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With You For The Long Haul
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- Sven & Pat Carlson
“...[w]hen waxing the front cap for the first time, I noticed cracks around the marker light on the top driver's side, like it had been broken and glued back together. The service department, because we could not drive to the factory for repair, had us take it to a local RV repair facility, and paid for the whole process. Unbelievable support!”
- Paul & Larissa Schmidt
"I'd like to thank all of the Vanleigh service crew for always being available to help us, either on the phone or by squeezing us in for an emergency repair... The smartest thing we ever did was to buy a Vanleigh product, their customer support is unsurpassed by any other RV manufacturer.”
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"We can't express how much we felt like part of a big family when we arrived. From the factory tour to the experience at the service center, we felt like we were treated not only as valued customers, but as family! The factory tour was incredible! We saw the Vilano being built from the frame up and were just amazed at the quality and attention to detail... I can't think of ever having such good service from any other provider! ...We love our Vilano and we love our Vanleigh family!”
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MPS School Rm @ Mile Post School
Mile Post School Room is currently available through December 31, 2020 - Please check back on December 1st, 2020 after 12pm, to reserve room time for January 2021 through December 2021. Meetings/Parties Facility Capacity: 20 Room Dimensions: 29' x 29' The Mile Post School is a historic building, which is now used for small group meetings and parties. Parking is limited and only allows for 10 cars. Please do not park on Pittsford Mendon Road.
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PCC Activity Rm 18 @ PCC
Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Activity room, maximum capacity 36. Tile flooring. Room size: 895 square feet No tape, nails or staples are allowed for use on walls, tables or other equipment.
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Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Activity room, maximum capacity 36. Tile flooring, sink. Room size: 820 square feet No tape, nails or staples are allowed for use on walls, tables or other equipment.
PCC Classroom 204 @ PCC
Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Classroom, maximum capacity 48. Carpeted. Room size: 882 square feet Functions: This room is available for meetings only. Food, paints, glue & adhesives are not allowed. No tape, nails or staples are allowed for use on walls, tables or other equipment.
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Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020.. Classroom, maximum capacity 30. Carpeted. Room size: 561 square feet Functions: This room is available for meetings only. Food, paints, glue & adhesives are not allowed. No tape, nails or staples are allowed for use on walls, tables or other equipment.
PCC Multipurpose 113 @ PCC
Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020.
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PCL Fisher Rm @ Library
Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Meeting Room Capacity: 150 Room Dimensions: 32' x 56' Applicant will be required to do his or her own setup if reservation is made within 48 hours of the time requested. Equipment will not be available for late requests. Fisher Meeting Room is available for meetings and lectures; No parties allowed.
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PCL Fletcher Rm @ Library
Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Meeting Room Capacity: 14 Room Dimensions: 32' x 56' Meeting Room Capacity: 14 Room Dimensions: 14' x 29' The Fletcher Steele Room does not allow for special setups. The room includes a conference table and 14 chairs. Equipment will not be available for late requests. Fletcher Steele Room is a formal board room; Adult use only.
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Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Multi purpose room, maximum capacity 30. Wood floor. Room size: 902 square feet Functions: This room is available for dance or fitness only. There is no furniture in this room. No tape, nails or staples are allowed for use on walls, tables or other equipment. Group activities are subject to the submittal of general liability insurance naming the Town of Pittsford as additional insured. Fitness/Dance Room Capacity: 50 Room Dimensions: 45' x 45' Only Reservations for Dance or Fitness Type Activities
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Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Multi purpose room, maximum capacity 30. Wood floor & ballet barres. Room size: 811 square feet Functions: This room is available for dance or fitness only. There is no furniture in this room. No tape, nails or staples are allowed for use on walls, tables or other equipment. Group activities are subject to the submittal of general liability insurance naming the Town of Pittsford as additional insured.
Rooms are currently available through March 21, 2020. Please check back on March 2, 2020 after 12 pm to reserve room time for April through June 2020. Multi purpose room, maximum capacity 50. Wood floor & ballet barres. Room size: 2008 square feet Functions: This room is available for dance or fitness only. There is no furniture in this room. No tape, nails or staples are allowed for use on walls, tables or other equipment. Group activities are subject to the submittal of general liability insurance naming the Town of Pittsford as additional insured.
KBP North Lodge @ King's Bend Park
Lodges are currently available through 2020. Meetings/ Parties Facility Capacity: 99 Room Dimensions: 55' x 28' King's Bend Park North Lodge is located on Jefferson Road, east of the Village of Pittsford. The lodge is perfect for birthday, graduation and other family parties. Some of the amenities in the lodge include, a sink, refrigerator, oven, bathrooms and a fireplace. There is a playground in the park and two small ponds. There is substantial parking available.
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TFP Rectangle 1Turf @ TFP
Multi-purpose Turf Rectangle. Lined Field for Soccer, Lacrosse, and Field Hockey Lined for Soccer (Dimensions 345 x 210) Including Soccer Goals All Town of Pittsford parks close at dark.
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Island at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (29 Sep 2018)
Island at 7th Street
Island Setlist
Dreaming Of
I’ve Been Searching
A Place You Like
All You Ever Needed Was Love
Feels Like Air
(New Song)
The Day I Die
Spotless Mind
DPLV Setlist
All Different
So Chill
Take My Breath Away (Berlin cover)
Baby, I’ve Been Here Before (New)
I'm Gone
DeKam & Johnson Setlist
Mister Master Manipulator
What Did We Do
West Coast Lover
If I Ain't Got You (Alicia Keys cover)
Locked Out of Hun
Late at Night
UK’s Island (not to be confused with Canada/California’s Islands) is on their first North American tour, and they are stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, September 29th. The group’s debut album Feels Like Air is available now on Frenchkiss Records. …
UK’s Island (stylized as ISLAND) stopped by the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, September 29th, touring in support of the group’s debut album Feels Like Air (Frenchkiss Records).
The show started with Dekam & Johnson, two best friends Noah DeKam and Logan Johnson. They are joined on stage by a cajón player Patrick Phalen (normally on drums?) and bassist Robbie Weisshaar.
Noah and Logan took turns on singing, but occasional singing in unison (“Hanging Around”). They sound like adult contemporary music, but lists Prince and Bruno Mars as some of their influences. I suppose their R&B influence might account for their Alicia Keys cover song “If I Ain't Got You”.
Originally Brooklyn/Florida duo The Blancos was supposed to open, but for whatever reason, they dropped out of the bill. DPLV filled in. The synthy/chillwave/EDM duo used a lot of pre-recorded samples and sound effects, which required them to stay in perfect timing/sync, and unfortunately they had to “re-do” and restarted on a few song (“Look Back” was started twice and “Take My Breath Away” had to be restarted). It was kind of sloppy, but I don’t think the guys cared and they were having a good time anyway.
During their set, they gave us some facts about themselves, that they were both middle children and skateboarding buddies.
The Top Gun song “Take My Breath Away” (performed by Berlin), was probably the highlight of the set.
Island came on stage to a dark atmospheric lighting (which remained consistently dark throughout the show). The London band features singer/guitarist Rollo Doherty, guitarist Jack Raeder, bassist James Wolfe, and drummer Toby Richards, and it’s their first time in America. We got to talk to the traveling crew and they told us that they weren’t used to the Minneapolis coldness (it’s September after all). They said, “I know it gets cold in London, but it’s not like here (Minneapolis)...” and continued to talk about how they were in Phoenix and that was extremely hot.
It’s a learning experience, and you can tell the rest of the band is very excited to be in such a foreign country to them. In fact, singer Rollo Doherty, introducing the song “I’ve Been Searching”, tried to blend in as an American and started using phrases he thinks Americans would say: “We’re going old school on your asses! ... Do you guys say things like that?”
In typical debut album tour, the band would play practically every song (or most songs) off their debut album, and it’s no different for Island. Except in their case, they actually released a few EPs pre-album, including A Place You Like and Girl.
The biggest challenge for Island isn’t about gaining new fans, because there’s certainly a group that were really into this new band and were praising the UK band’s music. The biggest challenge is that their name is has already been used by numerous other bands/musicians: Swiss progressive group Island, Eurovision (Cyprus)'s Island, German metal band Island, Chicago’s jazz/psychedelic rock band Island, Island Records, and Canada’s Islands. I guess it’s like that old paraphrase, no band is an island...
10/01 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
10/02 - Columbus, OH - Basement
10/04 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
10/05 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd
10/06 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
DeKam & Johnson DPLV DPLV Island Island
Posted by W♥M on Sunday, 30 September 2018 at 12:25 PM in 7th Street Entry, Dekam and Johnson, DPLV, Island, Minneapolis, The Blancos, Vu | Permalink | Comments (0)
Minneapolis: September 24 to September 30, 2018
Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 24 to September 30, 2018.
We Were Promised Jetpacks 2018 Tour
We Were Promised Jetpacks (Adam Thompson -vocals/guitar; Michael Palmer-guitar; Sean Smith-bass, Stuart McGachan- keys/guitar; Darren Lackie- drums) then followed with a crushing, passionate 75 min. …
+ Jenn Champion
Scottish rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks is back in town with their fourth full-length album, The More I Sleep The Less I Dream.
We’re big fans of the band, having caught them at SXSW 2009 and followed their shows in Minneapolis any chance we get (the last being at the Varsity in 2015).
Jenn Champion (formerly known as S and Jenn Ghetto and band member of Carissa's Wierd) will open the show.
09.19 - Portland, ME @ Portland City Music Hall
09.20 - Porstmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
09.21 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le "Ritz" P.D.B.
09.22 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
09.23 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
09.25 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09.27 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
09.28 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
09.29 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
10.01 - Billings, MT @ The Pub Station
10.02 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
10.03 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10.04 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10.05 - Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo
10.06 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
10.08 - Chico, CA @ The Big Room
10.09 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American
10.11 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
10.12 - San Diego, CA @ Irenic
10.13 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
10.15 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
10.16 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10.17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10.18 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
10.19 - Chattanooga, TN @ Songbirds
10.20 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10.22 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
10.23 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club
10.24 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
10.26 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
10.27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
10.28 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
10.29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
We, the Revolution at First Avenue
Jupiter & Okwess 2018 Tour
Still Corners: Slow Air
Frankie Cosmos 2018 Poster
Wizard Fest 2018
David Wilcox 2018 Tour
Island 2018 Poster
Jeremy Zucker 2018 Tour
UB40 40th Anniversary Poster
Dead Sara at 7th Street Entry Poster
Lin-Manuel Miranda sent along a video, apologizing that commitments left him unable to attend, also praising Starkey’s efforts with his own foundation, to aid in still weather-stricken Puerto Rico. …
Although comic books are our thing, MNFF does offer other options for fans of television, films, books (wow at Harry Potter’s fanbase!), sci-fi (Star Wars), Doctor Who, cosplay, anime, gaming, etc. ...
Originally on a headlining tour of their own, at nearly the last minute Still Corners got added to the opening slot for buzz band CHVRCHES. They played a sold out show this past Saturday night at the Fine Line Music Cafe. …
Frankie Cosmos (aka Greta Kline) got her name from her boyfriend Aaron Maine (aka Porches)... who also plays in Cosmos’ touring band. We’ve previously caught Porches and said that the band was popular with the young college students... …
WE, THE REVOLUTION
feat. Hamilton Company Members
Mon 09/24/2018 (6pm/$75)
We, The Revolution is a charity event for the benefit of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and features Hamilton company members.
For fans who can’t get a ticket to the sold-out Broadway show, this may be the next best thing.
Ashley Támar Davis, the one-time muse and favorite singer of Prince, to open.
GA tickets: $75.00
VIP tickets: $200.00
King's Table VIP tickets: $400.00
Student Rush tickets: $20.00
JUPITER & OKWESS / FENDIKA
Cedar Cultural Center
Tue 09/25/2018 (7pm/$22)
Congo’s Jupiter & Okwess and Ethiopia’s Fendika will be co-headlining the Cedar Cultural Center on September 25th.
Gorillaz fans should take note of Jupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess, because singer/songwriter Damon Albarn is a big fan and made contribution to their second album Kin Sonic (Everloving Records).
09/21 - Albuquerque, NM - Globalquerque Festival
09/22 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
09/23 - Chicago, IL - Navy Pier IMAX
09/25 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
09/26 - Guanajuato, Mexico - Festival Cervantino
09/28 - Bloomington, IN - Lotus Festival
10/02 - Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy
10/03 - Brooklyn, NY - Littlefield
10/05 - Boston, MA - Boston University
10/07 - Joshua Tree, CA - Joshua Tree Music Festival
10/08 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon Cafe Concert
10/11 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10/12 - Crystal Bay, NV - Crystal Bay Club Casino
10/16 - Seattle, WA - Nectar Lounge
10/18 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's
10/20 - Black Mountain, NC - LEAF Community Arts Festival
10/26 - Guanajuato, Mexico - Explanada de la Alhóndiga
10/27 - Mérida, Mexico - Teatro Armando Manzanero
+ Foxes in Fiction, DJ Jake Rudh
Tue 09/25/2018 (7:30pm/$12)
Austin’s Still Corners is back with a fourth studio album Slow Air (released August 17 via Wrecking Light). The promo tour will stop by the Turf Club in St Paul on Tuesday.
We haven’t seen the band since 2013, and said, “Singer Tessa Murray stared out at the crowd with intense eyes as she sang over the pulsating beat and simple instrumentation. Next up was "Beatcity', a synth-laden, dancey tune where Murray sang breathily 'I haven't see you for some time..". They then reverted back to an older song 'Into the Trees', an infectiously cool song with a repetitive guitar line, more breathy vocals and precise percussion.”
9/18/2018 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
9/19/2018 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz
9/20/2018 - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
9/21/2018 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
9/22/2018 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
9/23/2018 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
9/25/2018 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
10/25/2018 - Austin, TX - Barracuda
10/28/2018 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
10/29/2018 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
10/30/2018 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
10/31/2018 - Tustin, CA - Marty's On Newport
11/1/2018 - Los Angeles, CA - Resident
11/2/2018 - San Francisco, CA - Neck of the Woods
11/4/2018 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11/5/2018 - Seattle, WA - Sunset
11/6/2018 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
+ Lomelda, Stef Chura
Wed 09/26/2018 (7pm/$16)
Frankie Cosmos (Greta Kline) is back on the road in support of her new record Vessel (Sub Pop Records).
09/17/2018 Saturn Birmingham, AL
09/19/2018 Gasa Gasa New Orleans, LA
09/20/2018 Satellite Bar Houston, TX
09/26/2018 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
09/27/2018 Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee, WI
10/01/2018 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
10/05/2018 White Eagle Hall Jersey City, NJ
10/06/2018 Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
10/07/2018 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Cabooze
cabooze.com
Formerly known as Harry Potter Parties, this Harry Potter-themed gathering named was probably changed for legal reasons, to Wizard Fest (not to be confused with Wizard World, the traveling comic book convention).
Wizard Fest wants to bring together Potter fans and encouraged them to dress up for an epic costume contest. Winners gets cash prizes and Potter-related gifts.
Having seen firsthand at all the J.K. Rowling / Harry Potter fans at Wizard World and Minnesota Fan Fusion, this upcoming show will be packed!
Remember, you have to be 21+ to order the Butterbeer.
Festivities include:
Live DJ & Dance Party
Quidditch Pong
Cleveland-born David Wilcox is headlining the Cedar on Friday, September 28th. As of this writing, no opening band is listed, but the venue promises a “special guest”.
09/20/2018 Center For Arts Natick, MA
09/21/2018 Katharine Hepburn Old Saybrook, CT
09/27/2018 CSPS Cedar Rapids, IA
09/28/2018 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
09/29/2018 First Unitarian Church Des Moines, IA
09/30/2018 Old Town School Chicago, IL
10/05/2018 McCabe's Guitar Shop Santa Monica, CA
10/06/2018 Shannon Performing Arts Center Whittier, CA
10/07/2018 Soho Restaurant Santa Barbara, CA
10/09/2018 Harvest Community Church Eugene, OR
10/10/2018 Alberta Rose Theatre Portland, OR
10/11/2018 The Triple Door Seattle, WA
10/20/2018 Muddy Creek Cafe Winston-Salem, NC
+ The Blancos, Dekam & Johnson
UK’s Island (not to be confused with Canada/California’s Islands) is on their first North American tour, and they are stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, September 29th. The group’s debut album Feels Like Air is available now on Frenchkiss Records.
Opening for the band will be The Blancos (Brooklyn/South Florida duo) and Dekam & Johnson.
09/17 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
09/18 - Los Angeles, CA - Moroccan Lounge
09/20 - Costa Mesa, CA - Wayfarer
09/21 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
09/22 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
09/25 - Austin, TX - Stubbs Jr
09/26 - Dallas, TX - Mohawk
09/28 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
09/29 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
+ Chelsea Cutler
varsitytheater.com
Multi-talented, Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter and producer Jeremy Zucker is on his “first ever North American tour”. He’ll be headlining the Varsity Theater on Saturday. The date was originally not on his initial tour itinerary (see poster).
09/19 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
09/20 Columbus, OH The Basement
09/21 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
09/24 Allston, MA Great Scott
09/26 Toronto, Canada Velvet Underground
09/27 Ann Arbor, MI The Blind Pig
09/28 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
09/29 Minneapolis, MN Chop Shop
10/3 Omaha, NE Slowdown Front Room
10/4 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
10/5 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
10/8 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
10/9 Portland, OR Hawthorne Lounge
10/11 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar
10/13 San Diego, CA Irenic
10/15 Los Angeles Roxy Theatre
10/16 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10/18 Dallas, TX HOB Cambridge Room
10/19 Austin, TX Parish
10/20 Houston, TX HOB Bronze Peacock
10/22 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
10/24 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
10/25 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
The Cabooze
Sun 09/30/2018 (7pm/$40)
World-famous reggae stars UB40 are on a For the Many 40th Anniversary tour, stopping by the Cabooze on Sunday, September 30th. You should probably order some red, red wine at the show.
09/28/2018 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
09/29/2018 - Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre
09/30/2018 - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
10/2/2018 - Kansas City, MO - Crossroads KC
10/4/2018 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
10/6/2018 - Roanoke, VA - Dr. Pepper Park
10/9/2018 - Oklahoma City. OK - The Tower Theatre
10/10/2018 - Dallas , TX - Gas Monkey
10/12/2018 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
10/19/2018 - Bonita Springs, FL - Ibis Theater
10/23/2018 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
10/24/2018 - Raleigh, NC - Duke Energy Center
10/25/2018 - Richmond, VA - The National
10/28/2018 - Wilmington, DE - The Queen
10/31/2018 - New York, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
11/1/2018 - Boston, MA - The Wilbur
DEAD SARA
+ Welles
Sun 09/30/2018 (7pm/$12/Sold Out)
Los Angeles’ alternative band Dead Sara is headlining the 7th Street Entry on September 30th.
23-year-old Welles to open. The show is sold out.
9/14 // Atlanta, GA // Masquerade Purgatory Stage
9/15 // Carrborro, NC // Cat's Cradle
9/17 // Brooklyn, NY // Music Hall
9/18 // Washington, DC // Black Cat Back Room
9/20 // Philadelphia, PA // Boot & Saddle
9/22 // Boston, MA // Middle East Upstairs
9/25 // Detroit, MI // The Shelter
9/27 // Indianapolis, IN // HiFi
9/28 // Columbus, OH // The Basement
9/29 // Chicago, IL // Beat Kitchen
9/30 // Minneapolis, MN // 7th Street Entry
10/2 // Denver, CO // Moon Room
10/3 // Salt Lake City, UT // The State Room
10/5 // Seattle, WA // Barboza
10/7 // Portland, OR // Mississippi Studios
10/11 // San Francisco, CA // Slim's
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Hobbs and Shaw Movie Review: 2 Odd 2 Couple
Fred Topel July 31, 2019 1 like
Ever since he joined the franchise in Fast Five, Dwayne Johnson has been trying to drum up interest in a Luke Hobbs spinoff. I initially thought a solo movie was a bad idea because what makes The Fast and the Furious so special is the ensemble. Hobbs hung in there for three more movies, and by The Fate of the Furious, pairing him up with Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw proved they had great chemistry. Suddenly Hobbs & Shaw was a great idea. It also fits the theme of the franchise that both of these characters began as antagonists but grew to become members of the family.
Princeton (Idris Elba) is ETEON’s greatest achievement, a computer-enhanced covert agent. Princeton tried to steal the CT17 or Snowflake Virus, but MI-6 agent Hattie Shaw (Vanessa Kirby) beat him to it. Only to do so, she had to inject the virus in herself. The CIA recruits Hobbs and British Intelligence recruits Shaw to find her, both sides knowing they’ll be oil and water. The Shaw family keeps getting larger because Hattie is Deckard’s sister.
The Fast and the Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw picks up on the odd couple dynamic they explored in Fate. This is a familiar trope in action movies. 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, forcing two mismatched partners to work together is a tried and true formula. Hobbs and Shaw are more like a Midnight Run or Rush Hour dynamic where they’re constantly trying to shake each other to go solo, and whenever one gets the upper hand, the other has to one-up them.
That gives Hobbs & Shaw a somewhat different tone than the Fast and the Furious movies. It still has the wild action sequences but takes more time to let the actors riff against each other. There’s less of an earnest sincerity to the drama and far less emphasis on family. Although both Hobbs and Shaw’s family play major roles in the film, Hobbs & Shaw just isn’t taking it as seriously as Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) does, and that works to establish their spinoff as something else. This is just a romp for Hobbs and Shaw to save the world.
John Wick co-creator David Leitch also seems to have an action choreographer’s sense of editing the dialogue too. The film takes time for humorous character interaction, but they’re always edited with a snappy back and forth. They may have riffed for hours, but Leitch takes a fast and furious approach to those interactions. The only one that slows the movie down is a cameo appearance on an airplane. That felt too indulgent, but on the other hand, we get to see Helen Mirren riff with her on-screen son.
The action is of course great. Leitch directs the stars with his 87eleven action team to create some impressive battles. Hattie uses her helmet and the contents of a garbage bin against Hobbs, the premise being that Hobbs can pick up anything she hurls as if it’s a scrap. Shaw can use anything in his kitchen or shower against attackers, and later in the movie uses an army’s own vests, straps, and tasers against them.
I was most impressed by Kirby and her double’s moves. They definitely show Kirby’s face doing a lot of her own fights, and then they cleverly have her don her helmet or her hair falls over her face so a trained stuntwoman can do more than they can teach an actor in preproduction. Kirby is the MVP of Hobbs & Shaw. She sells all of Hobbs and Shaw’s tomfoolery because she doesn’t have time for them. She has bigger problems, she’s vicious and elegant but also gets to be vulnerable..
Vehicular action is fast and furious too. Hobbs & Shaw found some car stunts that even the Fast and the Furious films never attempted. The philosophy remains the same, that these guys are magic when they’re in a car. Shaw uses any slanted surface as a potential ramp. There’s a fight on a moving truck while an entire factory collapses behind them. The climax is a caravan of trucks versus a helicopter.
Hobbs & Shaw sets up more adventures for Hobbs at least, and a strong implication that Deckard and Hattie Shaw would join him. Here’s hoping they also return to the Fast and the Furious family, although it seems pretty clear Johnson is done with Diesel which is fine too. He did four and hopefully, Lettie, Roman, and Tej can get their own spinoffs too.
Fred Topel also known as Franchise Fred has been an entertainment journalist since 1999 and specializes in writing about film, television and video games. Fred has written for several outlets including About.com, CraveOnline, and Rotten Tomatoes among others. His favorite films include Toy Story 2, The Rock, Face/Off, True Lies, Labyrinth, The Big Hit, Michael Moore's The Big One, and Casablanca. We are very lucky and excited to have Fred as part of the We Live Entertainment team. Follow him on Twitter @FranchiseFred and @FredTopel
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Amazon Prime Student Review
What is Amazon Prime Student?
Amazon Prime Student, in the most obvious sense, is Amazon’s Prime service, but at a discounted rate for students. Amazon Prime Student lets students access free one-day delivery on millions of items (one-day for UK students, unlimited two-Day delivery for students in the Republic of Ireland). Members also get exclusive discounts and access to premium content such as music, movies and TV shows.
What do you get with Amazon Prime Student?
Amazon Prime (which I cover in another review click here) isn’t just a way to get major discounts but also a way to get exclusive and unlimited access to books, magazines, music, movies, shows and unlimited cloud storage for photos.
Amazon Prime Video – movies and TV shows on-demand
Amazon Prime Student includes Prime Video, the premium content subscription service which you can access via a Fire TV Stick (£39.99 and $39.99 in the US), or any smart device.
Some shows that are currently available on Prime Video include Man in the High Castle, Transparent, Mr. Robot, and Vikings, too list a few. Movie buffs should see our round up of the best movies available on Prime Video this month. Prefer TV instead? We also have a round up of the best TV shows on Prime Video.
Prime Reading – unlimited access to books, comics, and magazines
Amazon Prime Student membership also gets you unlimited access to thousands of books, current magazines, comic books, Kindle Singles and plenty of other content. The access is unlimited and you don’t need a separate Kindle e-reader to view the content – only the free Kindle app. Of course, the app comes pre-installed on all Amazon Fire tablets.
Prime members also get advanced access to one of six books selected by six Amazon editors before the book is officially released.
Learn more about Prime Reading here(USA) or here(UK).
Prime Music – ad-free, curated music
An Amazon Prime Student account also includes access to Prime Music, which gives you access to 2 million songs, ad-free. You can listen on-demand and download songs and albums to listen offline as well.
For even more music, there’s the additional service Amazon Music Unlimited, which gets you access to 40 million songs and is constantly updated with the latest hits and releases. Typically, Amazon Music Unlimited costs £9.99/$9.99 per month for non-Prime members and £7.99/$7.99 per month for Prime members, but students get the service for nominal rate of £4.99/month in UK or $4.99/month in the US under the Student Plan.
But as a student, if you’d rather not pay at all, Prime Student members can get Amazon Music Unlimited for free for 6 months, as its included in the Amazon Prime Student trial. After the trial, again, you would only pay the discounted £4.99/month in UK or $4.99/month in the US for the Student Plan.
See more about about Amazon Music Unlimited here.
Lightning Deals – exclusive Prime early access to limited-time offers
Of course, one of the main benefits of having an Amazon Prime Student account is to access exclusive deals and discounts. Amazon’s Lightning Deals are temporary flash sales that happen once a day. The deals are often timed or last until there is still stock available.
The advantage of a Prime membership is that you have access to Lightning Deals 30 minutes ahead of anyone else, which means you can avoid the rat race of getting those headphones or gaming keyboards before they’re all out.
Sign up for Amazon Prime Student here.
Prime Photos – secure, unlimited photo storage
As a student, running out of photo storage space on your phone becomes inevitable. With an Amazon Prime Student account, you also get Prime Photos, which gives you unlimited storage space. You can keep all your pictures in one place and you don’t have to downsize them either to a lower resolution.
Prime Photo lets you access your photos from anywhere and from any device (your desktop, iOS or Android devices), and share your photos as well. Click here to get the Prime Photos app for Windows, Mac, Android or iOS.
How to get Amazon Prime Student
Signing up for Amazon Prime Student requires you to have an Amazon account (obviously), or create one. The sign-up process will ask for a valid university email address (ends with “ac.uk” in the UK, or “.edu” in the US) which will be verified. The sign-up process will also request your expected graduation year and a method of payment (credit or debit).
For additional details about the sign-up process if you’re a student, Amazon has a dedicated page you can access here.
Click here to go right to the Amazon Prime Student UK sign up page.
Amazon Prime Student vs Amazon Prime
With an Amazon Prime Student account, you essentially get all the perks of a regular Prime account, but at half the cost of a regular membership. Additionally, you get a 6-month free trial instead of a 30-day trial.
How much does Amazon Prime Student cost?
You can subscribe to Amazon Prime Student on a monthly or annual basis. A monthly subscription costs £3.99/$6.49 per month, whereas an annual subscription costs £39/$59 per year. The annual rate works out at £3.25/$4.92 per month, so you would in fact be saving with an annual rate even if you pay more upfront.
Click Here to sign up for Amazon Prime Student.
How can you get Amazon Prime Student for free?
Amazon offers a generous 6-month free trial to students who want to give Amazon Prime Student a shot. In comparison, a regular Prime membership only allows up to 30 days in the trial version.
After six months, if you choose to keep your Prime Student membership, you only pay £39/$59 per year, or £3.99/$6.49 per month, which is half of the regular Prime subscription cost.
Can you cancel after the 6-month free trial?
Of course, being a student means you’re on a tight budget. If that £3.99/$6.49 per month is eating into your coffee funds, you can cancel anytime. See more on Amazon Prime Student here.
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Tim Davies spent 6 years at sea as a deck officer serving on general cargo, container, tanker, bulk carrier and refrigerated vessels. He then studied law and economics at the University of Wales. After graduating Tim worked for over 20 years in private practice handling charterparty, MoA and contractual disputes, and arbitration cases from initial advices through to oral hearings. Tim also dealt with admiralty matters worldwide including groundings, fire, collision, salvage and total loss cases. He joined the Greek Office of West of England in 2008 and transferred to London in 2018 where he handles both FDD and P&I claims.
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Bridgeway Play began as a parent-lead effort to enhance the playground in Bridgeway Lakes Community Park. Working with local sponsors, and a team of parent volunteers, we raised over $50,000 to contribute to the City of West Sacramento Parks Dept. to build a better play space for the families of West Sacramento.
The Park was completed and opened in May 2016 and has been a resounding success.
Because of the success we had in designing, building and fundraising for this project we created a non-profit organization to build and enhance creative play spaces, and produce family friendly events promoting local sponsors, all over West Sacramento.
In 2018 we entered into a partnership with the City of West Sacramento and the Parks Dept. to help fundraise to build shade structures at local parks in the City.
Our 2019 goals are to raise funds for 4 parks in West Sacramento:
Alyce Norman
Pheasant Hollow Park
Sam Combs Park
Bridgeway Island Park
Opening Dedication with Mayor Cabaldon, West Sacramento City Council members and original Bridgeway Play Board members (and who could forget Mooie)
WestSac Play (a/k/a Bridgeway Play) is a fiscally sponsored project of Citizens for Green Recreation & Transportation in West Sacramento (30-0537993) a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
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Daymond John Net Worth, The Shark of “Shark Tank”
by Asirpa Niisan
Daymond John Net Worth
Life After Graduated from High School
Business Career
Daymond John Television Appearances
Appearance in Shark Tank Show
Daymond John Education Life
The ‘Shark Tank’ Show and Its Biggest Returns
1. Bubba’s Q
2. Mission Belt
3. VPcabs
4. Sun-Staches
5. Mo’s Bows
Awards, Recognition, and Publications
Daymond John Net Worth Achievements
Daymond John is one of the most popular businessmen in the U.S.
He’s become popular because of his investor’s role in American realty business reality show entitled “ Shark Tank” aired on ABC network.
He’s already one of the richest businessmen way before he joined the cast of “Shark Tank”.
John is the president, founder, and CEO of FUBU, American hip hop apparel company.
He’s also the founder of The Shark Group.
As of this year, the total of Damond John’s net worth is approximately whooping $300 million.
Source: pinterest.com/buckennis/
Daymond Garfield John was born on February 23, 1969, located in Brooklyn, New York City.
He grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in Queens, New York City.
At the age of 10, John’s parent got divorced. So, he has to work to earn money by handing out flyers for 2 dollars a house.
When he was in high school, John participated in some kind of program in which the member was allowed to work a full-time job.
That program instilled a spirit of entrepreneurial to his mind.
Then, he began to offer a commuter van service after graduating from school.
However, Daymond’s parents have developed sour relationship as well as he grows up older.
His parents, Garfield and Margot, has decided to get a divorce when Daymond turning 10 year-old.
This problem exactly seemed that overwhelming due to Daymod’s that just reaching 10 at that time.
Furthermore, it was also surprising for the young kid who didn’t exactly know what marriage or divorce is.
The divorcement of his parents didn’t even change Daymond’s life.
Otherwise, he’s trying to substantively understand what was actually going on at that time.
Further, John Daymond also decided to begun working and had no time to looking back since then.
Daymond was also shining his hope for those who were facing the same condition.
Moreover, John also ensured people to use pain as a tool for growing.
Source: people.com
After finished his study and graduated from high school, John didn’t decide to apply for any college due to his financial condition that couldn’t let them going to there.
It’s because he couldn’t even pay for all those expensive fees that offered by college.
Furthermore, to make him acquired at college, he needs any athletic performance points but he couldn’t get into the college because he didn’t have that kind of thing.
However, even he had not been accepted to study in college, he had no intention to stop trying and learning.
During his high school period, John begun a commuter van service and doing a side job as a waiter at Red Lobster table as well as he was back from school.
Anyway, he learned many various skills in business such as customer service and employee management during his time being a waiter.
Source: lipstickalley.com
The idea of starting a clothing line business came from Daymond John himself.
He was inspired by his mother sewing teaching.
His mother supported John a lot in his struggle in building this clothing company.
John used his mother’s house to be taken over by his business.
Daymond John began to produce wool ski hats and sell them with a cheaper price comparing to other stores.
He sells the hats to his neighbors and it was an easy sell.
After producing hats, he started to sell screen-printed T-shirts and sold them on consignment and at big events nearby.
He had to take a full-time job at a dining restaurant to support his financial.
Then, he named his company as FUBU which stands for For Us by Us.
At some point, Daymond John saw potential in this business.
So, he and his mother decided to mortgage the house for $100,000 to start a start-up capital.
He recruited some of his friends to work with him.
They began sewing more products such as hockey jerseys, T-shirts, and sweatshirts.
John promoted the products by loaning them to rappers for music videos.
FUBU gained its recognition to promotions like that.
In 1994, John got $300,000 in orders. He also received an offer to participate in a fashion trade show in Las Vegas.
A second mortgage of the house needed to be taken out in order to fulfill the orders but 27 banks have turned it down.
Then, his mother used her last money to spend it on advertisement in the NY Times.
Because of that, FUBU got a contract deal with Samsung textiles to support them in completing the orders.
In 2017, FUBU had earned over 6 billion dollars in global sales.
To learn more about its history, people can just visit the National Museum of African-American History and Culture by Smithsonian.
However, Daymond John net worth historically began since he started career as well as we built up a business called ‘FUBU’.
To earn money for his life, John decided to work at Red Lobster.
He also teamed up with some of his friends including Keith Perrin and Alexander Martin on sewing ‘FUBU’ logo on hockey jersey.
Along this way, John has taken various jobs to save his life and building his career since then.
You may have heard about ‘Shark Tank’ as the one of biggest and popular television show.
‘Shark Tank’ was exactly owned by John Daymond as one of the main investors on that program.
The ‘Shark Tank’ anyway was a television show which giving a space for any business executives to listening to business pitches, so they might decide to choose which venture that can be invested and put their capital in.
Source: entrepreneur.com
As one of famous television show, ‘Shark Tank’ is not only involving Daymon John on its airing program, but there are also several famed-businessman took a part.
Let us say, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Lori Greiner are several business experts that also appeared on ‘Shark Tank’ TV program to give advice, commenting, or even judging the participants.
Anyway, ‘Shark Tank’ might not be the one of his programs.
Along his career, John also appeared in several television series and films i.e. ‘The Game’ and ‘The Real’ in 2013, ‘The Crow: Wicked Prayer’ and also ‘Sharknado 2’.
John has associated with several brands as a public speaker such as Pitbull and Miss Universe organization while he also did gatherings on negotiations, entrepreneurship, and marketing.
Source: tulsaworld.comIn 2012, ABC network asked Daymond John to join the cast of Shark Tank show.
It’s a realty business show where entrepreneurs get the opportunity to get investors for their business or in another name “Sharks”.
Shark Tank show is now hitting its 9th season. The show has won several awards.
Accumulatively, Daymond John has invested his money for over 8.5 million dollars.
John’s favorite investment by 2015 were Bombas (Socks manufacturer) and AI “Bubba” Baker’s boneless ribs.
There was a unique deal made by Daymond John in Shark Tank season 6.
He made a deal with a 5-year-old kid who has a company of making bow ties.
John decided to mentor the kid instead of investing.
The show obviously changed the life of some inspiring people.
Source: cnbc.com
In his early life, Daymond John has witnessed that a broken family never driven him into useless thing.
Instead of driving him into drugs and all bad things, Daymond decided to keep attending local high school with his own special circumstances.
He was allowed to work full time in an extended period as well as he keep coming and studying on that high school.
Anyway, a broken family won’t be an obstacle for him.
However, during his education life, Daymond John took an alternative weekly basis which allowed him to keep going work in a straight of week, and also went to school for another full week for study.
That program could cover him to take all syllabus and chapters when all his friends have already went through all of those chapters.
Well, it’s not surprising that nowadays Daymond John net worth has rised up.
Source: inc.com
Daymond John net worth has well-arisen as he built up ‘FUBU’, his fashion and apparel business, in the early 1990s.
Along his career on growing and developing ‘FUBU’, Daymond has earned profit into a $6 billion.
He has been also getting involved in various group of business including his famous investments ‘Shark Tank’ since then which giving some of beneficial deals and also yielded biggest returns.
Daymond John has impressively struck a $300,000 deal and acquired about 15 percent of Bubba’s Q.
Anyway, Bubba’s Q is the barbecue business owned by entrepreneur Al “Bubba” Baker.
However, during that time Baker has gained about $154,000 in annual sales and jumped into $16 million in recent year.
Bubba’s Q also made a boneless baby back ribs of a burger for CKE Restaurants as a new deal.
Mission Belt is another deal that bringing big returns happened at Daymond John’s ‘Shark Thank’ TV show.
However, a deal between John and Mission Belt showed returns in more ways than one.
Anyway, it happened in ‘Shark Tank’s fourth season when John offered Nate Holzapfel, Mission Belt co-founder, a $50,000 for 37.5 percent of the company.
However, that deal looks that hugely successful till now.
However, it happened on seventh season of Shark Tank.
Here, Brad Baker had sold the product which was the most expensive one ever showed on that program.
VPcabs is one of Baker’s companies which produce virtual pinball machines that cost about $9,000 apiece.
Since the deal that only done under $400,000 in lifetime sales, selling rate of VPcabs have dramatically jumped to more than $1 million.
When the ‘Shark Tank’ reached for its sixth season of the show, John tried to offer David Levich, Eric Liberman, and Dan Gershon for about 20 percent equity of novelty of an eyewear company which is worth of $300,000.
However, after four month since that episode aired, the co-founders reportedly has brought in more than $4.1 million in sales, which increased for $2.8 million in sales higher than before.
This deal happened when Shark Tank airing in fifth season of show.
At that time, Moziah Bridges, the young fashion designer, asked for about $50,000 in exchange for 20 percent equity in Mo’s Bows.
Here, John advised him to not to take any money at all and offered his mentoring service to that guy.
However, Bridges agreed and since then he got his bow ties displayed into Neiman Marcus Stores.
Source: disneyabcpress.com
Daymond John has received a lot of awards regarding his success in business.
New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-selling author
Brandweek Marketer of the Year
Two times winner of NAACP Entrepreneurs of the Year Award
One of the 50 Most Influential Men from Details Magazine.
Two Times Congressional Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship
The Ambassador to promote underserved entrepreneurs by President Obama in 2015
Daymond John is also a best-selling author. In fact, He has published four great books. They are:
“Display of Power”. Collaborated with Daniel Paisner
“The Brand Within The Power of Branding from birth to the Boardroom”. It’s about examining the loyalty of relationships, companies, and celebrities.
“The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage”. Published in 2016. Featured various stories of success from entrepreneurs.
“Rise & Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life”. It was the best seller book according to New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Source: closerweekly.com
Daymond John Girlfriend named Heather Taras got engaged with him in 2016.
He gave Taras a custom-designed 9.5-carat emerald-cut diamond ring. Shark Tank show recorded the moment.
They both have a total of four kids, three kids from John, Destiny, Yasmeen, and Minka, one kid from Heather Taras.
As a multi-million dollar businessman, John is living a wealthy lifestyle.
He has a luxurious mansion in Southampton that has 6 bedrooms. That mansion is worth about at least $7 million.
The biggest earning of Daymond John come from his Clothing line company, FUBU.
This company had earned over $6 billion in global sales. Nowadays, you can buy FUBU products in many major stores.
Some of the products are also being partnered with another brand. For example, the FUBU’s shoe line collaborates with Puma.
Eventually, The sale of FUBU products is the biggest part of Daymond John earnings.
That’s before adding his payment for being on the Shark Tank.
As a successful businessman, it’s not that hard for Daymond John to reach that huge amount of net worth.
He owned a large clothing company and appeared on a popular Tv show.
The chance of increasing the net worth is still high for him.
That’s why Daymond John Net Worth is approximately whooping $300 million.
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House Passes Appropriations Package Including Wasserman Schultz Florida Coastal Drilling Ban
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“Florida’s ecological diversity and economy must never be put at risk by dirty, dangerous drilling activities."
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Today the House of Representatives passed a five-bill appropriations package that includes an amendment authored by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) that would ban drilling off Florida’s sensitive and vital coastlines.
The effort was the culmination of bipartisan, cooperative work by Florida’s Congressional delegation, earning it the support of 26 out of 27 delegation members and passing the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 252-178. The amendment was added to a package of appropriations bills that includes the Interior appropriations bill.
The $383.3 billion package, H.R. 3055, includes the FY 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development spending bills. The bill passed the U.S. House today on a 227 to 194 vote.
The bill also includes provisions to protect the Pacific and Atlantic coasts from drilling activities, and includes language to slow down the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s preleasing process to ensure that agency is properly following the correct legal process when developing five-year offshore plans.
“Florida’s ecological diversity and economy must never be put at risk by dirty, dangerous drilling activities,” Wasserman Schultz said. “This amendment, which passed with real, broad-based bipartisan support, will help safeguard Florida’s natural treasures, and ensures our marine populations and tourist economies don’t live under an imminent threat of an oily crude washing up on our beautiful shores.”
The amendment prohibits any funds from being expended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and gas pre-leasing, leasing, and related activities in outer continental shelf planning areas around Florida.
In addition to the amendment’s support by nearly the entire Florida Congressional delegation, it drew bipartisan support nationally and from a broad range of environmental advocates including Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and National Parks Conservation Association.
“I am proud of my colleagues in the Florida delegation for standing strong against the threat of offshore drilling, and I recognize the years of hard work that so many of them have dedicated to protecting Florida’s coasts,” Wasserman Schultz said. “Now is not the time to expand more areas to fossil fuel extraction. We must be doing everything possible to transition to a clean energy economy, and protecting our nation’s beautiful, pristine coastline.”
“I was Governor of Florida when Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010,” Representative Charlie Crist (FL-13) said in support of the amendment on the House floor last week. “I saw the tar balls wash up on Florida beaches. I saw the harm done to Florida’s economy and our way of life. I have seen firsthand the consequences of offshore drilling, and I hope to never see it again.”
“Offshore drilling anywhere near Florida represents an existential threat to our tourist and recreation economy that we cannot risk taking,” Representative Francis Rooney (FL-19) said in support of the amendment last week. “I want to thank Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz for her leadership and to urge adoption of this amendment and protect Florida. Twenty-one million people are being protected by Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz.”
“I want to thank my colleague from South Florida for, as we mentioned earlier, having the courage to stand up for our state and protect us from the scourge of drilling,” said Representative John Rutherford (FL-04) in support of the amendment last week. “This important amendment will protect our coast, our economy, and our national defense.”
The amendment was supported by nearly the entire Florida delegation: Matt Gaetz (FL-01), Neal Dunn (FL-02), John Rutherford (FL-04), Al Lawson (FL-05), Michael Waltz (FL-06), Stephanie Murphy (FL-07), Bill Posey (FL-08), Darren Soto (FL-09), Val Demings (FL-10), Dan Webster (FL-11), Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Charlie Crist (FL-13), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Ross Spano (FL-15), Vern Buchanan (FL-16), Greg Steube (FL-17), Brian Mast (FL-18), Francis Rooney (FL-19), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Ted Deutch (FL-22), Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26), and Donna Shalala (FL-27).
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June 30, 2019 - 10:17 am
Surprise! Lady Gaga Stuns Crowd at Stonewall Inn: 'I Will Not Stop in Pursuit of This Liberation'
NEW YORK ( 1010 WINS ) -- Lady Gaga made a previously-unannounced appearance at the Stonewall Day concert on Christopher Street Friday afternoon to the delight of concert-goers. She spoke to the crowd, but did not perform. "Dance, sing, rejoice, worship yourself, worship each other," Lady Gaga told...
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Roman Reigns Overtakes John Cena As The Top Merchandise Seller In WWE
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Roman Reigns is the current Universal Champion after he was able to dethrone Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam last weekend and after a fantastic week for the former Shield member, which has included a reunion with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, he now has something else to celebrate.
The Wrestling Observer recently reported that Roman Reigns has managed to overtake John Cena as the top merchandise seller in WWE despite the fact that many of the WWE Universe believe that Reigns isn’t well-liked.
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John Cena is the face of the company and has been WWE’s biggest merchandise seller for a number of years. Cena has always been the go-to star for the younger generation of fans and his merchandise sales were one of the reasons why he was able to remain on top of the company for so long.
“They learned from John that people booing you on TV doesn’t mean crap so no matter how much you boo, as long as you buy your tickets,” Meltzer said via WrestlingInc. “As long as he’s gonna sell more merchandise than the other guy.”
Cena hasn’t been seen since April, which could be why Reigns has not only been able to take his place in the company but also his place at the top of the merchandise sales list.
Reigns is heavily booed by the WWE Universe at every live event that he is part of and officials have pointed out many times that the reaction at live events doesn’t mean that he actually is as disliked as many fans realize.
The merchandise sales are perhaps a much more reliable scope when it comes to working out how liked a superstar is and the fact that The Shield have now reunited and already have three shirts available on WWEShop, means that Reigns could remain at the top of the merchandise sales list for a while.
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Global roadmap takes step toward solving digital tax conundrum
today Jun 3, 2019
Nearly 130 countries and territories have agreed to a roadmap aimed at overhauling international tax rules which have been overtaken by development of digital commerce.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Friday it will put the outline work program to finance ministers of the Group of 20 economic powers next week to build support for the highly technical and sensitive negotiations.
Companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon have strained existing rules and created tensions because they are able to cut tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries no matter where the end customer is.
“There is now an international consensus recognizing that our tax rules are no longer adapted to the 21st century,” French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, a strong supporter of the overhaul, said in a statement.
A growing number of countries, including France, Britain and Italy, are creating new taxes on digital companies that sell into their markets from low-tax countries like Ireland, while Washington has threatened retaliation.
It believes U.S. groups are unfairly targeted while companies say the multiplication of national taxes makes it harder for them to do business.
After agreeing to the principle of rewriting cross-border tax rules earlier this year, the OECD said 129 countries and territories had endorsed a 40-page work program laying out options to revamp countries’ rights to tax foreign companies and set a global minimum corporate tax rate.
The aim is now to narrow down the options on the table in order to have the outline for a global deal by the end of the year or January 2020 so that the remaining details can be hammered out for a final agreement late next year.
The roadmap agreed on Tuesday and released on Friday sets out two tracks with the first focused how to divide up rights to tax a company where the good or service is sold even if it does not have a physical presence in the country.
If companies are still able to find a way to book profits in low tax or offshore havens, countries could then apply a global minimum tax rate to be agreed under the second track.
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Wolford targets China via new Fosun subsidiary, expects steady growth there
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today Feb 25, 2019
Wolford has clearly been itching to share some big news all this month but couldn’t do so until its parent company Fosun offered up its own big news last Friday around the setting up of its new Fosun Fashion Brand Management Company (FFBM).
So on Monday, Wolford was finally able to announce that since the beginning of this month it has been using FFBM as its new partner to manage the company’s brand identity in the important Chinese market.
The market, which is so important because it’s populated by “a steadily growing class of luxury-oriented consumers,” is the company's next frontier after it has already seen success in expanding its presence in Hong Kong and Macau.
FFBM has now been contracted to steer the planned marketing drive in China and it will be a very high-profile test of the new company’s abilities as it acts as a full-service provider focusing on marketing and sales of luxury brands in China.
The high-end intimates company said that FFBM “will contribute its local expertise on Wolford’s behalf in order to develop a detailed market entry strategy for China and assume responsibility for the operational management of all wholesale and retail channels as well as for e-commerce.”
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So what are the brand’s expectations for what it can achieve in China? It's not expecting fireworks at the start but said that it's aiming to “gradually and sustainably develop its business” in the country. It added that in the medium-term, revenue generated there “should be comparable with Wolford’s present core markets of the USA (19% share of revenue) and Germany (15%).”
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Title 21 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, Part 211 (21CFR211) is entitled, “Good Manufacturing Practices.” These regulations are known as “GMPs” and are legal requirements for all manufacturers of drug products regulated by the FDA. The FDA enforces the law through routine inspections of drug manufacturing facilities.
FDA inspections may be conducted without prior notification by the FDA. Each inspection begins with inspectors identifying themselves and presenting their credentials along with a Form 482 notice of inspection. If a drug manufacturer is out of compliance with GMPs, an FDA inspector will issue observations of non-compliance on form number 483.
During an FDA inspection, a company can request daily meetings with FDA inspectors to address daily observations. These meetings can provide the opportunity to avoid a 483 observation by addressing the specific observation while inspectors are present (if possible). The daily meetings also serve as a way to avoid any surprises at the end of an inspection.
During the inspection, a company can also request to annotate any 483 observations made during the audit with their own comments. This can be very important in providing a complete understanding of each issue to personnel at the FDA district office who will review the 483 observations. Annotations and responses to 483 observations should communicate recognition of the seriousness of each observation and the company's firm commitment to compliance.
After an FDA inspector formally presents a 483 to the company (at the end of the inspection), it is advisable to meet with subject matter experts and department management responsible for mediating each specific observation. It is crucial to take the time to determine the root cause of each observation and then form a comprehensive plan (including a realistic time frame) for remediating each observation. A comprehensive, well-reasoned response can prevent further action from the agency (e.g., the receipt of a warning letter). The head of the facility or site head of quality should sign the response to the 483.
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LinkedIn Wednesday introduced a new way for its members to express gratitude to their co-workers and colleagues.
Product manager Hermes Alvarez unveiled LinkedIn Kudos in a blog post, writing that seven out of 10 employees who receive appreciation for their efforts say they are happy at their jobs, and adding, “Saying thank you and recognizing others is also something we see happening frequently on LinkedIn, so we wanted to make it even easier for you to give a shout-out to those that make a difference in your week. With LinkedIn Kudos, you now have a fun and easy way to share your appreciation for people in your professional community.”
LinkedIn Kudos began rolling out globally Wednesday on the professional network’s iOS application, and it will come to Android and desktop soon. Here’s how to use the feature:
Tap on the ribbon icon in the share box at the top of the feed.
Select a connection or group of connections to send kudos to.
Choose from the 10 categories, which include “Team Player,” “Amazing Mentor” and “Inspirational Leader.”
Post to the feed, after which the subject or subjects will receive notifications.
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Alvarez wrote, “Give the ‘Outside the Box Thinker’ kudos to your colleague for coming up with a creative solution to a problem, the ‘Making Work Fun’ kudos to your coworkers for planning a team outing or the ‘Thank You’ kudos to someone that gave you career advice.”
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The day I spent building a longbow
Longbows are, at least for a British archer, the ultimate type of bow. Robin Hood, if you ignore the latest cinematic flop, shot an English longbow. The English army won at Agincourt with longbows shot by both English and Welsh archers. The English longbow is the reason that yew trees almost became extinct in Europe in the 16th century. Longbows are as synonymous with the history of Great Britain as the royal family, bowler hats, and arguments about Marmite.
Back when I primarily shot a recurve bow, I always said I would get a longbow when I scored 550 out of 600 on a full 60-arrow Portsmouth round. I’ve held a personal best of 549 for a couple of years, and the fact that I mainly shoot an American flatbow these days means I’m very unlikely to beat that. If I can’t reach my target for buying a longbow, I figured I’d just have to build one.
Sadly, I have the carpentry skills of a lump of wood. I sought out a proper longbow making workshop.
Finding a course
These days, longbows aren’t cheap: buying new, they start at around £200 for a very basic model and rapidly go up to £500+. Paying more doesn’t get you any particular advancement—this is a longbow, after all, not a fancy compound bow—but you do get a longbow made with better materials and with fancier nocks, crafted by bowyers clothed in original sheepskin who meditate in caves overlooking the sea.
Courses to build longbows, meanwhile, also hover at around the £300 mark. The courses themselves vary: some are single days, some are full weekends in a group where you camp and craft arrows for your bow. I opted to see Will Lord, an expert in prehistoric survival skills. His workshop lasts a single day and is taught one-to-one. He used to teach groups, he told me, but you end up with people fighting over the equipment and it’s all much less personal.
I visited Will at his home in Suffolk; a beautiful cottage near Bury St Edmonds. We’d exchanged a few emails prior to meeting up, and I’d let him know that I was looking to build a bow with a draw weight in the region of 35 to 40 pounds. This let him construct the initial stave with layers of hickory, purpleheart and lemon wood. After that, though, I’d be doing most of the work.
Building the bow
First up, shaping the limbs. Will had me using a wooden spokeshave, a form of plane originally used to round off wagon wheel spokes and later adopted by shipbuilders, to shape the rectangular cross section of the stave down into the classic curved D shape. He admits that this is not the most traditional method of shaping bow limbs, but it allows the bowyer to attune to and communicate with the wood. In my case, that communication mostly began as an argument, but under Will’s guidance I slowly improved. As the limbs take their required form, they are finely smoothed with sandpaper and—eventually—wire wool.
Once I’d mostly convinced the stave to be the right shape, we attached a premade bowstring and tested the draw weight. This is largely defined by the thickness of the purpleheart core and the lemon wood belly. We drew the bow to 35 pounds: perfect. Shortening the bow might raise the poundage, but we kept it full length at around 6 feet 7 inches: larger than the average and possibly a future cause of awkward journeys on the London Underground, but it looks perfect. We sharpened the points of the stave and attached blocks of water buffalo horn to both ends to form the string nocks. While the glue dried, we moseyed off to make a string of my own.
Making a bowstring involves effectively plaiting the ends of 2 separate strings together, with each of those strings being made up of 6 or 7 threads. I chose a mix of red and black threads; Will demonstrated the braiding technique on one end and I followed suit on the other, before handing back to him to tie it all off. A few twists in the bowstring and we were done.
When the buffalo horns were properly glued onto the bow stave, we then sanded them down to curved nocks. Truthfully, my only major crisis of the day was over-sanding the nock on the bottom bow limb, cutting into the wood that I’d so carefully pared down earlier. Will masterfully fixed most of the issue with his pocket knife, leaving me the relatively easy task of smoothing the wood again so that the mistake was practically invisible, although the nock on the bottom limb of the bow is now smaller than the nock on the top limb. If nothing else, it’s easy to see which end of the bow should point towards the ground.
The final touches
A final sand down of the stave and a coat of wax added a shine to the bow, and then we were on the final stage: building the grip. Will attached a thin piece of wood to thicken the middle of the bow, and then we cut a piece of leather to size for the grip itself. We used an awl to poke holes in the leather and stitched the grip into place, before hammering out and attaching 2 red circles of leather to decorate each end.
Bow complete. I took a few test shots outside in the field behind Will’s house, which allowed me to bask in the glory of shooting the bow I’d built and gave Will the opportunity to up-sell his arrow making course, where participants learn to forge their arrow heads from scratch. At some point, I will be going back.
The day was brilliant. Will is a patient teacher who has a comprehensive knowledge of his subject matter, and who will always step in the moment you have any difficulties. The bow I built is by no means perfect, but I built it and named it (I’ve never thought to name either of my other bows, but this longbow is “Suzy”) and so it will always have a special quality that all the money in the world could not buy. It shoots just as well as any shop-bought longbow you might buy for a similar price. If you’re in the market for a longbow, this might be one of the best and most satisfying ways of acquiring one.
Visit Will Lord’s website for more information about his longbow workshops and the multitude of other courses he teaches.
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This entry was posted in Articles by Club Members, Info about Bows and tagged build a bow, events, Longbow, will lord on March 28, 2019 by Geoff Scaplehorn.
What does over bowed mean in archery?
We often forget how much terminology we use in archery and how daunting it can be as a beginner so we thought we’d tackle a few of the big questions here on the blog starting with:
What does it mean when my archery instructor says that someone is ‘over bowed’?
Obviously, it doesn’t mean that they have too many bows because we all know that you can never have too many bows. This is what garages were invented for (or in London spare bedrooms, large cupboards, or any available wall or floor space). It actually means that the weight of the bow that the person is trying to pull is too much for them.
So, firstly ‘how can you tell?’ and secondly, ‘why is that a problem?’ Well, the second most important rule of archery (the first is about where you’re pointing the pointy end) is that in order to be successful an archer must be completely in control of the shot at all times. You want a smooth, repeatable shot cycle – which is exactly the same for every single shot that you take.
So, how do we know you’re over bowed? A good sign is if you see the archer wobbling around, raising their shoulders (no they shouldn’t be up around your ears and yes, it is possible for them to come down) or doing any one of a million other small, painful things (huge tension in the neck is another giveaway or grim locked-jaw with throbbing forehead veins) to try and brace yourself for the huge HOICK back… then you’re not fully in control.
Why is it a problem? Because it throws your shot off and because it’s not repeatable. If you are over bowed it will get progressively worse through the session as you tire – meaning ever more random things start to become part of your shot. We practice regularly to try to build muscle memory in a positive way – we REALLY don’t want for an archer to build in any of those painful things. So, if you feel that you’re tiring or perhaps you’re on the very edge of being over-bowed – once you start to feel that your shots are off, or you are not fully in control – then stop!
Give yourself the break and come back fresh another time.
This entry was posted in How to Improve your Shooting, Info about Bows and tagged archery, bow, compound bow, flatbow, Horsebow, Longbow, recurve on February 21, 2019 by 2020.
Buying your first bow: part 1
The 2 most likely questions for a budding archer to ask immediately after their first lesson are: “How much does a bow cost?” and “Where can I buy one?”. I generally recommend that any aspiring archer holds off buying a bow until they’ve been shooting regularly at a club for a while (6 months or more), but sooner or later we all hear the siren call of shiny new archery equipment.
Where can I buy a bow?
There are plenty of places you can buy a bow; Amazon and eBay are filled with beginner kits, second hand bows, and general equipment. Heidi, archer-in-chief at 2020, bought her first bow (a second hand beginner kit) via eBay and never looked back. However, while you might be able to find a bargain, many new archers may not know their draw length, required poundage, or simply how a bow fits together. Without the guiding hand of an expert, it is easy to end up with a duffer.
When buying your first bow, I think your best bet is to buy directly from a dedicated archery shop. Most archery shops these days have websites if you just want a quiver or a finger tab, but if you’re starting out with your first bow, you would be better off taking a trip to a physical brick and mortar store. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Archery for Beginners, Info about Bows and tagged archery, bow, flatbow, Horsebow, Longbow, price, recurve, shopping, traditional archery on January 10, 2019 by Geoff Scaplehorn.
When you feel that the time has come to buy your own bow, you have a decision to make that goes beyond your income and the distance to the nearest archery shop: traditional or modern?
2020 Archery teaches using a modern style – recurve training bows – and you can stick with the club bows (with no charge!) for as long as you need. But you’ll have seen club members using the full gamut of styles: longbows, flatbows (AKA the “American longbow”), horsebows, Olympic recurves, and the occasional compound bow. Broadly speaking, the former three cover the most popular styles of traditional archery, and the latter two are considered modern.
So what unseen force pushes the novice archer to follow one path over the other?
There was an economic aspect to my decision to go traditional: my first bow, a Buck Trail flatbow, cost around £130. That figure aligned far better with my bank balance than the £200-plus that a recurve could have set me back, even before all the accessories used with freestyle – long rod, V-bars, sights and what have you – were factored in. But even if I’d been feeling more flush, I think I’d still have gone trad. That’s partly because shooting a stick-and-string makes me feel closer to the historical archers I like to learn about, and partly down to a (somewhat masochistic) desire to find out just how far I can go with the uncompensated mechanics of my own body.
I don’t think traditional is in any way superior: it’s a very personal preference. But I was interested in what makes people, as a general rule, choose one school over the other. I was also curious as to how far people grow into their preferred style – how important is your shooting choice to your identity as an archer? Are you an archer who happens to prefer traditional, or are you firmly a Traditional Archer?
“I don’t differentiate between the two”, said Erin. “I’m currently shooting a recurve, but I definitely plan to buy a traditional bow in future.” Erin sees the positives of both: “With my modern bow I’m at the point where I’m confident my arrows will hit the target where I want them to, which is obviously a nice feeling. But I like the idea of trying out a bow that doesn’t have the sights and other accessories, to develop my style.”
Kat shoots a longbow, a style of archery that she’s been drawn to since a child. Her bow is made in the Victorian style – something I’d previously been unaware of, but Kat described a photograph, currently hanging in her hallway, of Victorian ladies shooting similar bows at Crystal Place. Whilst feeling a deep connection to the longbow, Kat has a good practical reason for her choice. “I’m dyspraxic, and the relative simplicity of the longbow suits me for that reason.”
I have oversimplified by defining the choice as simply Traditional versus Modern, of course. There is, at least some kind of, meeting point between the two in the form of recurve barebow and traditional barebow. The former is a good option for those who prefer to shoot a modern recurve, but without sights, stabilisers or draw check indicators. It’s not unusual to see a club member who usually shoots freestyle remove their sights and stabilisers, just to mix things up a bit. On such occasions, their fellow archers may be treated to said archer’s musings on how their “release feels different when I shoot it bare”, which certainly livens up the session. Recurve barebow is recognised by Archery GB in their national rankings, alongside freestyle recurve, compound and longbow.
Recurve traditional is similar to recurve barebow, but requires the use of wooden arrows, alongside a couple of other stipulations.
We also have a few compound shooters in our club. These bows are fast, accurate and comparatively easier to hold at full draw (although, remember that you DO have to pull it through the peak draw weight so you need to be able to control the full weight of the bow). Like recurves, compounds can be shot with or without stabilisers and sights. You can read Archery GB’s detailed explanation of the various bow styles in the Rules of Shooting.
So is tribalism in archery a big thing? Not in our club, it seems. Even those firmly attached to their preferred style have chosen it for personal or practical, not ideological, reasons, and everybody I spoke to expressed an interest in learning about the choices of others. Archers, it seems, are curious folk. In a good way.
But since this is my blog post and I’m a traditionalist, I’m going to end with YouTube archer NUSensei’s fine demonstration of the difference between freestyle and traditional shooting. The defence rests (on the arrow shelf).
This entry was posted in Archery for Beginners, General Archery Chat, Info about Bows and tagged archery, Archery Equipment, compound archery, compound bow, flatbow, Horsebow, Longbow, Olympic recurve, recurve, traditional archery on March 19, 2018 by Corrinne Burns.
If you want to be a record breaker …
On 5 September 2015, Hamish Murray of Swindon, UK, shot 10 arrows into a 40 cm target, from an 18m distance, in just 1 minute and 0.5 second. With a 62 lb longbow. And he was just 17 at the time.
If your reaction to that is less “Ooof” and more “Guard my beverage”, then there’s nothing stopping you from having a go yourself. Murray currently holds the Guinness World Records (GWR) title for “Fastest time to shoot 10 arrows”, which is just one of a whole host of archery titles that GWR monitor.
Other current titles include “Farthest accurate distance (men’s archery)” for which the challenger must shoot an arrow into any scoring ring of a 120cm World Archery target. Which might sound reasonably do-able, until you consider that the current record stands at 283.47 m (930.04 ft). It’s held by US Paralympic legend Matt Stutzman, AKA the @ArmlessArcher, who, as his bio says, does everything with his feet. You might not want to put that beer down just yet. Another archer with proper foot skills is American Nancy Siefker who, standing on her hands and holding the bow with her left foot, shot an arrow into a scoring ring of a 5.5 cm target from a distance of 6.09 m (20 ft). If you fancy having a go at this, be reassured that the rules allow for a larger target than the one Nancy chose – anything up to 12 cm is allowed. Easy.
But in all seriousness, if you’re willing to put in the work you could be in with a shot (yes, I know) at one of the other records. Certain club members – and at this point the Wednesday evening crowd come, unbidden, to mind – might fancy their chances at this one: “Most balloons burst simultaneously by arrows.” The current holder, American Randy Oitker, loaded multiple arrows onto his bow and with this lethal cluster managed to burst seven balloons, pinned to a target, at the same time.
If endurance is your thing, there’s a record for the “Longest archery marathon”. This is pretty much what it sounds like: the longest time to continuously shoot arrows under World Archery conditions (with designated rest breaks allowed, so you can take care of requisite business). That record currently stands at 30 hours and 16 minutes, and is held by Dutch amateur archer Ton van Eekeren. Those who prefer outdoor shooting might like to consider the as-yet unclaimed title for “Highest archery score in 24 hours under World Archery outdoor conditions”.
Another, rather intriguing, record category also currently stands unfilled: “Most bottle caps removed using a bow and arrow in one minute”. That’s pretty much what it sounds like: the most crown cap bottles opened using a bow and arrow in one minute. Anyone taking home that title will not, in all likelihood, have to buy a beer for a very long time.
If none of the above records (and there are a few more on the website) sound like your thing, the GWR team are open to suggestions for new record categories. There are a few criteria to bear in mind if you want to propose a new category, though. One of these is that your proposed record must be based on a “single superlative” – so you could go for farthest, highest, fastest or most, but not a combination of these (so no “Farthest accurate shot whilst doing the loudest burp”, for example). Another important one is that the activity can’t be too niche: it’s got to be something that is currently subject to, or is likely to provoke, international competition. As impressive as it is, no-one is going to accept your suggestion of “Most zombie hostage targets hit by a vaguely hungover South London archer in 30 seconds (female)”.
You can also request that a record be split by gender, if there is justification for this. There’s no reason why women and men shouldn’t compete with each other for “Most balloons burst simultaneously by arrows”, but you could argue that “Heaviest longbow draw weight” – a record which, at 200lb, has remained in the arms of the UK’s Mark Stretton since 2004 could be split into female and male categories.
If you feel like having a go any of these records, you can fill in a short online form on the GWR website. Then, the records management team will send you the guidelines – basically, what conditions must be fulfilled and the quality of evidence they’ll need to see to evaluate your claim. Record verification is taken very seriously by GWR – the majority of archery records listed above must be undertaken using unmodified, World Archery-recognised equipment in the presence of independent expert witnesses registered with either Archery GB or the equivalent nationally-recognised governing body. By “independent”, GWR mean that the witness can’t have any personal investment in the outcome, so you can’t ask the club to do it.
But we will claim it was our training that got you there. Naturally…
This entry was posted in Articles by Club Members, General Archery Chat and tagged archer, archery, arrow, bow, Guinness World Records, Longbow, recurve, world record on January 16, 2018 by Corrinne Burns.
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Messi claims record sixth Ballon d’Or, Rapinoe wins women’s award
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Lionel Messi claimed a record sixth Ballon d’Or award on Monday, beating Liverpool’s leading nominees and Cristiano Ronaldo to lift soccer’s most prestigious individual trophy.
The Argentine, who won the Liga title with Barcelona but only managed third place in the Copa America with his country, added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015 trophies.
He finished above Dutchman Virgil van Dijk and Portugal’s third-placed Ronaldo, who has won the award five times.
“I am very lucky, I am blessed. I hope I will continue for a long time,” Messi told reporters. “I realize that I’m lucky even if one day it will be time to retire,” added the 32-year-old.
“It will be tough but I still have some years ahead of me. Time flies so I will enjoy football and my family.”
Senegal’s Sadio Mane, who along with runner-up Van Dijk and fellow Liverpool nominees Alisson Becker of Brazil and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, helped the Merseyside club win the Champions League, came fourth in the poll of international journalists.
“It was amazing,” said Van Dijk. “There are a couple of players like him (Messi) who are fantastic. I’m proud of what I’ve achieved with Liverpool and Holland. It’s going to be tough (to win the award) when these guys are around.”
Messi, whose stellar career was rewarded with another trophy, and Ronaldo, had between them won 10 consecutive Ballon d’Or awards until Croatia’s Luka Modric prevailed in 2018.
INCREDIBLE YEAR
Megan Rapinoe earlier won the women’s Ballon d’Or after leading the United States to a record-extending fourth World Cup title in France this year as they retained the trophy.
The 34-year-old midfielder, the standout player at the June-July tournament, succeeded Norway’s Ada Hegerberg who did not take part in the World Cup.
Rapinoe was not present at the ceremony in the Theatre du Chatelet, where the show ‘An American In Paris’ is on.
“I’m so sad I can’t make it tonight. It’s absolutely incredible congrats to the other nominees. I can’t believe I’m the one winning in this field, it’s been an incredible year,” Rapinoe said in a recorded message.
“I want to thank my team mates and the U.S. federation.”
Dutchman Matthijs de Ligt, a key player in Ajax Amsterdam’s thrilling run to the Champions League semi-finals and now at Juventus, won the Kopa trophy for the best Under-21 male player.
Alisson, one of the four Liverpool players in the top seven for the men’s Ballon d’Or, was awarded the new Yashin trophy for the best male goalkeeper of the year.
There was, however, no trophy for the best female Under-21 player or keeper.
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VIDEO: Bianca Rose – Run & Hide
British/Nigerian/Jamaican Alternative Pop RnB artist, Bianca Rose, returns with a new single written with and produced by Jake Isaac. Rose says ‘Run and Hide’ encourages us to feel our feelings, specifically around loss. Juxtaposing this melancholia with Jake Isaac’s musicality has created a piece of music that provides a moment to both our feelings, and also be lifted out of them: to feel but not wallow. Fearlessness is one of Rose’s life messages: systematically facing every fear until there is No Fear Here.
‘You know this is one of those songs where I didn’t know what I was writing about until I started writing it. The words became the idea. The lyrics flowed from a subconscious place, tapping into feelings of loss where emotions are so acute and all encompassing, that you want the pain to both leave and stay. The aftermath of loss can be confusing, but at the same time, past memories can be the guiding lights for the new road ahead’
In 2017, Bianca Rose released her debut album ‘No Fear Here’, which has to date received in excess of half a million streams, and was produced by critically acclaimed jazz musician and producer Femi Temowo (George Benson, Andrea Bocelli, Amy Winehouse, The Roots, ESKA & Soweto Kinch). Following the release, Bianca embarked on UK and European tours as well as continuing to write for herself and other artists. Bianca, a proud independent artist also co-founded a company I am Independent which serves to resource and support independent music artists, cross-pollinating advice and experiences from artists and music industry members alike. Bianca’s live shows have included sets for Sofar Sounds, Tigmus, London Jazz and Festival, City Showcase, The Vortex and the CrimeJazz Festival in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. With additional performances for Playstation, OH Tv & radio play on Radio 1 and 1Xtra. As lyricist in the Ready Riters song writing collective, Bianca co-wrote X-Factor contestant Annastasia Baker’s debut album, resulting in Annastasia’s 2014 MOBO nomination.
Bianca’s new single ‘Run & Hide’, produced by Jake Isaac marks a significant change in Bianca’s musical direction. It’s her most vibey track to date, introducing synth and heavy bass to create an alternative RnB track with melancholic undertones. A stunning visual, directed by Chris Mathison, will accompany the release of this new single on Friday May 17th.
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Go Four 3 - Six Friends (1987, Zulu)
I can't tell you much about this bygone Vancouver, BC troupe of four: one girl (Roxanne Heichert) and three gents, because info is pretty scant on them, web-wise. All sorts of pop/rock angles abound here, but there's a pronounced left-of-the-dial bent to Go Four 3. Maybe a hint of Let's Active or Bangles here and again, albeit with crunchier riffs that wouldn't be far removed from a Cult or early U2 record. Very little of that patented '80s studio schlock is represented on Six Friends, which is precisely the way I like it. They must have read my mind. Their take on The Passions "Africa Mine" is a none-too obvious cover, and drops some serious hints as to where GF3's collective heads were at the time. An ep from 1985 preceded this that I believe I'll have to get my mitts on.
01. This Time
02. Save Me
03. Kaleidoscopes
04. Colour of Money
05. Right From Wrong
06. Round at Number One
07. One Step Behind
08. Rope
09. Someone
10. Africa Mine
11. Seventh Dream
12. Another World
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Fickle Friends - You Are Someone Else (2018, Polydor) - A (not so) brief overview.
Before yours truly was in hysterics over Husker Du, I hung my metaphorical hat on Hall & Oates. And prior to dousing my senses in all things relating to the Descendents I was diggin' on the likes of Duran Duran. My point? Well before your humble and obedient servant got hip to the indie circuit, my budding tastes were situated on mainstream and Top 40 acts. This was in the early-to-mid '80s just as the window was about to slam irrevocably shut on quality household-name fare. Circa 1984 you could still routinely find genuinely smart songs on the "straight and narrow" on FM frequencies above 92.1. Alas, It wouldn't be long before my tastes became more selective and radio playlists became more homogenized. I moved on, and never quite looked back save for some nicely rebooted reissues from the likes of Tears For Fears and A Flock of Seagulls.
But what if a band/artist came along, say in the mid 20-teens, that angled squarely in the direction of the mainstream but boasted material of such high caliber that they were anything but a guilty pleasure? Enter Fickle Friends, an impeccably bright and buoyant co-ed, fivesome from Brighton, England. Before delving much further, most, if not all of you are not accustom to me touting dance-pop records, let alone one this consistently upbeat. Time to kick that tradition to the curb, because FF's debut, You Are Someone Else is a fantastic and flabbergasting anomaly of an album. Spearheaded by Natassja "Natti" Shiner, the Friends function at an often breathless pace, but it isn't so much the euphoric tempos that propel them into a field of their own, rather an alluring sophistication. Over the course of YASE's sixteen songs, Natti and crew cut a sleek, cosmopolitan swath brimming with plush, sumptuous bass, interspersed with spicy guitar fills and some occasional wonky keyboard affectations. Fickle Friends are one of those rare entities that benefit from their liberally applied polish and sheen. I can't recall a band that was this nimble and proficient, yet thoroughly approachable.
Not only does YASE pump, pique and lusciously provoke in every conceivable direction, it's an embarrassment of melodic riches. Monster hooks to the hilt infuse and embed every pore of "Brooklyn," "Lovesick," "Say No More," "Glue," and then some - or more like all. And even when the tension is ratcheted up on romantic quandaries like "Wake Me Up" and "Midnight," Fickle Friends manage to wind everything down their neon-tinted path as smooth as silk. There are no legit ballads, per se to be had here, yet the album is strikingly diverse and nuanced in spite of their thankful sidestepping of such mundanities.
This crew deals in genuinely infectious dance grooves without catering to insipid teeny boppers. How often does that sort of agile negotiation present itself? It's the kind of record you can play in your bedroom when chilling with your bestie on your hamburger phone, yet would simultaneously sound every bit as relevant pouring out of the speakers in a dimly lit nightclub. And above all else, the Friends have honest to goodness songs that indelibly sink in like so much India ink on a rented tux. Practically, a double album's worth of singles unto itself, YASE offers little if any filler, just potential hit-after-hit - "Heartbroken," "Hello, Hello," and "Swim," some of which actually were singles dispensed online over the course of the last three years.
To some, You Are Someone Else may not be a revelation in the most creative sense of the phrase, but in the deluge of empty calories drowning radio stations and streaming venues, Fickle Friends stand in a markedly chic light of their own, and are likely the sweetest confection to emanate from the British isles in years. They're currently tearing it up live in Europe, have three New York and Cali dates later this spring, and a more exhaustive tour of America is to come this fall. For those of you Stateside, Amazon is your best route to buy a physical copy of the record, and there are a variety of digital options to choose from here.
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He recorded my friend's band for free. What a nice guy he turned out to be.
The 2001 & 2002 platters from a riff savvy, L.A. indie rock combo who just might remind you of Superdrag.
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J Church - Altamont '99 (1998, AuGoGo)
This is quite the 180 from my Shoes post from a couple nights ago. J Church are no stranger to these pages, but this might be the last of what I can share given that so many of their records are back in circulation, if only digitally. The basics: a pop-punk combo from San Francisco (later Austin), whose two-minute songs often had a socio-political bent, but nothing heavy handed. Ex-Cringer guy Lance Hahn was the band's nucleus and only consistent member duyring J Church's 1991-2007 tenure. They released an often unrelenting avalanche of singles and full lengths during that time, with a sizeable concentration of them arriving in the '90s. Melodic, observant, intelligent and even cathartic, all of these attributes could be pinned to J Church - even simultaneously on occasions. Altamont '99 is a plentiful collection of singles and (mostly) non album material, containing some of Lance's career best including "Undisputed King of Nothing," "Your Shirt" and "Contempt For Modesty," alongside covers by Radiohead, The Smiths and even Guided By Voices." Lance passed away from natural causes in 2007, but not before leaving behind an immensely prolific legacy.
1. I Would For You
2. Transvestite Show
3. Your Shirt
5. Without A Single Word
6. Church On Fire
7. Lines
8. Creep
9. Girlfriend In A Coma
10. Racked
11. Mary's Moving Out
12. You Fucking Trick
13. The Dramatic History Of A Boring town
14. 8:28
15. Waiting On The Ground
16. Ayn Rand Is Dead
17. College Station
18. The Undisputed King Of Nothing
19. Snot Rags
20. I Have To Admit...
21. If We Wait...
22. Contempt For Modesty
23. Faye Wong
24. What Should I Do?
25. Plastic
26. You Might Never
27. Crop Circles
28. Alone When She Dies
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Shoes - 5/10/14, Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
As the band readily admits between songs, "We don't get out much." Indeed, It’s not every day that Shoes play out, even in robust markets like New York. Much to their credit, Zion, IL's power pop mavens did trek due east for the first annual Brooklyn Power Pop Festival in the spring of 2014. In addition to the billing of the gig, they had a good enough excuse to spread their wings as just two years prior they dropped their tenth, and much belated studio album, Ignition.
For the uninitiated, Shoes were leading lights in the power pop vanguard during the late '70s/'80s, bringing definition and prominence to their chosen genre. Any whiff of the brothers Murphy (Jeff & John), Gary Klebe, (and for this performance) Johnny Richardson on percussion, in the twenty-first century is nothing short of an event for Shoes obsessives. Granted, their pipes aren't quite as pristine as they were three decades earlier, but their overarching approach at this 2014 concert was just as nimble and airtight as their halcyon days. In addition to a devastating volley of classics like "Burned Out Love," "Too Late," "Tomorrow Night," and "Love is Like a Bullet," they excavate some particularly deep tracks from Stolen Wishes, and all the way back to Black Vinyl Shoes. You'll hear plenty of newer cuts too, on this superb audience recording that can often boarder on a soundboard tape. I've made this available in MP3 and FLAC below.
02. Head vs Heart
03. Hangin' Around With You
04. When It Hits
05. Your Devotion
06. Say It Like You Mean It
07. Mayday
08. Too Late
09. Don't Do This To Me
10. Love Is Like A Bullet
11. Curiosity
12. Boys Don't Lie/Do You Wanna Get Lucky?
13. She'll Disappear
14. Your Very Eyes
15. In My Arms Again
16. Burned Out Love
17. Torn In Two
18. The Summer Rain
19. Heaven Help Me
20. Feel The Way That I Do
21. Tomorrow Night
22. Hot Mess
23. She Satisfies
24. Capital Gaina
26. I Don't Miss You
27. Hate To Run
MP3 (320) or FLAC
I saw the light but I missed the heat.
Another batch of four eps, including two that are quite recent.
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The Means - Of Communication (1981, Spurious)
It appears The Means called Downey, CA home, but otherwise they were a bit all of over the map...yet never quite lost. "Talk it Over" has a sprite, staccato-y guitar line and wave-ish synths, "Russian Roulette" finagles with a catchy dollop of two-tone, blue eyed-ska, and "Fryin' Pan" excavates a fine vein of power pop, a la the Knack and early Joe Jackson. A good bit of the remainder of Of Communication isn't as memorable, but another keeper, "Love's Too Bad" has a skip towards the end that I couldn't remedy. Take it or leave it.
01. Talk it Over
02. Russian Roulette
03. Love's Too Bad
04. Roomate
05. Fryin' Pan
06. In My Mind
07. In Your Eyes
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45 Spiders - Mizu No Oto (1998, Deep Reverb)
I featured one of 45 Spiders other albums, Standard Forms of Communication, when this site was still in it's relative infancy. I think I appreciated that one more than Mizu No Oto, and having said that, I also have to concede that this co-ed D.C. trio weren't exactly the pinnacle of their forte, specifically indie rock. Truth is though, there's really no one in their class around these days, playing the "thoughtful albeit challenging" card, a la bands of their ilk from yesteryear like Versus, Seam, and even Yo La Tengo circa Electr-o-Pura.
Skittish webs of guitar, spindly dissonance and a mildly downer undercurrent go a long way in defining Mizu No Oto. The shorter tunes ("Derive" and "Everything Goes") tend to be the more memorable ones here, but the entire record is worth investigating. Enjoy (you will).
01. Go Plum Crazy
02. Crescendo Until Howling
03. Derive
04. Speed Fiends do Glover Park
05. The Unfolding of The Rest Of Her Life
06. Everything Goes
07. Mizu No Oto
http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/l2TXa4as/file.html
They make children...not like this one...
The bonus disk, and only the bonus disk from an expanded reissue of a seminal debut album, circa 1980.
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Catching up with Saint Marie Records - Amusment Parks on Fire, Miniatures, and more.
There aren't many record labels I follow, much less one whose entire roster is at the very least acquaintance-worthy (if not always fanboy-worthy). Saint Marie Records is one of those rare exceptions for me, much like Sub Pop and Matador were in the '90s, however S/M's focus is on dream-pop, both present and past. Here's a roundup of some of their latest - and quite possibly greatest.
Amusement Parks on Fire have been one of my go-to bands since I caught wind of their debut in the mid '00s. Based in Nottingham, England they just so happened to bear a resemblance to their London neighbors to the south, My Vitriol. Both groups employed heaps of effects and amps, but APOF drew more from the shoegazer side of the noisome spectrum (think Swervedriver meets Loveless), and better yet released three glorious records and about a half dozen eps between their initial 2004-10 lifespan. Fronted by Michael Feerick, it seemed the Parks never lived a moment when they're weren't excelling, even if it fell like they were literally the best kept secret in music.
Their third album, Road Eyes appeared in 2010 and was as incomprehensibly good as their previous
offerings. Eyes was a near-concussive sprawl of amped-out riffs, wily dynamics and sweet penetrating hooks, packing just enough woozy shoegaze aplomb to distinguish themselves from...well, anybody, when you come right down to it. You could say APOF were equal parts cumulus clouds and freshly laid asphalt, sparking a visceral but grounded rush to whomever was in earshot. "Flashlight Planetarium," "Echo Park" and the title piece were plenty blissful, but engulfingly cinematic in scope to boot. Frankly, it all felt a little too good to be true - and in reality it sorta was, because in the wake of Road Eyes they disbanded.
In 2017, APOF reconvened and before the year was out, so was a new single, "Our Goal to Realize," virtually picking up right were they'd left things on Road Eyes, in a gauzy haze of feedback and melody. In addition, to the new 45, Saint Marie just issued an expanded version of Road Eyes, exactly doubling it in length with a whole 'nother nine-song LP consisting of b-sides, demos and unreleased scree. It's available in modest quantities on black and splatter colored vinyl directly from the label. You can also get your digital fix there, or if you prefer Bandcamp or iTunes.
By Jove, it’s as if I’ve located Cocteau’s…Twin! And it only took 35 years. In all seriousness, New Zealand by way of Australia's Miniatures are wholly unrelated to Elizabeth Fraser, et al, but they exude so much of the sonic dazzlement their forbearers made their calling card, it’s hard to underemphasize the comparison. In spite of everything they cull from the not-too-distant past, Miniatures gracefully tuck in their own billowy endowments. Their debut, Jessamines, is dream pop in the most epitomizing sense of the term, spilling out an engulfing glaze of chiming chords, and Annemarie Duff’s ethereal vocal prowess. It’s reverie-inducing stuff for sure, and if you’re anything like me you’ll gladly forgive them for employing that relentless drum machine. Jessamines is in fact not just one of the ten best nu-gaze albums of 2017, but perhaps the decade itself. A must, must listen, and you can do so straight from Saint Marie, Bandcamp, and the usual digital vendors.
Last but not least we have the sixth installment in the Saint Marie's Static Waves compilation series, a double disk CD that serves not only as a label sampler, but a treat for dedicated supporters can hear a spate of previously unreleased goodies. The aforementioned Parks and Miniatures make a showing, as well as primo stablemates Presents for Sally, Snow in Mexico, Bloody Knives, Secret Shine and Spotlight Kid, but the gravy for me was a really cool volley of remakes. We Need Secrets take on the Lily's early nugget "Claire Hates Me," Crash City Saints do a splendid job with OMD's "Souvenir," and a subdued interpretation of New Order's "Regret" is handled by Lotte Kestner. And if you want some icing atop said gravy, Jeff Runnings of For Against renown donates an exclusive demo, "Watch," dating back to 1988! Another embarrassment of riches, and the price tag is attractive to match. Get it right from the source here. BTW, be on the lookout for reissues of For Against's 1990s catalog soon, or better yet, check out the Pledgemusic campaign to fund it.
V/A - It's Another Iowa Compilation - Unchartered Territories (1988, South East)
So there's probably not a lot of household name talent here, but I think you'll be pleasantly (if not incrementally) surprised. I actually posted the predecessor to Vol 2 eons ago, and there are quite a few acts that follow over (after all, the records only came out a year apart and that weren't that many comp-able indie acts in the Hawkeye State). At any rate, both sides of this collection are pretty consistent, with the first half containing a trifecta of bands I've enthusiastically dedicated space to n W/O over the years, namely, Full Fathom Five, Dangtrippers, and the Hollowmen. The last of those three contribute a distorto-molten gem "Pavilion," which would have fit splendidly on either of the Hollowmem's two albums. As for the relatively unknown quantities 23 Lies mine a noir vein, Movable Feast and Stone Wakening deliver some riff savvy indie rock, while the Merry Pranksters and Made Ya Look wield something approaching power pop. As for House of Large Sizes, I could never get into them. Really gave 'em a chance too. BTW, my apologies for the radio station writing on the cover.
Incidentally, many more volumes in the Iowa Compilation series would could down the pike, and even existed long enough to accommodate the biggest band to ever come out of the state, Slipknot. Indie rock makes for strange bedfellows folks.
01. The Eclectics - Big Tough Dreams
02. House of Large Sizes - What If There's a Fire
03. Artificial Limb Embrace - Let me In (Your Blood Bath)
04. Full Fathom Five - Ego Explosion
05. Dangtrippers - Cult Pop Guru
06. The Hollowmen - Pavilion
07. 23 Lies - A Pale Blue in the Muddy Grey
08. The Tape-Beatles - Ads Become the News
09. Stone Wakening - A Thought
10. Ted Cutler - Crawl
11. Chronic Love - Sid
12. The Merry Pranksters - Now
13. Movable Feast - The End of the World
14. Made Ya Look - The Dreamers
15. The Punishment Club - Getting Too Round
16. The Tape-Beatles - Individual Choice
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Band of Susans - The Peel Sessions (rec. 1988/89)
Aw, man. This is probably the only Band of Susans album in my collection (save for their first ep which I posted ages ago) that isn't on iTunes. Their history is a bit lengthy, so I'll let you peruse the details here if you're so inclined. The overall premise of the band, at least initially, was to have an inordinate amount of guitarists (say, three or so) to pack as a big a sonic wallop as possible (they did). The band's original lineup entailed no less than three women named Susan (surnames: Lyall, Tallman, and Stenger), but only the latter of those three (on bass) made it onto the pair of John Peel Sessions I'm presenting here. The sessions surrounded a couple of their early and most cathartic axe-squalling salvos, Hope Against Hope and .
Love Agenda. Though his involvement in the band was brief, Page Hamilton performs on the 1988 Peel session, which was just prior to him running off to the races with Helmet, and I believe he sings on the songs as well (sure sounds like him). The first of the sessions kicks off with a rather straightforward rendering of Gang of Four's "I Found That Essence Rare," and a slightly more unhinged take on the Stones "Child of the Moonlight." The real highlight is the Susan's own maelstrom, "Hope Against Hope," perhaps their defining moment.
The July 1989 session yields merely two cuts, including the Susan's spin on Wire's Chairs Missing chestnut, "Too Late," and yes, it cooks.
10/4/88 session
01. I Found That Essence Rare
02. Throne of Blood
03. Child of the Moon
04. Hope Against Hope
7/2/89 session
05.Which Dream Came True
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Re-ups
Enjoy. Let me know if I missed anything.
The Diodes - Survivors
Big Dipper - Impossible Things ep
V/A - Lost in the Haze Vol. 14
V/A - 4 on the Floor
Killer Whales - Emotional Geography
I Love You - Live ep
Gentleman Jesse - Singles & Rarities
For Squirrels - Baypath Road & 1993 demos
Tina, Age 13 - The Alcoholic Father of My Inner Child ep
Big Star - live Chicago 6/8/94
Jupiter - Arum
Grey Parade - The Reason
Whooping Cranes - That's What I Need
Half a Chicken - Food for Thought
Agitpop - Po-Town Tea Party ep
Citrus Groove - Sunswayed ep
Fluid Waffle - s/t ep
Naoimi's Hair - Tara
Hazel - Ariana ep
Overwhelming Colorfast - Sourdough ep & Sympathy Records 7"
Heavy Blinkers - Hooray For Everything
Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site demos
The Crush - Here is Where I Cross My Fingers
Gem/Jenny Mae - split 7"
Yuji Oniki - Shonen Blue
Titanic Love Affair - No Charisma ep & Their Titanic Majesties Requests
Newkeys - Acts of Love
Huffy - Anything Goes 7"
Blatant Dissent - Hold the Fat
For every closed door open windows let in air...
Stunning, forward thinking indie rock from 2015, with a tincture of retro pizazz to keep things interesting.
Private Domain - s/t (1987, Chameleon)
I've seen this one kicking around on Ebay and in record stores for ages, but I didn't take the plunge until a few days ago. Bought it based on the intriguing album jacket more than anything else, which is entirely superficial of me. Turns out that Private Domain claimed San Diego as their physical domain when this disk lurched onto the racks, courtesy of Chameleon Records, who I believe were more renown for acts like Dramarama, but I digress. Not the subrosa masterpiece I was hoping for, the album (which was re-released a year later on another label, bearing a vastly different track list) is your proverbial mixed bag. PD's approximation of white boy rasta on "Turn Out Right," and their apparent signature piece "Absolutely Perfection" are at the very least passable, and in some cases outshine the album's less satisfactory moments (like the pitiful power-ballad misstep "Broken Hearts"). Despite some '80s shtick and period keyboard trickery, Private Domain were at their most effective and assertive when they skewed to a riffier album rock motif, exemplified on "So Comfortable," not to mention the pseudo power pop of "Burn the Torch," which was a hell of a lot more convincing than Cheap Trick's sappy radio hit at the time.
01. People Living in Shadows
02. Spiratual Warfare
03. Don't Need That Much
04. Just Let Me Love You
05. So Comfortable
06. Absolute Perfection
07. Burn the Torch
08. Broken Hearts
09. Turn Out Right
10. Wrong People
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Massive Remembrance Day turnout moves veterans
Gerald Masse, 93, a veteran of the Second World War, attends the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A Windsor mother who lost her son in Afghanistan takes comfort in words she once read at a war museum – a man is not dead until he is forgotten.
“Andrew will never die and thankfully none of our veterans will because this country is grateful,” Theresa Charbonneau said Sunday after Windsor’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in City Hall Square.
In 2008, her son Cpl. Andrew Grenon, 23, was killed in Afghanistan days after he was awarded a medal for saving the lives of two comrades. Grenon was just two weeks away from wrapping up his second tour in the war-torn country.
“That they remember is so important,” Charbonneau said. “I can’t put it in to words what it means.”
Second World War veteran Ralph Mayville, 91, was brought to tears by the thousands who poured into the downtown streets Sunday. People stood on the steps of the Superior Court of Justice and perched on the walls of Charles Clark Square to catch a glimpse of marching men and women accompanied by the skirl of bagpipes.
“So many people. I’ve never seen so many,” Mayville said. “It kind of chokes me up.”
Val Snow, an 88-year-old Second World War veteran, didn’t have an explanation for the large turnout.
“I don’t know what happened but this is the largest parade I’ve ever seen down here at the Cenotaph. I feel very, very, proud,” Snow said.
Charbonneau suspects young veterans and fallen soldiers from Afghanistan have brought the perils of war back to light. She guest speaks at local schools and says the children not only understand, but thank her for her son’s contribution for the country.
“Unfortunately, it took a modern day crisis to awaken Canada to the memories of our veterans and what they’ve done,” she said.
Rev. Stan Fraser said if there’s anything the community has learned from war it’s the need to be there for the troops when they return home.
First World War veterans are gone, Fraser said, but Second World War, Korean War, Afghanistan and peacekeeping mission veterans still need support.
Mayor Eddie Francis, LaSalle Mayor Ken Antaya, Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara and MPs Joe Comartin (NDP Windsor-Tecumseh) and Brian Masse (NDP Windsor West) and Liberal MPP Teresa Piruzza (Windsor West) were some of the speakers and among the dozens who laid wreaths on the cenotaph to remember those who gave their lives.
“They are the reason that you and I can stand here and live in peace,” Fraser told the poppy-clad crowd. “We remember now but we must remember today, tomorrow and forever.”
Members of HMCS Hunter march down University Avenue towards the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. for the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Ken Knighton, a retired Warrant Officer, attends the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Gerald Masse, 93, a veteran of the Second World War, becomes emotional during the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A large crowd listens to MP Brian Masse speak during the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A large crowd attends the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
James Farron holds up a picture of his late father, David Farron, who served in the Second World War, while at the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Second World War veteran, Thomas Simpson, 91, centre, attends the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in downtown Windsor, Ont. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
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Difference Between Electrician & Wireman
by Mike Parker; Updated June 28, 2018
1 Electrician vs. Wireman
2 Salary of a Sprinkler Fitter
3 Industrial Electrician Description
4 Plumbing Career Facts
Electricians are skilled tradesmen in the construction industry. If a job has to do with electric power, an electrician is involved with it, in one fashion or another. Electricians install, maintain and repair electrical lines and systems in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal environments. Electricians may specialize in a particular segment of the industry.
Electricians typically learn their trade through a formal apprenticeship program that lasts three years or more, depending on the field of specialization. During their apprenticeship, electricians learn to read blueprints and technical diagrams. They learn to inspect electrical components and use testing devices to identify electrical problems. Because electric power can be dangerous and even deadly if not handled properly, electricians are trained to observe a high level of safety protocols. They are responsible for understanding and abiding by local and state building codes and regulations.
Inside Wireman
Inside wiremen are electricians who specialize in connecting their commercial customers' electrical systems to the outside power source, and then distributing that power throughout the facility. An inside wireman's job might include installing conduit, lighting fixtures and electrical outlets. Inside wiremen inspect and maintain electrical motors and equipment. They may install alarm systems or electrical control panels. In addition to installations, inside wiremen inspect, maintain and repair existing electrical systems within the facility.
Residential Wireman
A residential wireman performs many of the same tasks as an inside wireman, except in residential, rather than commercial or industrial, environments. Residential wiremen install and distribute electrical power in single and multi-family dwellings. They may install the main circuit breaker box, plan and install electrical lines in new or existing construction and troubleshoot and make repairs to faulty lines and systems. As homes become more sophisticated, residential wiremen are more involved with planning and installing low-voltage cable and communications systems, including alarm systems, power monitoring systems, computer networking and cable television systems.
Outside Lineman
One of the most dangerous jobs involves installing, repairing and maintaining outdoor power lines that transmit energy from power plants to homes and business. Often outside linemen are called to repair storm damage while working in harsh, inclement weather. Knowledge of safety protocols is essential. Physical strength and staminia is needed to climb towers and poles. Working several hundred feet in the air requires balance, focus, coordination and endurance.
Average Salaries
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, electricians earn an average salary of $57,910 per year, or $27.84 per hour in 2016. The median annual salary for this occupation is $54,110 or $26.01 per hour, meaning half earn more than the income midpoint, and half earn less. Salaries range from approximately $32,180 to over $92,690 per year. Wages are highest in the natural gas industry where electricians earn an average salary of $96,920 per year. The highest paying states are Hawaii, District of Columbus and Alaska where electricians annually average $77,990, $77,330 and $77,180 respectively.
Job Growth Outlook
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects demand for new electricians to increase by 9 percent between 2016 and 2026. Interest in building construction and integrating alternative energy sources will drive demand. Electricians with the widest scope of training should have the best employment opportunities.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Electricians Job Outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics: OES: Electricians
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Mike Parker is a full-time writer, publisher and independent businessman. His background includes a career as an investments broker with such NYSE member firms as Edward Jones & Company, AG Edwards & Sons and Dean Witter. He helped launch DiscoverCard as one of the company's first merchant sales reps.
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Sausage mAN
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This battle royale game lets you fight as sausages and it’s delightful
PUBG + frankfurters = Sausage Man
Karen Chiu
Published on 12 Dec, 2018 10:30am Coordinated Universal Time
100 sausages parachute from a flying double-decker bus, descending on a deserted island. It’s not clear why they have arms and legs -- but off they sprint, scavenging for rifles, pistols and, uh, toilet plungers to arm themselves. The goal? Fight to become the last wurst standing.
Sausage Man (or Sausage Party as it is known in China) is one of the most entertaining battle royales I’ve played. Sure, the graphics aren’t as great as PUBG or Fortnite: As my coworker Esther puts it, it resembles the primitive flash games we used to play back in the early 2000s. And I have to admit that the gameplay isn’t as exciting either. In some games, we wandered around for a long time without running into fellow frankfurters.
But just like Fortnite, Sausage Man brings hilarity and goofiness to a genre that’s otherwise dark and violent. All the typical elements of a battle royale are present; but they’re given a quirky spin. When you shoot a sausage, yellow sparks come out rather than blood. And when the sausage dies, it turns into a cartoonish scarecrow. The vehicles and weapons are wacky too: Instead of the realistic sedans and buggies like the ones found in PUBG, you get hover cars and rubber boats.
Unlike Fortnite though, you can’t build structures in Sausage Man. But it doesn’t bother me at all because frankly, would you rather chop down trees to build ugly wooden staircases -- or watch a bendy sausage somersault in the air?
Sausage Man is free to play and as far as I can tell, all microtransactions are for costumes and skins. But sadly, the in-game item store doesn’t seem to work on iOS. Otherwise I would really love to dress my sausage in a maid outfit and give her auburn pigtails.
Again, this game isn’t designed to be a serious battle royale. But if you can get pass the lack of accurate aiming and sophisticated gun mechanics, Sausage Man is a great way to relax at the end of the day. And if the game is still too intense, you can always watch the 50+ episodes of Sausage Man cartoon on iQiyi, Baidu’s video streaming platform.
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I don’t think anyone would challenge the statement that the last seven years have represented a period of unprecedented change in the media industry!
Back in 2008, at the start of my time at ABC, we were heading into the worst recession in 30 years. Within the space of a year, advertising revenue collapsed and it was a difficult time for media owners, agencies and advertisers alike. But the challenges that assailed print and other media gave a new impetus to an already burgeoning force in the industry; digital.
The boom in digital media and the economic recovery kick-started growth and helped drag the industry back into positive territory – digital now forms the still-expanding and evolving core of total ad spend and is the biggest single sector ahead of TV. One of the things that impelled digital forward during those difficult years was the promise of the “ultimate measurable medium”, where you only paid for what you got. Investment in digital advertising in 2008 saw online ad spend reach £3 billion. Fast forward seven years and that figure has grown by 233 per cent, representing an industry now worth £7 billion to the UK economy.
Digital has also been the catalyst for many of the dramatic changes witnessed by the industry over the last seven years. When I joined ABC, the media sector was still very much siloed into print, radio, TV, out of home and online. With divisions between these platforms rapidly dissolving, cross-industry partnerships are more important than ever before. ABC now works with BARB to audit TV player data as part of Project Dovetail. Traditional Newsbrands are expanding online, with audio and video integral to written content and a reach that is now global - over 70 per cent of Mailonline’s 12 million daily Unique Browsers are from outside the UK.
The way an audience engages with content has also dramatically changed. Apple’s revolutionary iPad was introduced in 2010 and with smart phone technology improvements, suddenly everyone became mobile. Social media for many companies has become an essential part of doing business. In 2008 Facebook had 100 million active users worldwide. In 2015 this is now 1.5 billion – a growth of 1400 per cent. Successful brands now have to move faster and relevant content is more important than ever before. The role of ABC through all of this has been what it always had been – to continually innovate so media brand owners have the right products and services to demonstrate the breadth of their brand reach across all platforms, website, face-to-face, apps and beyond.
The rise in digital ad trading however has exposed some serious issues for advertisers, which are now right at the top of the CMO’s agenda as the amount of “money at risk” has grown. ABC has used its R&D expertise to rise to these new challenges working closely with the Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS). The discovery of big brand advertising on porn and other inappropriate websites sparked widespread panic and an industry investigation back in 2008. ABC now certifies Content Verification Tools and issues ‘trust seals’ to over 30 companies to show their compliance with the industry-agreed code for online brand safety. Last month, ABC issued its second Viewability report which compares results for 6 ad viewability measurement products on a comparable basis. In 2016 ABC’s focus will be on anti-fraud initiatives as the industry works together to overcome this. We also continue to develop our partnerships for example with JICREG, BARB and UKOM, to offer consistency and transparency across the wider media industry.
As the digital world expands, so do its borders. Partnerships are now global, as I saw during my four-year tenure as President of the International Federation of ABCs. We have undertaken joint projects with our sister organisations in the US, Brazil, Sweden and Australia to name but a few.
Seven years ago, ABC couldn’t have coped with all this change. ABC had to evolve its culture to be focused on getting things done, not on processes. I decided to merge our separate print and digital brands, ABC and ABCe, to reflect better the integrated nature of our clients and promote a smoother exchange of resource and expertise inside the company. Our ABC Board and governance structure was streamlined to be more flexible. Now we can change an industry standard as agreed by both buyers and sellers, in six weeks not six months and in as little as two weeks. Based on our members’ ideas we developed ABC Quickview and other interactive reports, so everyone could select and analyse the information they needed simply and quickly.
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Salmonella outbreak linked to pig ear dog treats
ATLANTA (WHTM) – Ninety-three people have been sickened by multidrug-resistant salmonella infections linked to contact with pig ear dog treats, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Forty-eight illnesses have been reported since the treats were recalled on July 3. Pet Supplies Plus recalled bulk pig ears stocked in open bins because the treats might be contaminated with salmonella.
Salmonella can affect animals that eat the products, and there is a risk to people who handle contaminated products and don’t wash their hands.
The CDC said 90% of ill people interviewed reported contact with a dog before getting sick, and 69% reported contact with pig ear treats or with dogs who were fed the treats.
Illnesses have been reported in Pennsylvania and 26 other states. Twenty ill people have been hospitalized.
The CDC says people should not feed the recalled pig ears to dogs. The treats should be thrown away in a secure container so pets and other animals can’t eat them.
Pet Supplies Plus has stores in Lancaster, Hamburg, and Shillington.
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Newburg man convicted of delivering heroin in overdose death
by: WHTM Staff
Adam Pittman
CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) – A Cumberland County man is awaiting sentencing for delivering a fatal batch of heroin last year.
Adam W. Pittman, 34, of Newburg, was found guilty last week of drug delivery resulting in death, delivery of heroin, and involuntary manslaughter, according to court records.
North Middleton Township police said Pittman delivered heroin to a 38-year-old township man who overdosed and died on January 24, 2018.
Pittman is in Cumberland County Prison on $100,000 bail while he awaits a sentencing hearing scheduled for Nov. 26.
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Hempt Farms project developers ask to halt discussions
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- The developers behind a plan to build a mixed-use project on what used to be Hempt Farms along the Carlisle Pike have asked the township to halt discussions.
HSS Investors, LLC has gone before Silver Spring Township supervisors twice recently and heard feedback from residents about the project that would install a mix of commercial, retail, industrial and residential spaces on 451 acres of land.
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by Priscilla Liguori / Jan 20, 2020
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - Change is coming to Mechanicsburg's football stadium. Construction is scheduled to start at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park in March.
For the most part, the stadium and locker rooms haven't been touched in more than 70 years.
Dog’s paw caught in trap at Silver Spring Township park
by Sarah Gisriel / Jan 20, 2020
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- A Sunday stroll turned scary for a pup named Sully after a trap snapped on his paw while he was climbing back onto the banks of the Conodoguinet Creek during a walk with his owner in Hidden Creek Park.
"It's a small, about hand-size trap. I'm not a trap expert, but it looks like it's for a small animal," said Silver Spring Township Police Chief Christopher Raubenstine said.
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280 St.Marks Avenue in Brooklyn rediscovers lost craftsmanship
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Located in Brooklyn, 280 St.Marks Avenue designed by DXA Studio celebrates and explores lost forms of craftsmanship
Inspired by brick townhouses in its neighborhood, the architects maintained the rhythm in the facade of condominium building. Consisting of 31 housing units, the structural form was derived from its irregular plot shape which is infrequent to the city’s grid development.
With 2 to 3 walls facing the south light, each unit is lit up by natural light in addition to the warm interior design. Many local artist work’s adorn the building as a mark to revive lost local craftsmanship. At every level, outdoor spaces has been weaved into the living spaces. Apart from this, the ground floor houses community spaces, children’s playroom, gymnasium and a bike park area.
From the Architects –
DXA studio, a New York based architecture and design firm known for a diverse range of projects primarily in Manhattan and Brooklyn, has announced that 280 St. Marks Avenue, a condominium building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn has been completed.
Brick facade resonates with the neighborhood buildings
280 St. Marks Avenue is a 80,000 square foot, 31 unit condominium building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Located in a neighborhood celebrated for its beautiful brownstones and brick townhouses, DXA maintained the wonderful cadence and quality of the surrounding neighborhood in the faceted facade of the building. The angles also correspond to the historic Flatbush Turnpike which ran near the site, whose early grid was superimposed by the city grid in the 1800’s resulting in angled neighboring buildings and irregular property lines.
“We are thrilled to see this completed project in such a rapidly evolving neighborhood,” said Wayne Norbeck, a partner at DXA studio. “We look forward to the building becoming an important presence in Prospect Heights and an integral part of the community.”
View from the master bathroom
Essential to every unit is outdoor space. The top floor has large terraces and landscaped roofs, intermediate floors have balconies and loggias. While the ground floor has a series of contiguous yards. A suite of community focused amenity spaces are included in the building, beginning with a large double height community room with doors leading out to a public garden. Above is a children’s playroom, and an outdoor recreation space with a gym and bike room below.
Landscaped roof and terraces for top floor units
Community playroom for the children’s
Building form and Interiors –
The form of the building is derived from aforementioned irregular lot shape, and with a depth of over 130’, atypical for New York City. DXA was able to capitalize on south-facing exposures and give most units 2 or 3 exterior walls with large glass windows. The result is an abundance of natural light. This when coupled with light and bright pallet of the interior’s, give living spaces a prevailing sense of calm and well-being. Live-sawn white oak floors are complimented with walnut accents and Olympian Danby stone counters.
Custom designed pendant lights
Inclusion of Brooklyn’s lost artforms –
Brooklyn has experienced an artistic renaissance in last several years as lost forms of craftsmanship have been rediscovered and explored. 280 St. Marks celebrates this phenomenon in featuring many local artists and makers throughout the building. A chandelier by lighting designer David Weeks greets you upon entry. Woods by Hudson Woods and Madera Trade can be found throughout. A wall paper by Flavor Paper and custom kitchen pendants by Brendan Ravenhill are integral to the decor.
Living and dining space opens to the terrace and loggias
“DXA Studio is pleased to be part of new development which will be a significant residential addition to such a vibrant neighborhood,” said Jordan Rogove, a partner at DXA studio. “We are excited for future residents and hope they will enjoy and embrace the design of the development.”
Clean, minimalist interior design for the kitchen
Project details –
Project Name – 280 St.Marks Avenue
Location – Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York , United States of America
Architect Firm – DXA Studio | www.dxastudio.com
Project type – Residence, Housing, Condominium
Photography – © Florian Holzherr
Completion Year – 2018
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Why Building Candidate Personas Helps You Hire the Right Talent
If you're trying to improve your ability to attract top talent without sacrificing your commitment to diversity and inclusion, consider using a "candidate persona" strategy.
The concept is similar to creating "buyer personas" in marketing, says Maren Hogan, CEO of Red Branch Media, in a session at SourceCon, last week in Anaheim, Calif.
"A candidate persona is a fictionalized representation of your ideal hire for a specific role. This should mostly be based on data, but it also requires a bit of intuition and even some guesswork. Think about who you are looking for; who is this person? What do they do with their days? What are their primary concerns, inside and outside of work? What hobbies and activities are important to them? What's keeping them up at night?" Hogan says.
First, investigate
Start by gathering all the data you can on your candidate persona from all available information sources. Professional sites like LinkedIn, Behance, social media sites, publicly available data. The more data points you have, the better your candidate persona will be, she says. Check out profiles that are similar to the type of candidate you're looking for and then develop your sourcing and recruiting strategy based on that information, she says.
"Every single aspect of this has to be candidate-focused. You need to have this person figuratively in front of you whenever you're working on this; when you're writing the job description, when you're sending emails, when you're making that social media post. Everything that hits their eyeballs has to appeal to something about them," Hogan says.
Once you have all your data, you can start to analyze it and figure out what makes your ideal candidate tick, she says. That includes knowing what sort of personal issues and family issues are intertwined with their professional skills, experience and history, she says.
"You're looking for the answers to questions like, 'What do they value? Are they stuck in a dead-end job? How old are they? Who do they report to? Are they bored at work? How much do they make? What's the cost of living in their area? What groups do they belong to? What causes are important to them? What are their hobbies? What professional organizations do they belong to? How long do they stay in a job, typically? What kinds of companies are they working for now? What kind of media do they listen to, watch, stream?' These are all valuable pieces of your candidate persona's personality," Hogan says.
Identify barriers
You also should consider elements of their lives that may be barriers to employment, Hogan says. What sort of personal issues are brought up? What would make it harder for them to take your job, and how can you eliminate those barriers? Are they parents? Are they single or married? Do they seem to stay in a certain geographic area? Are they bored at work? Are they underpaid and due for a raise or a promotion? Hogan says.
Once you sketch that out, you can start working on how to target your dream candidate in ways that will reach and appeal to them; that can be through traditional job postings, through social media posts, through radio and television advertisements or any other means to get your message in front of them, she says.
Build in diversity
How does all this impact diversity? "A Glassdoor survey showed that 67 percent of active and passive jobseekers say a diverse workforce is important to them when evaluating your company. If you don't build diversity into the front end of the process, then it will not happen," Hogan says.
Building diversity into your candidate persona can help you target candidates from underrepresented groups right from the start, and help you discover the best places to search, Hogan says. Of course, this also requires you take a hard look at your candidate-facing materials and assess -- or reassess -- your employer brand.
"It comes down to asking yourself if your messages and your outreach only appeal to talent groups you're already familiar with; if they don't, you have to try and represent what an ideal workplace would look like for those outside those groups and create mini-outreach plans for each group that's traditionally been underrepresented," she says.
Check that the photos on your site are as diverse as possible, use tools like Textio to analyze the language you're using in job descriptions and on your careers page and explore channels outside of Facebook and LinkedIn are all ways to help improve diversity, Hogan says, since not everyone uses the same social media outlets. Using technology tools to help source and recruit diverse candidates can also help in partnership with your 'candidate persona;' some examples are Entelo, Jopwell, HackerRank, Restless Bandit and HiringSolved.
This article was written by Sharon Florentine from CIO.
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On January 29, 2014, the Senate passed S.1417, the “Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013,” which would preserve recent advances in state newborn screening programs. Since the enactment of the initial legislation in 2008, the number of states testing for 29 of the 31 treatable core conditions has increased four-fold. S.1417 would preserve these gains.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention early screening has resulted in 12,500 babies receiving life-saving treatments and interventions annually. This legislation has played a critical role in improving the lives of these children. In addition to expanding access to newborn screening, S.1417 would:
assist state screening programs to better assess and coordinate newborn treatments;
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allow states to use government funds to improve the timeliness of newborn screening systems.
Attention will now focus on the House of Representatives, which has yet to take action on the bill. AACC is a strong supporter of this measure and continues to urge its members to write their House Member and urge them to cosponsor the bill. In addition, please send a thank you letter to your Senators (it is pre-written as well). For more information on the bill, please go to the House and Senate legislative website.
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On March 19th, AACC is sponsoring a webinar on the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance on blood glucose monitors used in professional settings. Although the intent is to improve patient care, the document, if implemented, could have far-reaching implications for device manufacturers, hospitals, long-term care facilities and other health care providers. Join us for a 60-minute discussion with the FDA on this important topic.
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Abortionist testimony describes Planned Parenthood methods resulting in live births for alleged fetal organ harvesting
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A California abortionist who said he has performed more than 50,000 abortions in his career testified under oath last week that some Planned Parenthood abortionists are using methods that result in live births, presumably in order to better preserve the fetal organs for harvesting and research, according to LifeSiteNews.
Dr. Forrest Smith testified under oath last Wednesday as an expert witness for the defense in the case of David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, who face multiple felony charges of recording confidential information without consent. Their 2015 videos showed Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of fetal remains.
In his testimony, Smith said he believed some doctors administering large doses of Misoprostol, a drug that is used to induce labor, to trigger "tumultuous labor" that results in "fetal expulsion" for second trimester abortions.
When this method is used without the drug Digoxin, which serves to kill the fetus by stopping its heart, the fetus can be expelled from the uterus with a heartbeat — making it a live birth, regardless of whether it is moving or breathing.
"There's no question in my mind that at least some of these fetuses were live births," Smith testified.
The doctor stressed that the beating heart is the determining factor in whether it is a live birth, despite some abortionists in Daleiden's and Merritt's videos applying standards of no breathing or no movement. He said when a baby is born alive during an attempted abortion, it must receive "resuscitative care" otherwise it will "die by neglect."
Smith is certainly not opposed to abortion, which he freely admitted during his testimony was the killing of a human, but he opposed the aforementioned methods because they can prolong the procedure and put the patient at higher risk.
"You can kill a human being, which I admit abortion is, but you have to do it in certain ways," Smith said, also testifying that patients should have the right to "choose the mechanics of the death of your fetus."
Smith's testimony is relevant to the case because Daleiden and Merritt are attempting to defend themselves on the grounds that the covert taping of confidential information is legal when collecting evidence of violent crimes.
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‘Mermaids on Mars’ Takes Animation Prize at Carmel Fest
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Athena Studios of Emeryville, California announces that its original stop-motion animated short Mermaids on Mars was awarded the Best Animation honors at the 2015 Carmel International Film Festival. Athena did all of the animation and production work on the film, which was adapted from the book by Nancy Guettier, who also produced the film.
Studio founder Jon V. Peters directed Mermaids on Mars, which was scripted by Jarrett Galante and co-produced by Kat Alioshin, whose credits include The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline. Other notable crewmembers assembled by Athena for the project were director of photography Pete Kozachik (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Corpse Bride), cinematographer Timothy Taylor (Frankenweenie, Coraline), art director Tom Proost (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, James and the Giant Peach) and puppet fabricator Victoria Rose Zalewski (Coraline, Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas).
Following the Carmel Film Festival win, director Peters, producer Alioshin and lead animator Justin Kohn (Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, The Simpsons) presented a panel on “The Making of Mermaids on Mars” at the 2015 World Animation Celebration.
Athena is now back in active development on another original project: a stop-motion feature titled Auntie Claus, which the team is collaborating on with Nate Hopper (Blazing Samurai, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). Based on the award-winning book by Elise Primavera, the film will present the tale of a young girl who discovers the true meaning of the Christmas season through her adventures at the North Pole with her great aunt — who just happens to be the sister of Santa Claus.
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Ann. Geophys., 31, 61–73, 2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-61-2013
Special issue: Structure, composition, and dynamics of the middle atmosphere...
Regular paper 09 Jan 2013
Regular paper | 09 Jan 2013
Development of the mesospheric Na layer at 69° N during the Geminids meteor shower 2010
T. Dunker1, U.-P. Hoppe*,1,2, G. Stober3, and M. Rapp3 T. Dunker et al. T. Dunker1, U.-P. Hoppe*,1,2, G. Stober3, and M. Rapp3
1University of Tromsø, Department of Physics and Technology, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
2University of Oslo, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
3Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Schlossstraße 6, 18225 Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, Germany
*on leave from: Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), P.O. Box 25, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
**now at: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IPA), Münchner Straße 20, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling, Germany
Received: 15 Aug 2012 – Revised: 22 Nov 2012 – Accepted: 05 Dec 2012 – Published: 09 Jan 2013
Abstract. The ECOMA sounding rocket campaign in 2010 was performed to investigate the charge state and number density of meteoric smoke particles during the Geminids meteor shower in December 2010. The ALOMAR Na lidar contributed to the campaign with measurements of sodium number density, temperature and line-of-sight wind between 80 and 110 km altitude over Andøya in northern Norway. This paper investigates a possible connection between the Geminids meteor shower and the mesospheric sodium layer. We compare with data from a meteor radar and from a rocket-borne in situ particle instrument on three days. Our main result is that the sodium column density is smaller during the Geminids meteor shower than the winter average at the same latitude. Moreover, during two of the three years considered, the sodium column density decreased steadily during these three weeks of the year. Both the observed decrease of Na column density by 30% and of meteoric smoke particle column density correlate well with a corresponding decrease of sporadic meteor echoes. We found no correlation between Geminids meteor flux rates and sodium column density, nor between sporadic meteors and Na column density (R = 0.25). In general, we found the Na column density to be at very low values for winter, between 1.8 and 2.6 × 1013 m−2. We detected two meteor trails containing sodium, on 13 December 2010 at 87.1 km and on 19 December 2010 at 84 km. From these meteor trails, we estimate a global meteoric Na flux of 121 kg d−1 and a global total meteoric influx of 20.2 t d−1.
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How to cite: Dunker, T., Hoppe, U.-P., Stober, G., and Rapp, M.: Development of the mesospheric Na layer at 69° N during the Geminids meteor shower 2010, Ann. Geophys., 31, 61–73, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-61-2013, 2013.
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Bushnell Fusion 1600 Arc 10X42
by John Barsness - Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Modern hunting is becoming increasingly electronic, which helps field shooting but burdens the hunter’s daypack. A generation ago about the only technology a hunter carried aside from a rifle was a compass and (maybe) a binocular, but many of today’s hunters also pack a GPS, laser rangefinder, inclinometer, thermometer and electronic wind-gauge, plus a ballistics program. All of it is used to help make the shot.
One side-consequence of this large load has been the attempt to consolidate a few of these items, which is the reason some manufacturers have been incorporating laser rangefinders into riflescopes and binoculars. In many ways, a laser binocular makes more sense, since one binocular can be used with anything from a .223 Rem. to a .338 Win. Mag., instead of buying a laser-rangefinding scope for each rifle.
Bushnell’s Fusion 1600 ARC (Angle Range Compensation) binocular adds two other functions to a laser rangefinder: a ballistics program and an inclinometer. The last is important because of the increasing range of today’s hunting rifles.The up-or-down angle of the shot becomes just as important as the precise distance.
Of all the functions of the Fusion, simply being a binocular is most important. It doesn’t do a hunter any good to carry a multi-function binocular if the optics aren’t good enough to help find game. Bushnell literature tells us that the Fusion is a waterproof, roof-prism bino featuring BaK-4 prisms with PC-3 phase-correction coating, plus Bushnell Rainguard HD. But what does this mean in practical terms?
The test binocular had a slight but definite yellow bias, and there was some color-fringing of hard-edged objects, but all in all the optics are pretty good. I’d rate the Fusion’s glass an 8.5 on a scale from one to 10, entirely usable for hunting either in woods or open country.
The Rainguard HD works even better than the original version. I stuck the objective lenses under a faucet and filled them with water. One shake and all except three or four tiny drops disappeared.
The Fusion’s rangefinder is rated at 1600 yards in favorable conditions on reflective targets. “Favorable” for lasers means cloudy or dim light, on hard-sided objects like buildings or cliffs. Bright sunlight tends to interfere with the laser, and softer targets such as trees or animals don’t reflect the laser beam well.
So much for theory. On a sunny afternoon in late September, I got readings out to 1,606 yards on the sagebrush flats outside my small Montana town, and that reading was on a Rocky Mountain juniper, not a ranch house. The Fusion also gave consistent readings on individual pronghorns out to 700 yards or so, beyond the 500 yards its laser is rated for deer. I haven’t tested many hand-held rangefinders that worked as well, and none that worked better in bright sun.
Before heading into the field, the Fusion’s ballistics program had been programmed for the common 180-grain factory load in the .30-06, sighted-in at 200 yards. I know the trajectory of this load very well, having used it for many years at ranges out to 500 yards, so I could compare the Fusion results with reality. (All programming is easily done with on-off and mode buttons on top of the binocular, and there are numerous options, including display brightness, which helped when testing in bright sunlight.)
The problem with the unit’s ballistics program is that it’s generic. Instead of specifically setting the program for the exact bullet, plus elevation, temperature, etc., the shooter must choose among several trajectory categories from A to J, selecting the category that comes closest to his load’s trajectory. The program display then provides a holdover reading, right under the range reading, but this is only an approximation of reality.
This theoretical holdover is calculated with range-standard conditions (59 degrees, sea level, etc.); at any range much beyond 500 yards any variation from the standard conditions becomes critical, especially elevation and temperature. Combined with a generic trajectory that’s only approximate in the first place, this means that ballistic program in the Fusion isn’t a substitute for a real ballistics program tailored to your exact load.
The longest holdover reading appeared at 725 yards, where the readout indicated 148 inches, but this came across almost dead-level ground. After playing around on the pronghorn flats, I drove up a nearby limestone canyon in the mountains to test the inclinometer. The longest distance ranged there was 495 yards at a 29-degree uphill angle.
The Fusion did have occasional difficulties providing the angle on any shot much above or below 15 degrees. It would display the range quickly, but there’d often be a delay in the angle reading. Sometimes two or three attempts had to be made before the computer came up with the angle—and, consequently, a holdover reading, since the ballistics program also compensates for the angle of the shot.
All of these tests were made with the Fusion’s program in “rifle” mode. It can also be switched to “bow” mode, providing slightly different information on shots out to 99 yards. Instead of giving a holdover readout along with the angle, the program provides a level-ground range, so a bowhunter can just use the correct sightpin.
Overall, the Fusion is definitely worth the price, whether Bushnell’s suggested retail price of about $900 or somewhat lower in the “real” Internet world. The optics are good, the laser rangefinder is extremely good and the angle indicator is useful. When all this is wrapped together in a package about the same weight and size of most 10x42 binoculars, hunters have less to carry into the field—and they can carry it around their necks, instead of inside their daypacks where it might crush lunch.
800-423-3537, www.bushnell.com
Type: roof-prism binocular
Magnification: 10X
Objective Lens Diameter: 42mm
Focus Range: 10.5'-infinity
Field of view at 1,000 yds: 305'
Weight: 31 ozs.
Rangefinder Range: 10-1600 yds.
Power Source: (1) 3-volt CR 123 battery
MSRP: $899
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Doing Good Through'?¦Twitter?
Last September, Eva Longoria introduced the first-ever, Twitter-based celebrity auction using TwitChange. TwitChange is one of the latest developments in the 'social good'? realm, serving as a celebrity charity auction where fans bid on an opportunity to be followed, mentioned or re-tweeted by their favorite celebrities with all of the earnings donated toward a cause. The month-long auction, which benefited building homes in Haiti, turned into an instant success. Flurries of fans requested their most beloved celebrities to enter. The result: 35 million hits; more than $540,000 toward the cause; and support from more than 175 celebrities including Justin Bieber, Shaquille O'Neal and Adrian Grenier. The media also loved the creativity of TwitChange's digital auction. "Twitter enthusiasts: Ever dream of having a celebrity follow and re-tweet your tweets? Here's your chance to have that dream come true. Even better? It's all in the name of good." - @USA Today 'In the Twitter universe, where a user is judged by how many followers he has, a celebrity follow or mention can be a catapult" - @Wall Street Journal With such a positive response, it's hard to imagine that TwitChange has adversaries, but it does. Some argue that the campaign is 'more about celebrity than actual charity'? and isn't likely lead to an impactful social activism movement. While I agree that TwitChange's celebrity component may outshine its 'social good'? component, calling out TwitChange as an overall bad concept nixes the idea that any form of charity is a good form of charity. To me, social giving through TwitChange may not be 'highly-involved social activism,'? but supporting a worthy cause with a platform that raises money and awareness is noteworthy and admirable. For those interested in participating or checking out TwitChange, the next auction will take place January 29, during which NFL star Troy Polamalu ' a star safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers ' will kick off an auction to benefit Operation Once in a Lifetime.
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HMD publishes Nokia 9 PureView kernel source code
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2019/05/15 12:30pm PDT May 15, 2019
We've said it before, but Android OEMs are pretty hit or miss when it comes to releasing kernel source code, as mandated under the GPL license for using the Linux kernel. HMD is the definition of hit-or-miss, having just released the source code for the two-year-old Nokia 2 a few days ago. But here we have them releasing the source for the Nokia 9 PureView, a phone still considered new.
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If you're looking for a flagship device that also doubles as a photographer's Swiss knife, you're in luck, as Nokia's high-end 9 PureView just dropped to $600, $100 off its original MSRP. For this price, you get five back cameras that take incredibly crisp photos, combined with Android One, which is free of bloatware and will receive updates for at least two years.
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Owners of the Nokia 9 PureView have had a rough go with the in-display fingerprint sensor they've bought their phones — our Ryan Whitwam was not impressed with the fussing around and finger-jambing he had to do in order to achieve authentication. A software update last week was supposed to loosen up and get the sensor working as it should. But manufacturer HMD Global is now investigating a complaint saying that the phone is too loose, producing false positives from unknown fingers and even a packet of gum.
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As we're closing in on MWC, manufacturers are starting to tease us on what to expect. Nokia is also joining the party and hinting about announcements in Barcelona on February 24th, which aligns with the date and location of Mobile World Congress. What appear to be two promotional images also corroborate this, showing off what may be the N9 PureView and another phone.
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Flagship phones with just one rear camera are becoming rare, and apparently two sensors on the back isn't enough either. Nokia's upcoming flagship, the Nokia 9 PureView, has previously been rendered with a whopping five cameras on the back, and this latest leak from Evan Blass confirms the camera setup.
Nokia 9 PureView with five rear cameras could be real after all
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A couple of months ago, we saw some supposed leaked images of a Nokia phone with five cameras on the back. It wasn't enough to go on at the time and looked like it could be a crazy fake, but new information leads us to believe such a device is indeed coming.
Nokia reportedly working on Snapdragon 845 device with in-display fingerprint sensor
2018/06/27 8:30am PDT Jun 27, 2018
Many of us are perfectly happy with the fingerprint scanner positioned on the back of our phones — where there's plenty of room even as bezels on the front shrink. However, under-display sensors continue to be heralded as the next great innovation in mobile tech. Vivo has shown everyone else what's possible and other OEMs are sure to follow suit, hoping that the wow-factor alone will move consumers to get on board.
It wouldn't be a surprise to hear that any Android manufacturer is working on a device with an in-display sensor, and that's exactly what we're hearing about HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded handsets.
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Malcolm Moller
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Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Mauritius and how any recent developments have impacted your practice?
There are three recent developments that will impact the Mauritian offshore commercial market.
First, the introduction of GDPR.
Secondly, the termination of the 2011 joint venture between the London Court of International Arbitration and the Government of Mauritius to set up the LCIA-MIAC arbitration centre for international arbitration. As from 28 July 2018, the MIAC will operate as an independent arbitration centre with rules built on the UNCITRAL model. It is built on a 3-tier system namely, the Government of Mauritius, an Advisory Board headed by Professor Emmanuel Gaillard and, a Secretariat which will stand advised by the Advisory Board. The MIAC will also derive support from the Permanent Court of Arbitration which has established presence in Mauritius of which there is an advisory board which will be chaired by Professor Emmanuel Gaillard. The withdrawal of a prestigious institution as the LCIA from the Mauritian jurisdiction will attract mixed views on the reasonableness of the Mauritian Government’s ambition to establish Mauritius as a hub for international arbitration within the African region given the volatile nature of the global economy and the ferocious competition within the global village. The challenge for Mauritius will be to prove that it has the dynamics and stamina to weather through the challenge ahead of it.
Thirdly, recent announcements for the National Budget 2018-2019 will no doubt have its imprint on the offshore commercial practice both for the corporate and dispute resolution aspects. Thus the judiciary will be strengthened so that cases heard by the Supreme Court will be streamlined. A fiscal regime is being specifically tailored for the banking and non-banking (i.e. offshore) institutions. For the offshore practice, the taxation regime will be reviewed so as to bring it in line with prevailing international best practices. The Financial Services Commission (i.e. regulator of offshore global business activities) will have extended powers so it may regulate custodian services, global shared services and compliance services and remove all restrictions applicable to dealings in Mauritius. Furthermore, the FSC will issue a single harmonised global business licence to be known as ‘Global Business Licence’ and the category 2 global business licence will be abolished by 2021 but there will be grandfathering provisions for such companies incorporated before 16 October 2017. Also, a new framework will be developed to supervise management companies (i.e. companies licensed by the FSC to provide fiduciary services to global business companies). Finally, in order to promote the growth of the FinTech sector, a National Regulatory Sandbox License Committee will be set up and guidelines will be issued on the investment of crypto currency as a digital asset. In this regard, the FSC, as regulator, will be called upon to create new licensable activities, namely Custodian of Digital Assets and Digital Asset Marketplace. Through these licences, the Government seeks to establish a regulated environment for the safe custody of digital assets by investors and enable the exchange of digital assets. In the same breath, the FSC will put in place guidelines on investment in cryptocurrency as a digital asset. It will ensure as well that applicants for FinTech activities have appropriate cyber-security and cyber-resilience policies and capacities.
What significant trends exist in the M&A market presently? Are you seeing these just domestically or internationally as well?
The Mauritian market closely follows international trends in order to retain its competitive edge and while the rapid development of FinTech and blockchain globally has not yet affected the market, it is definitely being tracked by the industry so that we are ready to ‘get started’ when needed. The Appleby Mauritius and Cayman offices were involved in the setting up of the revolutionary digital identity token sale by SelfKey which is a transformative blockchain-based digital identity solution.
What are the three biggest challenges to practising M&A in Mauritius at the moment?
The challenge is to remain competitive and be level with global trends. The market is highly dynamic and our laws need constant monitoring to ensure that in the interests of our economy and in the ambition to be an international financial hub for the African region, we are in a position to offer the standard of services to the international business community. Achieving a balance between the need to have a solid legal system amidst the non-stop threat of money laundering and a certain flexibility to accommodate novelty is a tough challenge.
How does M&A fit into the firm as a whole? Is it easy to collaborate with other teams?
Appleby has experts in offshore corporate, finance, funds, restructuring and dispute resolution. The M&A team plays a central role in Appleby’s wider corporate and finance offering, and is comprised of industry experts with deep knowledge of private equity, energy, insurance, banking, healthcare, real estate, media, telecommunications, investment products, regulatory matters and FinTech. The revolutionary digital identity token sale for instance is such an example.
Given the cross-jurisdictional nature of many M&A transactions that we work on, our Mauritius team routinely work closely alongside the corporate and finance practices of other Appleby offices. Our unique global footprint enables us to provide a seamless cross-border service to our clients.
What advice would you give to the next generation of M&A lawyers?
M&A lawyers need to be as knowledgeable as they can be about not only corporate law, but also finance, capital markets, tax and competition law, so they can understand the transaction they are working on and provide good advice. In addition, M&A lawyers must understand what is most important for their client’s businesses and their strategic goals, in order to most effectively represent them. They must know what is worth being tenacious about and what is not – for example, you not only know what a warranty is and why it is there, but to also know whether it is relevant to your client’s business or not, meaning whether you should insist on it or can do without it. Therefore, always be prepared, and focus on developing from being just another average lawyer to being a true trusted strategic advisor for your clients. In addition, understand that whilst it is your role to provide advice, it is ultimately the client who makes the business decisions.
What are your predictions for M&A in Mauritius over the next five years?
If adopted as outlined, the measures of the National Budget 2018-2019, as outlined above, have laid the foundations for taking Mauritius into the next step of its growth into a solid international financial centre with an increased activities within its M&A landscape portfolio and a solid legal structure to support this growth and combat the threat of money laundering.
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Dacor Unveils First Stand-Alone Showroom in A&D Building
The luxury kitchen-appliance brand is opening the Dacor Kitchen Theater in New York
By Timothy Latterner
Dacor products on view at the brand's new showroom in New York.Photo: Courtesy of Dacor
For more than 50 years, Dacor has been a staple in luxury home appliances and finishings. The company has long been a go-to resource for those in the trade but has never had a fully owned and operated showroom space until today.
The Dacor Kitchen Theater is now open in the A&D Building and features a full-scale kitchen, ready for demonstrations, where visitors can interact with each of the brand’s offerings. The debut marks the first of three showroom launches for the brand. The remaining two will be located in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart and near the brand’s headquarters in Industry, California, respectively.
“The A&D building is the perfect home to tell the story of our brand heritage with designers while also showcasing our innovative product offerings,” says Randy Warner, president of Dacor. “Our goal is to create a space where members of the trade community and homeowners can come together to experience our products directly while inviting collaboration and education.”
Dacor's new showroom in the A&D Building.
Photo: Courtesy of Dacor
The space primarily showcases two key collections for Dacor: Modernist and Heritage. Modernist pieces feature finishes in sleek graphite or stainless steel, while Heritage pieces are closer to those for which Dacor is best known—such as large burner stoves and column refrigerators. The theater will also be used for classes and presentations by the brand’s in-house chef.
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Know someone called Molly or Lee?
Thursday 18th April 2019
The Alton Towers Dungeon
Alton Towers Resort is to offer half price entry to those named ‘Molly’ or ‘Lee’ as part of
Staffordshire Day celebrations
It is a nod to the notorious Molly Leigh, an infamous ‘witch’ of Staffordshire, who also
features in the new Alton Towers Dungeon
All guests visiting the theme park during Staffordshire Day celebrations will also be in with the chance of receiving some free treats, from ice-creams to rollercoaster fastracks
Alton Towers Resort will be offering half price entry to guests called Molly (Molea, Moleah, Molee, Molei, Moleigh, Moley, Moli, Molie, Mollea, Molleah, Mollee, Mollei, Molleigh, Molley, Molli, Mollie) or Lee (Lee, Leigh, Lea, Leah, Lei, Ley) as part of their Staffordshire Day celebrations later this month.
On Saturday April 27th and Sunday April 28th the Theme Park will honour the discount to anyone who arrives at admissions with valid ID proving that they share a name with Molly Leigh, the infamous ‘witch’ of Burslem, Staffordshire, who stars in the new Alton Towers Dungeon.
This year, Staffordshire Day, coordinated by Destination Staffordshire, has the theme ‘Made in Staffordshire’ and will celebrate the county’s brewing and ceramic heritage, as well as food and drink, music, and people made here. To mark the occasion Alton Towers Resort has chosen to honour Molly Leigh, a local legend whose story is embedded within the region, renowned for being shunned by the local villagers and accused of cursing the community. After her death locals said they were being haunted and terrorised her restless ghost. The Pastor Spencer then had her body exhumed and had her pet Raven thrown inside the coffin, which was then reburied in the opposite direction. Over 300 years later her ghostly tale lives on and has been brought to life in the new Alton Towers Dungeon, which opened in March.
Over the weekend, the Theme Park will also be surprising guests with a range of freebies as random acts of kindness, including free ice-cream, doughnuts and fastracks. It mirrors the lesser known and unlikely end to Molly’s story. In a random and bemusing twist of fate, a copy of her Will that was recently recovered showed that following her death, Molly had in fact left all her fortune to benefit the local church and the very community that ostracised her.
Launched by Enjoy Staffordshire, Staffordshire Day (May 1st) has taken place annually since its launch in 2016. As in previous years, the celebrations will include the weekends before and after, to give people as much chance as possible to get involved. In 2018, over 60,000 people attended Staffordshire Day events, generating over £1m for the county economy, while many also supported on social media, with more than 5,700 tweets including the #StaffordshireDay hashtag.
James Walker from Alton Towers Resort said: “We are proud to be located in the heart of Staffordshire and looking forward to celebrating Staffordshire Day again in a unique and fun way.
“The new Alton Towers Dungeon gave us a great opportunity to delve into the history of Staffordshire and it goes without say that the legend of Molly Leigh really struck a chord. We wanted to use the theme of Staffordshire Day to further highlight Molly’s story and do something memorable for our guests visiting over the celebratory weekend.”
To claim half-price entrance to the theme park on Saturday April 27th and Sunday April 28th guests must bring along photo ID, with their full name, to the Ticket Sales and Collection point and quote ‘Molly Leigh’. Full terms and conditions can be found at www.altontowers.com/terms-and-conditions
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Romeo & Juliet (Tchaikovsky) – Blitzlesson
Posted on February 13, 2019 March 19, 2019 by Stefan Scherer-Emunds
Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture is a compelling, deeply personal take on a timeless work of literature. It also provides ample opportunities to explore sonata form and musical expressions of national identity. Check it out, share your comments, and dig even deeper with MITA (learn about MITA here).
Hi everyone! Valentine’s Day is coming up, and we at ArtsInteractive are going for it this year! I’ve got my hand-written notes for my MITA colleagues, chocolate (that’s for me), and for today’s Blitzlesson we’re going to be looking at the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who knows a thing or two about being “Romantic.” Let’s get started.
The Drama
First things first, here’s a quick refresher on the story of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, for those of us who were too busy passing love notes to pay attention in freshman-year English class.
The story is set in Verona, Italy, where the Montague and Capulet families are fighting. Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, fall in love and secretly get married by Friar Lawrence, who hopes their love will bring peace. But then Romeo, avenging his friend’s death, kills Juliet’s cousin and is exiled. Juliet gets a temporary-coma-inducing potion from Friar Lawrence to fake her own death and then run off to live with Romeo. Friar Lawrence isn’t able to communicate the fake-death thing to Romeo in time, though. Romeo thinks she is actually dead, so he poisons himself next to her body. Juliet wakes up, finds Romeo dead, and then, heartbroken, kills herself with Romeo’s dagger. The story ends with the two devastated families making a late peace.
Ok, maybe it’s not actually the best Valentine’s Day story! But either way, it’s a rich story, and Tchaikovsky does a lot to evoke the drama in the music. He focuses on three important narrative forces: the conflict between the Montagues and Capulets, the love between Romeo and Juliet, and Friar Lawrence’s futile attempts to bridge the chasm. While Tchaikovsky doesn’t specifically mention these dramatic elements, the music’s relationship to them is clear.
A Unique Take on Friar Lawrence
Tchaikovsky first gives us Friar Lawrence, in the overture’s introduction. The somber, elegiac chorale in the winds is doubtless a reference to church music. Let’s hear what that sounds like.
One thing to note about Tchaikovsky’s treatment of Friar Lawrence is that it’s unmistakably Russian, with archaic harmonies and the low register of a Russian male chorus.
Part of the story of this piece itself, composed between 1869 and 1881, is how Tchaikovsky is sorting out his musical identity. On the one hand, there’s this more Western-European conservatory style that he was trained in. On the other, you have “The Five,” a group of Russian-nationalist composers who are criticizing Tchaikovsky for not expressing enough of the “Oriental” elements of Russia’s unique national character.
The Five included famous Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky and was led by Mily Balakirev. Ironically, it was Balakirev who initially suggested that Tchaikovsky write a symphonic poem on Romeo and Juliet, an English play set in Italy. He also is said to have advised Tchaikovsky to follow the sonata form of Beethoven and Brahms. It hardly gets more “Western” than that! In the end, Tchaikovsky uses a pretty straightforward sonata form for Romeo and Juliet, with a few unique touches.
Sonata form, In a Flash
To quickly go over the typical sonata form: it has three essential parts, the exposition, the development, and the recapitulation. Also, an optional introduction and/or coda can go before and after those three parts. The real meat of sonata form is in the exposition. Think “exposition,” like the composer is “exposing” the elements of the piece to you. The exposition can be further broken down into the primary theme (which we hear in the tonic key), the transition (which moves us from the tonic to either the dominant or, if we’re in minor, the relative major key), and finally the secondary theme (which is solidly in the dominant or relative major key). After the exposition, the development flexibly plays on the primary and secondary themes, and the recapitulation essentially repeats the themes, with the key difference that the secondary theme is played in the tonic instead of the dominant or relative major.
Ok, that was a lot of technical stuff! Don’t worry if you didn’t get all of it because I’ll repeat the relevant parts as we come across them. Sonata form is useful in talking about the Romeo and Juliet overture most of all because of how and when Tchaikovsky adapts it to express the drama of the play. Remember that Friar Lawrence theme? That’s actually the introduction in our sonata form. In putting Friar Lawrence first, a departure from the play, Tchaikovsky is emphasizing his importance.
Exposition: Twists to Tell the Story
Primary Theme: Capulets and Montagues
The Capulet-versus-Montague element of the story comes to us by means of the rambunctious and aggressive primary theme. Whereas usually the primary theme firmly establishes us in a key, here, Tchaikovsky quickly shifts between tonal areas, a volatility that suggests conflict and sticks out because it subverts the listener’s expectations about a primary theme. Let’s have a listen:
Remember that after the primary theme, we should expect a key change to get us to the secondary theme, and since the primary theme is in b-minor, we would expect the relative major key of d-major.
Secondary Theme: Romeo and Juliet
It sounds like that’s exactly what we’re gonna get when we end up on a 42-second-long chord that sounds like it’s A-dominant-7, the logical precursor to d-major. But Tchaikovsky tricks us, treating the chord like an augmented-sixth chord of the distant key of d-flat-major, which is where he takes us. Transitioning to this remote key is a clever way of laying out the secondary theme, which evokes Romeo and Juliet in their own little faraway lover-land.
If you can’t quite hear Tchaikovsky’s harmonic tricks in arriving at the secondary theme, don’t worry. Keep working at it – it’ll pay off, I promise; but for now, you can certainly appreciate the romance in the lyrical melody of the English horn and violas and the heartbeat-pulsing of the French horn accompaniment.
One “Russian” element of this theme is the flat-6 on the pre-dominant chord, a favorite device of the Russian Orientalists. It’s that (sings) that resolves.Can we hear that real quick? Oooh yeah, that’s swoon-worthy. So lover-ly is this secondary theme, in fact, that it’s the kissing music from The Sims!
Development Pulls in Opposing Directions
So, now that we’ve gone through the introduction and exposition, you’ve met Friar Lawrence, the Montagues and Capulets, and Romeo and Juliet. The development – remember, the middle section of sonata form – pits our narrative forces against each other. The Montague and Capulet conflict theme sees three challenges from the Friar Lawrence theme, each growing in intensity. But even his final, desperate cry for peace, via the fortissimo trumpets, gets beaten back by the insistent fighting.
A Potent Ending
The second of two codas offers a striking conclusion to the narrative. We get a fragment of the Romeo and Juliet theme – our dying lovers – and then a word from Friar Lawrence that comes off as a benediction this time around. Then we hear minor-mode fragments, repeated, of the Romeo and Juliet theme – our lovers meeting in the afterlife, perhaps? – and finally a glorious, full-orchestra statement of b-major, the direct major key of our b-minor home and conflict theme key, a statement of the transcendent peace that has come out of this terrible tragedy. Let’s listen to just the beginning of that and let it run.
In the end, what Tchaikovsky gives us is a deeply personal take on a timeless work of literature. It took him over ten years to write, as he grappled with Balakirev and The Five’s criticisms concerning his Russianness. Interestingly, recently, I was watching one of my favorite TV shows, The Americans. As some of the Russian characters are trying to educate one of the American characters on what it means to truly be Russian, it’s not Balakirev or Mussorgsky that they play her, but Tchaikovsky. Let him be a reminder that sometimes the most enduring heroes are the ones who speak from their own hearts.
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Robert Freeman says:
Stefan Scherer Emunds’ terrific article on Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” interfaces beautifully with Robert Winter’s brilliant MITA introduction to the same work. Readers should remember that as composers of the 19th century sought to broaden audiences unfamiliar with musical procedures, the development of a “program” to assist one’s understanding of an aural phenomenon like music developed a debate among composers about what music by itself could actually accomplish. In responding to a lady fan who had expressed her admiration for one of his “Songs without Words,” asking to be informed about what the words might have been had Mendelssohn chosen to write any, the composer responded that music cannot by itself tell a story. “As things stand, there are no words for the song you like so much, but if there were, I wouldn’t tell you what they were,” he responded. “If I told you that I had written a hunting song, you might not like my music if the thought of chasing innocent foxes on horseback repulsed you, as it does me.” Put another way, the contrasting moods of Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” Fantasy reflect the subject matter of Shakespeare’s tragedy. But, without the words used in MITA, they could not allow a listener to decide, without the words of a program, which conflicted drama of Shakespeare the music reflects.
When at age 15 I applied for a prize in a composition contest of the New York Philharmonic for young composers with a piece called “Two Movements for Oboe and Piano,” I received a letter from the Philharmonic informing me that I could win a prize if I changed the title of my piece to something more attractive. I changed the title to “60 High Street,” asserted that the piece reflected the personality of my oboe teacher, who lived at 60 High Street, and won both a prize and a feature article in the. Boston Globe asserting that I had written a piece of music that ideally captured the personality of my oboe teacher. You can fool some of the people a lot of the time, I learned.
Stefan Scherer-Emunds says:
Thank you for sharing your insights and that terrific story, Bob! I agree with your suggestion that the “marketing” decisions that go into a piece of program music cannot be overlooked. I personally enjoy having a good story associated with the music, even if it may be manufactured as in “60 High Street!” But I suppose it’s a matter of taste and execution.
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My friend has a magnet on her fridge: Growing old is not for sissies. We used to laugh about it…when we were a little younger. But then it keeps on happening, this aging. It’s quite a transition, not really one we are ready for in many ways. We have watched others make the journey before us and for some it seems to be fairly straightforward, for others not so much.
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A mechanism for biologically induced iodine emissions from sea ice
A. Saiz-Lopez, C. S. Blaszczak-Boxe, and L. J. Carpenter
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9731–9746, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9731-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9731-2015, 2015
Comparing the CarbonTracker and TM5-4DVar data assimilation systems for CO2 surface flux inversions
A. Babenhauserheide, S. Basu, S. Houweling, W. Peters, and A. Butz
We compare two different data assimilation systems for estimating sources and sinks of CO_2 from concentration measurements. The systems are CarbonTracker and TM5-4DVar, which have both been used in a number of scientific studies. We analyze the differences between both models as well as the sensitivity of the estimated sources and sinks to the observation coverage. The results provide a lower limit for the uncertainty of surface carbon fluxes with the current measurement network.
Sensitivity of the recent methane budget to LMDz sub-grid-scale physical parameterizations
R. Locatelli, P. Bousquet, M. Saunois, F. Chevallier, and C. Cressot
Trends in concentrations of atmospheric gaseous and particulate species in rural eastern Tennessee as related to primary emission reductions
R. L. Tanner, S. T. Bairai, and S. F. Mueller
Evaluating BC and NOx emission inventories for the Paris region from MEGAPOLI aircraft measurements
H. Petetin, M. Beekmann, A. Colomb, H. A. C. Denier van der Gon, J.-C. Dupont, C. Honoré, V. Michoud, Y. Morille, O. Perrussel, A. Schwarzenboeck, J. Sciare, A. Wiedensohler, and Q. J. Zhang
Long-lived atmospheric trace gases measurements in flask samples from three stations in India
X. Lin, N. K. Indira, M. Ramonet, M. Delmotte, P. Ciais, B. C. Bhatt, M. V. Reddy, D. Angchuk, S. Balakrishnan, S. Jorphail, T. Dorjai, T. T. Mahey, S. Patnaik, M. Begum, C. Brenninkmeijer, S. Durairaj, R. Kirubagaran, M. Schmidt, P. S. Swathi, N. V. Vinithkumar, C. Yver Kwok, and V. K. Gaur
We present 5-year flask measurements (2007–2011) of greenhouse gases (GHGs) at three atmospheric stations in India. The results suggest significant sources of CO2, CH4, N2O, CO, and H2 over S and NE India, while SF6 sources are weak. The seasonal cycles for each species reflect the seasonality of sources/sinks and influences of the Indian monsoon circulations. The data show potential to infer regional patterns of GHG fluxes and atmospheric transport over this under-documented region.
Is there a solar signal in lower stratospheric water vapour?
T. Schieferdecker, S. Lossow, G. P. Stiller, and T. von Clarmann
A merged data set of HALOE and MIPAS lower stratospheric water vapour has been constructed. Multivariate linear regression shows that the merged time series can best be explained if a proxy for the 11-year solar cycle is considered. The amplitude of the solar cycle signal in water vapour is slightly higher than that which can be explained by the known solar cycle variation of cold-point temperatures.
Observation of ozone enhancement in the lower troposphere over East Asia from a space-borne ultraviolet spectrometer
S. Hayashida, X. Liu, A. Ono, K. Yang, and K. Chance
The lower tropospheric ozone distribution maps were first obtained from the recent retrieval products of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) onboard the Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura satellite. We found significant enhancement of ozone in the lower troposphere over central and eastern China (CEC), with Shandong Province as its center, and most notable in June in any given year. Similar seasonal variations were observed throughout the 9-year OMI measurement period of 2005 to 2013.
Atmospheric chemistry of nitrogenous aerosols in northeastern Asia: biological sources and secondary formation
C. M. Pavuluri, K. Kawamura, and P. Q. Fu
Consistent response of Indian summer monsoon to Middle East dust in observations and simulations
Q. Jin, J. Wei, Z.-L. Yang, B. Pu, and J. Huang
Satellite data show that Indian summer monsoon (ISM) rainfall is closely associated with Middle East dust aerosols. Numerical modeling shows that the increased ISM rainfall is related to the enhanced southwesterly flow and moisture transport from the Arabian Sea to the Indian subcontinent, associated with the development of an anomalous low-pressure system over the Iranian Plateau and the Arabian Sea due to dust-induced atmospheric heating.
Meteor radar quasi 2-day wave observations over 10 years at Collm (51.3° N, 13.0° E)
F. Lilienthal and Ch. Jacobi
The quasi 2-day wave (QTDW), one of the most striking features in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere, is analyzed using meteor radar measurements at Collm (51°N, 13°E) during 2004-2014. The QTDW has periods lasting between 43 and 52h during strong summer bursts, and weaker enhancements are found during winter. A correlation between QTDW amplitudes and wind shear suggests baroclinic instability to be a likely forcing mechanism.
Ergodicity test of the eddy-covariance technique
J. Chen, Y. Hu, Y. Yu, and S. Lü
The ergodic theorem of stationary random processes is introduced to analyse and verify the ergodicity of atmospheric turbulence measured using the eddy-covariance technique with two sets of field observational data. The results show that the ergodicity of atmospheric turbulence in atmospheric boundary layer is relative not only to the atmospheric stratification but also to the eddy scale of atmospheric turbulence.
A Match-based approach to the estimation of polar stratospheric ozone loss using Aura Microwave Limb Sounder observations
N. J. Livesey, M. L. Santee, and G. L. Manney
Employing the well-established "Match" technique, we quantify polar stratospheric ozone loss during multiple Arctic and Antarctic winters, based on observations from the spaceborne Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument. The dense MLS spatial coverage enables many more matches than is possible for balloon-based observations. Applying the same technique to MLS observations of the long-lived N2O molecule gives an measure of the impact of transport errors on our ozone loss estimates.
Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – Part 3: Analysis and interpretation of trends
N. R. P. Harris, B. Hassler, F. Tummon, G. E. Bodeker, D. Hubert, I. Petropavlovskikh, W. Steinbrecht, J. Anderson, P. K. Bhartia, C. D. Boone, A. Bourassa, S. M. Davis, D. Degenstein, A. Delcloo, S. M. Frith, L. Froidevaux, S. Godin-Beekmann, N. Jones, M. J. Kurylo, E. Kyrölä, M. Laine, S. T. Leblanc, J.-C. Lambert, B. Liley, E. Mahieu, A. Maycock, M. de Mazière, A. Parrish, R. Querel, K. H. Rosenlof, C. Roth, C. Sioris, J. Staehelin, R. S. Stolarski, R. Stübi, J. Tamminen, C. Vigouroux, K. A. Walker, H. J. Wang, J. Wild, and J. M. Zawodny
Trends in the vertical distribution of ozone are reported for new and recently revised data sets. The amount of ozone-depleting compounds in the stratosphere peaked in the second half of the 1990s. We examine the trends before and after that peak to see if any change in trend is discernible. The previously reported decreases are confirmed. Furthermore, the downward trend in upper stratospheric ozone has not continued. The possible significance of any increase is discussed in detail.
Diesel-related hydrocarbons can dominate gas phase reactive carbon in megacities
R. E. Dunmore, J. R. Hopkins, R. T. Lidster, J. D. Lee, M. J. Evans, A. R. Rickard, A. C. Lewis, and J. F. Hamilton
Technological shifts between fuel sources have had unexpected impacts on atmospheric composition and these significant changes can go undetected if source-specific monitoring infrastructure is not in place. We present chemically comprehensive, continuous measurements of organic compounds in a developed megacity (London), that show diesel-related hydrocarbons can dominate reactive carbon and ozone formation potential, highlighting a serious underestimation of this source in emission inventories.
Can a coupled meteorology–chemistry model reproduce the historical trend in aerosol direct radiative effects over the Northern Hemisphere?
J. Xing, R. Mathur, J. Pleim, C. Hogrefe, C.-M. Gan, D. C. Wong, and C. Wei
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9997–10018, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9997-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9997-2015, 2015
The ability of a coupled meteorology-chemistry model (WRF-CMAQ) to reproduce the historical trend in AOD and clear-sky SWR over the N. Hemisphere has been evaluated through a comparison of 21-year simulated results with observation-derived records from 1990 to 2010. Questions of how well the model represents the regional and temporal variability of aerosol burden and DRE, and whether the model is able to capture past trends in aerosol loading and associated radiation effects, will be addressed.
Ensemble data assimilation of total column ozone using a coupled meteorology–chemistry model and its impact on the structure of Typhoon Nabi (2005)
S. Lim, S. K. Park, and M. Zupanski
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 10019–10031, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10019-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10019-2015, 2015
In this study, the impact of O3 observations on the tropical cyclone (TC) structure is examined using the WRF-Chem with an ensemble-based data assimilation (DA) system. For a TC case that occurred over East Asia, the ensemble forecast is reasonable and the O3 assimilation affects both chemical and atmospheric variables near the TC area. All measures indicate a positive impact of DA on the analysis – the cost function and root mean square error have decreased by 16.9% and 8.87%, respectively.
Impact of 2050 climate change on North American wildfire: consequences for ozone air quality
X. Yue, L. J. Mickley, J. A. Logan, R. C. Hudman, M. V. Martin, and R. M. Yantosca
Based on simulated meteorology from 13 GCMs, we projected future wildfire activity in Alaskan and Canadian ecoregions by the mid-century. The most robust change is the increase of 150-390% in area burned over Alaska and western Canada. The models also predict an increase of 45-90% in the central and southern Canadian ecoregions, but a decrease of up to 50% in northern Canada. We further quantify how the changes in wildfire emissions may affect ozone concentrations in North America.
Black carbon concentrations and mixing state in the Finnish Arctic
T. Raatikainen, D. Brus, A.-P. Hyvärinen, J. Svensson, E. Asmi, and H. Lihavainen
We have measured atmospheric aerosol composition by using a Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) in the Finnish Arctic during winter 2011-2012. SP2 can give detailed information about mass distributions and mixing state of refractory black carbon (rBC). The measurements showed varying rBC mass concentrations, but relatively constant rBC core size distributions and mixing state parameters. On average, 24% of all particles contain rBC and the observed rBC cores are always thickly coated.
Turbulence vertical structure of the boundary layer during the afternoon transition
C. Darbieu, F. Lohou, M. Lothon, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, F. Couvreux, P. Durand, D. Pino, E. G. Patton, E. Nilsson, E. Blay-Carreras, and B. Gioli
A case study of the BLLAST experiment is considered to explore the decay of turbulence that occurs in the convective boundary layer over land during the afternoon. Based on observations and on a large-eddy simulation, the analysis reveals two phases in the afternoon: a first quasi-stationary phase when the turbulent kinetic energy slowly decays without significant change in the turbulence structure and a second phase of more rapid decay with a change in spectral turbulence characteristics.
Monitoring compliance with sulfur content regulations of shipping fuel by in situ measurements of ship emissions
L. Kattner, B. Mathieu-Üffing, J. P. Burrows, A. Richter, S. Schmolke, A. Seyler, and F. Wittrock
On 1 January 2015, the International Maritime Organisation tightened the regulations for sulfur content of shipping fuels in Sulfur Emission Control Areas. Here we present data from a station near Hamburg harbour in the North Sea SECA, which uses in situ measurements of atmospheric trace gases to deduce the sulphur fuel content of passing ships. We compare data from 2014 before the regulation change and from January 2015 and show how this method can be used for compliance monitoring.
Impact of climate and land cover changes on tropospheric ozone air quality and public health in East Asia between 1980 and 2010
Y. Fu and A. P. K. Tai
Historical land cover and land use change alone between 1980 and 2010 could lead to reduced summertime surface ozone by up to 4ppbv in East Asia. Climate change alone could lead to an increase in summertime ozone by 2-10ppbv in most of East Asia. Land cover change could offset part of the climate effect and lead to a previously unknown public health benefit. The sensitivity of surface ozone to land cover change is more dependent on dry deposition than isoprene emission in most of East Asia.
Receptor modelling of both particle composition and size distribution from a background site in London, UK
D. C. S. Beddows, R. M. Harrison, D. C. Green, and G. W. Fuller
Particles in the air of London have been assessed both by weight and by number. They have also been subject to chemical analysis. The data from 2 years of sampling have been used to investigate the sources contributing to the measured concentrations both in terms of the weight of the particles and the number of particles.
Quantitative assessment of atmospheric emissions of toxic heavy metals from anthropogenic sources in China: historical trend, spatial distribution, uncertainties, and control policies
H. Z. Tian, C. Y. Zhu, J. J. Gao, K. Cheng, J. M. Hao, K. Wang, S. B. Hua, Y. Wang, and J. R. Zhou
For the first time, with S-shaped curves, the best available representation of time-varying emission factors of 12 heavy metals (Hg, As, Se, Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Sb, Mn, Co, Cu and Zn) from primary anthropogenic sources of China are determined on account of economic transitions and pollution control technology improvement. The temporal and spatial variation characteristics of these heavy metals emissions during the period of 1949−2012 are calculated and evaluated with uncertainty analysis.
Long-term real-time measurements of aerosol particle composition in Beijing, China: seasonal variations, meteorological effects, and source analysis
Y. L. Sun, Z. F. Wang, W. Du, Q. Zhang, Q. Q. Wang, P. Q. Fu, X. L. Pan, J. Li, J. Jayne, and D. R. Worsnop
We conducted the first long-term real-time measurement of submicron aerosol composition in Beijing using an ACSM for 1 year. The seasonal variations of mass concentrations and chemical composition of submicron aerosol were investigated in detail, and the meteorological effects on aerosol chemistry, particularly temperature and relative humidity, were elucidated. Finally, the potential source areas of aerosol species during four seasons were identified.
Deuterium excess in the atmospheric water vapour of a Mediterranean coastal wetland: regional vs. local signatures
H. Delattre, C. Vallet-Coulomb, and C. Sonzogni
Based on summer measurements of δ18O and δD in the atmospheric vapour of a Mediterranean coastal wetland exposed to high evaporation, this paper explores the main drivers of isotopic signal variability. After having classified the data according to the main regional air mass trajectories, average diurnal cycles are discussed with regards to the contribution of local evaporation to the ground level atmospheric vapour.
Chemical aging of single and multicomponent biomass burning aerosol surrogate particles by OH: implications for cloud condensation nucleus activity
J. H. Slade, R. Thalman, J. Wang, and D. A. Knopf
Aerosol particles undergo chemical modification during atmospheric transport due to reactions with trace gas species such as OH radicals affecting cloud formation and, thus, prediction of climate. Here, the cloud formation potential of surrogate biomass burning aerosol (BBA) is studied as a function of particle composition and OH exposure. We find that OH oxidation can alter the cloud formation potential of BBA, but its significance depends on the available water-soluble particulate material.
Airborne measurements of new particle formation in the free troposphere above the Mediterranean Sea during the HYMEX campaign
C. Rose, K. Sellegri, E. Freney, R. Dupuy, A. Colomb, J.-M. Pichon, M. Ribeiro, T. Bourianne, F. Burnet, and A. Schwarzenboeck
In the present paper we report airborne measurements of new particle formation (NPF) above the Mediterranean Sea (HYMEX campaign). We show that NPF occurs over large areas above the sea, but the process is clearly promoted at high altitude, above 1000m, i.e. frequently in the free troposphere. NPF also seems to be mainly influenced by local processes occurring above the sea. After their formation, particles slowly grow at high altitude while not being greatly depleted or affected by coagulation.
In situ formation and spatial variability of particle number concentration in a European megacity
M. Pikridas, J. Sciare, F. Freutel, S. Crumeyrolle, S.-L. von der Weiden-Reinmüller, A. Borbon, A. Schwarzenboeck, M. Merkel, M. Crippa, E. Kostenidou, M. Psichoudaki, L. Hildebrandt, G. J. Engelhart, T. Petäjä, A. S. H. Prévôt, F. Drewnick, U. Baltensperger, A. Wiedensohler, M. Kulmala, M. Beekmann, and S. N. Pandis
Aerosol size distribution measurements from three ground sites, two mobile laboratories, and one airplane are combined to investigate the spatial and temporal variability of ultrafine particles in and around Paris during the summer and winter MEGAPOLI campaigns. The role of nucleation as a particle source and the influence of Paris emissions on their surroundings are examined.
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TarraWarra Biennial 2018: From Will to Form
Reviewed by Sophie Knezic •
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Curated by Emily Cormack, the 2018 TarraWarra Biennial positions itself as a paean to the liveliness of artistic gesture. The exhibition’s curatorial frame invokes the notion of ‘will’, derived from Friedrich Nietzsche’s infamous notion of the will to power; although less the idea of an ambition to mastery – as troublingly appropriated by German fascism – than the philosopher’s conception of its creative and life-affirming capacities. Cormack predicates Nietzsche’s concept as a starting point for her interest in what she terms the work of art’s ‘willful energy’. ‘I wanted to begin with the object’s will, focusing on its force, and tracking its path to form,’ she writes in the catalogue. ‘In doing so, I realised that this willful energy is in fact a coming together of many forces in the artworks, which swirl like small eddies within a larger, dynamic waterway.’
The exhibition is heavily sculptural, with many of the works forged from dense and tactile materials such as clays, ceramic, wax, bronze, fibreglass, and earth ochres. The emphasis on form in its shaping sense is apparent in several works, such as Starlie Geikie’s Abri (2018), a huge fan-like structure made from hand-dyed cotton calico affixed to strutting designed as a kind of body architecture. This enormous textile form hangs on a wall and is supplemented by two photographs documenting Geikie in an open field, enveloped in the oversized construction, the artist’s pose suggesting the angular and stylised gestures of Kabuki theatre. The double-helix structure of Hiromi Tango’s Healing Chromosomes (2017) reference epigenetics but more conspicuously foregrounds the artist’s elaborate and painstaking processes of weaving – if not taming – masses of wire, wool, and acrylic into the schematic form.
Belle Bassin’s excision of a section of earth from the adjacent landscape in the shape of a figure eight, relocated to the gallery’s interior, elegantly activates a contrast between the unruliness of plant life and the cool rationality of contemporary museum architecture. Titled In Your Place, An Empty Space (2017–18), the work embodies a more succinct gesture of forming. Bridie Lunney’s All for Nothing (2018) is a composite work of a wedge of brass sheeting nestled in a wall corner, alongside distantly placed tiny wall perforations – both designed as surfaces to be sung into as a sonic activation of the museum architecture. More patently fabricated is John Meade’s array of cast aluminum and plastic objects. Enamel-coated in astringent colours like lime and lemon yellow and draped with strings of acrylic beads, these small-scale jaunty sculptures connote retro décor or the kitsch styling of 1960s sci-fi films like Barbarella (1968).
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Jaguar F-Type Project 7 supercar to make first appearance at the Asia Klasika Motor Festival 2015
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The limited edition Jaguar F-Type Project 7 supercar will be making its first-ever appearance in Malaysia during the Asia Klasika Motor Festival 2015 at Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside happening this weekend, from October 2 – 4, 2015.
The stunning hand-built roadster, will be a star attraction at the 6th Malaysia International Vintage and Classic Car Concours, which is a key part of the festival.
At the event, Jaguar Land Rover (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (JLRM) and its authorised dealer SISMA Auto will also be showcasing three other Jaguar models – the XJ, XF and F-Type – as part of the British marque’s 80th Anniversary celebrations this year.
“The surprise maiden appearance is a special treat for Jaguar fans and motoring fans in Malaysia as the F-Type Project 7 is one of the most coveted supercars today, with production limited to just 250 units globally,” said JLRM Managing Director Tuan Syed Mudzhar Syed Ali.
F-Type Project 7 is not only the most focused derivative of the award-winning F-Type range, but also the fastest production Jaguar ever built. It is also the first Jaguar performance vehicle from Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Operations team.
Its distinctive roadster body pays tribute to one of the most famous and iconic racing Jaguars: the three-time Le Mans winning D-type, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014. F-Type Project 7’s name pays homage to Jaguar’s 7 outright Le Mans wins. It is fully road-legal, with a removable roof and 196-litre stowage space.
Under the hood, power is supplied by a 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine, now in 575PS/680Nm form, enabling the all-aluminium-bodied car – which weighs 1585kg – to achieve acceleration from 0-100km/h in 3.9-seconds and an electronically-limited top speed of 300km/h.
Power is sent to the rear wheels through Jaguar’s 8-speed Quickshift transmission and 2nd generation Electronic Active Differential (EAD). Carbon Ceramic Matrix (CCM) brakes are fitted as standard on F-Type Project 7, offering powerful, consistent, fade-free braking. Another standard feature is Torque Vectoring by Braking (TVbB) which, working in conjunction with the EAD, enables extremely precise handling.
Bespoke carbon-fibre aerodynamic aids and a unique suspension set-up enable F-Type Project 7 to deliver a truly engaging driving experience.
While F-Type Project 7 features performance-focused engineering by Special Vehicle Operations, its design has been kept true to the head-turning lines of the original Project 7 concept.
Key design elements include the D-type-inspired fairing behind the driver’s head, shorter windshield, new front bumper, and downforce-increasing aerodynamic modifications – including a carbon-fibre front splitter, side skirts, rear diffuser and adjustable rear spoiler. However, the single-seater concept has been transformed into a two-seater, with rollover hoops for both driver and passenger now integrated into the design.
With production limited to just 250 units globally, Jaguar Land Rover has announced that they have allocated two units of the hand-built supercar for the Malaysian market.
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Image caption Lebanese army soldiers and policemen have bolstered security at the US embassy in Beirut
The US state department has ordered non-emergency US personnel to leave Lebanon and has approved voluntary evacuation from southern Turkey.
The state department cited "current tensions the region" but did not specifically mention Syria.
The department also warned US citizens travelling in the two countries to remain alert to potential danger.
The US Congress is debating President Barack Obama's request to wage a military strike against Syria.
"Given the current tensions the region, as well as potential threats to US government facilities and personnel, we are taking these steps out of an abundance of caution to protect our employees and their families, and local employees and visitors to our facilities," state department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement.
The department did not offer details of any threats to the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, or the consulate in Adana, Turkey.
But it issued the warning less than a week before the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and amid an intense debate over Mr Obama's plans for a potential military strike in Syria.
In the past week, Mr Obama and leaders in the US Congress have been trying to gather support for a resolution authorising force in Syria, with votes expected next week.
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(This Works) Here’s How to Leapfrog Your Way to Writing Success
By Sandy Franks
I struggled to properly pronounce his name no matter how many times my father repeated it to me. But then, learning to speak a foreign language was never “my thing.”
That’s why I chose writing instead. As for the person’s name I butchered every time … it’s Finnish writer Pentti Haanpää. He was born in 1905 and by the age of 20, he already had several short stories published.
He was considered the writer who knew how to capture the true spirit and soul of Finnish people in his writing.
But everything changed when his book, Field and Barracks was published. His description of military training as gruesome and violent drew lots of public backlash. Copies of the book were quickly confiscated from bookstores and Pentti became a literary outcast.
He would have to wait until 1928 before inking another publishing deal. The wait was worth it. His new book War in the White Desert, managed to recapture the hearts of his Finnish countrymen. From then on, he was described as one of Finland’s most “brutally powerful writers.”
But why was I trying to learn his name in the first place? Turns out, Mr. Haanpää is a relative of my father’s grandmother, Anna. And since researching my father’s family history consumes most of my spare time these days, I wanted to learn more about Pentti.
When I discovered he was a writer, I figured writing must be “a family thing.” But the truth is, it takes more than raw talent to become great at writing, or anything else for that matter.
It takes practice, dedication, and sometimes, having a little help.
See, even Pentti leaned on other writers for ideas. One of those he favored was D.H. Lawrence, an English poet, novelist, and short story writer, who has been called “England’s greatest writer” and “one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.”
D.H. Lawrence is most known for Lady Chatterley’s Lover, a book that shocked the public.
Of course, there are more examples of successful people relying on other successful people for inspiration, guidance, and help. For instance, Woody Guthrie of “This Land is Your Land” mentored Bob Dylan in the early years of his music career.
When Bob moved to New York, he became friends with Woody and spent time playing music with him. In 1962, Bob released “Song to Woody,” an ode to Guthrie.
Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple leaned on help from Mike Markkula to get the company started. Mike invested $250,000 in the company’s early days.
In his biography, Jobs wrote of Markkula: "Mike really took me under his wing. His values were much aligned with mine. He emphasized that you should never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last.”
I could go on and on, but you get the point. Success breeds success. Having a mentor helping you is like leapfrogging to the head of the line. You’re able to reach your writing goals much faster.
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First thing you should do is figure out “the who” … in other words, who is that you want to be your mentor?
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Do you write about similar topics?
Do you share a unique quality or background?
When you’ve determined “the who” part, the next step is asking for their help. But don’t simply ask, “Will you be my mentor?”
You have to ease into the relationship. Remember, whomever you’ve picked as your mentor is very busy. So you have to make every request of their time count.
Let’s say you want to write for the B2B world, and you’ve found a possible mentor. You could start the conversation off by asking how they like writing for that particular industry?
You have to try and build a relationship. Then over time, you can bring up the idea of being a mentor.
Another way to find a mentor is join groups that share your writing style and topics. Being part of a like-minded community of writers can be a great source of information and motivation.
And if you don’t feel you’re ready for a mentor, that’s okay too. Just never stop learning how to become a better writer. We learn from observation, which means you need to feed your brain.
Read books, essays, and articles written by the masters of your writing niche. Teach yourself by studying their techniques, and learn the whys and why nots of everything they do.
All of this will go a long way to giving yourself a head start on becoming an in-demand writer. But more than anything, never give up on your writing dream.
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Statement on NTSB decision to endorse mandatory helmet laws
by Lauren Jenkins
On November 5, the National Transportation Safety Board staff presented the board with their report, "Bicyclist safety on US Roadways: Crash Risks and Countermeasures" and recommendations. While the report noted bike infrastructure and better vehicle design are critical elements to bicyclists' safety, the board members chose to place an emphasis on and change staff recommendations to reflect mandatory helmet usage. This is the League's initial response to the NTSB meeting:
The League thanks NTSB for its thorough research on the safety of people biking on America's roadways. We are encouraged that NTSB highlighted the need for further action by the National Highway Safety Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials to improve motor vehicle safety systems and design safer roadways with better bike infrastructure, but we are disappointed with NTSB's decision to endorse mandatory helmet laws for all people who bike.
The League believes that the safety of people who bike will be best advanced through coordinated improvements to streets and cars, which kill more than 90% of people who die while biking, rather than laws that may be enforced in discretionary and discriminatory ways. As advocates for both bicycling and bike safety, the League recommends that people wear a helmet while riding and most importantly recommends that people ride a bike.
For media or other inquiries about the League's positions, please email communications@bikeleague.org.
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(Editor’s note: Robby has won numerous championships in snooker and other cue sport disciplines, as well as Billiards, but in this interview, we will focus mostly on his Billiards career).
Billiards Australia: How old were you when you first started playing? Where was the billiard room?
Robby: I started playing on a small outdoor table at home, then transferred to the garage, where we put in a full size table when I was 15. In the summer, under the hot tin roof, it was well over 100 deg and in the winter it leaked and the strips of carpet sometimes squelched under foot but it did not matter to me then. There was a billiard room in Bentleigh East where I road my bike to practice.
Billiards Australia: Did you start with Billiards or Snooker?
Robby: I played snooker first with second hand mismatched balls, then played billiards.
Billiards Australia: Who was your first coach (or who first showed you the basic billiard shots)?
Robby: I first learnt some billiard shots from my friend’s dad in another garage, then I went to the Chairman’s Club in Doncaster and I saw some good players play.
Billiards Australia: How long before you made your first 100 break at billiards? Do you still remember that day?
Robby: I made my first 100 soon after I got my full size table at 15, but there were many pots off the spot.
Billiards Australia: When you were young, before you won your first major event, how many hours a week did you practice?
Robby: I practised for an hour or 2 every second day, after I finished my would be VFL Football dreams at High school but on term breaks it would soon be 6 hours plus. At uni it was every day for a couple of hours and much more on many occasions, I would do 2 hr sessions, morning , afternoon and night.
Billiards Australia: Tell us a little about your experiences with the great Murt O’Donoghue and how he helped you.
Robby: I met Murt when I was lucky enough to get on a tour of NSW by the Chairman’s Club ( first semi professional team in Australasia) and we played in the City Tatts Bookies Club, (1977) then 8 tables in a great billiard room, adjacent were the bookies sorting out there bets in cash on the horses and on the snooker. Murt was there sitting and watching, near his plaque where it stated he made 7 centuries in 10 frames at snooker ( he made the world’s first 147 in the 1930s). He loved billiards much more. I was playing snooker then and he said I should play billiards and he showed me some shots. When we played intervarsity in Sydney we went to his house and he showed me more and hit me round the head when I played the wrong shot, some in jest , some quite hard. He told me many stories of the billiard greats and his hustling days. There were no mobiles then and land line calls to Sydney cost a lot so I asked him if I could write to him to ask him questions on a shot. Basically every time he wrote back he inspired me and I made my highest break in practice in the garage that day or the next. Peter Andrew, an RACV Club member, had diagrams that his dad gave him from watching Lindrum. He gave me some Lindrum diagrams to practice and helped me, he took me to meet Murt when he came down to watch the World Amateur in Melbourne where Murt showed me more at the Masonic Club. I sat next to Murt at the championship and while we watched the best players he would nudge me and whisper about their play and when they played the incorrect shot.
Perhaps 18 months later Murt invited me to stay at his house and he had a table out the back. He was getting old but could still play some great shots, he would play shots to gather the balls and he could literally play nursery cannons without looking at the balls while talking to you. I had never made a 500 break when I went up, and the second day we went out and he talked me through a break and I was so happy as I made 500. I was going to go inside and he said “let’s have one more go” and I made another consecutive 500, I could see he was pleased, perhaps more than me, he was always a jovial guy and liked looking at the ladies but he loved his wife Grace, who made the best scones after our sessions. I don’t think he and Bob Marshall saw eye to eye.
Billiards Australia: Your floating white top-of-the-table has always been known as among the most precise of players in the modern era – keeping the opponents ball “on the line”. How much of that was Murt’s influence? How important do you think that is compared to some very good players who tend to chip the opponents ball around more “in the box”?
Robby; Thanks; It was so much Murts influence, he told me he had a lightning bolt thought moment when he made the line a little shorter and hence I used that. I believe it made all the difference and by the end before I turned professional and went to England the first time, I would not go in from the garage until I made 500. I think before me everyone played the box and with the line as Fererria told the Indians he had seen something a bit more accurate after my first international appearance in the world amateur in Malta in 83 and when I went on to the UK. Mark Wildman confirmed this. I think the great Russell and Gilchrist saw me and they refined it even more. Dagley and Rex Williams made very big breaks chipping around the box but the line can really steel your concentration.
Billiards Australia: How many different cues have you used in competition over the years?
Robby: My first cue was a machine made maple and ebony butt, no badge. I remember I practised so much it had a groove worn into the butt where I gripped it, no doubt I held it too tight and that’s where my wrist injury started. It was a bit like George Ganim Jnr’s cue, very thick. After a couple of seasons in the UK I changed it to longer ASH/ Ebony cue made by Rodney Hinde who made cues for many pros. The join went loose in the week before I played Hendry in the European Snooker Open. Then I got another Hinde both longer and thinner than the first.
Billiards Australia: Tell us about your current cue – how long have you had it, how long is it, how much does it weigh, maple or ash, what size tip do you use.
Robby: I have now gone back to maple, ebony butt mainly because it feels a bit more like my American pool Cue. It is a bit under 57” and 17.25 oz. Its 9.5mm but plays better when I have a mushroom overhanging tip. It’s my brand cue Foldvari cue.
Billiards Australia: Have you made any major changes to your cue action over the years? You seem to have the cue further away from your body than you did in the early days? Was this a deliberate choice and why?
Robby: I came back one year from England and Mick Sapkin just mentioned it to me that it happened. I know I made a conscious effort to have a more open stance, like Hendry, Parrot and Steve Davis for snooker and have a longer cue action. If I knew then what I know now that was not the only thing I needed to do. It was also changed due to my wrist and back issues.
Billiards Australia: At one time, you held the world record break under the current rules. Tell us a little about that – the venue, the opponent, did you know what the record was?
Robby: It was at the Brunswick Club in the Victorian Championship, where they had a match arena and the match table was a true billiard table, very tight. They opened the pockets up about 10 years later, I confirmed that with Harry Andrews a few years ago. I played Fred Thomas in the final and David Pitt refereed. I did not know it was a world record then but Ron Atkins thought it was and he asked the IBSF and it was confirmed with the reduced hazards and some minor other rules and my record was written up and ratified in the Billiard Council rule book.
Billiards Australia: Tell us a little about what it was like when you first turned professional and went overseas to play professional snooker and billiards.
Robby: In 1983, after being seeded fourth in the world on just my Australian performances, I played in the IBSF World Amateur Billiards in Malta, reached the Semis and played in a big snooker tournament straight after in Malta where I beat Tony Drago in the semis . I was going to the UK after, to see if I should try and turn pro. Reading Snooker Scene it seemed snooker was now a major sport, in fact in the next couple of years it was bigger than Tennis and Golf. It was a great adventure, no Facebook or Internet, the world of the unknown and a big risk as I quit my job as graduate accountant at BHP in Melbourne. A Scotsman (Joe Nugent) in Malta watched me play and invited me to go to Edinburgh when I was in the UK. In my first billiards tournament in the UK I won the Alleena Classic in Widnes beating Michael Ferreira. I then went to Scotland for Hogmanay in Broxburn as they opened a new snooker club. It was the start of the snooker boom, as a promotion they put signs all over Scotland, “ Australian Billiards Champion will play anyone for as much as you like at Millers Snooker Centre outside Edinburgh”. Bookmakers backed me and I had a week out of the blue and could not lose, never losing a match and winning Barrett's Bookies (and myself) a lot of money. Played a young Scottish Amateur Champion named Stephen Hendry giving him 14 start and defeated him 5 nil. Millers snooker centre and Barrett's said if you turn pro we will sponsor you.
Later in that trip I met Mark Wildman Chairman of the WPBSA and played him In Peterborough and he said they will be putting much more money into billiards and after I made a 400 plus break he said he would help me turn pro.
Much to my parents disappointment I turned pro and went back to the UK. At the newsagents, snooker was on the back and sometimes front page, they were opening clubs everywhere with approximately 20 tables. It was like a dream, snooker was as big as tennis and golf, front page news. I was so excited but I really had nowhere to go when I arrived, so before the first tournament in 1984 I went to Atack Snooker centre in Nuneaton as it was central and I knew Norman Dagley who worked there. I practiced some billiards and made a 660 break with some people watching. The next day I played snooker against a very good amateur (John T?) and in the best of 9 match I made 4 centuries and a 90. It was almost unheard of and in a match I would never play like that again, but the owner of the club Mr Dave Atack saw it and said he would sponsor/manage me. Suddenly I was on the equivalent of over $2000 a week without hitting a ball.
Billiards Australia: Can you describe what is was like to become World Professional Billiards Champion?
Robby: The next season went well and after that in 1986 I became the 2nd youngest winner at the time of the world pro championship. Mark Wildman was true to his word, and it was on the BBC with over 1 million viewers, I beat Norman Dagley, 15 times English Champion and their favourite player, even my manager wanted him to win, he was a likeable guy. I was so happy, I was the first Australian to win since Walter Lindrum, with a part of Lindrum's waistcoat cloth in my waistcoat pocket for good luck, The stars aligned and with the first prize I could buy 60 -70% of a nice little house in Northampton. I woke up the morning after the final and that’s when it hit me, this was my dream come true. We were in a very nice hotel outside Manchester and former World pro snooker Champion and the TV commentator, John Pullman greeted me and my girlfriend at breakfast and welcomed me to the ‘WC club” (World Champion club) and gave me a bottle of Champagne. There were calls from the press and radio from Australia and for that I was runner up to Pat Cash in the Herald- Caltex Sportsman of the year award. I was overseas at that time to collect the statuette but my mum collected it from Ben Lexcin ( America’s Cup Yachting great) I hope she felt proud and a bit better about my decision to turn pro.
It was a dream come true, when I was in the dressing room getting ready to play in a snooker tournament, they were filming a documentary on Joe Johnson and Joe came up to me and said “hello World Professional Billiards champion” and I replied “Hello World Professional Snooker Champion”.
After the win I played many exhibitions at billiards/snooker in the UK and Australia. Yes I am an enigma, as I play exhibitions much differently and am able to show my personality, crowds enjoyed it and often asked me back. Two nights in a row I made 300 first shot , picked up the balls and stopped, then made two centuries at snooker.
Billiards Australia: You played against all the top players in the 80’s and 90’s. Give us your “top three” of that era and why.
Robby: Dagley was a freak, he had a smooth cue action but his bridge hand thumb used to move in unison when his cue went back and forth. His temperament was the best, always with a little grin. I believe this is correct but from when I first went to the UK in late 83 until the end of 87 Dagley was the only player who beat me in Pro tournaments and pro Ams. Then Russell and Sethi came along. Russell was a machine who refined floating white again to another level. Sethi had flair like Ferreira and was more a postman’s knock player. I think he played better in India. I am so proud to have played them and beaten them on their own soil on occasions. Of course I must mention Peter Gilchrist too. I got him often at the start of his career but he became a master break builder at top of the table with a great all round game. Russell, Sethi and Gilchrist all tried to qualify for pro snooker for a short time to no avail. But Gilchrist had the cue action for the snooker but it was hard to break through.
Billiards Australia: If you watch sport on TV (not billiards and snooker) – what do you watch?
Robby: AFL love St Kilda, the final holes of a golf major and some tennis/cricket.
Billiards Australia: Who is your sporting hero (outside of cue sports)? Why?
Robby: I grew up watching Dennis Lillee. He was at the start fast and furious and turned into a wily skilful great, but most of all when the pressure was on he would very often step up a gear.
Billiards Australia: In your prime, did you think there was any particular weakness in your game – anything you would like to have done better (technical or mental).
Robby: I can name plenty. Technically, I gripped the cue too tight for long potting for snooker which created a wrist injury which flared up continually. Also I needed a longer cue action for some shots, And more, if I knew then what I knew now some things would have changed for the better
Many a time I played too tired, another trivia question - I was the only man to ever play a professional billiards and snooker match on the same day, billiards in the morning at Sheffield and snooker at night in Aldershot.
Billiards Australia: In 2011 you played in an invitational event in Adelaide, and made a 512 unfinished, but since that time you have only entered a couple of tournaments and I don’t think we have seen you at your best. Do you think the urge to practice and compete will ever return?
Robby: I put my heart and soul into playing billiards from 16 to 25 determined to win the World pro billiards title, after that from 24 I concentrated more on snooker and tried to excel at both for the next 20 odd years, with some great results. There was too much money and glamour in snooker to ignore, so I juggled both but it effected both games in terms of preparation and looking back I was and am playing tired. In the 80’s & 90’s I was playing more top level comps than anyone, 12 pro snooker, 7 pro billiards, travelling to India 5 times a year, going to Australia to play and then the pro am billiards and snooker in the UK, maybe25 in a year??
What I am trying to say it was a lot more exciting then and goals were something to strive for, the constant travel, switching games (at the top pro level, I was the only one doing it) created some terrible performances but on occasions some that I was truly proud of and others amazed at. I won a WPBS pro snooker tournament beating Darren Morgan in the final 8-1, became the first overseas player to win the UK Pro Billiards Championship and won the biggest Pro Am Snooker tournament in the UK defeating Anthony Hamilton in the final.
Hence nowadays the urge to put in the time usually is not there, and when it is, especially for billiards my wrist and back tend to flare up, if I put in large amounts of time. Billiards is a sport where you need to be fit and for me to put more side on the ball at top of the table or run-throughs, I tend to go back to my old style of twisting my wrist which created problems in the first place.
People may question this as for the last few years I have played a lot of American pool and have been Oceania No 1 at Pool from 2012 to 2016. How can my wrist not hurt so much when I am hitting the balls harder and also you have to be stronger playing all day and all night for a whole weekend? You may ask.. In reality, my cue action is much straighter now, so my wrist most of the time is fine in pool, touch wood. I certainly don’t practice the long hours I did for billiards.
Billiards Australia: Could you imagine yourself ever just playing in a billiard tournament just for fun, without worrying too much about practice and performance?
Robby: Well, I love billiards, but in the back of my mind after I don’t play well, it is mentally painful. I would like to play for fun and I occasional do in practice or an exhibition. But at a tournament venue in Australia, there is so much repititious talk about my game now days it makes it uncomfortable to be at a venue playing and just relax, even when I play a good game there is always someone who wants to discredit you. Yes I know I put myself out there with the marketing when it contained ‘The World’s Best combined Billiards and Snooker player’. People can have a go, but on rankings and tournament level wins and articles in the UK it was certainly arguably true. People expect me to perform as I did as a youngster, even I expect it of myself, I have nothing to gain and had everything to lose if I don’t play to my own expectations.
In a physical sense, as mentioned there is more pain in my wrist and back when playing billiards than the other cuesports. I have never really written about these injuries as I tried to use mind over matter, plus no one would believe you, (and I thought it a sign of weakness but I had to keep playing , it was my livelihood) players use so many excuses that’s why so many don’t improve, it’s always someone else’s fault, “the tables not right”, "my opponent is putting me off”, “I ate peas for dinner and I can feel them rolling around in my stomach” (a true statement once told to me by a very good billiard player). But if people question my wrist story, they can go to find medical records at the Sports Medicine institute in Prahran Melbourne, the sports medicine unit in Singapore and the Olympic Hockey physiotherapist in Edgbaston England. It goes right back to the eighties.
Billiards Australia: Readers would be disappointed if I didn’t ask you about one record of which you may not be so proud – possibly the longest “single session” match ever – when you played Sourav Kothari in the semi-final of the Australian Open billiards (150-up) format, in a match that went over 7.5 hours. What are your recollections of that match? What happened?
Robby: I do not have many recollections about the match and I have hesitated to comment for various reasons but as I started answering openly in the previous questions, so what the hec.
I entered that tournament, the first Australian named Billiard title for quite a few years. I had won all the previous ones I had entered which was not that many. The previous one was the Australian 50 up, defeating Mathew Bolton about 13-8?? In 2004???. I promised myself I would never go in another Australian Billiards Championship unless I was passionate, could practice and had time (that is why I had not entered the Australian National since undefeated in 1983) and pros could not enter until mid-1990’s. Now I have young children and they are of course a major priority, along with other commitments.
Jason Colebrook was trying hard to promote the game and doing some good things, and he asked me a few times to consider entering. At one stage when I used to prepare for a tournament overseas he would be my ball boy and a good guy so I thought ‘lets do it’ for him and the game, even though I was going against my initial promise to myself. I walked into Yarraville and had a practice before the tournament when a high level tournament official instead of saying hi and welcome made the comment that I should support the game more. I was playing for that reason only, I had nothing to prove and the money was not much. Straight away I felt sick. I wanted to pull out but I have never given up in my life (Steve Mifsud told me once "you have not got the world’s best cue action but you have the world’s best mental strength and determination") so I went on to play.
I found it very hard to turn up and play but I suppose all those years of pro cuesport I played relatively ok in the early matches.
Kothari is a fine player and I played and beat his father on many occasions when he turned pro. I remember when I first met his father Manoj, former IBSF world billiards champion, and he came up to me and said “ Mr Foldvari, a pleasure to meet you, I recall when Michael Ferrierra came back from England he told us that he would have to practice harder as there is a new young player, Foldvari, and "his top of table is the best I have seen.”
I looked around and saw the official and thought what I am I doing here, I remember that, I remember I could not get top of the table because I was missing pots into the centre to get to the top. I remember my wrist going again so I just tried to play in offs as punching the ball is when it is more likely that the stabbing pain in my right wrist occurs. I remember long bouts of safety play. Looking back I was suffering depression.
I tried to ignore the situation but could not. I would not have a clue how Sourav played due to my mental state, he probably played well and congrats to him.
Hence I did go in the tournament the next year to try and do better and prepare to go to NZ for a world ranking tournament Wayne Carey had organised for a year. It was to be the biggest tournament in decades in the Oceania area with National TV, sponsors and even Trotting races named after the matches. Wayne asked me to support the tournament.
I could never imagine, feeling worse than the year before ( Sourav year) on how I was “greeted” as stated above at the beginning of that tournament but it was close the next year. This time at the opening ceremony at Yarraville the next year, Frank Dewens made a big speech and unveiled a new world championship at the exact time as the NZ tournament, unbelievable that's the first I heard of it, and my heart sank AGAIN. There was no acknowledgment to the Indian contingent, and players whispered to me that I would get a mention as he is going on about world champions but I said I won’t and did not.
Peter Gilchrist and Mathew Bolton were both aghast and we all talked to Frank about the scheduling, it is well known there was ramification in the billiard world and once again I did not feel like playing. Also all the people I talked to could not believe that Gilchrist and I had to play each other in the first match. It was actually a good match, Peter won in the last frame.
I felt terrible again in the tournament getting more and more heart palpitations and by the end I miscued in the final match and took a chunk out of my tip. Along with palpitations, I finally went against my greatest attribute, to never give up, I conceded. To be fair, a tournament official did show concern about my health after the match and a friend stayed with me until I felt I could drive home.
I’m still so passionate about cuesports and that is why I find it hard to let go and retire.
Billiards Australia: We know you are still a much sought after coach with WPBSA accreditation. Would you like to provide your web site or email address?
Robby: web site: cuesport.com.au ; email: rfoldvari@cuesport.com.au
Billiards Australia: Thanks for your time. Much appreciated.
Robby: Well done to all involved with Billiards Australia and that is why I went to support Chappelli's Champions event. It is great you are having more ranking events and overcoming many hurdles.
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Fleetwood chairman posed with 'Cod Army' flag before fans were tear gassed outside Marseille restaurant
From left to right, Mark Ratcliffe, Kevin Morris, Sam Ratcliffe, and a friend, with a flag they had made for Euro 2016
Michael Holmes
Published: 13:27 Sunday 12 June 2016
Four Fleetwood Town fans posed with club chairman and owner Andy Pilley outside a Marseille restaurant - shortly before they came under-fire from French police.
The entrepreneur stopped to snap a selfie with the group's 'Cod Army' flag, which later became the backdrop of sickening violence in what Mark Ratcliffe, 50, says was a seemingly unprovoked attack.
Mark, his son Sam, friend Kevin Morris, and another pal, who did not wish to be named, were caught up in a third day of violence in the French city, ahead of England's 1-1 Euro 2016 draw with Russia.
After eating lunch, and bumping into Mr Pilley, who shared a picture of the custom-made flag on Twitter, the group sat and enjoyed the jovial pre-match atmosphere, singing songs, and drinking beer in the sunshine.
Mark, a businessman, of Hollywood Grove in Fleetwood, described how 'a wall of riot police', numbering around 50, turned a corner towards the restaurant and began launching tear gas canisters at them.
He said: "I don't know what triggered it. There was nothing going on, but there was some sort of operation from their point of view.
Mark Ratcliffe, from Fleetwood, said riot police came out of nowhere to start firing tear gas canisters at fans
"They came towards us with the tear gas, and people were running away. It was hard to tell what made them act like that."
Mark took cover in a nearby lobby alongside a dozen other people, he said, as some fans retaliated by throwing missiles at the police.
"A war broke out," he said. "That's all I can describe it as. People had had a few and the bottle throwing started, though most people were just trying to get away.
"The tear gas was horrible, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
"It immobilises you and you can't do anything. You can't see, your breathing is knackered, you are disorientated, and you are a prime candidate for a whack with a baton."
Mr Ratcliffe, who drove to France in a motor-home and plans to see England's next two group games, said the behaviour of the French police was 'unacceptable'.
The violent clashes between rival fans and locals on the streets of Marseille left one England fan critically ill in hospital and up to 20 others hurt, the Press Association reported.
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Footballing body Uefa, which has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Russian Football Union after the violence inside the Stade Velodrome last night, now plans to take steps to strengthen security, it announced.
Kirkham man Kane Lewis, 26, told The Gazette earlier he came face-to-face with Russian thugs wearing gum shields - moments before they launched a vicious attack on supporters.
Rebekah Vardy, the new wife of former Fleetwood Town striker Jamie Vardy, also says she was caught up in the violence.
A Uefa spokesman said: "Uefa expresses its utter disgust for the violent clashes that occurred in the city centre of Marseille, and its serious concern for the incidents at the end of the match inside Stade Velodrome.
"This kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable and has no place in football.
"Uefa acknowledges that there were segregation issues at Stade Velodrome and will implement corrective measures to strengthen the deployment of security personnel at stadiums, in close collaboration with local authorities."
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U.K. Prime Minister Calling for Rioters to be Banned from Social Networks
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U.K. Prime Minster David Cameron isn’t taking lightly the fact that London rioters sent messages and organized their efforts through social networks and the Blackberry Messenger service. In fact, he has called for rioters to be banned from social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry Messenger and has reportedly set up meetings with the companies.
A man walks past burned cars in Ealing, west London, after a night of rioting, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. In London, groups of young people rampaged for a third straight night, setting buildings, vehicles and garbage dumps alight, looting stores and pelting police officers with bottles and fireworks into early Tuesday. The spreading disorder was an unwelcome warning of the possibility of violence during London’s 2012 Summer Olympics, less than a year away. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
In a statement Facebook said, “we look forward to meeting with the Home Secretary to explain the measures we have been taking to ensure that Facebook is a safe and positive platform in the U.K. at this challenging time”.
Twitter released a statement saying “we’d be happy to listen”, but chose to not comment further.
The UK government is looking at the possibility of preventing suspected criminals from using social networking sites.
Cameron said, “We are working with the Police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality”.
This brings up some interesting issues and concerns among the public and free speech activists, as you can well imagine. Is this the same as the internet blackouts put on Egypt and Syria as some on Twitter are asking?
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Following Florida’s decision to ease collateral limits for foreign reinsurers back in February of 2010, New York State has followed suit, with similar reduced requirements coming into force on January 1, 2011.
First out of the blocks
The New York State Insurance Department (NYSID) has opted to follow the lead of the Sunshine State—by allowing foreign reinsurers to post signifi cantly reduced collateral in order to do business in the state. Hannover Re became the fi rst foreign reinsurer to take advantage of the reduced requirements, announcing its successful application on January 12 this year, an action that mirrors its move in February of last year when it became the fi rst foreign reinsurer to take advantage of Florida’s reduced limits. And on February 17, XL Group—XL Re and XL Insurance (Bermuda)—became the second foreign reinsurer to qualify for reduced collateral status in the state.
Addressing the move, Hannover Re CEO, Ulrich Wallin, indicated that New York’s actions were a positive step, making clear that the move “improves free access for international reinsurers to the US market”. XL CEO, Mike McGavick, echoed Wallin’s sentiments stating that “the elimination of unnecessary collateral requirements on foreign insurers and reinsurers is not only benefi cial for the individual companies but for the industry as a whole”. And it seems likely that others will follow in their footsteps as companies look to reduce collateral requirements in key US markets.
The case for New York
Asked why New York had opted to reduce its collateral requirements, NYSID superintendent James Wyrnn said: “It just does not make sense that for a BB-rated US licensed companyno collateral is required, but for an AAA-rated unauthorised alien company, 100 percent is needed. Under the new regulation, wellcapitalised reinsurance companies with the highest credit rating that are not authorised or accredited to do business in New York will be treated the same as authorised companies: they will no longer have to post any collateral. Companies that are not as strong will have to post collateral on a sliding scale from 10 to 100 percent. This shifts responsibility for credit risk management and compliance to ceding companies.”
The move “creates alternative credit for cessions to unauthorised reinsurers (both US and non-US) based on creditworthiness (lowest rating from two rating agencies) and other solvency factors; a minimum net worth of $250 million; a memorandum of understanding and reciprocity with any non- US jurisdiction; and required contract terms, including being subject to the laws of the US for attachment purposes.”
“We cannot afford to maintain outdated and unnecessary standards for the international market for reinsurance. This new regulation recognises the reality of global markets and frees up capital, which will increase capacity in the reinsurance market,” Wyrnn said.
Following the decisions of Florida and New York, it seems that New Jersey is likely to become the third US state to reduce its collateral limits for foreign reinsurers. And there may yet be more takers, with National Association of Insurance Commissioners guidelines helping to create a framework for interested states, and with those that cede significant reinsurancecoverage to overseas reinsurers most likely to be considering such a move.
Florida: a continuing draw
Meanwhile, Florida extended reduced collateral limits to a host of foreign reinsurers as the industry looks to benefi t from reduced collateral limits—Hannover Re (Germany), XL Re (Bermuda) and Hannover Insurance (Bermuda); being joined by Ace Tempest (Bermuda), Allied World (Bermuda), Hiscox (Bermuda), PartnerRe (Bermuda) and RenaissanceRe (Bermuda)—all having signed reduced collateral agreements with the state. Bermuda’s key role as a reinsurance partner for the Florida market is evident from the list of players, and it seems likely that other Bermuda players with a signifi cant market share in the state may also look to reduce their collateral requirements.
Asked about potential future uptake, the Florida Office of the Insurance Regulator (FLOIR) indicated that “the Offi ce is optimistic that additional reinsurers will continue to maximise the fl exibility awarded to qualifi ed companies through these reduced collateral agreements. The intent is to encourage additional investment in Florida’s property insurance market.”
It is evident that both states perceive the presence of foreign reinsurers as beneficial to their reinsurance markets, with international reinsurance helping to diversify risk into the global market, thereby creating a more competitive marketplace and reducing costs for the end customers. And with New Jersey looking likely to follow suit, more US states will likely consider the advantages of a less prescriptive approach to foreign reinsurers.
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Superfruits expand beyond exotic varieties
Nutrient levels highlight more fruits under superfruit umbrella
Jessica Jacobsen
KEYWORDS acai / coconut water / Pomegranate / superfruits
Because of its high levels of potassium and magnesium, coconut water could be considered a superfruit, says iTi Tropicals’ Don Giampetro.
Better-for-you beverages continue to appeal to consumers, and beverage companies continue to find ways to address that trend. According to Chicago-based Mintel Group Ltd.’s “Juice and Juice Drinks” report, 5 percent of launches from January to June 2011 contained antioxidants, which represents a 1 percent increase from the previous period. The report adds that many launches sourced their antioxidant content from superfruits such as acai berries, blueberries, cranberries and pomegranates.
According to the January 2011 Mintel report, 36 percent of American consumers who have bought 100 percent fruit juices look for products with antioxidants.
“Antioxidants are high among the attributes consumers are looking for in superfruits,” says Tom Payne, industry specialist with the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council, Folsom, Calif.
Payne adds that although the name superfruit is not a regulatory term, it is used to describe fruits that are rich in nutrients, including, for example, antioxidants. Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of the Austin, Texas-based American Botanical Council and editor of HerbalGram, agrees that superfruit is not a legal or regulatory term, but says that fruits marketed as superfruits often are associated with antioxidants.
“Antioxidant benefits are obviously one of the key benefits associated with many so-called superfruit items,” he says. “Such activity can often translate into cardiovascular benefits: less cholesterol build-up in arteries reducing arterial plaque formation, thereby reducing risk of hypertension, high blood pressure, stroke, etc.”
Blumenthal adds that antioxidant activity also can translate into reducing risk for some kinds of cancers.
Commonly associated with nutrient richness and antioxidant quality, superfruits also can be associated with novel tastes, but that is starting to change, experts note.
“Some folks consider only the new, unique, cutting edge and different fruits as superfruits, when in reality there are many tried and true products that have always been superfruits,” says Don Giampetro, vice president of iTi Tropicals, Lawrenceville, N.J. “Some fruits include bananas, prunes, grapes, etc. Even new items like coconut water could be considered a superfruit.
“The coconut itself has been around for a long, long time, but only recently has coconut water emerged,” he continues. “With the high levels of potassium and magnesium it has, it can be considered a superfruit.”
Giampetro adds that the newness of fruit doesn’t matter; it’s the research that is being presented and the level of benefit that can be demonstrated from the fruit that matters, he says.
American Botanical Council’s Blumenthal adds that many fruits that can be found in the common household have benefits that should be recognized.
“Many common, ordinary fruits are ‘super’ when compared to some of those fruits being promoted as such today,” he says. “These might include apples, avocados, bananas, blueberries, cherries, mangos, papayas, all of which have nutritional value and/or biological characteristics that warrant their consumption and possible addition to beverages and so-called functional foods.”
Addressing a trend toward U.S. native superfruits, the Highbush Blueberry Council’s Payne says that the popularity and acceptance of blueberry is on the rise. “Blueberries are growing in popularity and it’s no wonder that they are becoming one of the hottest ingredients in all beverages lately,” he says. “Part of the reason is health, but part is also the amazing, across-the-board appeal of blueberries. Consumers not only equate blueberries with antioxidants, they trust blueberries as a known and desirable quality.”
He adds that blueberries have an all-American association, and being a native American fruit also can project a responsible carbon footprint by product developers.
Another well-known fruit that could have a future under the superfruit umbrella are cherries, specifically sour cherry.
“One we see that’s going to come out on a larger scale is sour cherry,” says Chris Schubert, vice president of sales for Encore Fruit Marketing, Bellingham, Wash. “Sour cherry’s been around obviously for a long, long time, but I don’t think [it] has really been perceived as a superfruit, but it certainly falls within that category due to its nutraceutical benefits. But again, the consumer out there looks at sour cherry just as a regular fruit flavor but not necessarily as a superfruit.
“Once the consumer, I think, is made aware of some of the nutritional properties of sour cherry, they will look at other beverages made with sour cherry and we can [hope] that sour cherry will become more popular,” he continues.
Whether it is fruits native to the United States or more exotic fruits, knowledge and marketing efforts will continue to play a role in the future of superfruits.
“I think [superfruit] awareness comes from the knowledge of the consumer about these fruits,” Schubert says. “They read about it in the media and the Internet is full of information about superfruits. I think overall consumer desire for improved nutrition and wanting to have more variety in blends, that’s probably the biggest reason [for increased awareness], and the marketers and producers have realized that and are aware of this phenomenon and they’re out there looking for new ingredients to satisfy that demand.”
Exotic appeal
Although native U.S. superfruits are finding their place in the beverage market, exotic varietals are still garnering attention. “Acai, goji, mangosteen, guava and mango are some of the superfruits, which are extremely popular,” iTi’s Giampetro says. “But recently, lesser known superfruits like camu camu, dragon fruit, acerola, baobab, etc., are also becoming popular.”
When it comes to popularity and stability, Encore Fruit Marketing’s Schubert says that pomegranate has shown to have stability in usage, but others, such as acai, have started to decline. “Pomegranate, which is right there at the top of the superfruit category, is really very stable and has established itself very well [and] almost become a mainstream flavor,” he says.
But establishing stability in the superfruit market is not an easy task to achieve.
“[Superfruits] go through cycles, lifecycles, like most other fruit beverages,” Schubert says. “Typically their lifecycles are a little bit shorter than beverages made from traditional fruits. Part of that is the consumer is curious about new fruits but unless they really like it, it’s a flavor that they’re really comfortable with and really enjoy, they may not buy it for an extended period of time, so the interest in that particular fruit may level off a little bit.”
Even though superfruits might go through lifecycles of popularity, the attention garnered from their health benefits still gives them positive appeal. iTi’s Giampetro says fruits such as acerola or camu camu are considered superfruits because of their exceptionally high vitamin C levels, which can appeal to consumers.
“Consumers may drink a fruit-based beverage just for the experience of trying a particular fruit flavor,” he says. “However, now in today’s market, the consumer is consuming that product to fulfill their daily requirements on calories, fats, [carbohydrates], nutrients, etc. They want to consume items that are good for them. If they know that a serving of juice gives them a certain percent of their daily requirement of calcium or vitamin C or some other nutrient, they are more apt to consume this on a regular basis.
“The beverage-maker/formulator wants to continue producing [and] marketing products that will achieve this and keep the consumer interested and there is the continued market for finding new and unique superfruits,” he continues.
Emerging fruits
Although Giampetro isn’t sure what will be the next big superfruit to emerge for the beverage industry, he has noticed maqui berry gaining more popularity, but others could also include borojo out of Colombia, amla out of India, or prickly pear, which has been around for awhile but has not picked up steam, he says.
Encore Fruit Marketing’s Schubert also sees an opportunity for seabuckthorn because of its high versatility and high number of phytochemicals, which make it attractive for the beverage industry, he says.
“Some of the other superfruits can become very expensive and seabuckthorn, fortunately, is not very expensive, so we see that emerging and becoming the next big item in the beverage industry,” Schubert says.
Some beverage companies also are starting to employ the use of coffee fruit. For instance, KonaRed, Kalaheo, Hawaii, produces its product of the same name, which includes ripe fruit from the coffee plant. The company says the coffee fruit in the juice contains antioxidants that are absorbed directly at the cellular level. Earlier this year, the company released KonaRed Coconut Water, which is made from the fruit of the coffee plant, but also includes coconut water.
Princeton, N.J.-based Bai Brands also offers a product line of beverages infused with coffee fruit. Ben Weiss, president and chief executive officer of Bai Brands, told Beverage Industry in its October 2011 issue that the products are packed with antioxidants and contain 4,000 oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) units, based on testing from Brunswick Labs.
Because some of the non-native superfruits to the United States are not as readily available in fresh form, beverages lend themselves to allowing consumers to try new superfruits.
“Juices and fruit blend beverages are popular for consuming superfruits at present as beverages seem preferred for convenience and product enjoyment,” Giampetro says. “Fruit juice remains one of the only foods consumers still regard as ‘natural’ even when pasteurized and processed.
“The delivery of the benefits of a superfruit is very easily done through a beverage,” he continues. “Whether its antioxidants, phytonutrients, other key vitamins or minerals that are found in the particular superfruit, putting the fruit into a beverage is rather simple and straightforward.”
Using superfruits in beverages also can address the lack of supplies and the deficit of emerging superfruit varieties compared to the last 10 years, Schubert says.
“The [superfruit] supplies are limited and it’s just not being brought to the forefront like it used to over the last 10 years,” he says. “Having said that, beverages are still probably the easiest way for a consumer to take in some of these superfruits that easily process into juices and purees and therefore be incorporated into beverages.
“It’s a convenience factor too; it’s easy to drink a beverage and consume the superfruits that way rather than trying to cook them or consume them as a snack,” he continues. “I think that the beverage industry will always be on the forefront of the superfruit category and will find ways to incorporate them into their products.” BI
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Highway 25 to close between Buckman and Little Rock
Motorists who travel Highway 25, south of Genola, will encounter delays as Highway 25 between Buckman and Little Rock is closed after 7 a.m. Sept. 11.
Written By: Brainerd Dispatch | Sep 1st 2017 - 11am.
Motorists who travel Highway 25, south of Genola, will encounter delays as Highway 25 between Buckman and Little Rock is closed after 7 a.m. Sept. 11. Highway 25 motorists may follow the signed detour along Morrison County Road 34, County Road 53 and County Road 26, or seek their own alternate routes, the Minnesota Department of Transportation reported in a press release. BrainerdDispatch.com / Google maps
Highway 25 motorists may follow the signed detour along Morrison County Road 34, County Road 53 and County Road 26, or seek their own alternate routes, the Minnesota Department of Transportation reported in a press release.
Highway 25 between Buckman and Little Rock is scheduled to open Sept. 25.
Area farmers, residents, emergency services professionals and others are invited to an informal informational meeting to learn more about the closure and navigating while crews complete their work. The meeting will be 3-4 p.m. Sept. 7 at the project's portable field office, located at Sunrise Cooperative, 9361 Creamery Road, in Buckman.
Those who need to access property along Highway 25 between Buckman and Little Rock but cannot attend the meeting may contact Kirk Allen at 320-223-6535 or by email at kirk.allen@state.mn.us.
The detour and other lane closures on Highway 25 are needed to resurface or reconstruct Highway 25 from Highway 23 in Foley northward to Genola in Benton and Morrison counties. When complete in October, the project will improve the ride, safety, shoulders and drainage along 27 miles of Highway 25, according to MnDOT.
For more information on the Highway 25 Foley to Genola project, including traffic updates and detour maps, visit www.mndot.gov/d3/2017/h25/foleytogenola.
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The Brannoxtown Community National School (CNS) Uniform Policy represents our commitment to supporting children to be well-presented at all times in school while ensuring that uniform costs are kept to a minimum for parents.
Navy and blue are our uniform colours; these were the traditional colours of the school. Children enrolled during the first year of our school, from September 2018, are leading the design and development of our new school crest, ensuring it represents our school values and our sense of belonging to our community and locality. The school uniform includes a School Tracksuit and Formal School Uniform:
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Navy tie with narrow diagonal, blue stripes (available from the school during the 2018/2019 school year).
Days for School Tracksuit and Formal School Uniform
Children wear their school tracksuit three days each week; the formal school uniform is worn on the other two days. Tracksuit days follow children’s schedule for Physical Education (PE), Visual Arts (Art) and Drama.
For the 2019/2020 school year:
School Tracksuit Days: Monday, Tuesday and Friday
School Uniform Days: Wednesday and Thursday.
To help children to take responsibility for their belongings, we ask that you label your child’s uniform items with his/her name.
This School Uniform Policy was adopted by the Single School Manager of Brannoxtown CNS on 28th August 2018.
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Talma helping uplift youth
Brian “deAction” Talma is using beach sports to help rehabilitate young men.
Coming out of the initiative, Josh Clarke has captured the Beach Culture World Tour Instructor Award for kitesurfing.
“Our goal is to get fellas off the block and to get them employed. They don’t have to always work for me, but I want them to use my shop as a stepping stone to go further within the society or the broader world,” said Talma at a Press conference at the Action Shop yesterday.
“The guys who painted the shop, the gardener, the majority of people who work on the shop are from Silver Sands. That is called organic tourism – including people; that is the true meaning of beach culture.”
Talma revealed that Clarke was among a number of wayward youngsters around the Silver Sands area, but he made something positive out of a negative situation.
“He would say he was one of the major people giving trouble on the beach. He’s a young fella. I was young too. They were all having fun and trying to make some money on the beach, but it was really agitating a lot of the tourists and I took my initiative to solve that problem. I taught him to kitesurf. He was not the only one. There were a lot of fellas that came and tried.
“Josh now works for me. He is my main instructor. He shows up to work every day. He goes and does the lessons and he knows how to rescue people because that is what he did before he came to me,” said Talma.
The veteran surfer said he did not expect the boys to all become professional athletes but if a few did he would be pleased. (RG)
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Zandvoort is a seaside city, located approximately 40km west of Amsterdam. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands, with a long sandy beach, bordered by coastal dunes. It is believed that the city traces its origins back to 1100, when it was called Sandevoerde ("sand and "ford"). In 1828, the first resort was inaugurated in Zandvoort, which set the tone for the future of the small city. Nowadays, with a population of only only 16,000 inhabitants, the city is a popular summer destination among the Dutch.
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The closest airport is the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the largest international airport in the Netherlands, located 25km away from the circuit.
A little further afield is the Rotterdam The Hague Airport, 70km from the circuit. Please note that there is no direct connection from Rotterdam to Zandvoort, so we recommend you plan your journey in advance.
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Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts in the Netherlands, so activities tend to focus on sunbathing and swimming. Luckily, the Netherlands national train network runs frequent services from Zandvoort to Amsterdam, and with the journey lasting only 30 minutes, a getaway to the big city is practically unmissable!
Known for its artistic heritage, Amsterdam offers a variety of museums for all tastes. The Van Gogh Museum, the Rijkmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum are the most popular, showcasing the best artwork from the Middle ages, to the contemporary, and the best artwork of one of the most influential artists of all time. If the weather is nice, you can try one of the canal trips aboard small boats, or lounge in Vondelpark and relax. For foodies, head to the De Pijp outdoor markets, which serve food from the Dutch cuisine in a lovely ambience. Although it is only suitable for adults, the Amsterdam Red Light District is renowned worldwide, and rests in the Medieval Centre - which is worth viewing for the gorgeous architecture alone!
Even closer than Amsterdam lies the city of Haarlem, once a major trading port, which preserves its medieval cobblestone streets and garbled houses. Among its attractions are the Grote Markt, located in a vast square underneath the Grote Kerk. Every Saturday, merchants and artisans display their wares in the square, transforming it into a boisterous affair. Whilst there, step inside the magnificent gothic cathedral, Grote Kerk, which dates back to the 14th century. Windmills characterise the Netherlands' landscape, and in Haarlem you can take a tour of on the famous Molen de Adriaan, and view the panoramic views of Haarlem from its rooftop.
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The Digital Health Engineering group (26 academics, 20 postdocs and 10 PhD students) applies computer science and electronic technologies to health and well-being challenges. Working with clinicians and the public we research and design wearable sensors, low power communication networks, computer vision systems and machine learning methods that can reason about these diverse sources of data.
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The Group has expanded rapidly in recent years, funded by around £25M of grants since 2013 from EPSRC, MRC and H2020. Our flagship project "SPHERE" is a suite of custom IoT technologies deployed in 50 local homes, gathering a globally-unique dataset. SPHERE itself has seeded many new projects, described here.
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Artisan in Dunedin, FL, is just steps away from the water, breweries, restaurants, bars and a host of other recreational options. To reflect the surrounding community, the design team made sure the building’s coastal style offered plenty of opportunity to highlight its local connections. The developer hired a local artist to paint a custom, full-wall mural on one end of the building. Other large pieces of art, including three impressive sculptures, surround the project. This development acted as a catalyst for the area, enhancing the business of nearby breweries, restaurants, galleries and workshops. Artisan has become more than just another multifamily building; it is an icon within a newly activated, growing hub of the city.
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Kasper Modern’s scattered lot infill project has effectively become a revitalization program for a handful of neighborhoods in St. Petersburg, FL. Many of these stylish new homes have been built on vacant or tear-down lots, and the result has transformed these neglected properties into updated, desirable locations. A variety of floor plans all use mid-century modern elevations, offering relatively modest square footage that has helped maintain reasonable prices. These beautiful infill homes have the potential to elevate existing property values as they create a hip, new neighborhood.
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The restored Belleview Inn has incited the development of a large and active 55+ community in Belleair, FL. Transformed from a dilapidated hotel to a landmark icon in the heart of a brand new development, the inn serves as a central gathering spot for residents. Surrounding condos and townhomes are built to embody the beauty and detailing of the original Biltmore Hotel. Placing the hotel at the center of this new luxury community reinforced the developer’s emphasis on views and walkability and led to the inn’s status as a successful local hub, often booked out months in advance. It is a must-visit for many, as the historic hotel has housed plenty of important guests over the years, including a number of sitting presidents.
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Twelve21 Duryea is located in Peoria, IL, a market with limited new development of late. But since these boutique for-sale condos were completed, a renewed sense of vibrancy has taken hold. The sold-out building has been a catalyst for increased interest and development activity within the area, as evidenced by a large new project going up across the street. The success of Twelve21 is the result of its architecturally pleasing presence. The building is actually much smaller than many multifamily complexes, but it still has a strong presence from the street. The elevation is segmented by contrasting materials, colors and architectural elements to ensure it doesn’t ramble on and repeat itself.
These projects prove that architecture and design impact more than just individual buildings. They are key components to enhancing entire communities. Great buildings draw residents in, increase traffic, create new business opportunities and can encourage involvement within the community.
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See inside a school bus that was converted into a tiny house on wheels
Frank Olito/ Insider
After retiring, Keri Gailloux moved into a school bus that she converted into her full-time home for $US45,000.
The school bus has a bedroom, a full bathroom, a kitchen, and a living space.
Gailloux travels around the country with the bus, so far visiting California, Nevada, and Arizona.
She said she understands that one day she won’t be physically able to drive the bus, but for now she’s enjoying ageing on the open road.
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For many, retirement is time to settle down in cities that are affordable or that offer luxury facilities. Keri Gailloux wanted to do something different.
When Gailloux retired last year, she wanted to spend some time on the road while also downsizing her belongings, so she moved into a former school bus. She now travels around the US in her bus that she cleverly named “If Wishes Were Horses,” after her favourite nursery rhyme.
Gailloux invited Insider into her home on wheels. This is what her unconventional retirement home looks like.
In 2018, Gailloux decided she needed a change after retiring from the medical field, so she moved out of her San Francisco home and bought a school bus.
Frank Olito/ InsiderGailloux and her bus.
Growing up in a military family, Gailloux was used to moving around and living in a small trailer.
“It’s like returning back to those roots,” she told Insider.
Gailloux bought her school bus for $US4,500 and immediately got to work converting it into her retirement home.
Frank Olito/ InsiderGailloux at a tiny-house convention in Fresno, California.
After getting acquainted with the tiny-house movement, Gailloux knew she wanted to downsize. But the idea of travelling with a tiny house attached to a truck did not seem realistic for her.
“I didn’t want to tow anything,” she said. “I didn’t want to have that burden.”
She converted the bus for $US45,000 with the help of a builder, perfectly combining her goals of living tiny and travelling.
“I wanted something longer-term for me and something that felt like a home,” she said.
While the outside looks like a school bus, the inside has everything a regular home has — just on a smaller scale.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe interior of the bus.
Inside, there is a full kitchen, a living space, a workspace, a bathroom, and a back bedroom.
“It’s everything I envisioned,” Gailloux said.
Upon entering the bus, you’re welcomed by a cosy seating area.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe seating area.
“It feels warm,” Gailloux said. “It’s cosy. The wood is really charming.”
Her kitchen is fully equipped with a stove, an oven, and a sink.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe kitchen.
The kitchen has everything a regular-sized kitchen has, but it is more compact.
Though the kitchen is smaller, there is still plenty of counter space so she can fit all her appliances.
Gailloux said the smaller kitchen hadn’t hindered her cooking.
The refrigerator pulls out from a drawer to help save floor space.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe fridge.
The drawer’s knob is actually a button that locks and keeps it in place as Gailloux drives.
This hardware can be seen throughout the bus and is inspired by features on boats.
“Everything is really streamlined,” she said.
This table next to the couch doubles as her kitchen table and her work desk.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe dual-purpose table.
Gailloux said it was “ideal for sitting on my computer” or “having breakfast that’s someplace other than the couch.”
There’s even a heater in the kitchen and seating area to keep Gailloux warm.
Courtesy of Keri GaillouxFireplace.
“I don’t ever feel cramped in this,” Gailloux said. “When the curtains are closed and it’s in the evening, I feel like I’m in a stateroom on a yacht or a train car.”
Just down the hall, you’ll find the bathroom, which has a full shower, a toilet, and a sink.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe bathroom.
On the school bus, Gailloux has a compost toilet.
Right next to the bathroom is Gailloux’s bedroom, which is actually just a bed surrounded by windows.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe bedroom.
Three small steps lead to Gailloux’s bed, which also has storage space underneath.
The bed itself is a cosy space with more headroom than in some tiny houses.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe bed.
If you look closely, you can see that the rear emergency door of the bus is covered by curtains for privacy.
Also visible on the bed is a foldable chair, which she uses at the table next to the couch.
The house has been fitted with high-end elements that make it safe to live in and drive.
Frank Olito/ InsiderLooking out the front windows.
There’s spray insulation in the walls, the ceiling, and the floors to help regulate temperature.
The floors are Marine-grade, designed to withstand the movements of the bus, as regular hardwood could buckle as Gailloux drives.
Gailloux said her favourite part of living in her tiny house was getting to be mobile and travel to places she never thought of visiting.
Courtesy of Keri GaillouxThe bus in Joshua Tree National Park.
On the bus, she has travelled to Sandpoint, Idaho; Palm Springs, California; Parker, Arizona; and Nevada.
“Meeting great people and getting to go to these neat, quirky places that you normally wouldn’t get to go to has been really fun,” Gailloux said. “I love it. I’m having a great time.”
It isn’t all easy, however. Gailloux remembered the time her bus got stuck in the sand at Joshua Tree National Park in California.
Courtesy of Keri GaillouxThe bus got stuck in the sand.
She had to call the police so that a park ranger could help her get the bus out. They ended up having to call a tow truck because they could not dig it out.
The whole time, Gailloux didn’t panic, she said.
“I said, ‘You know what? You’re in your house. You’re OK,'” she said.
The problems don’t stop there. Sometimes she struggles to find a place to park the bus.
Courtesy of Keri GaillouxThe school bus.
Gailloux said that perhaps “the biggest anxiety for anybody travelling on the road” is finding a place to park.
She said she uses apps to help drivers of school buses and other trucks to find places to park.
Usually, she stays in RV parks or campgrounds. But she said she’d had some nerve-racking nights where she had to sleep on the side of the road and hope for the best.
As a retiree, Gailloux is also aware of how this lifestyle may get more difficult over time.
Frank Olito/ InsiderThe front of the bus.
She acknowledged that opening and closing the door could be hard on her hands and that sometimes she struggles to get into the bus without the proper handrails.
“I’m in my 60s, and I’m ageing into my bus,” Gailloux said. “I need to pay attention to that.”
Gailloux said she understands that there will come a day when she will physically no longer be able to drive the bus. She hopes that by that time, one of her children will own a piece of land so that she can permanently park it there and live in the backyard – or they could rent it out as an Airbnb, she said.
For now, Gailloux will live out her retirement days on the road in her converted school bus.
Frank Olito/ InsiderGailloux driving the bus.
“People think they can’t retire, and they keep working because of external pressure, or they think they don’t have enough money,” she said. “People work until they’re 70 at jobs they may be good at but it’s not their passion. So many times people think and dream about what they want to do and simply don’t do it.”
Gailloux said she didn’t want to be that person. She wanted to get out and see the world from the windows of her school bus.
“I want to be living my life,” Gailloux said. “For me, this was about stepping towards freedom.”
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"The Sensex is fairly valued and could hit 25,000 in 2 years"
An engineer by qualification, Rajen Shah's foray into the stock market in 1989 had him hooked.
R. Sree Ram Print Edition: June, 2010
Investing style
I focus on themes and companies that may not be popular, but have potential. In 2003, when the infrastructure theme was gaining momentum, I realised that the valuations for power stocks were cheap, but were being ignored. We recommended stocks of ABB, Siemens, Bhel, Cummins and Tata Power, and were proved right when ABB's share price rose from Rs 250 to Rs 4,800, in 2007.
Cardinal rule for investors
Buy low and sell high. It sounds simple, but investors find it difficult to implement it. Mostly, they begin investing when the froth starts to build. The key principles: invest in companies with strong fundamentals and quality management, and do it at the right price.
Emerging trend
There is a gradual realisation that one should invest in the stock market for long-term wealth creation. The investor base has enhanced substantially in the past few years.
Opinion about current valuations
At 17,500, the Sensex is fairly valued and the markets are showing intrinsic strength. If the monsoons don't play truant, the Sensex may scale 20,000 this year, but a weak monsoon could take the Sensex to 14,500-15,000.We expect the Sensex to hit 25,000 levels in two years.
We are bullish on agriculture as a broad theme, with agrarian firms set to do well in the next few years. Our picks are Advanta, Rallis India, Finolex Industries, Mangalore Chemicals and Coromandel Fertilisers.
Some small-caps can be multi-baggers. The five stocks we suggest are Atlas Cycles, Kohinoor Foods, Shanti Gears, GMM Pfaudler, Shrenuj & Co.
Company focus—ITC
We are bullish on ITC and believe it has the potential to become a four-figure (Rs 1,000) stock in the next three years.
Its e-choupals are expected to increase from the current 25,000 to 2 lakh.
In the next five years, it's likely to focus on nontobacco businesses, which can attain critical scale and bring in high revenues.
Rajen Shah is Chief Investment Officer, Angel Broking
An engineer by qualification, Rajen Shah's foray into the stock market in 1989 had him hooked. The hobby turned into full-time profession in 1996, when a Gujarat-based media company requested him to bring out a 20-page stock market-related newspaper. In 2000, he joined Angel Broking to set up the company’s research wing.
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AnitaB.org Inaugural MSI Community Cohorts Challenge Raises Over $200,000 in Scholarships for Minority Serving Institutions to Attend Grace Hopper Celebration 2019
Donations from Amazon, Ernst & Young, IBM and PwC sent students to the world’s largest gathering of women technologists
BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AnitaB.org announced that it provided scholarships to 145 students, alumnae, and faculty from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities, to attend its annual Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) held in October in Orlando, Fla., as a part of its MSI Community Cohorts Challenge. The Challenge is part of a larger commitment by AnitaB.org to provide inclusive pathways that will propel underrepresented students toward a future in tech.
Through the GHC 19 scholarships, participants were able to attend pre-GHC training sessions and a diverse array of panels and sessions, keynotes, presentations, and the world’s largest career fair for women in tech while in Orlando. As a result of attending GHC, 90% of the students said that their interest in exploring a potential career opportunity in computer science has increased. Attending GHC provided participants from MSIs direct access to futures in tech through the GHC Career Fair where 96% of the participants said they made new connections with companies, 58% of those seeking internships or jobs interviewed for an internship or job, and 19% of those seeking internships or jobs secured one while at GHC.
“A key component of our strategy to achieve 50/50 intersectional gender equity in tech by 2025 is engaging with Minority Serving Institutions to elevate the brilliance of their alumnae, students, and faculty in computing and technology, while creating relationships and opportunity where they didn't previously exist,” said AnitaB.org President and CEO Brenda Darden Wilkerson. “The feedback from participants who attended GHC through this cohort model was extremely encouraging. We look forward to expanding this program and continuing to provide opportunities for students of all backgrounds to find careers in tech.”
Read more about the MSI Community Cohorts Challenge here.
About AnitaB.org
AnitaB.org is a nonprofit social enterprise committed to increasing the representation of women technologists in the global workforce. AnitaB.org engages with tens of thousands of women and leading organizations around the world to build diverse and inclusive workplace cultures. Founded in 1997 by our namesake, computer science visionary Anita Borg, our organization works toward a future where the teams that create technology mirror the people and societies for whom they build it.
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What's Going On Around The World Today?
Snap will remember its initial public offering day for the cash it made and the expectations it set. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he’ll recuse himself from any investigations into the 2016 election and Russian interference — after it was revealed he met the Russian ambassador twice during the campaign. And wondering what to read this weekend? We got you covered.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has removed himself from any investigations into the US election and possible Russian influence.
Sessions said he will recuse himself from any federal investigation into the 2016 election, including a current probe into Russian interference, following revelations of false claims he made during his January Senate confirmation hearing about meeting with Russians.
“This announcement should not be interpreted as confirmation of the existence of any investigation or suggestive of the scope of any such investigation,” Sessions said.
Most Republicans in Congress are still standing by their former colleague — going as far as to suggest that reports of him failing to disclose meeting with the Russian ambassador are nothing more than a Democratic “witch hunt.”
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Senators have asked the Trump administration to respond to an “alarming increase” in violent hate crime. More than two dozen US senators on Thursday urged the Trump administration to crack down on attacks against minorities — including mosques recently set on fire and bomb threats made against Jewish centers — by prioritizing money for the Justice Department’s civil rights programs and enforcing federal hate crimes laws.
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Snap will remember its IPO day for the cash it made and the expectations it set. Now the pressure is on.
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, shot out of a cannon Thursday as it began trading on the open markets. Its shares, priced at $17 at its initial public offering Wednesday, immediately jumped to $24 as markets opened, and ended the day slightly above that price. When the dust settled, a company that last year brought in slightly over $400 million in revenue (while losing more than half a billion dollars) found itself valued at approximately $34 billion.
Supermodel Miranda Kerr, who’s engaged to Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, Snapchatted the hell out of the company’s IPO, because of course.
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Unions representing millions of teachers are standing up for transgender students’ bathroom rights at the US Supreme Court.
Joining a fiery debate over civil rights laws and moral norms, the major education unions in the US argue the court should rule to protect transgender rights not only for students, but also to ensure that teachers aren’t required to enforce harmful policies.
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World: The US launched 20 strikes against al-Qaeda in Yemen in the span of a few hours overnight on Thursday.
Climate change: Antarctic sea ice has hit an all-time low.
Anti-Semitic threats: The latest wave of bomb threats targeting Jewish centers and schools in the US came from real people as well as automated “robo-call” services, consultants briefed on the ongoing federal investigation say.
A dairy issue: Should almond milk be allowed to call itself “milk?” (Discuss.)
Former president Barack Obama will making a high-profile appearance in May when he receives the Centennial John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
In memes: A far-right tweet about “the future that liberals want” backfired and turned into a huge meme.
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My Father And I Both Chose HBCUs, But Not For The Same Reason: “I know how complicated the legacy of historically black universities in America is, because my own life has been a reckoning with it.”
Ivanka Trump And The Aesthetics Of Denial: Ivanka only wields her power where no one can see it.
Nashville’s Last Taboo? Country Music Stars Are Tiptoeing Around Trump: With an audience that’s “polarized as fuck,” Nashville’s brightest stars are torn over whether to talk about the president.
The Women In Big Little Lies Have Everything Except It All: The new HBO series is a self-aware rebuttal to the hashtag-branded fantasy of the perfect working mother that its characters struggle (and inevitably fail) to live up to. (Light spoilers for Episode 3.)
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By James W, Monday 11th June 2018
From the birth of TV, there’s been a steady stream of medical dramas that have kept us glued to our TVs and have us swooning at all the hunky Doctors who would make anyone’s heart flutter with their bedside manner!
Here’s our Top 5 Medical dramas, does your favourite make the list?
5: Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman
One of the most laid-back and gentle of them all in this list, Dr Quinn is the family drama that took us back to the 1860s where the lives of the town of Colorado Springs are shocked and stunned by the arrival of a female doctor played by Jane Seymour. Michaela Quinn (Mike to her friends) is soon accepted by the townsfolk, starts saving lives and finds time for a simmering relationship with Byron Sully (Joe Lando). Over 149 episodes Mike battled sexism and bigotry as well as being a full-time mum. A classic series that’s still shown all around the globe.
4: St Elsewhere
One of the best from American TV history, St Elsewhere was from the same studio that gave us Hill Street Blues and you could tell. Storylines were gritty, acting was raw and the audience figures in the UK were huge. Set in a Boston hospital it boasted a large ensemble cast that included Denzel Washington, Ed Begley Jr. Howie Mandel and the Ed Flanders. Over six seasons the series bagged a number of awards and accolades, but many fans were disappointed by the rather surreal, "snow globe" ending of the last episode. By the way, “St Elsewhere” is American slang for hospitals that are deemed to be “dumping grounds” for patients that have nowhere else to go.
3: Casualty
Now recognised as the longest running TV medical series in the world, Casualty was born in 1986 and has become a staple of Saturday night TV. Its success rests mainly on the casting of actors who bring a genuine reality to their characters, especially Derek Thompson who has played luckless charge nurse Charlie Fairhead since episode 1. The guest star list is like a who’s who of the acting world including Martin Freeman, Tom Hiddleston and Kate Winslet to name but a few. Clocking up almost 1,100 episodes there’s no sign that this series needs resuscitating just yet.
2: House
Created by David Shore and starring Hugh Laurie as medical genius and total smart-ass Dr. Gregory House, House was a major US hit that made Laurie a bankable star and gave the world the most unconventional Doctor yet to appear on our screens. House was a grouchy, unorthodox yet appealing character who had many failings as well as an addiction to painkillers which made him even more unlike what had gone before. Laurie’s timing and acidic delivery of lines earned him a legion of admirers and allowed him to break away from the usual “stiff-upper-lip” English characters he was always associated with.
1: E.R.
With schedule bursting 331 episodes running over 15 seasons, E.R. is still the number 1 medical drama across the globe. Created by Michael Crichton and based on his own experiences as a medical student, this multi-award-winning series famously gave the world Dr Doug Ross (George Clooney), John Carter (Noah Wyle), Dr Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards) and Physician Assistant Jeanie Boulet (Gloria Reuben). These are just a few of the ensemble cast that would come and go but it was also the innovative storytelling and unconventional way it told stories that would ask more questions than give answers that would earn its longevity. There was an E.R. computer game released in 2005 but that failed to expand the fanbase.
CBS Justice +1 coming to Freeview channel 69!
Posted on Tuesday 7th January 2020
Tired of missing your favourite CBS Justice series? Well, from January 7th you have the chance to catch up as CBS Justice +1 launches on Freeview channel 69.
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Feel the heat with Lieutenant Horatio Caine this January
Posted on Thursday 2nd January 2020
A fast-paced forensics drama set against the lush backdrop and pulsing rhythms of the southernmost U.S. metropolis, CSI: Miami follows a South Florida team of investigators who use cutting-edge forensics and police work to solve crimes.
Led by Lieutenant Horatio Caine (David Caruso), the Miami-Dade Crime Scene Investigators work amid the steamy, tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. Caine, a former bomb squad detective, often relies on a mix of gut instinct and the forensic evidence presented by each case.
Season 3 airs on weeknights at 10pm until 13th January then Season 4 starts on 14th January and continues on weeknights at the same time.
Are you ready for JAG Season 2?
Posted on Tuesday 3rd December 2019
A dramatic adventure series starring David James Elliott as Lt. Harmon Rabb, Jr., a young and handsome Navy lawyer in the JAG (Judge Advocate General's) corps, the military's version of investigator, prosecutor and defense attorney.
From his home base in Washington, D.C., Rabb is sent around the globe to investigate everything from carrier crashes to murder - within the military. Catherine Bell co-stars as Major Sarah MacKenzie, a by-the-book Marine corps JAG officer and Rabb's new partner. Through a revolutionary production process developed by series creator Donald Bellisario, JAG is able to bring feature film quality action to the small screen.
JAG Season 2 starts 13th December at 10pm.
Freeview viewer? How about 24 hours a day CBS Drama?
Posted on Thursday 31st October 2019
From November 1st CBS Drama on the Freeview platform will be running a full 24 hour feed!
So whether you're a fan of CSI: NY, Diagnosis Murder, Medium or The Love Boat, you have no excuse for missing your favourite shows!
JAG lands on CBS Drama November 13th
Posted on Wednesday 23rd October 2019
JAG is a dramatic adventure series which combines the adrenaline of Top Gun with the courtroom drama of A Few Good Men.
This gripping series stars David James Elliott as Lt. Harmon Rabb, Jr.; a young and handsome Navy lawyer in the JAG (Judge Advocate General’s) corps, which is the military’s version of detective, prosecutor and defense attorney. From his home base in Washington, D.C., Rabb is sent around the globe to investigate criminal matters - from murder to treason to espionage - within the military.
Tracey Needham co-stars as his partner Lt. Meg Austin, a computer weapons specialist and fellow JAG officer. Through a revolutionary production process developed by se...
Start spreading the news! CSI: NY starts on CBS Drama 11th October
Posted on Thursday 3rd October 2019
CSI: NY is the second CSI spin-off series and one of the most watched across the globe. Raw, emotional and as realistic as it could be the series follows Det. Mack “Mac” Taylor (Gary Sinise) who is a dedicated and driven crime scene investigator who believes that everything is connected and for everyone there is a story. He and his partner, Det. Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), a workaholic and a jack-of-all-trades, share a passion for the job. They lead a team of experts amid the gritty and kinetic city that never sleeps.
Their team includes Danny Messer, a Brooklyn-born investigator with rugged good looks, an unflappable spirit and a history of family in la...
The Doctor will see you on Sunday at 6pm!
Posted on Sunday 22nd September 2019
Do you like your drama to have some medical twists to it and some warm bedside manner? We have just the thing on CBS Drama as stacked episodes of Diagnosis Murder Season 8 play each Sunday evening.
Dr. Mark Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) is the Chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital and often offers the LAPD medical consultation in their toughest cases. He solves these mysteries with the help of the recently promoted Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan, his son (Barry Van Dyke).
Throughout the series, Dr. Sloan is not only assisted by his son, but also by his friend Norman Briggs (Michael Tucci) who works as a hospital administrator, medical examiner and ...
Would you like her gift? Medium Season 7 coming soon
Posted on Monday 2nd September 2019
Medium is a drama inspired by the real-life story of research medium Allison Dubois, an extraordinary young wife and mother who, since childhood, has struggled to make sense of her dreams and visions of dead people.
Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette stars as Dubois, a strong-willed, devoted young wife and mother of three girls who has gradually come to grips with her extraordinary ability to talk to dead people, see current events and the future through her dreams, and read people's thoughts. Dubois works as a consultant to D.A. Manuel Devalos, using her psychic abilities to solve violent and horrifying crimes that baffle Phoenix police and others within the criminal justice system. Assisting he...
Who needs to go away when we have The Love Boat for you?
Posted on Sunday 28th July 2019
The Summer holiday season is well under way but for those of you not going away we have the next best thing for you, Season 9 of The Love Boat.
For those of you new to CBS Drama, The Love Boat is a romantic comedy series in the glamorous setting of a luxurious cruise ship, the Pacific Princess, whose passengers and crew find comical, sentimental and always exciting adventures during each voyage.
Gavin MacLeod stars as the skipper, Capt. Merrill Stubing; Lauren Tewes as the personable, young cruise director, Julie McCoy; Bernie Kopell as the ship’s physician, “Doc” Adam Bricker; Fred Grandy as purser Burl “Gopher” Smith; and Ted Lange as the ship’s bartender...
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Wineries of the Month
Located in Toscana on the summit of a hill southwest of Montalcino, magnificent Villa Argiano was built by the noble Pecci family from Siena in 1581. Centuries later in 1992, Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano purchased the 100-hectare estate, cooled by breezes from the Maremma. In ancient times, the sea covered the whole area, so the soil contains large quantities of minerals available to the vines and crucial for their optimal development. The wines are some of the best in Toscana. Besides Rosso and Brunello di Montalcino, the classical wines of the appellation, the Super-Tuscans Solengo and Suolo represent the innovative side of this tradition-bound estate. IGT Non Confunditur has been most recently introduced. In 2014, a group of Brazilian investors purchased the estate, appointing Giorgio Gabelli as the new managing director and setting off speculation about what changes he might make. In the meantime, the wines, and especially the 2010 Brunello, are grabbing the highest scores.
La Lastra
Nadia Betti, her husband Renato Spanu, and her brother Christian Betti completed studies in viticulture and enology at the University of Florence and then launched themselves in professional work in the area. Inspired and enchanted by the historic countryside outside of Siena, they founded La Lastra in 1994, together with childhood friends Enrico Paternoster and Valerio Zorzi. Their seven-hectare estate is located in San Gimignano, where they produce high-quality and sustainable Vernaccia di San Gimignano, as “a pure expression of the territory.” In 2000, they added the Marciano property, 23-hectares with seven hectares of vineyards and seven of olive trees, located close to the city center of Siena. They farm entirely with organic methods, and their stated code of conduct is “environment before business, people before brand, and substance before shape.” According to Italian wine guide Gambero Rosso, the Riserva 2011 de La Lastra is one of the best Vernaccias on the market and a benchmark for the whole designation.”
Monterufoli
The vast Nature Reserve of Monterufoli-Caselli, located in the southern part of the province of Pisa, is host to many, who hike through this natural world of beautiful panoramas. The Reserve includes the Villetta di Monterufoli estate, dedicated to agritourism, where visitors can enjoy accommodations, gardens, a restaurant, and agriculture that creates a natural environment for many species of animals. The estate farms 16 hectares of vineyards, planted 10 years ago with Vermentino di Toscana, and their small winery produces just one wine, Pian di Seta Vermentino di Toscana.
Winery of the Month
Tedeschi Family Winery
Flying over Hawaii in 1974, Emil Tedeschi was struck by the thought that the Islands lacked even a single winery. Having come from a winemaking family in Calistoga, California, he set about correcting the breach. Emil partnered with C. Pardee Erdman and began to make pineapple and grape wines. Today, Ulupalakua produces 30,000 cases of mostly pineapple wine and is still the only winery on Maui.
Almost 20 years later, Emil returned with his wife and two sons, Emilio and Mario, to the prime vineyard land in Napa Valley’s Calistoga appellation, where he was born. Emil worked as a vineyard manager and consultant in the area and replanted two-acres of walnuts with Cabernet Sauvignon on his family’s farm. In 2005, he opened Tedeschi Family Winery, making artisanal wines as his grandfather had done when he immigrated to the area in 1919 and what his father had done later.
Today, Emil’s young sons Emilio and Mario run the business. Mario accompanied his father to the various Napa vineyards that his father managed and today handles the estate vineyard. He works with consulting winemaker David Sundberg, Mario steeped in generational, hands-on knowledge and David a master of the science. Emilio, with a degree in bio-chemistry from Gonzaga University runs the business.
The excitement and enthusiasm that Emilio and Mario feel about Tedeschi Family Winery is palpable. “We were never forced to participate,” Emilio says. It was entirely our choice to join this business. And it’s not about taking an inherited company and running it day to day. We’re excited to see where we’ve been in the last five to ten years, where we are now, where we are going.” Their style suggests the “New California Wine” as Jon Bonne` describes it in his recent book of the same name, intense and clean aromas and flavors and, above all, a natural expression of the particular vineyards where the grapes are grown.
ITALIAN Wines of the Month
La Lastra 2013 Chianti Colli Senesi
This delicious medium-bodied red is 95% Sangiovese, 3% Canaiolo Nero, and 2% Malvasia Bianca and Trebbiano, all fermented together to form a seamless wine instead of blended after fermentation. Aged for 14 months in both stainless steel tanks and French oak barrels, the wine is a jewel red with a bouquet of red fruits, flowers, and spices. Serve this versatile wine at cool room temperature with roasted and stewed poultry and lentils with garlic, basil, and parsley pesto (13% alcohol).
La Lastra 2014 Vernaccia di San Gimignano
The noble white of Tuscany, this Vernaccia di San Gimignano is 98% Vernaccia and 2% Trebbiano Toscano. The wine is structured and complex with intense floral, citrus, tropical, and mineral notes in the bouquet. Serve chilled with fish stews, roasted poultry, and appetizers (12.5% alcohol).
2011 Marciano Provenzano Canaiolo
This highly unusual mono-varietal Canaiolo wine was more esteemed than Sangiovese in the 18th Century. But because it is difficult to grow and less assertive than Sangiovese, it devolved in importance and has been used mostly as a blending grape in Chianti, mainly to mitigate the tannin in Sangiovese. Part of the movement to resurrect ignored heritage grapes, La Lastra has put this beautiful fruit in the bottle. Prepare for intense wild berry, spice, and black pepper to fill the nose with remarkably smooth tannins and a long finish on the palate. Aged for 14 months only in small stainless steel tanks to avoid any flavors that might occur from aging in oak barrels, this wine is a rare beauty (13.5% alcohol).
Argiano 2013 Rosso di Montalcino
Aged in large oak casks and smaller French oak barrels, the Rosso is 100% Sangiovese. The wine is medium bodied with red berries, violets, and earth flavors supported by smooth tannins. Serve at cool room temperature, especially with pasta with meat sauces and braised rabbit or chicken (14% alcohol).
Monterufoli 2013 Pian di Seta
Vermentino di Toscana
This delicious white wine is 100% Vermentino di Toscana and reflects the extraordinary landscape, on which the vineyard thrives. The wine shows pronounced aromas of ripe exotic fruit and almonds, wisteria flowers, and toast. Fresh and savory with strong mineral sensations, the Pian di Seta pairs perfectly with seafood, white meats, and appetizers (12.5% alcohol). Serve chilled.
Argiano 2010 Brunello di Montalcino
Aged for 30 months in large oak casks and cement vats, the 2010 Brunello is a combination of power and elegance. The wine shows optimal balance, captivating perfumes of fruits, and complex flavors on the palate. Giving the wine 94 points in Vinous Media, Antonio Galloni writes, “The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino jumps from the glass with notable energy and precision. Grilled herbs, smoke, tobacco, rose petal and mint are all beautifully delineated in the glass. Distinctly savory and mineral notes add complexity to the expressive, stone-inflected fruit in a chiseled, pulsating Brunello endowed with considerable energy…. The wine is unquestionably a winner.” Decant and serve at cool room temperature (14% alcohol).
Argiano 2012 Solengo
Solengo is the brainchild of renowned enologist Giacomo Tachis, the so-called father of Super Tuscans, including famed Solaia, Sassiccaia, and Tignanello. The 2012 Solengo is a blend of Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot, each variety fermented separately and then blended. Aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, the wine is intensely red, rich, and dense with ripe fruit, oak, and spice. Serve with grilled and roasted meats (14% alcohol).
ITALIAN Region of the Month
The name Toscana comes from the Latin Tuscia, which the Romans called the area to honor the Etruscans, who developed an advanced civilization there before the Romans subjugated them. The Etruscans were wine makers, but the Romans preferred stronger southern wines. Thus the Etruscan wine trade faded until monks revived viticulture in the region. Wine became a daily beverage in the medieval cities of Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca, and Arezzo. During the Renaissance, which began in Florence, the wines of Toscana were transported throughout Europe. The noble red grape variety of Toscana is Sangiovese. Although many clones of Sangiovese exist, the superior ones are among the world’s finest vines, such as Montalcino’s Brunello, Chianti’s Sangioveto, and Montepulciano’s Prugnolo Gentile. Among other fine Sangiovese based wines are Rosso di Montalcino, Vino Nobile, and Carmignano. Tuscan wines also include the “Super Tuscans,” which are100% Cabernet or Sangiovese-Cabernet blends. Vernaccia de San Gimignano is the most prestigious white wine in Toscana, and Vin Santo its highly prized dessert wine. In the government system of laws that regulate wine production, Toscana boasts 11 DOCG areas, 39 DOC areas, and 6 ITG.
CALIFORNIAN Wines of the Month
Tedeschi 2013 Grenache,
Genache has much in common with Pinot Noir in that it is a medium bodied wine with pretty fruit flavors and a lot of spice. This one has a complex and enthralling nose that transfers to the palate. It is made and aged in neutral oak barrels that do not transmit flavor. The fruit tells the whole story, and it’s a beautiful one (14.5% alcohol, 133 cases produced).
Tedeschi 2014 Rosé of Old Vine Gamay
& Charbono, Napa Valley, Calistoga
Rosé is the new white, made almost exactly in the same way except that Rosé soaks with the skins just long enough to pick up its gorgeous color before the juice is pressed off and fermented. Rosé can be made from any red grape. Expect a glass full of aromas and lip-smacking acidity. Serve chilled and pair with everything! (13% alcohol, 290 cases produced).
Tedeschi 2012 Merlot,
Stargazer Vineyard, Napa Valley
Stargazer Vineyard is just one mile from Tedeschi Family Winery, and Emil and Mario Tedeschi have been farming it since 2005 to their own specifications. The wine reflects what truly fine Merlot can be, intense wild berry aromas, licorice, and spice, beautiful tannin texture in the mouth, and a long finish. The wine has the typical Tedeschi profile, gorgeous fruit, plenty of clean acid, and fine tannins (13.5% alcohol, 251 cases produced). Serve at cool room temperature.
Tedeschi 2012 Mario’s Blend,
Mario Tedeschi describes this wine as a “classic European Merlot.” Ninety five percent of the grapes were harvested from a Lake County vineyard above Napa, which he farms and where this summer’s fires occurred, and five percent was harvested from the estate vineyard in Calistoga. The wine is a bit richer than the Stargazer Merlot but has the recognizable Tedeschi balance of clean fruit aromas and flavors, acid, and smooth tannins without overt oak flavor intrusion (13.5% alcohol, 251 cases produced).
Tedeschi 2014 Chardonnay,
Napa Valley, Truchard Vineyard
This may be Napa Valley Chardonnay, but it’s entirely distinctive. The grapes were harvested from the Truchard Vineyard in the southwestern part of Napa, the only vineyard among all of our Tedeschi choices that the family doesn’t farm. The wine is uniquely delicious, aromatic, complex, and fresh. Serve chilled with herb roasted chicken, risotto, and roasted or grilled white fish (14.5% alcohol, 168 cases produced).
CALIFORNIAN Region of the Month
Napa Valley is the heart of California’s wine industry, its vine-covered valley floor and rolling hills the destination for millions of visitors each year. The Valley is home to 43,000 acres of vines, over 400 wineries, and many renowned restaurants. George Calvert Yount, arriving in 1831, planted the first grapes. Notable early but still existing stone wineries, developed between 1859 and 1882, including Charles Krug, Christian Brothers, Beringer, Chateau Montelena, and Beaulieu. Formerly a sanatorium, Inglenook winery began production in 1880. San Franciscans provided a huge market for Napa wines, which were easily transported across the San Francisco Bay. But Prohibition, enacted in 1920, closed most of them, except the few that provided sacramental wine for churches. The Valley didn’t begin recovery until Robert Mondavi built his large winery in 1966. Today, the Napa Valley has 16 American Viticultural Areas. The umbrella appellation Napa Valley, specializes in Bordeaux grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sauvignon Blanc. Cooler Los Carneros, stretching into Sonoma County, is ideal for the grapes of Burgundy, including Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. But other grape varieties, such as Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Italian Sangiovese are planted in Napa County.
Let the Celebrations Begin
Mushroom & farro in broth with a sprinkle of finely chopped flat-leaf
parsley and grated Parmigiano cheese
Spinach & Feta-Stuffed Flank Steak, served with
sautéed rainbow cauliflowers
Radicchio salad with orange dressing
Chocolate & pear tart
Spinach & Feta-Stuffed Flank Steak
Stuffed meats are both beautiful and delicious, exactly what is required for holiday
entertaining. With the help of your butcher, who can butterfly the steak,
preparation time is minimal, yet another attractive part of this dish. The following
recipe was adapted from the San Francisco Chronicle recipe archives
and presented by staff writer Amanda Gold.
1 ½ pounds flank steak, butterflied
1 10-ounce bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed
2 tablespoons minced shallots
¾ cups feta cheese
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, plus fresh wedges for garnish
Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
Place the spinach inside a kitchen towel or colander and squeeze thoroughly to drain excess liquid. Place in a bowl and mix with the shallots, olive oil, feta cheese, oregano, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
Lay the butterflied flank steak on a cutting board with the short side facing you, and open it to lay flat. Season well on both sides with salt and pepper. Spread the filling evenly over one side of the steak, and place the other side back to enclose the filling. Roll up, starting with the short side, and secure with toothpicks on the open end.
Place the steak seam-side down on a roasting pan, and cook for about 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the thickness of the steak for medium. Let rest for at least 5 minutes, and slice 3/4-inch thick. Serve garnished with lemon wedges. Serves 4.
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Top performance in provocative thriller
THE BRAVE ONE
Evening Chronicle
(18, 122 mins) Thriller/Drama. Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt, Mary Steenburgen, Jane Adams. Director: Neil Jordan.
IN A society riven by chaos, where citizens are afraid to walk the streets, who should accept responsibility for restoring order?
The government? The police? Or the people, meeting the intimidation with an even greater show of force?
Neil Jordan’s provocative thriller, based on a screenplay by Roderick Taylor & Bruce A Taylor and Cynthia Mort, probes the moral complexities of one woman’s crusade for justice on the streets of New York.
The Brave One poses intriguing questions about the primitive brutality within every one of us, and the lines we sometimes cross to achieve what seems to be a fair outcome.
Jodie Foster, pictured, delivers another incendiary performance as an emotionally scarred woman on the rampage, which echoes her Oscar-winning turn in The Accused.
She is utterly fearless in front of the camera, taking her vengeful heroine into uncomfortable, emotionally dark territory, where inner turmoil churns into deadly obsession.
Erica Bain (Foster) is a presenter of the Street Walk radio show, which celebrates the landscape and people of the multi-cultural city; where she lives with fiance David (Andrews).
During a night-time stroll, Erica and David are the victims of a brutal and senseless attack in an underpass.
David dies from his wounds, but miraculously, Erica survives the physical injuries of her ordeal.
Consumed with grief and fear, Erica struggles to readjust to life, seeing dark shadows in every corner. Her rage and despair intensifies when it seems the police are incapable of bringing the culprits to justice.
Armed with a gun, Erica tentatively ventures out into the city.
She shoots a robber in a grocery store hold-up then flees, shortly before Detective Sean Mercer (Howard) and his partner Detective Vitale (Katt) arrive to work the scene.
As Erica becomes consumed by her desire to redress the balance in favour of the weak, Sean begins to suspect her involvement in the vigilante slayings.
“I wonder what David would think of this woman with a grudge?” he baits. “I don’t know,” replies Erica. “The dead don’t talk. At least not to me.”
The Brave One is directed with brio by Jordan, who intercuts the horrific attack on Erica and David with tender scenes of the couple’s lovemaking.
Scenes in the underpass are, by necessity, deeply shocking, necessary to explain Erica’s subsequent actions. Foster’s blistering portrayal of a woman on the edge dominates every frame, but Howard is compelling in a supporting role.
Plotting becomes increasingly contrived as Erica stumbles from one deadly encounter to the next, and the denouement, powerful as it is, will sharply divide audiences.
SWEARING, SEX, VIOLENCE
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(Neb)-CSC Men's Basketball Joins Team Impact Listen
By: John Axtell Posted at: 10/24/2019 03:40 PM
CHADRON - Chadron State College yesterday publicly became part of Team Impact, a program aimed at improving the quality of life for children facing serious and chronic illness through the power of team, with an NCAA National Letter of Intent signing ceremony for Chadron High student Gabriel Blanford.
16-year old Gabe was diagnosed 5 years ago with a neuro-muscular disease that has robbed him of speech and independent movement while leaving his mind unaffected. Through Team Impact, he's officially a member of the CSC men's basketball team for the next 2 years and will attend practices, games, team dinners, and other events.
Eagles head coach Houston Reed says he was excited when he learned about Team Impact, a national nonprofit headquartered in Boston, seeing it as a way to help both kids like Gabriel and his players.
Although the signing ceremony was yesterday, Gabe has actually attended practices and other activities for several months and Reed says his presence has been an inspiration to the players and coaches.
Junior Brady Delimont, in particular, has grown close with Gabe and considers their relationship life-changing.
PLAY SOUNDBITE
Yesterday's signing ceremony took place before a standing-room only crowd in the Owens-Nauslar conference room at the Chicoine Center that saw the full men's basketball team and members of other CSC teams spill out into the hallway.
Gabe's family was there with his father Jason sitting next to him at the signing table. Jason, a maintenance repair worker at the college, says the Team Impact experience already means a lot to Gabe and the entire Blanford family.
Team Impact began in 2011 and has matched over 1,900 children with more than 600 colleges and universities in 48 states, reaching over 55,000 participating student athletes.
The child joins the athletic team and the student athletes join the child's support team. The child gains strength, camaraderie and support while the student athletes experience lessons of courage, resiliency and perspective they can't learn in a classroom.
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Charlbury People Speak Out on NHS Services
The West Oxfordshire Locality Forum's "Have Your Say" meeting in the Charlbury Memorial Hall on 15 November elicited wide-ranging views on Oxfordshire health services. Much of the success of the event can be attributed to the organisation and publicity provided by members of the Forum Steering Group who live locally.
People were invited to share their experiences with Steering Group members, and with staff from organisations that provided information stands. These included Age UK Oxfordshire, Carers Oxfordshire, Dementia-friendly Charlbury, the MS Society, the Lawrence Care Home, West Oxfordshire District Council and Healthwatch Oxfordshire.
Attendees also had the opportunity to write down their experiences. Of over 70 people who attended ?" from families with children to young adults and older people -- 31 chose to leave their contact details, 44 provided lengthy written submissions and 65 gave short comments. We believe that this is something of a record for this style of meeting.
Matters that were raised by many people included:
• A very good level of satisfaction with the health service provided generally, but some difficulty in accessing convenient appointments with a preferred GP
• Praise for the Minor Injury Units but concern that not enough people know what they offer
• There was much praise for consultant level treatment in all Oxfordshire hospitals, but some instances of sub-optimal aftercare. Complaints focussed on referral pathways that result in delays and possible deterioration of a condition. Many people had experienced problems with the appointments system.
• Transport to hospitals was highlighted as problematic: need to arrive very early to find a parking space or make a very complicated journey by public transport
• Treatment by NHS therapists was much appreciated, but often difficult to access in a timely fashion.
In general, there was much local appreciation of the health service, marred by some failures of communication. Many people felt that NHS professionals were being let down by faults in the system. The Steering Group was gratified that keeping well/prevention messages were well received at the event, with many people recognising the need to take responsibility for their health.
We warmly thank everyone who took part, and will ensure that the results are transmitted to Healthwatch Oxfordshire, to GP commissioners and to the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group. They were scheduled to discuss a summary of the comments at a meeting on Tuesday 20 January. People who left their email addresses at the event will receive a copy of the report.
Further "Have Your Say" public meetings are in preparation for Carterton, Eynsham and other centres.
Kathy Broughton · Fri 30 Jan 2015, 17:49 · Link
Over 260,000 visits to the Charlbury website in 2014
West Oxfordshire's tourism website, www.oxfordshirecotswolds.org, is celebrating having achieved 360,000 visits in 2014.
We thought we'd check out how many visits the Charlbury website has attracted in that same time, and are delighted to report that it's reached 263,000 - three-quarters the West Oxfordshire total, for just one small town.
The site typically attracts between 5,000 and 6,000 unique visitors every month - where a "unique visitor" is one person viewing the site on a single computer or phone, counted just once even if they return repeatedly within the month. July and August are the busiest months, largely because of festival visitors and other tourists, while the winter months are the quietest. (Visitor numbers are counted by a program called Piwik running on our own server, rather than handing the browsing data over to Google as many sites do.)
In 2015, we'll be unveiling a complete rewrite of the code that makes the site run, and greatly expanding the features available to authors of community pages.
The Charlbury website is run entirely on a voluntary basis, and receives no funding other than a kind donation from the Garden Society which helps to pay for the domain names. Most of all, it succeeds because of the messages - events, news, adverts and forum - that Charlbury people post on the site; thank you to everyone who continues to make it a success.
Richard Fairhurst · Wed 21 Jan 2015, 13:53 · Link
The Gruffalo in Charlbury
Former Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson - perhaps best known as the creator of the Gruffalo - entertained several hundred children and parents at Charlbury Primary School on Saturday 17 January. The two sell-out performances were in aid of the Charlbury Community Centre Appeal, and you can find out more by going to
www.witneytv.co.uk/videos/julia-donaldson-in-charlbury
Edward Fenton · Sun 18 Jan 2015, 20:31 · Link
Lower Watts House Park Street Charlbury
Notice of felling Horse Chestnut tree.
WODC reference: 15/00150/TCA - Fri 16 Jan 2015 - Under consideration
8 Nine Acres Close Charlbury
Removal of existing garage and erection of single storey rear extension.
WODC reference: 15/00070/HHD - Fri 09 Jan 2015 - Under consideration
Took House Sheep Street Charlbury
Alterations and single storey rear extension.
WODC reference: 15/00069/LBC - Fri 09 Jan 2015 - Under consideration
Erection of single storey rear extension.
Co-op Spendlove Centre Enstone Road Charlbury
Erection of two non-illuminated notice boards.
WODC reference: 15/00045/ADV - Wed 14 Jan 2015 - Under consideration
2 Elm Crescent Charlbury
Enlargement of existing rear dormer window
WODC reference: 15/00067/HHD - Wed 14 Jan 2015 - Under consideration
The Bull Inn Sheep Street Charlbury
Hybrid application for the change of use of The Bull Inn P.H. to a dwelling, retention of The Barn as a separate dwelling, and outline permission for the erection of one dwelling to the rear (layout and access). Alterations to boundary walls, access and car parking layout
WODC reference: 14/02293/OUT - Mon 12 Jan 2015 - Under consideration
Fri 16 Jan 2015, 18:33 · Link
Discounted Wilderness Tickets for locals selling fast
The Wilderness 2015 discounted tickets for OX7 3 residents are selling fast and will sell out soon. There are still some available, exclusively from Charlbury Post Office. Going, going... nearly gone!
Alison Wright · Thu 15 Jan 2015, 15:41 · Link
Ricos Pizza returns to Charlbury
The return of the Pizza Van has been confirmed for Monday the 2nd February at the same times and the usual spot at the Spendlove site.
The Trustees of the Gifford Trust are grateful for the continued support of the traders & their contributions to the charity.
Jim Holah · Tue 13 Jan 2015, 18:41 · Link
Christmas tree collection tomorrow (Tuesday)
Tuesday morning's green waste collection will include Christmas trees. According to West Oxfordshire District Council:
"All you need to do is put your tree - and any other greenery such as holly, ivy and wreaths - out on the correct garden waste collection day, from Monday 5 January.
"Cllr David Harvey, Cabinet Member for Environment, said: 'It couldn't be simpler, all you need to do is put out your tree on the right day and you'll be making sure it gets recycled locally into compost. If your tree is taller than 5ft, simply cut it down into more manageable sizes to help the collection crews.
"'You don't have to be signed up for regular garden waste collections. All real Christmas trees left at the kerbside will be collected and this is just part of the work we do to offer a fully comprehensive service for residents and increase recycling as much as we can.'"
(Full recycling calendar here.)
Richard Fairhurst · Mon 12 Jan 2015, 19:38 · Link
Alterations and single storey extensions to enlarge existing dwelling and convert the garage.
WODC reference: 15/00010/HHD - Tue 23 Dec 2014 - Under consideration
4 Crawborough Terrace Crawborough Charlbury
Erection of single and two storey extensions including new replacement garage.
WODC reference: 14/02323/HHD - Fri 19 Dec 2014 - Under consideration
3 Browns Lane Charlbury
Erection of cotswold stone boundary wall to replace existing.
WODC reference: 14/02390/LBC - Wed 17 Dec 2014 - Under consideration
WODC reference: 14/02388/HHD - Wed 17 Dec 2014 - Under consideration
Mon 12 Jan 2015, 07:05 · Link
Ebony went missing from Nine Acres Close on 6th January around mid evening this is unusual behavior especially in winter. He is a completely black streamlined cat. Ebony does tend to go Down the nature reserve behind Nine Acres lane and the close. If everyone in that area could check sheds and garages to make sure he is not shut in. Also anyone who has an allotment plot round the back of The Close please check your sheds.He is Chipped so can be identified by vets. Ebony has now been missing for almost a fortnight but we are still hopefull he will be found
Any Information please ring 01608 810728 or 07792403924. And ask for Chris Or Judy.
Christopher Geary · Sat 10 Jan 2015, 19:25 · Link
Deer spotted on 2015's Walk in the Park
Thought I'd like to share these lovely shots of the Fallow deer that I was able to take this afternoon. They posed for about 20 minutes and then flew off at speed, leaving me feeling so glad to live in this wonderful part of the country.
Nancy Whitfield · Thu 1 Jan 2015, 20:06 · Link
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Van Schaik, Bosua Lead Battery to 3-1 Win Over Nashville
By Evan Peters, 04/20/19, 10:45PM EDT
The Battery took three points Saturday night with a 3-1 home win against Nashville SC at MUSC Health Stadium.
Jarad van Schaik opened the scoring fifteen minutes into the match with a beautiful goal, his first of the season. O’Brian Woodbine whipped in a cross from the right side looking for target man Arthur Bosua. The cross was behind the forward and bounced through the box to van Schaik who had a few yards of space to wind up for a shot. Van Schaik struck a sweet half volley that beat Matt Pickens high at the near post. “It feels good obviously, it’s been a while since I’ve scored,” said van Schaik. “The ball just kind of sat up and I tried to hit it hard and on frame.” Fourteen minutes later van Schaik would send in a cross that found Woodbine at the back post but the Jamaican defender couldn't finish.
Arthur Bosua made his first start for the Battery in place of the injured Ian Svantesson and took full advantage of the opportunity. He scored his first goal to double the Battery lead in the 64th minute. Kotaro Higashi provided the assist playing a brilliant pass to Bosua who made a strong run between the Nashville defenders and slotted home a shot from six yards out. “I’m so happy to get my first goal in front of an amazing crowd," said Bosua. "It was great vision from Kotaro and I’m glad I was able to finish it.”
Jarad van Schaik finished off the scoring for the Battery with a sublime free kick in the 73rd minute. A strong shot rattled the bottom side of the crossbar and bounced over the line before coming back out into play. Bosua would head home the rebound for good measure but the goal was ultimately awarded to van Schaik.
Nashville would score late through a Daniel Rios penalty, his fifth goal of the season. “You gotta commend our guys tonight,” said coach Anhaeuser after the match. “They are so dangerous in attack and we did a great job of containing them tonight.” The win puts the Battery in 6th place in the Eastern Conference standings and tied on points with rivals North Carolina FC.
The Battery are back on the road next week as they take on Memphis 901 FC at AutoZone Park on April 27th at 8:00 PM.
CHARLESTON: Kuzminsky, Bolt, Mueller, Archer (Nelson 18’), Woodbine (assist 15’, YC 57’), Lewis (Rittmeyer 72’), Candela (YC 77’), van Schaik (goal 15’, 73'), Anunga, Higashi (assist 64’), Bosua (Daley 74’)
Substitutes: Breno, Nelson, Rittmeyer, Marini, Kelly, Mason, Daley
NASHVILLE: Pickens, Davis, Doyle, Moloto (Winn 67’), Belmar (Lancaster 74’), Hume (Mensah 67’), Rios, Reed (YC 45+2’), LaGrassa, King (YC 67’), Bourgeois (YC 38’)
Substitutes: Sparrow, Mensah, Tribbett, Lancaster, Winn, Kimura, Akinyode
Kuzminsky Takes Save of the Year
Mueller Says Goodbye After Eight Seasons With Charleston
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Rally in Naperville to call for leaders to take action against climate change
By Suzanne Baker
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Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, second left, and American climate activist Alexandria Villasenor, third left, answers a question during a demonstration in front of the United Nations, Sept. 6 in New York. She is to speak at the U.N. Climate Change Summit on Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (Richard Drew/AP)
Naperville will join a growing list of locations around the world scheduled to host rallies this month to draw attention to climate change.
Global Climate Strike events are planned Sept. 20 in cities in every U.S. state and on every continent (except Antarctica at this point), including one at 3:30 p.m. at the Naperville free speech pavilion near 500 W. Jackson Ave. At least nine other rallies or marches are planned around the Chicago area.
The strike aims to encourage people to take time off work or school to push leaders to protect the environment by tackling climate change.
Naperville strike organizer John Laesch of Aurora said the local effort aims to mobilize folks in preparation for the 2020 March primary and November election.
“We want this to be a campaign issue,” Laesch said. “By starting now we can coalesce and gain support.”
Laesch would like to see climate change be a part of everyday conversations, whether with friends or chats around the water cooler. “We need to get this into people’s consciousness,” he said.
He said people already are talking about the impact of Hurricane Dorian, the differences between weather and climate change, and what can be done to prevent the frequency of strong hurricanes.
The Global Climate Strike is seen as another means to get more people joining the dialogue.
The Naperville event has the backing of the Will County Progressives, Progressives of Kane County and the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led organization that advocates political action on climate change
Hosting an event in the afternoon was deliberate so more youth could participate without skipping school, said Laesch, a former school board member in East Aurora District 131.
As far as those who work during the day, he suggested they might be able to leave early.
Choosing the Naperville location was strategic, he said. “Climate change is important to Naperville voters,” Laesch said.
It also is home to North Central College and public schools that all have politically active students. And so far, some of the loudest calls for climate change action are from youth and young adults.
One such voice is 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who a year ago started playing hooky on Fridays to protest outside Swedish parliament because of what she deemed as her leaders’ lack of action on climate change.
Her Fridays for Future strikes also inspired youth around the world to do the same.
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The teen also drew international attention with her speech last December before the United Nations accusing diplomats of inaction.
Thunberg, who has been in New York since Aug. 28, joined New York students the last two Fridays to rally outside the United Nations building.
The Sept. 20 Global Climate Strike will kick off a week of events at the United Nations, including a U.N. Youth Climate Summit Sept. 21 and the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23.
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Thunberg is scheduled to speak at both events.
To reach the United States, Thunberg refused to fly to avoid a plane’s carbon emissions.
She boarded a trans-Atlantic racing yacht after docking with a crew that brought her from Plymouth, England. The boat’s onboard electronics are powered by solar panels and underwater turbines.
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Let's go Camping!
If you love the outdoors, then camping in Cyprus is an activity you should try out.
Although camping isn't as popular among visitors to the island, we highly recommend it. It's another kind of experience that - if you 're up to it - will allow you to have a great time.
There are camping sites by the sea and camping sites in the picturesque mountains of the island. Troodos has three camping sites where camping is allowed for a small fee per overnight stay. The sites offers basic facilities such as barbecue sites, potable water, benches, tables and washrooms.
Within the framework of the efforts to improve the opportunities for recreation offered by forests, the Forestry Department has developed, and has been continuously improving, a series of recreation facilities such as picnic and camping sites, nature trails, view points, bicycle paths, visitor centers and botanical gardens. These works are funded from the state budgets and recently from the Rural Development Plan.
The picnic and camping sites, started to be created since the 1950’s. Today there are 40 picnic and 5 camping sites in the state forests of the government controlled areas of Cyprus.
Camping sites offer corresponding facilities such as camping places, parking and sanitary facilities, drinking water, tables, barbecues and children playgrounds while in some of them electricity, baths and kitchens are also provided. A small fee is charged for their use. The fee for the Forestry Department’s camping sites is specified in the official pricelist of the Department.
BECAUSE OUTSIDE IS THE NEW INSIDE.
1. Polis Chrysochous Campsite
📍 Polis Chrysochous (Paphos District)
* Situated within state forest land and managed by other agencies
Location of site: The camping site is situated on the beach in a pleasant eucalyptus grove, (1km northwest of Polis Chrysochous 500 metres from Polis town centre in the Limni state). It is a sandy beach mixed with pebbles and is easily reached by car, motorbike and bus. Water sports, sun bed and umbrella hire are available on site. There are accommodation facilities nearby, while lifeguards are on duty with lifesaving equipment from 11:00 to 17:30 hours during the swimming season.
The site has toilets, showers and washroom facilities for dishes etc. There is a launderette in the nearby town of Polis.
There is a snack bar on the beach and a mini market is open from June to August. Open from March till the end of October (maybe longer, weather permitting).
FACILITIES: Bar - Restaurant - T.V. - Satellite - Unbrellas & Sunbeds - Life Guard - Ramba- Showers - W.C.
Altitude (m) : 0
Maximum capacity (tents, caravans /persons): 200 / 700
Tel:+357-26815080
2. Platania Campsite
📍 Troodos Mountains (Nicosia District)
* Managed by the Forest Department
Location of site: Platania Camping site is located at Kakopetria – Troodos road, 5 km from Kakopetria on the left of the road just before the Platania forest station. Platania campsite in the forest has 18 toilet/shower blocks with kitchen facilities as well as disabled facilities and picnic tables. There are kids' play areas and near the campsite there is a canteen selling most kiosk type products.
Altitude (m): 1100
Price: 5.00 euro per day for a caravan and 3.00 euro per day for a tent.
3. Stavros tis Psokas Campsite
📍 Paphos Forest (Paphos District)
Location of site: The camping site is located close to the forest station. It can accommodate up to 60 tents and up to 6-7 caravans, for a total of about 150 persons. Facilities include potable water, toilets and showers. About 20km from Lysos village or Kannaviou village, near Stavros tis Psokas forest station. The Forest station of Stavros tis Psokas is in the heart of the Paphos forest, the largest and most beautiful pine forest (Pinus Brutia) of the island. It can be reached from Paphos (51 km), via Kannaviou, or from Polis Chrysochous (34 km). All forest roads leading to Stavros tis Psokas are earth tracks except for a section of the Kykkos - Stavros road.
At the station there is a hostel a cafeteria and an organised picnic area. Nearby there is an enclosure where visitors can admire the renowned Ovis gmelini aphion (Cyprus Mouflon) and the Dama dama, a dear introduced to Cyprus from abroad. Cedar valley is quite close by, about 19 km.
Altitude (m): 900
Maximum capacity (tents, caravans /persons): 60 / 150
Price:For small tents up to 2 persons, Euro 2 per day. For larger tents for more than 2 persons, Euro 3 per day. For caravans, Euro 5 per day.
4. Kambi tou Kaloyirou
📍 Troodos Mountains (Limassol District)
Location of site: Platres – Prodromos road, 4km from Trooditissa and 3 km from Prodromos next to the road. A wonderful camping area located in Limassol district, right at the center of Troodos green mountains. The camping area is found exactly opposite to the respective picnic site, namely Kampi tou Kalogyrou picnic site.
Price: €2 per person.
5. Troodos Campsite
Location of site: Karvounas – Troodos road, 1km before Troodos square, left of the road. Open from May till end of October (weather permitting).
Tel: +357-25420205 or 00357-25470903
Price:5.00 euro per day for a tent.
6. Governor’s Beach Kalymnos
📍 Pentakomo Village (Limassol District)
Location of site: Situated on the beach, 20 km east of Limassol with a capacity of 230.00 caravans and 247 plots for tents. Governor's Beach Kalymnos campsite between Limassol and Larnaca just off the motorway.The site has toilets, showers, a launderette with coin operated machines and dryers and a restaurant. During July & August there is also a supermarket. Open all year round.
Altitude (m):0
Maximum capacity (tents, caravans): 360
Tel: +357 25632878, Fax +357 25632878
Price:€3.40 per tent plus €2.55 per person per night.
7. Baths of Aphrodite Entrance
📍 Neon Chorion - Akamas (Paphos District)
Location of site: Akamas Peninsula - Baths of Aphrodite Entrance. The Akamas Peninsula is Cyprus’s most northwestern tip. The Akamas National Park lies on the west coast of Cyprus, a truly pictorial part of the island. It has an area coverage of 230 square kilometres containing valleys, gorges and wide sandy bays. The wildlife diversity is crucial for the ecology in the Mediterranean. In this spectacular environment there are 168 varieties of birds, 20 different reptiles, 16 species of butterfly and 12 different mammals not to mention its very rich variety of fauna.
*NON Organised Campsite
The important significance of the Akamas Peninsula has been duly noted; The European Council has included it in its Mediterranean Protection Programme. The Cyprus Government has yet to fully declare it as a National Park for tourist and local landowners reasons, although friends of the Earth and Green Peace are lobbying hard for it.
The Akamas Peninsula is included in Natura 2000, the European network of protected areas, since it is a unique habitat with rich and rare flora and fauna.
8. Pachyammos Beach
📍 Pachyammos Village (Nicosia District)
Location of site: Although located in Nicosia district, due to the Turkish invasion of 1974, the villages of Pachyammos and Kato Pyrgos are now only accessible via the Paphos district reached by-following the A1 and the A6 motorways. After arriving at Paphos, take the B7, then the E704 to find the villages. The areas near the small village of Pachyammos are majestically beautiful and the mountains lead straight into the sea and makes this place the ideal place for free camping. This is the perfect place to simply pitch up and do nothing at al.
The main point of interest is the impressive church of Agios Rafael, an important pilgrimage site for the faithful due to the belief in the miraculous curing powers of the saint. Pachyammos Village Beach is an idyllic refuge for those seeking a remote and private stretch of bay to enjoy their day in tranquility.
The village of Pomos, which lies on the outskirts of a beautiful bay, is surrounded by steep hillsides. It is a laid back village very peaceful and quiet. It is ideal for those wanting to live the authentic Cyprus way of life, away from the hassle and bustle of tourist's resorts. This tranquil and calm area prides itself with amazing views of the coastline and sandy beaches, making it the ideal place for rest and relaxation.
9. Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias
📍 Kato Pyrgos Village (Nicosia District)
Location of site: Pyrgos Tyllirias is a village offering magical scenery which combines both the freshness of the mountain and the beauty of the sea. The village is built on a narrow and fertile plain in between the mountain and the blue sea of the Morphou bay. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is one of the few villages of Cyprus which have managed to maintain their natural beauty. The hills of the village are covered by a green veil deriving from the colour of the pines and mingling with the plantations of the plain, the peach and the lemon trees, until they reach the crystal beach with the small sandy bays.
The beach is approximately 3 km long and it constitutes an ideal holiday destination. The most well-known beaches of Pyrgos are: “The Omega”, “Apothikes” and “Kryoneri”. The naming of the first beach is linked to the shape of the Greek letter Ω (Omega) which is formed as the beach stretches towards the sea. The second beach, known as “Apothikes”, owes its naming to a 1920 building which was used, as of 1927, as a warehouse (Apothiki in Greek) where farming products were stored.
The last beach, “Kryoneri” (Coldwater), is linked to the artesian water which flows by the area and falls into the sea and there is located the Camping Site and the Park of Kato Pyrgos.
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Content Destinations
Du Quoin girls basketball Lady Indians' winning streak snapped
By Geary Deniston
Jan 17, 2020 9:02 AM - The Du Quoin girls basketball team saw its two-game winning streak come to end with a home loss to River-to-River Mississippi Division foe Nashville on Thursday and a road loss to nonconference Hamilton County Saturday. Nashville (16-4, 4-1 Mississippi), behind the record-setting performance of the Hornettes all-time block leader Rylee Luechtefeld, beat the Lady Indians 44-31 at Anders Gymnasium to drop Du Quoin to 2-3 in the conference.
Nashville shocks Pinckneyville
Jan 17, 2020 9:01 AM - Only 2nd loss on the season for AP #1 Panthers By Daniel Herbst
Panthers click on all cylinders to beat Murphy
Jan 17, 2020 9:02 AM - The 11-7 Panthers made short work of the 2-12 Murphysboro girls on Thursday, a team that is admittedly having an off season. Still, Panther Coach Alan Engelhardt saw a lot to like about his Pinckneyville team, who went to 12-7 on the night.
Du Quoin boys basketball Indians drop to last in conference after loss at Anna-Jonesboro
Jan 17, 2020 9:02 AM - Du Quoin boys basketball Indians drop to last in conference after loss at A-J
Du Quoin mobile market distributes more than 7,000 pounds of food
By Renee Trappe
Jan 17, 2020 9:01 AM - The line of cars stretched nearly out of the parking lot and onto Washington Street Monday, as people patiently waited for the basic food supplies being offered by the Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Center in their second "mobile market." When it was their turn, people drove up to where cheerful volunteers waited to deliver a box of staples into their trunks or back seats, food that had been delivered at 7:45 a.m. by a truck from the St. Louis Food Bank. As they began to drive away, many people rolled down their windows.
After 30+ year absence, Miss Du Quoin pageant is back
Jan 17, 2020 9:53 AM - Rachel Marks has been appearing in scholarship pageants since she was 16, but on Wednesday she had maybe one of her proudest moments yet -- and she wasn't competing. Marks, the reigning Mrs. Illinois, and a proud Du Quoin native, directed her first pageant ever, on the stage at Du Quoin High School. And in so doing, she brought back a former Du Quoin institution, freshened and updated for 2020.
Tracy Fenton: 'A pillar of our community'
Jan 17, 2020 8:59 AM - Tracy Fenton has had a lot of identities in his 48 years -- business owner, paramedic, truck driver, dad, husband, big time community supporter and barbecue genius. On Jan. 25 he'll have a new title: Du Quoin Citizen of the Year.
Embrace the great outdoors at Northern Illinois Sports Show
Submitted by the Outdoor Sports Group
Jan 16, 2020 11:33 AM - The Outdoor Sports Group will present The Northern Illinois Sports Show Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 16-19. This year's show continues a 40-year tradition of sports shows gracing the shores of Lake Michigan and the greater Chicago area.
A research visit turns into exhibit opportunity at Dunn Museum
By Kim Mikus
Jan 9, 2020 6:00 AM - Traditional Native American artists Pat Kruse and Terri Hom visited the Dunn Museum in Libertyville 16 months ago to research a birchbark cradle in the museum's collections. What transpired after the visit can now be seen at the museum.
New Dinosaur Adventure in Rosemont brings prehistoric creatures to life
By Ann Piccininni
Jan 9, 2020 10:52 AM - Some 80 animatronic dinosaurs will "stomp" through a prehistorically themed wonderland when Dinosaur Adventure comes to Rosemont's Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Jan. 10-12.
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Airdrie & Coatbridge
New link-up will help support and promote addiction recovery
NHS Lanarkshire to work alongside ASC Forth Valley after latter wins contract through improvement fund
Additional funding will help each ADP to further invest in recovery opportunities (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
NORTH Lanarkshire alcohol and drug partnership (NLADP) has commissioned addictions support and counselling (ASC) Forth Valley to work alongside NHS Lanarkshire to develop, support and promote addiction recovery in Monklands.
ASC, an independent voluntary organisation that provides addictions support and counselling, successfully won the contract for North Lanarkshire through the NLADP local improvement fund.
This provides additional funding from the Scottish government to each alcohol and drug partnership (ADP) in the country to further invest in recovery opportunities for communities.
Working closely with the Scottish Recovery Consortium, this initiative aims to deliver the best practice in recovery development and make addiction recovery visible and embedded in North Lanarkshire’s communities.
Paul Campbell, ADP development officer for North Lanarkshire, said: “We look forward to working in partnership with ASC to develop, support and promote a community approach to addiction recovery in North Lanarkshire.
“A key component in the delivery is investing in volunteers and people with lived experience so people and communities can come together to achieve positive change; the ethos is to share lived experience and to reinforce the message that recovery is possible.
“Every person’s recovery journey is individual and each person’s choice of recovery model and therapy should be based on their needs.
“We aim to ensure individuals can quickly access the right drug or alcohol service that keeps them safe and supports them through their recovery.
“This involves creating a recovery plan that is person-centred and addresses their broader health, care and social needs, while maintaining a focus on safety throughout their recovery journey.
“The goal is to reduce the levels of problematic alcohol or substance use by improving prevention infrastructure and developing a link in local communities between the recovery community and treatment and support providers.
“This project will involve developing a sustainable model of recovery support linked to and enhancing existing services and therefore maximising positive outcomes for individuals.”
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Fulbright FTA Amanda Liberman ’17 wins 1819 Award
By: Daniel DeVries
Amanda Liberman ’17, of Reading, Mass., has received Colgate’s 1819 Award, given annually to a student whose character, scholarship, sportsmanship, and service to others best exemplify the university’s spirit and the value of a liberal arts education.
Nominations for Liberman noted her intellectual curiosity, compassion, and determination. “Amanda stands out as exactly the type of person who should be recognized — not only for her contributions while on campus, but for her unlimited potential to have an amazing and positive impact on the world, post-’gate,” one nominator said.
Calling Liberman to the stage during the university’s annual Academic Awards Convocation, President Brian W. Casey noted her outstanding qualities, “selflessness without self-righteousness, leadership without pride, eloquence without arrogance, persistence without narrowness.”
Liberman, a molecular biology major with a minor in Russian and Eurasian studies, has served as a French tutor with the Upstate Institute foreign language program and as a verbal coach doing SAT prep with Let’s Get Ready! On campus, she volunteers for the Colgate Hunger Outreach Program and is actively involved with the Colgate Jewish Union and the pan-religious community in the Memorial Chapel basement.
As a junior, Liberman was named Colgate’s first Beckman Scholar, through which she received 15 months of funding to support her molecular biology research. That research focused on developing a mathematical model for circadian rhythms and anxiety. She has also been recognized with the Max A. Shacknai Volunteerism Award and the Kingsford Prize for Public Speaking.
Liberman recently earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, which begins after graduation and takes her to Kazakhstan. She was introduced to the country on an extended study course in the spring of her first year at Colgate, and she was fascinated by it. Her quest to return led her to apply for multiple fellowships that could get her there.
“Amanda has a strong interest in immersing herself in her host community and learning about local culture in Kazakhstan, plus excellent ideas about engaging students in the classroom, which made her an ideal Fulbright ETA candidate,” said Kimberly Germain, assistant dean for fellowship advising and a close adviser to all of Colgate’s Fulbright applicants. “I’m confident that she’ll have a great year and a really meaningful cross-cultural experience.”
Speaking about her plans for the future, Liberman said, “Eventually, I plan to attend medical school back in the United States. In addition to my teaching this year, I plan to volunteer at a local health clinic, and I look forward to speaking with practitioners of traditional medicine in the area.”
national fellowships and scholarships at Colgate.
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After Series of Controversial Remarks, Trump Refuses to Take Questions About Domestic Violence
His press secretary, meanwhile, claimed "we've condemned domestic violence in every way possible," despite several official statements praising former staffers accused of abuse
Common Dreams staff
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about trade at the White House on Feb. 13. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
At a White House meeting to discuss trade policy with lawmakers and cabinet members on Tuesday, President Donald Trump declined to answer reporters' questions about domestic violence, despite the ongoing controversy over tweets and statements from the president and his press team about the recent resignations of two staffers who were publicly accused of abusing former spouses.
President Trump does not respond to questions from the press, including a question asking if he had a message to domestic violence victims pic.twitter.com/SHiwOsMEYs
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 13, 2018
While the president refused to engage with reporters, White House Press Secretary Huckabee Sanders defended the Trump administration's responses to the allegations during a press briefing on Tuesday, claiming: "We've condemned domestic violence in every way possible," and, "The president takes all of these accusations very seriously. He believes in due process. Above anything else, he supports the victims of any type of violence and certainly would condemn any violence against anyone."
Sanders' statements built on the president's contentious tweet over the weekend, in which he decried false allegations of abuse and demanded "due process." Critics charged that his comment was "the most obvious demand that survivors, that women, just never speak," and pointed to the more than a dozen women who have accused Trump of "groping, fondling, forcibly kissing, humiliating, and harassing" them.
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For Wisconsin Democrats, recall of Gov. Scott Walker would be tall order
Democrats in Wisconsin and some of their union backers are vowing to launch a recall effort to try to unseat Republican Gov. Scott Walker. But a 2012 recall could be problematic.
Scott Bauer/AP
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker discusses results of recall elections on Wednesday, in Madison, Wis. Democrats in Wisconsin have vowed to launch a recall effort to try to unseat the controversial governor, following a bitter recall election that failed to unseat four Republican state senators.
By Mark Guarino Staff writer
@markguarino
The bruising fight in Wisconsin over which party controls the state Senate – and provides either a smooth or rocky path for legislation favored by controversial Republican Gov. Scott Walker – is over, but perhaps not for long. The next act of this political drama may be a recall effort of the new governor himself, according to state Democratic officials and their backers.
Having failed in Tuesday's recall elections to oust enough Republican senators to win control of the state Senate, Wisconsin Democrats appear unwilling to halt their campaign. The paperwork to start a gubernatorial recall is due in November, and 540,208 signatures would be needed before Jan. 3 to qualify a recall election for the ballot.
Much is at stake, as Wisconsin Democrats see it. After the 2010 midterm election, Republicans took control of the governor's office and both chambers of the Legislature, making it possible to push through Governor Walker's "budget repair bill" that curtailed the collective bargaining rights of public employees. Issues ahead include tax cuts, as well as redistricting for political seats, by which Republicans could cement their gains.
But a gubernatorial recall effort could prove to be a risky move for Democrats. It isn't clear that state Democrats could get as much financial support from unions and other supporters outside Wisconsin during a presidential election year, when there are many other Democratic causes looking for backing. Nor is it clear the Wisconsin public has the stomach for another recall battle.
Governor Walker himself suggested as much Wednesday, telling the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that the public is “tired of seemingly year-round campaigning.” “Whether it’s a gubernatorial recall, or any other recall, I don’t think there’s a whole lot of enthusiasm for having a whole ‘nother wave of ads and money come into the state of Wisconsin,” he said.
The Democratic side, though, is still breathing fire. “Governor Walker has divided the state of Wisconsin like no other state official has, and I think a recall of Scott Walker is still very real,” said Scot Ross, executive director of the One Wisconsin Now, a left-leaning advocacy organization.
Speaking to reporters late Tuesday, Mike Tate, chairman of the state Democratic Party, confirmed that Walker was his organization’s next target. “We will not stop, we will not rest … until we recall Scott Walker,” he said.
State Republican leaders suggest that targeting Walker, following a year of intensive elections that also included a state Supreme Court race in April that was likewise seen as a referendum on the governor's policies, is an abuse of the state’s political process.
“You cannot nullify elections just because you didn’t like the outcome. Recalls are for malfeasance. [The Republican state senators] did not do it. They did their jobs. They should not have been up for [a recall] in the first place,” says Rick Baas, vice chairman of the Republican Party of Milwaukee County. If Democrats do launch a recall effort of the governor, it will be “fool hardy,” he says, because it is unlikely the national Democratic Party will steer money away from the national election.
A Walker recall effort would not necessarily help Democrats much, because they would remain stymied by GOP control of both the state Senate and the Assembly, says John McAdams, a political scientist at Marquette University in Milwaukee. (Democrats say the pickup of two Senate seats on Tuesday gives the GOP just a 17-16 majority, which will now make it more difficult for Republicans to approve legislation without some Democratic backing.)
Another obstacle, says Mr. McAdams, is time: The longer Walker’s policies take hold in Wisconsin, the more the public has an opportunity to see any benefits that may accrue. “Simply recalling Walker doesn’t get [Democrats] anywhere close to what they want,” he says.
Moreover, a Walker recall in November 2012 could be overshadowed by the presidential election, which would shift priorities at the state level – both in manpower and campaign money. “I’m a bit skeptical that Walker is going to face a genuinely serious recall effort. There’s a lot going on in 2012,” says McAdams.
Unions are uncertain whether a Walker recall is worth the financial commitment, especially with labor under threat in surrounding states such as Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, says a national official with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), who asked that his name not be used because he is not allowed to speak publicly.
He said the ALF-CIO's main focus in Wisconsin is defending two Democratic state senators who face recall votes on Aug. 16. After that, that national effort will turn to Ohio, where voters will have an opportunity on Nov. 8 to undo a bill passed earlier this year that erodes collective bargaining rights.
If his adversaries do launch a recall effort later this year, Walker is prepared for the fight. The governor has raised $2.5 million in the first half of 2011 – five times the amount his predecessor raised in the same period after his election, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
The recall election in Wisconsin Tuesday is being cheered as a victory for both political parties in the state: Republicans say they successfully thwarted a Democratic push to take over the state Senate while Democrats say winning at least two Senate seats has slimmed the margin between both parties to 17-16, which will make it more difficult for legislation they consider unfavorable to pass moving forward.
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CTI Retreat Report unveiled
CONFEDERATION OF TANZANIA INDUSTRIES
(CTI)
PROCEEDINGS OF CTI COUNCILLORS RETREAT ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF CTI HELD AT THE WHITE SANDS HOTEL, MBEZI BEACH DAR ES SALAAM ON 26TH SEPTEMBER 2019
1, ATTENDANCE
Mr. Subhash M. Patel Chairman
Mr. Paul D. Makanza 1st Vice Chairman
Mr. Yogesh Manek Councilor
Mr. N E Maembe Councilor
Mr. Hussein Sufian Ally Councilor
Mr. Leodegar Tenga Executive Director / Secretary to the Council
Invited Guests
Dr. Gracian Bamwenda Consultant - Presenter
Mr. Aidan Eyakuze Executive Director of Twaweza East Africa - Moderator
Ms. Lilian Manga Director, Finance and Administration
Ms. Neema Mhondo Director, Membership and Services
Mr. Akida Mnyenyelwa Director, Policy and Advocacy
Mr. Perege Gumbo Communications Specialist
Ms. Anna Kiango Personal Secretary
Ms. Anna Kimaro Policy Specialist Business Environment
Mr. Frank Dafa Policy Specialist Trade
Ms. Herieth Saria Accountant
Ms. Annette Temu Membership and Services Officer
OBJECTIVE OF THE RETREAT
The CTI Governing Council met on 26th September 2019 to conduct a review of the current performance of CTI in order to recommend an appropriate strategy for an efficient, vibrant and sustainable future of CTI.
OPENING OF THE MEETING
The Executive Director thanked the Council members present and introduced the two invited guests – Dr. Damian Bamwenda, a consultant working with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Mr. Aidan Eyakuze, Executive Director of Twaweza EA Ltd.
The CTI chairman, Mr. Subhash Patel opened the meeting at 09.30 hours, and welcomed the consultants to deliver their presentations.
Two presentations related to the objective of the Retreat were made. Dr. Gratian Bamwenda delivered the first presentation on ‘The Transformation of CTI’ and the second presentation on “Exploring the Future in perspective of Tanzania, Industry and CTI” was made by Mr. Aidan Eyakuze.
Both of the presentations focused on the need to look at the current global trends in determining how CTI should position itself. The two presentations highlighted the following major issues:
Having been in existence for 20 years, since its establishment, CTI needs to re-examine its ambition, purpose and mode of operation in view of the changing social, economic and political conditions in the country in order to remain relevant to its members and stakeholders.
The world is changing so fast and the developed world is currently far ahead of us as a country. As such, we should aim at taking appropriate measures if we are to compete and remain relevant in the grand scheme of things. We should realize that most of the industrialized world has already reached the 3rd or 4th Phases of Industrial Revolution (the digital and artificial intelligence phases), while we are still struggling to achieve the 2nd Phase (mass production phase). We should also take note of the dominant US-led international system and the emerging Chinese Belt and Road Initiative in articulating what we should be doing. On a regional and continental scale, we should recognize the impact of the regional and continental forums such as the EAC, SADCC, COMESA and AfCFTA on our country’s economy and industrial development in particular.
For CTI to remain relevant and attractive, it should deliver value adding services / products to its members and stakeholders.
The focus for CTI should be to shift towards being an information / knowledge provider over and above advocating for solutions to the challenges facing its members. The overall aim should be to help its members move from their current sub-optimal scale of manufacturing to modern competitive manufacturing. Providing information and training that will enhance the capacity of members to plan and improve their performance will add value.
CTI should position itself as a partner in the Government’s development efforts, particularly in promoting the industrialization agenda.
CTI should articulate its role in the development of the country. It should tell its own story on what it is doing and what is its contribution to the social economic wellbeing of the country. It should leverage members’ successes in telling its (CTI’s) story.
CTI needs to move from being seen as an organization that dwells on presenting complaints and challenges to the Government to being a service / solution provider.
DELIBERATIONS AND PROPOSED MEASURES
After the presentations, the Councillors deliberated on the matter and came up with the following key proposals:
1. Policy Issues
5.1.1 The CTI Secretariat should be enhanced to be able to collect information on global trends in manufacturing, marketing and organization that will shape the local production / manufacturing capacities and make them competitive both locally and internationally.
5.1.2 CTI needs to continue taking a proactive approach towards policy advocacy. This includes actively engaging in regular dialogues with Key Government officials, heads of regulatory agencies and Government institutions, members of Parliament and important stakeholders. The aim for dialogue should be to sensitize the policy and decision makers on CTI’s positions, get updates on policy reforms and understand the Government’s perspective on various issues affecting the industrial sector. Achieving this will position CTI as the voice of industry and driver of the policy formulation process.
5.1.3 CTI should leverage its members’ success stories as evidence for building confidence and influence in policy formulation process.
5.1.4 CTI should organize regular meetings with members on sub sectorial basis to discuss and come up with recommendations on key issues affecting their performances.
5.1.5 CTI should always have a manageable number of major crosscutting issues affecting industries to focus on and should provide regular updates to the members on the progress. In that way, it will be seen to be working / delivering for the members.
2. Membership and Services issues
5.2.1 CTI should enhance its efforts in increasing and widening the membership base.
5.2.2 CTI should have a reliable database of its members in order to have a good understanding of their capacities and requirements for effective representation and advocacy. The database should include key contact persons of the respective member companies to facilitate effective communication.
5.2.3 CTI should use its Website as a platform for interaction of its members and the general public. The website should be used for exchanging / sharing business information, advertising products and services, job offers, among many other things.
5.2.4 CTI should plan at recruiting large companies to improve subscription income.
5.2.5 CTI should organize luncheons or dinners with corporate companies to discuss pertinent issues affecting industries and forge a close relationship.
5.2.6 CTI should seek information on newly registered companies from TIC and BRELA for recruitment.
5.2.4 CTI should engage and form alliances with other membership organisations such as the organisations of Chinese, European and Turkish Industries in the country to share experiences and forge close ties.
5.2.5 CTI should continue putting emphasis on visiting members as the most effective means of establishing a strong link with them.
5.2.5 CTI should actively be involved in the development of educational curriculums and internship programs for universities, colleges and other training institutions. These programs should focus on developing the required skills for the graduates by exposing them to the practical experience of working in manufacturing plants.
5.2.6 CTI should continue to collaborate with TPSF and other PSO’s in pursuing the introduction of universal membership for PSOs in the country as proposed in the draft Private Sector Policy Paper currently under consideration by the Government.
3. Communication Issues
5.3.1 CTI should align the interests of both the internal public (members) and the external public (government and other stakeholders) to become a credible voice for the industry in Tanzania.
5.3.2 CTI should improve its visibility by effectively implementing its Communication Strategy. There is a need for CTI to increase its communication links with members through the different media / communication platforms – electronic and print media, emails, telephone, WhatsApp, website and other social media platforms.
5.3.3 CTI should provide regular updates on its activities to members.
5.3.4 CTI should always provide prompt feedback as and when required by members.
5.3.5 CTI should enhance its communication capacity by building the capacity of the Secretariat and upgrading the available facilities.
4. Finance and Administrative Issues
5.4.1 CTI must review of the structure its Secretariat in order to meet the revised objectives.
5.4.2 CTI must beef up its Secretariat by increasing the number of staff and enhancing their capacity to meet the envisaged requirements.
5.4.3 CTI should be able to generate the necessary financial resources to operate sustainably.
5.4.4 CTI should enhance subscription collection efforts.
5.4.5 CTI should work on maximizing generation of funds from other activities such as the PMAYA competition and event, the Coffee Book Publication, consultative meetings with key Government officials and professional training programmes.
5.4.6 CTI should work towards securing external finances to run planned projects.
5.4.7 CTI should work at securing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and / or Cooperation Arrangements with Government Ministries, Departments and Agents (MDAs) to grant CTI exclusive mandate to perform certain roles / functions such as verification, authentication and processing applications of companies / individuals on behalf of the respective institutions. For example, at the moment, all truck owners have to be registered by the Tanzania Truck Owners Association (TATOA) to get the necessary permits from the Government.
WAY FORWARD
In the end, it was agreed that:
6.1 The Secretariat should compile proceedings of the Retreat and distribute them to the Councillors for further input and that final a Retreat session would be held to firm up the revised strategy at a date to be decided by the Management Committee.
6.2 In the meantime, efforts should be exerted in ensuring that the outstanding annual subscriptions are collected, the required subscriptions for the Coffee Book Publication are obtained and the PMAYA Event is successfully held.
6.3 Councillors and other established members should actively engage in CTI activities and use their influence to sensitize other members to meet their outstanding subscriptions and participate in CTI activities. In the short term, the important activities include finalizing the Coffee Book Publication and organizing the PMAYA event. If the members were committed to paying annual subscriptions and actively engaging and participating in CTI activities, the sustainability of CTI would be attained.
6.4 The Secretariat should prepare a short term financing plan for the period 1st October to 31st December 2019 for the consideration of the MSFA and Management Committees.
6,5 The CTI Chairman, Mr. Subhash Patel, volunteered to send in his communication expert to help the Secretariat to improve the Website and the communication facilities available at CTI. He also offered to provide financial support in facilitating publicity of CTI activities leading to the PMAYA Event and the AGM.
The CTI First Vice Chairman, Mr. Paul Makanza, thanked the Chairman for his unwavering commitment to the CTI course; Dr. Bamwenda and Mr. Eyakuze for their useful input; and the rest of the participants for their contributions.
Furthermore, the 1st Vice Chairman thanked the Chairman for offering the venue of the meeting and the hospitality accorded.
The Chairman thanked the participants for their valuable contributions and closed the meeting at 13:45 hours.
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Gilera ER200
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Two stroke, single cylinder
26.02 HP (19.4 KW) @ 7500RPM
Front: Telescopic forks
Rear: Alloy swing arm adjustable single shock
Front: Single 240mm disc
Rear: Drum
122 kg / 275 lbs (dry),
15 Liters / 3.9 US gal
The Gilera ER 200 was a liquid-cooled, two-stroke, single cylinder Enduro motorcycle produced by Gilera in 1988. Claimed horsepower was 26.02 HP (19.4 KW) @ 7500 RPM.
1 Engine
2 Chassis
Engine[edit]
The engine featured a 9.5:1 compression ratio.
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It came with a 2.75-21 front tire and a 4.60-17 rear tire. Stopping was achieved via Single 240mm disc in the front and a Drum in the rear. The front suspension was a Telescopic forks while the rear was equipped with a Alloy swing arm adjustable single shock. The ER200 was fitted with a 15 Liters / 3.9 US gal fuel tank. The bike weighed just 122 kg / 275 lbs.
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This time in fact we deal with three separate models but presented in the same period, indeed on the same day, and united by the same engine, as well as by the chassis and a very similar bike. These were times when a house could afford the luxury of presenting three models on the same day. Moreover, the production of these three models in question, which were well differentiated, was of little cost burden, as the most expensive components (starting with the engine) were identical for all three. The date is 4 December 1986, the place of the Ferrari track of Fiorano. If you think then that only a few days later, at the Bologna Motor Show, the house of Arcore would have presented the RC 125 model you have an idea of the past splendours of this glorious company, today condemned to be a gregarious of the Piaggio Group that produces only Scooter. Starting from the engine, this was the same one mounted on the Gilera KZ and KK 125. It measured 56 mm of bore for 50.5 of a stroke, for a displacement of 124.3 cc and was equipped with a mechanical exhaust valve APTS. If on the roads it delivered 26 hp at 9,000 rpm and a torque of 2.1 kgm at 8,750 rpm, on the enduro models, maintaining the Power supply with DellOrto PHBH 28 carburetor but using a different exhaust, the power dropped to 25 hp, delivered at 8,750 laps, while the value of Maximum torque remained unchanged, but was delivered at 8,500 rpm. Identical also the frame, a double cradle continues in square steel tubes. Different were the use destinations and the inspiring concepts, as well as a part of cycling and components. The ER 125, also available in the displacement 200, was basically the heir to the RTX 125. It was therefore a classic enduro with high front fender and mask, although the latter had a more aerodynamic and less square look. Its vital measurements were: 2,180 mm long, 910 mm wide, 1,375 mm axis, saddle height 870 mm and dry weight of 119 kg, while the tank had a capacity of 15 liters. The Paioli fork, as on the latest RX, had the stems of 35 mm and a 220 mm run, while the rear suspension with Gilera Monodrive system and single shock had a 200 mm excursion. The wheels were steel but aluminum wheels were available as an option. The tyres measured 2.75x21 and 4.75x17 and were tubeless only paired with alloy wheels. The rear circle of 18 for a more 17-foot-17 was then abandoned. The brakes were 240 mm disc in front and 140 mm drum behind. The available colours were white or blue, both with red saddles, while the price was 3,905,000 lire, plus 295,000 lire for optional electric starter.
The RRT Nebraska was the heir to the Arizona Hawk and was kept the evocative spirit, changing the American state to which it was dedicated to, but also much more and much more substantial. Nebraska experiences the complete fairing with mask attached to the frame along with the rest of the hull and not more to the fork, following a little Dakariana fashion at the end Eighties. The fender, however, remained high, while on many other similar models of the time was attached to the front wheel. Characteristics also some dakarian accessories, actually more than the tinsel aesthetics but very guessed: the front headlight had a protection grid, which actually protected very little being consists of only two horizontal irons, while in the part a plastic paramotor appeared, which served more to close the design of the hull that to actually protect plinth. The RRT's measures were identical to those of the ER, with a weight of 2 kg, so how identical was the capacity of the tank. Its price was ER of only 150,000 lire, while colors were always two, though to be honest the Nebraska on saw almost exclusively in the eye-catching blue/white version saddle and the bottom of the red flanks, while less success had the black/red coloring. Contrary to the ER a 200 version was not made. Major differences were on the Fastbike 125, which was not an enduro all the effects. In practice, it can be considered as a supernova of the supermotard, although at the time the term more widespread was funbike. Gilera herself called it at the time a multirole bike. The fashion of supermotards was yet to arrive, but meanwhile beyond the Alps wax already someone who was starting to mount sports hoops on motorcycles from Enduro. Yamaha also soon followed the same path with the TDR 250. READ ALSO > Amarcord: Yamaha TDR 250 Aesthetically more similar to the ER, the Fastbike had one more road, emphasized by the front fender low and especially from the 18-square-tinted circle, coupled with one 17 at the back, with 90/90 and 4.70 tyres, decidedly atypical on a supermotard today. The suspensions had so a smaller run: 200 mm in front and 140 mm at the back. The braking system, on the other hand, could count on a rear disc 230 mm instead of the drum. Speaking of measures, those Fastbike were only slightly different from the Fastbike's her most off-road colleagues: the interinterasse was longer than 10 mm (1,385), while the saddle was slightly lower (850 The price of the Fastbike 125, which was also available in the 200 version, was identical to that of rRT Nebraska and was sold in two colours: blue or white, both with friezes and red saddle. Declared benefits were almost identical for all three bikes: 130 km/h for ER, 132 km/h for Nebraska and 134 km/h for the Fastbike, with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h of 9.4 seconds and equal consumption 25.2 km/litre. These three models were not actually very long-lived and suffered from internal competition from other successful enduro models of the House of Arcore, which came out of shortly there, including the RC 125 (presented as mentioned some Days later), the R1 and the XR1 (both presented in 1988).
For the Fastbike, the times were decidedly unripe. His heir arrived in 1991: called Freestyle and was strictly derived from the Apache 125, in turn heir to the RC Top Rally.
Specifications[edit]
Gilera ER 200
183 cc / 11.1 cu-in
Dell'Orto premix
26 hp / 19 kW @ 7500 rpm
Alloy swing arm adjustable single shock
Single 240mm disc
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Derry meeting to hear author’s account of the global war against Cuba
A Canadian author and journalist will address a public meeting in Derry tomorrow to speak about his new book which examines the negative view of Cuba presented by the media.
Manufacturing the Enemy: The Media War on Cuba, was written by, Keith Bolender, who has spent many years studying and documenting the ongoing efforts of the United States to undermine the Cuban state.
He believes that the mainstream media, both in the US and in the political West generally, has presented an overwhelmingly negative view of the Cuban Revolution.
Even in Ireland this bias is clearly evident, up to and including the recent visit of Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel which was not covered at all by RTE news or current affairs
The meeting is being hosted by the Cuba Support Group which was established in 1993 to campaign against the US economic blockade of Cuba and for better relations between Ireland and Cuba.
Cuba Support Group member John Bowen, who recently met the Cuban President in Dublin has said Ireland should become more critical of the United States’ Cuban policy and the Irish mainstream media should not unquestioningly carry US propaganda against Cuba.
“For 60 years the United States has carried out a ruthless campaign against socialist Cuba which has ranged from attempted invasion and assassinations to the blockade of food, medicine and technology from entering Cuba.
“This has been supplemented with a campaign of misinformation, myths and outright lies against the Cuban revolution and while we have come to expect this from the United States we should expect more from the mainstream media outside of the US, including Ireland,” said John Bowen.
The meeting will be held in the Ráth Mór Centre, Creggan, on Friday 8th November starting at 7pm. Entry is free. All are welcome.
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Quick Q&A with former UM star Nik Stauskas
The Detroit News' Rod Beard sat down with former Michigan guard Nik Stauskas.
Quick Q&A with former UM star Nik Stauskas The Detroit News' Rod Beard sat down with former Michigan guard Nik Stauskas. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1EJvkG2
Rod Beard, The Detroit News Published 4:03 p.m. ET Feb. 23, 2015 | Updated 4:04 p.m. ET Feb. 23, 2015
Sacramento Kings guard Nik Stauskas (10) was the No. 8 pick in the NBA draft.(Photo: Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)
Former Michigan guard Nik Stauskas was the 2014 Big Ten player of the year and the No. 8 pick in the NBA draft by the Kings.
Stauskas returned to Crisler Center for last week's rivalry game against Michigan State, and addressed the players before the game.
Question: What did you tell the team before the game?
Stauskas: "The message was simple: just go out there and have fun. That's the main thing for me coming back here and being in this atmosphere. It brings a smile to my face and I remember how much fun I had playing basketball here in enjoying the rivalry and taking pride in being a Michigan Wolverine."
Question:What do you think of Jim Harbaugh?
Stauskas: "Michigan fans are going to hate me for saying this ... he's got to get some time to get his recruiting classes and get things right. People can't just expect him to come in and turn around the way things are. Over time, he'll pull things out."
Question:Your class had similar high expectations. How hard is it to make an immediate impact (in football)?
Stauskas: "The difference is there are 12 or 13 guys on a basketball team and over 100 guys on a football team. Bringing in five freshmen is like half our team. In football, it's different. There need to be a lot of other guys to make an impact."
Question:What's your advice to Caris LeVert?
Stauskas: "Just explore all your options, talk to the right people, make a lot of calls, talk to your family — the ones who you trust most — and follow what feels right for you after that. With a guy who's as talented as him, there's no right or wrong decision at that point in time — whatever he feels best."
Question:Were there any moments of hesitation about coming back to Michigan for your junior season?
Stauskas: "None at all. I see how hard I worked and I see what I'm able to do every day in practice against NBA players. At the end of the day, it's just hoops and I'm confident in my abilities and I have a feeling after my career is over, I'm going to take a look back at these first four or five months of my career and I'm going to laugh at it and say that those were some tough times I went through. I'm sure things are going to get better from here on out."
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Series of Orphan Black games to be released by IDW Games.
March 20, 2015 - 10:56pm
The first Orphan Black comic book, based on a popular Canadian sci-fi TV series, released in February and it became the #1 sold comic for that month. Now IDW Games has announced that a series of tabletop games will be released based on this property. The first one will be Orphan Black: The Card Game and is expected to be released in July 2015.
Description from the publisher: In Orphan Black: The Card Game, you are secretly assigned to one of three teams: the Proletheans, Neolutionists, or the Bird Watchers. The goal of the game is to influence as many clones into joining your faction as possible, while also keeping your opponents guessing as to which of the three factions you're really working for. If you can keep other players in the dark while secretly exerting influence on your targets, you'll come out on top.
The art for the game is said to be stills from the show, MSRP has not yet been announced. Read the full post here. If you're a fan of hidden role/bluffing games this one sounds like it will be right up your alley. Keep an eye on the Dice Tower News website for more information. Orphan Black: The Card Game on Board Game Geek.
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[Admin Note: Several of these first posts are from other threads. I've collected them here on a thread devoted to "Inspiring Oldsters". --Dean] Sthira, I appreciate your advocacy for the image of centenarians, and I mean them no offense, but I think supercentenarians generally look like crap in photos because they look like crap in real life. They are suffering the ravages of the aging process, and by our hard-wired standards of physical attractiveness, these folks ain't it. Honestly, I expect the photographers are doing their best to make them look ok. But while there may not be many (any?) attractive supercentenarians, there are centenarians who still look quite good. This Pinterest channel has lots of pictures of them. But Pinterest is a PITA, blocking anyone without an account from view its pictures. So I've screen captured several of the most striking (reportedly) centenarians and linked to them below. Pretty impressive, both the individuals and the photography. --Dean
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FoxO3 Allele Associated with Reduced All-Cause Mortality Across Populations
All, I'm usually reluctant to post studies that try to associate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with health or longevity outcomes. There are several reasons to be skeptical of such gene studies, including: They often fail to replicate across different populations The effects of individual SNP variations are often quite small - since there are usually many genes and polymorphisms that contribute to any important health/longevity outcome Often it's not even clear from the study what the specific allele variation(s) the authors are evaluating You often can't even find out what variant of an allele you have - since only some of us have our own genetic data and even that is only partial coverage through 23andMe. There is nothing you can do about it anyway - your genes are your genes. These polymorphisms and their effects often have nothing to do with CR. But this new meta-analysis [1] posted by Al Pater (thanks Al!) seems to suffer from none of these shortcomings. It focuses on a SNP in the FoxO3 gene (rs2802292) which has been previously associated with longevity - is it overrepresented in centenarians [2], as discussed here, and summarized as: [T]he odds ratio for reaching 100 years of age for rs2802292(G;G) vs (T;T) carriers was 2.75 (p = 0.00009; adjusted p = 0.00135). One's odds of living to 100 with one copy of 'G' for rs2802292 (i.e. G:T), appears to be about 1.5-2 times greater than people with T:T. Those results were encouraging, but didn't address causality, and was limited to a homogeneous population of men. Plus it only seemed relevant for people without other 'gotchas' (genetic or otherwise) that might kill them off long before reaching 100. What about the rest of us mortals, who may not be destined to live that long? Does having copies of the 'G' allele for rs2802292 do the rest of us any good on the way to extreme longevity? Apparently - Yes! Study [1] followed three pretty large groups of Americans with Japanese (N ≈ 3600), Caucasian (N ≈ 1600), or African (N ≈ 1000) ancestory for 17 years to assess the association between SNP rs2802292 status and mortality. Interestingly, the frequency of being a lucky 'G' Allele Carrier (GAC) for this SNP varied between the three populations - 47% of Japanese, 58% of Caucasian and 92% of African ancestry folks were GACs. Across all three populations, being a GAC was associated with a 10% reduction in all-cause mortality over the 17 year follow-up, with virtually all of the benefit resulting from a 26% reduction in heart disease mortality. Here is the most important figure from the free full text: As you can see the effect was quite consistent across the three populations. The difference in the confidence interval for the three groups was a result of the different population sizes. The cool thing is that those of us with 23andMe data can find out our status for SNP rs2802292. Simply log in to 23andMe and follow this link. I'm fortunate to be in the ~60% of caucasian people who is a 'G' carrier for this allele (I've got one copy). But for anyone who isn't lucky enough to be a GAC for this allele, there is still hope. Why? Because FoxO3 gene activity is something we know quite a bit about, including ways of boosting its activity, like the G allele for rs2802292 apparently does. Curiously, cider vinegar appears to upregulate DAF-16, the C. Elegans equivalent of FoxO3, which in turn resulted in the worms living 25% longer, as discussed here. So maybe cider vinegar is worth including in one's diet. I do. But even more relevant, we know that both CR and cold exposure increase FoxO3 gene expression largely by upregulating SIRT1, as discussed recently here. So everybody wins! --Dean ------------------ [1] The FoxO3 gene and cause-specific mortality. Willcox BJ, Tranah GJ, Chen R, Morris BJ, Masaki KH, He Q, Willcox DC, Allsopp RC, Moisyadi S, Poon LW, Rodriguez B, Newman AB, Harris TB, Cummings SR, Liu Y, Parimi N, Evans DS, Davy P, Gerschenson M, Donlon TA. Aging Cell. 2016 Apr 13. doi: 10.1111/acel.12452. [Epub ahead of print] Free Article http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12452/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12452/pdf Abstract The G allele of the FOXO3 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2802292 exhibits a consistently replicated genetic association with longevity in multiple populations worldwide. The aims of this study were to quantify the mortality risk for the longevity-associated genotype and to discover the particular cause(s) of death associated with this allele in older Americans of diverse ancestry. It involved a 17-year prospective cohort study of 3584 older American men of Japanese ancestry from the Honolulu Heart Program cohort, followed by a 17-year prospective replication study of 1595 white and 1056 black elderly individuals from the Health Aging and Body Composition cohort. The relation between FOXO3 genotype and cause-specific mortality was ascertained for major causes of death including coronary heart disease (CHD), cancer, and stroke. Age-adjusted and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) for all-cause and cause-specific mortality. We found G allele carriers had a combined (Japanese, white, and black populations) risk reduction of 10% for total (all-cause) mortality (HR = 0.90; 95% CI, 0.84-0.95; P = 0.001). This effect size was consistent across populations and mostly contributed by 26% lower risk for CHD death (HR = 0.74; 95% CI, 0.64-0.86; P = 0.00004). No other causes of death made a significant contribution to the survival advantage for G allele carriers. In conclusion, at older age, there is a large risk reduction in mortality for G allele carriers, mostly due to lower CHD mortality. The findings support further research on FOXO3 and FoxO3 protein as potential targets for therapeutic intervention in aging-related diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease. KEYWORDS: FOXO3; heart disease; longevity; mortality PMID: 27071935 -------------- [2] Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 16;105(37):13987-92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0801030105. Epub 2008 Sep 2. FOXO3A genotype is strongly associated with human longevity. Willcox BJ(1), Donlon TA, He Q, Chen R, Grove JS, Yano K, Masaki KH, Willcox DC, Rodriguez B, Curb JD. Author information: (1)Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. bjwillcox@phrihawaii.org Human longevity is a complex phenotype with a significant familial component, yet little is known about its genetic antecedents. Increasing evidence from animal models suggests that the insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway is an important, evolutionarily conserved biological pathway that influences aging and longevity. However, to date human data have been scarce. Studies have been hampered by small sample sizes, lack of precise phenotyping, and population stratification, among other challenges. Therefore, to more precisely assess potential genetic contributions to human longevity from genes linked to IIS signaling, we chose a large, homogeneous, long-lived population of men well-characterized for aging phenotypes, and we performed a nested-case control study of 5 candidate longevity genes. Genetic variation within the FOXO3A gene was strongly associated with human longevity. The OR for homozygous minor vs. homozygous major alleles between the cases and controls was 2.75 (P = 0.00009; adjusted P = 0.00135). Long-lived men also presented several additional phenotypes linked to healthy aging, including lower prevalence of cancer and cardiovascular disease, better self-reported health, and high physical and cognitive function, despite significantly older ages than controls. Several of these aging phenotypes were associated with FOXO3A genotype. Long-lived men also exhibited several biological markers indicative of greater insulin sensitivity and this was associated with homozygosity for the FOXO3A GG genotype. Further exploration of the FOXO3A gene, human longevity and other aging phenotypes is warranted in other populations. PMCID: PMC2544566 PMID: 18765803
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Optimal Late-Life BMI for Longevity
Dean Pomerleau posted a topic in CR Practice
Mike Lustgarten has penned an interesting blog post in which he looks at data from several sources, including these two meta-analyses [1][2]. Study [1] found the optimal BMI for adults in general (median age 58), was pretty flat and optimal between BMI of 19-25. Here is the graph: But [2] found in older adults (65+) the optimal BMI was much higher: As we've discussed here, this late-life "obesity paradox" might be a result of latent disease making people thin and more likely to die. Or it could simply be that heavier people have more metabolic reserves, which is important to enable the elderly to weather the "slings and arrows" of aging / decrepitude (e.g. falls & fractures, hospitalization, sarcopenia, loss of appetite, etc.) But the most interesting graphic from Mike's post is this one, in which Mike looked through a bunch of references (see his blog post for the list of references) and apparently did his own meta-analysis of the average BMI of centenarians (thanks Mike!): As you can see, most centenarians have a BMI between 19 and 24. He concludes: Centenarians have a BMI between 19.3-24.4 kg/m2. Shouldn’t that be the BMI reference range for those interested in living past 100? On the CR Society Facebook Group discussion of Mike's blog post, I question his rationale for this statement, saying: To play devil's advocate, it seems like the only way to answer [the question of the optimal BMI for living past 100] is to see if [the centenarians] have maintained that BMI from a much younger age, or have only gotten that thin as a results of sarcopenia and other unintended weight loss. Or maybe they've gained weight relative to their younger selves. There just isn't enough information to know what is optimal based on late-life BMI in the extremely old. I further suggest something we've discussed before (in the thread mentioned above): The optimal strategy may be to remain thin until one's elderly years to gain the benefits of CR, then put on weight to serve as a metabolic reserves when adverse events are likely to require them in old age. --Dean ------- [1] Berrington de Gonzalez A, Hartge P, Cerhan JR, Flint AJ, Hannan L, MacInnis RJ, Moore SC, Tobias GS, Anton-Culver H, Freeman LB, Beeson WL, Clipp SL, English DR, Folsom AR, Freedman DM, Giles G, Hakansson N, Henderson KD, Hoffman-Bolton J, Hoppin JA, Koenig KL, Lee IM, Linet MS, Park Y, Pocobelli G, Schatzkin A, Sesso HD, Weiderpass E, Willcox BJ, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Willett WC, Thun MJ. Body-mass index and mortality among 1.46 million white adults. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 2;363(23):2211-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1000367. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2011 Sep 1;365(9):869. ---- [2] Winter JE, MacInnis RJ, Wattanapenpaiboon N, Nowson CA. BMI and all-cause mortality in older adults: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Apr;99(4):875-90.
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Argument for Studying the Really Old
Dean Pomerleau posted a topic in CR Science & Theory
Here is a cogent argument that aging researchers should focus more attention on the oldest of the old, both because it is a growing demographic and because the causing of aging (and eventual death) of the really old are different from the "young old", those in their 60s and 70s who are dying from the usual lineup of chronic diseases (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc), and so studying the really old could teach us a lot about the true causes of aging (or causes of true aging?): http://www.longevityreporter.org/blog/2015/9/8/anti-aging-old While the writer does mentioned gunk (amyloid) building up as part of the mechanism of aging in the very old (one of Aubrey's seven deadly sources of damage), overall his argument seems to be in somewhat interesting contrast to Aubrey De Grey's perspective (at least as I've seen him express recently). Aubrey seems to be focusing the efforts of the SENS research projects on reversing the damage that accumulates on the path to our common killers (e.g. genes from bacteria that can break down oxidized cholesterol which leads to heart disease), calling this accumulation of damage the true hallmark and cause of aging (my paraphrasing). Perhaps the author and Aubrey are not that far apart, but I've found Aubrey's blurring the line between aging "proper" and the "diseases of aging" very interesting. Intuitively Aubrey's perspective makes a lot of sense to me: accumulation of damage is just what it means to age, and when enough of it accumulates, it manifests itself as one of the diseases of aging and you die. But at the same time it seems like something other than the diseases of aging are very consistently limiting practical human lifespan to about 115-116 years (with Jean Calmet as an extreme outlier), as if there is something else going on in the background that will eventually get you even if the diseases of aging don't. --Dean
Most Elderly Don't WANT to Live to 100
All, I was quite surprised to see in this study [1] posted by Al (thanks Al!) that among a population of nearly 1500 elderly people (age 75-96), two thirds said they didn't want to live to see 100. And these folks were apparently not institutionalized, but instead were "community dwelling" and recruited randomly by mail from the Helsinki's population registry. So they should have been a pretty good sample of older folks, if anything skewed towards being healthier than average rather than decrepit since they were able to respond to the survey. The two factors that correlated most strongly with desiring to make centenarian status were being male and being in good subjectively-reported health - so most of us have that goin' for us. For those who said no to the question of living to 100, their reasons were a litany of complaints about life and old age - pretty depressing actually: Among those not wishing to live to be 100, by far the largest proportion gave anticipatory explanations, seeming to believe that disease or poor functioning would be inevitable in a long life (n = 226): ‘Too many diseases!’ ‘Probably I would be too frail’ (Table 3). Emerging attitudes were mainly pessimistic. Many of the participants seemed to experience that life is meaningless (n = 111), ‘Not worth living’, or they conveyed indifference (n = 82) or even bitterness (n = 72): ‘Pointless suffering’; ‘Society is so cruel’. In addition, these old people were concerned about being a burden to others (n = 96): ‘It is a strain on yourself and your loved ones’. Some people expressed more positive attitudes, such as integrity (n = 16) or belief (n = 10): ‘I have led a rich life’; ‘I’m grateful every day’. In addition to rational reasons or attitudes, fear of the future was the third theme. Fear of loss of autonomy was striking (n = 98): ‘I’m afraid of frailty and helplessness’. Also loneliness (n = 23) and pain (n = 17) fed fear of the future. It shows how important it is to maintain one's health and especially a positive attitude. Obviously it's not so easy for the vast majority of people, at least in Finland - which is ironic, because Finland is perennially recognized as one of the happiest countries on Earth (#5 of 157), and it appears Finland has a darn good safety net for the elderly. I'm frightened to know what a survey of oldsters from the US (ranked #13) would reveal... --Dean --------- [1] Do you want to live to be 100? Answers from older people. Karppinen H, Laakkonen ML, Strandberg TE, Huohvanainen EA, Pitkala KH. Age Ageing. 2016 Apr 13. pii: afw059. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27076523 http://sci-hub.io/10.1093/ageing/afw059 Abstract BACKGROUND: little is known about the oldest-olds' views on ageing. OBJECTIVE: to investigate older people's desire and the reasons they give for wanting to live to 100. DESIGN: a postal questionnaire, analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. SETTING: population based in Helsinki, Finland. SUBJECTS: a random sample (response rate 64%;N= 1,405) of community-dwelling older people (aged 75-96). METHODS: a structured self-completed questionnaire with an open-ended question on the reasons why/why not participants wished/did not wish to live to 100. RESULTS: one-third (32.9%) of home-dwelling older people wanted to live to be 100. Those who did were older, more often male and self-rated their health better than those who did not. Often the desire for long life was conditional: 'Yes, if I stay healthy'. Among the reasons is that many were curious to see what would happen. Many stated that they loved life, they had twinkle in their eye or significant life roles. Those who did not want to live extremely long lives gave various rationales: they would become disabled, life would be meaningless, they were reluctant to become a burden to others or they feared loss of autonomy or suffering pain or loneliness. Some people also shared the view that they should not intervene in destiny or they felt that they had accomplished what they wanted in life. CONCLUSIONS: one-third of the oldest-old participants wanted to live to 100. Identifying what motivated them to desire long life could be a resource in their care plans. KEYWORDS: centenarian; older people; oldest-old; qualitative; will-to-live
Are Increases in Life Expectancy Leveling Off or Marching Higher?
Al Pater posted this review article [1] from way back in 2002 on the question of whether or not worldwide life expectancy is really beginning to level off, or is marching higher at the same 1/4 of a year per year rate that it has for the last 150 years. Here are two graphs from the paper, the first showing how striking and consistent the trend towards a higher lifespan has been, and how virtually everyone predicts it is going to level off (dashed red lines at the top): The authors postulate that the impression people have that lifespan is constantly on the verge of plateauing is an illusion with a few different causes. One interesting one is political. Politicians tend to low-ball when it comes to estimating future gains in life expectancy to make the cost of social programs, particularly those directly at the elderly like social security, medicare, look less costly and burdensome on the future. More interestingly, and with more evidence it would seem, they suggest the apparent leveling off in life expectancy gains is a result of the fact that the leading nation in life expectancy improvements keeps changing, with some countries (like the US) falling off the cutting edge, while other countries, like Japan, pick up the torch and push life expectancy higher at the same old rate of 1/4 of a year per year. So for the citizen in most countries, they fact is that lie expectancy improvements have levelled off. They give as evidence for this effect this graph: As you can see, Japan comes up after WWII to overtake the rest of the world in life expectancy, and keep us on the linear curve of life expectancy increases. Here are the authors' three rather bold assertions in the concluding paragraph of the paper: This mortality research has exposed the empirical misconceptions and specious theories that underlie the pernicious belief that the expectation of life cannot rise much further. Nonetheless, faith in proximate longevity limits endures, sustained by ex cathedra pronouncement and mutual citation (1, 8, 9). In this article we add three further lines of cogent evidence. First, experts have repeatedly asserted that life expectancy is approaching a ceiling: these experts have repeatedly been proven wrong. Second, the apparent leveling off of life expectancy in various countries is an artifact of laggards catching up and leaders falling behind. Third, if life expectancy were close to a maximum, then the increase in the record expectation of life should be slowing. It is not. For 160 years, best-performance life expectancy has steadily increased by a quarter of a year per year, an extraordinary constancy of human achievement. As I said - bold words. So that was in 2002. It's been almost a decade and a half since the paper was written. Have gains in life expectancy continued their "steadily increased by a quarter of a year per year" that the authors observe happening for the last 160 years? Nope - Not quite at least. Japan remains #1, and here is a graph of Japanese life expectancy that includes the period between 2002 through 2014: The paper reports in 2002 the life expectancy of a Japanese female was "almost 85 years", and in 2014 it was almost 87 years. So that is a life expectancy increase of 2 years in 12 years, or one sixth of a year per year, rather than the quarter of a year per year trend the authors point to. That equates to an average yearly shortfall in lifespan gains of 33% relative to the authors' prediction. Of course, this may be just a short-term deviation away from the long-term trend. Perhaps new advances in treatments or therapies for the diseases of aging (e.g. stem cell therapy, CRISPR-based gene therapy) will come along and keep us on the curve. It reminds me of the supposedly inexorable Moore's Law that futurist and immortality-optimist Ray Kurzweil likes to point to, namely that computer power (actually transistor count) doubles every two years, like clockwork, and has been for at least the last 40-50 years, and much longer than that if you ask Kurzweil. Unfortunately, I looks like we're falling off that curve too, according to this recent article in Nature (Feb '16): Next month, the worldwide semiconductor industry will formally acknowledge what has become increasingly obvious to everyone involved: Moore's law, the principle that has powered the information-technology revolution since the 1960s, is nearing its end. Similarly, at this point we seem to be slowing down rather than speeding up increases in life expectancy which would move us toward longevity escape velocity, where life expectancy increases by (at least) one year per year. --Dean ---------- [1] Science. 2002 May 10;296(5570):1029-31. No abstract available. Demography. Broken limits to life expectancy. Oeppen J, Vaupel JW. Free Full text: http://www.econ.ku.dk/okocg/VV/VV-Economic%20Growth/articles/artikler-2006/Broken-limits-to-life-expectancy.pdf Summary Is human life expectancy approaching its limit? Many--including individuals planning their retirement and officials responsible for health and social policy--believe it is, but the evidence presented in the Policy Forum suggests otherwise. For 160 years, best-performance life expectancy has steadily increased by a quarter of a year per year, an extraordinary constancy of human achievement. Mortality experts have repeatedly asserted that life expectancy is close to an ultimate ceiling; these experts have repeatedly been proven wrong. The apparent leveling off of life expectancy in various countries is an artifact of laggards catching up and leaders falling behind. PMID: 12004104
Telomeres, Diet & Longevity
It's not clear whether telomere shortening is a cause or a side-effect of aging, and Aubrey de Grey is concerned that direct manipulation of telomeres to make them longer (i.e. via increased expression of the telomerase enzyme) is likely to be a bad idea due to concern about allowing cancer cells to replicate more readily. But longer leukocyte telomeres do seem to be associated with longevity: study [2] found that centenarians have leukocyte telomeres as long as people who are much younger than themselves (and therefore unlikely from a statistical perspective to make it to 100), and the offspring of centenarians have longer telomeres than age and gender matched offspring of parents who died at a "normal" age. So having longer telomeres might be a sign of healthy aging (I can hear Michael Rae revving up his engines now :)). With this in mind this new study [1] (provided to me by Al Pater - thanks Al !), found that components of a person's diet was predictive of their telomere length 10 years later. From the abstract: The first factor labeled 'prudent dietary pattern' was characterized by high intake of whole grains, seafood, legumes, vegetables and seaweed, whereas the second factor labeled 'Western dietary pattern' was characterized by high intake of refined grain, red meat or processed meat and sweetened carbonated beverages. In a multiple linear regression model adjusted for age, sex, body mass index and other potential confounding variables [including from the full text - income status, smoking status, alcohol consumption status, physical activity and calorie intake, and presence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypercholesterolemia], the prudent dietary pattern was positively associated with [leukocyte telomere length - LTL]. In the analysis of particular food items, higher consumption of legumes, nuts, seaweed, fruits and dairy products and lower consumption of red meat or processed meat and sweetened carbonated beverages were associated with longer LTL. So for what is may be worth (he says, expecting to be corrected and chastised by Michael :) for oversimplifying and ignoring important evidence...), eating what is considered by most to be a healthy diet may help to preserve your telomeres, and improve your chances of healthy aging. --Dean ----------- [1] Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015 Sep;69(9):1048-52. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.58. Epub 2015 Apr 15. Association between dietary patterns in the remote past and telomere length. Lee JY(1), Jun NR(1), Yoon D(2), Shin C(2,)(3), Baik I(1). BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: There are limited data on the association between dietary information and leukocyte telomere length (LTL), which is considered an indicator of biological aging. In this study, we aimed at determining the association between dietary patterns or consumption of specific foods and LTL in Korean adults. SUBJECT/METHODS: A total of 1958 middle-aged and older Korean adults from a population-based cohort were included in the study. Dietary data were collected from a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire at baseline (June 2001 to January 2003). LTL was assessed using real-time PCR during the 10-year follow-up period (February 2011 to November 2012). RESULTS: We identified two major factors and generated factor scores using factor analysis. The first factor labeled 'prudent dietary pattern' was characterized by high intake of whole grains, seafood, legumes, vegetables and seaweed, whereas the second factor labeled 'Western dietary pattern' was characterized by high intake of refined grain, red meat or processed meat and sweetened carbonated beverages. In a multiple linear regression model adjusted for age, sex, body mass index and other potential confounding variables, the prudent dietary pattern was positively associated with LTL. In the analysis of particular food items, higher consumption of legumes, nuts, seaweed, fruits and dairy products and lower consumption of red meat or processed meat and sweetened carbonated beverages were associated with longer LTL. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that diet in the remote past, that is, 10 years earlier, may affect the degree of biological aging in middle-aged and older adults. PMID: 25872911 -------------------------- [2] Exp Gerontol. 2014 Oct;58:90-5. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.06.018. Epub 2014 Jun 27. Leukocyte telomere length and prevalence of age-related diseases in semisupercentenarians, centenarians and centenarians' offspring. Tedone E(1), Arosio B(2), Gussago C(3), Casati M(4), Ferri E(3), Ogliari G(3), Ronchetti F(3), Porta A(3), Massariello F(3), Nicolini P(4), Mari D(2). Centenarians and their offspring are increasingly considered a useful model to study and characterize the mechanisms underlying healthy aging and longevity. The aim of this project is to compare the prevalence of age-related diseases and telomere length (TL), a marker of biological age and mortality, across five groups of subjects: semisupercentenarians (SSCENT) (105-109years old), centenarians (CENT) (100-104years old), centenarians' offspring (CO), age- and gender-matched offspring of parents who both died at an age in line with life expectancy (CT) and age- and gender-matched offspring of both non-long-lived parents (NLO). Information was collected on lifestyle, past and current diseases, medical history and medication use. SSCENT displayed a lower prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (p=0.027), angina (p=0.016) and depression (p=0.021) relative to CENT. CO appeared to be healthier compared to CT who, in turn, displayed a lower prevalence of both arrhythmia (p=0.034) and hypertension (p=0.046) than NLO, characterized by the lowest parental longevity. Interestingly, CO and SSCENT exhibited the longest (p<0.001) and the shortest (p<0.001) telomeres respectively while CENT showed no difference in TL compared to the younger CT and NLO. Our results strengthen the hypothesis that the longevity of parents may influence the health status of their offspring. Moreover, our data also suggest that both CENT and their offspring may be characterized by a better TL maintenance which, in turn, may contribute to their longevity and healthy aging. The observation that SSCENT showed considerable shorter telomeres compared to CENT may suggest a progressive impairment of TL maintenance mechanisms over the transition from centenarian to semisupercentenarian age. PMID: 24975295
Aubrey de Grey
At the Edges of "Natural" Lifespan
Michael R posted a topic in Chitchat
All: I BELIEVE she is the first person other than Calment to hit that age; I am checking on this and will update. This is yet more significant than it seems; despite Calment's example, it has seemed as if there is some kind of maximum lifespan brick wall around 114 years. Aubrey de Grey's latest editorial pushes back on that, but also refers to recent research that disproves the notion of a "tail" in the Gompertz lifespan curve (exists in fruit flies and some other invertebrates, but is an illusion in mammals), which Michael Rose (mis)interpreted as a "period of immortality" (sic: agelessness) reached after the unleashed disruptive forces of residual antagonistic pleiotropy are exhausted, which could in principle (he argued, in a way I think is rather less than syllogistic even on its premises) be pushed back by tuning gene expression into a more adaptive mode, so that we would stop aging while still in youthful good health. For some stabs at this argument: DOES AGING STOP? BOOK REVIEW BY R. MICHAEL PERRY Cryonics / February 2013 Interview with Dr. Michael R. Rose Cryonics / September 2013 SEPTEMBER 2013 • VOLUME 34:9 http://www.impactaging.com/papers/v1/n5/full/100053.html http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-achieve-biological-immortality-naturally http://www.genescient.com/ais-superflies-and-the-path-to-immortality/ Even if you think you can make that argument for flies, however, recent evidence from better data at the extremes of the natural lifespan shows even the premises underlying the argument don't hold in humans or laboratory rodents. http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/70/1/1 http://paa2015.princeton.edu/uploads/152897 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318539/ http://longevity-science.org/pdf/Demografie-English-2011.pdf Dr. de Grey has dug even more deeply into these data, and thinks he has identified a novel finding therein, with some quite interesting implications — stay tuned.
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Home Marketplace Auctions & Results Corvettes on eBay: 1964 Corvette Survivor Was Driven As It Should
Corvettes on eBay: 1964 Corvette Survivor Was Driven As It Should
There’s something about a C2 Corvette that demands admiration, even – and maybe especially – one with 53 years worth of living etched into it.
This 1964 Corvette coupe up for sale on eBay won’t win any Top Flight awards anytime soon, with its splotchy, chipped, and scratched paint and its ragged seats and faded carpet inside.
But this Corvette might just win a sentimental award just for surviving.
You see, it had the same owner from 1964 to 2016, a now-retired Marine captain named J.W. Moffett. He bought it from the original owner, who soon found he couldn’t afford the payments if mommy wasn’t going to help.
Capt. Moffett didn’t baby the car over the years, using it in his travels across the country for the Marines, and it shows in its rough and tumble appearance.
Still, as the new, third owner says, this ’64 has “plenty of patina that whenever it is driven – people stop & stare.”
Indeed, this might be a good car just to get back in safe running condition and leave the exterior as is. Sometimes a car can say more left in its original condition than being beautifully restored.
“This is an unrestored 64 Corvette that needs everything,” the seller admits in his listing, “but I would get it to the point when it’s road safe & leave it alone. Too much history & patina to take it apart.”
Some have even suggested trying to find an old pair of seats that still have a weathered look but aren’t so ragged that the foam is sticking out. Maybe that’s an idea because brand new seat covers would definitely look out of place if the car isn’t repainted.
Even with the bad paint, this car is beautiful! We especially love one photo of the car that shows the rear three-quarter side view. There’s no such thing as an ugly C2 Corvette, at least in this writer’s opinion.
This one also boasts the original L76 327/365 engine mated to a four-speed transmission. It also has power brakes, AM/FM radio, and all original soft ray glass.
You also get a lot of historical documents with this car, including a log book that details some gas and service done over the years. The glove box remains a time capsule, with maps, traffic tickets, records, registrations, and military paperwork inside and telling the story of the past 52 years.
The current owner says after he bought it, he took the car to a Corvette specialist, where all fluids were drained and replaced. The original gas tank was taken off and cleaned, and the original Holley carburetor was rebuilt.
“Went thru the brakes, fuel lines & she started right off & man does the solid lifter sound good,” the seller says. “Replaced all the tires with vintage Firestone whitewalls. Took it on the 405 freeway & just drove it for about 30 minutes. Hauled ass after sitting for 20+ years. Runs well, starts up – no smoke. Engine still has plenty of power. Please keep in mind, you can’t drive it across country, still needs hoses, etc.”
The current bid is $35,500. What would you pay, and what would you do to the car afterwards?
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Michael Dart Jan 29, 2017 at 8:36 pm
Very nice story, if only that little ’64 Coupe could talk, oh the stories and adventures she would tell. Find her a nice used set of seat covers which will fit like a nice pair of jeans.
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Home Corvettes C3 Corvette The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.3 – The 1978 Corvette
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The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.3 – The 1978 Corvette
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Welcome to That ’70s Week of CorvetteBlogger’s countdown of the best ‘Vettes from each decade! Our bronze medal from the “Disco Era” is a radical departure from the other cars that we have been highlighting in the past two weeks which usually put the advancement of performance front and center. By 1978, the oil embargo, changing consumer tastes, an influx of foreign competition, and other financial, political, and environmental issues had all conspired to choke all of the big-block goodness out of America’s Sports Car.
During this time, the Corvette team found several ways to make later C3s special and, more importantly for future generations, profitable; selling in numbers that dwarfed the quarter-mile monsters from the decade prior. Every model year between 1973 (when performance really started to decline) until 1981, the aging third-generation Corvette sold more than 30,000 units annually (Between ’76 and ’79 production was over 45k each year including an all-time record of 53,807 in ’79 which was followed by two more years over 40k in ’80 and ’81!).
The car that really stands out among the excessive malaise of the period and deserves some recognition on our list is the 1978 Corvette. Special Editions are a big deal to us here at CorvetteBlogger and all of the great (and even the not-so-great) ones can be traced back to the Corvette’s 25th year of production.
1978 introduced us to special edition ‘Vettes and we have been eating them up ever since. Power only ranged from 175 (in California only versions of the usually 185 HP L48) to 220 Horsepower in the L82 but Chief Engineer, Dave McLellan, and the legendary stalwart, Bill Mitchell were able to garner interest with a Special “Silver Anniversary” package that fittingly painted the cars in Mitchell’s favorite color, Silver. The final product was silver and gray with a separating stripe was listed as RPO B2Z and it became the first two-tone Corvette since 1961. In total, 15,283 ‘Vettes left the plant so optioned.
The Corvette team didn’t stop with B2Z either. As a part of the 25th Anniversary celebration, Chevrolet approached the Indianapolis Motor Speedway about pacing the 62nd running of the Indianapolis 500 with a Corvette; an agreement was made and another special edition was born.
The Pace Car Replicas also received a unique two-tone paint job with silver this time gracing the bottom half of the car, a bright red pinstripe in the middle and a black top section. Other modifications were special, new, silver “thin-shell” seats, new for ’78 glass T-tops, alloy wheels, AC, power windows, “sports mirrors,” a front splitter, a more dramatic rear spoiler, and more. The Pace Car Replicas proved to be very popular with production reaching 6,502 units and many customers even attempting to create replicas of the replicas; it was quite a time to be alive!
Total production for 1978 was a very impressive 46,776. For some perspective, Chevrolet has only sold more than 40k ‘Vettes twice since the year 2000 (9 times overall) with 40,561 sales in 2007 and 40,689 in 2016. That highwater mark for the C7 was followed by 32,782 units in ’17 and just 9,686 in ’18. Last year, with an extended production run, 34,310 C7s were produced between four different models that each had a coupe and convertible variants!
The Special Editions weren’t the only notable changes to the ’78s either. The big news was the return of the “Fastback” that got the original C3’s buttress sail panels replaced with a curved rear window that nearly tripled luggage space and became a Corvette design staple until 2013. The instrument panel housings were redesigned as rectangles to match ’77s console gauges, doors got new armrests and door pulls, a glovebox was added, and a new anti-theft system round out the important interior updates to the 1978 Corvette. Under the fiberglass, the fuel tank grew to 24 gallons (up from the 17-gallon tank used in ’76 models) and optional wider 60-series tires.
The most interesting performance option was the FE7 Gymkhana Suspension package which saw a shocking price bump rom $7.00 when it debuted in ’74 to $41.00 in ’78. The 12,590 customers who chose to spend this extra $41.00 got a rear anti-roll bar, a thicker front stabilizer bar, heavy-duty shocks, and higher-rate springs at all four corners.
All in all, 1978 marked the start of a slow turning point for the Corvette. After years of decline, all-around improvements signaled that big things and big performance were still on the horizon for a car that was, once again, with the death of so many of its competitors, America’s only true sports car!
Stay tuned as we continue our countdown with the second-best Corvette of the ’70s later this week.
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Craig M. Bryda Dec 3, 2019 at 1:54 pm
I AM PARTIAL TO THE LT-1 CARS, ’70 ’71 ’72. I HAD A NEW ONTARIO ORANGE TWO TOP CONVERTIBLE. NEXT WAS A NEW ’78 SILVER ANNIVERSARY B2Z THAT WAS LOADED, L-82, 4 SPEED . NEXT WAS A 1980 L-82 , AND FINALLY A 1982. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE WAS THAT ORANGE LT-1 CONVERTIBLE. SO THATS WHERE MY VOTE IS, AN EARLY ’70’S LT-1 !
Jeff Butler Dec 3, 2019 at 2:24 pm
My vote would go for the 1970 LT-1 A great engine before they started to lower the Horsepower. Rated
at 370 HP. When I ordered the my 69 Corvette, I had ordered the LT-1 engine, Several weeks after ordering it my, salesman told me they were holding off the LT-1 option until the 1970 model..BUT, if I wanted to order the 350/350 HP engine, the dealer, Clippenger Chevrolet, in Covina, California, would change the cam, add solid lifters and a bigger holly, and I would have a fully certified, and warrantied LT-1, dealer built Corvette. Which is how I got a 69 Lt-1
Brian L Dec 4, 2019 at 11:34 pm
After I was born, I came home from the hospital in a white 77 C3 model. Boy, I sure miss that car, but a C8 is in my near future!!
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Gannett is one of America’s largest media companies, with systems that are accessed by 96 million visitors per month. The company began considering NoSQL when they experienced network outages and replication issues with SQL Server. Moreover, Gannett wanted a more portable infrastructure at a lower cost. After evaluating several of the top NoSQL players including MongoDB and Cassandra, Gannett chose Couchbase due to its memory-first architecture. Currently, Gannett plans to redesign its architecture in favor of using Couchbase which will support higher read/write speeds, greater scale and access, and cost a fraction of their previous annual spend. Gannett runs Couchbase on Amazon Web Services.
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Today’s innovative software is providing new ways for industrial companies to gain a competitive advantage. General Electric set out to bring together device connectivity, data integration and management, data analytics, cloud, and mobility all in a way that works seamlessly together and intuitively for all the members of its business. More specifically, the company needed to provide offline support to GE field engineers who work in remote locations where offline is the norm. In 2015, GE launched the Predix platform, a cloud-based software solution for the Industrial Internet. The Predix Experience engineering team built this platform using Couchbase Mobile in less than 90 days. The platform connects industrial machines like wind turbines, railcars, power plants and more that need 100% uptime, regardless of Internet connection. Predix is now the foundation for all of GE’s Industrial Internet applications and provides powerful, consistent, secure, and scalable support for the solutions its customers rely on to optimize their businesses.
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Delivering a fast, convenient experience for mass transit riders with next-generation ticketing
Innovative Transit Solutions
Innovative Transit Solutions grew out of an initiative to modernize fares for the Las Vegas Monorail by providing fast, convenient ways for riders to purchase and use digital tickets and helping the transit organization eliminate the high costs of maintaining traditional mag-stripe ticket systems. Innovative Transit developed Transit Cloud, its new fare solution, using Couchbase Data Platform – a robust Engagement Database that provides strong performance and offline functionality. By delivering a superior rider experience, the solution boosted monorail ridership by nearly 30% and increased revenue by 50% compared to the previous year.
Learn how Couchbase helped move TurboTax to a flexible, dependable microservices architecture.
Intuit’s TurboTax is the best-selling online tax preparation software, serving millions of customers annually. During peak tax season the application has to support over 250,000 users at once with an average session time of 35 minutes. When TurboTax’s monolithic architecture couldn’t keep up with increasingly complex requirements, Intuit partnered with Couchbase to move it to a microservices architecture on AWS. Couchbase provides the built-in high availability and data replication TurboTax needs for dependable performance and 24/7 uptime – plus the unmatched flexibility developers need for testing and deploying updates on the fly.
Learn how Jam City leverages Couchbase for several most of their popular games like Panda Pop, Juice Jam and Cookie Jam a Facebook's game of the year.
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Jam City is a leader in mobile entertainment, providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to broad global audiences. Its wildly popular puzzle game Cookie Jam won Facebook's Game of the Year after scaling to meet the demand of 5 million users globally in under 8 months. Jam City and Couchbase teamed up in preparation for the huge spike in social and mobile hits once Cookie Jam had begun gaining traction, successfully avoiding downtime with Couchbase performance at scale and flexibility in rebalance and failover through Cross datacenter replication. And the flexible JSON data model that Couchbase offers enabled Jam City to iterate without having to request and wait for schema changes. Today, Jam City leverages Couchbase for several of their most popular games, including Panda Pop and Juice Jam, among others.
KDDI provides its customers with uninterrupted service plus easy and unlimited scalability, which Couchbase makes simple by providing push-button scalability with no downtime.
KDDI Business ID is an enterprise cloud service for businesses who want to securely manage user IDs for SaaS products such as G Suite, Office 365, and Salesforce. Fast and flexible deployment was a top priority for KDDI, so they knew from the start they wanted to have a NoSQL database rather than an RDBMS. After considering several candidates, KDDI chose Couchbase for a number of reasons. For starters, they found Couchbase to be extremely flexible in accommodating their agile development style, and in its ability to store both JSON and binary data. Next, they were impressed by Couchbase’s strong balance of industry-leading performance and high reliability. KDDI also has to provide its customers with uninterrupted service along with easy and unlimited scalability, and Couchbase makes it simple by providing push-button scalability that adds a server to a cluster with no downtime. Another key requirement for KDDI is high availability (especially for disaster recovery), and Couchbase’s cross datacenter replication (XDCR) makes it simple to achieve. With ease of operation for everything from deployment to recovery, Couchbase makes cloud services fast, secure, and reliable for KDDI and its customers.
Within four years, Couchbase grew from a single proof of concept to the number one caching solution within LinkedIn.
As the world’s largest online professional network, LinkedIn has to monitor and analyze massive amounts of data to ensure its site is available 24/7 for its 500+ million members. As its user base skyrocketed, LinkedIn quickly outgrew the limited flexibility and scalability of Oracle and turned to Memcached to run its source of truth (SoT) store. But Memcached had its own drawbacks, so LinkedIn continued looking at alternatives, including Couchbase, MongoDB, and Redis. Couchbase was the clear winner due to many distinct advantages. Most importantly, it has built-in replication and cluster expansion, automatic partitioning, extremely low latency, it does asynchronous writes to disk, and it enabled simple replacement of Memcached. Because Couchbase was so easy to use, LinkedIn’s site reliability engineers love it, and quickly expanded its use cases to include simple read-through cache, counter stores, de-duping stores, and their SoT store. Within four years, Couchbase grew from a single proof of concept to the number one caching solution within LinkedIn. Today, all in-memory storage in the LinkedIn datacenter is done by Couchbase, and it powers 10+ million queries per second across all servers and clusters.
From legacy infrastructure to an open source, cloud-based NoSQL. See how Couchbase reduced application development costs, increased transaction speed, and modernized their infrastructure.
When Marriott decided it was time to replace its legacy infrastructure to better compete in the Digital Economy, IT leadership faced core technology decisions. The company evaluated several NoSQL solutions before deciding to switch to Couchbase. Marriott was drawn to Couchbase by recommendations of other large-volume, high transaction customers along with technical aspects that suited their use case. By making the switch to Couchbase, Marriott achieved an open source, cloud-based model with a document-oriented and distributed structure that enabled the company to reduce application development costs, improve speed, and modernize their infrastructure. Today, Marriott stores 13 million documents and runs 200 transactions per second using Couchbase and has plans to expand their deployment.
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See how McGraw Hill Education leverages Couchbase and Elasticsearch in order to scale to millions of users while supporting open content, metadata from third parties, and interactive apps in order to provide a rich and personalized experience for every user.
When McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) decided it was time to move its traditional media publishing company into the digital world, it started by taking lessons from advertising and social gaming companies. Like those companies, MHE wanted to scale to millions of users while supporting open content, metadata from third parties, and interactive apps in order to provide a rich and personalized experience for every user. MHE experimented with a number of technologies including XML databases, SQL, in-memory data grids, and enterprise search servers – but none of them could provide the massive scalability MHE required. After identifying existing use cases that matched what they were trying to achieve, MHE realized their perfect combination was Couchbase Server with Elasticsearch. The result is a self-adapting learning portal that delivers personalized results for every learner. Users can browse and search text, video, and images with lightning fast access to both the content and metadata. The users’ profiles are automatically enhanced based on their behaviors and actions, then the profiles are incorporated into search queries to deliver personalized results.
To deliver the modern experience their customers demand, Mirror Image turned to Couchbase to develop and manage its next-generation geo-distributed database as a service.
Mirror Image has been a pioneer in online content delivery for advertising, media and entertainment, eCommerce, and other worldwide industries for two decades. Today, the success of their customers often depends on real-time data-intensive personalization techniques involving context, behavior, and location. To deliver the modern experience their customers demand, Mirror Image turned to Couchbase to develop and manage its next-generation geo-distributed database as a service. Mirror Image chose Couchbase for its proven track record of bulletproof reliability, along with its flexibility, performance, and built-in replication technology. Couchbase’s flexible, document-based data model allows customers to work with complex data sets with thousands of attributes while easily evolving to meet new requirements. Couchbase’s cross datacenter replication (XDCR) makes it easy to replicate customer data to all of Mirror Image’s data centers worldwide. And the memory-centric architecture of Couchbase Server replicates data to remote data centers immediately, so content publishers can access it in milliseconds to provide amazing customer experiences.
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See how Nielsen turned to Couchbase to sidestep many of the limitations of Oracle and gained a 50% boost in response time.
Nielsen’s Answers on Demand (AOD) service delivers ratings data and other information for businesses in more than 100 countries. With the inflow of massive volumes of data and the requirement to deliver highly targeted results for clients, the ability to sift through datasets quickly and effectively is critical. Faced with the challenge of tracking sales of fast-moving consumer goods and reporting those insights to their customers, Nielsen needed a backend solution that could store user-generated data while providing extremely fast response times and low latency. The company turned to Couchbase to sidestep many of the limitations of Oracle, and gained a 50% boost in response time. Couchbase has allowed Nielsen to achieve a more detailed and granular understanding of customer buying patterns and behavior while reducing time required to manage and update systems. Nielsen currently uses Couchbase as a document store and heavily leverages N1QL for big data analytics.
See how Nuance made the shift from Oracle to NoSQL – and how Couchbase won out between the top three NoSQL databases.
In 2013, Varolii, a Nuance Communications company, began evaluating backend solutions for its automated notifications product geared toward enterprises. For the previous 10 years, the company deployed an all-Oracle environment, but found that the monolithic platforms were difficult to manage from an engineering perspective. Varolii mobilized MongoDB for a small project which worked for the initial size and scope; however, efforts to expand to a second data center posed challenges with bidirectional replication issues. Upon review, Varolii identified must-have requirements including multi-master database replication, horizontal scaling, open source, and VM support. They evaluated Cassandra and Couchbase which were closely aligned, yet Couchbase outperformed Cassandra in ease of use. Further, Cassandra didn't provide the document database aspect they wanted to leverage in addition to key-value capability, and querying was also much more involved. Today, Nuance leverages Couchbase in their Varolii solution and uses the Hadoop integration to connect SQL-based analysis to the world of unstructured data.
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Learn how Paypal does payment processing and big data integration at massive scale with Couchbase.
In 2013, PayPal, a global leader in online payments solutions, took on NoSQL for several use cases. They initially leveraged Couchbase for their Media Network Advertising pipeline and applied Couchbase to build cross-channel audience analytics in profiling, segmentation, identity mapping and more. By 2014, the company was managing over 1 billion documents and 10 terabytes of data with Couchbase. PayPal extended Couchbase use into analytics for user information, processing millions of updates a minute in conjunction with Kafka and Hadoop.
Learn how Couchbase delivers robust indexing capabilities for Pfizer’s reporting application.
Pfizer is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies with annual revenues over $21 billion and a product portfolio that includes medicines, vaccines, and many of the world's best-known consumer healthcare products. When Pfizer required a flexible, high-performance database to power Newton (their platform for health applications), Couchbase was their top choice. Couchbase was simple to deploy on the AWS cloud, easily supports dozens of applications, and provides the flexible and robust indexing Pfizer needs for Newton’s reporting application.
With Couchbase, the company can provide connect its teams with this data, whether they’re offline or online.
Leading utility company PG&E has more than 16 million customers and 20,000 employees. To work effectively over a huge geographic area, the company needs to provide PG&E gas and electric power inspectors in the field with real-time data, such as customer account information, utility infrastructure maps, and safety information. With Couchbase, the company can provide connect its teams with this data, whether they’re offline or online, while improving service and lowering the cost of field visits. Cross datacenter replication (XDCR) adds resiliency, ensuring workers can depend on the application to be available when they arrive at the job site.
rapidBizApps creates intuitive and reliable mobile apps that drive transformational results in physically demanding, capital-intensive industries such as mining.
rapidBizApps
rapidBizApps creates intuitive and reliable mobile apps that drive transformational results in physically demanding, capital-intensive industries such as mining. Using rapidBizApps solutions such as groundHog, rapidInspect, and formHound, mining companies are tracking performance and capturing vital data from equipment deployed above and below ground. Companies can use this data to optimize fleet management, improve worker productivity, streamline inspections, reduce equipment downtime, and more. With Couchbase, rapidBizApps can empower its customers to optimize resources and protect miners in the harshest, most remote locations.
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Learn how Couchbase helps Red Bull TV to deliver superior viewing experience for users to consume over 1,000 hours of customer content.
Red Bull TV is a global multi-platform channel, distributed digitally on connected TVs, smartphones, tablets, and on its website. The channel is available globally and free of charge. The company needed to create a superior viewing experience for users to consume over 1,000 hours of customer content. Couchbase performance at scale allows Red Bull TV to grow in lock-step with demand while easy integration with infrastructure components like Vertx and Kafka allows the company to make better business decisions based on viewer analytics.
Couchbase Mobile helped Ryanair increase their app performance and enhance their user experience.
Couchbase Mobile helped Ryanair increase their app performance and enhance their user experience. Ryanair was also able to overhaul their app experience without significant re-architecture to their existing app. Ryanair runs Couchbase on Amazon Web Services.
With Couchbase Mobile, Ryanair can easily manage semi-static data, did not have to implement their own synchronization and storage solution, and was able to integrate with existing Android and iOS apps without significant re-architecture.
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Organizations across industries and around the globe use SafetyCulture’s mobile-first iAuditor application to conduct over 1.47 million workplace inspections every month.
SafetyCulture
Organizations across industries and around the globe use SafetyCulture’s mobile-first iAuditor application to conduct over 1.47 million workplace inspections every month. From the beginning, SafetyCulture has relied on NoSQL technology for its data platform, but soon they needed a more scalable and flexible solution as their customer base and the number of use cases for their app continued to grow. They decided to move toward a microservices approach with Amazon Web Services, and Couchbase became the clear choice for their NoSQL data platform. Couchbase easily scales to meet the needs of SafetyCulture’s rapidly increasing number of users and documents. It provides the flexibility to support continuous application innovation with minimal changes to the data platform. And it provides reliable security for millions of documents containing sensitive customer data. SafetyCulture is also using N1QL (Couchbase’s SQL-based query language for JSON) to develop new application capabilities and use cases.
Seenit is built from the ground up with Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile to provide enterprises with a collaborative video platform that’s innovative and easy to use.
Founded in 2014, Seenit is built from the ground up with Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile to provide enterprises with a collaborative video platform that’s innovative and easy to use. The premise of Seenit is simple: Crowdsourcing video from employees, fans, and other amateurs provides a raw authenticity that can’t be captured any other way. The main challenge is enabling users to sort through hundreds or thousands of video clips to find the shots they really want. By applying Couchbase’s N1QL and Full Text Search (FTS) over machine learning in the Google Cloud, Seenit provides its customers with an incredibly powerful search function that allows them to filter submissions by objects in the video, specific words or phrases in the audio, video and audio quality, sentiment, and many other attributes. N1QL enables Seenit to sort, filter, transform, group, and combine data from multiple JSON documents with a single query. And Couchbase’s FTS allows Seenit to provide fuzzy search, word stemming, boosting, and other complex search features with just a few lines of code. Seenit implemented full-text search across its entire platform in only a week, and now its customers can search hundreds of thousands of documents in a fraction of a second.
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After carefully considering its options, Shop.com chose Couchbase for its memory-first database that delivers simplicity along with high performance and scalability.
Shop.com
As a business that caters to the most demanding online shoppers, Shop.com needs to know that its website always delivers a flawless experience and its apps work without a hitch even when mobile users lose their connection. After carefully considering its options, Shop.com chose Couchbase for its memory-first database that delivers simplicity along with high performance and scalability. What really sealed the deal was Couchbase Lite, which is Couchbase’s embedded JSON database, along with Sync Gateway, which syncs mobile devices with data centers. Couchbase Mobile not only provides the dependable offline mobile solution Shop.com was looking for, it also allows the company to develop new functionality quickly without having to build full-fledged APIs.
As part of their transformation, Sky embraced the use of distributed databases to cope with growing demand and spiky traffic patterns.
As Europe’s leading entertainment provider, Sky has to stay a step ahead of constant technology challenges like streaming content, which put ever-increasing demands on their database. Frustrated with the scalability and performance limitations of their legacy Oracle RDBMS, Sky knew it was time to begin the transition to NoSQL and Couchbase when their data center reached capacity. They started by moving their identity platform, which provides full sign-up and sign-in functionality for all Sky’s online products. As part of their transformation, Sky embraced the use of distributed databases to cope with growing demand and spiky traffic patterns. Couchbase’s cross datacenter replication (XDCR) worked flawlessly for the data transfer to multiple data centers. In fact XDCR worked so well that Sky decided to use it to migrate all their data stores to Couchbase. The moves reduced sign-in response time by 50% and had huge implications for disaster recovery, dropping the recovery time from hours to minutes. Sky is now actively growing the Couchbase community within their company and looking for more ways to switch from Oracle to Couchbase.
Delivering accurate product availability and order delivery information to customers with low latency and high throughput.
Couchbase helps this top tier mobile gaming scales with ease
Super Evil Megacorp
Super Evil Megacorp has the simple, yet ambitious goal of providing the best online and mobile gaming experience in the world. Couchbase became an essential part of that quest when Super Evil Megacorp’s previous platform reached maximum capacity. If any game experiences lag or downtime, it can be disastrous because players are notoriously quick to jump to the competition when games falter. This became a real risk for Super Evil Megacorp because their platform was extremely difficult to scale. Couchbase proved to be the perfect solution. It not only delivered sub-millisecond latency while getting back more data than the previous platform, but it also enabled Super Evil Megacorp to migrate their game modules and player accounts without any downtime. Now, using Couchbase’s Multi-Dimensional Scaling, the company can flexibly grow its architecture however and whenever it needs to. Because they can now use commodity hardware, the company expects to cut its database costs by 60%-70%. And because their core team can now spend more time on innovation instead of managing crises, they’re a giant step closer to revolutionizing the gaming industry.
Synamedia is the largest global provider of video solutions for Pay TV Operators. Learn why Synamedia chose Couchabse over like Cassandra and MongoDB.
Synamedia
Synamedia (formerly Cisco) is the largest global provider of video solutions for pay TV operators, enabling new and augmented video services to drive revenues, boldly reach new markets, and deliver exceptional subscriber experiences to consumers. To support its video platform technology, which enables broadcast, on-demand, and DVR video services, Synamedia needs high performance at scale to ensure it can accommodate over 100 billion user sessions per year. After assessing numerous NoSQL databases, including Cassandra and MongoDB
Enabling rapid, secure concussion assessments on the sidelines and beyond
To help minimize the long-term damage caused by concussions, SyncThink’s EYE-SYNC platform uses a VR headset and tablet to rapidly assess and monitor brain impairment in athletes, soldiers, and others. The Couchbase Data Platform offered the security necessary for meeting patient privacy regulations as well as offline functionality for supporting speedy assessments in environments with limited bandwidth. Running on the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, the robust solution lets doctors run tests, capture metrics, and then sync data to help patients get the medical attention they need right away.
Learn how Couchbase helps a Spanish multinational telecommunications company Telefonica to run its global video platform with great viewing experiences.
Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish multinational broadband and telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Telefónica runs its global video platform on Couchbase, supporting seamless playback and 50M hits per day. Couchbase acts as a caching layer, delivering highly scalable performance as the company grows, ensuring its customers continue to have fast playback and great viewing experiences.
Learn how Tesco, the world's third largest retailer scales Couchbase to support millions of products in-store and online for millions of customers.
Couchbase powers catalog and inventory management at the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues, allowing Tesco to easily support tens of millions of products in-store and online for millions of customers. With Couchbase, Tesco can deliver a superior shopping experience, running price and promotions, stocking, shopping cart, supply chain, and new product apps with high performance and high availability.
Tommy Hilfiger's digital showroom allows buyers to browse fashions for the upcoming season on oversized, HD screens along with product details, pricing, buying history, delivery dates, and more.
In 2015 Tommy Hilfiger revolutionized the buying journey for its wholesale customers by pioneering the industry’s first digital showroom in Amsterdam. In this showroom, buyers could browse fashions for the upcoming season on oversized ultra-high definition screens along with product details, pricing, buying history, delivery dates, and more. The company chose the Couchbase Data platform to power the system because they needed the entire showroom experience to be as high-end as the fashions being showcased. With Couchbase, Tommy Hilfiger knew they would get industry-leading performance and scalability, offline availability, and near real-time data synchronization for a smooth and immersive experience that was always up-to-date and worked flawlessly even if the internet went down. Today the brand has Couchbase-powered digital showrooms in 13 countries totaling 24 theaters and 59 workstations, and plans to expand to over 25 locations worldwide by the end of 2018. Thanks to the incredible efficiency of theses digital showrooms, the company has cut its sample production by 80% at its European headquarters and is on track to do the same around the globe.
United's Crew Modernization program provides pilots with flight information, simplifies flight attendant tasks, and streamlines information to personnel across geographies, time zones, and devices.
United Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world, with over 1.5 million flights in 2015 alone. United has embarked on a process to upgrade and modernize their flight operations technology for 41,000+ pilots, flight attendants, and flight schedulers. When launching the “Crew Modernization” program, Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile were selected as the underlying technologies to help improve employee experience and increase efficiency. With Couchbase, United Airlines is able to maintain accurate and up-to-date information from multiple mainframe application data silos, build a foundational technology platform that services all information channels, and quickly build and deploy FAA-approved mobile applications. The Crew Modernization program now provides pilots with flight information, simplifies flight attendant tasks, and streamlines information to personnel across geographies, time zones, and devices. Going forward, United Airlines plans to roll out additional Couchbase-based applications, including personalized customer information synchronization, airport agent real-time flight updates, and gate display information management.
Connecting the Internet of Things with Couchbase
In 2015, the global communications company Verizon launched ThingSpace, an innovative IoT development platform for its enterprise customers. To enable the real-time dashboards, reports, notifications, alerts, and other capabilities its customers require, Verizon needs a highly available environment that never goes down. Verizon also has to scale the solution to support the exponential growth of IoT devices in the system, along with the unique data and reporting required for each customer. Verizon’s legacy RDBMS simply couldn’t meet the challenge – its response times were slow and unpredictable, stored procedure optimization was overly complex, and time-to-market for new features was too long. Couchbase met every requirement with predictable performance, horizontal scalability, and a flexible data model that makes it easy to add new functionality on a continuous basis. Couchbase’s cross datacenter (XDCR) functionality also makes it easy for Verizon to connect two active-active data centers for high availability. Today, Verizon uses Couchbase clusters to sustain 3.5 million operations per second.
Viber switched to Couchbase from MongoDB/Redis deployment, halving the number of server and increasing throughput to support skyrocketing demand.
In late 2013, Viber, a fast-growing messaging platform, was pushed to scale at a rate their backend could no longer support. At the time, the company had deployed 300 nodes – mostly composed of NoSQL competitor MongoDB, in combination with Redis – to address their scaling issues. In 2014, Viber announced its switch to Couchbase given the massive growth and scale the platform was attaining. The company was drawn to Couchbase by its easy and transparent sharding and scaling model, ability to provide higher throughput, and reduced number of nodes required. Couchbase’s unique consolidation of caching and database tiers made the technology especially appealing to Viber. Today Viber continues to use Couchbase to serve 12% of the world’s mobile devices with always-available messaging.
Learn how Wells Fargo, the world's second-largest bank uses Couchbase to monitor 50M+ transactions per day for fraud in real time.
Wells Fargo, the world's second-largest bank by market capitalization and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by total assets, uses Couchbase to support its fraud monitoring infrastructure. High performance, high availability, and easy scalability help Wells Fargo monitor each and every transaction for fraud at less than 10 ms per operation for 9,000 reads and writes per second.
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Coventry Railway Station
Coventry welcomes Lady Godiva train on maiden voyage
It rolled in to Coventry for the very first time
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Coventry Railway Station welcomed a special guest to the station earlier today - the Lady Godiva train.
Unveiled for the very first time today, the Virgin Pendolino train rolled in to Coventry with the Coventry flag adorned on the front of the engine.
Having arrived following a brief ceremony at London Euston, the train - which has been rebranded with a Lady Godiva nameplate adorned on a carriage, only stayed for around two minutes, but will be a familiar sight across the UK going forward.
Today it was the 11.42am train from Coventry to Edinburgh, but over the next 12 months it can expect to clock up around 30,000 miles as it travels from Scotland to London, and everywhere in between.
And of course, many of these journeys will see the train calling in at Coventry.
Its arrival was greeted by many at the station upon its arrival.
On board was Coventry's Lord Mayor, and along with a large group of schoolchildren, the city's own Lady Godiva - Pru Porretta was on hand to welcome the train to the city.
The new Lady Godiva train at Coventry Railway Station
Coventry's older trains
It is believed that the Lady Godiva train is the rebranded Virgin Quest train.
However, this is not the first Virgin train to have a Coventry theme.
Currently there is the City of Coventry train, one of the older models in the fleet.
And, back in 2015, Virgin Angel briefly had the Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire Awards name and logo on its side, before being renamed after Stephen Sutton.
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What has been said about Coventry's new train?
Coventry's flag takes pride of place on the front of the train
Amanda Hines, General Manager for Virgin Trains in the West Midlands enthused: “We’re delighted to be flying the flag for Coventry.
"Lady Godiva will clock up over 300,000 miles in the next 12 months and be seen the length and breadth of the West Coast route from Liverpool to London, Birmingham to Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and of course Coventry.”
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Wells Fargo Wealth Management has purchased Olympic Industrial Park, a 94,739-square-foot industrial and office ensemble in SeaTac, Wash., on behalf of an undisclosed 1031 exchange buyer. Avenue 55 sold the two-building asset for $13 million in a deal brokered by Colliers International.
The buildings are located at 19111 Des Moines Memorial Drive and 1200 S. 192nd St., between the Seattle and Tacoma ports. Olympic Industrial Park is situated next to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, providing easy access to interstates 5 and 405, as well as routes 509 and 99.
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1911 Des Moines Memorial Drive in SeaTac, Wash.
The asset was constructed in 1983 and renovated after Avenue 55’s $6.4 million purchase in 2015. The property at 19111 Des Moines Memorial Drive, comprising 75,588 square feet, is 100 percent leased to tenants such as Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air, Seattle Air Cargo and BlueStar Refreshment Services. The asset features 26 loading-dock and seven grade-level doors and 20-foot clear height ceilings.
The second building encompasses 20,548 square feet of office space across three stories. At the time of sale, the property was occupied by the International Rescue Committee, Carmichael International Service, Argent Express Group and Sea & Air Transport, among others.
Colliers’ team representing the seller included Senior Vice Presidents Scott Alan and Patrick Mullin. According to the brokers, under the Avenue 55 ownership, they succeeded to stabilize the assets by increasing occupancy of the warehouse from 50 to 100 percent and the office building’s from 75 to 92 percent.
“The sale of Olympic Industrial Park was the final initiative in a successful repositioning of the buildings over the past three years by both ownership and the Colliers team,” said Alan and Mullin, in a prepared statement.
Earlier this year, Colliers represented the owner of the Watson Industrial Park in Chino, Calif., in the signing of two leases nearing 1.2 million square feet. The master-planned complex is slated for completion by late 2019.
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Great Transformations in the Global Economy
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tel.: +49 228 94927-110 (-111)
E-Mail: Dirk.Messner@die-gdi.de
23 October, 9.00 – 12.30
a) Introduction: Why the “new globalization” started in the mid 1980s
Angus Maddison (2002): The West and the rest of the international economic order, Paris
b) Three waves of global change: Transformation of the global economy towards 2030/50
Dirk, Messner (2011): Three waves of global change – The dynamics of global governance in the first half of the 21st century, in: Thomas Fues / LIU Youfa (eds.), Global governance and building a harmonious world: a comparison of European and Chinese concepts for international affairs (Bonn: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute, Studies 62), 9-38*
Raphael Kaplinsky/ Dirk Messner (2008): The Asian Drivers of global change, Special Issue, World Development, Nr. 2, 197-209
Wolfgang Streeck (2011): The crisis in context. Democratic capitalism and its contradictions. MPIfG Discussion Paper 11/15, Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 2011
World Bank Indicators
World Bank, GNI per capita Atlas
More data: www.unctad.org; www.undp.org
27 November, 9.00 – 12.30
a) The new global poverty map … and the new global middle classes: Impacts on international politics?
Andy Sumner (2010): Global poverty and the new bottom billion, Brighton. IDS Working Papers Volume 2010, Issue 349, 1–43*
Homi Kharas (2010): The emerging middle class in developing countries. OECD Development Centre Working Paper No. 285, 2012*
Andy Sumner (2012): Beyond Low and Middle Income Countries: What if There Were Five Clusters of Developing Countries? IDS Working Papers Volume 2012, No. 404*
b) How does markets work? The role of institutions, rules, and human behaviour – different perspectives?
George Akerlof/ Robert Shiller (2009): Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism. Frankfurt/ New York, 29-92*
18 December, 9 – 12.30
a) Three different perspectives on globalization
Justin Lin (2010): New structural economics. A framework for rethinking development, World Bank Policy Research Paper 5197, Washington*
Joseph Stiglitz (2007): Globalization and its discontents, W. W. Norton, New York
Fitoussi, Jean-Paul / Joseph E. Stiglitz (2011): Chairmen’s summary, in: Jean-Paul Fitoussi / Joseph E. Stiglitz and the Paris Group (eds): The G20 and recovery and beyond. New York 5-29; 33-38*
b) From divergence to convergence in the new global economy?
Subramanian, Arvind: Introduction, in: Arvind Subramanian (2011). Eclipse. Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic, Washington D.C., 1 - 12*
Subramanian, Arvind: Forces driving dominance: convergence and gravity, in: Arvind Subramanian (2011). Eclipse. Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic, Washington D.C., 69 – 94*
Subramanian, Arvind: Projecting economies and currency dominance, in: Arvind Subramanian (2011). Eclipse. Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic, Washington D.C., 99 – 115
Subramanian, Arvind: China as the new raison d’être for reviving multilateralism, in: Arvind Subramanian (2011). Eclipse. Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic, Washington D.C., 169 – 187
Spence, Michael: The global economy and developing countries, in: Michael Spence (2011). The Next Convergence. The future of economic growth in a multispeed world. New York, 3-25*
Spence, Michael: The high-growth developing countries in the postwar period, in: Michael Spence (2011). The Next Convergence. The future of economic growth in a multispeed world. New York, 53-70
Spence, Michael: China’s structural challenge, in: Michael Spence (2011). The Next Convergence. The future of economic growth in a multispeed world. New York, 194-205
Spence, Michael: Global Governance in a multispeed world, in: Michael Spence (2011). The Next Convergence. The future of economic growth in a multispeed world. New York, 247-273*
11 January, 8:30 – 12.00
a) The great transformation towards sustainability
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (2011): World in transition – A social contract for sustainability, Berlin
Leggewie, Claus/ Dirk Messner (2012): The low-carbon transformation—A social science perspective, in: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol. 4, Issue 4*
Additional material:
WBGU Symposium on “Low Carbon Prosperity” (summary, papers, videos)
Virtual WBGU - lectures on the “Great transformation towards sustainability”
b) Development within the planetary boundaries: Green Growth? No Growth? Low Carbon Society? … Comparing Green Transformation Strategies
Jackson, Tim (2009): Prosperity without Growth, London
OECD (2011): Towards green growth, Paris
UNEP (2011): Towards a green economy, Nairobi
Worldbank (2012): Inclusive green growth, Washington (Please read the executive summary)
a) Long term dynamics in the global economy and in the Earth system – challenges for global governance
1) Long term innovation dynamics during the last 12.000 years
Fogel, Robert W. (1999): Catching up with the Economy, in: The American Economic Review, Vol. 89, No. 1, S.1-21*
2) From the industrial revolution to the transformation towards sustainability
WBGU (2011): World in transition – A social contract for sustainability, Chapter 3, Berlin
3) Long term dynamics in the Earth system
Lenton, Timothy et al (2007): Tipping Elements in the Earth`s Climate system: in: PNAS, Jg. 105/6, S. 1786-1793*
Johann Rockström (2009): A safe operating Space for Humanity, in: Nature, Vol. 461, 24 September, 472-475*
Williams, Mark / Jan Zalasiewicz,/ Alan Haywood /Mike Ellis (eds) (2011): Special Theme Issue 'The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?' Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 369, 842-867
Messner, Dirk: Long term dynamics in the global economy – A challenge for policy makers and political science (PowerPoint Präsentation)
5 February, 9.00 – 12.30
Cooperation in a globalized world – Can global governance work a world society of 9 billion people? Meta, macro and micro perspectives
Bremmer, Ian: What is the G-Zero?, in: Ian Bremmer (2012): Every nation for itself. Winners and losers in a G-Zero World. New York, 7-35*
Bremmer, Ian: What comes next?, in: Ian Bremmer (2012): Every nation for itself. Winners and losers in a G-Zero World. New York, 151 - 184
Mearsheimer, John (2004): Why China`s rise will not be peaceful, Chicago*
Martin Nowak (2011): Super co-operators. Evolution, altruism and human behaviour, New York, preface, 1-20*, 267-284
Tomasello, Michael (2009): Why we cooperate. Cambridge.
Messner, Dirk: Global Cooperation multiple perspectives
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HomeDigpu NewsYEH MERA INDIA – The movie that breaks major Indian stereotypes and has something for everybody – Movie Review By Digpu
YEH MERA INDIA – The movie that breaks major Indian stereotypes and has something for everybody – Movie Review By Digpu
February 1, 2019 Cheshta Bakshi Digpu News, Digpu Opinion, Featured Posts, National News 0
February 01, 2019 —
Yeh Mera India is a 2008 Hindi movie, written and directed by N. Chandra. It is an amalgamation of realities not only a movie. The movie showcases the biggest truth – ‘What goes around comes around’, in case of both good and bad actions. It is a very well-knit script showing interconnected short stories with commendable acting. It helps people learn their own lessons by being extremely relatable. The film has something for everybody. It is full of heart touching scenes.
The movie speaks volumes about the grass root level reality of India.
It showcases exploitation of emotions for political motives, the stereotypes of an average Indian, the Muslim-Terrorism misconception; mishappenings leading to criminal activities and how faith and karma play their roles in everyone’s life. The movie is made even more intense and powerful by the words of Piyush Mishra in the background all over the timeline of the movie. One of our favourite couplets by Piyush Mishra is below:
Aaj Jab Umeed Ke Saare Kinaarey Paas They,
Zindagi Ne Saans Ki Kashti Bhanwar Main Chod Di.
A Commendable Plot And Immensely Engaging Short Stories With A Moral
Rajit Kapoor plays the character of the CEO of a call centre who flirts with many girls and harrases one of his employees. Later, he gets scared even by the mere thought of her daughter going through all this. This incident changes the man for good and later he saves the same employee from goons, not thinking about his life.
The above-mentioned employee is played by Smile Suri, who happens to love the son of a politician, who plans his son’s life according to his political benefits. Later the son played by Purab Kohli disowns his father for his own life and for the sake of his love.
The story continues such that two friends meet after a long time.
One of them is Sayaji Shinde, who is an inspector while the other is Atul Kulkarni who is a Naxalite. They both think of how life unfolded totally opposite to their expectations. Later the Naxalite leaves the wrong path after his friend, the inspector chases him and gets severely injured.
The sister of the Naxalite is played by Seema Biswas is a domestic help in Sarika’s house. She is shocked to know Sarika’s thinking about her, however later she saves the life of her employer. Meanwhile, there is a Bihari labourer played by Rajpal Yadav who comes to Mumbai in search of employment. Initially, he is mocked by the inspector. But later, the inspector’s life is saved by the efforts of Rajpal Yadav.
Also, a Muslim man played by Ehsaan Khan hates all Hindus and plans to plant a bomb to kill a large mass. However, another Muslim played by Vijay Raaz who has had horrifying memories with some violent Hindus in his childhood saves the innocent lives and becomes a martyr.
Another Muslim man is played by Parvin Dabas who is a hard-working Indian and is a victim of the stereotypes that Muslims face everywhere. He is not allowed to purchase a posh flat just because of his religion. He later becomes violent when the underworld Don played by Milind Gunaji shoots his wife after a scuffle.
Also, Siddhant Karnick plays the role of a hardworking Mumbaikar facing daily struggles of life. He is filled up with the feeling of helplessness. Anupam Kher plays a judge who can’t reach his hospitalised daughter in time due to unnecessary road rage. He solves a case between Virendra Saxena and Ashwin Mushran very interestingly.
Our Verdict:
We would give the movie 4.5/5 ⭐. The film has been brought very close to reality which is why it is hard-hitting. It hits at the very root of different social stigmas and biases of daily life. We, at Digpu, wish such films get more viewership and public appreciation. We extend our congratulations to the whole team of YEH MERA INDIA.
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