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Bronze Bas Relief (Large Landscape)
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by Robert Kipniss
Artist/ Designer: Robert Kipniss
b. 1931, Brooklyn NY
Title: Bronze Bas Relief (Large Landscape)
Dimensions: 12"h x 16" x 2"
Details: Signed Kipniss on bottom of left side, stamped with edition number 3/8. Hanging wire on back and drilled holes on bottom for optional attachment to a sculpture base. Exact date of work unknown, estimated circa 1970-1975.
Notes from the Archive: Robert Kipniss, the extraordinary American landscape painter and master printmaker, experimented with bas relief in bronze early in his career, as both a technical challenge and an opportunity to create true sculptural forms in bronze. Bas relief (A French term from the Italian basso-relievo or low-relief) is a technique in which design elements are more prominent than the overall flat background. Here Kipniss takes this to the extreme reaching depths of almost two inches in some areas.
He is best known for his imaginary and dreamlike landscapes offering recollections of a moment of transient beauty. Upon first seeing a Kipniss work, often the viewer has the distinct feeling of seeing this landscape or interior before, a déjà vu second that seems impossible to forget. As Kipniss describes, "I may be painting trees and houses, but when I look at them, that's not what I see. I see an atmosphere, a moment, a quickly passing experience that I'm trying to capture. My art is an art of intensity, of delving, of exploring the soul." This is a rare and rich work, one of only a very few in this medium, acquired directly from this great American artist.
Kipniss' work is represented in the permanent collections of hundreds of museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the British Museum in London and the Bibliothèque National in Paris.
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Raw Material - Raw Material (1970 uk, excellent prog psych rock, 2003 remaster and vortex extra tracks issue)
The A-side of their eponymous debut album, from the London based quintet, includes three strong, long tracks: "Time And Illusion", which had a long instrumental break and vibraphone on leading role; "I'd Be Delighted", which featured strong vocals, good flute and sax work and "Fighting Cock", which builds in strength after a mellow beginning. The finale, "Destruction", is a poetry recitation with unidentified orchestral backing.
1. Time And Illusion (Victor Smith) - 7:30
2. I'd Be Delighted (Ed Welch) - 5:06
3. Fighting Cock (Ed Welch) - 3:48
4. Pear On An Apple Tree (Ed Welch, Phil Sawyer) - 2:58
5. Future Recollections (Colin Catt, Phil Gunn) - 3:54
6. Traveller Man (Klodzinski, Page, Dave Green) - 6:13
7. Destruction Of America (Colin Catt, Herbie Flowers, Phil Gunn) - 2:20
8. Time And Illusion (Single Version) (Victor Smith) - 3:10
9. Hi There Halleluja - 2:45
10.Bobo's Party - 3:12
11.Days Of Fighting Cock - 3:07
Bonus Tracks 8-11
1971 Raw Material - Time is...
The Griffin - The World's Filled With Love (1968 us, fabulous colorful beat psychedelia, vinyl edition)
Griffin was an obscure flower power pop psych band with their 1968 ABC label album, optimistically titled “The World’s Filled With Love.” And anyone with a sweet tooth for the first two Strawberry Alarm Clock long players, or the mystical but still pop-centrific later Monkees albums, or anyone who still believes the world is filled with bunnies and pink cotton candy clouds, will find Griffin ’s naïve but surprisingly trippy outlook on life pretty reassuring.
Griffin summoning up their inner Kahlil Gibrans when they sing “Know thyself is just a phrase, till some have passed through the haze. I’ve figured out the maze, in my other life.” As Ravi Shankar’s dad, I’m guessing, since they surround it with the same kind of floaty, mystical sitar and tabla head zones that George did on his passages to India , all bellydancing rhythms, snakey sitar lines and om-like chanting background vocals. I’ll take a thousand of these ambitious, “Within You Without You” electric sitar headswirlers over another bad bar band boogie track, and that’s in this life and any of my past lives.
Elsewhere, the excellent “Magic Carpet Ride” is not a cover of the Steppenwolf karaoke bar perennial, but a tremendous popsike original, with upbeat tempo, moody minor keys and groovy hip lounge bar vocals – definitely a close musical cousin to anything off the first Strawberry Alarm Clock albums. Not quite soft pop, since the frenetic fast-paced rhythm could power any Nuggets band’s next garage single, and not quite garage either, since the lush and trippy vocal harmonies sound positively Beatlesque – this one straddles the genres like some tougher flower power anthem, and features a super groovy electric piano solo that beats the Doors’ “Riders on the Storm” by three full years. They’re still straddling genres on the killer “I’m Movin’ On”, a great organ-led pop punker with the kind of wild freakout break that lifted the Count Five’s “Psychotic Reaction” to legendary garage punk status. But again, the melody’s more pop-savvy than your average Nuggets nugget, so this comes off sounding more like a harder, trippier Monkees – think “Circle Sky” from the soundtrack to Head .
So if Griffin ’s album straddles the grey area between soft pop and garage punk, it’s only natural. Because the world is filled with love and anger, youthful innocence and teenage aggression. And since every song on “The World’s Filled With Love” is connected to the next by some faint calliope organ music, maybe the world really is filled with pink cotton candy clouds too.
Worthpoint
1. The World's Filled With Love (Vince Morton) - 0:25
2. Baby, Won't You Come With Me? (Bruce Bentley) - 2:03
3. Give All Your Loving To That Man (Bruce Bentley) - 2:32
4. Small Talk (Vince Morton) - 2:50
5. I'm Takin' The Freeway (Bruce Bentley) - 2:30
6. I'm Movin' On (Bruce Bentley) - 2:50
7. Magic Carpet Ride (Vince Morton) - 3:45
9. I Could Never Leave You (Bruse Bentley, Jerry Brown, Vince Morton) - 1:50
10.In My Other Life (Jerry Brown) - 3:25
11.Who Wants A Girl Like You? (Vince Morton) - 2:15
12.Lovely Blossom (Vince Morton, Jerry Brown) - 3:27
13.Murder In The Cathedral (Vince Morton) - 2:32
14.The World's Filled With Love (Vince Morton) - 2:55
*Vince Morton - Keyboards
*Jerry Brown - Percussion And Drums
*Bruce Bentley - Guitars
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Cosmic Dealer - Child Of Tomorrow (1971-73 holland, fantastic psych jam classic rock, 2012 release)
This is the second previously unreleased album by the Dutch psychedelic hard rock band Cosmic Dealer. Their first album “Crystallization” from 1971 is an outstanding and rare masterpiece for all psych collectors and for sure one of the best Euro-Underground rock albums of the 70s. In 1971 the band was shortly disband but found together in 1973 with a few line-up changes but kept the same musical intention: heavy psychedelic, progressive and guitar driven hard rock, with catchy song writing, a few US-Westcoast flashes but also extended instrumental jam excursions.
This album contains 6 songs which were recorded in 1973, plus 3 demos from 1971 and as bonus you´ll find 7"EP with 4 live cuts (25 mins) and was recorded in 1971, including the title track from their debut Crystallization. The album is is carefully re-mastered to catch the real spirit of the beautiful and intense music and contains a poster and a with lots of photos and linernotes. Definitely a must-have piece for all 60s psych freaks!
1. Child Of Tomorrow (Ed Boender) - 3:41
2. Sinners Confession (Kees de Blois, Jan Reynders) - 4:52
3. You're So Good (Ed Boender) - 2:59
4. Lifetime (Jan Reynders, Ed Boender, P. Banks) - 9:12
5. Society (Martin Hansen, Ed Boender) - 4:29
6. Julia (Jan Reynders) - 5:01
7. Don't You Know (Frans Poots, Leen Leendertse) - 4:15
8. Winterwind (Angelo Noce Santoro, Frans Poots) - 3:36
9. For You (Angelo Noce Santoro) - 4:10
10.Crystallization (Cosmic Dealer) - 6:23
11.Don't You know (Frans Poots, Leen Leendertse) - 6:11
12.The Scene (Frans Poots, Bas Van Der Pol) - 4:59
13.Cosmic Jam (Cosmic Dealer) - 7:59
The Cosmic Dealer
*Frans Poots - Flute, Percussion, Saxophone, Vocals
*Jan Reynders - Guitar, Vocals
*Angelo Noce Santoro - Bass Guitar, Vocals
*Ad Vos - Drums, Percussion
*Kees de Blois - Guitar, Vocals
*Ed Boender - Guitar, Vocals
*Leen Leendertse - Guitar, Vocals
1970-73 Cosmic Dealer - Crystallization
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Carmen - Fandangos In Space / Dancing On A Cold Wind (1973-74 uk / us, amazing hard prog glam psych rock, 2006 remaster and expanded)
Ludicrously ahead of their time, even in the experimental early '70s, Carmen were unlike anything else on the scene, least of all the American scene. The Allen siblings, David and Angela, were raised on flamenco, forming Carmen in 1970 as a way to meld their roots with their love of rock. Unable to find a label in the U.S., the group decamped to London in 1973, hooking up with Tony Visconti, who recorded the band's debut album Fandangos in Space that summer. Songs like "Poor Tarantos" and "Sailor Song" beautifully showcase David's exquisite flamenco guitar, while "Bulerias" and "Retirando" capture the Spanish flavor along with the rock leanings of the group. The title track, in contrast, highlights their more operatic bend, a styling that Queen would more successfully exploit.
"Fandangos" also boasts a decidedly funky rhythm, and its the album's shifting, intricate, and unique rhythms that further removed them from the pack. "Bullfight" and "Looking Outside (My Window)"'s distinctive rhythm patterns would both be borrowed later in the decade by experimental punk bands like Wire, Fashion and Gang of Four. Carmen's sophomore album, Dancing on a Cold Wind, recorded again with Visconti the following spring, was even more adventurous. The rhythms were more disjointed, the styling more operatic, the sound more majestic.
At points, the album meanders into prog rock, as Angela's spacey keyboard effects swoop across the grooves; elsewhere, British influences strongly surface. Visconti's production understandably emphasizes the glammy feel of this set, the last one rocked, this one glitters in the vastness of the sparse arrangements. Fandangos is the more commercial of the two albums, so much so that many of the songs could receive airplay today. Dancing, in contrast, is the more intriguing for noodlers and lovers of the unique. Angel Air has now reissued both albums together across two CDs, tossing in a pair of bonus tracks to boot. Carmen returns with a passion.
by Jo-Ann Greene
Disc 1 Fandangos In Space
1. Bulerias - 5:23
2. Bullfight - 4:17
3. Stepping Stone (Roberto Amaral) - 2:52
4. Sailor Song - 5:12
5. Lonely House - 4:06
6. Poor Tarantos (Trad. arr. by David Allen) - 1:44
7. Looking Outside (My Window) (David Allen, Roberto Amaral) - 5:07
8. Tales of Spain - 8:58
9. Retirando (John Glascock, Paul Fenton, Andrea Allen, Roberto Amaral, David Allen) - 0:43
10.Fandagos in Space (Roberto Amaral) - 6:36
11.Reprise Finale - 0:56
All compositions by David Allen except as noted
Disc 2 Dancing On A Cold Wind
1. Viva Mi Sevilla - 6:03
2. I've Been Crying (David Allen) - 5:08
3. Drifting Along (Roberto Amaral) - 7:18
4. She Flew Across the Room (David Allen) - 1:31
5. Purple Flowers (Roberto Amaral, John Glascock) - 5:18
6. Table Two for One - 2:15
7. She's Changed - 2:57
8. Gypsy Girl (Caravan) - 1:38
9. The City - 3:12
10.Time (She's no Lady) - 1:24
11.People Dressed in Black - 4:05
12.Dancing on a Cold Wind - 2:11
13.The Horseman - 3:45
14.She's Changed - 2:12
15.Quiriquitu - 2:52
16.Out on the Street - 6:13
All songs by David Allen, Angela Allen, Roberto Amaral, John Glascock, Paul Fenton except where stated
*David Allen - Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Flamenco Guitar
*Roberto Amaral - Vibraphone, Flamenco Dance, Backing Vocals, Castanets, Lead Vocals
*Angela Allen - Synthesizer, Mellotron, Lead Vocals, Flamenco Dance, Backing Vocals
*John Glascock - Bass Guitar, Bass Pedals, Backing Vocals
*Paul Fenton - Drums, Percussion
*David Katz – Violin (Only Disc 2)
Additional Musicians Disc 2 Dancing On A Cold Wind
*Mary Hopkin - Background Vocals
*Chris Karan - Percussion
*Tony Visconti - Woodwind And String Arrangements
*Danny Thompson - Double Bass
Grinderswitch - Honest To Goodness (1974 us, great southern boogie rock with excellent guitar parts)
The're Southern, they boogie, they're more liquid then metalic, they're on Capricorn (where else?).
In 1973 four young musician's, Joe Dan Petty, Larry Howard, Dru Lombar, and Rick Burnett, moved to a farm outside of Warner Robbins, Ga. For 10 months the band wrote and rehearsed material for what was to become their first album on the rising Capricorn label. The album "Honest to Goodness",
With the release of their first album came non stop touring with The Allman Bros Band, The Marshall tucker Band, The Charlie Daniels Band,Wet Willie and Lynyrd Skynrd. For the next 3 years the band stayed on the road and released the critically acclaimed "Macon Tracks" and "Pullin Together".
1. Kiss The Blues Goodbye (Dru Lombar) - 5:02
2. Can't Keep A Good Man Down (Dru Lombar, Larry Howard, Joe Dan Petty, Rick Burnett) - 4:00
3. How The West Was Won (Larry Howard) - 5:28
4. Eighty Miles To Memphis (Joe Dan Petty) - 3:06
5. Catch A Train (Dru Lombar) - 4:48
6. Roll On Gambler (Larry Howard) - 5:22
7. Homebound (Dru Lombar) - 6:51
8. Peach County Jamboree (Dru Lombar) - 3:54
9. You're So Fine (Live Version) (Lance Finnie, Willie Schofield, Bob West) - 3:29
Grinderswich
*Dru Lombar - Lead, Slide Guitars, Lead Vocals
*Larry Howard - Electric, Acoustic Guitars
*Joe Dan Petty - Bass, Backing Vocals
*Rick Burnett - Drums, Congas, Percussion
Guest Musicians
*Paul Hornsby - Piano, Organ, Producer
*Richard Betts - Guitar
*Jaimoe (Jai Johanny Johanson) - Congas
1977 Grinderswitch - Redwing (2010 edition)
Eyes Of Blue - In Fields Of Ardath (1969 uk, excellent prog psych rock, 2012 remaster and expanded)
Their second album is more progressive. The best tracks are Merry Go Round (from the 'Toy Grabbers' Soundtrack), which is a keyboard-dominated progressive piece with some good guitar breaks and much classical influence; Graham Bond's Spanish Blues, with some jazzy organ; Door, with its spooky vocals, which along with the dreamy title cut indicated the band's interest in the supernatural and the occult (especially reincarnation).
There was a native sensuality in their playing. Eyes Of Blue was musically curious - In Fields of Ardath is now regarded as a classic album of the era and is much sought after by collectors.
Phil Ryan later played in Man, whilst Weathers went onto play with Pete Brown and Piblokto! and Gentle Giant. Ritchie Francis later made a solo album in 1971. The band later recorded as Big Sleep and aided Ancient Grease on their sole album.
1. Merry Go Round - 9:07
2. The Light We See (Gary Pickford Hopkins) - 2:13
3. Souvenis (Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli) - 2:42
4. Ardath (John "Pugwash" Weathers) - 2:36
5. Spanish Blues (Graham Bond) - 4:00
6. Door (Phil Ryan, R. Bennett) - 6:47
7. Little Bird - 2:32
8. After The War (John "Pugwash" Weathers) - 3:31
9. Extra Hour (Phil Ryan) - 2:39
10.Chances - 2:51
11.Apache '69 (J. Lordan) - 4:27
12.QIII (B-Side single) (L. Glas) - 2:31
13.Largo (A-side of Spanish single, released as Big Sleep) (George Frideric Handel) - 3:33
All songs by Ritchie Francis except where indicated
The Eyes Of Blue
*Phil Ryan - Organ, Piano
*Ritchie Francis - Bass, Piano, Vocals
*John "Pugwash" Weathers - Drums, Vocals
*Raymond "Taff' Williams - Guitar
*Gary Pickford Hopkins - Vocals, Guitars
1966-68 Eyes Of Blue - Crossroads Of Time (2012 extra tracks remaster)
1970 Ancient Grease - Women And Children First (2003 digipak edition)
1971 Big Sleep - Bluebell Wood (2007 remastered edition)
1971 John St. Field - Control
1972 Man - Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day (2007 remaster with extra tracks)
1974-75 Neutrons - Black Hole Star / Tales From The Blue Cocoons (2003 issue)
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Eyes Of Blue - Crossroads Of Time (1966-68 uk, great psych prog rock, 2012 extra tracks remaster)
Starting out as a soul-based band from Neath, the Eyes Of Blue gradually turned to the American West Coast sound. All of their recordings are quite collectable.
In collaboration with Quincy Jones they contributed to the 'Toy Grabbers' film score and they later appeared in the film 'Connecting Rooms'. Their albums are diverse with pop, R'n'B, jazz, classical, psychedelic and Eastern influences. The best tracks on the first one are two R'n'B Graham Bond songs (he also wrote the sleevenotes) Love Is The Law and Crossroads Of Time. It also included good versions of Love's 7 And 7 Is and The Beatles' Yesterday. Also noteworthy are their own Inspiration For A New Day and Prodigal Son, which feature some Eastern-sounding psychedelic guitar work.
by Vernon Joynson and Costas Arvanitis
1. Crossroads Of Time (Diane Stewart) - 5:01
2. Never Care - 3:20
3. I'll Be Your Friend - 3:51
4. 7+7 Is (Arthur Lee) - 2:34
5. Prodigal Son - 5:31
6. Largo (George Frideric Handel) - 3:16
7. Love Is The Law (Graham Bond) - 5:17
8. Yesterday (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 4:24
9. I Wonder Why - 3:16
10.World Of Emotions - 2:50
11.Inspiration For A New Day - 3:10
12.Supermarket Full Of Cans (Bonus A-side) - 2:38
13.Don't Ask Me To Mend Your Broken Heart (Bonus B-side) - 2:24
14.Heart Trouble (Bonus A-side) - 2:32
All songs by Ritchie Francis except where stated
Eyes Of Blue
*Wyndham Rees - Vocals
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Sea Train - SeaTrain (1969 us, fantastic psych rock with prog shades, vinyl edition)
This album was the next step by the group previously performing under the revamped "Blues Project" name and their "Planned Obsolescence" album of 1968. The Blues Project made serious changes after Al Kooper, Danny Kalb and Steve Katz left for other musical interests.
This original Sea Train album had some marvelous, haunting melodies, including two great instrumentals, "Pudding Street" and "Sweet Creeks Suite" (both Andy Kulberg tunes). Two other songs, "As I Lay Losing" and "Outwear the Hills," both surfaced on future albums. The band consisting of John Gregory (guitar, vocals), Donald Kretmar (sax, bass), Richard Greene (violin), Roy Blumenfeld (drums), Andy Kulberg (flute, bass) and Jim Roberts (lyrics) created a fascinating montage of country, rock, jazz and classical compositions.
The difference between Sea Train and other American bands were their lyrics. The group had a dedicated lyricist, Jim Roberts, whose words were more poetic than most bands of this era, focusing on personal experience and frail romance.
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This is a vinyl transfer to digital copy, tried to fix the sound as better I could, artwork is from the 1986 CD release, sorry for this mixed up.
I don't know why it hasn't released a remastered CD version, the musical world is full of scams, how can they ignore this truly masterpiece.
1. Sea Train (Andy Kulberg, James T. Roberts) - 4:07
2. Let The Duchess No (John Gregory, James T. Roberts) - 3:38
3. Pudding Street (Andy Kulberg) - 4:49
4. Portrait Of The Lady As A Young Artist (John Gregory, James T. Roberts) - 3:51
5. As I Lay Losing (Andy Kulberg, James T. Roberts) - 4:54
6. Rondo (John Gregory, James T. Roberts) - 3:23
7. Sweet Creek's Suite (Andy Kulberg) - 3:55
8. Outwear The Hills (Andy Kulberg, James T. Roberts) - 4:58
The Sea Train
*Roy Blumenfeld - Drums, Percussion
*Richard Greene - Violin, Strings
*John Gregory - Guitar, Vocals
*Don Kretmar - Saxophone, Bass
*Andy Kulberg - Bass, Flute
*James T. Roberts - Lyrics
The Blues Project
1966 Live At The Cafe Au Go Go
1967 Live At Town Hall
1968 Planned Obsolescence
1973 Reunion in Central Park
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John Baldry - Everything Stops For Tea (1972 uk, great blues classic rock, 2005 extra tracks remaster)
Like its companion It Ain't Easy, the second half of Long John Baldry's early-'70s comeback Everything Stops for Tea initially attracted the most attention via its producers, former Baldry sidemen Elton John and Rod Stewart. The two superstars each handled one side apiece and, though neither shines with the same generous idiosyncrasies that saw the earlier LP sparkle, still they power Baldry to some marvelous heights -- most notably the should-have-been-a-hit cover of "Iko Iko," and a glorious "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover."
With Baldry's musical tastes now drawing folkier textures into his blues (and eschewing the big ballad pop altogether), it's a varied and oft-times eclectic collection. But the strength of Baldry's performance smooths over any rough edges that might have tripped other singers and, though It Ain't Easy remains the superior of these two albums, this one really isn't that far behind it.
by Dave Thompson
1. Intro: Come Back Again (Ross Wilson) - 4:03
2. Seventh Son (Willie Dixon) - 3:05
3. Wild Mountain Thyme (Traditional; Arranged John Baldry, Davey Johnstone) - 3:50
4. Iko Iko (Sharon Jones, Jesse Thomas, Joe Jones, Mary Lynn Jones) - 3:08
5. Jubilee Cloud (John Kongos, Peter Leroy) - 4:15
6. Everything Stops For Tea (Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler) - 3:05
7. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover (Willie Dixon) - 4:18
8. Mother Ain't Dead (Traditional) - 2:50
9. Hambone (Sam Mitchell) - 3:56
10.Lord Remember Me (R. Phorne) - 4:02
11.Armit's Trousers (Ian Armit) - 1:48
12.Radio Spot #1 - 1:02
13.Bring My Baby Back To Me (Live) (John Baldry) - 6:25
14.Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young) - 3:12
15.I'm Just A Rake And Ramblin' Boy (Ron Davies) - 3:27
*John Baldry - Vocals, Guitar
*Elton John - Piano, Backing Vocals
*Rod Stewart - Banjo And Backing Vocals
*Madeline Bell - Vocals
*Jimmy Horowitz - Keyboards
*Davey Johnstone - Guitar
*Sam Mitchell - Steel Guitar
*Doris Troy - Vocals
*Ian Armit - Keyboards
*Ray Cooper - Percussion
*Stefan Delft - Viola
*John Dentith - Drums
*James Litherland - Guitar
*Nigel Olsson - Drums
*John Porter - Bass Guitar
*Klaus Voormann - Bass
*Barry St. John - Vocals
*Terry Stannard - Drums
*Liza Strike - Vocals
*Micky Waller - Percussion
*Bob Weston - Guitar
*Richard Brown - Bass Guitar
*Bill Smith - Bass Guitar
1971 John Baldry - It Ain't Easy (2005 bonus tracks remaster)
Lee Mallory - Many Are the Times (1966-69 us, wonderful folk psych, 2013 blu spec last part of eight discs box set)
An introspective folkie with an innate desire to rock, [the late] Lee Mallory is one of the great troubadours of his era. Born to cab driver parents on January 10, 1945 (Capricorn), Lee was raised in Berkeley, California. He first picked up the guitar at the age of sixteen, and by nineteen he had begun playing local venues like The Coffee House and Confusion in the North Beach area of San Francisco. In 1965 Lee journeyed to Greenwich Village in order to sing and play alongside folk musicians like the Lovin’ Spoonful (whom he opened for at their first gig at the Cafe Bizarre).
After spending time in New York, Chicago and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Lee ventured back to California later that year. It was at Claudia Ford‘s La Habra home that Lee would first meet the man who would help guide his early career, Ford’s boyfriend Curt Boettcher. Lee and Curt’s first evening together was apparently a prolific one, as the duo penned four songs that night including the gorgeous “Forever”. When Lee explained to the young producer that he was in town looking to get something started musically, Curt suggested that Lee accompany him back 10 Hollywood, and the rest is music history.
Much of Lee’s early musical past has remained largely undocumented. Many fans of The Millennium are not aware that Lee was already a prolific writer by the time he met up with Curt. Some early Lee Mallory compositions include “Better Times”, which was recorded by The Association for their Boettcher-produced debut album. Though The Association would ultimately pass on “Better Times”, the song was picked up by another band named The Brothers Cain (Acta 810), who recurded what some consider to be the better of the two versions. Another one of Lee’s early songs, “Sing to Me”, was given to the popular vocal group The Clinger Sisters for an unreleased, Curt Boettcher-produced single in 1966. In between penning songs, Lee was building up his chops by jamming with the Our Productions House Band and was starting to lay down some of his own tunes in the studio. Lee’s early recordings had a style all their own; a sparkling brand of modern folk music, infused with a groovin’ rock backbeat and topped off with a dollop of majestic, Boettcher arranged vocal harmonies.
by Jason Penick
1. That's The Way It's Gonna Be (Bob Gibson, Phil Ochs) - 3:03
2. Many Are The Times - 3:09
3. Take My Hand (Donald Addrisi, Richard Addrisi) - 2:24
4. The Love Song (Lee Mallory, Randy Naylor) - 2:40
5. Wild Mountain Thyme - 3:05
6. All That I Am Is Me - 2:16
7. Magic Land - 3:29
8. Hey You (Joey Stec, Lee Mallory) - 2:06
9. I'm Not Gonna Cry - 3:13
10.Magic Island - 3:09
11.Love Is A Four Letter Word - 2:26
12.Puttin' It Together - 3:12
13.Talk About (Joey Stec, Lee Mallory) - 2:31
14.Smile At Me (Joey Stec, Keith Colley, Lee Mallory) - 2:06
15.Come On In - 2:51
16.Love At Last - 2:53
17.No Other Love - 2:59
18.Them Words - 3:02
19.You've Got Me Movin' - 2:22
20.I'm With You - 2:34
21.Everything's Gonna Be Alright - 4:03
22.Chill Of The Night (Hollis, Joey Stec, Lee Mallory) - 5:16
All songs written by Lee Mallory except where indicated
*Lee Mallory - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
*Curt Boettcher - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Harmony Vocals
*Sandy Salisbury - Vocals
*Sheri Holmberg - Vocals
*Dottie Holmberg - Vocals
*Victoria Winston - Vocals
*Ruthann Friedman - Vocals
*Joey Stec - Vocals
1967-69 Sandy Salisbury – Everything For You Vol.1 (2013 blu spec)
1967-68 The Millennium - Pieces (2013 Blu Spec)
1968 The Millennium - Begin (2013 Blue Spec edition)
1969 Curt Boettcher - Another Time (2013 Blu Spec)
1966-68 Sagittarius - Present Tense
1970-71 Curt Boettcher - Chicken Little Was Right (2013 blu spec)
1969 Sandy Salisbury - Do Unto Others (2013 Blu Spec)
John Baldry - It Ain't Easy (1971 uk, remarkable blues classic rock, 2005 bonus tracks remaster)
Most folk who remember “Long” John Baldry at all recall only his chart-topping single of 1967, the maudlin crooner ballad “Let The Heartaches Begin”. But if the mettle of a performer is measured by the affection and respect of his fellow professionals and their willingness to participate in his art, then this album is a testament to a musician who’d been an industry favourite from his earliest days as the original vocalist and occasional guitarist with Alexis Korner’s pioneering Blues Incorporated. To proffer just two examples, the virtually unknown Baldry was an invited guest on the Fabs’ 1964 international TV spectacular “Around The Beatles” – which is where I first heard him – and is credited in Elton John’s “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” after he dissuaded John from suicide following the latter’s distraught realisation of his sexuality. Himself openly gay, dazzlingly handsome and at six foot seven a magnificent, elegant figure, Baldry’s talent deserved wider commercial success than it ever achieved.
After his misguided, though briefly successful, flirtation with middle-of-the-road music Baldry angled to get back to his folk-country-blues roots and in 1971, via former Steampacket and Bluesology colleagues Rod Stewart and Elton John, signed with Warner Brothers for whom he would cut two albums, It’s Not Easy being the first. The then nascent rock superheroes Stewart and John produced one side of the album each, and the result is a mildly schizophrenic opus with the Stewart topside comprising mostly rollicking bluesy outings and the John flipside more thoughtful, soulful fare. Baldry’s warm, abrasive tenor delivery makes the best of both. The lists of musicians also signify the esteem in which Baldry was held; among many other front-liners, the Stewart sessions feature Rod’s old muckers Ron Wood and Mickey Waller from the erstwhile Jeff Beck Group, while the flip includes Elton himself on piano plus his early sidekick guitarist and organist Caleb Quaye. The eclectic list of writers includes Baldry’s original muse Huddie “Leadbelly” Leadbetter, Tuli Kopferberg of the Fugs, Lesley Duncan, Randy Newman, the John/Taupin axis and Stewart himself.
The opening recitative “Conditional Discharge”, in which Baldry wryly relates an encounter with the Metropolitan Police during his Soho busking days over an effortless boogie-woogie piano backing, segues brilliantly into the thunderous “Don’t Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll” with everybody in the band rocking out like there’s no tomorrow. Baldry’s faithful homage to Leadbelly on “Black Girl” is a duet with chainsaw-voiced chanteuse Maggie Bell over piano, Dobro and mandolin, whilst the title track is a rolling country boogie with Bell again in tow and a great Delaney-And-Bonnie vibe. “Mr Rubin” is a beautifully understated piano-led take on Duncan’s plangent appeal to the militant Yippie founder. The final track of the original ten is a splendid extended cover of the Faces’ “Flying” with great piano from Elton and soaring, gospel-inspired ensemble backing vocals.
The album sold sparingly in the US and barely at all in the UK, and received its first CD reissue only in 2005 when Warners put it out with a clutch of bonus outtakes and a panegyric booklet note by Sid Griffin. The extras included alternative, less-produced takes on three of the originals plus four delightful classic acoustic blues covers which contrast with the densely-produced originals and showcase Baldry’s voice and guitar in a setting otherwise unadorned but for an anonymous harmonica player (Stewart?). The second and last Warner album Everything Stops For Tea in 1972 made no showing and Baldry’s career thereafter was uneven and mostly unedifying, with continuous health problems, and sporadic, patchy albums and live appearances alternating with commercially more successful placements as a bit-part actor and voiceover specialist. He relocated to Vancouver in 1978 and died there from pneumonia aged just 64, just a month after this album was reissued.
by Len Liechti
1. Intro: Conditional Discharge (John Baldry, Ian Armitt) - 3:16
2. Dont Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll (Jeff Thomas) - 3:25
3. Black Girl (Traditional, Huddie Leadbetter) - 2:49
4. It Ain't Easy (Ron Davies) - 4:52
5. Morning, Morning (Tuli Kupferberg) - 2:37
6. I'm Ready (Willie Dixon) - 4:13
7. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield (Randy Newman) - 4:13
8. Mr. Rubin (Lesley Duncan) - 4:03
9. Rock Me When Hes Gone (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 4:04
10.Flying (Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane) - 6:52
11.Goin Down Slow (James B. Oden) - 3:08
12.Blues (Corn Bread, Meat, And Molasses) (Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee) - 2:59
13.Love In Vain (Robert Johnson) - 4:18
14.Midnight Hour Blues (Leroy Carr) - 4:07
15.Black Girl (Alternate Take) (Huddie Ledbetter) - 3:31
16.It Aint Easy (Alternate Take) (Ron Davies) - 5:06
17.Im Ready (Alternate Take) (Willie Dixon) - 4:12
18.Radio Spot - 0:29
*John Baldry – Vocals, 12-String Guitar
*Maggie Bell - Vocals
*Elton John - Organ, Piano
*Ron Wood - Guitar
*Alan Skidmore - Tenor Saxophone
*Lesley Duncan - Background Vocals
*Tony Hazzard - Background Vocals
*Sam Mitchell - Dobro, Guitar, Slide Guitar
*Doris Troy - Background Vocals
*Ian Armit - Piano
*Tony Burrows - Background Vocals
*Kay Garner - Background Vocals
*Ricky Brown - Bass
*Dave Glover - Bass
*Roger Pope - Drums
*Caleb Quaye - Organ, Guitar
*Ray Jackson - Mandolin
*Joshua M'Bopo - Guitar
*Liza Strike - Background Vocals
Sandy Salisbury - Do Unto Others (1969 us, magnificent sunshine folkish psych, 2013 Blu Spec, seventh part of eight discs box set)
At no other time in our history could Salisbury resurrect his musical career like he has in the new millennium. First gaining notice as a member of the band the Ballroom with producer extraordinaire Curt Boettcher, when Boettcher notcied he and Salisbury’s voices blended so well together one of the best sunshine pop partnerships of all time was born. Eventually the Ballroom was shut down and the two formed The Millennium. Luckily for Boettcher, Salisbury was as good a songwriter as he was a singer and was able to contribute heavily to both The Millennium and Boettcher’s next band, Sagitarrius.
Though Sagitarrius only released one album, the excellent Present Tense, the duo continued to work together on a myriad bunch of other sunshine-pop projects and one-off’s. Usually set in a group context, Salisbury had a rare shot at solo fame when iconic producer Gary Usher offered Salisbury a solo deal with his Tomorrow label. An album was recorded and readied for release (entitled Sandy, the album was rumored to feature most of the Millennium) when the label was inexplicably shuttered, scuttling the album and souring Salisbury on the music business.
Flash forward about thirty years. Music of the ’60’s from soul to brit-pop to freakbeat to psychedelic rock to sunshine-pop is all being searched out by any of the hungry consumers still willing to buy CDs. Seems the boomers want it because they want to re-live the sounds of their youth and the youth want it because they’ve heard time and time again how groundbreaking music from that era was and how little their music matters in today’s society. So, you’ve got everybody from age 18 to 55 looking to buy both the well-known classics from the era plus any obscurities labels are able to dig up. Though the charts don’t necessarily show these reissues tallying up any groundbreaking sales numbers (not that any new releases are tallying up any groundbreaking sales numbers) it’s no secret these comps and obscurities are doing huge business.
It’s not for nothing labels big and small pushing new music are going under by the droves while a ton of reissue labels have sprung up and are thriving. Nor that mid-level artists are losing their record label contracts while reissue labels take the less confrontational road of buying masters from some accountant who used to be in a semi-popular psyche band and hyping their re-release like some recently dug-up Holy Grail.
Sure, I’m dumbing the whole thing down. In most cases what’s happening is beautiful and well-deserved. (And believe me, there is plenty of great new music coming out, so don’t harp at me about that. Always been and always will be. You just have to dig a little deeper to find it, that’s all.Sometimes too deep, but it’s still out there.) Suddenly, a true artist who did excellent but much-overlooked work like Salisbury has a chance to re-connect to his fanbase and get some attention for his efforts both long ago and recent. This album and three others released in the past five years or so (along with a ton of Millennium tracks and outtakes) have been released by the excellent Sonic Past Records in hopes of turning on sunshine-pop fans both young and old to the glorious voice and songwriting skills of Salisbury.
Though the album is made up of all old tracks rescued from someone’s archive, they show Salisbury at the height of his vocal power, singing as sweetly and genuinely as he’s ever sung, even besting most of The Millennium’s material as far as I am concerned. Salisbury’s songwriting is also formidable and while one listens to this album the question of why he isn’t a household name becomes inevitable as these great sunshiney songs fill your head with melodies a surgeon would have a hard time removing. Just sublime bubble-gummy pop. Since recording these songs, Salisbury has been a much-published children’s book author and has recently stated he plans an album of all-new material to be released very soon. Personally, I cannot wait.
Fans of ’60’s music, especially sunshine pop, will love this album. Full of catchy melodies and spectacular vocal work, this album is sure to bring a smile to your face and leave you hummin’. Does it get any better than that?
by Scott Homewood
1. Just Don't Know How To Say Goodbye (Sandy Salisbury, Joey Stec) - 3:01
2. Spell On Me - 2:55
3. The Hills Of Vermont (Sandy Salisbury, Lee Mallory, Michael Fennelly) - 3:33
4. The Good Ol' Good Times (Michael Fennelly) - 2:03
5. Come Softly (Barbara Ellis, Gary Troxel, Gretchen Christopher) - 3:30
6. On And On She Goes (With Me Tonight) (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson) - 2:56
7. Cecily (Sandy Salisbury, Curt Boettcher) - 2:54
8. Do Unto Others (Sandy Salisbury, Curt Boettcher) - 2:59
9. Once I Knew A Little Dog (Sandy Salisbury, Keith Colley) - 1:50
10.Baby Listen - 2:45
11.Goody Goodbye - 2:26
12.Sweet Sweet Cinnamon - 2:25
13.Every Minute Of My Life (Sandy Salisbury, Randy McNeill) - 2:18
14.I'll Do The Cryin' (Sandy Salisbury, Jill Jones) - 2:08
15.Super Day - 2:08
All songs written by Sandy Salisbury except where stated
*Sandy Salisbury - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
*Curt Boettcher - Guitars, Vocals
*Lee Mallory - Guitars, Vocals
*Waddy Wachtel - Guitar
*Toxie French - Percussion, Marimba, Vibes
*Ron Edgar - Drums
*Doug Rhodes - Keyboards, Bass, Piano
*Ben Benay - Electric Guitar, Harmonica
*Jerry Scheff - Bass
*Orville "Red" Rhodes - Pedal Steel Guitar
*Gary Usher - Moog
1967-72 Michael Fennelly - Love Can Change Everything (2013 release)
1970 Crabby Appleton - Crabby Appleton
1971 Crabby Appleton - Rotten To The Core
1973 Michael Fennelly - Lane Changer (2015 issue)
Sandy Salisbury – Everything For You Vol.1 (1967-69 us, amazing beat sunny psych folk, 2013 blu spec sixth part of eight cd box set)
Though he seemed a bit neglected as an author during the Millennium days, at least when it comes to the material that got released at the time, now at the wake of the new “millennium”, after all the Boettcher-related stuff shooting up like mushrooms after the (acid?) rain, it seems as he was among (if not THE) most prolific ones.
Here’s another one of his demo collections, full of what Curt was jealously saving for possible Millennium hits, that was gathering dust until his “millennial” pal Joey Stec has made it all possible for everyone else to hear.
Even though the saying goes that Sandy was teased for being a “bubblegummy”, he’s got nothing else to do but to be proud of the fact, as proven by such instant bubblegum classics that never were as the yummy So Close To Heaven, Over And Over Again, So Much Yourself, or Here Comes That Feeling, with the latter sounding kinda like a countryfied Fortunes.
Each and every one of the above would’ve surely raid the late sixties charts, had they only been allowed to, and the same goes for I’ll Do The Crying, Love Came To Strawberry Lane and Tender Loving Care, all perfect little “pocket symphonies”, had they been given a proper Spectorized treatment.
The genuinely British sounding, Yesterday Today And Tomorrow is a Hermits-like ditty, Tomorrow is kinda like Simon & Garfunkel at their gentlest, and while we’re at it, Dealer and I’m Moving On Back To You make a perfect folky pair, and of course there’s plenty of Millennial Brian Wilson-like innocence, as in Our Love Is An Unwritten Song, Content Am I or Warm Of August, while the acoustic demo of Pretty As A Picture seems like a classic power-pop number in the making.
All of it is delivered though Sandy’s perfect pop voice, often strongly resembling that of Davy Jones, making this an essential pop item.
by Garwood Pickjon
1. So Close To Heaven - 2:25
2. Missouri Weeps - 2:23
3. Candy Kisses - 2:18
4. Our Love Is An Unwritten Song - 2:31
5. Here Come's That Feeling - 2:22
6. Dealer - 1:50
7. Leave It To Love - 2:32
8. Content Am I - 3:17
9. A Lot Of Love In Me - 2:30
10.Bring Me Home Again - 2:12
11.My True Confession - 3:06
12.I'm Moving On Back To You - 2:58
13.I'll Do The Crying - 2:07
14.Love Came To Strawberry Lane - 1:59
15.Over And Over Again - 2:42
16.Pretty As A Picture - 2:37
17.Warm Of August (Sandy Salisbury, Randy McNeill) - 2:44
18.Tender Loving Care - 2:11
19.So Much Yourself (Sandy Salisbury, Randy McNeill) - 2:24
20.Yesterday Today And Tomorrow - 2:37
21.Together In The End (Sandy Salisbury, Jill Marie Jones) - 2:27
22.Thank You For Loving Me (Sandy Salisbury, Gary Usher) - 2:21
23.Some Other Place - 2:18
24.Tomorrow - 2:21
25.A Little Bit Of Love - 1:50
All songs by Sandy Salisbury except where stated
*Joey Stec - Guitar
*Michael Fennelly - Guitar
Dion - Kickin' Child / The Lost Album (1965 us, psych bluesy folk rock gem, tom wilson production, 2017 release)
Throughout 1965, Dion and his band, The Wanderers, augmented by keyboardist Al Kooper went into the studio with producer Tom Wilson to cut songs that were to make up Dion’s first true album.
Columbia Records, however, wouldn’t release the record, perhaps because it was folk-rock, not the mainstream pop that the label wanted Dion to record or maybe because they decided there weren’t any hits on the disc.
Now, more than 50 years later, “Kickin’ Child” is finally getting released by rock ‘n’ roll indie label Norton Records.
And it is superb, a fresh album that simultaneously sounds of its time, easily connecting to Bob Dylan’s “Bringing It All Back Home” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” -- both of which Wilson produced. And Kooper’s organ licks on "Now" and "Time in My Heart for You," echoes his work with Dylan.
The opening title cut is Dylanesque, a swinging number filled with word play and Dion’s vocals heading toward Dylan as well. It’s one of 10 originals on the record that also includes three Dylan covers, including a shimmering version of “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” with Dion applying his soulful singing to the now classic number.
Dion’s first adult album, “Kickin’ Child” contains some grown-up gems, like the swaggering “jump back baby” bluesy “Two Ton Feather,” a Byrds-like jangle-and-harmony take on Tom Paxton’s beautiful “I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound” and “Baby, I’m in the Mood for Love,” a shaker that’s, shall we say, far more mature than Dion’s teenage love songs.
Listening to “Kickin’ Child,” it’s baffling why Columbia didn’t release it -- and intriguing to ponder what would have happened if Dion had caught the folk-rock wave.
In any case, “Kickin’ Child” is, as Scott Kempner points out in his liner notes, the connection between Dion’s early hits “The Wanderer” and “Ruby Baby” and “Abraham, Martin & John” from 1968. More than that it is a fabulous album that is among the best things Dion ever has done -- thankfully, no longer lost.
by Kent Wolgamott
1. Kickin' Child (Dion DiMucci, Buddy Lucas) - 3:01
2. Now (Dion DiMucci, Carlo Mastrangelo) - 2:42
3. My Love - 2:09
4. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound (Tom Paxton) - 2:53
5. Wake Up Baby - 3:14
6. Time In My Heart For You - 2:45
7. Tomorrow Won't Bring The Rain (Dion DiMucci, Carlo Mastrangelo) - 2:47
8. Baby, I'm In The Mood For You (Bob Dylan) - 2:38
9. Two Ton Feather - 2:53
10.Knowing I Won't Go Back There - 2:56
11.Farewell (Bob Dylan) - 3:27
12.All I Want To Do Is Live My Life (Mort Shuman) - 3:33
13.You Move Me Babe - 2:23
14.It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan) - 3:33
15.So Much Younger - 3:07
All songs by Dion DiMucci except ehere stated
*Dion DiMucci - Vocals, Guitar
*Johnny Falbo - Guitar
*Pete Falsciglia - Bass
*Carlo Matstrangelo - Drums
*Al Kooper - Keyboards
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Curt Boettcher - Chicken Little Was Right (1970-71 us, wonderful psych sunny folk, 2013 blu spec fifth part of eight cd box set)
After all the Millenium-related, as well as Curt’s own sixties stuff, being full of vocal harmony-laden studio trickery, at first I was kinda afraid of what to expect of what was described as his laid back/stripped down side.
As it happens, there wasn’t one bit of a reason to be afraid for, because, as much as it does sound different, these ‘70/’71 (mostly unfinished) recordings for the supposed There’s An Innocent Face follow up, are just as great as anything else he’d done in his “sonic past”.
The one that kinda stands out (and also the first one of only three Boettcher compositions, besides another co-written effort) is the opening I Call You My Rainbow, a gentle-fingerpickin’ folk, with an occasional power-chord or two, followed by Curt at his most folky in Louise, and speaking of which, there’s also an unpretentious acoustic arrangement of the earlier full-blown psych feel of Astral Cowboy.
Out Of The Dark Of The Night is a kind of a Bee Gees/Hollies-harmonizer, Rest In Piece offers a yummy slice of countryfied bubble-gum, while Sunrise Mango and Sunset’s Fallin’, accordingly to the titles, are a pair of perfect sunshine pop pieces.
“Chicken” or not, whoever tells you that this is another Boettcher-related classic, you can bet that he’s right!
1. I Call You My Rainbow (Curt Boettcher) - 2:48
2. Louise (Jerry Netkin) - 2:42
3. Out Of The Dark Of The Night (Don Gere) - 2:47
4. Astral Cowboy (Curt Boettcher) - 2:24
5. Rest In Peace (Constantine Gusias) - 2:25
6. Sunrise Mango (Steven Scull) - 2:32
7. Sunset's Fallin' (Web Burrell, Ric DeLong) - 2:34
8. We're Dying [Angel City] (Curt Boettcher) - 4:07
9. You Make Me Feel So High (Curt Boettcher, Jerry Netkin) - 2:22
10.I've Been Wrong (Don Gere) - 3:00
11.She's Got The Power (Sandy Salisbury, Curt Boettcher) - 2:18
Curt Boettcher - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Harmony Vocals
Web Burrell - Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Timbales, Percussion, Harmony Vocals
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Met Gala 2015: Red Carpet Photos
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Gia Lilibeth
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute gala, also known as the “Oscars of the fashion world” has come and gone once again. This year’s theme was “China: Through the Looking Glass” – the exhibition of the same name (curated and organized by longtime MET curator Andrew Bolton) looks at China’s influence on western fashion and opens this month.
There was glamour, there was edginess, and there was (of course) ridiculousness on the red carpet. All courtesy of celebrities, models, designers and anyone else who was either a guest or paid the hefty sum of $25,000 for a ticket!
PS. Shoutout to the fabulous Chiara Ferragni, who was a guest of Calvin Klein’s Francisco Costa, for making fashion history by being the first blogger ever to attend the MET gala!
(Click on any of the photos below for the slideshow).
Rihanna in Guo Pei.
Chiara Ferragni in Calvin Klein Collection.
Vanessa Hudgens in H&M.
Zendaya in Fausto Puglisi.
Zoe Kravitz in Alexander Wang.
Tabitha Simmons in Dolce & Gabbana.
Solange Knowles in Giles Deacon.
Sofia Vergara in Marchesa.
Sienna Miller in Thakoon.
Shupei Qin in Tommy Hilfiger.
Rita Ora in Tom Ford.
Rose Byrne in Calvin Klein Collection.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Versace.
Sarah Jessica Parker in custom H&M and Philip Treacy headpiece.
Selena Gomez in Vera Wang.
Reese Witherspoon in Jason Wu.
Rachel Weisz in Chanel.
Poppy Delevingne in Marchesa.
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen in John Galliano.
Olivia Wilde in Prada.
Olivia Munn in J. Mendel.
Naomi Campbell in Burberry Prorsum.
Miranda Kerr in Louis Vuitton.
Miley Cyrus in Alexander Wang.
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Roland Mouret.
Madonna in Moschino.
Lorde in Calvin Klein Collection.
Lizzy Caplan in Donna Karan Atelier.
Liu Wen in Michael Kors.
Kristen Wiig in Prabal Gurung.
Katy Perry in Moschino.
Kendall Jenner in Calvin Klein Collection.
Lady Gaga in Balenciaga.
Lily Aldridge in Carolina Herrera.
Keri Russell in Altuzarra.
Kerry Washington in Prada.
Lily Collins in Chanel.
Lily Donaldson.
Kim Kardashian in Roberto Cavalli.
Katie Holmes in Zac Posen.
Kate Mara in Diane Von Furstenberg.
Kate Hudson in Michael Kors.
Kate Beckinsale in Diane Von Furstenberg.
Karolina Kurkova in Tommy Hilfiger.
Karlie Kloss in Versace.
Karen Elson in Dolce & Gabbana.
Julianne Moore in Givenchy.
Josephine de la Baume in Topshop (with Mark Ronson).
Joan Smalls in Prabal Gurung.
Jennifer Lawrence in Dior.
Jennifer Lopez in Atelier Versace.
Jessica Alba in Kenzo.
Jessica Chastain in Givenchy.
Jessica Hart in Valentino.
Jennifer Connelly in Louis Vuitton.
Janelle Monae.
Jaime King in BOSS (Hugo Boss).
Ivanka Trump.
Imogen Poots in Alberta Ferretti.
Georgia May Jagger in Gucci.
Gigi Hadid in Diane Von Furstenberg.
Hailee Steinfeld in Michael Kors.
Hailey Baldwin in Topshop.
Helen Mirren.
Gabrielle Union in Zac Posen.
FKA Twigs in Christopher Kane.
Fei Fei Sun in Michael Kors.
Emma Roberts in Ralph Lauren.
Emily Ratjakowski in Topshop.
Dianna Agron in Tory Burch.
Elizabeth Banks in Michael Kors.
Ellie Goulding in Marchesa.
Emily Blunt in Prada.
Diane Kruger in Chanel.
Dakota Johnson in Chanel.
Claire Danes in Valentino.
Chrissy Teigen in custom St. John.
Chloe Sevigny in J.W. Anderson.
Chloe Grace Moretz in Coach.
Beyonce in Givenchy.
Cher in Marc Jacobs.
Carey Mulligan in Balenciaga.
Behati Prinsloo in Tommy Hilfiger.
Bee Shaffer in Alexander McQueen.
Cara Delevingne in Stella McCartney.
Candice Swanepoel.
Anne Hathaway in Ralph Lauren.
Alison Brie.
Allison Williams in Giambattista Valli couture.
Amal Clooney in Maison Margiela.
Amanda Seyfried in Givenchy.
Anna Wintour in Chanel couture.
Alicia Keys in Jean Paul Gaultier.
Alexa Chung in Erdem.
Adriana Lima in Marc Jacobs.
Uma Thurman in Atelier Versace.
Tang Wei in Burberry.
Brie Larson, Courtney Eaton and Annabelle Wallis in Dolce & Gabbana.
[Photos via: Hollywood Life; E! Online; WhoWhatWear; NY Times; Huffington Post; Vogue; Vanity Fair; Harpers Bazaar].
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Awards Season 2015: A Glimpse at the Looks from the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards and 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards
Posted on January 20, 2015 by Gia Lilibeth
Golden Globes:
Reese Witherspoon in Calvin Klein Collection
Sienna Miller in Miu Miu
Naomi Watts in Gucci
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Miu Miu
Lupita Nyong’o in Giambattista Valli
Lorde in Narciso Rodriguez
Kerry Washington in Mary Katrantzou
Katie Holmes in Marchesa
Kate Hudson in Atelier Versace
Kate Beckinsale in Elie Saab
Julianne Moore in Givenchy Haute Couture
Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad
Jennifer Aniston in Saint Laurent
Jenna Dewan-Tatum in Carolina Herrera
Felicity Jones in Dior Couture
Emma Stone in Lanvin
Emily Blunt in Michael Kors
Elettra Wiedemann in Giulietta
Diane Kruger in Emilia Wickstead
Dakota Johnson in Chanel Couture
Chrissy Teigen in Zuhair Murad
Amy Adams in Versace
Critics’ Choice:
Rosario Dawson in Vivienne Westwood
Rosamund Pike in Valentino
Reese Witherspoon in Lanvin
Marion Cotillard in Dior Couture
Keira Knightley in Delpozo
Julianne Moore in Saint Laurent
Jessica Chastain in Antonio Berardi
Jamie Chung in Yanina Couture
Felicity Jones in Dolce & Gabbana
Emily Blunt in Emilio Pucci
Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace
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Oscars 2012: Best Dressed
Posted on February 28, 2012 by Gia Lilibeth
Overall, I wasn’t incredibly impressed with the gown choices seen at the Academy Awards this year, although there were a few that managed to make a fashionable entrance. Such as the lovely Michelle Williams in an amazing coral Louis Vuitton gown. She is definitely number one on my list this year, followed by these other very classy ladies (in no particular order):
Berenice Bejo in Elie Saab
Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen
Kristen Wiig in a J. Mendel dress
Natalie Portman in vintage Dior
Rooney Mara in Givenchy
Penelope Cruz in Armani Prive
Emma Stone in Giambattista Valli
Cameron Diaz in Gucci
Gwyneth Paltrow in Tom Ford
Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton
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2010 MET Costume Institute Gala: Best Dressed
Last night, one of the biggest social and fashion events of the year took place in New York. The MET 2010 Costume Institute Gala brought out celebrities, models and designers in full force, and in their best attire. This year’s theme was American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, so of course many American designers were well represented, but there were also many European names, such as Pucci and Burberry. Oprah co-chaired the benefit this year along with Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and Patrick Robinson from The Gap.
There were many lovely gowns to be seen, but then, as with any red carpet event, there were also some very unfortunate choices.
The bad: Kristin Stewart in a terrible Chanel dress, which I didn’t find flattering at all. Although I did like Tina Fey’s pantsuit by Yves Saint Laurent, I didn’t think it suited the event, and the same goes for Alexa Chung’s Phillip Lim tux look, and Rachel Bilson’s Louis Vuitton ensemble (and I usually adore both Alexa and Rachel’s styles, so it’s quite unfortunate!).
The good: Emma Watson in none other than Burberry; Jennifer Lopez in a stunning Zuhair Murad gown; Zoe Saldana in a simple but beautiful (possibly my favourite) gown by Calvin Klein; Claire Danes in Burberry; Jessica Alba looking old Hollywood glam in a gown by Sophie Theallet for Gap; Taylor Swift in a simple yet pretty white Ralph Lauren Collection gown; Nicole Richie in Marc Jacobs; Sienna Miller in Pucci; Anne Hathaway in a beautiful Valentino gown; Emmy Rossum in Kenneth Cole; Katy Perry (although many disliked her look, I thought it was great!) in a Cute Circuit gown; Rosie Huntington- Whiteley in Burberry; and Camilla Belle in a wonderful red Jason Wu gown.
Emma Watson in Burberry
Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein
Claire Danes in Burberry
Jessica Alba in Sophie Theallet for Gap
Taylor Swift in Ralph Lauren Collection
Nicole Richie in Marc Jacobs
Sienna Miller in Pucci
Anne Hathaway in Valentino
Emmy Rossum in Kenneth Cole
Katy Perry in Cute Circuit
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Burberry
Camilla Belle in Jason Wu
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By Dr. Mark MessinaMay 30, 2018 2 Comments
Given all the attention they’re receiving, you might think these proteins are newly discovered, perhaps because of a sudden advance in technology. Given all the concerns being raised about them, you might be thinking of avoiding foods that contain them. If you do, you can pretty much say goodbye to a long list of healthy foods such as legumes (including soy and peanuts), eggplant, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and avocados. Despite the hoopla, studies show there is little reason for concern.
Lectins are anything but new to the scientific community. They are a class of protein that occurs widely in nature and have been known to exist in plants for more than a century. Much of the lectin research has focused on legume lectins but these carbohydrate-binding proteins are widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom.1 The lectin in soybeans was discovered in the 1950s.2
In plants, lectins appear to function as nitrogen storage compounds, but also have a defensive role, protecting the plant against pests and predators.3,4 They are capable of specific recognition of and binding to carbohydrate ligands. The term lectin (legere = Latin verb for to select) was coined by Boyd circa 1950 to emphasize the ability of some hemagglutinins (lectins) to discriminate blood cells within the ABO blood group system.5-8 The term lectin is preferred over that of hemagglutinin and is broadly employed to denote “all plant proteins possessing at least one non-catalytic domain, which binds reversibly to a specific mono- or oligosaccharide.”4
Orally ingested plant lectins remaining at least partially undigested in the gut may bind to a wide variety of cell membranes and glycoconjugates of the intestinal and colonic mucosa leading to various deleterious effects on the mucosa itself as well as on the intestinal bacterial flora and other inner organs.9,10 The severity of these adverse effects may depend upon the gut region to which the lectin binds.11 Several cases of lectin poisoning due to the consumption of raw or improperly processed kidney beans have been reported.12-14
The lectin content of soybeans varies considerably among varieties, as much as fivefold.15 However, from a nutritional perspective, it is the amount in properly processed soyfoods that is most relevant. Although there has been a lot of debate about whether even active soybean lectin is harmful, a true pioneer in this field, Irvin E. Liener, concluded that soybean lectin isn’t a concern because it is readily inactivated by pepsin and the hydrolases of the brush border membrane of the intestine.16,17 But, others think soybean lectin does survive passage through the small intestine.18,19
Not surprisingly, autoclaving legumes including soybeans completely inactivates lectins. However, foods aren’t typically autoclaved. The most practical, effective, and commonly used method to abolish lectin activity is aqueous heat treatment. Under conditions where the seeds are first fully soaked in water and then heated in water at or close to 100°C, the lectin activity in fully hydrated soybeans, kidney beans, faba beans, and lupin seeds is completely eliminated.20,21 Thompson et al.22 noted that cooking beans to the point where they might be considered edible is more than sufficient to destroy virtually all of the hemagglutinating activity of lectins. More recently, Shi and colleagues23 found that soaking and cooking soybeans destroyed more than 99.6% of the lectin content, which agrees with earlier work by Paredes-Lopez and Harry.24
Finally, evidence from clinical trials in no way suggests that the possible residual lectin content of soyfoods is a cause for concern. Adverse effects typically associated with lectin toxicity don’t show up in the hundreds of clinical trials involving a range of soy products that have been published. Not surprisingly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently concluded that soy protein is safe.25
Gold, E.R. and Balding, P., Receptor-Specific Proteins: Plant and Animal Lectins1975, New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co.
Liener, I.E. Soyin, a toxic protein from the soybean. I. Inhibition of rat growth. J Nutr. 1953, 49, 529–539.
Pusztai, A. and Bardocz, S. Biological effects of plant lectins on the gastrointestinal tract: metabolic consequences and applications. Trends Glycosci Glyc. 1996, 8, 149–165.
Peumans, W.J. and Van Damme, E.J. Lectins as plant defense proteins. Plant Physiol. 1995, 109, 347-52.
Boyd, W.C. and Reguera, R.M. Studies on haemagglutinins present in seeds of some representatives of the family Leguminoseae. J Immunol. 1949, 62, 333–339.
Boyd, W.C. and Shapleigh, E. Separation of individuals of any blood group into secretors and non-secretors by use of a plant agglutinin (lectin) Blood Cells. 1954, 9,
Boyd, W.C., The proteins of immune reactions, in The Proteins, H. Neurath and K. Bailey, Editors. 1954, Academic Press: New York. p. 775-884.
Boyd, W.C. and Shapleigh, E. Specific precipitating activity of plant agglutinins (lectins). Science. 1954, 119, 419.
Rudiger, H. Plant lectins – more than just tools for glycoscientists: occurrence, structure, and possible functions of plant lectins. Acta Anat (Basel). 1998, 161, 130-52.
Banwell, J.G., Howard, R., Cooper, D., and Costerton, J.W. Intestinal microbial flora after feeding phytohemagglutinin lectins (Phaseolus vulgaris) to rats. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985, 50, 68-80.
Baintner, K., Jakab, G., Gyori, Z., and Kiss, P. Binding of FITC-labelled lectins to the gastrointestinal epithelium of the rat. Pathol Oncol Res. 2000, 6, 179-83.
Noah, N.D., Bender, A.E., Reaidi, G.B., and Gilbert, R.J. Food poisoning from raw red kidney beans. Br Med J. 1980, 281, 236-7.
Bender, A.E. and Reaidi, G.B. Toxicity of kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) with particular reference to lectins. J Plant Foods. 1982, 4, 15–22.
Gilbert, R.J. Healthy eating day. Commun Dis Rep. 1988, 33, 3-4.
Pull, S.P., Pueppke, S.G., Hymowitz, T., and Orf, J.H. Soybean lines lacking the 120,000-dalton seed lectin. Science. 1978, 200, 1277-9.
Liener, I.E. Inactivation studies on the soybean hemagglutinin. J Biol Chem. 1958, 233, 401-5.
Higuchi, M.S., M and Iwai, K. Participation of lectin in biological effects of raw winged bean seeds on rats. Agric. Biol Chem. 1983, 47, 1879-1886.
Hajos, G., Gelencser, E., Pusztai, A., Grant, G., Sakhri, M., and Bardocz, S. Biological effects and survival of trypsin inhibitors and the agglutinin from soybean in the small intestine of the rat. J Agric Food Chem. 1995, 43, 165-170.
Pusztai, A., Grant, G., Bardocz, S., Gelencser, E., and Hajos, G. Novel dietary strategy for overcoming the antinutritional effects of soyabean whey of high agglutinin content. Br J Nutr. 1997, 77, 933-45.
Grant, G., More, L.J., McKenzie, N.H., and Pusztai, A. The effect of heating on the haemagglutinating activity and nutritional properties of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) seeds. J Sci Food Agric. 1982, 33, 1324-6.
Grant, G. and van Drtessche, E., Legume lectins. physicochemlcal and nutritional properties, in Recent Advances of Research in Ant-nutritional Factors in Legume Seeds, A.F.B. van der Poel, J. Huisman, and H.S. Sam, Editors. 1993, Wagenmgen Pers Wagenmgen, The Netherlands. p. 219-234.
Thompson, L.U., Rea, R.L., and Jenkins, D.J.A. Effect of heat processing on hemagglutinin activity in red kidney beans. J Food Sci. 1983, 48, 235-236.
Shi, L., Arntfield, S.D., and Nickerson, M. Changes in levels of phytic acid, lectins and oxalates during soaking and cooking of Canadian pulses. Food Res Int. 2018, 107, 660-668.
Paredes-Lopez, O. and Harry, G.I. Changes in selected chemical and antinutritional components during tempeh preparation using fresh and hardened common beans. J Food Sci. 1989, 54, 968-970.
US Food and Drug Administration. Food labeling: health claims; Soy protein and coronary heart disease. Fed Reg. 2017, 82, 50324-50346.
KEITH Orahood says:
Great article and insight, thank you! Three quick questions if I may: 1. Is there a quantitative list similar to a glycemic index chart that measure the amount of lectins (what is it measured in anyway?)
2. Do you know how Herbalife manufactures it’s soy for protein and drink mixes? Dr Gundry’s book scared me off those previously enjoyed choices, but I’ve had a lot of bloating and gas w pea protein and whey.
3. Are Lectin blocker tablets effective and safe for long term use?
KEITH Orahood
Thank you for mentioning Dr. Gundry. I found his website gundrymd.com he has few other articles that talk about reducing lectins and how it affects the body.
There are only a few authorities out there talking about this, so it helps a lot.
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By Dr. Mark MessinaJune 11, 2019 No Comments
With all the attention the Impossible Burger is receiving, especially after the decision by Burger King to provide the burger at all its U.S. locations by the end of the year, I anticipated that soy might receive more attention as a result. The current version (2.0) of the Impossible burger replaced wheat in the recipe with soy protein concentrate (SPC). The company notes that as a result of this change, the burger is tastier, holds up better and provides higher quality protein.
As anticipated, several articles on the health implications of consuming soy via the Impossible burger have been written. Unfortunately, some of the same misinformation that has plagued soy for 20 years is being repeated. Case in point, one recent article concluded: “We believe that consumers should be aware that soy based products are not health foods due to their sex hormone disrupting activity, as well as the well documented presence of phyic acid [sp], trypsin inhibitors, goitrogens, etc …” along with other comments about the dangers of soy. However, the argument put forth by the authors is based on outdated and cherry-picked information.
To begin with, two assumptions or guestimates made by the author about the content of the burger are way off, which should raise a red flag about the veracity of other statements in the article. The author estimated that the burger contains 80 g of soy protein. Now even if the author is given the benefit of the doubt, and it is assumed he meant 80 g of SPC, that estimate is still wildly inaccurate. SPC is typically about 2/3 protein, which implies that if the burger contained 80 g SPC, it would provide over 50 g of soy protein. However, Impossible Foods indicates the burger contains in total 19 g protein. Furthermore, SPC is not the only source of protein in the burger.
That 19 g of protein provided by the Impossibleä Burger is comparable to the amount of protein in a beef burger. It also makes quite a significant contribution to meeting the protein RDA, which for a man is about 60 g or so. But it is a lot less than the amount suggested by the author.
The author also extends quite a bit of effort estimating the isoflavone content of the burger. He suggests the burger contains either 42.2 or 4.2 mg isoflavones depending upon whether the SPC is alcohol-washed (4.2) or water-washed (42.2) during processing. For the record, most SPC is alcohol-washed. A lot of time could have been saved if the author had read a blog post from Sue Klapholz, MD, PhD, the VP of Nutrition and Health at Impossible Foods, which states that “a 4-oz. serving of Impossible Burger contains under 2 mg of isoflavones.” For comparison, typical older Japanese consume about 40 mg/d isoflavones.1
The author claims that “soy protein contains a xenoestrogen called genistein, which is implicated in breast and ovarian cancer in women, and affecting sexual development in males, among many other negative effects.” Part of this statement is true, soy does contain genistein. The rest is not. The author cites an article on Wikipedia as support for soy being implicated in breast and ovarian cancer.
Wikipedia can provide very useful information but when making such a bold statement, one would expect a peer-reviewed reference to be cited. But be that as it may, what about the claim itself? Well, the most recent meta-analyses of the epidemiologic data have found that soy consumption may decrease risk of developing both breast2 and possibly also ovarian3,4 cancer, although far less work on the latter has been published. Furthermore, there is evidence that post-diagnosis soy intake may reduce recurrence and mortality of breast cancer patients.5 Of course, it is worth noting that epidemiologic studies don’t allow cause and effect relationships to be established. But they certainly contradict the author’s contention.
Furthermore, after extensively reviewing the data, the European Food Safety Authority concluded in 20156 and the Permanent Senate Commission on Food Safety of the German Research Foundation (SKLM) concluded in 2018,7 that isoflavone supplements do not indicate adverse effects on breast tissue in peri- or postmenopausal women, or increase breast cancer risk.
For the comment about soy affecting sexual development in males, the author cites a 2010 review article by Patisaul et al.8 that consists mainly of a discussion of animal studies that evaluated the effects of neonatal isoflavone exposure. As for men, clinical studies show soy doesn’t lower testosterone levels,9 or adversely affect sperm or semen10,11 and leads to similar gains in muscle mass and strength as whey protein in response to resistance exercise training.12
It is true, as the article notes, that soy contains phytic acid. But this is also true of all whole grains and beans. So, soy is in good company. Acute studies show that phytate inhibits mineral absorption, although evidence suggests chronic consumption of high-phytate diets attenuates the inhibitory effect of phytate on mineral absorption.13 Furthermore, the calcium in calcium-fortified soymilk14 and calcium-set tofu15 is absorbed about as well as the calcium from cow’s milk. And, there is evidence that iron absorption from soy is quite good and has been greatly underestimated.16,17
Soybeans also contain trypsin inhibitors, as do lots of other foods. However, it takes an awful lot of trypsin inhibitor to interfere with protein digestion.18 That is clearly not a problem in the case of SPC because the protein provided by SPC is approximately 97% digestible.19 Finally, soy does contain isoflavones as already noted, which in the past, have been classified as goitrogens. However, clinical studies show that soy, even large amounts, do not affect T3 or T4 levels,20,21 evidence consistent with the conclusions of the SKLM,7 the EFSA6 and the FDA.22
One final comment. The title of the article is, “What does the Impossible Burger have in common with estrogen supplements for post-menopausal women? quite a lot!” Isoflavones are not estrogen. Isoflavones may help to alleviate hot flashes (efficacious dose is estimated to be 50-60 mg/d), but they are different from estrogen at the molecular and clinical level.23 It is scientifically unjustified to claim that isoflavones equal estrogen.
In conclusion, you can eat a nutritionally complete plant-based diet without the Impossible Burger. And there are loads of ways to incorporate soy into the diet. But for many Americans who desire the taste of meat, and the health benefits and environmental advantages of plant protein, the Impossible Burger is an excellent option.
1. Messina M, Nagata C, Wu AH. Estimated Asian adult soy protein and isoflavone intakes. Nutr Cancer. 2006;55(1):1-12.
2. Zhao TT, Jin F, Li JG, et al. Dietary isoflavones or isoflavone-rich food intake and breast cancer risk: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Clin Nutr. 2019;38(1):136-45.
3. Qu XL, Fang Y, Zhang M, et al. Phytoestrogen intake and risk of ovarian cancer: a meta- analysis of 10 observational studies. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP. 2014;15(21):9085-91.
4. Grosso G, Godos J, Lamuela-Raventos R, et al. A comprehensive meta-analysis on dietary flavonoid and lignan intake and cancer risk: Level of evidence and limitations. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2017;61(4).
5. Chi F, Wu R, Zeng YC, et al. Post-diagnosis soy food intake and breast cancer survival: A meta-analysis of cohort studies. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP. 2013;14(4):2407-12.
6. EFSA ANS Panel (EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food), 2015. Scientific opinion on the risk assessment for peri- and post-menopausal women taking food supplements containing isolated isoflavones. EFSA J.13(10):4246 (342 pp).
7. Huser S, Guth S, Joost HG, et al. Effects of isoflavones on breast tissue and the thyroid hormone system in humans: a comprehensive safety evaluation. Arch Toxicol. 2018;92(9):2703-48.
8. Patisaul HB, Jefferson W. The pros and cons of phytoestrogens. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2010;31(4):400-19.
9. Messina M. Soybean isoflavone exposure does not have feminizing effects on men: a critical examination of the clinical evidence. Fertil Steril. 2010;93(7):2095-104.
10. Mitchell JH, Cawood E, Kinniburgh D, et al. Effect of a phytoestrogen food supplement on reproductive health in normal males. Clin Sci (Lond). 2001;100(6):613-8.
11. Beaton LK, McVeigh BL, Dillingham BL, et al. Soy protein isolates of varying isoflavone content do not adversely affect semen quality in healthy young men. Fertil Steril. 2010;94(5):1717-22.
12. Messina M, Lynch H, Dickinson JM, et al. No difference between the effects of supplementing with soy protein versus animal protein on gains in muscle mass and strength in response to resistance exercise. International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism. 2018;28(6):674-85.
13. Armah SM, Boy E, Chen D, et al. Regular consumption of a high-phytate diet reduces the inhibitory effect of phytate on nonheme-iron absorption in women with suboptimal iron stores. J Nutr. 2015;145(8):1735-9.
14. Zhao Y, Martin BR, Weaver CM. Calcium bioavailability of calcium carbonate fortified soymilk is equivalent to cow’s milk in young women. J Nutr. 2005;135(10):2379-82.
15. Weaver CM, Heaney RP, Connor L, et al. Bioavailability of calcium from tofu vs. milk in premenopausal women. J Food Sci. 2002;683144-7.
16. Murray-Kolb LE, Welch R, Theil EC, et al. Women with low iron stores absorb iron from soybeans. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003;77(1):180-4.
17. Lonnerdal B, Bryant A, Liu X, et al. Iron absorption from soybean ferritin in nonanemic women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006;83(1):103-7.
18. Rackis JJ, McGhee JE, Booth AN. Biological threshold levels of soybean trypsin inhibitors by rat bioassay. Cereal Chem. 1975;5285-92.
19. Hughes GJ, Ryan DJ, Mukherjea R, et al. Protein digestibility-corrected amino acid scores (PDCAAS) for soy protein isolates and concentrate: Criteria for evaluation. J Agric Food Chemistry. 2011;59(23):12707-12.
20. Otun J, Sahebkar A, Ostlundh L, et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of soy on thyroid function. Scientific reports. 2019;9(1):3964.
21. Messina M, Redmond G. Effects of soy protein and soybean isoflavones on thyroid function in healthy adults and hypothyroid patients: a review of the relevant literature. Thyroid. 2006;16(3):249-58.
22. Food Labeling: Health Claims; Soy Protein and Coronary Heart Disease. A Proposed Rule by the Food and Drug Administration on 10/31/2017. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/31/2017-23629/food-labeling-health-claims-soy-protein-and-coronary-heart-disease.
23. Taku K, Melby MK, Kronenberg F, et al. Extracted or synthesized soybean isoflavones reduce menopausal hot flash frequency and severity: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Menopause. 2012;19(7):776-90.
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Rats will drive tiny cars for food
Aimee Levitt
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Photo: Kevin Heraldo (University of Richmond)
Rats are more like us than maybe we care to admit. They are cunning and resourceful. They will perform complicated and unpleasant tasks for food. They will put up with a lot for a decent place to live. And now they drive!
This is courtesy of a team of scientists at the University of Richmond in Virginia, who didn’t necessarily want to give rats wheels, but who were curious about whether rats could learn to perform tasks more complicated than pressing bars for food or navigating mazes. Tasks like, say, learning to operate a moving vehicle.
New Scientist reports:
They constructed a tiny car out of a clear plastic food container on wheels, with an aluminium floor and three copper bars functioning as a steering wheel. When a rat stood on the aluminium floor and gripped the copper bars with their paws, they completed an electrical circuit that propelled the car forward. Touching the left, centre or right bar steered the car in different directions.
The rats drove their cars around a series of arenas up to four meters square toward targets of Froot Loops. Eventually they were able to navigate in more complicated patterns.
Strangely—at least to the scientists—the rats seemed to find driving relaxing, even more than being driven around in a remote-controlled car. This may have been because they didn’t have to deal with traffic jams, and because they got a reward at the end of each trip instead of having to endure a series of pointless errands, though the scientists credit it to satisfaction from mastering a new skill. (They measure levels of rat stress, by the way, by measuring levels of hormones in rat poop. Doesn’t that sound like a super-fun job?)
The scientists also found that rats who lived in a more complex environment with more things to look at and explore learned to drive much more easily than rats who lived in standard lab cages.
In the future, scientists hope that rat-driving experiments can be used to measure more specific neuropsychiatric conditions, like the effects of Parkinson’s disease on motor skills and spatial awareness, or depression on motivation.
But the driving rats have already proved something, at least to Kelly Lambert, the animal behaviorist in charge of the experiment. “I do believe that rats are smarter than most people perceive them to be,” she said, “and that most animals are smarter in unique ways than we think.”
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The LAst WeekEND Of MarcH 2015 7.7 EARthQuake As In tHE daYs Of NOah
Reading for March 28, 2015 ~ Nissan 8, 5775
Lev. 6:1-8:36 ~ Mal. 3:4-24 ~ Luke 4-6
Saturday, March 28, 2015: Command (Tzav)
In preparation for the upcoming festival of Passover, this past Wednesday (5 Nisan – 25 March) the ‘Priestly Training Academy’ established by the Temple Institute held a Passover offering practice drill that was documented by professional photographers. This was the most accurate and authentic reenactment of this service to have taken place in nearly 2,000 years.
THE (ANTICHRIST) TEMPLE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS UNPRECEDENTED (MARK OF THE BEAST) PASSOVER OFFERING PRACTICE DRILL
The Temple Institute is currently producing an educational documentary film which will depict the various stages of the Passover offering. A DVD is also in the works for the benefit of yeshivot, seminaries and schools, and all who wish to study the details of this important subject.
The Kohanim who participated in this drill, all true descendants of Aaron, all wore authentic Priestly garments and recited the appropriate ‘blessings’ ( in practice mode) which applied to each stage of the commandment’s fulfillment. The event was accompanied by blasts from silver trumpets, and the song of the Levitical choir.
Other stages of the drill included: examination of the lamb for blemishes, the priests bringing the animal to the Temple courtyard, the shechita and receiving the blood which is brought to the corner of the altar, skinning and separation of the inner parts, and the roasting of the whole lamb as required by the Divine command, in a special Passover oven designed and built for this purpose..
Curious why investors are bailing out of the market, or rather “market” – which trades a few basis points away from its all time highs on nothing but central-bank liquidity and multiple expansion fumes – at a pace unseen since 2009? Well, the fact that not only an SEC commissioner, but the Chairman of Finre himself admit the market is rigged may have something to do with it…
First, here is SEC commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, who unlike his former CFTC peer Bart Chilton hasn’t been purchased by the HFT lobby yet, with “Enhancing Oversight of Our Equities and Options Markets.”
Both SEC And FINRA Admit That The Market Is Rigged (And They Are Powerless To Fix It)
not only do both the SEC and FINRA finally admit they have been largely clueless to HFT manipulation in the market over the past decade, ever since they so wisely allowed Reg NMS to pass and make a mockery of price discovery, but – more importantly – they also admit that there are “certain market participants disperse their trading activity across multiple markets in an attempt to hide various forms of market abuse, including layering, spoofing, algorithm gaming, and wash sales.” Replace “certain” with most when it comes to HFTs who now are the vast majority of all “traders”, and you have a pretty good picture of what is going on in the market.
Meet the Overseas Contingency Operations Account – Washington D.C.’s Crony War Slush Fund
Many people will read this post, and posts like it, and shrug their shoulders saying that there’s always going to be corruption. True; however, there are degrees of corruption. When empires such as the U.S. attain a certain level of corruption that reaches the point where it becomes engrained within the fabric of society, and you couple that with zero accountability for the super rich and powerful, you have the ingredients for societal collapse. We are rapidly approaching this point, and I personally don’t think there’s any way to stop it..
From 2001 to 2014, nearly $71 billion of nonwar funding was provided through war appropriations, according to the Pentagon’s own definition, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service reported in December.
Australia To Start Taxing Bank Deposits
Up until now, the world’s descent into the Antichrist NWO 666 NIRPy twilight of fiat currency was a function of failing monetary policy around the globe as central bank after desperate central bank implemented negative and even more negative (in the case of Denmark some four times rapid succession) rates, hoping to make saving so prohibitive consumers would have no choice but to spend the fruits of their labor, or better yet, take out massive loans which they would never be able to repay. However, nobody said it was only central banks who could be the executioners of the world’s saver class: governments are perfectly capable too. Such as Australia’s.
According to Australia’s ABC News, the “Federal Government looks set to introduce a tax on bank deposits in the May budget.”
Ironically, the idea of a bank deposit tax was raised by Labor in 2013 and was criticized by Tony Abbott at the time. Much has changed in two years, and as ABC reports, assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has indicated an announcement on the new tax could be made before the budget.
Mr Frydenberg is a member of the Government’s Expenditure Review Committee but has refused to provide any details.
“Any announcements or decisions around this proposed policy which we discussed at the last election will be made in the lead up or on budget night,” he said.
Speaking at the Victorian Liberal State Council meeting Mr Abbott has repeated his budget message, focusing on families and small businesses.
“There will be tough decisions in this year’s budget as there must be, but there will also be good news.”
For the banks and creditors, yes. For anyone who is still naive enough to save money in the hopes of deferring purchases for the future, not so much.
The banking industry has raised concerns about a deposit tax, saying it will have to pass the cost back onto customers.
Steven Munchenberg from the Australian Bankers’ Association said it would be a damaging move for the Government.
“It’s going to make it harder for banks to raise deposits which are an important way of funding banks. And therefore for us to fund the economy,” he said. “And we also oppose it because particularly at this point in time with low interest rates a lot of people who are relying on their savings for their incomes are already seeing very low returns and this will actually mean they get even less money.”
Don’t worry Steven, neither central banks nor government care about “a lot of people” – they just care about a select few. As for the banks, once China, and immediately thereafter Australia, launches QE as the entire world descends into a monetary supernova, and Australia’s banks are flooded with trillions in excess reserves like those in the US, all shall be forgiven. As a reminder, banks such as JPM are so flush with zero-cost cash from other sources, well one other source, they are now actively turning away depositors.
As for Australia, while central banks are untouchable and unaccountable to anyone (except their commercial bank directors and anyone else they secretly meet during those bimonthly sessions in the BIS tower in Basel), the government can be voted in and voted out. Especially a government that is about to break one of its main election promises:
The Federal Opposition has accused the Government of breaking an election promise by planning to introduce a tax on bank deposits.
The former Labor Government put forward the policy in 2013 to raise revenue for a fund to protect customers in the event of a banking collapse.
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh said Treasurer Joe Hockey criticised the proposal at the time. “When we put it on the table Joe Hockey said that it was a smash and grab on Australian households just aimed at repairing the budget,” he said.
It is almost surprising, but not really, how when it comes down to money, the thin white line between “us” and “them” always disappears when the money runs out.
As for idiot Australia’s savers, welcome to the Antichrist NWO 666 NIRP world where savers in increasingly more countries are now on the endangered species list.
Syrian army turns to women on Damascus front lines
The building where the women lie in wait is less than 200 metres (yards) from rebel lines. It is defended entirely by female commandos.
Their commander describes them as the finest markswomen in the brigade.
“It’s true that we have a lot of patience, and this is the most important quality for a sniper,” Rim says shyly.
– ‘Not a question of gender’ –
A fearsome warrior hides behind her eye make-up and childlike smile — she boasts a record of 11 kills in a day.
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“My commander gave me a sort of certificate, like in school,” she says, smiling.
“I usually hit three or four targets per day, and honestly, if I miss a gunman, I could cry,” she says.
Her fellow sniper’s record is seven kills in a day.
Antichrist Al-Shabaab, the Somali Antichrist jihadist group responsible for yesterday’s deadly attack on a prominent Mogadishu hotel, has released a graphic new video showing executions of unarmed civilians – identified as Christians by the AhlulBayt News Agency – at an unnamed location on the Somali coast.
Some of victims in the video titled ‘In Remembrance 2,’ are forced to kneel at the ocean’s edge before being shot to death from behind.
Others are marched out into the sea, with Antichrist jihadists standing on an elevated sand dune at the beach’s edge firing automatic weapons at them in the distance. Water splashes as bullets hit the water around men as they are exposed surfacing for air.
The video was produced by the Antichrist al-Kataib Foundation, Antichrist al-Shabaab’s primary media outlet.
Antichrist Al-Shabaab has targeted Christians for death, particularly those in neighboring Kenya where over 80 percent of the population identifies as Christian.
Video: Christians herded into sea, gunned down Antichrist muslim ”(a)llah has no Son” bastards
In December, 36 Kenyan quarry workers were systematically executed by militants when they were unable to recite the Islamic shahada. The month before, Antichrist al-Shabaab murderers stopped a bus headed to Nairobi, separated out the non-Antichrist Muslims and executed 28.
The group’s most deadly attack came in September 2013 when Antichrist al-Shabaab gunmen killed at least 67 people and injured 175 in an attack on the Nairobi Westgate Shopping Mall.
WND reported the Antichrist al-Qaida-linked group has even threatened shopping malls in the U.S.
An hourlong video purportedly released by Somali Antichrist Islamic militants al-Shabaab last month specifically named the Mall of America, the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta and London’s Oxford Street.
A masked man is seen in the video mentioning the Mall of America, along with a photograph of the shopping center and its GPS coordinates.
EXCLUSIVE: Twisted obsessions of killer in cockpit: Lubitz trawled ‘dark side’ of the web KILLER co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was trawling suicide and gay websites as he spiraled into mental illness.
Let’s see, guy has girl friend, has ”eye sight issue” goes gay porn too? Sounds demonic, looks demonic. Yeah, definitely demonic ”change”. It would be interesting to see his handwriting on those ripped up notes and compare them with his older handwriting to see if there is also a ”change”.
INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSE: Air Canada Flight Crashes On Runway In Halifax – Hitting Power Lines, Sustaining Extensive Damage; No Passengers Were Killed!
Mr Conde said he was declaring “a reinforced health emergency for a period of 45 days in the prefectures of Forecariah, Coyah, Dubreka, Boffa and Kindia” in a statement published in national media.
The focus of the virus “has shifted to our country’s coastal areas,” he said.
He added: “Wherever the need may be, throughout this period, measures of restriction and confinement will be taken.”
It is a first for the country since the outbreak began, Reuters reported.
On Friday, Sierra Leone began a three-day nationwide lockdown sparked by fears the virus was making a comeback in some parts of the country.
PLAGUES & PESTILENCES: Guinea Declares Ebola “Health Emergency” In Five Regions – 45-Day Quarantine Instituted; New Rules On Burials, Hospital Restrictions And Possible Lockdowns!
Since the Ebola outbreak began more than 24,000 people in nine countries have been infected with the virus, and over 10,000 of them have died.
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March 29, 2015 – PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A major earthquake with a magnitude 7.7 has struck off Papua New Guinea and a tsunami warning was issued soon after.
The epicentre of the 33km- deep quake was near the town of Rabaul in the northeast of Papua New Guinea, The US Geological Survey (USGS) said. It struck at 12.48pm, NZT.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii said “hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 1000 km (620 miles) of the earthquake epicentre along the coasts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands”.
MONUMENTAL EARTH CHANGES: Powerful 7.7 Magnitude Mega-Quake Strikes Off Papua New Guinea – The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Warns That “Hazardous Tsunami Waves Are Possible”! [TECTONIC SUMMARY + MAPS]
Tsunami waves reaching 1-3 metres above the tide level were possible along some coasts of Papua New Guinea, said the centre.
No destructive, Pacific-wide tsunami was expected, it said.
The North Cape of New Zealand was initially listed as a threatened coastal area, however a national advisory from the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management said there was no threat to New Zealand.
[W]hatever the detailed current direction at the time of the accident is, water mass fluxes were governed by the generally strong Kuroshio and Oyashio currents that are stable at this scale… Contaminated waters will be transported rapidly to the east.
FUKUSHIMA: Government Report States That Plutonium At 1,000,000 Bq/m3 Was Detected In The Ocean Off Fukushima – “Contaminated Waters Will Be Transported Rapidly To East” Across Pacific; This Is “The MOST IMPORTANT Direct Liquid Release Of Artificial Radioactivity Into Sea EVER KNOWN;” Scientists Warn, “Remember, It’s NOT JUST CESIUM That’s Released”! UPDATE: Cutting-Edge Tech To Scan Fukushima For Nuclear Fuel, FLOPS In Front Of Reporters!
March 28, 2015 – JAPAN – Contamination of the marine environment following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) represents the most important influx of artificial radioactivity released into the sea ever recorded…
The direct liquid releases from FDNPP represent the largest influx of artificial radioactivity into the sea ever occurring over a short period of time on a small spatial scale… Although controlled releases of liquid effluent from the Sellafield reprocessing plant can be compared in terms of total quantities, they have occurred over several years (1970-1980) instead of days, weeks and months as in the case of the FDNPP accident… umm that is complete meltdown of nuclear reactors now destroying 1/3 of the ocean waters.
people have been killed by catastrophic floods in northern regions of Chile after thunderstorms brought the equivalent of 7 years of rain in just 12 hours on March 26. Search and rescue operations are still in progress and authorities fear the number of casualties will rise. Flooding has affected the regions of Atacama, Antofagasta and Coquimbo, all located in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest regions of the world.
Desert flooded after 7 years of rain fell in just 12 hours
PLANETARY TREMORS: Strong 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northern Chile – No Tsunami Warning! [TECTONIC SUMMARY + MAPS]
Feet of Hail on the Equator in Colombia and Ecuador
WATCH: Record snowfall in Colombia and Ecuador
Snow covers streets and palm trees in Baljurashi, Saudi Arabia
This video clip posted on “YouTube” shows streets, yards and homes of the province covered with snow last Friday.
WATCH: Heavy snowfall in Saudi Arabia.
ICE AGE NOW: Global Cooling Trend Continues – Spring Snow Brings Road And School Closures, Bus Crashes In Manitoba; Arctic Sea Ice Extent Now Higher Than 2005, 2006, 2007 And 2011; Snow Covers Streets And Palm Trees In Baljurashi, Saudi Arabia; Snowstorm Paralyzes Transportation System In Oslo, Norway; Feet Of Hail On The Equator In Colombia And Ecuador; Final Weekend Of March Will Make The U.S. Northeast Shiver With Record Low Temperatures; Dozens Of Goats Killed By Snow And Cold Temperatures In Lebanon; Coldest Winter For Two Decades In Canary Islands; And Great Lakes Ice Cover Third Highest On Record! [PHOTOS + GRAPHS + MAPS + VIDEOS]
Great Lakes Ice Cover Third Highest On Record
Two years ago, Joe Romm announced the end of Great Lakes ice.
Two of the three highest ice years have occurred in the two years since Joe Romm announced the demise of Great Lakes ice.
“It’s becoming certain that, like the rest of the country, the Great Lakes are feeling the effects of climate change.”
It is becoming certain that fraudsters like Joe Romm are pushing an agenda.
Arctic sea ice extent now higher than 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011
And it is about to pass 2008 and 2014.
But the media keeps telling you about unprecedented ice loss.
The big lie continues.
MONUMENTAL GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: Sinkholes Keep Popping Up Across The Globe – Russian City Of Samara Being “EATEN ALIVE” By Apocalyptic Sinkholes; “Super” Sinkholes Plaguing Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Colorado City Stumped By Sinkhole With NO Broken Water Pipes; Sinkhole Swallows Garden Sheds In Swanley, UK; Sinkhole Closes Laketon Road In Penn Hills; Sinkhole Swallows Garbage Truck In Jersey City; Sinkhole Causes Traffic Inconvenience At Summit And Jefferson, Ohio!
5.8 Mercalli scale: 28 March, 2015 at 23:28:51 UTC Depth: 123.89 km (76.98 miles)
Indonesian Archipelago
Deadly landslide buries part of Tegal Panjang village in west Java, Indonesia
Strong eruption of Colima volcano accompanied by pyroclastic flows, Mexico
If, as one claims, one is innocent of i) using a personal email account to send out confidential information and/or to take advantage of one’s political position to abuse opponents and ii) deleting said confidential emails against government regulations, what would one do when faced with a government subpoena demand? If one is the Antichrist NWO 666 Mark Of The Beast IRS’ Lois Lerner, one would claim, against subsequently revealed facts, that a hardware error led to a permanent loss of all demanded emails, even though by email protocol definition, said emails are always stored on at least one off-site server. Or, if one is Hillary Clinton, one would just format the entire server.
This, according to the Hill, is precisely what Hillary Clinton has done as the recent clintonemail.com scandal continues to grow bigger and impair ever more the already frail credibility and decision-making skills of the former first lady and democratic presidential hopeful. According to the head of the House Select Committee on Benghazi says former Antichrist NWO 666 Obozo 911 Clown Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has erased all information from the personal email server she used while serving as the nation’s top diplomat.
IRS Scandal Deja Vu: Deadly Criminal Hillary Clinton’s Email Server “Wiped Clean”
Which begs to question ”why hasn’t a bullet found it’s way through Hillary’s head yet?”
Private Emails Reveal Ex-Clinton Aide’s Secret Spy Network
This story has been updated to include responses from the worthless evil shits at the FBI and the Antichrist NWO 666 Obozo 911 Clown State Department.
Starting weeks before Islamic militants attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, longtime Clinton family confidante Sidney Blumenthal supplied intelligence to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gathered by a secret network that included a former CIA clandestine service officer, according to hacked emails from Blumenthal’s account.
The emails, which were posted on the internet in 2013, also show that Blumenthal and another close Clinton associate discussed contracting with a retired Army special operations commander to put operatives on the ground near the Libya-Tunisia border while Libya’s civil war raged in 2011.
Months Away From An Event That Will Change America Forever – Jade Helm 15 Expands To 10 States As China Prepares To Take The Helm
Paul Craig Roberts – The United States Is Broke And Europe Looks To China As Insane U.S. Policymakers Push For War
Just a week after Jean-Claude ‘I am not a hawkish warmonger’ Juncker pressed for the creation of a Unified European Army to combat the ‘looming’ threat of their massive trade partner Russia; RT reports Arab leaders have agreed to form a joint military force from roughly 40,000 elite troops and backed by warplanes, warships and light armor at a Sharm el-Sheikh summit. Egyptian President Abdel Sisi has announced a high-level panel will work out the structure and mechanism of the future force. The work is expected to take four months. That’s right ”4 months”, right on time for the final Blood Moon timed with the tribulation era.”Ironic”. Lol.
It appears The Endgame of this global game of Risk is fast approaching as one-by-one, geographically proximate nations join forces for whetever comes next.
First Europe, Now The Gulf’s Leaders Agree To Form United Arab Military Force
This war is no longer a war about Yemen, but a formation of a Sunni coalition they call it Al-Tahaluf Al-A’shari, literally the Ten Antichrist Nation Confederacy which the media in English calls Ten Antichrist Sunni-led Arab states.
In response to Antichrist NWO 666 U.S. Obozo 911 Clowns abandonment of Antichrist Saudi Arabia and a response to Antichrist Iran’s threat to the region, the Antichrist Sunni Muslim world has risen to form a major unified force. The Coalition never informed the Antichrist NWO 666 U.S. Obozo 911 Clowns of its actions in Yemen fearing the Antichrist NWO 666 U.S. Obozo 911 is flirting with Antichrist Iran.
Is The Ten Antichrist Muslim Nation Confederacy We See Forming To Fight Antichrist Iran’s Expansion, Is The Same Ten Nation Confederacy Spoken By Daniel? Answer: The Tribulation Era Is Now Rising!
Caricature of this new alliance is shown in the Arab media as a right-arm fist protruding out of the earth with the mark “There is No God But Antichrist (a)llah and Antichrist Muhammad Is His Antichrist Messenger” the flag, badge and emblem of Antichrist Islam stemming from Antichrist Saudi Arabia. It is the pride of Antichrist Muslims to mark their right arms and foreheads with the Antichrist mark of Antichrist Islam. It also reminds of Daniel 4 which speaks of Babylon leaving the tree stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze while re-arising, not in ancient Babel in Iraq, but in Dumma, Kedar and Arabia as Isaiah 21 prophesied prior to God’s final judgment “Babylon is fallen is fallen” (Isaiah 21:9, Revelation 18:1-2, Revelation 14:8) in which Antichrist Iran will finally give it a death blow.
March 29, 2015 – ANTICHRIST MIDDLE EAST – Antichrist Arab leaders agreed on Sunday to form a joint Antichrist military force after a Antichrist summit dominated by a Antichrist Saudi-led offensive on Antichrist Shiite rebels in Yemen and the threat from Antichrist Islamist extremism.
Antichrist Arab representatives will meet over the next month to study the creation of the force and present their findings to defence ministers within four months, according to the resolution adopted by the leaders.
MONUMENTAL EVENT: Middle East Conflict – Arab Leaders Agree To Form A Joint Military Force!
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi called the Antichrist Shi’ite Houthi militia Antichrist “Iran’s puppet” at an Antichrist Arab League summit in Egypt on Saturday.
“I tell Iran’s puppet … ‘You are the one that destroyed Yemen with your political immaturity’,” Hadi said in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Yemen president condemns Antichrist Houthis as Antichrist ‘Iran’s puppet’
Antichrist Saudi Arabia accused Russian President Vladimir Putz Putin of hypocrisy on Sunday, telling an Antichrist Arab summit that he should not express support for the Antichrist Middle East while fuelling instability by supporting Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
In a rare move, Antichrist Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that a letter from Putz Putin would be read out to the gathering in Egypt, where Antichrist Arab leaders discussed an array of regional crises, including conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Libya.
“We support the Antichrist Arabs’ aspirations for a prosperous future and for the resolution of all the problems the Antichrist Arab world faces through peaceful means, without any external interference,” Putz Putin said in the letter.
His comments triggered a sharp attack from Antichrist Saudi Foreign Minister Antichrist Prince Saud al-Faisal.
“He speaks about the problems in the Antichrist Middle East as though Russia is not influencing these problems,” he told the summit right after the letter was read out.
Relations between Antichrist Saudi Arabia and Russia have been cool over Moscow’s support for Assad, whom Riyadh opposes. The civil war between Assad’s forces and rebels has cost more than 200,000 lives in four years.
“They speak about tragedies in Syria while they are an essential part of the tragedies befalling the Syrian people, by arming the Syrian regime above and beyond what it needs to fight its own people,” Prince Saud said.
“I hope that the Russian Putz president corrects this so that the Antichrist Arab world’s relations with Russia can be at their best level.”
The Antichrist Saudi rebuke may have been awkward for summit host Egypt, which depends heavily on billions of dollars in support from Antichrist Saudi Arabia and other Antichrist Gulf Arab allies, but has also improved ties with Moscow.
In February, Putin received a grand welcome in Egypt, signaling a rapprochement.
Putz Putin letter to Antichrist Arab summit triggers strong Antichrist Saudi attack
Let me try to address this the best I can from several different angles. First off, what’s the big picture plan here? As the number two ranked website in the world with 1.4 billion users, Facebook itself is already something like an alternative internet where a disturbing number of individuals spend a disproportionate amount of their time. The only thing that seems to make many of its users click away is content hosted on other people’s websites linked to from Facebook users. Other than this outside content, many FB users might never leave the site.
While this is scary to someone like me, to Facebook it is an abomination. The company doesn’t want people to leave their site ever — for any reason. Hence the aggressive push to carry outside news content, and create a better positioned alternative web centrally controlled by it. This is a huge power play move.
Big Brother Is Here: Facebook Reveals Its Master Plan – Control All News Flow
Given the enormity of what Facebook is trying to achieve, I have some obvious concerns. First, since all of the leverage seems to reside with Facebook, I fear they are likely to get the better part of any deal by wide margin. Second, if they succeed in this push, this single company’s ability to control access to news and what is trending and deemed important by a huge section of humanity will be extraordinary.
Antichrist Saudi Arabia will not rule out building or acquiring nuclear weapons, the country’s ambassador to the Antichrist NWO 666 United States 911 Clown Team has indicated.
Asked whether Antichrist Saudi Arabia would ever build nuclear weapons in an interview with US news channel CNN, Adel Al-Jubeir said the subject was “not something we would discuss publicly”
Antichrist Saudi Arabia says it won’t rule out building nuclear weapons
Pressed later on the issue he said: “This is not something that I can comment on, nor would I comment on.”
The Antichrist ambassador’s reticence to rule out a military nuclear programme may reignite concerns that the Antichrist autocratic idiot monarchy has its blind eye for and eye on a nuclear arsenal.
Western intelligence agencies believe that the Antichrist Saudi monarchy paid for up to 60% of Antichrist Pakistan’s nuclear programme in return for the ability to buy warheads for itself at short notice, the Guardian newspaper reported in 2010.
^^^Somehow Lipkin misses the reality of the Antichrist who kills the two witnesses in Jerusalem and ends up in Israel when he meets his end, which means THE ANTICHRIST IS AN ISRAELI. Duh. Lipkin, and all the other dipshits that know what the scriptures describe, somehow ”can have” Israel expanding outward and remain blind to Daniel and Revelation. Lol. News flash, that’s devils ”cake” yer ”eating too” dipshits.
Antichrist Saudi king says military campaign in Yemen to continue until achieves targets
CAIRO – The New idiot Antichrist Saudi King Salman said on Saturday the country’s military campaign in Yemen against Antichrist Houthi fighters would continue until its targets are achieved.
The battle for the Middle East’s future begins in Yemen as Antichrist Saudi Arabia jumps into the abyss
Antichrist Saudi Arabia has jumped into the abyss.
Its air attacks on Yemen are a historic and potentially fatal blow to the Antichrist Kingdom and to the Antichrist Middle East.
James T. Kirk: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Spock: An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects.
James T. Kirk: Well, still, it’s a hell of a quote.
The document appears to have been categorized as “declassified” upon its submission, suggesting an assessment within the US government that its findings would be low-impact if made public.
That, too, must have been the assessment of the Israeli government in 2014, as it had the opportunity to keep the document secret but declined.
“We did inform the Israeli government of our planned release of the documents and they did not object,” US Army Col. Steven Warren, director of Pentagon press operations, confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
Israel allowed for the release of a document detailing past nuclear weapons work
He will ·set up [pitch] his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain [C Zion, the location of the Temple]. But, finally, his end will come, and no one will help him.
“Do exactly what I say, and we’ll get along fine. Do not question me or talk back in any way. You do not have the right to object to anything I may say or ask you to do, or ask for clarification if my demands are unclear or contradictory. You must obey me under all circumstances without hesitation, no matter how arbitrary, unreasonable, discriminatory, or blatantly racist my commands may be. Anything other than immediate perfect servile compliance will be labeled as resisting arrest, and expose you to the possibility of a violent reaction from me. That reaction could cause you severe injury or even death. And I will suffer no consequences. It’s your choice: Comply, or die.”— “‘Comply or Die’ policing must stop,” Daily KOS
Americans as young as 4 years old are being leg shackled, handcuffed, tasered and held at gun point for not being quiet, not being orderly and just being childlike—i.e., not being compliant enough.
Americans as old as 95 are being beaten, shot and killed for questioning an order, hesitating in the face of a directive, and mistaking a policeman crashing through their door for a criminal breaking into their home—i.e., not being submissive enough.
And Americans of every age and skin color are being taught the painful lesson that the only truly compliant, submissive and obedient citizen in a police state is a dead one.
The Only Truly Compliant, Submissive Citizen In A Antichrist NWO 666 Mark Of The Beast prophetic Police State Is A Dead One
the old police motto to “protect and serve” has become “comply or die.” As I point out in my book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State and in my forthcoming book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, this is the unfortunate, misguided, perverse message being beaten, shot, tasered and slammed into our collective consciousness, and it is regrettably starting to take root.
Despite the growing number of criminal charges (ranging from resisting arrest and interference to disorderly conduct, obstruction, and failure to obey a police order) that get trotted out anytime a citizen voices discontent with the government or challenges or even questions the authority of the powers that be, the problems we’re experiencing in terms of police shootings have little to do with rebellion or belligerence or resistance.
Rather, the problem arises when compliance doesn’t happen fast enough to suit the police.
if, despite having done nothing wrong, you feel nervous during a police encounter, you fear doing or saying the wrong thing in front of an officer will get you shot, and your local police dress and act like extensions of the military and treat you like a suspect, then it’s safe to say that you are not the one holding the upper hand in the master-servant relationship anymore.
This is the death rattle of the American dream, which was built on the idea that no one is above the law, that our rights are inalienable and cannot be taken away, and that our government and its appointed agents exist to serve us.
^^^Simple truth is, all government employees are an obvious deadly threat, and it doesn’t matter where you are on this Earth now. The poor dumb bastards are now Antichrist 666 suicides. In the case of the West the proof is confirmed by the fact that government high crimes and lawless banking have sealed every last government bastards fate at this point. They are all going to Hell.
This past Friday saw what many like myself can only describe as a blatant example of just what’s wrong with both the economy – as well as the markets.
At precisely 15 minutes before the closing bell on Wall Street the now Chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen gave a press conference detailing further insights into upcoming monetary policy. I guess two days worth of FOMC discussions, along with a press conference detailing all that was discussed immediately after, followed by a question and answer session about all those “insights and decisions” wasn’t enough. For the markets remained red for the week while losing all its post FOMC pop which in itself is an ominous sign.
At first blush some might contend, “Well, that’s a good thing they decided to communicate even more. Best to have any and all the information available as soon as possible. After all: more information is always better for the markets – no?”
Yes it is, however, when it exposes just how cozy (as well as frightened) monetary policy setting has moved from the appearance of setting beneficial policies that help ensure a free and open capitalistic system – to one hell-bent on serving a newer more dominant form of crony styled capitalism rampant within our markets. Where winners and losers are decided solely on their ability to manipulate their bottom line earnings “beat” via access to resources made possible only via the Fed.’s current zero bound stance. (i.e., ZIRP) I don’t believe that was their original intent.
If you were one of the few (i.e., not one of the Wall Street “In crowd”) that watched and listened to that presser on Friday. You were left dumbfounded on just how illogical, as well as contradictory nearly every example given was as to what one should now infer about what the Fed. is going to do next – and when.
So convoluted was both the rationale as well as examples given, I concluded: there was no other intent for this presser other than to signal the “In Crowd” – You better get the heck out of Dodge because we’ve painted ourselves so deep into a corner this is probably the last time you’ll have a chance as to “paint the tape” in any upcoming quarters. For we might actually have to do what we implied (e.g., raise rates) regardless – just to keep up the appearance that we’ll do what we say. Even if so doing means – creating turmoil. So don’t say “we didn’t warn you.” (i.e., We’ve changed the meaning of “data” so many times now even we can’t figure out what it means or, what we should do any longer!)
Did The Antichrist NWO 666 Fed Beast Just Whisper “Fire” In A Crowded Market? No, It Breathed Prophetic Fire Upon The Antichrist NWO 666 Altar Of The Whole Earth.
The timing of this reprise in conjunction with the latest FOMC’s conference just a week ago was quite instructive in my opinion. I mean, think about it: Fifteen minutes before the closing of the markets on the very day of the quarter ending? Isn’t it just funny how the timing of this presser coincided with allowing for the opportunity as to “paint the tape” if needed? Along with the additional 15 minutes of the later closing futures market as to hedge for Monday’s opening? Again, “if needed” as in – just in case what you heard went against your current positions. The serendipity of that coincidence is an amazingly funny thing – no? I firmly believe this presser was nothing more than a contorted effort by the Fed. to signal what many like myself have been anticipating since the ending of QE just a few months ago: They’ve lost control.
All one has to do is be willing to look at the “true” data with eyes open and a rational open mind to see what’s taking place. Everything (and I do mean everything) as to what the Fed. said should be taking place via their intervention 6 years ago not only is not. Rather: it’s coming unglued, as well as beginning to run off the rails. Nearly every report released since the ending of QE that was previously always indicating “awesomeness” is now indicating borderline if not outright pathetic-ness.
We are entering our first (yes 1st!) earnings period since QE was halted just a few months ago and what are we beginning to see and hear? All those projections and assurances made by the so-called “smart crowd” that “this time is different” are suddenly changing their tune to “Well you know we’ve had so much improvement surely a pause is warranted.” Sure it is. And they call us “idiots.”
The unemployment rate is and has been an absolute joke having more in common with fairy-tales than anything factual. GDP has gone from poor to worse. And remember when you were told that 5% GDP print wasn’t an outlier but “indicative of the recovery” by the so-called “smart crowd?” How’s that meme working out?
The Dollar is still screaming higher making imports cheaper, and our exports non-competitive. Remember we were told by this very same crowd “we were going to export our way to prosperity soon?” I know, I can barely type as I chuckle also.
Reduction in oil prices were going to put “more money in consumers pockets to spend helping to boost the economy.” Problem is all that “free” healthcare now costs far more than the potential “gas savings.” But hey, don’t complain. For without having to now spend more on healthcare – retail spending would be far, far worse. And this is just a handful of the boatloads of fundamentally flawed data reports we were besieged with by the so-called “smart crowd” ad nauseam as to continue their narrative of “everything is awesome!”
However for the rest of us that have questioned such reports over the years we’ve been branded as: uninformed – data deniers. Personally I just might go out and get a t-shirt made stating just that. On the front I’ll have: “I’m a data denier – and proud of it!” And on the back it’ll read: “I believe in critical thinking – That’s why you wont see me on CNBC™.”
It’s not just here in the U.S. where the once burgeoning commodity sectors like oil and gas, as well as others such as steel, and more are now getting bludgeoned. The entire shale industry for one is beginning to buckle under the weight of falling prices. Canada is now beginning too feel the effects. And these ripples are far from over – they’re just beginning. Remember oil and such helped insulate Canada from a downturn in housing such as we had here. By the most recent reports that all seems to have now changed. And the implications for our friends to the north could be dramatic.
How about China? That once rejoiced “savior” of the economic world is itself having a harder, and harder time trying to dismiss (as well as cover up) clearly visible signs of economic weakness. Here’s where I’d also like to bring attention to one economic fact squarely staring the world down with implications just as far-reaching as the latest oil carnage. And: with possibility the same effect to the repricing of everything everywhere. This ominous scenario alone seems lost across the financial media.
How can one not derive the implications on the market forces associated with the decision of the Saudi’s to continue pumping at record levels and at lower prices as to help preserve their market share with the added benefit of simultaneously crushing as many as possible competitors: and not see that pretty soon China is going to do, in effect – the very same thing with everything it exports? Once it begins just like with oil – It will crush pricing power (on everything from trinkets to commodities) globally in my opinion.
This is the world the Fed. has wrought with leaving the punchbowl out far too long after everyone at the party was clearly inebriated. Instead of wisely pulling the bowl back and away (at the least in 2012 or there about) while everyone was passed out. They decided it would not only be better to remain – but continued refilling it as the one’s with an affinity for risk gulped more and more down their gullet acquiring shares in any sector they thought provided yield.
And if you’re in Asia? Sectors be damned! It’s a straight Kamikaze spree into the Nikkei™ or better yet, Shanghai Composite™. There you don’t discern. You just buy, buy, buy in way that would make Cramer envious. All while using multiples of margin never before seen in the history of that market. What could possibly go wrong? And I haven’t even mentioned Greece, or The EU.
Again this is what I believe the Fed. has finally come to terms with. The realization that control is no longer an option. It’s been a mirage that’s held up far longer than originally anticipated. The monster has now grown far too big and dangerous while possibly exposing to their dismay – the only way they might have a shot of regaining some stability for future control is to let it fall apart: as they stand by and watch hoping to “thread the needle” for further intervention just in time. Along with trying to have some C.Y.A. assurance to the “In Crowd” that “Hey – we tried to warn you!” if it indeed does exactly that.
At issue is, even if I’m only partly correct. What should scare the heck out of any critical thinking person is: With everything we’ve witnessed over the last 6 years, along with what is now transpiring which is scarier?
A Fed. that may be signalling they’ve lost control? Or, a Fed. that still believes “Don’t worry – we’ve got this!”
Meanwhile, Israel’s Antichrist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again warned against a deal with Antichrist Iran, describing it as worse than his country had feared.
On Sunday he told a cabinet meeting “this deal, as it appears to be emerging, bears out all our fears, and even more than that”.
Antichrist Iran nuclear talks: World powers seek deal in Lausanne
He gave no details, but noting advances by Iran-backed forces in Yemen and other Antichrist Arab countries, he accused Antichrist Iran of trying to “conquer the Antichrist Middle East” while pursuing nuclearisation.
“The Antichrist Iran-Lausanne-Yemen axis is very dangerous to humanity and must be stopped,” he said..
Amir Hossein Motaghi, who reportedly was employed at Iran’s state-run Iran Student Correspondents Association, told a London-based Iranian opposition channel that the U.S. was shilling for Iran in the ongoing negotiations over the regime’s nuclear weapons program.
“The US negotiating team are mainly there to speak on Iran’s behalf with other members of the 5+1 countries and convince them of a deal,” Mottaghi told Irane Farda, according to UK’s The Telegraph.
Motaghi had previously worked on President Hassan Rouhani’s 2013 election campaign as his public relations manager, before moving over to working as a journalist in the tightly-censored country.
He is now seeking political asylum in Switzerland, after utilizing his opportunity to cover the talks in order to flee his home country.
DEFECTING IRANIAN JOURNALIST: U.S. AT NUCLEAR TALKS ‘TO SPEAK ON IRAN’S BEHALF’
“No church has the right to change the Word of God. By voting to redefine marriage PCUSA automatically forfeits Christ’s saving grace,”
34,000 Black Churches Leave PCUSA Over Antichrist Monolithic Homosexual Marriage SINgularity Image Of The NWO 666 Beast
PROPHETIC WORD APRIL 1994 -LITERALLY 21 YEARS AGO:NOTE THE SPECIFIC CLIMATE JUDGMENTS ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST COAST:NOTE HOW GOD DEFINES THE WHITE HOUSE :’HOUSE OF BLOOD AND PERVERSION’!
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Wilson cuts ASL I class
Isabella Pala
Maren Dunn, Olivia Loomis
Wilson shrunk the American Sign Language (ASL) program, cutting ASL I and leaving the school with only one sign language course. The change has frustrated students, who reported a reduced level of productivity in the class.
Principal Martin stated that the program was cut because ASL teacher Dorothy Smith had transferred from being a language teacher to a special education teacher, and could thus no longer teach two periods of ASL. “The teacher who taught ASL moved from ASL to special education,” Martin said. “She wanted to focus on special education students.”
Smith, however, was unaware of the administration’s rationale for the cut. “I myself am understanding that it’s funding and lack of teachers [that led to the class being cut],” she said. “When I am out sick, there is no one to cover me.”
A lack of interested students could also have led Wilson to remove the ASL I class. The current size of the remaining ASL class is around 27 students—large for a single class, but very small if divided into two classes. Last year, roughly 60 students were enrolled in the two classes. The class is officially titled ASL II, though the ability level is mixed.
ASL students were frustrated by the change, stating that one class cannot adequately serve their differing abilities in the language. “People of all different levels have to be in the same room, which means that the advanced students have to relearn the alphabet and the numbers for the millionth time,” said junior Ava MacKaye, a student in the class.
Smith also offers an ASL club, as well as an additional class after school on Wednesdays. DCPS is not compensating her for these extracurricular ASL opportunities.
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Coaching & Profiling
UK too has a Jamshed Dasti. And a female one!
Wali Zahid
21st Apr '14
Do you remember Pakistani MNA Jamshed Dasti’s allegations that Parliament Lodges in Islamabad are a den of alcohol, women and drugs. We covered that on our blog as Pakistan’s two value crimes no one talks about. It has been one of the most-read/viewed posts.
Is Dasti the only one crying wolf? No. We found out that our former colonial masters, UK, too have a Jamshed Dasti in their midst. And a female one!
A week ago, UK’s Culture Minister Maria Miller had to resign because she had claimed the wrong expenses. Unlike us corruption-ridden country, UK does not tolerate such acts from their public representatives. I was amused to read the Labour Party leader’s statement in The Guardian, screen shot above.
The headline says: …MPs fail to tackle perception of misconduct. Impression MPs ‘splash about on expenses’ and get drunk in subsidised bars creates antipathy towards politics, warns Harman
I am reproducing selective paras from the Harriet Harman story, which highlight the two common enemies of decency: alcohol and related sexual offences.
Ukip will be the main beneficiary if parliament does not end the perception that MPs are “splashing about on expenses” and getting drunk in taxpayer-subsidised bars, Labour’s deputy leader has said.
Harman made the comments after a week in which the culture secretary, Maria Miller, resigned over her expenses, the Nigel Evans case exposed a hard-drinking culture in Westminster and a Channel 4 survey found that a third of parliamentary staff have experienced sexual harassment.
Speaking on Sky News’s Murnaghan programme on Sunday, Harman said: “When people are struggling in their lives, it’s the idea that we’re splashing about on expenses. When we’re making the laws that govern other people’s behaviour and we don’t seem to be able to behave ourselves. That’s why we need to put ourselves in order.”
She also said a drinking culture in parliament, which is subsidised by the taxpayer, was not good for MPs or the way the public perceive them.
All political parties are under pressure to clean up their act after a series of exposes about bad behaviour by MPs. John Bercow, the Speaker, has demanded action from the whips’ offices and there has been speculation that he could move to end the taxpayer subsidy for parliament’s bars.
The Conservatives have introduced a new code of conduct to protect staff against bullying and harassment by MPs. But the code has been criticised for being voluntary. Labour has also reviewed its complaints procedures and the Liberal Democrats have appointed a pastoral care officer in the wake of allegations that its former chief executive Lord Rennard inappropriately touched female party activists.
Over the weekend, a former senior Tory official was accused of holding a sex party at the Conservative party conference in 2011, inviting people to a taxpayer-funded suite using the networking app Grindr, which is geared towards gay, bisexual, and bi-curious men.
Concerns about booze-fuelled behaviour in the Commons have come to light following the trial of Evans, who was last week cleared of a string of sex offences. During the trial, the former deputy speaker’s defence counsel admitted he had made inappropriate passes at Westminster workers and engaged in “drunken over-familiarity” with Commons staff.
In his first interviews since he was cleared of rape and sexual assault, Evans told the Mail on Sunday he was only drunk around Westminster from “time to time” and was not “plastered every night as was claimed”.
Interesting coincidence between once a master and a slave country! They are on one page as far as booze and sex are concerned!
How could we get rid of the three curses: Corruption, alcohol and illicit sex from our midst? Tell us in the comments, below.
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The Uninvisited Isle
Digital imagery of Kimmo Mäkinen
Kimmo Mäkinen in Uncategorized 12.9.2016 26.3.2017 777 Words
This text article deals with a fictionary organization in a fictionary role-playing game setting Cresia.
Originating from the country of Ferria, Sombra is a guild of thieves, rogues, spies, scouts and burglars. While most of it’s members have joined just to make a living out of stealing, the most important people in the guild share a political motivation. The political agenda of the guild is in it’s core essence noble, simple and attractive: take from whoever has too much and spread it around to those who never have caught a break in their entire life. The guild is thus a revolutionary organization since it deliberately undermines the power, influence, respect and wealth of those who have it all and as such the rich and the powerful people fear and loathe it in equal proportion.
Formed by the notorious (of Ferrian fame) cat burglar Josephine Croixer 15 years ago, the guild first operated in Ferria, but has since gone international with chapters in cities around Gruenroth, Groam and Akron. The group has expanded rapidly and while it’s number of members may not be as high as in traditional and perfectly legal guilds representing honorable professions, it’s members are highly active and devoted to it.
Guild houses and operation bases
The group has no bases of operations. They own no guild houses. They don’t even have regular meeting places. As many of the members recruited by invitation only, most meetings involving more than two members are held in reclusive private locales. It is impossible for outsiders to reach the group excepting via actual members.
Logos, emblems, trademarks
The guild has no official logo or emblem. Individual members may not even be able to identify each other and most certainly those operating in a non-familiar region can not know who are the guild members there unless they are personal friends or have otherwise gained knowledge of their identities. The guild treasures and values this secrecy since when a member is caught and interrogated, he is unable to divulge much even if exposed to torture. In fact, perhaps the group’s founder Josephine Croixer is the only one with any kind of comprehensive knowledge regarding who actually belongs to the group and where they are stationed.
You don’t just walk into one of their club houses and sign in. You just don’t. The membership is through invitations only and all those invited have been watched very closely for long periods of time to assess their worth to the organization. While the ideological foundations of the invitees are estimated during this period, the guild has no rule that excludes those who are stealing merely for fun, excitement, adventure or for strictly personal gain. Those types can still be used by the more influential members to aid in complex operations but never ever rise higher than mere pawns in the hierarchy of the organization. Membership in the guild does not cost anything – excepting that once in a while each member is required to pull off something and donate the gains to the guild master of his chapter who in turn use these funds in the benefit of the chapter by either expanding operations, bribing officials, hiring one-off personnel, etc. The members in return get a valuable network of competent and active players and access to information that would most certainly be impossible to gain without serious effort. Members who run a chapter (usually a small group of thieves located in a single city) are called Chapter Masters. There are no other titles within the guild. Members do, however, quite commonly rank each other but any such rankings are strictly used within particular chapters and no commonly accepted ranking exists.
Patricia Mael, founder of five chapters in Akron, Chapter Master of Mayhill
Josephine Croixer, founder of the guild
Kate Fendale, a regular member, operates in Akron and Groam
Kembo Ree, Chapter Master of Port Magalie in Witchlight Strand
Wealth and income
The guild has no central treasury. Each Chapter Master runs his or her chapter in any which way they like. The chapters do not pay any tithes. If a chapter can not balance it’s expenses and income, the guild does not offer any help – it is rather expected that the chapter just closes shop in such circumstances. This practice is to minimize any links that chapters have with each other in order to make shutting the entire operation that much harder. After all, if questioned, they can deny any and all involvement with each other and since no money has exchanged hands, there’s nothing anybody can use to prove otherwise. Or that is the assumption within the group.
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DESTROYED: Louisiana Defeats Pro-Abortion Legislation By Wide Margin
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Groups like NARAL and NOW have openly admitted that they want to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (Everything Related To Abortion Act) in order to protect abortion from pro-life legislation and a judiciary that is more open to allowing states to protect preborn life. So they’ve been hopping from state to state to try to find the 38th state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (which is really a pipe dream anyway, since the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment has long passed). Louisiana just sent those pro-abortion forces a message: It’s not going to happen here.
In a 9-26 vote, the Louisiana Senate utterly destroyed the Equal Rights Amendment’s chances of passing. Republican Senator Beth Mizzell explained why she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment; “There is a connection to abortion and the ERA.”
This is another setback for the Equal Rights Amendment, which also failed this year in the Virginia legislature. Additionally, North Dakota has passed legislation acknowledging that they once supported the ERA, but that the deadline has passed. In Virginia, Students for Life and other pro-life and pro-family groups hosted a press conference to explain the many problems with the Equal Rights Amendment.
There are many reasons why pro-lifers should oppose the Equal Rights Amendment. Information can be found at our website, ExposeERA.org. Some of the reasons include:
The ERA helps the abortion industry worm their way into the Constitution.
NARAL recently admitted in an e-mail to supporters that they want the ERA because it enshrine a right to abortion into the Constitution. In an e-mail sent in March 2019, their chief lobbyist wrote, “In order to protect our reproductive freedom today it’s essential we pass the newly re-introduced bill to ratify the ERA. With its ratification, the ERA would reinforce the constitutional right to abortion by clarifying that the sexes have equal rights, which would require judges to strike down anti-abortion laws because they violate both the constitutional right to privacy and sexual equality.”
Abortion is not found in the U.S. Constitution, but this would provide constitutional cover for abortion, and in fact, similar language has been used at the state level to justify taxpayer-funded abortion.
“Both the basis of the privacy argument and even the technical, technological underpinnings of [Roe] always seemed likely to expire,” said Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Women and Democracy Fellow at NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice.“Technology was always going to move us to a place where the trimester framework didn’t make sense.”
“If you were rooted in an equality argument, those things would not matter,” she said.
The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit sex discrimination the way the Constitution currently prohibits discrimination based on race, religion and national origin, could do just that. The ERA would provide the framework for an equality argument: Women’s equality necessarily requires reproductive and bodily autonomy, and without control over our bodies, women cannot participate as full and equal citizens in this country.
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Dubai (disambiguation)
Shawn Daivari
Dubai, United Arab Emirates welcomed the new year with a mesmerizing display of fireworks from the world's tallest building, the iconic Burj Khalifa. For nearly 10 minutes, fireworks lit the sky over Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, as hundreds of thousands gathered downtown to watch the spectacular display. The New Year’s Eve display at the 828-meter-tall (2,716-foot-tall) skyscraper is just one of seven different fireworks shows across the emirate. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/6350893/new-years-celebrations-2019/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #NYE2020 #NewYearsEve #Dubai
Stunning footage of Dubai, U.A.E. in 4K by drone!!!!! Including the famous Burj Khalifa, Burj al Arab and much more! I love the Arabian deserts! Many thanks to Mustafa Syed he is the author and pilot of most shots in this video! Please visit his channel and leave a sub! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7vZm4mE06TyhDpaNZEwyQ You should also check his Instagram... https://instagram.com/_mustafasyed_?igshid=5oxjfuw6emgi Sorry for the bad low light quality. I think its time for a hardware update ;-) Also Special Thanks to: TEXAGONIA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdF7tbenvRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCTQPISF0HI&t=12s Mustafa Syed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bUaA_WFBG0 Sky Vision Aerial Photography - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779oBTNDArk Swedrone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPTIKBc2jg4 I LOVE TRAVEL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2OBQadR78M iTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPYSUfqydRU Phantom of Dubai - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-cWMhEF-QI BlinkovFPV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUXmKWP5NMg ...for the beautiful footage. Please visit and subscribe to their channels! Music: Desert Caravan, by Aaron Kenny - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30sCS6_2CL4 All clips were rendered with Final Cut Pro. Enjoy! Hope you guys like it! #Dubai #Emirates #UAE #drone #aerial #aerialview #DJI
Dubai probably has some of the craziest rules that I've ever experienced. Given that the UAE is an absolute monarchy, there are a surprising number of things that you can be arrested for. Here is a list of 11 things that you should NOT do, while in Dubai. Support me on Patreon if ya dig what I'm doing: https://www.patreon.com/calmckinley You can also check out my website for a FULL list of travel recommendations! https://golocaltips.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calmckinley/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/golocalCM Music: Only Knows - Broke For Free http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Layers/Only_Knows Judas Goat - Filastine http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Filastine/Burn_It/5_Judas_Goat Additional footage by: JazzyChan, le cocktail connoisseur, Magdalena Hill, zabbary, Anders Andersen, Medulla Oblongata, Rafal Niznik, Village Regional, and Qorax Stan a movie by Cal McKinley
Dubai Top 10, Dubai Travel Guide 2018 - In this video we’ll show you 10 best things to do in Dubai (دبي). We'll show you Dubai Desert Safari, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Marina, The Waterfront Market, Shopping malls (The Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates), beaches, The Dubai Fountain, Burj al Arab, Gold Souk and Al Fahidi (Al Bastakiya). The suggestions are based on our exciting trip to Dubai. GOOGLE MAP with all the suggestions: https://goo.gl/maps/yDTz2n4fabw _________________________________________ TOP 10 DUBAI: ⭐ Number 1: DUBAI DESERT SAFARI You can book desert safari experience that includes dune dashing, sandboarding, camel rides, henna painting, food, shisha smoking, fire show, belly dancing, etc. DESERT EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDERS: https://bit.ly/2Od8iTk https://bit.ly/2lFTI9S https://bit.ly/2mEnOeC ⭐ Number 2: BURJ KHALIFA With a total height of approx. 830 m (2,722 ft) the Burj Khalifa is the tallest structure in the world. BUY TICKETS HERE: https://bit.ly/2J2IIO0 https://bit.ly/2yNSkvn https://bit.ly/2Kof6P4 https://bit.ly/2MuIKQ9 ⭐ Number 3: DUBAI MARINA It is an artificial canal city, built along a 3 km stretch of Persian Gulf shoreline. Upon completion, it is claimed to be the world's largest man-made marina. ⭐ Number 4: THE WATERFRONT MARKET In 2017 a new modern food market was constructed, and sellers relocated from old Deira Fish Market to Waterfront Market. In addition to fresh meat, fish, vegetables and fruits, the market offers restaurants, bars and a large supermarket. We visited the old Deira fish market before it was closed. ⭐ Number 5: SHOPPING MALLS If you like shopping, Dubai is a place for you. The two most famous malls are THE DUBAI MALL which is the largest mall in the world by total area (that also features Dubai Aquarium) and MALL OF THE EMIRATES that also features indoor ski slopes (Ski Dubai). ⭐ Number 6: BEACH There are many free public beach places in Dubai, for example: • JBR BEACH: https://bit.ly/2LIzibJ • JUMEIRAH OPEN BEACH: https://bit.ly/2JMB3TD • KITESURFING BEACH: https://bit.ly/2zYjVuD There are many private beaches and pools usually located within the hotel area or waterparks. ⭐ Number 7: THE DUBAI FOUNTAIN It is the world's largest choreographed fountain system. It is located on a manmade Burj Khalifa Lake. The fountain is animated with performances set to light and music. FOUNTAIN TIMETABLE: https://bit.ly/2fZDBAs ⭐ Number 8: BURJ AL ARAB It stands on an artificial island. The shape of the structure is designed to mimic the sail of a ship. Although officially a five-star hotel, it is frequently described as “the world's only seven-star hotel“. ⭐ Number 9: GOLD SOUK It is a traditional market or souk in Dubai. The market consists of over 380 retailers, most of whom are jewellery traders. Approximately 10 tons of gold is present at any given time in the souk. ⭐ Number 10: AL FAHIDI/AL BASTAKIYA It is a Dubai historical neighborhood from early 1900s built using traditional building materials. The buildings are currently used for art exhibits, museums and cultural and artistic societies. _________________________________________ ⭐⭐⭐ VIDEOS PUBLISHED WITH PERMISSION: Michael Klements: https://youtu.be/_AOCQjtI1QE Travall World: https://youtu.be/vvS3GJoCMSw Phantom of Dubai: https://youtu.be/rZYiL3GOkqE Waterfront Market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZZrBqFc9fg Vic Stefanu - World Travels and Adventures: https://youtu.be/hZ4rCQzzsYc _________________________________________ Follow us on our social media: ⭐ I N S T A G R A M: https://www.instagram.com/hungrypassporttravel/ ⭐ F A C E B O O K: https://www.facebook.com/hungrypassporttravel/ ____________________________________ For collaboration and inquiries please send an e-mail to: hpassport.travel(at)gmail.com #dubai #top10 #travel #travelguide _________________________________________ MUSIC: * Music: Foreign Land by Jingle Punks https://youtu.be/MBQkIMHsfTc * Music provided by Free Vibes: https://goo.gl/NkGhTg Feeling Free by Nicolai Heidlas & Alvaro Angeloro: https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidla... Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC VIDEOS: Uino Aino: https://youtu.be/Db2CBCqcSEo rj hinde: https://youtu.be/lBJ6HZjYBJs FOX TV: https://youtu.be/0qhxc94zpVs Elizabeth Akinyi: https://youtu.be/G38RuZYbYwE Oksy Vlogs: https://youtu.be/Lu2Ir7AbBLo Maksimovi: https://youtu.be/gwNXntSYPnw epSos.de: https://youtu.be/EWL4rhTgyJ4 M.W. Videography: https://youtu.be/gz8kSkBqT4w Lobogriscs: https://youtu.be/QCInQEGaXjQ Verano Dulce: https://youtu.be/MjlibJ61BCo Jumeirah: https://youtu.be/U7IEf_wlFPs Jumeirah: https://youtu.be/YB_zCHttoD8 Jumeirah: https://youtu.be/_f966HKERxI Jumeirah: https://youtu.be/HtC06KP_Bjo PHOTOS: Peter Gronemann: Mall of the Emirates https://bit.ly/2lQrqd8 Atlantis The Palm https://bit.ly/2Kyt1mE Astronaut: Diagram comparing the height of Burj Khalifa https://bit.ly/2ML84Bu
In the UAE there is no word "impossible" В ОАЭ нет слова "невозможно" OST: VASILEVSKY - POMN Burj Khalifa from drone: https://youtu.be/OUXmKWP5NMg https://instagram.com/blinkovfpv
Visual Effects time-lapse film showing Dubai evolution over 58 years and 5 years of expected projects completion by 2021. Dubai’s transformation and development as a city over the last decade is certainly unmatched on a regional basis. According to Knight Frank Middle East Hub Report 2018, Dubai’s status as a global hub will continue to strengthen given its extensive connectivity, strong economic prospects, low tax system and safe haven status which are all underpinned by world-class amenities and infrastructure. The Hub Report 2018 clearly ranks UAE 1st in the region in “Ease of Doing Business” Read the full report: https://bit.ly/2IQOQJN About Knight Frank Middle East From our strategically positioned offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Knight Frank provides integrated residential and commercial real estate transaction, consultancy and management services across the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East and globally. Representing one of the largest and most reputable valuation practices in the United Arab Emirates, our team of experts provide comprehensive commercial real estate valuation services across the United Arab Emirates and the wider Middle East region Knight Frank’s four distinctive components comprise our global network, our independence, and our commercial and residential platforms. These set us apart from the competition. Together with our US alliance partners, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank we have grown to a group of over 15,000 property professionals, in more than 418 offices in 60 countries. Being a partnership allows us to put our clients first, we focus on giving them the best advice and putting long-term relationships ahead of short-term wins. Trust and integrity are everything. The combination of our people, research and technology have helped us grow our enviable track record and that is why clients come back to us for their property solution. Our services include: ♦ Valuation ♦ Commercial Leasing ♦ Hospitality ♦ Capital Markets ♦ Industrial and Logistics ♦ Development Consultancy & Research ♦ Property Asset Management ♦ Project Monitoring ♦ Retail ♦ UAE Residential Sales ♦ International Residential Sales ♦ Project Marketing: MENA
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Check out my new DUBAI video: DUBAI TOP 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhlBOUO5mk How to Spend 4 Days in Dubai - 2019 Travel Recommendations. See the Best of Dubai in 4 Days. 0:02 DAY#1 0:02 DAY 1 MORNING - CASSELSAL BARSHA HOTEL - 100M FROM SHARAF METRO ST. 0:19 DAY 1 MORNING - METRO RED LINE - STATION MALL OF THE EMIRATES 0:42 DAY 1 MORNING - MALL OF THE EMIRATES 1:30 DAY 1 MORNING - MALL OF THE EMIRATES - SKI DUBAI 2:07 DAY 1 MORNING - METRO RED LINE - AL JAFILIA 2:27 DAY 1 AFTERNOON - DUBAI FRAME 4:30 DAY 1 AFTERNOON - DUBAI CREEK - ABRA RIDE 5:36 DAY 1 AFTERNOON - DEIRA - SPICE SOUK, GOLD SOUK 6:35 DAY 1 EVENING - DUBAI MARINA - EVENING WALK 8:42 DAY#2 8:42 DAY 2 MORNING - THE PALM JUMEIRAH - MONORAIL TO ATLANTIS THE PALM 10:50 DAY 2 MORNING - ATLANTIS THE PALM - THE LOST CHAMBERS AQUARIUM 11:46 DAY 2 AFTERNOON - ATLANTIS THE PALM - AQUAVENTURE WATERPARK 14:05 DAY 2 AFTERNOON - AQUAVENTURE BEACH 15:25 DAY 2 EVENING - CITY WALK DUBAI 16:55 DAY#3 16:56 DAY 3 MORNING - METRO RED LINE - STATION BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI MALL 17:20 DAY 3 MORNING - DUBAI MALL 18:20 DAY 3 MORNING - DUBAI AQUARIUM & UNDERWATER ZOO 19:15 DAY 3 AFTERNOON - DUBAI FOUNTAIN 21:39 DAY 3 EVENING - BURJ KHALIFA - AT THE TOP 24:36 DAY 3 EVENING - BURJ KHALIFA - ABRA BOAT RIDE 27:18 DAY#4 27:19 DAY 4 MORNING - BUS ROUTE 81TO BURJ AL ARAB 27:41 DAY 4 MORNING - SOUK MEDINAT JUMEIRAH, BURJ ALARAB 29:00 DAY 4 MORNING - JUMEIRAH PUBLIC BEACH 29:35 DAY 4 AFTERNOON - DUBAI MARINA WALK 30:21 DAY 4 AFTERNOON - JUMEIRAH BEACH RESIDENCE, MARINA BEACH 31:31 DAY 4 AFTERNOON - MARINA FERRY TRIP TO ATLANTIS AND BACK 32:56 DAY 4 EVENING - DUBAI WATER CANAL, WATERFALL SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD BRIDGE The apprx cost: Flight to Dubai from Warsaw 300$ Emirates Cassels al Barsha Hoel with breakfast 500$ Metro all lines day ticket - 8$ Burj Khalifa Tickets: Level 124 & 125 - 39$ Level 148 - 80$ Red Dune Safari with Sandboarding, Camel Ride & BBQ Options - 38$ Dubai: Atlantis Aquaventure & Lost Chambers Aquarium Ticket -53$ Fountain Show and Burj Lake Ride by Traditional Boat - 20$ Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo Day Ticket - 37$ Monorail to The Palm and return ticket - 17$ Street food Deira 5 -10$
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DUBAI VLOG | burj khalifa, the dubai mall, jumeirah beach, + more! shangri la dubai hotel- https://www.shangri-la.com/en/dubai/shangrila/ tan blazer- https://danoofficial.com/pages/shop-collection Business email- paige@select.co Camera I use to vlog- https://go.magik.ly/ml/pu3n/ Follow me on Instagram: @PaigeSecosky (https://instagram.com/paigesecosky/) Music used: ninjoi. - Thank You - https://thmatc.co/?l=C78C0612 Mr. Chase - Wild Cherry - https://thmatc.co/?l=4AF069A3 Chinsaku - Midnight - https://thmatc.co/?l=387F7CE7 FAQ; -How old are you? 21 -Where are you from? Pittsburgh, PA but I currently live in NYC! -What do you go to school for? Fashion Marketing -How tall are you? 5'4 Disclaimer: This video is not sponsored. Some of the links shared are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases made. All opinions are my own!
Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/3bnRz6 Satra B.E.N.Z. - Dubai feat. Jakoban (Official Video) / Album O.$.O.D II Cumpara albumul O.$.O.D. II: http://www.satrabenz.com/cumpara/o-s-o-d-2-album-oficial-46 Cumpara album O.$.O.D. + sticker Satra B.E.N.Z.: http://www.satrabenz.com/cumpara/album-o-s-o-d-sticker-satra-b-e-n-z-45 Satra B.E.N.Z. SHOP http://www.satrabenz.com/ Interpretare: Killa Fonic, NOSFE, Super ED, Keed Text: Killa Fonic, NOSFE, Super ED, Keed Instrumental: Jakoban, PRNY Producător muzical: Lu-K Beats Video by goodstuff DOP: Silviu Craciun Data lansării: 16 August 2017 Producție executivă: Lu-K Beats Înregistrată la PugLife Entertainment & Seek Music, inginer de sunet: Lu-K Beats Mixată la Seek Music, inginer de sunet: Lu-K Beats & NCTK Masterizată la Thrace Music, inginer de sunet: Cristian Tarcea Multumim Pegas Romania si Lensa. _________________________ Nosfe: Sunt la nivel înalt, ca la Dubai, Fac o gramadă de bani și tu nu ai... Curaju' și valoarea mea, nu, nu ai... Mai bine o lași așa, te pup, ce spuneai? Că Nosfebenzu nu e de calibru' tău, Doar la bine, nu la rău, ea vrea pisi, eu dulău, Vezi ce scot din torpedou dacă vrei să facem show, Numa' să-i dai drumu' bro! Nu, nu ziceam la misto! Refren - Killa Fonic La nivel înalt a la Dubai, x3 Nivelul Șatra tu nu-l ai. La nivel înalt a la Dubai, x3 Nivelul Șatra tu nu-l ai! Bridge - Nosfe Sare clubuuuuu, SARE! Cand Șatra B.E.N.Z. e plecata-n deplasare. Sare clubuuuuu, SARE! Cand Șatra B.E.N.Z. e plecata-n deplasare. Sare, sare, sare! Super ED: Guțțțci e plin de Versace, Versace, Versace, Versace Le scuip din gură de aur, Șatra se Întoarce. Sus x2 heigh, înalt ca la Dubai Avem Pământul dedesubt și Ceru’ e un bleu corai. Burj Dubai? Cred că mai SUS! Undeva în Rai? Cred că mai SUS! Nave Spațiale? Cred că mai SUS! Cât de SUS? x2 Nivel atât de înalt că luăm totu’ la mișto. Has moro… Refren - Killa Fonic La nivel înalt a la Dubai, x3 Nivelul Șatra tu nu-l ai. La nivel înalt a la Dubai, x3 Nivelul Șatra tu nu-l ai! Bridge - Nosfe Sare clubuuuuu, SARE! Cand Șatra B.E.N.Z. e plecata-n deplasare. Sare clubuuuuu, SARE! Cand Șatra B.E.N.Z. e plecata-n deplasare. Sare, sare, sare! Keed: Bag ouă ochiuri pă avion, Amestec vinu' cu sifon, Din mahala, direct pa tron, Cioa’-Cioa' sunt doar un simplu om! În club primit ca un VIP, Fac balagan cu Ciorili, Arunc cu bani pă lautari și dansatoare cu găoaze mari. Primesc poze deocheate, cu fufe dezbracate, Mulatre, tatuate, tot felu' de Șatraboante. Mă ceartă gagică-mea, îi zic că nu-i vina mea, Da p’ormă parca hai că mai că s-ar băga și ea! _________________________ Find us on the web: Satra B.E.N.Z.: https://www.facebook.com/satrabenz Lu-K Beats: https://www.facebook.com/lukbeatsofficial Killa Fonic: https://www.facebook.com/KillaFonic Super ED:https://www.facebook.com/SuperEdOfficial NOSFE:https://www.facebook.com/NOSFEofficial Keed:https://www.facebook.com/keedonline Jakoban: https://www.facebook.com/JakobanOfficial PRNY: https://www.facebook.com/prnybeats/ goodstuff: https://www.facebook.com/dagoodstuff Chris Thrace: https://www.facebook.com/chrissmusic NCTK: https://www.facebook.com/nctk.rsk/ Seek Music: https://www.facebook.com/seekmusicstudio PugLife Entertainment: https://www.facebook.com/puglife.ro Pegas Romania: https://www.facebook.com/bicicletelepegas Lensa: https://www.facebook.com/LensaRomania/ (C) & (P) Seek Music All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. In order to avoid copyright infringement, please, do not upload this song on your channel.
Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبي Dubayy, Gulf pronunciation: [dʊˈbɑj]) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is one of the seven emirates that make up the country. Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature. The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads up the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Dubai is to host World Expo 2020.
Dubai has emerged as a global city and business hub of the Middle East. It is also a major transport hub for passengers and cargo. By the 1960s Dubai's economy was based on revenues from trade and, to a smaller extent, oil exploration concessions, but oil was not discovered until 1966. Oil revenue first started to flow in 1969. Dubai's oil revenue helped accelerate the early development of the city, but its reserves are limited and production levels are low: today, less than 5% of the emirate's revenue comes from oil. The emirate's Western-style model of business drives its economy with the main revenues now coming from tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services. Dubai has recently attracted world attention through many innovative large construction projects and sports events. The city has become iconic for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Dubai has been criticised for human rights violations concerning the city's largely South Asian workforce. Dubai's property market experienced a major deterioration in 2008–09 following the financial crisis of 2007–08, but the emirate's economy has made a return to growth, with a projected 2015 budget surplus.
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Dubai is a major city and one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai may also refer to:
Dubai (yacht)
Dubai (wrestler), American professional wrestler Dara Daivari
Dubai (2005 film), a Filipino film
Dubai (2001 film), a Malayalam film
All pages beginning with "Dubai"
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Dara Daivari (born April 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler currently performing on the independent circuit as Shawn Daivari. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as simply Daivari and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as Sheik Abdul Bashir.
Professional wrestling career
Daivari grew up admiring Mick Foley and Bret Hart. His childhood hero was Shawn Michaels. He participated in his first professional wrestling match at age 15. He started his career in the upper midwest independent scene. He is known for representing Iran for international title matches
On October 19, 1998, Daivari appeared on Nitro as a fan being interviewed by Mike Tenay.
He appeared on the February 26, 2003 episode of Explosion and wrestled a tag team match against Mike Sanders and Glenn Gilberti with Ken Anderson. He also appeared on the October 5, 2003 episode of Sunday Night Heat as Shawn Daivari, losing his match against Tommy Dreamer. He also made four appearances for independent promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) between April and July 2004.
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Radio Stations - Dubayy
Dubai 92 Varied United Arab Emirates
Radio Joy Alukkas Varied,Pop,Indian United Arab Emirates
UAQ FM News Updates,Public,World Middle East United Arab Emirates
Josh FM 97.8 Bollywood United Arab Emirates
Radio 2 Dubai 99.3 Adult Contemporary United Arab Emirates
Voice of Kerala Varied United Arab Emirates
Fujairah 92.6 FM World Middle East United Arab Emirates
Radio 4 89.1 Ajman Indian,Bollywood,World Middle East United Arab Emirates
Gulf News Radio 2 - Classic Hits Pop United Arab Emirates
Indian Orthodox Radio Gospel,Religious,Christian United Arab Emirates
Gulf News Radio 1 Pop United Arab Emirates
Tarabiat World Middle East United Arab Emirates
HUM FM 106.2 World Middle East United Arab Emirates
Hit 96.7 Varied,Pop,World Asia United Arab Emirates
Channel4FM Pop United Arab Emirates
Coast 103.2 Adult Contemporary United Arab Emirates
City 101.6 FM Top 40 United Arab Emirates
Radio Spice 105.4 FM Top 40,Indian,Bollywood,World Middle East United Arab Emirates
Virgin Radio Dubai Top 40 United Arab Emirates
Dubai Eye 103.8 Varied,News,Talk United Arab Emirates
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Hai semuanya, apa kabar ? Selamat datang kembali di channel Hewan Populer. Dubai adalah negara yang sangat terkenal dengan kehidupan mewah warga negaranya beserta seluruh kecanggihan teknologi yang dimilikinya. Selain kecanggihan teknologi yang bikin kepala geleng2, Dubai juga terkenal dengan kebiasaan warga negaranya yang memelihara hewan liar yang tentunya tak biasa dipelihara oleh banyak orang. Berikut kehidupan hewan liar yang jadi peliharaan orang di Dubai. -------------------------------------------------------------- Follow kami juga disini: 👉 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/hewanpopuler/ 👉 Twitter : https://twitter.com/Hewan_Populer 👉 Gooogle+ : https://plus.google.com/116766517100066780332 --------------------------------------------------------------- For copyright matters please contact us at: hewanpopuler@gmail.com Disclaimer - Some contents are used for educational purpose under fair use. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates welcomed the new year with a mesmerizing display of fireworks from the world's tallest building, the iconic Burj Khalifa. For nearly 10 minutes, fireworks lit the sky over Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, as hundreds of thousands gathered downtown to watch the spectacular display. The New Year’s Eve display at the 828-meter-tall (2,716-foot-tall) skyscraper is just one of seven different fireworks shows across the emirate. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/6350893/new-years-celebrations-2019/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #NYE2020 #N...
Stunning footage of Dubai, U.A.E. in 4K by drone!!!!! Including the famous Burj Khalifa, Burj al Arab and much more! I love the Arabian deserts! Many thanks to Mustafa Syed he is the author and pilot of most shots in this video! Please visit his channel and leave a sub! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7vZm4mE06TyhDpaNZEwyQ You should also check his Instagram... https://instagram.com/_mustafasyed_?igshid=5oxjfuw6emgi Sorry for the bad low light quality. I think its time for a hardware update ;-) Also Special Thanks to: TEXAGONIA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdF7tbenvRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCTQPISF0HI&t=12s Mustafa Syed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bUaA_WFBG0 Sky Vision Aerial Photography - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779oBTNDArk Swedrone - https://www.you...
Dubai probably has some of the craziest rules that I've ever experienced. Given that the UAE is an absolute monarchy, there are a surprising number of things that you can be arrested for. Here is a list of 11 things that you should NOT do, while in Dubai. Support me on Patreon if ya dig what I'm doing: https://www.patreon.com/calmckinley You can also check out my website for a FULL list of travel recommendations! https://golocaltips.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calmckinley/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/golocalCM Music: Only Knows - Broke For Free http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Layers/Only_Knows Judas Goat - Filastine http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Filastine/Burn_It/5_Judas_Goat Additional footage by: JazzyChan, le cocktail connoisseur, Magdalena ...
Dubai Top 10, Dubai Travel Guide 2018 - In this video we’ll show you 10 best things to do in Dubai (دبي). We'll show you Dubai Desert Safari, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Marina, The Waterfront Market, Shopping malls (The Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates), beaches, The Dubai Fountain, Burj al Arab, Gold Souk and Al Fahidi (Al Bastakiya). The suggestions are based on our exciting trip to Dubai. GOOGLE MAP with all the suggestions: https://goo.gl/maps/yDTz2n4fabw _________________________________________ TOP 10 DUBAI: ⭐ Number 1: DUBAI DESERT SAFARI You can book desert safari experience that includes dune dashing, sandboarding, camel rides, henna painting, food, shisha smoking, fire show, belly dancing, etc. DESERT EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDERS: https://bit.ly/2Od8iTk https://bit.ly/2lFTI9S https:...
Visual Effects time-lapse film showing Dubai evolution over 58 years and 5 years of expected projects completion by 2021. Dubai’s transformation and development as a city over the last decade is certainly unmatched on a regional basis. According to Knight Frank Middle East Hub Report 2018, Dubai’s status as a global hub will continue to strengthen given its extensive connectivity, strong economic prospects, low tax system and safe haven status which are all underpinned by world-class amenities and infrastructure. The Hub Report 2018 clearly ranks UAE 1st in the region in “Ease of Doing Business” Read the full report: https://bit.ly/2IQOQJN About Knight Frank Middle East From our strategically positioned offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Knight Frank provides integrated residential and comme...
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Check out my new DUBAI video: DUBAI TOP 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhlBOUO5mk How to Spend 4 Days in Dubai - 2019 Travel Recommendations. See the Best of Dubai in 4 Days. 0:02 DAY#1 0:02 DAY 1 MORNING - CASSELSAL BARSHA HOTEL - 100M FROM SHARAF METRO ST. 0:19 DAY 1 MORNING - METRO RED LINE - STATION MALL OF THE EMIRATES 0:42 DAY 1 MORNING - MALL OF THE EMIRATES 1:30 DAY 1 MORNING - MALL OF THE EMIRATES - SKI DUBAI 2:07 DAY 1 MORNING - METRO RED LINE - AL JAFILIA 2:27 DAY 1 AFTERNOON - DUBAI FRAME 4:30 DAY 1 AFTERNOON - DUBAI CREEK - ABRA RIDE 5:36 DAY 1 AFTERNOON - DEIRA - SPICE SOUK, GOLD SOUK 6:35 DAY 1 EVENING - DUBAI MARINA - EVENING WALK 8:42 DAY#2 8:42 DAY 2 MORNING - THE PALM JUMEIRAH - MONORAIL TO ATLANTIS THE PALM 10:50 DAY...
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DUBAI VLOG | burj khalifa, the dubai mall, jumeirah beach, + more! shangri la dubai hotel- https://www.shangri-la.com/en/dubai/shangrila/ tan blazer- https://danoofficial.com/pages/shop-collection Business email- paige@select.co Camera I use to vlog- https://go.magik.ly/ml/pu3n/ Follow me on Instagram: @PaigeSecosky (https://instagram.com/paigesecosky/) Music used: ninjoi. - Thank You - https://thmatc.co/?l=C78C0612 Mr. Chase - Wild Cherry - https://thmatc.co/?l=4AF069A3 Chinsaku - Midnight - https://thmatc.co/?l=387F7CE7 FAQ; -How old are you? 21 -Where are you from? Pittsburgh, PA but I currently live in NYC! -What do you go to school for? Fashion Marketing -How tall are you? 5'4 Disclaimer: This video is not sponsored. Some of the links shared are affiliate links and I ma...
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Hai semuanya, apa kabar ? Selamat datang kembali di channel Hewan Populer. Dubai adalah negara yang sangat terkenal dengan kehidupan mewah warga negaranya beserta seluruh kecanggihan teknologi yang dimilikinya. Selain kecanggihan teknologi yang bikin kepala geleng2, Dubai juga terkenal dengan kebiasaan warga negaranya yang memelihara hewan liar yang tentunya tak biasa dipelihara oleh banyak orang. Berikut kehidupan hewan liar yang jadi peliharaan orang di Dubai. -------------------------------------------------------------- Follow kami juga disini: 👉 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/hewanpopuler/ 👉 Twitter : https://twitter.com/Hewan_Populer 👉 Gooogle+ : https://plus.google.com/116766517100066780332 --------------------------------------------------------------- For copyright ...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates welcomed the new year with a mesmerizing display of fireworks from the world's tallest building, the iconic Burj Khalifa. For nearl...
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Stunning footage of Dubai, U.A.E. in 4K by drone!!!!! Including the famous Burj Khalifa, Burj al Arab and much more! I love the Arabian deserts! Many thanks to...
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Dubai probably has some of the craziest rules that I've ever experienced. Given that the UAE is an absolute monarchy, there are a surprising number of things th...
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Dubai Top 10, Dubai Travel Guide 2018 - In this video we’ll show you 10 best things to do in Dubai (دبي). We'll show you Dubai Desert Safari, Burj Khalifa, Duba...
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In the UAE there is no word "impossible" В ОАЭ нет слова "невозможно" OST: VASILEVSKY - POMN Burj Khalifa from drone: https://youtu.be/OUXmKWP5NMg https://...
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Visual Effects time-lapse film showing Dubai evolution over 58 years and 5 years of expected projects completion by 2021. Dubai’s transformation and development...
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Check out my new DUBAI video: DUBAI TOP 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhlBOUO5mk How to Spend 4 Days in Dubai - 2019 Travel Recommendations. See the Bes...
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Open main menu  Search Dubai Read in another language Watch this page Edit This article is about the city. For other uses, see Dubai (disambiguation). Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبي Dubay, Gulf Arabic: Arabic pronunciation: [dʊˈbɑj]) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).[5] On the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, it is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.[6][7][8] Dubai دبي Metropolis Dubai Clockwise from top left: Skyline with Burj Khalifa; Burj Al Arab; Palm Jumeirah and The World Islands; Dubai Marina; and Sheik Zayed Road.  Flag  Coat of arms   Dubai Location within the United Arab Emirates Show map of United Arab EmiratesShow map of AsiaShow all Coordinates: 25...
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I will be Vlogging all the Given Destinations soon. Dubai Mall ( Done Vlogging) Dancing Fountain ( Done Vlogging) Wild Wadi Waterpark (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Burj Khalifa Tower (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Dubai Creek (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Palm Jumeirah (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Atlantis (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Dubai Marina (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Blue Waters (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) CREDITS: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about the city. For other uses, see Dubai (disambiguation). Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبي Dubay, Gulf Arab...
Nakheel Dubai Waterfront Presentation
Nakheel's Presentation of Dubai Waterfront in 2006 The Dubai Waterfront (now known as Waterfront) was expected to become the largest waterfront[disambiguation needed] and largest man-made development in the world. The project is a conglomeration of canals and artificial archipelago; it would occupy the last remaining Persian Gulf coastline of Dubai, the most populous emirate of the United Arab Emirates. It was planned to consist of a series of zones with mixed use including commercial, residential, resort, and amenity areas. The vision of the project is "to create a world-class destination for residents, visitors and businesses in the world's fastest growing city".
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Desert safari program is a well-planned tour to the desert with 4x4 wheel drive jeeps to conquer the gigantic golden colored remote sand dunes of the Arabian Sahara. Our desert safari program is a combination of Adventure, thrill, fun and a journey to Arabian culture. There are various safari programs offered in this country but the most popular one is the half day desert safari with BBQ dinner and belly dance show. This is a program that start in the afternoon and come back late in the night from the desert after a lot activities followed by a live cooked BBQ Dinner. Desert safari package offer you an all-inclusive safari program that includes pickup and drop off desert safari, camel ride, henna, shisha, sand ski, a full BBQ dinner with soft drink mineral water tea coffee, live show su...
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Open main menu  Search Dubai Read in another language Watch this page Edit This article is about the city. For other uses, see Dubai (disambiguation). Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبي Dubay, Gulf Arabic: Arabic pronunciation: [dʊˈbɑj]) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).[5] On the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, it is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.[6][7][8] Dubai دبي Metropolis Dubai Clockwise from top left: Skyline with Burj Khalifa; Burj Al Arab; Palm Jumeirah and The World Islands; Dubai Marina; and Sheik Zayed Road.  Flag  Coat of arms   Dubai Location within the United Arab Emirates Show map of United Arab EmiratesShow map of AsiaShow all Coordinates: 25°15′47″N 55°17′50″ECountry United Arab EmiratesEmirate DubaiFounded byUbaid bin Saeed and Maktum bin Butti Al MaktoumSubdivisions Towns and villages Jebel Ali Al Aweer Al Lusayli Marqab Al Faqa'[1] Ud al-Bayda Urqub Juwayza Government • TypeConstitutional monarchy • EmirMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum • Crown PrinceHamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumArea [2] • Metropolis4,114 km2(1,588 sq mi)Population (8 October 2018)[3] • Metropolis3,137,463 • Metro ~5,640,000Demonym(s)DubaiteTime zoneUTC+4 (UAE Standard Time)Nominal GDP2016 estimateTotalUSD 108 billion[4]Per capitaUSD 35,000WebsiteDubai.aeThis article contains Arabic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Dubai is a global city and business hub of the Middle East.[9] It is also a major global transport hub for passengers and cargo.[10]Oil revenue helped accelerate the development of the city, which was already a major mercantile hub, but Dubai's oil reserves are limited and production levels are low: today, less than 5% of the emirate's revenue comes from oil.[11] A growing centre for regional and international trade since the early 20th century, Dubai's economy today relies on revenues from trade, tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services.[12][13][14][15] Dubai has attracted world attention through large construction projects and sports events, in particular the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. As of 2012, Dubai was the most expensive city in the Middle East.[16][17] In 2014, Dubai's hotel rooms were rated as the second most expensive in the world.[18][19] Etymology Many theories have been proposed as to the origin of the word "Dubai". One theory suggests the word was used to describe the souq, which was similar to the souq in Ba.[20]An Arabic proverb says "Daba Dubai" (Arabic: دبا دبي), meaning "They came with a lot of money."[21] According to Fedel Handhal, a scholar on the UAE's history and culture, the word Dubai may have come from the word daba (Arabic: دبا) (a past tense derivative of yadub (Arabic: يدب), which means "to creep"), referring to the slow flow of Dubai Creekinland. The poet and scholar Ahmad Mohammad Obaid traces it to the same word, but to its alternative meaning of "baby locust" (Arabic: جراد) due to the abundant nature of locusts in the area before settlement.[22] History Main articles: History of Dubai and Timeline of Dubai  Bronze and iron alloy dagger, Saruq Al Hadidarcheological site (1100 BC) The history of human settlement in the area now defined by the United Arab Emirates is rich and complex, and points to extensive trading links between the civilisations of the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia, but also as far afield as the Levant.[23] Archaeological finds in the emirate of Dubai, particularly at Al-Ashoosh, Al Sufouh and the notably rich trove from Saruq Al Hadid[24] show settlement through the Ubaid and Hafit periods, the Umm Al Nar and Wadi Suq periods and the three Iron Ages in the UAE. The area was known to the Sumerians as Magan, and was a source for metallic goods, notably copper and bronze.[25] The area was covered with sand about 5,000 years ago as the coast retreated inland, becoming part of the city's present coastline.[26][27] Pre-Islamic ceramics have been found from the 3rd and 4th centuries.[28]Prior to the introduction of Islam to the area, the people in this region worshiped Bajir (or Bajar).[28] After the spread of Islam in the region, the Umayyad Caliph of the eastern Islamic world invaded south-east Arabia and drove out the Sassanians. Excavations by the Dubai Museum in the region of Al-Jumayra(Jumeirah) found several artefacts from the Umayyad period.[29] The earliest recorded mention of Dubai is in 1095 in the Book of Geography by the Andalusian-Arab geographer Abu Abdullah al-Bakri.[citation needed] The Venetian pearl merchant Gasparo Balbi visited the area in 1580 and mentioned Dubai (Dibei) for its pearling industry.[29] Establishment of modern Dubai Dubai is thought to have been established as a fishing village in the early 18th century[30]and was, by 1822, a town of some 7–800 members of the Bani
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I will be Vlogging all the Given Destinations soon. Dubai Mall ( Done Vlogging) Dancing Fountain ( Done Vlogging) Wild Wadi Waterpark (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Burj Khalifa Tower (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Dubai Creek (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Palm Jumeirah (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Atlantis (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Dubai Marina (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Blue Waters (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo (Been there with out VLOG & be back soon) CREDITS: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about the city. For other uses, see Dubai (disambiguation). Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبي Dubay, Gulf Arabic: Arabic pronunciation: [dʊˈbɑj]) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).[5] On the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, it is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.[6][7][8] Dubai is a global city and business hub of the Middle East.[9] It is also a major global transport hub for passengers and cargo.[10] Oil revenue helped accelerate the development of the city, which was already a major mercantile hub, but Dubai's oil reserves are limited and production levels are low: today, less than 5% of the emirate's revenue comes from oil.[11] A growing centre for regional and international trade since the early 20th century, Dubai's economy today relies on revenues from trade, tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services.[12][13][14][15] Dubai has attracted world attention through large construction projects and sports events, in particular the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. As of 2012, Dubai was the most expensive city in the Middle East.[16][17] In 2014, Dubai's hotel rooms were rated as the second most expensive in the world.[18][19]
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പ്രവാസിയുടെ കണ്ണുനീർ United Arab Emirates "UAE" redirects here. For other uses, see UAE (disambiguation). United Arab Emirates الإمارات العربية المتحدة al-Imārāt al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah Flag Emblem Anthem: عيشي بلادي "Īšiy Bilādī" "Long Live my Nation" Location of United Arab Emirates (green) in the Arabian Peninsula (white) Capital Abu Dhabi 24°28′N 54°22′E Largest city Dubai 25°15′N 55°18′E Official languages Arabic Ethnic groups (2015[1]) 27.15% Indian 12.53% Pakistani 11.32% Emirati 49% others Religion Islam Demonym Emirati [2] Emirian Emiri Government Absolute monarchy; Federation of 7 hereditary monarchies • President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan • Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Legislature Federal National Council Establishment from the United Kingdom • Abu Dhabi 1761 • Umm al-Quwain 1775 • Ajman 1820 • Dubai 1820 • Sharjah 1900 • Ras al-Khaimah 1900 • Fujairah 1952 • Union Emirates 2 December 1971 • Ras Al Khaimah Emirates to join the Union 10 February 1972 Area • Total 83,600d km2 (116th) 32,278 sq mi • Water (%) negligible Population • 2015 estimate 5,779,760[2] to 9,581,000[3][4] (93rd) • 2005 census 4,106,427 • Density 99/km2 (110th) 256/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2015 estimate • Total $647.823 billion[3] (32nd) • Per capita $67,616[3] (7th) GDP (nominal) 2015 estimate • Total $345.483 billion[3] (28th) • Per capita $36,060[3] (19th) Gini (2008) 36 medium HDI (2014) 0.835[5] very high · 41st Currency UAE dirham (AED) Time zone GST (UTC+4) Date format dd/mm/yyyy Drives on the right[6][7] Calling code +971 ISO 3166 code AE Internet TLD .ae امارات. United Arab Emirates portal The United Arab Emirates (i/juːˌnaɪtᵻd ˌærəb ˈɛmɪrᵻts/; Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة Dawlat al-Imārāt al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah), sometimes simply called the Emirates (Arabic: الامارات al-Imārāt) or the UAE, is a country at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north. In 2013, the UAE's population was 9.2 million, of which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens and 7.8 million are expatriates.[8][9][10] Established in December 1971, the country is a federation of seven emirates. The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi (which serves as the capital), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. Each emirate is governed by an absolute monarch; together, they jointly form the Federal Supreme Council. One of the monarchs is selected as the President of the United Arab Emirates. Islam is the official religion of the UAE, and Arabic is the official language, although English is widely spoken and is the language of business and education, especially in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE's oil reserves are the seventh-largest in the world,[11] while its natural gas reserves are the world's seventeenth-largest.[12] Sheikh Zayed, ruler of Abu Dhabi and the first President of the UAE, oversaw the development of the Emirates and steered oil revenues into healthcare, education and infrastructure.[13] The UAE's economy is the most diversified in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with its most populous city of Dubai is an important global city and an international aviation hub.[14][15] Nevertheless, the country remains principally reliant on its export of petroleum and natural gas.[2][16][17] The UAE has been criticised for its human rights record, including the specific interpretations of Shari'a used in its legal system.[18][19][20] The UAE's rising international profile has led some analysts to identify it as a regional and middle power.[21][22] History Geography Politics Law Media Economy Transport Culture Sports Education Demographics Health See also Notes References External links Last edited 6 hours ago by ClueBot NG ®
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Desert safari program is a well-planned tour to the desert with 4x4 wheel drive jeeps to conquer the gigantic golden colored remote sand dunes of the Arabian Sahara. Our desert safari program is a combination of Adventure, thrill, fun and a journey to Arabian culture. There are various safari programs offered in this country but the most popular one is the half day desert safari with BBQ dinner and belly dance show. This is a program that start in the afternoon and come back late in the night from the desert after a lot activities followed by a live cooked BBQ Dinner. Desert safari package offer you an all-inclusive safari program that includes pickup and drop off desert safari, camel ride, henna, shisha, sand ski, a full BBQ dinner with soft drink mineral water tea coffee, live show such as belly dancer show and tannura show any many more… Since the desert safari program is an adventure; therefore the program we tried and tested 100 of times to avoid even a minute error and we assure that we has taken all safety measures such as specially configured jeeps for desert safari which has roll-over protection cage; first aid facilities, trained and licensed professional safari drivers. The most thrilling part of the safari is the roller coaster ride over the sand dune, the fun generated from the weight less feeling while cruising through huge soft Sandy Mountain, would follow you for a life time. The roller coaster ride make stop in the middle to desert to see a complete sunset, then you continue for the 1001 Arabian nights BBQ dinner program. The 1001 Arabian nights will be at our own Bedouin safari camp, on arrival at the camp you would be welcome with Arabic tea and dates, then escort you to join Arabian nights program. The desert safari program is professionally crafted in such way that it would take automatically to that fairy tales which narrates the Persian and Arabian long stretch sandy landscape the camels, kings and sheikhs etc. Desert safari camp is built so traditionally to give you a swift journey to Arabian culture, where the huts are built with leaves of the palm trees and the interior of the huts are royally furnished withe got-hair rugs and Persian carpet, you will be seated on cushion to have the feeling of the Royal Arabian night. The safari camp do have a the facilities such as neat and clean toilets, overnight camping, special events area, venue for the recreational activities etc. As the night approaches the music would go louder the belly dancer would appear dressed like a fairy to show an believable performance with her belly.. the program never stop here; as we have another live the tannura show, a solo magical performance by an young man that add more life to the night. Our Desert safari tour package includes:- Pickup and drop-off Roller coaster ride with luxury 4x4 AWD super luxury jeeps Visit to the camel farm and stop for photography during the sunset Welcome to the camp with Arabian coffee and dates Camel riding Snacks & refreshment on arrival at the camp Shisha Henna ladies service Belly dancer show Tannura show Soft drinks mineral tea coffee throughout the evening. A full BBQ Dinner for both vegetarian & non vegetarian cousins On request vegetarian and Jain foods can be arranged Toilet facilities and chance to take photography with Arabic costumes Important information about Desert Safari and safely measures: Expecting women, Infants, person suffering with Vertigo & disambiguation could take the option of avoid the dune drive. Further-more people under gone by-pass-surgery/suffering from high blood pressure, all the above mentioned category may take the light desert safari. You may inform your driver they will take care of it. Please wore well fit light cloths and one must cover feet with sport/jogging shoe. During the period between Decembers to till end of March light woolen cloths are suggested.
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happy new year 2018 countdown - new year 2018 dubai - new year 2018 wishes video link:https://youtu.be/13f380RZGv0 For other uses, see New Year's Day (disambiguation). For the day itself, unrelated to celebration of the New Year, see January 1. "Happy new year" redirects here. For other uses, see Happy New Year (disambiguation). New Year's Day, also called simply New Year's or New Year, is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar. In pre-Christian Rome under the Julian calendar, the day was dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, for whom January is also named. As a date in the Gregorian calendar of Christendom, New Year's Day liturgically marked the Feast of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, which is still observed as such in the Anglican Church and Lutheran Church.[2][3] In present day, with most countries now using the Gregorian calendar as their de facto calendar, New Year's Day is probably the most celebrated public holiday, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts in each time zone. Other global New Year's Day traditions include making New Year's resolutions and calling one's friends and family.[1] Mesopotamia (Iraq) instituted the concept of celebrating the new year in 2000 BC, celebrated new year around the time of the vernal equinox, in mid-March.[4][5] The early Roman calendar designated March 1 as the new year. The calendar had just ten months, beginning with March. That the new year once began with the month of March is still reflected in some of the names of the months. September through December, our ninth through twelfth months, were originally positioned as the seventh through tenth months. (Septem is Latin for "seven"; octo, "eight"; novem, "nine"; and decem, "ten".) Roman legend usually credited their second king Numa with the establishment of the months of January and February. These were first placed at the end of the year, but at some point came to be considered the first two months instead. The January Kalends (Latin: Kalendae Ianuariae) came to be celebrated as the new year at some point after it became the day for the inaugurating new consuls in 153 BC. Romans had long dated their years by these consulships, rather than sequentially, and making the kalends of January start the new year aligned this dating. Still, private and religious celebrations around the March new year continued for some time and there is no consensus on the question of the timing for January 1's new status.[6] Once it became the new year, however, it became a time for family gatherings and celebrations. A series of disasters, notably including the failed rebellion of M. Aemilius Lepidus in 78 bc, established a superstition against allowing Rome's market days to fall on the kalends of January and the pontiffs employed intercalation to avoid its occurrence.[7][8] In AD 567, the Council of Tours formally abolished January 1 as the beginning of the year. At various times and in various places throughout medieval Christian Europe, the new year was celebrated on December 25 in honor of the birth of Jesus; March 1 in the old Roman style; March 25 in honor of Lady Day and the Feast of the Annunciation; and on the movable feast of Easter. These days were also astronomically and astrologically significant since, at the time of the Julian reform, March 25 had been understood as the spring equinox and December 25 as the winter solstice. (The Julian calendar's small disagreement with the solar year, however, shifted these days earlier before the Council of Nicaea which formed the basis of the calculations used during the Gregorian reform of the calendar.) Medieval calendars nonetheless often continued to display the months running from January to December, despite their readers reckoning the transition from one year to the next on a different day. Among the 7th century pagans of Flanders and the Netherlands, it was the custom to exchange gifts on the first day of the new year. This custom was deplored by Saint Eligius (died 659 or 660), who warned the Flemish and Dutch: "(Do not) make vetulas, [little figures of the Old Woman], little deer or iotticos or set tables [for the house-elf, compare Puck] at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks [another Yule custom]."[9] However, on the date that European Christians celebrated the New Year, they exchanged Christmas presents because New Years' Day fell within the twelve days of the Christmas season in the Western Christian liturgical calendar;[10] the custom of exchanging Christmas gifts in a Christian context is traced back to the Biblical Magi who gave gifts to the Child Jesus.[11][12] like,comment and share video subscribe our channel for more videos
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"Billy goat" redirects here. For the Lance Corporal in the Royal Welsh, see William Windsor (goat). For the urban legend, see Curse of the Billy Goat. This article is about the domesticated species. For other species, see Capra (genus). For other uses, see Goat (disambiguation). Domestic Goat Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Capra Species: C. aegagrus Subspecies: C. a. hircus Trinomial name Capra aegagrus hircus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Capra hircus The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of goat.[1] Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species. Goats have been used for their milk, meat, hair, and skins over much of the world.[2] In the twentieth century they also gained in popularity as pets.[3] Female goats are referred to as does or nannies, intact males as bucks or billies; their offspring are kids. Castrated males are wethers. Goat meat from younger animals is called kid or cabrito, and from older animals is simply known as goat or sometimes called chevon, or in some areas mutton (which more often refers to adult sheep meat). השם גדי בתנ"ך משמעותו גור בהמה, אך בעברית המודרנית יוחד לציון גור עז הבית, ששייך למשפחת הבהמה הדקה, בבהמות הבית המבויתות. בימי קדם נחשב הגדי למעדן והיה חיה ראויה וזמינה, ולכן נהגו להקריב אותו כקורבן, ולתת אותו כתשורה או כאתנן, כמסופר במעשה יהודה ותמר או להציע אותו לאורחים מכובדים, כפי שמסופר אצל השופט גדעון ואצל מנוח אבי שמשון, שהציע מאכל זה למלאך, וכן אצל רבקה, שהכינה ליצחק תבשיל משני גדיי עיזים, בעוד יעקב גנב את הברכה מעשו, כאשר את עורות הגדיים הלבישה על ידיו וחלקת צווארו כדי לדמות אותו לעשו. במכירת יוסף מסופר שטבלו את בגדו בדם גדי, כדי לדמות את כך שנטרף. כנגד המנהג האלילי לבשל גדי בחלב אמו, בפולחן של אלילים שונים, ביניהם עשתורת, נאסר דבר זה במקרא שלוש פעמים (שמות כ"ג, יט, ל"ד, כו, דברים י"ד, כא). פעמיים בסמיכות לענייני בית המקדש. חז"ל הרחיבו איסור זה על אכילת כל בשר חיה ובהמה בחלב, ומאוחר יותר אף על עוף. אכילת בשר דגים בחלב נתונה במחלוקת (תלמוד בבלי, מסכת חולין, דף קי"ג ע"א -- דף קט"ז ע"א). עד היום השתמר מאכל זה אצל הבדווים בשם "ג'די בחליב אמו", והוא נחשב למאכל תאווה, שמכינים אותו לאורחים מכובדים.
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YOUR BODY: THE ULTIMATE MASTERPIECE
Throughout history, artists around the globe have been intrigued by the human body. Everything about the body, from its dimensions to its angles, has served as inspiration for some of the world’s most incredible works of art. Today, Bristol Glassworks, based in Rhode Island, offers women and men the opportunity to have their own unique form immortalized in the most spectacular way with custom crystal body casts—a showstopper that makes for the perfect wedding gift to one’s betrothed, or a stunning piece to display in a couple’s first home.
These body casts, part of a collection called “Life Studies,” evolved from co-founder, Steven Weinberg’s vast exploration of glass as a material and the practice of transforming it into an art form. Steven was one of the original pioneers of the American Studio Glass Movement, which began in Ohio in the 1950s. “During this time, glass started being used as an artistic medium, as opposed to a utilitarian object,” describes Sharon Oleksiak, Steven’s partner and Creative Director of Bristol Glassworks. “In the late-1970s, many glass creations were organic and free-flowing, whereas Steven’s pieces displayed geometric elements and a sense of containment.”
Since meeting each other in 1986, Sharon and Steven have leveraged their work with glass into a name that has garnered attention from celebrities like Sir Elton John and Olivia Newton-John who own pieces that grace their homes. They have also been commissioned to create pieces for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Terezin Music Foundation and WIN Against Breast Cancer. Sharon is a firm believer in giving back through many pro bono glass projects.
The Life Studies collection stemmed from an experimental mindset, as nobody was creating such detailed and high quality body casts 25 years ago. “Steven was always pushing the envelope,” says Sharon. “It really started as a challenge to ourselves in terms of seeing how much detail of the human body we could translate into glass. At this point, we can now pick up the tiniest goose bump on someone’s skin and really capture what makes us each individuals and human.”
Since the body casts are made from custom molds, it’s an exciting and interactive process for any bride to experience. “You need to be adventuresome to do it,” Sharon advises. “It’s really for someone who wants to do something different. You’re making a print. It’s like a photograph from a certain time and a certain place in your life. Something that you will have forever as a marker of that time.”
The body casts are made of optical quality crystal and can weigh up to 180 pounds. After the mold is created, raw glass is slumped into the cavity of the mold and then fired in a kiln. “Glass is a very temperamental material, so you need to treat it very gently,” notes Sharon. “A casting can take up to two weeks in the kiln. We bring the temperature up and down very slowly.” Once the firing is complete, the mold is removed from the kiln and broken apart to reveal the crystal form within. The mold can never be used again, guaranteeing each cast is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
“This is the first time we’re opening up this service to women and men who want to have a cast of their body in crystal,” Sharon states. “I think it has to do with timing and society being more comfortable with nudity, freedom and pride about the body. If we’re going to add objects to the world, they should be well-designed and thoughtful. Glass is a sustainable material, made from sand. It’s something really beautiful, because glass has been around for 5,000 years. Yet while it is ancient, it is also contemporary and highly technical—that has always appealed to me. I’m a believer in designing objects of beauty that are not to be thrown away. Well-designed glass will stand the test of time and age well.”
Steven Weinberg has work in the permanent collections of 60 art museums around the world. These include the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Palais du Louvre in Paris, the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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Photography: Nat Rea Photography, Providence, RI; Location: Private Residence, Barrington, Rhode IslandPhotography: Nat Rea Photography, Providence, RI; Location: Private Residence, Barrington, Rhode IslandPhotography: Nat Rea Photography, Providence, RI; Location: Private Residence, Barrington, Rhode IslandPictured: Large Cobalt Blue Boat Form in Isobar Casting CrystalPictured: Cast Crystal with Cobalt Blue and Silver Leaf MandalaPictured: Cast Crystal Mandala with Gold LeafPictured: Black and Gold Cast Crystal Boat Form with Gold LeafPictured: Cast Crystal Sculpture with Gold Leaf, Copper and CrystalPhotography: Nat Rea Photography, Providence, RI; Location: Private Residence, Barrington, Rhode IslandPhotography: Nat Rea Photography, Providence, RI; Location: Private Residence, Barrington, Rhode IslandPhotography: Nat Rea Photography, Providence, RI; Location: Private Residence, Barrington, Rhode IslandPhotography: Nat Rea Photography, Providence, RI; Location: Private Residence, Barrington, Rhode IslandPictured: Saffron Boat, Custom Colored Optical Glass SculpturePictured: Cast Crystal Cube with Copper BluePictured: Cast Crystal Cube
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Agamo
The shaman of a remote tribe brings an offering of the alien fuel to the stone deity his people pray to.
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The fuel awakens this stone titan who frees his body from the earth's bonds walking to the horizon with a new found purpose, trampling the holy man in the process.
Agamo's massive stone structure is believed to be the work of a civilization that vanished eons ago. The fire burning in it's eyes and head hint at the rage that has engulfed it's soul. Agamo can effortlessly control the molecules binding it's rock body together and create a large boulder of massive destructive capabilities.
Agamo - Stone god come to life. Agamo's special is very low-tech: his fist gets bigger. However, he's durable and well rounded, making him a good first choice.
-PSM #68, 2/03
"Agamo began his existence as a stone creature whose head looked uncomfortably like that of Cookie Monster from Sesame Street." Jokes Giam. "He went through numerous incarnations, combining rocks, moss and various shapes, and while many possibilities were explored, most did not seem to fit the tone of the game. Eventually, we went from the more blob-like pile of rocks to a lanky form with an Easter Island-style head. That last bit seemed to serve as a point of inspiration. Suddenly, Agamo was no longer a rock-golem, but rather a stone idol."
Agamo's long range attack is his detachable head that reaches a far distance and does good damage. It will also explode after a period of time, dealing more damage if the target is close. The head can also be used as a melee weapon. He has good armor and his projectiles fire at a slow rate, dealing good damage. He is a medium-jumper and climbs at a slow pace. His taunt is a come-on gesture followed by banging his fists together.
KO Shove: L-L-L-L
Face Mash: H-L-H-L
Organ Killer: L-H-L-H-L-H
Stomach Pain: H-H-L-L-L-L
Smack-Slam-Boom: L-UH-DH
Boulder Bash: H-H-H-UH-H-H-H
Avalanche: H-H-H-L-L-H-H
Inspiration for the character design came from the various stone idols and totems found in Central America and the South Pacific. Another influence may have been the Daimajin trilogy created by Daiei Pictures in 1966.
Agamo's fourth skin is Sweet-Tooth the psychopathic clown from the Twisted Metal series, (Incog is the creator of both games.), the reason why Agamo's character was chosen for this special skin could only be because both characters have heads ablaze.
Agamo appears in Stage 8, along with Magmo at Club Caldera.
Skin 1: Gray stone from Stage 8/ Club Caldera (Default)
Skin 2: Moss Green, Gold & Red (Free)
Skin 3: Brown, Red & Gold (25,000)
4th costume: Mecha-Sweet Tooth (cannot be purchased, must have Twisted Metal: Black game save on memory card, 4th skin will be unlocked at start-up. However, some versions of the game will give you this costume to purchase like any other fourth costume - but if this is for the European release only or not is unknown.)
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Environmentalism as a religion
Guest Blogger / September 14, 2016
Guest essay by Andy May
The late Dr. Michael Crichton was wonderful writer. In 2003 he presented a wonderful essay in San Francisco equating environmentalism to religion. Nobel prize winning physicist Dr. Ivar Giaver makes the same point in a presentation here. In religion man is meant to be saved from the consequences of his sins. In the environmentalist religion the world was a wonderful, beautiful Eden until man and his technology came along. Man has eaten the apple and lost Eden. Now we must give up our “evil” technology and go back to nature, otherwise all is lost.
As Crichton notes:
And what about indigenous peoples, living in a state of harmony with the Eden-like environment? Well, they never did. On this continent, the newly arrived people who crossed the land bridge almost immediately set about wiping out hundreds of species of large animals, and they did this several thousand years before the white man showed up … And what was the condition of life? Loving, peaceful, harmonious? Hardly, the early peoples of the New World lived in a state of constant warfare. … The warlike tribes of this continent are famous: the Comanche, Sioux, Apache, Mohawk, Aztecs, Toltec, Incas. Some of them practiced infanticide, and human sacrifice. And those tribes that were not fiercely warlike were exterminated…”
Environmentalists are horrible at predictions. We haven’t run out of oil, millions haven’t starved due to overpopulation, half of all species have not gone extinct, temperatures have not risen in over 18 years, total Antarctic ice and sea ice are increasing and on and on. But, it’s a religion, facts don’t matter. The bearded idiot on the street doesn’t put down his “end of the world is near” sign just because we pass the date he predicted we would all die. He just changes the date of destruction and carries on.
As Dr. Crichton explains, DDT is not a carcinogen, it did not cause birds to die and the people who banned it knew these facts. But, they banned it anyway and as a result tens of millions of poor people, mostly children, died. This was because of religion, not science.
The “Church of Global Warming” is probably the worst sect. The world has warmed from 288 Kelvin to 288.8 Kelvin in the last 135 years and not at all since 2002 according to the UAH satellite data. This is insignificant and very normal variability. The world is greener, food crops better and larger than ever, fewer people are hungry or in poverty, life expectancy is longer than ever before, and we have more arable land. There is no evidence that global warming is either man-made or dangerous and there is no evidence that carbon dioxide is either the sole cause of the minor warming we have seen or the dominant cause. We can show it is a greenhouse gas like water vapor, but that is about it.
We must get the religion out of environmentalism. We must get it back on a scientific basis. Too many organizations are simply lying, pure and simple. It started with DDT and has only gotten worse since. Science, especially environmental science, is becoming more and more politicized and this could have disastrous consequences.
Note: this post accidentally went up without Andy May’s byline. He is the author, not me. -Anthony Watts
September 14, 2016 in Climate News.
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192 thoughts on “Environmentalism as a religion”
spot on, good luck with that.
BernardP says:
In fact, more than luck is needed. The Warmists are holding all the levers of power. The mainstream media keeps playing the AGW scare. New measures to fight Climate Change are continually being enacted. Skeptics are ignored or ridiculed, left to talk amongst themselves in their little sandbox.
When trying to discuss a skeptical point of view of climate change with friends and relatives, I am almost always dismissed : “It’s so obvious that man-made-climate-change is happening… I saw it on the news, I read it in the paper, I saw it on in internet…”
People don’t want to make the effort of looking for, and evaluating, contrarian point of views. They want the truth fed to them… like a religion.
More fundamentally, similarly to religion, too many people ***want*** to believe in man-made-climate-change. Believing gives them a convenient frame of reference to judge good and bad.
Nigel in Santa Barbara says:
I think religion is being unfairly represented/bashed here, and in the article. Maybe using the word ‘cult’ is more appropriate and suitable to their behavior.
Esther Marie Cook says:
Nigel, “cult” is an old Roman word that means “religion.” It is similar to the n-bomb for black people or similar language for other ethnicities. Here, “religion” means unfalsifiable.
Duster says:
Nigel, the current social science usage of “cult” sums to a religion only a few decades old at most which has “socially deviant” practices and beliefs. Effectively saying that regardless of what you purport to “believe,” if it adheres to social norms, it is not a “cult.” Since all major religions start as “cults” by that definition, and some including Islamic and Christian sects proudly acknowledge their historical heritage of social “deviance,” the distinction is really moot.
Darcydog says:
The facts will come out – and indeed they are to some extent.
The crazy Green Taliban anti Fracking movement is a classic example of exactly what you say in your article Anthony
Peak Oil Rules! OK
We cannot allow Fracking because it blows what we say out of the water!
And yet I like a few miles from Wytch Farm in Dorset UK –
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/10233955/The-town-where-a-form-of-fracking-is-already-happening.html
And unless you bumped into this place in the dark by accident – you would never know it was there!
Typo – “And yet I live a few miles…….”
You can call enhanced recovery a ‘form of fracking’ if you stretch the definition, or rather distort it – but it is a totally different technique from what is being trialled in the UK in Lancashire etc.
Samuel C Cogar says:
Griff, and your definition of “fracking” is what?
Whether it is oil or gas, the well has to be “fracked” to get the maximum recoverable quantity of fossil fuel or hydrocarbons.
Excerpted comment ……..
“Even though the birth of fracking began in the 1860s, the birth of modern day hydraulic fracturing began in the 1940s. “
GeoNacnud says:
Water flooding is in no way a fracking technique. Fracking requires high pressures to actually break the rock to create greater effective permeability and greater production rates in reservoirs that otherwise would not be economically viable. Injection rates during water flooding are by design too low the fracture the rock. Enhanced recovery in the petroleum industry refers to recovery of secondary oil in older oil fields that is not recovered during the initial production phase.
Griff, please have mercy on the language. Just because you see it in use as a synonym for “tested” doesn’t make “trialled” any less grotesque. It is nearly as horrible as “debunked.”
Griff – really rather miss my point. And that point is that the extraction process, after whatever sort of Fracturing took place all those years back, has carried on quietly, with no fuss and no bother to us local residents whatsoever.
You seriously would not know it was there.
@ AlexB – and that is why they have to signpost it…………..LOL!!!!
AlexB says:
Unless you follow the road signs.
Steve Case says:
The Global Warming/Climate Change sect of the Environmental religion is too big to fail.
I do agree with you – but with reality steadfastly refusing to follow their doom and gloom predictions – just how long can they stave off “failure”?
Arch crawford says:
Loved “State of Fear” by MC and quote it occasionally. Especially liked his description of Greenies intrusions ruining Yellowstone Park. On my website for years:
Climate and Keplerian Planetary Dynamics
The “Solar Jerk”, The King-Hele Cycle,
and the Challenge to Climate Science
by Rhodes W. Fairbridge
(Published in 21st Century Science and Technology magazine)
A senior Earth scientist divulges some little known
discoveries, and how they may affect Earth’s climate.
MRW says:
[the missing link]
http://www.crawfordperspectives.com/Fairbridge-ClimateandKeplerianPlanetaryDynamics.htm
The mainstream media has played a hugely successful role in corrupting the ‘science’ of global warming, aka climate change, into the fashionable new eco-religion that it has become today.
Add, literally, trillions of government ‘green’ (taxpayer money), a ton of celebrity eco-virtue-signalling, a pinch of data manipulation, and the religion of ‘climate change’ has rapidly morphed into, as Harold Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University California, famously coined in his blistering resignation letter to the APS:
“The greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life as a physicist.”
Hence, we give thanks to “The world’s most viewed site on global warming and climate change” – WUWT, led by Pastor Watts, for giving us out daily dose of climate reason and rationalism! Amen 🙏
Nice post Anthony.
Peter Miller says:
Ah, but if you dismantled the Global Warming Industry, what would happen to all those poor unemployable ‘climate scientists’?
Would anyone notice they had gone and what would we do with all the hundreds of billions of dollars we would save?
Pop Piasa says:
Perhaps molten salt nuclear power and a non-polluting technology to burn garbage for cheap power? We could tackle the REAL problems that exist, including protecting the grid from magnetic blasts.
Leo Smith says:
Climb ate Scientists Lives Matter.
Ian Magness says:
For those interested in how scare stories like DDT, unleaded petrol or white asbestos went from bad research, via ignorant politicians and the media, to became global governmental policy at the cost of countless millions of dollars, I thoroughly recommend “Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming: Why Scares are Costing Us the Earth” by the British authors Christopher Booker and Richard North.
This 2007 book is fascinating in its entirety but, somewhat presciently, there is a chapter on global warming. Christopher Booker in particular has since gone on to develop his interest in the myth of AGW, writing further books on the subject and regularly writing about the subject, and its impact on the present, simply insane UK government energy policies, in his weekly column for The Sunday Telegraph. Always worth a read!
Booker is simply wrong on that as he is on most things…
If you think asbestos is harmless, sprinkle it on your carpet…
Utter nonsense Griff. Try reading his book before commenting. For the record, nobody disputes the harmfulness of blue/brown asbestos. It’s the (chemically quite different) white asbestos that should never have been lumped in with it in the legislation. Too long to go into here but worth researching given the incredible, and unnecessary, cost this has resulted in.
Christopher Booker is right.
He never said that all asbestos is harmful.
There are two main types: blue and white asbestos.
Blue asbestos is dangerous. But white asbestos is completely harmless and is apparently very similar to baby powder.
Booker is right on many things, from climate change to the appalling miscarriages of justice in Britain’s “child protection” system. I suggest you check your facts.
ClimateOtter says:
Griff, there’s a cliff over there. Don’t look, just LEAP! Like you always do.
Julian Williams in Wales says:
The original research that goes into Booker’s articles is second to none. About asbestos he distinguished between Blue and White asbestos, something that most journalist and yourself fail to know are different. If I remember the article correctly Booker pointed out that white asbestos is as dangerous as talcum powder yet the legislation was forcing individuals, schools and companies to spend ten of thousands of pounds having it removed by specialist firms. A flagrant waste of everybody’s money, something perhaps you support and think unworthy of bringing to the public’s attention? Perhaps you are wrong on most things?
John Eggert says:
Griff, you said “if you think asbestos is harmless, sprinkle it on your carpet”. I’ve seen this type of argument before. If you think PCB’s are harmless, drink a cup also comes to mind. It displays an ignorance of what is toxic, because the dose makes the poison. Drink a big glass of vitamin a and you will die. I sprinkle carcinogens on my carpet all the time. It is sand which where I live is predominantly quartz. Some asbestos too no doubt because it is a common mineral in the ultramafic rocks that are common here.
Ian, my father used to go on about asbestos, in the 60s I believe, on its mischaracterization as just as you say, only one form is harmful.
MarkW says:
Some forms of asbestos are mildly harmful, others are completely harmless.
Even the harmful ones usually require the presence of other carcinogens, such as heavy smoking, before they have any impact.
The harmfulness of asbestos is similar to that of smoke, or wood, glass, metal, coal or silica dust. All fine particulates are things you really want to avoid breathing on a regular basis. No particulate material is safe to breath chronically (not even wheat flour), which (chronic exposure) is what really killed asbestos workers, coal miners, cigarette smokers and professional makers of gun flints in the 18th century.
There are six legally recognized forms of “asbestos” – lawyers aren’t mineralogists – that are derived from two distinct mineralogical families, amphiboles and serpentines. The only thing that makes the various minerals “asbestos” is the flexible, fibrous crystalline, “asbestiform” habit. The sole reason asbestos received the stupid legal treatment it did is that the industries relying on it resisted admitting a workplace (chronic) exposure hazard that could be dealt with by simple protective equipment. Now, like lead and mercury, the general population is superstitiously afraid of the very idea that there could asbestos around.
CheshireRed says:
Speaking of the UK’s mad energy policy, Hinckley C nuclear plant appears set to get the nod. A snip at £25 billion or so. Only the dearest construction on the entire planet with electricity prices to match. We could’ve had 6 CCGT (gas) plants for £3 billion all in, delivered, installed and operational in the blink of an eye. But nope, that’s waaaaay too simple and not nearly expensive enough for us Brits. Insane.
visionar2013 says:
That is why nuclear needs to move to the Molten Salt Reactor, low pressure, no water cooling/heat transfer, no 150 atmosphere plumbing or Billion in pressure domes. eGeneration.org
dan no longer in CA says:
Nobody argues that nuke plants are cheap to build, but fuel costs are low (about $.01 per kWh) so that over the lifetime of the plant, nuke power costs about 2/3 that of the current price of natural gas. What will gas be selling for in 30 years? How stable will the market be by then? ref: http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-aspects/economics-of-nuclear-power.aspx Also note that nuke plants pay into a decommissioning fund that will cover the cost of decommissioning, that is if the politicians let them operate for their lifetime.
Visionar: Here’s a piece of news on progress of a Molten Salt reactor in the US:
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/09/14/terrestrial-energy-advances-imsr-through-doe-process-091402#.V9ne1jV0foQ
Andrew Harding says:
To show how stupid politicians are, when we had the misfortune to have Gordon Brown as our PM, he decided to penalise drivers of petrol (gasoline) cars and give tax breaks for those who bought diesel vehicles because CO2 emissions are lower in diesel vehicles and mpg is better. Once again the Law of Unintended Consequences struck as predictably as ever and our cities became more air-polluted, why? Because anyone who has been behind an old/badly maintained diesel vehicle ends up breathing in a cocktail of carcinogenic pm10’s and various oxides of nitrogen. all of which are 1000’s of times more detrimental to health than CO2. We have all sat behind these vehicles, belching out black clouds of pungent emissions. Simple observation and application of common sense would have prevented this problem.
Ian, I agree totally with you about Christopher Booker, his column always talks sense as does Simon Heffer’s which is also in the Comment section of The Sunda Telegraph.
John Farnham (@opit) says:
You missed the best part. I would wander through a tank shop in which the air could have the consistency of fog, yet aside from the stench breathing was virtually unaffected. Slide to emissions reduction where heat of formation was increased to reduce particulate emissions…and toxicity went through the roof.
GregK says:
Chris Wright September 14, 2016 at 2:21 am..
In this both Chris and Chris are wrong.
While white asbestos is less harmful than blue asbestos [see http://www.asbestosdiseases.org.au/the-wittenoom-tragedy.html%5D it is not completely harmless.
It is not similar to baby powder, produced from the mineral talc. Talc is a mica, a mineral that occurs as sheets or flakes. Chrysotile is often found in nature mixed with talc as both minerals are found in the same rock types.
Chrysotile [white asbestos] has a fibrous form, not platy, and is a danger to human health.
There’s dispute but even supporters of the use of white asbestos admit that heavy exposure may be dangerous [http://crisotilabrasil.org.br/site/pesquisas/_pdf/The%20health%20effects%20of%20chrysotile%20.pdf
Breathing in any fibre [ rock wool, glass, polyvinyl] is not good for you, but some fibres are a lot less good than others. So blue asbestos bad…… and white asbestos ?
It should probably be phased out when safer substitutes are found
Aert Driessen says:
Asbestos can be harmful not because it is toxic, but because of its shape. Its particles/crystal form are acicular (needle-shape) and have an aspect ratio; I believe that an aspect ratio of 7:1 is close to the potential danger point. Thus particles can be caught ‘cross-wise’ in the ‘breathing apparatus’ and cause an irritation that can turn to cancer .. as far as I know.
AleaJactaEst says:
Let me fix the start of the last paragraph for you….”We must get the religionout money of environmentalism
bloody wordpress…………. religion money out of environmentalism”
“As Dr. Crichton explains, DDT is not a carcinogen, it did not cause birds to die and the people who banned it knew these facts. But, they banned it anyway and as a result tens of millions of poor people, mostly children, died”
DDT has never been banned for anti-malarial prevention – it is still used today. And it did kill off bird populations, especially birds of prey, by thinning the shells of their eggs. That’s incontrovertible science.
(I haven’t researched claims on whether its a carcinogen – but hey, he’s certainly wrong on 2 out of 3 points)
Yes it was banned http://www.perc.org/articles/legacy-ddt-ban
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1259
So sayith: Griff
DDT has never been banned for anti-malarial prevention ….
Right you are, ….. Griff, …… DDT never was banned for anti-malarial prevention.
And …… DDT never was banned for anti-measles prevention.
And …… DDT never was banned for anti-Polio prevention.
And …… DDT never was banned for anti-Small Pox prevention.
DUH, those silly Religious minded greenies, enviros and politicians are definitely miseducated, misnurtured, ignorant and stupid acting ….. but they sure aren’t crazy enough to be demanding the banning of a chemical ….. for the specific reason, that if used, it would prevent the deaths of hundreds-of-thousands of people in tropical and sub-tropical climates.
Michael Palmer says:
Griff is mostly right on this one.
1. DDT is banned internationally for use in agriculture, but its use in malaria control remains permitted under the regulations of the Stockholm Convention. The production of DDT and its use in malaria control have never been discontinued. (If the ban of DDT for agricultural use had any effect at all, it would have been to slow the emergence of resistance, and thereby to prolong DDT’s useful life for malaria control.)
2. While DDT is cheaper than most other insecticides, cost of manufacture has risen in proportion to that of petroleum, the major required raw material. Moreover, like other insecticides, DDT selects for resistance in the targeted insect vectors. Rising cost and widespread resistance, not regulation, are the key reasons for the limited and declining worldwide use of DDT.
3. Most malaria fatalities occur in Africa. On this continent, no comprehensive effort has ever been made to control or eradicate malaria; instead, all such projects occurred only on a local or regional scale, and many were abandoned after only a few years.
4. In the most severely affected parts of the world, only a small fraction of malaria cases are actually seen by health care workers or recorded by health authorities. Regardless of the tools employed, effective malaria control is impossible with such inadequate levels of organization and preparedness.
5. Malaria remains rampant because control efforts lack resources and political support, not because of the choice of insecticide. Where insect resistance to it is not yet widespread, DDT remains a legitimate weapon against malaria. However, DDT is not a panacea, and the limited restrictions imposed on its use are not a significant factor in the current deplorable state of affairs in malaria morbidity and mortality.
The above is the summary from a longer memo with references that is on my website.
Andy May says:
Michael Palmer, Harvard Medical School, the CDC, and many others disagree with many of your points. The references are in the post or in the links. I’ll cite two here: http://www.researchinformation.co.uk/pest/2001/B104731K.PDF and http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/3/3/97-0305_article DDT is quite safe. Most bird populations increased when DDT was sprayed, especially Robins and song birds. A few species may have had thinner shells due to DDT, but this is not proven and very over stated. See here: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-truth-about-ddt-and-silent-spring
It can be done. Last week sri lanka was certified malaria.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/health/sri-lanka-declared-free-of-malaria/
Ten to 15 other countries have done this and another 10 are on track in the next 5-10 years.
http://www.who.int/malaria/areas/elimination/overview/en/
Here is a quote from the well documented CDC paper cited “We have used two regression models to show that as numbers of DDT-sprayed houses declined, malaria incidence increased. The period from 1959 to 1978 can be characterized as a period of insecticide-controlled malaria. The period from 1979 to 1995 can be characterized as a period of decreased use of residual spraying and geometric growth in malaria incidence. Other factors contribute to resurgent malaria, but none would appear to equal the influence of decreases in the house-spray programs.” This is followed by:
“Public health researchers in the United States helped initiate the use of DDT for malaria control in 1943 (19). Today, DDT is still needed for malaria control. If the pressure to abandon this effective insecticide continues, unchanged or declining health budgets, combined with increasingly expensive insecticides and rising operational costs, will result in millions of additional malaria cases worldwide.” Roberts, et al, September 1997, EID.
Andy, you apparently didn’t even read what I said. (Good that you got Harvard and the CDC in there though. On this website, we always trust in whatever these lofty institutions have to say.) I did not argue against the use of DDT against malaria; I merely observed that this use is still permitted, but that its effectiveness has declined over time, like that of any other widely used insecticide.
DDT may or may not be harmful for birds when used for crop protection, but any environmental impact of the incomparably smaller quantities that are used indoors is surely negligible. Therefore, whether or not this problem ever was real, it surely no longer exists after the ban of DDT for agricultural use; and this is why was never particularly interested in the truth about the eggs. I find the usefulness and limitations of DDT in malaria to be a much more interesting and relevant problem.
The whole DDT-ban-as-mass-murder saga is as fictitious as the global warming disaster myth. Both myths are convenient for smearing the other side, but neither is based in fact.
Andy, in response to your last comment: you again confirm that DDT is in fact still used for indoor spraying. I agree that any pressure to ban this use should be resisted, but so far that ban hasn’t happened. Somewhat ironically, dieldrin and hexachlorcyclohexane have indeed been banned entirely, but nobody complains about those, even though they are sometimes effective on DDT-resistant mosquito strains.
Note also that in India DDT resistance is almost ubiquitous, and it is also increasing elsewhere. DDT use will continue to decline simply due to this fact. DDT is living on borrowed time. Note that the reference you cited is almost 20 years old. That’s a long time in terms of resistance development. You really should put more care into your homework before aspiring to inform the public.
Michael Palmer, your enumerated statements are factual, no problem there. But, I thought they were incomplete and thus misleading. Your website is likewise factually correct, but incomplete enough to be misleading. DDT is allowed by international law to be sure, but it is banned in 34 countries. Roberts, et al showed conclusively that DDT is very effective against malaria. Some mosquitos are immune to the chemical, but many (most?) of these are still repelled by it. Immunity does lessen its effectiveness, but does not eliminate it. It is also safer to use near humans than other insecticides and longer lasting. I don’t disagree with you, I just wanted to balance what you said. Make the message more clear. Also, you did not make it clear what you agreed with Griff on. His statement that DDT killed off bird populations is clearly incorrect. Most bird populations increased when DDT was used in agricultural areas. A few species declined, none were killed off. Always seeking clarity.
Andy: OK, I don’t support Griff’s position on egg shells, because I don’t know and I don’t care; given that DDT is only used indoors anymore, this question is no longer relevant. Regardless of the egg question, the ban on outdoor use helped to delay the spreading of mosquito resistance. If people truly had cared so much about the poor malaria victims, they would not have allowed the agricultural use of DDT in the first place.
As to your other points: I repeat, DDT remains somewhat useful, but Roberts is 20 years out of date on the resistance (not “immunity” — that is a different concept). As early as 2008, DDT resistance was reported to be essentially ubiquitous in India. In many countries, including India, DDT use became more erratic after initial successes; fatigue, rising costs, and other disasters (famines, epidemics, wars) diverting attention all contributed to this. As a result, effectiveness declined as early as the 1960s. Increasing resistance made it worse.
The WHO itself gave up on the goal of eradication at the same time, before anyone even talked about the ban. What more “misleading” and “unbalanced” evidence do you need to refrain from perpetuating the criminally stupid myth that all it takes to eradicate malarial is a liberal helping of DDT sprayed the world over?
lftpm says:
Palmer, you said, said, “On this continent, no comprehensive effort has ever been made to control or eradicate malaria;”
Given that malaria was endemic to the Southeastern U.S. until the 20th century, what do you think eradicated it? Religious rituals? Global warming? Mosquito-killing anthropgenic CO2?
lftpm, reading comprehension. The preceding sentence reads “Most malaria fatalities occur in Africa.” In the context, the phrase “this continent” clearly refers to Africa.
Now get some sleep.
This is from an old article, 2001 before dirt :-), but Dr. Attaran makes some good points pertinent to this discussion: “The examples of this are striking. South Africa had been almost malaria-free since using DDT in the 1940s. But under pressure from environmentalists it switched to other insecticides in 1996. This allowed a particularly aggressive mosquito species (Anopheles funestus) to re-invade South Africa after a 50-year absence, leading to a dramatic resurgence of disease: malaria cases rose from 4117 in 1995 to 27,238 reported cases in 1999 (or possibly as many as 120,000, judging by pharmacy records). Neighbouring Swaziland, which never stopped using DDT, experienced no such resurgence. Faced with this mounting epidemic, South Africa has forced to resume DDT use last year.” Efforts to use DDT to control malaria were made in Africa by individual countries and by WHO. But, environmental pressure stemming from the bans put in place in many wealthy countries, caused these efforts to stop with disastrous consequences. The wealthy countries had already eliminated malaria within their borders using DDT. So, Dr. Palmer, I do not think the efficacy of DDT is as poor as you describe. I’m sure DDT resistance has reduced it, but recent trials have shown it is still effective.
From: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801202/ (van den Berg, 2009, EHP)
“Resistance does not necessarily result in failure to control disease. Standard testing of DDT resistance focuses on the insecticide’s toxic action. However, the repellent and irritant properties of DDT also have the potential to reduce transmission of disease and relieve the selective pressure for toxic resistance (Grieco et al. 2007; Roberts and Andre 1994). This is an area requiring more research.”
Andy May, instead of continuing to nitpick my comments, you should rather focus on educating yourself, so that in the future you can avoid blunders such as the one you committed in this post.
Please go read the papers cited in my memo on malaria in India. Note how ongoing use of DDT, even when supplemented with other insecticides, has failed to bring the case numbers back down to anywhere near what they were in the 1960s (supposedly – I doubt that in those days cases in remote rural areas were really properly accounted for). DDT resistance is not ubiquitous, but it is a real problem.
Now I will tell you something that will throw you for a curve, or at least it did me when I first learned about it. You know what that is?
If we were really serious about controlling malaria, we could do it without drugs and without insecticides, by drainage and other means of environmental management alone. The methods were developed and proven effective 100 years ago, by a British colonial medical officer (Malcolm Watson). He developed and put them into practice in Malaya, but later on applied them successfully in several copper mining towns in what is now Zambia, smack dab in the middle of some of the worst endemic areas in the world. With the advent of DDT, those successful and “sustainable” but more laborious and exacting methods — Watson emphasizes how each Anopheles species has to be addressed in its own proper way, as some love shadow, others sun; some breed in flowing water, others in stagnant pools; some bite indoors, others outdoors — were largely forgotten.
Watson’s books make for fascinating reading, and they help us better understand what really matters in the fight against malaria, and infectious diseases in general: an educated society and dedicated experts, supported by an able and efficient administration. Where these are given, infectious diseases are conquered; where they are lacking, infectious diseases run rampant.
It just so happens that tonight I have finished converting one of them to an online version. Maybe take a look.
wildlifeperspectives says:
Griff, I see no one is trying to refute your point about birds of prey being affected by DDT. Good. In the USA and Canada, I believe that was a major consideration in the banning of its widespread use. And as a result, many populations of raptors like bald eagles and peregrine falcons have recovered from alarming declines in population they had experienced. DDT has valid reasons to be used, but if it was to be once again used as a widespread, broadcast insecticide, impacts on birds and other wildlife would be measurable, and not in a good way.
Wildlife, if I may~ What is your view on raptors now being wiped out by wind turbines, and the fact that the government is giving wind facilities the green light to wipe them out right and left?
Craig Loehle says:
The decline of birds of prey was mostly due to people shooting them. When millions of people kept chickens outdoors, these raptors were viewed as a threat. Everyone moved to the cities and modern chicken farms are mostly within sheds. As well, education about the birds kicked in. Shooting them went down and they recovered. The stuff about eggshells was simply bad science and never happened.
Wild: In every case, raptor populations started recovering years, even decades prior to the banning of DDT.
It was the banning of hunting that resulted in their recovery.
Joel Snider says:
Hundreds of millions dead. Billions by some count. Measurable. Not in a good way.
As a result of not shooting them, many bird populations have recovered.
I haven’t seen any credible evidence that egg shell thinning was caused by DDT as Carson claimed. The trial birds were given another product in their feed that was know to cause thinning. Haven’t got time to hunt down the reference but will try later.
David Middleton says:
The only manner in which DDT harmed eagles was through the ingestion of DDT-poisoned fish. When carefully used in a manner which avoids run-off into rivers and streams, DDT is no threat to eagles.
https://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/recovery/biologue.html
Precisely, one of the trials fed the test birds with a diet deficient in calcium. That was what caused the thinning. For a few species DDT may thin their shells but the experimental results are in dispute and the evidence is inconclusive anyway. Most species thrive in a DDT sprayed environment because it reduces parasites. This is true of animals and birds, dogs live longer because it reduces “worms.”
The birds were fed a diet deficient in calcium and kept in a hot and noisy environment.
Any one of those three, in isolation is know to cause shell thinning.
ECK says:
Oh, and by the way, populations of raptors like bald eagles and peregrine falcons had started to recover well before DDT use was banned.
The so called science that DDT thinned the egg shells of birds was thoruoughly refuted as bad science even before the book came out.
As always, Griff believes the propaganda he’s paid to believe.
DDT and it’s impact on birds like bald eagles is irrefutable; aerially applied over fields, It does get into water, it does accumulate in fish, it does get to raptors. Regardless if you believe that or not, spraying insecticides like it sometimes is is not something that’s anywhere near desirable (I once hunted on a farm in Saskatchewan where the farmer told me he had sprayed 23 times for ‘hoppers’ that year) . There are better pesticides today, and better farming practices in general, that suggest it would not be a good thing to start spraying DDT willy nilly once again.
And in response to ClimateOtter’s question as to what do I think of windmills and their place in society – I think they stink. I have nothing, nothing at all good to say about windmills as a way to produce energy. As an aside, a bald eagle researcher I know has wondered how all those windmills, harvesting the wind, might be impacting on energy flow dynamics. It’s not something anyone, to my knowledge, is paying any attention to.
(I once hunted on a farm in Saskatchewan where the farmer told me he had sprayed 23 times for ‘hoppers’ that year) .
Wildlifeperspectives, ….. if the farmer told you that, …… then why in hell did you bother to go hunting on his land?
That year and all the past years of that farmer spraying that DEADLY DDT …… then there couldn’t possibly be any wildlife left on his farm for you to be hunting for.
stuartlarge says:
Well I agree with all this except DDT anything that accumulates in fatty tissue and cannot be eliminated, makes me nervous.
Ed Zuiderwijk says:
I’m afraid that it’s impossible to get the religion out of environmentalism. You can only do that by killing environmentalism (and its proponents) off.
How did the Aztec religion disappear? Not by itself or through internal reform. When the Spanish were confronted by its excesses, the human sacrifice, they ware genuinely appalled. Which is interesting because they ware no lovey-doveys themselves. But the reaction was to slaughter lock stock and barrel the priest class. That had the effect that suddenly the populace was a) without “spiritual” leadership, and b) realised that what the priests had preached was a load of cobblers and that their gods were false ones; this probably explains whey they adopted Christianity so quickly.
How did the Baal religion disappear? Some conqueror slaughtered the priests. And so a few more.
I’m afraid that the high priests of environmentalism are too well established to suffer such a fate. Until it may be too late for mankind to survive the consequences of their idiocy.
“ Until it may be too late for mankind to survive the consequences of their idiocy.”
If Hillary Clinton gets elected POTUS …… then I’m sure it is “dun to late” to reverse the swing of the Social Pendulum.
Charles Nelson says:
Original Sin = CO2.
The moment you are born you become guilty.
rishrac says:
Only if you are European, American, Canadian, Australian, or New Zealand.
Resourceguy says:
Correct, and a traveler from a distant land would see the punishment with carbon taxes and wealth redistribution and budget patch efforts with carbon tax revenue as a strange local religious custom like dietary restrictions and veils. Historians have done a half way job at describing indulgences to the Vatican. We need to see the books that show how the money was actually used.
Thomas Homer says:
“We can show it [CO2] is a greenhouse gas like water vapor”
It would help a great deal if you would show the greenhouse gas property of CO2 currently functioning on Mars where the atmosphere is 95% CO2.
Nylo says:
Mars has, despite the 95% of CO2, a similar ammount of total CO2 in its atmosphere than Earth, given that its atmosphere is so thin. I remember reading that air pressure was around 3000 times lower than on Earth. So you would expect the same warming from CO2 than we have here. However, it doesn’t have the huge ammount of water vapour that we do, anong many other things. Nor a efficient way to distribute heat nor oceans to store it. This all means less uniform temperature, greater extremes. And this means lower average temperature.
MarcT77 says:
No, there is 20 times more CO2 per surface on Mars.
That’s right, the atmosphere of Mars is much thinner than Earth’s. However if there is a physical property of CO2 such that it can be described as a “Greenhouse Gas”, and this property can be shown to exist here on Earth, I want to see evidence of this same property on Mars. If there were such a property, I would expect that the Mars atmosphere would not actually trap much/any heat, but the CO2 must be reflecting the Long Wave radiation as described within this theory. And the formula(s) should resolve to something. A miniscule amount of heat for a minuscule amount of time.
Why isn’t the Mars’ Rover measuring it? I would think proponents would relish the opportunity to prove out their theory of CO2 in near isolation. If we can’t “show” this property exists on Mars, why should we accept that it exists here on Earth?
I believe the surface pressure on Mars is closer to 3% that of the Earth.
“I remember reading that air pressure was around 3000 times lower than on Earth.”
That may have been the calculation of the climate modeler who gave Al Gore the talking point that the earth’s core temperature was millions of degrees.
Pat Frank says:
Thomas, CO2 absorbs IR radiant energy and puts kinetic energy into the atmosphere by collision with other atmospheric gases — on Earth that’s oxygen and nitrogen.
On Mars, the atmosphere is so thin that collisions among gas molecules are rather rare compared to Earth. That makes the atmosphere on Mars more like the stratosphere on Earth, where CO2 deactivation occurs by re-radiation rather than by collision.
Likely, re-radiation dominates on Mars, too. There CO2 absorbs IR energy, and the vibrationally excited state, CO2*, has a long enough lifetime, through no collisions, to just re-radiate the energy. The result is no kinetic energy transfer.
On Earth, it appears that the fast response of the hydrosphere adjusts out any effect of the atmospheric kinetic energy imported by CO2.
Martian atmospheric pressure is .6% of Earth’s mean sea level pressure.
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” Max Plank
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” -John Cage, composer (5 Sep 1912-1992)
“When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it’s always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.”-Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (b. 6 Sep 1928)
I think doomsday cult explains it better. The members genuinely believe the priests, such as James Hansen, when the priests tell them they must change their sinning ways or the world will end. As with such cults, failure of the prophesy only strengthens their resolve and belief. The seventh day Adventists are still going strong more than a hundred years after their end of the world deadline. You cannot get religion out of environmentalism because without the belief in doom, there is no environmentalism. As was pointed out in this story, truth and facts have no impact on the true believers. Another common theme of cults and religions is the exceptionalism of man. Environmentalism assumes that man is not natural. That the natural environment is that which is untouched by man. Man is special because he can change the environment so man and his works are not part of the natural environment. If man is just another animal on this planet, then what man does is natural and New York City is as much a part of nature as Yosemite Park. We have all been programmed, so very few humans now accept that we are natural. Evidence that changes to nature by man are beneficial to man is systematically repressed and ignored. If you don’t ignore it you are a bad person. A sinner.
techgm says:
In the foreword of “State of Fear,” Crichton wrote that his initial plan for his novel was to raise the alarm about global warming, but that, as he did his research, he came to the conclusion that the data did not support the claims, and that he consequently wrote the book as an anti-global-warming warning. (He also included data in the appendix.)
jeanparisot says:
“The late Dr. Michael Crichton”
It’s always been my hope that he’s still with us, having used his wealth to pull a fade like the character in State of Fear.
I found his early stuff at the library last summer, good brain candy.
thomasbrown32000 says:
Hi Anthony — I like WUWT a lot and read it faithfully. But it is mildly frustrating to read your submission rules, find out that one of the ‘banned’ topics is religion, and then read this. As both a person of faith and a reasonably accomplished scientist, it does strike me as odd when scientists (both professional and amateur) come forward with less than a third grade level knowledge of religious thought and writing, including propagating many tired myths of science and religion. For those willing to put some time into it, please read works like that of Alvin Plantinga (https://www.amazon.com/Where-Conflict-Really-Lies-Naturalism/dp/0199812098/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473855216&sr=1-1&keywords=where+the+conflict+really+lies). By the way, I have nothing but admiration for (the late) Michael Crichton — he recognized political and social dogma (from whatever source) as what it was. In the history arena, and for a much more complete account of the Copernican revolution, see Arthur Koestler’s book ‘The Sleepwalkers’ https://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Modern-Classics-Sleepwalkers-Changing/dp/0141394536/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473855456&sr=1-1&keywords=9780141394534
Firstly, the topic of the essay is not “religion;” it is environmentalism. Andy’s analogy is drawn from the fact that both are faith-based systems. I don’t think there’s anything controversial about describing religion as a faith-based system. The point of discussion is the nature of environmentalism as a faith-based system.
Secondly, the policy refers to comments and article submissions…
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If this essay was about religion, it would have not been accepted or would have been deleted.
The policy does not ban references or analogies to religion… https://wattsupwiththat.com/?s=religion
“religion, discussions of barycentrism, astrology, aliens, bigfoot, chemtrails, 911 Truthers, Obama’s Birth Certificate, HAARP, UFO’s, Electric Universe, mysticism, pressure gradient predicts all planetary atmospheric temperature, and Principia/Slaying the Sky Dragon aka “MAGIC GAS””
Dang, all the good ones.
The topic was environmentalism. The COMPARISON was religion.
Crighton is of course right about Eden never having existed. However, the high mortality numbers he cites are to some degree related to population density. Does anyone know what the infant mortality is among great apes? I should think that at least the mortality due to infectious diseases is lower than the figure 80% he cites, and early humans were likely better at keeping their young safe from other dangers than the apes are. Maybe some collective memory of such friendlier times influenced the myth of Eden.
Another circumstance that might have contributed to the legend is the Holocene optimum, with its greener, lusher environment around the Mediterranean sea (where all of our handed-down mythology arose).
OK S. says:
Dr. Creighton’s belief that the Garden of Eden never existed is, of course, a blind, non-scientific, religious belief. Any belief based on the absence of evidence is not science, just opinion.
OK. We can’t be sure whether or not the story is true. Let’s just say it is implausible, and it is only supported by an old book of unknown authorship and with many other implausible tales in it.
Belief in the Garden of Eden, as literally portrayed in Genesis, is entirely based on faith. As such, it is no different from the belief that a new environmental regulation will avert “x” cases of asthma.
Crichton is talking about the Garden of Eden not in the Biblical sense but in the sense that it is assumed that primitive people lived an idyllic life. Like Rousseau’s Noble Savage.
That’s true… But it works in both contexts.
Yes, Eden DID exist. Websearch “Gobekli Tepe.” Fascinating. This does not contradict the realities of Evolution. It’s just history. Genesis has many levels, the most valuable of which are spiritual meanings that we won’t discuss here. Gobekli Tepe was at the very beginning of agriculture. One memory of that which is preserved in the Bible is the statement that Eve’s pain in childbearing “increased.” This points to evolution as a Biblical fact, for the “literal” interpretation–meaning the stupidest possible interpretation–has no children before the expulsion from Eden. Today, “primal” or “Paleo” or “caveman” diets are popular, and many improvements in health have been noted from them. As we explore these things, we are also developing a regenerative agriculture that is truly restoring some part of Eden in very real ways.
oakwood says:
It reminds me of this great cartoon: “Something’s just not right…”
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/96/7d/96/967d9655fc49387e9722feaa62aacc79.jpg
Roy Spencer has a good cartoon too…
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/dhm1353035/Spencer_ECI_zps16948f96.png
The high child mortality did not mean “nobody lives past thirty”. Most of them who got past five lived past thirty.
Is it the time when infant mortality was 80%, when four children in five died of disease before the age of five? When one woman in six died in childbirth?
Another way to see this based on averages is:
First four children died, then one survived, then at the sixth childbirth the mother died. You really have to wonder how there was any population growth.
Point taken anyway. Environmentalism is a religion.
There was in fact for most of history very little population growth. Populations grew when people discovered unoccupied lands or there was a breakthrough in agriculture or technology.
Most women were constantly pregnant, from the age of 13 or 14 till their death.
Regarding religion and post-1980’s environmental regulations, both are almost entirely faith-based. It’s logically impossible to not draw the analogy. Pretty well all new environmental regulations since the early 1980’s are faith-based. They are almost entirely predicated on “x number of deaths and/or illnesses will be prevented.” This metric is entirely mythical, unverifiable and 100% faith-based.
40-60 years ago, air and water pollution were very serious problems in the U.S. Effective environmental regulations enacted in the 1960’s and 1970’s were instrumental in cleaning up the environment. The problem with more regulations is two-fold: 1) Most real pollutants are at or near irreducible levels and 2) The cost-benefit is a diminishing returns (production) function. The pollution abatement is linear while the cost per unit of pollution is geometric. Since, the EPA can’t produce any real cost-benefit numbers, they gin up faith-based benefits (x number of asthma diagnosis prevented). It’s impossible to prove that something will be prevented. It’s also impossible to prove that something that didn’t happen was prevented.
Most pollutants are already at or near irreducible levels and almost all are well below the national standard; yet the EPA continues to ratchet down the standards, exponentially increasing compliance costs.
NO2 and SO2 were already well below the national standard and declining *before * Obama sent the EPA on an Enviromarxist jihad against American industry…
https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/nitrogen-dioxide-trends
https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/sulfur-dioxide-trends
PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) was already below the national standard and falling before Obama’s war on productivity…
https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/particulate-matter-pm25-trends
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) was way below the national standard and falling before Obama’s dictatorship of the proletariat-bureaucracy …
CO has been below the National Standard since the early 1980’s and has been at an essentially irreducible level since the early 2000’s.
https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/carbon-monoxide-trends
O3 has been essentially at an irreducible level since the early 1980’s and the National Standard is ridiculously low.
https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/ozone-trends
The National Standard for surface level ozone (O3) is ~0.075 parts per million. Ozone isn’t a problem until it gets above 0.2 ppm…
0.200 ppm
Prolonged exposure of humans under occupational and experimental conditions produced no apparent ill effects. The threshold level at which nasal and throat irritation will result appears to be about 0.300 ppm.
The ozone level at which some sensitive species of plant life began to show signs of ozone effects.
The ozone level at which Los Angeles, California, declares its Smog Alert No. 1. Can cause nausea in some individuals. Extended exposure could cause lung edema (an abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or serous cavity). Enhances the susceptibility to respiratory infections.
http://www.understandingozone.com/limits.asp
The EPA wants to lower the National Standard to 0.06 ppm…
EPA Proposes New Limit for Ozone Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced a new proposal to limit emissions of ozone, arguing that curbing the smog-causing pollutant will have wide-ranging public health benefits.
The EPA argues that ground-level ozone can pose serious threats to public health, including aggravation of lung diseases like asthma. Republicans and fossil fuel industry advocates say that a suite of recent EPA regulations are unnecessary, too costly and will result in job losses.
The new proposed regulation would lower the current limit for ozone pollution from 75 parts per billion to between 65 to 70 parts per billion. It would also solicit public comment on an even lower threshold of 60 parts per billion, which environmental groups have sought.
http://www.powermag.com/epas-proposed-revisions-to-ozone-standards-to-cost-up-to-15b-annually/
The annual cost to lower O3 to 65-70 ppb is estimated to be $3.9 to 15 billion…
Annual costs are estimated at $3.9 billion in 2025 for a standard of 70 ppb and $15 billion for a standard of 65 ppb. The agency’s Regulatory Impact Analysis for the rule meanwhile suggests that the alternative standard level could cost up to $39 billion annually.
“If the standards are finalized, every dollar we invest to meet them will return up to three dollars in health benefits,” said the EPA.
Other estimates put the cost much higher, with the annual cost peaking at $270 billion.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/dhm1353017/P20141127054648_zps5459063c.png
With a cumulative cost of more than $2 trillion and a loss of 101 GW of electricity generation capacity by 2040…
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/dhm1353017/P20141127054630_zpse14d970a.png
If reducing ground level O3 reduces the incidence of asthma, why did the incidence of asthma double or triple while ground level O3 was being reduced by more than 30%?
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/dhm1353017/P20141127055436_zps27ceebfb.png
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http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9704140
Pb is perhaps the QED in the proof that environmentalism is now a religion. Lead (Pb) is generally considered to be one of the most toxic pollutants. Lead pollution dates back at least to Roman times. It appears that lead pollution peaked in the mid-20th century and have been dropping like a lead weight since the 1960’s, totally ignoring the population “explosion” and the EPA (which did not commence its mischief until 1970). Lead levels are currently about where they were before the industrial revolution.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/Pb1_zps66e073c3.png
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/Pb2_zps3d1bc6ea.png
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/Pb3_zps5d886f50.png
Annual compliance costs are in millions of 2006 dollars.
Pollution abatement follows a production (AKA diminishing returns) function. Each dollar spent removes less pollution than the previous dollar. The cost of compliance with the Clean Air Act is rising exponentially while the return in pollution abatement is asymptotically approaching zero…
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/Pb4_zps8f9b30dd.png
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/Pb5_zps55bb2b3d.png
The gov’t routinely exaggerates the supposed benefits of regulations, usually relying on unverifiable claims, such as, “Regulation X prevented 1,500 premature deaths.” There is no way to test or verify a claim that things would have been worse if gov’t didn’t impose these real costs on your business. And the costs are very real.
The EPA routinely uses asthma as a justification for new reg’s. They claim the reg’s will reduce the incidence of asthma. The EPA’s own data show that atmospheric concentrations of SO2 and NO2 have been declining, while the CDC says that asthma diagnoses have been increasing over the last few decades.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/Asthma_SO2_NO2.png
If the pollution abatement was reducing the incidence of asthma, why is the percentage of children being diagnosed with asthma rising?
The only difference between religion and environmentalism is the fact that the environmentalists’ “god” can be empirically disproved.
Regarding DDT, there was a need to modify how it was used, not a need to ban it. Banning DDT probably killed over 20 million people, mostly children in Third World countries. DDT is currently saving lives in the African countries in which it was re-introduced…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1677073.stm
Regarding DDT and birds, this is a myth. There is no evidence that DDT directly harmed eagles or other birds. DDT, when sprayed carelessly over water bodies, did kill fish and this did affect eagles by reducing their available food supply and eagles occasionally were sickened after eating DDT-poisoned fish…
The solution was to take greater care in DDT application – not ban it. The odds are that Rachel Carson killed as many people as Adolph Hitler.
mairon62 says:
Great post, David. It all starts with public education, which now teaches conclusions; not how to arrive at one. Back when I worked for an aircraft manufacturer, we built a new paint hangar with state of the art scrubbers to eliminate the release of 98% of the paint fumes. After only 18 months of operation the EPA was back to issuing fines for the paint fumes. Our new hangar wasn’t good enough. And people wonder why companies move production to China.
oz4caster says:
David, excellent analysis. I recently retired from working with air quality data for over 40 years and I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of air quality regulations and their impact. The US is well beyond the point of greatly diminishing return on investment with air quality regulations, to the point that the return is inconsequential on a massively wasteful present and future expenditure. This problem also includes “carbon pollution”, which is such a misused term that is now applied to CO2 in error. CO2 is NOT air pollution, even at peak levels seen on earth over the last several hundred millions of years that were much higher than present.
Found the reference to the study that fed a calcium deficient diet and DDT to birds and found an erroneous link: “Still, the researchers just had a correlation between DDT and eggshell thinning. So they did what good scientists should do—they experimented. Joel Bitman at the U.S. Department of Agriculture fed Japanese quail a diet laced with DDT. His study, “DDT Induces a Decrease in Eggshell Calcium,” published in Nature on October 4, 1969, found that the quail dosed with DDT had eggshells that were about 10 percent thinner than those of undosed quail. However, Bitman’s findings were eventually overturned because he had also fed his quail a low-calcium diet. When the quail were fed normal amounts of calcium, the thinning effect disappeared. Studies published in Poultry Science found chicken eggs almost completely unaffected by high dosages of DDT.” Here: http://reason.com/archives/2004/01/07/ddt-eggshells-and-me Some raptor species (eagles, falcons, ospreys, pelicans) are a little sensitive to DDE (a metabolic product of DDT). But, if you don’t spray DDT on water where they feed it is not a problem for them. Other birds are totally unaffected or actually helped by ingesting DDT. Thanks David, great comment.
R Monroe says:
Actually lead was an addictive to it was simply required to stop adding it.
Atmospheric lead was declining prior to the unleaded fuels mandate.
Tetraethyllead was an additive. It reduced valve wear, eliminated engine knock and boosted both power and fuel economy. For the better part of 50 years, cars were designed to run on leaded gasoline.
Removing it as an additive was a good thing; but it wasn’t easy or inexpensive. There was a tangible benefit. Recent efforts to further lower the National Standard for lead will be far more expensive and yield no tangible benefits.
“If the pollution abatement was reducing the incidence of asthma, why is the percentage of children being diagnosed with asthma rising?” If messing with childrens’ immune systems is so safe, how is it known to be the case since there is no prior use of simultaneous childhood universal vaccination of a laundry list of diseases. Such a question does not depend on thermosil/mercury or adjuvent investigation but on the supposition that a technique generated in the lab to ameliorate risks for heightened single disease exposure in adults is fine as a scattergun approach in kids. What effects would you look for except immune system hypersensitivity and malfunction ?
I’ve been saying this for so many years, how disgusting this entire GW thing is. It has become a sickening religion for millions, all based on no more than a lie.
William W Jackson says:
Actually the Church of Warming is just one sect of the government created religion of Secular Socialism. The faith is the belief in A Supreme Central Collective with the eternal reward of a socialist utopia on Earth. Its other sects are the Churches of Racism, Feminism, War, Gender,Labor, etc. Any disagreement with their dogma is blasphemy and gets one branded a heretic. Current terms for “heretic” are denier, homophobe,racist, misogynist, Nazi, anti-troop and now the new term to cover all “deplorables”. These churches have clergy in the form of over educated intellectuals who are reminiscent of the priests of the monarchies that espoused the right of the kings to rule by divine right. The main difference between the SS and the deist religions is that they seldom attack each other like Shiites versus Sunnis or Baptists versus Catholics. The Church of Labor does not attack the EPA over shutting down coal mines and the Feminists didn’t attack one of their priests for sexually exploiting young interns in the Whitehouse. One would have a better chance of arguing the virgin birth with a evangelical than any difference of opinion with any of these church’s beliefs.
graphicconception says:
Borrowed mainly from a Bishop Hill post some time ago …
Note the structural and behavioral similarities:
► Monk ==> Scientist – They provide the articles of the faith
► Priest ==> Journalist – They spread the faith and convert the faithful
► Sin ==> Carbon Emissions – How an individual’s acts hurt the community
► Salvation ==> Energy Reduction – How individuals can redeem themselves
► Indulgences ==> Carbon Credits – Buying forgiveness
► Church ==> IPCC – Organisation in charge of the faith
► Bible ==> IPCC Reports – Official guidebook to the faith
► Evangelists ==> Activists – Aggressive promoters of the faith
► God ==> Gaia – The “superhuman” who will “judge” us
► Lovelock ==> Judas – The betrayer of the faith, the apostate
► Hell ==> 2 degree temperature rise – Hot/cold/dry/wet whatever is bad will be worse
► Signs from God ==> Any Storm or Drought
► Tithes ==> Carbon Taxes – Every religion needs money
► Garden of Eden ==> Pre-industrial world
► The Serpent ==> Fossil fuel companies
► The Apple ==> A fire
► Rituals ==> Erecting wind farms, ‘burning’ deniers, ‘stoning’ apostates.
► Unbelievers ==> Deniers – to be detested and cast into darkness
► The Devil ==> The Koch’s
► Demons ==> Sceptics, in the pay of Big Oil, vital to cast them out.
► Evil Spirit ==> Greenhouse Gas – it cannot be seen or touched, but is everywhere.
This is enlightening. Thanks
JPeden says:
“Amen” Thanks!
Flyoverbob says:
The article is a sermon to the converted. From childhood I was taught the sanctity of observable data, the repeatability of experiments and consistency of outcomes. As an adult I learned that computers are high-speed morons. They will produce what they are programed to produce.
I like the majority here share you frustration with the heretics.
Tom Halla says:
For what I think is the origin of the term “true believer”, Eric Hoffer with “The True Believer” 1951. An interesting essay on the religiofication of mass movements, and the similarity of the thought processes of the fanatics of various religious and political stripes. The content of the movements changes, but the syndrome is very similar. James Hansen as Trofim Lysenko, anyone?
It also involves a heavy dose of blaming others and not taking any measure of personal responsibility for direct or indirect mistakes. That fits with the pattern of shifting emphasis, targets, and labels. Recall the famous “who could have known” epilogue from then Rep. Markey or the slip up by Sen. Wirth.
Walter Sobchak says:
” tens of millions of poor people, mostly children, died.”
Mostly people of color. which is exactly what they wanted. Environmentalism is the last socially acceptable form of racism.
Jenn Runion says:
Environmentalism is the last socially acceptable form of racism.
Or Imperialism. Supremacy…etc.
Next up is the light pollution tax followed by the noise pollution tax on lawn mowers. The ongoing formula tactic is a staged process without full disclose of the end objectives to the public victims at large. The Hollywood edgy formula also plays a part as the advance troupe.
Richard M says:
I was wondering if NOAA was losing a little of their religion. They recently revised their El Nino numbers to once again show the 2014-2015 was a weak El Nino. They originally called it an El Nino and then when Karl introduced his pause buster changes the El Nino disappeared. Now it is back.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears.shtml
mark4asp says:
An essay with this title is written about every 3 months, or so. Yes: environmentalism is like a religion. No it’s not a religion. UK enviros are the most Godless of any political tendency here, so a poll of UK Green Party members showed about 18 months ago. The author of this piece fundamentally misunderstands modern environmentalists. It is not a nature-loving movement. It is a human-hating movement. They are more like hell-fire priests or hair-shirted, self-flagellating monks than ‘nature loving pagans’. Except they want to ‘whip us’ for our ‘sins’, not themselves.
But they want to profit from it while running a sterilization campaign for acceptable thought and voting. This involves manipulation of Boards and Commissions and all related funded positions therein.
Michael A. Lewis says:
The question is not what “they” do, but who “they” are.
Words have meaning. “Environmentalist” means one and only one thing: “a person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.” One who bangs on about climate change (aka Global Warming) and its political, economic and social implications is not acting as an environmentalist.
Climate change is not about protection of the environment. Climate change is about thought control, protection of the economic status quo and political totalitarianism. Climate change activists are social engineers, not environmentalists.
The meaning of a words change over time. Prior to 1968 (Before the Club of Rome) they called themselves conservationists. They went to long walks and proposed nature reserves. Back then, I think most people saw them as odd but charming people. Then Club of Rome doctrine decreed economic growth bad per se, and human beings the enemy within. The new environmentalists saw energy as the most important driver of real economic growth. We’ve had a war on energy since resisted by Jill Public’s desire for cheap energy. First targeting nuclear power. In the West, making nuclear power almost impossible to develop in any economic sense. The enviros preferences: anti-energy, anti-GMO, anti- “Big” Agri, pro-organic farming, pro-regulation. Modern environmentalism became a cult of economic inefficiency. The opposite approach to what I’d expect from an old style 1960s conservationist. Inefficiency makes waste and conservationists wish to conserve, not waste. How did these new environmentalists triumph over the old conservationists? The trashing of old style conservationism is so complete that the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) formally opposes nuclear power and supports avian-slicing wind power. Money, money money. Lots of money funding extreme anti-human enviros. The said enviros spent all their time propagandizing, lobbying, engaging in gesture politics for the media, fund-raising, and suing, or threatening to sue. All the while pretending to care about conservation. All that money directed by up to 1300 funds and foundations, mostly in the USA. Several of those funds with asset under management of ~$6bn.
I see no religion. I see a political movement dedicated to anti-humanism in the literal sense. They care about as much for the “environment” as a general during war. It’s the ground they move on, and their battlefield. Their enemy is other people.
I think it is a collective psychosis with a lot of god complex. The same happens in any religion, but not all religious people are psychotic. So it is very similar to religions. I call it the imaginary opening neurosis and the invaded opening psychosis.
Men and women share the same brain, so we can all have an opening that lets some things in and feels invaded by other things. In the case of imaginary openings, it seems that the only real feeling they can have is when they feel invaded. So eventually, all the imaginary openings feel invaded. Anything manly will more likely be invasive. The hockey stick of warming that rises all of a sudden in the recent era seems perfect to invade the collective climatic opening.
If we look at the worst crimes in history. A lot were committed by people who felt invaded in their national opening, spiritual opening, social opening… The Nazi national opening was invaded by Jews a few decades ago, at least this is what Nazis felt. And the Nazis thought that Jews had to die, this a common pattern. In religions, if somebody invades the collective spiritual opening, they either have to die(extremist view) or they won’t have the eternal life(pacifist view). But still the same pattern.
The media do not help. They are a bit like pimps, they can only sell openings that are ready to feel invaded on demand. And when men with invaded openings commit a crime, they often try to turn it in a crime committed by somebody without openings.
These days, it seems that the new religions are of the pseudo-scientific kind governed by people with intellectual openings. Climate and nutrition “science” have a lot of offenders. They often think that if they let the opinions of the best experts in their intellectual opening, they are the ones who will give birth to the next generation of science. These people are probably already in a psychosis. So you can’t just tell them the truth. I don’t know how the Occident will get out of that mess. And it is probably not the first time it happened.
So, good luck with that dickhead vs cunthead election in the US. I just hope that one day, rational thinking will make a comeback.
Joel O'Bryan says:
I don’t blame the environmentalists. They have always been a totalitarian-leaning, “the end justifies whatever means necessary” lot, and mostly following misguided idealism.
I blame the so-called scientists being led down the noble cause corruption path with the carrot of grant$ as they sell their integrity and ethics. Then the real shady ones like Mann, McNutt, Holdren, and Schmidt get their foothold, willing to sell out completely for prestige and $.
I’m exceedingly tired of the “environmentalism is religion” canard. It’s an overgeneralization, it’s divisive, it’s insulting, and most of all it’s an egregious lie.
I am an environmentalist, have been for most of my 67 years. I am not a human hater, I am not a nature worshipper, I am not a racist, I am not a true believer. I am an environmentalist, a person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
I am also a scientist. I work with data, evidence, theory and hypotheses. Belief and religion are not a part of my world view.
This constant drum beat of environmentalism as religion periodically drives me away from WUWT. It casts the contents of this blog as ignorant, biased, irrational and unscientific. It makes me question what I read here.
Environmentalism is no more religion than is climate science. Both are based on research, data and the scientific method.
Environmentalism is not restricted to large international organizations that capitalize on lurid headlines to raise funds to support their bloated bureaucracies. Environmentalists are individuals who work to conserve, preserve and restore natural habitat and species from degradation from human growth and exploitation. This is not religion, this is not faith-based, this is clear, cold data based research and activism.
Equating environmentalism with alarmist Global Warming is absurd. The social forces that promote scare-mongering over slight changes in the fiction of global average surface temperature have nothing to do with environmentalism.
I see far more religiosity in the responses to this one post than I do in a month of interaction with fellow environmentalists.
joelobryan says:
Okay Then:
Explain 350.org and why its resistance to pipelines is scientifically sound.
Explain “The Science Guy” Bill Nye’s absurd proclamations.
Explain “the science is settled” from the US President.
Explain the science deceptions clearly evident in the ClimateGate emails from Phil Jones and his coconspirators.
Explain why large solar PV arrays in areas like New England and Northern Europe can be justified.
Explain why the US Govt’s social costs of carbon study-analyses ignore CO2 fertilization effects.
Science my butt.
You’re lying to the easiest person to fool… yourself.
350.org is not an environmental organization
“The Science Guy” Bill Nye’s is not an environmentalist.
the US President is not an environmentalist
Phil Jones and his coconspirators are not environmentalists
Solar PV arrays in areas like New England and Northern Europe are necessary replacements for finite fossil fuels.
the US Govt’is not an environmental organization.
Michael Lewis, your response sounds familiar. Oh yes, here is the same type response in recent news.
http://santamariatimes.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-s-top-cleric-says-iranians-are-not-muslims/article_94b47b8e-8314-507c-bbf0-d1937c790183.html
Let me try this again for Michael Lewis. Where have I heard your response recently? Oh yes, here it is. http://www.bcdemocrat.com/2016/09/06/ml-saudi-iran/
This is precisely the kind of irrelevant and meaningless comment that gives WUWT a dodgy reputation.
Smokey (Can't do a thing about wildfires) says:
@Michael A Lewis, who said “Environmentalism is no more religion than is climate science. Both are based on research, data and the scientific method.”:
It’s very difficult to avoid thinking in this way when very smart people (e.g. Randall Munroe) continue to loudly & publicly espouse their belief in “science” and “data” that have long been debunked with actual facts
(e.g. [ http://xkcd.com/1732/ ]), whether Mann, et al. like it or not. Since the data are there for all to see, and since this man cannot possibly be to “dumb” or “stupid” to understand it, the only logical alternatives are that he has ignored facts in the face of belief, or hasn’t bothered to check the facts in favor of a belief.
Either could EASILY be defined as a “religion.”
It is important to use language carefully, and “environmentalism” is a term with a range of meanings. As Theodore Roosevelt noted, and originated the term, there is a “lunatic fringe” that attaches itself to many worthy causes. TR was referring to his own nominal supporters with that term.
In one sense, almost everyone is an “environmentalist”, in the sense of caring about the environment. The lunatic fringe commonly referred to as greens, on the other hand, treat all things done by humans as a bad thing that must be minimised or eliminated. Reducing “pollution” past the point where it has no effect on the environement is an act of worship, not a cost-benefit analysis.
That “lunatic fringe” of 100 years ago are now the mainstream today. Look at the BILLION dollar advocacy industry, where increasingly money is the objective not the solutions.
The Sierra Club,Greenpeace,Earth First and so on who have been caught committing crimes to further their Utopia religion.
Taking in potfulls of money to support an advocacy position is not restricted to Greenpeace, Sierra Club and Earth First! (EF! by the way do not take in potfulls of money. They can barely sustain their own single publication month to month.) The Democrat/Republican Parties are masters at this game.
Once an organization detours down the road of expediency in fund-raising, ideology steps out the window and succumbs to gravity. Money becomes the reason d’etre, and the cause is lost in the spreadsheet. This happens in any organization, large or small, environmental, political of scientific. Money may not be the root of all evil, but it is branch and stem.
As an environmentalist, I am a scientist, an atheist and an anarchist. I don’t do belief, I don’t do coercion and I don’t do politics. I stand up for what I stand on. I resist much, obey little. I am the president of my local chapter of NIMBYs R Us.
Environmentalism doesn’t have to be a form of religion.
Unfortunately almost all of the big name environmentalists do suffer from that delusion.
I’m unaware of these “big-name” environmentalists. There’s a plethora of big names out there, but none of them qualify in my Oxford English Dictionary as an environmentalist!
Michael A. Lewis
Agreed! And I’m an Environmentalist in your sense of the term, too, and have practiced it even in my own lifestyle for at least 40 years. But the problem is that the term “Environmentalism” has now been usurped by a Controllist Propaganda Operation which intentionally changes the practical meaning of the term to its own ends of Control, while trying to pretend and convey that it still means what it used to mean.
It’s an old tactic in general, whereby people also fooled themselves because they did not understand that “words do not carry meaning around on their backs.” Hence a lot of confusing Philosophy about “The Good, Justice, Reality, Knowledge” and so on. Words are, after all, only sounds, appearances, sensations, or anything else used to try to communicate something, eventually probably merging even into art, nonsense, and acts of brute power and violence, depending on what one’s meaning of what a “word” is in practice.
But most currently the confusion has been turned into an intentional tactic for the benefit essentially of the total domination of other people. Charles Krauthammer calls it “Rhetoric over Reality” while I call it “Perception is Reality Delusionalism” to emphasize that it involves the creation of Delusions to which many people are susceptible.
The current Propaganda Op operates such that: Means=Ends=Thought Control=Totalitarianism.
So when people try to tell me that I’m not an Environmentalist if I don’t believe/in or do x, I try to show them that they are wrong or not really Environmentalists, or say, “I don’t want to be your kind of “Environmentalist” then try to explain why and why I’ve done more to do what they say they want to do than they have. – In the past I’ve also been a member of several well known but no longer Environmental Organizations.
These people usually don’t get it, but at least it shuts them up for a while. I got one guy, up front and personal, to almost break into tears as he turned-tail and exited my Cabin while trying to protest in support of his own “Environmental Record”. He didn’t learn anything except maybe to stop trying to mess with me. I mostly shut up another person up close and personal – it at least drove her to finally claim that CO2-Climate Science “doesn’t make any Predictions” – but she might be capable of learning something about it now that she’s retired from the US Forest Service. Hope springs eternal.
But making their use of “Environmentalism” analogous to the practice of a Religion can help to perhaps inform other people listening. As a simple example, if we are D’niers, aren’t they Believers according to their own usage? And hasn’t The Pope even incorporated *CO2*-“Climate Change” into his own Religion?
But, “It’s never over.” – George Shultz on Politics in Washington, DC.
Pierre DM says:
The pollution nonsense began in the early 80’s. Back then I had a environmental bureaucrat tell me than the pollution levels were over the limit from the non-contact cooling water being discharged. The source was the city drinking water and was identical (and over the limits) when testing. I applied for an abatement and was told I probably would not succeed. During the in shop inspection I included in the paperwork a single sheet with a single test more than 100 times the pollution level being disputed. When questioned I said “Oh, that should not be in there, I was just curious, that is the test on the coffee we are both drinking”.
I got the abatement but when the CEO (an old WWII fighter pilot) got wind of what I had done and viewed the single test results, he blew a gasket. “How dare that kid to test my GD coffee!!! I laid low for a while.
Once the Progressive Left killed off God as a means of social control, they had to fill the void of Catholic guilt with something.
So they took Genesis, painted it day-glo green, and changed God to Gaea. Then they sent the leeches out to collect and trade on the new ‘sin’.
Enter the modern ‘Pardoner’s Tale’ of C02 extortionists.
Randall Munroe is a roboticist and cartoonist, not an environmentalist.
@Michael A. Lewis: Does it take an environmentalist to “truly understand” the science of climate change, then? This is the whole point of the article (and many of the others you claim force you away from this site periodically): those who CLAIM the title “environmentalist” have in fact hijacked it in the name of their “religion,” just as the National Socialists hijacked a perfectly benign symbol of benevolence & good fortune — which had been used as such for thousands of years — & in the span of barely two decades, turned it into the single most hated symbol on the planet.
“True” environmentalists such as yourself will have a hard time trying to win the title back by ignoring this basic fact: when someone says “environmentalist,” it invariably implies a belief in CAGW.
It doesn’t take a scientist to understand the facts don’t agree with them. It doesn’t take a linguist to understand the the term is being misused in the name of beliefs &/or politics. It also doesn’t take a genius to see that just because you’re one of the few “good” or “true” or “real environmentalists,” the word has been co-opted in a way you’re going to have to learn to deal with.
If the word “environmentalists” is co-opted and used to bash those who are not environmentalists, then it’s happening here on WUWT. I find that unfortunate and antithetical to the spirit of this site.
I don’t have to deal with it. I resist the bastardization of language every bit as much as I resits destruction of the natural world.
‘If the word “environmentalists” is co-opted and used to bash those who are not environmentalists, then it’s happening here on WUWT.’
Well, not quite. It’s reflected on this site, but the justification for the characterization occurred in the mainstream community of environmentalists as they became C02 crusaders.
I live in eco-central Northwest, and I find very few naturalists/environmentalists (whose number I once counted myself among), who haven’t simply adapted C02-phobia as their primary doctrine. So the word hasn’t been bastardized, the community it applies to has been corrupted. If you happen to be intellectually and philosophically separate from that community, then more power to you, but it’s your former fellows that have stigmatized the association.
Hell, I barely hear Greenpeace even bringing up whales anymore.
That’s a fair point. The word “environmentalist” has lost its true meaning. Most people are environmentalists in the original meaning of the word. Everyone wants clean air, clean water and to live in a healthy environment.
The religion analogy only truly applies to the zealous environmental political activists … I like to call them “Enviromarxists” because they use environmentalism as the rationale for government control of the economy. These people seek to totally eliminate pollution irrespective of the cost, because they think the supply of other people’s money (OPM) is unlimited.
cerescokid says:
Dave, thank you for your analysis and data. My colleagues at work were environmentalists and I dealt with environmental special interest groups on a daily basis. I had nothing but the utmost respect for their dedication and their mission. My only problem was the unwillingness to reevaluate from time to time, within a global perspective, the marginal costs of their goals against the marginal benefits. Spending X% of GDP with infinitesimal benefits makes little sense given all other public needs.
A final note to Michael A. Lewis, who said: “I don’t have to deal with it. I resist the bastardization of language every bit as much as I resits destruction of the natural world.”
My friend, you don’t get to decide what the rest of the world thinks of the label with which you paint yourself, nor can your resistance against the “bastardization” of language hope to be successful in the face of everyone else (allegedly) speaking your native tongue.
As Exhibit B, I present the words “forte,” and “forte,” both perfectly good words found in English language dictionaries everywhere, each pronounced differently & each with its proper respective use:
-> forte Old English, n. |FORT|, a strong place or point; “Swimming is fun, but triathlons really aren’t my f.”
-> forte Italian, adj. (adv. -ly) |FOR – tay|, loud, strong, forceful; “The music swelled from soft and lyrical to the rousing f. of a stirring march.”
(For those who didn’t know, go look it up: “Surprise!” & “You’re Welcome!”)
Despite this, nearly everyone I’ve ever met says things like “Well, pronouncing strange words I don’t use very often isn’t really my FOR-TAY,” and trust me when I say that “irony” is the last word in their respective brains when they say it.
In other words, please do cling to your idealized definition of “environmentalist” all you like, if that helps you feel better than everyone else. The word has a common, colloquial meaning these days which is very different from your own personal use, & no matter how “wrong” they may be in so doing, the general public will persist in re-defining language over time to fit their own use, but please don’t let that stop you from being smug & self-righteous while ignoring the obvious discussion at hand in favor of semantic gymnastics.
J.Seifert says:
…..a good post and all replies worth to read…..thanks.
Blair Macdonald says:
I have for a long time been thinking along these lines. I’d like to share my thoughts. I have written them up but..
I go a step further thinking environmentalism is an evolutionary convergence of religion, a repeating fractal like pattern, just like winged flight or tall woody stemmed plants (trees) are repeated. I reason: where the cause of trees (repeated in most plant types at one time or other) is reaching for the sunlight; the cause for religion (and the like) is the life force survival – an equally universal, fundamental life force share by all living things (and maybe even, it could be argued, some non-living where computer robots will someday maybe able to think, given a similar memory/brain power, about their own survival). We didn’t alway have religion, there was a time we would have walked past the dead; not now, now everything has a ‘right’ to life.
I justify environmentalism is religion on commonalities. Religion and environmentalism have in common concern for the future, and importantly survival in the future, this is a fundamental instinct, a ‘force of nature’. For religion (all religions) it is survival in the after-life, and for environmentalists survival of the future generations and the ecosystem; both of which are impossible, ‘we’ are in a constant flux of change, sustainability is a mantra. Where regular religions are obsessed with death and the afterlife, environmentalists are obsessed with extinction; again, both are natural. Both narratives are similar in that they make it sound like we are not welcome here, that we came from somewhere else, as if we are introduced – intruders. To hold their line, they are giving up what enlightenment has achieved over the last 4- 500 years and is slowly putting us (not Earth) humans – at the centre.
Arbeegee says:
Michael Crichton wrote: “On this continent, the newly arrived people who crossed the land bridge almost immediately set about wiping out hundreds of species of large animals.” Science backing this is easily found.
But here’s how British Columbia’s elementary school science text book “BC Science 7” by McGraw-Hill Ryerson serves up their politically correct version. In a science class.
“Aboriginal peoples can be considered British Columbia’s first ecologists.”
“In Aboriginal teachings, an ecosystem is a whole, rather than a collection of separate parts. All parts of the environment biotic and abiotic are alive, related, and sacred. Origin stories tell of living beings transformed into rock formations and mountains, of animals transformed into people, and of the first people emerging from the ocean. For Aboriginal peoples, all plants, animals, water bodies, land forms, and natural forces such as weather are interconnected and should be respected. Their understanding of ecosystems guides Aboriginal peoples today when they consider how their actions may affect ecosystems.”
As a father with a zoology degree, I was hoping to help my daughter with her science home work when I was dumbfounded to read the above in her school science text book of all places.
I can’t help but wonder how folks would react if other groups such as the “Scientific Creationists” were able to also include their beliefs into a public school science text. Something equally benign like, “Biblical origin stories tell of…”
Or maybe: “BC’s Shintoists are also ecologists. Their “spirits”, “essences” or “deities”, are associated with many understood formats; in some cases being human-like, in others being animalistic and others being associated with more abstract “natural” forces in the world (mountains, rivers, lightning, wind, waves, trees, rocks). These spirits and people are not separate; they exist within the same world and share its interrelated complexity.” That definition essentially is from Wikipedia and it reads very close to the Aboriginal statement.
Such is “science.”
Gabro says:
The Paleoindians killed off the Pleistocene megafauna. Their Archaic descendants drove bison herds over cliffs. In historical times, Plains Indians preying on bison with the European-introduced combination of horse and firearm were in the process of wiping them out when White hunters beat them to it. Columbia River tribe members today throw away any salmon they can’t sell.
As an archaeologist, this is something I know about in detail.
The Crichton quote is inaccurate. There were not “hundreds of species of large animals” waiting around to be wiped out by encroaching humans. Furthermore, Pleistocene megafauna we’re already under stress from the changing climate that allowed humans to show up in the first place. It’s not climate or humans, it was climate and humans.
Arbeegee, please note the paragraph starts with “In Aboriginal teachings,” making this a lesson in anthropology, not zoology. Nor does it bear any relationship to Creationism and religion.
The claim that Plains Indian tribes were in the process of wiping out bison is not supported in evidence.
I prefer to stick to reality, evidence and data rather than wild-eyed speculation.
Dr. Crichton is right about this. The only thing that differentiated the end-Pleistocene deglaciation from the previous dozen or so Pleistocene deglaciations was rapid advance of large numbers of skilled human hunters and their hunting dogs into Northern Europe and the America’s. While previous deglaciations were, no doubt, stressful and the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles of glacial stadials and interstadials was probably even more stressful, the megafauna did A-Ok before they had to deal with climate change, humans and dogs.
Ice age heatwaves sealed mammoths’ fate
Rachel Sullivan
ABC Friday, 24 July 2015
The Australian-led team say regular periods of rapid warming during the last ice age caused repeated cycles of regional megafauna extinction and recolonisation.
Then, they say, human hunters likely delivered the final blow to the animals’ survival by exploiting the migration routes used to flee the changing landscape and recolonise it centuries later.
“We tend to think of the ice age as lasting for 50,000 to 60,000 years, but it was actually remarkably variable, with cold periods punctuated by sudden temperature increases of between 4 and 16 degrees,” explains Professor Chris Turney, from the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.
“Known as Dansgaard-Oeschger events, they lasted for several centuries and caused big changes in the climate.”
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/07/24/4279385.htm
It drives me crazy when people babble about mammoths being flash-frozen with food in their mouths. Most, if not all, well-preserved mammoths were killed by flash floods related to the Dansgaard-Oeschger events.
Lyuba is the first and only mammoth carcass to have “well preserved” internal organs. The fact that “airways and digestive system were clogged with” silt is a pretty clear indication that she drowned in a flash flood, sank in a bog or was killed by a mudslide. Parts of mammoths, including a few nearly intact mummified carcasses, with some well-preserved soft tissue and fur, have been found frozen in permafrost (not in ice). These carcasses have been found primarily deposits of silt & mud. All of the other mammoth carcasses show some signs of slow decay with poor preservation of internal organs. Even the previously best-preserved specimen (baby “Dima”) showed some signs of decay. Carcasses buried in mud in near-freezing conditions tend to be preserved fairly well.
Most animals die with food in their digestive systems and many die with food in their mouths. Most of the mammoths were found in the sort of alluvial deposits associated with flash floods, mudslides and bogs. Now, flash floods are catastrophic – But they are localized phenomena. They happen all the time. Animals don’t often finnish chewing their food, much less digesting it, before being entombed in mud downstream.
Animals tend to congregate near sources of water – Like rivers & streams. During the Pleistocene glacial stages, Siberia and much of the non-glaciated northern latitudes had an arid, steppe/savannah climate. Roughly every 1500 years, the climate would warm significantly (glacial interstadials, Dansgaard-Oeschger Events) and there was extensive melting of the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets. This led to lots of flash floods. Occasionally, massive lakes formed (Missoula, Agassiz, etc.). These lakes were impounded by giant dams of rock, sediment and ice. When these dams failed, floods of biblical proportion occurred; creating landforms like the Channeled Scablands. But these events occurred episodically on a regional scale, not synchronously on a global scale.
Baby Lyuba probably died toward the end of the the 38.5-36 KYA interstadial…
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/Lyuba.png
While mammoths and other megafauna survived the Dansgaard-Oeschger events of prior glacial stages, they couldn’t deal with the rapid intrusion of humans and our hunting dogs.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/ElephantEvolution.png
As I understand it, the large mammals of North America were on the decline when man first arrived 12,000 or more years ago. But, evidence of man slaughtering large mammals has been found and they did play a role in their eventual extinction. The buffalo herds were deliberately exterminated by the US military as a way of defeating the native americans, especially the Comanche. The Comanche were especially brutal to their victims, they always killed the baby’s. They tortured, mutilated and killed all of the men and the elderly. They horribly mistreated their women captives (see Empire of the Summer Moon). The white men decided that they had to be stopped for these crimes and yet they could never seem to do it. Thus the buffalo slaughter. I don’t think we can pass judgement on either side of the debate, it was a different world then.
The Comanche basically made North Texas uninhabitble by anyone other than Comanche until the formation of the Texas Rangers… http://www.texasranger.org/history/RangersRepublic.htm
Michael A. Lewis, we seem to be in agreement that humans wiped out some number of large animals to extinction, providing falsehood to aboriginals as ecologists, my first point.
Buffalo jumps. While the activity did not likely lead to the extinction of the buffalo, it wasted a lot of life in order to get meat. I don’t believe that every piece of the buffalo was used after hundreds went over the cliff. And the nomadic hunt was anything but nurturing.
When the goal is to enlighten students about what is real and what is not real about their world, where do you think those students above now stand?
There are many different ways to interpret nature …. art, narratives, religions, science, mathematics, etc. Each approach is legitimate when placed in its proper sphere, but the forced blending of spheres for political purposes is an abuse of the educational system. This approach legitimizes the aboriginal “super-ecologist” myth, but segregates the idea from the science sphere.
So my second point that in a SCIENCE book, it should be clear that there is no room for the promotion of Aboriginal teachings, Creationist teachings, Shintoist teachings, Satanic teachings or any other form of sly superstition related to the Earth. Especially when the offerings are scientifically incorrect and placed purely to appease the politically correct.
In education circles these days, there is a huge political push to “indigenize” the curriculum to show some form of support for aboriginal populations. Problem is, most politicians and educators don’t know how to “indigenize” the curriculum, so inappropriate connections are made between subjects that should not be connected. Including statements that “indigenize” the science curriculum (which should be free of political and ethnic biases) and which just serves to confuse students and misrepresent the scientific perspective.
The aboriginal myths and current speculations about their connection with nature have no place in a science curriculum. In Anthropology, Theology, Social Studies, sure … but not in Science.
“Among the main causes hypothesized by paleontologists are natural climate change and overkill by humans…”
Koch, Paul L. Barnosky, Anthony (2006)
http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132415
“During the last 60,000 years, including the end of the last glacial period, approximately 51 genera of large mammals have become extinct in North America. Of these, many genera extinctions can be reliably attributed to a brief interval of 11,500 to 10,000 radiocarbon years before present, shortly following the arrival of the Clovis people in North America.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_extinction_event#North_America_and_the_Caribbean
“A global pattern of human arrival to such landmasses, followed by faunal collapse and other ecological changes, appears without known exception… New observations emerging from refined dating techniques, paleoecology and modeling suggest that the megafaunal collapses of the Americas and Australia, as well as most prehistoric island biotic losses, trace to a variety of human impacts…”
http://tinyurl.com/htggbsm
Kevin Kilty says:
Some two decades ago James Burnham (historian) wrote a book entitled “How Superstition Won and Science Lost”. His thesis examined mainly the return to superstitious beliefs in health sciences and information through advertising, but it applies to practically any area of technology combined with public information and entertainment. Superstition returns again and again in new forms despite concerted and sustained efforts to banish it. The reason for this is that superstition serves purposes useful to human psychology and emotion. It’s a great book.
MIchael Crichton also had a pretty good quote from his (rather tepid) sequel to ‘Jurassic Park’ – the ‘Lost World’ – which was mostly a retread of the previous novel, couched around an essay on extinction – a number of years before ‘State of Fear’. I think this encapsulates the phenomena surrounding AGW as well as anything:
This was the Ian Malcom character responding to a student in a lecture:
“What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There’s no evidence for it. Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their ‘beliefs.’ The reason is that beliefs guide behavior which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion. Next question.”
That about cover it?
Good question. Start from here and work backwards, since it’s already at the saturation point.
JohnKnight says:
Science is a religion, when done properly, it seems to me. Many don’t seem to grasp that it’s all about faith, even as they morn their loss of faith in what it now produces. They seem to think if they use the word ‘confidence’ instead of ‘faith’, that changes everything . . like magic.
To the scientifically illiterate, science is a religion. This is why the Warmunists babble about a 97% consensus and the position statements of scientific societies as if these were related to science. When, in fact, they aren’t even remotely related to science. These appeals to authority and consensus are akin to saying something is factual because “it’s in the Bible.”
When done properly, faith plays no part in science. Trust that previous work was done honestly and competently is an essential part of science; however this isn’t faith.
“Trust that previous work was done honestly and competently is an essential part of science; however this isn’t faith.”
Bullshit, sir, that’s exactly what it is.
It’s not faith because the work can actually be checked for honesty and competence. And outside of he envrionmental religionism and climatism, it is routinely checked.
True religion cannot be verified. There is no way to check the work. It has to be taken on faith.
Scientific theories have to have a null hypothesis. Trenberth says that AGW is exempt from a null hypothesis… QED.
David, if you check it, that is not trusting “that previous work was done honestly and competently”, is it?
What percentage of all the things you believe about reality based on that trusting stuff, have you personally checked? A tiny fraction of a percent I’d guess . . And why do you assume/believe that even if some previous work was done honestly and competently, it will check out now? Faith in things like “natural laws” and the universality of them, right? You can’t actually know they are universal by any conceivable tests, right? That’s to say you have faith that they are, isn’t it?
I don’t have to personally check everything. I just have to know that it can, and has been checked, and that the previous work provides some predictive value. This isn’t faith.
I don’t accept the theory of plate tectonics based on faith any more than I accept the existence of Romania based on faith. I do accept my views of God religion based on faith, because there is no scientific way to test the existence of the former or validity of the latter.
PS~
“True religion cannot be verified. There is no way to check the work.”
That is an assumption, and is not true, if God exists. If HE does exist, He can obviously verify that He does, any time He wishes to. You can assume He hasn’t done so, but cannot possibly know He hasn’t . . it’s atheism that cannot possibly be verified, even if true.
We have been indoctrinated to think of verification as a “consensus” affair, but as you’ve inferred, it’s really a personal thing (for now, anyway ; )
Yes it is . . no matter how much you want it not to to be. The problem you’re having has to do with a false belief, I say, about faith meaning belief without good evidence . . which is just something made up by strident atheists as far as I can tell. There’s nothing in the book about it meaning without evidence . . just without direct observation. No different than when you or I believe in subatomic particles which we cannot directly observe . .
“I don’t accept the theory of plate tectonics based on faith . . ”
Bullshit, you have no choice in the matter.
I actually do have a choice. I accept the theory because it works better than its predecessor: Geosynclinal formation of orogenies. However, the older theory still retains value. This is why I have this book in my office:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k247/dhm1353/dhm1353168/20160915_072419_zpsnfeersvb.jpg
Plate tectonics explains all of the observations better than the geosynclinal theory. Theories are systematic explanations of observations. The strength of a scientific theory is its ability to “predict” future observations. When subsequent observations contradict theories, the science requires that the theories be modified. In the case of recent environmental science, AGW in particular, contradictory observations are ignored or modified to fit the theory. Religion tends to operate in the same manner.
Regarding trust vs faith:
I trust that Snell’s Law, the Dix and Zoeppritz equations and the thousands of other theorems, laws and equations required to generate a 3d seismic survey are valid. I trust that the people who shot and processed the seismic survey were competent. I trust that the guy across the hall correctly loaded the data. And I even trust that our IT department can keep my workstation operating with reasonable efficiency. I don’t have to derive all of the equations, theorems and laws for myself… Although I could, if I had an extra century of spare time. I don’t have to have been on the survey vessel to trust that the data were shot in the Gulf of Mexico. I don’t have to look over the data processors’ shoulders to make sure they are doing their jobs properly. I trust that all of these things were correct, because, if they weren’t, it would be obvious the moment I started to interpret the 3d survey. This is not faith. This is trust.
I believe in God and the other aspects of Christianity totally through faith. There is no way on Earth that I can scientifically test for God… Although, my understanding of geology, geophysics and math reinforces my faith in God… And I am pretty well convinced that dogs are proof of God… But I am a dog person.
“I actually do have a choice.”
Not the choice to observe it directly, right? I’m suggesting the Biblical term merely implies belief by any means other than direct observation . . and that means such as you imply with regard to your confidence in the continental drift idea would easily qualify. And, that this is why science as we know it was born through just such means employed by Christian intellectuals . . (often funded by the Churches by the way)
“There is no way on Earth that I can scientifically test for God…
You can in the same sense you “tested” the continental drift theory, I contend. And I find it very difficult to believe you didn’t “test” it in that sense, many times, which to my mind you actually attest to when you write; “Although, my understanding of geology, geophysics and math reinforces my faith in God”.
The idea that faith cannot involve logic, evidence, questioning, testing and so on, is just made up by people who want us to appear gullible/foolish, I am convinced.
“I believe in God and the other aspects of Christianity totally through faith.”
Same here, but I don’t understand your (apparently) different meaning of the term “faith” there . . What do you mean by that usage?
Environmental based religions, at least in the current age, seem to be a very corrupt and poor substitute for spiritual based religions
Joel Sprenger says:
When I was kid there was a lot of talk about Jesus returning. I think it was the six day war and events around Israel that set off the hysteria. The global warming preachers sound the same to me now as the last days preachers did then. They both say the big event is just around the corner and they both rely on ‘signs’ that sound really good if you don’t know any history.
+10 You remind me of a popular book from the mid 70’s, Late Great Planet Earth. It was basically Apocalyptic pornography. Nearly exactly like much climate crisis writing.
An alternative to trying to say that environmentalism is a religion is to admit that science is full of delusions about objectivity, correctness, and certainty, and that men love their paradigms and theories so dearly, that they will not admit when they are getting bad results.
And banning the use of chemicals, electricity and em waves in our daily lives is indeed a bad result. Miseducating young people into thinking that the environment does not have a dark and deadly side, which was mastered by applying chemicals, is also a bad result.
Yep. This is why most geologists are taught to practise Chamberlin’s Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses rather than following ruling paradigms.
Geologists do bicker. But only about which hypothesis should be used to support the ruling paradigm.
We constantly bicker… But most of us adhere to Chamberlin’s Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses because Earth Science is plagued (or blessed) with an abundance of non-uniqueness.
T. C. Chamberlin’s “Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses”: An encapsulation for modern students
L. Bruce Railsback
Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2501 USA
Scientific study designed to increase our knowledge of natural phenomena can follow at least three different intellectual methods. These can be called the method of the ruling theory, the method of the working hypothesis, and the method of multiple working hypotheses. The first two are the most popular but they can, and often do, lead to ineffective research that overlooks relevant data. Instead, the method of multiple working hypotheses offers a more effective way of organizing one’s research.
Ruling Theories and Working Hypotheses
Our desire to reach an interpretation or explanation commonly leads us to a tentative interpretation that is based on relatively hasty examination of a single example or case. Our tentative explanation, as such, is not a threat to objectivity, but if we then begin to trust it without further testing, we can be blinded to other possibilities that we ignored at first glance. Our premature explanation can become a tentative theory and then a ruling theory, and our research becomes focused on proving that ruling theory. The result is a blindness to evidence that disproves the ruling theory or supports an alternate explanation. Only if the original tentative hypothesis was by chance correct does our research lead to any meaningful contribution to knowledge.
Seemingly less insidious is the working hypothesis. The working hypothesis, we are told, is a hypothesis to be tested, not in order to prove the hypothesis, but as a stimulus for study and fact-finding. Nonetheless, the single working hypothesis can imperceptibly degenerate into a ruling theory, and our desire to prove the working hypothesis, despite evidence to the contrary, can become as strong as the desire to prove the ruling theory.
Multiple Working Hypotheses
The method of multiple working hypotheses involves the development, prior to our research, of several hypotheses that might explain the phenomenon we want to study. Many of these hypotheses will be contradictory, so that some, if not all, will prove to be false. However, the development of multiple hypotheses prior to the research lets us avoid the trap of the ruling hypothesis and thus makes it more likely that our research will lead to meaningful results. We open-mindedly envision all the possible explanations of the phenomenon to be studied, including the possibility that none of explanations are correct (“none of the above”) and the possibility that some new explanation may emerge.
The method of multiple working hypotheses has several other beneficial effects on one’s research. Careful study often shows that a phenomenon is the result of several causes, not just one, and the method of multiple working hypotheses obviously makes it more likely that we will see the interaction of the several causes. The method also promotes much greater thoroughness than research directed toward one hypothesis, leading to lines of inquiry that we might otherwise overlook, and thus to evidence and insights that single-minded research might never have encountered. Thirdly, the method makes us much more likely to see the imperfections in our knowledge and thus to avoid the pitfall of accepting weak or flawed evidence for one hypothesis when another provides a more elegant solution.
Possible Drawbacks of the Method
The method of multiple working hypotheses does have drawbacks. One is that it is impossible to express multiple hypotheses simultaneously, and thus there is a natural tendency to let one take primacy. Keeping a written, not mental, list of our multiple hypotheses is often a necessary solution to that problem.
Another problem is that an open mind may develop hypotheses that are so difficult to test that evaluating them is nearly impossible. An example might be where three of our hypotheses are testable by conventional field work, but a fourth requires drilling of a deep borehole beyond our economic resources. This fourth hypothesis need not paralyze our research, but it should provide a reminder that none of the first three need be true.
A third possible problem is that of vacillation or indecision as we balance the evidence for various hypotheses. Such vacillation may be bad for the researcher, but such vacillation is preferable to the premature rush to a false conclusion.
The field discovery of a breccia provides an excellent example of the application of the method of multiple working hypotheses. A breccia may form in many ways: by deposition as talus, by collapse after dissolution of underlying evaporites or other soluble rocks, by faulting, by bolide impact, or by other means. Each of the possibilities can be supported by various field evidence, for which we could look if we were evaluating all these hypotheses. However, if we chose just one hypothesis, we might ignore other evidence more clearly supportive of a different hypothesis. For example, if we hypothesized that our breccia was the result of cataclasis during faulting, we might find that the breccia occurred along a fault. We would then accept our single hypothesis and quit looking for additional information. However, if we were using multiple working hypotheses and looked for evidence supporting or disproving all our hypotheses, we might also notice that the breccia was localized in a circular pattern along just one part of the fault. Further examination might show that it was accompanied by shatter cones. Armed with this additional information, we would be more inclined to an interpretation involving an impact that was by chance coincident with a fault. By looking for evidence supportive of a variety of hypotheses, we would have avoided an incorrect interpretation based on coincidence.
In using the method of multiple working hypotheses, we try to open-mindedly envision and list all the possible hypotheses that could account for the phenomenon to be studied. This induces greater care in ascertaining the facts and greater discrimination and caution in drawing conclusions. Although our human tendencies lead us toward the method of the ruling theory, the method of multiple working hypotheses offers the best chance of open-minded research that avoids false conclusions.
T.C. Chamberlin and the method of multiple working hypotheses
The geologist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843-1928) was president of the University of Wisconsin, director of the Walker Museum at the University of Chicago, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the founder and editor of the Journal of Geology.
Chamberlin read his paper on “The method of multiple working hypotheses” before the Society of Western Naturalists in 1889, and it was published in Science in 1890 and the Journal of Geology in 1897. It was reprinted in several journals during the subsequent seventy years.
This is a short modern encapsulation of some of the ideas in Chamberlin’s original paper, and it should not be considered an adequate substitute for the original paper. This encapsulation is based on a version of the original paper republished in Science in 1965.
Chamberlin, T.C., 1890, The method of multiple working hypotheses: Science (old series) v. 15, p. 92-96; reprinted 1965, v. 148, p. 754-759.
Chamberlin, T.C., 1897, The method of multiple working hypotheses: Journal of Geology, v. 5, p. 837-848.
http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/railsback_chamberlin.html
“But, they banned it anyway and as a result tens of millions of poor people, mostly children, died. This was because of religion, not science.”
Well that certainly is binning your data into a different category, where it won’t affect your conclusions.
Here is a similar example of re-catagorization:
In Peter Hitchens’ book he shared a statement his brother made about Stalinn. Christopher Hitchens claimed that St-lin had killed so many people because he was practicing “a religion,” not communism.
What is that called when people who hold theories do not admit the failure of their theories?
CAGW
John Whitman says:
If one takes the nature of religion as claiming the absolute necessity of there being somewhere one or more omnipotent omnipresent supernatural beings that are observed only by believers, then radical environmentalism isn’t the aforementioned kind of religion.
I think radical environmentalism shares almost all the modes of irrational mental processes always found in the aforementioned religious nature, but it isn’t religion per se.
1saveenergy says:
“the world was a wonderful, beautiful Eden until man and his technology came along. Man has eaten the apple and lost Eden. Now we must give up our “evil” technology and go back to nature, otherwise all is lost.”
https://mothernaturesdietdotme.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bullshit-caveman-meme.jpg
Dyspeptice Curmudgeon says:
I grabbed these two cartoons about a month ago. They succinctly capture the nature of the beast!
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2016/08/23
Banning chemicals does not need to fall under the category of Christian forgiveness and redemption, because that has to do with answering the question of where you go when you die (to Heaven), and how to live in the light of that place before you get there.
Here are more alternatives which provide interesting and even more accurate parallels for the environmental science:
1. It is similar to idolatrous, polytheistic earth religions, which used monthly rituals in order to guarantee the regularity of the seasons, the continued cyclical motions of the celestial globes, and which guaranteed the fecundity of crops and animals. This fits well with the fact that environmental scientists claim that if you don’t give up coal and oil, the spring season will not be on time, animals will go extinct, and crops will fail.
2. It is also explainable as a generational mania. The Boomer generation has a history of banning chemicals which are benign, beneficial, and which are even necessary to life and ubiquitous in nature. Examples include Bromine compounds, Nitrogen compounds, Chlorine compounds, and of course now the gh gases. Why that generation gets a sense of pride from banning useful chemicals is probably a case of replacement ethics, or false conscience.
Well good luck.
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David Cage says:
Climate change is never a religion. A religion has its members free to leave if they no longer believe.Only the more extreme cults force relatives to shun others who do not believe and even the more extreme cults do not try to get those not believing branded as criminals.
H. D. Hoese says:
Chamberlin’s insight has gone far beyond geology, as Warren’s Biology and Water Pollution Control, now ancient (1971), but very good science, suggested. An Ecologist (Peters, R. H. 1991. A Critique for Ecology. Cambridge Univ. Press. 366pp.) applied the name “ad hockery” for studies that picked a paradigm and spent future research only
trying to verify it. Sounds familiar, and it seems sure that not all paradigms are simply ad hoc.
Good historical research, and geology has similar needs, tries to avoid ad hockery.
Also I have seen more recent marine research claiming to examine multiple hypotheses, but it was mostly cosmetic, as the warning above suggests.
I would also add another still relevant insight from a geologist of the period. “It seems to me to be evident that the position of a shoreline at any time and place is determined by an exceedingly complicated equation….” Shaler, N. S. 1895. Evidences as to change of sealevel. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 6:141-166.
Also I wonder if someone has a good reference on “Logical Errors.” While rampant in politics, they do seem to have been increasing in science. Lots more types than just ad hominem. It might be good to point these out more often relative to the definition which is, well, logical, and not certainly not derived from politics.
Last phrase not logical, but too many nots.
Larry Butler W4CSC says:
Religious environmentalism is no different than other imaginary religions. This video by Dr Andy Thomson should be carefully watched by every sane human who can still reason for themselves, a shrinking population on the planet, it seems.
Want to know what climate change will do in your back yard? There’s a dataset for that
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Women to Women for Peace – Exchange between Cuba, the US and Wales‘, 1998-2001
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Women to Women for Peace’ – The Mission
The mission statement of Women to Women for Peace (W2W4P) was “World Peace will come through the will of ordinary people like yourselves”. This encapsulates in a nutshell why the organisation – founded in 1984 – enjoyed thirty years of success.
“No young mother in this country or any other wants her son to go and kill the sons of other young mothers and I believe that if inter-visitations were arranged between parties of young mothers from Britain … and from other countries who chose to join in, bridges of understanding could be built … as a REAL contribution to world peace”
Lucy Behenna, founder of Mothers for Peace (later became W2W4P).
This was a powerfully motivated group of people who came together to build bridges between people from countries which have contrasting and conflicting political, philosophical, cultural and religious interests. The aim was to promote the message that war was not the answer to resolving conflict by supporting intercultural understanding on a transnational level. W2W4P had numerous highlights throughout their duration as a non-profit organisation that accentuate their success as an international solidarity movement. I will illuminate some highlights over the course of two articles about the South West and Wales group of W2W4P who achieved undoubtable success for peacekeeping from Wales to Cuba, America, Israel and Palestine, starting with their achievements in Cuba and America.
Why you need to know about Women to Women for Peace
It is my hope that when you read the articles I have written on the inspirational work of Women to Women for Peace, you will feel the same as I felt; that there are lessons to take away and how vital it is to have international solidarity movements. The work of W2W4P has left me feeling proud of Wales for being part of an amazing peacemaking organisation that strove for pacifism internationally as well as locally; they brought solidarity to our front doors. I feel positive that there is always something an individual or collective group can do to reach out and show support to other countries in distress. I am also questioning whether we are lacking this sense of solidarity and peacemaking now, which I evaluate further in a second article. I have had an uncomfortable realisation that many issues addressed over the course of these articles can be directly related to today’s struggles (inequality, discrimination, oppression, exploitation to name a few). Perhaps we are led to think about more conflicts going on around the world but we may be doing less to help now, than we were in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It is my pleasure to take you through some major turning points and highlights of W2W4P. I want to draw upon their links to Wales, explain what they stood for and to take some lessons from this organisation in the hope that you too are inspired to keep fighting to make a difference.
Women to Women for Peace visit Cuba, 1998
In 1998, four delegates of W2W4P (including a Welsh representative) were given the opportunity to travel to Cuba for the ‘International Independence, Sovereignty and Peace’ conference. There were roughly 3,000 women from 75 countries present and they were all women from dramatically diverse circumstances. This represents an amazing collaboration of peace organisations across the globe who were all striving for the same goal; peace. This was a chance to build bridges with other organisations worldwide and such links were made with peace workers from Brazil, Cyprus, US, Italy, Cuba, Ireland and many more. There were many positive far-reaching consequences from the experience; strong networks were built on cooperation and it showed that international solidarity can counteract powerful negative influences.
A highlight of the Cuba visit was a speech from Fidel Castro. In his speech he passionately explained his world view – that the world’s preoccupation with profit was at the cost of humanity … for the sake of the global economy. This statement rang alarm bells for me as it seems there are parallels with our situation in 2018, hence my view that we need a resurgence of a group such as W2W4P.
Women from Cuba and America visit Wales, 2001
The most successful outcome of the W2W4P visit to Cuba in ‘98 was the building of friendships with women from Cuba and America; this led to a reunion in Wales in 2001. W2W4P were eager to raise further, real awareness of the Cuban situation because they had witnessed first-hand the extent of the suffering that Cuba was enduring because of the blockade imposed by America; far more than had ever been published by the media. The ladies from the peacemaking organisations across the three countries all sought this opportunity to develop closer and stronger relations with each other, to deepen the understanding of the situations in each country and to bring awareness to Wales about the injustice of the American Blockade. It was the perfect opportunity for the ladies of Cuba and America, two conflicting countries, to tell their official and unofficial story of the US blockade as a method of spreading the message and fighting for peace. It was quite special to have women from Cuba and America over to Wales to enjoy and appreciate our city of Cardiff, vibrantly multicultural and home to fascinating buildings such as the Temple of Peace.
Veronica Alvarez, of the Cuban peacemaking organisation that visited was warmed by the kindness and concern of W2W4P because it showed a humbling sign of solidarity, that other countries and people care for peace in societies other than their own. One of the American visitors Robin Melavalin had some encouraging words about W2W4P; that they were impressive and showed an excellent model for peacemaking. Robin was able to meet people from Cuba in a neutral country and have time to get to know them. It really helped build bridges, relations and gain a key understanding of an array of perspectives on international issues confronting them.
Lessons we should take away from Women to Women for Peace movements
The W2W4P delegates who attended the conference in Cuba witnessed a multiracial society with no visible signs of prejudice or discrimination. This ought to be a lesson that many countries and communities today could take away with them. Cuban citizens also held a political and economic view about the blockade which was very reasoned and factual; the people showed no signs of aggression or bitterness towards their political oppressor America; another lesson that some nations could learn.
The ladies from W2W4P who spent time in Cuba noticed that partly because of the blockade Cuban streets were visibly deteriorating and crumbling due to lack of resources and materials, yet the atmosphere was still vibrant with a huge amount of culture that was itching to be shared. It was moving to experience a country who was suffering terribly but who still stood strong, where people were passionate and proud to be who they were. Isn’t this the kind of lens through which we need to look at Palestine, Iraq, Yemen or Afghanistan, for example? Each have their own cultural and political background yet are under immense pressure to conform to a particular version of democracy. The work of W2W4P brings me to the daunting conclusion that we still don’t seem to be capable or accepting a multi-faceted world.
One thing that is apparent here is that media has a powerful influence over international conflicts and issues, by promoting often superficial views. W2W4P’s visit to Cuba, and the return visit to Wales made it possible to witness and understand the true impact of the American blockade – aspects that weren’t seen in the media. What Cuba and America’s differences came down to and what we still witness today is that they have different political systems, a different ideology and different priorities which is part and parcel of a multipolar world. The government and organisations in Cuba were able to create solidarity with organisations across the globe, and it is in my belief that every country still needs to fight for this. Today, we are still witnessing vicious cycles of exploitation and suffering and although peace may be unattainable to many, the situation could still be improved. The first step is perhaps to create awareness, as is shown in the story of W2W4P.
For more information and stories from the Women to Women for Peace successes, please read my other article about the time when women from Israel and Palestine came to visit Wales!
Mothers for Peace report on International Encounter of Solidarity among Women: Havana, Cuba – April 1998.
Jane Harries, ‘Pesar de todo…’, The Friend, 31 July 1998.
Emma James, ‘Mothers rise above the arguments of nations’, The Western Mail. 22 August 2001.
Sheila Ward, ‘A Most Remarkable Old Lady: Mother For Peace: Lucy Behenna’, Quaker Home Service, London, 1989
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A Voice Across 900 Years: Hildegard Of Bingen, Europe’s First Composer
Dale DeBakcsy June 5, 2019
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Author’s note: In the United States, of the 537 conductors registered with the League of American Orchestras, only 60 (or 11%) are women, and of the 24 largest market orchestras, only 1 (or 4%) has a woman at the podium. Single-digit percentage representation is the sort of thing we expect from 1950s physics departments, where systemic academic discrimination at every level discouraged all but the most determined of researchers for centuries, but we usually think of the liberal arts as a historically more open, inclusive branch of human activity. But take a look at the programs offered by US symphonies in a given year, and the numbers are even more grim than in the conducting profession – in the 2014-2015 season, only 1.8% of the works performed in the United States were by a woman composer. One point eight. That’s an appalling number, and part of getting it changed, I think, is to tell the stories of the women who have contributed to classical music in profound ways but whose work has gotten lost over the centuries – the more people know about them, the more they’ll be excited when their works appear on programs, and the greater the attendance, the more orchestras will schedule such pieces. There is some beautiful, powerful music here waiting to be discovered, from Europe’s earliest preserved compositions (by a woman we shall learn about below) to some of the most challenging pieces in the modern repertoire. In this series, we are going to meet composers and performers, conductors and producers, stretching back some nine centuries, all of whom have made the world richer by their craft. Let’s begin…
A small girl lies down to patiently observe, and take a starring role in, her own funeral. Soon, she will be led to a small room where stone masons will wall her away from the rest of the world, but for now, it is time for her funeral rites. Priests incant ancient words, preparing her to depart this mortal world and join a living afterlife, all her potential and genius to be hereafter squandered on a long fall towards the death that she has been told will be the greatest moment of her life on this execrable planet.
Things would have been different for Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) had she been the ninth or eleventh child of her affluent and influential parents, but as the tenth she was, in accordance with medieval practice, earmarked as a human tithe to be surrendered to the Church as an “oblate.” And so, at the age of eight this child, though ill of health and prone to episodes of searing pain, was given over to the care of Jutta of Sponheim, a self-tormenting religious zealot due to become an anchoress in six years. Anchoresses committed themselves to near-complete seclusion, walling themselves away in a prison cell, chaining themselves to the floor or inflicting repeated wounds on their bodies as they sought to mortify the flesh they had been instructed was wicked beyond redemption and await the reward beyond death that, surely, existed.
It was a rather grotesque life course to plot, but for the institutions that housed anchoresses, it was a profitable one. Their mortification was advertised as an example of extreme piety, which people would travel to be in the presence of, and magical mementoes of which they would pay hard cash to own as panaceas against all earthly afflictions. The miserable and misled human flogging herself in the dark was good money for her associated monastery, and it was into this life that Jutta brought her young charge, Hildegard.
However, while Jutta busied herself with hair shirts, chains, and starvation, Hildegard studied, learning the rudiments of Latin and music while fending off a series of illnesses and migraine attacks which produced searing technicolor visions that her medieval upbringing could only interpret as revelations from on high. Unsure about how those visions might be received by a Catholic Church whose appetite for heresy smiting was being whipped to a frenzy by the perpetually mean-spirited but influential Bernard of Clairvaux, she kept them to herself until Jutta’s death in 1136 and her own assumption of the duties, if not precisely the title, of abbess of the convent attached to the monastery at Disibodenberg.
Secure in her position and absolutely convinced of the divine origin of her migraine attacks, she began dictating the content of these episodes to a trusted scribe by the name of Volmar, eventually filling a volume of cosmic and cautionary visions that was sent to the Pope and the afore-mentioned Bernard for approval. This work, Scivias (or Know the Ways), was filled with conservative blandishments to purify the Church set amongst lush imagery of the divinity of virtue and the religious history of the universe. Often obscure in meaning but evocative in wording, its forceful call to orthodoxy was in the spirit of the times, and both the Pope and his most useful doctrinal enforcer approved it in dramatic fashion at a Church synod in 1148.
With that, Hildegard’s name was made. Requests poured in from all corners of Europe seeking the renowned visionary’s advice about matters personal, professional, political, and ecclesiastic, while the monks of Disibodenberg sat back and watched their authority slowly eroded away by the celebrity of their deceased anchoress’s former charge. Hildegard’s fame, however, brought new wealthy applicants to the convent, noble women with money to donate, and as long as Hildegard’s visions kept the monastic coffers filled the monks largely kept their peace.
Meanwhile, Hildegard was learning, whether consciously or not, an important lesson – the strictly male politico-religious hierarchy that had no time for a mere woman’s thoughts about the state of the world or local politics when expressed as her own opinion would listen if a woman disavowed all personal worth or intelligence and expressed those same thoughts as obscurely symbolic prophesies for which she was the mere conduit.
I am not suggesting that Hildegard consciously manipulated her prophetic reputation, but I do believe her case is of a piece with other famous seers whose pronouncements began in the realm of large scale ideals and moved over the course of time to subjects of more pressing political expedience. When a visionary has to assume pragmatic responsibilities, it is not surprising if her pressing concerns as a temporal leader start bleeding into her religious pronouncements. As Mohammed grew from idealistic outsider to the leader of a movement, his visions took on a correspondingly more pragmatic turn, and the same can be said of Hildegard. She wanted independence from the monks of Disibodenberg and, in due course, declared that she had a vision from God ordering her to establish an independent convent, speaking as if from the perspective of that God when lambasting those who stood in the way of her plans. Either her deep professional needs unconsciously worked their way into her interpretations of her migraine episodes or she had learned to employ her reputation as God’s mouthpiece to flee the grasp of the disdainful monks who defined the boundaries of her life. I imagine the former was the case, but I kind of hope it was the latter.
Whatever the origin, the words of the visionary were soon put into action and by 1150 Hildegard found herself in sole charge of what would become a sprawling collection of properties and a steady flow of income from wealthy initiates, all of which soon outgrew the initial premises, forcing Hildegard to franchise out with an annex convent for the daughters of the less well-to-do at Eibingen in 1165.
Independent, wealthy, and surrounded by women of breeding and talent, Hildegard had managed to claw a slice of paradise from the clutches of a Middle Ages that generally had little to offer women but cyclic pregnancy and early death. She composed two scientific texts that stick close to the “Consume two pulverized hamster livers and strap this dying bat to your loins” orthodoxy of the Middle Ages without anything like the practical solidity of Trota of Salerno’s earlier writings. She went on tour on multiple occasions to speak in public about the need to purify the Church and eliminate the heretics who dared have different thoughts about religion than those put down in established doctrine. Whatever the content of those addresses, the fact that she was a woman delivering them in a space that had been dominated by male hegemony for six hundred years was of tremendous significance.
But I suspect it is not her scientific texts, speeches, or even her beautifully illustrated collections of visions that will keep us returning to her story, but rather the dozens of songs which she composed during her long life, and which are the earliest European compositions we have that are attributed to a single known individual. Hildegard’s songs are of the monophonic tradition that eschewed harmony as unnecessary ornamentation, but they do not entirely conform to the strict rules that the Church was beginning to formulate to keep its music safe from worldly vanities. In place of the prescribed syllabically-confined melodic motions limited to an octave’s range, Hildegard produced more melismatic, individual, and expansive melodies to convey her lushly worded verse. She also composed the Ordo virtutum, which is widely held to be the world’s first morality play and features a perpetually yelling devil set off against a cast of Virtues singing their odes to morality and nature in an attempt to save a young innocent.
Widely in demand in her time, Hildegard’s music suffered the decline that all monophonic music underwent as religious composers gave themselves over in the 16th century to the rich possibilities of polyphonic harmonies and the sure comforts of the Major and Minor modes. For centuries her name was not even listed in standard musical references until the Twentieth Century brought with it a revival of interest in pre-modern composition techniques which, coincident with a desire to unearth stories of women unduly neglected by the historical record, led to a Hildegard revival that reached its apex with the celebration of her 900th birthday in 1998. CDs were released interpreting her music with varying degrees of fidelity, and in Germany a film was made of her life (Vision, Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen, 2009). It seems that Hildegard, once on the cusp of oblivion for anyone not a dedicated medievalist, is now with us to stay, to dazzle us with her supremely individual visions, confound us with her taxonomic tomes, and always to enchant us with music expressing the world view of a tormented woman who made of her life something quite beyond the restrictions of her place and era, wrought of grit, pain, and genius.
Lead image: Line engraving by W. Marshall , Wellcome Library, London. Creative Commons
FURTHER LISTENING: Medieval music presents unique difficulties for the modern interpreter. Written in neume notation, which at its best gives some sense of relative interval size with a nod towards rhythmic information but which generally lacks any notion of key signature, note length, part division, or instrumental accompaniment. As such, the producers of a Hildegard record are compelled to, by and large, create their recordings based on educated guesses and personal artistic vision. Two musicians, starting from the same neumes, can create radically different interpretations of the music, and there is simply no telling which is more in line with Hildegard’s original intention some 850 years ago (though I suspect the electronic-New Age recording Vision-The Music of Hildegard von Bingen (1994) is perhaps not entirely faithful, though it is very fun). The recording of the Ordo virtutum from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (1994) featuring Carmen-Renate Koeper strikes me as a good compromise with intelligently crafted instrumental accompaniment and metric choices that are tied to the richness of Hildegard’s words.
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Robert A.M. Stern’s 520 Park Avenue Finally Reaches Street Level, $130M Penthouse on Its Way
Posted On Wed, October 14, 2015 By Ondel Hylton In condos, New Developments, Starchitecture, Upper East Side
Two years since its groundbreaking, Zeckendorf Development’s tower o’ opulence at 520 Park Avenue has finally emerged from its cavernous trench. Set for completion in 2018, the Billionaires’ Row building will climb 54 floors and 780 feet into the Manhattan skyline, becoming the tallest and likely the most prestigious building on the Upper East Side.
Envisioned by William Lie and Arthur Zeckendorf, 520 Park Avenue inherits the classically-inspired taste of the real estate dynasty’s prior projects. In the ’80s, their father William Zeckendorf Jr. erected some of the city’s largest post-modern apartment complexes such as Worldwide Plaza, Zeckendorf Towers, and the Park Belvedere. Here, the developers commissioned the esteemed architect/historian and dean of the Yale School of Architecture Robert A.M. Stern as the designer and SLCE as the architects of record. This team also collaborated together on 18 Gramercy Park South and 15 Central Park West, which shattered apartment records when it opened in 2008. Intent on replicating its west side counterpart’s success, the Zeckendorfs again gathered the now-not-so-secret ingredients: a powerful address, palatial apartments, and most importantly, the coveted Central Park view, all of which will culminate in a jaw-dropping $130 million penthouse.
Aerial renderings via CityRealty
Diagram of the tallest current and upcoming slender skyscrapers in New York City. From left: 520 Park Avenue, 111 Murray Street, 56 Leonard, 30 Park Place, 220 Central Park South, One57, 53W53, 432 Park Avenue, 111 West 57th Street, and Central Park Tower. Image courtesy of the Skyscraper Museum
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the slenderest of them all? The project site is only 60 feet wide, making 520 Park among the most slender skyscrapers in the city. Despite its Park Avenue address, the building is actually tucked midblock along 60th Street behind Christ Church, to which the project owes its address and air rights. To garner more floor area, the building will cantilever over much of the adjacent Grolier Club, capturing an additional 30 feet of width.
From Left: 520 Park Avenue, Sherry-Netherland, and the The Pierre
The tower will rise in relative isolation, roughly to the same height as the Woolworth Building downtown. Nearly all of the building’s 33 full-floor residences will posses views of Central Park since the site lies just outside of Midtown’s canyons and overlooks the protected Upper East Side Historic District. The tower’s cladding of warm Indiana Limestone is designed to soak up natural light and be evocative of the great New York apartment buildings of the 1920s and ’30s. At its pinnacle is a $130 million, three-level, 12,400-square-foot shrine of wealth. Its crown of four corner chimneys strung together by sets of pilasters, will join the fairytale tops of the Pierre and the Sherry-Netherland nearby.
Homes begin 170 feet up and cover a minimum of 4,600 square feet. Amenities include a landscaped courtyard, guest suites, private wine cellars, a bi-level health and fitness center, a swimming pool and spa, children’s playroom, and a screening area. Prices begin at $16 million and as 6sqft first reported last March, the developers are projecting a total sellout of $1.2 billion. The $130 million triplex penthouse was the most expensive apartment to hit the market. However, the three top floors of 220 Central Park South (another Billionaires’ Row tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern), is reported to be in contract for a whopping $200 million by billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin.
The construction site as of this week, via CityRealty
In a recent CNBC interview regarding the development, William Zeckendorf told the media outlet that they’ve seen more Chinese buyers in the last 60 days than ever before. He also notes, “Probably more likely now than ever. We are seeing more and more interest in New York City from across the world, we’re also seeing record-breaking prices being paid by New Yorkers.”
Visit CityRealty for updates and current listing at 520 Park Avenue.
REVEALED: Asking Prices, Floorplans for 520 Park Avenue, the Next Billionaire’s Row Blockbuster
REVEALED: Interior Renderings for Robert A.M. Stern-Designed 520 Park Avenue
220 Central Park South Penthouse Could Set a New Record with $175 Million Price Tag
All renderings courtesy of Zeckendorf Development, Seventh Art, and Robert A.M. Stern Architects. All construction shots via CityRealty.
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CYPRUS AREA INFORMATION
September 10, 2017 by Chris Christou
In presenting a view of Cyprus, one prefers to concentrate on the free regions that are under Greek control. In order to do that, one typically starts at the southwest corner of the Island and works in a clockwise direction.
The largest and most populous district in the southwest region of the Island is the Paphos District. That District contains 4 different municipalities. One of those, Pafos, is the favored destination of those spending a holiday on Cyprus. Pafos, which has a population of 40,000, can boast about having an interesting foundation. It was constructed on top of an old Byzantine castle.
Geroskipou is another of the 4 municipalities in the Paphos District. The founders of Geroskipou chose to build their community around the church of Agia Paraskevi. Even today that church-centered community retains much of the tranquility that existed there at the time of its founding.
Despite that tranquil setting, Geroskipou does not lack any modern-day services. That is because it is adjacent to Pafos, and it is only 7 kilometers from the International Airport. Geroskipou uses its location to draw visitors to the folk art museum. There they can see first-hand what life was like in ancient Cyprus.
Many Europeans choose to vacation at Geroskipou. A seaside community, its beaches are washed by crystal blue waters. In fact, the beach there has been described as the “Blue Flag of Europe.”
The municipality of Pegia owes its size to the fact that it has been a growing community for 4,000 years. The first inhabitants of Cyprus settled in this area. Here they mined the region’s copper, the only resource that Cyprus had at that time. Today Pegia is the largest municipality in free Cyprus.
The municipality of Polis Chrysachous was built on the site of the ancient Kingdom of Marion. That Kingdom was once an important commercial center. During the 10th Century, many merchants passed through Marion. The Kingdom fell to Ptolemy in 312 BC, and the region never fully regained its former glory.
North of Pafos one finds the old village of Kalhikas. It too was once a stopover for merchants. Today it provides tourists with a taste of life in ancient Cyprus. A visitor in Kalhikas can easily imagine what life was like for those Cypriots who suffered invasions from the Assyrians, the Persians and the Egyptians.
In the northwest corner of Cyprus one finds Hrysohon Bay. Polis is the largest city on that Bay. The small hillside village of Latchi serves as the harbor for Polis. Out from Latchi, in the blue waters of the Bay, one can see Chamili Island. Visitors who find the Island of Cyprus too populated, might want to retreat to Chamili Island.
Latchi is typical of many villages in Cyprus. Neo Chorio is a village not far from Latchi. It features proximity to a cave system. The cave system below the land outside of Neo Chorio has the same stalactites and stalagmites that are found in all of the world’s large caves.
East of Latchi one finds the seaside village called Pomos. The residents of Pomos enjoy a proximity to the Paphos forest. That forest contains Moufflon, the mountain sheep that ancient settlers brought to the Island. It also contains many different bird species and some unique insects. Mountain butterflies and damselflies can be seen pollinating the flowers of Paphos forest.
The streams of Paphos forest have been fed trout. That feeding took place more than 50 years ago. Since then the trout have thrived in the streams of Cyprus, giving fishermen added pleasure during a visit to the Island.
Another lovely location east of Polis is Akaourdalia. In that village one can find many restored stone houses. The best time to visit Akaourdalia is in the spring. At that time all of the almond trees are in full bloom. Their orange blossoms then seem to be everywhere.
The mention of spring in Cyprus introduces a second way to relate descriptions of Cyprus. The description of Cyprus changes from season to season. As mentioned above, the orange almond blossoms add color to the springtime. The hillsides of Cyrus also contain other pastels during the spring. Those hillsides become covered with wildflowers, including the red anemones and the pink orchids.
Summers are hot and dry in Cyprus. Still there are always gentle breezes to cool any hot tourist. Wise summer tourists visit the archaeological sites during the early morning and early evening hours. When it is hot, then the tourists stay along the green coastal strips, or they ascend into the mountains.
Tourists can plan to swim in the waters of Cyprus from May to October. That is when the water is nice and warm. Summer sports in Cyprus include far more than swimming. Summer sports in Cyprus include water skiing, banana boating, windsurfing and wet biking.
In October the water becomes a bit cooler, and the leaves in the mountains start to change. During the autumn, the mountains and orchards of Cyprus are covered in gold and crimson. Along the coast the temperature declines only slightly. There the leaves do not change their colors, although the leaves do eventually fall-off of the trees.
The rainy season comes to Cyprus from December to February. At that time the skies contain many scattered clouds. An occasional shower waters the land on the coastal plains and on the cultivated regions of the Island. In the mountain ranges, those showers often turn to snow. Therefore, winter in Cyprus becomes a time when a tourist can admire the beauty of the snow-covered mountains.
The beauty of those mountains more than makes up for the fact that water sports can not be enjoyed during this rainy season of the year. The water is just too cold. The cool temperatures do not, however, motivate the people of Cyprus to close down in the winter. The winter closing of many of the Mediterranean travel destinations is a sad fact of life, and it is one of the reasons that Cyprus remains a popular destination for European winter travelers.
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Billary moves closer to losing to Trump
Fivethirtyeight.com right now puts the chance of the above occurring at only 52 percent and the chance of the below occurring at 48 percent. Prolly too early to celly Billary Clinton’s Democratic presidential nomination, methinks.
I was listening live to NPR this afternoon when it was announced from the Democratic National Convention that it’s official: Billary Clinton is the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nominee, and is the first woman to receive the presidential nomination of the Coke Party or the Pepsi Party.
I truly wish that I could celebrate that, but I just can’t, and I cannot for three main reasons:
Billary Clinton isn’t a progressive. She herself not even a year ago proudly publicly proclaimed herself to be “moderate and center.” This has morphed into her more recent claim that she’s “a progressive who likes to get things done” (or something very close to that), but no, that bullshit rhetoric was deployed just to secure the nomination. She is center-right, which is why so many millionaire and billionaire Repugnicans, like Michael Bloomberg, support her for president. If it were Bernie Sanders’ convention, the likes of billionaire Bloomberg would not be speaking at the fucking Democratic National Convention.
Billary didn’t become the nominee fairly and squarely, but had the help of the “neutral” Democratic National Committee at the highest levels. We have e-mail evidence of that fact (and DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz would not have resigned if there had been nothing there), and Yahoo! News reports that both Bernie’s campaign manager Jeff Weaver and WikiLeaks have indicated that more DNC e-mails and more details of the DNC’s chicanery meant to help Billary and to harm Bernie are forthcoming. The corrupt DNC’s hope and wish, I’m sure, is now that we actual Democrats have DWS’s slimy head on a silver platter, we’ll stop there, but the DNC still needs to be disinfected and decontaminated from top to bottom. And no, blaming Russia won’t cut it. As Bernie supporter and former NAACP head Ben Jealous has pointed out, the Russians didn’t write those DNC e-mails.
There is a very good chance that Billary Clinton will lose to Donald Trump on November 8. Yes, it might be a bit of a post-convention bounce, but Trump is now ahead of Billary by 0.9 percent in Real Clear Politics’ average of nationwide polls between the two of them. In a four-way race, RCP’s average of nationwide polls puts Billary at only 0.2 percent ahead of Trump. This isn’t surprising when you consider that in the Democratic Party primary elections and caucuses, Bernie won 45.6 of the pledged/democratically earned delegates and Billary won only 54.4 percent of them. Team Billary’s (Team Billary, of course, includes the DNC) cheating aside, had Bernie garnered only 4.5 percent more, he’d have reached 50.1 percent, beating Billary in the pledged delegate count. Billary is pretty weak within her own fucking party, or she’d have done much better than 54.4 percent, especially in her second run. Hell, even with the DNC’s body-slamming the scales, Billary didn’t do very well. If you’re not convinced yet that Billary is a weak candidate for the Democrats to have put forward as their champion, know that fivethirtyeight.com reports today that “Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Now Equally Unpopular” and that fivethirtyeight.com right now puts Billary’s chance of beating Trump at only 52.4 percent.
The fact is that throughout the primary season Bernie did much better against Trump in the match-up polls than Billary ever did, yet the incredibly stupid and/or deluded Billarybots from within their bubble long have been calling for us Berners to rally behind Billary, an obviously weak candidate.
Well, the Billarybots got their wish today; it will be Billary on the ballot in November.
When Billary loses to Donald Trump on November 8, the Billarybots will blame Bernie Sanders for having had the audacity to run for the nomination also; they’ll blame us “Bernie bros,” I’m sure, for not obediently and blindly having handed over our hearts, our brains and our testicles and dutifully supported Billary, the obviously weaker of the two candidates (and she’s not even a fucking Democrat, if you define a Democrat as a progressive); and they’ll even blame Russia.
This is as far as their “vision” will allow them to see.
Their blinders will cost them (and those of us who are actual Democrats) the White House. Whether the Democratic Party — and maybe even the entire nation itself — ever will recover from their blindness after Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office remains to be seen.
Tagged as Ben Jealous, Bernie Sanders, Billary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National Committee corruption, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, DWS, Jeff Weaver, Michael Bloomberg, news, Politics, presidential politics, progressives, progressivism
Mission of coronating Queen Billary accomplished, DWS finally steps down
We finally have the head of Medusa, but the Gorgon’s damage already has been done.
As I wrote earlier today, the problems with the Democratic National Committee run much deeper than just Debbie Wasserman Schultz, so her announcement today that she is stepping down as head of the DNC after this week’s party convention in Philadelphia means little.
The damage already has been done; Billarybot Wasserman Schultz and the other Billarybots within the DNC — and throughout the United States — have abused their positions of power to ensure that their incredibly weak, widely despised, self-serving, sellout, center-right, corporatist candidate won the party’s presidential nomination. And they didn’t let something as small and stupid as ethics stop them.
These party hacks have put their own concerns far above the best interests of the party’s base. The party’s base is not center-right, pro-corporate and pro-plutocratic.
Billary Clinton the the rest of the Democratic Party sellouts fully deserve a disastrous convention. I sincerely hope that they get one.
And then, those of us who are left of center must clean house, from top to bottom. Every last vestige of the Clintonista era must be eliminated before the Democratic Party can return to being a truly democratic and a progressive party that actually serves the best interests of the highest number of people as possible — instead of serving the interests of only the elitist few who are concerned only about themselves.
Tagged as Debbie Wasserman Schultz resignation, Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Medusa, news, Politics
To win election and save party, super-delegates should pick Bernie Sanders*
*But they won’t, so they’re going to lose the November election, and the party as it exists today is doomed.
Recently leaked e-mails prove that among other things, the Billarybots within the Democratic National Committee cynically discussed emphasizing Bernie Sanders’ religious beliefs or lack thereof in order to harm his campaign and to help Billary Clinton’s, and “neutral” DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz flat-out wrote about Bernie Sanders in an e-mail, “He isn’t going to be president.” If Democrat in name only Billary Clinton still actually emerges as the party’s presidential nominee this week, know that she did not do so cleanly, fairly and squarely, but that she did it dirtily and corruptly — and that we now have thousands of pages of physical evidence of this fact. (Above, thousands of supporters of Bernie Sanders protest in Philadelphia today, ahead of this week’s coming Democratic National Convention. I fully share their sentiment about the Democratic National Committee.)
The Democratic Party hacks thought that after the train wreck on steroids that was the Repugnican National Convention of last week, their convention this coming week would be, by comparison, flawless.
They were wrong.
A recent WikiLeaks dump of thousands of hacked Democratic National Committee e-mails shows that top officials and staffers within the DNC, as we knew all along, did their best to help Billary Clinton and to stymie Bernie Sanders.
The wronged Sanders, rightfully, has been quick to jump on this. Reports Yahoo! News today:
Bernie Sanders said [today] that the leak of Democratic National Committee e-mails that show its staffers plotting against him proves Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz should resign.
Shortly after the interview aired, CNN reported that Wasserman Schultz will no longer serve as chair of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which begins [tomorrow]. According to CNN, she’ll be replaced at the convention by Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge.
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sanders said the e-mail leak proved once and for all that Wasserman Schultz was unfit to lead the committee.
“I don’t think she is qualified to be the chair of the DNC,” the Vermont senator said on CNN’s “State of the Union” [today]. “Not only for these awful e-mails — which revealed the prejudice of the DNC — but also because we need a party that reaches out to working people and young people, and I don’t think her leadership style is doing that.”
“I think she should resign, period,” Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” [today].
“I think I told you a long time ago that the DNC was not running a fair operation, that they were supporting Secretary Clinton,” he continued. “So what I suggested to be true six months ago turns out, in fact, to be true. I’m not shocked. But I am disappointed. And that is the way it is.” …
Yes, it goes without saying that Debbie Wasserman Schultz needs to put her slimy tail between her slimy legs and slither away under a rock somewhere already. (In one e-mail, the “neutral” Wasserman Schultz wrote of Bernie: “He isn’t going to be president.”)
But it’s much larger than that one lying, corrupt slimebag. Wasserman Schultz’s slimy head on a silver fucking platter is a great thing, but in and of itself it does nothing to reverse the pervasive corruption within the Billary-controlled Democratic Party, which stopped being a populist, progressive party and instead became a Clintonesque center-right, corporate party decades ago.
If you want to kill the Clinton Beast, you don’t just chop off one of its innumerable slimy tentacles; you have to drive a huge motherfucking stake through its cold, cold, slimy heart.
If the Democratic Party super-delegates were people of integrity instead of worthless party hacks, this coming week at the convention they would throw this thing to Bernie Sanders.
I mean that.
Hell, fuck even integrity; the question becomes whether or not the super-delegates want to nominate the candidate who has the best chance of winning the White House in November, which is supposed to be the No. 1 function of the convention. If the super-delegates have no conscience — and most of them don’t — then the least that they could do is their main job of picking the most likely winner.
The fact that the widely despised Billary Clinton (56 percent unfavorable rating and only 40 percent favorable rating nationwide) continues to drop in the polls against Donald Trump (Real Clear Politics’ average of recent nationwide polls has her at only 1.9 percent ahead of Trump in a two-way race and only 2.9 percent ahead of Trump in a four-way race), coupled with the physical evidence that of course the DNC did not remain neutral but anti-democratically did its best to handicap Bernie and to boost Billary, gives the super-delegates (who may vote however they please) not only cause, but compelling reason to vote for Bernie Sanders (whose nationwide favorability rating is at 53 percent).
Don’t get me wrong; I don’t expect this to happen. Above I wrote “If the Democratic Party super-delegates were people of integrity instead of worthless party hacks…”
Of the DNC e-mail dump, perhaps this e-mail exchange (which, per ABC News, occurred in early May) has pissed me off the most. Reports The New York Times:
… “It might may [sic] no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his [Bernie Sanders’] belief[?] Does he believe in a God[?]” wrote [the apparently fairly illiterate] Brad Marshall, the chief financial officer of the committee. “He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points[‘] difference with my peeps.” [Politico reports that Marshall immediately went on in his e-mail: “My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.” Why The New York Times didn’t report that lovely sentence and sentiment I’m not certain.]
Marshall added in a second e-mail: “It’s these [sic] Jesus thing.” [Amy Dacey, the DNC’s chief executive officer] wrote back, in capital letters: “AMEN.”
Marshall did not respond on Friday to an e-mail asking for comment. But The Intercept, a news website, quoted Marshall as saying: “I do not recall this. I can say it would not have been Sanders. It would probably be about a surrogate.” …
Give me a fucking break. This Brad Marshall prick was not talking about Bernie Sanders? OK, so if he was talking about a Sanders surrogate (but he was not; he is a corrupt, fucking liar who, like Wasserman Schultz and many others within the DNC, needs to resign or to be removed), then he needs to tell us, right now, exactly which Sanders surrogate he was writing about.
For the record, as I have indicated before, it is my impression of Bernie Sanders that although he is ethnically Jewish, he is agnostic to atheist (or, at least, secular). No truly intelligent person is not somewhere on the agnostic-to-atheist spectrum, and the only constitutionally and democratically sound way to govern is to do so secularly, not theocratically.
And, as I’ve written before, we in the United States of America have freedom of religion and freedom from religion, and there is not supposed to be a religious test put on the presidency.
And many if not even most of the millions of people who voted for Bernie in the Democratic Party primary elections and caucuses (including yours truly) are somewhere on the agnostic-to-atheist spectrum, so very apparently Bernie Sanders’ religious beliefs, if any, have not posed a problem for them/us.
But to bring up “[the] Jesus thing” when talking about an at-least-ethnically Jewish person — that’s so classy and so not anti-Semitic or anything, and look at how shamelessly cynically the Billarybots within the DNC were willing, ready and able to exploit religion — the “Jesus thing” — for their own political gain (and for Billary’s, of course).
And, of course, with e-mails plotting to exploit Bernie Sanders’ not being a Jeebus-lovin’ Christian, you would think that these were members of the Repugnican National Committee plotting against Bernie, not members of the Democratic National Committee. With “friends” like these, who the fuck needs enemies?
Nothing is sacred to the slimy weasels that have overtaken the Democratic National Committee. Probably mostly agnostics to atheists themselves, they’ll nonetheless gladly exploit the “Jesus thing” to try to help Billary (who probably actually is agnostic to atheist herself) and harm Bernie.
It’s long past due to clean house from top to bottom, every square fucking inch of it, and, again, merely chopping off the one slimy tentacle that is Debbie Wasserman Schultz won’t cut it.
In the wake of the rather copious physical evidence that the Democratic National Committee did everything in its power to help Billary and to harm Bernie, I already have switched my voter registration from the Democratic Party to the Green Party.
I encourage you to leave the Democratic Party, too, if you are registered with it. (I had registered with the Democratic Party only to be able to vote for Bernie in California’s presidential primary on June 7.)
The Democratic Party as it exists today does not deserve the support of those of us who are left of center, and until and unless we deprive it of our support, it will continue to accept our money and our votes while only betraying us time and time and time and time and time again.
If Bernie Sanders now wants to, say, run with the Green Party’s Jill Stein, as she has offered him, I am perfectly fine with that.
I rather doubt that he will, but given the fact that the Democratic National Committee did not run anything remotely resembling a fair presidential contest, but, in fact, quite actively fucked over Bernie Sanders — and, by extension, his millions of supporters (including yours truly) — it is well within Bernie’s moral rights to do whatever the hell he wants to do now.
Bernie, after all, didn’t, so to speak, void any contractual agreement by acting in bad faith; the DNC did that, and it did it big-time.
P.S. Here is the link on WikiLeaks to prick Brad Marshall’s e-mail plotting attacks on Bernie Sanders’ religious beliefs (or lack thereof):
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7643
The e-mail is professionally titled “No shit.”
Tagged as "Philadelphia", agnosticism, Amy Dacey, atheism, Billary Clinton, Billarybots, Brad Marshall, corruption, crooked Hillary, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Democratic Party hacks, DNC, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, news, Politics, presidential politics, religious test, Republican National Convention, Republican Party, secularism, slimebags, weasels
Billary blew it with ‘safe’ Tim Kaine
Billary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine campaign in Virginia last week. Today Billary announced a Clinton-Kaine ticket. Wake me up when this snoozefest is finally over. Zzzzzzzzz…
Queen Billary Clinton’s No. 1 requirement in a running mate, I am confident, was that he or she must not overshadow Her Highness.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, her pick, certainly fits that bill.
An adjective often used to describe him is “boring.” (He even calls himself “boring.”) Yahoo! News notes that Billary’s selection of Kaine is “a safe, centrist choice that will likely disappoint some in the progressive wing of her party.”
“Some”?
The No. 2 requirement in Billary’s running mate had to be that he or she is a centrist, that is, a fellow Democrat in name only — certainly no Bernie Sanders, and not even an Elizabeth Warren.
Billary’s pick of a moderate Democrat/Repugican Lite from the South is wholly in line with her and her husband’s political start in Arkansas — and their long history of giving the party’s left-of-center base the middle finger.
In having picked Tim Kaine, Billary in effect picked herself — as a man who is a decade younger.
Don’t get me wrong; I don’t hate Tim Kaine. Indeed, I (and millions of others) know little of him, pretty much only that he personally opposes abortion, given his Roman Catholic background, and that he has been supportive of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which even Der Fuhrer Donald Trump opposes.
But Tim Kaine (whom I might come to hate in the future, as I learn more about him) is wholly uninspiring. His political philosophy, like Billary’s, appears to be stuck in the 1990s.
I’m glad that Billary didn’t pick as her running mate New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker; he’s an empty suit, a Barack Obama wannabe.
And while we’re long past due for our first Latino or Latina president or vice president, neither U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez nor U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro has the experience to be only a heartbeat away from the presidency. Perez’s only elected office was a seat on a Maryland county council, and Castro’s only elected offices were a member of San Antonio’s city council and then the city’s mayor.
In my book, if you want to be president you had better have been a governor or a U.S. senator, and if you want to be vice president you had better have been a governor or a U.S. senator, since as vice president you might end up as president.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, like Kaine, was a governor, so he has vice-presidential chops, but, like Kaine, Vilsack isn’t an exciting or an inspiring person, so I’m glad that Billary didn’t pick him.
Billary should have picked as her running mate U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
Billary, I believe, with her choice of running mate sorely needed to excite her party’s base more than she needed to try to assuage any fears of the voters of the flyover states — states that are going to go for The Donald anyway — that white men are losing their grip on positions of power to women and to non-whites.
(This was, methinks, Billary’s No. 3 requirement in a running mate: that she pick a white man in order not to spook too many centrist, center-right and even right-wing voters, to whom she always has shown more allegiance than she has shown to the Democratic Party base.
I mean, these are fragile voters, and after we’ve had our first non-white president, we can’t have a two-woman ticket or a ticket of a white woman and a non-white person!)
Even Donald Trump picked yet another milquetoast white man to be his running mate. Billary couldn’t do better?
Had Billary picked Liz Warren, she would have excited the hell out of her base. She would have excited progressives and women.
Instead, Billary picked Tim Kaine. Yawn.
To be fair, maybe Billary asked Liz and Liz said no. (If Liz were smart, and she is smart, she would have said Oh, hell no! to playing third fiddle in the Clinton White House 2.0.) I don’t know.
I do know that the addition of “safe” and centrist Tim Kaine to the ticket gives me and millions of other progressives (most of us Berners — and Bernie won 45.6 percent of the pledged Democratic delegates, let me remind you) zero reason to vote for Billary.
I mean, I’d had no intention to vote for her anyway — I still most likely will vote for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein — but the addition of an actual progressive to the ticket was the only thing that, coupled with the looming fascism of Der Fuhrer Donald, perhaps could have induced me to vote for Billary.*
And a two-woman ticket wouldn’t have been a bad idea; it would have been a brilliant idea, after having had nothing but two-man tickets throughout our nation’s history.
But instead of making a bold, visionary — even revolutionary — move, the utterly uninspiring, charisma-free Billary played it “safe.”
We’ll see what and where “safe” gets her on November 8.
*Queen Billary is going to win my state of California and all 55 of its electoral votes anyway, so it doesn’t really matter for whom I vote for president or whether I even vote for president at all, but I will vote for president.
Tagged as abortion, Arkansas, Berners, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Billary Clinton, California, centrism, centrists, Clinton-Kaine 2016, Corey Booker, Democratic Party, DINO, DINOs, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, Julian Castro, Mike Pence, Politics, presidential politics, progressives, progressivism, Tim Kaine, Tom Perez, Tom Vilsack, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Virginia
Trump could win White House because of (not despite) the RNC shit show
Talk-radio wingnut Laura Ingraham briefly makes what looks like a Nazi salute to Der Fuhrer Donald Trump during the Repugnican National Convention’s third night. It’s so fitting. (On that note, why are so many Repugnican Tea Party women blonde or bleach blonde? [Oh, yeah — that Aryan thing…])
What a spectacular shit show the Repugnican National Convention has been. Where to even begin? With Barbie Trump’s plagiarized-not-plagiarized-OK-plagiarized speech? (Hey, at least it inspired this cute Photoshop job:
Should we begin with Ted Cruz slogging through his you-should-have-made-me-the-nominee speech even though he was being roundly booed? Or with the mother of one of four Benghazi victims grotesquely being worshiped while Cindy Sheehan, the mother of one of more than 4,000 victims of the illegal, immoral, unjust and unprovoked Vietraq War, was reviled by the same bunch of wingnuts because she isn’t a wingnut herself? With the surreal apparent proof that Chachi still lives? (But where is Joanie?) The surreal fact that former hottie Antonio Sabato Jr.’s being an abject wingnut is a total boner shrinker? Ben Carson stating that Billary Clinton is in league with Lucifer? (Um, even if he did exist, Lucifer wouldn’t associate with her. And for Crazy Carson, a physician, for fuck’s sake, even that statement wasn’t surreal.) How about wingnutty talk-radio host Laura Ingraham’s apparent brief Nazi salute to Der Fuhrer Trump?
Again: Spectacular. Sh-t show.
More frightening than the Repugnican National Convention, however, could be Election Day.
Fivethirtyeight.com, which just recently gave Trump only about a 20 percent chance of winning the White House to Billary’s 80 percent chance, now puts it at 39 percent Trump to 61 percent Billary. Prediction market PredictIt.org is in the same ballpark, with Trump at 35 cents to Billary at 66 cents. We’re somewhere around 60-40, folks, when not long ago it was 80-20.
The Huffington Post’s average of polls right now has Billary at only 2.8 percent ahead of Trump nationwide, and Real Clear Politics’ average of polls similarly right now has Billary at only 2.7 percent ahead of Trump nationwide. (RCP’s four-way race – Billary, Trump, Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson – gives Billary a 3.6 percent lead over Trump.)
Michael Moore recently declared on Bill Maher’s show that “We’ve [we Democrats and Democratic leaners have] been sitting in our bubble, having a good laugh at this total … shit show [that is the Repugnican National Convention], but the truth is that this plays to a lot of people that [Trump] has to win to become the next president…. I’m sorry to be the buzz kill here so early on, but I think Trump is gonna win.”
Chauncey DeVega is more optimistic. He writes: “…Donald Trump will not defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. He lacks the infrastructure and resources to run a proper presidential campaign. Trump is also extremely unpopular among huge swaths of the American public.
“However, the presidential race will be much closer than many pundits and other experts are predicting. …”
I agree that it’s likely to be a tight race. The Repugnican Tea Party traitors really, really want “their” country back after eight years of Kenyan Muslim rule, you see. They will, I suspect, be more motivated by their hatred of the left (and of Billary, who, ironically, only barely is to the left) and their love of fascism than the rest of us will be excited to vote for Billary or even motivated to vote for her out of our hatred and/or fear of Trump.
The Repugnican Tea Party traitors will, I suspect, act the way that the Bushies acted in 2000 when they stole the White House: After eight years of Bill Clinton, they wanted the White House back so badly that it mattered to them not that Al Gore had won the presidential election, and they threw the longer, louder tantrum, so the then-right-wing U.S. Supreme Court threw the election to them.
The rest of us didn’t fight the 2000 theft of the White House, certainly not enough to prevent it from happening; what has changed enough for us to believe that we would fight such a theft if it happened again this presidential election?
So the closer the presidential election is, the more likely it is that the Repugnican Tea Party traitors will be able to steal the White House again, like they did 16 years ago, so I don’t get DeVega’s optimism.
And DeVega acts as though “the infrastructure and resources to run a proper presidential campaign” matter as much as they used to. These aren’t normal times; we can argue that a presidential candidate still must have infrastructure and resources, I suppose, but really, what the fuck is “a proper presidential campaign” anymore? Where the fuck is propriety today?
I mean, in my lifetime of almost five decades, no U.S. president had not first been at least vice president, a U.S. senator or the governor of a state before becoming president. You have to go all the way back to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was in the White House from 1953 through 1961, before you can go back to a president who wasn’t previously vice president, a senator or a governor. Eisenhower, as many presidents before him, came from a military background.
Donald Trump has none of these things on his resume. He is a fucking flim-flam man.
Indeed, the author of The Art of the Deal, the 1987 “(auto)biography” that created the myth of The Donald, now says that he wrote “every word” of the book, although Trump claims that he wrote it, and he says that he regrets that he wrote the book, now that Trump is a contender for the White House.
“I helped to paint Trump as a vastly more appealing human being than he actually is. And I have no pride about that. … I did it for the money. It’s certainly weighed on me over the years,” the author of the “(auto)biography,” Tony Schwartz, recently told NPR. “Now, since he’s … in a position to potentially become president, it makes my decision back then look very different than it did at the time.”
Among other things, Schwartz told NPR that “One of the chief things I’m concerned about is the limits of [Trump’s] attention span, which are as severe as any person I think I’ve ever met.” NPR also reports:
… The idea of a president in an “incredibly complex and threatening world who can’t pay attention is itself frightening,” Schwartz says.
Add to that the fact that Trump is so easily provoked, that what Schwartz calls Trump’s insecurity “makes him incredibly reactive whenever he feels threatened, which is very, very often.” …
While it’s clear to those of us who are sane that Donald Fucking Trump is a fucking fraud, a fucking facade, and is wholly unfit for the White House, it certainly isn’t clear to his fan club of fellow fascists who are looking for their fuhrer — or, more frightening, perhaps many if not even most of them actually have some clue that Trump is a fucking fraud but they just don’t care.
And while DeVega is correct that Trump is “extremely unpopular among huge swaths of the American public,” so is Billary Clinton; while Trump’s unfavorability rating right now is about 60 percent among all Americans, Billary isn’t far behind — her unfavorability rating is about 56 percent.
I lean more toward agreeing with Michael Moore than I do with Chauncey DeVega – Moore is right about the anti-Trump bubble, and DeVega seems to be writing from within that bubble (albeit close to its inner surface) – but we’ll see.
At this point I see the Billary-Trump race as a toss-up, and again, in toss-ups the Repugnican Tea Party traitors usually get what they want, because they shamelessly act like Orcs to get it.
One thing I am sure of is that the Billarybots who assure us that Billary has it in the bag are lying, are deluded, or are deluded liars.
They continue to ignore how widely despised she is, how uninspiring she is (even to most of those who say that they support her), and how weak a candidate she actually is, and they continue to ignore the polls, such as the polls that consistently showed Bernie Sanders beating Trump by double digits while Billary only rarely could reach double digits against Trump and now fares only in the frighteningly low single digits against Trump.
In the minds and the words of the Billarybots, it all will work out OK because how awful Donald Trump is is just so self-evident to the majority of those who will vote in November.
Except that that isn’t the case at all, which the polls continue to prove.
Tagged as Art of the Deal, charlatan, Chauncey DeVega, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, flim-flam man, Hillary Clinton, huckster, Laura Ingraham, Melania Trump, Michael Moore, Nazi salute, news, Politics, presidential politics, Republican National Convention, Republican Party, Ted Cruz, The Art of the Deal, Tony Schwartz
Cornel West, fresh from Democratic platform committee, endorses Jill Stein
New York Times photo
Cornel West, whom Wikipedia describes as “an American philosopher, academic, social activist, author, public intellectual and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America,” recently finished his stint as one of the 15 members of the 2016 Democratic Party platform-drafting committee (he was one of Bernie Sanders’ only-five picks to the committee) — only to endorse Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. West, shown above campaigning for Bernie in Charleston, South Carolina, in January, correctly calls Stein “the only progressive woman in the race” for the White House.
Here is Cornel West’s piece for The Guardian, in full (the links are the original links, not mine):
A long and deep legacy of white supremacy has always arrested the development of U.S. democracy. We either hit it head on, or it comes back to haunt us. That’s why a few of us have pressed the president for seven years not to ignore issues of poverty, police abuse and mass unemployment. Barack Obama said it very well, following the shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, that some communities “have been forgotten by all of us.”
And now – in Dallas, Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights and beyond – this legacy has comes back to haunt the whole country.
Obama and his cheerleaders should take responsibility for being so reluctant to engage with these issues. It’s not a question of interest group or constituencies. Unfortunately for so much of the Obama administration it’s been a question of “I’m not the president of black people, I’m the president of everyone.” But this is a question of justice. It’s about being concerned about racism and police brutality.
I have deep empathy for brothers and sisters who are shot in the police force. I also have profound empathy for people of color who are shot by the police. I have always believed deliberate killing to be a crime against humanity.
Yet, Obama didn’t go to Baton Rouge. He didn’t go to Minneapolis. He flew over their heads to go to Dallas. You can’t do that. His fundamental concern was to speak to the police; that was his priority. When he references the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s to speak to the police. But the people who are struggling have a different perspective.
The very notion that Dallas is the paragon of policing is something that needs to be interrogated. The Dallas mayor said we have done nothing wrong, but look at your history. Ask people in southern Dallas about the police. Ask Clinton Allen, an unarmed black man fatally shot by the Dallas police in 2013. I was with his mother, Collette Flanagan, the founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality, last year. Countless people came up and told us about all the struggles black communities are having with the Dallas police.
Unfortunately, Obama thrives on being in the middle. He has no backbone to fight for justice. He likes to be above the fray. But for those us us who are in the fray, there is a different sensibility. You have to choose which side you’re on, and he doesn’t want to do that. Fundamentally, he’s not a love warrior. He’s a polished professional. Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Ella Baker – they were warriors.
Obama’s attitude is that of a neo-liberal, and they rarely have solidarity with poor and working people. Whatever solidarity he does offer is just lip service to suffering, but he never makes it a priority to end that suffering.
Obama has power right now to enact the recommendations made after Ferguson: better training, independent civilian oversight boards, body cameras. But he has not used executive orders to push any of these changes through.
This November, we need change. Yet we are tied in a choice between [Donald] Trump, who would be a neo-fascist catastrophe, and [Hillary] Clinton, a neo-liberal disaster. That’s why I am supporting Jill Stein. I am with her – the only progressive woman in the race – because we’ve got to get beyond this lock-jaw situation. I have a deep love for my brother Bernie Sanders, but I disagree with him on Hillary Clinton. I don’t think she would be an “outstanding president.” Her militarism makes the world a less safe place.
Clinton policies of the 1990s generated inequality, mass incarceration, privatization of schools and Wall Street domination. There is also a sense that the Clinton policies helped produce the right-wing populism that we’re seeing now in the country. And we think she’s going to come to the rescue? That’s not going to happen.
The American empire is in deep spiritual decline and cultural decay. The levels of wealth inequality and environmental degradation is grotesque. The correct response to this is: tell the truth about what is going on. Bear witness. Be willing to go to jail to fight for justice if need be.
When the system is declining, it can bring despair. That’s why Black Lives Matter – and all other young people of all colors who are mobilizing – is a beautiful thing. We are having a moral and spiritual awakening. It gives us democratic hope. Its not about having hope but being hope. It’s time to move from being spectators, to being actors.
Among his many other points, I share West’s contention that Barack Obama hasn’t done enough for black Americans, irrespective of Obama’s race.
In fact, I’ve long speculated that Obama has done even less for black Americans than would a president of another race even with a similar political ideology — out of Obama’s fear of being accused of doing too much for black Americans because he is a black American himself.
And yes, of course all lives matter and of course Obama is supposed to be every American’s president, but these assertions often if not usually are made to whitewash the fact that black Americans still struggle mightily — by most socioeconomic measures more than any other racial group — in a largely racist, white supremacist nation.
As I’ve noted, I don’t hold it against Bernie that he endorsed Billary. Because he ran as a Democrat, he pretty much had to. But he didn’t have to do so wholeheartedly, and he didn’t do so wholeheartedly. In my view, he did it with a major wink-wink.
And, of course, we Berners are free to vote for whom we wish, and like Brother Cornel (who, again, helped to write the Democratic Party platform, for fuck’s sake), I intend to vote for Jill Stein, who is not only the only progressive woman in the presidential race, but is the only progressive, period, who still is in the race.
Tagged as Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Cornel West, Dallas, democracy, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, environmental degradation, environmentalism, fascism, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, inequality, Jill Stein, mass incarceration, neo-liberalism, police brutality, Politics, poverty, presidential politics, progressivism, Racism, school privatization, Texas, unemployment, Wall Street, white supremacy
No, Billary Clinton does NOT have the support of 85 percent of us Berners
The actual number of those of us who voted for Bernie Sanders who plan to vote for Billary Clinton in November is probably around 60 percent. Indeed, a CNN poll taken last month showed that only 57 percent of us Berners would support Billary in November, while 18 percent of us would support Green Party candidate Jill Stein (pictured above), 13 percent would support Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, and 8 percent would support Donald Trump. The widely quoted Pew poll that showed that 85 percent of Berners would support Billary did not give the respondents the explicit choices of Stein or Johnson, wildly skewing its results.
How many of those who voted for Bernie Sanders in a primary election or caucus plan to vote for Billary Clinton in November?
The poll numbers have varied widely.
A Bloomberg poll taken a month ago found that only 55 percent of Berners would vote for Billary, while 22 percent would vote for Donald Trump and 18 percent would vote for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. Very apparently and very revealingly, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, the natural candidate for Berners who can’t bring themselves to support Billary, wasn’t even among the Bloomberg poll respondents’ choices.
The Bloomberg poll is, methinks, bullshit, and, by omitting Stein, among other things, quite intentionally skews to the right; no, I don’t see a bit more than a full fifth of Berners actually voting for Donald Trump (I don’t see any Berner voting for Trump, really, unless it’s a Fuck-it!-Bring-on-Armageddon-already! vote).
And the Libertarians are mostly wingnuts, and certainly aren’t diverse, but are mostly white dudes; the Libertarians aren’t a natural fit for Berners, either (although I’m sure that the misandrists who use the defamatory [but thankfully-also-self-defeating] term “Bernie bro”* disagree).
Further, a pillar of the Libertarian Party is “the abolition of the welfare state,” whereas a pillar — actually, the pillar — of Bernie Sanders’ campaign was the strengthening of the welfare state.
Wikipedia defines the “welfare state” as “a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the social and economic well-being of its citizens. It is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.”
I am a staunch proponent of the welfare state — no, not as defined by the wingnuts (whose definition is something like this: a bunch of lazy people mooching off of the gubmint and our tax dollars), but as defined in the paragraph above.
So no, this Berner isn’t going to vote for Trumpence or for Gary Johnson, but most likely will vote for Jill Stein, in large if not most part because she supports the welfare state as defined above. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein subscribes to my belief that the federal government should exist primarily to improve the life of every common American — not to further enrich and to further empower the already rich and the already powerful, which is what the right-wing Repugnicans and the right-wing Libertarians very apparently believe is the main role of the federal government.**
Another, much-more-bandied-about-because-it’s-good-for-Billary poll is a Pew poll taken earlier this month that found that a rather whopping 85 percent of Berners will vote for Billary and that 9 percent plan to vote for Trump in November.
But, tellingly, Stein and even Johnson weren’t explicitly listed as possible responses in the widely quoted Pew poll, demonstrating amply that exactly how a poll question is worded already loads the dice.
Indeed, The Atlantic noted late last month:
… A CNN poll released Tuesday [June 21] shows that 74 percent of Sanders supporters would vote for Clinton in a choice between her and Trump in the general election.
Yet support for Clinton dropped when other options besides Trump were included in the poll.
When asked to choose between Clinton, Trump, the Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, and the Green Party candidate Jill Stein, only 57 percent of Sanders supporters said they would back Clinton. Eight percent said they would vote for Trump; 13 percent picked Johnson; and 18 percent went for Stein. … [Emphasis mine.]
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but the corporately owned and controlled mainstream media, a la George Orwell’s 1984, want us proles to support only corporately owned and controlled presidential candidates, so when they poll us proles, they won’t even ask us about third-party or independent presidential candidates.
The CNN poll’s results — with all four candidates included — are, I think, the closest to the truth.
Yes, give Berners a choice in your little poll of only Billary or Trump, and anywhere from around 75 percent to 85 percent of them might pick Billary, but give them the choices that they’ll actually have on their November ballots, and the result is quite different.
My best guesstimate as to the percentage of Berners who truly plan to vote for Billary Clinton in November as I type this sentence is around 60 percent (in line with CNN’s finding), maybe as high as around 65 percent, but certainly not as high as 85 percent.
Note that when CNN included in its poll of Berners the choices of Billary, Trump, Stein and Johnson, Stein garnered the largest amount of support outside of Billary, with 18 percent. Again, Stein is the most natural inheritor of the support of Berners (like yours truly) who can’t bring themselves to vote for the center-right Billary in November.
It’s quite possible, of course, that that percentage of Berners who plan to take an anti-emetic, hold their noses and actually vote for Billary will creep up over the coming months as the full horror of a Trumpence White House becomes clearer and clearer. A lot can happen between now and Election Day.
In the end, Billary might actually capture in November something like 85 percent of those who voted for Bernie. But I don’t believe that she has that level of support today.
And given how close polls have her with Trump, she will need it.
Real Clear Politics’ average of recent polls right now puts Billary at only 4.5 percent ahead of Trump nationally in a four-way race and only 3.2 percent ahead of Trump nationally in a two-way race. The Huffington Post’s average of recent polls right now similarly puts Billary at only 3.5 percent ahead of Trump nationally in a two-way race.
I’m sure that it’s comforting to the Billarybots to believe that 85 percent of us Berners already are in the bag for Billary, but the polls indicate that the Billarybots easily could be in for a big November surprise.
*Glenn Greenwald has written of the term “Bernie bro”:
The concoction of the “Bernie Bro” narrative by pro-[Billary] Clinton journalists has been a potent political tactic — and a journalistic disgrace.
It’s intended to imply two equally false claims: (1) a refusal to march enthusiastically behind the Wall Street-enriched, multiple-war-advocating, despot-embracing Hillary Clinton is explainable not by ideology or political conviction, but largely if not exclusively by sexism: demonstrated by the fact that men, not women, support Sanders (his supporters are “bros”); and (2) Sanders supporters are uniquely abusive and misogynistic in their online behavior.
Needless to say, a crucial tactical prong of this innuendo is that any attempt to refute it is itself proof of insensitivity to sexism if not sexism itself (as the accusatory reactions to this article will instantly illustrate). …
My best guess is that the Billarybots’ invention of the term “Bernie bro” at least in part was meant to shame the “Bernie bros” into supporting Billary (lest they be called sexist and misogynist), but methinks that this tactic for the most part has had the opposite effect.
I mean, I, for one, never was going to support Repugnican Lite, DINO Billary Clinton anyway, but then to be called sexist and misogynist for refusing to support the self-serving, center-right, sellout Billary (whom I’m “supposed” to support only because she is [as far as we know] a biological female and because she calls herself a Democrat) — that only reinforced my repudiation of Billary and her ironically sexist and misandrist bots.
**To be more precise, the Repugnicans want the federal government to actively aid and abet the rich and powerful in their continued war on us commoners. This is, to the Repugnicans, the only real legitimate use of the federal government: to continue their class warfare, using our commoners’ own tax dollars in their war upon us.
The Libertarians, on the other hand, want a dog-eat-dog nation in which the federal government (which has been shrunk as much as possible if not eliminated altogether) just sits back (if it still even exists at all) and lets the canine cannibalism happen.
In either case, the rich and powerful right-wing white men continue to run the show and those who historically have suffered the most in the nation continue to suffer the most.
Tagged as Berners, Bernie bro, Bernie bros, Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Libertarian Party, misandrists, misandry, Politics, presidential politics, presidential polling, presidential polls, Republican Party, Trumpence, welfare state
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Art in the High Desert
PO Box 5575 Bend OR 97708
info@artinthehighdesert.com
Central Oregon's Premier Juried Fine Art & Craft Show & Sale
Art in the High Desert, Central Oregon’s highly-acclaimed event returns for its’ 13th year, August 28-30, 2020, in the Old Mill District in Bend, Oregon. This event showcases 120 of the top professional visual artists from across North America. Fifteen categories of art will be represented at this annual event—from painting to wood, glass to photography, wearables to ceramics, jewelry to sculpture and more. Art in the High Desert celebrates the time-honored tradition of the individual artist. The person you see in the booth is the person who made the work. For 3 days, you will have the unique opportunity to visit with, see and buy original art from some of the top artists in North America. Truly original. Made for you. Free admission. Art for everyone & every budget.
Friday-Saturday 10am-6pm
Artinthehighdesert.com
For the safety of everyone, no dogs/pets allowed, except service dogs. Thank you.
Central Oregon’s Premier Juried Fine Art & Craft Show & Sale
Artists’ Gallery Sunriver
57100 Beaver Drive, Building 19 Sunriver 97707
artistsgallerysunriver@gmail.com
Approachable Fine Art
Visit the Artists’ Gallery in Sunriver to see how our many talented artists have been inspired! Located in the Village in Sunriver, the Artists’ Gallery displays approachable fine art, by local creative artists in a variety of mediums. This website shows samples of each artists’ work. Not all items on this website are for sale in the gallery. However, there are always lots of new artworks in the gallery.
Bend Art Gallery Association
We invite you to enjoy Central Oregon’s rich artistic culture—visit our art galleries! Experience art in the Old Mill District, Downtown Bend and Second Street, during our monthly First Friday Gallery Walk, and visit us all throughout the month. Be sure to check-out the Old Ironworks District on Last Saturday.
The First Friday Gallery Walk was created by the Bend Gallery Association over 20 years ago as a way to acquaint the community to the galleries. It has grown into a city-wide cultural event with many businesses joining in the fun. Galleries in downtown Bend and the Old Mill District kick-off their monthly shows on the First Friday of every month with an opening, inviting the public. Plan on making it a part of your monthly entertainment plan!
Pick up a Bend Gallery Association Gallery Guide at any gallery and in brochure racks throughout Central Oregon.
We invite you to enjoy Central Oregon’s rich artistic culture—visit our art galleries! Experience art in the Old Mill District, Downtown Bend and Second Street, during our monthly First Friday Gallery Walk, and visit us all throughout the month. Be sure to check-out the Old Ironworks District on Last Saturday. The First Friday Gallery Walk was created by the Bend Gallery Association over 20 years ago as […]
Bend Brewfest
344 SW Shevlin-Hixon Drive Bend 97702
Enjoy over 200 craft beers along the Deschutes River
Enjoy more than 200 different craft beers along the Deschutes River
There might not be a better place in the country to fall in love with a new hazy IPA or rekindle the flames with a classic pale ale than the Bend Brewfest.
Central Oregon’s largest craft beer festival is set to welcome more than 70 breweries and cider makers August 15-17 at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Craft beer hounds will have 200-plus different beers, ciders and wines to choose from at the 2019 Bend Brewfest, all against the backdrop of the Cascade mountains and the Deschutes River.
Known for featuring the most creative and innovative breweries in not just Oregon but the entire Pacific Northwest, the Bend Brewfest once again will host its X-Tap program dedicated to small batch and specialty beers. There’s typically only one keg of each X-Tap beer and once they’re gone, they’re gone. Anticipated highlights from this year’s X-Tap include Fremont’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark: Coffee Edition; pFriem’s La Muse, a Lambic-inspired with Oregon Marionberries and Black Cap Raspberries; and Sunriver Brewing’s Mi Casa es Su Casa Mexican Mocha Barrel Aged Blend.
Set in the heart of one of the nation’s most influential craft brew communities, the Bend Brewfest serves as the perfect trailhead for adventurous beer lovers. GoodLife, Crux, Deschutes, Sunriver, Bend Brewing, Immersion, Avid Cider and other breweries and cider houses are all within walking distance of the Bend Brewfest. Bend is also home to The Bend Ale Trail, the largest beer trail in the West, and stellar tap rooms like the Broken Top Bottle Shop and Platypus Pub.
Tasting packages that include a mug and tasting tokens start at $20. The Bend Brewfest runs from 4 to 11 p.m. on Thursday, August 15 and from noon to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, August 16-17.
Bend Cultural Tourism Fund
750 NW Lava Road #160 Bend 97703
laurel@laurelmacmillon.com
A Tourism Development Program
The Bend Cultural Tourism Fund (BCTF) is a grant program created to enhance Bend’s economy through cultural tourism. From musical productions to art exhibits to film festivals and more, the BCTF supports cultural opportunities that draw visitors to Bend.
Visit Bend established the BCTF with the goal of attracting cultural tourists during shoulder seasons and winter months – a time of year when the city’s tourism industry struggles, yet a time when cultural tourism organizations are most active.
Thanks to a ballot measure passed in 2013, Visit Bend is able to fund the BCTF using 7.5% of the organization’s total annual public funding received from the City of Bend. The program awarded $125,000 to cultural tourism organizations in 2015, just under $200,000 in 2017, $205,000 in 2018, and $200,000 in 2019. Awards have supported cultural opportunities ranging from the Deschutes Public Library’s Author! Author! series to a Nordic skiing exhibit at the Deschutes Historical Museum to the launch of the Bend A Cappella Festival in 2016.
Bend Elks Baseball Club
401 SE Roosevelt Avenue Bend OR 97702
kelsie@bendelks.com
Let's Play Ball!
The Bend Elks Baseball Club is a collegiate summer wood bat baseball team. The Bend Elks have some of the best college players from all levels who come to play from June – August. Come catch a game of the true American pass time.
Tickets start at $6 for most games. Don’t forget our Free Kid Wednesdays or $2 Tuesdays! Season tickets, group rates and facility rental area options are available, please contact us at 541-312-9259 for more details.
Visiting Central Oregon year round? Come check out The Bend Elks Baseball Club indoor training facility, including 5 full size batting cages featuring 3 pitching machines. We also have a fully stocked baseball pro-shop for all your baseball and softball needs. Performance training and physical therapy also provided, please contact 541-312-9259 for more information.
Let’s Play Ball!
Bend Summer Festival in July
Bond & Minnesota Street Bend 97701
info@layitoutevents.com
The Bend Summer Festival is located in the beautiful, charming downtown area of Bend, Oregon in July each year. Minnesota Street becomes the hub for gourmet artisans from the Pacific Northwest to sip, graze and absorb the best free live jazz in Oregon! We pair a stellar line up of jazz musicians with world-class wines from Oregon, salts, oils, spices, exotic prepared food and more. Learn how to complement your foodie repertoire from the source, on the street, and with friends.
KIDS PLAY ZONE
Located on Oregon Street between Bond St. & Lava Rd.
Enjoy two days of family fun at the First Interstate Bank Bend Summer Festival. Bounce houses, face painting, balloon animals, kids activities and more!
FINE ARTIST PROMENADE
Saturday & Sunday | Wall Street between Oregon & Franklin
Stroll through the more than 100 fine artists and craftspeople as they fill the street with their handwork, design and artistry. Traveling to Bend from all over the state, region and country, these fine artists bring color and life to the First Interstate Bank Bend Summer Festival! A sampling of this year’s artists bringing pottery, photography, fiber arts and clothing, 2D fine art, 3D fine art and sculpture, home and garden adornments, jewelry and more.
Our team travels the globe looking for unique art vendors (traditional, musical and culinary) who can bring “heart and soul” and a rich experience to our arts and crafts festivals and music events throughout Central Oregon. If you are an artist, craftsperson or restaurateur, check out our website
The Bend Summer Festival is located in the beautiful, charming downtown area of Bend, Oregon in July each year. Minnesota Street becomes the hub for gourmet artisans from the Pacific Northwest to sip, graze and absorb the best free live jazz in Oregon! We pair a stellar line up of jazz musicians with world-class wines from […]
BendFilm
2748 NW Crossing Drive, Ste 130 Bend OR 97701
info@bendfilm.org
A celebration of independent film.
The 13th Annual BendFilm Festival
The BendFilm Festival, coming soon on October 6-9, transforms our recreational haven into a town obsessed with independent films and those who make them. Film-loving citizens and visitors gather in movie theaters, lecture halls, music rooms and event spaces to behold the wonderful work of talented independent filmmakers.
And the filmmakers that travel to the fest? They delight in our collective embrace as we treat them like royalty. In return, they enrich our festival experience with their insight, creativity and passion, which they share generously at post-screening Q&As, panel discussions, parties and wherever they go.
Our event offers much more than marathon film watching; Bend is intoxicated with the overwhelming presence of cinema. Day and night, the energy is palpable. Everyone you see on the sidewalks, in the restaurants, at the bars—makes, loves or has an opinion about… film. The many serendipitous encounters, between fellow pass-holders and with our beloved filmmakers, generate lively exchanges, inspired connections and memorable moments for all.
Cascade Relays
1177 SE 9th St Bend 97702
prteam@cascaderelays.com
Relay On Us
Cascade Relays is a small, family-run business with the mission to provide exceptional race experiences. There are lots of relays to choose from, but Cascade Relays races are different. We are a small, family-run business with the mission to provide exceptional race experiences, while supporting the communities we run through. We prioritize rural courses, local vendors & businesses, personal relationships and supporting local non-profits. You’ll get to know your Race Directors – Scott & Carrie Douglass – through communication throughout the year and out on the race course. Our staff and volunteers embody the spirit of our company – safety, fun and competition. Join the CLRG family!
About Cascade Relays
Cascade Relays is a small, family-run business based in Bend, Oregon. Founders Scott and Carrie Douglass grew up in Bend, met in 6th grade and eventually married five days before the inaugural Cascade Lakes Relay in August 2008. Working closely together, Scott & Carrie are focused on the Cascade Relays Family, including the loyal participants, dedicated staff and volunteers, and local communities that contribute to the success of Cascade Relays events.
Cascade Relays currently produces the Cascade Lakes Relay and The Beer Chase Series – with local one-day relays in Bend, San Diego, and Boulder.
What is the Bend Beer Chase?
One day, one van, six friends, twelve legs, 12-20 craft breweries hosting exchange points where runners sample their amazing craft. Seriously, what could be better? Join us for a Beer Chase near you, and let us know where you’d like to see Cascade Relays host the next Bend Beer Chase!
The Cascade Relays Foundation supports local non-profits, school groups, and community organizations in the communities our events travel through. Cascade Relays has directly donated over $300,000 to local nonprofits and community groups since its founding in 2008. In 2017, The Cascade Relays Foundation granted $65,000 to partnering charities.
Scott and Carrie Douglass, co-founders of Cascade Relays, announced the formation of the Cascade Relays Foundation in November 2016. The Foundation allows Cascade Relays to continue supporting nonprofits in the communities along its Cascade Lakes Relays, Bend Beer Chase, Centennial Beer Chase, and San Diego Beer Chase course routes. Cascade Relays also provides pro-bono support and free equipment for several local nonprofit events throughout the year, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bend Thanksgiving I Like Pie run, The Ronald McDonald House Stronger Together Walk, and TEDxBend.
Ready to experience running as a team sport?
Join the Cascade Relays family, and Relay On Us
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Cascades Theatrical Company
148 NW Greenwood Ave Bend OR 97701
Putting local residents on-stage and back-stage in local productions
You’ve come to love CTC because it puts local residents on stage and backstage in productions that far exceed expectations of what “community theatre” is supposed to be.
Cascadia Adventure Film Festival
info@cascadiaadventurefilmfestival.com
Celebrating Adventures That Push Us To Our Limits
Join us for our inaugural year of the Cascadia Adventure Film Festival. Sept 5th-7th. We will celebrate the adventures that push us to our limits, and help us forge a deeper connection to the natural world.
Cascadia Adventure Film Festival will showcase influential films that highlight the adventurous spirit that lives inside each of us — the films that get us stoked. We’re inspired by human-powered exploration and the values that keep the wilderness wild. It is through adventure that we discover who we are and what we can achieve. Adventure brings us closer to the natural world in our own backyard, and wherever we may go. So are you in?
4 SHOWS FEATURING INSPIRING ADVENTURE FILMS
CLIMBING — BIKING — TRAIL RUNNING — WATER
Central Oregon Film Office
sandy@centraloregonfilmoffice.com
Central Oregon. Amazing locations for your next production.
The Central Oregon Film Office, located in Bend – Sunriver, Oregon is your one-stop resource for all Film and Television productions shooting East of the Cascade Mountain Range.
Central Oregon is home to one of the most diverse film regions in the United States. From towering snow capped mountains to sub tropical rain-forests, authentic Western desert tundras to bottomless crystal blue volcanic lakes and, of course, our own charming communities surrounding Bend, Sunriver, Redmond, Sisters and LaPine. Central Oregon has an abundance of assets to offer, at incredibly competitive costs for production.
Bend has 300 days of sunshine per year, four distinct seasons, and a professional location and infrastructure team that will ensure you get the most out of your Central Oregon production experience. The Central Oregon Film Office can provide working relationships with state, county, and city officials and is at the ready to facilitate all production needs.
Central Oregon has daily non-stop flights from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake and Phoenix to the commercial airport in Redmond (RDM). We also offer access to private and charter flight to Bend’s general aviation airport and heliport.
The Central Oregon Film Office knows that production budgets are not what they used to be. Let us introduce you to Oregon’s 20% incentive packages, 16% cash back personnel rebates and more.
Before you decide on the site for your next production, come check us out in Bend, Oregon. Discover our world of new locations, access, less cost and ease of production.
In cooperation with Oregon Film
The Central Oregon Film Office works in cooperation with the Oregon Film Office and the Central Oregon Visitors Association
to service all productions east of the Cascades.
Producers looking for more information on filming throughout Oregon, should contact Tim Williams,
Executive Director of Oregon Film, at tim@oregonfilm.org or 917 254 4021
Copeland Gallery
57100 Beaver Drive, Bldg #24, Suite 110 Sunriver 97707
copelandgallery@icloud.com
Fine Art Images of Nature & Natural History, Photo Workshops
National Geographic Photographer
Located in the Village at Sunriver, Copeland Gallery features images from Chad Copeland’s assignments around the world. Visit us to discover Copeland’s latest masterworks and sign up for his regular workshops right here in Central Oregon. Come see why Microsoft hired Chad to photograph the images behind Windows 10 and help rebrand one of the largest brands in the world.
The abundance of mountain ranges, lakes and rivers in central Oregon are as inspiring as the community that lives here. Copeland hopes to give back to the community that supports these natural resources by sharing visuals with locals and tourists that come from around the world to enjoy it and support the local economy. Copeland Gallery contains visual archives captured on assignments for National Geographic and many others to present at Copeland Gallery. Fine art prints that will be available in limited quantities.
Chad Copeland, the owner of Copeland Gallery, an adventure and natural history photographer, contributing photographer and director to National Geographic, BBC’s Planet Earth series, Men’s Journal and numerous other periodicals and has covered stories around the World.
In 2015 Copeland photographed “People of Action” for Microsoft’s Windows 10 that now live on over 6 billion devices worldwide; guiding the brand’s image. Microsoft hired Chad because he maintains the foundation of authenticity in his images at first capture so the work between camera to canvas is minimal. An observers experience of the art represents what was present at the moment the image was captured.
Chad’s love for nature and storytelling has compelled him to share those stories with others from a humble perspective. His images of nature captures the ever-changing natural history from all corners of the planet. Home for Chad has always been the Pacific Northwest.
Cork & Barrel Wine Event
Broken Top Club Bend OR 97703
rantonson@kidscenter.org
An Annual Benefit for Kids Center
Cork & Barrel Wine Event is an annual wine and food event series featuring a different wine region each year in Bend, Oregon. Wineries are paired with local and visiting chefs to create a tasting experience like no other in Central Oregon.
Cork & Barrel Wine Event is held annually in July at Broken Top Club and is proud to feature the winemakers of the West Coast.
On Friday and Saturday, Cork & Barrel Wine Event guests gather under sunny skies at Broken Top Club for an afternoon of top flight wine and food pairings. Saturday includes a five course gourmet dinner, paired with a choice of hand-selected wines by the featured wine region, or craft beers. Additionally, guests will enjoy a varied silent auction and thrilling live auction including wines from all over the world, exclusive travel experiences, unique dining opportunities and much more.
Included in the Cork & Barrel event are a number of local and regional guest chefs. The role of our guest chefs is to partner with wineries for exclusive winemaker dinners on the Thursday before the main event, and to provide small plates to pair with tasting wines during the reception portion of the Friday event.
A tightly limited number of more intimate winemakers’ dinners with our visiting wineries are held throughout Bend on the Thursday of the event.
All proceeds from Cork & Barrel benefit KIDS Center’s direct services for children and families impacted by child abuse. KIDS Center is a non-profit child abuse intervention center dedicated to the prevention, evaluation and treatment of child abuse.
Services include a head-to-toe medical exam, child friendly forensic interview, child & family therapy and family support services. These services are provided for more than 1,000 children, youth and families each year. KIDS Center is also a leader in child abuse prevention training and education providing the nationally acclaimed Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children training for adults throughout the region. Cork & Barrel is the signature fundraiser for this service.
Crooked River Roundup
PO Box 536 Prineville 97754
crookedriverroundup@gmail.com
Best Rodeo In Central Oregon
The Crooked River Roundup and Fair Association brings two of the largest events to Prineville, Oregon every year. Thousands of people from all across the United States attend these events and many make the rodeo or the races their destination vacation!
The CRR is led by a board of volunteers who work hard to continue to make these events the success they are. Paired with local and national sponsors, the events continue to grow in popularity with the contestants and the fans.
Make Prineville YOUR destination this summer!
The Crooked River Roundup is a PRCA sanctioned rodeo. For more information on the PRCA you can click here.
The Crooked River Roundup is a non-profit organization that is dependent upon local and national support to provide funding for two of the largest events in Crook County. We are offering new opportunities for businesses to be involved as sponsors. Whether you are new to giving or an old ‘hat’ at it, please click HERE to see what is new for this year.
Prineville, Oregon
Cultural Byways
Creativity and Tradition Thrive Here
Central Oregon, Oregon
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center
3800 SW Airport Way Redmond OR 97756
We really can do it all
LARGEST EVENT CENTER IN CENTRAL OREGON
The Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center is a 132-acre site located in Redmond, Oregon. It is placed strategically at the hub of the tri-county area (Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook Counties) together known as Central Oregon. It is 15-minutes from Bend, the largest city; 20-minutes from Prineville; 20-minutes from Sisters; 25-minutes from Madras; and 5-minutes from Redmond.
Our Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center facility is designed on a circular plot, standing at the center a person is never more than 300 yards from any one space. This Center Court is a beautiful location for any outdoor event, it features a showpiece water feature in a natural landscape setting on 3.65 acres, complete with beautifully manicured grass, ponds, cascading waterfall, and windmill. The view from our facility is unparalleled with a panorama of seven snowcapped mountain peaks that include, Mt. Bachelor, the Three Sisters; North, Middle and South, Brokentop and Mt. Jefferson. In the distance you will enjoy views of Smith Rock. A perimeter road gives easy access to the back of each building for easy load-in/load-out. The facility has a total of over 100 acres of parking.
Our facility site boasts up to 85% of the grounds beautifully manicured with landscaped lawns. Each lawn area can be rented exclusively by groups for a variety of events from Weddings, Picnics, Reunions, Car Shows, RV / Motorcycle Rallies, Animal Shows, Outdoor Trade shows, Vendors……. any event that can be placed outside will enjoy the lush green lawns.
The Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center also has high speed wireless access available from Bend Broadband. To view details, check out the Wireless FAQ.
First Interstate Bank Expo Center & Facilities:
First Interstate Bank Expo Center
The First Interstate Bank Center, a multi-purpose indoor arena, is the largest of the buildings that constitutes some 279,000 square feet of space under one roof. It can handle 7,800 for a concert, 4,000 for a rodeo and 5,000 for basketball; the building is capable of hosting virtually any kind of performance.
Barn Complex
Five well- designed barns are at the heart of Deschutes Expo equestrian and livestock complex. Four barns are completely enclosed and one barn is covered. All barns are designed for multi-purpose use with blacktop flooring. Barns are equipped with drop-down electric plugs and plumbed with water for livestock. A total of 400 10×10 stalls of which 75 are permanent and 325 portable can be placed in the barns.
All spaces are designed for 10’x10’ stalls.
*Limited use October 1 through April 15
High Desert Activity Center
The High Desert Activity Center multi-purpose building complete with climate control,sound and restrooms. Its open floor plan offers 12,684 sq. ft of column free space.
Middle Sister
Middle Sister is located within the Three Sisters Conference and Convention Center. It is the largest conference hall and measures 14,904 square feet. Surrounding the Middle Sister are four breakout rooms, East Lake, Elk, Eileen, and Doris, that can be configured in a variety of set-ups from a 19’x24’ area to a 19’x78’ setting.
South Sister
South Sister is located within the Three Sisters Conference and Convention Center. It is adjoined by a hallway to Middle Sister and measures 9,416 square feet. Surrounding the South Sister are three breakout rooms, Tumalo, Sparks and Lava, that can be configured in a variety of set-ups from a 19’x27’ area to a 19’x54’ area.
The South Sister features power, telephone, and data connection in the floor on 20-foot squares. Built in sound system and wireless connectivity.
North Sister
North Sister is located within the Three Sisters Conference and Convention Center and measures 9,416 square feet. Surrounding the North Sister are three breakout rooms, Ochoco, Haystack and Odell, that can be configured in a variety of set-ups from a 19’x29’ area to a 19’x69’ setting.
The North Sister features power, telephone, and data connection in the floor on 20-foot squares. Built in sound system and wireless connectivity.
Outdoor Arenas
Juniper Arena
Redmond, Oregon
Deschutes Historical Museum
129 NW Idaho Ave Bend OR 97701
Put Some History In Your Future
The Deschutes Historical Museum features exhibits that allow you to explore Deschutes County prehistory; area Native American tribal history; early exploration and fur trapping; homesteading the High Desert; logging and Forest Service history and life throughout Deschutes County over the years.
History of the Museum and Society
The Deschutes County Historical Society is a 501(c) 3 non-profit. We fundraise to support the operations of the Deschutes Historical Museum. Reid School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is owned by Deschutes County, which leases the building to DCJS for the purpose of running a museum. The Deschutes Historical Society is an organization “to gather, preserve and make available museum, library and other historical material relating to the history of Central Oregon…”. It was incorporated August 4, 1975. When plans were being made for the National Bicentennial Celebration in 1975 it was felt that Deschutes County needed a historical society, so the Bend Chapter of the American Association of University Women sponsored the organization.
Artifacts were soon being donated to the society and the need of a location was evident. Several possibilities were considered. Reid School, which was built in 1914 and is on the National Register of Historic Sites, was to be no longer used as a school. The Historical Society wanted to have the building for their home, many of the local citizens felt that Reid School should be preserved instead of destroyed, and the County Court felt that the building should be saved and used as a museum. After much negotiating, the county traded land to the Bend School District for the building and the grounds and in March 1979 the Historical Society assumed the responsibility for establishing and operating a museum and historic center.
Located in historic Reid School, the Museum is open Tuesday through Saturdyay, 10am-4:30pm.
Erickson Aircraft Collection
2408 NW Berg Drive Madras 97741
info@ericksoncollection.com
Pacific NW Premier WWII Warbirds
Recommended by TRIP ADVISOR, The Erickson Aircraft Collection proudly displays a vintage aircraft collection started by Jack Erickson in 1983. The collection features over twenty-five rare aircraft, most of which are still in flying condition, such as the P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang, Ki43 Hayabusa, F4U Corsair, SBD Dauntless, Grumman Duck, Me-109, FW-190, B-17 Flying Fortress and many more. The Erickson Aircraft Collection is the Pacific Northwest’s premier Flying Collection.
The museum features one of the top collection of vintage warbirds in the country and offers a ride/membership program called “Soaring with the Warbirds”. Take a ride in a WWII aircraft and experience history in flight. Our top-notch pilots fly you out over areas such as Lake Billy Chinook, up close and personal with Mt. Jefferson, Haystack Reservoir, Lake Simtustus, Smith Rock, or where ever you want to fly within our 20-minute time limit. In the air, you can experience the beauty of Central Oregon from a totally different perspective and have the experience of a lifetime.
We are located at the Madras Municipal Airport on NW Berg Drive. To get to the hangar, take the NW Cherry Lane exit just off highway 26 and turn right on NW Berg. If you are navigating to the museum using Google Maps or other mapping services, just type in “Madras Municipal Airport” and follow NW Berg all the way down. In most cases, NW Airport Way has yet to be changed to NW Berg.
The roots of the Airshow of the Cascades started more than 30 years ago when pilot Ron Ochs held “fly-ins” at his ranch just north of Madras. One plane at a time and through homegrown hard work, the Airshow now draws upwards of 15,000 people.
With the help of our sponsors Willow Canyon Properties, Steve Forster/RE/MAX Out West Realty and the Airshow of the Cascades, we look to continue this spirit by taking a night to celebrate the many volunteers, businesses and members of the Central Oregon community that keep the tradition of aviation alive in Jefferson County.
COME SEE OUR WWII WARBIRDS
The Boeing Stearman PT-17 was typical of the biplane primary trainer used during the late 1930s and World War II and one of the most revered by pilots. Powered by a 240 hp seven-cylinder Continental engine, it was respected for its ruggedness, ease of maintenance, low operational costs, and flight characteristics. Challenging to an inexperienced pilot was its tendency to ground-loop in crosswinds. Over 10,000 were built for both the U.S. Army Air Force and the U.S. Navy and today many have found a new lease of life on the warbird circuit or serving as agricultural crop dusters and spraying aircraft.
SPECIFIC HISTORY
The aircraft on display is a typical Boeing PT-17, USAAF serial number 42-16242. This aircraft was purchased surplus from the U.S. Government in February 1946 for $770.00 by a commercial aviation company and used as a pilot trainer until it was sold in January 1955. Over the next 32 years, it would be bought and re-sold seven times before coming to the Museum’s collection in 1992.
Madras, Oregon
Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards
70450 NW Lower Valley Dr Terrebonne OR 97760
events@faithhopeandcharityevents.com
Wine Tasting, Events & Residential Lots For Purchase
Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards. Vineyard, Winery, Event Center (weddings, corporate events), Real Estate and Vacation Home. Wines are available for tasting in their newly remodeled tasting room, home sites that are available for purchase, vacation rental, and we have a wedding or event site that features master gardening landscaping.
Wine Tasting is available 7 days a week, with food and beverage options while you are enjoying the lovely scenery. Enjoy our delicious Wood-Fired pizzas, and our, delicious vineyard fare of light salads, meat, cheese and fruit, then finish it all off with one of our decadent desserts. Sunday Brunch is a local favorite and the perfect compliment to a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
Did you know that you could live near the vineyard? Yes that is true! Enjoy expansive farm, vineyard and mountain views from these unique, elevated lots nestled between Sisters and Redmond. Although Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards currently offer a beautiful 15-acre vineyard, there are opportunities to purchase lots in this private 1,800-acre valley, that will include a guest ranch and cottages, an amphitheater, a tournament ski lake, and many more attractions.
Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards estates has 7 lots, with sweeping views of the farm and vineyard below. Property is adjacent to BLM land, which provides easy access to endless outdoor activities. Incredible opportunity to build your dream home in a quiet, serene setting surrounded by views, wildlife, and some of the best grapes in Central Oregon. Future master plan for the award winning Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyard includes winery, large lake, amphitheater, and more. Vineyard estates will include access to all that FHC Vineyards has to offer.
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Terrebonne, Oregon
Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum
64696 Fort Rock Road Fort Rock OR 97735
FRMuseum@centurylink.net
Homestead Village Museum
Step back in time to Oregon’s homestead era of the early 1900s at the Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum!
The Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum is a display of preserved and protected homestead-era structures that have been moved from their original locations to the museum site just west of the town of Fort Rock. The buildings and structures have been renovated for entry and furnished in early 1900s decor so visitors can experience what life was like in eastern Oregon before electricity arrived. A village has been created including period homes, school, church, store, garden and more. Vintage farm equipment and a blacksmith shop creates a sense of hard labor of the time. A self-guided tour offers visitors this unique setting.
Many dub Fort Rock a ghost town and the cemetery is haunted according to local lore. Nestled at the base of Fort Rock, you’ll find the resting place of many pioneers of the area. The Fort Rock Cemetery is the eternal home to those who have coveted living in the area, those who struggled to make and enjoy a life here. This century gone natural setting is nothing fancy, nothing ordinary. The wind seems to always howl, take a walk through and discover legendary Fort Rock history. Some say the windy existence has created shadowy spirits spiraling about in the night. It has been recognized legendary cowboy, Reub Long’s ghost has been seen riding his horse around the grounds! Darkness brings solitude and imagination. Noted as one of the most haunted places in the Northwest, you decide. It’s personal!
Supporters describe the museum rich and alive with Oregon’s homestead time, a great way to relive history. Children and adults alike can learn from this special experience! The museum is managed strictly by volunteers. Reviews are extraordinary.
Open Summer Season from Memorial Day to Sept 10
Thursday – Sunday
Last tour 4:30 pm
Admission: $5. Adults; $3. children 12 & under; 5 and under free!
Visit the gift store at The Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum. There you can shop tax-free for t-shirts, souvenirs, many publications and books of history of homesteaders, the area, wildlife and more!
Fort Rock is located 70 miles southeast of Bend, Oregon, and 45 miles southeast of La Pine, Oregon just off highway 31.
Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum, near Fort Rock St Park Natural Area and Hole In The Ground, Crack in the Ground.
Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum it is a fascinating place to visit!
Fort Rock, Oregon
High Desert Museum
59800 S Hwy 97 Bend OR 97702
Closer Than You Think
EXPERIENCE WONDER
This one-of-a kind Museum reveals the nature of things in the West’s High Desert through artful exhibits, alluring animals, engaging programs and meaningful history. Otters, porcupines, owls, oh my! Encounter wildlife up close at the High Desert Museum, explore the history and culture of this vast region and take in beautiful art.
The High Desert Museum is a cultural gem that has been inspiring families since 1982 and is consistently rated as a top Central Oregon attraction by Trip Advisor. With 135 acres and more than 100,000 square feet of exhibit space, it’s a “must see” for anyone traveling through the area.
Get a close-up of native wildlife, such as an otter, burrowing owl, porcupine and badger. Talk with historic characters who share the tales of early Oregon explorers and settlers. Visit an authentic homestead and sawmill from 1904. Experience a close flying encounter with owls, falcons, hawks and even a vulture. Learn about Native American culture and history and delight your children with one of many fun, hands-on programs that bring history and science to life.
The High Desert Museum is located just five minutes south of Bend, Oregon on Hwy 97 and includes a Museum store and café. Open every day except the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
High Desert Museum provides the perfect rental venue for a wonderfully memorable special event, whether it be a wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, family reunion, anniversary party, corporate party, trade show or conference.
Begin your “happily ever after” with a wedding and reception in the serene setting of the High Desert Museum. There is simply no other place like it. Choose from a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces, including exhibit halls, for your special day. From set up and tear down to rehearsals and attendants, our wedding package will address all your needs. We were voted the Best Museum or Arts Venue Outside Portland by Oregon Bride Magazine in 2017!
Hood Avenue Art Gallery
375 Hood Avenue Sisters OR 97756
info@hoodavenueart.com
Hood Avenue Art Gallery is a premier art destination in Sisters, the wild west storefront town in Central Oregon. It includes a unique blend of contemporary and traditional fine art showcasing the work of 20 regional artists. They include exhibiting painters: Katherine Taylor, Winnie Givot, Kathleen Keliher, Patty Freeman-Martin and Joann Burgess. Also exhibiting are ceramics by Mitch and Michelle Deaderick and Tina Brockway, as well as jewelry designed by Elyse and Steven Douglas.
The art is reflective of the landscape and expression of the images, thoughts and sensations of the artists who interprets our unique High Desert culture. They are supported by a list of other talented artists, offering sculpture, fine woodwork, textiles, water features and metalwork.
The Hood Avenue Art Gallery displays its constantly rotating exhibits in a beautiful open space, allowing the viewer to participate in a sense of inspiration and creative conversation. Live music and refreshments help make every Fourth Friday of each month a classy experience. Hood Avenue Art presents a Spring Salon Series of performance art and literary discussion. Classes in fine art are available; more information is posted on our website, www.hoodavenueart.com.
Hood Avenue Art Gallery is located at 357 Hood Avenue, on the corner of Pine St and Hood Avenue in the Hood Avenue Art District in Sisters OR. Nestled at the base of the Cascade mountains, lakes, rivers, hiking trails and ski resorts offer visitors many outdoor adventures. Enjoy the friendly intimate setting at Hood Avenue Art Gallery while visiting with the artists that staff the Gallery. It provides a fun, informative day for the entire family.
Hood Avenue Art Gallery is a premier art destination in Sisters, the wild west storefront town in Central Oregon. It includes a unique blend of contemporary and traditional fine art showcasing the work of 20 regional artists. They include exhibiting painters: Katherine Taylor, Winnie Givot, Kathleen Keliher, Patty Freeman-Martin and Joann Burgess. Also exhibiting are […]
Sisters, Oregon
In A Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild
info@hunternoak.com
A Soundtrack To Your Outdoor Experience
IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild is an outdoor concert series in stunning landscapes that showcase Oregon industry, history and culture. We bring a 9-foot Steinway grand piano to the middle of forests, fields, calderas and historical sites for classical music concerts. To meet the acoustical challenges of performing in the wild, music is transmitted via wireless headphones. No longer confined to seats, you can explore the landscape, wander through secret glens, lie in sunny meadows, and roam old growth forests. Event Schedule
In the spirit of the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) Federal Music and Theatre Projects, which presented thousands of free concerts and plays in theaters, public spaces and parks across the country during the Depression, IN A LANDSCAPE events are offered primarily in rural communities for free or on a donation basis.
Classical pianist and native Oregonian Hunter Noack uses literature, visual art, dance, drama, and design to create a more dynamic classical music experience. Winner of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, the coLABorate Award in London, Moritzburg Audience Prize in Germany, and director of numerous cross-arts collaborations in the U.S and Europe, NY’s Rising Star Piano Series calls Hunter “a true artist in a renaissance sense of the word.” Raised in Sunriver, Oregon and is now based in Portland, Oregon, Hunter most recently created “In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild” with government support from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, just as millions of Americans from 1935-1943 were hired by the U.S. Work Projects Administration (WPA). Timberline Lodge, one of the series’ seven venues, was built during this program. The WPA also employed over 40,000 musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors to complete individual cultural projects as part of the WPA’s Federal Project Number One. Seventy-some years later, “In a Landscape” is Hunter’s testimony to the possibilities for public benefit when society supports the visions and productions of individual artists.
Classical events near Bend and Sunriver, Oregon.
Indian Head Casino
3236 Hwy. 26 Warm Springs OR 97761
guestservices@indiandheadgaming.com
Casino Gaming Tables, Slots, Black Jack
There’s nothing like raising a glass to the jackpots you’ve won and the fun you’re having at Indian Head Casino while savoring the local flavors of Warm Springs.
Try your luck at one of the 500 slot machines or at the 8 blackjack tables in Central Oregon’s Indian Head Casino, located conveniently along Highway 26 in Warm Springs.
Indian Head Casino offers six tables for your gaming pleasure, all located in the heart of our exciting, action-packed casino floor. You’ll find our friendly dealers ready to play every afternoon and late into the night on weekends.
Table games? You bet! Featuring an expansive gaming area with everything from penny machines to blackjack, you’re in luck at Indian Head Casino when it comes to finding your game.
THE COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT
Open: Monday – Sunday . . . . 8 am to 8 pm
The Cottonwood Restaurant at Indian Head Casino features casual dining and a wide selection of locally inspired dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. From classic breakfast selections and your favorite comfort foods, to fresh Indian fry bread and salmon, there’s something to satisfy every appetite. We are excited to offer a new menu. Beer, wine, and cocktails are also available with the purchase of an entree.
TULE GRILL AT INDIAN HEAD CASINO
SUNDAY—THURSDAY 10am – 12am FRIDAY & SATURDAY 10am – 2am
The Tule Grill at Indian Head Casino offers a variety of snacks, sandwiches, burgers, and salads to grab on the go. We are ALWAYS open late.
Have a quick snack at the Tule Grill or enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner at the Cottonwood Restaurant. Check out the website for the special entertainment line-up.
777’S LOUNGE at INDIAN HEAD CASINO
Sunday 12 (noon) -9pm Friday & Saturday 5pm to 1am
Our 777’s at Indian Head Casino lounge is a cozy spot to enjoy an adult beverage, along with food specials.
SLOTS The action never stops at Indian Head Casino, and our casino promotions give you chances to win CASH, Bonus Slot Play, Vehicles & more. Enjoy the excitement of going head-to-head with other players in our exciting Slot Tournaments & Events!
Indian Head Casino is the place to play & WIN in Central Oregon, where it’s always YOUR LUCKY DAY!
Whether you’re craving fresh seafood or your favorite comfort foods, Cottonwood Restaurant and Tule Grill have delectable meals for you to enjoy. Check out our menus and see what sounds good to you!
Warm Springs, Oregon
KKB Events
676 NW Powell Butte Loop Bend 97703
kristin.betschart@kkbevents.com
Meetings + Event Planning Services
KKB Events specializes in event logistics to connect people in memorable and engaging face-to-face, well organized gatherings. Our experienced staff located in Bend, Oregon embraces the details to create unique experiences through creative planning and flawless execution.
Consider our team your experts on the ground for the best activities, tours and events to engage your guests and leave them with lasting memories. Leave registration, hotel and transportation coordination to us, we love logistics.
We are focused on providing meeting and event planning services with the highest level of custom satisfaction – we will do everything we can to exceed your expectations. For more information, please email us or visit us at KKBEvents.com.
Lay It Out Events
704 NW Georgia Bend 97701
Central Oregon's Premier Event Company
Lay It Out Events produces more than 20 festivals, races and contract events each year. Events include Oregon WinterFest, Bend Fall and Summer Festival, Bite of Bend, The Little Woody, Cascades Wedding Show, Balloons Over Bend Children’s Festival and Theater in the Park. LIOE Races include the Happy Girls Run Series, Haulin’ Aspen, Salmon Run and Kids Rock the Races. For each ticketed event and race, Lay It Out Events donates a portion of proceeds to local nonprofit organizations.
Through our beneficiaries, we raise awareness and much-needed funds for vital nonprofit groups across the Northwest. In the past 10 years, LIOE has donated over $277,000 to local charities and nonprofits.
We look forward to seeing you at the event, we couldn’t do it without you! For more information please visit www.layitoutevents.com.
Central Oregon’s Premier Event Company
Les Schwab Amphitheater
344 SW Shevlin-Hixon Dr Bend OR 97702
info@bendconcerts.com
Oregon's largest outdoor concert venue
Oregon’s largest outdoor concert venue shines along the Deschutes
Built in 2001 and named in honor of one of Central Oregon’s most successful entrepreneurs – you might have bought tires from one of his stores – the Les Schwab Amphitheater has quickly become one of the premiere venues in the Pacific Northwest to see live music.
Located in Bend’s historic Old Mill District, the LSA boasts an all-grass infield and scenic views of the Cascade Range along the Deschutes River. The largest outdoor concert venue in the state, the Amphitheater can hold approximately 8,000 concertgoers. The LSA has drawn living legends such as Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Willie Nelson as well as artists who are shaping the sounds of their own generation like Jack Johnson, the Avett Brothers, The Roots and Brandi Carlile.
Nestled right in the heart of Bend, the Amphitheater also plays host to numerous community events. The Bend Brewfest is held every year at the Amphitheater during the third weekend of August and the classic Pole Pedal Paddle race – individuals and teams ski, bike, paddle and run their way from the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area into Bend – finishes in its infield. And in partnership with the North Pole, the Les Schwab Amphitheater welcomes Santa the day after Thanksgiving, providing landing ground for his helicopter before he is whisked away to SantaLand in the Old Mill District.
Here’s the Les Schwab Amphitheater’s 2019 summer concert lineup:
Sunday, June 7: Jason Isbell + Father John Misty
Saturday, June 15: The Roots
Sunday, June 23: Rebelution with Collie Buddz, Durand Jones & The Indications, and DJ Mackle
Thursday, June 27: Michael Franti + Ziggy Marley
Saturday, June 29: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
Friday, June 5: Trombone Shorty
Saturday, July 13: Slightly Stoopid with Tribal Seeds, Matisyahu, and HIRIE
Saturday, August 10: The B-52’s with OMD and Berlin
Tuesday, August 13: The Avett Brothers with Lake Street Dive
August 15-17: Bend Brewfest
Tuesday, August 20: Josh Groban
Saturday, August 24: CAKE
Saturday, September 14: Gary Clark, Jr.
Thursday, October 3: Robert Plant
Oregon’s largest outdoor concert venue
Live Laugh Love Art
57100 Beaver Drive, Building 23, Suite 120 Sunriver OR 97707
LLLArt.Sunriver@gmail.com
Drop In Create Open Art Studio
Welcome to Live Laugh Love Art in Sunriver! We have four main activities you can participate in at your convenience. Whether you enjoy canvas painting, working with glass, painting pottery, or painting signs, you can get creative with us. You can walk in and create with us. Explore our workshops and event opportunities as well.
We are your Central Oregon community art center where you can relax and get messy. Create gifts for others for birthdays, anniversary gifts, or the holidays. Make artwork to enjoy at home or in your office. There are endless possibilities for enjoying personalized art.
Our Live Laugh Love Art studio strives to be “a happy place” for those who want to create, connect, and celebrate. No experience is necessary to have a unique experience filled with FUN, CREATIVITY and lots of IMAGINATION. If you need a little encouragement, be sure to stop by the beverage station for some Liquid Encouragement.
Schedule a workshop at Live Laugh Love Art Our Art Workshop Schedule offers workshops in Glass blowing/sculpting, Glass Fusing, Painting, Metal Working, and Ceramics. There is something for everyone!
Sip & Create Events
Let Out Your Inner Artist
Celebrate your creative and artistic side here at Live Laugh Love Art Sunriver. Nothing is better than a day spent with friends, family, refreshments and ART! We invite you to let out your inner artist and choose your own medium! Maybe you’re interested in painting your own wood sign, canvas masterpiece or pottery item? Or perhaps you want to try something quite different with glass fusing? Our studio has just what you need. We provide an enthusiastic staff, supplies, equipment and essential knowhow to help you make the most of your personalized masterpiece.
For information on larger groups or private parties click here or call (503) 244-7811. *Materials not included in open studio entry fee
Fall / Winter / Spring Hours
Closed Tuesdays
LOGE Entrada
19221 Century Dr Bend OR 97702
entrada@logecamps.com
#LiveOutsideGoExplore
LOGE Entrada formerly known as Entrada Lodge is under new management with exciting new recreation and room remodeling on the way. We think it’s kismet that both of our names have versions of “Lodge” in them – ours is spelled the Dutch way, and pronounced just like “Lodge” – and we are excited to continue the tradition of making life-long friends who come back year after year!
Bend, on the sunny side of Oregon offers a year round playground! LOGE Entrada is the closest in-town property to Mt Bachelor, with a 20 min drive for your escape to the mountain, but only a 15 min bike ride to the breweries downtown! Our unique location puts you right on the connector trails to the popular “Phil’s Trail” for mountain biking or just strolling along the river. Whatever your activity of choice, Bend has it all! Rock climb, River Raft, Ski, Bike, Paddle…the list goes on!
LOGE Entrada is nestled on 30 acres of beautiful forested land adjoining the Deschutes National Forest, on the road to Mt. Bachelor. The 79 lodge-style rooms embrace the essence of Bend’s natural beauty, complete with amenities to ensure that guests’ needs will be catered to. Set amidst towering pines and stunning natural beauty, the LOGE Entrada has become a generational return spot, as well as a sought-out destination for people new to Central Oregon.
With cycling and hiking trails just outside the rooms, an outdoor seasonal swimming pool and large year-round spa, the Deschutes River a mere three-fourths of a mile away, views of Mt. Bachelor, and the world-renowned Tetherow Golf Course just across the road, Loge Entrada holds adventure in its backyard.
WHY LOGE?
LOGE Camps, pronounced “Lodge”
We are a lot like you. We are surfers, climbers, bikers, skiers, creatives, builders. We love to travel, we love the outdoors and we believe community plays a huge role in both our lives and our adventures.
We travel to experience, discover, adventure, explore the unknown, find belonging, embrace discomfort, join a tribe, be a part of something bigger than ourselves, to live, to find our place.
Our goal is to create unique lodging experiences in the center of great outdoor recreation hubs that give you a place to connect with others, try out new gear, and see new places. Stay with us at LOGE Entrada and explore Bend, Oregon.
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Lubbesmeyer Art Studio & Gallery
450 SW Powerhouse Drive, #423 Bend 97702
info@lubbesmeyer.com
Twin Sisters Fiber Artist Collaborations
Visit the working studio and gallery of twin artists, Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer, and view their one of a kind fine art created through their dynamic collaborative process. The Lubbesmeyer Art Studio & Gallery is located in a 2nd story loft in the heart of the Old Mill District of Bend, Oregon. Twin artists, Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer, blend their former disciplines as a printmaker and oil painter to create collaborative visual statements in fiber.
The Lubbesmeyer Art Studio & Gallery located in beautiful Bend, Oregon, features the collaborative art of identical twins, Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer. Through a process of building over each other’s work layer over layer, without conversation or referring to sketches, each twin adds her style as a former printmaker and oil painter to create strong visual statements in their work. The Lubbesmeyers push each other to see things differently, while they share a commitment to investigate the qualities of the media in which they work.
As collaborative artists, the Lubbesmeyers explore the essential elements of their surroundings, as translated from literal images that live in their minds. Through their creative process, the twins distill those literal images into color and texture. Through color, the images become suggestions of places that seem vaguely if not distinctly familiar.
The Lubbesmeyers find inspiration in nature, Japanese block print, music of all genres, the texture of leaves and grasses, the pattern of light on the foothills, ethnic designs and patterns, the juxtaposition of old and new, architectural fragments, the elegance and grace of birds, road trips — both solitary and shared — and the patterns of turned farmland. The twins are inspired by roads disappearing into the distance, and by horizons dividing earth and sky, encouraging us to look outward as far and as wide as possible. These represent journeys of a meditative or spiritual nature, suggesting we are all travelers.
The Lubbesmeyer twins welcome you to view their virtual gallery of art or visit them at the Lubbesmeyer Art Studio and Gallery located in the Old Mill District.
McMenamins Old St. Francis Pub
700 NW Bond St Bend OR 97701
info.osf@mcmenamins.com
Historic campus hotel, brewpub, movie theater, soaking pool and more!
The Old St. Francis Pub
McMenamins Old St. Francis Pub is open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the pub’s deep booths and original artwork make for a comfortable spot to linger over any meal. Set in the former Catholic school’s main building, the pub offers hearty pub fare, handcrafted ales brewed right downstairs in the onsite brewery and seasonal weekly specials.
On warm days, guests can sit in the outside courtyard to enjoy their food and drinks al fresco.
Fireside Bar
On crisp, cool evenings, the Fireside Bar at McMenamins Old St. Francis invites visitors (21 and over) in with a warming fire, cozy surroundings and a variety of ales, wines and spirits. A pool table offers the opportunity to take a shot or two and the pub menu means guests won’t get hungry while enjoying the friendly atmosphere.
The Fireside Bar is open late for those looking for a midnight snack or a handcrafted pint, wine or spirit.
O’Kanes McMenamins Old St. Francis
Situated in the former Catholic schoolhouse’s former garage set back beyond the parking lot, O’Kanes McMenamins Old St. Francis offers guests a relaxed atmosphere and delightful area to dine on delicious pub fare or enjoy a pint of handcrafted ale.
O’Kanes’ McMenamins Old St. Francis cozy spaces are the perfect destination for friends in search of a welcoming atmosphere, lively conversation and good food. Stay inside during inclement weather or join the party outside around the fire pits during warm and cool months.
The Old St. Francis School, conveniently located in downtown Bend, was transformed from 1936 Catholic schoolhouse to, in 2004, a hotel complete with classrooms-turned-lodging rooms, a pub, brewery, a movie theater, private meeting/event space, live music bookings, and a fantastic soaking pool that beckons day travelers, shoppers, hikers, skiers and outdoor adventurers alike.
In 2016 we completed two additional buildings – the Art House & Ed house – bringing our total number of guestrooms to 60. Optional amenities include patios, suites and kitchenettes, but all rooms have their own bathrooms.
We honor the property’s former life by featuring extensive artwork that pays homage to the history of the school and the surrounding community. Photos, memorabilia, our artists’ renderings and students’ artwork adorn the walls, making the hotel a unique gallery of sorts. Take note of the unusual custom-made light fixtures and absolutely stunning tile mosaics that surround the soaking pool. And in the Art and Ed Houses, wander slowly to discover secret hallways, secret rooms and a secret bar!
Old St. Francis School allows pets on the side patios and in hotel rooms for a $15 fee.
Old Mill District
SW Powerhouse Dr. Bend OR 97702
Riverside restaurants, trails, shops & shows. Bend is here.
Nowhere epitomizes Bend’s transformation from a sleepy lumber town to a world-class travel destination like the Old Mill District.
Once home to two of the largest ponderosa pine sawmill operations on the plant, the Old Mill District now boasts more than 55 restaurants, shops, art galleries and boutique fitness studios nestled alongside the Deschutes River. Paved running and bike paths hug both sides of the river – the trails are part of the larger Deschutes River Trail network – making the area popular with both visitors and locals alike.
While shopping and dining options anchor the Old Mill District on the east side of the Deschutes – the area has an eclectic mix of local, regional and national retail shops – the west side of the river is highlighted by the scenic Les Schwab Amphitheater. The state’s largest outdoor concert venue, the LSA plays host to more than a dozen shows each summer, drawing acts as large as Paul Simon, Jack Johnson and the Dave Matthews Band and as diverse as The Roots, the Avett Brothers and Tenacious D. Approximately 8,000 fans can fit into the amphitheater, which features an all-grass infield and spectacular views of the Cascade Range to the west.
Runners and cyclists aren’t the only outdoor enthusiasts to take advantage of the Old Mill District’s charms. A small armada of floaters, kayakers and canoers can usually be found on the Deschutes during the summer and fall months as they make their way down to the new Bend Whitewater Park.
History buffs can take pleasure in the various buildings and former sawmill equipment the Old Mill District has restored and upcycled. Eleven original buildings still sit within the district, including the mill’s former powerhouse and its three iconic smokestacks. Additionally, interpretive panels throughout the district mark areas of significant historical importance.
With its location right in the heart of Bend, the Old Mill District also holds numerous community events throughout the year. The Bend Brewfest is scheduled for the third weekend of August every summer in the Les Schwab Amphitheater, OSU-Cascades holds its graduation at the Amphitheater every June, and Santa flies into the Old Mill District the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Rimrock Art Gallery
405A NW 3rd Street Prineville 97754
info@rimrockgallery.com
Original Fine Art Paintings & Bronze Sculptures
Rimrock Gallery is a new Prineville, Oregon, based art gallery featuring established artists from the Western states and beyond. The art gallery exhibits original paintings featuring landscapes, wildlife, farm scenes, equestrian and rodeo subjects, and florals. The bronze works feature sports, wildlife, equestrian, water birds, birds of prey, and figurative sculpture from professionally recognized artists.
The art gallery is managed by owner, Pamela Claflin who has been prominent in the Oregon and Washington arts communities for over 30 years, and Craig Harvey, who recently moved to Prineville after a career in government defense contracting.
Pamela, who founded Mockingbird Gallery in nearby Bend, Oregon, returned to her home town, Prineville, and is happy to establish a fine art gallery for the community she loves.
The gallery will be selling fine art for both residential homes and commercial business venues and is representing 21 artists both painters and sculptures of one of a kind original fine art.
The gallery is located on 3rd St/Hwy 26 and Deer Street across from McDonald’s, and will be open six days a week, closed on Mondays. It has convenient off-street parking with several spaces at the front door.
Sisters Folk Festival
PO Box 3500, PMB 304 Sisters 97759
info@sistersfolkfestival.org
Where All The Town's A Stage
Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. enriches lives through innovative music & arts education programming and events that serve an inclusive, multigenerational community. The Sisters Folk Festival is a three-day celebration of roots music from blues to bluegrass, held the weekend following Labor Day in beautiful Sisters, Oregon.
Annual events include My Own Two Hands artist celebration, a winter concert series, a summer concert series and the Sisters Folk Festival, held the weekend after Labor Day in beautiful downtown Sisters, Oregon where “All the Town’s a Stage.”
Many greats have shared their talents since the initial Sisters Folk Festival in 1995, including but not limited to:
Ian Tyson, Natalie MacMaster, Jesse Winchester, Chris Smither, Dave Carter, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Ruthie Foster, The Subdudes, The Waifs, Tim O’Brien, The Wailin’ Jennys, Jon Cleary, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, Lake Street Dive, Anais Mitchell, Shakey Graves, Eric Bibb, Richard Thompson, Shawn Mullins, and many more.
The Festival hosts eleven stages, including an 900-seat venue at the Village Green Park in downtown Sisters, and 1,100 seats at Sisters Art Works.
Sisters is located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range and the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, the community of Sisters is a wonderful place to live and visit. Outdoor recreational opportunities in and around Sisters are endless, with mountains, rivers, and lakes at your back door. Bike or ride horseback on the many beautiful mountain trails, or golf at any number of first-rate courses. Gift, home & garden, clothing, and antique shops abound for the shopper in your group, or just relax and enjoy the clean air and incredible mountain views. There is truly something for everyone in Sisters.
Parking (including handicap-accessible parking) is available near all the venues. Oh, and by the way, parking is still free in Sisters. If you need additional help, stop by the Information Booth at Village Green for assistance. Seating in all venues is provided. There is no need to bring your own chairs.
During the festival food & drink are available at the Village Green and Sisters Art Works, as well as most of our other venues. Many of our venues are restaurants and festival-goers are welcome to bring their food (either purchased from one of our food vendors or from home) into the tented venues at Melvin’s Market, Village Green, and Sisters Art Works. Beer and wine must remain in designated areas. There are also many great restaurants along the walking routes between stages.
Only certified ADA assistance animals are permitted in venues.
Where All The Town’s A Stage
Sisters Movie House
720 Desperado Court Sisters OR 97759
inquiries@sistersmoviehouse.com
Sisters Movie House is a four-screen theater located at the east end of Sisters, Oregon within the Five Pine Campus. Sisters Movie House showcases a diverse selection of films including feature first-run film, independent, documentary, foreign and animated film. Sisters are well known as a vibrant arts community that is committed to providing quality educational and creative opportunities to the community members of the greater Sisters area.
The facility is modeled after agricultural buildings from the Sisters area and the High Desert and features comfortable stadium seating. Described as a “labor of love” by founder and developer Lisa Clausen, Sisters Movie House is committed to involving the community by collaborating with community groups.
Sisters Movie House has harnessed the imaginative horsepower of Sisters residents, Juan Duarte for building design, Dennis McGregor for logo and image design and Curt Kallberg for general construction and is committed to using talent and expertise from Central Oregon.
As of August 2016, Sisters Movie House is now under new owners quoin media & entertainment, led by Managing Partner Andrew (Drew) Kaza. But the commitment to a diverse, quality movie offering, along with the same great food and beverage selection, is unchanged. For future developments, check out the new Sisters Movie House Twitter account: @sisters_MH or join our mailing list.
Sisters is well known as a vibrant arts community that is committed to providing quality educational and creative opportunities to the community members of the greater Sisters area. The Sisters Movie House is a proud to support this mission for the Sisters community.
We can custom create your holiday celebration from 20 to 200 people; which includes movies (your choice of current movies or DVD presentations), dinners (themed to fit your celebration, including Italian, French and Western themes), concession snacks and wide choice of beverages. You can event rent the whole theater!
You can even rent out the entire Sisters Movie House theater! For information concerning scheduling your event call us at 541-549-8833
Sisters Movie House is a four-screen theater located at the east end of Sisters, Oregon within the Five Pine Campus. Sisters Movie House showcases a diverse selection of films including feature first-run film, independent, documentary, foreign and animated film. Sisters are well known as a vibrant arts community that is committed to providing quality educational and […]
220 S. Ash Street #4 Sisters OR 97759
The Largest Outdoor Quilt Show in the World
Billed as the the “Largest Outdoor Quilt Show in America”, The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, features over 1300 quilts on display throughout the town. A week of events precede the show, including classes, textile demonstrations, art and quilting exhibits, music and refreshments.
Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival
Village Green Park Sisters 97759
info@sistersrhythmandbrews.com
Join us for the Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival – August 3-4, 2018 it’s a two-day music event nestled in the small town of Sisters, Oregon. Our vision is to bring high-quality blues musicians to Central Oregon while supporting the local community.
2 STAGES, MULTIPLE PERFORMANCES
Multiple artists will be performing multiple times at the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival. From the well-known to the up-and-coming all on two stages in downtown Sisters, Oregon. Check out our headliners and musicians online and purchase your tickets.
At Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival we see the event as an opportunity to introduce new faces to the Sisters community. Ticket holders will enjoy five-star entertainment and award-winning local craft beers, all within walking distance. Best of all, visitors get a chance to enjoy our breathtaking mountain scenery. And like the other events in Sisters, local businesses will benefit from the visiting musicians and ticket holders.
The Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival will support environmentally conscious practices.
LOCAL BREWS & EATS
Grab your beer-stein, munch on local grub, relax, and repeat. Don’t forget to dance, too.
There’s no shortage of lodging in Sisters. Whether you’re looking for a romantic spot for you and your partner after the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival, a house for you and your friends, or a budget-friendly night in the wilderness, Sisters has something for you.
We are proud to say that Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival is not an all-for-profit company. The Festival will give back to the Sisters community by donating proceeds to local nonprofits and charities specializing in housing and empowering youth and families, such as the Heart of Oregon Corps YouthBuild Program and Sisters Habitat for Humanity.
Good Stewards of the Environment
We here at Sisters Rhythm and Brews want to be good stewards to the environment. It is our goal to be responsible about our waste and ask that you join us in our efforts.
We are excited to offer commemorative beer cups for you to fill and refill at the beer gardens. Not only will you help us cut down on our plastic waste, but you’ll get a nifty souvenir by purchasing a glass.
In addition we will serve out of compostable cups in the beer gardens.
We also encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle from home to stay hydrated – we will provide water bottle filling stations at each of our stage locations. Help us cut down the amount of plastic waste we produce.
Join us for the Sisters Rhythm and Brews Festival – August 3-4, 2018 it’s a two-day music event nestled in the small town of Sisters, Oregon. Our vision is to bring high-quality blues musicians to Central Oregon while supporting the local community. 2 STAGES, MULTIPLE PERFORMANCES Multiple artists will be performing multiple times at the Sisters […]
Smith Rock Ranch
1250 NE Wilcox Avenue Terrebonne OR 97760
Centralfarms@aol.com
Offering a variety of ranch activities for both adults and kids in Terrebonne
Smith Rock Ranch is a Central Oregon favorite for celebrating the fall harvest season. Operating as a regular farm throughout the year, during October the Ranch opens to the public each Saturday and Sunday so guests can enjoy fun activities that include Pumpkin Picking, Zoo Train Rides, Petting Zoo, Archery Shoot, Miniature Golf, Farmer’s Market, Pumpkin Cannon Shoot, plus live entertainment and great food booths. Visitors can also challenge themselves to make their way through the paths of The Amazing Maize, a 7 acre corn field complete with bridges and spectacular views.
Smith Rock Ranch is also available for private parties and school or group field trips.
Sunriver Art Fair
57100 Beaver Lane Sunriver OR 97707
sunriverartfair@gmail.com
#1 Favorite Small Town Art Fair & Voted in Top 50 USA Art Fairs
Sunriver Art Fair is a three-day juried Art Fair takes place in the Village at Sunriver each August and features over 70 artist booths exhibiting art in 11 different mediums: ceramics, glass, jewelry, painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, gourd art, woodwork, metalwork and mixed media. The artists are coming from as far away as the east coast and right here in the Pacific Northwest.
While browsing the Sunriver Art Fair artist booths, attendees can also enjoy professional entertainment on the stage, including music in jazz, country, classic rock, swing and easy listening. After grabbing dinner at one of the many local restaurants, join in the fun at the Saturday Night Street Dance – a great finish to a day of art and entertainment!
The Sunriver Art Fair is ranked as the #1 Favorite Small Town Art Fair and one of America’s Top 50 Best Art Fairs in 2016! The event is sponsored by the Sunriver Women’s Club with all net proceeds supporting nonprofits for arts, education and families in Central Oregon.
Sunriver Art Fair was voted as one of the Top Ten shows in the country.
This fall ArtFairCalendar.com conducted its 7th annual “Best Art Fair in America” survey and the Sunriver Art Fair was voted as one of the Top Ten shows in the country.
Sunriver Art Fair, Sunriver, OR – August 9-11, 2019
The Sunriver Art Fair is a year in the planning involving more than 140 volunteers of the Sunriver Women’s Club, held in the Village at Sunriver. “Consistently stunning array of fine art, price points are appropriate, and it’s located in a picturesque setting within the heart of Central Oregon, located in a high desert resort with beautiful views and wonderful family activities.” “Level of artist talent is high. High caliber event, well run, something for everyone!”
The America’s Best Art Fairs Awards are based on online voting by art fair patrons, collectors, organizers, and artists both regionally and nationally. It is the only national survey of art fairs and festivals designed to recognize achievement in art fair event production and promote the cultural importance of fine art events across America. Please visit www.artfaircalendar.com/art_fair/best-art-fairs.html for the complete list of America’s Best Art Fair Award winners for 2018.
Sunriver Music Festival
57100 Beaver Drive, Building 13 Sunriver OR 97707
tickets@sunrivermusic.org
Quality performances of classical music and youth educational programs
The Sunriver Music Festival brings premier classical music to the historic Great Hall in Sunriver each August for two weeks of concerts, master classes, music workshops, family concerts, free concerts and rehearsals. The Fireside Concert Series kicks off in November featuring top-notch soloists and ensembles throughout the winter months. Tickets: 541-593-9310
Sunriver Resort
17600 Center Drive / PO Box 3609 Sunriver OR 97707
info@sunriver-resort.com
Offering great spaces for your golf outing, family vacation or meetings.
Tucked away in the stately pines of Central Oregon’s high country, at the foot of the Cascade Mountains, Sunriver Resort is regarded as the Northwest’s finest year-round vacation. Sunriver Resort is the premier family, meeting, golf and spa destination. Sunriver is located on the dry side of the Cascade Mountains and generously spread over 3,800 acres.
Lodging at Sunriver Resort
Resort accommodations include 211 Lodge Village guest-rooms and suites complete with wood-burning fireplaces and private decks and more than 300 vacation homes and condominiums, ideal for families and larger parties. River Lodges (33 total) are elegant and spacious rooms along the Sun River between the Sunriver Lodge and the Great Hall Conference Center.
The Sunriver Lodge
At the focal point of the Resort is the Sunriver Lodge. The Lodge captures the history of the area while highlighting the grandeur of the Great Northwest. This elegant showpiece provides a place to relax and enjoy the magnificent views and offers several dining options, entertainment, a specialty shopping experience and art gallery. Concierge, award-winning Meadows Golf Shop, meeting/banquet rooms and guest registration are located in the Sunriver Lodge. Located on the dry side of the Cascade Mountain range, Sunriver Resort offers a unique vacation experience for all ages. For a memorable golf outing, quality family vacation, that important corporate meeting, or a beautiful Oregon wedding, our facilities and services remain unmatched!
Conference & Banquets
With more than 45,000 square feet of flexible meeting and banquet space, breakout sessions, meals, and exhibits are all in close proximity. The Resort earned a “Platinum Choice Award” as selected by the readers of Smart Meetings Magazine for Excellence in Achieving the Highest Standards in a Meeting Facility & Service in the Western Region, as well as “World’s Best Conference Resort” by Executive Travel and other meetings awards by Meetings & Conventions Magazine, Meetings and Incentives, and Meetings in the West.
Three 18-hole championship golf courses: Crosswater Golf Club, Meadows and Woodlands. Also available are the Meadows nine-hole putting course and Caldera 9-hole Links style par-3 course.
Savor the flavor of the west at any of Sunriver Resort’s restaurants: Carson’s American Kitchen, Crosswater Grille, Twisted River Tavern, Zeppa Bistro, Merchant Trader and the Spotted Frog.
The Sage Springs Club & Spa offers the latest in therapeutic body and beauty treatments. Club amenities include three indoor and four outdoor tennis courts; a two-lane, indoor lap pool; conditioning center and movement studio. Reservations: (541) 593-7891
Where Sunriver Resort sits now was some 60 years ago the home of Camp Abbot, where major training exercises and accomplishments were carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers during the time of World War II. To this day the history of our resort is memorialized through the dedication of the Besson Commons to the family of Camp Abbot’s founder, Colonel Frank. S. Besson.
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Sunriver Stars Community Theater
nightskyhealing@gmail.com
Sunriver Stars Community Theater is the vision of Artistic Director, Victoria Kristy-Zalewski. With more than 40 years’ experience directing children’s theater in Arizona, California and Washington State, this Sunriver home owner has started this new company with a handful of local volunteers.
Sunriver Stars is an all volunteer Community Theater group. All positions from the Artistic Director on down are non-paid positions and, as such, require a strong commitment to the work at hand. This creative group produces several theater productions each year. Check out our Facebook Page for the most current production.
Sunriver Stars Community Theater is the vision of Artistic Director, Victoria Kristy-Zalewski. With more than 40 years’ experience directing children’s theater in Arizona, California and Washington State, this Sunriver home owner has started this new company with a handful of local volunteers. Sunriver Stars is an all volunteer Community Theater group. All positions from the […]
Sunriver Women’s Club
PO Box 3334 Sunriver OR 97707
sunriverwomensclub@gmail.com
Charitable Fundraising & Community Service
The Sunriver Women’s Club is a non-profit community service organization. Our mission is to engage in philanthropic endeavors while providing social and community enrichment to our members and our neighbors in southern Deschutes County.
The Sunriver Women’s Club offers fellowship and recreational activities while promoting charitable and educational grants. Many residents of south Deschutes County have significant needs for the basic necessities of food, shelter, clothing, health, education, and child development and care.
The goal of the Sunriver Women’s Club Philanthropy Program is to provide these basic necessities in south Deschutes County, improving lives and strengthening community. Annually the Sunriver Women’s Club (SRWC) raises funds to support their Philanthropy Program; funds accrue through membership fees, the Sunriver Art Fair, the Winter Gala, other fundraising activities, and member donations.
Annual grants are awarded to non-profit organizations that provide direct services for these basic needs at the Annual Giving Luncheon in the spring.
The Sunriver Art Fair is the number one fundraiser for the Sunriver Women’s Club. Held the second weekend in August, this three day event brings artists and visitors from across the country. The event includes juried artists, live music and a kid’s art center. Please contact: sunriverartfair@gmail.com
The Museum At Warm Springs
2189 Highway 26 / PO Box 909 Warm Springs OR 97761
maws@museumatwarmsprings.org
Culture. History. In Living Color.
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation – Warm Springs, Wasco and Northern Paiute, created this museum to sustain their cultures and preserve their traditions for their children and visitors. The museum is a vital part of the Warm Springs tribal community. Once you are done indoors you can stroll the 1/4 mile Twanat Interpretive Trail to learn about the plants, animals, fish and geology.
The Oxford Hotel
10 NW Minnesota Ave Bend OR 97701
Eco-Chic Boutique Hotel in Bend, Oregon
Inspired by the cosmopolitan mountain town we call home, The Oxford Hotel in Bend, Oregon is a welcome respite from your outdoor adventures. As the only eco-chic boutique hotel in the area, we offer amenities and luxuries you simply won’t find anywhere else in town.
Our award winning boutique Bend hotel, our friendly staff, eco-friendly design and convenient location both in the heart of downtown Bend and minutes away from the endless outdoor opportunities found in Central Oregon, you’ll discover hospitality, comfort and convenience that until now you could only dream about.
The upscale, unique Oxford hotel experience you have deemed unimaginable has finally arrived. Our Bend, Oregon accommodations afford our sophisticated guests everything the active, eco-conscious traveler desires-a gorgeously designed, full-service luxury hotel that manages to organically fuse eco-sustainability amenities and luxuries you simply won’t find anywhere else. Located in the heart of downtown Bend, The Oxford Hotel fuses eco-sustainability with luxurious amenities, convenience and incomparable service you expect from a four diamond hotel in Bend, Oregon.
From Green bedding, state-of-the-art corporate meeting space availability and stunningly chic decor to on-site fine dining at the divine 10 Below Restaurant and a culturally impressive array of things to do, The Oxford Hotel Bend is the discerning, eco-conscious traveler’s ultimate hotel destination.
The Village at Sunriver
57100 Beaver Dr. Sunriver OR 97707
Located in the core of Sunriver featuring dining, shopping and more
The Village at Sunriver is located in the heart of Central Oregon, next to the World Class Sunriver Resort. The Village features exceptional dining, boutique shopping, groceries, a variety of real estate companies, recreation, bike and ski rentals, plus live entertainment and events. Come and enjoy the amenities that the Village at Sunriver offers!
The Village at Sunriver features unique dining options, and is the perfect place to relax and be entertained. You won’t be disappointed with our international cuisine from Portugal, Italy, France, Mexico, or a burger made from organic, local ingredients. Look forward to a full array of deserts for any sweet tooth. There are dining options for whatever mood you are in, all located in Sunriver’s beautiful alpine setting.
The Village at Sunriver features exceptional boutique shopping, stores, and art galleries all nestled in a spectacular alpine setting. You’ll find everything from Sunriver branded souvenirs & apparel to high performance sporting gear. When you are all “shopped out” be sure to sit and relax at one of many unique dining establishments and take in that fresh Central Oregon air.
Feeling adventurous or want to find that good fishing spot? In winter, the Village at Sunriver offers ice skating. Browse a wide array of outfitters and attractions all within walking distance. Rent a bike and ride on Sunriver’s 35+ miles of paved bike paths, or take the family for round of mini-golf, don’t forget hop onboard the villages’ new Alpine-Express Train. You’ll be sure to find an activity you’re in the mood for!
835 NW Wall St Bend OR 97701
info@towertheatre.org
The Crown Jewel of Bend's performing arts community
Since 1940, the iconic Tower Theatre has been the center of downtown Bend. Fully renovated in 2004, the Art Deco Moderne venue remains Central Oregon’s premier stage. This vibrant community gathering place hosts nationally and internationally acclaimed performances ranging from music, theater comedy, to films, educational opportunities, civic gatherings and social events.
The Tower Theatre is a hub for culture, connections, and artistic experiences. It is “Bend’s Living Room.” Hundreds of nonprofit and community organizations use our stage each year. And the next generation of theatre-goers enjoy LessonPLAN programs that engage their minds and hearts.
The nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation believes the performing arts strengthen our community and improve our lifestyle. We’re committed to providing top-quality events and educational programs. But the Tower does not run on ticket sales alone. Donations are appreciated.
The Crown Jewel of Bend’s performing arts community
Tumalo Lavender
19825 Connarn Road Bend OR 97701
info@tumalolavender.com
Gift Shop & Garden
Tumalo Lavender, located in the golden triangle just outside Bend, is home to 10,000 beautiful lavender plants with colors ranging from white to purple to pink. Owners, Gordon and Judy Knight, planted the first 1,000 test plants in 2006. Twenty different varieties now bloom profusely in the summer months with harvest beginning in mid September.
Angustfolia and X-intermedia lavender oil and hydrosol are distilled at the farm, which coincides with harvest of the lavender buds. We provide specialty propagation and year around field consultation. To date we have helped create and expand multiple lavender farms across the county. Fresh cut lavender can be enjoyed in the summer.
Our Vintage Market Place shop offers handcrafted lavender soaps, luscious lavender lotions, gourmet lavender infused jelly and honey as well as handcrafted neck paks, eye pillows and wonderful cake and scone mixes.
Tumalo Lavender pleasant scents can put you in a peaceful state of mind. The calming, fresh, unique fragrance of lavender is available in potpourris, buds, oils, handmade soap, lotions, lip balm, and hydro-mists and wreaths, all made at the farm and available in our marketplace.
Our wonderful dried lavender buds perfect for crafting, wedding favors or making your own potpourri and sachets. Provence and several English lavenders are also available for culinary use. Tumalo Lavender produces & distills the highest quality lavender essential oils. The oils are extracted by steam distillation at the farm. These highly concentrated and fragrant oils are aged for quality and are recognized, among other things, as being a natural antiseptic, insect repellent, as a help with migraines and to aid in relaxation.
Capture the aromatherapy benefits of a lavender mist created with essential oils. For cosmetic, industrial and personal ingredients of all kinds such as body spray, room mist, linen spray…wherever you need the fresh, delicately scented fragrance of lavender. You can order these and other products on-line. Credit Cards are accepted. We gladly ship UPS and FedEx.
Tour Tumalo Lavender: Gordon and Judy invite you to visit their greenhouse and view the fields of lavender. They offer 3” border plants or 1 gallon lavender plants for your garden. You will find lavender not only beautiful and sensory, but a practical choice for your garden. Lavender has a reputation for being notoriously non-palatable to deer. It is also considered a drought-tolerant plant and is easy to grow and manage.
The lavender is in full flower in mid-July and is at its peak for viewing and cutting. You can wander through the vibrant purple fields and take in the strong, sweet fragrance of lavender as you hand-cut your own bouquet.
This year, make a point of enjoying some relaxed time at Tumalo Lavender.
Learn how to make a fragrant bundle into a lavender wand.
Observe how Gordon distills lavender oil using natural, traditional methods.
(Gordon custom distills for other lavender farmers.)
Take advantage of a You-Cut weekend.
CONSULTING – Let Gordon help plot your future lavender field or area. We can give you ideas on soil preparation, irrigation expertise, weed mat installation and lavender plant suggestion. Call 541-419-9449 for specifics based on size of job.
Summer Hours & Farmer’s Market
Summer hours at Tumalo Lavender are varied as we are working on the farm. We encourage you to arrange your visit ahead of time by calling 541-419-9449 or email us.
Visit Tumalo Lavender in Bend, Oregon’s Drake Park Farmers Market on Wednesdays 3-7pm & Saturdays at NW Crossing Farmers Market 10am-2pm. Enjoy our fabulous fresh lavender lemonade, lavender shortbread cookies and lavender-lemon pound cake…all available to take home, too!
Directions to Tumalo Lavender
From Bend, take highway 20 West to Tumalo, turn Right onto Cook Ave in Tumalo; This road will turn into Cline Falls Highway. Go 2 miles N. turn left onto Connarn. The Farm is ½ mile on the left.
70 SW Century Drive #100-138 Bend 97703
derek@volcanictheatrepub.com
Live Music, Theatre
Volcanic Theatre Pub, located at 70 SW Century Drive, next to GoodLife Brewing, is Bend’s premier spot for Live Music, Live Theatre, Film Screenings, Comedy, Venue Rentals, and many special events. Voted #1 Indoor venue 6 years running in The Source Weekly’s Annual “Best Of” Edition. VTP is an All Ages Theatre that hosts international, national, regional and local artists every week throughout the year in a cozy and intimate warehouse space. Furnished with comfy sofas, chairs, and state of the art audio/visual equipment, VTP holds itself to the highest standards for the best event experience possible. Get your Tickets Here
Volcanic Theatre Pub is committed to enhancing Central Oregon’s cultural environment by providing a unique artistic venue and making an essential contribution to the High Desert community. We provide some of the best live music, live theatre, and special events in Bend, Oregon.
Our respect for artistic expression holds us to the highest standards possible, presenting plays that will challenge you with relevant material, acting that will astonish you, films that will shake you, and live music that will move you.
All of this in one cozy intimate black box warehouse furnished with comfortable sofas, recliners, four-tops, and bar tops, and equipped with state of the art projection and sound, while serving many of the best local and regional beers and wine.
Are you interested in acting classes? The Volcanic Actor’s Studio and Professional Actor Derek Sitter (M.F.A. Acting, Life Member of The Actors Studio) and owner of Volcanic Theatre Pub conducts periodical workshops. Check the calendar for upcoming FREE acting classes on Tuesday nights. Contact Derek@VolcanicTheatrePub.com or 541-215-0516.
Book the Pub! For meeting and event planners seeking a venue or group experience, we invite you to contact us with your dates and event description and we’ll check our availability. We look forward to working with you.
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Source: WARC
Online display formats worth more to US advertisers than TV for the first time, as ad money chases next generation viewers
- TV companies now looking to diversify as ad revenues drop to $61bn this year, the lowest since 2011
- WARC Data - Television in the US
United States, Nov 14, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - WARC, the international marketing intelligence service, has found that US advertisers are spending more on online display formats - chiefly social media and online video - than television for the first time this year, as brands chase next generation viewers who are primarily consuming digital media on multiple devices.
US television advertising spend to be worth $61bn this year, the lowest level since 2011
Television has been the largest advertising medium in the US since 2002, when it overtook newspapers. By 2016, internet advertising as a whole was worth more to American advertisers than TV, but over half of this internet total was spent on performance-related formats such as paid search, aiding Google's click business boom.
Search serves a very different function in advertising to the traditional brand building and attention-grabbing role of display advertising, where TV has hitherto dominated.
TV was still the largest display advertising medium in 2018, at $64.8bn (the third-highest level ever recorded); it accounted for just below one-third (31.0%) of all advertising spend, but this was down from 2012's peak in share of 41.0%.
A 6.6% fall in US television advertising spend is anticipated this year, to $60.5bn (a 27.6% share of all spend), the lowest level in nearly a decade.
Online display adspend is expected to overtake TV for the first time in 2019
With TV's decline, online display formats - including social media, online video, content and banner advertising - are collectively set to be worth more for the first time this year, but only marginally: the difference is $7m.
WARC Data forecasts that the total US ad market will grow 8.8% to $238bn next year, driven in part by the summer Olympics and political campaign spending leading to the November election. The knock-on effect is that TV advertising will return to growth in 2020, rising 4.0% to $62.9bn.
But online's lead is set to widen despite this: online display formats are expected to increase in value by 15.7%, to $70.0bn in 2020. This means TV's overall share will dip to just over a quarter (26.4%) next year, with online display's rising to 29.4%.
Largest product categories are cutting their TV spend
The three largest product categories have all cut spend on television advertising. Media & publishing spent $12.1bn on TV ads in 2016, but this is expected to dip to $10.1bn this year. The retail sector has continually reduced its TV spend, likely in response to the growing shift to online shopping. Automotive has been in long-term decline, but a reverse to small growth is forecast for 2020.
Across all 19 product categories tracked by a new collaboration between WARC and Nielsen, only five spent more on TV this year than they did in 2016. Soft drinks will see the largest increase, up 15.4%. This is followed by transport & tourism (8.5%), financial services (7.7%), pharma & healthcare (6.8%) and business & industrial (5.9%).
Additional research from WARC suggest that effective campaigns use TV for storytelling while digital is often used to support short-term sales activation. Many marketers expect a pivot back to long-term brand building, which may boost television's fortunes in the future.
Consumers are gradually moving their viewing online, American teenagers are already there
While traditional TV continues to account for the majority of video consumption among all adults, American teenagers have moved on. Cable TV accounted for just one-tenth (12%) of all video consumption within this age group in fall 2019. This is down from 20% in the spring of 2018.
Instead, YouTube and Netflix reign supreme. Together, they account for nearly three-quarters (72%) of all video consumption among American teenagers. YouTube has taken the lead over Netflix, accounting for 37% most recently. This is an increase from 30% in the spring of 2018.
Advertisers may struggle to follow; 65% of consumers want an ad-free environment online
While marketers are looking to move their television spend online, they cannot expect the same kind of reach and engagement. However, two-thirds (65%) of Americans find the option of an ad-free streaming service more enticing versus the allure of a cheaper subscription (45%).
For Netflix users, over two-fifths of Americans would stop watching if ads were introduced even if membership fees fell. Netflix's US subscribers fell for the first time in the second quarter of 2019, though growth was recorded again in the third quarter.
Robert Clapp, Data Analyst, WARC, summing up, says: "Americans are spending less time watching traditional TV and ad investment has now reached a tipping point. The $61bn spent this year will be the lowest level in nearly a decade and online display - driven by online video and social media - has finally overtaken TV in value.
"Legacy players are only just responding, with Disney+ launching to technical issues on Tuesday and NBC's Peacock and HBO Max expected in April and May next year. As most viewers only want to pay for two or three services, competition will be fierce in a space where Netflix already holds a commanding lead."
WARC's Television in the US report is available to download from http://lp.warc.com/read-top-data-points-on-tv-in-the-us.html.
Information contained in the report is drawn from WARC Data (https://www.warc.com/data), a dedicated online service featuring current advertising benchmarks, data points, ad trends and user-generated expanded databases.
Aimed at media and brand owners, market analysts, media, advertising and research agencies as well as academics, WARC Data provides current advertising and media information, hard facts and figures - essential market intelligence for ad industry related business, strategy and planning required in any decision making process.
WARC Data is available by subscription only. For more information visit https://www.warc.com/data.
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WARC's clients include the world's largest brands, advertising and media agencies, media owners, research companies and universities. They rely on WARC for rigorous, unbiased information and advice on almost any advertising and marketing issue, which WARC delivers via best practice guides, case studies, research papers, special reports and advertising trend data, as well as via webinars, awards, events and advisory services.
WARC collaborates with more than 50 respected industry organisations globally including: The Advertising Research Foundation, Cannes Lions, Effie Worldwide, Association of National Advertisers, ESOMAR, 4A's, IPA and DMA.
WARC was founded in 1985, and has offices in the UK, US and Singapore. In July 2018, WARC became part of Ascential plc, the global specialist information company.
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Joyful journeys
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JOYLETTER
The Aesthetics of Joy is a guide to finding happiness in the world around you. We bring you insights from the latest research on happiness and inspiration for creating a more joyful, colorful life.
Emotionally vague
By Ingrid Fetell Lee
F P L 1 M
Here’s an interesting project from Orlagh O’Brien about the associations we form with emotions and the ways we express them. The project consists of maps of colors, words, and shaded bodies that show how and where people feel certain emotions. He says:
By gathering concepts of feeling by word, colour and line and creating visual languages for anger, joy, fear, sadness and love – a kind of democratic visual language is created – a backwards-brand. As a graphic designer, I am attempting to bring attention to the body’s patterns of feeling and innate intelligence in a systematic but playful way.
To me the color map says it all. Yellow and other bright, light colors for joy, dark muted colors for fear and sadness, and intense warm colors for the fiery emotions love and anger. It’s like a visual glossary for emotion.
I love this project because it makes a point I frequently am called upon to reiterate in the process of writing Aesthetics of Joy. People often tell me that joy is individual and personal, and that it’s impossible to come up with a consensus on what the aesthetics of joy are. Indeed, if you look at these color maps, you can see that some people find joy in intense red (the same red others associate with anger) and some people find joy in the kind of kelly green that makes others fall in love. But, overall, when you put all these people together, there’s a feeling that emerges that makes a kind of sense. It may be tyranny of the majority, but well over half of the joyful colors are warm, nearly all are saturated and pure, and none are black, maroon, navy, or gray. It may not be a universal consensus, but it’s a vibe that we see and intuitively feels right.
The graphics are also beautiful. They strike me as pH strips for emotion, as if you could take the emotional temperature of a culture, and it would come out like this. Very interesting work.
See the full joy page here.
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Class 1A cross country roundup: Bullets claim girls regional title
QUINCY — The Williamsville High School girls cross country team had three of the top-10 placers to win the Class 1A Quincy Notre Dame Regional team title on Saturday. The Bullets’ Caroline Gwaltney finished the race in 18 minutes 58 seconds, just five seconds behind the individual winner, Pleasant Plains’ Caroline Jachino. Lexy Henrikson ...
Area football pairings: Rochester moves up to Class 5A as No. 2 seed
Taylorville, the largest school in the 32-team field, finished the season with four straight losses and ... “I knew it was a group that was really tight because they had junior high success. They just got along it seemed like.” Williamsville, the Sangamo Conference champion, will play No. 15 St. Joseph-Ogden (5-4) at a time yet to be ...
Prep spotlight: North Mac to open new turf stadium in finale
VIRDEN — After playing its first four home games at Girard, the North Mac High School football team will christen its new artificial turf field in Virden Friday at 7 p.m. against Riverton ... Pittsfield and Pleasant Plains and losses to Sangamo Conference champion Williamsville as well as runner-up Maroa-Forsyth. Emily Stoeckel had five ...
Prep spotlight: Plains completes perfect Sangamo season
Lutheran gets 20th win The Lutheran High School volleyball team picked up the 20th win of the season on Tuesday ... Lutheran is 6-0 in the MSM. Pretzels rally, defeat Bullets WILLIAMSVILLE — New Berlin fell in the first set at Williamsville before rallying to win the final two sets for the Sangamo Conference win, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22.
Football rankings: Glenwood, Rochester, Williamsville all ranked No. 1
Rochester High School and Chatham Glenwood’s showdown already ... Stadium at the end of the 2018 regular season. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Williamsville (8-0) also returned to No. 1 after previously top-ranked Wilmington fell to 4A Coal City 29-14, meaning three teams from Sangamon Country are ranked No. 1 out of eight classes. The Bullets, who ...
North Mac reverses losses to Bullets for a regional win
RAYMOND — North Mac High School’s boys soccer team wasn’t just the lower seed between it and Williamsville, but it had been outscored 12-2 by the Bullets in a pair of losses in the regular season. But on Wednesday in the Class 1A Raymond Lincolnwood Regional semifinal, the Panthers held the Bullets to one goal in a 2-1 win. No. 6 seed ...
Lowis leads SHG to team title; Williamsville's Davis takes runnerup
JACKSONVILLE – Sofia Lowis put the finishing touches on Sacred Heart-Griffin High School’s Class 1A Jacksonville Routt Sectional team title Monday at Jacksonville Country ... golf since fifth grade and it’s always been a relaxer compared to ...
Girls Varsity Softball
Girls Varsity Softball vs. North-Mac
Game Summary from Channel 1450 http://www.channel1450.com/2017/05/22/longs-no-hitter-delivers-the-williamsville-bullets-a-regional-crown/ ...
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Naples, FL – November 23 – Cambier Park – 1pm – 4pm
America’s leading Lifestyle Expert, Entrepreneur, Publisher, Television Personality. Bestselling Author of 92 books & host of VH1’s “Martha and Snoop’s Pot Luck Dinner Party,” and “Martha Stewart Cooking School” and “Martha Bakes” on PBS.
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Master Sommelier among 274 in the world. Featured player in Netflix cult-classic “SOMM” documentary series; won “Best Young Sommelier in the World” and TOP|SOMM competitions. Co-founder, SommSelect. Renowned worldwide hunter of exceptional wines.
R. Syed; 21 Spices by Chef Asif
Chef Asif R. Syed is an Indian American chef who has been awarded multiple times in the past for his extraordinary culinary talent. He has appeared on national television shows such as the fifth-season of “Guy’s Grocery Games”, “Cutthroat Kitchen” with Alton Thomas in 2016 (aired in Australia) and “Beat Bobby Flay” (Season 17 – Episode 12: Chop of the Mornin’ to Ya – 2018), where he actually beat Bobby Flay in a culinary showdown with his signature dish: Tandoori Chicken. On December 21, 2015, Chef Asif R. Syed started 21 Spices by Chef Asif. Located in Naples, FL this restaurant offers its patrons modern Indian cuisine in addition to the latest creations by Chef Asif. The menu includes a wide selection of outstanding biryanis, curries, vegetarian delights, refreshing salads delivered in artistic fashion, mouthwatering Tandoor-roasted lamb, prawns, fresh fish, chicken, and kabobs flamed in an open-style kitchen. Chef Asif’s delicious homemade chutneys accompany many of its courses. 21 Spices’ culinary concept is going to be expanded in the near future with new locations across Florida.
Chef Asif R. Syed is an Indian American chef who has been awarded multiple times in the past for his extraordinary culinary talent. He has appeared on national television shows such as the fifth-season of “Guy’s Grocery Games”, “Cutthroat Kitchen” with Alton Thomas in 2016 (aired in Australia) and “Beat Bobby Flay” (Season 17 - Episode 12: Chop of the Mornin' to Ya - 2018), where he actually beat Bobby Flay in a culinary showdown with his signature dish: Tandoori Chicken. On December 21, 2015, Chef Asif R. Syed started 21 Spices by Chef Asif. Located in Naples, FL this restaurant offers its patrons modern Indian cuisine in addition to the latest creations by Chef Asif. The menu includes a wide selection of outstanding biryanis, curries, vegetarian delights, refreshing salads delivered in artistic fashion, mouthwatering Tandoor-roasted lamb, prawns, fresh fish, chicken, and kabobs flamed in an open-style kitchen. Chef Asif’s delicious homemade chutneys accompany many of its courses. 21 Spices' culinary concept is going to be expanded in the near future with new locations across Florida.
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Kravetz; BALEEN
Goddard; Barbatella
Born in Iowa, Jason lived and grew up on a small sustainable farm, which produced products for both his family’s table, and for sale at local farmers markets. Jason began cooking and working in the culinary industry at age 13, learning the business from the women of the countryside where he lived, and training with local butchers. He fine-tuned his craft working for caterers, high volume restaurants and organic cafes. After years of real world experience, Jason has further developed his skills in the kitchen of Sea Salt under the mentorship of Chef Fabrizio Aielli where his creative talents have led to his appointment as Corporate Executive Chef of Aielli group restaurants.
Betulia; Bar Tulia
Ali; Catch of the Pelican
Executive Chef Bader Ali has been with the Northwood Hospitality organization for over nine years, presiding over the culinary operations at a number of its independent, luxury properties, including; Revere Hotel Boston Common, New York Palace and Cheeca Lodge & Spa. Prior to Northwood Hospitality, Chef Ali was with Carlson Hotels and Interstate Hotels and Resorts where he handled executive chef duties at a number of their international properties in both China and Egypt. Ali is an alumni of the prestigious Notter School of Confectionary Arts as well as the L’Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Executive Chef Bader Ali has been with the Northwood Hospitality organization for over nine years, presiding over the culinary operations at a number of its independent, luxury properties, including; Revere Hotel Boston Common, New York Palace and Cheeca Lodge & Spa. Prior to Northwood Hospitality, Chef Ali was with Carlson Hotels and Interstate Hotels and Resorts where he handled executive chef duties at a number of their international properties in both China and Egypt. Ali is an alumni of the prestigious Notter School of Confectionary Arts as well as the L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Dan; Cavo Lounge
Weiner; Chloe’s Cookies
Ken Weiner has years of ‘in the kitchen’ training. While a practicing real estate developer and general contractor by profession, Ken has a passion for cooking and continues to challenge the culinary norm, sharing his creations to the delight of all that know him. So it’s not surprising that he has created a recipe for the most irresistible chocolate chip cookies (including gluten free and vegan)! But don’t take our word for it, you be the judge.
Ken Weiner has years of 'in the kitchen' training. While a practicing real estate developer and general contractor by profession, Ken has a passion for cooking and continues to challenge the culinary norm, sharing his creations to the delight of all that know him. So it's not surprising that he has created a recipe for the most irresistible chocolate chip cookies (including gluten free and vegan)! But don't take our word for it, you be the judge.
Goddard; Dorona
Torres; Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club
Chef Carlos was featured at Star Chef Pop-Up Series at Venue Naples where each month Chef Brian and Team Crave welcome a featured star chef to create an inspired tasting menu showcasing their craft. They were excited to welcome Chef Torres of Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club to their Pop-Up Series just as we are excited for you to enjoy his cuisine at the event.
Aybar; Juicelation
Eido; Kareem’s Lebanese Kitchen
Landert
Nardis; M Waterfront Grille
Jaenvega; Martin Fierro Restaurant
Bassil; Moura Bistro
Trivunovic
Osteria Tulia
Regina’s Ice Cream
Regina's Ice Cream
Jasinski
Sails Restaurant
Goddard; Sea Salt
Shea’s
at Landsdowne
Bechu
Tartine & Tartlette
Truluck’s Seafood Steak & Crab House
Truluck's Seafood Steak & Crab House
The Claw Bar
Sutton & Lisa Resch
The Rooster Food & Drink
Falisi
Two Guys Kitchen & Catering
E at The Escalante
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As Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi, co-founder and executive director of Afrobarometer (AB), approaches the end of his distinguished tenure, we are seeking his successor to lead AB as it fulfills its important role in Africa’s future. The Professor leaves an extraordinary legacy that includes a global audience, talented staff and partners, committed funders for Round 8 surveys, and a unique, longitudinal Pan-African data set built up over two decades across more than three dozen countries.
The new CEO will have a unique opportunity to build capacity across Africa and ensure that relevant and valuable data are open-source, widely available, and used for policy making and development.
The CEO will arrive at a critical point in Africa’s development. High-quality independent data are essential for government and social innovation and for research in an increasingly competitive market. In a complicated and potentially more challenging political and funding space, the CEO will build this open-source global public good and champion AB’s capacity-building mission, developing leadership and expertise within the organization and wider network across Africa.
During a time of both opportunity and challenge, the new CEO will apply his or her skills, experience, knowledge, and networks to champion AB and to ensure its secure and flourishing future. The successful candidate will therefore be someone of outstanding capability and a leader in their field who will command intellectual credibility across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors and who will provide vision and leadership for the board, management team, and AB staff and network.
The CEO will be supported in their position by the chief operating officer and a team of senior managers responsible for directorates of survey, analysis, capacity building, and engagement. She or he will marshal the talents and energy of the board, Central Management Team, and Senior Advisory Team as they shape the right goals for the future, engage with and develop partners, and invest in improving and extending programs that increase the impact of AB’s work. The CEO will also work closely with an International Advisory Council that will launch in 2020.
AB is seeking a proven leader with the confidence and presence to engage with a wide range of external stakeholders, including funders; knowledge of and deep commitment to Africa; up-to-date expertise in survey research techniques; superior oral and written communication skills; experience working across cultures with a diverse and geographically dispersed team; and the strategic vision to ensure that AB continues to be recognized and valued as an open-source global public good that is inclusive in its approach and practical in its application.
Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi will retire in 2020 and is acting CEO until his successor is in place. The international search proceeds immediately with the aim of filling the post by 2020. Applications will be dealt with on a rolling basis, with a closing date of Friday, 6 December 2019. Early applications are encouraged.
Download the full job description.
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Interesting Poll Among Republicans
speedygonzales
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/20...oll-of-Self-Identified-Republicans
The results range from the weird to the downright scary. I'm most disappointed that as many as 9 in 10 support the state murdering people.
Ignorance kills.
Quoting SpeedyGonzales (Thread starter):
I'm most disappointed that as many as 9 in 10 support the state murdering people.
There are certain instances where I agree the death penalty should be used. Not all the time, not with every murder case, but it should be an option.
I saw this story on Maddow the other night. I was not schocked so much by some of the "no" and "not sure" responses. But, some of the "yes" responses really get me. Also, there were some responses she was combining the "not sure" and "yes" responses. I thought it was enough that 39% of those polled think Obama should be impeached and 42% still believe he was not born in the United States. That is scary! I wonder how many of the responders support Palin and the Tea Party movement. That would be an interensting study.
You bet I'm pumped!!! I just had a green tea!!!
I'll beat our republican friends here by calling BS on this poll. I refuse to believe that the average Republican is as retarted and backward as that poll seems to suggest. And if it is right, may God / Allah / Buddha,... (fill in deity of choice) help you guys in the US...
You are taking seriously a poll from the Daily Kos? Look at their polling track record - not very good. Look at the quality of their questions. And of course the fact that this is "self-described Republicans", which even I would not qualify as - i.e. it's maybe 20% of the population.
Democrats haven't been this angry since we took away their slaves.
kc135topboom
" so, this massive poll, by non-partisan independent pollster Research 2000 of over 2,000 self-identified Republicans, was born."
Non-partisan my a$$................ Research 2000 is owned by the Daily Kos, and no self respecting Republican would consider take their poll.
Did you notice the author does not have the balls to put his name on the story? Did he/she think they were fooling anyone with those questions?
I cannot wait until his/her book "American Taliban" comes out. It will be more liberal/socialists BS in print.
cptkrell
Geeze, I accessed the link and I thought I was reading a "comprehensive research poll" edited by Mein Kamph Olbermann and/or RayCha Maddeux. When will the b.s. tone down (from both f*cking retarded sides)? Regards...jack
all best; jack
tbar220
Quoting Dreadnought (Reply 3):
Care to post a source about the track record of their polls? Care to break down the quality of their questions, and how they might be fair / unfair? These are legitimate questions, and the point was very clearly to see what self identified Republicans identified with and believed.
As for Research 2000, they are a non-partisan polling firm that was contracted by Daily Kos, a liberal blog. The questions are clearly pointed in one direction because that is the purpose of this poll, but Research 2000 themselves are not a liberal or conservative polling group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_2000
Finally, self-prescribed Republicans amount to 24.4% composite between all polls.
http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/party-id.php
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Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 4):
No, the author's name is on the story - note the "by kos" line at the top. "kos" is the username of dailykos.com site founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas.
You are taking seriously a poll from the Daily Kos? Look at their polling track record - not very good.
That's quite simply incorrect. Research 2000 polls are more accurate than Gallup or Zogby, among others - take a look at 538.com's pollster ratings.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/search/label/pollster%20ratings
Hydrogen is an odorless, colorless gas which, given enough time, turns into people.
Quoting Yellowstone (Reply 7):
Wait for it.... wait for it....
"538.com is a left leaning group too!!"
You are taking seriously a poll from the Daily Kos
Quoting cptkrell (Reply 5):
I accessed the link and I thought I was reading a "comprehensive research poll" edited by Mein Kamph Olbermann and/or RayCha Maddeux.
And, when Research 2000 is contracted to do a poll about the feelings and opinions of self-identified Democrats, that poll will be on here with all the usual right-wingers crowing about how "socialist" and "bad" the Democratic party is.
C'mon, guys! We all know that, short of going to every elections office in ever district all over this country and contacting every single name on voter rolls, there is really no accurate way of taking the pulse of the nation. When polls come out, this same sh*t happens. "They are lying! That company is simply an arm of the Repblican/Democratic party! Liars! Hate!"
To those right-wingers who don't understand, this poll was about self-identified Republicans. Not Americans in general.
so, this massive poll, by non-partisan independent pollster Research 2000 of over 2,000 self-identified Republicans, was born."
The magic words are "self-identified". The ultra left wing Daily Kos asks a bunch of left wing loons to "identify" them sleves as Rebublicans, then they poll them! Makes sense to me.
Quoting tbar220 (Reply 6):
Care to post a source about the track record of their polls?
For one, I recall that they predicted that Coakley would win in Massachusetts, And can't recall any instance where they weren't way off.
Care to break down the quality of their questions, and how they might be fair / unfair? These are legitimate questions, and the point was very clearly to see what self identified Republicans identified with and believed.
From the results of the poll, I will say that something is definitely wrong with the sampling. For one thing, it's heavily weighted towards older people. Also it's a phone poll. How were the people chosen? It makes a huge difference. For example, call during the daytime and you increase the chances that the respondents are unemployed. Unemployed people will tend to be less happy with the government. Daytime phoning also biases the sample to older females. Choose the names from published phone directories and you bias the sample to older people. And, you bias the sample to home owners which in turn causes a bias towards people that don't live in major cities.
What percentage of those contacted declined to be interviewed? This point is perhaps the most important. Once the sample is chosen the poll taker needs to get a very high percentage of the people to actually respond to the poll. I would be suspect of the results if anything less than 90% of the people contacted did not complete the poll. The people willing to spend the time to respond tend to be the people most dissatisfied and that severely biases the results.
On rare occasions, My wife and I get calls from Gallup or other well-known polling operation, and we'll answer their questions. Most of the time, the polling institution is some fly-by-night, lower tier operation and our response is "not interested, bye." I expect that most people are like that.
The final hint is again in the results of the polls. Many of the questions show some pretty extreme viewpoints. I have been a conservative most of my life, and most of my friends and colleagues are Republicans. I don't know any who say that Obama should be impeached, or that he wasn't born in Hawaii. The 'birthers' are a tiny minority not supported by any media or anything apart from a few kooky web sites, AFAIK. They are basically like the 9/11 truthers - and for the result to show nearly half believe it, I call bullsh&t.
Research 2000 is owned by the Daily Kos
Is there a non-partisan source that can validate the assertion that Research 2000 is owned by Daily Kos?
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Quoting Dreadnought (Reply 11):
As far as them not being "way off", I post this source for the second time in this thread.
They are the eighth most accurate pollster.
Another source that might help you a little bit, Research 2000 called the election a tie the day before the election at 48-48 with a margin of error of +/- 4.5.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...l-coakley-and-brown-tied-48-48.php
The final results were Brown 51.9% to Coakley 47.1%. This is well within Research 2000's prediction and margin of error.
From the results of the poll, I will say that something is definitely wrong with the sampling
As for the sampling (and the rest of your post's points as well), I'm far from a statistician or professional to say that I know how these things are done. However I know that these things are looked at with historical trends and taken into account in some measure in the margin of error. Also, I know that a sample of 2000 people is pretty large and results in pretty accurate results.
What I'm going to do next is to see how the groupings of self identified Republicans in the Research 2000 poll compares to a poll that asks for Party ID and see if that gets broken up as well by age, gender, race, etc. Once I find that, I'll compare the two to see how similar they are.
FlyDeltaJets87
Quoting tbar220 (Reply 13):
Well if the people being polled are Republicans, you really don't need to worry about "race".
**DISCLAIMER**: Before anyone gets their panties in a wad, FlyDeltaJets87 is a Republican but can laugh at himself and the stereotypes of his own party and simply making a joke.
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DocLightning
The religious attitudes are what alarm me the most.
Look, I can appreciate conservatism as a political doctrine, even if I'm not a conservative.
But theocracy is not a valid political doctrine. 100% of governments run by theocracies have resulted in dictatorships. The view that religion or religious reasoning should have any role in running this government is by far the most alarming doctrine there is. A religious government has the will of God no matter what decisions it makes and is not subject to popular vote. And so if the will of God is that 15yo kids will be strung up by the neck to hang until dead because they are gay, then the Iranian government, which has a direct phone line to God, will do it!
Scary it is to want to turn the U.S. government into a Christian Taliban.
-Doc Lightning-
"The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars."
-Carl Sagan
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 15):
But theocracy is not a valid political doctrine. 100% of governments run by theocracies have resulted in dictatorships. The view that religion or religious reasoning should have any role in running this government is by far the most alarming doctrine there is.
As you know, I have no use for the "religious right". But where are you getting the idea that they would be a Christian Taliban? For one thing, Christianity has nothing like Sharia.
Clearly not. The Christians I knew, especially in college, were very progressive. They used their Christianity to do good and support equal rights for all. Hell, they would probably be accused of being socialists in today's atmosphere.
Unfortunately, its the loudest and richest that have the most power and voice right now, even if they are a small minority.
Oh boy. This just takes the cake. Let's see, where to begin?
Ultimately, these results explain why it is impossible for elected Republicans to work with Democrats to improve our country. Their base are conspiracy mongers who don't believe Obama was born in the United States, that he is the second coming of Lenin, and that he is racist against white people. They already want to impeach him despite the glaringly obvious lack of high crimes or misdemeanors.
So if someone is unsure, they automatically conclude they are for impeachment?
Given what their base demands, and this poll illustrates them perfectly, it's no wonder the GOP is the party of no
Last week at the gop summit the President was given a folder of gop ideas that he has been proclaiming for months he knew nothing about. Has anyone heard him mention those ideas since? Heard them brought up or addressed? So who exactly is the party of no?
[i]Oof. That's some serious neanderthal action going on. Gays can't serve their country, teach children, get married, or even have civil unions. That's the GOP agenda for gays, which makes the existence of the Log Cabin Republicans that much more of a mystery.
Hmmm...The question did not even address civil unions yet the author has not implied, but concluded that republicans are against civil unions.
Yep, that's an unbaised poll and why am I absolutely sure it will dovetail exactly with what he already has written for his book. Remember, he said:
As I've mentioned before, I'm putting the finishing touches on my new book, American Taliban, which catalogues the ways in which modern-day conservatives share the same agenda as radical Jihadists in the Islamic world. But I found myself making certain claims about Republicans that I didn't know if they could be backed up. So I thought, "why don't we ask them directly?" And so, this massive poll, by non-partisan independent pollster Research 2000 of over 2,000 self-identified Republicans, was born.
So the poll wasn't initiated with an unbaised result in mind.
Warm winds blowing, heating blue skies, a road that goes forever, I'm going to Texas!
AirStairs
But theocracy is not a valid political doctrine. 100% of governments run by theocracies have resulted in dictatorships. The view that religion or religious reasoning should have any role in running this government is by far the most alarming doctrine there is. A religious government has the will of God no matter what decisions it makes and is not subject to popular vote.
Some of the responses do worry me a bit, as, on its face, the poll indicates that Republicans are straying from real conservatism to the statist opposite of the Democrats. If it's accurate, it is scary and unsettling to myself, a registered Republican.
With that said, however, you have to take anything like this from the Daily Kos with about 10,000 grains of salt.
Uh... except for Fundamentalist Christianity. Some Fundamentalist preachers have even advocated public stoning.
Didn't you post pictures of some poor bastard being stoned in Somalia?
RE: Interesting Poll Among Republicans
Considering the level of support for that kind of thing, those preachers are likely to be the first ones stoned. C'mon, how can you compare?
That was Sharia. Which has no equivalent in any other religion.
Since I don't follow the daily kos, how am I to know him from his "user name"?
Quoting 474218 (Reply 10):
Hmmm, you do know that all polls, but one have a "margin of error". don't you? Do you know why? It is their safety net and claim they know that not all answers are accurate, it gives them cover from publishing incorrect numbers and the ability to say "we were right all along".
The one poll that is really accurate, 100% of the time is on election day, when the voters cast their ballots, except in FL, OH, and MN.
100% of governments run by theocracies have resulted in dictatorships.
But, not all dictatorships are religious governments. In fact, of the ones that are, the percentage is very small.
then the Iranian government, which has a direct phone line to God, will do it!
No, they have a direct line to Allah, God's phone number is unlisted.
Really? How many non-Christians live in the US? Some 5% worship Allah, another 4% Budda, and another 5% are Hindu, and about 15% worship no God. Collectively that is close to 1/4 of the US population and that doesn't even count those who identify themselves as devil worshippers, wickas, or other "Earth Religions".
except for Fundamentalist Christianity. Some Fundamentalist preachers have even advocated public stoning.
True, but what about those like Obama's friend, the "Rev." Jerimia Wright who preaches hate of the US and racism, "Revs." Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton who preach racism, and don't forget the Moorish Science Temple of America, Nation of Islam, and others of Malcom X and Louis Farrakhan "fame".
Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 22):
Its actually not that simple. In statistics, the margin of error is actually a statistical value that is mathematically calculated, not just randomly generated to cover their asses as your are saying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error
Can you admit, yes or no, that Research 2000 is the eighth most accurate pollster out of 32 polls?
Can you admit, yes or no, that Research 2000 was relatively accurate in their final poll predicting the Brown victory?
Can you admit, yes or no, that after reading the above link, that "margin of error" is actually a regular statistical value that is calculated mathematically for ALL polls?
Can you admit, yes or no, that statistics is purposely an inaccurate math because it is the math of percentages and predictions, and that no predictions are perfect, which is why they need MoE? (its kind of like how weathermen say there's a 70% chance of rain, they don't flat out say YES its going to rain or NO its not)
Oh wait, this sounds like a poll. I wonder if I should calculate a margin of error for your answers...
I had asked a question earlier which may have been overlooked. You assert that Research 2000 is owned by Daily Kos. I looked around (on the web) and could not find anything to support this. Could you please provide a source? Thanks.
Quoting WestWing (Reply 24):
I had asked a question earlier which may have been overlooked. You assert that Research 2000 is owned by Daily Kos. I looked around (on the web) and could not find anything to support this. Could you please provide a source?
I thought he was likely mistaken about this, but now I am not so sure. I tried to research the company, and am surprised that I cannot find anything about Research 2000 anywhere, apart from news and blog articles. I cannot find them registered as a business in any state, nor any information on shareholders, officers, or anything. Usually that information is available from the State government websites.
This "company" is very fishy to me. If anyone is more successful in finding out who is behind Research 2000, I'd love to have a look.
Actually, you're onto something here. Not only are there no business records, but their contact information lists only a PO Box and their quoted pollster cannot be seen anywhere on youtube or anywhere on the net other than a few inconspicuous blogs outside of DK. The majority of other polling firms have detailed contact information and representatives who appear on television, as well as hiring/careers sections on their websites. Truly bizarre.
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ATTart
Interesting Video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnGSk6N0Ugg&feature=related
Remember: When someone talks behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead of them!
flymia
Yes because dailykos is a great website???? If a republican put up a poll from fox news everyone would be saying oh thats crazy its just a fox news poll its not real etc... etc... Lets get a real news source or non-partisian poll up here.
Okay so Republicans think its okay to kill child killers, mass murders and democrats think its okay to kill babies your point?
As for me I am pro choice and pro death penalty I can actually make up my mind and be consistent unlike many people.
I highly doubt these polls are that good. Also what does it matter republicans will always vote republican and democrats will always vote dem. The real issue is what independents think and as Mass should us right now they are siding with the republicans.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
who is behind Research 2000
Delair Ali, a University of Maryland graduate, based in Montgomery County, Maryland. (All gleaned form google).
Quoting FlyMIA (Reply 28):
democrats think its okay to kill babies your point?
Can you please be honest with your argument? Last I checked, Democrats are not pro-killing babies.
OK, here is a little more information. The data was apparently updated only last week.
http://european-companies.masterseek...com/id/101966600/Research-2000.htm
Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue $57,000 and employs a staff of 1.
Sorry, but this is NOT a serious polling organization by any means whatsoever.
Another hint: his name appears variably as Del Ali or as Dell Ally.
Even another hint: This is the company's office:
Considering the cost of real estate in the area, there is no way in hell that Del Ali lives off of the income from Research 2000. This is either a side-job, or he's still living with his parents.
Details on the house: Last sold for $980,000 on 12/29/2005, Last assessed at $859,072 on 2009
http://www.realtor.com/property-deta...ake-Dr_Rockville_MD_20853_0c1a5d03
[Edited 2010-02-07 08:37:47]
If they're not so serious, I bring up again, how is a "not serious" organization the eight most accurate polling service?
The masterseek site you cite has viagra ads in the profile of the company. Shows how good a site masterseek is.
Research 2000 may indeed be a single-person company. However, I was inquiring about the (evidently unsupported) assertion made by someone else that Research 2000 was owed by Daily Kos.
However, I was inquiring about the (evidently unsupported) assertion made by someone else that Research 2000 was owed by Daily Kos.
I doubt that will be addressed. I called them out on it earlier on the thread and it was ignored. I even pointed out that Research 2000 is an independently owned company that was contracted by DailyKos, but not owned by. I even used a source to show it! Did they address my points?
*crickets chirping*
Those Google ads provide you with ads which cookies on your computer, which track what kind of websites you typically go to, give an indication of what kind of stuff you are looking for. It appears that your web profile indicates that you need Viagra. When I visit the site, I get ads for Online legal research, Buys stocks for $4, Lung Cancer Research, and Umbilical Cord Banking (whatever that is).
Research 2000 may indeed be a single-person company. However, I was inquiring about the (evidently unsupported) assertion made by someone else that Research 2000 was owed by Daily Kos
I think we can accurately say by now that Research 2000 is NOT owned by Daily Kos. There simply is nothing there to own.
Apparently 538.com is a also a one-person operation, run by Nate Silver, a writer at the baseball and baseball stats site Baseball Prospectus. I have no idea about his political leanings, or his methodology. Given his other job, I guess we can assume he knows something about Statistics, although we all know that you can make statistics say anything you want - depending on your methodology.
It appears that your web profile indicates that you need Viagra.
In the Research 2000 profile on masterseek, I see the following content (emphasis added):
Olney, Maryland-based polling and research firm specializing in US state and local elections. Staff and company profiles, op-eds, media citations, ...Soma Tramadol prescription Overnight tramadol Viagra online Order fioricet Buy cialis Buy viagra cheap Viagra sale online Online pay day loan...
Am I the only one that google believes has poor circulation in my nether regions ? Interesting.
Quoting Aaron747 (Reply 26):
Not only are there no business records, but their contact information lists only a PO Box and their quoted pollster cannot be seen anywhere on youtube or anywhere on the net other than a few inconspicuous blogs outside of DK.
http://www.research2000.us/about-2/
From the "About Us" page:
Some of our most active media clientele include the Bergen Record, The Raleigh News & Observer, The Concord Monitor, The Manchester Journal Inquirer, The New London Day, The Reno-Gazette, The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, The Spokesman-Review, KCCI-Television in Des Moines, Iowa, WRAL-Television in Raleigh, North Carolina, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and KMOV-Television in St. Louis, Missouri.
Our Polls can be seen on CNNâÂÂS âÂÂInside Politicsâ and are also mentioned frequently in the National JournalâÂÂs âÂÂPolitical HotlineâÂÂ, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Wall Street Journal. Visit our In the News Page to see some online examples of this.
Some of our non media clientele include NEA affiliates in (Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Washington), Sullivan & LeShane, The New Mexico Gaming Commission, Vermont Power Electric, The Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, and NCG Porter Novelli.
Spokane, Des Moines, Nebraska and Idaho are conservative areas. Also, I did not see any ads of any kind on their web site.
Getting back on topic: I can see how this poll is pretty close to what is actually going on. There are "real" Republicans out there and then there are the right-wingers who believe this stuff. I can see it. A lot of Indepentants can see it. A lot of Liberitarians can see it. A lot of Democrats can see it. Even some Republicans can see it. It seems some of the ones who can not see it are the ones screaming and crying that this poll is biased in some way; those that blindly support the "Tea Party" movement. Not on this board, but out on the street in the real world.
Also perfectly good examples of how Christianity is at least as violent, prejudiced, and racist as Islam.
Yes because dailykos is a great website????
Apparently, Mr. Ali is also DK Blogger "The Wurt" or "The Wrut", who is officially connected to the DK.
What does advertisers on a web site have to do with anything?
Bravo ! First you assert that Research 2000 is owned by Daily Kos, and when called out, you throw out another unsupported statement that Delair Ali is the person who blogs on Daily Kos as (I assume you mean) "The Wurx". Again, is there a link to a non-partisan source that will substantiate this latest statement of yours?
Let me explain. Dreadnought supplied a link to this website which he cited as a source for (a)the number of employees, (b)the business address and (c)the revenues of the Research 2000. When I look at the the link that Dreadnought provided, I see Viagra and Cialis text in the company profile of what Research 2000 does - it is not a separate advertisement. Seeing that, my opinion is that the information on that masterseek site is likely suspect.
PPVRA
Not that I like that either, but you say that as opposed to the state enslaving them to the power of the collective, like the left proposes? I feel so much better with THOSE thugs in power
"If goods do not cross borders, soldiers will" - Frederic Bastiat
The OP said the Death Penalty is murder so I think its fair to say I can call abortion killing babies no? As usual most liberal's see one side of the argument and never the other.
Again I am pro-choice and pro-death penalty but I am just trying to prove a point if the Death Penalty can be called murder by liberals I think I have all the right in calling abortion the killings or muder of babies no?
Bravo ! First you assert that Research 2000 is owned by Daily Kos, and when called out, you throw out another unsupported statement that Delair Ali is the person who blogs on Daily Kos as (I assume you mean) "The Wurx".
Well, WestWing (which I assume referrs to the White House, since you are also in the Washington, DC area, maybe you might even be a "Big O" staff member), you have rejected many facts found out about Research 2000. It seems you are not interested in facts. BTW, "The Wurx" is the user name I was meaning.
Yes, I know you joined a.net in 2005, and cannot be a member of Obama's staff, but I did enjoy pulling your leg, my friend.
As I said before, if you have some better sources, I'd like to see them. I have explained my reservations clearly - They claim to be based in MD, but according to the MD SecState website, there is no such company in MD, and I can't find any company called Research 2000 anywhere else. The ONLY reference I found of them with any details at all was the Masterseek website. For any legitimate company, even privately owned, there are dozens of websites that will provide you basic information about turnover, employees, officers, and shareholders.
This indicates to me that Research 2000 doesn't exist. It is nothing more, it seems, as an alias used by Del Ali. A poll with a company name at the bottom is superficially more believable than if it just has Mr. XXX at the bottom.
A poll that is conducted by a single individual has absolutely ZERO believability with me. There are no internal controls. No meeting between people to go over the methodology and confirm that "yes, this works, we are ready to put our company name on it."
All information provided points to Research 2000 being a fraud. If you have information that indicates that they are not, please let us know. I'll be glad to admit I'm wrong.
In my posts in this thread I have done the following
a. Asked for the basis for an assertion made by KC135TopBoom that Research 2000 is owned by Daily Kos.
b. Answered Dreadnought's question of "who is behind Research 2000" by providing the name Delair Ali, which I found by doing a google search.
c. Made the observation that the Masterseek site appears to have garbage ("buy Viagra") embedded in the Research 2000 company profile. Because of this garbage I am leery about the accuracy of information on Masterseek.
d. Asked for the basis of an assertion made by KC135TopBoom that DK blogger "TheWurx" is no other than Delair Ali
The above four items are the only points or questions I have asked in this thread, from which it has been possible for someone to deduce that I am not interested in the facts. Quite remarkable.
Evan767
I became incredulous when I read that:
1) 42 in 100 Republicans might want their State to secede from the Union
2) 64 in 100 Republicans might think Obama is a racist
3) 64 in 100 Republicans might think Obama wasn't born in the U.S.
4) 51 in 100 Republicans don't think sexual education should be taught in schools
BULLSHIT. If you believe any of this, please realize, you're being brainwashed!!!
The proper term is "on final" not "on finals" bud...
What is remarkable is an infatuation with the irrelevant and an inability to see the bigger picture. The key point in all this is that Research 2000 is NOT a credible source. We have shown this by an extensive search revealing that the company does not exist in any of the resources where such companies would be listed, among other problems.
Neither you or anyone else has provided a credible argument on why any "data" provided by Research 2000 should be perceived as believable.
Those are the real conclusions of this thread.
The key point in all this is that Research 2000 is NOT a credible source
That is the most relevent statement in this thread, so far
If you look over the Research 2000 site, in which they claim numerous clients without a single link or secondary source, and compare it to other reputable polling actors like Rasmussen, Zogby, Gallup, et al - you will find distinctly observable differences. Don't stop there - compare the 'about us', 'careers', and 'contact' sections as well and the facts will become obvious to you.
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WWE Could Be Planning A Huge Invasion Storyline
Phillipa Mariee
NXT has become a phenomenon of its own over the past few years with many wrestling fans declaring that the developmental brand of WWE is better than the main roster.
There have also been times when NXT has upstaged both SmackDown and RAW when it comes to pay-per-view weekends, but the question of who is actually better has never been answered.
The last time WWE presented an invasion storyline was back in 2010 when The Nexus attacked the main roster in order to obtain professional contracts and it appears that this could be the plan for WWE in the not too distant future.
Joe Peisich revealed on the latest installment of Barnburner’s Fired Up podcast that WWE could be planning another invasion style storyline with the current crop of NXT talents.
“WrestleMania is you know the biggest show of the year but there’s talk around being put in place, it may happen in a year, 2 years, whatever for really an NXT take over and sort of an invasion between NXT and WWE,” he said via RingSideNews.
There is a lot of strength and depth in NXT right now and the company has the likes of Adam Cole and The Undisputed Era, EC3, Velveteen Dream and NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa who could all step up and prove that Triple H’s brand deserves to be recognized.
NXT has become much bigger and better over the past six years and most of the main roster are products of the developmental set up, which means this could be a genuinely interesting storyline for WWE since there aren’t many superstars left on the main roster who didn’t cut their teeth in NXT first.
WWE RAW: New RAW Tag Team Champions Crowned, Seth Rollins Declares Himself For The Royal Rumble
Kane Set For Royal Rumble, Jeff Hardy To Miss WrestleMania?
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You Can’t See Me: John Cena And Nikki Bella Break Up After 6 Long Years
John Cena and Nikki Bella has reportedly ended their relationship after 6 long years of being together. The news has come in just three weeks before their wedding.
Image: US Magazine
On April 15, Cena posted on Instagram, a quote from Walt Whitman that read “We were together. I forget the rest.”
A post shared by John Cena (@johncena) on Apr 15, 2018 at 4:33am PDT
A statement was also published by Nikki and her sister Brie Bella’s official Twitter account.
We love you all ❤️ N pic.twitter.com/ooACLFXeMv
— Nikki & Brie (@BellaTwins) April 16, 2018
In an interview with US Weekly last month, Cena admitted that it takes a lot of work to take their relationship forward.
“Don’t ever think that love is easy. Love is beautiful, but we’ve had to come to the realisation after being together for five years that love is not easy,”
“We work every day on us. We have our problems just like everybody else. Some of our problems are very public, some of them aren’t. But we work every day on us. Anytime I get upset, I always just realise that I can’t live without her and I love her and that’s why I cave in on a lot of stuff.”
Image: DailyMirror
Two days ago, before announcing the split, John Cena had tweeted apologizing and asking for forgiveness. The details behind the breakup has not been made public yet.
We all have good and bad days. No one is perfect, but if you happen to do something to make someone feel bad, TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY for your actions, APOLOGIZE, and ASK FORGIVENESS.
— John Cena (@JohnCena) April 14, 2018
The WWE Superstar couple got engaged last April during Wrestlemania 33 and were scheduled to get married on May 5, this year.
Image: WWE
Cena has not appeared on TV since his loss to The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 34 and he is most likely to miss the Superstar Shake-Up which is a two day event starting tonight on RAW and ends on Smackdown Live tomorrow night.
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Audit: Many PA Bus Drivers Don’t Meet Basic Qualifications
By Katie Meyer | January 30, 2018
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HARRISBURG (WSKG) — A statewide audit has found a number of school districts across Pennsylvania have employed bus drivers that should be banned from the job–and still more have drivers that aren’t properly cleared.
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said the problem may be a communication breakdown between school districts and the bus companies they contract with.
His office’s report found ten bus drivers whose criminal convictions should have barred them from their jobs. One had a felony assault charge.
Lancaster School District had the most violations–with five. The Philadelphia City District and Allegheny County’s Penn Hills District each had two. Delaware County’s Chester Upland District had one.
Even more common, though, is school districts failing to fully clear drivers, or to document clearances.
Each driver is supposed to have six documents on record. Of about 1,323 drivers reviewed statewide, 742–more than half–didn’t have all the right papers on file.
DePasquale said the issue is confined to districts that use contractor bus services–and he thinks he knows why.
“I think there are some instances when they contract [bussing] out, that they may believe the contractor is doing [background checks],” he said. “That is their mistake.”
“This should be a message to all school districts,” he added. “It is your responsibility, not the responsibility of the contractor, to make sure the people driving these buses are legally allowed to do it.”
All told, the audit found violations in 58 school districts in 28 counties.
Some districts have already corrected the problems–though DePasquale noted, there’s not much legal recourse against ones that don’t.
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californiapreservationservice
Ted Nelson Archive
City of Fort Wayne, Indiana
City of Fort Wayne - Mayor
City of Fort Wayne - Audio Files
Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
Center for Sacramento History audiovisual archives
yuen, hoh-kun
loma prieta oral history project
regional oral history office
yuen, hoh-kun (h. k.)
Black Like Me: John Griffin
Description : This media contains information about black history in California. Mr. John Griffin is the author of, "Black like Me" which is a unique attempt of sociological study of what it was like to be a black person in America. Mr. Griffin disguised himself with the help of a dermatologist and traveled through Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia. He recounts his experience in the book entitled "Black like Me". Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the...
Source: 1 Tapes of 1: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Pacifica Radio Archives - California Audiovisual Preservation Project 2014
Indian tales: Jaime de Angulo
by de Angulo, Gui
Description : Tales of the Pit River Indians as recounted by anthropologist Jaime de Angulo for KPFA in 1949. Re-edited and produced by Gui de Angulo in 1991. Call Number : BD0018.01 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Pacifica Radio Archives. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Police--Los Angeles (Calif.)--Complaints...
Source: 22 Tapes of 22: 1/4 inch audio tape
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Russ Meyer presents Vixen Mudhoney and Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!!
by Pacific Film Archive
Collection Guide : Pacific Film Archive Audio Recordings Collection Accession Numbers : 4000-01-356 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of education and research. Transmission or reproduction of works protected by copyright...
Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Timothy Leary in Algiers
Description : Dr. Timothy Leary calls into WBAI-FM from La Madrague, Algeria, where he was living in exile with his wife Rosemary Leary in 1970. He acknowledges that his escape from prison and the United States was organized by the Weather Underground and that he is now hiding in Algiers thanks to the assistance of Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panthers. Leary urges listeners to refuse cooperation with the police or the United States judicial system. Rosemary Leary offers a brief statement at...
Topics: californialightandsound, The Black Panther Party, The Weather Underground, Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996
Source: 1 Tape of 1 : 1/4 inch audio tape
Graduate Theological Union Library and Archives
[EST (Erhard Seminars Training), Research Seminar, Center for the Study of New Religious Movements, Graduate Theological Union]
by Program for the Study of New Religious Movements in America
Description : Werner Erhard discusses EST (Erhard Seminars Training) at a research seminar sponsored by the Center for the Study of New Religious Movements, Graduate Theological Union. The research seminar included 17 other participants, who asked questions and commented on the speakers' remarks. The first half hour of the seminar was not recorded due to a technical difficulty. Tape Label : NRM Seminar, 4-23-81, Werner Erhard Note : Side b of Tape 1 is blank. Beginning of Part 3 (first 7:32) is...
Topics: californialightandsound, Erhard seminars training, EST, an Educational Corporation
California State University, Fullerton, Paulina June & George Pollak Library
[Frank Herbert, Science Fiction writer, series]
Note : Parts 1-4, 15-16, & 19 are interviews and conversations with Frank Herbert. Parts 5, 6, 20, & 21 are lectures by Frank Herbert. Parts 7 - 14 include Herbert reading aloud with some interaction / discussion with others. Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and...
Topics: californialightandsound, Herbert, Frank
Source: 11 Tapes of 11: ⅛ inch audio cassette
Elizabethtown College
Bruno Bettelheim Lecture
by High Library at Elizabethtown College
Bruno Bettelheim lecture on the "Future of the Family" given at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, on March 16, 1976.
Topics: High Library, Elizabethtown College, Bruno Bettelheim, family
California State University, Chico, Meriam Library
J. Golden Kimball Stories
by Lee, Hector
Note : Audio levels are very low and in Left channel only until 00:00:38. Call Number : 2006_64_B09; Tape B9 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by California State University, Chico. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Folklore--California
University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive
Pabasa ng Pasyong Mahal / Loma Lane-Doublegrove Block Rosary Group
Description : Pabasa ng Pasyon (Reading of the Passion) by the Loma Lane-Doublegrove Block Rosary Group (Baldwin Park, California). Call Number : 2003.05-105; 2003.05-106; 2003.05-107; 2003.05-108; 2003.05-109; 2003.05-110 Collection Guide : Archiving Filipino American Music in Los Angeles (AFAMILA) Collection Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the Regents of the University of California. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use...
Topics: californialightandsound, Filipino Americans--Music, Filipinos--Music, Music--Philippines,...
Source: 6 Tapes of 6: DAT
[Martin Luther King speaks]
by Yuen, Hoh-Kun (H.K.)
Description : Sermons and speeches by Dr. King - some excerpts - [KPFA broadcasts]. Reel also includes an interview with Huey P. Newton from his cell at the Alameda County Courthouse. Note : There is a slight high pitched squeal throughout Parts 1 and 2 recorded in the original tape. Last 4 minutes of Part 5 are silent. Collection Guide : H.K. Yuen Collection Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by UC Regents and KPFA. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the...
Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/4 inch audio tape
Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley
William E. Colby reminiscences
by Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Description : Concerning John Muir, the Sierra Club, Yosemite Valley, conservation, etc. Collection Guide : Charlotte Mauk Sierra Club papers Call Number : Phonotape 185:1 B Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by The Regents of the University of California. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Muir, John, 1838-1914, Sierra Club, Conservation of natural...
Corona Public Library
Pearl Harbor Radio Broadcast from December 7, 1941
Note : Audio pauses throughout part 1; part 2 is not Pearl Harbor content. Description : Radio news broadcasts about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Call Number : C-081 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of education and...
Kern County Library
Interview with John Steinbeck
by Voice of America (Washington, D.C.)
Description : Voice of America radio broadcast of interview with Steinbeck, discussing how things have changed since he wrote "The Grapes of Wrath." Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of education and research....
Topics: californialightandsound, Authors, American--California--20th Century
Comedian Dick Gregory's news conference at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, on September 29, 1970.
Topics: High Library, Elizabethtown College, Dick Gregory
San Diego Air and Space Museum
Apollo 11 Moon landing
by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Note : Content ends abruptly. Description : Reel-to-reel tape recording (speed 1 7/8) of San Diego local radio broadcast of the moon landing on 20 July 1969. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by San Diego Air and Space Museum. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor...
Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Death Chamber
Note : Periods of static throughout as in original recording. Description : Allen Ginsberg begins by practicing meditation and then he recites his lyric poem Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Death Chamber. The poem lambastes the government, politics and the president. Call Number : T1657 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Beat generation--Poetry, Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
California Historical Society
[Peoples Temple ham radio transmissions, tape 1]
by Peoples Temple
Note : Distortion and radio noises in original recording. Call Number : MS 4136; Audio tape 1 Description : Ham radio transmissions between Peoples Temple members in Guyana and San Francisco, California, intercepted by amateur radio station W6FWX in San Francisco. Jim Jones and other Peoples Temple members discuss the group's supporters and detractors, including Mayor George Moscone and California State Assemblyman Willie Brown, and other issues affecting the group. Note on original label l:...
Topics: californialightandsound, Peoples Temple, Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission, Jones, Jim,...
The making of a documentary photographer: oral history with Dorothea Lange
Description : Early interest in photography; study with Clarence White; work with Arnold Genthe; her photography studio in San Francisco; marriage to Maynard Dixon; Bohemian group in San Francisco; beginnings of documentary photography and photo-journalism; photography work for the U.S. government - Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information and War Relocation Authority; comments on taking, printing, captioning and exhibiting pictures. Photographs inserted. Appended: copy of...
Topics: californialightandsound, White, Clarence H., 1871-1925, Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, Dixon, Maynard,...
University of Southern California, USC Libraries, Special Collections
Republican Campaign Song: Click with Dick
Description : From Richard Nixon's first presidential campaign. Additional Description : Note on original label: Words by - Olivia Hoffman Music by - George Stork, Clarence Fuhrman. Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of...
Source: 1 Disc of 1: LP Record (45)
California Polytechnic State University Special Collections and Archives, San Luis Obispo
The Greatest Popular Songs of Xmas, 1979
by Kuehler, Christy
Description : Recording of program produced by Cal Poly's student radio station KCPR, featuring then-Cal Poly student and KCPR DJ, Weird Al Yankovic. [00:24:04] Brian Hackney talks about Jimmy Boyd [00:24:10] Jimmy Boyd - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus [00:27:19] Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby [00:30:51] Ray Conniff - Winter Wonderland [00:33:46] Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear [00:36:37] Commercials cut out, Brian Hackney discusses Spike Jones [00:37:49] Spike Jones - All I Want For Christmas...
Topics: californialightandsound, Hackney, Brian, Peek, Jerry, Yankovic, Al, 1959-
Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/4 inch audiotape
Museum of Performance and Design
Henry "Buzz" Glass: a book, a chapter, a life... in folk dance, 1915 to present
by Friedman, Jeff
Description : Glass performs and researches folk dances from around the world. He has offered workshops in many forms of folk dance throughout the United States for over twenty years between 1976 and 1996. With collaborator Rosemary Hallum, he has also contributed major educational materials for children's movement. These materials still serve as standards in the field of children's movement curricula. Additional Description : Interview conducted for the Legacy Oral History Project. Rights :...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Folk dancing, Movement, Children, Glass,...
1906 fire and earthquake
Description : Recollections of Kathleen Thompson Norris of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fire. Collection Guide : The Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979 Call Number : Phonotape 1684 B Full transcript available Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This...
Topics: californialightandsound, Norris, Kathleen Thompson, Earthquakes, Fires, Personal narratives, San...
History San José
Dedication of "Birthplace of Electronics" Historical Marker
by Porter, Noel
Description : Dedication of California Historical Landmark No. 836 plaque commemorating the “Birthplace of Electronics” at the corner of Emerson Street and Channing Avenue, Palo Alto, 20 June 1970, where Lee de Forest developed the first vacuum tube amplifier and oscillator while working for Federal Telegraph Company. Recorded by Noel Porter for the Historical Committee of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers. Part 1: First part of the dedication ceremony held at Old City...
Topics: californialightandsound, Vacuum-tubes--History, Electronic industries--History, Palo Alto (Calif.)
Source: 3 Tapes of 3: 1/4 inch audio tape
Fresno County Public Library
Fresno My Home Town, Song of Fresno County
Additional Title : Fresno County Centennial Additional Description : Note on original label: "Fresno County Centennial, Song of Fresno Co., Fresno My Home Town - Radio KYNO" Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing or trademarks. This work is accessible for the purposes of...
Recollections of John Muir
Description : Interviews with John H. Briones, William E. Colby, Herbert M. Evans and Frank Swett conducted by John M. Jencks and Ernest Lowe for radio station KPFA, Berkeley, 1964. Collection Guide : The Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979 Call Number : Phonotape 3714 B Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by The Regents of the University of California. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of...
Topics: californialightandsound, Muir, John, 1838-1914, Sierra Club
Symbionese Liberation Army tapes
Description : A series of taped statements and demands given to Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles by the S.L.A. (Symbionese Liberation Army), a terrorist group. Eighth tape was delivered on June 7, 1974 and concerns the East 54th Street police shootout. Call Number : BC1866.08 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Pacifica Radio Archives. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Blacks--Political activity,...
Alcatraz panel with Native Americans from various tribes
Description : Native Americans discuss their occupation of Alcatraz. Moderated by John Trudell and John Adair. Call Number : BB2309 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Pacifica Radio Archives. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Indians of North America--Political...
Environmental Design Archives
Frank Lloyd Wright Student Lecture #1
Description : Talk given by Frank Lloyd Wright to students at the College of Environmental Design; he answers various student questions. Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of education and research. Transmission or...
Lecture by Harlan Ellison
by McNelly, Willis E.
Description : Talk: How to Destroy the World Through Speculative Fiction While Preserving One's Precious Bodily Fluids Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the California State University, Fullerton. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and...
Leadbelly
Note : Levels slowly increase over the first minute. Call Number : 2006_64_B21; Tape B21 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by California State University, Chico. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and...
Allen Ginsberg reads his poetry
Description : Renowned beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads selections of his works, including a portion of "Howl." Call Number : BB1893 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Pacifica Radio Archives. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Poetry--History and criticism, Trials...
xanademos
Sources for Moe Juste's "Origins"
source textfiles
Topic: sourcefiles
From Versailles to Cybernetics
by California State University, Sacramento
Description : Gregory Bateson, renowned anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist, delivered this speech on April 21, 1966 at California State University, Sacramento. Call Number : T1411/T1412 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible...
Topics: californialightandsound, Lectures, Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980
Interview with Frank Herbert by Dr. McNelly
Note : High amount of hum throughout, and high frequency intermittently during the last five minutes of program, all recorded on the original tape. Description : Note in original container: "Recording at the house of Frank Herbert" Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the California State University, Fullerton. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the...
Loyola University Mens' Chorus Spring Chorale 1969
Note : Significant amount of static as in original recording. Description : Concert recording. Loyola University Mens' Chorus Spring Chorale with the Mount Singers and the St. Charles Borromeo Church Choir. Sonata No. 13 in C Major K. 328 (Mozart); Coronation Anthems (Handel); Sonata No. 1 in E Flat K. 67 (Mozart); Sept Repons Des Tenebrae (Poulenc); Coronation Te Deum (Walton). Series Title : Richard Trame Choral Recordings Collection Guide : Loyola Marymount University Archives" video...
Note : Distortion and static in original recording. Call Number : MS 4136; Audio tape 2 Description : Ham radio transmissions between Peoples Temple members in Guyana and San Francisco, California, intercepted by amateur radio station W6FWX in San Francisco. Much of the conversation is conducted in coded language. Note on original label l: 9:15 PM (Dupe Tape) People's Temple, transcripts of radio communications taken on August 8, 1977 on 14.345 MHz by Amateur Station W6FWX Rights : Copyright...
St. Joseph's College, McEntegart Hall Library
Voices of SJC: Oral History - Sister Mary Florence Burns - Spring 2018
by St. Joseph's College, New York
Voices of SJC is an oral history project curated by McEntegart Hall Library/Archives in collaboration with Brooklyn Campus Honors Program. Read the interview transcript View photos from the interview session To learn more about Voices of SJC, visit McEntegart Hall Library Archives
Topics: Saint Joseph's College (Brooklyn, N.Y.), St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Oral History,...
Upton Sinclair oral history
by Toyoshima, Joe
Description : Sound recording of Joe Toyoshima's 1966 interview with Upton Sinclair in his Monrovia home documenting Sinclair's literary and political career, mostly in Southern California. Notable topics include: Sinclair's role in the Liberty Hill strike in San Pedro and the formation of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California; the End Poverty in California (EPIC) plan and Sinclair's 1934 campaign for governor; the cooperative movement in California; the motion...
Topics: californialightandsound, Strikes and lockouts--California--San Pedro, Political...
C01B - archival cassette dub
This is a digitized archival cassette from the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives. Track 01a : Billy Boy - voice performance by Josiah Kennison at Townshend (Vt.). Dated 1931. Track 01b : Jim Fisk - voice performance by Josiah Kennison at Townshend (Vt.). Classification #: LAF18. Dated 1931. Track 02a : Two Brothers (Twa Brothers) - voice performance by Josiah Kennison at Townshend (Vt.). Classification #: CH049. Dated 04-06-1932....
Topics: Field recordings, Ethnography, Helen Hartness Flanders, New England, Folksongs, Folk Music, Wax...
[Jonestown, Research Seminar, Center for the Study of New Religious Movements Collections, Graduate Theological Union]
Description : Diane Louie and Richard Clark discuss their experiences with People's Temple at a research seminar for the Center for the Study of New Religious Movements in America. They led a group of 11 people in an escape on the morning of the mass suicide at Jonestown. The research seminar included 20 other participants, who asked questions and commented on the speakers' remarks. Tape Label : NRM 1/15/81 Collection Guide : Inventory of the Centers and Programs, Center for the Study of New...
Topics: californialightandsound, Peoples Temple, Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978, Jones,...
Caroline Decker Gladstein oral history
by Cobble, Sue
Description : Sound recording of Sue Cobble's 1976 interviews with Caroline Decker Gladstein documenting her experiences as a Communist Party activist and labor organizer in the 1920s and 1930s across the United States. Topics include: the 1931 Harlan County, Kentucky, coal miners' strike; Communist organizing campaigns in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and California; the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union; and farm workers' strikes in California. Collection Guide : Finding aid to the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Strikes and lockouts--Agricultural laborers--California, Strikes and...
Source: 7 Tapes of 7: 1/8" audiocassette
LACMA with The European Fine Art Foundation
Women artists 1550-1950 slide show
by Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Additional Description : Note on original container: (2-screen version) Call Number : RT-0068-7 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice
Interview concerning the Los Angeles riots
Description : Interview with an unidentified rioter. The Watts Riot was a large-scale riot which lasted 6 days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, in August 1965. By the time the riot subsided, 34 people had been killed, 1,032 injured, and 3,438 arrested. It would stand as the most severe riot in Los Angeles history until the riots of 1992. Collection Guide : The Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979 Call Number : Phonotape 286 B Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by The Regents of...
Topics: californialightandsound, Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965, Riots--California--Los Angeles
Voices of SJC: Oral History - Sister Mary Sivillo - Spring 2018
Ruth Hatfield conversations: 1914 to present
by Murota, Carol
Description : Ruth Hatfield, a modern dancer, choreographer and dance educator, talks about her life and career in dance. Martha Graham, Anna Halprin, Hanya Holm, Louis Horst, Doris Humphrey, Nik Krevitsky, Jose Limon, Gertrude Lippincott, and Bernice Van Gelder are some of the people Hatfield talks about. Additional Description : Interview conducted for the Legacy Oral History Project. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Museum of Performance and Design. Transmission or reproduction of...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Dance--Study and teaching, Dance teachers,...
Source: 13 Tapes of 13: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Hollywood & the Cold War: My Son John
Description : Blacklisted filmmakers Abraham Polonsky and Alvah Bessie discuss Hollywood during the Cold War, the Hollywood Ten, and anti-communism with writer Nora Sayre and scholar Michael Rogin after a screening of the Cold War-era film "My Son John." Collection Guide : Pacific Film Archive Audio Recordings Collection Call Number : 4000-01-574; 4000-01-575 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its...
Topics: californialightandsound, Polonsky, Abraham, Sayre, Nora, Bessie, Alvah, Rogin, Michael, Hayes,...
Don Ellis and the Hindustani Jazz Sextet "live" at UCLA, March 24, 1966
by Ellis, Don
Series Title : [United States, jazz, 1934-1978] / Don Ellis Description : Don Ellis and the Hindustani Jazz Sextet "live" at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), March 24, 1966. Night in Tunisia -- Bombay Bossa Nova -- Demonstration in 19 -- Sweet 19 -- Blues for Hari -- Turks Works Collection Guide : Don Ellis Collection Call Number : Collection 2000.02 AMR 272 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Ellis Music Enterprises. Copyright Holder has given Institution...
Topics: californialightandsound, Jazz
Voices of SJC: Oral History - Sister Helen Kearney - Spring 2018
Philip K. Dick interview by Kandy Smith
Note : Distortion and hiss on original tape. Ends abruptly. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the California State University, Fullerton. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the...
Philip K. Dick addresses Cal State Fullerton science fiction class
Note : Generally poor recording quality with hiss and distortion. Hiss only from 01:00:53 to 01:01:17 and from 01:28:26 to 01:28:44. Ends abruptly. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the California State University, Fullerton. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements,...
Tongues Untied plus Affirmation: Video Artist Marlon Riggs in person
Description : Video artist/filmmaker/poet/educator Marlon Riggs introduces his films "Tongues Untied" and "Affirmation," and discusses the films, homophobia, and representations of gay African Americans in mass culture. Collection Guide : Pacific Film Archive Audio Recordings Collection Accession Numbers : 4000-01-1022 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by...
Topics: californialightandsound, African American motion picture producers and directors--Interviews,...
Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library
James Baldwin speaks at Castlemont High School
Note : Program is distorted at times as on original tape. Parts 1 and 2 contain entire event but with high distortion. Part 3 - 6 duplicate most of the content in Parts 1 and 2 at a better quality, but some segments are missing, so both copies are included. Part 3 - Same content as Part 1 beginning to 00:12:10. Part 4 - Same content as Part 1 00:12:10 - 00:18:05. Part 5 - Missing 2 minutes. Same content as Part 1 00:20:01 - 00:31:20. Then skips to same content as Part 2 00:10:23 -end. Part 6 -...
Topics: californialightandsound, Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Vol 2007 SIDE 1: An adapted/illustrated version of the Montana driver's manual for obtaining a license to drive
by Montana. Office of Public Instruction
Topics: Automobile driver education, Automobile driving
Orange County Archives
Knott's Berry Farm: Ghost Town 3/30/1952, Ghost Town 4/6/1952
Note : Silence between programs from 00:15:12 to 00:16:30. Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of education and research. Transmission or reproduction of works protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires...
Ruth Hill Cooke: Living the California Consciousness: Carmel, S.F., and the World, 1895-1963
by Regional Oral History Office
Description : Interviews conducted in 1982 by Fred A. Cline, Jr. Copy of photograph inserted. Donated Oral Histories Collection. Growing up in Pacific Grove, Sebastopol and Santa Rosa; teaching in country school in Oregon in Finnish community; study of physiotherapy during World War I and rehabilitation work with U.S. Army after the war; marriage and move to Carmel in l924; Noel Sullivan and the musical community there; travels in Mexico, Europe, Alaska, etc.: establishment of Barn Door Canteen...
Erv Rasmussen Interviews with Douglas Perham
by Rasmussen, Irv
Description : Series of interviews of Douglas M. Perham, the creator of the Perham Collection of Early Electronics, recorded at his New Almaden Museum in June and July 1963 by Erv Rasmussen. Perham was an early wireless experimenter and radio broadcaster, and a life-long collector. The Perham Collection parallels Perham’s career and documents early electronics in the West, particularly the Santa Clara Valley, from the early 1900s to 1960. Perham was Federal Telegraph Company’s first...
Topics: californialightandsound, Electronics, San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Don Ellis "live" at the Great American Music Hall, April 30, 1973
Note : Tone heard for 10 seconds at beginning of Part 1 and periods of silence throughout. Part 2 begins and ends abruptly and contains a tone within the first 30 seconds. There is brief audio dropout in Part 3,12 seconds in. Periods of silence or very low background noise throughout Part 4. Part 5 begins abruptly. Recorder stopped at 00:23:32 for a few seconds. Part 6 has audio dropout at 00:05:29 and 00:40:56. Periods of silence or very low background noise throughout. Begins and ends...
Topics: californialightandsound, Jazz, Nightclubs--California--San Francisco
Source: 7 Tapes of 7 : 1/4 inch audio tape
The Autry Museum of the American West
El Charro, recorded by Charles Lummis
by Lummis, Charles Fletcher, collector
"El Charro," recorded by Charles Lummis in Los Angeles, 1904.
Topics: Spanish Songs, Wax Cylinders, Folk Songs, Spanish, Charles Lummis, Los Angeles, California, Spanish...
El Charro, performed by Rosendo Uruchurtu
by Uruchurtu, Rosendo, performer
Rosendo Uruchurtu performs "El Charro," recorded by Charles Lummis in Los Angeles, Calif., 1904.
Topics: Spanish Songs, Wax Cylinders, Folk Music, Charles Lummis, Los Angeles, California, Folk Songs,...
Funny Face - Stanley Donen and Richard Avedon
Description : Filmmaker Stanley Donen and photographer Richard Avedon discuss the making of the film "Funny Face," (directed by Donen, with Avedon as "visual consultant,") as well as their collaboration together. Collection Guide : Pacific Film Archive Audio Recordings Collection Accession Numbers : 4000-01-363 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms...
Topics: californialightandsound, Motion picture producers and directors--United States,...
Margaret Mead at Elizabethtown College
Anthropologist Margaret Mead speaking at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1972. (Note: File El43_no14 is Margaret Mead's presentation, while files El43_no_13_1-2 and O3_El43_No13_3 are from her news conference.)
Topics: Anthropology, High Library, Elizabethtown College, Margaret Mead
La Noche Esta Serena, sung by Turbese Lummis
by Lummis, Turbese, vocalist
Turbesé Lummis sings "La Noche Esta Serena," recorded by Charles Lummis in Los Angeles, 1914.
Singin' in the Rain - Walter Plunkett
Description : Hollywood costume designer Walter Plunkett discusses working on the film "Singin' in the Rain," and Hollywood history in general, especially his work as a costume designer for RKO in the 1930's and MGM in the 1950s. He also discusses his time as a UC-Berkeley undergraduate. Collection Guide : Pacific Film Archive Audio Recordings Collection Accession Numbers : 4000-01-351 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Costume design--United States--History--20th century, Motion...
[M.L. King Archives]
Description : Excerpts of King speeches including 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' and 'I Have a Dream'. Reel also includes King Memorial on KPFA, with excerpts from King on Sproul Steps, May 1967 and Bobby Seale at a Huey P. Newton Defense Fund Rally, Feb 1968. Note : There is a slight high pitched squeal throughout Parts 1 and 2 recorded in the original tape. Last 4 minutes of Part 5 are silent. Collection Guide : H.K. Yuen Collection Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by UC Regents, KPFA...
[Curt McDowell and Marion Eaton discuss Thundercrack]
Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. This work is accessible for purposes of education and research. Transmission or reproduction of works protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in...
Hamaca, performed by Luisa Villa and Rosa Villa
by Villa, Luisa, performer; Villa, Rosa, performer
Luisa Villa and Rosa Villa perform "Hamaca," recorded by Charles Lummis in Los Angeles, 1904.
[Harland Hogue oral history]
Description : Harland E. Hogue, 1908-1999, was professor emeritus in homiletics and church history at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. The collection contains an 8 audiocassette oral history recorded from 1996 to 1998 by Doug Adams and other tapes of his sermons and lectures. The interviews focus on seminary education during his time as a student at San Francisco Theological Seminary, his later education and teaching career prior to arriving at PSR, his years at PSR, and his...
Topics: californialightandsound, Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, Calif), Graduate Theological Union,...
Interview with "Trader" Lew Bohnett
Description : Interview with "Trader Lew" well-known collector of antiques and memorabilia in San Jose, whose collection of antique vehicles was donated to the City of San Jose in 1965. Bohnett ran "Trader Lew's Amusement Park" on Monterey Road in San Jose. Bohnett walks through his collection with Clyde Arbuckle and describes the history of each vehicle. Call Number : 1966-1-28 Rights : Rights are owned by History San Jose. Transmission or reproduction of materials...
Topics: californialightandsound, Collectors and collecting, Museums, Horse-drawn vehicles
Ethnic Notions: Marlon Riggs in person
Description : Bay Area filmmaker/poet/educator/gay rights activist Marlon Riggs discusses his newest film, "Ethnic Notions," and images of African Americans in mass media throughout the years. Collection Guide : Pacific Film Archive Audio Recordings Collection Accession Numbers : 4000-01-894 Rights : Copyright status unknown. This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, its reproduction may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Motion picture producers and directors--California--San Francisco Bay...
Interviews of Electronics Pioneers by Erv Rasmussen
by Rasmussen, Erwin A.
Additional Title : The Eimac Story; Charles Litton; Dr. Leonard Fuller Description : Interviews by Erv Rasmussen conducted in 1963. Part 1: a) Interview with William Eitel and Jack McCullough, founders of EIMAC, conducted at the EIMAC plant in San Carlos, California; b) Interview with Charles Litton, glassblower and vacuum tube maker, and founder of Litton Industries, conducted in Grass Valley, California. Part 2: Interview with Dr. Leonard F. Fuller, chief engineer of Federal Telegraph Company...
Topics: californialightandsound, Rasmussen, Erwin A., Litton, Charles, Eitel, William, McCullough, Jack,...
Yolo County Archives
Interview with Warren G. Roberts
by Friends of the Yolo County Archives
Description : Oral history interview with horticulturalist Warren G. Roberts, focusing on the history of the Briggs Reservoir and the University of California, Davis Arboretum. Series Title : Friends of the Yolo County Archives Oral History Project Rights : Rights are owned by the Yolo County Archives. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some...
Interviews with radio engineers Archie M. Stevens and Ken Laird
by Rasmussen, Erv; Perham, Douglas M.
Description : Interviews conducted by Erv Rasmussen and Douglas M. Perham at Perham's home in New Almaden, California, on June 14, 1963. Part 1: Wireless pioneer Archie Stevens was born in Litton, Iowa, and graduated Stanford University (1909). He discusses the earthquake in Palo Alto in 1906; working for Poulsen Wireless/Federal Telegraph Company as chief draftsman, designing and installing wireless stations in California, Oregon, Washington, and the Midwest. He left Poulsen/Federal with Cyril...
Topics: californialightandsound, Rasmussen, Erv, Perham, Douglas M., Stevens, Archie M., Laird, Ken, San...
Oral history with Riley Sunrise Quoyavema
by Autry National Center Institute of the American West
Description : Interview with Riley Quoyavema conducted at the Southwest Museum on February 25, 1991. Mostly a discussion of Mr. Quoyavema's paintings of kachinas in the collections of the SWM in which he identifies the subjects and provides information on their roles. Mr. Quoyavema also discusses influences on his art, including Fred Kaboti, Jack Hokeah, Awa Tsireh, Tonita Pena, Julian and Maria Martinez, Nampeyo, Waldo Mootzka and former Museum director F. W. Hodge. The oral history includes...
Topics: Kachinas, Hopi Artists, Hopi Indians--Education, Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies, Quoyavema,...
The Sixties: Beginnings. The Avant-garde Speaks Out
Additional Title : The Sixties: What it was and what it wasn't Description : The artistic, cultural, and political moment of the Bay Area (and beyond) in the Sixties is discussed by key figures of the era, including R.G. Davis (founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe), filmmaker Bruce Conner, filmmaker/distributor Peter Gessner (founder of Newsreel), and curator Tom Luddy. Topics include the link between politics, activism, and filmmaking;, the role of the artist in tackling politics; the Bay...
Topics: californialightandsound, Luddy, Tom, Davis, R.G., Gessner, Peter, Gitlin, Todd, Gorin, Jean-Pierre,...
Orson's Alert WARNINGS
by Ted Nelson
Alert message for your computer-- Orson Welles cries WARNING! three times.
Topics: Orson Welles, audio alert
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The Gamekeeper's Wife - An emotional saga set in 1920s England
Publisher: Cranbrook Press
A gripping story of love, duty, sacrifice and determination in the aftermath of the First World War.
Martha Walters is the widow of an abusive man. She has nothing and is about to lose her home. Christopher Shipley is the reluctant heir to a substantial family fortune. He has more money than he needs or wants, and responsibilities he cannot shirk. They were never meant to fall in love, but sometimes the wrong person is the right one. Then a terrible secret is revealed, which could force them apart and turn their lives upside down.
From an English country house to the jungles of Borneo, The Gamekeeper’s Wife, is "one of the best novels of its type I have reviewed for the HNS. Pace. Plot. Emotion." Historical Novels Review
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Real Monsters
'From the scorched desert to the marital bedroom, Real Monsters is a memorable and moving portrait of the futility of 21st century conflict.' --Benjamin Myers, author of Pig Iron and Beastings
We are surrounded by monsters. The lines are now so blurred, no one knows who the real enemy is anymore.
Reeling from the terrorist attack that killed her father, Lorna lurches through an inebriated adolescence until she finds redemption in a young soldier called Danny. However, her dream of a stable life is shattered when Danny is called to serve in war overseas.
Danny is lost in the desert. Most of his unit is dead – victims, it would seem, of a brutal ambush. With their equipment destroyed and food running out, the small band of men stumble through the sand and shadows, desperate to find salvation. As their hope fades, they begin to turn on each other, until finally it becomes clear that only the truly monstrous will survive.
Brown creates a compelling and gripping experience alternating between the soldier and home narrative. Cleverly employing letters and unique voices we are drawn completely into the raw desert while being left with a thought-provoking and graphic view of modern warfare.
What Reviewers and Readers Say:
'Beautifully written, smart and punchy'. Sam Mills, author of The Quiddity of Will Self
'A memorable and moving portrait of the futility of 21st century conflict'. Benjamin Myers, author of Pig Iron and Beastings
Helen Steadman
The sequel to Helen Steadman's Widdershins, when Jane s lover, Tom, returns from the navy to find her unhappily married to his betrayer, Jane is caught in an impossible situation. Still reeling from the loss of her mother at the hands of the witch-finder John Sharpe, Jane has no choice but to continue her dangerous work as a healer while keeping her young daughter safe. But, as Tom searches for a way for him and Jane to be together, the witch-finder is still at large. Filled with vengeance, John will stop at nothing in his quest to rid England of the scourge of witchcraft. Inspired by true events, Sunwise tells the story of one woman s struggle for survival in a hostile and superstitious world.
Natalie Greco loves being a teacher, even though she can't keep her students from cruising sex.com during class. She loves her family, too, but her boyfriend fits in better with the football-crazy Grecos than she does. Then a colleague, handsome Angus Holt, talks Nat into teaching a class at a local prison, and her world turns upside down.
A violent prison riot breaks out, and Nat rushes to save the life of a mortally wounded guard whose last words are: "Tell my wife it's under the floor." Nat delivers the cryptic message, but before she knows it, she's suspected of murder and hiding from cops and killers alike. She is forced on the run to solve the riddle of the dead man's last words and to save her own life—and find real love.
Radiant Shimmering Light
Sarah Selecky
A nuanced satire--both hilarious and disconcerting--that probes the blurred lines between empowerment, spirituality, and consumerism in our online lives.
Lilian Quick is 40, single, and childless, working as a pet portrait artist. She paints the colored light only she can see, but animal aura portraits are a niche market at best. She's working hard to build her brand on social media and struggling to pay the rent.
Her estranged cousin has become internet-famous as "Eleven" Novak, the face of a massive feminine lifestyle empowerment brand, and when Eleven comes to town on tour, the two women reconnect. Despite twenty years of unexplained silence, Eleven offers Lilian a place at The Temple, her Manhattan office. Lilian accepts, moves to New York, and quickly enrolls in The Ascendency, Eleven's signature program: an expensive, three-month training seminar on leadership, spiritual awakening, and marketing. Eleven is going to help her cousin become her best self: confident, affluent, and self-actualized.
In just three months, Lilian's life changes drastically: She learns how to break her negative thought patterns, achieves financial solvency, grows an active and engaged online following, and builds authentic friendships. She finally feels seen for who she really is. Success! . . . But can Lilian trust everything Eleven says? This compelling, heartfelt satire asks us: How do we recognize authenticity when storytelling and magic have been co-opted by marketing?
Mary DiNunzio has become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates. But the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning—in mile-high stilettos—is super-sexy Trish Gambone, her high-school rival. Back when Mary was becoming the straight-A president of the Latin Club and Most Likely to Achieve Sainthood, Trish was the head Mean Girl, who flunked religion and excelled at smoking in the bathroom.
These days, however, Trish needs help. She is terrified of her live-in boyfriend, an abusive, gun-toting drug dealer for the South Philly mob. Mary remembers the guy from high school, too. She had a major crush on him.
Then Trish vanishes, a dead body turns up in an alley, and Mary is plunged into a nightmare that threatens her job, her family, and even her life. She goes on a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and on the way finds new love in a very unexpected place.
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What Is Your Business Data Really Trying to Tell You?
Data-driven decision making can make your business more competitive and profitable. To get the most value from your data management and analysis, you need to first understand what your data can tell you.
Rodika Tollefson
As the amount of data collected by businesses grows exponentially, data-driven decision making becomes more crucial to gaining a competitive edge. From streamlining business operations and improving customer experience to launching new products or services, data can drive your decisions and actions, regardless of your company size.
In a 2018 survey by analytics company SAS, 66 percent of the 477 participants said their organization used analytics to improve core business operations. At the same time, 72 percent said they've used it to gain valuable insight.
The key is to capture the right data points, says Carlos Castelán, managing director for the Minneapolis business-consulting firm The Navio Group.
“Companies have access to all sorts of data and information, but it's only as valuable as the insights and analysis you derive from it," he says.
He says that when working with clients, the starting point is a hypothesis, or the specific questions they want to answer. This helps identify the right data points.
“In this way, we can home in on the best data to analyze and answer what we're seeking to solve," he says.
Optimizing Spending and Forecasting
Megan Hanna, senior business analyst for New York City-based FitSmallBusiness.com, a digital resource for small businesses, says besides knowing what to measure and why, you need to know what you'll do with those measurements. She recommends integrating the budget into day-to-day operations and monitoring it in real time.
“Then you can switch your decision making to proactive instead of reactive, which enables you to make adjustments quicker and ultimately make better decisions," says Hanna.
Some suggestions from Hanna for budgeting and forecasting include:
With a visualization tool, compare recent production history against forecasts and make adjustments before the end of the cycle.
Streamline your staffing by reassigning employees or teams who are idle or underutilized to overburdened areas.
“Data visualization can help you identify patterns and trends," she says.
Improving Workflows Between Teams
Using data to create a visual picture of the workflow can help improve collaboration across departments and improve overall efficiency, says Angela Earl, president of Haatzama Marketing in Portland, Oregon.
When providing revenue-operations services to fuel growth, her company typically starts with a workshop to have as many stakeholders across departments together in one room as possible.
“We have them walk us through what they do every day—including their goals and systems used—so we can begin to evaluate for efficiency," she says.
This helps create a clear picture of how information travels, how different departments receive alerts and take actions, where teams are interacting and so on. Then they analyze this data to help improve anything from cash flow to customer conversion.
“We evaluate how the data is being collected, when it's available and what needs to go with the next step," Earl says. “We look at what the ultimate goal is, and down to the minutia of how they're accomplishing that goal."
Gaining the 360-Degree Customer View
Increasingly, the customer experience is at the center of a company's success. A 2017 report by the Harvard Business Review Analytic Services about the customer experience found that 73 percent of 680 business executives believed that “a relevant and reliable customer experience is critical to their company's overall business performance."
“Many companies talk about wanting 'customer 360' and understanding their customers in a holistic way," says Michael Sachse, CEO of Stardog, an Arlington, Virginia-based software company focused on solving data-unification problems. “The challenge is not the information but getting the data to work together."
Companies have access to all sorts of data and information, but it's only as valuable as the insights and analysis you derive from it.
—Carlos Castelán, managing director, The Navio Group
While helping businesses turn their data into actionable insights, Stardog is also on the quest to better understand its own customers—including how they travel from marketing through the sales process. One aspect that organizations commonly overlook, Sachse says, is unstructured data.
Unstructured data—which doesn't have a predefined or recognizable structure or organization—is often text-heavy. Systems like email, social media and even chatbot logs are typical sources. It includes additional insights that can help businesses better understand their customers.
“Businesses need to think of ways to get value of unstructured data," Sachse says. “The trick is to figure out where the connections may be, and having the flexibility to understand what lessons you can learn from data."
Solving the Data-Management Challenge
One added challenge of data-driven decision making is data management. According to a 2018 survey of 1,050 IT decision-makers by data-security company Gemalto, 65 percent of organizations are not able to analyze all the consumer data they collect. And only about half (54 percent) know where they store their sensitive data.
Not all data is created equal, says Ajay Arora, co-founder and chief strategy officer at data-security company Vera in Palo Alto, California. Before you can give it context, you need to classify and categorize it. This helps not only get better value from it, but also protect the sensitive data.
“You need to decide what policies you want to apply to it," he says. “Some data could be highly confidential and you might want to be able to have only for certain eyes."
Encrypting sensitive data as well as restricting access via policies are some of the ways for protecting the data. It's also a good idea to evaluate the security protocols of third-party platforms when integrating a visualization or analytics tool.
Arora says that just as important for data-driven decision making is to find a solution that doesn't add friction to its usability.
“As data becomes more critical and more part and parcel of the competitive advantage of a business, security and privacy of that data is going to increase equally as well," he says. “We're just kind of at the beginning of the wave."
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Female-Forged Damascus Dagger Set For Auction At 10th Annual Women’s Leadership Forum Luncheon
by Brian Sheetz - Friday, April 1, 2016
Lady Liberty’s Steel II—Fires of Perseverance, a one-of-a-kind 16 ¾” Damascus dagger by the world’s first woman American Bladesmith Society Master Smith, Audra Draper, will be auctioned off at the 10th Annual Women’s Leadership Forum Luncheon and Auction during the 2016 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits.
The knife marks the second time that such a work has been donated to the cause by the Knife Rights organization, with last year’s bringing in $19,500. The NRA Women's Leadership Forum is the only philanthropic society of its kind and the fastest-growing community in the NRA. It reflects that fact that more women are picking up firearms than ever before and is working to ensure that, with so much at stake in our country, women everywhere stand up and take an active role in preserving our cherished freedoms.
“Lady Liberty’s Steel II—Fires of Perseverance was conceived and sponsored by Knife Rights expressly for the NRA’s Women’s Leadership Forum Auction,” said Doug Ritter, Knife Rights chairman and founder. "Knife Rights and the NRA have a close relationship, both organizations fighting to defend our Second Amendment Rights. Knife Rights has for the past five years donated an extraordinary custom knife to support NRA-ILA, raising almost $100,000 for NRA. When my wife Sue got involved in the NRA Women’s Leadership Forum, we expanded our contribution to support the WLF’s efforts to engage more women in our fight for freedom. We are indebted to Master Smith Audra Draper for her time, talents and creativity, which turned our inspiration for Lady Liberty’s Steel into an extraordinary dagger.”
Draper, recalling how her fight to bring the knife into being required the same kind of perseverance necessary to preserve our Second Amendment, said, “[The knife] was stubborn from the start. She caused me to cuss, scream, dance, bleed and burn.” She said that the knife became twisted early on in the forging process. “I tossed her on the bench and began all over again. This second time I attacked the task with an attitude that I was going to ‘persevere’ to get her done.” As it turns out, such an attitude is exactly what is required when forging a Damascus blade, which is a difficult endeavor that involves metallurgy, art and a bit of luck.
For Draper, it meant forging two billets of 31 layers each joined together with “2,400 degrees, pressure of over 30 tons and 22 years of experience, blood, sweat and tears.” Draper said of the steel that emerged, “This gave me enough to forge a bigger blade and still have plenty to make the guard and pommel from the same piece of Damascus so it would all be of one, as I had envisioned it.” In all, after the abortive first start it took a month of effort for Draper to forge and grind the 11 1/4” double-edged blade into its distinctive shape, that she said symbolizes courage and daring, and then carefully carve the Damascus guard and pommel and the rare African Blackwood handle. Draper’s trademark leaves of the guard and pommel symbolize the celebration and promise of new life. The carved Damascus leaves surround and embrace the blade and handle as we all protect and embrace our freedoms. The span of the guard is 4”, and the knife’s overall length is 16¾”.
The knife will be presented in a custom-built walnut display case by master craftsman Michael Zieba of Brooklyn, New York. It features glass on four sides and the top and a composite concrete and brass base.
Draper’s passage t o knifemaking began in 1992 when she hired on as a ranch hand working for Ed Fowler, a renowned Master Bladesmith. It wasn't until she had been working for Fowler for months, however, that she realized that he made knives. Her interest was piqued, but when she asked him to teach her how to make knives, he responded, "Girls can't make knives!" In hindsight, she notes, "Ed did have a degree in psychology, I think he was baiting me." In any case, she persisted, proving she had one of the critical qualities needed to becoming a bladesmith—tenacity. Later in 1992 Draper applied for, and was awarded a Wyoming Workforce sponsored grant for "Women in a Non-Traditional Role" that paid Draper to study knifemaking with Fowler, enabling her to focus more of her time at perfecting her craft. After serving her apprenticeship, in 1996 she attained the Journeyman Smith rating from the American Bladesmith Society. She then rented a shop in town and she began forging Damascus knives in earnest. A year later Draper and her husband bought land outside of Riverton and began building a shop, followed by a house. In 2000, she passed the demanding Master Smith test, breaking the all-male barrier that had existed since the ABS' founding. There are today only 111 Master Smiths in the ABS, and only four women, including Draper, among them. Today, she works as a registered nurse with the disabled at a state facility and continues to make knives in the evenings and on her days off. Along with her husband, she teaches bladesmithing classes a couple times a year. Most of the students are women, but men are allowed. Draper has 14 grandchildren, including the latest, Addyson, who arrived in March delivered by Grandma Audra!
Draper first became an NRA member at about the same time she achieved her Master Smith rating and enjoys the lifestyle that comes with living in rural Wyoming, where you can walk through town with a pistol on your hip and a knife in your pocket and the only question you will get is, "whatcha packin?"
Purchase tickets to the NRA Women's Leadership Forum Luncheon and Auction here.
For more on this knife and the Knife Rights organization, please visit KnifeRights.org/LadyLibertysSteel.
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Back to School: LIRR Expansion Project Meets With New Hyde Park School District
By MTA Construction & DevelopmentOctober 1, 2019Covert Avenue Grade Crossing, LIRR Expansion Project, New Hyde Park Road Grade Crossing
Keeping the community informed is as essential as moving bridges.
On September 18, the LIRR Expansion Project Team met with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Morrison and the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD for a project coordination meeting. The Expansion Project team joined school leadership and staff at the New Hyde Park Road School to raise awareness of current and upcoming construction activities near the school, specifically the schedule for the opening of the new Covert Avenue underpass and planned work on the New Hyde Park Road grade crossing elimination and associated traffic detour plans. Other attendees included Assistant Superintendent Michael Frank, Board President Patricia Rudd, New Hyde Park Road School Principal Kim LaRegina, transportation and school staff and several officers from the Nassau County Police Department.
The Covert Avenue Grade Crossing Elimination will reduce safety risks to drivers, pedestrians and LIRR customers, contributed to noise and air pollution and caused lengthy commutes for both drivers and LIRR customers: as trains approach the station in New Hyde Park, grade crossing gates are down 32 to 42 percent of the time in the AM and PM peak hour periods. For more information, and photos of ongoing construction, please visit the Covert Avenue Grade Crossing Elimination project page on AModernLI.com.
The New Hyde Park grade crossing is being reconstructed to feature a new five-lane underpass with pedestrian sidewalks on the east and west sides of the underpass. There will also be a dedicated left-turn lane from southbound New Hyde Park Road to Clinch Avenue. For more information, and photos of ongoing construction, please visit the New Hyde Park Road Grade Crossing Elimination project page on AModernLI.com.
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Cherry Lane Bridge has been replaced to reduce truck strikes and improve infrastructure.
Cherry Lane Bridge, located in the Town of North Hempstead along the LIRR Main line, has been removed and replaced with a taller three-track structure over the weekend of June 1st and 2nd 2019.
The original low-hanging bridge had been in service since 1953 and the site of many accidents over the years due to trucks striking the bridge: these strikes caused train delays in both directions while LIRR crews worked to determine the safety and structural stability of the bridge before restoring train service.
Bridges below 14 feet are especially vulnerable to bridge strikes. In 2016, there were 20 bridge strikes in Nassau County, thus the need to improve the safety and reliability for both vehicles and LIRR passengers by replacing low-hanging bridges. The new height of the rehabilitated Cherry Lane Bridge provides sufficient clearance for trucks to safely pass underneath it.
Cherry Lane Bridge was replaced using the method successfully employed at LIRR’s Post Avenue Bridge in Westbury, which was completed over a single weekend in October 2017. This effort is part of the broader LIRR Expansion Project, which began in 2018.
SEE IT: LIRR Expansion Project 2019 Major Milestones
The MTA LIRR Expansion Project Floral Park to Hicksville team had a busy 2019! Here’s a timelapse video of the major milestones completed this year: “We have four more existing bridges to replace and six more at-grade crossings to eliminate
Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana Russell Records Interview Segment at Community Information Center
On July 15th, Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana Russell recorded an interview about the LIRR Expansion Project at the Community Information Center in Mineola. Councilwoman Russell highlighted the project’s benefits to Carle Place and New Cassel, including ongoing station
MTA Completes Construction of New LIRR Bridge in Carle Place [Video]
The MTA installed the new Cherry Lane LIRR Bridge, beginning late Friday night, May 31st through the early morning hours of June 3rd. Crews worked around the clock throughout the weekend to dismantle the entire old bridge and lift
LIRR to replace Cherry Lane Bridge as part of third track expansion project
A Long Island Rail Road plan to replace a 66-year-old bridge in Carle Place will result in a two-day suspension of service along one of the railroad’s busiest stretches, the agency said Thursday. During the June 1-2 weekend, crews will
Pre-Construction of New Cherry Lane Bridge Complete
Construction of the new LIRR bridge that will take train traffic over Cherry Lane in Carle Place is essentially completed and ready to be carried into place and installed during the Main Line outage weekend of June 1st. The bridge
Cherry Lane Bridge Replacement Begins May 31st
Beginning the evening of May 31st, Design-Build Contractor 3rd Track Constructors will remove the existing two-track LIRR bridge carrying the Main Line over Cherry Lane in Carle Place and replace it in a single weekend. Beginning in the evening hours
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Happy Birthday, Long Island Rail Road! The LIRR turned 185 years old on April 24, and former LIRR branch manager and current LIRR historian Dave Morrison and others sat down with Newsday to reminisce about the railroad’s eventful history. Stephen
LIRR Expansion Project Team Hosts Monthly Mayors’ Meeting
On April 24th, the LIRR Expansion Project team hosted the monthly Mayors’ meeting at the LIRR Expansion Project Community Information Center in Mineola. Village and Town officials throughout the Project corridor convened to discuss ongoing construction activities: Tom McGuinness, MTACC
LIRR Expansion Project Extends Deadline for Q1 Community Scorecard to May 3, 2019
The LIRR Expansion Project has extended the deadline for Q1 Community Scorecard submissions until the end of the day on Friday, May 3rd. As part of LIRR Expansion Project, the MTA has developed a series of environmental and community commitments
LIRR Expansion Project Readies Q1 2019 Community Scorecard
As part of the LIRR Expansion Project Floral Park to Hicksville, the MTA has developed a series of environmental and community commitments in coordination with the project-adjacent communities to minimize construction-related impacts: the MTA has established the Design-Builder Incentive Program,
Town of North Hempstead
Hamlet of Carle Place
Bridges, Completed
Work site view on 08-06-19
Conceptual Design Completed Spring 2017
Final Design Completed Fall 2018
Construction Underway Fall 2018
Bridge Replaced June 2019
FULL GOOGLE MAPS
The Community Information Center in Mineola is now open. Please visit www.LIRRExpansion.com for more information and hours.
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AMPM, under the IBEX Group of Companies, is currently providing the Comprehensive Integrated Facility Management services to Al Borj International O&M Ltd (a Saudi Binladin Group) for the Abraj Al-Bait towers (7-Towers) in Makkah. The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, which is located at the doorstep of Masjidil Haram, is a development complex constructed by the Saudi Binladin Group, with the tallest building in Saudi Arabia at a height of 601 m (1,972 ft) and has the largest floor area of any structure in the world with 1,500,000 m2 (16,150,000 sq ft) of floorspace.
Facility Management Services for Albraj Albait (7 Towers), Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
AMPM through its subsidiary company AMPM S.A. Sdn Bhd have formed a Joint Venture Company with Saudi BinLaden Group known as Comprehensive Facility Management Ltd (CFM). CFM has provided the Comprehensive Integrated Facility Management services to Saudi Binladin Group for the King Saud Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences in Madinah from 2011 to 2012. This is the new general hospital facility for the Royal National Guard Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) which consists of hospital building complete with accommodation and recreation areas.
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Our team has developed a customized, cost effective energy optimization /energy management program for individual customer. This specially crafted program will provide customers the right approach, system, process and procedures to optimize their energy consumption, reduce greenhouse gases i.e. carbon dioxide (CO2) emission to the environment. All these efforts will lead towards better energy management for the organization.
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Irish PM Says 'Think We Can Get There' on Brexit Border Deal
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Brexit Is Starting to Strain Europe’s United Front, Sources Say
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Irish PM 'More Optimistic' About Trade After Meeting With Trump
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U.S. Action on Russia Meddling 'Sanctions-Light,' Rep. Heck Says
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News 9 Feb 2012 last update:6 Aug 2012
People: Nutreco CEO Wout Dekker to step down at end of 2012
Supervisory board appoints Knut Nesse, COO of the aquaculture division, as successor.
Nutreco announces that CEO Wout Dekker (1956, the Netherlands) will be leaving Nutreco by the end of 2012.
The move will mark the end of a 12 year CEO-ship, and a career encompassing almost thirty years at Nutreco.
Knut Nesse
The supervisory board of Nutreco appointed Knut Nesse (1967, Norway) as Wout Dekker's successor.
Knut Nesse, currently COO of the aquaculture division, has been with the company since 1995.
During his Nutreco career he has held various management positions and was appointed COO of the Aquaculture division and member of the Nutreco Executive Board in 2009.
Dekker explained in a company press release, "At the age of 55, I have spent more than half of my life at Nutreco."
"I have done this with the greatest pleasure and it has been more than rewarding. It has been a privilege to work with so many great people in this exciting and dynamic agriculture and aquaculture industry."
"Now it is time for change. I can hand over with complete trust in my successor and the Executive Board colleagues and in the growth potential of Nutreco. My primary priorities for 2012 are to make this year a success for the company and to conduct a good handover of responsibilities to Knut Nesse."
"After having stepped down, I will continue my role in Supervisory Boards of other companies and I will further develop my entrepreneurial interests," Dekker said.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Jan Maarten de Jong added these remarks: "Wout Dekker's decision to step down as Nutreco CEO comes at a logical moment."
"Wout Dekker has had a decisive impact on the development, growth and success of the company since joining the Executive Board in 1996."
"We congratulate him on his outstanding career at Nutreco. We are proud that with the appointment of Knut Nesse we have an internal successor for Wout Dekker and we are confident that under his leadership Nutreco's growth prospects can be realised.
"Knut Nesse has shown his leadership and entrepreneurial capabilities in heading successfully the Aquaculture division of Nutreco. With the appointment of Knut Nesse we have ensured continuity in the successful development of Nutreco and the execution of the growth strategy 'Ambition 2016 - driving sustainable growth'."
"During 2012 we will concentrate on a transfer of responsibilities and consider the future composition of the Executive Board in addition to its current members."
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Use of Oximetry to Determine Need for Adenotonsillectomy for Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Chariton E. Papadakis, Konstantinos Chaidas, Theognosia S. Chimona, Panagiota Asimakopoulou, Alexandros Ladias, Efklidis K. Proimos, Michael Miligkos and Athanasios G. Kaditis
Pediatrics September 2018, 142 (3) e20173382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-3382
Chariton E. Papadakis
Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, Chania General Hospital, Chania, Greece;
Konstantinos Chaidas
Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom; andPediatric Pulmonology Unit, First Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
Theognosia S. Chimona
Panagiota Asimakopoulou
Alexandros Ladias
Efklidis K. Proimos
Michael Miligkos
Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, First Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
Athanasios G. Kaditis
Video Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the efficacy of adenotonsillectomy (T/A) in children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in a controlled study using oximetry. We hypothesized that children with SDB and abnormal nocturnal oximetry in a community setting will have improved hypoxemia indices after T/A.
METHODS: Children with snoring and tonsillar hypertrophy (4–10 years old) who were candidates for T/A were randomly assigned to 2 oximetry sequences (baseline and 3-month follow-up): (1) oximetry immediately before T/A and at the 3-month follow-up, which occurred postoperatively (T/A group); or (2) oximetry at the initial visit and at the end of the usual 3-month waiting period for surgery (control group). Outcomes were (1) proportion of subjects with McGill oximetry score (MOS) >1 at baseline acquiring MOS of 1 at follow-up and (2) proportion of subjects achieving oxygen desaturation (≥3%) of hemoglobin index (ODI3) <2 episodes per hour at follow-up if they had ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour at baseline.
RESULTS: One hundred and forty children had quality oximetry tracings. Twelve of 17 (70.6%) children with MOS >1 in the T/A group and 10 of 21 (47.6%) children with MOS >1 in the control group had MOS of 1 at follow-up (P = .14). More subjects in the T/A than in the control group achieved ODI3 <2 episodes per hour at follow-up (14 of 32 [43.8%] vs 2 of 38 [5.3%]; P < .001). Three children with elevated ODI3 were treated to prevent persistently abnormal ODI3 in 1 child at follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS: An ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour in nocturnal oximetry is related to increased resolution rate of nocturnal hypoxemia after T/A for SDB compared with no intervention.
AHI —
apnea-hypopnea index
Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Trial
CI —
ENT —
MOS —
McGill oximetry score
ODI3 —
oxygen desaturation (≥3%) of hemoglobin index
OSA-18 —
Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18
SDB —
sleep-disordered breathing
SpO2 —
oxygen saturation of hemoglobin measured by pulse oximetry
T/A —
adenotonsillectomy
What’s Known on This Subject:
Normalization of polysomnographic findings occurs in a larger proportion of children undergoing early adenotonsillectomy for sleep apnea than in a watchful waiting group.
Three children with elevated oxygen desaturation (≥3%) of hemoglobin index (≥3.5 episodes per hour) were treated to prevent persistently abnormal desaturation index in 1 child at follow-up.
Increased upper airway resistance due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy represents the main pathogenetic mechanism of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in childhood, which is characterized by snoring, apneas, and difficulty breathing during sleep.1,2 Overnight polysomnography (sleep study) is the gold standard method for evaluating SDB severity and identifying children who will benefit from treatment.3 However, polysomnography is a labor-intensive diagnostic method, which is not available in many community settings. Thus, there is an urgent need for easy-to-use, low-cost diagnostic tools that can be applied to recognize children with snoring and adenotonsillar hypertrophy who will improve postadenotonsillectomy.
Obstructive sleep apneas and hypopneas (airflow cessation or reduction, respectively, associated with airway obstruction) are frequently accompanied by abrupt reductions in oxygen saturation of hemoglobin measured by pulse oximetry (Spo2), which occur in clusters corresponding to rapid eye movement and stage 2 sleep.4 The McGill oximetry score (MOS) has been devised to facilitate graphical interpretation of nocturnal oximetry recordings. An abnormal tracing incorporates at least 3 clusters of desaturation events and at least 3 Spo2 drops <90%, and it is assigned a hypoxemia severity score of 2, 3, or 4 depending on the depth of desaturations (mild, moderate, or severe hypoxemia).5,6 A tracing not fulfilling these criteria is given a score of 1 (normal or inconclusive). In the presence of SDB symptoms, an MOS >1 has >90% positive predictive value for obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) >5 episodes per hour in polysomnography.7 AHI describes the frequency of obstructive events per hour of sleep time and is the main measure used in clinical practice to express SDB severity.
Frequency of Spo2 drops per hour of sleep time (oxygen desaturation index) is another oximetry parameter that has been used to estimate SDB severity.8 In an uncontrolled study in which children with clinical features of SDB were evaluated by nocturnal oximetry before and after adenotonsillectomy (T/A), Saito et al9 have proposed that an oxygen desaturation (≥3%) of hemoglobin index (ODI3) ≥3.5 episodes per hour is likely to normalize (<2 episodes per hour) postoperatively. Nevertheless, the efficacy of T/A in otherwise healthy children with SDB related to pharyngeal lymphoid tissue hypertrophy has not been assessed in randomized, controlled trials by using oximetry. We have hypothesized that children with snoring, tonsillar hypertrophy, and certain abnormalities in nocturnal oximetry performed in a community setting will have improved hypoxemia indices after T/A.
Participants and Study Protocol
Children eligible for participation in this prospective randomized controlled parallel-group study (Chania Community Oximetry-Based Study) (1) were 4 to 10 years old; (2) presented with at least a 6-month history of snoring >3 nights per week to the outpatient ear, nose, and throat (ENT) clinic of a regional hospital in Greece (Chania General Hospital, Chania, Crete); (3) had a tonsillar size >2+; and (4) were considered T/A candidates by an attending ENT surgeon (for exclusion criteria see Supplemental Information).10
Waiting time for T/A at the Chania General Hospital is ∼3 months. Eligible children were recruited and randomly assigned to the following 2 different pairs of oximetry recordings (baseline and 3-month follow-up): (1) an oximetry immediately before T/A and at the 3-month follow-up, which occurred postoperatively (T/A group); or (2) an oximetry at the initial clinic visit and at the end of the usual 3-month waiting period for surgery (control group) (Fig 1). Thus, participants in both groups had baseline (0 month) and follow-up (3 months) oximetry and clinical evaluation.
Recruited children were randomly assigned to 1 of the following 2 oximetry sequences (baseline and 3-month follow-up): (1) an oximetry immediately before T/A and at the 3-month follow-up, which occurred postoperatively (T/A group); or (2) an oximetry at the initial clinic visit and at the end of the usual 3-month waiting period for surgery, before T/A (control group).
After recruitment, simple randomization with a 1:1 allocation ratio was performed at the Chania General Hospital by opening sealed envelopes with computer-generated group assignment, which were provided by the coordinating center (University of Athens). The study protocol was approved by the Chania General Hospital Scientific Council (Proceeding 8,May 22, 2013). Written informed consent was obtained from caregivers, and assent was obtained from children 7 years of age or older.
Clinical Evaluation and Nocturnal Oximetry
Body weight and height were recorded at baseline and follow-up. Obesity was defined as BMI ≥95th percentile (z score ≥1.65).11,12 SDB-specific health-related quality of life was assessed by using the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 (OSA-18), an 18-item questionnaire, which was filled out by parents during both visits.13 Details about clinical evaluation are provided in the Supplemental Information.
Participants underwent continuous oximetry from 8 to 10 pm to 8 am in the ENT ward. To facilitate recognition of major motion artifacts, awakenings were recorded by the nurse and/or parent accompanying the child. A Nonin 7500 pulse oximeter was used with 8000AA sensor applied to 1 finger (Nonin Medical BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands). Nonin PureSAT technology uses an averaging time of <3 seconds and pulse-by-pulse filtering to remove signals caused by motion or low perfusion. Spo2 recording was downloaded by using the nVISION software (Nonin Medical BV).
Data with motion artifacts or corresponding to awakenings were excluded from tracings. Oximetry was considered technically acceptable if the recording had a duration ≥360 minutes and after removal of motion artifacts and/or awakenings was ≥300 minutes.14 Number of Spo2 drops ≥3% or ≥4% per hour of recording (ODI3 or oxygen desaturation [≥4%] of hemoglobin index [ODI4]), baseline Spo2 (average of Spo2 readings not included in any saturation drops), and Spo2 nadir were provided by the software. An MOS of 1 to 4 was assigned by visual inspection of the tracing (See Outcome Measures in Supplemental Information).6 For determining MOS, a cluster of desaturation events was defined as 5 or more Spo2 drops (≥4%) within 10 to 30 minutes.5
The study was single-blind: (1) Oximetry was scored by 1 investigator at the coordinating center who was blinded to patient randomization status and order of the oximetry study (baseline versus follow-up); (2) investigators who administered the OSA-18 questionnaire were unaware of patient group assignment, and calculation of the total score was completed by a blinded investigator at the coordinating center; (3) data analysis was performed at the coordinating center. Families and patients were not blinded to the randomization assignment.
Primary and Secondary Outcome Measures
The primary outcome measures were (1) change in the proportion of subjects with an MOS of 1 (normal or inconclusive oximetry) between follow-up (3 months) and baseline (0 months) visits and (2) the proportion of subjects with oxygenation abnormalities at baseline who improved at follow-up (ie, proportion of subjects who achieved an MOS of 1 at 3 months if they had an MOS >1 at 0 months, and the proportion of subjects who achieved an ODI3 <2 episodes per hour at 3 months, if they had an ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour at 0 months).
Changes in ODI4 and OSA-18 score between follow-up and baseline were secondary outcome measures ([value at follow-up]−[value at baseline]).13 Additional secondary outcomes unrelated to the current hypothesis have been included in the study protocol and will be presented in future publications (Supplemental Information).
Sample Size Calculation and Data Analysis
Assuming a 20% rate of technically nonacceptable oximetry tracings and 20% rate of participants that would be lost at follow-up or discontinue their participation, the target sample size of 188 recruited subjects was calculated (Supplemental Information). Participants in the 2 study groups were compared regarding primary outcome measures by using the χ2 test. Odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed by logistic regression. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was applied to adjust ORs for the effects of baseline MOS or ODI3, age, sex, and presence of obesity. The number of children with elevated ODI3 that underwent T/A to prevent persistence of ODI3 ≥2 episodes per hour in 1 patient at follow-up was calculated (number needed to treat).
The 2 groups were compared in terms of ODI4 change by Mann–Whitney U test and regarding OSA-18 score change by Student’s t test. The relationship between study group and change in OSA-18 score was adjusted for other factors by using a general linear model that incorporated age, sex, and presence of obesity as covariates. The interaction between SDB severity and group assignment regarding the effect on OSA-18 change was also tested.
Participants’ Characteristics
Between June 2013 and April 2016, families of 196 eligible children were approached for recruitment to the study. Of those, 93 subjects were randomly assigned to the T/A group and 93 to the control group (Fig 2). Follow-up evaluation of the last participant was completed in August 2016. None of the participants in the control group required T/A on an urgent basis while on the surgical waiting list, and there were no major adverse events.
Study enrollment and participants’ randomization.
The frequency of technically nonacceptable oximetry at baseline or follow-up was 22.6% in the T/A group and 15.1% in the control group. The reason of nonacceptable oximetry was no sensor contact or poor contact with the child’s finger. A total of 4.3% of children randomly assigned to the T/A group and 7.5% of those assigned to the control group did not undergo follow-up oximetry because they did not return for evaluation (Fig 2).
A total of 140 children (68 in the T/A group and 72 in the control group) had technically acceptable oximetry tracings both at baseline and at follow-up and were included in the primary outcome measures analysis. The 2 study groups were similar in demographic characteristics, tonsillar size, somatometrics, OSA-18 scores, and oximetry indices (Tables 1 and 2).
Baseline Characteristics of Children in the 2 Study Groups With Technically Acceptable Baseline and Follow-up Nocturnal Oximetry Tracings
Baseline Oximetry Findings of Children in the 2 Study Groups With Technically Acceptable Baseline and Follow-up Nocturnal Oximetry Tracings
Children randomly assigned to the T/A group with technically acceptable baseline oximetry who completed (n = 68) or who did not complete (n = 14) the study did not differ significantly in the frequency of an MOS of 1 or proportion of subjects with ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour. Similarly, there were no significant differences regarding oxygenation indices between children in the control group with acceptable baseline oximetry who completed (n = 72) or did not complete (n = 14) the study.
Effect of T/A on MOS
The T/A and control groups were not different regarding change in the proportion of subjects with an MOS of 1 between the follow-up and baseline visits (P = .54; Table 3). OR (95% CI) for achieving an MOS of 1 at follow-up in the T/A relative to the control group was 1.3 (0.5–3.3). The absence of an association persisted after adjustment for baseline MOS, age, sex, and presence of obesity (Supplemental Table 5).
Change in the Proportion of Subjects With an MOS of 1 in the T/A and Control Groups Between Follow-up and Baseline Along With Statistical Comparison
Changes in the MOS between follow-up and baseline visits according to study group are presented in Supplemental Tables 6 and 7. Over the 3-month study period, 12 of 17 (70.6%) children with an MOS >1 in the T/A group and 10 of 21 (47.6%) children with an MOS >1 in the control group achieved an MOS of 1 at follow-up (P = .14; OR 2.6 [0.7–10.2]; adjusted OR 2.5 [0.6–10.7]) (Supplemental Table 8).
Effect of T/A on Elevated ODI3
Individual changes in ODI3 for all subjects in the 2 groups are shown in Fig 3 (details in Supplemental Fig 5). The median (quartile 25, quartile 75) ODI3 change between follow-up and baseline was −3.2 (−6.5, −1.7) episodes per hour in the T/A group and −1.7 (−5.7, 0.9) episodes per hour in the control group.
ODI3 changes between baseline (visit 1) and follow-up (visit 2) for individual subjects in the 2 study groups along with summary boxplots. The cutoff value of 3.5 episodes per hour above which ODI3 at baseline is responsive to T/A is marked by the red line. The upper and lower boundary of each boxplot indicate the 25th and 75th percentile values, and the heavy black line within each boxplot corresponds to the median value; the upper and lower whiskers are the largest and smallest observed values that are not outliers, whereas the round, open symbols and asterisks indicate outliers and extreme values, respectively. ODI3 changes in larger scale for children with baseline ODI3 <10 episodes per hour are presented in Supplemental Fig 5.
Thirty-two of 68 participants in the T/A group and 38 of 72 subjects in the control group had ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour at baseline. Children with elevated ODI3 in the 2 groups did not differ in baseline characteristics (Supplemental Table 9). Significantly more children in the T/A group than in the control group with an elevated ODI3 at baseline had an ODI3 <2 episodes per hour at follow-up (OR 14.0 [95% CI 2.9 to 68.4]; P < .001; Table 4). Subjects in the T/A group were significantly more likely to normalize their ODI3 at follow-up after considering ODI3 at baseline, age, sex, and presence of obesity (P < .01; Supplemental Table 10). Three children with elevated ODI3 underwent T/A to prevent an ODI3 ≥2 episodes per hour in 1 child at the 3-month follow-up. Comparisons of the 2 study groups regarding changes in ODI4 between follow-up and baseline are presented in the Supplemental Information.
Proportion of Subjects Who Achieved an ODI3 of <2 Episodes per Hour at 3 Months (Follow-up), if They Had a Desaturation Index of ≥3.5 Episodes per Hour at 0 Month (Baseline) and Statistical Comparison Between the 2 Study Groups
Effect of T/A on Disease-Specific Quality of Life
Children in the T/A group had significantly larger improvement in OSA-18 total score between 3 and 0 months than participants in the control group (−32.4 ± 16.9 vs −0.8 ± 9.1; P < .001; Fig 4). The association between study group and change in the OSA-18 score remained significant after adjustment for age, sex, and presence of obesity (P < .01; Supplemental Table 11). There was no interaction between SDB severity (MOS >1 versus MOS of 1 or ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour versus ODI3 <3.5 episodes per hour) and treatment group regarding change in OSA-18 (P = .68 and P = .20, respectively).
OSA-18 changes (SDB-specific, health-related quality of life score) between baseline (visit 1) and follow-up (visit 2) evaluations for individual subjects in the 2 study groups along with group statistics. Children in the T/A group had significantly larger improvement in an OSA-18 total score between 3 and 0 months (visit 2 and visit 1, respectively) than participants in the control group (P < .001). The round symbols indicate mean values, whereas the upper and lower bars depict the mean (+2 SDs) and mean (−2 SDs) values, respectively.
The present randomized controlled study is the first to reveal that ODI3 from nocturnal oximetry performed in a community setting can be used to identify otherwise healthy children with snoring and tonsillar hypertrophy who are likely to have resolution of hypoxemia related to SDB after T/A. A preoperative ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour was associated with attainment of normal ODI3 in ∼40% of patients, postoperatively. In contrast, an MOS >1 was not responsive to T/A, because the frequency of a normal and/or inconclusive score (MOS = 1) increased similarly in both the T/A and control groups at the end of the follow-up period. Disease-specific, health-related quality of life improved significantly more in the T/A than in the control group.
Preoperative objective assessment of SDB severity is important.3 Moderate-to-severe SDB (ie, AHI >5 episodes per hour) diagnosed by polysomnography in the presence of adenotonsillar hypertrophy is an indication for T/A.3 This recommendation is supported by results of the Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Trial (CHAT), in which the efficacy of T/A has been assessed by polysomnography.15 For every 3 children with AHI >4.7 episodes per hour undergoing surgery, persistence of abnormal AHI was prevented in 1 child, whereas frequency of SDB resolution without treatment was only 26%.15,16 Because of the high spontaneous resolution frequency of mild SDB (AHI: 2–5 episodes per hour), 5 children with mild disease underwent T/A to prevent persistence of abnormal AHI in 1 child.
Additionally, prevalence of major respiratory complications in the post-T/A period increases with severity of SDB as measured by polysomnography.17 Because the availability of polysomnography is limited and more so in community settings, it has been suggested that children at risk for SDB should be offered at least 1 of the alternative diagnostic methods.3 Nocturnal oximetry is such an economical substitute. An MOS of 1 is associated with low risk of major respiratory complications postoperatively, whereas an MOS of 4 predicts high risk of complications requiring airway intervention, which can be reduced by limiting the total dose of administered opioids for pain.18,19
The response of abnormal oximetry parameters to T/A has not been defined.20,21 In healthy 4- to 10-year-old children, the 90th and 97.7th percentile values for ODI3 are 1.2 and 2.04 episodes per hour, respectively.9,22 Saito et al9 have proposed that an ODI3 cutoff value of 3.5 episodes per hour, which corresponds to 2 SDs above the 97.7th percentile or 4 SDs above the mean ODI3 value in asymptomatic children, allows the detection of SDB-related hypoxemia, which is responsive to T/A. In the current study, 3 children with ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour had surgery to prevent the persistence of abnormal ODI3 (≥2 episodes per hour) in 1 child postoperatively, a surgical success rate similar to that reported for patients with moderate-to-severe SDB (AHI >4.7 episodes per hour) in the CHAT.15 Hence, when oximetry is used as a diagnostic tool, an ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour defines a subgroup of patients with SDB who respond to T/A as favorably as those with an AHI >5 episodes per hour.
In this study, MOS was not responsive to T/A. Although an MOS >1 predicts AHI >5 episodes per hour in >90% of cases, one-third of children with clinical suspicion of SDB and an MOS of 1 also have an AHI >5 episodes per hour.7 Similarly to an ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour, an MOS of 1 can also be abnormal because it frequently incorporates oximetry tracings revealing hypoxemia (eg, those with only 2 clusters of desaturation events or fewer than 3 Spo2 drops <90%).5,6 In a study by Nixon et al,6 an MOS of 1 corresponded to a mean AHI of 4.1 episodes per hour and was characterized as a “normal/inconclusive” score for excluding SDB. Misclassification of SDB severity when using MOS probably explains why the 2 study groups did not differ in the frequency of achieving a normal or inconclusive score. In summary, an ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour can be used to recognize cases of SDB with hypoxemia responsive to T/A, whereas an MOS >1 identifies those children who should be monitored in the hospital overnight post-T/A.18
Health-related quality of life as measured by an OSA-18 score was similar in both participants of the CHAT and of the current study and was affected in a mild-to-moderate degree.23 In both studies, improvement in quality of life was not predicted by preoperative SDB severity.24 The improvement in OSA-18 contrasts with the response of polysomnography indices to T/A, which may remain abnormal in an appreciable proportion of children postoperatively.25 Therefore, impaired quality of life is an indication for treatment regardless of the severity of nocturnal hypoxemia.3
The usual waiting time for T/A at Chania General Hospital is ∼3 months, and surgery has not been delayed for the purposes of this study. T/A has been the preferred treatment of SDB in all participants because tonsillectomy alone may not suffice because of residual adenoid tissue increasing upper airway resistance.26 Participants did not have a trial of nasal corticosteroid before proceeding to surgery because no improvement in SDB related to tonsillar hypertrophy was expected.27
A study limitation is the appreciable frequency of technically nonacceptable oximetry tracings, which could decrease by using disposable (adhesive) sensors rather than reusable finger clips for cost reduction. Another limitation is that oximetry has been conducted in hospital, but the same evaluation could be completed at the patient’s home. Although the analysis based on ODI3 ≥3.5 episodes per hour was performed in subsets of the T/A and control groups, subjects of the former group were significantly more likely to normalize their ODI3 at follow-up even after adjustment for factors potentially affecting efficacy of T/A.
The use of a control group minimized improvement in abnormal ODI3 or MOS because of the “regression toward the mean” phenomenon. Improvement in the outcome measures in the control group provides an estimate of changes attributed to regression toward the mean and to placebo effect. Of note, this study was not designed to recognize subgroups of patients at risk for residual nocturnal hypoxemia post-T/A who would require repeat oximetry.
The present randomized controlled study reveals that nocturnal oximetry can be used in community settings to identify children with snoring and tonsillar hypertrophy who are likely to have resolution of nocturnal intermittent hypoxemia after undergoing T/A. An ODI3 that is not elevated does not necessarily exclude the need for treatment because impaired quality of life improves post-T/A regardless of the severity of nocturnal hypoxemia and obstructive apneas or hypopneas are not always accompanied by Spo2 drops.
Accepted May 31, 2018.
Address correspondence to Athanasios G. Kaditis, MD, First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Thivon and Papadiamantopoulou St, Athens 11527, Greece. E-mail: kaditia{at}hotmail.com
This trial has been registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov (identifier NCT01918007).
FUNDING: No external funding.
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
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These Are 14 of the Tallest Restaurants in the World
Celebrities like Katy Perry love dining in towering restaurants, like the one in the Eiffel Tower
By Leslie Anne Wiggins
The restaurant scene has more competition today than ever in this age of Netflix and Seamless, HBO and Blue Apron. So when there’s occasion to go out for a meal, why not make a reservation somewhere with a view that will take your breath away? Where better to appreciate a city you’re visiting than from the ultimate vantage point—a high-elevation perch with panoramic views? Particularly when paired with offerings of fine wine and delectable dishes, the settings of these restaurants come alive and create unforgettable dining experiences that are elevated on every level.
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Go up high while down under at Melbourne's Eureka 89. Located in the city’s 975-foot tall Eureka tower, they offer fine-dining experiences for small and large parties.
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At.mosphere, at 1,385 feet up Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, provides its diners with incredible views across the Arabian Gulf.
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Beavers demolish MPC behind record day for Booker
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By Trevor Horn September 1, 2012
Sophomore running back Devontae Booker knew going into this season he had a chance to do some special things for the American River College football team.
And special it was. Very early, and very often.
Booker carried the ball 19 times for 291 yards and a school-record five touchdowns as the Beavers opened up the 2012 season with a 59-9 victory over Monterey Peninsula College at Beaver Stadium on Saturday Sept. 1.
“With the hard work I put in this spring and fall, I just kept working my butt off,” Booker said. “Coming out here breaking the school record for rushing touchdowns—it felt good to break the record. I broke plenty of records in high school, but to do it at the collegiate level—it feels really good right now.”
The Beavers (1-0) came into the season with an 18-game winning streak and a 21-1 record over the last two years. Ranked fifth in California for junior colleges and 23rd nationally, there was high expectations for the team.
A question mark during the offseason was at quarterback after record-breaking quarterback Andy McAlindon left in late May after just one season with the Beavers. McAlindon signed a scholarship offer with Louisiana Tech.
However, freshman quarterback Jonathan Kodama put to rest most doubts after playing a turnover-less game for the Beavers, completing 13-18 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns. He was successful on the short slant throws and screen passes.
“We didn’t want him to have to try and be a big time vertical guy,” Haflich said. “We wanted him to managing a ton of the game. It was successful for him.”
Kodama’s top target was freshman J’Juan Muldrow from Folsom High School. Muldrow started for the Beavers and finished with five catches for 97 yards and two touchdown grabs.
“I didn’t think I would have that much of an impact in my first college game,” Muldrow said. “It was a good experience.”
As lopsided as the final score was, it looked like the Lobos would make it a close ball game. After Kodama completed the first touchdown pass to Muldrow less than two minutes into the game, MPC sophomore defensive back Shane Larson picked up the block extra point and returned it 90 yards for two points. Moments later after Booker reached the end zone for the first time, MPC came back with a quick score on a five-yard touchdown pass from Cole Houston to Hiutton Buley to bring the score within four points at 13-9 with almost eight minutes still to play in the first quarter.
“It’s a new defensive group and they are young and we weren’t really sure what they were going to run,” Haflich said of the early score by MPC. “We prepared for a lot and there was lot going through the kids heads.”
But, Booker and company ran off 29 straight first half points to take a commanding 42-9 halftime lead.
Haflich added “Once we settled in a figured out what they wanted to do, it allowed the kids to play faster.”
Sophomore linebacker Samson Faifili set the tone early for ARC with two first half sacks, and led the Beavers with six tackles and 2.5 sacks.
ARC will have a short rest this week with a Friday night game at Sacramento City College. The Panthers will unveil the new FieldTurf and refurbishing at Hughes Stadium.
“Any time American River College and Sacramento City College play in anything, I don’t care if it is chess or football—it is a rivalry and there is going to be a lot of fun,” Haflich said.
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DS 7 Crossback review
Despite only being established as a standalone brand in 2014, DS Automobiles’ fledgling status as a manufacturer in its own right hasn’t stopped it from coming out swinging.
Billed as the PSA Group’s luxury arm, DS has its sights locked on the likes of Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Jaguar; and its first big challenge is to convince the motoring world – both the press and consumers alike – that it has earned the right to be seen in the same light as these European heavyweights.
Richard Lane
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The first DS model to join the Crossback family was the DS 4 Crossback, essentially a jacked-up version of the original Citroën DS 4 from 2010
The new DS 7 Crossback is the car – or, more specifically, the compact SUV – its French manufacturer hopes will elevate the brand to the next level. And although there have been a number of exclusively DS-badged vehicles available since its split from Citroën – think DS 3, DS 4 Crossback and DS 5 – the DS 7 Crossback is the first model the newly formed marque has designed from the ground up.
That DS’s first in-house model is an SUV is no coincidence, either. The C-SUV market is where the money is, after all, and offers DS the best shot at turning a tidy profit. That said, the newbie French brand isn’t planning on limiting itself exclusively to SUVs: the DS 7 Crossback is the first in a line of six different models that will be released over six consecutive years, with electrification set to play a key role in the brand’s future offerings.
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While the DS marque may be in its youth, it has the clout of PSA behind it. As such, the Crossback shares its platform and powertrain line-up – that, for now, consists of a range of petrol and diesel engines – with other models from Peugeot, Citroën and Vauxhall/Opel.
The question is: is the manner in which this is all packaged into the new Crossback enough to give credence to DS’s luxury brand aspirations?
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New French luxury SUV looks derivative but is refined and fairly lavish. It's appealing in its way but lacks the completeness to easily justify its price
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The Audi e-tron: Combining Personal Elegance and Fleet Efficiency
November 4, 2019 • by By Mark Riemer, Corporate Sales Manager, Audi of America
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With the increasingly dual demands of performance and consideration for the environment, many fleets find that they must make a choice between the two. But fleets don’t have to make that choice with Audi. The all-electric 2019 Audi e-tron delivers on both with a vehicle that is robust and elegant, but does not produce any direct emissions.
The e-tron SUV is designed especially meet the day-to-day needs of executives and field sales professionals alike, at a starting MSRP of $74,800 for the 2019 e-tron Premium Plus with single speed transmission (and not including any potential incentives)1.
Green Performance
The e-tron delivers all-electric performance with a large, 95 kWh lithium-ion battery that is integrated into the floor of the passenger compartment. This creates a low center of gravity for dynamic handling and helps achieve the vehicle’s long-range capability.
The battery generates the kind of power a driver wants, including 402 hp/300 kW with boost technology2. For additional operational flexibility, the e-tron has an available towing package that gives the vehicle a 4,000-pound towing capacity.
But being fully electric doesn’t mean that the e-tron loses the performance of a gasoline-powered model. The new electric quattro all-wheel drive provides exceptional control and confidence under a variety of driving conditions. The e-tron also features standard air suspension, giving it five driving modes, including off-road mode3.
The e-tron battery has been carefully engineered to account for heat generated from fast increases in speed and repeated acceleration, helping to ensure consistent performance—aiding in meeting the day-to-day goals of the fleet.
Click here for more information about the Audi e-tron
One of the biggest objections to adding an electric vehicle to a fleet is charging times. And it’s true that early versions of electric vehicles posed some difficulties related to charging and range.
But that’s not the case with the e-tron, which has an EPA-estimated range of 204 miles4. But if you’re in a pinch and need to recharge, the e-tron can deliver there as well. A short, approximately 10-minute charge at a high-speed public charger will net 54 miles in range5.
Charging can be handled in a number of ways. For those fleets that allow personal use, installation of a Level 2 home charging station is available through Amazon. The home-charging capsule can charge the e-tron battery in about 9 hours from a 240 volt/50 amp outlet6.
For charging on the go, drivers can use the increasing public infrastructure, which currently numbers about 16,000 stations7.
Packed with Technology
The e-tron delivers more than performance. It is packed with technology designed to help improve productivity and efficiency.
The e-tron is equipped with the Audi Virtual Cockpit Plus, a high-definition digital instrument display with gauges designed to help the driver optimize efficiency, recuperation, and range. The center infotainment Audi MMI touch response8 system features a 10.1-inch screen, and includes functions such as navigation, entertainment, and ride dynamics. Drivers can access their compatible phone or connect to select productivity apps, maps, or messages using the smartphone interface with the subscription-based wireless CarPlay, which is compatible with both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay9.
The Prestige trim also includes a head up display for added convenience, to monitor speed or other vital functions.
Audi connect10 is designed to help keep the driver informed with l driving information, such as charging station locations, the vehicle’s wi-fi hotspot11, and weather—all from an easy-to-read, easy-to-use display.
Drivers can have the power of their e-tron in the palm of their hand. The myAudi app12 helps to personalize the driving experience by accessing a growing suite of services that connect to the vehicle. Features include, myAudi route planner, charging remote control, and remote vehicle access. The latter feature allows drivers to remotely lock or unlock the doors13, check battery charge level, and adjust the interior temperature before entering the vehicle.
Taken together, the e-tron delivers performance and efficiency wrapped up in an elegant, dynamic package.
For more information about the Audi e-tron go to audiusa.com
Starting MSRP of $74,800 for a 2019 e-tron Premium Plus with automatic transmission. Specifications may change. Prices exclude $995 destination fee, taxes, title, other options and dealer charges. Dealer sets actual price. Vehicle purchase may be eligible for a Federal tax credit up to $7,500. Visit www.PlugStar.com to learn more about tax incentives in your area. The tax credit referenced is for informational purposes only. This information does not constitute tax or legal advice. All persons considering use of available tax credits should consult a tax advisor to determine eligibility based on their specific tax situation. Tax credits are subject to various limitations not within Audi's control and are subject to change without notice.
Boost feature allows temporary access to additional rated power output when conditions allow and driver initiates the feature.
Always ensure that your vehicle is equipped with appropriate tires and equipment and always adjust your speed and driving style to the road, terrain, traffic, and weather conditions. See Owner’s Manual for further details, and important limitations.
2019 e-tron EPA estimates: 204 combined city/highway MPGe. Actual mileage and range will vary and depend on several factors including driving and charging habits, weather and temperature, battery age, and vehicle condition. Battery capacity decreases with time and use. See owner’s manual for details.
Charging times will vary and depend on a variety of factors, including ambient temperature, charger type, battery condition, vehicle condition and others. Charging station figure represents Level 1 and Level 2 stations that are Combine Charging System (CCS) compatible.
Charging times will vary and depend on a variety of factors, including ambient temperature, charger type, battery condition, vehicle condition and others.
Data provided by https://afdc.energy.gov/stations as of January, 2019.
Always pay careful attention to the road, and do not drive while distracted. See Owner’s Manual for further details, and important limitations.
Always pay careful attention to the road, and do not drive while distracted. Not all features available on all operating systems. Message and data usage rates apply. These features require compatible device, operating system, and mobile apps. See mobile device and app providers for terms and privacy. “Android, Android Auto, Google Play, and other marks are trademarks of Google Inc. “Apple CarPlay” is a trademark of Apple Inc.
Always pay careful attention to the road, and do not drive while distracted. Audi connect should only be used when it is safe and appropriate. Audi connect services and features are optional, provided with the support of authorized affiliated and third-party service providers, and may require additional subscriptions with separate terms and conditions. Available on select models. Certain services collect location information, see Terms of Service for information about how to disable and for other details. The Google Earth feature will not be available after December 2020 for certain Model Year 2016-2018 vehicles. Google Earth is a trademark of Google Inc. Connect services are subject to technologies remaining commercially available, such services are not guaranteed, and may not be available after 2021 for equipped MY17-20 vehicles.
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00:10 Live-Action Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō Film Opens on June 19
[email protected], Pokémon, Moshidora, Always Promos Streamed
posted on 2011-04-17 11:30 EDT by Daryl Bunao
The [email protected], 2 Pokémon films, Moshidora film this summer; 3rd Always film in 2012
The official website for the new anime adaptation of The [email protected] game franchise began streaming the second 6-minute promotional video on Sunday. In the original Xbox 360 game, the player manages the careers of 10 aspiring Japanese idol singers as a producer. The new Summer 2011 television anime ties into The [email protected] 2 game sequel, which shipped in Japan in February.
The official website also announced on Sunday that it is creating a "Real 765 Pro" project. The producers are offering the franchise's cast for real-world jobs such as narrating television programs, appearing at department store events, or acting as "campaign girls" for products — the same kind of jobs that the cast does within both the games and the upcoming anime.
The official Pokémon movie website began streaming the second full trailer for the upcoming pair of films, Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Kuroki Eiyū Zekrom and Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Shiroki Eiyū Reshiram , last week. Both films will open on July 16 in Japan. The video is not embeddable but can be viewed at this link.
The Victini movies collectively will be the 14th theatrical entry in the franchise since the franchise's big screen debut in 1998. Aside from featuring Victini, the "victory pokemon," each film showcases one of the two legendary mascot characters of the Pokemon: Black and White games — Zekrom and Reshiram.
Voice actress and singer Nana Mizuki, Kouichi Yamadera, Shoko Nakagawa, Hideki Takahashi, Shosuke Tanihara, Satomi Ishihara, and Mao Daichi have all been previously announced to play parts in the movies.
Additionally, the website of the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu revealed a movie promotion where players of the Pokemon: Black and White games can download Victini into their games by reserving a ticket to either film. The promotional Victini will be level 50 and contain the moves V-Create (V-Generate) and Searing Shot (Kaen-Dan), as well as Zekrom and Reshiram's Fusion Bolt (Cross Thunder) and Fusion Flare (Cross Flame).
The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Natsumi Iwasaki's Moshi Kōkō Yakyū no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no Management o Yondara (Moshidora) business novel began streaming a full trailer and a second teaser trailer on Saturday. In the original novel, whose title can be translated as What If a Female Manager of a High School Baseball Team Read Drucker's "Management"? , a high school girl named Minami Kawashima (AKB48 idol group member Atsuko Maeda) becomes the baseball team manager at Tokyo's Hodokubo High School. Minami accidentally buys Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices — a classic productivity guide by the Austrian-American management guru Peter Drucker — and uses it to rally her dispirited team.
The film will open on June 4. The Japanese public broadcaster NHK will also premiere a Moshidora television anime series from director Takayuki Hamana (The Prince of Tennis, The Beast Player Erin, Library War) and the anime studio Production I.G on April 25. A manga adaptation launched in Shueisha's Super Jump magazine last December. The novel has sold over 2 million copies since its debut in December of 2009, and it was last year's bestselling "general" book in Japan.
The official website for Always: Sunset on Third Street '64, Takashi Yamazaki's third live-action film based on Ryohei Saigan's nostalgic Sanchōme no Yūhi - Yūyake no Uta manga, also began streaming a teaser trailer on Saturday. (In the linked page, select the "予告" option in the bottom menu.) The original manga, a 1990-1991 television anime series adaptation, and the first two live-action films followed the lives of people in a Tokyo neighborhood as the iconic Tokyo Tower rises above them. The new film is set several years later in 1964, the year that Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics that came to symbolize Japan's post-war revival. The new film will open in stereoscopic 3D in Japan next year.
[Via Yaraon!, Nippon Cinema (link 2)]
Image © Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak, TV Tokyo, ShoPro, JR Kikaku © Pokémon © 2011 Pikachu Project
© 2012 Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 Production Committee
Update: More information about "Real 765 Pro Project" added.
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Salford fraud case collapsed amid corruption claims
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-42409728
Image caption Police were investigating a security company connected to convicted criminal Paul Massey
A five-year fraud and money laundering inquiry into an underworld Mr Big, killed in a gangland hit, collapsed amid alleged corruption claims.
Paul Massey was under investigation by Titan North West Regional Organised Crime Unit when he was shot dead in Salford two years ago.
The Times claims the case involving his associates was dropped amid bribery and corruption allegations.
Police said lawyers advised there was no realistic prospect of a prosecution.
The allegations, if disclosed in court, would have undermined the chances of convictions by a jury and the investigation has been dropped, the paper claims.
The Times reported allegations that Greater Manchester Police officers took bribes from people connected to Massey which emerged during Operation Holly, a five-year inquiry into money laundering, fraud and tax offences involving a security firm Massey was connected to.
It is understood prosecutors told detectives from Titan that the corruption allegations would need a full investigation before any case based on Operation Holly could proceed.
Among the allegations were claims that police recommended using the firm connected to Massey to another company and that senior officers met with the convicted criminal in a Salford pub.
'No charges'
A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman told the BBC: "Following consideration of a full file of evidence, in June 2017 specialist prosecutors concluded there was not a realistic prospect of conviction and no charges were authorised."
Greater Manchester Police's (GMP) statement said as a result of the CPS's conclusion it was decided "no further action would be taken in this case and all interested parties were notified".
It added: "Following the decision not to prosecute, inquiries are also being carried out by GMP's Professional Standards Branch to ascertain if there are any conduct issues with officers."
No one has been charged with murdering the 55-year-old father-of-five Massey, who was shot outside his home in July 2015.
Police believe his murder was part of an ongoing feud between organised crime gangs.
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Kamworor breaks world half marathon record in Copenhagen with 58:01
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Geoffrey Kamworor took 17 seconds off the world record at the Copenhagen Half Marathon on Sunday, winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 58:01.
The 26-year-old Kenyan returned to the Danish capital, the scene of his first of three world half-marathon titles, in a bid to improve on the world record of 58:18 set in Valencia last year by Abraham Kiptum.
Outside of his appearances at the World Half Marathon Championships, it was Kamworor's first 13.1-mile race since November 2014.
His goal of breaking the world record was such an important target that he passed up the opportunity to compete at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019.
Kamworor was part of a large group through the first five kilometres, covered in 13:51, just outside world record pace, but he upped the tempo and reached 10 kilometres in 27:32, six seconds inside his target time.
Shortly after, he was out in front alone but faced the prospect of covering the final 11 kilometres without company. It didn't seem to faze him, though, nor did the brief heavy rain fall that occurred with 37 minutes on the clock.
He covered the next five-kilometre segment in a swift 13:31, reaching 15 kilometres in 41:03, 11 seconds inside sub-58-minute pace. His pace dropped slightly for the final quarter but he looked strong and was still operating well inside world record pace.
The clock ticked over to 58 minutes just before Kamworor reached the finish line and moments later his winning mark was confirmed at 58:01.
Five other men finished inside 60 minutes with Bernard Kipkorir taking second place in 59:16 from Ethiopia's Berehanu Wendemu Tsegu (59:22) and Edwin Kiprop Kiptoo (59:27).
Ethiopia's Birhane Dibaba Adugna, the 2018 Tokyo Marathon champion, won the women's race in 1:05:57, taking almost two minutes off her lifetime best.
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Be among the first to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at the 5pm Opening Night Fan Event. Fans will receive a commemorative pin and a special concession offer.
Will be released the same year as another highly anticipated, epic finale film: Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Finn claims the second Battle of Endor was where the "last war ended". In actuality, in the canon expanded universe, the war went on for another year, culminating with the Battle of Jakku and the subsequent Imperial surrender. As Disney spearheaded their own expanded universe and undid all that had come before, it's odd they'd make this mistake. However, the Battle of Endor was effectively where the Empire was defeated by the Rebel Alliance, and the Emperor and Vader were both killed, thus closing the original trilogy. Further minor skirmishes with the remnants of the Empire in expanded universe spin-off materials don't count.
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Just saw #TheRiseOfSkywalker . An amazing finale. I don't know what movie those who are giving it poor reviews watched, but it clearly wasn't this one. My only issue is Act 1 felt kind of muddled, but the rest of the movie makes up for it. If you love Star Wars at all, see it.
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It’s frenzied, briefly infuriating, and eventually, grudgingly, satisfying, but it’s like being force-fed fandom: Your belly is filled, but there’s no pleasure in the meal.
The massive jumble of standoffs, near-misses, tense confrontations, narrow escapes and slick victories, while momentarily exciting, can lack plausible motivation and credibility. More often than not, one wonders not so much what just happened but why, and what was at stake.
The burden of wrapping up a 40-year franchise weighs heavily on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, an overstuffed chase film that barely lets up from its connect-the-dots MacGuffin-heavy plot for even a second or two.
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The Year that Changed Banking
When I open this year’s Bank Compensation & Talent Conference, I intend to ask our attendees, including over 220 bankers, to think back to 2011.
Why 2011? In my opinion, 2011 was the year that fundamentally altered expectations around teamwork, culture and performance.
You see, 2011 was the year that IBM’s Watson won Jeopardy, and artificial intelligence went mainstream.
Regular readers of Bank Director know that financial institution that adhere stubbornly to the status quo risk being left behind, as new generations of consumers and employees embrace the digital revolution in financial services.
Indeed, the evolution of the banking world since Watson’s victory includes the rise of fintech disruptors, the advance of challenger banks and the continued consolidation of the industry. There have been adaptations in business models, new leadership mindsets and venture capitalists pouring money into startups offering basic banking services — all of which materially impact team and compensation structures that were once taken for granted.
Since 2011, digital channels have transformed the way consumers interact with their bank. More than three-quarters of deposits are made over digital channels at some of the nation’s biggest banks, and a quarter of total consumer sales at those banks are made digitally.
Digital payments are expanding at a blistering pace as well. In the third quarter of this year, 196 million transactions were completed on Zelle, the person-to-person payments system backed by a consortium of major banks. That is a 73% increase in transaction volume compared to the same period last year.
Changes have been underway in the back offices of banks, too. The proliferation of machine learning and digital account opening, for instance, makes it possible for banks to serve more customers with fewer employees.
But the changes since 2011 haven’t been limited to technology: There’s a new generation of customers and employees starting relationships with banks. They expect more from their employers than just a paycheck, more from their banks than just products and services. They also want purpose and autonomy.
But even with the changes that have reshaped the industry since 2011, some things remain the same. John Maxfield, who wrote Bank Director’s third-quarter cover story on banking’s most accomplished turnaround artist reminded me of two examples: recruiting and retaining new generations of employees and appropriately compensating them without incentivizing imprudent risks.
These subjects are the focal points of Bank Director’s 2019 Bank Compensation and Talent Conference, taking place at The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida, from Nov. 6-8. Nearly 300 attendees are joining us for wide-ranging presentations and conversations focused on enabling future-ready workforces, sharing best practices for board compensation committees and exploring the future of executive incentive plans, among other things.
Technology has fundamentally altered expectations around teamwork, culture and performance since 2011. But it hasn’t altered the need for banks to cultivate and compensate the best talent in the industry – talent that will steer it through the next era of transformation.
Bankers are constantly thinking about what the future holds; in many ways, industry innovations since 2011 show we already work in it.
Al Dominick is the Chief Executive Officer of DirectorCorps, Inc., which includes Bank Director and FinXTech. He writes about bank M&A, growth, fintech and key industry events. You can follow him on Twitter @aldominick, connect via LinkedIn and follow his About That Ratio blog.
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In Exercises 7-12, evaluate each expression. ( 1 8 ) 1 / 3
Chapter 4.1, Problem 11SWU
In Exercises 7-12, evaluate each expression.
( 1 8 ) 1 / 3
To calculate: The value of the expression (18)13.
The provided expression is (18)13.
The property of exponential function is (ab)x=axbx,
Where “a” and “b” are positive real numbers and x, y are real numbers.
Consider the expression, (18)13
Apply the property of exponential function,
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Andrei Karlov,Burhan Ozbilici,Mevlut Mert Altintas,World Press Photo
Burhan Ozbilici wins the World Press Photo of the Year
Mevlut Mert Altintas shouts after shooting Andrei Karlov, right, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Image © AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici. World Press Photo of the Year, from a series which won first place in the Spot News - Stories category
Finding himself at a murder scene, the Associated Press photographer "just kept shooting, changing my position to get a better angle, trying to capture this moment"
Burhan Ozbilici wasn’t even working when he shot his World Press Photo-winning image – he was catching up with a friend, in an art gallery 150m from his home in Ankara. But, as the exhibition was a series of images of Russia, and the Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov was giving a speech, the Associated Press photographer “decided to do my job” and took his camera along.
Standing “two or three rows back” with the other members of the press, he started to record the unremarkable moment – then found himself at a murder scene, as gunman Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş shot the ambassador dead, then stopped to proclaim “revenge for Syria and Aleppo” over his body. “I immediately understood it was a very important incident,” says Ozbilici.
“Everyone ran away and threw themselves on the ground, or behind walls, or under tables, shouting and panicking. I thought running away was not a solution anyway, and decided to remain calm to risk antagonising the gunman further. I just kept shooting, changing my position to get a better angle, trying to capture this moment.”
Gallery-goers cower after Mevlut Mert Altintas shot Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Image © AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici. First prize, Spot News – Stories
Ozbilici didn’t understand what Mert Altıntaş shouted, or what exactly had happened, but shot about 100 images, then immediately went to his office to file them to Associated Press. “I was shocked to see the gunman in the first two photographs [standing behind the ambassador] but I had no time to edit because I had been asked to write a first person account [about the incident]. I sent them to my editor and bureau chief.”
The story, and particularly the World Press Photo-winning image, quickly went viral, but Ozbilici says he didn’t think about “how people might distribute it in social media, or how they might use it”. “I didn’t pay any attention to that, I was trying to do my work,” he says. “The assassination was of course political but I am not about this, I am only a journalist. I am trying to record, to document, to witness history.”
Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, speaks at an art gallery before being shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas, left, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Image © AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici. First prize, Spot News – Stories
For Ozbilici, this image and story, and his win at World Press Photo, strike a blow for that freedom – and in particular for the freedom of the press. “I’m trying to represent all good, independent journalism,” he says. “I felt a big responsibility [at the scene].
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Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Venus, Part 4: Escape on Venus
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 | Posted by Ryan Harvey
I love Edgar Rice Burroughs. His novels have had an enormous influence on me as a writer and as a pulp fan. But, I must admit, sometimes he wrote … this kind of thing….
Oh, let’s just leap into this and get it over with.
Our Saga: The adventures of one Mr. Carson Napier, former stuntman and amateur rocketeer, who tries to get to Mars and ends up on Venus, a.k.a. Amtor, instead. There he discovers a lush jungle planet of bizarre creatures and humanoids who have uncovered the secret of longevity. The planet is caught in a battle between the country of Vepaja and the tyrannical Thorists. Carson finds time during his adventuring to fall for Duare, forbidden daughter of a Vepajan king. Carson’s story covers three novels, a volume of connected novellas, and an orphaned novella.
Previous Installments: Pirates of Venus (1932), Lost on Venus (1933), Carson of Venus (1938).
Today’s Installment: Escape on Venus (1942)
At the start of the 1940s, Edgar Rice Burroughs decided to try an experiment with three of his properties, all of which had sailed into creative doldrums: Mars/Barsoom, Pellucidar, and Venus/Amtor. The previous Barsoom novel, Synthetic Men of Mars (1939), is one of the few stains on that otherwise superlative series. The Pellucidar novels went into a decline with 1937’s Back to the Stone Age and hit bottom with Land of Terror, which Burroughs failed to sell to any magazine when he wrote it in 1938 and waited to publish it on his own in 1944. Carson of Venus has some positives, but the Venus novels are already much lower on the quality scale of Burroughs’s work. Something wasn’t going right, and the failure to sell Land of Terror must have worried ERB.
It wasn’t just that Burroughs’s writing was in a slump — although it was — that was causing problems, but also the economic realities that were starting to kill the pulp magazines. Comic books exploded at the end of the 1930s and competed for the same young male audience that read the pulps. The magazine companies started cutting back their titles and publishing schedules; this led to reducing the number of serials they ran. Serials work well for a weekly magazine; for a monthly, not so much. Readers wanted their stories complete in each issue, and the publishers couldn’t afford to argue.
Burroughs was a savvy businessman, one the first great author-businessmen, and he chose to write a series of connected novellas in the three settings. Each of the stories could stand on its own, and then they could be strung together into a book for hardcover publication.
Burroughs planned four novellas each for the three settings, and wrote them in rotation for variety. The Barsoom group published in 1941 became Llana of Gathol (book edition 1948) and the Pellucidar set published in 1942 (although the fourth was delayed for twenty-one years) became Savage Pellucidar (book edition 1963).
The four stories that comprise Escape on Venus were originally published in Fantastic Adventures: “Slaves of the Fish Men” (March 1941), “Goddess of Fire” (July 1941), “The Living Dead” (Nov. 1941), and “War on Venus” (March 1942). The hardcover arrived faster than the other two collections, published in 1946 from ERB Inc.
Savage Pellucidar and Llana of Gathol are steps up from the low points of their respective series. Can the same be said about Escape on Venus? [Spoiler: No.]
From the Foreword:
This is the fourth story of the adventures of Carson of Venus on the Shepherd’s Star, as narrated by him telepathically to Edgar Rice Burroughs at Lanikai on the island of Oahu. It is a story complete in itself. It is not necessary even to read this foreword, unless you happen to be curious to learn how Carson navigated interplanetary space and something of the strange lands he has visited, the vast, deserted oceans he has navigated, the savage beasts he has encountered, the friends and enemies he has made, and the girl whom he won over apparently insuperable obstacles.
In other words, the story isn’t complete in itself and it is necessary to read this foreword.
Catch-up business complete, on to the first novella: “Slaves of the Fish Men.” Carson and Duare fly back toward the nation of Korva in the flying machine anotar when a rift in the cloud layer allows the Sun to break through, creating wild weather conditions. The anotar is hurled to a strange country of people with gills and webbed toes and feet. They capture the two adventurers to take them to the city of Mypos, where they are enslaved. Carson finds an ally in another human slave, Kandar. Both of them are sold as galley slaves while Duare ends up in the harem of the king, Tyros. Carson brandishes his deadly r-ray pistol enough to scare his masters into sending him straight to Tyros’s palace, where he eventually escapes with Duare in water tunnels to get back to the anotar.
In “The Goddess of Fire” Carson flies to Kandar’s country of Japal. After Carson helps repulse an attack from the Myposans on Japal, a new enemy, the Brokols, seize him. They take him to their country and their ruling “goddess,” Loto-El-Ho-Ganja. Carson finds that this goddess, who prefers the shortened name “Loto,” is a human, and possibly has some connection to Earth. Carson gets separated from Loto when the king of the Brokols declares that she is no longer a goddess. Carson has to fight his way out of an arena, and Duare arrives just in time with the anotar to fly him away.
Once more, Carson and Duare start the next novella (“The Living Dead”) in their flying machine headed toward Korva. They almost immediately lose the propeller and crash. The Vooyorgan people of the nearby city of Voo-ad give them a glowing reception, but it is only a disguise. The king, Vik-vik-vik, paralyzes them with poison in their food and then hangs them up as displays in a gallery. Ero Shan of Hoovato, not seen since Lost on Venus, is also a living display in this museum. A Vooyorgan infatuated with Duare releases her, and Duare fast turns the tables on him. She returns with the anotar to rescue Carson and Ero Shan right as they escape from captivity.
The last novella, “War on Venus,” begins with … the exact same thing the others started with. Lost again (if someone on Venus had invented the compass, there wouldn’t have been a book series), Carson, Duare, and Ero Shan get shot out of the sky by the guns of a great army. The heroes are in the middle of a conflict between the nations of Pangan and Falsa over grazing land, and the wars are waged with massive land dreadnoughts. Duare vanishes again, etc. Will they ever get back to Korva?
The most interesting aspect of the four novellas is the huge personality shift in Carson Napier from the earlier novels. He feels like an almost entirely new character. From a confessed incompetent, he swells into a boaster and swaggerer who is willing to violently cut down his enemies. He still admits that he’s a touch deficient in the planning department, but he is at least a more energetic hero.
Duare pulls a great stunt in the anotar, flipping it upside down to hurl out the man trying to keep her hostage from the back seat. This is the best moment for Duare in the entire series, and it teaches an important lesson about why you should always wear your seatbelt on a plane.
The rhythm of having four distinct “acts” in the story gives readers easy places to put the book aside. In other words, an upside of this book is that if you want to stop reading it, it’s easy to do.
The Negatives
Escape on Venus is one of ERB’s worst books, in a tight competition with Tarzan and the Leopard Men and Land of Terror. Even parts that seem to work end up falling to pieces as a tide of boredom overwhelms everything. A better title for the novel is Really Really Really Lost on Venus. This is a mess, making the plotless Pirates of Venus feel like a fast, exciting read. At least that book gives the illusion of forward momentum and doesn’t run in circles telling the same story four times.
The book can’t be enjoyed as either individual novellas or a four-part episodic novel: most of it is boring, piling on variety only for the sake of variety and never making anything of its science-fiction concepts. Each episode repeats the same pattern over and over, and none of the potentially interesting ideas thrown at the reader hang around long enough to stick. The entire books feels as if Burroughs was making it up as he went along, and at the end got so bored that he dashed out a finale just to be done with it.
The whole “argument” listed above is almost perfunctory. I can sum up the whole plot in two sentences: “Carson and Duare try to get to Korva, but continually land or crash their anotar in the middle of dangerous civilizations. After some action, they escape and repeat the process.”
Escape on Venus is just “a bunch of stuff”; each bit of “stuff” shows up, performs a function without any sense of excitement or tension, and then disappears down the memory hole. The Myposan fish men begin as major enemies, then pop up in the second novella as if to continue that role, only to vanish when the Brokols show up with no warning at all in the middle of the episode. The Brokols last a few chapters, and then Carson makes a tensionless escape, and the anotar crashes in front of another weird city with a strange civilization, et cetera.
The last novella promises a “war,” but where Burroughs could have taken the great concept of land dreadnoughts and put them in the context of some established civilizations (why not have a Vepaja vs. Thora showdown, fulfilling the promise of the first novel?) he instead invents a pack of new cultures and it is impossible to care about any of the action. At this point, the repetitive storyline will have forced all but readers who have to write a review of Escape on Venus to throw the book aside and get some ironing done. The conclusion is literally the characters just walking home.
Carson retains a maddening inaction from his older characterization; he still lacks the important qualities of a protagonist. He bluffs, he kills, he brags, but still makes few efforts to do anything. Instead of trying to bash his way through the fish men when they enslave him, he’s content to disintegrate a few with his r-ray gun and remain a slave. Come on, Carson! If you’ve got the power to beat these jerks, use it! It’s like he wants to act like John Carter, without acting on John Carter’s attitude.
Above all, Carson is a jerk throughout. He sees each adversary as a mindless inferior, and his retorts to his enemies make him sound like a petulant bully, not a hero. When placed in an arena fight — a classic ERB situation — Carson simply blasts everybody away with his r-ray, resulting in the most boring arena battle in the author’s canon.
Continuing on a theme, a coherent Venusian environment gets junked for new nations and races that have no connection with anything seen before. The fish men of Mypos and the tree-growing Brokols might have occurred in any story, not specifically a Venusian one. The fish men might as well have no connection to fish, since Burroughs does nothing remarkable with them as an aquatic race. They swim better than humans, have gills and webbing, and their children start as fish in pools, but nothing else distinguishes them from humans. The fish-spawn idea comes across as patently ludicrous, since the adults are still ninety-percent human. The Brokols make no sense as an arboreally grown species; they act like standard pulp barbarians. The Vooyorgans are the best of the new races, but the idea of them asexually reproducing through splitting down the middle is a bit far-out for something as short as a novella. The Pangans and Falsans are just humans with big tanks who get in Carson’s way for a few chapters.
The supporting cast is enormous … and utterly disposable. Carson rips through a series of allies with similar-sounding names, and they drop in and out of the story while having zero impact. Characters from the past books show up, as if ERB thought this might tie all the series together, but they get the same perfunctory treatment. The goddess Loto and her mysterious Earth-link is the only figure who registers at all, and the mystery around her connection to Earth is disposed of without consequences.
Damn, but I got sick of the anotar at this point in the series. No matter where Carson lands his homemade plane, nobody disturbs it, damages it, or steals it, so he can locate it again and fly off to the next scheduled adventure. This has gone on since the end of Lost on Venus and I wish Burroughs had come up with a new invention and a different way to move Carson and Duare from location to location. Why duck the drama of having an enemy either break it or steal it? At the point Carson and Duare finally decide they aren’t going to land and get in yet more trouble, the propeller promptly breaks and forces them to do they whole shtick over again. (I did, however, laugh out loud of the absurdity of the timing of this.)
In a bizarre move, the POV switches abruptly from first person from Carson’s perspective to third person from Duare’s in the middle of “The Living Dead.” This reads like a quick fix for a storytelling problem, but since the whole series to this point has been in first person, it’s disconcerting and throws off the entire novella. You have to develop this kind of POV swap, not throw it out because you can’t solve a plot problem.
The big collective downside from all of this is the cardinal sin no fiction writer should commit: Boredom. If Escape on Venus was the first Edgar Rice Burroughs book you chose to read (although I can’t see a situation where that would happen) you would never want to read anything else from him again.
Craziest Bit of Burroughsian Writing: “You don’t think I’m familiar with California; you don’t think I’ve ever been to California. So! You don’t think I’ve ever been to California, when I say I have. What do you mean, coming here and looking for trouble!” The book needs more of this prose weirdness.
Most Triumphantly Stupid Carson Napier Moment: Killing everything in sight with his r-ray pistol, but still not using the weapon to escape.
Best Monster: The bird-creature guypals — only because of their hilarious name.
Most Uncomfortable Moment for the Modern Reader: No modern reader will get through this unless he’s named “Ryan Harvey” and promised on a website to read and review all the ERB Venus novels.
Carson Summarizes the Book in One Sentence: “The Myposans were not pleasant people,” I said; “neither were the Brokols, nor the Vooyotgans; but I lived through captivity with them, and I escaped.”
Should ERB have continued the series? Are you kidding? Enough of this.
Next Up: “The Wizard of Venus”
Ryan Harvey is one of the original bloggers for Black Gate, starting in 2008. He received the Writers of the Future Award for his short story “An Acolyte of Black Spires,” and his stories “The Sorrowless Thief” and “Stand at Dubun-Geb” are available in Black Gate online fiction. A further Ahn-Tarqa adventure, “Farewell to Tyrn”, is currently available as an e-book. Ryan lives in Los Angeles. Occasionally, people ask him to talk about Edgar Rice Burroughs or Godzilla in interviews.
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by Corky Carroll
By now I am sure most, if not all, of you have learned of the passing of the legendary surf guitarist, Dick Dale. He left us on March 15 after many years of poor health and fighting cancer a number of times. The guy is a huge part of surfing, music and Orange County history and was a pal of mine since the early 1960’s. So, I thought today I would stroll through some of my “DD” memories, as ancient as they may be, and give some thought to how his life crossed with mine and his effect on our culture.
I first became aware of Dick Dale when he was the headliner at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa back in the early 1960’s. I was just going into High School at Huntington Beach and becoming more and more aware of my growing attraction to chicks. (OK, I realize that in this weird day and age you can’t use certain terms to describe people, so I have no idea if “chicks” is an acceptable term or not, but I still call girls “chicks” and to me it is a positive term, so I am gonna use it.) The big thing at the time was “Surfer Stomps.” These were dances where people would do the “Stomp,” which was a dance that pretty much was just a whole lot of stomping to the beat and not a lot of much else. It was in the early age of instrumental surf music. There was a place in Huntington Beach called Memorial Hall where they held these Stomps every Friday or Saturday night and a few other places around the county. But the main place was the Rendezvous and the big daddy of that music was Dick Dale, he was the King of the Surf Guitar and always has been through the years.
Dick surfed too. We met one night when I was at the Rendezvous and became pals. During his breaks he liked to hang out with the surfers who were in the crowd. I found that a lot of the hot chicks would swoop around Dick and that when he would go back on stage there was ample opportunity to latch onto one of those and this would occasionally lead to a moonlight stroll on the beach and maybe more. I spent many fun nights stomping and strolling to the sounds of Dick Dale.
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In later years he opened a second Rendezvous, over in I think it was Garden Grove, and I went to see him one night. I was in the early years of my music career then and he asked if I wanted to “sit in” with him. As my guitar playing at that time consisted mostly of strumming or finger picking chords as backing to my vocals I politely declined. Or, as is more the case, I chickened out. At that stage of my career I had no business on the same stage with Dick Dale with a guitar in my hand.
He always said he wasn’t a guitar player, that he was a “sound sculptor.” I beg to differ; the dude was both and to the ninth degree. That sound that he produced was amazing. The fact that he and Leo Fender had to develop a special amp just to handle the power and volume that he produced speaks, well, volumes. He was an innovator in much the same way as Jimi Hendrix. I loved the fact that with all that punch to his playing that it was still clear as a bell. The guy truly was the King of the Surf Guitar, nobody did it like Dick Dale.
He moved out to the desert and we kept in touch through emails and a few phone calls over the years. He liked to fly and had his own runway on his property. At one time he talked of flying down to visit at my getaway casa in Mexico and there was also a plan to have him do a cameo appearance on my last album, “Blue Mango.” But schedules never lined up and he was also dealing with his health so neither of those came about, unfortunately. Dick had a ton of “stoke” about him, lots of great stories to tell and he was good at telling them. I liked his company and am a big fan of his music. Sad that he left us, but the legend of Dick Dale will never die. I think about now he is waking up a lot of angels with that machine gun double picking.
CORKY CARROLL corkysurf@aol.com
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Gary Propper
I just got the news that Gary Propper passed away in his sleep on March 15. If there was anybody that I know that I would not have bet would have gone while sleeping it would probably be “GP.” The dude could party with the best of the heavy partiers. I would have picked him to drive off a cliff going 150 in a Lamborghini with two hot chicks sitting on his shoulders, or something flaming and flamboyant like that. But that is not the story that I will tell you about this dude, because the fact is that he was one of the most important and influential surfers of all time. Gary was the very first international surf star from the East Coast and one of the very best small wave surfers ever. He could ride two foot and under surf better than anybody of his era. In fact, in my life I have only seen two people who could ride surf that was seemingly flat to the naked eye and make it look like it was totally firing. The other is Tom Curren.
I first met Gary in 1964 when I was with Bruce Brown and Hobie premiering the surf film “Endless Summer,” and doing surfing exhibitions on the East Coast from New York to Miami. We had heard about this kid who was reported to be amazing and got a chance to watch him surf one day in Jacksonville. There was no surf that day to speak of, but Gary paddled out to show us what he could do. Rumors were true, he amazed us. He could take off on the tiniest of swells, crank a big sweeping turn and run to the nose, hang ten, run back, crank a big drop knee cutback followed by another sweeping turn and do a fly away kickout. All of this would happen within about 20 feet from the beach on a tiny swell that never ever would break. Hobie liked what he saw, and wheels were in motion to get him involved on the surf team. The next season saw the release of the Gary Propper East Coast model and the Corky Carroll West Coast model. Over the next five or six years we both would do very well with the relationship with Hobie and our boards selling very well. The first couple of years his outsold mine by far, then mine were the big sellers in the later 60’s. I don’t have exact numbers, but my guess is that we both sold upwards of 6000 boards with our names on them from 1965 to 1970. One of Gary’s models was called the “Eastern Star.” That was him, he was Mr. East Coast during the period that saw the biggest growth in surfing ever. And, no matter where the wave was, he could ride small waves as good or better than anybody.
GP was also a very driven and clever businessman. He was smart enough to invest the money he was making and set himself up for after surfing, something that not many of the early pro surfers even thought of. He became a very successful event promoter and brought many rising musicians and bands to the concert halls in south Florida. This led to him getting into management with successful stars such as Hank Williams Jr. and then later with comedians Gallagher and Carrot Top.
But, other than his surfing career, the big jewel in Gary's incredibly successful career was the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” He loved the comic book and bought the rights for movies and products. He made tons and tons of money with the Turtles and for a while retired to the island of Maui.
GP was never the kind of person to just relax and take it easy, that was just not in his DNA. He came to Southern California and that is when he took over the careers of Gallagher and then Carrot Top. I ran into him in Las Vegas one time when Carrot Top was playing there, he was so completely in his element there. He loved what you could call “fast times.” A true mover and groover.
The last time I saw Gary was at the SURF EXPO in Orlando two years ago when we both showed up to do an appearance in the HOBIE booth. Same big smile, swagger and energy as I first remember on that day in Jacksonville when we first met.
Gary Propper was a true icon in American surfing and an amazing person. RIP amigo.
Gary Propper Article
Dirty Linnen
One of my favorite surfers from the years I was growing up here on our beautiful Orange County beaches is Chuck, aka “Raouuul” (ya gotta say it with a couple extra u’s to make it sound right, like Ra-oouuuul), Linnen. I have reported some of this stuff in years gone by, but his name came up today so I thought I would re-tell a little bit plus add some previously untold tid bits.
I met Chuck the first time I rode my bike, pulling my big balsawood board behind, from my house in Surfside to the Huntington Beach Pier when I was about 10 years old. I was riding some waves but was afraid of the pier. Chuck saw this and introduced himself to me as “Charles,” and gave me directions on how to “shoot the pier.” We became friends that day. In years to follow he would stop by our house occasionally, normally about dinner time, show me some stuff on our piano, and graciously accept my mom’s dinner invitation. This is when I became aware of his quest for a free meal.
On trips down to surf “Trestles” when Mark Martinson and I would get rides from some of the older dudes, such as Steve Pezman, Jim Barker and Roy Crump, I would see Chuck many times. I remember my mom would always cough up a dollar or so for gas money and would normally make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for after surfing. One day right as I got there I buried the bag with my sandwich in the sand so it would be safe for when I came in. But, low and behold, when I got back to the spot where I had it stashed it was gone. Only the empty paper bag was there. Chuck was sitting nearby, and I asked him if he has seen anybody steal my sandwich. He looked at me straight in the eyes, with crumbs and peanut butter still in his mustache, and innocently and sincerely said “no.” When I told the other guys about this they just laughed and said, “Yep, it was that dirty Linnen.” I guess he was known for this kind of thing.
Later on, when I was about 16, I was on the North Shore and a whole group of us were living in an old Quonset hut out by Velzyland. Chuck was one of them, along with Mike Doyle, Roy Crump, Billy Fury, Mike and Sherry Haley, Kent Casper and others. Everybody was noticing that little bits of their food would go missing from the fridge, and the prime suspect was Chuck Linnen. So, one morning before we all went surfing everybody, except Chuck, got together and rigged up a carton of milk with some extra added goodies as a trap, the least worst of these goodies were “boogers,” you can imagine some of the other ingredients that were put in. We put it in the fridge, and we all went surfing. When we got back everybody was busy getting the boards off the roof of the car. Naturally Chuck slipped away and hit the fridge. Seeing a Milk carton with only a little bit gone he naturally took a swig. We all howled in delight as he came screaming out of the house barfing all over the place and moaning and groaning. That dirty Linnen got rudely caught in the act and payback was not Heaven. I still laugh when I think of that. Just desert, you could call it.
Through the years Chuck has remained a good pal and one of the longest lasting and most respected locals at the Huntington Beach Pier. He is a veteran of riding big surf in Hawaii and being a successful competitor in International surfing events in the 1960’s. Why he surfs in the winter without a wetsuit on is anybody guess, the dude is just kinda loco I figure. Cool guy, just watch your food when he is around.
Dirty Linnen Article
Dangers in the Shallows
When I am normally coming in from a surf session at my favorite spot I have a set way I land myself on the beach. As I am on a Stand Up Paddleboard I always drop to my knees for a beach landing. Just before hitting the sand I kind of lean back a little bit, allowing the wave I am riding to get sort of underneath me, and then float up the beach on the back of the surge. As it stops, I am able to step off and stand up in a few inches of water. Then I can pick up my board and casually walk off looking like I know exactly what I am doing. Very cool. Except for the other morning when it all went terribly wrong. As I was doing my little lean back thing the wave I was on sort of doubled up and shot me out in front of it. My board bellied into the sand with a bit of speed. I went rolling off the nose head over heels, the board and my paddle both hitting me in the head and my leash getting wrapped around my neck. I was left squirming around in the sand under my board trying to untangle myself and I was getting sand everywhere, my hair being the least of the issue. This was not pretty. Thankfully nobody saw it, at least that I know of. I didn’t hear uncontrollable laughing coming from anywhere at least.
I was telling about this unfortunate event on my deck, over Corkaritas and our new house drink, the “Blue Mango,” that night and the subject came up of bad shallow water wipe outs. Most people don’t think about the dangers of the shallows, it’s always the dangers of the deep. You need to be extremely careful in shallow water, especially over rock or reef bottoms.
First example is my good friend Lourdes, the Queen of La Saladita. Lourdes is a great surfer and grew up surfing this spot. It is a rock bottom break with a sand beach. She was coming in one morning and stepped off her board thinking she was over the sand. But she was still over the rocks and he foot wedged between two rocks and broke her ankle. This was a year ago. She had surgery and has a bunch of pins inserted into the area of the break. It still hurts her to try and surf and maybe always will. Simple mistake with bad result.
Another friend just recently was coming in on a wave, at the same spot, and from what I understand his fin hit a rock causing him to lunge forward. But he saved himself and went to straighten up when his board surged forward after the fin hit and became free again. He fell backwards on to the tail of his board and severely broke his back. Fractured a number of vertebras and had to be airlifted back to the U.S. Might not ever surf again. Same thing, simple mistake but with even worse result.
The worst one I know was when a guy I know was surfing at a beach break and dove off his board into what he thought was fairly deep water. Turns out he was over a sand bar and it was only about a foot deep. He broke his neck and was paralyzed the rest of his life. This happened in the sixties when he was in his twenties and he just passed away a few years ago. His wife took care of him his whole life by making wigs, along with some help from Hobie Alter. The guy was a Hobie dealer in Maryland and was surfing with Mickey Munoz the day it happened. I think Mickey saved his life if I remember the story correctly. A few years before he died Mickey strapped him onto the hull of his catamaran and rode about an eight-foot wave at Trestles with him. He said he was both terrified and thrilled at the same time. One last ride. Once again, simple mistake with horrific results.
The bottom line here is to pay attention when you are in the water no matter how deep it is. You can get hurt or even die in knee deep water, seriously. It’s not just the zillion foot monster surf that is deadly kids, most of the time it’s those simple mistakes that you don’t ever think will happen but then they do. Don’t think it won’t happen just because it hasn’t happened yet. (That line is from a Jackson Browne song). Pay attention
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Finally, it can now be told...
by Joel Saltzman
Anyone who knows Corky is well aware that he has been a rabid, die heart Laker fan since his days of working and paling around with Jerry West. Unfortunately, the only way to see Laker games in his Mainland Mexico paradise though, is to subscribe to the NBA Laker Subscription package. He retreats upstairs with his laptop and headphones every time they play.
Last October while visiting them, I was aware that the biggest game of the season would be Christmas day when the Laker's played the reigning champs and bitter rivals, the Golden State Warriors. A friend had given me a Golden State Warrior Michael Thompson jersey as a gag as I also hate that team with a passion. I snuck that GS jersey down to Raquel and asked her to hide it until game day and then put it on to see how Corky reacted to seeing her in it.
As some mutual friends of ours, The Turners, are big Golden State fans and live up that way, I was hoping Corky would blame them which he did until Raquel confessed (multiple times no less) that I was behind this caper. Had the Lakers not ended up upsetting the Warriors and winning huge by 25 points, my surfboards were destined to get run over by Corky's car and who knows what else lay in my future.
Still, even after that amazing victory, I was not out of the woods yet. I had to wait 3 months for him to cool off enough to publish this video which is totally priceless. Raquel waited for the game to start, walks in, and Corky stares in stunned disbelief, wanting to "gouge his eyes out" after seeing Raquel in uniform. Priceless!
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THE ALOHA SPIRIT OF ERIC VANEK, SURF DENTIST
I learned about Dr. Eric Vanek from my pal Joshua Paskowitz. I was looking for a good dentist in Orange County to take care of my youngest son Tanner, who was having some teeth issues and hadn’t been to a dentist in years. Josh recommended Dr. Vanek and said, “This guy surfs and really has the Aloha spirit.” That was good enough for me and I sent Tanner to see him. He came back telling me, “this guy is a very cool dude, you will like him.” So, I decided to find out a little bit about him and was blown away by the story I found. This man is amazing. Let me see if I can give you a little glimpse of what I am talking about.
Eric learned to surf on a boogie board at a very young age and got his first surfboard, a hand me down from his older brother, in the third grade. He loved the ocean and did Junior Lifeguards, paddle races and all that sort of thing. He would ride his bike 30 minutes to Torrance Beach each day to surf. He loved the television show “Chips,” and used to love to imitate Ponch and John. Just before the 4th grade he crashed hard attempting a “massive skid.” This resulted in breaking a bunch of teeth and many visits to the dentist. It was from that accident that he got the idea to become a dentist “when he grew up.”
Through high school he rounded out his water array by becoming proficient in wake boarding, water skiing and played Water Polo. Entering college at UCSB he decided to blend his love for the ocean and desire to be a dentist. He gave me this account, which I like in his own words.
“I decided I liked oceanography and studied for a Bachelors in Science in Geology with a Biological emphasis (so I could get accepted and fulfill requirements for dental school applications). The reason this is worth mentioning is that as a result I was able to qualify as a research assistant for the Institute for Crustal Studies at UCSB. This job led to the opportunity of a lifetime. I was invited by Dr. Bruce Luyendyk (who recently had a mountain named after him) to work on the icebreaker N.B. Palmer mapping the coast of Antarctica. This took us by C-130 equipped with skis to land on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Base at the foot of Mt. Erebus. As oceanographers we were mapping the sea floor in an area never accessed by anyone in the history of the Earth! Lots of stories to go along with that research but it gets even better. One of my tasks was to utilize existing satellite data to help navigate our way through the sea ice. This led me to contact the Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS) to learn more about the data and I was invited to a second trip to the opposite side of Antarctica. So, in a 2-year time span I traveled to Antarctica twice and on the way home was able to visit New Zealand, Fiji and traveled through Chile as well as Costa Rica. I produced a short surf film titled “Southerlands Travels” to celebrate all the trips. Those 4 areas are on my Facebook page. After returning from these research trips I entered into Dental School.”
O.K., so he goes off to dental school in, of all places, Nebraska. No surf there. But he figures out how to make it work.
“After living in Nebraska for a year and getting bored with the local activities I had an idea one windy day. I was always curious about these 2-line traction kites I had seen out on the beaches. Nebraska being very windy at times I thought to myself, I could use all that wind to tow me around on these new “mountain” off-road skateboards I had seen advertised. After a little online research, I came across a huge discovery, this rig I was looking for had recently been invented by a pair of French guys! So, in the late 90s I figured all this out and by 2000 I made my very first internet purchase shipping a Wipika 2-line kite from Oahu, HI to Omaha, NE. The kitesurfing revolution was on. There were no instructors in those days, so we learned through trial and error, but fortunately for me a now famous Canadian named Hung Vu was documenting all his experiences with the new kites online. He set up a FAQ page and it was translated into 70 languages. We learned through a lot of crashes we called kitemares, luckily I was not one who suffered any major injuries although I have had my fair share of close calls. Shortly after learning I got my Dad involved and he kiteboards as well. To my knowledge he is the oldest participant in the La Ventana Classic Crossing, which takes place on the East Cape of Baja every year. We have competed in this charity event a lot & I even came back with a 1st place in the Short Course Racing event & a 3rd in the Big Air. This sport really captured my imagination by combining all the wakesurfing, wakeboarding, snowboarding & surfing skills that I grew up loving.” (I love the “kitemares” part.)
Eric came back to California in 2002 and opened Vanek Dentistry in Costa Mesa, “modern dentistry that is affordable, caring and fun,” in 2002. He is an avid kite surfer, has two kids and a surfing dog that he hangs with. He is one of those people that just give off, as Joshua told me, the great Aloha Spirit.
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Stereocard: Grand Salon
Square mount on buff color card
Photographer: C.C. Giers
Date: 1867 -1877
Size: 6 7/8" by 3 3/8"
Provenance: Descended in the Giers family
2016.01.35 BMA purchase
Stereocard: Grand Salon with bay window
Provenance: Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham; to her son, Joseph H. Acklen; to his son, Robert Livingston Acklen; to Belmont Mansion Association by purchase.
2005.05.1XX BMA purchase
Stereocard: Grand Salon wide view
Photographer: C. C. Giers
Gift of John Kaiser
Grand Salon (Stereocards)
Belmont Mansion’s most elaborate room, the Grand Salon, was built between 1859-1860. To date, there are four known photographs of the room, all made by local photographer C.C. Giers between 1867-1877. The four images appear to have been made on the same day and each one shows a slightly different view of the room. The room was the largest and grandest in the home which justifies its photographic attention. The photographs feature the east end of the Grand Salon and the statue the Peri, by sculptor Joseph Mozier.
These images provide interesting insight into the way “the Hall”, as it is referred to in family letters, was furnished. The furniture featured in the photographs spans several decades, from a pair of neoclassical center tables, most likely from Fairvue, the home Adelicia shared with her first husband, to the most modern Hunzinger Chair. This wide range of furniture eras also captures the every-evolving stylistic trends, moving from the neoclassical period, to Rococo to the Elizabethan revival.
The furniture also reveals another popular 1850s trend: the Conservatory. Conservatories were often built connecting public spaces in a grand home and were filled with fountains, plants and statues. While there are no potted plants in the Grand Salon, several additional features bring a conservatory feel to the room. The most obvious of these features is the large fountain featured in the bay window. Furthermore, the northern wall of windows has the effect of an orangery. Most interesting is the use of the bent- steel furniture in the room. This type of furniture is exclusively associated with conservatories and outdoor spaces. The sofas and chairs seen in the photographs are identical to Francois A. Carre’s United States garden chair patent. The pieces were made by Lalance and Grosjean of New York in the mid-19th century.
In addition to the four photographs of the Grand Salon, Giers also took photographs of Belmont Mansion’s Front Hall. The two Front Hall images features Adelicia’s statue Ruth Gleaning, as well as Sleeping Children, two pieces se acquired on her Grand Tour of Europe.
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Circuit of Wales construction set for summer start!
Circuit of Wales construction set to start this summer!
The soap opera that has kept motorcycle racing fans entertained for the last two years, known as the Circuit of Wales, is set for its own cliff hanger episode as construction is set to begin “4-5 months from now” according to Project Director, Chris Herring.
Ex-Honda Racing Corporation PR man Herring was supported by MotoGP commentator Keith Huewen, Riders for Health CEO Andrea Coleman, Moto2 rider Sam Lowes and 13-year old Red Bull Rookies star Rory Skinner who were on hand at a press event in London outlining the latest developments and underlining what happened with the Donington Park deal.
Next Tuesday, 10th March, sees the beginning of a Public Inquiry relating to the de-registration of 600-acres of common land on the proposed site in Blaenau Gwent, Wales.
Speaking to Bike Social, Herring said: “My understanding is that it (the Public Inquiry) will take up to 8 days and then there’s a report to be written and sent with an opinion to the relevant Minister in the Welsh Government.”
He continued: “It could take 4-6 weeks to write the report then once we’ve been through the legal process to get to Financial Close, contracts signed and so on, that could be another couple of months so that means it should be about 4 to 5 months from now to actually start work.”
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In August 2014, the Circuit of Wales were awarded a 10-year contract from DORNA, beginning in 2015, to host the British round of the MotoGP Championship. It was clear there’d be no Circuit of Wales so the race was sub-let to Donington Park but five months further down the line and the two companies failed to settle on certain terms in the contract. The race has now been awarded to Silverstone play host for 2015 and 2016.
The aim now is to actually host the British MotoGP in August or September 2017. According to Herring, Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta said: “The moment the work starts everybody will believe in the project.”
GP Academy
A major feature of the project will be a GP Academy, designed to replicate what MotoGP organiser, DORNA, have achieved in Spain; to give young British talent an opportunity to get on the ladder towards the Grand Prix paddock. The proposed academy will comprise of a fully supported base in Spain for the British riders to race in the ultra-competitive CEV Championship which is seen as the best route into the MotoGP paddock. It’s boosted the careers of Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and Scott Redding among many.
Slightly tongue-in-cheek, Herring said: “If it wasn’t for the public inquiry we’d have the budget now to get the Spanish side of the academy underway, to have a base there but the money is just being spent on legal fees!”
“The Dorna guys are ready to support us. Poor old Oscar Gallardo, who runs the Spanish Championship, has been waiting for us for two years to start the academy structure to offer young British riders the opportunity to eventually race in the GP paddock.” He continued.
Back at Silverstone
It was officially announced only last month that the agreement with Donington Park had fallen through and Silverstone was to be the host of the British round of MotoGP for this season and next. Each party have said their piece but now the dust has settled, Herring offered his retrospective view:
“If we could have arranged an agreement with Donington, we would. It just got down to the nitty-gritty on certain areas of the contract, not necessarily money but they had a deadline to commit to resurfacing works and we couldn’t agree by that deadline.”
“With Silverstone, in the first instance back in August last year, the terms they were looking to get from us weren’t acceptable and that’s why we initially went with Donington. However, the change of management at Silverstone has been quite refreshing and the guys are big on two wheels so pulling everything together with them is fairly straight forward. It was apparent that Patrick Allen (Silverstone’s new Managing Director) was a real big motorcycle man with great enthusiasm. We spoke a lot with Javier Alonso from DORNA about how do we play it, what do we do and what’s best for the event and it all rolled out from there.”
Was the British Grand Prix ever in jeopardy?
Only two circuits exist in Britain which have the relevant licence and infrastructure to be able to host a round of MotoGP; Donington Park and Silverstone. Both made proposals to host the Grand Prix. However, when a contract failed to materialise, were Silverstone ready and waiting or could the British Grand Prix have existed in another country?
Herring explains: “You can look back to May/June last year after we signed the DORNA agreement and they were absolutely adamant that we wouldn’t be placed in a corner. They understand the 10 year picture and the plan in terms of nurturing youth talent. So it’s a much bigger picture form them. So having a British GP or not having one, if you can imagine it from a Spanish perspective, does it really matter?”
“But because it’s British and the sentiments of Carmelo Ezpeleta and DORNA about motorsport starting in Britain, I think he would always want a British Grand Prix. But if it meant not having one, or having one in another country even, everything had to be explored but they weren’t going to allow us to be placed in a difficult position and be forced to be compromised. I don’t think it was ever in doubt, I think there was always going to be a race but it was unfortunate how things unfolded and how we ran out of time with Donington.” He said.
Can Donington blame potholes?
It was revealed that one of the issues with the Donington Park contract was down to the time pressures of resurfacing. These were exacerbated when the Government announced in December they would commit £1billion per year to fixing potholes.
This, according to Herring, “got all the surfacing companies rubbing their hands together which put extra pressure on us and increased the deadline worries for Donington who were extremely consciences about what they were doing for the MotoGP event."
The naysayers may continue to say nay but the Circuit of Wales project leaders remain calm about the timelines; the team are in it for the long run and are as frustrated with the hurdles placed in their way as everyone else. They are also very aware that just because construction will start soon, there are bound to be more hurdles to clear. The silver lining is the knowledge that the development will regenerate a huge area of almost poverty-stricken South Wales as well as provide a state-of-the-art facility to nurture future generations of racers, race fans, businesses and infrastructure associated with automotive, engineering, hospitality and retail industries.
The circuit itself looks super smart at 3.5 miles with 49 metres of undulation and if the academy provides British GP stars of the future then consider Bike Social as supporters.
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Home News Burlington lady wins combat to save lots of the weed that is...
Burlington lady wins combat to save lots of the weed that is dwelling to endangered butterflies
Doreen Nicoll is a real hero of the little man.
The Burlington resident has efficiently lobbied town to cease killing milkweed, as a result of the plant is the one one in Canada on which the endangered monarch butterfly can lay its eggs.
It is a combat that began all as a result of one in every of her neighbours complained about her garden, she says, which is a “naturalized backyard” filled with a large assortment of vegetation as a substitute of grass.
Nicoll, who lives in north Burlington simply off of Walkers Line, got here dwelling on June 29 to discover a bylaw discover on her entrance door. It advised her to do away with the milkweed rising on her garden.
“I used to be actually upset. I used to be type of unhappy,” she advised CBC Information. “A little bit bit offended, I will admit that too.”
The monarchs are in bother. – Doreen Nicoll
Neighbour troubles apart, she was most fearful about what the butterflies who lay eggs in her backyard would do.
Based on the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the monarch butterfly is taken into account an endangered species, and milkweed is significant to its life cycle.
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“That is the one plant that they’re going to lay their eggs on,” Nicoll mentioned. “And the caterpillars eat the leaves, after which they kind chrysalis after which they take off.”
A dramatic lower in butterfly populations
The monarch is likely one of the most recognizable species of butterfly, with distinctive orange, black and white markings on its wings.
Every fall, these butterflies set out on a 5,000-kilometre journey from southern Canada by way of the U.S. to their wintering websites within the mountain forests of Mexico. Based on the WWF, it is one of many world’s longest insect migrations.
The group says that over the final twenty years, there was a dramatic lower of the world occupied by monarchs on their wintering grounds, from nearly 18.2 hectares of forest at their peak in 1996 to simply 2.5 hectares in 2017.
Nicoll says the milkweed in her yard hosts butterflies every year. (Doreen Nicoll)
The WWF says the butterflies are threatened by deforestation of wintering forests in Mexico, disruptions to their migration attributable to local weather change, and the lack of native vegetation — significantly milkweed — alongside their migratory corridors.
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All this to say, the milkweed rising in Nicoll’s backyard appeared extra necessary to her than a neighbour’s perceived eyesore.
The province as soon as thought-about milkweed a noxious weed underneath the Weed Management Act. Nicoll says it was initially banned as a result of milkweed eaten by dairy cows brought about their milk to style barely bitter.
“It is truly a extremely fairly plant,” she mentioned.
The province dropped milkweed from its noxious weed designation in 2014, Nicoll realized, however Burlington by no means adopted go well with. She even began listening to from buddies and associates that they have been allowed to have the vegetation in cities as close by as neighbouring Oakville.
“Then I came upon that town of Burlington offers the vegetation and the seeds away free of charge by way of the parks and rec,” she mentioned. “It was complicated they have been giving it out free of charge and telling me to tear mine out.”
Citywide modifications
So she began making calls to town and lobbying for modifications to the bylaw. She says she spoke with councillor (and mayoral candidate) Marianne Meed Ward, and on the finish of final week, received an e mail from Mayor Rick Goldring.
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“It is clear to me that there was no good purpose why we must be prohibiting the planting and rising of milkweeds, particularly after they have such an important position in our pure habitat,” Goldring wrote in his e mail.
Doreen Nicoll has been rising a “naturalized” backyard in Burlington for 16 years. (Doreen Nicoll)
“After consulting with our employees, a call was made that as of at this time … our bylaw enforcement employees won’t be implementing the removing of milkweed from properties, and are available September, we shall be eradicating milkweed from the listing of noxious weeds from our Lot Upkeep Bylaw.
“It is evident that our bylaw was outdated and modifications have been wanted to accommodate the evolving local weather we face at this time.”
Nicoll mentioned she was ecstatic that town had determined to take such fast motion, as a result of these butterflies want all the assistance they’ll get.
“The monarchs are in bother,” she mentioned.
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Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.
Comic Book Adaptation
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A depressed female psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the asylum where she worked, with no memory of why she is there or what she has done.
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DistributorWarner Bros.
Opening$19,288,438
Budget$40,000,000
Release DateNov 21, 2003 - Mar 18, 2004
MPAAR
GenresHorror Mystery Thriller
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New Year's Eve 2011/2012 - What to do with another year and plenty of great beer
It's time to get this New Year's Eve thing started.
I know. It's not even Christmas. But too many of you have already begun to ask and more search engine results have been sent my way looking for what to do on New Year's Eve 2011/2012.
Some of you love this time of year; others hate it. One thing's for sure, there are plenty of you looking to find a great beer on New Year's Eve outside the comfy confines of your own home.
For those New Year's Eve naysayers, this one's not for you. This is for all of you looking for something to do on New Year's Eve, could be at 6 p.m. or 11 p.m. - looking for a party, looking for a good dinner, looking for a good beer with a bunch of your friends.
Here's a look at some of the country's establishments--particularly in and around Philadelphia--that serve up better beer throughout the year and their special New Year's Eve plans. If there's something missing that you know of, feel free to drop a comment at the end of this or a private e-mail to me here.
This list will continue to grow to almost 200 establishments up until December 30. The falling of the calendar this year ensures a long holiday weekend for most, so New Year's Eve should turn into an even bigger party this year. No matter what you do, eat and drink well, enjoy yourself, and be responsible out there.
UPDATED & NEWLY ADDED (12/29) In this update:
Philadelphia--> Cantina Dos Segundos, Cantina Los Caballitos, Khyber Pass Pub, Philadelphia Brewing, Prohibition Taproom, Royal Tavern, The Belgian Café, The Foodery, The Institute
Philadelphia Metro--> America Bar & Grill, Capone's, Exton Beverage, Firewater's (Concord), Goshen Beverage, High Street Grill, McKenzie Brew House (all locations), Station Taproom, Vudu Lounge/High Street Caffe
Other PA/NJ/DE--> Appalachian Brewing (Harrisburg), Church Brew Works, East End Brewing
Other Northeast-->
Other United States--> City Beer Store, Meddlesome Moth
By region---starting with the City of Philadelphia---here's what is happening this rapidly-approaching December 31, 2011.
2nd Street Brew House - Come help us ring in the New Year along with our friends from Flying Fish. There will be a free buffet and some great Flying Fish beers including Exit 13 and Grand Cru Winter Reserve to name a few. Drink specials all night long!! At midnight we will have a free champagne of beers toast!
1700 South 2nd Street
Brauhaus Schmitz - Ring in the new year with us at Brauhaus Schmitz. We will be offering our regular menu as well as our prix fixe chef’s tasting menu all night. Champagne toast at midnight, noise makers, and more.
Cantina Dos Segundos - Cantina Dos Segundos is counting down to the last margaritas of 2011 with a special treat for all of our friends this New Year's Eve! All day and all night, beginning Saturday, December 31st at 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday, January 1st, join us for a two-hour open bar of your choosing. (That's right, pick your own start time!) A $25 ticket gives you exclusive access to two hours of unlimited margaritas, well liquor, and selections from our beer list, including Dos Equis, Tecate, PBR, and more! Cantina Dos Segundos will be open all New Year's Weekend from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. -- Saturday, December 31st, Sunday, January 1st, and Monday, January 2nd. Brunch is served daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., dinner is served 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., and the bar rocks until 2 a.m.!
Cantina Los Caballitos - Cantina Los Caballitos is counting down to the last margaritas of 2011 with a special treat for all of our friends this New Year's Eve! All day and all night, beginning Saturday, December 31st at 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday, January 1st, join us for a two-hour open bar of your choosing. (That's right, pick your own start time!) A $25 ticket gives you exclusive access to two hours of unlimited margaritas, mojitos, sangria, and selections from our vast beer list, including Dos Equis, bottled beers, and more! Cantina Los Caballitos will be open all New Year's Weekend from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. -- Saturday, December 31st, Sunday, January 1st, and Monday, January 2nd. Brunch is served every day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., dinner is served 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., and the bar rocks until 2 a.m.!
1651 East Passyunk Avenue
Cavanaugh's Rittenhouse - $65 9 p.m. to Midnight. Premium Open Bar. Complimentary Buffet. Passed Hors d'Oeuvres. DJ, Dancing, Party Favors. Champagne Toast. Complimentary Coat Check.
1823 Sansom Street
Chifa Restaurant - Choose from a $60 or $75 four-course meal. Drinks a la carte.
City Tap House - Doing what we do best... Make this year's last meal one to remember! New Year's Eve specials. Complimentary Champagne Toast at midnight.
Enjoy one of your Tap House Favorites or one of our New Year's Eve Suppers and a killer beer list. Open Bar Packages available! For more information, contact Jessica at jmcgarvey@publichouseusa.com
Dawson Street Pub - Open for Business As Usual with a DJ
100 Dawson Street
Devil's Den - Open for Business As Usual with a complimentary Champagne Toast at midnight
Drinker's Pub - $75 gets you a top shelf open bar from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. at two of the best bars in Rittenhouse - Drinker's Pub and NoChe. Tickets also include food and a midnight champagne toast!
Drinker's Tavern - $85 gets you a top shelf open bar from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. at three of Old City's best bars - Drinker's Tavern, Lucy's Hat Shop, and Top Hat. Tickets also include food and a midnight champagne toast!
Drinker's West - $65 gets you a top shelf open bar from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Tickets also include food and a midnight champagne toast! Plus, when you buy 2 tickets they'll only cost you $50 each!
Earth Bread + Brewery - Closed 12/31 through 1/2
7136 Germantown Avenue
(215) 242-MOON (6666)
Fergie's Pub - Traditional Irish music session beginning at 4 p.m.
Garces Trading Company - Choose from a $45 or $65 four-course meal, with an $15 option for Foie Gras Torchon. Drinks a la carte.
Hawthornes - Join us on Saturday, December 31st from 6:30pm to 10pm to close out 2011 in true Hawthorne’s style . We have created a 5 course / 6 beer menu that is sure to be unforgettable! Beers include Goose Island Sofie, St. Bernardus 12, Deschutes Jubelale, Founders '09 Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Tröegs Mad Elf, a super-exclusive brew from either Hill Farmstead, Fifty Fifty, or Cantillon.
There is limited seating for this dinner and reservations are required so call us today to save your spot. The price is $100 per person plus tax and gratuity.
Jack's Firehouse - Dinner Service from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Our fanastic menu includes some terrific extras and we are again offering our 4 Course Special NYE Menu for $40. NYE Party Starts at 9:30. $50 per guest - open premium bar, dessert buffet, champagne toast, party hats, Great DJ and Dancing until 1am. We are open New Year's Day for Brunch and Dinner.
2130 Fairmount Avenue
Johnny Brenda's - The Second Annual New Year's Eve Snowflake Ball. Spend New Year's Eve with some of our favorite local bands Deejaying you into 2012. We'll have Nick Krill of The Spinto Band, Chris Powell of Man Man, Eric Slick of Dr. Dog, Jon Barthmus of Sun Airway and the legendary Schoolly D. It will be a night to remember at The Party Mansion, so don't forget, dress to impress!! Doors and Show at 8 p.m. $5 Admission.
1201 North Frankford Avenue
Kennett - $65 for a four-course meal paired with Olde Bartholomew, Yardbird Abbey Dubbel, and two others.
Khyber Pass Pub - Join us at Khyber Pass Pub this New Year's Eve, as we count down to 2012, New Orleans style! Starting Friday, December 30th through Sunday, January 8th, we will feature festive food specials to ring in the New Year! Our chefs will prepare a traditional Southern feast of Smoked Pork Loin, Smothered Cabbage, and Hoppin' John -- traditionally eaten to bring good luck, good money, and a good outlook for the New Year!
Khyber Pass Pub will also offer a selection of Southern drinks for the New Year. Enjoy our famous Mint Juleps, Louisville Lightnings, Abita beers, and more! When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2012, we'll pour a complimentary champagne toast for all our friends!
For our friends who plan on watching the fireworks at Penn's Landing, stop in for dinner beforehand or for a nightcap afterwards -- Khyber Pass Pub is just steps away! Khyber Pass Pub will be open all New Year's weekend, from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., and serving brunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 31st, Sunday, January 1st, and Monday, January 2nd.
56 South Second Street
Kite & Key - The Kite will be hosting a private party on New Years Eve starting at 9 p.m. We will be open for business as usual during the day. Sorry for any inconvenience! See you New Years Day!!
1836 Callowhill Street
Local 44 - Open for Business as Usual on New Year's Eve.
Then, Join us this New Year's Day starting at the crack of noon for our FULL BRUNCH MENU (served all day and all night) AND a kick ass line up of special winter & anniversary edition drafts including Great Divide Hibernation, Stone 15th Anniversary, Lost Abbey Angel Share, Port Older Viscosity, Ommegang Three Philosophers, Dogfish Head Robert Johnson's Hellhound and many many more!
(215) 222-BEER (2337)
London Grill - 5:30 p.m to 10:00 p.m. Regular menu 'til 7 p.m., $45 prix fixe 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and bar menu all night 'til 1 a.m. Open New Year's Day from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a Bloody Mary Bar & Hangover Menu!
301 Fairmount Avenue
Lucy's Hat Shop - $85 gets you a top shelf open bar from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. at three of Old City's best bars - Drinker's Tavern, Lucy's Hat Shop, and Top Hat. Tickets also include food and a midnight champagne toast!
Mad Mex - 2 for $35 dinner. Your choice of: Any cup of soup or a casa salad each; entree of your choice each; champagne cocktail; a dessert to share.
Manayunk Brewery - Multiple rooms, DJs, dancing all night long, great food, shaken drinks, and 1000 new friends to ring in 2012 with. Doors open for all at 8pm with VIP open bar starting at 8pm and at 9pm for general admission tickets.
McGillin's - The oldest and best New Year's Eve celebration in Philadelphia on Saturday, December 31 will feature sparkly decorations, hats, beads, and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight. Everyday low prices on food & drinks plus festive list of New Years specials. $2 cover.
On New Year's Day, the tavern will open early -- at 10 a.m. On Sunday, January 1, Mummers parade-goers can warm up by McGillin's roaring fire and sip Irish coffee, Drury Sleigh Rides, Hot Spiced Cider and more. $2 cover.
1310 Drury Street
Monk's Café - An early seating at 6:30 p.m. for $65 that includes four courses and four beers to start out your night of celebration on the right foot. We'll have you out of here in plenty of time and we'll even hand you hats and noisemakers on your way out the door.
The late seating is at 9:30 p.m. for $125 and includes a six-course extravaganza paired with seven special beers. Tom always breaks out something special from his cellar for this celebration. We'll have a midnight toast with Malhuer Brut cave-aged ale. Our kitchen crew pulls out all the stops for this dinner. Of course, we can prepare a Vegan meal with sufficient notice. And we'll pair the meal with wine, if you must.
NoChe - $75 gets you a top shelf open bar from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. at two of the best bars in Rittenhouse - Drinker's Pub and NoChe. Tickets also include food and a midnight champagne toast!
Perch Pub - Ring in the New Year with an excellent lineup from the San Diego brewers at Ballast Point. Tap takeover begins at 5 p.m. Expect classic Ballast Point ales like Calico, Yellowtail, and Wahoo, as well as rarities such as Barrel-Aged Black Marlin, Sextant, San Salvador, Brandy Navigator, and the coveted Sculpin.
Our regular menu will be available and chef's addition for the evening will include Lobster Bisque, Sauteed Prawns, Jambalaya, Lamb Chops, and Bronzino. Midnight brings noise makers and party favors while watching the famous Time Square Ball Drop on our big projection screen.
The first Happy Hour of 2012 begins at 12:01 AM January 1, 2012 - Craft Drafts 1/2 Price, $5 Cabernet & Chardonnay, $5 Vodka-Infused Martinis and Classic Gin & Tonics until 2 a.m. Reservations Recommended.
Philadelphia Brewing - No tours, but open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2439 Amber Street
Prohibition Taproom - Bring Your Own Vinyl to New Years Eve! On top of some awesome food specials and the obligatory champagne toast at Midnight, we will be spinning the records that YOU bring in all night long.
Resurrection Ale House - We're hosting the kind of New Years Eve event that WE most want to attend: Corner bar, normal folks, killer draft list, Times Square Ball Drop (on mute) on the TV.
Join us for our regularly aweseome menu, and this extra awesome draft line up: Del Borgo ReAle, BFM Abbaye St. Bon Chien ['10], De Dolle Boskeun, Russian River Pliny the Elder, Struisse Tsjeeses Riserva ['10] , Yards Old Bart, Allagash Blonde , Taras Boulba, Sly Fox Black Raspberry Reserve, Great Lakes Christmas, Greene King IPA on cask, and more!
2425 Grays Ferry Avenue
Royal Tavern - Join us at Royal Tavern as we celebrate the last day of 2011! As a Thank You to all of our friends for another great year, we will be offering revelers an extra-special New Year's Eve drink package. From 11 a.m. Saturday, December 31st, to 2 a.m. Sunday, January 1st, guests may purchase a $25 ticket which entitles them access to a great selection of liquor and beer for two truly happy hours. And in Royal Tavern tradition, we will be ringing in the new year with a complimentary champagne toast at midnight! Come pre-party, post-party, or bring along your friends and party all night long with a two-hour open bar of your choosing! Royal Tavern will be open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. all New Year's weekend. On Saturday, December 31st, Sunday, January 1st, and Monday, January 2nd, we'll be serving brunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., and the bar stays open until 2 a.m.!
937 East Passyunk Avenue
Standard Tap - Weird Hot fun with Monkeys and Elves...really. Ring in the New Year with Mad Elf, Golden Monkey, and live music by Weird Hot.
901 North 2nd Street
The Belgian Café - Open for a relaxed New Year's Eve. Hang out at the bar or grab a table anytime for our daily menu. No reservation needed. Or stop in Sunday for New Year's Day Brunch.
The Blockley - Beth Hart in concert New Year's Eve. Doors at 5 p.m., show at 7 p.m. $135 Includes: Admission to Show; Dinner Buffet - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Top Shelf Open Bar 'til 1 a.m.; Beth's new CD with Joe Bonamassa, "Don't Explain"; Beth Hart event shirt; and a Midnight Champagne Toast
Or join Beth Hart and The Blockley for $165 for the New Year's Eve Concert (and everything included above) PLUS New Years Day Acoustic Brunch.
The Farmers' Cabinet - Offering our full dinner menu, beer, and cocktails. Live 1920s jazz from "The Blue Vipers" of Brooklyn from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
The Foodery (both locations) - Open New Year's Eve and New Year's Day until 10:30 p.m. Normal hours Monday 1/2. Looking to ring in the New Year in true Grand style? We have 1.5L of Chouffe, Chimay, and Piraat. Call ahead and we'll chill it down for you! Other big-spender options include Scaldis Prestige de Nuits, DeuS Brut des Flandres, Stone Double Bastard (3L), and Piraat (9L).
The Institute - From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., $2 off all draft beers and burgers. Then, at midnight, if you think you're hardcore, then step to the plate for free doubles of Powers to toast in the New Year. Champagne, my ass, that's for the weak. Come play in the grown-ups sandbox.
And, New Year's Day Brunch Bonanza begins at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday
The Trestle Inn - Featuring music by Solid Brass. The Trestle Specials performing live. Champagne Toast at midnight. Complimentary snacks. 55 whiskeys and 12 beers on tap. Admission: $10 In advance. (Tickets will be sold at the door, if available). Space is limited. 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Dinner available at 5 p.m. until late.
Tria Wine Room - 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - If going out on New Year's Eve is more your speed and you're not into tacky party favors, overpriced pre-fixe dinners and cheap bubbly, then this is a class for you. We'll be serving some festive, not forced, NYE cheer and hors d'oeuvres to keep you merry. Join Tria partner and wine director Michael McCaulley for this intimate evening. After enjoying 10 special wines, you'll be welcoming 2012 with the feeling that 2011 wasn't so bad after all.
Triumph Brewery (Old City)- Doors at 8 p.m. Ticket includes admission and a champagne toast at midnight!! Damn Right and Grimace Federation provide live music. Tickets only $20
Varga Bar - Ring in the New Year with two seatings (6 p.m. and 8 p.m.) for a beer dinner for $45 and $65, respectively. An Open Bar Package begins at 10 p.m. for $50 and includes 3-hour premium Open Bar, Champagne Toast at Midnight, Live DJ, Party Favors, and the Return of the 10-foot Cheesesteak at Midnight!
941 Spruce Street
White Dog Café - Celebrate the new year at White Dog Café - University City with two parties! First, on with a NYE Celebration Dinner on Dec. 31, 2011 from 5:30pm-midnight, a 4-course Prix Fixe Dinner (with vegan/vege options) for $75/guest. A complimentary glass of Champagne and featuring strolling violinists Davis & Diane Barnett and pianist Joseph Slonick from 7:00pm-midnight. Menu highlights include: Stuffed Dates; Beet Salad; Filet Mignon; and Chocolate Tort with White Chocolate Peppermint Bark. Reservations recommended.
The following day, wake up to White Dog Cafe's Pajama Party Brunch on Jan. 1, 2012. Don't get dressed. Just come on over from 10:30am-2:30pm for an a la carte Brunch Menu. Children Welcome and featuring Mummer's favorites on banjo by Greg Wright from 11:00am-2:30pm. Dress: Pajamas suggested!
World Café Live - Philly Bloco’s 20+ members bring their raucous mash-up of Samba, Funk and Reggae for a very special New Year’s Eve dance party at World Cafe Live! Doors 9:30 p.m., Show 10:30 p.m. Age Limit: 21+, $30-$40
America Bar & Grill - Open for Business as Usual. On New Year's Day, they are hosting a Pajama Brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
499 East Uwchlan Avenue
Chester Springs, PA
Avalon - Enjoy a five-course menu designed with the year-end celebration in mind. Live music after 9pm and champagne toast at midnight. Reservation Prior to 7 p.m. $70 per person. Reservation after 9 p.m. will enjoy live music from the sultry sounds of JD Malone and champagne toast at midnight. $80 per person.
312 South High Street
Brickside Grille - Ring in the new year at Brickside Grille. Free Champagne Toast at midnight. Live Music from Matt Spiko Band. Free Chocolate Fountain.
540 Wellington Square
Capone's Restaurant - Don't Forget to Fill your Growlers for the Holiday !
Restaurant Open New Year's Eve 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., closed New Year's Day, and re-opens Monday at 11:30 a.m.
Beer Store Open New Year's Eve 8:00 a.m. to Midnight and open New Year's Day 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
224 W Germantown Pike
Exton Beverage - Open New Year's Eve from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and closed New Year's Day.
310 East Lincoln Highway
Firecreek - $75 per person $125 per couple for a four-course menu. With wine pairing, $100.00 per person $150.00 per couple. Reservations recommended. A limited dinner menu will also be available for a la carte options.
20 East Lancaster Avenue
Firewaters (Concord) - $50/person or $100/couple. 3 cocktails or craft beers and signature eats and treats througout the night. Enjoy samplings from our new artisan menu. Champagne toast at midnight. Stay at the Holiday Inn Express for only $96 where rooms include a continental breakfast.
1110 Baltimore Pike
Goshen Beverage - Open New Year's Eve from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and closed New Year's Day.
102 Turner Lane
High Street Grill - Specials for your celebration served Friday, December 30th between 5:30 p.m. -10 p.m., Saturday December 31st between 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. (Please note: No tavern menu will be served on New Years Eve) and Sunday January 1st between 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Enjoy live music in our tavern after dinner from 9 p.m. - midnight with Ed Robertson on keyboards/vocals.
Mount Holly, NJ
Iron Abbey - Celebrate with a crafted NYE menu with suggested beer pairings. Seatings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. DJ at 10 p.m. with two rooms open. Free Admission. Special NYE tappings at 8 p.m. (DFH Burton Baton), 9 p.m. (DFH Pangaea), 10 p.m. (DFH Olde School Barleywine), and 11 p.m. (DFH 120 Minute IPA)
680 Easton Road
2862 West Moreland Road
McKenzie Brew House - Open for Business as Usual at the new Devon location. At the other two locations, celebrate 2012 for $55 (advance) or $65 (at the door) with DJ, dancing, superb hot buffet, champagne toast, cool party favors, premium 4-hour open bar (spirits, wines, and McKenzie brews) from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., and special rates at local Holiday Inn Express in Glen Mills and The Desmond Hotel in Malvern.
451 Wilmington-West Chester Pike (route 202)
Malvern, PA
Pickering Creek Inn - New Year's Eve Celebration featuring live music from Psychedelphia & Dirk Quinn Band
37 East Bridge Street
Prism Brewing Co. - Come celebrate the new year at the areas newest brewery! Join us as we remember our first full year and ring in 2012 right. We will have an open bar featuring our full lineup of amazing craft beers, a buffet, and a souvenir glass commemorating the event! We will also be tapping the only ever sixtel of Felony IPA blended with crime-berries (cranberries) at midnight. So join us and bring your friends to experience NYE at the area's most secret hideout. $50
810 Dickerson Road
Riverstone Café - Special chef's menu additions served 12/29 through 12/31. Complimentary Champagne toast at midnight on New Year's Eve.
143 West Lincoln Highway
(610) 594-CAFE (2233)
Ron's Original - Hang out with all of us at Ron's for NYE, and enjoy our complimentary buffet and champagne toast. There will also be a shuttle to take safely to the Comfort Suites (let them know you're here, and you get a dscounted rate!) It's "pay as you go," no package to buy, just come, relax and help us ring in 2012!
74 East Uwchlan Avenue (Route 113)
Side Bar - To help ring in the new year we will be tapping Russian River's Damnation, Blind Pig, and Pliny the Elder.
10 East Gay Street
Station Taproom - Open for Business as Usual. Closed New Year's Day.
207 West Lancaster Avenue
TJ's - Closed New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
35 Paoli Plaza
Paoli, PA
Teresa's Next Door - Open for Business as Usual on New Year's Eve. Then.....
Come join us this New Years' beginning at 12 Noon for A Farewell to the Doctor and to celebrate with New Holland; which if it weren't for Dr. Joel most of us might not even know about this little Brewery that could...
124 North Wayne Avenue
Trax Restaurant & Café - A gala New Year's Eve dinner is planned for Saturday, December 31. Details soon.
27 West Butler Pike
Twenty9 Restaurant & Bar - Induldge your appetite with our exquisite Ala Carte Menu serving specials such as Veal Chop, Bronzino & Dover Sole or our Pre-Gala Holiday Menu featuring savory dishes such as Lobster Bisque Soup, Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail and Lobster Tail & Filet Mignon for $50.00 per person. Revel in a festive atmosphere, rich ambiance and great company as we bring in the New Year with dancing and a complimentary Champagne Toast at Midnight! Seatings at 5 p.m., 7 p.m., & 9 p.m.
16 Great Valley Parkway
Vudu Lounge/High Street Caffe - A special show on New Year's Eve featuring Tom Gillam from Austin, Texas and his Allman Brothers tribute set.
World Café Live at The Queen - Spend a special New Years Eve with the whole family as Trout Fishing in America counts down to 12...noon! Doors 11 a.m., Show 11:30 a.m., Adults: $16, Children: $14, Ages 1-12, Free for children under the age of one!
Other PA/NJ/DE
Allentown Brew Works - Noise makers and party hats! Free tastings and New Year s giveaways from Don Julio Tequila, & complimentary Champagne toast at midnight! We ll be counting down and watching the ball drop on all the TVs. Plus take advantage of a phenomenal DINE & STAY package from the Historic Benner Mansion, Allentown s only Bed & Breakfast. Historic, relaxed and a great alternative to chain hotels. A beautifully restored Italian Jacobean historic mansion central to all major highways and only six blocks from us. Mention the Brew Works for 10% off their already fantastic $75 a night rate. Call 484-560-2810 for reservations.
NO Cover Charge at any of our locations!
New Year s Eve $5 Lobster Tails at all 3 locations! That s right add a lobster tail to any entree purchase* for only five dollars! Plus great activities (iincluding kid-friendly family activities) at all our locations!
812 West Hamilton Street
Appalachian Brewing/Harrisburg - New Orleans style, The Greatest Funeral Ever has become a favorite to the fans of original music in Central PA. Their performances feature energetic, must-dance Latin and R&B-inspired tunes, as well as more contemplative jazz-influenced arrangements. The addition of the doumbek, congas, and other exciting percussion create an electrifying live music experience. 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. VIP cocktails and buffet, 9 p.m. general admission.
50 North Cameron Street
Bethlehem Brew Works - Complimentary Champagne Toast at Midnight, Party Favors and noise makers, Bottle Service in the Steelgaarden, an exquisite featured menu, and watch the ball drop on our 10 foot HDTV! Plus DINE & STAY package with the Hyatt Place Bethlehem (45 West North St, Bethlehem). Mention the Brew Works and receive 10% off a special rate! More info/reservations: 610-625-0500
Brew Works On The Green - Looking for a fun way to celebrate New Year s with your whole family? Join us on December 31st starting with dinner at 5 pm. We ll have activities for the kids starting at 6 (including Wii games) and at 7 pm we count down for a pint-sized New Year s party! (pun intended!) Includes complimentary sparkling cider and favors for the kids! Make a reservation at golf@thebreworks.com now as space is limited! Note: Brew Works on the Green will be closing at 10pm (so we can all head to the Allentown Brew Works and party with the other big kids over 21!)
3400 West Tilghman Street
Bube's Brewery - Come help ring in Y2K12. DINE in the Catacombs or Alois restaurants reserve early! Have a great last dinner for 2011! PARTY DJ Kerry Diem will host in the Bottling Works AND we ll have champagne, hats, noisemakers, prizes, and fun at midnight!!
Mount Joy, PA
Bullfrog Brewery - Folk/Indie/Rock Free Show! 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.
229 West Fourth Street
Williamsport, PA
Church Brew Works - Featuring a special menu for New Year's Eve sure to tempt your taste buds. Reservations are recommended. Not sure? The pub is available for walk-in customers. Celebrating at home? Swing by for $8 six-packs of our popular Thunder Hop IPA.
New Year's Eve hours are 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 a.m. Kitchen closes at 10 p.m. New Year's Day hours are 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
3525 Liberty Avenue
Craft Ale House - $85 per person includes one selection from each course; gratuity not included. Reservations required.
Beers include Van Steenberge Gulden Draak Belgian Strong Ale, Brouwerij Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet Belgian Tripel, New Holland Cabin Fever Brown Ale, Anchorage Love Buzz Pinot Noir barrel-aged Saison, Nebraska Hop God Belgian Strong Ale, North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve barrel-aged Barleywine, Flying Dog Gonzo Porter, and Rochefort Trappistes 10 Belgian Quadrupel
708 West Ridge Pike
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats - We will offer 7 seating times at: 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00, 8:15, and 8:30. When you email for reservations please include 2 or 3 seating times that you prefer. The menu will be the same for each seating and there is no difference in price, seating arrangements or anything else.
The price per ticket is $75 including gratuity, beer pairings, 5 courses and a champagne toast at midnight. Nate Myers & The Aces will begin playing on our main stage at 10 p.m. Please see the outline of the menu below, but know that changes will be made as we taste and tweak the recipes. Sorry but we can't offer any substitutions on the menu.
320 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE
East End Brewing - We're changing up our Growler Hours a bit for New Year's. At the brewery location, open 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. for New Year's Eve and closed for New Year's Day. At the Growler Shop in the Strip District, open 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. for New Year's Eve and closed for New Year's Day.
6923 Susquehanna Street
Pearly Baker's - End the year and bring in the new one with a sensational dinner, make your reservation today. New Years Eve always books up quick, and we want you, our loyal Pearl Card holders and customers to be able to enjoy the night with us.
11 Centre Square
Selin's Grove Brewing - CLOSED Dec 31 & Jan 1 and reopening with regular hours on Wednesday Jan. 4
Stewart's Brewing - Great food and beer in a relaxed environment to end the year right. D.J. Dean from 9:00 until close. No Cover!
219 Governors Place
Triumph (Princeton) - Open for Business as Usual with DJ K at 10:30 p.m.
Union Jack's on the Manatawny - Ring in the New Year with Good Lovin' Jam Band and Flux Capacitor! Tickets $10 in advance or $15 night of show!
546 Manatawny Road
Boyertown, PA
Weyerbacher - Open from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. We will be doing tours, sampling, and offering our delicious beers for you to mix into a variety pack or fill up a growler. Don’t forget that we sell kegs too. Don’t show up to the party empty handed. Go in style with a growler and/or a mixed case.
Other Northeast
beer table - Join us to ring in 2012 with beer and bubbles! We're celebrating the occasion three ways this year:
HAPPY HOUR from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
*receive a complimentary glass of sparkling wine with the purchase of any beer - reservations not necessary.
DINNER from 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
$40 per person, three-course meal, beer pairings available
CHEESE, BEER AND BUBBLES from 10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
$30 per person, beer pairings available *includes complimentary glass of sparkling wine at midnight.
New York, NY (Brooklyn)
Blind Tiger Ale House - Vintage New Year s Eve Party. We ll be putting together a special list of aged beers, including some year old holiday ales, as well as some special kegs from some of our favorite breweries. Chef Tommy will be putting on an incredible buffet, and there will be the usual hats and party favors to ring in 2012. Call the Blind Tiger for details: 212-462-4682
281 Bleecker Street
Brooklyn Brewery - 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. - Monster The Cat will once again host a New Year's Eve party here at The Brewery featuring an all-star cast of our foodie friends, 8 taps pouring liberally throughout the evening (including very rare vintage kegs of 2004 Black Chocolate Stout and 2007 Monster Ale), a live DJ, and a midnight "champagne" toast of Sorachi Ace. Space is limited to 150 people. Don’t delay! Buy your ticket now. $100 in advance, $115 at the door, if available.
79 North 11th Street
Cambridge Brewing Co. - We will be open and serving dinner on New Year’s Eve. Our kitchen will be open until 11:00 p.m. CBC is the perfect NYE ‘pre-game’ spot to fill your bellies with some beer-centric comfort food (read: alcohol absorbing) and get warmed up with a couple craft brews. Last call at bartender's discretion.
CBC will be serving Brunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on January 1st, 2012. ***Warning: Menu Rated R. Some Language May Be Unsuitable for Children. Some Dishes May Be Unsuitable for Healthy Lifestyles. Proceed at Your Own Risk…***
1 Kendall Square
ChurchKey - Birch & Barley Chef Kyle and his team have planned an unforgettable meal of five courses, nine hand-picked beers and plenty of unexpected turns through the evening. The full menu will be released soon, but reservations are now open just give us a call at 202.567.2576 to join us for the big night. If you d like to head to the party upstairs in ChurchKey after your meal, we are offering that exclusive option to dinner guests for a small price. Seating for dinner is at 8 p.m. and price is $120++ per person.
George Keeley's - Open bar 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. $60. Hot and cold appetizers and hors de ourves. Champagne toast, party favors, raffles, and prizes.
485 Amsterdam Avenue
HB Burger - 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Buffet Extravaganza. Stationary Hors d'Oeuvres. Carving Station and Hot Stations. Desserts. Champagne Toast and Party Favors. $95 per person, kids under 12 $75 per person.
Heartland Brewery & Chophouse - $225 per person. Hors d'Oeuvres 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Buffet Dinner 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Dessert 11 p.m. Open Bar 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. DJ, Midnight Champagne Toast, and Party Favors.
Hop Devil Grill - No Cover Charge. Great sounds jamming. Balloon drop at midnight. Free Champagne Toast. Free party favors.
129 Saint Marks Place
Jimmy's No. 43 - It’s a great deal on a great night! Buy a $45 ticket, get seated between 6-7 p.m., and partake of a three-course dinner accompanied by three craft beers (or glasses of wine). We won’t rush you out the door if you want to linger, and this will get you a great start on your New Year’s Eve outing!
La Laiterie - Join La Laiterie and Hill Farmstead Brewery of Vermont as we ring in the New Year. There is only ONE seating for this spectacular event. Reception begins at 7 p.m. with dinner beginning at 8 p.m. $125 per person.
186 Wayland Avenue
Resto - Celebrate New Year's Eve 2012 with a Whole Cow Large Format Feast. At 6 p.m., $85 per person (beverages a la carte) and at 9 p.m., $150 per person (wine, beer, and cocktails included). At midnight, 9 liter bottles of beer and champagned poured.
Standings Bar - from 8 p.m., Ring in 2012 with us as we knosh on a selection of complimentary meats and cheeses from East Village Cheese. We'll also have two barley wines on tap and free Champagne at midnight.
The Cannibal - A Butcher's Cocktail Party from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. $125 per person includes beer, wine, and digestives. At midnight, 9 liter bottles of beer and champagne poured. Passed and stationary food items.
Willimantic Brewing - You are cordially invited to join us for New Year‘s Eve Dinner, being served from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. We‘ll offer our full menu plus wonderful additions as well! Also, join us for our Party in the Pub beginning at 10 p.m.! We‘ll have DJs Jim & Jodi providing great tunes for dancing, a champagne toast at midnight, hats & party favors and a complimentary Hors D‘oeuvres buffet! Don‘t miss the best New Year‘s Eve celebration around!!
Willimantic, CT
Zum Schneider - We open at 1 p.m. on New Year's Eve for brunch, briefly close at 5 p.m., and re-open at 8pm for the festivities: Traditional Champagne bowl, Special menu, Midnight ball drop on big screen, Champagne toast, DJ Volka Racho w/ German and international party hits. No cover charge!
107 Ave C
Other United States
21st Amendment - Open for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
563 2nd Street
Arbor Brewing - Food specials -- all day and new beer release every hour -- 8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. (IPA, Double IPA, Triple IPA, and Quadruple IPA)
114 East Washington Street
Birreria Paradiso (both locations) - Open New Year's Eve 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. and New Year’s Day, Regular Hours
3282 M Street Southeast
Bourbon and Branch - Ring in 2012 with a bang at Bourbon & Branch. This year we will abandon our House Rules and open our Roaring 20s Affair to the public. The party begins at 9:30 p.m. with no cover. Space will be limited so get here early. Fine beverages and memorable times await.
501 Jones Street
Capital Ale House - New Year's Eve party with Pat McGee - 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. - The New Year’s Eve show on Saturday Dec 31st will be a barn burner! Two full sets with some of the best musicians I have ever had the pleasure of sharing the stage with. When the band isn’t melting faces, I’ll be spinning some booty shakin’ dance jams.
(804) 780-ALES (2537)
City Beer Store - Open New Year's Eve from 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. and Closed New Year's Day.
1168 Folsom Street-Suite 101
d.b.a. (New Orleans) - 11 p.m. Dirty Dozen Brass Band, $30
618 Frenchman Street
Dunedin Brewery - New Year's Eve with Seven Nations - 9 p.m. $10 includes toast at midnight)
Dunedin, FL
Father's Office (both locations) - Closed New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
1018 Montana Avenue
3229 Helms Avenue
Fort Street Brewing - ZPA at 8 p.m. Choc Honey at 10 p.m. and Barrelnormous at 11:45 p.m.
Lincoln Park, MI
Great Dane - We will be featuring DJ Dave Pineda hailing from Toronto, Canada. Champagne toast at midnight, partying starts at 10 p.m.
123 East Doty Street
Hop Leaf - Regular hours New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
5148 North Clark Street
Jacoby's - Red Wings vs. Blues at 7 p.m. and New Year's Eve Resolution Ball 2012, presented by The Social Connection
624 Brush Street
Meddlesome Moth - Specials served from the kitchen all evening and special cellar tappings of Deschutes Black Butte XXIII (9 p.m.), Green Flash/St. Feuillien Biere de l'Amitie (10 p.m.), and Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA (11 p.m.).
1621 Oak Lawn
Moylan's Brewery - New Years Day 2012...Lands on a Sunday Morning. Are You Ready For Some Fooball? (We are open regular hours that day)
Russian River - 21 and up for a big band swing party starting at 9:30 p.m. Authentic Swing-Era Big Band Jazz. The Moonlighters dance band will be playing through the New Year. No cover. Come and get your Jitter Bug on.
Sierra Nevada - New Year’s Eve in the Big Room, wonderful food, the world’s greatest beer, wine if so inclined, desserts, party favors, balloons, our hardwood dance floor, the rock & roll sounds of Steel Breeze, champagne at midnight and all this for $50.
Stone Brewing - 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. - Complimentary Beer & Drinks, Rare Stone Beers, Buffet & Dessert Menu, and Designated Drivers. Hosted by co-founders Greg Koch and Steve Wagner. $175 per person. $99 per designated driver.
1999 Citracado Parkway
The Corner Brewery - Roll in the Barrel this New Year's Eve at Corner Brewery. We're throwing a Beer Bash that you will not want to miss!! Featuring THIRD COAST KINGS with DIRTY DEVILE and we'll have a series of barrel-aged Rat Pads that we'll tap at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 to mark the occasion & ring in the New Year. The festivities start at 8pm and go till 1am. No Cover.
720 Norris Street
Ypsilanti, MI
Monk's Kettle - Celebrate New Year’s Eve in style with the ultimate party showcasing artisan fare and craft beer. The night will feature a delectable menu of passed heavy appetizers and small plates, to be washed down with a variety of craft beers. Red, white and sparkling wine will also be available for those who prefer grape over grain. Cost for the evening is $165 inclusive of tax and gratuity. Festivities take place from 8 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. For tickets or more information, email Nat Cutler at nat@monkskettle.com
The Old Toad - New Year's Eve menu seatings at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. $55 with beers $45 without pairings
277 Alexander Street
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Categories: New Year's Eve
2012? Really? Anyone else feeling older? Well, let's get past that, celebrate the coming of the new and the passing of the old, and see what we have on tap in and around the Philadelphia region on the January 2012 beer calendar of events.
The calendar, as might be expected, looks a bit light by our standards around here. But, keep in mind that we're in a bit of a holiday hangover and I'll add to this calendar as new events are announced....as expected.
Party on my good people.
If I'm missing any that you feel should be on here, let me know.
First up, around the Greater Philly area, expect to see Tom Kehoe and company gallivanting around the region every night from 12/31 through 1/11. They're calling it 12 Days of Olde Bartholomew Barleywine and it should be quite the spectacle as you've come to expect from the Yards Crew.
>> Dawson Street Pub (12/31, 6pm); Devil's Den (1/1, 12pm); Memphis Taproom (1/2, 4pm); Watkins Drinkery (1/3, 5pm); Standard Tap (1/4, 6pm); Hulmeville Inn (1/5, 6pm); Good Dog Bar (1/6, 7pm); Philly Bar & Restaurant (1/7, 5pm); Varga Bar (1/8, 7pm); Kite & Key (1/9, 7pm); The Drafting Room (1/10, 7pm); Barcade (1/11, 6pm)
Sun. 1/1 - Third Anniversary Bash @Local 44, Philadelphia, Pa. (12:00pm; $PAYG)
Sun. 1/1 - Sunday Football Brunch @Jose Pistola's, Philadelphia, Pa. (10:30am; $PAYG)
Sun. 1/1 - 20 Stouts on Tap @Monk's Café, Philadelphia, Pa. (12:00pm; $PAYG)
Mon. 1/2 - Sega Genesis NHL '94 Winter Classic Invitational (with Allagash) @Jose Pistola's, Philadelphia, Pa. (11:30am; $PAYG)
Wed. 1/4 - Monthly Beer School (Dogfish Head Ancient Ales series) @Memphis Taproom, Philadelphia, Pa. (12:00pm; $Free)
Thu. 1/5 - Winter Beer Night @Barcade, Philadelphia, Pa. (4:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/6 - First Friday: Beer, BBQ, & Art (Sweet Lucy's & Phila. Brewing Co.) @Drink Philly, Philadelphia, Pa. (5:00pm-9:00pm; $Free)
Mon. 1/9 - Mad Monday with Dogfish Head @Monk's Café, Philadelphia, Pa. (11:30am; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/13 - Friday The Firkinteenth @The Grey Lodge Pub, Philadelphia, Pa. (12:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/13 - Friday Night Tasting (Full Pint) @Bell Beverage, Philadelphia, Pa. (4:00pm-6:00pm; $Free)
Fri. 1/13 - Boulder Tap Takeover @The Bards, Philadelphia, Pa. (6:00pm; $PAYG)
Sat. 1/14 - Battle Royale (featuring New York breweries) @The Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (2:00pm-8:00pm; $PAYG)
Sat. 1/14 - Ice Capades @Nodding Head, Philadelphia, Pa. (3:00pm-6:00pm; $PAYG)
Mon. 1/16 - Meet the Brewer Night (Allagash) @Tria, Philadelphia, Pa. (5:00pm-7:00pm; $PAYG)
Thu. 1/19 - Keep the Pint Night (Flying Fish) @Earth Bread + Brewery, Philadelphia, Pa. (4:30pm; $PAYG)
Thu. 1/19 - Sierra Nevada Ovila Series plus ExPortation @London Grill, Philadelphia, Pa. (7:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/20 - 120 on 1/20 @The Grey Lodge Pub, Philadelphia, Pa. (10:00am; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/20 - Friday Night Tasting (Southern Tier with Joe Sixpack) @Bell Beverage, Philadelphia, Pa. (4:00pm-6:00pm; $Free)
Sat. 1/21 - The Trouble with Trippels @Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, Pa. (11:00am; $PAYG)
Sat. 1/21 - Ommebrunch @The Grey Lodge Pub, Philadelphia, Pa. (10:00am-2:00pm; $PAYG)
Mon. 1/23 - Quizzo (sponsored by and prizes from Victory) @The Wishing Well, Philadelphia, Pa. (8:00pm; $PAYG)
Tue. 1/24 - Duck-Rabbit Night @Old Eagle Tavern, Philadelphia, Pa. (7:00pm-10:00pm; $PAYG)
Tue. 1/24 - 24 Tap Takeover Night (feat. California breweries 50/50, Ballast Point, Coronado, Iron Fist, and Mission) @Tapestry, Philadelphia, Pa. (8:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/27 - An Evening of Ommegang @The Belgian Café, Philadelphia, Pa. (7:00pm-10:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/27 - Awesome Night of Ballast Point Beers @Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pa. (5:00pm-10:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/27 - Friday Night Tasting (Victory Breweing) @Bell Beverage, Philadelphia, Pa. (4:00pm-6:00pm; $Free)
Mon. 1/30 - A Beer Four All Seasons (collaboration with Dock Street) @The Four Seasons Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. (6:00pm-8:00pm; $PAYG)
throughout Jan. '11 - Beer Making, Cheese Making, and Wine Making classes (throughout the month) @Keystone Homebrew, Bethlehem & Montgomeryville, Pa. (See website for all the class details)
Sun. 1/1 - A Farewell to the Doctor @Teresa's Next Door, Wayne, Pa. (12:00pm; $PAYG)
Sun. 1/8 - Cigar City Firkinganza @Hulmeville Inn, Hulmeville, Pa. (10:00am; $PAYG)
Thu. 1/12 - Fundraiser with Harpoon for Best Buddies @Pinocchio's, Media, Pa. (5:00pm-9:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/13 - Friday Night Tasting (Sierra Nevada) @Beer Yard, Wayne, Pa. (5:00pm-7:00pm; $Free)
Tue. 1/17 - Tasty Tuesday with Tired Hands @Teresa's Next Door, Wayne, Pa. ($PAYG)
Thu. 1/19 - Philadelphia Brewing Tap Takeover @Hulmeville Inn, Hulmeville, Pa. (6:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/20 - Friday Night Tasting (Samuel Adams) @Beer Yard, Wayne, Pa. (5:00pm-7:00pm; $Free)
Sat. 1/21 - Barrels, Bourbon, and Bugs @Iron Hill Brewery, Maple Shade, NJ (12:00pm-4:00pm; $PAYG)
Thu. 1/26 - Hair Of The Dogfish Head Tap Takeover @Hulmeville Inn, Hulmeville, Pa. (6:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/27 - Friday Night Tasting (Leffe) @Beer Yard, Wayne, Pa. (5:00pm-7:00pm; $Free)
Sun. 1/1 - New Year's Day Brunch @Iron Hill, West Chester, Pa. (11:00am-2:00pm; $PAYG)
Sun. 1/1 - New Year's Day Happy Hour @The Drafting Room, Exton, Pa. (4:30pm; $PAYG)
Wed. 1/4 - Evolution Night @Two Stones Pub, Newark, Del. (4:00pm; $PAYG)
Thu. 1/5 - Charity Cask Night (January cask: TBD) @Bethlehem Brew Works, Bethlehem, Pa. (5:00pm-10:00pm; $PAYG)
Thu. 1/5 - Holiday Hangover Party @Iron Hill, West Chester, Pa. (5:00pm-9:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/6-Sat. 1/7 - Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale Release @Beaver Brewing, Beaver Falls, Pa. (6:00pm-8:00pm (Fri) and 11:00am-2:00pm (Sat); $PAYG)
Thu. 1/12 - Trout Unlimited Charity Dinner @Victory Brewing Company, Downingtown, Pa. (6:30pm; $12/$18)
Fri. 1/13 - 113 Day @Sly Fox, Phoenixville, Pa. (1:00pm-8:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/13 - Old Tom Barleywine Release @Iron Hill, West Chester, Pa. (5:00pm-8:00pm; $PAYG)
Thu. 1/19 - Learn About Belgian Classics @Total Wine, Claymont, Del. (6:30pm-8:30pm; $15)
Thu. 1/19 - A Very Funky Farewell @Craft Ale House, Limerick, Pa. (6:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/20 - Robbie Burns Birthday Event @Sly Fox, Phoenixville, Pa. (6:00pm-11:00pm; $PAYG)
Fri. 1/20 - Friday Night Tasting (Boxcar Brewing Co.) @Goshen Beverage Center, West Chester, Pa. (4:00pm-6:00pm; $Free)
Sat. 1/21 - Learn About Belgian Classics @Total Wine, Claymont, Del. (3:00pm-5:00pm; $15)
Thu. 1/26 - Brewery Night featuring Corsendonk @Isaac Newton's, Newtown, Pa. (7:00pm-9:00pm; $PAYG)
Sat. 1/28 - The Shelton Brothers Take Over TJ's @TJ's, Paoli, Pa. (12:00pm; $PAYG)
Sat. 1/28 - Belgium Comes to West Chester @Iron Hill Brewery, West Chester, Pa. (1:00pm; $PAYG)
Tue. 1/31 - West Chester Beer Ladies Meet-up @Flying Pig Saloon, Malvern, Pa. ($PAYG)
Sat. 1/21 - Big Ass Beerfest @Club Polaris, Philadelphia, Pa. (12:00pm-3:00pm, 4:00pm-7:00pm; $45/$55)
Sun. 1/29 - Beef and Beer @South Philadelphia Tap Room, Philadelphia, Pa. (4:00pm-8:00pm; $50)
Thu. 1/12 - Weyerbacher Beer Dinner @Uno's, Bensalem, Pa. (6:30pm-9:00pm; $55)
Fri. 1/13 - Robert Burns Dinner @Burlington County College Culinary Arts Center, Mount Holly, NJ (7:00pm; $75)
Wed. 1/18 - Trappist Beer Dinner @Iron Abbey, Horsham, Pa. (7:00pm; $60)
Sat. 1/21 - Winter Beer Fest @High Street Grill, Mount Holly, NJ (12:00pm-2:00pm, 2:30pm-4:30pm; $30)
Thu. 1/19 - Cheese and Beer Pairing @Iron Hill Brewery, Media, Pa. (6:00pm & 8:00pm seatings; $35)
Tue. 1/24 - Farmer's & Brewer's Dinner at Paramour, Wayne, Pa. (6:30pm; $65)
Sat. 1/28 - North Wales Winter Warmer Tour pickups in either Limerick or Lansdale, Pa. (11:00am-6:00pm; $70)
Mon. 1/30 - Beer Dinner @Pinocchio's, Media, Pa. (7:00pm; $75)
Mon. 1/9 - Girls Just Wanna Have Suds: Beer + Chocolate Night @Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, Pa. (6:00pm-9:00pm; $40)
Wed. 1/11 - Dogfish Head Beer Dinner @Pearly Baker's, Easton, Pa. (6:00pm; $55)
Thu. 1/12 - Fegley's Brew Works Beer Dinner @Holiday Inn Conference Center, Breinigsville, Pa. (6:00pm-9:00pm; $49)
Thu. 1/12 - Sly Fox Beer Dinner @The Farmhouse Restaurant, Emmaus, Pa. (6:00pm-10:00pm; $66)
Tue. 1/17 - The Beer and Cheese Experience @Iron Hill, Phoenixville, Pa. (7:00pm-9:00pm; $35)
Wed. 1/25 - Beer Dinner @Speckled Hen Cottage Pub & Ale House, Reading, Pa. (6:00pm; $40)
Wed. 1/25 - Monthly Beer Dinner @Two Stones Pub, Newark, Del. ($TBD)
Wed. 1/25 - Brewmaster's Merry Monks Beer Dinner @Iron Hill Brewery, Wilmington, Del. (7:00pm; $65)
Sat. 1/28 - Winterfest @The Abbey Bar at Appalachian Brewing Co., Harrisburg, Pa. ($TBD)
Sun. 1/29 - Chili Cook-off @Occasions, New Hope, Pa. (1:00pm-4:00pm; $35/$45)
Tue. 1/31 - Terrior Des Tettnangs Beer Dinner @Victory Brewing Co., Downingtown, Pa. (6:00pm-9:00pm; $35)
Written by Bryan Kolesar at Wednesday, December 28, 2011 No comments: Links to this post
2011: Good friends we've had, good friends we've lost
As the year comes to a close, let's take a moment to reflect back upon some significant figures and friends in the beer industry that left us in 2011.
1/31/11--Don Younger, 69, Horse Brass Pub- complications from an accident
Plenty of coverage of this Portland, Oregon forefather of great beer including:
~ OregonLive.com
~ Jay Brooks
4/9/11--Pierre Celis, 86- natural causes
Plenty of words about the legendary pioneer who took his beer from Belgium to beyond. Just a few include:
~ Stan Hieronymous
~ Antwerpen News
~ Stephen Beaumont
~ Houston Press
~ Eater.com/Austin
7/3/11--Ray Deter, 53- complications from a bicycle accident
A tragic and quick turn of events left a hole in NYC and New Orleans.
~ New York Daily News
~ Bike Blog NYC
~ DNAInfo.com
10/28/11--David Farnworth, 59- Lucky Baldwin's in Pasadena- ALS
A trail blazing pub owner in southern California.
~ The Full Pint
~ Pasadena Independent
Written by Bryan Kolesar at Tuesday, December 27, 2011 No comments: Links to this post
Categories: Rest in Peace
Weekly Brew Bits Update: 12/26/11
Lots of Christmas-y stuff going on this past week, so it's not difficult to imagine that you may have missed some of the following.
~ Dock Street proclaimed last Wednesday the beginning of "Occupy Dock Street". No plastic was accepted. Cash only. And for every Wednesday going forward.
They intend to pass along the saved merchant fees from the credit card companies to the customers, offering all food and drink discounted by 3%. Great concept, imo, albeit small. But, if more people and organizations made small statements like this, it might turn in to a bigger movement.
~ Bottling of beer for The Farmers' Cabinet on Walnut Street in Philadelphia may commence in the new year in Alexandria, Va. Yes, it's not easy keeping track of who's doing what (and where) with this throwback establishment, but it's certainly been an experience to follow along. Check out Greg Kitsock's notes over at The Washington Post for a bit more.
~ Marathon Grill, long a champion of well-sourced and well-made food, has closed a few of its 7-location family of reasonably-priced restaurants in Philadelphia [link to Foobooz]. In recent years, they embraced better beer, making for more delightful weekend brunches, and started a Brewerytown community produce garden to feed the neighborhood and to fresh-source their kitchen.
Not much inside scoop yet about the company's future. Here's hoping that at least a couple of spots remain open through 2012.
~ Guy Hagner, originally of One Guy/Berwick Brewing in Berwick, Pa., is taking his talents to Pittston and the forthcoming Susquehanna Brewing Co., which is slated for opening early in 2012.
See Jack Curtin's site for these recent details and Lew Bryson's for some additional thoughts (including Jaime Jurado's hiring) from last month. SBC's website is here ....and its Facebook page link over here. Should be an interesting story to follow.
~ Last, but certainly not last, some positive mainstream press for some local good guys. Media, Pa. was featured on this past week's Philly Foodies on NBC10 and, from a beer perspective, not too surprising to see two of the best rise to the top of the show.
Tim Volikas (the beer guy in charge of the two-year-old Pinocchio's Beer Garden) and David Anderson (Executive Chef at Iron Hill on State Street) were featured prominently in pieces on their respective establishments. Haven't yet been able to track down a link to the video, but when I do it will be here.
Media is a charming and diverse town always with something interesting going on and plenty of good eats and drinks.
It's been a hectic rush up to the holiday season. Did I miss anything else?
Written by Bryan Kolesar at Monday, December 26, 2011 No comments: Links to this post
Categories: Dock Street Brewing, Farmers' Cabinet, marathon grill, Philadelphia, Susquehanna Brewing, Weekly Update
Weekly Beer Calendar Update: December 22 - December 31
Let's go ahead and cover off the remainder of the month and year. If you were expecting the Philly Beer Calendar to go out quietly with a wimper because of the holidays, then you don't know the Philly Beer Scene (the scene, not the magazine) very well.
I've left New Year's Eve events off of here since I've got them all neat and tidy presented for your consumption over here.
Check out the entire December 2011 calendar over here.
@Love Park, Philadelphia, Pa.--- through Sat. 12/24 - Christmas Village ($PAYG for this unique atmosphere with thousands of lights, the big Holiday Tree, the delicious smell of waffles, gingerbread, bratwurst, beer, and mulled wine that will bring you and your family into the perfect Christmas mood. More than 50 wooden booths will sell traditional European food, sweets and drinks. They will also offer a great shopping experience with international holiday gifts, ornaments, jewelry and high-quality arts and crafts.)
@Kite & Key, Philadelphia, Pa.--- throughout December '11 - 36 Days of Christmas Brews ($PAYG for a constantly changing tap list of holiday-themed beers)
More Santa and Holiday fun
@Devil's Den, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Sun. 12/25 - Christmas Night Tapping (7:00pm; $PAYG for an after-family-gathering of Tröegs Mad Elf from both '10 and '11)
@Grey Lodge Pub, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Thu. 12/22 - Christmas Caroling with Lew - A Book Singing Event (not a typo) (7:30pm-9:00pm; $PAYG visit from the big guy. We at the Grey Lodge must have been good, since the big guy will be dropping in on Thursday, December 22. No not Santa, the other big guy, beer writer Lew Bryson. Lew will lead us in some Christmas caroling...Loads of Christmas beers on tap...Do some last minute Christmas shopping! Lew will have several of his books to sell and sign. They make great gifts.)
@Pub on Passyunk East, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Thu. 12/22 - A Very Evil Christmas (7:00pm-10:00pm; $PAYG for a bunch of beers from Denmark's Evil Twin Brewing)
Special Tastings, Brewery Promos, and Samplings
@Craft Ale House, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Thu. 12/22 - Tröegs Yuletide (one on) Event (6:00pm; $PAYG Featuring on tap 2010 Mad Elf, 2011 Mad Elf, Scratch 52 T2 Ale, Dreamweaver Wheat, Hopback Amber Ale, Javahead Stout, Dead Reckoning Porter, Pale Ale, and Troegenator Doublebock)
@Craft Ale House, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Thu. 12/29 - 3rd Anniversary Party (6:00pm; $PAYG as we will be adding a few hard to get beers into our already tasty holiday line up. Beers that we will be pouring besides Pliny the Elder are ...)
@Craft Beer Outlet, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Thu. 12/22 - Wolaver's sampling (5:00pm-7:00pm; $Free samples of organic Wolaver's beers)
@Craft Beer Outlet, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Fri. 12/23 - Philadelphia Brewing sampling (5:00pm-7:00pm; $Free samples of Philly Brewing's fresh brews like Shackamaximum)
@Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Tue. 12/27 - Movie Night (9:00pm; $PAYG for a night of discounted pizzas and beer and Die Hard on the big screen)
@Hulmeville Inn, Hulmeville, Pa.--- Thu. 12/22 - Rogue Specials (6:00pm; $PAYG for an Oregonian lineup of Dead Guy Ale, I2PA, Good Chit Pils, Yellow Snow, Mogul Madness, and Old Crustacean ['09])
@Iron Abbey, Horsham, Pa.--- Fri. 12/23 - Vertical Fridays (5:00pm-7:00pm; $PAYG for a vertical tasting of '10 and '11 Brasserie D'Chouffe's N'ice Chouffe)
@Isaac Newton's, Newtown, Pa.--- Wed. 12/28 - Specialty Keg Tapping (11:30am; $PAYG to drink from a keg of Allagash's Thing 1)
@Kite & Key, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Thu. 12/29 - Christmas Break with Yards Brewing ($PAYG as The Kite got its hands on some special stufff and can’t wait to tap it! Tom Kehoe & the boys over at Yards know how to Celebrate Christmas week!)
@Pinocchio's, Media, Pa.--- Fri. 12/30 - Ship Bottom Brewery Sampling (5:00pm-7:00pm; $Free for this nanobrewery's and two of its flagship beers)
@High Street Grill, Mount Holly, NJ--- Sat. 12/24 - Christmas Eve Dinner by the Fireplace ($35 for three-courses and $PAYG for beer)
@Iron Hill, West Chester, Pa.--- Sat. 12/24 - Christmas Eve Brunch (11:00am-2:00pm; $PAYG for special holiday brunch features)
@Jessop's Tavern, New Castle, Del.--- Mon. 12/26 - Belgian Beer Dinner (6:30pm-8:30pm; $30 for three courses of food and four Belgian beers including Palm Amber, Rodenbach Classic, Steenbrugge Abbey Tripel Ale, and Boon Cherry Kriek hosted by the tavern and Latis Imports)
@Lotus Farm-to-Table, Media, Pa.--- Thu. 12/22 - Beer Dinner (7:00pm; $65 for a four-course meal paired with Great Lakes Christmas Ale, Dupont Avec Les Bon Voeux, Struise Tsjeeses, Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza, and Scaldis Prestige de Nuits)
Beer tasting events with that little extra something
@Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Wed. 12/28 - Black & Wit Night (6:00pm; $PAYG Bubbly Wit and Black Belgian 2xIPA debuts and Special B&W Pizza. Charlie Chaplin "shorts" on the big screen, plenty of B&W-themed music, and B&W vegan cake)
@Hulmeville Inn, Hulmeville, Pa.--- Thu. 12/29 - A Very Voodoo Xmas (6:00pm; $PAYG for Wynona's Big Brown, Gran Met, 4 Seasons IPA, White Magic, and a firkin of Big Black Voodoo Daddy)
@Memphis Taproom, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Mon. 12/26 - Boxing Day Beer Festival (11:30am; $PAYG for some of the best holiday and seasonal ales from around the world, including: Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper, Struise Tsjeeses Reserva, Smisje Kerst '08, Scaldis Noel, Dupont Avec Les Bon Voeux, Dogfish Head Black and Red, Sierra Nevada Celebration, De Ranke Noel, Blaugies La Moneuse, Great Lakes Christmas, Ridgeway Bad Elf (cask), and Ridgeway Reindeer Droppings (cask). In addition to celebrating great beer, we’ll be celebrating the traditional spirit of Boxing Day by collecting canned food and non-perishable food items for donation to Philabundance.)
@Pinocchio's, Media, Pa.--- Mon. 12/26 - Boxing Day Tap Takeover with Tröegs (all day and night; $PAYG for Flying Mouflan, Mad Elf 2010, Mad Elf 2011, Hopback Amber, Pale Ale, Troegenator, Java Head, Dreamweaver)
@Pinocchio's, Media, Pa.--- Wed. 12/28 - Ballast Point Tap Takeover (all day and night; $PAYG for Barrel-aged Black Marlin Porter, San Saison, Navigator Doppelbock, and Sextant Oatmeal Stout)
@Resurrection Ale House, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Fri. 12/23 - Stone Brewing Company (all day and night long; $PAYG to celebrate Christmas Eve-Eve with Double Bastard, Anniversary Ale, Vertical Epic, Imperial Russian Stout, and two casks along with the Smoked Porter.)
@Teresa's Next Door, Wayne, Pa.--- Wed. 12/28 - Hoppy Holiday Hump Day (11:30am; $PAYG for some hoppy delights like Half Acre Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Ithaca Flower Power, Russian River Blind Pig, Ballast Point Sculpin, and Tongue Buckler...for starters)
@World Café Live, Philadelphia, Pa.--- Mon. 12/26 - Winterfest '11 (5:00pm-9:00pm; $35 for a festival with over 30 breweries represented along with sodas, wines, and spirits)
Call me Elf one more time....Happy Holidays.
You may now resume your holiday imbibing with the elves in peace.
Actually, I'd wondered recently how many even knew of the legal storm when it began brewing earlier this year. I'd mentioned a couple times in the past week or so to various people in the biz who basically shrugged and said something like "huh, dunno...kind of forgot all about that. Weird, though."
Collaboration? Not Litigation? Seems like a dreamy past.
So here we are. The Fegley's crew continues their thing in the Lehigh Valley with a successfully growing empire of locations, complete with coffee and burritos to round out the brewing and restaurant operations. Tröegs has its shiny new operation in Hershey as the envy of many in the industry.
Mad Elf. Rude Elf. I'm happy with them both. And comparing isn't really fair given that they're quite different beers.
There above is a picture of them living side-by-side at Wegmans when they both first made their annual reappearance back in October. I'd wondered at the time if the retail beer staff at Wegmans stuck them side-by-side with any intended message.
Tröegs is a bit more expensive. Given the recipe, you might imagine that. 33% more? Hard to say.
Here they are at home with me. I like 'em both. But, they're different. Rude Elf is more cinnamon and more allspice, but yet a quite drinkable "Christmas beer", particularly at 10.5% ABV.
Mad Elf is more honey and muted sweet cherries. Also, quite drinkable and, yet, 11% ABV. I prefer the latter but would not think of turning away the Rude Elf. Like I said, no reason to since they are so different.
While I'd like to be hopeful that these kind of legal actions do not become the norm, similar proceedings between other breweries in recent years suggest that may be wishful thinking.
Neither of the breweries are saying anything. Anything. I tried. I tried my "nice cop" approach and got nothing from either. It must have been part of the settlement, whatever that may have been. The extent of what I got was, and I quote, "We have nothing to add." (Tröegs) and "We are very happy that it has been resolved and have no further comment on that matter. We are proud that Rude Elf's Reserve always seems to prove a winner such as its 2002 World Beer Championship win and 2009 GABF win. This years batch is destined for greatness as well." (Fegley's)
Here's the official press release copy from Fegley's.
Fegley's Brew Works is pleased to report the litigation with fellow Pennsylvania Brewer, Tröegs Brewing, has been resolved and Fegley's Brew Works will continue to sell Rude Elf's Reserve. When asked to comment on this matter Jeff Fegley responded, "We have no further comment. You may direct any questions to me via email only at jeff@thebrewworks.com" When asked if Tröegs would be attending the Allentown Brew Works Beer Festival this Saturday, December 3rd, Fegley responded, "Unfortunately no, they are tied up with their new brewery expansion."
When asked about this year's batch of Rude Elf's Reserve, Fegley noted that it is "better than ever. We added two new 30bbl fermentation tanks this year and are really happy with how the complexity of the flavor profile has come together. The 1999 recipe has only been tweaked slightly over the years as the equipment changed, and was a Medal Winner at the Great American Beer Festival in 2009." Like many craft breweries, in 2011 Fegley's Brew Works has seen a giant increase in business. "We are at full capacity projected to brew about 3,800 barrels of beer in the next 12 months at our Allentown facility alone. We are adding 3 more 30 barrel fermenters in the next few months." said Fegley.
There are only limited quantities of this year's Rude Elf's Reserve left so get them while they last! Or sample them at the annual Allentown Beer Festival this Saturday afternoon with almost 30 other breweries attending. Look for Fegley's Brew Works products at Shangy's Beer Authority, Whole Foods, Wegmans and Tanczos, or sample their fine brews at locations like PJ Whelihans (Allentown and Bethlehem), Dunderbaks (Whitehall), Porter's Pub (Easton), TGIFriday's (Quakertown), Wise Guys Beer Depot (Allentown) and a distributor near you.
Happy Holidays from the rudest elf in Town. The now Legendary ...Fegley's Brew Works Rude Elf's Reserve. Cheers!
Categories: Allentown Brew Works, Bethlehem Brew Works, Fegley's Brew Works, Legal, Litigation, Tröegs
Craft Beer themes in 2011. It's a wrap.
As part of my way of tying a bow on the year 2011 in craft beer, I've got the first of three parts up over at The Washington Times in the Communities section.
Who doesn't love a Top 10 list that can be discussed and debated...and dissed?
So go and check it out and weigh in with your own thoughts of what were some of the biggest buzz topics in 2011. After this one, I'll have a Top 10 brewers list followed finally by, gulp, a Top 10 beer list.
Categories: After Hours at The Brew Lounge, Top 10
Going into the new year, I need to do something about both getting more organized in the spirit of getting more information to all of you. Honestly, I'm not sure exactly where the future of "blogging" is, but with the likes of Facebook and Twitter looming larger than ever, it stands to reason that it's more difficult than ever for me to "keep up" with the rapid flow of information regarding breweries, beers, and events.
So as I attempt to take a step in the right direction, I'm planning to put up a weekly update each Monday morning of things that I (and you, perhaps) may have missed, or at least not drawn attention to, in the prior week. There'll be information, but not enough to warrant their own postings. I'll rely upon links to others that have more significantly reported on these things.
Is it the easy way out? Perhaps. But, the number of times I talk with many of you in "real life" and you express no idea about things that I'm aware of but just haven't written about tells me that I'm not doing a good enough job sharing these interesting tidbits of information with you.
Without further ado or agita, here's a handful of interesting things from the past week that you may find interesting as well. The focus will be, first, on the Philadelphia region and, then, beyond.
If you have suggestions for how I can make this the most effective delivery possible, by all means, feel free to let me know. Here goes.
~ Tired Hands Brewing Company owner, Jean Broillet, announced the details of his "Believer's Club". Membership details at the THBC website.
~ Forest & Main continues to gain steam towards its grand opening. Between its website and its Facebook page, you'll find (and see) all you need to know about one of Ambler's most exciting business projects.
~ Philly Food and Beer announced the First Annual "Grand Cru" Homebrew Competition in conjunction with Keystone Homebrew. It will be held on 1/5/12; deadline for entering beers is 12/28/11; all the important details at Philly Food and Beer.
~ Victory Brewing from Downingtown continues its phenomenal growth. It infiltrates South Philly with a reported spot inside the coming Xfinity Live! (planned opening: Spring 2012) with a German Beer Hall. Crossing Broad has a picture and some details from the press release.
~ Wheels of change in Pennsylvania vary their pace as promising signs went, once again, a bit dimmer. Check over at Lew Bryson's blog to learn more.
~ Apparently McKenzie Brew House is opening the doors on its third location in Devon, Pa. today. It's located along the northbound side of route 202 and has been the site of several restaurants, most recently Charlie Brown's, over the years. The Brew Lounge learned of this late last night via Twitter (thank heaven for Twitter, I mean how would I learn of these things otherwise?...it boggles) and has no further details at this point. UPDATE: The McKenzie Brew House homepage has a small blurb drawing attention to the 12/19 opening.
~ Jeff Bagby, head of brewery operations at Pizza Port, has announced his intentions to leave the 4-location southern California brewery after 6 years and strike out on his own. Bagby came up through the ranks with stops at Oggi's, White Labs, and various positions within Pizza Port and has won scores of awards along the way. San Diego Beer Blog has some details.
That's it for now. Anything else significant that I may have missed?
Categories: Forest and Main, Lew Bryson, McKenzie Brew House, Tired Hands Brewing, Victory Brewing, Weekly Update
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Subs Bench
Former Bristol City and Bristol Rovers goalkeeper Steve Phillips talks to Subs Bench about Seniors World Cup win and crossing the divide
He spent a number of years with both sides
Krishan Davis
This week Subs Bench meets a goalkeeper who crossed the blue and red divide, featuring for both Bristol City and Bristol Rovers.
Steve Phillips made more than 250 appearances during nine years with the Robins between 1997 and 2006 before joining the Gas.
He would have a lengthy career there too, playing 136 times in four years.
Phillips would go on to play for Crewe Alexandra, Bath City, Mangotsfield United and Yeovil Town, where he retired and became a goalkeeping coach last year.
Steve Phillips is now a goalkeeper coach at Yeovil Town (Image: Yeovil Town)
Phillips discusses winning the Senior World Cup with England last year.
Former Somerset spin king Vic Marks talks to the Subs Bench about his Misadventures in Cricket
He also talks coaching and is asked his favourite moments in the City and Rovers shirts.
Watch the video at the top of this article.
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Willie Nelson with Spoke Family
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Willie Nelson playing a private party for the Girlings with Asleep at the Wheel. Photo by Winker Withaneye
Harry Connick Jr & Harry Connick Sr
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Dolly Parton filmed a tv movie called "Wild Texas Nights" at the Broken Spoke in 1987. James White even had a speaking role in it! Photo by Rick Henson
Willie, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Ely
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Quentin Tarantino with Cowgirl Heidi (famous wheel roller) and James White. He came out for a movie wrap party for his movie Death Proof 2007. Actress Rosario Dawson & Director Robert Rodriguez were also out that night.
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Clint Eastwood at the Broken Spoke circa 1993. He came out while he was filming Perfect World. He danced with a lot of girls and drank Lone Star beer!
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The pop star known as Fergie (formerly of the Black Eyed Peas) came out with her husband Josh Duhamel during SXSW in 2014!
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Willem Dafoe, the star of Spiderman & Platoon, came out to enjoy some good country music in 2007.
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Julie Benz, Gary P. Nunn, James M White and Julie's husband, Rich Orosco at the Broken Spoke. Julie Benz is famous for playing Rita in the hit show "Dexter" on Showtime.
Terri White, Robert Duvall & James White 2014. Robert Duvall picked the Broken Spoke as a backdrop to his photo shoot with Cowboys & Indians Magazine. He had his movie wrap parties for his movies "Wild Horses" & "Secondhand Lions" at the Broken Spoke.
G.W Bailey with the Derailers
GW Bailey with the Derailers and James White. GW Bailey has been a regular visitor to the Broken Spoke for many years. He was in the hit tv series The Closer and was also in the Police Academy movies.
Ray Benson has been playing at the Broken Spoke with Asleep at the Wheel since the 1970s. This pic was taken the night that the Wheel backed up Willie Nelson for a private party.
Jerry Jeff Walker & Jack Ingram
Jerry Jeff Walker and Jack Ingram got up on stage during the Broken Spoke 50th bday bash! What a great night!
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Singing together at the Broken Spoke 50th BDAY BASH on Tues. Nov. 11, 2014
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Joe Ely, Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, Jimmy Dale Gilmore & James White in the Tourist Trap at the Spoke.
Dale Watson & James White
Dale Watson and his Lone Stars have been playing at the Broken Spoke since the 1990's, steadily, at least once a month. They are one of our biggest drawing bands and we love it every time they play. Lone Star!
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Pres. George W. Bush
Pres. George W. Bush (at the time newly elected Governor of Texas) came out to the Spoke to celebrate his winning election in 1994. He played shuffleboard right there in the restaurant with TJ McFarland and posed with pics with whoever wanted one. He couldn't of been a nicer man and we are honored to have met him.
Willie Nelson with the Spoke Family
We were so fortunate to have Willie Nelson play 2 private parties for the Girlings in 2010 & 2012.
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Willie Nelson at the Broken Spoke
Willie Nelson playing with Asleep at the Wheel for a private party. Photo by Winker Withaneye
Ernest Tubb & Ginny White-Peacock
Ernest Tubb with James & Annetta's youngest daughter, Ginny (gen mgr of the Broken Spoke) in 1981. Ernest Tubb played at the Broken Spoke about twice a year and every time he would play he would sing Ginny a song cuz he loved that she was born "splat dab in the middle of Country Music Month" (October 15th) Ernest Tubb was the "Godfather of Country Music" and a Grand Ole Opry main stay with hits "Walking the Floor Over You" & "Waltz Across Texas".
Mike Peacock with Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick with Mike Peacock (Ginny's husband) on a Jesse Dayton night at the Spoke 2014. He was in the movies Terminator 2, Cop Land & Walk the Line. He was also in the HBO hit The Sopranos.
Harry Connick Jr
Harry Connick Jr came in almost every night while filming "Hope Floats". He even got up with several bands and played and sang. This pic was taken of him playing the piano with Gary P. Nunn and he sang "You Are My Sunshine".
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[Place of publication not identified] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2019.
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Summer 1942. The world has been at war for three long and desperate years. In the remote English village of Little Buffenden, Poppy Redfern's family house and farmland have been requisitioned by the War Office as a new airfield for the American Air Force. As the village's Air Raid Warden, Poppy spends her nights patrolling the village as she tries to ease her neighbors' fears about the "Friendly Invasion" and what it means to their quiet way of life. When two popular young women who were dating American servicemen are found strangled, Poppy quickly realizes that her little town has been divided by murder. The mistrust and suspicion of their new American partners in war threatens to tear Little Buffenden apart. Poppy decides to start her own investigation with the help of a charismatic American pilot, and she soon unearths some chilling secrets and long-held grudges. She will have no choice but to lay a trap for a killer so perilously close to home, she might very well become the next victim...
A noel killing [electronic resource]
Longworth, M. L. (Mary Lou), 1963-
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2019.
Christmastime in the south of France is as beautiful as ever, but when a shady local businessman drops dead in the middle of the festivities, Verlaque and Bonnet must solve the case while keeping the holiday spirit alive. Antoine Verlaque, examining magistrate for the beautiful town of Aix-en-Provence, doesn't like Christmas. The decorations appear in the shops far too early, festive tourists swarm the streets, and his beloved Cours Mirabeau is lined with chalets selling what he regards as tacky trinkets. But his wife and partner Marine Bonnet is determined to make this a Christmas they can both enjoy, beginning with the carol sing at the Cathedral Saint Sauveur, a beautiful service in a packed church. Just as the holiday cheer is in full swing, a man is poisoned, sending the community into a tailspin. The list of suspects, Verlaque and Bonnet quickly discover, almost fills the church itself, from the visiting vendors at the Christmas fair to the victim's unhappy wife and his disgruntled business partner. With the help of an ever-watchful young woman named France, the pair must solve the murder while the spirit of the season attempts to warm Verlaque's stubborn heart. Contains mature themes.
Murder in the first edition [electronic resource]
Elliott, Lauren.
"Addie's getting into the spirit for the upcoming Charity Auction--especially since she's got an 1843 copy of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol to donate. Her former colleagues at the Boston Public Library have confirmed that its worth runs toward the high five figures, which should help with the new pediatric wing. Her mood darkens, though, when a visitor from the past appears--Jonathan Hemingway, the father of her late fiancé. His presence stirs up sad memories for Addie, but also has her fuming when Jonathan, true to his womanizing ways, runs off for a lunchtime liaison with Teresa Lang, who's in charge of the auction. Soon after, Addie heads to Teresa's office at the hospital--and finds the poor woman's dead body. What she doesn't find is her valuable first edition. What sort of Scrooge would steal from sick children and commit murder in the process? As a Nor'easter bears down and a mystery emerges about Jonathan's past, Addie must find out if she can appraise people's motives and characters as well as she can appraise rare books..."--Page 4 of cover.
Novice dragoneer [electronic resource]
Knight, E. E., author.
In the first book in an exciting new coming-of-age fantasy series from the author of the Age of Fire series, an impoverished girl enters into a military order of dragonriders, but her path won't be as easy or as straightforward as she expected. Fourteen-year-old Ileth grew up in an orphanage, and thanks to her stutter was never thought to be destined for much beyond kitchen work and cleaning. But she's dreamed of serving with the dragons ever since a childhood meeting with a glittering silver dragon and its female dragoneer. For years she waits, and as soon as she is old enough to join, Ileth runs away to become a novice dragoneer at the ancient human-dragon fortress of the Serpentine. While most of her fellow apprentices are from rich and influential families, Ileth must fight for her place in the world, even if it includes a duel with her boss at the fish-gutting table. She's then sent off to the dragon-dancers after a foolish kiss with a famously named boy and given charge of a sickly old dragon with a mysterious past. But she finds those trials were nothing when she has to take the place of a dead dragoneer and care for his imprisoned dragon in enemy lands . . .
The Christmas keeper [electronic resource] : a happily ever after romance
McKinlay, Jenn.
True love and holiday cheer combine for an unforgettable romance in this second Happily Ever After novel featuring a North Carolina bookstore from the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Ones.All he wants for Christmas... The second Joaquin Solis saw Savannah Wilson, he knew she was destined to be his wife. Unfortunately, Savannah's sights are set on a happily-ever-after of another kind: skewering the boss who got her fired. Until then, she won't act on the scorching sexual chemistry that is brewing between them, leaving Joaquin scrambling to find a way to capture her heart. When the opportunity arises to use his ranch to boost Savannah's publicity career, Joaquin doesn't hesitate to invite her into his world at Shadow Pines and woo her with all of his Christmas loving mojo. It's a gamble since the holidays aren't really Savannah's thing and helping her might also mean losing her as she plans to shake the dust off of their quaint town in North Carolina and head back to New York City the first chance she gets. But Joaquin believes in the magic of Christmas and he knows with a little help from his friends at the Happily Ever After Bookstore, he can convince the woman of his dreams that he's a keeper...
Salt slow [electronic resource] : stories
Armfield, Julia, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Macmillan Audio, 2019.
Mantis -- The great awake -- The collectibles -- Formerly feral -- Stop your women's ears with wax -- Granite -- Smack -- Cassandra after -- Salt slow.
"From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women's experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers' sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan's shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates'. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice"-- Provided by publisher.
Flamebringer [electronic resource] : a heartstone novel
White, Elle Katharine, 1991- author.
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperAudio, 2019.
"Tristan Wydrick, sworn enemy of House Daired, is back from the dead. Possessed by a ghast and sharing its shadowy unlife, he commands not only the soul-sucked ghastradi, but also the monstrous Tekari forces bent on Arle's destruction. As their enemies begin amassing, desperate Arleans look to their greatest defenders. But Aliza and Alastair Daired, along with their dragon Akarra, are far from home, trapped in the icy northern wastes by Wydrick's treachery. Fighting their way through blizzards, haunted forests, and their own growing fears, the Daireds find a new battle awaiting them in the capital, for the Tekari and ghastradi are not the only forces converging on the heart of the kingdom. Another moves toward Arle, riding the winds from the south: an ambassador from the Silent King of Els. Plunged into the dangerous world of royal intrigue and ancient grudges, Aliza and Alastair soon realize it will take more than steel and dragonfire to save their kingdom, for the silence of Els hides a secret that could shake House Daired to its foundations." -- Provided by publisher.
The quaker [electronic resource]
McIlvanney, Liam.
[Place of publication not identified] : HighBridge, 2019.
It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the worst winter in decades, yet it is something else that has Glaswegians on edge: a serial killer whose name alone is enough to make them tremble with fear. The Quaker has killed another victim, snatching a young woman from a nightclub and dumping her body like trash in the back of a cold-water tenement. He leaves no clues, and the investigation has led police down one blind alley after another. DI McCormack has few friends in his adopted city and a lot to prove. A talented young detective from the Highlands, an outsider with troubling secrets of his own, Duncan McCormack is brought into the investigation to identify where, exactly, its gone wrong. His arrival is met with anger and distrust by cops who are desperate to nail a suspect. When they identify a petty thief as the man seen leaving the building where the Quaker's last victim was found, they decide they've found their serial killer. But McCormack isn't convinced. From ruined backstreets, to deserted public parks, and down into the dark heart of Glasgow, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city-and his life-forever.
Cutting edge [electronic resource] : new stories of mystery and crime by women writers
Joyce Carol Oates, a queenpin of the noir genre, has brought her keen and discerning eye to the curation of an outstanding anthology of brand-new top-shelf short stories (and poems by Margaret Atwood!). While bad men are not always the victims in these tales, they get their due often enough to satisfy listeners who are sick and tired of the gendered status quo, or who just want to have a little bit of fun at the expense of a crumbling patriarchal society. This stylistically diverse listeners who are sick and tired of the gendered status quo, or who just want to have a little bit of fun at the expense of a crumbling patriarchal society. This stylistically diverse collection will make you squirm in your seat, stay up at night, laugh out loud, and inevitably wish for more.
The Age of anxiety [electronic resource]
Townshend, Pete.
[Place of publication not identified] : Hachette Book Group, 2019.
In his debut novel, rock legend Pete Townshend explores the anxiety of modern life and madness in a story that stretches across two generations of a London family, their lovers, collaborators, and friends.
False bingo : stories [electronic resource]
Jemc, Jac, 1983-
I was the golden child. The one all the Cerberus guys looked up to. I was on my way to becoming the next career Marine. But after my last deployment to Syria, being a Marine was no longer an option. Unfortunately, my not so honorable discharge from the Corps didn't get rid of the demons created while I was enlisted. Not even my childhood friend can save me. I'll destroy her just like I destroyed everything else I touched. Contains mature themes.
Hometown cowboy [electronic resource] : a Rocky Mountain riders novel
Richardson, Sara (Romance fiction writer), author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Hachette Audio, 2018.
Jessa Mae Love is done with relationships. No matter how tempting he might be, she cannot--will not--fall for a man like Lance Cortez. The outrageously handsome cowboy is practically a living legend in Colorado, as famous for riding bulls as he is for breaking hearts. What would a big-time rodeo star like him see in a small-town veterinarian who wears glasses, rescues animals, and cries when watching rom-coms? Turns out, plenty. Raising bulls, riding the circuit, and looking after his ailing father--Lance never stands still for long. Yet Jessa catches his attention, and the more she tries to resist him, the more he wants her. When she agrees to move to the ranch to keep an eye on Lance's dad, Jessa tells him they have to keep it professional: no flirting, no sweet talk, and definitely no kissing. But with Jessa now living under his roof, that's easier said than done...
One night gone [electronic resource] : a novel
Laskowski, Tara, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Harlequin Audio, 2019.
One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew, to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen's new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes. Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hides dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all.
Sabbath [electronic resource]
Mamatas, Nick.
Highlander meets Seven in Nick Mamatas's Sabbath. The infamous eleventh-century warrior Hexen Sabbath is plucked from death and certain damnation by a being claiming to be an angel of the Lord, and finds himself dropped into contemporary Manhattan with no clothes, no weapons, no resources, and one mission-to track down and kill the living personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins before they bring about Armageddon. With time running out and his only ally a destitute art gallery owner, Sabbath must fight his way through New York's elite and challenge the world's most powerful man, or an eternity of suffering will be his, and our, only reward.
Texas hold em [electronic resource]
Craig, Christie.
[Place of publication not identified] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2014.
"Hold onto your Stetsons . . . A thrill ride of hunky heroes, hilarious high jinks, and heartwarming romance." -Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author on Only in Texas A HOTTER IN TEXAS NOVEL The last thing veterinarian Leah Reece needs is a man in her life. They're nothing but trouble-and not even the fun kind. But when her apartment is broken into and Leah suspects Rafael, her dangerous half-brother, of foul play, she can't deny she could use a little help. She just never expected that help would come with twinkling blue eyes and a sexy smile... All PI Austin Brook wants is to nail Rafael DeLuna, the man who framed him for murder. He'll do anything for information-even lie about his identity to charm Leah, DeLuna's half-sister. But her sweet dimples and fiery spirit soon make her more than just his only lead. Leah becomes his every desire. As Austin closes in on DeLuna, it's clear he won't go down without a fight. Now the only way Austin can protect Leah is to reveal all of his secrets and risk losing her for good.
One taste too many [electronic resource]
Goldstein, Debra H., author.
For culinary challenged Sarah Blair, there's only one thing scarier than cooking from scratch-murder! Married at eighteen, divorced at twenty-eight, Sarah Blair reluctantly swaps her luxury lifestyle for a cramped studio apartment and a law firm receptionist job in the tired hometown she never left. With nothing much to show for the last decade but her feisty Siamese cat, RahRah, and some clumsy domestic skills, she's the polar opposite of her bubbly twin, Emily-an ambitious chef determined to take her culinary ambitions to the top at a local gourmet restaurant . . . Sarah knew starting over would be messy. But things fall apart completely when her ex drops dead, seemingly poisoned by Emily's award-winning rhubarb crisp. Now, with RahRah wanted by the woman who broke up her marriage and Emily wanted by the police for murder, Sarah needs to figure out the right recipe to crack the case before time runs out. Unfortunately, for a gal whose idea of good china is floral paper plates, catching the real killer and living to tell about it could mean facing a fate worse than death-being in the kitchen!
Divorced, desperate and dangerous [electronic resource]
Reese Morris has run away from home. She's left behind her adoring but overbearing grandmother, her broken heart...'nd most importantly, the no-good Texan jerk who broke it. She told him her secrets. He told her lies. He was nothing more than an undercover cop wanting one thing-it wasn't her-and he was out to bust her brother and his thug boss. How could she let him con her into feeling so damn much'For two months, Detective Turner Calder hasn't been able to forget the betrayed look in Reese's eyes when she found out he'd deceived her. Now two witnesses from that case have been murdered, and he's traveling halfway across the country to protect her. If that means taking on her seventy-year-old grandma who has a black belt in karate, a hired assassin-who scares him less than Granny-and the whole bat-shit crazy town of Hung, Georgia, he's up for the challenge. Because the biggest danger of all would be losing her.
The girl at the door [electronic resource]
Raimo, Veronica, 1978- author.
"While on vacation on an idyllic island called Miden, a seemingly aimless woman meets an attractive man and leaves her country to be with him. A few months later, newly pregnant and just beginning to feel comfortable in her lover's space, her life is upended when a girl arrives at the door. Slight and pretty, the girl discloses a drawn out and violent affair she's had with her professor, the father of the woman's unborn child. In alternating perspectives, the professor and his girlfriend reflect upon their lives, each other, and their interloper. As the community gathers testimony and considers the case, the couple is forced to confront their own paranoia, fetishes, and transgressions in light of the student's accusations. Provocative and unnerving, The Girl at the Door explores the bureaucracy of a scandal, and the thin line between lust and possession. In an age in which blunt power and fickle nuance take turns upon the stage, Raimo has delivered an intoxicating exploration of the politics and power of sex"-- Provided by publisher.
The innocents : [electronic resource] a novel
Crummey, Michael, 1965- author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2019.
From bestselling, award-winning author Michael Crummey comes a sweeping, heart-wrenching, deeply immersive novel about a brother and sister alone in a small world. A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them. As they fight for their own survival through years of meagre catches and storms and ravaging illness, it is their fierce loyalty to each other that motivates and sustains them. But as seasons pass and they wade deeper into the mystery of their own natures, even that loyalty will be tested. This novel is richly imagined and compulsively readable, a riveting story of hardship and survival, and an unflinching exploration of the bond between brother and sister. By turns electrifying and heartbreaking, it is a testament to the bounty and barbarity of the world, to the wonders and strangeness of our individual selves.
A gingerbread romance : Based on the Hallmark Channel Original Movie [electronic resource].
Baker, Lacey, author.
When Taylor enlists Adam to help her win a life-sized gingerbread house contest, she doesn't realize that her decision might help her find a place for her heart to call home.
White hot silence [electronic resource]
Porter, Henry, 1953-
On a deserted road in Calabria, Greek aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is driving alone to visit one of the new refugee centers funded by billionaire Denis Hisami, whom she has recently married. She slows down to greet two African migrants she recognizes. Too late she realizes they are not her friends. This is an ambush. She manages a desperate phone call to Hisami before her Mafia kidnappers silence her with a powerful drug. Hours later she wakes up in the pitch dark on a container ship, powering eastwards across the Mediterranean. Anastasia has been abducted and held hostage because Hisami has explosive information that his enemies have killed for and will kill for again. But Hisami can do nothing to save his wife. His time as a commander with the Kurdish Peshmerga has caught up with him. The U.S. authorities have seized his passport and jailed him for possible terrorist activities in the past. For all his wealth, he is powerless. Only one man can help him. Paul Samson, former MI6 agent and a genius at tracking missing persons. He's the obvious choice. There's only one snag. Samson was, and probably still is, in love with Anastasia. If he manages to locate and save her, will it be for Hisami-or himself?
The cheffe [electronic resource] : a cook's novel
NDiaye, Marie, author.
From the Booker Prize-nominated author of Three Strong Women: an elegant, hypnotic new novel about a legendary French female chef--the facts her life, the nearly ineffable qualities of her cooking, and the obsessive, sometimes destructive desire for purity of taste and experience that shaped her life. Continuing her tradition of writing provocative fiction about fascinating women, here Marie NDiaye gives us the story of a Great Female Chef--a chef who was celebrated as one of the best in a world where men dominate, and the way that her pursuit of love, pleasure, and gustatory delights helped shape her life and career. Told from the perspective of her former assistant (and unrequited lover), now an aged chef himself, here is the story of a woman's quest to the front of the kitchen--and the extraordinary journey she takes along the way
Sniper's pride [electronic resource]
Crane, Megan, author.
Return to Alaska's Grizzly Harbor, where danger strikes with arctic precision and love thaws the coldest hearts in the newest romantic suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of SEAL's Honor. After Mariah McKenna lands in the hospital with a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction she knows she didn't cause, she realizes her cheating, vindictive husband would rather have a dead wife than a divorce. Afraid that he will succeed in killing her next time, Mariah goes to Grizzly Harbor to hire one of the Alaska Force special operatives to help her survive long enough to finally live a little. Griffin Cisneros traded in a comfortable future for boot camp, where he learned the virtue of patience and focus-skills that served him well as a Marine sniper. Few things get to him these days, but something about Mariah's mix of toughness and vulnerability gets right under his skin. Until it's clear she's the one thing in the world that might melt the ice in stoic, reserved Griffin, whether he likes it or not. If he can just keep her alive . . .
The chosen one [electronic resource]
Gragg, Walt, author.
"Two months ago, a new leader arose in the Islamic world, the Mahdi--or the Chosen One. He has rallied fundamentalist Muslim forces across the Middle East who have driven deep into Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Standing against them is an allied force made up primarily of the American military. It's a desperate fight. From armored battles in the desert to American carriers desperately dodging waves of cruise missiles, the Mahdi proves to have many tricks up his sleeve. Marine Lieutenant Sam Erickson is in the thick of the fighting. He and his company have fought their way from a landing on the Mediterranean shore to the outskirts of Cairo. Now he finds himself at a critical juncture, but can he make the sacrifices necessary for the greater good?"-- Provided by publisher.
Night train [electronic resource] : New and selected stories
Jones, Thom.
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Curtis Johnson: News from the Tennessee Capitol, March 24th, 2018
Written by Curtis Johnson
Tennessee State Representative
Nashville, TN – This week, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam introduced his amendment to the fiscal year 2018-2019 budget proposal that will be considered by the 110th General Assembly.
The amendment builds on previous legislative priorities by making strategic and thoughtful investments across state government. Because of the conservative fiscal choices lawmakers have made over the last several years, Tennessee currently ranks as the lowest taxed and lowest debt state in the nation.
In early March, Governor Haslam appointed a School Safety Working Group to review school safety in Tennessee and provide recommendations to enhance the security of school children.
Tennessee State Representative Curtis Johnson
In the coming days, the working group will submit options for consideration that will serve as a basis for state action and approved school safety measures.
As part of these efforts, the budget amendment includes $30 million to help improve school safety across the state.
These additional school safety funds, which include doubling the current amount of recurring funding available through school safety grants, will provide Tennessee schools with additional resources to meet their specific needs.
The budget amendment also contains $3 million in nonrecurring funds for grants to provide funding for school districts to address the extra costs associated with purchasing buses equipped with seat belts.
Other notable investments in the budget amendment include:
$5 million in nonrecurring broadband accessibility grants, in addition to the $10 million initially included in the fiscal year 18-19 budget. The governor’s Broadband Accessibility Act became law in 2017 and committed $30 million in grants over three years;
$9 million in nonrecurring funds to purchase equipment at the 27 Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology to improve and modernize a broad variety of workforce development programs;
An additional $1 million in recurring funds to provide mental health treatment and recovery services as part of TN Together — the comprehensive plan to end the opioid crisis in Tennessee;
$2 million in nonrecurring funds for an addiction services research program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in support of TN Together;
And $10 million in nonrecurring funds for the Aeronautics Development Fund to create jobs and investment opportunities in Tennessee’s aviation industry.
The budget amendment is customarily introduced in the final weeks of the legislative session each year for consideration and approval by the General Assembly. The final 2018-2019 budget is expected to be adopted sometime in mid-April.
Lawmakers, Farmers Celebrate Annual ‘AG Day On The Hill’
House lawmakers joined with farmers and agriculture groups from across the state this week to celebrate Tennessee’s annual ‘Ag Day on the Hill’ event at the Cordell Hull building in Nashville. Governor Bill Haslam has also proclaimed the date ‘Agriculture Day’ as part of the annual national observance to recognize the important contributions of farmers and forestland owners provide to the state and nation.
Baby pigs and a baby goat—celebrate Ag Day on the Hill.
This year, ‘Ag Day on the Hill’ activities included farm animals and a variety of farming equipment on display. Representatives from agricultural organizations and agencies were also available to discuss programs and opportunities for those interested in farming and forestry in Tennessee.
In addition, a crosscut saw competition between House and Senate lawmakers took place, with the House taking the victory from the hands of the Senate.
Following the contest, lawmakers, staff, Ag Day participants, and the general public joined together for a sweet potato bagging project to benefit the Society of St. Andrew, an organization dedicated to providing 2 million pounds or more of fresh, highly nutritious fruits and vegetables each year, at no charge, to agencies and organizations — soup kitchens, food banks & pantries, senior centers, and feeding programs — serving at-risk Tennesseans.
Tennessee has more than 67,000 farms representing 10.9 million acres in production. More than half of the state, 14 million acres, is in mostly privately owned hardwood forests. Tennessee’s top agricultural commodities include cattle, soybeans, corn, poultry, cotton, timber, greenhouse and nursery products, dairy products, wheat, tobacco, and hay. The industry has a $70 billion a year impact on the state’s economy and supports more than 340,000 jobs.
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The Birth of a Pothole
Potholes begin after snow or rain seeps into the soil below the road surface.
The moisture freezes when temperatures drop, causing the ground to expand and push the pavement up.
As the temperatures rise, the ground returns to normal level but the pavement often remains raised. This creates a gap between the pavement and the ground below it.
When vehicles drive over this cavity, the pavement surface cracks and falls into the hollow space leading to the birth of another pothole.
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Gordie Howe an animal on the ice, a saint off it
Detroit Red Wings' Gordie Howe is pictured in action against the Toronto Maple Leafs' Allan Stanley in this undated handout photo. Howe, the man forever known as "Mr. Hockey," died June 10 at age 88. CNS photo/Detroit Red Wings handout via Reuters
By Catholic Register Staff
An amazing hockey player he may have been, but Gordie Howe’s greatest legacy will be that he was an even better human being, one who touched the lives of all of us and our families.
Fr. J.J. Mech, a longtime family friend and rector of Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, celebrated the final farewell to Mr. Howe before a packed cathedral today. A who’s who of the hockey world was on hand to pay tribute to the man known simply as Mr. Hockey, among them Wayne Gretzky, who Mr. Howe first befriended as a 10-year-old scoring phenom from Brantford, Ont., to former teammates such as Ted Lindsay, as well as opponents like former Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Johnny Bower, and the Illitch family, owners of the Detroit Red Wings for whom Mr. Howe carved out his legacy as the greatest player of his time, and to many, the greatest of all time.
Hundreds more gathered outside the cathedral, thousands took in the funeral livestreamed at the city’s Joe Louis Arena and a national television audience watched as Canada’s sports and 24-hour news networks interrupted regular programming to broadcast the funeral of the Saskatchewan-born Mr. Howe.
Mr. Howe passed away June 10 at the age of 88 after a lengthy sickness following a stroke in 2014.
Mech listed the numerous accomplishments of Mr. Howe as he dominated the National Hockey League over a career that saw him play in five different decades, the final years with his two sons — Marty and Mark — who would become teammates of their father in the World Hockey Association before one final hurrah together on the 1979-80 Hartford Whalers after the WHA merged with the NHL.
But what made Mr. Howe so special was the man off the ice, said Mech, the one who made everyone feel welcome.
“He was the most devoted family man, a true gentleman,” said Mech in his homily. “He was an animal on the ice but a saint off it.”
A man described as a kid himself, Mr. Howe was at his best around children, said Mech. He said that when Mr. Howe visited hospitals to see terminally ill children, he was always able to bring laughter to the children and their families.
“He changed people’s lives,” he said.
Before the service, Dr. Murray Howe, Mr. Howe’s youngest son, related stories of the man he called “my only hero.”
There are “endless superlatives to describe my dad,” he said — humble, tough, eternally positive and selfless who always had “a smile on his face and a song on his lips.”
“He always made everyone feel as if they were the most important person on the planet,” said Dr. Howe.
His father loved God, and he always credited Him for his gifts, he said, adding that Mr. Howe embodied what God teaches us.
“His life has been the epitome of faithful service,” Dr. Howe said.
“He believed in standing up for what was right.”
Mech said Mr. Howe kidded with Scripture — “It’s better to give than receive,” Mr. Howe said, “especially on the ice” — but lived out its lessons. His family told Mech about how there was never a neighbour’s lawn that needed to be raked, a driveway that needed to be shovelled that he wouldn’t help out with.
“You couldn’t stop him.”
Mech said the lessons we can learn from Mr. Howe are how to be gracious and share our gifts.
“Let’s make Mr. Hockey proud, let’s make our Lord prouder,” said Mech.
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Home | Services and Treatments | Cosmetic Dermatology | Injectables | Wrinkle Reduction | Xeomin
Xeomin Long Island
Xeomin has been recently released, making it the newest treatment available for erasing wrinkles and smoothing skin much like its predecessor, Botox. Xeomin and Botox share the identical active ingredient, botulinum toxin A. Botulinum toxin is a naturally occurring purified neurotoxin used to treat muscle spasms, abnormal neck pain, and its most popular use, wrinkles. This neurotoxin enables both Xeomin and Botox to function successfully by paralyzing facial muscles and smoothing out wrinkles. The only difference is that Xeomin does not have any of the additives that Botox contains. Botulinum that is free from complexing proteins is called incobotulinum, giving it the theoretical advantage to decrease the likelihood of a patient developing resistance to treatment. When the body senses a foreign substance, it responds by creating antibodies to attack, but because Xeomin only contains incobotulinum toxin type A, the possibility of an adverse reaction is reduced.
Cosmetic anti-wrinkle injections have recently attracted younger users as a preventative solution. Just as Xeomin has become the youngest botulinum injection available, its anti-wrinkle properties have increased in popularity among younger patients. The trend is gaining momentum as more and more cosmetic dermatologists are seeing younger patients requesting injections of botulinum before wrinkles even develop. Xeomin is a viable competitor against Botox and Dysport, another botulinum based neurotoxin, for eliminating wrinkles and creating natural and effective improvements to the face.
This un-complex version of Botox relies solely on the botulinum toxin to act on the neural pathways that coordinate muscle movements. Botox contains chaperone proteins, which cause it to take effect about five days after injection while Xeomin works as early as three days after the five to ten minute treatment. Diffusion studies have shown that even though Xeomin does not contain Botox’s proteins, it acts just as effectively at staying in the intended injection site.
When the brain is directed to laugh or frown, it sends a signal that travels through a nerve to reach the muscle tissue and trigger a physical corresponding action. Xeomin cuts that line of communication, ultimately preventing the signal from reaching the muscle. When the muscle cannot be triggered to contract, it remains in a relaxed state, which not only addresses wrinkles that have already formed, but also prevents creases from forming in the first place. Patients will stop overusing the muscles that cause repeated facial micro-movements that form undesirable lines along the face overtime; telltale signs of aging. This does not prevent you from making facial expressions, but simply stops your face from making muscle contractions deep within the skin that ultimately cause harder to treat wrinkles.
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Oliver Robinson enters not guilty plea to conspiracy, bribery
by: Kayla Gladney
Posted: Jul 18, 2017 / 10:53 AM CDT / Updated: Jul 18, 2017 / 10:53 AM CDT
Rep. Oliver Robinson, D-Birmingham, discusses a bill that would prevent legislators from hiding money for special projects in state agencies, a process known as “pass through pork”, Tuesday March 27, 2007, in Montgomery, Ala. The House voted 103-0 to approve the bill. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Former State Representative Oliver Robinson has entered a not guilty plea to conspiracy, bribery, and other charges.
Robinson was in federal court for an arraignment hearing yesterday. Prosecutors charged him with accepting bribes from Drummond Coal to fight the expansion of a Superfund site in North Birmingham.
Robinson has admitted to accepting bribes. He is expected to cooperate with prosecutors and charge his plea.
Richard Jaffe, Robinson’s attorney, says the not guilty plea is a standard part of the process.
“Of course he’s taken responsibility and will continue to take responsibility to make up for everything he’s done,” Jaffe said.
The former representative is free on a $5,000 bond. His trial date is set for Septemeber 5th.
Birmingham police searching for shooting suspect; victim in surgery
Central AL Forecast: Another frigid evening
Talladega swears in first African American mayor
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1. My God! The first verse contains two remarkable sentences, which, although apparently contrary to each other, are yet ever entering into the minds of the godly together. When the Psalmist speaks of being forsaken and cast off by God, it seems to be the complaint of a man in despair; for can a man have a single spark of faith remaining in him, when he believes that there is no longer any succor for him in God? And yet, in calling God twice his own God, and depositing his groanings into his bosom, he makes a very distinct confession of his faith. With this inward conflict the godly must necessarily be exercised whenever God withdraws from them the tokens of his favor, so that, in whatever direction they turn their eyes, they see nothing but the darkness of night. I say, that the people of God, in wrestling with themselves, on the one hand discover the weakness of the flesh, and on the other give evidence of their faith. With respect to the reprobate, as they cherish in their hearts their distrust of God, their perplexity of mind overwhelms them, and thus totally incapacitates them for aspiring after the grace of God by faith. That David sustained the assaults of temptation, without being overwhelmed, or swallowed up by it, may be easily gathered from his words. He was greatly oppressed with sorrow, but notwithstanding this, he breaks forth into the language of assurance, My God! my God! which he could not have done without vigorously resisting the contrary apprehension 499499 “Ce qu il ne pouvoit faire si non en resistant vivement a la apprehension contraire.” — Fr. that God had forsaken him. There is not one of the godly who does not daily experience in himself the same thing. According to the judgment of the flesh, he thinks he is cast off and forsaken by God, while yet he apprehends by faith the grace of God, which is hidden from the eye of sense and reason; and thus it comes to pass, that contrary affections are mingled and interwoven in the prayers of the faithful. Carnal sense and reason cannot but conceive of God as being either favorable or hostile, according to the present condition of things which is presented to their view. When, therefore, he suffers us to lie long in sorrow, and as it were to pine away under it, we must necessarily feel, according to the apprehension of the flesh, as if he had quite forgotten us. When such a perplexing thought takes entire possession of the mind of man, it overwhelms him in profound unbelief, and he neither seeks, nor any longer expects, to find a remedy. But if faith come to his aid against such a temptation, the same person who, judging from the outward appearance of things, regarded God as incensed against him, or as having abandoned him, beholds in the mirror of the promises the grace of God which is hidden and distant. Between these two contrary affections the faithful are agitated, and, as it were, fluctuate, when Satan, on the one hand, by exhibiting to their view the signs of the wrath of God, urges them on to despair, and endeavors entirely to overthrow their faith; while faith, on the other hand, by calling them back to the promises, teaches them to wait patiently and to trust in God, until he again show them his fatherly countenance.
We see then the source from which proceeded this exclamation, My God! my God! and from which also proceeded the complaint which follows immediately after, Why hast thou forsaken me? Whilst the vehemence of grief, and the infirmity of the flesh, forced from the Psalmist these words, I am forsaken of God; faith, lest he should when so severely tried sink into despair, put into his mouth a correction of this language, so that he boldly called God, of whom he thought he was forsaken, his God. Yea, we see that he has given the first place to faith. Before he allows himself to utter his complaint, in order to give faith the chief place, he first declares that he still claimed God as his own God, and betook himself to him for refuge. And as the affections of the flesh, when once they break forth, are not easily restrained, but rather carry us beyond the bounds of reason, it is surely well to repress them at the very commencement. David, therefore, observed the best possible order in giving his faith the precedency - in expressing it before giving vent to his sorrow, and in qualifying, by devout prayer, the complaint which he afterwards makes with respect to the greatness of his calamities. Had he spoken simply and precisely in these terms, Lord, why forsakest thou me? he would have seemed, by a complaint so bitter, to murmur against God; and besides, his mind would have been in great danger of being embittered with discontent through the greatness of his grief. But, by here raising up against murmuring and discontent the rampart of faith, he keeps all his thoughts and feelings under restraint, that they may not break beyond due bounds. Nor is the repetition superfluous when he twice calls God his God; and, a little after, he even repeats the same words the third time. When God, as if he had cast off all care about us, passes over our miseries and groanings as if he saw them not, the conflict with this species of temptation is arduous and painful, and therefore David the more strenuously exerts himself in seeking the confirmation of his faith. Faith does not gain the victory at the first encounter, but after receiving many blows, and after being exercised with many tossings, she at length comes forth victorious. I do not say that David was so courageous and valiant a champion as that his faith did not waver. The faithful may put forth all their efforts to subdue their carnal affections, that they may subject and devote themselves wholly to God; but still there is always some infirmity remaining in them. From this proceeded that halting of holy Jacob, of which Moses makes mention in Genesis 32:24; for although in wrestling with God he prevailed, yet he ever after bore the mark of his sinful defect. By such examples God encourages his servants to perseverance, lest, from a consciousness of their own infirmity, they should sink into despair. The means therefore which we ought to adopt, whenever our flesh becomes tumultuous, and, like an impetuous tempest, hurries us into impatience, is to strive against it, and to endeavor to restrain its impetuosity. In doing this we will, it is true, be agitated and sorely tried, but our faith will, nevertheless, continue safe, and be preserved from shipwreck. Farther, we may gather from the very form of the complaint which David here makes, that he did not without cause redouble the words by which his faith might be sustained. He does not simply say that he was forsaken by God, but he adds, that God was far from his help, in as-much as when he saw him in the greatest danger, he gave him no token to encourage him in the hope of obtaining deliverance. Since God has the ability to succor us, if, when he sees us exposed as a prey to our enemies, he nevertheless sits still as if he cared not about us, who would not say that he has drawn back his hand that he may not deliver us? Again, by the expression, the words of my roaring, the Psalmist intimates that he was distressed and tormented in the highest degree. He certainly was not a man of so little courage as, on account of some slight or ordinary affliction, to howl in this manner like a brute beast. 500500 “Et de faict, il n’estoit point de si petit courage, que pour quelque real leger il hurlast ainsi comme une beste brute.” — Fr. “The original word [for roaring] properly denotes the roaring of a lion, and is often applied to the deep groaning of men in sickness. See among other places, Psalm 32:3; 38:9.” — Bishop Mant. We must therefore come to the conclusion, that the distress was very great which could extort such roaring from a man who was distinguished for meekness, and for the undaunted courage with which he endured calamities.
As our Savior Jesus Christ, when hanging on the cross, and when ready to yield up his soul into the hands of God his Father, made use of these very words, (Matthew 27:46,) we must consider how these two things can agree, that Christ was the only begotten Son of God, and that yet he was so penetrated with grief, seized with so great mental trouble, as to cry out that God his Father had forsaken him. The apparent contradiction between these two statements has constrained many interpreters to have recourse to evasions for fear of charging Christ with blame in this matter. 501501 “Pour crainte de charger Christ de ce blasme.” — Fr. Accordingly, they have said that Christ made this complaint rather according to the opinion of the common people, who witnessed his sufferings, than from any feeling which he had of being deserted by his father. But they have not considered that they greatly lessen the benefit of our redemption, in imagining that Christ was altogether exempted from the terrors which the judgment of God strikes into sinners. It was a groundless fear to be afraid of making Christ subject to so great sorrow, lest they should diminish his glory. As Peter, in Acts 2:24, clearly testifies that “it was not possible that he should be holden of the pains of death,” it follows that he was not altogether exempted from them. And as he became our representative, and took upon him our sins, it was certainly necessary that he should appear before the judgment-seat of God as a sinner. From this proceeded the terror and dread which constrained him to pray for deliverance from death; not that it was so grievous to him merely to depart from this life; but because there was before his eyes the curse of God, to which all who are sinners are exposed. Now, if during his first conflict “his sweat was as it were great drops of blood,” and he needed an angel to comfort him, (Luke 22:43,) it is not wonderful if, in his last sufferings on the cross, he uttered a complaint which indicated the deepest sorrow. By the way, it should be marked, that Christ, although subject to human passions and affections, never fell into sin through the weakness of the flesh; for the perfection of his nature preserved him from all excess. He could therefore overcome all the temptations with which Satan assailed him, without receiving any wound in the conflict which might afterwards constrain him to halt. In short, there is no doubt that Christ, in uttering this exclamation upon the cross, manifestly showed, that although David here bewails his own distresses, this psalm was composed under the influence of the Spirit of prophecy concerning David’s King and Lord.
2. O my God! I cry in the day-time. In this verse the Psalmist expresses the long continuance of his affliction, which increased his disquietude and weariness. It was a temptation even still more grievous, that his crying seemed only to be lost labor; for, as our only means of relief under our calamities is in calling upon God, if we derive no advantage from our prayers, what other remedy remains for us? David, therefore, complains that God is in a manner deaf to his prayers. When he says in the second clause, And there is no silence to me, the meaning is, that he experienced no comfort or solace, nothing which could impart tranquillity to his troubled mind. As long as affliction pressed upon him, his mind was so disquieted, that he was constrained to cry out. Here there is shown the constancy of faith, in that the long duration of calamities could neither overthrow it, nor interrupt its exercise. The true rule of praying is, therefore, this, that he who seems to have beaten the air to no purpose, or to have lost his labor in praying for a long time, should not, on that account, leave off, or desist from that duty. Meanwhile, there is this advantage which God in his fatherly kindness grants to his people, that if they have been disappointed at any time of their desires and expectations, they may make known to God their perplexities and distresses, and unburden them, as it were, into his bosom.
499 “Ce qu il ne pouvoit faire si non en resistant vivement a la apprehension contraire.” — Fr.
500 “Et de faict, il n’estoit point de si petit courage, que pour quelque real leger il hurlast ainsi comme une beste brute.” — Fr. “The original word [for roaring] properly denotes the roaring of a lion, and is often applied to the deep groaning of men in sickness. See among other places, Psalm 32:3; 38:9.” — Bishop Mant.
501 “Pour crainte de charger Christ de ce blasme.” — Fr.
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Rauner 'probably comfortable' with marijuana legislation
(AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner says he may be comfortable with legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Illinois. But the Republican stopped short of promising to sign the bill.
The Illinois House gave the measure final approval Wednesday. Because it already has passed the Illinois Senate the next step is the governor's desk. The bill includes recommendations Rauner issued when he vetoed a decriminalization measure last year.
Rauner says he has to review the bill but that if it includes what he recommended he'll "probably be comfortable with it." The governor made the comments Thursday.
The bill would impose fines up to $200 for possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana but no jail time. It also sets a standard for what's considered too high to drive.
Proposed health oversight shift not a ‘power grab,’ Cook County officials say
Lightfoot names Chicago’s first labor standards director
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Like the Furniture on The Good Wife? Buy it at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
“The Good Wife is a hit, from the storyline to the acting. And the set design is not so shabby either. In fact, the show’s set designer, Beth Kushnick, and her bosses at CBS have teamed up with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams to create a collection of furniture, with an accompanying accessories and lighting line that will be rolled out by Interlude Home.”
By ALICE OGLETHORPE
Published Oct. 17, 2012
The Good Wife is a hit, from the storyline to the acting. And the set design is not so shabby either. In fact, the show’s set decorator, Beth Kushnick, and her bosses at CBS have teamed up with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams to create a collection of furniture, with an accompanying accessories and lighting line that will be rolled out by Interlude Home. Among the MG+BW pieces: Kalinda’s white-leather wing chair (shown here) for $1,895, Will’s vintage-looking leather club chair for $1,945, and Diane’s sleek desk for $1,430. Any of these are sure add drama to your home (but hopefully nowhere near the kind of drama seen on the show). Check out the collection at the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams store in Lincoln Park (1555 N Halsted Street, 312-397-3135).
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Editorial Board Roundtable: Who should pay to spiff up FirstEnergy Stadium for the Browns?
Updated Jan 12, 2019; Posted Sep 17, 2013
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The pyrotechnics and other explosive topics surrounding the Browns and FirstEnergy Stadium are hardly limited to what happens on the football field.
(John Kuntz, The Plain Dealer)
Leila Atassi reports on cleveland.com that the city of Cleveland has decided to spend nearly $400,000 for an outside audit to determine needed repairs at FirstEnergy Stadium.
The city is doing so in anticipation of a $120 million ask from the Cleveland Browns for upgrades like a new scoreboard.The Browns' lease with the city mandates that Cleveland kick in at least $850,000 annually toward repairs or future repair costs and that the city cover all basic structural repairs -- although not capital improvements.
Last year, Cleveland spent $5.8 million to refurbish seats and repair ramps and other structures, but that investment means it will not need to make another $850,000 contribution into the repair fund for about seven years, according to Ken Silliman, Mayor Frank Jackson's chief of staff.
The money to cover the $850,000 comes from proceeds of a countywide sin tax that's due to expire in 2015 unless it's forwarded to the ballot by County Council and renewed by taxpayers.
At least one city councilman thinks the city should do the minimum required under its lease and no more. “They got $102 million for naming rights. And we got squat,” Mike Polensek told Atassi, referring to the stadium-naming deal the Browns struck earlier this year deal with FirstEnergy Corp.
This issue again traces to the original lease terms, which entitled the team to naming-rights revenues.
How far should the city go to cover Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's anticipated "fan experience" wish list? Should the county sin tax be renewed? Our editorial board looks at some of the underlying issues and welcomes your point of view in the space below.
Peter Krouse, editorial writer, Northeast Ohio Media Group:
Polensek has it right. The city should pay the Browns what it is legally obligated to provide and nothing more. That's not a dig at the Browns or Haslam, both of whom are at a low point right now -- the Browns on the field and Haslam in the courts -- it's just that taxpayer money at this point could be more wisely spent. Meanwhile, the County Council should give serious consideration to extending the sin tax as that revenue could be very useful in maintaining the positive momentum generated by development projects downtown.
Sharon Broussard, editorial writer, Northeast Ohio Media Group:
I am with Polensek. The city needs that independent audit to see what repairs need to be done and paid for by the city. But the city should be very careful for paying for anything over that amount. If the Browns want to improve the "fan experience," they should try winning.
Thomas Suddes, editorial writer:
There's no justification for public subsidies to the owners of professional sports franchises. Greater Cleveland taxpayers have been tapped time and again in order to maximize the profits racked up the owners of the Indians, the Cavaliers and, most grotesquely, the Browns. It's time to just say no. And mean it.
Elizabeth Sullivan, opinion director, Northeast Ohio Media Group:
This is a cautionary tale about such team leases, in this case negotiated nearly two decades ago in the rosy blush of anticipation and hunger for the return of the Browns to Cleveland. Of course, the team is trying to milk the document for all it's worth. The city has to draw the line -- and doing a repair audit to fairly map out legitimate repairs required under the lease, as opposed to the team's "fan experience" wish list, is the way to start. It also could help make the case to taxpayers that future "sin tax" dollars will be more carefully spent.
Christopher Evans, editorial writer, Northeast Ohio Media Group:
The Factory of Sadness is just that. It is a black hole that sucks the life and the money out of Cleveland. The idea that taxpayers have to keep ponying up millions of dollars to support the playground of millionaire athletes and billionaire owners is reprehensible.
If Jimmy Haslam wants money to improve the fan experience, he can start with the folks he has hired to dress up as football players and coaches. And he can pay for it out the $102 mill he got for the naming rights of FirstEnergy Stadium.
Let's end this corporate welfare program now.
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Biblical manuscripts were highly prized and important possessions of churches, monasteries, cathedral schools, and universities throughout medieval Europe. The biblical texts were known as the vulgate, the translations made by Saint Jerome in the fourth century from Hebrew and Greek into Latin, which became the definitive and official Latin version of the Roman Church. In the 13th century, the bible was, for the first time, produced as a single volume with an officially sanctioned sequence to its books and chapters as illustrated by this example. The very extensive decoration of this bible is arranged hierarchically to indicate the relative importance of the various texts so that full or almost full-page initials mark the openings of the first prologue, Genesis, and the first Gospel; historiated initials mark the beginning of each book and illuminated initials mark the Prologues.
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Research Complex at Harwell: Access for CLF Users
Access to the Research Complex at Harwell to use facilities including NMR and electron microscopes is available for CLF users from UK institutions.
The Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH)
CLF users from UK institutions can access Research Complex at Harwell facilities.
The Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) (link opens in a new window) is a new, multidisciplinary laboratory that provides facilities for researchers in both life and physical sciences and the interface between them. It is located on the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) site close to the DIAMOND synchrotron.
RCaH facilities are especially targeted at researchers who will be conducting work at Diamond, ISIS, the CLF, and other shared facilities on the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) site, both on a long and short-term basis. UK researchers who have approved CLF experiments are eligible to use RCaH facilities.
Facilities at RCaH presently include Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopes, NMR equipment, and a variety of general physics and chemistry equipment.
Further details can be found on the RCaH website (link opens in a new window).
How to apply for access to RCaH facilities
Researchers from UK institutions who have approved CLF beamtime are eligible to use RCaH facilities. This may be for very short use, e.g. less than one day, to characterise samples for CLF experiments, or could be for longer access if a programme of work is required.
Use of RCaH facilities can be requested on the CLF beamtime proposal form. The User Office will automatically forward successful proposals that have requested RCaH access to RCaH staff.
Please contact theCLF User Office for further information, or if you wish to use RCaH but didn't specify this on your CLF proposal.
Contact: CLF User Office
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Chiara ROMAGNOLI
Saussure’s “travel” to China: history, debate and legacy
Unlike his brother, the sinologist Léopold de Saussure, Ferdinand never went to China and showed interest in synology only in the last period of his life. Nevertheless, the ideas expressed by his lectures deeply influenced the first Chinese linguists who studied in France during the first decades of the nineteenth century. Scholars such as Wang Li, Gao Mingkai, Fang Guangtao and Chen Wangdao were the first to disseminate and apply to the analysis of their language the constructs included in the Cours. Masini (1985) has thoroughly investigated this issue, pointing out how troubled the first phase of Saussurean studies in China was. Besides the intrinsic difficulty of the Cours, Chinese scholars had to face the additional complexities due to their different cultural and linguistic background, as well as obstacles posed by political circumstances. This makes the first attempts to circulate the book, undertaken by Gao Mingkai, Fang Guangtao and Chen Wangdao, even more remarkable. Not only did they provide a first reading of the Cours, laying the foundation for a debate that is still continuing, but they also tried to apply Saussurean ideas to their own linguistic research.
Completed in the 1960s but published only in 1980, the first translation of the Cours made by Gao Mingkai marked a new beginning of Saussurean studies in China, as confirmed not only by the debate raised by the reading of this work but also by the translation of other sources which has made the portrait of the Swiss linguist more accurate (Pei 2003; Zhao 2005; Ma 2008; Romagnoli 2007; 2012). Three translations of the Cours, several monographs on Saussure, hundreds of academic papers are now available to Chinese readers, whose linguistics knowledge and linguistic background have also changed compared to the first decades of the last century.
The aim of this paper is to illustrate the interpretation of Saussurean linguistics in China starting from the first, introductory phase, highlighting the most discussed topics and describing how different fields of knowledge have been influenced in China, as elsewhere, by Saussure's linguistic view.
Ma, Zhuanghuan. 2008. Suoxu'er yuyan lilun yaodian pingxi (Critical Review of the keypoints of Saussurean Linguistic Theory). Beijing: Beijing daxue
Masini, Federico. 1985. "F. de Saussure e gli studi di linguistica generale nella Repubblica Popolare cinese". Cahiers Ferdinand de Saussure. 39: 11-28
Masini, Federico. 1985. "Prefazione, traduzione e note del saggio di Gao Mingkai
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DAVID EGGERT, AP
Published: December 10, 2019, 1:59 pm
Tags: Politics, Michigan, Michigan Politics, Gretchen Whitmer
Michigan Legislature passing deal to end budget impasse
The Michigan Capitol Building in Lansing
The Michigan Legislature was poised Tuesday to restore more than half of the state funding that was vetoed during a budget impasse after Republican leaders and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer agreed to a deal related to her ability to make spending moves.
The Senate unanimously voted to undo roughly $574 million of $947 million that Whitmer nixed more than two months ago, and the House planned to follow suit in the afternoon. The bill includes a new provision allowing lawmakers to undo department fund transfers Whitmer makes related to the current budget, though the language might be added to future budget bills, too.
The Senate also passed legislation that would require a governor to notify legislators in advance in the future of fund shifts made by the State Administrative Board and ease the legislative auditor general’s ability to obtain documents from the executive branch. GOP legislators had been unhappy that Whitmer unilaterally moved $625 million in conjunction with her vetoes.
“It created a serious problem of being out of balance between the executive office and the Legislature in terms of negotiating and establishing the budget,” said Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Clarklake Republican. “These changes reinstate that balance, so there’s a real separation of powers and a real balance of exchange with regards to budgets.”
Another bill would require the Legislature to send the governor a budget by July 1, three months before the start of the fiscal year, though it would have no teeth. The constitutional deadline is Oct. 1.
Whitmer vetoed the funding — including $630 million, or 1.8%, of state spending ($947 million with federal funds) — at the budget deadline on Sept. 30 after being sent a budget without her input following a breakdown over short- and long-term road funding.
The legislation would spend $35 million so charter schools get the same funding increase that most traditional K-12 districts received, restore $7 million for 172 rural school districts and $38 million in need-based tuition assistance for students at in-state private colleges.
About $13 million would be revived to keep on the job 119 sheriff’s deputies who patrol roads. Nearly $15 million would reimburse jails for housing felons who otherwise may have been sent to state prisons, and roughly $25 million would be restored to rural hospitals — not including higher Medicaid reimbursement rates they also would receive.
“It’s really just a good compromise that allowed us to move forward,” said Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, a Flint Democrat. He said Democrats agreed to add the “unenforceable” provision related to fund shifts as a “gesture,” but future fights over fund-transferring powers can avoided as long as both sides negotiate the budget as part of talks — which broke down in September.
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Sponsor's Protocol Code Number: SYR-322-MET-008
National Competent Authority: Germany - BfArM
A.1 Member State Concerned Germany - BfArM
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of SYR110322 (SYR-322) When Used in Combination with Metformin in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes
A.4.1 Sponsor's protocol code number SYR-322-MET-008
A.7 Trial is part of a Paediatric Investigation Plan Information not present in EudraCT
B.1.1 Name of Sponsor Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc.,
B.5.1 Name of organisation
B.5.2 Functional name of contact point
D.3.1 Product name SYR110322
D.3.2 Product code SYR-322
D.3.4.1 Specific paediatric formulation Information not present in EudraCT
D.3.9.2 Current sponsor code SYR110322
D.3.9.3 Other descriptive name SYR-322
D.3.10.3 Concentration number 12.5
D.3.11.3 Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) Information not present in EudraCT
D.3.11.3.3 Tissue Engineered Product Information not present in EudraCT
D.3.11.3.4 Combination ATIMP (i.e. one involving a medical device) Information not present in EudraCT
D.3.11.3.5 Committee on Advanced therapies (CAT) has issued a classification for this product Information not present in EudraCT
D.3.11.4 Combination product that includes a device, but does not involve an Advanced Therapy Information not present in EudraCT
D.3.11.9 Recombinant medicinal product Information not present in EudraCT
D.1.2 and D.1.3 IMP Role Comparator
D.2.1.1.1 Trade name Glucophage 500
D.2.1.1.2 Name of the Marketing Authorisation holder Merck Sante s.a.s.
D.2.1.2 Country which granted the Marketing Authorisation Poland
D.3.1 Product name Glucophage, Metformin, Met
D.3.8 INN - Proposed INN Metformin
D.3.9.2 Current sponsor code N/A
D.8.3 Pharmaceutical form of the placebo Tablet
Type II diabetes mellitus.
• To evaluate the efficacy of SYR-322 administered in combination with metformin as compared with metformin alone on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) change from baseline
• To evaluate other measures of glycemic control after treatment with SYR-322 in combination with metformin as compared with metformin alone
• To evaluate changes in pancreatic function after treatment with SYR-322 in combination with metformin as compared with metformin alone
• To evaluate changes in body weight following treatment with SYR-322 in combination with metformin as compared with metformin alone
• To evaluate the safety of SYR-322 in combination with metformin as compared with metformin alone
• To evaluate plasma concentrations of SYR-322 using a sparse sampling approach
• To evaluate clinically meaningful levels of response in HbA1c after treatment with SYR-322 in combination with metformin as compared with metformin alone
In order to be eligible for this study, each of the following criteria must be satisfied with a “YES” answer (unless not applicable):
1. Males or females, 18 to 80 years of age, inclusive, with a historical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus who are currently treated with metformin alone but who are experiencing inadequate glycemic control. The subject should have received the metformin monotherapy for at least the 3 months prior to Screening; and the subject must have a stable dose ≥1500 mg metformin for at least 8 weeks prior to randomization. Subjects with a maximum tolerated dose that is documented to be less than 1500 mg of metformin may also be enrolled if this dose has been stable for 8 weeks prior to randomization.
2. No treatment with antidiabetic agents other than metformin within the 3 months prior to Screening. (Exception: if a subject has received other antidiabetic therapy for less than 7 days within the 3 months prior to Screening.)
3. Body mass index (BMI) ≥23 kg/m2 and ≤45 kg/m2
4. Fasting C-peptide concentration ≥0.8 ng/mL (≥0.26 nmol/L). (If this screening criterion is not met, the subject still qualifies if C-peptide ≥1.5 ng/mL (≥0.50 nmol/L) after a challenge test. See Appendix E.)
5. HbA1c concentration between 7.0% and 10.0%, inclusive
6. If regular use of other, nonexcluded medications, must be on a stable dose for at least the 4 weeks prior to Screening. However, PRN (as needed) use of prescription or over-the-counter medications is allowed at the discretion of the investigator.
7. Systolic blood pressure ≤159 mm Hg and diastolic pressure ≤99 mm Hg
8. Hemoglobin ≥12 g/dL (≥120 gm/L) for males and ≥10 g/dL (≥100 gm/L) for females
9. Alanine aminotransferase ≤3 x upper limit of normal
10. Serum creatinine <1.5 mg/dL (< 133 micromol/L) for males and <1.4 mg/dL (< 124 micromol/L) for females
11. Thyroid-stimulating hormone level ≤ the upper limit of the normal range and the subject is clinically euthyroid
12. Neither pregnant (confirmed by laboratory testing in females of childbearing potential) nor lactating
13. Female subjects of childbearing potential (ie, not surgically sterile and/or not postmenopausal) must be practicing adequate contraception. Methods of adequate contraception include the following: intrauterine device; double-barrier device such as a diaphragm or condom plus spermicide; or a hormonal contraceptive (including injectable, implantable, or oral). Adequate contraception must be practiced for the duration of participation in the study.
14. Able and willing to monitor their own blood glucose concentrations with a home glucose monitor
15. No major illness or debility that in the investigator’s opinion prohibits the subject from completing the study
16. Able and willing to provide written informed consent
Additional Inclusion Criteria Prior to Randomization
In order to be eligible for randomization, each of the following additional criteria must be satisfied with a “YES” answer:
1. HbA1c concentration between 7.0% and 10.0%, inclusive at the Week -1 visit. (Of note, if the subject does not qualify for randomization based on this criterion, the assessment may be repeated on a weekly basis, for a maximum of 4 additional weeks.)
2. Fasting plasma glucose <275 mg/dL (<15.27 mmol/L) at Week –1 visit. (Of note, if the subject does not qualify for randomization based on this criterion, the assessment may be repeated on a weekly basis, for a maximum of 4 additional weeks).
3. Have been at least 75% compliant with the single-blind placebo regimen during the run-in/stabilization period, as assessed by tablet count
4. No use of oral or systemically injected glucocorticoids or use of weight-loss drugs is allowed within the 3 months prior to randomization. (Inhaled corticosteroids are allowed.)
In order to be eligible for this study, each of the following criteria must be satisfied with a “NO” answer:
1. Urine albumin/creatinine ratio of >1000 μg/mg (>113 mg/mol) at Screening. If elevated, the subject may be rescreened within 1 week.
2. History of cancer, other than squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma of the skin, that has not been in full remission for at least 5 years prior to Screening. (A history of treated CIN I or CIN II [cervical intraepithelial neoplasia] is allowed.)
3. History of laser treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy within the 6 months prior to Screening
4. History of diabetic ketoacidosis and diabetic coma
5. History of treated diabetic gastric paresis
6. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of <60 mL/min
7. New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure regardless of therapy. Currently treated subjects who are stable at Class I or II are candidates for the study (see Appendix F).
8. History of coronary angioplasty, coronary stent placement, coronary bypass surgery, or myocardial infarction within the 6 months prior to Screening
9. History of any hemoglobinopathy that may affect determination of HbA1c
10. History of infection with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus
11. History of a psychiatric disorder that will affect the subject’s ability to participate in the study
12. History of angioedema in association with use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-II receptor inhibitors
13. History of alcohol or substance abuse within the 2 years prior to Screening
14. Receipt of any investigational drug within the 30 days prior to Screening or a history of receipt of an investigational antidiabetic drug within the 3 months prior to Screening
15. Prior treatment in an investigational study of SYR-322
The primary endpoint will be change from baseline in HbA1c at Week 26.
E.7.3 Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) Yes
E.8.4.1 Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned 10
E.8.6.2 Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA Information not present in EudraCT
Last visit of the last subject.
F.1.1.1 In Utero Information not present in EudraCT
F.1.1.2 Preterm newborn infants (up to gestational age < 37 weeks) Information not present in EudraCT
F.1.1.3 Newborns (0-27 days) Information not present in EudraCT
F.1.1.4 Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months) Information not present in EudraCT
F.1.1.5 Children (2-11years) Information not present in EudraCT
F.1.1.6 Adolescents (12-17 years) Information not present in EudraCT
Expected normal treatment.
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Emirates Airlines Shows Off Its 'Diamond' Onboard Lounge, But Is It Real? September 19, 2019
Emirates, the luxury airline that set the Twittersphere ablaze in 2018 with the introduction of its "Bling 777," is back again with a post of its "Diamond" A380 onboard lounge.
It was December 2018 when the airline took to Twitter to show off an Emirates Boeing 777 spectacularly embellished with diamonds. The image went viral instantly, as supporters and naysayers alike chimed in on what they believed to be the first-of-its-kind, gem-encrusted aircraft.
What many Emirates Twitter followers didn't grasp was that the "Bling 777" was a fanciful rendering by award-winning Pakistani artist Sara Shakeel, who specializes in photo-editing diamonds onto otherwise-ordinary objects.
At the time, the confusion on social media forced Emirates to clarify that the diamond jet was not real.
“We just posted an art piece made by crystal artist Sara Shakeel," an airline spokesperson told Gulf News. "I can confirm it’s not real.”
On Tuesday, Emirates posted a new pic across its social media outlets with the following caption: "We know you liked our Bling 777, so here’s the Emirates ‘Diamond’ A380 Onboard Lounge. #FlyEmiratesFlyBetter."
The super-realistic image shows how the lounge of the luxury jetliner would look if it was decorated from wall to wall with diamonds. The "diamonds" cover the seat backs, partition coverings, window trim and horseshoe-shaped bar area.
The post has already earned more than 124,000 likes on Instagram, where Emirates boasts 4.7 million followers.
Credits: Images via Instagram/emirates; Twitter/emirates.
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Dr. Gonzalez and staff; he is accused of permanently injuring
From CBS Sacramento (Reporter: Kurtis Ming)
Patients say they were left deformed, even paralyzed at the hands of a Rocklin gynecologist turned cosmetic surgeon, an investigation has revealed. Dr. Efrain Diego Gonzalez started his Rocklin-based Advanced Medical Spa in 2007, where his low prices advertised online caught the attention of Northern California patients.
“It’s upsetting,” said Amy Rose, a 27-year-old single mother. Learning to write by hand all over again, Rose now lives with a paralyzed right hand. Now she struggles to tie shoes, pick up keys or even sign her own name, she said.
“That,” she said, after trying to sign her name on a blank notepad, “looks nothing like my signature.”
Rose said Gonzalez carelessly cut through two critical nerves during a breast augmentation — leaving part of her right hand completely numb and a noticeably different color than her left hand.
“You can’t feel anything right now?” asked investigative reporter Kurtis Ming, poking her hand with the end of a pen.
“No,” said Rose, telling CBS13 two neurologists have told her she may never regain full use of her fingers again.
Rose isn’t alone.
“I don’t even really like to get undressed in front of my husband,” said Hope Moon, a wife and mother whose surgery left her with a mutilated belly button and a massive infection, she said.
More than a year later, she lives with a nasty scar hip to hip.
“It’s just deformed looking,” she said. “It wasn’t what i was expecting at all.”
And there are others.
“I think something is very, very wrong,” said attorney Michelle Jenni, who represents 12 patients of Gonzalez, including one that no longer has a belly button after a tummy tuck, Jenni said.
“This is her belly button, where it should be,” Jenni said, pointing to pictures.
Another woman lost her nipple after a breast augmentation. “It got infected and fell off,” Jenni said.
According to Jenni, none of these patients knew Gonzalez’ background is in gynecology.
While Gonzalez claims on his resume to have taken numerous medical courses in cosmetic surgery, he was never formally trained in plastic surgery during his residency, which he admits in a deposition.
“Is it true that during your residency you didn’t have any training in cosmetic surgery?” asks Jenni in the August 1 deposition.
“It’s very true,” Gonzalez responds.
“Had they known what his real training was, they wouldn’t have gone to him,” Jenni said.
Plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Zimmerman leads the Greater Sacramento Plastic Surgical Society and has seen patients after Gonzalez operated on them, he said.
“He’s giving us a black eye,” Zimmerman said. “[Patients] are under the illusion that he’s a highly trained, well-respected plastic surgeon, but nothing could be further from the truth.”
Before moving to California, Gonzalez practiced cosmetic surgery in Puerto Rico, but his medical license was taken away in 2006.
Court documents show Gonzalez had “been practicing the specialty of Plastic Surgery without being certified as a Plastic Surgeon” as required by a new law in Puerto Rico.
The decision also mentioned “a patient may have died” following one of his treatments.
It may be the law in Puerto Rico, but here in Missouri it’s perfectly legal for a doctor to treat patients outside the scope of his or her training.
A foot doctor can perform brain surgery in their office, a pediatrician can do a heart transplant, and a cardiothoracic surgeon can perform a tummy tuck or breast augmentation.
Zimmerman thinks the law should be changed, he said, and he’s concerned doctors like Gonzalez could end up killing someone.
“We’ve brought it to the attention of the Medical Board, and they are investigating this surgeon,” he said. “But it is taking quite a long time.”
The State of California filed a complaint against Gonzalez last year for “gross negligence,” and “incompetence” involving another patient’s breast rejuvenation, but that case is not scheduled to go before a judge until August 2013.
Despite other women saying they too have complained to the Medical Board of California, the agency tasked with protecting the public, it has allowed Gonzalez to continue treating patients.
“If the Medical Board, with all the other complaints that have come before me, would have done something and taken away his license and shut him down, I wouldn’t be in this situation,” Rose said.
“You think the State could have saved you?” Ming asked.
“I do,” Rose said.
The Medical Board will not comment on open investigations.
In the deposition, however, he said he does more cosmetic surgery in the region than any other group, and he suggests this as the reason his competitors are critical of him.
“Since they know I’m a cosmetic surgeon, they’re going to say my work is bad because they don’t want me competing with them,” he said in a deposition tape obtained by CBS13.
“I’m a leader. There’s followers, there’s leaders. I’m a leader,” he said.
Dr. Terry Zimmerman, President of the Greater Sacramento Plastic Surgical Society, said Gonzalez is giving area plastic surgeons “a black eye. It’s not a matter of competition here by any means,” Zimmerman said. “It’s a matter of patient safety.”
But women thought Gonzalez would make them feel better about themselves.
“I’m just thankful I got out alive,” Moon said. “I feel like my body is really — that it’s ugly.”
Rose had to figure out how to be a mom to a 3-year old using just one hand.
“I want to be able to take care of my son without it being a struggle,” she said.
Some patients now fear a lifetime of struggles for the way they say Gonzalez left their bodies.
“I just want my hand back,” Rose said.
Tips for Researching a Your Potential Plastic Surgeon:
There are several ways in which consumers can investigate doctors before undergoing any procedure:
1. Check the status of your doctor’s license.
2. Search for records of your doctor’s history, including if he or she has ever been disciplined by the Medical Board.
3. Check with the American Board of Plastic Surgery to see if your doctor is really a board certified plastic surgeon.
4. Search for legal records in Missouri. This includes lawsuits or arrests when searching under “Civil” and “Criminal.”
5. Ask doctors about their training, including residency in the specialty they are practicing and how many procedures they’ve performed.
6. Questions to ask your surgeon (BEFORE they operate on you).
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H.Res.630 - Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California's 28th Congressional District.116th Congress (2019-2020) |
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (Introduced 10/15/2019)
House - Ethics
House - 10/15/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ethics. (All Actions)
Cosponsors: H.Res.630 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] | Cosponsor statistics: 183 current - includes 0 original
Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] 10/16/2019
Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] 10/16/2019
Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] 10/16/2019
Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] 10/16/2019
Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] 10/16/2019
Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] 10/16/2019
Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] 10/16/2019
Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] 10/16/2019
Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] 10/16/2019
Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] 10/16/2019
Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] 10/16/2019
Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] 10/16/2019
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] 10/16/2019
Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] 10/16/2019
Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] 10/16/2019
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] 10/16/2019
Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] 10/16/2019
Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] 10/16/2019
Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] 10/16/2019
Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] 10/16/2019
Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] 10/16/2019
Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] 10/16/2019
Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] 10/16/2019
Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] 10/16/2019
Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] 10/16/2019
Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] 10/16/2019
Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] 10/16/2019
Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13] 10/16/2019
Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] 10/16/2019
Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Marshall, Roger W. [R-KS-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] 10/16/2019
Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2] 10/16/2019
Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] 10/16/2019
Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large] 10/16/2019
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] 10/16/2019
Rep. Riggleman, Denver [R-VA-5] 10/16/2019
Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] 10/16/2019
Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] 10/16/2019
Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] 10/16/2019
Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] 10/16/2019
Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] 10/16/2019
Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] 10/16/2019
Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] 10/16/2019
Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] 10/16/2019
Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10] 10/16/2019
Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6] 10/16/2019
Rep. Spano, Ross [R-FL-15] 10/16/2019
Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] 10/16/2019
Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large] 10/16/2019
Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] 10/16/2019
Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] 10/16/2019
Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] 10/16/2019
Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] 10/16/2019
Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] 10/16/2019
Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] 10/16/2019
Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] 10/16/2019
Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] 10/16/2019
Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] 10/16/2019
Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] 10/16/2019
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Rep. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] 10/16/2019
Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] 10/16/2019
Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] 10/16/2019
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Trivago: How to find the hidden deals
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Trivago’s ads promise to find you “the ideal hotel for the best price”. But our price survey found the website frequently obscured the cheapest deals, while exaggerating the savings you’ll gain.
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When you type in your destination and dates, Trivago collects prices from a range of booking websites and presents you with a list of recommended hotels and “deals”.
In its advertising, it comes across as an impartial website where you’ll find hotel-room bargains. But if you assumed Trivago’s “best price” offer was the lowest price, you’d be wrong.
We put Trivago’s “best price” to the test by surveying the website’s accommodation recommendations for a weekend stay in Auckland and one-night stay in Christchurch.
Across our three-week survey, half the time the “deal” Trivago highlighted was more expensive than the cheapest option it found.
Sometimes this was only by a couple of dollars. However, the difference ranged up to $63 a night: Trivago highlighted a $299 price per night at one Auckland hotel even though its search results turned up a price of $236 a night on another website.
You’ll need to be eagle-eyed to spot this. The first thing you’re likely to see is the promoted deal. It’s easy to miss the link in smaller font to “More deals”.
It’s only when you click on the “More deals” box that you get a comparison of all booking websites from least to most expensive.
Sometimes these deals are cheaper than Trivago makes out. In one search, the website showed “More deals” for the Hotel Grand Windsor Auckland started at $342. But when we clicked this link, two websites were listed with a cheaper rate, ZenHotels ($314) and HotelsClick ($316).
We think it would be easy for customers to miss the “More deals” box and simply assume the highlighted deal was the cheapest, potentially costing them money.
Trivago’s results also commonly compared the price of the most expensive website it found, displaying it in red, against its recommended deal. This gives the consumer the impression that by using Trivago, they’re saving significant amounts of money.
However, when we went to the “expensive” websites, we found Trivago’s comparisons were like-for-like just 13% of the time (see “Survey results”).
For the Jet Park hotel near Auckland airport, Trivago contrasted the $183-a-night cost of a standard room on Hotel Quickly with the $489 price of a one-bedroom apartment on Sembo, despite the latter also having standard rooms available.
Trivago also contrasted the price of a double room at Auckland’s Skycity hotel on Amoma ($455 per night) against Expedia ($355 per night). However, the Amoma deal included breakfast, whereas Expedia’s package didn’t.
Trivago admits its recommendations algorithm “take[s] into account the compensation booking sites provide us with” alongside other “relevant factors”.
However, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking the company to court, alleging its television advertisements and website breach Australian fair trading laws.
ACCC chair Rod Sims said Trivago based its rankings on the highest cost per click it would receive from advertisers.
“We allege that because of the design of Trivago’s website and representations made, consumers were denied a genuine choice about choosing a hotel deal … We also allege that by not making genuine room price comparisons, consumers would likely have paid more than they otherwise would have for the same hotel.”
New Zealand’s Fair Trading Act also prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct. However, the Commerce Commission is taking a wait-and-see approach. “We have noted the allegations by the ACCC against Trivago and we will be following the outcome of the Federal Court proceedings,” a spokesperson said.
We’ve sent the Commerce Commission our findings and asked it to investigate.
Trivago didn’t answer our questions about its website and marketing tactics, but sent through a statement about the ACCC action.
“We are disappointed by the action the ACCC has chosen to take in relation to Trivago and will vigorously defend our interests,” the company said.
Hotel websites often encourage you to book right away by advising there are just a few rooms left during your search period. But our price survey found you can take these statements with a grain of salt.
A week into our survey, Booking.com warned us the Copthorne Auckland was “in high demand – only two rooms left” for our desired dates in November. Agoda similarly highlighted “our last two rooms” alongside its search results. Expedia, Hotels.com and Wotif specified “we have two left at $430”. All five websites offered the two-night stay for the same price.
A week later, all websites showed the hotel as sold out for our travel dates. Yet by the end of that week, four more rooms had become available on all five sites, again at the $430 non-refundable price.
Booking.com (which owns Agoda) and Expedia (which owns Hotels.com and Wotif) said the hotels control the rooms they list and the pricing. The hotels choose whether they list all, or only some, of the rooms available for any given date on these sites.
Millennium Hotels, the owner of the Copthorne chain, didn’t respond to our inquiry.
We’re concerned a staggered release of rooms combined with this kind of marketing could mislead customers.
Three times a week we searched Trivago for a weekend stay in Auckland and a mid-week stay in Christchurch.
For three recommended hotels in each destination, we recorded the website Trivago classed as the most expensive and the website promoted as the best deal. We then reviewed the pricing and terms on each of these booking websites to assess the fairness of Trivago’s comparisons. Over the three-week survey period, we looked at 60 deals.
We considered comparisons unfair where the following applied:
Different cancellation policies. Hotels often charge a premium for a flexible cancellation policy. However, if Trivago’s recommended deal had a more flexible cancellation policy, we didn’t count this as unfair.
Different type of hotel room compared. For a comparison to be categorised as fair, it had to contrast the same type of room.
Breakfast disparity. Hotels can also charge a premium for an inclusive breakfast. If Trivago’s “most expensive” rate included breakfast and its highlighted deal didn’t, we classed this as unfair.
Incorrect pricing. If Trivago was out by at least $5.01 per night from the prices on the compared website, we categorised this as a pricing error.
Lowest rate not shown. Trivago says the price in red is “the cheapest deal from the most expensive booking site”. If we found a cheaper deal on the website in question for the same type of room, we classed this as an unfair comparison.
Auckland – two-night stay in November 2018
Fair: 10%
Different cancellation policies: 30%
Incorrect pricing: 27%
Different type of room: 23%
Breakfast disparity: 10%
Christchurch – one-night stay in January 2019
Lowest rate not shown: 23%
Breakfast disparity: 5%
GUIDE RESULTS based on Trivago and other accommodation-booking website searches in September and October 2018. Trivago uses dynamic pricing and updates its results every half hour. Quotes from the websites listed by Trivago were checked within this timeframe.
We think most customers will assume that by “best price” Trivago means the cheapest price, which we’ve found isn’t the case. In our view, Trivago’s pricing risks misleading customers into thinking they’re selecting the cheapest deal or making significant savings on their accommodation.
If you’re planning on using Trivago, we recommend:
Ignoring the “Our recommendations” ranking of hotels and sorting the results by rating or price. Always review the hotel’s location and customer reviews before booking.
Clicking on Trivago’s “More deals” section to find the cheapest price for your chosen hotel.
Treating its marketing claims with scepticism.
Checking out your chosen hotel’s website or giving the place a call to see if a cheaper deal is available.
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Topic: Strands of society you have a (possibly irrational) unshakeable hatred of
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23 Daves
Strands of society you have a (possibly irrational) unshakeable hatred of
All right, this is probably a bad time of year to start a new thread, especially an unseasonal one, but this is on something that’s been bothering me for awhile.
Basically, do you suffer from an intolerance of a certain strand of society or a certain type of person that you know damn well is partly based on jealousy? I do. I will freely admit – here and now, in front of everyone – that I have an unsinkable hatred of extremely posh people.
Now, I’ve tried to shake it off. I’m not sixteen anymore. I don’t think the world will be saved and justice will be done if I sign up to Class War and attempt to make arrangements to crucify them all. More to the point, I know damn well that there are some decent posh folk out there, who are humorous, well-meaning and level-headed in their approaches with others (though I don't seem to meet them terribly often).
Talking to these people, though, is to me like attempting to converse with a culture still more alien than someone from a hick town in the southern states of America. And the cold, clipped delivery of their sentences and scrutinising looks feel utterly chilling to me. Then there’s the small fact that many of them have a confidence that’s misplaced and often far above their actual intelligence, and a commandeering air which in certain social situations feels ridiculously inappropriate. This, of course, often stems from being taught to be “a leader” in some of the better schools in the UK, rather than being brought up to expect to be a drone. It’s a social divide I can’t work out how to bridge.
To give you an example, I was at a poetry reading hosted by a super-super-snoot woman on Saturday night, and myself and my friends were told off for laughing at and cheering certain lines in a witty piece of work a poet and actor was delivering (an appreciation he seemed to enjoy). Her words to my table were:
"Er think that one of the things some people have to learn about listening to poetry is that it must be internalised, and you have to transcend your ego and not inflict your view of the poem very loudly on everyone else..."
Ironically, of course, she unknowingly and unwittingly delivered this phrase to an entire table filled with poets. Rather than be embarrassed when the truth was revealed though, she shrugged and carried on utterly unabashed.
I could also tell she was from really wealthy stock, because I shook her hand earlier in the evening, and it felt absurdly, ridiculously soft, incredibly silky. I used to have an incredibly wealthy boss, and his hands were the same to shake – like he’d either been bathing in Nivea all his life, or else he’d never actually needed to rough them up for anything.
So… I hate them. I try to see past it all, but I can’t.
Do you lot have any similar dislikes, based either or irrational hatred or logical jealousy? And can anyone talk me down from mine? Is there a course you can go on to become more level-headed in your handling of the presence of snoots?
Suttonpubcrawl
Why would anyone want to talk you down from yours? Hating posh people is just correct. It's what we all should do.
Cardinal Tit Storm
Snotty Bumstead
Bloody Somalians.
Emergency Lalla Ward Ten
Rose-tinted glasses? No, they're x-ray specs
A bloke on C4 News just now who has used the Alan Partridge 'Adam and Steve' line in reference to gay marriages. I hate him.
TraceyQ
For a while now... Aaaaaaah...
People from Willenhall.
Evil Knevil
I refuse to involve myself.
Quote from: "Cardinal Tit Storm"
Well that woman at the poetry needs a slap, that's for sure.
In addition to The Posh, I also have an irrational hatred of the following groups:
The Irish
People From Other Parts Of Scotland (especially Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen)
The General Public
Car Drivers.. no wait, that's not irrational
Precocious Children
People Who Walk Slowly
Indie Kids
Luvvies
People Who Go To The Opera
...and so on.
In all seriousness, I've been considering the possibility that I might be a sociopath. Only today I thought about starting a thread about it, but sociopaths don't do things like that, do they. (?)
You are Jerry Sadowitz and I claim my £5.
Yeah, I hate people who are obsessed with making money: city people, managers, jews*, anyone wearing a suit generally.
*casual anti-semitism makes the world go round.... or is it the Elders of Zion?
Not overly fond of priests
I have to admit I do have a dislike of the scumbags in my area. Without meaning to be rude, essentially I'm talking about the poor people. It's not that they're poor, it's that they all seem to be very loud and shouty. It's not necessary. They seem to hunt in packs too, and cluster in certain areas. For example I was in Poundland earlier (where my mate was buying Christmas presents, the stingy but not poor cunt) and there was just an overbearing noise, of ugly little children and coldsore-ridden mothers.
I should reiterate though, that it's the noise (and, if I'm honest, the smell) rather than the lack of wealth that I have a problem with.
sproggy
I tire of you... and your tiresomeness
Celebrity journalists.
And people who work in Woolworths.
Ciarán2
Quote from: "Utter Shit"
Sorry, couldn't resist. Christmas cheer to you and that. xx
Only partly serious. Perhaps I should just say "loud people" instead.
lardboy
Pies verboten
Quote from: "TraceyQ"
Watch it, Q.
The Region Legion
Americans. I admit it, I dislike them all because of the (very slight) majority that think Bush is right for America. It's not a hatred that can manifest itself in the face of any innocent people, but I really don't have time for them right now, and would prefer it if the whole country just went up in flames and the rest of the world could get on with their lives. Sorry to all of them, it's not right but I can't help it - your country's actions have made me sick of all of you.
Christians. The fundamentalist/devout ones - it's a story book, and this is grown-up time. Anyone who uses the Bible to back up an opinion of any sort should not be listened to, encouraged or, indeed, exist. The liberal accepting ones - read the fucking book that your religion is based on and you'll find that you cannot call yourself a Christian. You can't just pick and choose the bits you like out of a religious text - how about you just use your own common sense to get through life instead of relying on a reward for being good? Some of us are just good people because it's right to be good people, we don't need a book or an all-knowing father figure in the sky to see it.
I'm sure the final one can be applied to all religious people actually, but it does seem to me that Christianity is the least accepting of "others", plus I know a great deal less about other religions, having been born and raised in what is still a predominately Christian culture. "Religious Studies" in my primary school was only The Bible, for god's sake, and it wasn't a Christian school. There's something very wrong with that kind of brainwashing.
It's discipline that begets love
People who phone in to Radio Five to talk to Nicky Campbell - twats.
Magicians. Cunts, the lot of them. Smug, egomaniaical cunts.
Quote from: "God"
Anyone who could be described as having great social skills.
xxxx xxx x xxx
Can we have a quick burn, sir?
People from rural areas -
"They don't understand our country ways".
No, and we don't want to either!
Mister Cairo
Cocky young men (the Hollyoaks type). Good-looking cocks who have no manners or depth but due to confidence and looks have women hanging off them.
Hollywood (well, when they remake British films or rewrite British history. A proper prime minister would put an embargo on the latter. What's happening to our culture?)
People who fund terrorist groups (esp. Americans who fund the IRA then make out how much they love the British when they want to invade somewhere
Loud children or children in groups. They scare me.
People who say "like" and British people who think they live in America , so talk like one (e.g. kids who talk about SWAT teams. There are no SWAT teams in this country.)
Yeah, but do you know what things I really hate?
Captain Crunch
Twister, Dustbuster, Hospital Bed
Quote from: "lardboy"
Pah, she's just jealous of that ornamental chess-piece in the town square.
Is there one? I haven't been there in a decade, I hate the town. Lovely people, but the place is a dump.
That reminds me, I hate people who answer the question "Where are you from?" with where they live. Or, to put it another way, home county wankers who move to Hackney and try to cover their roots by banging on about Garlic & Shots and the Crobar. Naff off back to Berkshire you bunch of giant knuckles.
The Duck Man
As an elderly, upper-class (I despise my roots, however), luvvie with a pechant for opera - I drive to see it regularly, I walk too slowly - hailing from Aberdeen with an English mother and Irish father, with a teenage son in an indie band and a highly talented goth toddler, I find that very offensive.
Ha, I bet people think that about me when I answer that question with "east London". No really, I am! I've lived here all my life!
Big Jack McBastard
Dancing on unicorn bones.
Men, we are all cunts ladies. I know, you don't need to explain why he's a bastard, or why he's a useless prick to me. I'm fully aware of how horrible we can be and continue to be even in the face of the evidence. We're both; infuriatingly awkward and endlessly predictable, completely unfathomable and yet totally simple.
We're unemotional and flippant at the wrong times, if there is something to be said that's 'wrong' for the situation we'll inevitably say it and make you roll your eyes and wonder 'what the fuck am I doing with him?' all the while sitting in a pool of blissful ignorance until we realise you're serious, or need us to be, but by then of course it is too late.
It’s as if most men are still stuck in puberty, once sex enters their minds at 12/13 it’s as if there is nothing else worth their time. Add to that what they were like before they got sex on the brain (bratty, misguidedly hateful, arrogant and always wanting their own way) and it all comes together to create a slobbering, hairy, sex obsessed bastard who only wants what he wants. True there is a little of that in all of us but by Christ it gets old quickly.
It’s a wonder the species has propagated, you’d have thought women would have had better taste, but that’s another post for a lady who wishes to bash her own gender. (You never know)
I’ve seen enough relationships break up and be reconciled to know that it is usually the bloke’s fault (‘Traitor!’ comes the cry from the crowd), yes you women can be mental as a barrel full of piranhas, but it’s usually us who’ve titled you over the edge with our unfeeling / unaware comments and actions, then we call you psycho’s for snapping and calling us worse than shite, in public… where everyone can hear it…..for fucks sake.
If only we’d learn our lesson and listen to what’s not being said as well as the vitriolic bile, but instead, there we sit with a bemused look on our faces as you storm off, insults ringing in our ears. We can change, but it takes a long time for the routines of what women are like to root themselves in our minds, primarily because you’re fundamentally different from us on many levels, not better (hisses, sarcastically raised eyebrows, and even a few “That’s right little fool”(s) from the ladies) just different. I hardly need to supply the evidence for that argument and you women know it, how many women do you know that stay in relationships with total wankers? (I’ll even bet some of you reading this are), how many times have you seen the way another woman has acted in public and thought ‘Christ what a nutcase’? Why the fuck do people like Peter Stringfellow continue to get shagged by females when the virtually universal reaction to him from any woman is ‘Urrrrgh!’?
It’s because women have just as many of their gender that they’re not proud of as men do. Proving on a fundamental level that both sides are flawed, and when you’re a member of the sex that is under the microscope you notice its flaws all the more prominently. That’s why men annoy the piss out of me, because I am one.
Peking O
Quote from: "DevlinC"
Yeah, those innocent non-Bush supporting people, might as well burn them to death eh?
If you've got embarrassing friends don't bring them to the party.
Spiteface
Parents who buy stuff like Grand Theft Auto for their kids in shops like GAME, oblivious to the fact that it actually does carry a proper BBFC rating.
Ban clueless parents from buying video games for their kids, that's what I say!
I would like it to be known I am pretty much against censorship and that, but this bugs the shit out of me.
ffogems
a wankdog of old hats
Can't stand inverted snobbery. That appropriated aversion to 'middle-class' people that makes people think their situation is more arduous and challenging than it actually is.
There was an incongruous scene in 'the football factory' that was just a depthless, facile rant against the 'middle classes', and it made me shudder with vexation. Just couldn't shake off the image of the writer/director declaring 'I've completly assasinated the middle classes on page 75'.
Oh yes, and people who say 'South London' when they live in Surrey - that's surely from fear of derision by those hard-done-by inverted snobs.
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Highlights of the Lions Year 2010-2011
Lion President Harry Hayman attended the District Handover representing the Club in welcoming our new District Governor, Brigid Hendy.
We received £1100.00 (arranged by the HCC Chairman, Cllr Tim Knight) from Hampshire County Council for use in the Message in a Bottle Scheme.
Stubbington Fayre & Donkey Derby was, once again, a big moneyspinner for the Club. We continue to take an active part in the organisation of the Fayre by serving on the Stubbington Fayre Committee.
On Thursday 14th October 2010 the Mayor of Fareham, Cllr. Brian Bayford went blind! Fortunately for him it was not a permanent condition. He had bravely agreed to support us in our efforts to create a greater awareness of the problems facing people who lose the precious gift of sight, as part of Crofton Lions project to promote World Sight Day. It was a great day and attracted a lot of public interest. We also used the opportunity to promote Medic Alert and other Lions activity.
Lighting Up Ceremony for the Village Christmas lights in co-operation with the Stubbington Traders and supported by the Hampshire Police Choir and the Salvation Army Band
The Club President, Harry Hayman, retired from Lions for personal reasons including work commitments and health problems. We all wish him well. Lion Reg Norton who had been deputising since September has taken over as President.
Two members have left to join their children and live abroad. It is hoped that they will join Lions Clubs in their new countries.
Sandy Barker has gone to America where she intends to make contact with the Wheatland Lions Club, in Iowa. Meanwhile Sandy remains as a paid up member of the Crofton Lions.
The other member, Vice President Lion Sandra Lee, has moved to South Africa.
We wish them both every happiness in their new homes.
Things are also looking good related to the way others s ee us.
Cllr Brian Bayford, the Mayor of Fareham, presenting the 10 Year Award. to Lion President Reg Norton.
Wokefield Park Convention HQ
In 2010 we won the District Website Competition, this year when Lion Frances Bond and Lion President Reg Norton attended the Convention in Old Windsor we were pleased to learn that our Club had been awarded the "Journey for Sight" Cup for our efforts on behalf of the visually handicapped. Four days earlier, on 15th March, Fareham Borough Council and Fareham community Action presented us with a Certificate to recognise Crofton Lions Contribution to the community over the last ten years
At the end of March we presented 40 Certificates of Appreciation to children at Baycroft Special School to recognise all who took part in the Peace Poster Competition this year.
In other schools we have five students who have recently completed the Gold Standard for their ‘Young Leaders in Service' Awards.
Several of the adults who helped us during the Christmas period had asked about joining the Lions. Two of them, Tony and Victoria Stabler, have now been inducted as members and are already having a tremendous impact on our activities. Another newcomer to the area, Edwina Howell, has expressed interest in joining. Edwina made quite a name for herself fundraising for charity in Hendon before moving to Hill Head. So, things are looking much better.
It is a pity that the potential increase in membership has come just a little too late to help us at this very busy time of the year.
We raffled Giant Easter Eggs and Chocolate Bunnies in each of the local pubs plus Chinese Restaurant and the News and Booze Convenience Store.
Most of our attention was focussed on the Festival of St George.
The main feature was a Village Fayre on Saturday 23rd April in the Stubbington Recreation Ground. See the full detail
We had a massive turnout this year for the Childrens Fancy Dress and Easter Egg Hunt which was organised by our new members!
We contributed 600 pairs of spectacles to this years SpecTrek.
A much smaller collection than Lion Peter usually gets but at least we have the pleasure of knowing that up to 600 people will be helped by those glasses.
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We took part in the annual District Outing to Paultons Park where we hosted eight Attaxia patients, and two family groups in need of respite.
Lion Vicky
Some of our guests
Peppa Pig and Family are one of the new attractions All the fun of the Fair!
Lion Tony and Alfie
Crofton Lions hosted a "Teddy Bears Picnic" involving Play Rangers and The Stubblee Hill Childrens Activity Centre to mark the start of ‘National Families Week'. The whole event was co-ordinated by our newest member, Lion Vicky Stabler. It was a great success and attracted scores of families.
Some of the families enjoying the Picnic
The artificial Beach brought in by the
Stubblee Childrens Centre
Lion Vicky, the Co-ordinator of our Teddy Bears Picnic with two of her helpers and the Club President (Who thought the event was superb!)
Our President and Treasurer, Lions Reg Norton and Mike Shipley were invited together with Zone Chairman Doreen Norton to attend a Reception in the Palace of Westminster.
The event was hosted by our Member of Parliament Caroline Dineage as a "Thank You" to about 50 men and women who were involved in voluntary community work in the Gosport Constituancy.
It was followed by a tour of The Palace of Westminster visiting both the Debating Chambers of The Commons and The Lords.
CROFTON LIONS 10th CHARTER ANNIVERSARY
Our Anniversary and Changeover this year will have an added twist!
The recent B&I LION Magazine reminded us that we are partners with the Royal British Legion who celebrate their 90th anniversary in June.
We invited the Royal British Legion to join with us for a "Centenary Celebration" (90 years by them & 10 by Crofton Lions!)
MORNING AFTER MESSAGES!
Swanwick Lions Club
Well done - it was a great evening. Sorry we couldn't get to say Cheerio, as you were occupied (as usual).
We left just before the end, we don't seem to have your stamina!!
Give our love to Doreen - hope she is feeling a little better.
Thanks again -
Mick and Joan Turner
Gosport & Lee on the Solent Lions Club
The function last night, it was great, food and company wonderful
Carol....
Carol Gratton
The Comfort Centre, Stubbington
I am writing on behalf of table 4 to say a big thank you from us all for such a lovely evening on Saturday. We all were delighted to be part of your celebrations and enjoyed ourselves immensely.
Please pass on our thanks and kind regards to all those involved.
Catherine Cardrick
2010-2011 Mayor & Mayoress of Fareham
Thank you very much for inviting Susan and me to join you at the Crofton Lions 10th Anniversary. We had a very enjoyable time, and as always when Crofton Lions organise anything all is planned and timed to the last detail.
It has been a privilege to make your acquaintance over the past year, a contact we hope we can maintain.
If at any time we can be of assistance please call.
With our fondest wishes.
Brian and Susan
Cllrs Brian & Susan Bayford,
Please may I on behalf of the Lee 0n the Solent Branch thank you most sincerely for a wonderful evening at the "Centenary Ball".
A wonderful evening, well organised and enjoyable company with the Lions.
Tony Jones, Treasurer
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The Lost Recordings
Live in Scheveningen 1958
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In September 1958, the new formation of the Jazz Messengers led by Art Blakey was introduced and very quickly, the osmosis between the players was obvious. A month later, on October 30th, they recorded Moanin' with the great sound engineer Rudy Van Gelder – the album became legend. On the next day, they embarked for a month-long European tour. Art Blakey had unknowingly reached the apex of his artistic career....
The tour, with its French and Scandinavian dates, as well as its concerts in Belgium and Luxembourg, was a key moment in the history of the Jazz Messengers. Two dazzling recordings are here to prove it: the Olympia Concert in Paris on November, 22d (Phillips/Universal) and, a few weeks later, on December 21st, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers at the Club Saint-Germain (RCA/Sony Music), captured in the overheated – and overexcited – temple of Parisian jazz. The present recording of a November, 29th gig at the Scheveningen Kurhaus is a wonderful new addition to the canon. Its warm, extremely natural recording is further proof of the “state of grace” the quintet had reached by then.
The repertoire mixes a few great bebop classics (Charlie Parker's “Now is the Time”, Dizzy Gillespie's “Night in Tunisia”, Thelonious Monk's “Evidence”) and a handful of original numbers composed by the band's members – although they were new at the time, some were to become absolute hard bop standards (Timmons's “Moanin’”, Golson's “I Remember Clifford” and “Whisper Not”). In all cases, Blakey and his men display, with perfect ease, the broad spectrum of their abilities.
What is most striking in this recording is the profound coherence of the combo, which is perfectly, gracefully balanced.
The individual performances are superlatively remarkable (Benny Golson sounds ethereal, fluid, smooth, and imperial when playing ballads; Lee Morgan's notes dance sharply around, and his tribute do Clifford Brown's ghost is heartbreaking) – yet what is most striking here is the profound coherence of the combo, which is perfectly, gracefully balanced. Led by the leader's lyrical, resonant, vigorous drumming, and magnified by Benny Golson's subtle compositions and arrangements, the Jazz Messengers' music – be it in terms of creating their own style or linking individual free-flowing expressiveness and collective coherence, never foregoing formal archetypal structures – truly sounds, in these graceful tracks, as an ideal – and extraordinarily fertile – conversation between tradition and modernity, vernacular and learned aspects, African-American heritage and an open outlook on the world.
This combo of the Jazz Messengers was so perfectly matched that they're now regarded as the archetypal hard bop quintet.
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Did He Like It
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Theater: The Flea Theater / 41 White Street, New York, NY, 10013
The Flea embarks on an extravaganza with 48 playwrights and 54 actors retelling the entirety of The Bible in a single night. 50 World Premiere plays telling the entire History of Man’s Salvation from The Fall of Lucifer through and including Judgment Day.
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NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF The Mysteries
An Abridged Version of an Age-Old Story, With a Supper (but Gluten-Free)
Alexis Soloski
April 21, 2014: If Ed Sylvanus Iskandar had found himself in the Garden of Eden, he would surely have eaten the forbidden fruit — then made pies from the rest of the apples and served them to all comers. Having distilled the complete works of Sophocles into a single evening of theater (These Seven Sicknesses), this ambitious, savvy young director has now commissioned more than 40 playwrights to condense the Old and New Testaments into The Mysteries, a five-and-a-half-hour event at the Flea Theater that is both gratifying and grueling. Mr. Iskandar’s venture has precedent. Mystery plays were a medieval phenomenon in which townspeople would gather in the field or marketplace to witness a series of plays running from God’s first “Let there be” to his Last Judgment. As these theatrical cycles could stretch over several days, you might even praise The Mysteries for its moderation. Of course, Mr. Iskandar does those Middle Agers one better by providing playgoers with a vegan, gluten-free meal. Dessert too. Perhaps it’s easier to justify the ways of God to men (and women) when they have full stomachs.
THEATERMANIA REVIEW OF The Mysteries
The Mysteries The Flea Theater's Bats perform an epic retelling of the greatest story ever told.
Zachary Stewart
April 20, 2014: "Hi, I'm Colin. I'll be playing Jesus a little later. Can I get you something to drink?" Those were the words that greeted me as I entered the Flea Theater to see The Mysteries, the latest spectacular from director Ed Sylvanus Iskandar (Restoration Comedy). That kind of affable friendliness, alloyed with a rigorous commitment to storytelling, encapsulates this 5 ½-hour biblical journey. The Mysteries is breathtaking in its scope, covering 52 episodes of the Bible, from Lucifer's fall through Judgment Day. The result is an unforgettable theatrical revitalization of these stories, a radical reclamation that can be appreciated by believers and nonbelievers alike. The Mysteries is based on medieval European mystery plays: tableaux-depicting episodes of the Bible for the benefit of a largely illiterate congregation of Christian believers. As craft guilds took responsibility for the plays (with each guild producing one), they were increasingly staged in the vernacular, with members of the community (rather than clergy) acting out the stories of Adam, Noah, John the Baptist, and Jesus Christ. This was community theater in the truest sense.
TIME OUT NEW YORK REVIEW OF The Mysteries
The Mysteries: Theater review by Helen Shaw
Helen Shaw
April 21, 2014: Ed Iskandar (These Seven Sicknesses, Restoration Comedy) directs another marathon Flea circus—six hours, with a dinner break—in an ambitious refashioning of stories from the Bible. Among the 48 contributing playwrights are David Henry Hwang, Craig Lucas, José Rivera, Jeff Whitty, Amy Freed, Nick Jones, Qui Nguyen, Jenny Schwartz, Billy Porter and Erin Courtney. An obvious revelation dawns while watching the valiant but wearying anthology play The Mysteries: Multiple authorship can confuse an issue. Certainly that's been true for the work's source text; The Mysteries attempts to adapt a big chunk of the Bible, from Genesis all the way to the doors of Revelation. Scholars estimate that 40 to 60 authors are represented in the Good Book, with psalm singers, Moses and Paul all strung out across1,600 years. And rather than turning their many gospels and letters and testaments into a single “greatest story” plot, conceiver-director Ed Sylvanus Iskandar has embraced complexity by commissioning 48 playwrights to tackle basic biblical highlights, then stringing their microplays together and adding breaks for songs. The results, as in the original, are mixed.
LIGHTING AND SOUND AMERICA REVIEW OF The Mysteries
Theatre in Review: The Mysteries (Flea Theatre)
David Barbour
April 21, 2014: Consider the following statement from the program bio of Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, director of The Mysteries: "As founding artistic director of [the theatre company] Exit, Pursued by a Bear (EPBB), he has served over 11,000 home-cooked meals over the course of staging eight labs and 40 salons (all New York premieres)." Can James Lapine or Joe Mantello say the same? Iskandar is something new, director as party giver. His productions are usually supersized in terms of length: Restoration Comedy, seen a couple of years ago at the Flea, ran well over three hours, as did These Seven Sicknesses, a mashup of the seven extant plays of Sophocles, produced at the Flea last season. Both productions came with dinner and dessert served during the intermissions by members of the cast. The Mysteries, which may be his biggest effort yet, runs over five-and-a-half hours, and once again features the amenities mentioned above. More than once, before the show and between acts, you will find yourself in conversation with a member of the company, who will remind you that if you'd like anything to drink, he or she will be happy to get it for you. Not during the play, of course: During the crucifixion of Christ, for example, their minds are obviously elsewhere.
TALKIN' BROADWAY REVIEW OF The Mysteries
The Mysteries Theatre Review by Howard Miller
April 20, 2014: Best brush up on your Bible stories and make sure you are well rested before heading out to the Flea Theater and director Ed Sylvanus Iskandar’s breathtaking and boldly conceived production of The Mysteries, a retelling of the Old and New Testament as seen through the eyes of 48 contributing playwrights and performed by a cast of 53 over the course of six hours. Yes, it is an epic theatergoing experience, but rest assured, you will not only be thoroughly engrossed, but you also will be fed dinner and desert and generally made to feel warmly welcomed by the members of the cast, who spread out among the audience members for a friendly meet-and-greet before the program and during its two breaks. (Hi, Asia, A.J., Matthew and all the others who stopped by to say hello!). The Mysteries draws on the traditional cycle of religious “mystery plays,” dating to medieval times. As such, the evening has a decidedly Jesus-centric slant, but the Flea’s production represents a thorough reconsideration, embracing both the sacred and the profane while taking us on a journey from the Creation and the fall of Lucifer, through the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and beyond.
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LouCity FC owners fall short on wages, group says
Kentucky Jobs With Justice wants Metro Council to delay the soccer stadium vote until team owners agree to a $15 an hour minimum wage for workers.
LouCity FC owners fall short on wages, group says Kentucky Jobs With Justice wants Metro Council to delay the soccer stadium vote until team owners agree to a $15 an hour minimum wage for workers. Check out this story on courier-journal.com: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2017/10/25/louisville-city-fc-soccer-wage-and-job-standards/797358001/
Phillip M. Bailey, @phillipmbailey Published 11:19 a.m. ET Oct. 25, 2017 | Updated 1:46 p.m. ET Oct. 26, 2017
Louisville City fans celebrate after Mayor Greg Fischer announced Sept. 22 the city will be using $30 million to help investors build a 10,000-seat soccer stadium in the Butchertown area. Louisville City FC will repay $14.5 million over 20 years from sales of land and stadium rent.(Photo: Matt Stone/The Courier-Journal)Buy Photo
A liberal-leaning labor group says Metro Council should further delay voting on the Louisville City FC soccer stadium project until team owners do more to ensure workers will be paid a livable wage.
The team's investors sent council members a letter Tuesday pledging that they will pay their employees at least $12 an hour. In addition, the soccer club says it will request that contractors pay their employees who are hired to work at the stadium $10 an hour.
Kentucky Jobs With Justice and other labor organizations are urging soccer team owners to establish a wage floor of $15 an hour for people who work at the stadium.
The group said Tuesday it is pleased to learn that the team is making those concessions, but that Louisville City FC's terms "fall far short on the key issues," that they have proposed.
The latest: Private money not guaranteed for Butchertown stadium proposal, county attorney writes
Rep. Attica Scott: Higher wages for soccer stadium jobs will boost more Louisville families
"We think there should be a delay until there are standards in place that make these jobs better," said Richard Becker, co-chair of Kentucky Jobs With Justice.
The council was originally set to vote on the bond and other resolutions on Oct. 12, but the vote was delayed until Thursday after critics said it was moving too quickly.
Mike Mountjoy, a member of the Louisville City FC ownership group, said Wednesday that a further delay to the council voting on the proposed $30 million bond to assist the stadium project is unacceptable.
"If we do, our options on the land run out, and it's over," Mountjoy said. "We need to do it or not, but if we delay it the project will end."
The federal and Kentucky minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. According to MIT, the "living wage" rate for a single adult in Louisville Metro is $10.49 an hour and $21.65 an hour for an adult with one child.
In 2014, Metro Council Democrats spearheaded a measure that would have boosted local wage rates to $9 an hour over three phases, but the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down that ordinance as unconstitutional last year.
Councilwoman Barbara Sexton Smith, whose district would include the soccer stadium, told the Courier-Journal it was wise that the council waited initially because it gave labor groups and the team time to talk about worker's rights. She said Louisville City FC has made an unprecedented concession on pay two rates above the minimum wage, and that a further delay on the bond issue isn’t warranted.
"We are standing on the horizon of a new day where workers in Louisville on this particular project will be paid a higher rate than they've ever been guaranteed before," said Sexton Smith, D-4th District.
"I understand folks always want more but this is a big step in the right direction," she added.
Louisville City FC released a study this month that estimates the stadium and surrounding development could generate $13 million a year in tax revenue and create roughly 2,500 jobs each year. It says the $185 million project in the Butchertown area could yield $1.8 billion in labor income and generate $261.4 million in state and local tax revenue over 20 years.
Jobs With Justice is also seeking to allow workers at the soccer stadium to start a union, and for the team to hire residents from ZIP codes with the highest levels of unemployment.
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The team's letter to the council doesn't address forming a union but does say a "percentage of jobs will be filled by residents... who reside in zip codes with the highest rates of unemployment." But labor organizations said the team's letter makes no real commitments or improvements to wages or working conditions.
"The wages proposed by Louisville City ownership would mean that many of the Louisvillians in these jobs would still not be able to make ends meet from week to week," Becker said.
Mountjoy said the team's investors have tried their best to address those concerns while moving the project forward.
"We've agreed to pay $12 an hour, which is far above the minimum wage to our employees, and we've agreed to ask any contractor to pay $10 an hour, which is also far above the minimum wage," he said.
Jobs With Justice is seeking a deal that mirrors a private agreement struck between owners of the NBA franchise Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin-based labor unions to pay workers at the team's new downtown arena $12 per hour this year, and at least $15 per hour by 2023.
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Becker said that area employers are already hiring people to do food service and hospitality work at those wage rates. And because these jobs will not begin for at least another two years, the rising cost of living weakens the real value of the promised wages, he said.
But Mountjoy said a $15-an-hour wage rate is too much at this time, and that it is unfair to compare the Louisville City FC project to the NBA. In that situation, Wisconsin lawmakers forked over $250 million to help the Bucks build a new stadium.
"If the city was going to pay for half the stadium, it might be an issue but that's not the case," Mountjoy said.
Under the Louisville soccer deal, the city is proposing to use about $25 million to buy around 40 acres of land with the remaining $5 million going toward public infrastructure.
Mayor Greg Fischer's office has said that no local tax dollars will be used for the stadium's construction and that the team will repay the city $14.5 million from sales of land and stadium rent.
The mayor's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether the vote should be postponed again to reach a higher wage agreement.
Fischer’s office did announce Wednesday that the team came to an agreement with the Urban League to help recruit and train employees for construction work on the stadium.
The team will also provide the Urban League a 60-day notice on future jobs that are needed at the site. It will also pay the civil rights group $125,000 across two installments to fund the job training classes, said Brad Estes, who serves as the team's executive vice president.
Reporter Phillip M. Bailey can be reached at 502-582-4475 or pbailey@courier-journal.com.
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Investors at Windquest Group acquire Michigan’s Ridge Cider Co.
April 6, 2017 Keith Gribbins
Ridge Cider is situated in a fruit agricultural mecca; its fertile soil, high elevation and unique climate is in close proximity to Lake Michigan, making it one of the prime fruit-growing regions in the world.
The Windquest Group continues to invest in Michigan-based beverage and entertainment businesses. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Windquest is a privately held investment management and private equity firm. It has just taken a majority interest in the Ridge Cider Co., a craft hard cider company based in Grant, Mich. During the past year, the Windquest Group has made strategic investments in the craft beverage market. In 2016, it purchased Holland-based Coppercraft Distillery.
The company also has investments in Reserve Wine & Food (a Grand Rapids-based restaurant) and Boxed Water is Better (also in Grand Rapids). There are plenty of great breweries in Grand Rapids. Might any of them be next?
Matt DeLong, founder of Ridge, will become the head cidermaker, and business operations will transition to Windquest. This investment positions Ridge to begin bottling its hard cider for regional distribution. To date, Ridge’s distribution network has been limited to taprooms and restaurants along the Lake Michigan shore. The company will immediately pursue distribution into retail and wholesale suppliers. From the press release:
“Artisanal cider is made like a fine wine. It starts with locally grown apples from estate orchards, which are then fermented with their own sugars and yeasts. The result is a refreshing alternative to traditional white wine or a session IPA,” said DeLong. “Our goal from the beginning was to start with the best products, make real cider, and build from there. With Windquest, we can accelerate our bottling operations and immediately expand our distribution network.”
Launched in 2015, Ridge produces more than 30 dry, artisanal ciders in the European tradition, made from 100 percent fresh Michigan apples, personally selected by DeLong from specific varieties found along “the ridge,” West Michigan’s legendary apple orchard country. Ridge employs traditional farmhouse production methods that include native and secondary fermentation and use of wild yeasts, native to the region.
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The best art books for 2020
By Dom Carter 2019-12-19T14:52:15Z
This year’s best art books will not only look good on your coffee table, they can help you learn a wealth of new skills.
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The best art books continue to be an important part of an artist’s toolkit, along with the pencils, paints and brushes that help them to bring their work to life. Art books can inspire and educate in equal measure.
With the help of an art book, whether it covers classical works, drawing tips or the behind-the-scenes craft of an animated blockbuster, creators can get a greater understanding of their profession. And even though digital platforms continue to influence the art world and how creators gain information, books still have a unique and valuable place. They have the room to explore a topic in greater detail, and crucially, they are tactile and visually appealing.
It’s a benefit that isn’t just limited to artists. Designers can develop their understanding with graphic design books, and we’ve already seen how fine artists can refine their skills with the best figure drawing books.
In this guide we’ve cast the net wide to bring you some of the standout art books of 2019. Covering a Japanese master, parallel universes and lessons on perspective, we’ve made sure there’s something for everyone.
If you're after more art supplies, see our list of the best pencils and the essential art supplies for painting.
01. Hokusai: Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji
The artistic high point of a Japanese master
Publisher: Prestel | Author: Amelie Balcou | Pages: 138 | ISBN-10: 3791386077 | ISBN-13: 978-3791386072
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Comprehensive retrospective
Beautiful accordion-fold
Elegant slipcase
Limited scope
Even if you only have a casual appreciation for Hokusai, you’ll know that he was the print maker behind one of Japan’s most famous pieces of art: The Great Wave. If you’ve wanted to learn more about the works of the seminal printmaker, or perhaps you’re already familiar with him and you want to experience his work in amazing quality, then this book should sate your curiosity.
Presented with luxurious silken binding with an additional explanatory booklet, Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji takes a detailed look at the artist’s series of prints based around the natural landmark. As its title suggests, this book has a narrow scope that focuses on a fraction of Hokusai’s career, but it makes up for this by presenting them beautifully.
You don’t have to be a Hokusai expert to appreciate this hardback, in fact it’s one of the most stylish ways to dip your toe into his work.
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02. Leonardo: The Complete Paintings and Drawings
A comprehensive account of the definitive Renaissance man
Publisher: Taschen GmbH **Author:** Frank Zollner, Johannes Nathan | Pages: 704 | ISBN-10: 3836576252 | ISBN-13: 978-3836576253
In-depth account
Amazing presentation
Wealth of work
Disappointing close-ups
To coincide with the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, Taschen has celebrated the polymath’s life work with this comprehensive survey of his output. Accompanying the fifteen paintings that are often attributed to the Renaissance man himself, this book also packs in nearly 700 of his drawings.
With a subject as well-trodden as da Vinci, it can be difficult to find a new angle. However this large hardback presents da Vinci’s work in a historic and contemporary context that will surprise even his most scholarly of devotees.
It’s a deep-dive into the world of the famous artist, and some passages may be too dense for newcomers or more casual readers. This is offset by the imagery though, which shows off the artist's work with the help of detailed close-ups. As the Financial Times says: "there’s no legal way of approaching Leonardo’s work more closely."
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03. Spectrum 26
Discover the best works in contemporary fantastic art
Publisher: Flesk Publications | Author: John Fleskes | Pages: 336 | ISBN-10: 1640410252 | ISBN-13: 978-1640410251
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Top contemporary work
Will make you jealous
You don’t have to look back as far as Leonardo da Vinci to find great artists. The annual Spectrum collections prove that there’s plenty of contemporary art to appreciate, and 2019 appears to be no exception.
As its name suggests, this book is the twenty sixth in the best-selling series. In its pages you’ll find exceptional works from extraordinary creators spanning a wide variety of mediums including illustration, sculpture, fine art, video games and more.
If you’re an artist working today, Spectrum 26 gives you an idea of the standard you need to live up to. Don’t let it make you jealous though. As the publishers themselves say, Spectrum is meant to be a celebration of very special artists that helps them to find a wider audience. So if you find an intimidatingly-good new artist inside, don’t feel defeated, instead use them as inspiration for your next project.
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04. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - The Art of the Movie
Behind-the-scenes insight from the animated blockbuster
Publisher: Titan Books | Author: Ramin Zahid | Pages: 192 | ISBN-10: 1785659464 | ISBN-13: 978-1785659461
Animator advice
Sequel teasers
Glorious presentation
Mainly finished art
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse stepped up our expectations of what a superhero film could achieve. And not just in terms of the incredible storytelling. A pivotal part of its success was its stunning animation and art design, and this book reveals some of the work that went into it.
If you’re a Spider-Man fan, or even just into the MCU, this book is well worth checking out. Not only does it explore the artistic decisions behind some of the stranger characters and settings, it also teases who might return in a sequel.
And that’s what sets this art book apart from similar releases. You can tell all of the artists involved were giving it their all as this film allowed them to show off their ideas to the max, rather than playing second fiddle to live-action elements.
Regardless of whether you usually pick up art books, this one will give you a greater appreciation of the story as well as giving you the chance to savour some of the film’s incredible visuals on the printed page.
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05. Figure Drawing for Kids
Start them early with this guide to figure drawing
Publisher: Rockridge Press | Author: Angela Rizza | Pages: 102 | ISBN-10: 1641527714 | ISBN-13: 978-1641527712
Good for beginners
Unique angle
Not out yet!
We’re bending the rules a little bit here with an art book that won’t be on the shelves until January 2020. In our defence though, you can pre-order it right now, and it’s not often that we see figure drawing books aimed at the nine to twelve-year-old age bracket.
Promising to be a fun way to approach figure drawing, this guide makes the subject accessible to young readers by using examples of familiar people, namely pop culture icons and superheroes. It also promotes different body types, which itself can be lacking in figure drawing books pitched at adults.
If you know a young artist who could do with some figure drawing guidance, it looks like you could do worse than this book. And it sure beats those poor quality art sets that often find their way into the stockings of creative children on Christmas morning.
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06. The Graphic Novelist’s Guide to Drawing Perspective
Get your head around the fundamental drawing technique
Publisher: Search Press | Author: Dan Cooney | Pages: 176 | ISBN-10: 1782217258 | ISBN-13: 978-1782217251
Informative tutorials
Basic on occasion
Do you have trouble making your horizons taper off into a vanishing point? Fear not, graphic novelist Dan Cooney is here to walk you through the basics of perspective in an engaging, easy-to-understand way.
Tips on perspective drawing can sometimes be sidelined in other how to draw books, so it’s good to see the technique getting the attention it deserves here. Especially seeing as it’s a fundamental drawing principle.
Dan Cooney’s accessible writing style comes from a place of being equally frustrated and troubled by perspective, so he’s perfectly positioned to explain how it works. With chapters dedicated to each of the three perspective points, he guides you through it so effortlessly that by the time you finish you’ll wonder how you ever drew without this advice.
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It’s not just kids who have been treated to some figure drawing books this year. For adult artists, Michel Lauricella has put together this brief breakdown of how you can draw the human body with the help of just a few simple shapes.
If you’re familiar with figure drawing, you’ll already know that thinking in terms of geometric shapes can help make sense of the model. However, this guide deviates from the traditional approach to figure drawing by showing you how you can draw everything from heads, torsos and limbs with just a small collection of forms that can be combined and shaped into more complex structures.
Given that figure drawing and human anatomy can be intimidating for newcomers, Lauricella does a good job of grounding it and going back to basics. So if you’ve ever thought about trying to draw figures, or maybe you’re returning to it after some initial struggles, this is an accessible way to do so.
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Life Is Strange 2: Episode 2 Review
By Nick Cowen
[SPOILER ALERT: THIS REVIEW ASSUMES THE READER HAS PLAYED LIFE IS STRANGE 2: EPISODE 1. AS SUCH IT CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 1]
When the credits rolled at the end of Life Is Strange 2’s first episode, ‘Roads’, players were left with threads hanging concerning the fate of the Diaz brothers. They had food and supplies left for them by a kindly stranger who’d brought them down the coast, but both were still fugitives and Sean’s plan to get his little brother Daniel to safety seemed nebulous at best.
On top of that, players were in no doubt about the source of the mysterious power that had ended the first instalment’s opening act with a burst of explosive chaos. Not only was Daniel in a bad place emotionally after learning of the death of his father, it turned out that he has telekinesis and that the more angry and emotional he becomes, the more destructive that power is and the less control he has over it.
Sean, by all accounts, has a bigger job than he’d reckoned with when he decided to take care of his younger brother.
Life Is Strange 2: Episode 2, Rules, picks up a few weeks after the last episode. It’s now the middle of winter as Sean and Daniel are camping out in snow covered woodlands with the puppy Daniel picked up in Episode 1, Mushroom. The pair are trying to work out a way to control Daniel’s power, although the latter is getting more comfortable with using it (in some instances you could say he’s more than a little cocky).
Sean has a lot on his plate, not the least of which is the fact that if the player decided to be brutally pragmatic about the Diaz boys’ plight in the first episode and steal items rather than pay for them, Daniel has picked up a couple of moral wrinkles on top of everything else. He observes everything the player does and Sean is basically his moral compass.
That’s a hell of a lot of responsibility to place on a kid’s shoulders and it doesn’t help that with Daniel’s confidence growing that it’s not too long before he’s questioning his older brother’s rules concerning it (that is, don’t show off and keep the power a secret). Hell, not even Mushroom listens to Sean when he tries to lay down the law.
As one would expect, hanging out in the woods in the dead of winter with very little warmth and dwindling food supplies isn’t the best situation for a kid of Daniel’s age, and it’s not long before he becomes ill and Sean is forced to make a plan. He decides to take his brother and Mushroom to Beaver Creek, the home of the boys’ maternal grandparents. Once they’re there, they’re introduced to a new selection of characters, including (aside from the grandparents) a comic-book-obsessed kid called Chris, his alcoholic father and two hitchhikers called Finn and Cassidy.
As is the case with all of the entries in this series, the story is the strongest feature in Rules. Barring one emotional beat that feels incredibly manipulative (and players can probably guess which member of the Diaz travelling party it involves), the developments in ‘Rules’ focus on the changing dynamic between Sean and Daniel, punctuating the narrative here and there with moments packed with tension.
There is less of the political and social commentary that Roads put front and centre, but given that this entry feels both in its execution and pay-off as something of a scene-setter for Episode 3, that’s no bad thing. While players won’t experience anything approaching the emotional drainage of the first instalment, there are one or two beats here that hit home succinctly.
The real problem with Rules (and to a degree Roads) is that, for the most part, it’s a chore to play. Between watching cutscenes, players have to make dialogue and action choices which don’t appear to have the same impact that they did in Episode 1 on Daniel – or any other character for that matter.
The lion’s share of the player’s time is taken up by piloting Sean around numerous environments, picking up items and looking at stuff which trigger internal monologues about whatever he’s interacting with. There are collectibles to gather, but it’s not clear whether or not there’s any plot-based benefit for doing so and while there are a couple of puzzles, they aren’t really challenging or engaging. Beyond that, Sean can draw pictures, but this function just seems to have been included because… well, that’s what moody teens do?
To be frank, a lot of these features feel like they were included because the developers felt they had to include them. Without them, Rules would have less gaming engagement than TellTale’s Walking Dead series. What’s missing here is agency. There’s no mechanic or feature the player can make use of that creates the impression they’re having a genuine impact on the proceedings. Sean is swept along in Daniel’s wake and even the game’s choice mechanic feels perfunctory rather than poignant.
On top of that, the pacing in ‘Rules’ is even slower than in Roads. There’s a set-up and a pay-off to the episode, but thanks to the monotonous experience of playing the game, it feels like it takes a small age to get there.
That having been said, players who picked up a season pass for Life Is Strange: Episode 2 will likely forgive its transgressions. As has been mentioned, the story is intriguing and even with its slow pacing, Rules ends with a scene that sets an enticing stage for the next episode. It’s those who took a flyer on Roads that may decide that on the basis of Rules that their time may be better invested elsewhere – and given how monotonous playing through this segment is, they’d be forgiven for that.
Still, personally speaking, I’m interested to see where Life is Strange 2 goes next. After all, if I can forgive a decent TV show for the odd bum episode, I can forgive Life Is Strange Episode 2 as well… as long as it doesn’t make a habit of it.
Life Is Strange: Episode 2
Life Is Strange 2: Episode 2 is a disappointment. While it contains a number of revelatory moments and a couple of scenes that pack real tension, thanks to its lousy pacing and absence of agency, only the most committed fans of this series are advised to pick it up. Here’s hoping Episode 3 picks up the pace.
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Cuomo faces scrutiny over alleged leak during ethics probe
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing questions over the resignation of a state ethics board member over a leak about a board vote that may have involved Cuomo’s former top aide Joseph Percoco.
Cuomo faces scrutiny over alleged leak during ethics probe Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing questions over the resignation of a state ethics board member over a leak about a board vote that may have involved Cuomo’s former top aide Joseph Percoco. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2019/11/14/cuomo-faces-scrutiny-over-alleged-leak-during-ethics-probe/4191050002/
Joseph Spector, New York State Team Published 2:11 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2019 | Updated 3:12 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2019
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing questions over the resignation of a state ethics board member who claimed information was leaked about a vote that may have involved Cuomo’s former top aide Joseph Percoco.
Cuomo was allegedly briefed on the details of a closed-door vote by the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in January, the Times Union in Albany reported late Wednesday. But Cuomo's office and state officials rejected the allegations, and a state investigation found the claims could not be proven true.
The allegation that either Cuomo or his staff was informed of a private vote by JCOPE sparked an investigation by the state Inspector General's Office.
The probe came after the board member, Julie Garcia, said she was contacted after the vote by a staff member to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who had appointed her to the board.
She brought her complaint to JCOPE executive director Seth Agata, and the IG's investigation was commenced.
“I was alarmed when I was contacted so quickly after that (January) meeting,” Garcia told the paper.
“I was being told the governor knew how I voted in executive session, even though I was unable to confirm whether or not the information was accurate.”
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office contends he had no "conversations that were inappropriate" as it pertained to a state ethics board vote. (Photo: Hans Pennink, AP)
A JCOPE spokesman said Thursday the claim could not be substantiated by the IG's office.
"The Commission was advised of an allegation that confidential information had been released outside of the Commission," JCOPE spokesman Walt McClure said.
"The law requires certain steps, and the Commission acted accordingly. We have since been advised that the allegation could not be substantiated."
Lee Park, a spokesman for Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro, said she recused herself from the case.
Agata, who is no longer JCOPE's executive director, and Tagliafierro are both former Cuomo aides. Tagliaferro also once served as JCOPE's executive director.
Park said the probe found no wrongdoing.
“The Inspector General’s Office was notified of a potential leak regarding the Joint Commission on Public Ethics," he said. "The matter was investigated and found to be unsubstantiated.
Cuomo senior adviser Richard Azzopardi said nothing improper occurred.
"The governor and the speaker have talked about ethics over the years, but have not had any conversations that were inappropriate," he said.
Heastie spokesman Michael Whyland said while Heastie and Cuomo have had "many conversations" about ethics, "He does not recall having a conversation with the Governor regarding the specifics of any JCOPE investigation."
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Following in the footsteps of some famous funnies
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In a time where students are getting blamed for everything from economic recession to missing traffic cones and shopping trolleys at weekends (some accusations are more justified than others) there is one industry that stands by students. Comedy as an entity holds the hands of students like an oddly proud parent or, more accurately, like their amusingly embarrassed offspring. This is because modern comedy bore a lot of its roots in the silly ideas generated in the hazy and crazy nights in student unions or conversations held in the kitchen come living area come bathroom that you would find in student shared accommodation. It is through the modern day comedy legends such as Stephen Fry, David Mitchell and Rowan Atkinson (to name a few!) that students can stake their claim to the shared parenthood of modern comedy. All these household names all began their careers as those pesky cone stealing, economy ruining students- brought together by societies such as the Cambridge Footlights or the Oxford Revue.
As someone who has spent the entirety of his university life dedicated to comedy thanks to my universities comedy society I feel quite passionate about the need for these groups and the role they play in the wider community. Comedy, as an industry, can be bitter and competitive. As a newcomer you could find yourself feeling unwelcome as your very presence could pose a threat to your embittered colleagues whom you were hoping to call friends. Mix the comedy industry with a university society however, and you find a wonderful sense of community that you may otherwise never receive.
This is, of course, a sweeping generalisation but the positive impact that both comedy and students have on one another cannot be ignored. Stand up is a lonely game. You perform alone and are forced to be independent to achieve your potential. With a university society, each member is working hard to make the group as good as it can be. You find yourself absorbed into a comforting and helpful family full of support and social anxiety issues. Plus, student have less to lose, they are living off a student loan and doing comedy as a hobby. They haven’t had a chance to lose sight of the joy that performing gives them. Each gig ends with pats on the back and constructive feedback. They haven’t been subjected to having the passion and perseverance beat out of them by and old man in the back of a pub banging a gong or waving a glow stick to signal the end of their precious stage time.
Student comedy has expanded vastly since Oxford and Cambridge kicked it all off. There are student Comedy groups all over the country. When I was running the De Montfort University society I went as far as to have a map of the country covered in post-it notes signalling where other societies were and the distance and travel time from DMU. With hindsight, however, it is difficult to work out whether this was due to my love of student comedy, my love of maps or my love of adhesive stationary. For now I’ll go with all of the above. But its expansion is a testament to the important role it plays in the industry. One of the biggest comedy competitions in the country is the chortle student comedy competition which is a competition where you will have the most friendly and supportive chats with your “rivals” before the gig. A comedy society gives a performer the tools they need to improve and the right attitude about the bohemian nature of such a creative industry. This comes as a recommendation. Interested in comedy? Join a comedy society, in an ironic twist it may be time to start taking student comedy seriously.
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