jayden for attention and that she just wants to be a girl because I changed sex…It’s ridiculous. Jayden knows nothing about my past. She just knows me as dad.”
According to the couple, Jayden is adamant he is a girl and loves dressing up as Princess Anna from the Disney film Frozen.
“They say it’s cruel we let her wear a dress but is it not more cruel to do nothing when you’ve got a kid who’s so adamant she’s a girl she’s ripping her hair off and banging her head off the walls?” said Rogers.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that five people working at Britain’s only NHS transgender clinic had quit after children as young as three were being through unnecessary gender reassignment treatment.
“Referrals to the clinic risen in recent years, with 94 in 2010, rising to 2,519 by last year, with the youngest patient aged just three,” reported the Daily Mail.
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WALKING BOOKS
Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides
The first Hallewell Pocket Walking Guide was published in 1995 and the series now covers most of Scotland, much of the North of England and parts of South and South-West England. The books include as many good walks as possible within a given area. They are compact (A6: 105 x 148mm), light, inexpensive (£1.95 to £3.50), describe between 20 and 40 walks and are 32 or 40 pages in length. The geographical area covered by each book is small, so that each contains as great a density of walks as possible.
Each book contains routes which are suitable for walkers of all abilites and to suit all tastes. The nature of the routes available will vary from area to area – more hill walks in mountainous areas; more low or coastal paths in others – but the intention is to provide as wide a range as possible in each book. Serious mountaineering routes are generally avoided, but otherwise the walks described can include anything: from a gentle quarter-mile stroll to long moorland treks and the gruelling ascent of Ben Nevis. The qualities looked for in the routes described are that they are worth doing, easily followed (ideally with a clear path) and generally recognised and accepted.
Each walk has a brief description, a two-colour sketch map and a grade (from C-grade, which indicates walks which are suitable for anyone, to A+, which highlights those which are only for experienced hill walkers). Grid references are given to help find and follow the routes on UK Ordnance Survey maps (necessary for all A and A+ routes). The guides are illustrated with line drawings. To view a sample walk, please click here.
All routes are walked by the authors prior to publication. In addition, every book is rewalked and updated approximately every seven years. If walkers discover any changes which have occurred on any of the routes, we would be interested to hear about them. To contact us please e-mail info@pocketwalks.com.
Although it is impossible to include all the walks within an area in a given guide, we believe that the density and variety of the walks described – which include the key routes in each area, plus walks past many places of interest – will provide walkers with a good introduction to the key walking areas in the UK.
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“Where did the handsome beloved go?”
By Jalal al-Din Rumi
Translated by Brad Gooch
I wonder, where did that tall, shapely cypress tree go?
He spread his light among us like a candle.
Where did he go? So strange, where did he go without me?
All day long my heart trembles like a leaf.
All alone at midnight, where did that beloved go?
Go to the road, and ask any passing traveler —
That soul-stirring companion, where did he go?
Go to the garden, and ask the gardener —
That tall, shapely rose stem, where did he go?
Go to the rooftop, and ask the watchman —
That unique sultan, where did he go?
Like a madman, I search in the meadows!
That deer in the meadows, where did he go?
My tearful eyes overflow like a river —
That pearl in the vast sea, where did he go?
All night long, I implore both moon and Venus —
That lovely face, like a moon, where did he go?
If he is mine, why is he with others?
Since he’s not here, to what “there” did he go?
If his heart and soul are joined with God,
And he left this realm of earth and water, where did he go?
Tell me clearly, Shams of Tabriz,
Of whom it is said, “The sun never dies” — where did he go?
Translated from the Persian
The translator of this poem was originally omitted in the changeover to the new website. Because of this, reciting the epigraph is optional for the 2019-2020 Poetry Out Loud season.
Source: Poetry (November 2017)
Sufi mystic Jalal al-Din Rumi was born Jalal al-Din Mohammad-e Balkhi on the edge of the Persian Empire, in Balkh in modern-day Afghanistan (though another birthplace in Tajikistan is also claimed). Rumi’s family fled the Mongols, settling in Samarkand and then Anatolia. Rumi’s discovery of poetry is generally dated to his midlife friendship with the mystic Shams al-Din Tabrizi. Around 1244, Shams arrived in Konya, preaching the possibility and necessity of direct communion with God. Rumi became a disciple and intimate friend to Shams; the two were rarely apart. It is said that Rumi’s sons and followers were jealous of Shams and drove him from the city. Whatever the cause, after Sham’s disappearance, Rumi consoled himself with writing poetry, chanting, and performing dance, in particular the circling dances set to music that became known as the whirling dervish. Rumi quickly gained a reputation as an ecstatic visionary, and devoted the rest of his life to writing and worship. Rumi’s fame during his own lifetime was notable, and his death was widely mourned. Rumi remains one of the world’s most popular poets. See More By This Poet
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Pure Storage Names Tim Riitters CFO
Mountain View, CA – August 20, 2014 — Pure Storage, the all-flash enterprise storage array company, today named Tim Riitters chief financial officer.
Riitters will lead the company’s financial and accounting operations worldwide. He will report to CEO Scott Dietzen. Riitters joins Pure Storage on August 26 from Google, where he spent 10 years in finance.
“This is yet another milestone in our mission to become the next great storage company,” said CEO Scott Dietzen. “Tim is a world class finance professional who will add incredible experience to the business, further round out our management team, and continue to position Pure for its next stage of accelerated growth and ultimate long term independence. A seasoned advisor with a track record of leading global organizations through hyper-growth, Tim’s expertise at managing and maximizing revenue opportunities, identifying business risks and ensuring financial accountability will greatly benefit Pure. As our business reaches new levels of maturity, our financial processes must remain both sturdy and squeaky clean, so that we may without fail continue aggressively pioneering the all-flash future for enterprise storage.”
At Google, Riitters was responsible for overseeing the company-wide annual planning and budgeting processes. Additionally, he led the finance team responsible for predicting revenue trends and increasing revenue opportunities. Earlier in his career at Google, Riitters was based in Dublin, Ireland where he oversaw the company’s European financial operations, and served as CFO of its European Payments Business. Previous to Google, he held leadership positions at both Siebel Systems and Deloitte.
“Pure Storage is bringing incredible innovation to enterprise storage. The company has a winning formula – with best in class technology, a strong corporate culture, an impressive team and a multi billion dollar market to seize,” said CFO Tim Riitters. “I am excited to get to work and help prepare the company for continued growth.”
Riitters holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in business from the University of Minnesota.
Pure Storage, the all-flash enterprise storage company, enables the broad deployment of flash in the data center. When compared to traditional disk-centric arrays, Pure Storage all-flash enterprise arrays are 10x faster and 10x more space and power efficient at a price point that is less than performance disk per gigabyte stored. The Pure Storage FlashArray is ideal for high performance workloads, including server virtualization, desktop virtualization (VDI), database (OLTP, real-time analytics), and cloud computing. For more information, visit www.purestorage.com.
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Amy Cronk, Director of Worldwide Communications
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Home » Browse » Academic journals » Health and Medicine Journals » Research and Theory for Nursing Practice » Article details, "Self-Characterizations of Adult Female Informal..."
Academic journal article Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
Self-Characterizations of Adult Female Informal Caregivers: Gender Identity and the Bearing of Burden
By Kramer, Maeona K.
Gender identity is a powerful aspect of self that shapes values, attitudes, and conduct. Family caregivers, particularly women, tend to forgo institutionalization of care recipients even when care demands are overwhelming. The reluctance of women to relinquish care raises questions about the relationship between gender identity and the bearing of burden. To illuminate the relationship between gender and burden, 36 adult women caring for highly dependent adults were asked to describe the nature of "self; that is, how they characterized themselves as a person. Results were tabulated and critically examined in relation to stereotypical gender traits, as well as social and political processes that create gender dichotomies. Overall, self-characterizations indicated caregivers had internalized stereotypical female gender traits that support and facilitate the enduring of burden.
Keywords: caregiving; women's health; gender identity; caregiving burden; poststructuralism; critical feminist theory
Alleviating the harmful effects of caregiving is a subject of great importance for health care professionals. Although females comprise the greatest number of family caregivers, they are the least likely group to utilize services designed to alleviate care burden (Dorfman, Berlin, & Holmes, 1998; Montgomery, 2003). The question "why?" arises, generating interest in the relationship between gender and caregiver behavior. Gender is a fundamental and pervasive construction of self-identity that is a product of often unrecognized social practices beginning with birth (Kimmel, 2000). Gender identity is created as individuals encounter and internalize the attitudes, values, and behaviors deemed socially appropriate for their sex. Gender identity profoundly influences, indeed creates, life possibilities-forming and patterning thoughts, feelings, and actions toward self and others (McDowell, 1999). Despite the fundamental significance of gender identity, little is known about how it shapes the experience of caregiving (Hooker, Manoogian-O'Dell, Monahan, Frazier, & Shifren, 2000; Weitz & Estes, 2001).
This article examines the relationship between: (a) language utilized by informal female caregivers when asked to describe the nature of the self, and (b) a literature-derived set of stereotypical female gender identity traits. How language use has potential to facilitate and support the bearing of burden is also discussed. The article opens with a brief overview of caregiving demographics, the cost and value of caregiving labor for caregivers and for society, and caregiving as "women's work." second, the theoretical backdrop for analysis relative to gender identity construction, critical feminist theory, and language as an index of gender identity is overviewed. Third, the data acquisition process and descriptive findings are presented. Fourth, self-characterizations are critically analyzed in relation to female gender identity and the enabling of burden. General recommendations for clinicians and researchers are presented.
OVERVIEW OF CAREGIVING
The U.S. population is aging at an unprecedented rate, portending ever-increasing demands for care. By 2030, the older population in the US will double to number about 70 million (Administration on Aging [AoA], 2002). As the population ages, morbidity for chronic illness and disability increases, escalating demands for care (Cassel, 2001; Santos-Eggimann, 2002). Eldercare is costly, and resources to support it are insufficient (Cohen & Miller, 2000; National Alliance for Caregiving & Partnership for Caring, 2001). Since elder households have incomes lower than the national average it is unlikely that elders themselves will be able to pay professional care costs (AoA, 2002). Of community-dwelling elders,1 57%, or 7.3 million, require significant levels of long-term care (Family Caregiver Alliance, 2003). Most long-term care recipients live at home, with informal caregivers (untrained, unpaid family and friends) providing an estimated 80% of care required (Family Caregiver Alliance, 2003; National Alliance for Caregiving & Partnership for Caring, 2001). …
Publication: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
Publication date: Summer 2005
Kramer, Maeona K.
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Crossrail Ltd culture criticised in London Assembly report
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UK: Factors which contributed to the delay to the opening of the Crossrail line through London are set out in a report released by the London Assembly Transport Committee on April 23, along with recommendations intended to ensure that other large infrastructure schemes can be completed successfully.
The project to build an east–west tunnel under London and upgrade connecting lines is jointly sponsored by Transport for London and the Department for Transport, which take a hands-off approach to project management by TfL subsidiary Crossrail Ltd.
The Transport Committee says Crossrail Ltd’s desire to achieve the scheduled December 2018 completion date had ‘overpowered’ assessment of the risk of delays, with significant concerns raised by independent reviewer Jacobs from January 2018 being largely ignored. The report says TfL Commissioner Mike Brown watered down warnings in communications to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. It also says the Crossrail Executive did not have the skills required at the later stages of the project to adequately assess and understand risks as they became apparent.
1 Sponsors should ensure governance remains fit for purpose throughout the lifetime of a project, with reviews when there are shifts from construction to fit-out to operation;
2 Sponsors should review the skills needed throughout the life of the project, to ensure the right technical capacity is present;
3 The role of independent reviewers should be built into the governance structure, with sponsors outlining actions to be taken in response to their recommendations;
4 Corporate culture should encourage transparency and openness, balancing optimism to keep staff motivated against reliable communication of performance;
5 Sponsors should keep in check any overly optimistic corporate culture;
6 Remuneration packages for chief executives should be benchmarked against other projects, with bonus processes revisited periodically;
7 Decision-making on major projects should occur in formal meetings, minuted and held in public
8 The Mayor as Chair of the TfL Board must strengthen control over TfL to remain fully informed of progress with projects;
9 Transport Commissioner Mike Brown should reflect on ‘whether he is fit to continue to fulfil his role’;
10 Infrastructure projects should strive to keep designs simple, with standard rather than bespoke features;
11 Projects should include plans to deliver complementary works, including step-free access, at the outset.
'Embarrassingly long delay'
‘One of the most highly anticipated engineering projects the world has ever seen has found itself in a mess of overspending, mismanagement and an embarrassingly long delay’, said Caroline Pidgeon, Chair of the Transport Committee. ‘The inability of senior figures in the project to push past their obsession with a December 2018 launch date is one of the main reasons why their dream did not become a reality.’
Pidgeon said that although Crossrail’s former Chairman, Sir Terry Morgan, stepped down, ‘the evidence suggests that TfL Commissioner, Mike Brown, was at the centre of decisions to dilute important information sent to the Mayor.’
Responding to the report, a TfL spokesperson said ‘it is clear that the responsibility for the delay to the Crossrail project lies with the former management of Crossrail Ltd’, and ‘it is entirely incorrect to suggest the Transport Commissioner, or anyone at TfL, kept any information from the Mayor.’ TfL said the Commissioner ‘works to ensure that the Mayor is kept informed of everything going on in transport in London and to ensure the information he receives is clear, consistent and accurate’, and ‘it would not have been right to allow material to go to the Mayor that was incorrect or inconsistent with information that the management of Crossrail Ltd themselves were presenting to TfL and the Mayor in regular face to face meetings.’
Elizabeth Line through central London now expected to open in summer 2021
UK: The London Paddington to Abbey Wood central section of the Elizabeth Line is now expected to open in ‘summer 2021’. The full service from Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west to Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east is now expected to commence by mid-2022, promoter Crossrail Ltd ...
Further delay to Elizabeth Line opening
UK: Elizabeth Line project promoter Crossrail Ltd has announced further delays and cost increases to the project.
TfL confirms details of Reading services
UK: Details of the transfer of London Paddington – Reading stopping services from Great Western Railway to TfL Rail from the December 15 timetable change have been confirmed by Transport for London.
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Pascaart vant Canaal Tusschen Engelant en...
Jan Jansson
Pascaart vant Canaal Tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck, alsmede geheel jerlant en Schotlant . . .
Amsterdam / 1650
One of the Earliest Sea Charts of the British Isles.
Old color example of Jansson's sea chart of the British Isle.
Oriented with east at the top, this is one of the earliest sea charts of the entirety of the British Isles.
The beautiful title cartouche with Neptune, a river goddess and the royal coat of arms. The map is based on the sea chart of the Anthony Jacobsz Lootsman from 1644. From the first real sea atlas Atlantis Majoris Quinta Pars Orbem Maritimum seu by Johannes Janssonius (J. Jansson), published as the fifth volume of his Atlas Novus.
Old Color
Jan Jansson Biography
Jan Janssonius (also known as Johann or Jan Jansson or Janszoon) (1588-1664) was a renowned geographer and publisher of the seventeenth century, when the Dutch dominated map publishing in Europe. Born in Arnhem, Jan was first exposed to the trade via his father, who was also a bookseller and publisher. In 1612, Jan married the daughter of Jodocus Hondius, who was also a prominent mapmaker and seller. Jonssonius’ first maps date from 1616.
In the 1630s, Janssonius worked with his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius. Their most successful venture was to reissue the Mercator-Hondius atlas. Jodocus Hondius had acquired the plates to the Mercator atlas, first published in 1595, and added 36 additional maps. After Hondius died in 1612, Henricus took over publication; Janssonius joined the venture in 1633. Eventually, the atlas was renamed the Atlas Novus and then the Atlas Major, by which time it had expanded to eleven volumes. Janssonius is also well known for his volume of English county maps, published in 1646.
Janssonius died in Amsterdam in 1664. His son-in-law, Johannes van Waesbergen, took over his business. Eventually, many of Janssonius’ plates were sold to Gerard Valck and Pieter Schenk, who added their names and continued to reissue the maps.
Antique Maps / Europe / British Isles / British Isles
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! Make your list and check it twice. The ResetEra Games of the Year 2019 Voting Thread is now live. Voting will be open for the next 5 days, 10 hours, 17 minutes, 16 seconds, and will close on Jan 26, 2020 at 9:00 AM.
Death Stranding |OT| Peace Walker
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MegaSackman
Dreams-Visions said:
lol! Press faster!
It's weird, every other time I can do it just fine but that particular attack doesn't work. Tried twice, here goes the third one. Let's see...
djkimothy
Mupod said:
I know right. But last night someone must have mashed the like pad furiously on one of my generators because I got a huge amount from them at once. Immediately added them for bridge contract and will return the favor.
I’m usually that guy. I’m at the point where i have a 7 second window so i just hit like all the time.
By simply using the person’s items is also an automatic like.
Ep 9:
Done, got all my healt but a sliver of it. Doesn't seem is just pressing fast, there seems to be some other mechanic in play, I don't know. -_-
coldsagging
by the broken bridge shaped like a cross, right? After you are grabbed, you just go from building to building as they rise up, running towards the location on the map. Check your map along the way if you feel you are losing your bearings, but yea ignore the bosses unless you want to stun them with a grenade/weapon. I ignored them completely and ran to the target location.
I've just seen it literally pops up as the objective to escape, I was too busy trying to fight to see it lol. Thanks.
BoJack
It's mind-boggling how people beat this game in 30-35 hours. I played the shit out of it for the past 3-4 days, and after 33 hours, I'm still at chapter 5!
Virtualoso
Ep 8.
did anyone else lose all their stuff at the beginning of this chapter?
Bersi
BoJack said:
Same, being too busy building all those highways!
Dreams-Visions
coldsagging said:
lol! Happy to help.
Upgrades come from the prepper who gave you the item in the first place.
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if you want it to go faster, just do the main line stuff. You’ve clearly been working on building rep with the NPCs. Nothing they give you is necessary to complete the story.
Zok310
Bersi said:
And ziplines. Thats a whole other part of the game that will take up about 20 hours of your life trying yo make travels in the mountains 1 trillion times more efficient.
theBmZ
I’m surprised by how much I’m enjoying the game so far. The mechanics are a little finicky at first, but there’s something strangely satisfying about delivering a package in great condition, knowing what you went through to get it there. The community aspects are fantastic. Bridges, and ladders, and generators... this is a game where I want to help people by leaving things in the world, and I want to finish delivering their packages, and the like system as feedback is surprisingly rewarding. Knowing I helped someone on their journey in some way is pretty awesome.
I just started Chapter 3, so I’m not sure if it takes a downturn later, but right now I’m pretty high on it. The story is bizarre, which I’m enjoying. The AI isn’t great, and the BT sections are tense, at least right now. I wish the camps were a little more complex, but it’s still early in the game, so I’m expecting more combat and stealth options to open up later. Vehicles are fun. I love the reverse trike, and can’t wait to start driving some of the trucks, and get into the zip line and highway system.
So... are the AMC ads, and Monster energy just like reprinted remnants of the past, or is Monster still in business somehow? Lol.
I wish I could even say that my 30 hours are due to doing deliveries. Yeah I’ve done a few but most of these guys are at like 2 or 3 stars. The majority of my time has been spent building roads and bridges. The roads were such an evil idea. I can’t stand seeing this thing incomplete so I just have to finish it.
HebrewHammer
BUT I WANT STARS ON MY PANTS.
MrS said:
I got a zipline from Film Director to Weather Station
I got one from Film Director all the way to MT Knot. And it hits every vendor in between.
Now i just need to get more bandwidth so i can make a zip network up north and connect it right back to the film director
How am I supposed to rank up Collector to get his backpack cover? I've done 2 premium orders for him now, but he's still stuck at 1,9 stars. Why won't it move.
adumb
I wish anybody else in my game would build roads. I enjoy doing it, but it's a lot of work.
Also where on earth is the collector? I feel like I've scoured every corner of those ravines and I can't find the guy.
Ringten
Virtualoso said:
Yeh me... bullshit! No-one replied to my message yday but lol I guess this will do as a confirmation that it's a thing.
Spoiler: 8
Deadman said he put it in my locker...but as soon as i exit my room it's gone lol
turboviolence
So I just finished the game last night and loved it. I think I might go back and finish some roads, build some structures, and help everyone else out!
What do you all find is the best way to farm materials?
FantasticMrFoxdie said:
Thematically, its pretty incredible. The game is about connection.
Its something beautiful somehow being the LEGENDARY delivery man. The Solid Naked Snake of Delivering. lmao
Oh I get it, but the reductive part of my brain can’t help but take the piss.
Retsudo
I found my true calling with this game. I havent gone past chapter 3 since monday because im busy building roads and improving whatever else some one built.
Got a lot of 5 stars already though.
Traxus
Aww man, I just did a ton of large deliveries around Lake Knot with a stolen Mule truck last night but didn't know I could make them "Premium". Did I miss out on some sweet XP?
CyrilFiggis
Traxus said:
Unfortunately yes, you missed out on some likes. However, standard deliveries will re-appear after some time and you can do them again and choose Premium this time. It even tells you on the Standard Order screen if you've already done them, what rating you got, and if you did Premium.
Monsoon said:
I noticed this with some other preppers. I think you have to do a few deliveries for them and they will eventually send you an e-mail saying they'll sign up. So keep an eye on your e-mail.
VideogameVices
adumb said:
It gets easier later in the game to build roads as you can collect lots of materials and haul them around much more easily. I built 2 sections of road in about 10-15 minutes because I can drive to various areas easily and the bridges truck can haul a lot of material.
you can make them premium once the game lets you know you can choose to make a premium delivery
Ferrio
Haven't been playing much, so just now getting into chapter 3. Did all the prepper stuff, got my bike, delivered a pizza, ready to meet Fragile.
It's funny I'll be torn on whether I want to play the game, but once I sit down I get absorbed and the hours fly by.
Pygrus
I got home last night and finally got into chapter 3. Still loving the game and will most likely stick around in this chapter for awhile. Also, fuck mules, just try to catch me you delivery addicts.
Pygrus said:
Spoken from one delivery addict to the other chasing him.
I don't have delivery addiction! Stop slandering the good name of Sam Porter Bridges.
Just unlocked
and it’s been a game changer. Is anyone with optimised route or network willing to share an image of their map?
in spoiler tags of course
Breakdown Robot
I've been laid up with a medical thing this past week so I ended up beating it last night. Ain't nobody like Kojima, loved almost every minute of it.
Spoiler: My Final Playtime
55 Hours, spent a lot of time leveling relationships and rebuilt all roads except one segment. Goddamn Route-18 is EXPENSIVE.
new londo ruins
man, i just can't stop thinking about this game, i love it so much. i think it's amazing that a title with such an usual premise can be produced on this scale right now. this is the first game directed by kojima that i've played (apart from P.T. a few months back), and i couldn't be more impressed by it.
i often feel that it's to its detriment if a game relies too heavily on the tropes of cinema to tell its story. when i say that, i think i'm referring mostly to the heavy use of cutscenes that involve a lot of dialogue, changes in camera angle, changes in setting (multiple 'scenes' in an uninterrupted cinematic), and other gestures characteristic of the non-interactive medium of cinema. in my experience of games that employ this, it works against the space for agency that the interactive medium creates.
death stranding is kind of challenging all those ideas that i've held to this point. i don't know if i can put my finger on why just yet, but the cinematic elements of this game seemed to really enhance its interactive elements. i feel like it might be because there's such a pathos to the character of sam in terms of both the intense sociopolitical position he's in, and the continual fact of his gruelling labour, which you both witness and enact as the player of the game.
for all its flamboyancy and overwroughtness - maybe even, in part, because of those qualities - it's really sticking with me.
Aaaand there's no orders left at him... Seriously how do I rank him up ;-;
Just a quick question, dismantling your stairs doesn't return it to your inventory does it?
Arex said:
RadzPrower
If I like manually, I'm usually gonna mash the hell out of it because it was that big of a help. Anything I use that wasn't just super obvious or mediocre in placement, will probably get a like mashing, otherwise you just get the one from using it. Like I saw a ladder that was placed leading down to a stream where you could just walk down it...the ladder was practically flat. Yeah, I used the ladder because it was there, but it certainly wasn't a game-changing addition to the landscape. XD
I try to like and help as best I can though.
chandoog
Check different shelters for standard orders. Delivering standard order things to him will also increase his star rating. Or find lost cargo for him etc.
DadOfWar said:
Lol I see, I thought the box fell down or something, thanks. No use for dismantling them though isn't it?
The more I play, the more I move away from my initial response to the negative reviews. Originally I felt it was a very niche game for a small audience disguised as a big budget AAA title, that it wouldn't be for everyone, and that was okay. I love it, but I could understand why someone might hate it.
But now... not so much. I know they couldn't talk about anything beyond episode 3, but I'm beginning to suspect many of them didn't even play any further. I have been shocked and surprised by things the game has thrown at me, largely because I didn't expect them, because those reviews didn't so much as allude to any sort of variation or change in pace.
And then you've got the 'whoaaa I've finished it and even I don't know if it's good, who knows how it'll review!!!' crowd.
This is a very good game. Obviously? Surely? As I said, the further I go, the more something about those particular takes feels amiss. I've never been one to jump to conspiracy or narrative pushing when it comes to reviews I disagree with - heck, I found the divisive response genuinely exciting - but... I dunno.
I suppose I'm just enjoying something so much I can't even conceive of someone not doing so.
Seregil
So can you get upgraded versions of the golden exo--skeletons from preordering/deluxed edition? I have level 3 speed skeletons but can only make level 1 golden speed skeletons.
metalgear89
So how screwed will i be if don't do any standard orders? I prefer just doing the orders for sam and occasionally picking up other peoples cargo and delivering them.
H0xton said:
Who else loves Deadman?.
hell yeah, deadman is my favourite character! i feel like he's not as present as some other characters in the chapters 2 and 3, but
Spoiler: ALL LATER CHAPTERS OF THE GAME + CHARACTER INTERVIEW CONTENT
after the scene with him and sam in the shower, things really start to change. for a while, it's not clear who you can really trust in the UCA other than deadman. he comes to WW2 with sam, and he's willing to wait for sam unarmed and guarding his BB. he sticks with you trying to uncover the truth right up until the very end. plus, deadman bonds with BB like sam does, learning to understand that unique relationship, and he bonds with sam too. the scene where he tells sam that he was artificially created and explains his own problems with intimacy and connection was one of my 'tear up' moments playing this game. (although i've read postgame interviews reveal that he's actually got bio parents? which kind of changes the mood of that moment in retrospect, but whatever.)
Lannisters1798
Have 99 percent damaged cargo in Episode 12
I don’t have any container spray.
MechaMarmaset
Spoiler: End Credit Song Spoilers
That Silent Poets song (Almost Nothing) rolling at the credits was fucking beautiful. I have lots of problems with parts of the writing, but this song capping the game after that ending was an amazing choice. It was very emotionally impactful. I loved it.
Freezasaurus
TheModestGun said:
I planted Ziplines on my way all the way up. And my trip back up took 4 minutes.
How did you manage that when he doesn't join the chiral networl until after that mission?
Yuuber
Seregil said:
Sorry, I don't know the answer to that question but have a different one: How do I access the preorder bonus?
Can't play until Saturday, slowly falling behind on this thread and I'm gonna get spoiled on everything smh.
metalgear89 said:
you will not really be screwed at all. i only did a couple during main story and it didn't affect too much. i think it's more important to just be able to afford to make things when you need to make them, which the story missions provide for pretty amply.
Lannisters1798 said:
if your cargo itself is undeliverably damaged you'll need to redeploy it from the orders menu, but otherwise find a timefall shelter!
Jyrii
The constant cutscenes are really starting to piss me off.
Go from Capital Knot City to Waypoint West, get first unskippable cutscene of rain, second of BT and third of BT also(?). Get to Waypoint West, unload your cargo, get 2 cutscenes. Pick up new cargo, get a cutscene. Drive to Distribution Center, (unskippable?) trigger of another BT, so again three unskippable scenes.
Windfarm is even worse.
You'll probably gonna miss out on pretty useful upgrades. And a good chunk of the game. And very probably the point.
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Tatar-Bashkir Report: January 26, 2005
WEEKLY REVIEW FROM TATARSTAN
Demands Of Demonstrating Pensioners Growing
Police say some 700 pensioners again blocked traffic on the Tatarstan and Kirov streets in downtown Kazan on 17 January, "Vechernyaya Kazan" reported on 18 January. Participants held signs calling for authorities to step down because "Life has become unbearable"; Others said: "An end to Putin's reforms robbing the people," "100 Percent payment for housing and city services means death for pensioners." One of the placards asked "Shaimiev, why do you not appear before the people?" Some 20 police patrolled the gathering.
Deputy Prime Minister Zile Welieva, Social Services Minister Klavdia Novikova, and Kazan Mayor Kamil Iskhaqov met with protestors headed by the leader of the Republican Committee for People's Supervision, Gennadii Zakharov. In an appeal given by the protesters to President Mintimer Shaimiev, they called for the holding of an extraordinary session of Tatarstan's State Council with the participation of representatives of the public to consider the issue of social-benefits reform. The activists demanded that all in-kind benefits be restored, including free use of public transport by pensioners, the disabled, students, security service workers, firemen, and emergency-situations service employees. They also called for raising pensions to the "living wage," introducing public supervision over the housing and municipal-services sectors, nationalizing the oil and gas industries, and establishing a "people's government" on the basis of labor collectives. Participants in the meeting also demanded that an office be provided to collect requests from residents and that 15 minutes of broadcast time be allocated to them on a state television channel. Iskhaqov promised to resolve the office issue.
In Chally on 17 January, some 400 pensioners also blocked traffic for about 90 minutes. Mayor Ildar Khalikov appealed to the protestors to inform others that the city is studying the possibilities for opening free bus routes for pensioners.
On 15 January, protests were held both in Kazan and Chally.
Analyst: Administrative Reform Aims For The Abolishment Of The National Republics...
In an article published in "Nezavisimaya gazeta" on 17 January, Olga Kryshtanovskaya, the head of the Center for the Study of Elite at the Russian Academy of Sciences Sociology Institute, wrote that there is a direct connection between the administrative reform abolishing the elections of governors by voters and fighting terrorism since separatism is a source of terrorism. Kryshtanovskaya said the reform targets national republics because moves toward self-determination arise in autonomous republics, and because territorial-ethnic entities have always threatened Russia's leaders. Federal authorities are doing everything so that territorial-ethnic entities do not exist, she said. "The major problem for [Russian authorities] is the removal of such autocracies like in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan," she said. Kryshtanovskaya forecast that Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev, who is an ethnic Tatar, may be proposed to be the head of Tatarstan. As a result, she predicted, the gubernatorial share of "siloviki," or the number of people who previously served in federal law-enforcement agencies, may grow from 9 percent to 18 percent. The final goal is the restoration of a state system based on monocentrism and a merger of power and property that existed in Russia for centuries, she said. However, she added that the reforms initiated by the Kremlin over past five years have caused new conflicts and President Vladimir Putin has pushed the limit.
...As Duma Official Says Tatarstan's Elite Will Propose Single Candidate For President
"Kommersant-Vlast" on 17 January quoted State Duma Deputy Speaker Oleg Morozov, who represents Tatarstan in the Russian Duma, as saying that all potential candidates for Tatar president are well-known and members of the local elite who will definitely be able to agree on a single nominee for the post. Morozov also added that since the Russian president will be personally responsible for the activities of the appointed governor, it will be impossible "to purchase the post [of the head of a region]."
Kazan Pensioners Continue Protests
Some 200 pensioners on 18 January continued the protest against benefit reforms, Interfax-Povolzhe, RIA-Novosti, Tatar-inform, intertat.ru and other news agencies reported the same day.
The pensioners, who have been protesting since 15 January, blocked traffic under the watchful eye of some 30 police officers. Protestors also met with State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin to discuss the issue, and demanded that an extraordinary session of the State Council be held to address the reforms.
Kazan administration Social Care Board head Tatyana Larionova met later with protestors to inform them that a meeting headed by President Mintimer Shaimiev and involving Tatar and Kazan senior officials considered ways of waiving fees for housing and municipal services in January and maintaining free transportation for pensioners until the issue is resolved. Larionova added that the contentious issue is being considered by the Tatar president. She said 10 million rubles ($356,000) will be allocated from the Kazan budget to provide benefits to needy residents. Approximately 68,000 people in Kazan were affected by the reforms, under which in-kind benefits were replaced with cash stipends.
The same day, visiting Russian Deputy Prosecutor-General Sergei Gerasimov met with Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov and stressed the need to ensure citizens' quality of life in the wake of the reforms, Tatar-inform reported on 18 January.
Patriarch Opposes Portrayal Of Kulikovo Battle As Victory Of Russians Over Tatars
Speaking at a recent meeting of the Moscow Eparchial Council, Patriarch Aleksii II said that "we should not stress the confrontation between Russian and Tatars when discussing the battle of Kulikovo.... There were a lot of Tatars in the army of Prince Dmitrii Donskoi and, unfortunately, there were Russians on [Khan] Mamai's side," ITAR-TASS reported on 17 January.
On 8 September 1380, a Russian army led by Moscow Prince Dmitrii Donskoi defeated a Golden Horde force led by Khon Mamai that included Tatar units.
President Vladimir Putin made a similar comment concerning the battle during a 23 December press conference. The council established a committee at the Moscow Patriarchy to organize the celebration of the battle's 625th anniversary.
Tatar Authorities Propose Solution To Benefits Issue
President Mintimer Shaimiev told a press conference on 19 January that residents of Tatarstan who were eligible for free public transport prior to recently imposed benefit reforms will soon be able to purchase low-cost transport passes that will be valid in municipalities throughout the republic, RFE/RL's Kazan bureau reported.
The passes will be available as of 1 February and will cost 200 rubles ($7) per month. Passes for schoolchildren and students will cost 120 rubles and 150 rubles, respectively.
In January, free city transport will be maintained for pensioners and law enforcement employees. Shaimiev said some 600 million rubles will be allocated from the republican budget to cover the costs of the program. Shaimiev also said the State Council plenary session on 26 January will discuss amendments to the republican law on social care to reflect the new measures.
Meanwhile, some 400 Kazan residents on 19 January continued protests against the new benefits reforms (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Report," 17-19 January 2005).
Government Pledges Support For Muslims
At a meeting with Tatarstan's Muslim leaders on 18 January, Deputy Prime Minister Zile Welieva promised to help resolve issues involving Tatarstan's Muslims, Tatar-inform reported the same day. Tatarstan's Muslim Religious Board Deputy Chairman Weliulla Yaqupov stressed the need to construct a mosque in Kazan that would have a capacity of 15,000-20,000 people.
Yaqupov said that on major holidays, celebrations are to be held in a single place, and that none of the republic's existing mosques, including the Qol Sherif mosque due to open in July in the Kazan Kremlin, are large enough.
Muslim leaders also appealed for funding for the private secondary Mulsim school Gosmanie, which has lost its financial support from the state following the adoption of amendments to the law on education prohibiting state funding for private educational institutions.
Russian President Greets Muslims On Qorban Beirem Holiday President Vladimir Putin on 20 January sent greetings to Russia's Muslims on the occasion of Qorban Beirem (Eid Al-Adha), RIA-Novosti reported the same day. Putin noted that the "development of interfaith dialogue, and the careful and respectful treatment of centuries-old traditions of...all faiths will further promote the consolidation of Russian society."
Some 16,500 believers attended holiday prayers in Kazan's 40 mosques on Qorban Beirem, Tatar-inform reported on 20 January, citing the Interior Ministry's Kazan Board. Some 900 Interior Ministry employees monitored the events.
Shaimiev Rejects Moratorium On Social-Benefits Reform
In an interview with Interfax on 21 January, Tatarstan's President Mintimer Shaimiev said all speculation about the necessity of a moratorium on implementing the monetization of in-kind social benefits are unfounded. In a market economy, the further preservation of in-kind benefits is hopeless. "Moreover, these two concepts are incompatible," Shaimiev said. He emphasized that delaying the reform for an unspecified period will put all transport and other structures in extremely tight conditions and will damage the quality of services provided. He said the problems with implementing the monetization were caused by the fact that an acceptable mechanism of monetizing in-kind benefits has not been developed. "In this situation, it was unfair to shift the responsibility for failures in implementation of the law to the regional level as some government officials tried to do." Shaimiev added that "we told the federal government, the Unified Russia presidium, and the State Duma commission about the necessity of introducing unified passes, yet during the course of discussing the law but no one listened to us."
Pensioners Continue Protests In Kazan, Chally
Some 200 pensioners demonstrated on 22 January in Kazan to protest the abolishment of in-kind social benefits, RIA-Novosti reported the same day. The protest was organized by the Tatar Public Center but Communist and Yabloko banners were also present. Participants announced the establishment of the Movement of Tatarstan's Residents for Socioeconomic Rights and began collecting signatures for its registration. They demanded an independent commission be set up with representatives of the public and state authorities to supervise the republican and Kazan municipal budgets and to decide whether the increase of housing and municipal-service tariffs is justified.
The next day, some 50 pensioners gathered in Kazan to protest the social-benefits reform at an unsanctioned demonstration initiated by the Republican Committee For Labor Supervision (RKRK), Interfax-Povolzhe reported on 23 January, while according to RIA-Novosti, the number of participants was about 100. RKRK Chairman Gennadii Zakharov said that the committed planned to attract schoolchildren, students, and plants workers to the protest and to state about the preparations for a republic-wide strike. However, no one organizer appeared at the meeting and the chair was taken by Tatar State Council Communist deputies Robert Sadyiqov and Nesime Stolyarova. Stolyarova called for the return of all in-kind benefits, "worthy" wages of at least 20,000 rubles ($710.5), and the annulment of the privatization of the republican oil sector.
On 23 January, over 4,000 people took part in a sanctioned demonstration organized in Chally's Victory Park by the Communist Party to protest the reform, Interfax reported the same day. Protestors carried red flags and slogans calling for the dismissal of the president's and government's "regime directed against the people." The Communist Party's Tatar First Secretary Khefiz Mirgalimov said at the meeting that monetary compensations do not cover real public-transport expenses. Signatures were collected at the meeting to the appeal to restore in-kind benefits.
Meanwhile, according to the Tatar Interior Ministry, some 20 organizers of unsanctioned demonstrations in Kazan, Elmet, Chally, and Yeshel Uzen are being prosecuted for causing harm to transport companies, "Vechernyaya Kazan" reported on 22 January.
Compiled by Gulnara Khasanova
WEEKLY REVIEW FROM BASHKORTOSTAN
Newspaper: Bashkir Authorities Sealing Off Blagoveshchensk...
In the third article in a series devoted to the police raids in Blagoveshchensk (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Report," 29 and 30 December 2004 and 3, 6, 7, 10-14, and 17 January 2005) published on 17 January, "Novaya gazeta" reported that in the wake of previous reports, authorities in Bashkortostan have taken measures to isolate Blagoveshchensk from the outside world. As part of the plan, police meet all planes and trains arriving in Ufa from Moscow to prevent parcels being delivered by train conductors and aircraft crew members. The newspaper quoted Sterletamaq authorities as saying the transportation of packages by conductors was prohibited as of 1 January by order by President Murtaza Rakhimov as an antiterrorism measure. In Blagoveshchensk, residents have had problems making long-distance calls, while mobile-phone calls are listened in on, as indicated on phone screens by an opened lock icon.
...As Activist Calls For Charges Against Security Officials
"Novaya gazeta" also quoted For Human Rights group leader Lev Ponomarev, who visited Blagoveshchensk on 12-14 January to conduct an independent investigation, as saying the Bashkir officials who ordered the raids must be brought to criminal responsibility. Among them, Ponomarev listed Bashkir Deputy Interior Minister Anatolii Smirnov, who led the special police unit (OMON) in Blagoveshchensk; Blagoveshchensk Raion administration head Anfas Nuretdinov, who initiated the OMON operation; and Interior Minister Rafael Divaev, who signed the order for the use of OMON forces. Ponomarev said there is serious evidence that the number of OMON troops was not 15 as the Bashkir authorities claim but at least 40. He added that there is testimony about young girls being raped in the Blagoveshchensk police department.
Hizb Ut-Tahrir Activists Accused Of Terrorism
Bashkortostan's Prosecutor's Office has accused Hizb ut-Tahrir members arrested in Bashkortostan in December of involvement or promotion of crimes of a terrorist nature, ITAR-TASS reported on 14 January. Investigator Eslem Khalikov told the news agency that the accused, if found guilty, could face between four and eight years' imprisonment. Of the 18 activists detained in Bashkortostan on 16 December, nine were arrested while the others agreed not to leave the republic. Over 500 leaflets and dozens of books and brochures of extremist content were seized from the detainees. In searches of their apartments and workplaces, two grenades, four explosive devices, and over 40 machine-gun and pistol cartridges were found.
Hizb ut-Tahrir has been declared an extremist organization by a Russian court
Interior Ministry Completes Investigation Of Blagoveshchensk Raids
The Bashkir Interior Ministry has completed its probe into the mid-December Blagoveshchensk raids that resulted in mass detentions, arrests, and reports of violence against local residents and brought disciplinary action against several security-force employees, RosBalt reported on 17 January (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Report," 29 and 30 December 2004 and 3, 6, 7, 10-14, 17, and 18 January 2005). Specifically, the deputy head of the Blagoveshchensk Interior Board and the commander of a special-forces detachment in the Interior Ministry (OMON) were demoted. The head of the Blagoveshchensk Interior Board, Ildar Ramazanov, was reprimanded. Investigators concluded that the heads of the republican Interior Ministry's public-safety service don't meet their job requirements. Blagoveshchensk district forces involved in mass detentions will reportedly face discipline for suspected abuse of office. Bashkir Interior Ministry spokesman Ruslan Sherefetdinov said the inspection revealed a "low level of preparation and organization of preventive measures" and an "absence of proper supervision over the activities of subordinates." At the same time, he added, the measures taken in Blagoveshchensk -- as a town with a record of high criminal activity -- have been deemed "legal" and "necessary."
During the December raid involving Bashkortostan's OMON detachment, about 1,000 residents of Blagoveshchensk were detained and hundreds received medical aid.
Interior Employee Says No Assault On Policemen Took Place In Blagoveshchensk...
In an interview with Ekho Moskvy on 19 January, Blagoveshchensk patrol-sentry duty Senior Sergeant Yevgenii Chistyakov denied earlier reports that businessmen assaulted interior employees on 8 December in Blagoveshchensk. According to Blagoveshchensk authorities, this assault was the reason behind a raid held in the town by OMON officers on 10-14 December, during which hundreds of residents were allegedly detained and beaten (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Report," 29 and 30 December 2004 and 3, 6, 7, 10-14, and 17-19 January 2005).
"Nobody assaulted policemen -- businessmen simply resisted employees on patrol-sentry duty and refused to fulfill their requests while other citizens just helped those against whom policemen had a grievance," Chistyakov said. "There was no fight and not one policemen suffered."
...As Journalist, Human Rights Activist Believe Blagoveshchensk Raid Was Revenge For Election
"Novaya gazeta" correspondent Marat Khairullin told Ekho Moskvy on 19 January that the OMON raid in Blagoveshchensk came in the wake of a political conflict that stemmed from the results of the 2003 Bashkir presidential election, during which the vast majority of Blagoveshchensk residents voted against Murtaza Rakhimov. Khairullin said he is convinced the raid was "revenge for political elections." Interviewed by the radio station the same day, For Human Rights Bashkir branch head Ildar Isengulov agreed with this version.
Blagoveshchensk 'Victims' Hint At False Pretense For Raids...
Human rights activists held a news conference in Moscow on 20 January devoted to a public investigation of the 10-14 December security raids in Blagoveshchensk that purportedly came in response to an assault on interior employees (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Report," 29 and 30 December 2004 and 3, 6, 7, 10-14 and 17-20 January 2005), Regnum reported on 20 January. At the event, Blagoveshchensk security-forces Sergeant Yevgenii Chistyakov -- who is among the three officers reportedly hospitalized after an angry mob assaulted them -- repeated his claim that no assault on interior employees in fact took place on 8 December in Blagoveshchensk and no policemen suffered any serious injury in the incident (see "RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir Report," 20 January 2005). Chistyakov added that a superior urged him to check himself into a hospital and simulate injuries.
Human rights activists also presented a copy of an appeal by Blagoveshchensk Interior Board member Pavel Goltyaev to Russian Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov and Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev dated 12 January. In it, Goltyaev said that following the 8 December incident, he was twice ordered by his superior to go to a hospital to increase the number of reported victims.
Meanwhile, the physician from the Blagoveshchensk Central Raion Hospital who was in charge of the medical treatment of Chistyakov and two other officers hospitalized after the 8 December incident, Adik Kudashev, said the men did not require hospitalization, Regnum reported on 20 January, quoting the Civil Verdict Fund. Kudashev added that when he asked why the patients were hospitalized, he was told the move was taken on the personal instructions of the hospital's director.
...As Bashkir Authorities Warn Against Perjury
Republican prosecutors investigating the alleged assault on interior employees in Blagoveshchensk are determined to bring criminal charges against anyone -- including interior employees -- who is found to have given false testimony in the case, Regnum and Bashinform reported on 20 January.
A corresponding statement was made by Bashkortostan's deputy prosecutor, Ramil Iskuzhin, in reaction to the doubts cast by Sergeant Chistyakov on the official version of the 8 December incident.
The same day, the Bashkir Interior Ministry press service issued a statement alleging that Chistyakov had been bribed by businessman Oleg Kataev, who is suspected of involvement in the alleged assault on interior employees.
Ministry spokesman Ruslan Sherefetdinov reportedly charged that Kataev suggested that Chistyakov and other purported victims of the assault be paid 150,000 rubles ($5,329) to change their testimony. Sherefetdinov accused some of seeking to " use events in Blagoveshchensk as a political card."
Meanwhile, Russian Interior Ministry spokesman Valerii Gribakin told the above-mentioned press conference in Moscow on 20 January that "no persecution will be undertaken against Chistyakov since this [statement] was his civic position, all the more so now that he is a former interior employee."
Protestors Demand Bashkir President's Dismissal
A crowd of demonstrators gathered in downtown Ufa on 22 January to protest the transformation of in-kind social benefits to cash payments, Ekho Moskvy reported the same day. Ekho Moskvy estimated the crowd at 5,000 people; the Bashkir Interior Ministry as quoted by newsru.com said the number of participants was between 1,500 and 2,000; and organizers told Interfax the figure was 10,000. The protest was organized by the Bashkir Republican Fund for Development of Local Self-Government, the Bashkir National Congress, the Union of Bashkortostan's Tatar civic groups, the Rus public movement, and local branches of the Communist, Rodina, Liberal Democratic, Yabloko, and Pensioners parties. Participants demanded the dismissals of federal cabinet members German Gref, Aleksei Kudrin, and Mikhail Zurabov as well as of Bashkir President Murtaza Rakhimov. They also demanded that the law on the monetization of social benefits be annulled and that the election of governors by popular vote be reintroduced. Demonstrators warned that if their demands are not fulfilled by 26 February, they will launch a permanent protest action. Demonstrators shut down Ufa's main motorway for more than half an hour. Activists were also collecting signatures for a petition on holding a referendum on the direct election of city and regional leaders. Many of the demonstrators carried orange flags or otherwise displayed orange, which has been adopted by some protesters in a clear nod to the recent "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine.
Salawat Pensioners Continue Protest
More than 1,000 residents staged a demonstration in Salawat on 21 January against the federal social-benefits reform, Bashinform reported the same day. Demonstrators gathered on the square in front of the Iskra cinema demanded the annulment of the recently enacted law on the monetization of social benefits. Speaking on a local television program on 18 January, Salawat administration head Yurii Alimov said the right to free public transport would be maintained for all benefits recipients until 1 February.
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Pensioners Continue Protests...
Demonstrations to protest social-benefits reform continued across the Volga-Ural region in the past week. In Samara, there were 3,000 protesters on 22 January and 1,000 on 24 January, while dozens rallied on 18 and 20 January, Regnum reported. The actions were organized by Communist and Motherland with the participation of National Bolshevik Party and Komsomol. On 22 January, protesters called for the resignation of the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin, Regnum-VolgaInform reported the same day. In Tolyatti, some 5,000 protesters demonstrated on 19 January, headed by the Unity trade union, the For Social Justice public organization, and the National Alliance national-patriotic movement, Regnum-VolgaInform reported the same day. Some 1,000 Shadrinsk residents protested on 18 January, uralpolit.ru reported the same day. Some 500 people took part in picketing the Unified Russia office in Chelyabinsk organized by local branches of the Pensioners Party, Yabloko, and the Communists on 21 January, uralpolit.ru reported the same day. Hundreds joined demonstrations in Izhevsk on 19 January, Regnum reported the same day. Pickets were held in Penza in front of the oblast government building on 21 and 22 January, Regnum reported. Meanwhile, the Samara Industrial Raion court on 18 January found not guilty Samara Komsomol member Aleksei Ivanov and For Defense Of Electors' Rights association activist Aleksandr Lashmankin, who were arrested on 15 January at a demonstration during which pensioners blocked streets protesting the social-benefits reform, Regnum-VolgaInform reported on 18 January.
�As Authorities Give In To Demands
The Kurgan city Duma extended free public transportation for pensioners and veterans till the end of March, uralpolit.ru reported on 19 January. The same was done in Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast. The Chavash government has extended free transportation through the end of the year, Regnum reported on 24 January. In Kirov Oblast, people who previously rode for free will now pay 3 rubles ($0.1) for a ticket, Regnum reported on 21 January. Transport passes for those groups of people will cost between 190 rubles and 240 rubles in Perm, 100 rubles in Nizhnii Novgorod. Perm authorities also introduced transport passes for students that will cost between 190 rubles and 250 rubles for each kind of transport, Novyi region (Perm) reported on 24 January. Compensations for use of transport will be doubled to 100 rubles as of 1 February in Nizhnii Novgorod, while in Samara Oblast, compensations will be increased by 140 rubles to 450-560 rubles, Regnum reported on 19 and 21 January.
Chelyabinsk Motherland Party Members Join Hunger Strike
Two of the seven participants in a hunger strike by members of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Motherland party gave up the strike for health reasons, uralpolit.ru reported on 24 January. At the same time, Chelyabinsk Oblast Legislative Assembly deputy and leader of Motherland in the oblast Aleksandr Berestov joined the strike. Started on 22 January, the strike was intended to support a hunger strike held by party leader Dmitrii Rogozin and other Motherland State Duma deputies in Moscow to seek moratorium on the social-benefits reform and dismissal of federal ministers Mikhail Zurabov, Aleksei Kudrin, and German Gref.
Nizhnii Newspaper Sued For Extremist Calls
The Nizhnii Novgorod prosecutor's office filed a criminal case on 11 January accusing the newspaper "Pravo-zashchita," which is published by the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship (ORChD) in Nizhnii Novgorod, of promoting extremist activity, Regnum-NTA reported on 21 January. On 20 January, documents were seized from the "Pravo-Zashchita" office. Contracts with the paper's reporters in Chechnya containing their addresses were among the seized documents.
The same day, newspaper editor in chief and ORChD Information Center head Stanislav Dmitrievskii was interrogated. The newspaper has published appeals by Chechen leaders Aslan Maskhadov and Akhmed Zakaev calling for a peaceful solution for the Russian-Chechen conflict.
On 21 January, Amnesty International expressed its concern with the situation around ORChD in Nizhnii Novgorod. It warned about the "trend of pressuring human rights defenders, activists, and independent journalists by the Russian authorities."
ORChD is financed by U.S. National Endowment for Democracy fund.
Journalist Persecuted For Unpublished Article
The Saratov Oblast prosecutor's office on 20 January detained well-known journalist and political scientist Eduard Abrosimov, RosBalt reported the next day. The reason for the detention was information in a draft article by Abrosimov investigators found in a reporter's e-mail that a prosecutor's office's investigator took a bribe in the course of an investigation. The article had been published before Abrosimov's detainment but this allegation was dropped by the author.
Fourth Hunger Strike Finishes In Ivdel
Fifty-nine workers at Ivdel Hydrolyze Plant (IGZ) in Sverdlovsk Oblast ended their six-day hunger strike on 21 January, uralpolit.ru reported the same day. Ivdel Mayor Petr Sokolyk said the strikers have been paid several years' back wages totaling some 1.7 million rubles. Four strikers who were hospitalized are still in the hospital. This was the fourth hunger strike at the plant in the past two months. IGZ still owes its employees some 10 million rubles.
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Football rewind: Week Nine
Trinity beat two-time defending D-III champion Willows on the road to keep their hopes alive for a possible share of...
Football rewind: Week Nine Trinity beat two-time defending D-III champion Willows on the road to keep their hopes alive for a possible share of... Check out this story on redding.com: http://reddingne.ws/2jFnUlZ
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Enterprise tight end Alex Talladino set a school record with four touchdown catches against Shasta in River Bowl XXI last week.Team of the Week: Trinity Wolves
Trinity beat two-time defending D-III champion Willows on the road to keep their hopes alive for a possible share of the Sacramento Valley League title and a top two seed. Trinity has done it this season with balance, having three players with 10 rushing touchdowns. The depth in the backfield has been a key to success and the Wolves have a shot at getting the No. 1 seed in the D-III playoffs with a win and a Colusa loss.
Co-Offensive player of the week:
Alex Talladino, Enterprise
: Talladino set a single game school record with four receiving touchdowns in River Bowl XXI against Shasta. He caught four passes for 185 yards, ran for a touchdown and threw a two-point conversion pass. Every time he touched the ball, it resulted in points for Enterprise.
Bobby Luken, Enterprise
: Luken also set a single game Enterprise record with six touchdown passes in River Bowl XXI. He was a perfect 9 for 9 for 272 yards, and the six scores was tied for second in a single game in Northern Section history.
Co-Defensive Player of the week:
Brennan Gilligan, Fall River
The senior had a team-high nine tackles and added two sacks while helping hold Weed, a playoff-bound team, to 14 points, their second-lowest of the season.
Larry Tanner, West Valley
Tanner is a run stopper for the section's top-scoring defense and racked up 11 tackles in the 63-7 win over Anderson, his fifth-straight double-digit tackle game.
Thumbs up:
Offensive juggernauts
Enterprise, Chico, Paradise, Central Valley, West Valley and Sutter all put up at least 40 points last week, giving us a glimpse that this postseason could be filled with high-scoring games.
Thumbs down:
Rivalry games a no contest
The River Bowl, West Valley-Anderson (intra-district game) and Almond Bowl (PV-Chico) were all lopsided affairs, offering minimal excitement toward the end of the season. Usually emotion plays a big factor in rivalry games but it was a non-factor this year. Disappointing, really.
Thought of the week:
Playoff races
Now is the time the "ifs" and "buts" start coming out. With one game left in the regular season, every team has an idea on their future for a first-round playoff matchup. Division I has 11 different scenarios which has five teams fighting for the final three spots, you can see that breakdown by clicking here. D-II is pretty much decided, barring any upsets this week, but D-III is where it is interesting. There could be a three-way tie for first, providing drama for the final week of the season - something that has been missing this year compared to the past.
Who is going to get left out of D-I playoffs?
Shasta, Chico, Foothill, Red Bluff and Las Plumas are all vying for the three postseason spots. Chico could grab the three-seed with a 4-6 record but has to win to get in, Shasta has the tiebreaker over Red Bluff and Foothill and Las Plumas would be fighting to get their foot in the door with 3-7 records. It could be possible the D-I playoffs has only two teams with winning records (Enterprise and Paradise). I think Foothill has the toughest task of getting in, needing to beat Red Bluff at home.
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Beyoncé Transforms From Superstar To Sister-Friend
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In Homecoming, Beyoncé Transforms From Superstar To Sister-Friend
Danielle Cadet
Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
The Queen has done it again. Beyoncé broke the internet overnight — not only with the expected release of her Netflix documentary Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé, which chronicles the work that went into her historic 2018 Coachella performance, but also with the surprise release of a 40-track album.
We’ve used so many adjectives to describe Queen Bey (iconic, audacious, otherworldly) but one is most evident — and most significant — in Homecoming: black.
In 137 minutes, Beyoncé puts blackness centerstage for the world to see. By releasing the documentary on Netflix and the album on multiple music platforms (and not exclusively on Tidal), she gave the world access to the magic of black swagger, struggle and celebration. She may have brought the culture to Coachella in 2018, but in 2019, she gave it to the world.
Beyoncé brings us along on her journey home — in her case, the stage — coupling it with what homecoming means to African-Americans and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). We see a woman bouncing back after an unexpected pregnancy, struggling to get her stamina to perform back (she weighed 218 pounds after giving birth to the twins), balancing her duties as a mother to a six-year-old and infant twins, as well as a wife (she literally goes from giving a “get your shit together” speech to the performers during rehearsal for the show to celebrating her 10-year anniversary with her husband). She combines all of that with her work as a detail-obsessed, once-in-a-generation entertainer.
By pairing her story with black heritage in all its richness, Beyoncé not only transforms herself from a superstar to a sister-friend — she makes black women more visible.
Her journey is punctuated by quotes from esteemed black Americans (and HBCU grads) like Toni Morrison and Marian Wright Edelmen, and marching bands and majorettes, pledges and performers, stepping and celebration. Instead of bringing a flower crown to Coachella, Queen Bey brought blackness.
In Homecoming, we see Beyoncé more raw and vulnerable than we’ve ever seen her. And by pairing her story with black heritage in all its richness, she not only transforms herself from a superstar to a sister-friend — she makes black women more visible. Her drive and perfectionism feel familiar. Her struggle seems recognisable. We see her Facetime Jay Z to show him she can fit into an old pre-pregnancy costume, snuggle her babies and sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (the black national anthem) with Blue Ivy. For a few hours, Beyoncé is all of us, and we are all Beyoncé. Those of us who know the culture feel at home, and anyone who doesn’t — well, they’ll just have to educate themselves.
While making herself more accessible, Beyoncé also further proves just how damn good she is at her job. Taking us all back to the 2018 two-hour performance, the documentary showcases her world-class talent and work ethic, proving no one ever has nor ever will do it like she does. She proudly graces the stage as the first black woman to ever headline the once very white Coachella, and she brings it like only a black woman can, leaving the festival forever changed.
At points in Homecoming, you’re in as much awe as the now-infamous fan in the crowd. Then, there are times you’ll want to cry. For me, and for so many black people, there is a constant feeling of pride throughout the film. The word homecoming takes on a completely different meaning when you’re watching your culture be celebrated in a country you’ve never truly been able to call home. Beyoncé caps it all off with the ultimate black celebration song (no cookout or wedding is complete without doing the electric slide to it): “Before I Let Go” by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, coupled with the beat of the only other song in this category: Cameo’s “Candy.” Beyoncé invites the world in to see the fun Black folks have been having all along, despite extreme adversity. And she pairs it beautifully with her triumphant return home despite her own struggles.
I am stunned by the honest and palpable pride Beyoncé shared with us in Homecoming. And like Blue Ivy after she finished the Black national anthem: I wanna do it again, because that felt good.
Homecoming is available to stream on Netflix now
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Inside OCAD University’s first off-campus outpost
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Major workplace trends are creating the impetus for more sustainable, adaptable and productive places of employment.
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Gen Z wellbeing suffering in Canadian offices
Survey finds health and fitness supports less accessible as employees clock longer hours
Some employers appear to be scaling back wellness programs at a time when employees are facing rising job demands, according to the second annual Staples Business Advantage Workplace Index.
Of the 1,110 Canadians surveyed, 43 per cent reported clocking more than eight hours per day to stay on top of increasing workloads while 55 per cent reported lacking access to health and fitness supports such as ergonomic furniture, fresh foods and on-site gyms. Last year only 32 per cent reported clocking overtime while 49 per cent reported working for companies that didn’t offer wellness programs.
That the survey suggested a dip in the availability of health and fitness supports was one of the findings that stood out to Michael Zahra, president of Staples Business Advantage Canada.
“I’m a little surprised that companies have done that because wellness in general has become a big trend over many years, whether it’s to reduce absenteeism or to make the work environment more attractive to new hires,” said Zahra. “I understand why people would want to cut the cost, but I don’t understand why they would cut the cost in those areas because those areas have been identified as very important to employee engagement.”
Indeed, 66 per cent of the business decision makers and general office workers reached by the survey said that access to a wellness program was a selling point during a job hunt.
The business supplier partnered with Jacob Morgan, best-selling author of The Future of Work, on the survey, which also revealed uninspired design and outdated technology as areas for improvement with the potential to raise employee productivity.
“This study shows that there is a tremendous opportunity for organizations to focus on and design employee experiences where employees truly want to show up,” said Morgan. “Offering employees health and wellness programs, well-designed office environments and up-to-date modern technologies are all a part of that employee experience.”
This year’s survey found that workload represented the top source of stress in the office for roughly one in four Canadians. What’s more, the workplace itself contributed to the stress of close to seven in 10 Canadians.
Although 23 per cent of managers considered their offices to be “inspiring,” the majority of respondents characterized the design of their workplaces as “dull, plain or standard.” Sought-after features included flexible furniture, natural light and private spaces.
A lack of private spaces might explain the finding that loud co-workers rated as the number-one distraction in offices, as identified by 65 per cent of respondents. Email overload and colleagues stopping by to chat rounded out the list of the top interruptions.
More than 70 per cent of Canadians said that they’re not provided with the latest technology that would allow them to work more efficiently.
“People are being asked to do more with less, so how do we make people more productive?” said Zahra. “As we have millennials moving into the workforce, they’re looking for better technology because they tend to grasp technology and use technology more than my generation … they’re looking for innovative things like electronic white boards.”
The survey also reached 1,995 employees in the U.S., whose responses largely aligned with those of employees in Canada. A couple of exceptions include that Canucks are less inspired by different styles of working locations than Americans and that a greater share of Canadian employees would like to telecommute due to weather than their U.S. counterparts.
As telecommuting grows in popularity, most Canadians — three out of four — reported that they’re most productive working in the office.
Morar Consulting administered the online survey, which has a +/- 1.8 per cent margin of error at 95 per cent confidence limits, in March, 2016.
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The Board consists of 11 members nominated by the Minister for Education and appointed by the Governor of South Australia, and the SACE Board's Chief Executive (ex officio).
Members have a broad range of relevant backgrounds and expertise required to enable the Board to carry out its functions effectively.
Jane DANVERS
Ann DOOLETTE
Andrew BALKWILL
Alistair BROWN
Kerrie CAMPBELL
Kim HEBENSTREIT
Andy KEOUGH
Peter PREST
Trevor READ
Pam RONAN
Shannon WARREN
Martin WESTWELL
Principal, Wilderness School
Jane Danvers has served the Australian educational community for over 20 years. She is the Principal of Wilderness School, one of the most recognised girls schools in South Australia, and was the inaugural Principal of University Senior College, Adelaide.
Under her leadership, Wilderness School continues to be a leader in educational thinking and practice, guiding and developing both the SACE and the Australian Curriculum. Jane and her leadership team have developed innovative thinking and learning and extended curricula programs, working closely with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the University of Melbourne to guide pedagogical approaches throughout the school. She has overseen the development of academic scholarships and a boarding house for girls in rural areas of Nepal, supporting students through secondary school and into further study.
Jane is the Presiding Member of the South Australian Certificate of Education Board, which is responsible for the senior secondary curriculum and assessment across South Australia, the Northern Territory, and a number of schools in Asia. She is the Chair of the Board of the JamFactory, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes outstanding design and craftsmanship through widely acclaimed studios and galleries. Jane is a member of the Duke of Edinburgh Award (SA Friends Committee); Faculty External Advisory Council for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide; Strategic Advisory Board of the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre in the South Australian Health and medical Research Institute (SAHMRI); Committee for Economic Development SA/NT State Advisory Board (CEDA); and the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE).
In addition, Jane was a contributor to the 2006 Parliamentary Inquiry into the Impact of International Education Activities in South Australia and the 2008 Parliamentary Inquiry into the South Australian Certificate of Education.
In 2013, Jane was awarded the AISSA (Association of Independent Schools of South Australia) Noel Volk Excellence Award and the Principals Australia Institute’s John Laing Award.
Deputy Presiding Member
Ann is an education consultant specialising in the development and implementation of qualification standards and quality assurance systems. She advises governments, government agencies, and education institutions and sits on the governing boards for education-related agencies in Australia and overseas. Her experience spans higher education, vocational education and training, and school education.
Ann was the Executive Head of the Australian Qualifications Framework Council from 2008 until 2013, after which she left to pursue her consulting practice. During that time, she led the review of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and was the principal architect of the AQF 2011 and 2013 editions. Prior to this, Ann was a senior executive in the South Australian Government responsible for the quality assurance of vocational education and training and non-university higher education. During this decade, she played a significant role in shaping national higher education policy and served on and supported national committees in the sector at the highest levels. She has held senior teaching and policy positions in tertiary education and holds a Master of Education, Diploma of Education (graduate), and a Bachelor of Arts.
Chief Information Officer, Flinders University
Kerrie has worked for over 30 years in the ICT industry in sectors including banking, utilities, and federal government. She has spent the past 5 years in the higher education sector; her previous role was Deputy Chief Information Officer at the University of Adelaide.
Kerrie won the Centrica Blue Sky award in the United Kingdom in 2004 and a CeBIT Application Development award in 2014.
A strong supporter and builder of positive cultures, Kerrie has a passion for the use of technology and innovation as an enabler to education, and for implementing progressive methods to improve ICT delivery.
Kerrie currently serves on the boards of SABRENet and eRSA (e-Research SA) and on the Scotch College Finance Committee.
Leadership consultant
Kim recently retired from his role as Director, School and Preschool Operations at the Department for Education and Child Development. Previously, he was Principal at Thebarton Senior College, a major provider of senior secondary and new arrivals programs for adult students. He has worked in senior leadership positions in secondary schools for the past 25 years.
Kim has served on a number of boards and has a keen interest in strategic leadership and governance. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders.
Managing Director, Saab Australia
Andy served for 22 years in the Royal Australian Navy. During his service, Andy commanded two Collins-class submarines and completed a 3-year exchange posting with the US Navy’s Submarine Force US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In 2006, Andy was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) for his leadership when in command of HMAS Sheean.
Following his retirement from the Navy in 2007, Andy worked for ASC Pty Ltd and then spent 2 years as Chief Executive of Defence SA. He was appointed Managing Director of Saab Australia in November 2017.
Andy is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia. In addition, he holds the following roles: Chair, Australian Industry Group Defence Council; member, Training and Skills Commission (SA); member, Prime Minister’s Veterans’ Employment Program Industry Advisory Committee; member, Board of Governors, Saint Peter’s Girls’ School; and Co-chair, University of Adelaide Defence Advisory Board.
Andy is passionate about ensuring that South Australian students have the best opportunity to excel and contribute to our state and nation.
Chief Financial Officer, University of South Australia
Since 2005 Peter has led the finance function at the University of South Australia. He has been a member of the SACE Board’s Planning, Finance and Performance Committee since 2014.
Peter has broad financial, commercial, and general management experience in Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand across a broad range of large and complex organisations, including Hills Limited, DB Schenker, and Ernst & Young.
Peter also holds non-executive director positions at UniSA Health Pty Ltd, since 2005, and South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC), since 2017. In 2014 Peter spent 2 months at Harvard Business School studying the Advanced Management Program to build on his MBA (Advanced) from the University of Adelaide. Peter is also a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Regional Director Alice Springs, Department of Education, Northern Territory Government
Trevor has worked in education in the Northern Territory for over 20 years. He held leadership roles at Alice Springs High School and Centralian Senior College before becoming Assistant Principal and then Principal of Darwin High School for 6 years.
As Regional Director Alice Springs, Trevor is responsible for the performance and development of 32 principals in the region to support the delivery of improved educational outcomes. Trevor provides strategic system leadership and management, with a sharp focus on delivering quality education and coordination of service delivery to achieve improved student outcomes.
He supports principals to co-design and implement a continuous school improvement cycle, including tailoring, amending, and monitoring the school strategic plan and annual action plan, and principal and teacher performance and development plans.
Trevor is passionate about school improvement and building a culture of evidence-based decision-making to support the quality and effectiveness of service delivery to schools.
Trevor has qualifications from La Trobe University and the University of Queensland.
Principal Consultant, Leadership Development Team, Catholic Education SA
Pam is currently a member of the Leadership Development Team at the Catholic Education SA, working with 18 principals in secondary and primary Catholic schools in the southern and north-western regions of Adelaide. Pam was appointed to the inaugural SACE Board in 2008 and has been Chair of the Accreditation, Recognition, and Certification Committee of the SACE Board since 2012.
With 17 years of experience in leading two R–12 Catholic co-educational colleges, Pam is also a Fellow and former President of the SA Branch of the Australian College of Educators, as well as a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australia Professional Managers Association. Pam was awarded the MacKillop Medal for outstanding educational leadership in 2006 and the Catholic Superannuation Leadership Excellence Award in 2012.
Pam is a current member of the Executive of the SA Branch of the Australia College of Educators; the UniSA Professional Educational Advisory Group, and a former Director of the Catholic Association of Secondary Principals Australia .
Board Member (ex officio)
Chief Executive, SACE Board of South Australia
Building on his research career at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, Martin and his family moved to South Australia in 2007. Here, he took up the position of Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century and then Strategic Professor in the Science of Learning at Flinders University. His children attended public schools in South Australia.
Martin was a Chief Investigator in the national Australian Research Council (ARC) Science of Learning Research Centre, collaborating with classroom teachers to use principles from cognitive science in the development of pedagogical approaches and assessment practices. He was one of only two recipients of a $1m education grant from the Australian Space Research Program, collaborating with schools to develop ways of using earth observation technologies in students’ SACE Research Projects. His research has included the development of electronic assessment items, the use of machine learning to interrogate large education data sets, and the use of mobile eye-tracking technology to better understand how students allocate their attention. He has worked with UNESCO using evidence to inform strategic planning of education in the Asia-Pacific region and has been a member of the steering group of their research network.
In 2018, Martin received the prestigious Australian Council for Educational Leaders’ (ACEL) Gold Medal, awarded for the most outstanding contribution to the study and practice of educational administration and leadership.
Martin has worked extensively with education systems and other organisations in using evidence to inform policy, practice, innovation and impact in education. He was a Board Member of the SACE Board for five years before taking on the role of Chief Executive.
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Accessibility Review of Normandy
By John Sage
Normandy Disabled Access – The strong feelings associated with the D-Day invasion of northern France make a visit to Normandy a must-do pilgrimage for many people. This is particularly true for history buffs, military veterans, and elderly and disabled tourists. A visit to Normandy will actually comprise visiting several small towns, museums, and beaches. Normandy disabled access is challenging at some of these locations is, and at other locations it is excellent.
When visiting Normandy, most tourists spend time in several cities including Caen, Bayeux, Arromanches, Rouen, Honfleur, Le Havre, and Mont St. Michel. Each of these cities is worth a day or two visit. Getting between these cities is easiest to do with a rental car, although some of them are connected by rail.
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Staying at an accessible hotel in Bayeux makes for a good central location to visit cities throughout Normandy. It is home to the Bayeux tapestry which documents William the Conquerors invasion of England in 1066 and also home to a beautiful cathedral which has an accessible side entrance. The main attraction in Caen is the D-Day museum which is wheelchair accessible. Mont St. Michel has some of the poorest disabled access in Normandy. The former monastery island has numerous steps and steep streets throughout the city. The city of Rouen lies at the opposite (eastern) end of Normandy and can be reached via car or train. The Joan of Arc Church, the Rouen Cathedral (which Monet painted numerous times), and the Musée des Beaux-Arts are the most popular tourist sites in town.
While in Normandy, a trip to see the D-Day beaches is a must. Visiting the D-Day beaches (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword) is most easily done through a Normandy disabled accessible tour. Most tour agencies use a van to conduct their tours which can present problems for elderly or disabled tourists. Tours via wheelchair accessible vans are available through a few agencies. In addition to visiting the D-Day beaches, many of these agencies visit the church and museum in St. Mere-Eglise, the cliffs in Pointe du Hoc, and the American Cemetery. The town of St. Mere-Eglise was one of the primary paratrooper landing zones and has an accessible D-Day museum. Pointe du Hoc was heavily bombed before D-Day, and the bomb craters still exist. Accessible pathways lead through the craters and defense bunkers. The town of Arromanches is the site of the artificial harbor that was built by the allies, and its remains can still be seen from the highway.
Visitors to Normandy have many cities to choose from for a disabled access hotels in Normandy. Bayeux and Caen are two of the more popular options for accessible hotels. Elderly tourists can be assured of finding a disabled hotel room by consulting a disabled travel agent who specializes in Normandy.
Although each city is a little different, overall wheelchair access in Normandy is generally good. Cobblestones can present challenges but the flat terrain is welcoming to wheelchair travelers. Additionally the ability to move between the cities via car makes this a popular destination for disabled tourists.
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Tom and Sian founded Bobbin Bikes, a unique brand of highly-sought after stylish bicycles. After setting up their new e-commerce sales channel, they needed the capital to purchase stock to meet a spike in demand. With the support from Funding Circle, they secured a £250,000 loan in a matter of days to make it happen.
Small business isn’t small. It forms the backbone of the UK economy, accounting for approximately 50% of UK GDP¹ and 60% of private sector employment.² Between 2011 and 2017, the number of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK grew by 28%.³ Like Tom and Sian, many small business owners struggle to access fast finance through traditional channels. By connecting investors with directly with small businesses through its online platform, Funding Circle helps businesses in even the most rural locations achieve their growth ambitions.
“We are regularly facilitating more quarterly net lending than all of the traditional banks combined,” said Claudiu Udrea, Global Head of Business Systems Product at Funding Circle UK. “Our goal is to be the go-to platform for small businesses that need access to fast, affordable finance.”
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Amanda Beard-Neilson, Salesforce Manager, Funding Circle UK
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The founders of Funding Circle understand the financial challenges that their customers face. Launched above a waffle shop in the UK in 2010 with only five employees, Funding Circle has since expanded its footprint to Berlin, Amsterdam, and San Francisco, with a global team of over 1,000 employees.
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Funding Circle transforms CRM with Salesforce.
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Rowers pull to finals
Our rowers are making steady progress at the world championships in Poznan, Poland.
The A and B finals are rowed on Saturday and Sunday and already our Olympic pairing of Ramon Di Clemente and Shaun Keeling are through the first round and will race the semi-final on Thursday where they will come up against Britain, Greece, Serbia, Czech Republic and Poland.
The first three in the semi-final go through to the A final.
Lawrence Ndlovu, our men’s lightweight single scull, won his second round repechage and goes through to the semi-final on Saturday against opponents from New Zealand, Greece, Britain, Japan and Italy. Once again its the first three through to the A-Final.
The lightweight double scull combo of James Thompson and Andrew Polasek have also gone through the first round and will race repechage Wednesday where they need to come in the top two to go to the semi-final.
Matthew Brittain and John Smith, in the lightweight pairs have gone through the first round to Wednesday’s repechage and also need a top two finish. Scull Peter Lamber, came third in his rep Wednesday and races the C/D semi-finals Wednesday which will decide the final.
Teach coach Roger Barrow says the team have raced well, but the next three days are very important to set up the finals.
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Home What we do Our medals and awards Medals and Awards News 2017 Humanities Medal: A career based on the building blocks of words
2017 Humanities Medal: A career based on the building blocks of words: a cave weta is not a weta cave
Emeritus Professor Laurie Bauer FRSNZ has been awarded the Humanities Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for his influential research in descriptive linguistics.
Professor Bauer’s research has focussed on three main areas:
word-formation (how words are created from smaller meaningful elements and their derivation)
the description of international varieties of English, or ‘Englishes’
the study of the sound structure of language.
Professor Bauer is the author of twenty books and over 150 articles in learned journals. His most influential work has been on the way words are constructed, not only in English, but in languages in general. He is one of the world's leading authorities on compound words like 'vitamin pill' (which gives you vitamins), and 'sea-sickness pill' (which you expect to stop, rather than to give you, sea-sickness!).
He says, "I'm fascinated by the way English speakers create fresh compounds from a very early age with great freedom, and other people understand them readily, although it's not obvious how they work out the appropriate sense". One of his many papers in this field, ‘Dvandva’ in the first edition of the journal Word Structure was one of the most downloaded papers from that journal. His paper ‘When is a sequence of two nouns a compound in English?’ published in the journal English Language and Linguistics in 1998 was selected for a special 20th anniversary collection and is one of the ten most cited articles published in this leading journal.
His book English Word-formation, first published in 1983 and regularly reprinted since, has become one of the best-selling titles in its series. Language Myths (Penguin 1998) continues to sell well nearly twenty years after its first publication, and has been translated into Japanese. Morphological Productivity (2000) was reprinted in paperback in 2006, due to its popularity.
He was one of the inaugural editors of the journal Word Structure, and on the basis of a Marsden-funded project, a joint author of The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology, which won the Linguistic Society of America’s prestigious and coveted Leonard Bloomfield Prize for the best Linguistics book of the year in 2015.
However, his work is not confined to one area. He has also undertaken work on the grammar of New Zealand English, and has been involved in the construction of million-word samples of both written and spoken New Zealand English, called corpora, to facilitate research on the way in which language is used in New Zealand. He has also investigated the New Zealand accent, including its history.
Professor Bauer has also looked at regional differences in how English is spoken in New Zealand and has found more regional variation than expected. One example was another Marsden-funded research study, The Children's Playground Language Project, which studied words children use in primary schools around New Zealand for greetings and farewells and while playing. Two people riding on a bike was called “doubling” in northern New Zealand and south of the Waimakariri River, but “dubbing” in central New Zealand. Likewise, the chasing game was called “tiggy” “tag” or “tig” depending on where in the country the children were.
The medal selection committee noted that his approach to research has been innovative and often controversial and he has made a considerable impact in his field.
On receiving the medal, Professor Bauer said: “I am honoured to be the sixth recipient of the Aronui Medal, and to be placed among others who have done so much for the Humanities in New Zealand.”
Professor Bauer is Emeritus Professor in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. Alongside being Professor of Lingusitics, he was Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Research from 2009-2014. He was elected a Fellow of Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2012.
Humanities Medal:
For research of outstanding merit in the Humanities.
To Laurence James Bauer for his world-renowned research that has focussed on word formation, the description of New Zealand English, and the sound structure of language.
Source: Royal Society Te Apārangi
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Indonesia: the wind blows hot and cold
When Jim O’Neill coined the term ‘MINT’ for the economies of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey, he stated that Indonesia, due to be ranked as the seventh largest GDP globally by 2050, had the potential to be “more compelling than Russia”, principally because of its growing population of young workers.
Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country after China, India, and the USA and the world's third most populous democratic country after India and the USA. Indonesia’s youth is considered to be a key trump card because unlike other countries which have had to face the reality of having an ageing and shrinking population, half of Indonesia’s population is under 30 years old.
However, 2014 started badly for the country with reports that its economic growth had fallen to its slowest pace in five years, with GDP growing by only 5.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2014. This slump follows last year’s market tumble which led to Indonesia being dubbed as one of the ‘fragile five’ emerging nations.
The recent slowdown has exacerbated the ‘fragility’ of Indonesia and, in particular, drawn attention to its vast young population who, according to the Financial Times, make up a large percentage of the 240 million people living on less than $2 per day - the so-called ‘fragile middle’.
Forbes recently dismissed Indonesia as “the market darling of two years ago”, but then followed that with news that Japanese car maker Nissan, and Canadian telecoms company RIM, the parent of Blackberry, are launching their new, cheaper products in Indonesia – chosen for its fast-growing and geographically-concentrated consumer class. Hot on the heels of these stories was a statement by Nielsen, the market research company, saying that “Indonesia [is] set to become testing ground for global re-launches” on the back of the fact that consumer confidence in Indonesia is the highest in the world, and the purchasing group will rise from 45 million in 2014 to 145 million by 2030.
With 99 per cent of businesses in Indonesia being small enterprises, there is also now a huge focus on Indonesian outbound investment as those SMEs look to enter the global supply chain.
The first half of 2014 blew in some hot and cold winds for Indonesia and pundits have been quick to jump up with joy and fall down in despair with every new financial result or forecast about Indonesia’s fate. However, just as the BRICS continue to surprise, please and shock global observers, so too will Indonesia.
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More than 80 new police officers promised for Derbyshire
Sophie Wills
Published: 11:48 Updated: 11:55 Wednesday 09 October 2019
A drive to recruit 20,000 police officers could lead to more than 80 new bobbies on the beat for Derbyshire.
Front line policing in Derbyshire is set to swell by a further 5 per cent with 87 new police officers promised.
It comes as the Home Office confirms that East Midlands police forces will be able to recruit 388 new officers in first wave of a 20,000 uplift.
The Government said strengthening police numbers was a priority- it is providing £750 million to support forces to recruit up to 6,000 additional officers onto our streets by the end of 2020-21.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “The public are clear they want to see more police officers on their streets, whether they live in the city or the countryside.
“This is the people’s priority and it is exactly what the Government is delivering.
87 new police officers have been promised for Derbyshire.
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“This means there will be up to 388 more officers across the East Midlands, helping to reassure communities and keep residents safe.”
All officers recruited as part of the 20,000 uplift will be additional to those hired to fill existing vacancies. They are also on top of the extra officers already being recruited because of the £1 billion increase in police funding for 2019-20, which includes money from council tax and for serious violence.
Police and Crime Commissioners can bid for funding to prevent burglary and theft in crime hotspots through initiatives that could include interventions to improve home security, such as installing better locks and gating alleyways, and making streets better lit at night, for example.
The Home Office has also announced £10 million of funding to increase the number of officers carrying Taser to keep themselves and the public safe and said plans for a police covenant will focus on the physical protection of officers, their health and wellbeing and support for their families.
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Wot I Think: A Bird Story
24th November 2014 / 3:00PM
Freedbird’s To The Moon is one of my favourite games. A beautiful, moving and intricate tale of memory and loss, it has made people weep in their thousands. This second game from Kan Gao, A Bird Story, is not a sequel, but apparently tangentially related. After a three year wait, I was pretty excited to play it.
A Bird Story is one of my least favourite games. It’s… I’ve no idea what it’s meant to be.
It is, ostensibly, the tale of a young boy who finds an injured bird, befriends it, and then wanders around incredibly slowly with it in a meaningless, meandering dream sequence that behaves as if it’s rich in impenetrable metaphor.
There’s something about paper aeroplanes, something about school, parks, a vet who appears to want to allow an injured bird to heal safely, and floating islands, all given a bonus sense of pomposity by featuring no dialogue at all, from start to finish. Locations move around, bedrooms appear in parks, corridors turn into forests, reality fades in and out around you, all of which could have been potentially interesting if there were a) any reason for any of it, and b) anything for you to do.
Here’s a typical sequence from the game:
View of balcony. Kid runs in and out of door, trying to spot bird popping up and down in a bush. Kid goes in. Bird comes out of bush, flits around on the balcony.
Camera pans slowly to right, eventually to another balcony, with ghost birds flitting about. Camera pans slowly to left, to original balcony, bird flitting about.
Slowly fade to black.
Slowly fade to kid in bedroom doing nothing at all.
Slowly fade to balcony. Bird flits about. Bird thinks about a question mark. Bird goes into house.
Kid runs out of door with bird, jumps off balcony, opens umbrella as he falls, and floats down to park below.
Interaction! Can move umbrella to the left or right an inch, to no effect.
Moments of interaction are incredibly rare, only ever irrelevant, and worst, never made clear when they’ve ended. The game wants to play itself from start to finish, but occasionally deigns to allow you to click on a door, or laboriously move across a scene. It’s so unclear when you’re allowed to do anything, it has to flash up an icon of cursor keys. However, when it’s taken over again there’s no indication at all, leaving you pointlessly clicking for a while like an idiot. On about four occasions it flashes up the cursor keys with an instruction to press two of them at once. You do that and it gets on with playing itself again. In one scene in its brief hour or two, you are tasked with pressing the spacebar to jump in some puddles.
Perhaps it’s meant to be whimsical? The boy and his bird having their careless little adventure. He folds paper aeroplanes, which get large enough to ride upon. This leads to the game’s second worst moment, where you’re tasked with holding the right arrow down as you float past island after island, so you can learn the surprising fact that already-built nests tend to be occupied by the birds that built them. Just sit there and hold right until the game’s done with this bit.
(The worst scene is the bewilderingly incongruous Freleng Door Gag, accompanied by a not-quite-copyright-infringing reworking of Yakety Sax. Entirely non-interactive, naturally.)
But in the end, the whole endeavour comes across like a moribund exercise in emotional cynicism. I think you’re supposed to care about this kid, the bird, perhaps both. But there’s no given reason, unless a bandage on a pixel bird’s wing is enough to whirr up your tear ducts. The sense of unreality to absolutely everything means that nothing has any weight – alongside the ever-shifting nature of locations, all other characters are shadowed ghosts, and the main characters’ face disappears at one point which I assume I’ve fallen short of interpreting. If it’s a dream, and a dream bird, then who could care less if it learns to fly again, or whatever Hallmark movie sentiment we’re supposed to be digging for here?
It may as well have been a game about a three-legged puppy with cancer. Tugging on heart strings is a delicate affair, but A Bird Story is a rampant bell ringer on a sugar high.
And none of this makes sense! To The Moon showed off a sophistication and understanding of humanity that gaming rarely touches. (And without killing children to achieve it!) It was almost unbearably sad, but it earned it, deserved it. As you made the connections, realised the depth of the tragedy, wrestled with the ethics of the response, then embraced the joy of hope, it wove itself around you. A Bird Story does none of this – in fact, it does almost nothing at all.
I’m not saying ABS had to be as good as TTM. Not at all. The comparison is made to explain how this game appears to want to short-cut to an emotive place, but without doing the work. Plink at the high piano notes, add some cello, imply the boy is lonely, make the bird look sad. Nope.
It’s only £4, and I’m in no doubt that what felt to me like a cynical result didn’t come from a cynical place. My guess is it came from too small an idea, too ambiguously delivered, created with a passion that doesn’t reach the player.
It’s a game that doesn’t want to be played, and when it resentfully lets you, it’s slow and clumsy as if in revenge. There may well be some who connect with it, and for them I am genuinely delighted. I suspect they will be few. Let’s hope the true To The Moon sequel it awkwardly teases at the end, Finding Paradise, can live up to the extraordinarily well-deserved reputation Kao earned himself. Then we can pretend this one didn’t happen.
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Impericon Never Say Die! 2019, @ Engine Rooms, Southampton November 10th 2019
Simon Crampton
In the early 90’s/Mid 2000’s package tours were all the rage. Tattoo The Planet, Ozzfest, Family Values, and Roadrunner Roadrage being chief amongst them. As a teenager in the early days of a scene, these kinds of shows were the lifeblood of burgeoning scenes and subgenres. However the prospect of a 7 band bill on a Sunday night becomes less appealing in your 30’s, as it’s a cruel reminder than gigging is very much a young man’s game in non seating venues. When the lineup is as good on paper as the 2019 Impericon Never Say Die tour is, sometimes it’s worth making it out the house.
Alphawolf (7) suffer from a smaller crowd than they deserve. Being the second band on this ludicrously early bill, the venue is still filling up when they take the stage. Despite this and their short set time, they seem very up to the task, ripping through a set of muscular aggro metalcore than gets those in attendance moving. Whilst hardly being the most original band on the bill, they bring enough to the table to wake the crowd up and keep the energy high.
Polar (9) fair a lot better with a much larger and more enthusiatic crowd. I will admit that they are a band that has never crossed my path, but after this display tonight they definitely caught my attention. This is everything that hardcore should be nowadays. Intelligent, brutal and heart wrenching. This is as good as it gets, and the amassed crowd seemingly agrees. There are some more poignant moments in the set when the band are joined onstage by a female vocalist who really cuts through the riffs and gets right into the emotional marrow of the songs. Simply put this was a very impressive jolt of perfectly execute hardcore that should have seen them a lot higher on the bill.
No sooner has the energy in the building picked up, that Our Hollow, Our Home (6) do everything in their power to suck it back out again. Aas the most local band on the bill, they pull the largest crowd of the evening, but they put in a performance that, even being kind is mediocre at best. They seem up for it, but they do nothing that screams as being original or even remotely interesting. On a bill of bands from a similar scene, they fade into the background and do nothing here that makes their inclusion on the bill worthwhile.
King 810 (8.5) stand out like a sore thumb on a bill of this nature. Make no mistake about it though, they are a shot in the arm that has a large group of dedicated fans in tonight’s crowd. Time has done nothing to dull their edge, they still sound as venomous, vicious and just outright dangerous. David Gunn is still one of the most terrifying and captivating frontmen in modern music and as they tear through a set largely made up from their debut album and their most recent release. Cuts like ‘Kill em all’, ‘Fat around the Heart’, ‘Alpha/Omega’ and ‘Vendettas’ still sound as brutal and skull crushingly heavy as they ever have done. This is a performance from a band that some people may have thought had fallen off in recent years , but that is simply not the case. King are still here and they are just as intense as they ever have been. Absolutely incredible all around.
In Hearts Wake (6) were once poised to be a huge breakout band, following their fellow countrymen Parkway Drive on the rise to stardom. In hindsight that faith in them certainly seems misguided or at the very least a bit premature. Tonight, this high on the bill and coming on the heels of a blinding set by King 810, they simply provide musical wallpaper and look as though they are going through the motions, dolling out uninspired riffs, generic call and commands, and simply lacking in any of the things that made people believe they had so much potential so long ago. History might be a little kinder to In Hearts Wake overall and it’s entirely possible this is an off night, but it’s certainly not enough to justify having them in this spot on this bill.
Tonight’s headliners Crystal Lake (9) are just utterly spellbinding and are quickly building a reputation as one of the best bands rising up through heavy music They are an absolute sonic firestorm that just melts everything in it’s path and although the crowd has thinned and is suffering gig fatigue, they give everything they have to the band, who return it tenfold. Crystal Lake sound huge live and are uttely vicious in their delivery, even more so than the most famous drowning victim of the location with which they share their name. Mark my words, if the band can keep this momentum and expand upon it then the world will be theirs for the taking.
As with most tours of this nature, tonight’s show had some very high peaks and some very deep lows, but overall it was good value for money and proves that at it’a strongest the metalcore/hardcore scene still has plenty of innovation and life in it, but at it’s worst it shows that some bands are just happy to just ride the corpse of a scene into the ground rather than trying to actually put any effort into bettering themselves or the scene.
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Raspberry Pi Opens Its First Official Retail Store
By Tech News On Feb 12, 2019
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has opened its first retail store in Cambridge, UK. In addition to offering Apple some local competition in the critical tech-stores-named-after-tasty-fruit market, the store aims to introduce consumers who may not have heard of the RBP to the homebrew capabilities and custom computing options that the diminutive system is capable of.
The store, which you can see above, looks something like an Apple or Microsoft Store crossed with an old-fashioned Radio Shack. It’s easy to forget, given how long it has been, but the early homebrew computing kits and projects were themselves supported by a network of hobbyist retail chains and outlets. The best of these stores were the ones run by employees who actually knew something about the equipment they sold, and who could help you locate whatever hardware gadget or software solution you were looking for. Sometimes, if you got particularly lucky, you’d actually find an employee who knew the right BBS phone numbers for boards with people who had questions on particular topics.
Of course, for every story about the computer or electronics store employee who knew something to save your bacon, there’s probably ten stories about idiots who wouldn’t know a breadboard from a bread box or a serial port from a CD-ROM drive. So it goes. But there’s always been a value to physicality in computing, and to having locations one can visit that showcase both a product and what that product is capable of. That’s particularly true for RBP, where the decentralized nature of the product is part of its appeal, but also leads to a more fragmented space where it’s harder to keep track of all the cool things being done.
According to Gordon Hollingworth, Director of Software Engineering at Raspberry Pi, bringing more people into contact with the RBP ecosystem and showing them what the solution is capable of is the entire point of the new physical store.
“The concept is about trying to get closer to a less connected demographic, people who aren’t involved with technology, and show them that coding isn’t an inexplicable dark science reserved only for a few,” Hollingworth said. “Instead show them that it is possible, with the right instructions and an inquisitive nature, to learn about computers and coding.”
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Hollingworth is right. I’ve never been a giant proponent of the “Learn to Code” philosophy as a guiding path to automatic employment, but there’s value in understanding the basics of how computers work. Introductory computer programming can be taught without requiring any specific reference language because programming is anchored in principles of logic. If this weren’t so, we never could’ve invented computing in the manner we did.
The store contains specific projects that visitors can experiment with. There are six booths in total to walk people through basic possibilities, including:
Scratch GPIO control. Use Scratch to light up an LED.
Get hands-on with coding. Use Python and buttons to control LEDs.
Play with sensors. Use Python to control a Sense HAT.
Make your home smarter. With a camera and distance sensor.
Build an arcade machine. With a Picade console running PICO-8.
Build an all-in-one multimedia center. A Kodi setup displaying how to create a media center with a Raspberry Pi.
Customers will be walked through the various projects by an RBP-powered touchscreen. Keyboard and mouse controls are already integrated, and the project can be reset to its base state with a single click.
“The idea is to give the user some confidence in their ability to follow the instructions,” Hollingworth stated. “Maybe just turn on an LED using Scratch, which will lead them to get the starter kit with the Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide and take their interest further.”
More information can be found at RaspberryPi.org. While this type of retail model probably won’t scale to rival Apple or even Microsoft, we’d love to see it take off in even a few locations worldwide. Creating an environment where people can experiment with computing and see the potential of what they can create for themselves sounds like a great way to hook people to us.
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Nylons and Midriffs: The End of the Road (April 5, 2019)
April 5, 2019 by prowrestlingstudies_21lb3c
We are just about out of gas on the road to WrestleMania, folks, and how did we do on mileage? Well….well……
We’re rolling on two flats, friends.
While things certainly looked promising after Elimination Chamber, proceedings have gotten more than messy since then. So much so that, although I intended to write a shiny new post for you all last week, believing innocently that nothing important would develop in the last two weeks before WrestleMania — I was sorely mistaken.
I will be suspending the typical format to examine the two women’s matches on the WrestleMania card this year, as well as a certain Goddess hosting the show. Let’s begin!
Women’s Tag Title Match: Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Nia Jax and Tamina vs. Natalya and Beth Phoenix vs. the Iiconics
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The unproblematic fave of the women’s matches on Sunday, this match is shaping up to be more interesting than I thought it would be. I am first of all happy that Nia Jax and Tamina won’t be singularly challenging for the titles. They are too bland and clumsy in the ring to carry a WrestleMania caliber match with the likes of Bayley and Sasha. That sounds harsh, but it’s true, it’s damn true. Anyways.
As I suspected after Fastlane, Beth Phoenix has thrown her name into the contendership hat with Natalya by her side. And that’s exciting for her! I am all the way here for women stepping back into the ring post-childbirth and motherhood. In the history of WWE, it is such an uncommon thing up until the last two or so years to have a woman leave WWE to start a family and return to the company to wrestle. I want to take this quick second to give props to all the mamas who have done this recently: Trish Stratus, Michelle McCool, Maryse, Maria Kanellis (Bennett), Brie Bella, and now Beth Phoenix. All inspiring women who continue to break the taboos of working motherhood.
So I will be delighted to see Beth wrestle again, especially since she somehow looks more stunning and fit than she did when she did when she was a full-time performer.
Next, we now have to contend with the IIconics, who have made their intent clear: they, too, will be coming for the belts. With home-brand advantage, Billie Kay and Payton Royce defeated the champions, which apparently earned them a place in the inevitable four-way at Mania. And I think it just about sums up the top contenders for the women’s tag titles.
I believe this match will have a balance between skilled technicians and greener competitors, leading to an average to great match at WrestleMania. I do hope these women take the time to choreograph and build chemistry away from the cameras, however, as I think that may be the only thing holding this match back. There are too many women in this match that have never even been in the same ring with each other.
I’d also like to take a brief moment to express one gripe I have about the women’s tag division: it doesn’t really feel like a tag division. It feels more like an assemblage of mid-card women that were stuck together in pairs. The only team that actually shares an entrance theme is the IIconics, which in my mind is an argument for them to win the titles sooner rather than later. They are a team, and this is apparent in nearly everything that they do. Sasha and Bayley still come out to their own entrance themes, and still have their individual gimmicks. While I can see the obvious effort the two put in with their ring gear as well as on social media to portray themselves as a team, they still feel like they should be feuding rather than fighting together. Their individualism shines too brightly. The tag division is the place where you don’t want that to be the case.
To compare the division to the men’s (although I hate doing that), look at the men’s tag teams. Their unification is shown by their team names: The Usos, The Bar, The Revival, War Raiders, Heavy Machinery, The Undisputed Era. Even though there are still quite a few thrown-together men’s tag teams without unified names, there is a stronger case to be made that the men’s teams at least feel like pairings that are codependent. As it stands right now, any of the women’s tag teams could break up tomorrow and we could all say we saw it coming — with the exception of the IIconics.
Hopefully in the future we will see more women entering WWE as pairs to put the “team” in tag team division.
RAW & Smackdown Women’s Title Match: Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair – Winner Takes All
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I’ve written about this feud at length thus far in 2019, so much that I don’t have very much to critique at this point. But, as a result of all of that nitpicking, I have now arrived at a general opinion about how this story unfolded from the Royal Rumble until now.
While some praise could be given for the unpredictable writing every week, in the end I feel that this feud was overbooked. The story after the Rumble could have nearly written itself, with all three parties having heat with each other in the confines of storyline. Becky was never an official entrant in the Rumble, either, and that could have been played up in the build.
But WWE took several detours to get us here — Vince McMahon’s involvement, the injury to Becky’s knee, that still baffling Twitter beef between Becky and Ronda. It became all very confusing and convoluted, more than it could have been.
I think in the end this feud peaked prematurely. I would be lying if I said that I was as amped for this match as I was as the Rumble went off the air. My waning enthusiasm is due to the saturation of promo segments that strung together the weekly episodes. Looking back, it is a little astonishing how little the three of these women wrestled leading up to WrestleMania. I understand wanting to sell the animosity between the women, but if nothing else, WWE could have utilized the rest of their women’s roster to face the three of them in the meantime. Shockingly, I think the person that wrestled most was Ronda. There are only so many different ways you can say “I deserve to be in this match and I’m going to kick your ass at WrestleMania.” Two months of that got boring.
That said, I also think we could have gone some weeks without seeing Ronda, Becky, or Charlotte. Again, while I hate comparisons to the men’s roster, take the Universal Title feud for example. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but not having Brock Lesnar appear on RAW every week kept Brock feeling fresh and the feud going until Mania. Not having Brock on TV means that we see Seth in more concise segments, and although you could argue this works against the feud, I think it helps fans build anticipation because we’re left wanting more. If Seth was going to cut a promo on Brock, or Brock was showing up to RAW, you knew it meant something; it wasn’t just done for the heck of it. That’s where I feel the Ronda/Becky/Charlotte story went wrong.
But all of my gripes are ultimately minuscule compared to the larger picture of this match. As we all are well aware by now, this match is the main event of the show. When we look back on the great WrestleMania main events, triple threat matches, and women’s matches in WWE history, people don’t recount the meticulous build it took to get to the matches. You remember the matches themselves. There are obviously exceptions to this, particularly if the build to a certain match was great. But shaky build can be forgiven if the match exceeds expectations. And despite how this match has shaped up in the end (and what was sacrificed to make it as big as it is), I do know that this will be a good match. I don’t have any doubt about that.
Yet, outside of the questionable stipulation that was added to the match in the wake of Charlotte’s championship win, something else makes this “victory” for the women’s division bittersweet.
In short, it is upsetting to know that it took an outsider, a mainstream star, to get the division to this point. Not only that, but the flagbearer of this chapter of the Women’s Evolution is a woman who has shown herself to be socially ignorant at best and downright problematic at worst. Someone who thinks that “The Man” is a literal statement relating to genitalia rather than a metaphorical finger to gender politics in WWE. A woman that slut-shamed Nikki Bella for being in a long-term relationship with John Cena. Basically, a woman that, in the one year she’s been with the company, has proven in many ways to be the antithesis of the very revolution she claims to be progressing merely with her presence.
I suppose this was the point of bringing a star like Ronda in, for this to be the payoff. And it is frustrating that credit must be given to her for leading the women’s division to this position on the card. But this credit is only valid if after WrestleMania, Ronda steps to the side and allows the rest of the women to shine. It is undeniable that there has been a hierarchy of importance within the women’s division since Ronda joined the company. If she does not relinquish her place at the top and reach her hand down to pull WWE’s homegrown female talent up, then what she did was not progress the division, but merely carve out her own space on the Mount Rushmore of women’s history in WWE.
It is not lost on me, either, that this women’s main event is also made possible by whiteness. There is no way that WWE would have allowed a competitor of color in the main event of their biggest show of the year. Can you recall the last WrestleMania where that was the case? (Note: I am excluding Roman Reigns from this statement, as his half-Italian ancestry allows him more proximity to whiteness, in addition to being “white passing” in appearance.)
So while I will probably still find myself choking up as this main event starts, one part of my identity will be questioning when women of color will be given this same opportunity. Until we see an Ember Moon or an Asuka or a Zelina Vega in Ronda or Becky’s position, I will not pat WWE on the back too hard. Female liberation is not achieved when white women reach the same level of prominence, success, and wealth as white men. It is attained when that success is feasible for all women. We’ve gotten this far. Let’s not wait another 20 years to make it happen for black and brown women, too.
Alexa Bliss, Our WrestleMania Host
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I actually was delighted to see that WWE created a role for Alexa Bliss, who has been in uncertain health for the last several months. Similar to The New Day before her, Alexa has the charisma to carry a very long show. She’s funny and bratty and cunning, and the combination of these traits could make for some entertaining segments, or moments of brevity throughout the pay-per-view. And boy howdy, we’ll need them as long as this card is…
Anyways, Alexa will be a great WrestleMania host if she doesn’t hijack the show. Like a good General Manager, a good WrestleMania host should interject themselves into the show at logical points to energize the crowd (and audience watching at home). But, they should still ultimately allow the matches and the show to speak for itself.
I do wonder what’s next for her after WrestleMania, though. Will she return to the ring? Will she continue to plateau as a talk show host? I am not really sure, but perhaps it will become clear during WrestleMania itself.
It just doesn’t feel like WrestleMania season. The week before the show is almost exhausting as a fan, as there’s so much anticipation and fantasy booking and predictions and rumors flying all over the internet. I am nervous for some of the outcomes of the matches (men’s included — please let Kofi win), but I’m more ready to see where things go.
I’ll be saving up all of my rage tweets for Sunday! Get your snacks and drinks ready friends — we’re in for a slobberknocker!
Stay legit bossy,
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‘Fake Steve’ Blogger Revealed
August 06, 2007 by Irene Chang
The New York Times came out with an article today that revealed the identity of the blogger behind fakesteve.blogspot.com, a site that attracted...
The New York Times came out with an article today that revealed the identity of the blogger behind fakesteve.blogspot.com, a site that attracted 50 e-mail responses a day and 700,000 visitors last month.
It turns out that Daniel Lyon, a senior editor at Forbes magazine, had been the mastermind behind the Apple mogul's fake blog.
And this is what the Forbes' publisher had to say about it: “I think it is the most brilliant caricature of an important part of American culture that I’ve seen. We’re really proud that he’s one of ours,” as told to the Times.
The guessing game around his identity was intense, with speculation centering on a variety of plugged-in journalists, former Apple employees and even Mr. Jobs himself.
Well, there you go. Game's over.
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Twitter Now Supports Animated GIFs: Why This Is Good For Marketers
Matt Southern June 18, 2014
Twitter made an announcement today that many of us have all been waiting for: You can now share and view animated GIFs on Twitter.com and on Twitter’s iOS and Android apps.
The announcement came in the form of a tweet from Twitter’s Support team, and appropriately enough it included an animated GIF as well.
Starting today, you can share and view animated GIFs on http://t.co/wJD8Fp317i, Android and iPhone. http://t.co/XBrAbOm4Ya
— Twitter Support (@Support) June 18, 2014
Previously, if you wanted to share a GIF on Twitter, you had to upload it to a third-party (like Imgur) and then share the link. Starting today you can upload and view them directly on Twitter.
GIFs won’t animate automatically in your feed like they do on Tumblr, for example. When a GIF is shown there will be an overlay of a white play button, simply click on the GIF to play it right in your feed.
Why This Is Good For Marketers
The ability to tweet animated GIFs presents new opportunities for content marketers on Twitter. Take a look at how businesses are using Vine to market themselves, those 7 second videos can easily translate into animated GIFs.
GIFs stand out in the Twitter feed just like images do. They can capture the attention of your audience and communicate your message in a way that’s quick and easy to digest.
Perhaps one of the best things about GIFs is that they can communicate emotions. Anyone who spends even a small amount of time on Reddit knows how GIFs can be used to convey the emotion behind a situation. It’s difficult to capture emotion in 140 characters, adding a GIF to your tweet now makes it easier than ever.
Adding a GIF to Twitter works just like uploading any other kind of image, so there’s nothing new to learn when it comes to using them. For a great sourse of animated GIFs to add to your tweets, I recommend the r/Gifs subreddit.
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Empty tank holds a reservoir of affection in Maple Leaf
Oct. 31, 2019 at 7:00 am Updated Oct. 31, 2019 at 4:36 pm
Clay Eals
WHO DOESN’T LOVE a maple tree? One stood tall and lush in our front yard when I was a child. Its leaves grew to be enormous and green, then yellow and brilliant autumn orange, their sturdy stems becoming curled handles to pick up and twirl. Combing the woods across the street for trees to climb, we kids gravitated to maples. Big branches. No sticky pitch.
Such notably Northwest nuances underlie the fondness bred in residents of Seattle’s Maple Leaf neighborhood, especially for its sizable symbol: the water tower and now-empty (!) tank at the southeast corner of Northeast 88th Street and Roosevelt Way.
Erected in 1949 to replace two smaller ones built about 1915, the tank was painted by the city in 1986 with a pleasing pattern of interlocking white maple leaves on a sky-blue background. The adornment followed a national distinction secured by Mayor Charles Royer: the naming of Maple Leaf as Neighborhood of the Year over 2,000 other contestants by Nashville-based Neighborhoods USA.
The Seattle Times editorially saluted the honor, appropriating the melody of “Seattle,” the Perry Como hit, with substitute lyrics that included, “full of houses, full of trees / full of homespun families / and an absence of yuppies … ”
Certainly “yuppies,” a term emerging in the 1980s, were scarce when our “Then” photo was taken, not long after 1949, and looking southeast toward the tank as it presided over an enormous, open-air, ground-level reservoir completed in 1910. The image evinces a nearly rural air, with scattered structures and byway businesses offering garden supplies and gasoline, supplemented by a low billboard for General Tire downtown.
In fact, one could — and still can — stand near the foot of the tank and see downtown, for Maple Leaf, at 446 feet above sea level, is essentially tied with Queen Anne as the third-highest hill in Seattle.
The neighborhood’s boundaries, distinct on the sides (Interstate 5 and Lake City Way), are fuzzier south to north (roughly from Northeast 80th to Northgate). But its soul is singular, says Donna Hartmann-Miller, who worked at legendarily friendly Maple Leaf Hardware and for 10 years led the local community council’s shaping of the modern, 16-acre Maple Leaf Reservoir Park, a $55 million project dedicated in 2013 that included covering of the reservoir.
Meanwhile, worried that the tank — which held 8 million pounds of water 100 feet aloft — would falter in an earthquake, Seattle drained it in 2009. Today, a nearby antenna tower generates city revenue.
Anything but empty is the tank’s imposing civic appeal. “It’s balanced and symmetrical — it’s Americana,” Hartmann-Miller says. “Everybody talks about it with affection.”
Just like, perhaps, a maple leaf.
Check out Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard’s blog at pauldorpat.com for info on their award-winning book, “Seattle Now & Then: The Historic Hundred.” “Now” photographer Jean Sherrard shares his 360-degree videos at the YouTube channel Seattle Now & Then 360.
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From Coach to Teacher, Haines Strives to Be a Positive Role Model
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Brett Haines is the new physical education teacher at Seeley Lake Elementary.
SEELEY LAKE - When he's not in the classroom, Brett Haines can be found coaching Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) flag football, boys' and girls' basketball and track. While Haines has coached at SLE for the past six years, this is his first year teaching physical education. He looks forward to being a positive mentor and encouraging students to work hard and participate.
Haines started kindergarten at Holy Cross Lutheran, before SLE offered kindergarten. He spent first through eighth grade at SLE and then graduated from Seeley-Swan High School. Because his father Kim was the principal and coa...
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Very Unusual Pencil Shaped Hoodoos in New Mexico Reviewed by Simon Sulyma on 5/10/2018 Rating: 5
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Very Unusual Pencil Shaped Hoodoos in New Mexico
American southwest is plentiful of natural wonders and perhaps the most diverse place on Earth in geological features such as mountains, vo...
American southwest is plentiful of natural wonders and perhaps the most diverse place on Earth in geological features such as mountains, volcanos, canyons, badlands, arches, mesas, butts and so forth. Last year's spontaneous trip to Colorado, New Mexico and Utah was my forth trip to the area after Texas, Arizona and California, and I can tell you that you can make hundred trips to the American southwest and still find new and unusual places that will awe you. But you have to be careful while planning your itinerary there, because it's easy to keep on visiting places that will look the same after a week or so. My approach is to always find a right balance between nature, urban areas, history and entertainment. The place I want to show you today is a natural phenomenon called hoodoo. And while you can find hoodoos in other places such as Alberta, these ones have a very unusual pencil like shape.
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, as this park is officially called, features white cliff rocks made of pumice, ash and tuff.
If you've heard of Yellowstone, you probably know what a supervolcano is. If you haven't, you should learn about it as once erupted, it will drastically change the life in many corners of the Planet Earth. Why am I saying this? Because Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks is a result of erosion of 300 ft / 100 m thick layer of volcanic ash and rock deposited after the nearby Jemez supervolcano erupted about 6 or 7 million years ago.
As you can imagine, byproducts of volcanic ash such as pumice and tuff (unlike the volcanic rock like granite) are pretty soft and weather easily. Since erosion is continuing today, this place, not only of exceptional beauty but also sacred for people of Pueblo de Cochiti, requires extra protection.
As a result, park maintains very limited amenities to minimize the footprint. For instance, park has no running water, no dogs are allowed on the trail, there is no gift shop or a place to buy food. You can bring your own food though, there are enough picnic tables.
There is a 1.2 mile / 2 km Cave Loop trail that circles inside the valley surrounded by hoodoos.
For aerial views of the valley and nearby mountains, you can take a steep 1.5 mile / 2.4 km trail up a narrow canyon.
The 360 degree view is very rewarding.
Park is open year around except January 6, the Friday before Easter, Easter Sunday, the Monday after Easter, May 3, July 13-14, July 25, November 1, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day to allow for Pueblo de Cochiti cultural observances and routine park maintenance. In the summer months, the park is experiencing the highest volume of visitors, so it's not unusual that the gate can already be closed around 9 am. As cars leave the park, new visitors can be allowed.
From Albuquerque, head north on I-25 and take the exit for Santo Domingo/Cochiti Lake Recreation Area (Exit 259) off I-25 onto NM 22. Follow the signs on NM 22 to Cochiti Pueblo and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument.
From Santa Fe, head south on I-25 and take the Cochiti Pueblo Exit 264 off I-25 onto NM 16. Turn right off NM 16 onto NM 22, and follow the signs to Cochiti Pueblo and the National Monument.
GPS coordinates: 35.65842306 / -106.4230367.
For additional information visit Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument's official website.
My other posts about the trip to Colorado, New Mexico and Utah:
Tallest Sand Dunes in North America
Taos Pueblo - How America Looked Like Before Columbus
My First Ever Experience Flying a Hot Air Balloon
Five Things You Should Know Before Visiting Arches National Park
Fortress of Mud at the Edge of Western Expansion
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Discover The Land of Hundreds of Canyons
Ghost Village Hidden In Pine Forest of New Mexico
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Client-centric design for Internet OnAir – Michel Dulery, DigitasLBi
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...any innovation must start from a consumer issue, it must build on real observation and experimentation, and it must include space for both process failure and resolution.
Michel Dulery, Client Service Director, DigitasLBi
An aircraft was once the only space in the world where we’re still not connected, so our brief from SITAONAIR was to create the best-in-class experience for passengers adjusting to the new reality of a connected air journey.
Business awareness and usage was our primary target – we know that free access to Wi-Fi is now a key driver. But we also wanted to deliver a more general awareness, since many passengers are still unsure how in-flight mobile works and are unaware of the added value it can provide.
And we needed to be able to respond to high user expectations through services that are as efficient in the air as on the ground.
Three typologies
To address these elements, we identified three customer typologies – Marc, Eva and Yan – and then worked through who they are, what they do, how they travel, what their expectations are and how a solution can be developed to suit those expectations. We described in detail their customer journeys.
So Marc is CEO EMEA of a big corporation living in Paris. He’s a frequent traveler, including long haul, and probably flies business class. During the flight he’ll want to review documents and have exchanges with other senior execs. Any internet service has to be enterprise-level, so he can move almost seamlessly from office to plane to office.
Eva is an industrial designer from Berlin. She travels several times a year around the world, discovering new people and cultures. On long-haul, she’ll be updating her work and personal blogs, sharing photos and videos with colleagues and friends, and preparing for her work on arrival or return.
Both Marc and Eva fit the typology of the frequent flyer.
Yan lives with his family in London, working as editor-in-chief for a well-known lifestyle magazine. He’s more likely to be travelling economy with his family.
Since they each have a tablet or smartphone, they’ll want Wi-Fi connections, both to prepare for the trip and relax during the flight, and to have the option of chatting with friends back home.
By ranking those typologies against criteria including expectations, usage, requirements, accessibility and budget, we can prepare a business model that can accommodate the various typologies.
And so we have today’s Internet OnAir solution, offering a complete range of services to satisfy multiple users, with free, freemium or paid access according to passenger status and accessible in five easy steps.
We all know that our future is going to be digital and we are constantly thinking ahead, but always according to three principles: any innovation must start from a consumer issue, it must build on real observation and experimentation, and it must include space for both process failure and resolution.
We must never be afraid to fail, because that’s how we find the answer.
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How can technology make the onboard experience enjoyable for passengers and personalized to their wants and needs?
IATA predicts a 6.7% growth in passenger traffic this year. At the same time, people are traveling more frequently and across more time zones. How can we make that experience better, providing relevant and timely information and insights back to the passenger?
Tim Grosser , Head of Digital Transformation, IATA
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MN Lawmakers Make 2020 Vaping Proposals Public
Written By Nathan Affield - November 01 2019
Halloween may have passed, but the suspense remains as Minnesota lawmakers begin drawing up plans and proposals for the state's upcoming 2020 legislative session. Legislators don't resume work at the capitol until February, but some important announcements have shed light on the fight to be expected next year.
Over the past few months the news has been dominated by reports of people being hospitalized with severe lung injuries from bad THC carts. The FDA and CDC are finally on the same page regarding the most common factor between the nearly 2,000 cases nationwide with an update released at the end of October. Minnesota confirmed that two more deaths were linked to the outbreak.
In an expected fashion, elected officials in the state have made announcements of their plans to take on the outbreak and address youth use of nicotine at two separate press conferences early this week.
“We’re not waiting anymore,” said Rep. Laurie Halverson, DFL-Eagan. “There’s no wait and see to see if these things are dangerous. We know they’re dangerous. People across the country and in Minnesota are dying using these products.” Halverson's comments echoed many at the capitol conflating commercially available nicotine vapes with tainted THC cartridges.
The proposals also include a tax increase. Halverson and others believe that raising tobacco prices are "the best way to prevent youth from ever starting to smoke," in her own words. Lawmakers and media sources inaccurately stated that vapor products are tax exempt. Currently Minnesota sales taxes apply to retail vapor purchases, as well as a 95% excise tax on all nicotine that crosses state lines.
Another major point of contention is the documented rise in youth use and experimentation with vaping. Proposals to combat the rise include the taxes mentioned before, raising the minimum age to purchase to 21, and the most extreme proposal includes an overall ban on flavored vaping products. Prohibition has been the route several other states have gone already, but court decisions over the last two weeks have put bans in Michigan and Oregon on hold. Massachusetts' ban was upheld, but some changes must be made going forward.
Smokeless's own Jesse Griffith was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio.
“We have customers who definitely want their voice heard on this,” Griffith said. Policymakers, he said, are conflating legal vape materials and illicit THC products.
“The way that state and federal officials responded has been solely focused on trying to minimize the access to flavors, so I think that certainly sends the message that our industry is the problem, not the illicit drug trade,” he said.
Last week, DFL Gov. Tim Walz spoke on the issue during visits to several Minnesota schools. The Governor supports a tobacco 21 measure, but is much more wary of banning flavors for adults.
“Prohibition does not work,” Walz said. “You can make things more attractive by doing that.”
Minnesota's legislative session resumes on February 11th, 2020.
One Domino at a Time - The Shady Way Anti-Vapor Laws Gain Traction
Written By Nathan Affield - April 05 2019
Last week we wrote about the city of San Fransisco's proposal for a complete ban on sales of vapor products, and this week we learned that a ban on the sale of flavored products was approved by the Arden Hills city council here in Minnesota. This trend of anti-vapor policies is troubling enough; but its how these laws get passed that's just as concerning as the rules themselves.
For those unfamiliar with the Twin Cities metro area, Arden Hills is an immediate suburb nestled to the north between Minneapolis and St. Paul. The reason this new law is curious is that the town of 10,000 people has no established vape shops in the city. Sure, there are a couple tobacco stores that may sell some hardware or eliquid, but there isn't an active vape shop to gather and share news and information. The same was true when T21 was adopted in St. Louis Park & Edina. Neither of the first cities to raise the age to buy had vape-only shops in town.
The strategy is simple: Propose anti-vaping legislation in places without store and shop owners who will certainly object, and you're likely to succeed in passing it easily. Then when larger or even capitol cities are asked to adopt the same measures, the smaller cities are used as evidence that the measure is necessary. In some cases, council members have even expressed guilt for not passing measures sooner.
T21 has had a checkered success rate in the state. As of this writing it has still failed in more cities and counties than it has passed. But that's not much of a setback for the public health groups who push these policies. In fact, a patchwork of different laws from city to city strengthens the case to make something law at the state level, overruling local government decisions.
The sad fact is that this strategy of "one domino at a time" has worked, overall. While a statewide ban on indoor use was defeated in the early 2010s, and T21 has been held off thus far; both measures have made a reappearance in the halls of capitol hill. The patchwork argument will certainly be used to support these anti-vaping measures; and vape industry leaders are concerned Arden Hills' flavor ban may be next to get the creeping treatment.
The real question is, do any of these measures actually achieve the goals for which they claim to exist? Flavors are well documented as a major factor in many adult smokers making the switch. Yes, young people enjoy flavors; but so do most people with functioning taste buds. Removing flavor options for vaping is a feel-good action that runs a greater risk of closing an important off-ramp for smokers looking to quit.
The State of Vaping: March 2019
Written By Nathan Affield - March 15 2019
As we enter the Ides of March, much has happened that shifts the landscape of vaping laws and regulations. So much so that the industry is left this week with more questions than answers; both nationally and locally.
National uncertainty
March has been marked with several announcements, a couple of which are major in implication. One proposal that trended was President Trump's budget proposal which calls for federal excise and user fees on the vaping industry. The proposal is far from final, but it lays out a troubling position of raising taxes on the industry and its consumers.
The biggest and most shocking announcement of all seemed to be the resignation of FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. The announcement, which happened on March 5th. Gottlieb was seen by the industry as a mostly positive force at the agency. It was Gottlieb's delay of regulation deadlines and his open-mindedness toward harm reduction that won him much favor among businesses and consumers alike. Gottlieb was one of the first and most prominent political figures to actually speak to the benefits of vaping vs. smoking.
His biggest ire was undoubtedly the rise in underage e-cig usage. The FDA released a few reports that showed an upward trend in use by those under the legal age to do so. His legacy will understandably be a mixed record depending on which affected party you ask.
Replacing him for the time being is National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Ned Sharpless. Sharpless has supported Gottlieb's efforts and has praised his work in helping cancer patients throughout his tenure. Sharpless and Gottlieb are both on record as saying the FDA will continue on the path and guidelines set out under the current administration. Industry leaders wonder whether Gottlieb's full-time replacement will share his perspective, that vaping is an effective and important tool in the fight for public health.
These changes have created plenty of uncertainty as to the FDA and the Federal government's position on the future of vaping. This week a new draft guideline was released, detailing the FDA's plan for removing flavors from retail stores; meaning only dedicated vape & smoke shops would be allowed to sample flavors and vape inside the store.
State Law Shakeup
Here in Minnesota, we've had some sort of vaping law, tax, or rule change on the session schedule almost every year; and 2019 is no different.
Just yesterday, the MN House of Representatives passed HF 349, which, among other things, revises the Clean Indoor Air Act to include vaping; banning it everywhere cigarettes are banned statewide. The bill passed by a vote of 100-25 and now moves to the MN Senate, where it will make its way through various committees on its way to a full floor vote.
T21 has also come before the state legislature and is expected to be quite a fight. So far in the state, T21 has a success rate of less than 50% at the municipal level. Supporters of raising the age hope to sew together the patchwork of laws and create a uniform rule for nicotine access statewide.
Regional Reinforcements
Among the big news and personnel changes, Vaping (both consumers AND businesses) have a new ally in the fight: The Midwest Vapor Coalition. Executive Director Cap O'Rourke says:
"This new group was founded by four vapor business entities that committed to ensuring that Minnesota's Vapor businesses have representation at the State Capitol since the beginning of the 2019 session - and will continue to have representation."
MVC was born out of efforts from previous advocacy organizations such as the IVRM and numerous regional retail shops and manufacturers.
Minneapolis To Discuss Adopting T21
Minnesota's largest city is set to take up the T21 debate. Minneapolis city council members met Friday morning and agreed to bring the debate before the public in a hearing set for Monday, May 14th. The hearing will be open to public comment and discussion ahead of the council's final vote on the hot button issue.
T21 is a movement that seeks to raise the age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. The thought behind the movement is that raising the age to match alcohol sales will make it much harder for High School kids to get their hands on the products.
“This is an ordinance that will save lives,” said City Council Member Andrew Johnson, a co-author of the measure alongside Council Member Jeremiah Ellison. “It’s clearly been a good idea that’s gained a lot of traction, because five other cities have passed it. And we think it’s time Minneapolis does so as well.”
But what the council members do not say, and many news organizations fail to notice, is that T21 has failed in more places than it has passed in the state. 4 cities may have enacted the measure, but 3 times as many proposals have been shot down statewide.
Image courtesy of THR4L (Tobacco Harm Reduction for Life)
Opponents, especially in the vaping industry, raise concerns about what will happen to young adults who seek smoke-free alternatives. A significant portion of today's ex-smokers quit between the ages of 18-20 and the fear is that this measure leaves them without access to vape products; whose goal is to get people off of cigarettes. Another concern is the patchwork of laws, making the rules confusing and doing nothing to stop young adults from driving a town over to get what they're looking for.
The strategy is part of an overall goal to push for a statewide T21 law, and indeed the measure is set to come before the Minnesota legislature this session. Currently 5 states and District of Columbia have enacted T21 laws.
Key Trades in T21 Decisions
The movement to raise the age at which young adults can purchase tobacco and vapor products traded ground this week as two key cities held hearings about the proposed "T21" ordinances. Bloomington, in the metro area, voted unanimously to approve the age hike, while things became much more complicated in central Minnesota as the St Cloud city council approved T21 on a slim 4-3 vote, but the Mayor says he will veto the measure.
Bloomington remains an Island
Bloomington Minnesota was the first city in the state to restrict device sampling in existing vape stores. They became an island in policy, and as of this posting remain the only city in Minnesota to do so.
It was a chilly November night as the city council chambers filled to standing room only before the meeting came to order. T21 advocates clad in matching green t-shirts, sponsored by ClearWay MN, and accompanied by various doctors, concerned mothers, children from elementary through high school, and of even a newly wed who spoke of her father missing the wedding thanks to the terrible consequences of smoking. Mayor Gene Winstead managed to keep the anecdotal testimony to a minimum. Most of the pro-T21 testimony focused on the danger of cigarettes and youth access, with only a couple of speakers demonizing vaping directly. One very young child looked to her mother for approval after finishing the prepared speech she read to the council. The main contention was that senior high students are friends with 18-20 year olds who can purchase tobacco products for them.
The other half of the room, near the back in most cases, also wanted to limit youth access to tobacco products, but their solution came in a different fashion: education and harm reduction. They voiced concern for those who already started smoking, and would be left without access to smoke free alternatives. Ex-smokers, vaping advocates, and local vape shop owners pleaded for more forward thinking policy than an outright ban. They pointed to education campaigns like the UK's "Stoptober" which promotes vaping as a way to kick the habit. They argued that putting vapor products under the same restrictions as combustible tobacco sends the wrong message, may actually end up increasing the number of smokers or at the very least prevent smokers who want to quit from doing so for years. There were of course mentions of reductions in business but the main concern stemmed from the message it sends and how the city should treat proven and recognized harm reduction and smoking cessation tools like vaping.
The language was notably different this time around from when the council met to discuss sampling. This time there was recognition of the benefits of vaping. The mayor noted that it reduces harm but followed it up by saying "harm is still there." Indeed the entire council seemed unified in the belief that vaping was a viable alternative to cigarettes. "We're behind in doing good research on the vaping [subject]" commented council member Jon Oleson, who's district included the two well established vape stores in the city. He may have proposed an amendment under different circumstances and political climates. He called the city's initial reaction to vaping "Knee-jerky."
The unanimous decision came around 10pm. Bloomington became the first city in the state to raise the age to purchase with established stores in the city. They remain an Island. The only amendment was an unclear directive from another council member about research into education and looking into online sale regulations. It failed to get a second, and died before anyone understood what was being proposed. The green shirts exited and posed for victory photos as the vaping advocates filed out into the cold.
Cloudy results in central Minnesota
Things were much different a little ways northwest. In St. Cloud there were protesters outside city hall holding signs reading "Vote NO on T21" The council chambers are much larger, and include stadium seating. T21 opponents lined one side of the room, with banners and signs making their points clear as day. In this region, the T21 supporters wore bright blue shirts, grouping together on the other side of the room. They, too, had children with prepared remarks along side a swath of concerned parents and some healthcare providers making similar arguments to those in Bloomington. More than 40 people spoke that night; a mix of opponents and supporters.
The council voted a very close 4-3 to adopt T21, but MayorDave Kleis is having none of it.
"I can't support it, and I won't sign it," he said. He is expected to veto the measure, stating back in July :
"We pick an age which we determine an individual's maturity, and it's in the Constitution now where it's 18 ... If we feel someone is mature enough and smart enough to make that decision, and if they're old enough to fight for the country, I think we have to be consistent in that age."
St. cloud is one of the largest cities in central Minnesota and could influence other cities in the region.
The day after the hearings, Bloomington held elections for numerous city council seats. Most of the sitting council members were defeated. Oleson, who's district includes those two vape shops, lost by only 6 votes. The other two, who the night prior, had practically kissed hard-line groups like Clearway's feet, also lost their seats. One had been on the council for many years.
Support from vapers could very well have changed the outcome of some of these elections. Harm reduction advocates look to the future of vaping regulation as more research supports vaping as a harm reduction and smoking cessation method, and hope policy steers towards more education, rather than restriction.
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Explore the most well-known postcard of Granada is the Alhambra on this hop-on hop-off train tour
Discover the palatial city which was built by the monarchs of the Nasrid dynasty and is categorized by its reddish color
Design your own itinerary and get on and off the train as long as you want for 1 Day
Admire a magnificent sunset at the Mirador de San Nicolás in Granada
Visit the Cathedral of Granada, the second biggest cathedral in Spain
Explore Realejo, the ancient Jewish quarter of Granada and Sephardic culture and history
Audio Guide available in 12 languages namely Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic and Catalonian
Two special kids channel in English and Spanish
Days of Operation: Daily
Departure Time & Point:
Granada City Tour (Hop-on Hop-off Train) Alhambra and City Centre Route:
Alhambra Route Timings:
November to February: Daily - 9:30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
March to October and National and Local Holidays: Daily - 9:30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Departure Point: Alhambra ticket office.
Return Point: Tour returns to the original point of departure.
City Centre Route Timings:
November to February: Friday & Saturday - 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
March to October: Daily - 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
Departure Point: Plaza Nueva
Exceptions: Tours not operating on 5th January, Easter Week and 24th December
Granada City Hop-on Hop-off Train Route:
Alhambra Route (Green Line):
Cuesta Gomérez
Plaza Nueva/Office Granada City Tour
Paseo de los Tristes
Mirador de San Nicolás / Plaza Abad
Plaza San Miguel Bajo
Catedral / Plaza Romanilla
Fray Leopoldo / Jardines del Triunfo
Monasterio de San Jerónimo
Calle Alhóndiga / Recogidas
Plaza Mariana Pineda / El Corte Inglés
Calle Molinos /Campo del Príncipe
Hotel Alhambra Palace / Carmen de los Mártires
City Center Route (Red Line):
Granada City Tour is the best way of getting to know the city’s most fascinating sights.
Two different routes, both of which will take you to Granada’s most important locations: the Alhambra Route - Daytime and City Center Route - Nighttime. Enjoy our hop on - hop off option, which allows you to get on and off as often as you like at any of our stops, all of which are located at important points of interest.
This tour provides the opportunity to create your own itinerary to see Granada. The Granada City Tour Hop-on Hop-off service offers you unlimited possibilities to create your own itinerary to see Granada. With our Hop-on Hop-off service you'll be able to get on and off the train as often as you want for as long as your ticket is valid so you can discover the city's most important spots.
At Granada City Tour we've designed two Hop-on Hop-off routes so you can explore the city during the day or at night: the Alhambra Route and the Night-time City Centre Route, or you can do both routes in their entirety if you want to see the Granada in both day light and illuminated night time.
The Granada City Tour train will take you to all of the city's tourist attractions, and with our Hop-on Hop-off service you can create your own tailor-made itinerary. Get off the tourist train and get on again at any of the stops along the route.
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SoundCloud valued at US$1.2bn as it seeks US$150m in funding
by Dean Van Nguyen
SoundCloud is seeking US$150m in funding which will bring the online music-sharing service’s valuation to US$1.2bn.
That's according to Wall Street Journal sources, who say the company is seeking new licensing agreements with major record labels in an attempt to compete with Spotify and Beats Music, now owned by consumer tech titan Apple.
Launched in 2007 by sound designer Alex Liung and artist Eric Wahlforss, SoundCloud has been primarily associated with smaller labels and independent artists as an outlet to share music online, though pop stars such as Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus also keep accounts.
The site charges these artists monthly fees based on upload volume, which has traditionally been its primary revenue stream. This year, however, it began airing ads to listeners and has plans to launch a subscription service next year.
Twitter apparently was interested in acquiring SoundCloud earlier this year but the social network is believed to have backed out of talks, with speculation pointing at SoundCloud’s lack of licensing agreements to stream music as the main reason.
The Wall Street Journal speculated that with a new US$150m investment the company will wield more leverage to smooth its business model and negotiate key deals with major labels.
SoundCloud image via Shutterstock
Related: SoundCloud, music, streaming, entertainment, funding and investment
Dean is a freelance journalist and editor covering media.
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The Sesame Street Guide to Life Boxed Set: The Joy of Cookies, The Pursuit of Grouchiness, and The Importance of Being Ernie (and Bert) (Multiple copy pack)
By Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie
(GIFTS)
This boxed set includes three books from your friends on Sesame Street:
The Joy of Cookies: Cookie Monster’s Guide to Life, by Cookie Monster
The Pursuit of Grouchiness: Oscar the Grouch's Guide to Life, by Oscar the Grouch
The Importance of Being Ernie (and Bert): A Best Friends’ Guide to Life, by Bert and Ernie
Because in life, there are three things we can all agree on: cookies, grouchiness, and friendship.
An Imprint Book
Praise for The Joy of Cookies
"Fans of the big blue guy will love this title, which, just like a warm chocolate chip cookie, oozes joy and happiness." —School Library Journal
Praise for The Pursuit of Grouchiness
"MMM, me LOVE this book. So tasty! (Might be fun to read, too.)" —Cookie Monster
Praise for The Importance of Being Ernie (and Bert):
"This might be one of the happiest books you’ll ever pick up." —Nerdist
Cookie Monster has been a monster and cookie lover for decades. He has garnered acclaim and renown for his persistence in the pursuit of cookies, his oversized emotions, and his soft, luxurious blue fur. The Joy of Cookies is his first book of advice. He lives on Sesame Street.
Oscar the Grouch doesn't need to explain himself to you.
He lives in a trash can on Sesame Street.
Ernie is a fan of staying up late, taking baths with his Rubber Duckie, and playing the saxophone. He lives with his ol’ buddy Bert on Sesame Street.
Bert enjoys reading, collecting bottlecaps, and eating food that is very bland. He lives with his best friend Ernie on Sesame Street.
Publisher: Imprint
Publication Date: October 8th, 2019
Series: The Sesame Street Guide to Life
Humor / Form / Parodies
Self-help / Personal Growth / Happiness
Reference / Personal & Practical Guides
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Judi Evans
Role Adrienne
Show Days Of Our Lives
BIRTHDATE: July 12
BIRTHPLACE: Montebello, CA
STAR SIGN: Cancer
YEARS ON SHOW: 1986-'91; 2003-'07; 2007-present
MARITAL STATUS: Married Michael Luciano, a field cameraman for CNBC, in 1993. She was previously married to Robert Eth from 1990-'92.
CHILDREN: Son Austin Michael (born May 26, 1996)
Though Judi Evans was born in Montebello, CA and grew up in Monterey Park, it would be accurate to add that the actress grew up professionally on daytime. Evans made her television debut on the CBS drama GUIDING LIGHT in 1983 as the troubled Beth Raines. Her performance won her the 1984 Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress. In 1986 Evans joined NBC’s DAYS OF OUR LIVES, where she portrayed the popular Adrienne Kiriakis opposite Wally Kurth‘s (ex-Ned, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Justin. From 1991 to 1999 Evans played Paulina Carlino on ANOTHER WORLD, a character that she described as “sweet and devilish.” The role won her the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1998. Evans was nominated for two additional Soap Opera Digest awards — Hottest Female Star in 1993 and Favorite Daytime Supercouple on a Daytime Serial — shared with Vincent Irizarry (ex-Lujack, GL; now David, Y&R) in 1986. After the cancellation of AW, Evans took time off to focus on her family and moved back to California following her husband, an L.A.-based cameraman for CNBC. She returned briefly to acting in 2000 when she played Patsy Ramsey in the made-for-TV movie Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Mystery. To the delight of her fans she came back to daytime in 2003 to play Mimi’s trashy mother Bonnie Lockhart on DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Bonnie left Salem in early 2007, but Adrienne soon returned to town. Evans official Web site is www.judievans.net.
Is the youngest of four children.
Her parents were trapeze artists, so Evans spent her childhood traveling with the circus as a baby clown.
Considered a career in medicine.
Loves the books of Stephen King and Anne Rice.
Her real-life son, Austin, played her character's son on ANOTHER WORLD.
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The Effect of Savings Accounts on Interpersonal Financial Relationships: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya
Last registered on June 30, 2015
Western Kenya
Anthony Keats
Pascaline Dupas
Finance & Microfinance
financial access; spillovers; social insurance
C93; D14; G21; O16
The welfare impact of expanding access to bank accounts depends on whether accounts crowd out pre-existing financial relationships, or whether private gains from accounts are shared within social networks. To study the effect of accounts on financial linkages, we provided free bank accounts to a random subset of 885 households. Within households, we randomized which spouse was offered an account and find no evidence of negative spillovers to spouses. Across households, we document positive spillovers: treatment households become less reliant on grown children and siblings living outside their village, and become more supportive of neighbors and friends within their village.
Dupas, Pascaline, Anthony Keats and Jonathan Robinson. 2015. "The Effect of Savings Accounts on Interpersonal Financial Relationships: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya." AEA RCT Registry. June 30. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.740-1.0.
Dupas, Pascaline et al. 2015. "The Effect of Savings Accounts on Interpersonal Financial Relationships: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya." AEA RCT Registry. June 30. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/740/history/4598.
- bank usage (from administrative records)
From surveys:
- savings behavior (formal and informal)
- transfers (intra- and inter-household)
- expenditures
- food security
- business investment
- farm investment
Sampling Frame
This study took place in the catchment area of banks in three market centers in Western Kenya. A census of all households in these catchment areas was carried out between August and September 2009. The census survey collected information on demographic characteristics of the household, sources of income, as well as access to financial services, knowledge and perceptions of available financial services, and saving practices. A total of 1,898 households were surveyed during the census exercise. Only 20% of these households had a member with a bank account, despite the fact that the average distance to the closest deposit-taking financial institution was (by design) only 1.6 kilometers, suggesting that physical access was unlikely to be a limiting factor. Account ownership was predominantly male: 21% of men had a bank account, against only 10% of women.
Of the 1,898 households in the census, about half (989) were selected to participate in the study. Those households excluded from the study were those with at least one bank account holder (20%), and relatively atypical households, i.e. polygamous households (8%) and households with no female head (11%). Of the 989 sampled households, we could survey both (when applicable) households heads in survey round 1 in 931 cases, and again in at least one of the following rounds in 885 of the cases. Our analysis sample thus consists of 885 households for whom we have at least one follow-up survey round.
Randomization
Out of the household sample, we created a sample of household heads. This individual-level sample included either one or two individuals per household: the female head for single female-headed households, and both the female and male head for dual-headed households. We then randomized these individuals into treatment and control groups. The randomization was done in May 2010, after stratifying the sample by household composition (single female-headed or dual-headed), primary occupation, and market center. Note that the randomization was conducted at the individual, not the household level. Thus, among dual-headed households, while there are households in which either, both, or neither spouse got the account, the size of each group was determined by chance -- and consequently, the four groups are not equal sized. Table A1 shows the final breakdown of households in our analysis sample. Among dual-headed households, 17% had no one assigned to the treatment, 33% had both heads assigned to the treatment group, 26% had only the female head assigned to treatment and 24% had only the male head assigned to treatment. Among single female-headed households, 50% were assigned to the treatment group.
Individuals selected for the treatment received a nominal, non-transferable voucher for a free savings account. As mentioned above, the study took place around three market centers. In one of these market centers, both the Village Bank and the Commercial Bank have a branch, and the voucher was redeemable at either bank. In the other two market centers, only the Village Bank had a branch, so respondents in those markets were given a voucher redeemable only at the Village Bank. The experiment waived all account opening and maintenance fees, but did not cover any withdrawal fees. In total, the subsidy amounted to $5 for accounts at the village bank and $2.50 plus $0.60 a month for maintenance at the commercial bank. The commercial bank account came with a free ATM card.
The vouchers were delivered to people in their homes between late May and early July 2010. During that visit, individuals received information on how the banks and accounts worked, and when and how to redeem the voucher. Upon opening the account, individuals could choose to open the account jointly with their spouse or alone. Sixty-nine percent of vouchers that were distributed were redeemed. Only 5.7% of accounts that were opened were joint accounts.
Randomization was done in office by computer, using Stata.
Randomization was done at the individual level, but most of the analysis was performed at the household level. For each household, we constructed treatment status based on the assignment of the husband and the wife.
We also performed some intra-household analysis, for which we used the treatment status of each spouse (for married couples).
885 households
approximately 3,200 household surveys (varying somewhat from outcome to outcome)
- Overall: 602 treatment, 283 control.
- Single-headed households: 198 treatment, 201 control
- Dual-headed households: 127 female only, 116 male only, 161 both spouses, 82 control
Innovations for Poverty Action - Kenya
G09-08-090-01
Intervention Completion Date
July 31, 2012, 12:00 AM +00:00
Data Collection Completion Date
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
approximately 3,200 household surveys (depending on outcome)
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
602 treatment, 283 control
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"Gateway Music Festival Featured Band Series: SameSoul"
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Samesoul is a fresh new band coming onto an under populated jam band scene with a fresh new sound. The band is currently working on producing their first album with much anticipation from several fans. Chris Jesse lays down raspy clean vocals in the manner of a well established blues singer. The music is well developed and the talent of Derick Howard, lead guitarist oozes in each song. Joe Devito on the bass and Joel Storm on the drums keep that funky, bluesy, organic vibe flowing throughout each song.
The band seems to borrow a lot of their sound from the jam bands before them. Quick, intelligent lyrics echo Trey Anastasio’s work. At times, the coal track sounds a lot like Gov’t Mule with a lot less gravel. The music also recalls the work of Stevie Ray Vaughn on many of the tunes. The band has obvious gel onstage and hopefully this translates into a well done studio recording.
Samesoul plays live with enthusiasm and talent. Each member gets a chance to stand out in typical jam band style, but no one dominates the show. The band mates laugh and thoroughly enjoy their opportunity on stage, giving the fans a real treat during their performance. They are not your typical flashy musicians though; they keep their talents in check and show it off discreetly on stage.
If you can not wait for an album from Samesoul, the lead guitarist, Derick Howard has already released a solo album; showcasing his ability has a musician on his own. He provides sweet vocals with astonishing guitar rhythm and flourishes with his own drum loops taking advantage of drums outside of the typical kit. The sound is definitely reminiscent of SameSoul and each track plays off as the effort of a hardworking musician who at times barely has to try to make a beautiful sound.
SameSoul is a band with a future that is heading toward the jam circuit. Do not look for them on the Top 40 radio, but instead out in the festival fields of America with a solid core fan base. They are less a band for the people and more a band of musicians for musicians. The songs are fun and catchy, so a breakthrough may not be that far fetched, but the true beauty of this band is the capability to turn any song in their catalog into a jam track that stretches the beauty into a masterpiece of musicianship.
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we're currently in a studio finishing our first original album. our original music is a fresh look at life and love with familiar originality. we have a song that plays on our hometown radio station quite frequently. the song is called "Papas Goin' Fishin', written by Chris Jesse. You can find the song on a charity double disc titled "Madison Bands Together". the song was written for that charity drive and took off from there. it is the most requested song when samesoul plays the area. we also have four original songs that went live-webcast for a missing persons benefit during the "Squeeky Wheel Tour"(feat. Clementine from Orange Co., California).
the website would be 411gina.org.
samesoul is a two year working band. we go in and adapt to our atmosphere. we're really good at working the crowd and thats kind of our nitch. we play familiar tunes that appeal to both young and old alike. people often ask if we play any music made after we were born. we like classic, obscure rock i guess you could say. we hit some laid back, toe tapping country music as well as top 40 classic rock. we're influenced by the music of our fathers. The Dead, The Allman Bros. Crosby Stills and Nash, America. we also play todays softer rock like Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Sublime, ect. we put off a good vibe because we're basically having fun doing what we're doing and we like to see others having fun. the music is tight and people dance all night. we're an up-beat solid band who works hard to do a good job.
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Pride 2014 Festival Angles. Photo by Ed and Eddie
By GayCities.com
Why Spending Time In This San Francisco Neighborhood Could Make You Say ‘I Do’
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Beyond the ‘Stro is a new Queerty/GayCites series exploring the popular San Francisco districts outside the Castro where LGBT folks mingle with our straight counterparts. This week’s column looks at Central Market.
Central Market could be considered the heart of San Francisco, not only because it’s right at the city’s geographic core but also because of its emotional resonance. Central Market is home to City Hall, the building that comes to mind immediately when we think of San Francisco’s groundbreaking fight for same-sex marriage. You could say that it is the birthplace of legal equality. Each June, City Hall also hosts its own swanky VIP Pride. The nearby Civic Center Plaza is actually where the Pride Parade culminates, so you’ll find thousands of LGBT people and allies coming together to watch live performances, listen to rousing speeches, and continue the celebration, of course.
It’s not only during Pride that Central Market becomes a hotspot for LGBT people, however. The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is one of the largest live music venues in the city, so whenever big acts like Lana Del Rey or Sam Smith come to town, this is where they perform. The auditorium is massive – it was built for 7,000 people – so make sure you employ the buddy system and try not to get lost. Not surprisingly, San Francisco also has plenty of Broadway fans, and they all know where to go for live entertainment that includes show tunes and jazz hands: The Orpheum Theater. It’s where "Wicked" and "The Book of Mormon" made their tour stops. And that’s not all for theater and live music lovers. Central Market also has new options for a sophisticated night out, including the S.F. Jazz Center and A.C.T.’s Strand Theater.
You don’t have to get dressed up or spend tons of money to enjoy a live show, however. The Rickshaw Stop has a legendary indie pop night that attracts young folks – gay, straight and bi, just so long as they like to dance. And a few blocks away, Public Works has DJs spinning in its warehouse club well into the wee hours. If you have the courage to take center stage, the Mint Karaoke Lounge is an S.F. institution. Just make sure you arrive early and know exactly which song you’re going to sing. You don’t want to spend all night deciding between Shania and Celine (go with Shania). On the other side of Market, Martuni’s is a candle-lit piano bar that’s popular with local theater kids and old-school drag queens. On Mondays, cast members from different shows descend upon Martuni’s to show off their stuff.
Central Market is where you’ll also find Zuni Cafe, San Francisco’s can’t-go-wrong restaurant whether for a lively lesbian Pride brunch or a late-night dinner date. Fans of HBO’s Looking might recognize the restaurant as the place where Murray Bartlett’s character worked. For post-dinner drinks, sneak away to Hotel Biron, an intimate wine bar hidden just down the alley.
Even tinier is Sushi Zone on Pearl Street, with only a handful of tables. Get there early to be one of the lucky 12 to get to eat at what is widely-considered San Francisco’s best sushi place. If you are having dinner with more people that can even fit at Sushi Zone, perhaps Burma Love will be able to accommodate. The new Burmese restaurant is nothing short of culinary sensation. Get the tea leaf salad for the table, and then get a tea leaf salad kit to go so you can be the envy of your next potluck. It’s a bigger restaurant, but they still don’t take reservations so get there early, too. San Francisco is packed to the brim nowadays, so generally just arrive early to wherever you are going, okay?
Also in this area is the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, which has been helping us out since 1993.
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