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Elementary School Teaching Resources
Elementary School Teaching Resources, U.S.
U.S. History Lesson Plans (Elementary)
U.S. History PowerPoints (Elementary)
Elementary School Teaching Resources, World
World History Lesson Plans (Elementary)
World History PowerPoints (Elementary)
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Middle/Junior High School Teaching Resources, U.S.
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U.S. History PowerPoints (Middle)
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Muscogee Creek Nation Teaching the Teachers 2016
CAH in the Classroom
About the Ivey Foundation
About the Cultural Approach
Overview of the Cultural Approach to History
Origin of the Cultural Approach to History
About Columbus State University
Category: CAH in the Classroom
by lasseter_henry · Published June 6, 2017
CAH World Issues Project
Below are several pictures from a World History Project in which students were tasked to create a sculpture representing several different modern issues. Thank you to Mrs. Lauren Kiser for hosting this project and...
Elementary Students at Work!
Here are six photographs showcasing students from a local elementary school working on CAH activities.
The Situation Room
Through the use of The Cultural Approach to History and Teaching with Primary Sources, students were able to recreate a Situation Room scenario in which they helped the Kennedy administration resolve the Cuban Missile...
Developing Great Questions
On February 11 2017, The Ivey Center and The Cultural Approach to History, hosted a class at Columbus State’s Riverpark Campus. The goal of this class was to encourage the development of new and...
What does a “21st Century Learner” look like? On April 8 2017, Educators from around Georgia and Alabama helped us answer that question. We saw how education may be re-imagined through the screening of the...
UPCOMING EVENTS & APPLICATION DATES
Advanced Methods of the Cultural Approach Seminar 8-12 June 2020
Fundamentals of the Cultural Approach Seminar 1-5 June 2020
The Ivey Center Scholarship Application
Ivey Center Grant Application
Muscogee County Teacher of the Year – Awardee
Muscogee County – Teacher of the Year – Finalists
Brag Tags
The Ivey Legacy
https://youtu.be/gFAglbrolAY
Teacher Testimonial
https://youtu.be/X8VAGALmftU
The Cultural Approach to Summer Camps
Over the Summer the Ivey Center was delighted to play host to the Timekeepers Camp! Our educators and their students become enthralled in the immersive experience that allowed them to travel back in time! Some highlights of the event can be seen in the video below.
Timekeepers Summer Camp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTkEKHDmjTo
History: A Cultural Approach © 2020. All Rights Reserved.
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First Aid kit used on the Pan American Goodwill Flight in 1926-1927
1926 in London
Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited
Science Museum Group Collection
Tabloid first aid kit, in aluminium case in canvas satchel used on U.S. Army Pan American flight, 1927, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, with list of contents
Burroughs, Wellcome & Co made first aid kits for influential people and expeditions in a shrewd attempt to advertise the product. Filled with bandages, plasters and aromatic ammonia (inhaled when someone was at risk of fainting), this kit was carried by one of the teams on the Pan American Goodwill Flight 1926-27. Autographed by the eight successful airmen, the kit was donated back to the makers on their return.
The flight was arranged by the United States Air Force to promote goodwill in Central and South America and to map potential airline routes. Taking off from San Antonio, Texas, on 21 December 1926, five planes named after American cities undertook a trip of 22,000 miles. The flight passed over Mexico and Central America and down the west coast of South America. It crossed over the Andes and back to the USA before travelling on up the east coast on 2 May 1927, making several stops in each country. Two of the men died on the trip and only two planes made it back intact.
Science Museum: Making the Modern World Gallery
Leonard Weddington
Benton, John
Clinton Woolsey
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
case, aluminium, leather, satchel, canvas
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Dargue, H.A. & Eaby, D. etc.
Tensival tablets and Distaval tablets (tablets; Tensival; thalidomide)
Multivitamin liquid 'Vitavel', London, England, 1987 (multivitamin)
Green glass bottle of 'Apenta aperient water' (bottle)
‘Alpine Spa’ slimming pills, London, England, 1908-1950 (tablet)
Bottle of penicillin lozenges, England, 1949 (penicillin)
Packet of Nicorette chewing gum, Sweden, 1973-1983 (chewing gum)
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Acasă » Comunicate
Am lansat pelerinajul la autoritățile publice pentru a promova și a actualiza datele deschise guvernamentale
Peste 800 de tineri au fost informați despre însemnătatea și valoarea datelor deschise
Date.gov.md va fi temporar indisponibil
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Give some proposals to the Action Plan for an Open Government
The Open Governance Week 2016 is taking place across Bucharest
16 February, 2016 - 09:41
California to Pilot Statewide Open Data Portal
Officials announce plans for a next-gen open data portal for agencies and departments. California is hatching plans to pilot a next-gen open data portal to house all of its public agency data under one roof. Next steps for the site are to add data sets from four additional departments by the end of February with the goal to replace the state’s aging open data site Data.ca.gov with a beta version by June.
The New South Wales government has awarded AU$1.8 million to Melbourne-based Versent to build a new online open data hub for the state's transport department
Transport New South Wales has contracted cloud managed services firm Versent Pty Ltd for the creation of a AU$1.8 million online open data hub. Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance said the open data hub will provide a platform for app developers across the world to innovate and deliver new ideas to customers.
Open Data Institute publishes report into an Open Banking Standard
The Open Data Institute has published its report into an Open Banking Standard. Changes in EU law mean that within the next two years UK banks will have to open up access to their payments capabilities, and to provide services that will enable their customers to receive their data over the internet and easily, safely and securely share it with third parties. The Open Banking Standard therefore aims to guide how open banking data should be created, shared and used by its owners and those who access it, with a view to protecting privacy and keeping the data secure.
The future will be built on open data – here’s why
Data has the power to revolutionise and disrupt the way societies are governed. None more so than open data, which is free to access, free to use and can be shared by anyone. It’s non-personal and can be used to identify and predict large-scale trends and behaviours. This is as opposed to closed data that is restricted to internal use by an organisation. Many organisations are now seeing the benefits of open data. The European Union Open Data Portal, the British government’s efforts under the banner of Opening up Government, and the Global Open Data Index are three examples of initiatives that bring together and make available large amounts of data about industry, health, education, and employment among other fields.
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Doctor Sleep at David Minor Theater
151 mins | Rated R (for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use.)
Directed by Mike Flanagan
Starring Jacob Tremblay, Rebecca Ferguson, Ewan McGregor
Danny Torrance is a middle-aged man drifting though America in order to shed his father's alcoholism, which passed down to him in order to forget the events of "The Shining". After landing into a small Massachusetts town and with the aid of a cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep". After meeting a young girl with the most powerful shining Danny's ever seen, he must now face the demons of his past and the demons of the present in order to save her from a horrifying evil known as "The True Knot".
151 mins | Rated R (for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use.) | Horror
Directed by Mike Flanagan | Starring Jacob Tremblay, Rebecca Ferguson, Ewan McGregor
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ToonTown Online
Digital Release: PC
Delisting: August 20, 2013 (End of Distribution)
September 19, 2013 (Server Shutdown)
Developer: Disney Interactive
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Sony Platform Publishing (Retail)
Available On: None (See below)
Links: ToonTown Online homepage [Archive]
ToonTown Rewritten homepage
ToonTown Online was ultimately shut down on September 19th, 2013. In the years before this the game had slowly been retired across various countries until it was consolidated to the North American region. A closing announcement and FAQ page were published on August 20th, 2013 stating that all existing players would have unlimited access to the game’s content until its closure in September. The FAQ page fielded the question of why the game was shutting down after ten years in operation:
“The Walt Disney Company is committed to offering high-quality, entertaining play experiences in both online virtual worlds and mobile apps. At this time, we are shifting our development focus towards other online and mobile play experiences, and a growing selection of Disney Mobile apps. We deeply appreciate your enthusiasm and loyal support for Toontown Online and sincerely hope you will continue to enjoy the large variety of online and mobile play experiences Disney offers – with more to come soon!”
– ToonTown FAQ
In June of 2015, Jesse Schell of Schell Games recorded a Q&A video that debuted at OMG!con discussing the history and fate of ToonTown Online. He mentioned that the game’s subscription model and desktop-based gameplay became unsustainable (not unlike Club Penguin which Disney shut down in 2017) but that discussions about a revival persisted through 2016. As of July 2019 the game has yet to return in an official form but fans have worked diligently since October of 2013 on a private-server recreation of the game known as ToonTown Rewritten.
“Toontown is the world’s first 3D massively multiplayer online PC game (MMOG) designed especially for children and their families. And, from today, they can go online to enjoy a quite unique gaming experience.
Their help is needed in Toontown because Scrooge McDuck has accidentally unleashed the Cogs, and now they are determined to turn its fun-filled and colourful landscape into a bleak, grey metropolis of bland skyscrapers and businesses. Players – who appear in the game as 3D personalised Toon characters – have to take-on the Cogs to help rescue their town.
In addition to this key task, there are hundreds of quests that must be completed for players to progress through Toontown. And the game also features a host of mini-games in each neighbourhood – including Lucky Number, Underwater Ring, Boom-A-Toon, Toon Tag, Match Minnie, Dodge-a-Cog, Tug-O-War and Catching Game. Mini-games earn players jelly beans, which can be used to buy battle props in Goofy’s Gag Shop. And what do gags do? Help you defeat those pesky Cogs!“
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Last Updated: July 2, 2019 by ShawnS
Delisted On: PC
Companies: Disney Interactive, Schell Games
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INFOSECURITY NEWSLETTER
[White Paper] Understanding The Challenges of Cloud Monitoring and Security
While cloud providers offer many security measures, organizations are ultimately responsible for securing their own data, their own applications, and their own services in the cloud. We discuss how companies are adapting to new cloud security challenges and the important considerations they need to make before choosing a cloud monitoring solution.
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Q&A Part II: Common Misconceptions About Threat Hunting and the Impact of Moving to the Cloud
Devesh Panchwagh, deltarisk.com, April 26, 2018
Yesterday, Delta Risk’s Andrew Cook and Infocyte Founder and Chief Product Officer Chris Gerritz presented a webinar on “Threat Hunting Versus Compromise Assessments: What’s the Difference?” In advance of the webinar, Dev Panchwagh spoke with the presenters to gain more insights into this subject, including common misconceptions and the impact of moving to the cloud.
Six Cybersecurity Questions to Ask the C-Suite Now
Barry Scott, itportal.com, April 30, 2018
IT professionals can help business decision makers to understand the dimension of the cybersecurity challenge, and how to formulate appropriate solutions, by asking six straightforward questions. The major data breaches of the past year have hit businesses hard. Equifax saw its share price drop by 13 per cent within a day of revealing its breach, and estimates it will end up spending $275 million in clean-up costs this year. Yahoo suffered a $350 million drop in its sale price to Verizon after reporting that data breaches had affected one billion accounts – a number which was later revised to all three billion.
DOD Releases New Guidance Giving Teeth to Cybersecurity Rules to Protect Data Within the Supply Chain
Gaurav Paul, csoonline.com, April 30, 2018
The US Department of Defense issued new guidance on how it might penalize business partners that do not adequately adhere to new security rules codified in NIST SP 800-171. NIST has prescribed a set of 110 security requirements that are derived from a larger standard called NIST SP 800-53 that governs cybersecurity standards for government systems. December 31, 2017 was the designated deadline for implementing the controls as part of DFARS 252.204-7012 to protect confidential unclassified information (CUI).
For Better Cybersecurity, Be Nice to Your CFO
Derek B. Johnson, fcw.com, May 1, 2018
Nearly every federal employee, even those whose IT experience begins and ends at using a computer for work, is capable of contributing to the protection of U.S. government networks. While CIOs and CISOs bring the expertise and experience needed to manage large IT enterprises, chief financial officers bring money and vision. Their control over an agency’s budget requests and strategic planning process makes them gatekeepers whose support can often mean the difference between getting the necessary funding for critical cybersecurity priorities and simply making do.
Interpreting the New NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Jaclyn Jaeger, complianceweek.com, May 1, 2018
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently published the first-ever update to its widely adopted Cybersecurity Framework, implementing significant revisions that all sectors can benefit from as they look to improve their cyber-security efforts. NIST first published its voluntary Cybersecurity Framework in February 2014 in response to an executive order issued by the Obama Administration. At the time, the focus of the framework was on 16 critical infrastructure sectors—such as financial services, energy, transportation, communications, and defense.
Phishing Threats Still Dwarf Vulnerabilities, Zero-Days
Rob Wright, zdnet.com, April 30, 2018
Phishing threats continue to evolve and stay one step ahead of enterprise defenses, according to new research from Proofpoint. Proofpoint’s report, titled “The Human Factor 2018,” revealed several trends and techniques for social engineering attacks, including phishing threats, observed in 2017 based on data from more than 1 billion email messages a day. The email security vendor’s report revealed shifts in targeted attacks and techniques used by a variety of threat actors last year.
Why Improved Cybersecurity Education can Help Reduce Employee ‘Cyber Stress’
Jonathan Greig, techrepublic.com, May 1, 2018
Stress permeates every aspect of our daily lives and is now making its way into our digital lives as well. In a survey, Kaspersky Lab found that 81% of Americans and 72% of Canadians suffer from “cyber stress” related to the fear of being hacked or having their personal information stolen. The survey, commissioned by Kaspersky Lab and conducted by research firm Opinion Matters, drew from 2,515 internet users across the United States and Canada, finding that people were overwhelmingly untrustworthy of activity on the internet and stressed over the best ways to protect their digital profiles. However, that also means that users are thinking even more about security.
What do Meltdown, Spectre and RyanFall Mean for the Future of Cybersecurity?
Andrew Lohn, techcrunch.com, April 18, 2018
The security community is still reeling from the discoveries of the Meltdown and Spectre computer vulnerabilities, and now it seems that a rash of new hardware vulnerabilities called MasterKey, RyzenFall, Fallout and Chimera have been found in the past few months, too. Unlike most previous threats, all these vulnerabilities attack a computer’s hardware, rather than its software. This second release of attacks may be early indications that Meltdown and Spectre have opened a new front in the war between hackers and defenders in the realm of computer chips.
Cybersecurity Leading Corporate Board Directors’ Concerns, Stamford Firm Finds
Kevin Zimmerman, westfaironline.com, May 2, 2018
A new report from a Stamford group has found that corporate board members are growing increasingly concerned about cybersecurity – specifically how they feel poorly equipped to deal with the ever-increasing pace of technology and business disruption.
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Russian Boxer Maxim Dadashev Dies After Bout
Filed Under:Boxing, Maxim Dadashev
MOSCOW (AP) — Boxer Maxim Dadashev has died after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland. He was 28.
LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 20: Maxim Dadashev (L) of Russia connects on Antonio de Marco of Mexico during a super lightweight bout at Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on October 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
The Russian Boxing Federation says Dadashev died “as a result of the injuries he sustained” in Friday’s light-welterweight fight with Subriel Matias at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Dadashev was hospitalized shortly after the fight, which was stopped by his corner following the 11th round after Dadashev took numerous shots to the head.
LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 20: Maxim Dadashev of Russia wait for the decision after a super lightweight bout against Antonio de Marco of Mexico at Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on October 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dadashev won by unanimous decision. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
Footage from the fight shows Dadashev shaking his head as his trainer, Buddy McGirt, pleads with him to stop the fight, telling him: “You’re getting hit too much, Max. Please, Max, please let me do this.”
Both fighters were 13-0 before the fight, which offered the winner the right to challenge IBF title-holder Josh Taylor.
© 2019 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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DC Movie Report for Joker
The DC TV Report
DC TV Report for week ending 1/18/2020
The Crisis is over! Worlds rose and fell! And Ed and Sara break it all down for you! Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. Episode recaps The Arrowverse crossover hours 4 & 5: 10:16 Past finale refresher and news DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: 35:45 News updates Superman and Lois: 41:04 Green Arrow and the Canaries: 44:50 Titans: 46:05 Green Lantern: 49:37 Lucifer: 51:36 Watchmen: 53:24 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 56:52 Got a burning question or keen observation? Send an email to dctv@wickedtheory.com or chat on Twitter at...
info_outline DC TV Report for week ending 1/11/2020
Fresh DC TV episodes are just around the corner, but in the meantime, Ed and Sara have one last retro pick this week: the ahead-of-its-time Birds of Prey from 2002. Plus news updates for the Arrowverse, award noms for Watchmen, and a rumor about another new DC property that may be making its way to HBO Max. Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. News updates The Arrowverse crossover: 8:14 Watchmen: 11:06 Lucifer: 12:49 Y the Last Man: 16:12 Blue Beetle: 17:42 Retro pick Birds of Prey (2002): 20:53 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 43:10 Got...
info_outline DC TV Report for week ending 1/4/2020
It may be 2020, but Ed and Sara are headed back to 1991 for a retro pick episode of The Flash featuring a handsome up-and-comer named Bryan Cranston. Plus linkage blindness, laser disc collections, and confetti bearer bonds. Spoilers for a 30-year-old show ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. News updates Arrow: 4:50 Supergirl: 6:51 Black Lightning: 7:58 DMZ: 9:39 Lucifer: 11:07 Retro pick: The Flash (1990): 13:10 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 32:06 Got a burning question or keen observation? Send an email to dctv@wickedtheory.com or chat on...
info_outline DC TV Report for week ending 12/28/2019
2019’s ending with no fresh DC TV episodes, so Ed and Sara are ringing in the new year with a retro pick: Wonder Woman! Plus, the top 10 last-minute reveals of 2019, as ranked by executive producer Bill Sweeney. Spoilers ahead (mostly for a 43-year-old show), so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. News updates The Arrowverse: 4:35 Titans: 7:23 Retro pick Wonder Woman: 9:34 Top 10 last-minute reveals of 2019: 23:58 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 37:03 Got a burning question or keen observation? Send an email to dctv@wickedtheory.com or chat on Twitter...
Before you settle in for your long winter’s nap, join Ed and Sara as they discuss the triumphant Watchmen finale AND a Super-bonus Christmas retro pick! Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. Episode recap Watchmen: 4:42 News updates The Flash: 23:03 Lucifer: 23:36 Retro pick Lois and Clark: 25:29 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 38:49 Got a burning question or keen observation? Send an email to dctv@wickedtheory.com or chat on Twitter at @dctvreport, @lileddieohare and @SaraNetzley. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review....
Crisis on Infinite Earths is here, and oh, friends, it was worth the wait. Join Ed and Sara as they rave about the first three hours of television’s most epic crossover. Plus, Watchmen delivers a romantic, time-twisty episode that makes Sara say “wonderful” at least a dozen times. Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. Episode recaps: Watchmen: 7:10 Black Lightning: 18:24 Crisis on Infinite Earths, hours 1-3: 27:37 News updates The Arrowverse: 1:03:28 Supergirl: 1:04:06 Stargirl: 1:05:48 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 1:08:21 Got a...
info_outline DC TV Report for week ending 12/7/2019
Ed and Sara are giddy in the final days before Crisis. Join them for all the episode rundowns and news you need to know to get prepared. Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. Episode recaps Batwoman: 11:19 Supergirl: 21:29 Watchmen: 28:27 Black Lightning: 39:12 The Flash: 48:01 Arrow: 54:58 News updates The Arrowverse crossover: 1:07:31 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: 1:15:12 Titans: 1:17:12 Lucifer: 1:18:35 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 1:21:18 Got a burning question or keen observation? Send an email to dctv@wickedtheory.com or chat on...
This Thanksgiving week, Watchmen serves up magnificence, Titans serves up Nightwing, and Arrow serves up Quentin. Also, Sara’s over the moon about Harley Quinn on DC Universe, which is outside the purview of this live-action podcast, but she just wants everybody to know about it, okay? Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. Episode recaps Watchmen: 6:46 Black Lightning: 18:40 The Flash: 26:59 Arrow: 35:51 Titans: 43:16 News updates The Arrowverse crossover: 58:22 Supergirl: 59:48 Superman and Lois: 1:01:30 The Sandman: 1:03:47 As always, Ed and Sara close with...
Happy Thanksgiving week! Where do you fall on the issue of lasagna at the Thanksgiving table? Are you as sad as Ed and Sara that Watchmen is already halfway through season 1? Did you really only tune in to share the excitement over the newest Arrowverse crossover pics? (We see you, Kevin Conroy!) Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. Episode recaps Batwoman: 7:19 Supergirl: 15:50 Watchmen: 24:58 Black Lightning: 38:55 The Flash: 49:10 Arrow: 1:00:18 Titans: 1:09:54 News updates The Arrowverse crossover: 1:18:56 Stargirl: 1:21:38 Lucifer: 1:24:07 Y the Last Man:...
Lana Croft’s adventures! Adrian’s baby lake! Bruce’s donut stop! Ed and Sara fill you in on all the DC TV highlights of the past week. Spoilers ahead, so jump over the ones you don’t wanna know about. Episode recaps Batwoman: 7:18 Supergirl: 15:55 Watchmen: 25:07 Black Lightning: 38:07 Titans: 45:57 News updates The Arrowverse crossover: 59:50 Arrow: 1:00:24 The Flash: 1:01:35 As always, Ed and Sara close with the winner of the week: 1:03:24 Got a burning question or keen observation? Send an email to dctv@wickedtheory.com or chat on Twitter at @dctvreport, @EdwardOHareTBD and...
DC’s newest take on the Joker hit theaters this past week. Did Joaquin Phoenix make Ed and Sara put on a happy face, or will they need to turn their frowns upside down? The first part of the conversation is a spoiler-free overview, and they shift into spoilers at 7:30.
Got a keen observation or a question they didn’t answer? Send an email to dctv@wickedtheory.com or chat on Twitter at @dctvreport, @LilEddieOHare, @SaraNetzley, or @WicketTheory. And don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review. Shazam!
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Prominent YouTubers to vlog about Vietnam’s Kingdom of Caves
By Nguyen Quy  May 23, 2019 | 02:16 pm GMT+7
A woman rows her boat along Gianh River in Quang Binh Province. Photo by Shutterstock/hoangdinhkhanh
Twelve well known YouTube ‘vloggers’ will join a field trip to Quang Binh Province in a tourism promotion campaign.
A source from the central province’s tourism department revealed that they are working closely with representatives from Google and YouTube, the Google-owned video-sharing platform, to come up a final list of the 12 video bloggers, or Vloggers. The list will be announced next week.
The Vloggers, followed by millions of subscribers on their respective YouTube channels, will take a tour of Quang Binh to explore its beautiful scenery, try out its cuisine and share their experiences with their fans.
The field tour is part of efforts to boost tourism to Quang Binh, home to the world’s largest cave, Son Doong. The province was also a filming location for the 2017 Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island.
Last year, Quang Binh received 3.9 million tourists, up 18 percent over the previous year.
Colossal caves, most of them protected, in the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, have given Quang Binh, one of Vietnam's poorest provinces, an opportunity to improve people’s livelihoods through its rapidly growing tourism industry.
Son Doong, part of the national park, opened to tourists in 2013, four years after members of the British Cave Research Association concluded their initial exploration and declared it the world's largest cave.
The five kilometer-long system, which is 150 meters high and 200 meters wide, contains at least 150 individual caves, a dense subterranean jungle and several underground rivers.
Quang Binh authorities recently raised the limit for number of tourists allowed to visit the cave from 640 to 900 a year.
Earlier this year, the U.K.-based travel guide publisher, Lonely Planet, named Son Doong Cave among the best places to visit in 2019.
The New York Times has named it among the world’s top eight travel destinations, while the National Geographic has called it a "natural wonder."
Son Doong
World’s biggest cave in Vietnam just got bigger
UK cave experts explore underground river in Son Doong
UK experts explore underground mystery in Son Doong Cave
Vietnam’s Kingdom of Caves launches river tour
Tags: YouTubers Son Doong Kingdom of Caves Quang Binh tourism promotion Vloggers
Video of traffic on Saigon bridges shows vibrant city
The tale of two pagodas that reflect each other
After Hanoi, double-decker bus tours to hit Saigon streets
The hidden gem that is southern Vietnam’s second tallest peak
Phong Nha-Ke Bang diversity wins a Southeast Asia recommendation
Vietnam makes world sit up with new generation of luxury resorts
Mountainous province puts safety, environment ahead of tourist dollar
At Sun World, Mother Nature shines bright
Reading: Prominent YouTubers to vlog about Vietnam’s Kingdom of Caves
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World News: Clashes Follow Oppression in Israel, Blockades Strike Bolivia
1,000 protesters clashed with police at the Israel-Palestine “security fence,” with protesters insisting that this was “the fence’s last day.” click here for more. This comes three days after the sentencing of Anarchists Against the Wall cofounder, Yonatan Pollak, to three months in jail for participating in a 2008 Critical Mass bikeride in Tel Aviv.Click here for more.
In other news, major disruptions occurred throughout Bolivia as President Evo Morales lifted gas subsides, sending fuel prices soaring over 80%. Morales claims that lifting the subsides means shedding previous neo-liberal economic programs. While making fuel less available may also lead to a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, trade unions and neighborhood associations have lead strikes and blockades against the government in protest against Morales’s decision. Click here for more.
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Scott DeMuth’s Sentencing Delayed
Animal liberation defendant Scott DeMuth’s pre-sentencing hearing, which had been scheduled for December 29 after getting postponed once already, got canceled today because of bureaucratic issues in the court system. His actual sentencing is now scheduled for January 14th in Iowa. Click here for more.
Victory in Tokyo Two Scandal
“Greenpeace welcomes the Fisheries Agency of Japan’s decision to discipline its officials who had been receiving free whale meat from the whaling operating company. However, FAJ only punished 5 officials while the corruption in the whaling program is much bigger and institutionalized. Greenpeace demands a third-party investigation on the whale meat scandal to reveal the true face of the whaling program.” For more, click here.
Suspects Arrested for Assaulting Activist
Authorities announced arrests in an assault on Konstantin Fetisov, who campaigned against construction of a highway through Khimki, a Moscow suburb. Click here for more.
In other news, several utilities companies in Florida are suing the EPA for increasing water standards. The EPA’s move could affect nearly all of the state’s wastewater treatment plants, many of which complain they won’t meet the federal standards once the rules are enforced in 14 months. Click here for more.
On the other side of the continent, a hearing has been scheduled to protect the Big Sur River. “The Big Sur River is designated as Critical Habitat for steelhead under the federal Endangered Species Act,” said Bill Jennings, chairman/executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance. “The hearing will provide a critical opportunity to restore flow, water quality and habitat for these endangered species.” Click here for more.
Obama Rejects Polar Bears, plus More Wikileaks
According to Censored News, Wikileaks has revealed US spying on Mapuche activists and other indigenous peoples in South America. “The most disturbing aspect of the US State Department cables on Indigenous Peoples is the haughtiness and white privilege that bleeds through the print.” Click here for more.
In other news, Obama refuses to list polar bears as endangered. Environmentalists from the Center for Biological Diversity insist that this rejection is purely political, because the protection of polar bears’ habitat would mean taking further steps to halt climate change. Click here for more info.
Academics Protest Arrest of Indian Activist
“We are deeply shocked by the judgment of a Chhattisgarh court holding the human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen to be guilty of sedition, and sentencing him to life imprisonment.
Dr. Binayak Sen never resorted to violence against any other person, never incited anyone else to resort to violence, never entered into any conspiracy against the Constitutional order of the country, and never entered into regular service of any organisation that was involved in any such conspiracy, for furthering its cause. On the contrary, as a doctor he served the people with devotion and helped to save many lives; as a human rights activist he stood up in defence of the rights of the downtrodden. And yet he has been handed down this sentence whose savagery is unbelievable.”
First Armenian Dolphinarium Protested, plus more
Around 50 Armenian and international organizations protest against the opening and exploitation of the dolphinarium.Click here for more info.
In other news, Italy announced yesterday plans to build a particle accelerator with parts from an old US made atom smasher. Sounds dangerous? Click here for more…
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EQUIP xavier claramunt: hotel arc del teatre
‘hotel arc del teatre’ by EQUIP xavier claramunt in barcelona, spain
all images courtesy EQUIP xavier claramunt
photographer: adria goula
spanish practice EQUIP xavier claramunt has completed ‘hotel arc del teatre’, a multi-storey
accommodation located in barcelona’s historical neighborhood of el raval. a conversion project
of a former theatre, the design preserves the original facade of the building – essentially conserving
the memory of the structure – by wrapping the expansive face with a translucent screen.
street facade
drawing from the high dynamism of the site’s streetlife, the project explores ways in which
the transference of energy can be established without losing the boundary of privacy,
exploring the notion of ‘exhibitionist’ architecture. featuring a recessed ground level entry,
a public plaza is generated which extends the street into the building and behind the hotel.
an outdoor area covered in gravel on the south side offers views into a buried courtyard.
street entrance
finished in a visually graphic treatment, the wrap lends a new identity to the theatre while
maintaining the characteristic outline of the facade underneath. the wrap reflects the changing
light of the day and season and alters its exterior expression through the illumination within.
constructed out of vinyl, views into the units are limited while outward views are established. Read more…
Categories: Eco Architecture, Sustainable Building Tags: Autonomous Communities, Barcelona, Catalonia, El Raval, Facade, hotel, Spain, Travel and Tourism
Japanese companies design “smart community” project in Spain
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, an association which undertakes the development of new energy and energy-conservation technologies in Japan, selected Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and Hitachi Ltd. to help build a Smart Community System Demonstration project in Spain this year.
A “smart community” comprehensively manages all of its energy use, which includes electricity, heat and waste energy, and incorporates transportation and infrastructure into its greening scheme. It will employ highly developed technology such as an advanced smart grid that will help control electricity supply and demand through the use of information and communication technologies.
The project will be done under the Japan-Spain Innovation Program which aims to promote, assist, and fund joint technological ventures that will economically benefit both countries. The smart community will be built in the surrounding area of Malaga City, Andalucía, in Southern Spain.
N.E.D.O. selected the companies because of what they can offer to the development of the project. M.C. will be contributing its global business knowledge, and M.H.I. will give its intelligent transport system which aids in the reduction of traffic congestion and delays, increase productivity, and reduce energy use and environmental damage. Read more…
Categories: Eco Architecture Tags: Electric power, Energy, Hitachi, Japan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Smart grid, Spain
Atrium House by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed an eco House in a urban area of Valencia, Spain, where the key aim was to maximize the feeling of spaciousness.
To perform that two strategies were used. The principal was to release the largest possible in the middle of the house allowing individuals to enjoy a private space with a height and volume incalculable. The concept enhances the perimeter of contact with the outside housing, where land and housing understood as a continuum. On the other hand the existing slope to the ravine has been used to illuminate the basement, which enables individuals to host the program. Read more…
Categories: Eco Architecture Tags: Atrium (architecture), eco architecture, environment, House, Residential, Spain, Urban area, Valencia, Valencia Spain, Water
Almost 75% of new global PV installations were made in Europe in 2009
Europe remained one of the most promising markets for solar energy, as 5.8 GW of the 7.4 GW of newly installed photovoltaic systems globally, were installed in that region in 2009 according to the European Commission Joint Research Center reported.
Europe also accounted for 16 GW, or 70%, of the world’s 22 GW total installed photovoltaic capacity, which consists of existing and newly installed solar facilities. One GW of photovoltaic capacity can provide enough electricity for about 250,000 European households during one year.
Germany led the European nations with 3.8 GW of new solar capacity and 9.8 GW of cumulative capacity, of which 2.3 GW were linked to the power grid by the fourth quarter of last year. Italy ranked second in terms of new installed capacity with 0.73 GW, while Spain was second in terms of cumulative installed capacity with 3.5 GW.
However, the European photovoltaic market is still in its infancy stage. The commission estimated that only 0.4% of the total supplied electricity in the European Union came from photovoltaic power in 2009 – representing a mere 0.1% in the world’s total supplied electricity.
Categories: Eco Energy Tags: China, Electricity generation, Energy, environment, European Union, Germany, Italy, Renewable, renewable energy, Solar cell, Spain, Technology
Why we can’t let bike sharing programs to fail – the example of Barcelona City
In its early days, Barcelona’s Bicing seemed like an unparalleled success. With 400 stations and 3,000 of the squat, burly red-and-white bikes stationed around the city, Bicing quickly became part of Barcelona’s big city atmosphere and was enthusiastically received by inhabitants.
But after five years, something scary started to happen, in addition to the vandalism and abandonment that plagued Bicing and other big programs…ridership started to decline.
Categories: Eco Transportation Tags: Barcelona, Bike Sharing, bikes, Eco Bikes, environment, MotorBikes, Spain
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Does the Equivalence Scale Matter? Equivalence and Out-of-Pocket Payments
Working paper 687
Author(s): Steven F. Koch
Classification-JEL: I14, I32
Keywords: Catastrophic Health Payments, Equivalence Scales, Semiparametric Estimation
We evaluate the effects of different equivalence scale parameter estimates on the distribution of catastrophic health payments in South Africa. Our analysis makes use of Xu et al.'s (2003) initial estimate, which underscores the World Health Organization's methodology (Xu, 2005). We also update it using more recent data for one of the original countries included in Xu et al. (2003), South Africa. South Africa is considered, because the data used in Xu et al. (2003) was collected before the end of Apartheid, and the end of Aparthied has led to extensive social and economic changes, which could have influenced equivalence. We extend the empirical exercise by estimating a base-independent equivalence scale via semiparametric methods. Using these equivalence scales, we examine their effect on the distribution of catastrophic health payments using thresholds of 5%, 10% and 15%. The revised estimates suggest that the initial equivalence estimates were overstated by as much as 35%, such that poverty lines in the country were understated by as as much as 17%. However, despite these large differences, the distribution of catastrophic health expenditures were unaffected.
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Information Contagion and Systemic Risk
Author(s): Toni Ahnertand and Co-Pierre Georg
Classification-JEL: G01, G21
Keywords: information contagion, counterparty risk, common exposure, systemic risk
We examine the effect of ex-post information contagion on the ex-ante optimal portfolio choices of banks and the welfare losses due to joint default. Because of counterparty risk and common exposures, bad news about one bank reveals valuable information about another bank, thereby triggering information contagion. Systemic risk is defined as the ex-ante probability of joint bank default ex post. We find that information contagion increases systemic risk when banks are subject to common exposures since portfolio adjustments are small. In contrast, when banks are subject to counterparty risk, information contagion induces a large shift toward more prudential portfolios and therefore reduces systemic risk.
Energy Consumption in South African Hotels: A Panel Data Analysis
Author(s): Love O. Idahosa, Nyankomo Marwa and Joseph O. Akotey
Classification-JEL: Q01, Q41, Q56
Journal: Energy and Buildings 156 (2017) 207-217
Keywords: Energy consumption, Hotels, Panel data, Dynamic Random Effects, tourism
Addressing the large energy consumption of hotels requires an understanding of the factors that drive this consumption. This enquiry is crucial for South Africa which has experienced significant strain in meeting its domestic energy demand. This has occurred alongside increases in international tourists, adding to the pressure on already strained resources. This paper tests hypotheses on drivers of energy consumption in hotels using a novel panel dataset which presents daily consumption data for 22 hotels across South Africa. Findings from various specifications of the Dynamic Random Effects Model suggest that the number of rooms in a hotel, the services and facilities offered, and climatic conditions are strong drivers of consumption. While the role of occupancy could not be robustly ascertained due to severe data limitations, findings indicate that price regulation plays a significant role in curtailing electricity consumption, even in high-end hotels. Results further suggest that in the design of guidelines for energy efficiency in South African hotels, the energy consumption of the facilities and services offered should be the first point of call, and the strenuous impact of extreme weather conditions on energy consumption needs to be factored in at the phase of building design and construction.
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Analysis of tax harmonisation in the SADC
Author(s): Michael Ade, Jannie Rossouw and Tendai Gwatidzo
Classification-JEL: E60, F15, H21, H25, H27
Keywords: SADC; Harmonisation; Tax Policy; Tax Rates; EBA; FDI
This paper analyses tax harmonisation in the SADC region. Results of first attempt to devise a tax policy harmonisation measure (TPHM) by the use of a cross-sectional and panel data are reported. New methodology of computing optimum tax rates (OTRs) are introduced and a robustness test (via a sensitivity analysis) on the impact of taxation (based on new tax dataset from the TPHM and OTRs computation) on FDI inflows to the SADC is conducted.The research shows a need for the SADC countries to develop policies aimed at collectively expanding their corporate tax base in order to accommodate the relatively low optimum CIT rates. It is also shown that the adoption of an optimum VAT rate by all SADC member countries will reduce the usage of different politically motivated VAT rates by individual member states as instruments to gain voters' confidence. The research shows that, some further policy considerations towards enhanced harmonisation and tax revenue could include developing a benchmarking process with other regional economic groupings such as the EU and the EAC.
Decomposition of the Technical Efficiency: Pure Technical and Scale Efficiency of the Financial System
Author(s): Sanderson Abel and Alex Bara
Classification-JEL: C61, G21
Keywords: technical efficiency, Scale efficiency, Pure technical efficiency, data envelopment analysis
The study investigated the technical efficiency of the commercial banks in Zimbabwe during the period 2009-2015. The study entailed the decomposition of the technical efficiency into pure technical and scale efficiency to understand the sources of the technical inefficiency of the commercial banks in Zimbabwe. To accomplish the task the study sampled eleven commercial banks of which six are domestic and the other five foreign banks. The study used the data envelopment analysis method. The results of the study revealed that commercial banks in Zimbabwe are technically inefficient with an efficient score of 82.9 percent. The average pure technical and scale efficiency scores were 96.6 percent and 85.6 percent respectively. The results imply that technical inefficiency of the Zimbabwean commercial banks is mainly a result of scale inefficiency emanating from decreasing returns to scale. The deduction is that commercial banks in Zimbabwe are operating at below their optimum capacity hence have scope to increase their operations in order to improve on technical efficiency.
The welfare cost of macro-prudential policy in a two-country DSGE model
Author(s): Hilary Patroba
Classification-JEL: E32, E44, E52, E58
Keywords: welfare cost, credit growth, macro-prudential policy, Financial Stability, two-country, DSGE model
This paper builds a two-country DSGE model with financial frictions and investigates the welfare cost of macro-prudential policy and its impact on financial stability. The two countries in question are the U.S. and South Africa. The results show that macro-prudential policy results in a welfare trade-off between patient and impatient households. The impact of macro-prudential policy tends to benefit patient households more than impatient households. By decreasing the volatility of loans uptake and output growth, macro-prudential policy could helps to achieve financial stability in South Africa.
The effect of Affirmative Action on the reduction of employment discrimination, 1997-2015
Author(s): Fadwah Fredericks and Derek Yu
Classification-JEL: J00
Keywords: Affirmative Action, labour market discrimination, employment discrimination, Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition, South African banking
This study examines the effect of Affirmative Action on the reduction of employment discrimination by race and gender, more than 20 years since the economic transition. The empirical part of the paper employs a sample that represents the labour force (excluding informal sector workers, agricultural workers, domestic workers, self-employed and employers) aged between 15 and 65 years. The study estimates probit models to examine labour force participation, employment and occupational attainment likelihoods, followed by the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, using labour survey data in 1997-2015. The decomposition results show that the unexplained component of the White-African employment probability gap reveals a slight downward trend in absolute terms in 2002-2011 but in relative terms it still accounts for more than 50% of the gap. On the other hand, the unexplained component is most dominant in the male-female employment gap decomposition. These results suggest that employment discrimination against Africans and females remains serious.
Foreign market selection of emerging multinational corporations: evidence from South African and Egyptian corporations
Author(s): Mustafa Sakr and Andre Jordaan
Classification-JEL: P45, F21, F23
Keywords: South African MNCs, Egyptian MNCs, emerging African MNCs, Emerging MNCs, pull factor determinants of OFDI
As literature remains sparse regarding emerging African multinational corporations (EAMNCs), this article focuses on examining the key pull factors (i.e. host country macroeconomic specifications) influencing the foreign market selection of South African and Egyptian multinational corporations as a case study of EAMNCs. Based on estimation of Random Effect and Negative Binomial models, it has been found that the market size, resources endowment and proximity between home and host country are significant pull drivers of both Egyptian and South African MNCs. While not affecting Egyptian MNCs, assets availability, trade openness, the service sector quality, export to host country and the official exchange rate of the receiving destination and quality of institutions have an influential impact on foreign market selection of the South African investors. Inflation neither affects the attention of Egyptian firms nor South Africans to choose a certain market to invest in.
The effect of financial inclusion on welfare in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from disaggregated data
Author(s): Anthanasius Fomum Tita and Meshach Jesse Aziakpono
Classification-JEL: D6, G2, O1, I3
Keywords: financial inclusion, financial institutions, financial services, welfare and poverty
Over two decades sub-Saharan Africa has grown an average by 4.8% per annum. A trend called “Africa rising in the literature” but this robust economic growth seem to have benefited only a minority of elite individuals as poverty in the region remains high and income inequality continues to rise. Critics attribute this to a lack of financial inclusion. This study analyses the relationship between various aspects of financial inclusion and income inequality in sub-Saharan African using the Findex 2011 dataset with the intention to determine which aspects of financial inclusion have the greatest effect on income inequality.
Our results show that formal account use for business, electronic payments and formal savings have a positive relationship with income inequality. This possibly reflects the low level of financial inclusion in the region. Furthermore, the positive relationship may suggest that owning a formal account does not necessarily lead to improvement in access to credit. That is, most of the account owners are likely first time users and problems such as moral hazard and information asymmetries, which are associated with a lack of financial infrastructure in the region still holds. This is likely to encourage banks to hold excess liquidity and thus grant fewer loans. The study accordingly recommends efforts to increase financial inclusion as well as reduce excess liquidity in the banking system through the development of financial infrastructure in order to encourage banks to support economic activities through lending.
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The effect of education on a country’s energy consumption: Evidence from developed and developing countries
Author(s): Roula Inglesi-Lotz and Luis Diez del Corral Morales
Classification-JEL: Q01, Q43, I25
Keywords: energy consumption; education; developed and developing countries
Education has been regarded throughout history as one of the main drivers of economic development and innovation, and can be viewed as one of the means available to nations for encouraging energy education, implementation of renewable energy and reduced energy consumption. This paper analyses the causal and empirical relationship between primary energy consumption and education for a group of developed and developing countries, as well as an aggregate panel of the developed and developing country groups for the period 1980-2013. The results confirm a unidirectional relationship between energy consumption and education, flowing from education to energy consumption. Another interesting result, is the confirmation of a non-linear relationship between energy consumption and education: energy consumption is increased by higher education levels in developing countries, while energy consumption falls with higher education levels in developed countries. Lastly, this paper provides a brief description of the impact of these results on energy policy and recommends that developed countries implement pro-education policies to reduce energy consumption while developing countries should make use of education coupled with environmental awareness programs to reduce the effect increased education will have on energy consumption.
Lifestyle and Income-related Inequality in Health in South Africa
Author(s): Alfred Kechia Mukong, Corne Van Walbeek & Hana Ross
Journal: International Journal for Equity in Health
Keywords: health, South Africa Income, Lifestyle, Erreygers
Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors may explain the income-related inequality in self-reported health. This paper expands this literature by examining the contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption, incorporating more objective measures of health directly associated with these lifestyle practices. The Erreygers' corrected concentration index is used to measure health inequalities over time. The indices are decomposed into observable covariates including smoking and alcohol use. We find significant smoking-related and income-related inequalities in both self-reported and lifestyle-related ill health. The results suggest that smoking and alcohol use make significant contributions to income related inequality in health. Smoking participation accounts for up to 7.35% of all measured inequality in health and 3.11% of the inequality in self-reported health. The estimates are generally higher for all measured inequality in health (up to 14.67%) and lower for inequality in self-reported health (1.78%) when smoking duration is considered. Alcohol consumption accounts for 27.83% of all measured inequality in health and 3.63% of the inequality in self-reported health. This suggests that policies that reduce unhealthy behaviors of individuals, such as reducing tobacco consumption and harmful alcohol use, can improve population health outcomes and reduce health inequalities.
The Competitive Status of the South African Wheat Industry
Author(s): Van der Merwe, J.D.; Cloete; P.C.; Van Schalkwyk, H.D. & Kleynhans, E.P.J.
Classification-JEL: D40, F10 L11, L13, Q17
Keywords: Wheat industry, Competitiveness, competitive advantage, revealed competitive advantage (RCA), relative trade advantage (RTA) index, relative export advantage (RXA), relative import advantage (RMA), market concentration, Agriculture, South Africa
This article investigates the competitiveness of the South African wheat industry and compares it to its major trade partners. Since 1997, the wheat-to-bread value chain has been characterised by concentration of ownership and regulation. This led to concerns that the local wheat market is losing international competitiveness. The competitive status of the wheat industry, and its sub-sectors, is determined through the estimation of the relative trade advantage (RTA). The results revealed declining competitiveness of local wheat producers. Compared to the major global wheat producers, such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany and the USA, South Africa’s unprocessed wheat industry is uncompetitive. At the same time, South Africa has a competitive advantage in semi-processed wheat, especially wheat flour. The institutional environment enables the importation of raw wheat at lower prices and exports processed wheat flour competitively to the rest of Africa.
What’s in a Name? Reputation and Monitoring in the Audit Market
Author(s): Somdutta Basu and Suraj Shekhar
Classification-JEL: L14, L51, M42
Keywords: PCAOB, Audit, Disclosure, Collective Reputation, Engagement partner, Reputation, Monitoring
We demonstrate a tension between monitoring and reputation incentives when moving from collective reputation environments to individual reputation environments by analyzing a new rule. After January 2017, the name of the engagement partner has to be disclosed in all audit reports issued in the USA. We study the resulting change in auditor incentives and show that while the consequent higher reputation incentives can improve audit quality, partners have a lower incentive to monitor other partners when names are disclosed. This may lead to a fall in audit quality when the rule is implemented. We present several solutions to this problem.
The Interdependence between the Saving Rate and Technology across Regimes: Evidence from South Africa
Author(s): Kevin S. Nell and Maria M. De Mello
Classification-JEL: C22, O11, O41, O47, O55
Journal: Empirical Economics Journal
Keywords: Growth transitions, Investment rate, Learning-by-doing, Multiple regimes, Saving rate, Solow model, South Africa, Technological progress, Time-series econometrics
This paper hypothesises that the saving rate and technological progress are interdependently determined by a common exogenous source, so that an exogenous shock to the saving rate determines long-run growth transitions. In an open economy, the saving rate measures the quality of capital investment. The evidence shows that the down-break across South Africa’s ‘faster-growing’ regime (1952-1976) and ‘slower-growing’ regime (1977-2003) was caused by a negative exogenous shock to the saving rate that simultaneously led to a slowdown in the growth rate of technology through a structural decrease in the learning-by-doing parameter. The down-break results suggest that the saving rate is potentially an important policy variable to engineer a sustainable up-break. To assess this prediction with real data, the analysis looks at the post-2003 period (2004-2012). The results show that the up-break in the fixed investment rate was not matched by the saving rate, which implies that capital investment did not generate a faster rate of technological progress. The stylised facts suggest that a sustained increase in the total investment rate, which includes infrastructure investment, machinery and equipment investment and complementary foreign direct investment, may be an effective investment-led strategy to raise the economy’s growth rate on a sustainable basis.
The Nexus between Infrastructure (Quantity and Quality) and Economic Growth
Author(s): Chengete Chakamera and Paul Alagidede
Publication date: July 2017
Journal: International Review of Applied Economics, 2017
Keywords: Infrastructure stock, Infrastructure quality, economic growth, Nexus, causality
This paper examines the growth effects of infrastructure stock and quality in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). While previous studies established that the poor state of infrastructure in SSA slows economic growth, there is little evidence on infrastructure quality and a robust analysis on the causal links between infrastructure and economic growth. Using principal components analysis to cluster different infrastructure measures and examining the infrastructure-growth nexus in a Generalized Method of Moments while accounting for heterogeneity in a panel setting, our results reveal strong evidence of a positive effect of infrastructure development on economic growth with most contribution coming from infrastructure stock. The quality-growth effect is weak, thus giving credence to the combined effects of infrastructure stock and quality on growth, especially in regions with moderately high quality, and smaller in those with poorer quality. Among the disaggregated infrastructure components, electricity supply exerted the greatest downward pressure on growth in SSA. Lastly, we find evidence for a unidirectional causality from aggregate infrastructure to growth. A number of policy implications are discussed.
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Billabong launches augmented reality ad campaign
By David Moth December 1st 2011 11:12
Billabong has become the latest company to use augmented reality technology (AR) in an interactive ad campaign.
The sports brand is using Augmented Reality(AR) app Zappar to allow consumers to interact with its instore, online and print advertising.
By using Zappar on Billabong’s ‘Life’s better in board shorts’ ads, consumers gain access to videos of surfers and are linked to a dedicated microsite.
The Billabong campaign signals a growing trend for brands to use interactive ads.
QR codes are becoming increasingly prevalent. We reported on eBay and John Lewis experimenting with the technology to drive mobile sales in the run up to Christmas.
AR is billed as being a step ahead of QR codes as it can offer users a more interactive experience through the use of 3D imagery, audio and videos.
Zappar’s app offers similar functionality to Blippar, which launched an AR campaign with Waitrose in November, and has been used other brands, including Tesco and Heinz.
Connell Gauld, Zappar’s platform director, says the difference between his AR app and others on the market is the motivation behind the campaigns.
We only want to use AR technology where it genuinely adds something o the user experience. It’s easy to use AR where it looks good but doesn’t actually add anything of value for the user.
Gauld said that AR could easily become a fad if brands don’t use it correctly, with its primary function being for entertainment for the time being.
Zappar has been involved in AR ad campaigns with Warner Brothers for films such as Green Lantern and Happy Feet 2.
In its current form it’s difficult to think of more functional uses for this technology. With entertainment you have got content there already and AR backs it up and makes the user feel like they are part of it.
The AR campaign fits well with Billabong’s brand as the technology should appeal to its target audience of image-conscious teenagers and young adults.
However, though the technology looks cool (note that the video demo uses an iPad), the app leads users to a microsite that is not mobile optimised, which is missing a trick.
Mobile response mechanisms like AR and QR can work well, but the whole user journey needs to be considered. Having a mobile optimised landing page is a must.
If the aim is to get potential customers to scan using their mobiles, then leading them to webpage that is hard to use on a mobile undermines the effort made in attracting them to the page.
Blog Multichannel Marketing User Experience and Usability Video Advertising Zappar
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HMV launches on demand video rentals
Beleaguered retailer HMV has announced a new online rental service as it continues to move into new digital channels.
The new offering at hmvon-demand.com went live today with new releases Bad Teacher and X-Men: First Class.
November 24th 2011 12:33
Blog Multichannel Marketing
Discounts and loyalty: a bad match?
Quick: what are some of the best way to acquire loyal customers? If you
look around online, you might draw the conclusion that providing
discounts makes the list.
Billions upon billions of dollars worth of coupons are distributed by
brands each year, and increasingly couponing is moving to the web, where
bargain-loving consumers have more power than ever to seek out the very
best deals available.
Will online retailers thrive thanks to an early Black Friday?
Some of the largest, most prominent multichannel retailers in the United States are so eager to get the holiday shopping season started that they’re kicking Black Friday off early this year.
Instead of opening their doors to crowds on Friday morning, many are opening as early as midnight, hoping to cash in on consumers itching to burn off calories with some post-turkey dinner shopping.
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Blog Post, Written by Alé
Time to Pass the Mic to the Female Comics: WCW w/ Marcella Arguello
July 2, 2019 July 2, 2019 dcncmpod
Little known fact about me, I love comedy. Stand-up comedy, comedy podcasts, memoirs written by comedians, drag shows with comedy queens, shows written by and starring comedians, sign me the eff up. In the last few years I have become a huge fan. So I knew, when I visited L.A. I wanted to go to the Hollywood Improv and see a stand-up show hosted by Marcella Arguello, called Women Crush Wednesdays. I was souped to see some hilarious female comics.
My cousin Jill lives out in L.A. and told me she was off work Wednesday and would take me wherever I wanted to go. I immediately screen-shotted the WCW flyer on Marcella’s instagram and it was on.
We got there early so I got a drink at the bar. An announcement was made that they were ready to seat the Marcella Arguello show a little early and to line up. The bartender said, take your drink, the entrance is to the back of the bar, right around the corner. They took our phones and locked it in a little phone jail pouch and we were shuffled to our seats in a packed house in a huge room. I didn’t mind relinquishing my phone, because as I have learned listening to hundreds of hours of Nicole Byer’s voice on her podcast, “Why Won’t You Date Me,” comedians work out new material at shows like this so it really sucks when people sneak videos and post it online.
So Here’s What Happened…
Right away, and I said this to Cousin Jill, that the venue was not what I expected. I thought it would be an intimate little room. However, I was happy that it was in a much bigger room and was impressed that so many men came to see feminist comics. We were told we each had to purchase two items, which confused me because the flyer said, “Never a minimum.” But whatever, we needed dinner anyway. The food was okay.
When they introduced the host, and it wasn’t Marcella Arguello, I thought, “Well maybe she closes the show.” The first comic was a female comic who did about five minutes, and was very funny. Then she introduced the next comic, named Anthony, something or other. That might not even be his name, to be honest.
I was pretty sure Marcella had been clear that only female comics perform on WOMAN Crush Wednesdays. The flyer literally says, “No men ever, so stop asking.” I quickly rationalized and said maybe she is doing a favor for a good friend, or maybe he’s gay and she allowed him to perform during pride month. What the fuck do I know?
No Something is Definitely Wrong
First, this comic came on stage and made jokes about audience members appearances, he went on to let us know that he is a very successful up and coming comedian. Sure, cool? Then he made some fat jokes about an actually successful female comic. Now I am annoyed. Not what I signed up for, and was even more annoyed at the audience laughing at these not very clever cheap shots.
The real eye rolls came when he went onto say, “You can’t joke about anything anymore.” OMFG, here we go. Translation, white male comedians can’t get on stage and be misogynistic, racist, transphobic, fatphobic, hacks with successful careers anymore. (Apparently, you totally can, but back to that later.)
Like I said, I consume a lot of comedy content. None of it grabs for low hanging fruit by making jokes at the most vulnerable members of our society. It’s fucking fantastic, I cry laughing, and sometimes, like Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix special, “Nanette,” it is so smart and so real, I cry real meaningful tears.
No Seriously, May I be Excused?
Well, Anthony something or other, continued on with his set. He did a several minutes on the #MeToo movement. First defending Kevin Spacey and saying how he did nothing wrong. Then claiming, that if you are good looking, sexual abuse allegations just don’t have the same career ending effect. Here he cites the demise of Louis C.K. and nothing really happening to James Franco. Every time the crowd cackled my stomach churned a little more. I felt a little stupid that it took me so long to wonder if I was in the right place.
He closed his set with a bit that seemed to last hours about transgender athletes. His “observation” here was that only male athletes transition so they can outcompete women. Multiple times he commented on how the liberals weren’t laughing. Get me the fuck out there.
Sweet Relief- There’s Marcella and Women who Crush!
I finally flagged down a server and asked if this was Marcella’s Women Crush Wednesday. He very kindly and quickly got us the fuck out of there. We were ushered to a much smaller, but equally packed room. We were lucky enough to get two seats at the bar.
There was Marcella Arguello, on stage doing a spot on impersonation of Beyoncé. Man, I was starstruck. Marcella is something special, tall and beautiful, smart and talented. Also, the curator of a show where I felt I was home. [Bonus: I even tried to pay for a club soda and the bartender winked and waved me off and slid it over.] While, we unfortunately missed a big portion of the show we got to see a comic who I believe identifies as nonbinary, an Indian woman, a pregnant lesbian, and Latina comic, who had a much funnier take on #MeToo to turn the tables on men.
Not one of these comics started any of their sets with, “Oh man, you can’t joke about anything anymore.” They didn’t have to. They relied on their actual creativity and talent and their own experiences navigating this shitty world. The world in which white male comics pack houses, with expensive drink minimums taking cheap shots and talking about things they can’t joke about anymore, (but do anyway?) The world where actually skilled and talented women of all different races, sizes, and life experience actually are doing great work in a smaller room off to the side. If that is not a metaphor on the state of nation, I don’t know what it is. Hard to be a straight, cis, white man these days.
Marcella Arguello & Yours Truly
However, infuriating that I had to listen to a man say his Corvette identifies as a Prius so he can race in Prius races, (? – unclear of his message) I did get to meet Marcella after the show, and wow, she is out of this world. She was so friendly and welcoming. If you find yourself in Los Angeles. Check out Women Crush Wednesdays at the Hollywood Improv. Just make sure you’re in the right damn room.
Alé Cardinalle | Joykill Feminist
Tagged Comedy, Feminism, Los Angeles, Marcella Arguello, The Hollywood Improv
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Rexroth enters off-the-shelf drives market
Bosch Rexroth is entering the market for off-the-shelf variable frequency drives for the first time in the UK, with a range of general-purpose drives with initial ratings from 370W–4kW. Until now, the company has specialised in supplying tailored drive systems.
The new drives will be available from the online distributor, The Inverter Drive Supermarket, based in Gloucestershire.
“The new EFC 3600 series marks the first time that we have entered into the low-cost, high-volume drives and controls market,” says Bosch Rexroth automation specialist, Paul Streatfield. “This has been made possible by advances in technology, which mean that we can now provide intelligent drives that can be adapted for a wide range of applications.
“Our experiences at the higher end of the market have helped us create a series of variable frequency drives that, as well as reducing energy usage and prolonging operational efficiency, are quick and easy to install,” he adds. “All of this comes with the added reassurance of being a Rexroth product, meaning they can be considered highly reliable and able to deliver optimal functionality as standard.”
The new drives incorporate PID (proportional integral derivative) control and an eight-step sequence control system. They have an intermittent overload capacity of up to 200%, as well as being able to deliver up to 150% of initial torque, allowing them to be used for both heavy-duty and energy-saving applications. They have integrated brake choppers and mains filters, reducing the need for additional components.
The drives can be mounted side-by-side without needing gaps between them. Versions up to 750W do not need fans, while those above 1.5kW have built-in fans that can be accessed easily, without tools, for cleaning or replacement.
Rexroth's EFC 3600 drives are available off-the-shelf
A simple programming structure with easy parameter inputs allows quick commissioning without needing a PC. A removable control panel with a memory and copy function lets users configure multiple drives quickly.
Optional interfaces are available for Profibus and Modbus. The drives have plug-in terminals for digital and analogue I/O.
The EFC 300 range complements Rexroth’s existing Fe and Fv frequency converters, which are available in ratings up to 90kW.
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Early biomechanical changes in lower extremity vein grafts-distinct temporal phases of remodeling and wall stiffness
Christopher D. Owens, Nicole Wake, Jeffrey G. Jacot, Marie Gerhard-Herman, Peter Gaccione, Michael Belkin, Mark A. Creager, Michael S. Conte
Background: The geometric and biomechanical changes that contribute to vein graft remodeling are not well established. We sought to measure patterns of adaptation in lower extremity vein grafts and assess their correlation with clinical outcomes. Methods: We conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of patients undergoing infrainguinal reconstruction with autogenous conduit. In addition to standard duplex surveillance, lumen diameter (of a defined index segment of the conduit) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were assessed by ultrasound imaging at surgery and at 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. Graft dimensions and wall stiffness were correlated with clinical outcomes. Results: There were 92 patients and 96 limbs in this study. On average, vein graft lumen diameter increased during the first month of implantation from 0.37 ± .01 cm to 0.45 ± 0.02 cm (mean ± SEM; P = .002), representing a relative change of +21.6% (median ± 14%; range, -31 to +67%) during this period. Of the entire cohort, 72% of grafts demonstrated appreciable dilation of the index segment during the first month. Index segment lumen diameter did not change appreciably beyond 1 month, with the notable exception of arm vein conduits, which showed continued tendency to dilate. PWV increased during the first 6 months (17.2 ± 1.2 m/s to 23.2 ± 2.4 m/s; P = .008), reflecting a nearly 40% increase in conduit stiffness (2.0 ± .6 Mdynes/cm to 3.3 ± .8 Mdynes/cm, P = .01). The greatest relative increase (25%) in PWV occurred from months 1 to 3. Loss of primary patency occurred in 24 cases (19 revisions, 5 occlusions), with a mean reintervention time of 7.6 months. Grafts that demonstrated early positive remodeling (lumen dilatation) had a trend of increased primary patency (P = .08, log rank). Among the grafts that failed, a trend was noted toward greater wall stiffness at 1 month, 2.7 vs 1.5 Mdynes (P = .08). Conclusion: Vein graft remodeling appears to involve at least two distinct temporal phases. Outward remodeling of the lumen occurs early, and wall stiffness changes occur in a more delayed fashion. Early outward remodeling may be important for successful vein graft adaptation.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.005
Published - Oct 1 2006
Pulse Wave Analysis
Owens, C. D., Wake, N., Jacot, J. G., Gerhard-Herman, M., Gaccione, P., Belkin, M., ... Conte, M. S. (2006). Early biomechanical changes in lower extremity vein grafts-distinct temporal phases of remodeling and wall stiffness. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 44(4), 740-746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.005
Early biomechanical changes in lower extremity vein grafts-distinct temporal phases of remodeling and wall stiffness. / Owens, Christopher D.; Wake, Nicole; Jacot, Jeffrey G.; Gerhard-Herman, Marie; Gaccione, Peter; Belkin, Michael; Creager, Mark A.; Conte, Michael S.
In: Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 44, No. 4, 01.10.2006, p. 740-746.
Owens, CD, Wake, N, Jacot, JG, Gerhard-Herman, M, Gaccione, P, Belkin, M, Creager, MA & Conte, MS 2006, 'Early biomechanical changes in lower extremity vein grafts-distinct temporal phases of remodeling and wall stiffness', Journal of Vascular Surgery, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 740-746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.005
Owens CD, Wake N, Jacot JG, Gerhard-Herman M, Gaccione P, Belkin M et al. Early biomechanical changes in lower extremity vein grafts-distinct temporal phases of remodeling and wall stiffness. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2006 Oct 1;44(4):740-746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.005
Owens, Christopher D. ; Wake, Nicole ; Jacot, Jeffrey G. ; Gerhard-Herman, Marie ; Gaccione, Peter ; Belkin, Michael ; Creager, Mark A. ; Conte, Michael S. / Early biomechanical changes in lower extremity vein grafts-distinct temporal phases of remodeling and wall stiffness. In: Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2006 ; Vol. 44, No. 4. pp. 740-746.
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Dem to introduce bill that would expand electric vehicle tax credit
Phil Dzikiy
- Apr. 2nd 2019 2:58 pm ET
@phildzikiy
A House Democrat is set to introduce a bill that would expand the electric vehicle federal tax credit in the U.S., while linking it to domestic automotive manufacturing.
Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) plans on introducing his bill in the coming weeks, The Hill reports. Khanna’s proposal would remove the limit of 200,000 deliveries that currently triggers a phase-out of the full $7,500 credit — a credit which is already phasing out for Tesla and GM.
The tax credit would be fully refundable at time of purchase under Khanna’s plan. The credit would also be linked to carmakers that produce vehicles in the U.S. Khanna said,
“Instead of Trump yelling at the GM CEO on Twitter to open up factories, which has no effect other than shoring up his base, this would say to GM, open up those factories and you can make electric SUVs because the government is actually going to help subsidize that.”
Khanna also sees his bill as a “concrete” application of the goals presented in the Green New Deal. It also seems to be strongly aligned with the goals of the EV Drive Coalition, a group formed last year by Tesla, GM, Nissan and others.
When people ask for specifics about how the #GreenNewDeal can work, here is one.
I'm offering a concrete proposal for how we can put auto workers back to work and win the green energy race.https://t.co/NuNfvW3PRb
— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) April 2, 2019
Another Bill
It’s worth noting that Khanna’s proposal isn’t the only bill concerning the EV tax credit that can re-enter the discussion in the coming weeks. Bloomberg Tax’s Ally Versprille tweeted that Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will reintroduce his own EV tax credit bill. That bill, first introduced in July 2018, would also remove the 200,000 delivery threshold, in addition to extending the credit for 10 years.
Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) plans to reintroduce his bill this week to extend the electric vehicle tax credit–a favorite of companies like @Tesla and @GM–for 10 years and get rid of the cap that phases out the credit once manufacturers sell 200,000 vehicles, office confirms
— Ally Versprille (@allyversprille) April 1, 2019
A number of Republicans have pushed to do away with the electric vehicle tax credit entirely, even wishing to add an extra annual EV tax.
President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget proposes eliminating the EV tax credit as well, though it’s unlikely to pass Congress.
Not only would Khanna’s bill continue a successful program while removing the penalty for early adopters of EV technology, but it also ties in U.S. car manufacturing.
The extent at which the bill is “linked” to manufacturers is a bit unclear at this point. It may indicate that if carmakers produce any vehicles in the U.S., customers would be eligible for the full credit for EVs from those carmakers. But Khanna’s other comments more likely indicate the bill would tie the credit specifically to EVs manufactured in the U.S.
We’ll wait for more details to emerge, but there’s some political savvy to the domestic auto angle.
EV Federal Tax Credit
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Jem and the Holographic Feminisms (#3)
written by Renee Angle August 18, 2015
PROLOGUE TO JEM AND THE HOLOGRAPHIC INDEX OF LUV with POP QUIZ:
“ARE YOU A HOLOGRAM?”
The live action Jem Movie is slated to be released in October 2015 with a cast that includes Molly Ringwald and Juliette Lewis. It’s based on the 1980’s cartoon series Jem and the Holograms (now streaming on Netflix), which was created by Hasbro to sell a line of dolls. The movie targets the nostalgia of Gen-Xers like myself and has sought to create a legitimate new version of the story with a lineup of reputable actors. As a longtime fan of the show, I am, of course, cranky about this. I’ve been rewatching the cartoon series in an attempt to catalogue and archive those elements that are most important to understanding holographic feminism. These archives make up The League for Holographic Music, a set of paratexts affiliated with the post-internet life of the cartoon show. The movie will reinscribe outdated modes of feminism, working against the League’s grassroots efforts to catalyze a holographic feminist movement.
The premise of the cartoon series concerns Jerrica Benton and her alter ego, Jem, a pop rock star who inherits a holographic computer, Synergy, after her father passes away. Jem and her band the Holograms have many adventures revolving around giving concerts, making movies and record albums, publishing fashion books, and many other artistic endeavors. They are constantly pitted against rival band The Misfits and their manager, Eric Raymond, whose dubious business practices jeopardize the health, sanity, and safety of Jem and the Holograms and the residents of the Starlight House, a halfway house for foster children run by Jerrica Benton.
I fear that this series of essays (see #1 and #2 ) may have fallen in league with a dangerous syllogism:
I like Jem and the Holograms.
I am a feminist.
Jem and the Holograms must have progressive potential.
The objective of this series of linked essays has been to root out the motives of adult writer/creator and child viewer/reader of Jem and the Holograms, understanding the show as a contact zone for the desires of both adults and tweens. It was as the step-parent of a teen that my interest was sparked; however, this dual reading (both as my older self and vicariously through my step-daughter’s eyes) has provided me with an opportunity to reckon with feminism in an imaginary realm that mostly exists outside of my own daily circumstances. While I don’t claim the show has progressive potential, my enthusiasm for it, and the fan fiction it has spawned, is hard to mask.
From Tania Modleski’s Feminism Without Women: Culture and Criticism in a “Postfeminist” Age comes this very good question: “Is the female feminist critic able to give an authentic voice to the women traditionally silenced by patriarchal culture and sometimes even by that culture’s sternest dissidents?” The form these last two essays in the Jem and the Holographic Feminisms series take, I hope, will undermine a singular subjectivity and bring the essays more into polyphony, a space that may be more inclusive than the viewpoint of one single critic/author.
According to Sharon Thompson, the sickness and disappointment that many heterosexual teenage girls experience is caused by the ineffectiveness of aimlessly trying to negotiate the old deal of sex for love concealed by changed societal conditions. Teens have a right to know it is not on the grounds of their own personality characteristics that the constraints of femininity and marriage are no longer operational. According to Thompson, teens need vocabulary so that they may have more capacity to analyze adolescent sexual contact: “They need to know more about pleasure–that they have a right to pleasure and how to get it.”
In Jem and the Holograms, what are the deals Jerrica Benton makes in her love relationship with Rio, her boyfriend? She is already a foster parent, a business woman, and a rock star incognito, but she can’t or won’t be Rio’s lover. The most pressing, unresolved dilemma in Jerrica/Jem’s life is that Rio does not know that Jerrica is Jem. Rio doesn’t like liars and she is very worried that when she tells Rio, he will break up with her for lying. However, Jerrica/Jem’s dual identity, and more specifically the Jemstar earrings, often interrupt Rio and Jerrica kissing, calling Jerrica away to “find Jem,” thereby keeping physical contact carefully restricted to kissing. Synergy’s repeated entreaty to Jerrica not to reveal her secret identity to Rio is a coded way of saying, “Don’t have sex with your boyfriend, until you are married.”
A common situation encountered on the show occurs when Jerrica can’t go out because she has to work, but then somehow Jem ends up hanging out with Rio instead. Or, Rio rescues Jem and in the passion of it all they end up kissing. Jerrica/Jem’s inability to settle into her alter egos, or really her full self, has to do with Jerrica’s uncertainty about how to please herself, especially sexually. The Jemstar earrings are at once a chastity belt, a deterrent from having sex, and a figure for the clitoris. Jem is the sexier, more open, fun-loving one, and can seek, access and express the love she wants through her mouth and ears when she plays music.
Even though she’s assumed the mantle of adult work and family obligations, Jerrica is still prevented, through her own self-imposed strictures or Synergy’s presence, from accessing physical pleasure. What is Synergy’s role in this arrested development? (Is it arrested?) Our society’s social mores make it impossible for Jerrica to fulfill her own needs and so she is often depicted deferring them. But, at least there is a recognition of need. Despite Jerrica/Jem’s commitment to solving problems through teamwork with various communities of people, on the issue of her romantic love, she absolutely operates with the assumption that one must retreat to satisfy one’s own needs. This idea is careless, reckless, and essentially impossible.
Synergy surveils Jerrica/Jem at every turn, but can’t level with Jerrica about what she has observed when it comes to Jerrica’s relationship with Rio; that would violate the line between Jerrica/Jem and her deceased mother, whom Synergy seeks to honor. Synergy also can’t reconcile Jerrica’s need to resolve her love dilemma with Rio with the fervent desire that her own identity remain secret. Additionally, Jerrica can’t be honest with herself about her own sexual desire and need for pleasure because of her father’s impossible dying wish: that she protect Synergy by never divulging her dual identity. In one episode, Synergy does attempt to speak frankly with Jerrica/Jem about love, but Synergy is rebuffed in her computer form (“What does a holographic computer know about love? Even one as amazing as you?”); she must reappear in a different human form, that Jerrica does not know is Synergy, in order for Jerrica/Jem to listen.
Roland Barthes says romance stories are read (and watched?) in a state of defection, truancy. You can’t be truant with your own mother. Even when that mother is an other mother. Nancy Chodorow writes in Femininities, Masculinities, Sexualities, that “most girls seek to create in love relationships an internal emotional dialogue with the mother: to repair, to attach, to incorporate, or reject; to emancipate themselves or define themselves against her.” Jerrica seeks to attach to her mother’s legacy by creating music as Jem, and she seeks to repair the world she’s inherited from her father by running the Starlight Foundation. However, Synergy isn’t the panacea with which Jerrica may go forth and solve the problems encountered in life. Synergy is the problem itself (one of them, anyway), the mechanical malfunction of a father/daughter relationship.
As the borders break down between center and perimeter, consumption and production, ciphering identity with the premise of a self/other split becomes progressively questionable. The consumption of Jem and the Holograms dolls by marginalized groups (such as gay and transgender) in addition to the Jem doll’s adoption in non-commercial activities (such as the production of memes, YouTube videos, and tumblrs), is emblematic of the increasing need for cultural space that insists on the reader/maker’s capacity to understand subjectivity beyond identity politics.
For the most part, Jem and the Holograms is couched in heterosexual terms, but some of its fan fiction revises male/female tropes. These coded, alternative, implied stories might be the ones I’m most interested in, but they’re only ever understood in terms of heterosexual norms. Tania Modleski speaks to this idea: “Today, we are in danger of forgetting the critical fact that like the rest of the world even the cultural analyst may sometimes be a “cultural dupe”– which is, after all, only an ugly way of saying we exist inside ideology, that we are all victims, down to the very depths of our psyches, of political and cultural domination (even though we are never only victims).” So how do we fold definitions of what it means to be a Jerrica, Jem, a hologram, a rock star, a mother, a lover, into society’s clichéd renderings of love and being? How do we take the narratives that Jem and the Holograms offers us and follow them though in more reticent, subtle, nuanced, holistic ways? How do we strip our definitions of definity? How do we locate other ways the women on the show display their lust fulfillment? Where do we see their pleasure-seeking impulses fulfilled in healthy, fun, and funny ways?
In an attempt to allow these questions to persist (rather than to try to answer them completely), let’s build an index. Let’s include more voices, opinions, stories to create a more complicated subjectivity. Let us create our own wonderment that is “demonstrated as the charm of another system of thought, [and] the limitation of our own….” It will not be exhaustive. It will not account for every relationship or even every type of love that appears on Jem and the Holograms. It will catalogue the rare and mysterious love that does not conquer all but instead exists in spite of loves that could be fluid, malleable, courageous and charged with the spirit of hot pink.
In order to generate content for the index, I invite you to answer the quiz located below (click image to begin). By focusing on the singular we will amass the plural. We will not qualify or subdivide, but we will account. Numbers here will be missing their punchlines. They are only math.
Your responses to this quiz will be used to generate the last essay in this series, which aims to be not only an index, but an errata of sorts, a holographic eulogy to Jem and the Holograms which will put away the show, the old deals, tropes, archetypes. To be clear, you do not have to have seen the show, fallen in love, or be anything other than yourself to take the quiz. While the quiz focuses on elements of Jem and the Holograms, it also hopes to consider love itself, especially how women suffer, oblige, bargain, steal, enjoy, weld and wield it in their lives. The show is a contact zone, one that anyone could ingest without having seen a single episode.
The Holographic Index of Luv will seek to bolster and wreak havoc on the definitions of love, fidelity, gender, and the body by scrubbing any catalogue of reasonable logic. We aim to deviate and enfold, spectrum and zone, spiral and jettison. This here is the Prologue to the Holographic Index of Luv. Herein lie the secrets of the pictorial art of artificial spaces, the subjectivity disbursed through the cybernetic circuit, the plastic waste of the toy company Hasbro, the racist, sexist inhibitions of a generation, the ambitions of women wrapped in capitalistic brill.
Participate in your participation. You won’t be sorry!
This is the third installment of Renee Angle’s four-part Jem and the Holographic Feminisms series. The final installment will appear in October 2015.
Jem and the Holographic Feminisms (#3) was last modified: August 24th, 2015 by Renee Angle
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Renee Angle's writing has been published in Western Humanities Review, The Volta's Heir Apparent, Diagram, Practice New Art + Writing, Sonora Review, EOAGH, I'll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing By Women, and in the chapbook Lucy Design in the Papal Flea (dancing girl press). She lives and works in Tucson, AZ where she is an archivist for The League of Holographic Music and an Education Programs Coordinator for The University of Arizona Poetry Center.
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VIDEO: Mass Protests After Cops Shoot Woman They Believed To Be Armed Suspect
bySandy Malone
Apr 22, 2019 -edited
Stephanie Washington was wounded when two police officers opened fire on her boyfriend's vehicle in New Haven.
New Haven, CT – Protesters have taken to the streets near Yale University after two police officers opened fire on a suspect vehicle and wounded a woman who turned out to be unarmed (video below).
The incident occurred at about 4:16 a.m. on April 16 after Hamden police responded to an armed robbery at the Gas and Go on Arch Street, the New Haven Register reported.
Hamden Police Officer Devin Eaton called for assistance and received backup from nearby Yale University Police Officer Terrance Pollack.
Shortly thereafter, the officers identified what they believed to be the suspect vehicle at Argyle Street and Dixwell Avenue in New Haven, the New Haven Register reported.
Connecticut State Police Trooper Josue Delorus told reporters at a press conference that the driver of the suspect vehicle failed to comply with instructions to exit the vehicle with his hands up, and instead “exited the vehicle in an abrupt manner.”
Surveillance video from the scene showed Officer Eaton stopping his police car just past the suspect vehicle and getting out with his weapon drawn.
He quickly dashed behind the suspect vehicle as if to take cover and then opened fire on the passenger’s side of the vehicle, the video showed.
In the video, Officer Eaton continued firing as he ran further away from the suspect vehicle.
The driver – later identified as 21-year-old Paul Witherspoon – cannot be seen in the surveillance video.
A second surveillance video that was released on Saturday showed Officer Pollack pulling up near the front of the suspect vehicle.
In the video, Officer Pollack jumped out of his police SUV with his weapon drawn and began shooting in the direction of the vehicle a second later.
The officer jumped out so fast, he failed to put his vehicle in park and the SUV continued rolling until it hit the suspect vehicle.
Witherspoon was not injured during the incident, but his 22-year-old girlfriend, Stephanie Washington, was wounded by gunfire, the New Haven Register reported.
Washington was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police said she remains hospitalized in stable condition, according to WTNH.
No weapons were found in the suspect vehicle, according to the New Haven Register.
Officer Pollack, a 16-year veteran of the Yale police, was wounded during the incident, WTNH reported.
It wasn’t yet known if he was hit by a ricochet of one of his own bullets or if he was grazed by a bullet fired by Officer Eaton.
Officer Pollack was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released, WTNH reported.
Officer Eaton is a three-year veteran of the Hamden police who had previously served two years on the New Haven police force, according to the New Haven Register.
No New Haven police officers were involved in the incident which took place in their jurisdiction, close to the line with Hamden.
Hundreds of students, community members, and Black Lives Matter activists took to the streets to protest the shooting in the days that followed.
The Reverend Boise Kimber of First Cavalry Baptist Church told the New Haven Register he was outraged and wanted to know why the Hamden police officer had crossed into another jurisdiction without notifying the New Haven Police Department.
It's not common practice for law enforcement officers in the U.S. to notify other agencies when they enter their jurisdiction.
“We come today to say that we’re certainly going to be watching this incident, on top of this incident and praying that this family, this young lady, certainly recover — a terrible incident,” Kimber said. “It is sad. It is upsetting; it is hurtful to see that kind of shooting taking place when no one shot at them, no one tried to run, there are no guns in the car — I mean, what is this?”
He said that a meeting had taken place after the incident and Hamden police agreed to create a written policy that will require its officers to notify New Haven police when they cross into their jurisdiction, the New Haven Register reported.
Hamden Acting Police Chief John Cappiello would not comment on why Officer Eaton was in New Haven, but said that his department’s internal affairs division would be conducting an investigation.
Protesters and activists have demanded that police release bodycam video from the incident.
Initially, Hamden police said that State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin had asked them not to release the video, the New Haven Register reported.
But the plan changed in the wake of demonstrations and authorities have announced that bodycam video will be released soon.
Watch both surveillance videos, which show the officers’ actions separately, here below (multiple videos, scroll down for more):
Hi_estComnDenomn
way too much protest, not enough action.
ManBearPig
There wont be meaningful change until we get rid of these unions protecting dirty cops
What the hell was that? I hate to be a Monday morning QB but....that looks like two guys that shouldn't be cops. Maybe there is some exculpatory evidence in the body cam footage but that looked like the worst over reaction I've seen since a reserve unit shot a few hundred rounds at my convoy in Iraq. I can't imagine any way in which that shoot could be justifiable.
Rcrymes
Right or wrong. Follow officer instructions and usually no mistakes happen.
Burgers Allday
So, was there a robbery or not?
Also: "Connecticut State Police Trooper Josue Delorus told reporters at a press conference that the driver of the suspect vehicle failed to comply with instructions to exit the vehicle with his hands up, and instead “exited the vehicle in an abrupt manner.”" Comply AND die!
DarrellB
You all must be watching a totally different set of videos. If they were young and junior, I might say these were panicked officers. However, what they CLEARLY are is Officers who perceive a direct and immediate threat. So much so that one ignored his vehicle conditions. Like all the other outrage protests, this will turn out quite different when the FACTS come out.
Old Hawg
What a cluster-f**k that was. No more than a second or two elapsed before the New Haven officer started shooting after he got out of his car. In order to comply with orders, a man needs a second or two to process what he's been told before he does it. Absent the driver pointing a weapon at the officer, there's no way that shooting was justifiable. The Yale officer was so flummoxed he left his SUV in gear and that was after he pulled into the other officer's line of fire. If his cruiser was struck by gunfire it's no wonder he came out of it shooting. As usual, there was insufficient information in the story, too. What was the look-out after the armed robbery? Was there a BOLO for a red getaway vehicle, or did the New Haven simply challenge the driver because he was a black male driving sbout in the vicinity of the armed robbery? Was a female even MENTIONED in the lookout?
As far as the "demonstrations" go and their demands for "justice" are concerned, that's simply knee-jerk stupidity. If the demonstrators don't agree with the results of the investigation after it's completed, THEN is the time to protest.
Mrs10
This is one of those cases where I'd really like to see bodycam and learn more before making any decisions. Too many unanswered questions.
Aramovich
Pat1978 - Hope no one was injured in your convoy. Friendly fire, isn't. Thanks for the service, man.
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Single F-35 Kills Dozens of Enemy Fighters in AirWar Live Com
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By Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven
As 60 enemy fighters closed in on a US Air Force 4th Generation fighter aircraft, blinding the jet with electronic warfare attacks, an experienced pilot faced unseen life threatening attackers closing in -- during an air-combat Red Flag exercise closely replicating actual warfare scenarios.
Yet, in a life-saving flash, the endangered 4-th pilot was told to “turn around” by an F-35 operating in the vicinity who radioed an instant warning. The 5th-Gen, multi-role stealth fighter then used its long-range sensors and weapons to “kill” the enemy aircraft, according to an Air Force news report.
Air Force Col. Joshua Wood, 388th Operations Group Commander was part of the exercise.
“I’ve never seen anything like it before. My wingman was a brand new F-35A pilot, seven or eight flights out of training. He gets on the radio and tells an experienced, 3,000 hour pilot in a fourth-generation aircraft. ‘Hey bud, you need to turn around. You’re about to die, There’s a threat off your nose,’” Wood explained in the service report.
The Red Flag exercise, and annual live combat-like training event, drew from an unprecedented amount of advanced threat scenarios, representing "near peer" threats. Red Flag aggressors, according to the Air Force report, included “advanced integrated air-defense systems, an adversary Air Force, cyber-warfare and information operations.”
Red Flag pilots also flew in GPS-denied environments where communications were jammed or rendered inoperable by enemy EW attacks, according to the Air Force report. Taking place at Nellis AFB in Nevada, they exercise included 3,000 personnel from 39 units, including the US Navy, US Air Force, Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force.
“The F-35 ‘redefines’ how you go to war with a platform. it fuses data at a very core level, providing pilots with information to be lethal in the battlespace,” Edward “Stevie” Smith, F-35 domestic business development director, Lockheed Martin, told Warrior Maven in an interview.
Developers explain that the F-35 is, by design, intended to draw upon its stealth configuration to “Suppress Enemy Air Defenses” while monitoring air-to-air and air-to-ground threats.
An engineer familiar with F-35 technology explained it this way - “There is a FLIR (Forward-Looking Infrared) built into the airplane. The DAS (Distributed Aperture System with 360-degree cameras) and the EOTS (Electro-Optical Targeting System to track and attack long range targets) can see things in midwave IR at pretty significant ranges, tracking them from a long way.”
Describing F-35 weapons engagements, Lockheed F-35 pilot Billie Flynn said F-35s could fire Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles without being seen by adversaries - operating at the margins of detectability.
"We could launch and leave," Flynn explained.
At last year’s exercise, the Air Force and Navy explored a range of similar threats, including efforts to refine F-22 dogfighting skills. The F-22 at last year’s exercise, from the 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, performed air interdiction, combat search and rescue, close air support, dynamic targeting and defensive counter air operations in mock combat scenarios.
Confronting simulated “Red” force ground and air threats, F-22s attacked targets such as mock airfields, vehicle convoys, tanks, parked aircraft, bunkered defensive positions and missile sites.
Although modern weapons such as long-range air-to-air missiles, and the lack of near-peer warfare in recent years, means dogfighting itself is less likely these days. As the service prepares for future contingencies against technologically advanced adversaries, maintaining a need to dogfight is of great significance. For instance, the emerging Chinese J-10 and Russian 5th Gen PAK-50 clearly underscore the importance of this.
Advanced dogfighting ability can greatly expedite completion of the Air Force’s long-discussed OODA-loop phenomenon, wherein pilots seek to quickly complete a decision-making cycle - Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action – faster than an enemy fighter. The concept, dating back decades to former Air Force pilot and theorist John Boyd, has long informed fighter-pilot training and combat preparation.
If pilots can complete the OODA loop more quickly than an enemy during an air-to-air combat engagement, described as “getting inside an enemy’s decision-making process,” they can destroy an enemy and prevail. Faster processing of information, empowering better pilot decisions, it naturally stands to reason, makes a big difference when it comes to the OODA loop.
Connectivity with air and ground combat assets, drawing upon emerging data-link technology, has been a key part of the exercise as the Air Force strengthens efforts to work with other services on cross-domain fires operations.
The OODA Loop is of equal importance to the F-35 which, while engineered to dogfight as well, is built to draw upon its long-range sensors to complete the process - before ever seen by an enemy.
The Air Force plans to actualize key aspects of this with, for instance, LINK 16 upgrades to the F-22 that enable it to improve data-sharing with the F-35 and 4th-generation aircraft in real-time in combat.
First operational in 2005, the F-22 is a multi-role fighter designed with stealth technology to evade enemy radar detection and speeds able to reach Mach 2 with what is called "super-cruise" capability. Supercruise is the ability to cruise at supersonic airspeeds such as 1.5 Mach without needing afterburner, a capability attributed to the engine thrust and aerodynamic configuration of the F-22.
The F-22 is built with two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburners, Air Force statements said. The aircraft has a 44-foot wingspan and a maximum take-off weight of more than 83,000 pounds.
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-- some background portions of this report from last year's previous Red Flag were republished due to continued news relevance and reader request --
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Noyan Ayan September 15, 2018 01:18 February 24, 2019
Turkish Airlines which turns 85 years old this year unveils a fresh and stylish looking cabin crew uniforms. The new outfits are scheduled to replace the existing ones simultaneously with the opening of the Istanbul‘s 3rd airport, and the flag carrier’s curiously-awaited new lounge.
The global airline, which claims flying to more countries than any other company, worked with Milan-based designer Ettore Bilotta for the new uniforms. “When I started to design for Turkish Airlines, the first thing that inspired me was Istanbul” Billotta said, “This city has been a melting pot for art and civilization for centuries and has a rare richness as a common heritage of many cultures. I wanted to bring elements from traditional calligraphy and mosaics together with the new interpretations of Turkish motifs, which emphasize modern lines, into foulards and ties to reflect a contrast and duality.”
Inspired by many classic elements of Turkish design and culture, the new uniforms incorporate traditional patterns found in artisanal glassware, ceramics and calligraphy with contemporary textures and details, the company said in the press release. Unique and recognizable with a deep red and anthracite grey palette, the collection includes hats, gloves, dresses, bags and accessories.
Another key aspect of the project is that the uniforms of cabin, cockpit, flying chefs, and ground services will be streamlined under a single design approach to offer the passengers to live a holistic brand experience.
To launch the new look, the national carrier teamed up with globally renowned British photographer and artist, Miles Aldridge to shoot the new Turkish Airlines cabin uniform collection in Istanbul’s unique spots. “I was really inspired when I saw the uniforms as they hark back to a golden age of couture fashion from the 1950’s, but with a very contemporary twist. Again, it’s very much like my own work which is always referencing the past but very much being in today” Aldridge said.
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7.1 Itineraries
region in Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Europe > Central Europe > Germany > North Rhine-Westphalia > Münsterland
Typical Münsterland cottages
Münsterland is a mostly flat, agricultural region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is mostly notable for its more than 100 castles and manors, resulting in its byname "Land of hundred castles". Moreover it is a centre of horse breeding and riding.
CitiesEdit
Map of Münsterland
Prinzipalmarkt, Münster
51.96257.62555555555561 Münster , biggest urban centre in the region
51.8333333333336.61666666666672 Bocholt , close to the Dutch border, former textile industry site
51.8308333333337.27833333333333 Dülmen , on the northern fringe of the Ruhr area
51.7680555555567.44444444444444 Lüdinghausen , small town with outstanding castles
52.2833333333337.43333333333335 Rheine
Warendorf , internationally known stud farms, seat of several equestrian sport institutions
Other destinationsEdit
Naturpark Hohe Mark-Westmünsterland , one of the few hilly parts of the region (with heights of up to 157 m), covered with forests and protected as a nature park
UnderstandEdit
Cattle grazing on a Münsterland meadow
Most of the Münsterland was ruled by the prince-bishops of Münster until the French Revolution. It is known as one of the most Catholic and politically conservative regions in Northern Germany - an otherwise more Lutheran area. The population is often stereotyped as being very down-to-earth, quiet and stubborn, a stereotype that to varying degrees applies to most of Northern Germany.
TalkEdit
Standard German is spoken and understood throughout the Münsterland, only the older generation in rural areas still speaks Low German which is quite similar to Dutch (and—a little more distantly—related to English). There are some Dutch-speakers in Münster and the areas close to the Netherlands. Münster has a large number of university students and younger academics who usually speak English well, moreover the city's tourism industry is used to foreign guests. Students - especially those coming from other countries - are often fluent or reasonably conversant in English, German and one additional language, often Spanish or French.
Get inEdit
By planeEdit
Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO IATA) is a smallish regional airport with mostly domestic and a few sesonal/charter flights to holiday destinations around the Mediterranean Sea. From there, shuttle buses or taxis take you to Münster.
The next major airport with more international connections is Düsseldorf (DUS IATA) (about 100 km to the south). Trains take you directly from Düsseldorf airport to Münster in 1½ hours. Moreover you can use the airports of Dortmund (60 km to the South; direct train connection to Münster in about half an hour), Paderborn-Lippstadt (65 km to the South), or Weeze/Niederrhein Airport (NRN IATA) (55 km to the Southeast; mostly used by Ryanair).
By trainEdit
Intercity trains stop in Münster (hourly from Hamburg, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Cologne; every two hours from Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart) and Rheine (every two hours from Berlin, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Cologne). From there regional trains connect to other places in the Münsterland.
By busEdit
Intercity buses serve Münster and as the Netherlands aren't too far away, there are some cross-border routes.
Get aroundEdit
One of the several cycling paths leads alongside the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal
Most places in the Münsterland are connected by regional buses. During the summer season, some buses carry trailers for bicycles. The Münsterland is a paradise for cyclists. Münster is known as Germany's bicycle capital and the mostly flat areas surrounding it are ideal to be discovered by bike, even for untrained cyclists. There are several well-paved and signposted cycling paths. Some towns can also be reached by regional trains.
SeeEdit
Vischering Castle, Lüdinghausen
Schloss Nordkirchen
Oelde beer museum
The region's main city, Münster, has an interesting old town (mostly rebuilt in the original style after the destruction of World War 2) with the baroque bishop's palace, historical town hall (where the Westphalian Peace treaty was concluded in 1648 ending the Thirty Years' War), cathedral and several churches and several parks. Moreover it is a lively university city and Germany's bicycle capital.
The Münsterland's most relevant and numerous sights are its more than hundred castles, chateaus, palaces and manors of different eras, styles and sizes. Among the most notable of them are the Vischering Castle of Lüdinghausen, a Renaissance water castle that looks like a romantic prototype of the ideal medieval castle; and Schloss Nordkirchen (8 km southeast of Lüdinghausen), a large and imposing baroque brick palace surrounded by moats, that has been dubbed the "Versailles of Westphalia". The Burg Anholt water castle in Isselburg (15 km west of Bocholt) is another one of the biggest and most beautiful residences in Münsterland. Close to it is the so-called Anholter Schweiz, a large park with a lake, rocks and an imitated Swiss chalet, modeled to imitate a Swiss landscape around Lake Lucerne to please its Switzerland-enthusiastic owner. Interestingly some of the castles were started as monasteries, but later transformed into noble residences, e. g. Kloster Bentlage of Rheine or Cappenberg Castle near Selm (5 km north of Lünen).
Most of these castles are surrounded by large, lush and well-tended gardens or parks.
A lot less ostentatious but nonetheless lovely is the Haus Rüschhaus, a late-baroque country house a few kilometres outside of Münster, that served as the residence of the 19th-century poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, and has a beautiful and well-maintained baroque garden.
The octagonal baroque St Mary's Chapel (Marienkapelle) of Telgte (12 km east of Münster) is the most important Catholic pilgrimage destination in Northern Germany.
The traditions of the Münsterland's traditional crafts and industries may be studied at the Bocholt textile museum (with still operative, historical steam-powered weaving machines), the Pott's brewery beer museum of Oelde or the 300-year old premium grain brandy distillery Feinbrennerei Sasse in Schöppingen (9 km southwest of Steinfurt).
ItinerariesEdit
100-Schlösser-Route (route of the hundred castles), 305 km cycling path, divided into four sections
DoEdit
The most popular activity for tourists is cycling. There are dozens of well-paved and signposted cycling paths, leading through the mostly flat landscape, meadows and light forest, alongside rivers and canals, from castle to castle. There is an excellent cycling infrastructure, lots of bike rentals and repair shops, many restaurants, shops and guest houses have their own bicycle parking. Most routes are suitable for beginners, too. If you are too tired to cycle back to your starting point, you may also take your two-wheeler along on the train or bus (many regional buses have trailers to load cycles during the summer).
Moreover, the Münsterland is a heartland of horse breeding and riding, more than 10,000 horses live on the 1,000 equestrian farms of the region. Many of them have offers for tourists who may ride along dozens of recommended bridle-paths and routes. Riding lessons are offered to beginners. Apart from riding yourself, you can also watch shows and competitions at equestrian sport events.
Other activities that visitors may engage in, include golf (about a dozen golf clubs), canoeing on the region's rivers, and hiking.
EatEdit
Münsterländer Töttchen – sweet-and-sour ragout, traditionally made from beef innards; nowadays innards are replaced by meat and tongue in many restaurants.
Himmel und Erde ("Heaven and Earth") – mashed potatoes and apples, served with bratwurst or liverwurst and onion rings
Westphalian Wedding soup – broth with beef, vegetables and semolina dumplings
DrinkEdit
The locals' favourite drink is beer. A number of smaller and medium-sized regional breweries still exist, including Pott's of Oelde and Pinkus Müller of Münster. The region's most popular liquor is Korn, i. e. grain brandy (usually rye, wheat or barley), which is produced in a few local distilleries. Sasse Lagerkorn is a grain brandy too, but it is barrel-aged and has a much more complex flavour, unlike your typical German schnapps, but rather comparable to whiskey. While you may have heard that Germans love their beer, in Northern Germany Korn actually has more importance than beer to many. However, it is not unheard of to order Korn and beer together, sometimes referred to as Herrengedeck (literally "gentlemen's menu").
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Western Plains of Lower Saxony, to the North
Overijssel in the Netherlands, to the West
Teutoburg Forest, to the East
Ruhr, to the South – densely populated urban and industrial agglomeration that remodels itself into a cultural metropolis
This region travel guide to Münsterland is a usable article. It gives a good overview of the region, its sights, and how to get in, as well as links to the main destinations, whose articles are similarly well developed. An adventurous person could use this article, but please feel free to improve it by editing the page.
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With climate change, there is a risk of a proliferation of ticks and contractions of the disease. The book reads like a novel; alongside the main story, other accounts illuminate the struggles of Lyme disease sufferers.
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Miaphysitism
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WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS{{cleanup|cf. [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (Importing)]]}} {{Oriental}}'''Miaphysitism''' (sometimes called '''henophysitism''') is the [[christology]] of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] Churches. Miaphysitism holds that in the one person of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]], Divinity and Humanity are united in one "nature" ("[[physis]]"), the two being united without separation, without confusion, and without alteration. Miaphysitism has often been considered by [[Chalcedonian]] Christians to be a form of [[monophysitism]], but the Oriental Orthodox Churches themselves reject this characterization, a position which the [[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Roman Catholic]] Churches have begun to take more seriously. ==History==The term "miaphysitism" arose as a response to [[Nestorianism]]. As Nestorianism had its roots in the [[Antiochene]] tradition and was opposed by the [[Alexandrian]] tradition, Christians in Syria and Egypt who wanted to distance themselves from the extremes of Nestorianism and wished to uphold the integrity of their theological position adopted this term to express their position. The theology of miaphysitism is based on an understanding of the nature (Greek φύσις ''physis'') of [[Christ]]: divine and human. After steering between the [[heresy|heresies]] of [[docetism]] (that Christ only appeared to be human) and [[adoptionism]] (that Christ was a man chosen by God), the Church began to explore the mystery of Christ's nature further. Having agreed that Christ is both divine and human, the first difficulty was Nestorianism, which was perceived as stressing the two natures of Christ to such an extent that it appeared, to opponents, that two persons were living in the same body. Nestorianism taught that Christ's humanity but not His divinity was born of the Virgin Mary. The reaction to this was [[monophysitism]], which stressed that Christ has but one single nature where the divine consumed the human as the ocean consumes a drop of vinegar. This was called [[Eutychianism]]. Both of these positions were seen as heretical, but the church remained divided on how best to formulate a response to these. [[Cyril of Alexandria]]'s works were the basis of the stance of miaphysitism. He spoke of the "one (''mia'') nature of the Word of God incarnate" (μία φύσις τοῦ θεοῦ λόγου σεσαρκωμένη ''mia physis tou theou logou sesarkōmenē'') and a "union according to ''[[hypostasis]]''" (ἕνωσις καθ' ὑπόστασιν ''henōsis kath' hypostasin''), or [[hypostatic union]]. The distinction of this stance was that the incarnate Christ has one nature, but that nature is ''of the two natures,'' divine and human, and retains all the characteristics of both. However, opponents of those who took this stance regarded it as nothing more than [[monophysitism]]. The alternative response, which eventually became Byzantine [[dogma]], was [[dyophysitism]]. This states that Christ has two natures, but emphasizes that they are not separated: Christ is fully one person (ὑπόστασις ''hypostasis''). The miaphysites regarded this as verging on [[Nestorianism]]. The [[Council of Chalcedon]] (451) is often seen as a watershed for [[Christology]], as it adopted [[dyophysitism]]. However, as large portions of the Church in Syria and Egypt, who held to miaphysitism, rejected the decision, the controversy became a major socio-political problem for the [[Byzantine Empire]]. There were numerous attempts at reunion between the two camps (including the [[Henoticon]] in 482), and the balance of power shifted several times. However, the decision at Chalcedon remains the official teaching of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and traditional [[Protestants]]. The non-Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches are usually grouped together as [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]]. Over recent decades, leaders of the various branches of the Church have spoken about the differences between their respective christologies as not being as extreme as was traditionally held. Much has been said about the difficulties in understanding the Greek technical terms used in these controversies. The main words are ''ousia'' (οὐσία, 'essence'), ''physis'' (φύσις, 'nature'), ''hypostasis'' (ὑπόστασις, 'concrete reality/person') and ''prosopon'' (πρόσωπον, 'mask/person'). Even in Greek, their meanings can overlap somewhat. These difficulties became even more exaggerated when these technical terms were translated into other languages. In Syriac, ''physis'' was translated as ''kyānâ'' (<span dir="rtl">ܟܝܢܐ</span>) and ''hypostasis'' was ''qnômâ'' (<span dir="rtl">ܩܢܘܡܐ</span>). The shades of meaning are even more blurred between these words, and they could not be used in such a philosophical way as their Greek counterparts. Hence, some have suggested that miaphysitism came about due to a grounding of language in the fact that someone's person and nature are a verisimilitude. ==Miaphysite churches==As stated, the Churches of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] Communion, while sometimes called monophysite, vehemently reject that label. These include the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], the [[Syrian Orthodox Church]], the [[Indian Orthodox Church]], the [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic Orthodox Church]] (including the British Orthodox Church which is under the Patriarch of Alexandria), the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] (''tewahido'' is a Ge'ez word meaning 'being made one') and the newly [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Eritrean Orthodox Church]]. One or more of the [[Independent Catholic Churches]], while not being in full communion with the above Churches for various reasons, also embrace this Christology. These include the [[Antiochian Catholic Church in America]]. In recent theological discourses, some [[Old Catholic Church|Old-Catholic]] and [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] theologians have begun to embrace this Christology as being consistent with, though different from, the Chalcedon formulation. ==Source==*[[w:Miaphysitism|''Miaphysitism'' at Wikipedia]] ==External links==*[http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Category:Coptic_interpretations_of_the_Fourth_Ecumenical_Council Coptic interpretations of the Fourth Ecumenical Council]*[http://www.copticchurch.org/Texts/Spirituals/Natofchr.pdf Pope Shenouda III: The Nature of Christ (PDF)]*[http://www.eotc.faithweb.com/orth.html#DOCTRINES Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]*[http://www.britishorthodox.org/2church.php Agreed Statements between representatives of the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches]*[http://sor.cua.edu/Ecumenism/RC.html Joint declarations between the Syriac Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches]*[http://sor.cua.edu Syriac Orthodox Resources] [[Category:Theology]][[Category:Oriental Orthodox]]
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CPJ Report Highlights Threats to RFA Journalists, Former Staff
Yeang Sothearin (L) and Uon Chhin (R), in undated photos.
WASHINGTON – More than half of the countries in Radio Free Asia’s target broadcast region are listed among the world’s worst jailers of journalists in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ special report for 2017. The report cites China, Cambodia, and Vietnam -- countries that have imprisoned Radio Free Asia (RFA) current and former journalists, as well as contributors and sources. RFA President Libby Liu said the report’s findings underscore not only the threats to free press, but also the importance of RFA’s work and independent journalism in these countries and around the world.
“Cambodia, Vietnam, and China persecute and make examples of journalists and sources who challenge the narratives of the ruling regimes,” Liu said. “By resorting to desperate measures, these countries unwittingly highlight the impact and importance of a free press.
“The situation in Cambodia, where two former RFA journalists have been charged with espionage, is especially egregious. Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin severed ties to RFA after our bureau was forced to close in September. Yet two months later they were arrested and charged, and they now wait in prison as a Cambodian court pursues what could be a months-long quest to assemble evidence for the prosecution. It’s an absolute outrage.
“In Vietnam, RFA contributors like Nguyen Van Hoa and Mother Mushroom have both been sentenced to jail and other correspondents are routinely stopped and searched, while their families are questioned and harassed by police.
“In China, authorities detain and charge rights activists, citizen journalists, and family members who provide information or comments to RFA.
“None of these individuals deserves to be imprisoned or face the might of authoritarian legal systems. Nor should their families and loved ones be forced to suffer at the hands of authorities. These acts of intimidation should cease and these individuals should be freed, without charges and without delay.
“RFA thanks CPJ, RSF, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Frontline Defenders, and other global media rights groups for their sustained efforts to keep pressure on the international community to act.”
In Cambodia, former RFA journalists Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin from its Khmer Service, which was forced to close its Phnom Penh bureau in September, were arrested and are facing charges of “espionage.” The two are being held at Prey Sar Prison in Phnom Penh. If tried and convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison. In Vietnam, video journalist and RFA contributor Nguyen Van Hoa was sentenced in November to seven years in prison for reporting on the 2016 chemical spill that devastated the country’s central coast. Days after Nguyen’s sentencing, blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known also as Mother Mushroom, lost her appeal of her 10-year prison sentence for her posts on Facebook about human rights and other underreported issues in Vietnam. According to CPJ’s updated database, China has 41 reporters and bloggers currently in prison, making it among the world’s biggest jailers of journalists. CPJ also documents how medical neglect in Chinese prisons often amounts to a “death sentence” for jailed journalists. While no RFA journalists or sources have been arrested in Myanmar, the country has three reporters jailed and recently stepped up restrictions on media.
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CHILATST 164: Immigration and the Changing United States (CSRE 164, SOC 164, SOC 264)
The role of race and ethnicity in immigrant group integration in the U.S. Topics include: theories of integration; racial and ethnic identity formation; racial and ethnic change; immigration policy; intermarriage; hybrid racial and ethnic identities; comparisons between contemporary and historical waves of immigration.
Last offered: Spring 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
CHILATST 173: Mexican Migration to the United States (AMSTUD 73, HISTORY 73, HISTORY 173)
( History 73 is 3 units; History 173 is 5 units.) This class examines the history of Mexican migration to the United States. In the United States we constantly hear about Obama's immigration plan, the anti-immigrant laws in Arizona, and the courage of DREAM Activists; in Mexico news sources speak about the role of remittances, the effect of deportations, and the loss of life at the border. Unfortunately, few people truly understand the historical trends in these migratory processes, or the multifaceted role played by the United States in encouraging individuals to head there. Moreover, few people have actually heard the opinions and voices of migrants themselves. This course seeks to provide students with the opportunity to place migrants' experiences in dialogue with migratory laws as well as the knowledge to embed current understandings of Latin American migration in their meaningful historical context.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Minian Andjel, A. (PI) ; Bazzi, F. (TA)
CHILATST 173 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 30872 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | LEC | Students enrolled: 3
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 200-107 with Minian Andjel, A. (PI); Bazzi, F. (TA)
Instructors: Minian Andjel, A. (PI); Bazzi, F. (TA)
CHILATST 173 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 30873 | Section 02 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | DIS | Students enrolled: 3
CHILATST 181: Latino Social Movements (POLISCI 125M)
Social movements are cooperative attempts to change the world. This course reviews historically significant and contemporary political and social movements in Latino communities in the U.S., including the movements of the 1960s and events of the modern era such as the Spring 2006 marches and student walkouts, the 2010 resistance to Arizona¿s SB1070, and ongoing efforts in 2017 related to detention and deportation policies.
Last offered: Autumn 2017 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED
CHILATST 195: U.S. Latinx Art (ARTHIST 194, CSRE 195)
This course surveys artworks made by Latina/o/x artists who live and work in the United States, including Chicanos, Nuyoricans, and others of Latin American and Caribbean descent. Students will study the diversity that comprises the U.S. Latinx demographic while considering artists' relationships to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. They will also explore national debates, such as immigration and national security, that affect artists and their work. Special attention will be paid to cross-cultural and cross-racial exchanges between artists.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Salseda, R. (PI)
CHILATST 195 | 4 units | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | Class # 34151 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | LEC | Students enrolled: 2
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at McMurtry Building rm 360 with Salseda, R. (PI)
CHILATST 195 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | Class # 34152 | Section 02 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | DIS
CHINA 115: Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China (CHINA 215, FEMGEN 150, FEMGEN 250)
Investigates how sex, gender, and power are entwined in the Chinese experience of modernity. Topics include anti-footbinding campaigns, free love/free sex, women's mobilization in revolution and war, the new Marriage Law of 1950, Mao's iron girls, postsocialist celebrations of sensuality, and emergent queer politics. Readings range from feminist theory to China-focused historiography, ethnography, memoir, biography, fiction, essay, and film. All course materials are in English.
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
CHINA 155A: Health, Politics, and Culture of Modern China (ANTHRO 148, ANTHRO 248, CHINA 255A)
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Kohrman, M. (PI)
CHINA 155A | 4-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 19168 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | SEM
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue 9:00 AM - 11:50 AM at Encina West 202 with Kohrman, M. (PI)
CHINA 175: Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology (ARCHLGY 135, ARCHLGY 235, CHINA 275)
Archaeological studies in contemporary East Asia share a common concern, to contribute to building a national narrative and cultural identity. This course focuses on case studies from China, Korea, and Japan, examining the influence of particular social-political contexts, such as nationalism, on the practice of archaeology in modern times.
CLASSICS 16N: Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos (FEMGEN 24N)
CLASSICS 16N | 3 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-CE, WAY-ED | Class # 19385 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | ISF | Students enrolled: 12 / 16
CLASSICS 17N: To Die For: Antigone and Political Dissent (TAPS 12N)
(Formerly CLASSGEN 6N.) Preference to freshmen. Tensions inherent in the democracy of ancient Athens; how the character of Antigone emerges in later drama, film, and political thought as a figure of resistance against illegitimate authority; and her relevance to contemporary struggles for women's and workers' rights and national liberation. Readings and screenings include versions of Antigone by Sophocles, Anouilh, Brecht, Fugard/Kani/Ntshona, Paulin, Glowacki, Gurney, and von Trotta.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-ER
Instructors: Rehm, R. (PI)
CLASSICS 17N | 3 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-ER | Class # 31106 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | ISF | Students enrolled: 2
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at Memaud125 with Rehm, R. (PI)
CLASSICS 36: Gender and Power in Ancient Rome
Interactions of gender and power in ancient Roman politics, religion, spectacles, and daily life. Masculinity and femininity in founding legends and public rituals; the ambiguous status of Vestal Virgins; gendered behavior in the Roman Forum; the spatial logic of prostitution; sexual characterizations of good vs. bad emperors in ancient texts; gender and time in Roman houses; inversions of gender and space in early Christian martyr narratives. Readings include modern gender theory as well as ancient Roman texts and material culture.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Trimble, J. (PI) ; Angsten, O. (TA)
CLASSICS 36 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | Class # 19361 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | LEC
03/30/2020 - 06/03/2020 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM with Trimble, J. (PI); Angsten, O. (TA)
Instructors: Trimble, J. (PI); Angsten, O. (TA)
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Grand Circle Blue Danube River Cruise: What Happens on the Ship Stays on the Ship….
So yes, of course, the highlights of our Blue Danube River Cruise with Grand Circle Tour Company were the four European capitals we were visiting: Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; and, Budapest, Hungary — all worth writing about. And I promise to do so.
Budapest Skyline
But it was the many surprises surrounding the experiences on the ship that truly enhanced the trip. Because this was our first river cruise, my husband and I had many apprehensions ahead of time. The tiny stateroom? Check. But somehow it had more drawers, shelves and hangers than I have at home and was surprisingly comfortable.
A typical stateroom
Too sedentary? Check. Being a particularly active person – the have-every-minute-programmed kind of active – although at a senior citizen level – I feared the shortish daily tour would not be sufficient. After all, the 182-passenger MS River Aria is not one of those cruise ships boasting round the clock activities. However, opportunities abounded to explore every city as much – or as little – as you want.
The river boat Aria en route
Having primarily traveled with Overseas Adventure Travel, the much smaller, younger tour group under the auspices of Grand Circle, we also worried about traveling in a large group of older folk. And yes, GC caters to those needs. There is a slower paced tour option available for those who feel they cannot keep us with the group. Portable light-weight seats are available for those unable to stand in one spot during long explanations. An eclectic chair is attached to the stairs on the ship. Electric bikes are available onboard for very easy peddling along some of the most beautiful bike paths in Europe.
Viennese bike path
There is little that Grand Circle hasn’t thought of to accommodate a somewhat older clientele. But for the most part, that older clientele is a feisty group of fun-loving, adventurous travelers who are loathe to slow down.
Worried about needing to swarm around our guide in order to hear what was being said? Check. Each person, however, has his own individual listening device so that you can hear the tour guide as you walk through the cities, even if you’re a block away. At this point, we stopped worrying.
The boat passengers are divided into four color-coded groups each led by a program director. Stefan was ours, but all four participate in the ongoing upkeep of the troops. Everyone associated with Grand Circle and the ship is, well, friendly doesn’t do them justice: funny, accommodating, out-sized personalities all eager to please – and despite my husband’s cynicism, I don’t think it’s just because of the tip.
Most mornings we’re out and about by 9 – but one sailing day, we instead were on a deck chaise, Bloody Mary in hand, listening to commentary about the surrounding topography – wooded treetops, rolling green countryside, rural villages, terraced vineyards and an occasional abbey or castle. Life doesn’t get much better than that! My concern about filling every hour with activity dissipated.
Authors relaxing on the deck
I was pried from my reading revelry as my fellow passengers hustled to the sides of the ship as we went through our first of nine locks, a feat, that if you haven’t experienced it, is worth the effort of rising from the comfort of your chaise lounge. The ship narrowly goes between barriers on both sides and is then lowered so as to access the water level on the other side. By the time we hit lock #6, no one moved. Another Bloody Mary anyone?
Because it’s lunchtime, I should pause here to talk a bit about the meals – which deserve an article of their own. From creativity to inventiveness to presentation and oh, yes – deliciousness, the food merits its own Michelin star. I looked forward to every meal knowing it was going to be surprising, lovely and scrumptious. And the service? Suffice it to say, not only are the waiters attentive and accommodating, most of them are stand-up comedians.
A typical scrumptious dish
I was finishing my soup when Vladimer walked by with a bottle of Amaretto, obviously requested by another table. “Where are you going with that?” I lustily inquired. Without skipping a beat, he poured some into my soup bowl and moved on. How can you not love that?
Chef preparing for a guest’s birthday
Afternoon option? Go back to town – or have a massage. Okay. A massage. And then some Learning and Discovery onboard, a philosophy Grand Circle takes very seriously. A discussion of Eastern European traditions and cultures from our four Program Directors, all of who hail from neighboring countries – Stefan – Romania; Igor – Slovakia; Jirka – Czech Republic and Milan, Serbia. The Four Musketeers, or court jesters depending upon your loving point of view, explained their local costumes and then proceeded to present their own holidays, wedding or religious celebrations in their own very entertaining styles. Not much is taken seriously on board.
The Four Musketeers
Ah, the night-time entertainment – corny, yes; fun, more so. I usually avoid karoke but here, it’s just another excuse to laugh yourself silly. Rather than a contest to judge the best singers, instead–intended or not–became an exercise in which group sounded the most hilariously awful. And the crew talent show? Okay, so maybe it looked like a bunch of 10-year-olds in their first school production. Suffice it to say that when the kitchen staff did Swan Lake, it was downhill from there, prompting the ship’s captain to implore, “Whatever happens on board, stays on board!” And then there were the horse races. Don’t even ask. Let’s just say that it involved a lot of shots. So, another boring night.
And when we weren’t laughing, we were learning something. “Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain,” conducted by our Four Musketeers, revealed personal experiences from their teen-age years: how their families were impacted by the Soviet domination of their countries until the end of Communism there in 1989. Homes confiscated, fortunes lost, food rationed, travel prohibited, spies in communities, labor camps. Their schoolbooks were the same as had been used for generations, and they didn’t discover until later how much misinformation they contained. Again – eye-opening.
A talk from an everyday Budapest accountant regaled us with a tale of how he once saw a needy family on the sidewalk, stopped to help and ended up saving 6000 refugees, with an organization of volunteers he compiled, over the next two years, until stopped by the very hostile Hungarian government. I doubt there was a dry eye in the house. Grand Circle does not shy away from controversy.
When at trip’s end, we were told we had to be out of our stateroom by 8 a.m. because another tour was coming aboard, the communal reaction seemed to be: WHAT? Other people in OUR cabins? With OUR crew? It seemed so wrong – but it sure says a lot about how Grand Circle makes its clients feel.
Yes, I know, I promised to tell you all about the magnificent cities we visited. Immersive history, architectural grandeur, every city an open-air museum of stunning edifices spanning multiple centuries. But I lied.
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“White Christmas” Ethics (UPDATED)
November 25, 2015 December 7, 2018 / Jack Marshall
I just watched“White Christmas” again when my wife wasn’t around (she hates it), and was again struck by how entertaining it manages to be while making no sense at all and containing one ethics breach or gaffe after another. Ethics Alarms did an ethics review of the film in 2012, and reading it now, I realize I was too kind. This is an update.
Yes, I still get a lump in my throat when the old general, played by Dean Jagger, gets saluted by his reunited army unit, which has gathered at his struggling, snowless, Vermont inn on Christmas Eve to remind him that he is still remembered and loved. Nonetheless, it is by far the strangest of the Christmas movies, and also the most unethical. Though everything works out in the end, the characters in the sloppy plot spend the whole movie lying, extorting, betraying, manipulating and generally mistreating each other, always with no recriminations at all, and usually with no consequences either.
The movie starts out with guilt extortion. Army private Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) rescues his smooth-singing captain, Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) from being crushed by a falling wall in a World War II bombing raid. (It’s not a plot feature, but the battlefield set for the entire opening sequence is itself unethical by being chintzy even by musical standards: it looks like they are filming a skit for a Bob Hope Christmas Special. I thought it was lousy when I saw it as a kid.) Phil then uses Wallace’s debt of gratitude to coerce him into accepting the aspiring comic as a partner in Wallace’s already successful civilian act. This is obviously unfair and exploitative, but Bing accepts the ploy with good spirits, and the next we see the new team of Wallace and Davis knocking ’em dead and rising in the ranks of stage stars. Now they have a show on Broadway, and as a favor to a mutual army buddy, they agree to watch the boonies nightclub act of “The Haynes Sisters” (Rosemary Clooney as Betty. and Vera-Ellen, of wasp-waist fame, as kid sister Judy. Did you know that in the “Sisters” number, Clooney sang both parts? ). Bing is immediately smitten with older sister Rosemary, but there is a tiff over the fact that younger sister Judy fooled them into seeing their act: she, not her brother, had sent the letter asking for a “favor.”
This is the first revealed of many lies woven into the script. This one is a double beach of ethics: Judy uses her brother’s name and contacts without his permission or knowledge, and lures Wallace and Davis to the night club under false pretenses.
Bing dismisses Judy’s cheat by noting that everyone “has an angle” in show business, so he’s not angry. Rosemary is, though, and reprimands Bing for being cynical. That’s right: Vera/Judy uses their brother’s name to trick two Broadway stars into watching their little act, and Rosemary/ Betty is annoyed because Bing/Bob (Bing’s bandleader, look-alike, sound-alike brother was also named Bob) shrugs off the lie as show business as usual. True, Betty is technically correct to flag the Everybody Does It rationalization, but shouldn’t she be grateful that Bob isn’t reaming out the Haynes sisters and leaving the club in a huff? OK, nice and uncynical is better than nice and cynical, but Bob is still giving her and Judy a break.
As we soon find out, however, Betty is prone to flying off the handle.
It seems that the girls are about to be arrested because they skipped out of their hotel room without paying, because, they say, the owner wanted to charge them for a burnt hole in their room’s carpet. Phil assumes, without confirming it, that this is an attempted scam by the hotel, though Judy, who relates the circumstances, is already established as a con-artist. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was smoking a joint and set the carpet on fire. In either event, they still owe for the bill. This happens in old movies all the time: the heroes stiff landlords what they are owed, and the landlords are the villains. Whole generations were raised to believe that skipping out on the rent was the kind of thing good people did.
How many liberals got started with this concept, I wonder?
Phil/Danny arranges to let the sisters escape (thus abetting theft) to the train, which will take the girls to a gig at a Vermont inn. Wallace and Davis stall the fuzz by doing the sisters’ final number (and apparently the act’s only number) in drag. Thanks for the obstruction of justice, guys! The boys barely escape arrest themselves after their spoof and jump on the same train. (The number was largely improvised by Bing and Danny, and the take used in the film by the director, Michael Curtiz, who was a long way from “Casablanca,” was supposed to be ditched. The famously unflappable Crosby was cracked up by Kaye’s clowning, and reportedly was angry that an “unprofessional” moment made it into the film. Not unethical by Curtiz, unless he promised Bing he wouldn’t use the take, though. His duty is to the film, not the star.)
The lovely sisters are going to Vermont, so Danny and Bing, who have a whole cast and show waiting for them and depending on them in New York, decide to abandon their responsibilities and chase tail to Vermont too. Surprise #1 when they get to the inn: no snow. Surprise #2: the inn is owned by none other than General Waverly, Bob and Phil’s much-admired commander during the war, now retired and going broke running a ski lodge where nobody can ski. The general is the only consistently ethical character in this movie, and he, against all self-interest, says that he will pay the Haynes Sisters full salary to play to crickets, though he had an out in their contract that could have saved him half their fees.
If they had any honor, they wouldn’t accept it. The Haynes sisters are cashing in, clearly, on sexist male bias. Then again, this is how the Betty and Judy—especially Judy– roll. It’s how all gorgeous women roll in Hollywood films. Is it unethical for women to appeal to men’s brain-numbing hormones with faint suggestions of potential lust and love that the women know is a fantasy, because they also know many men fall for it no many how many times experience proves them to be saps?
But then I’m bitter.
Now Bob/Bing gets the generous, kind, irresponsible and stupid idea to haul the whole Broadway show up to Vermont from New York on the theory that Wallace and Davis will draw the customers that the lack of white stuff is keeping away. He is doing this at a guaranteed financial loss, not just to him, but to Phil, and also his investors, who he doesn’t consult or let in on his plans, and the theater owners, who were counting on some Christmas tourist trade, and couldn’t possibly get another show ready. It’s a bright line breach of fiduciary duty, and in the real world of show business would get the team sued faster than Danny Kaye could sing “Tchaikovsky.”
The laws of economic reality, contracts and common sense don’t operate in Vermont, apparently.
This would explain Bernie Sanders.
When the cast gets to the inn, Betty and Judy are suddenly installed as the two female leads in the show, meaning that whoever they replaced had their contracts breached without warning because Danny and Bing have designs on the Haynes sister. (Everybody’s got an angle). This is inexcusable, irresponsible, and wrong. Wallace and Davis have seen the sister perform one number (that the guys did better), if you don’t count the dumb “Snow” number they jam on in the dining car, and based on that, kick out the equivalent female leads that made the Broadway show the success it apparently was. This kind of thing may happen in show business, but it is despicable, conflicted, dishonest and irresponsible when it does. And the guys doing it in “White Christmas” are the heroes.
Meanwhile, no Golden Rule second thoughts from Betty and Judy about the performers they put out of work by batting their eyes—screw the other women! It’s everyone for themselves in this warm-hearted Christmas classic!
Bob then gets the brainstorm of holding a reunion of the general’s men on Christmas eve, when the show is scheduled to open. This nicely solves the problem that the performance would have no audience otherwise, but it requires Bob to pull out an IOU from an Ed Sullivan-like TV variety show host, who lets Bob turn a nationally broadcast TV show into a personal commercial, both for the general’s surprise party and the stage show. This would be illegal today, and may have been in 1954. I’m sure the TV show’s sponsors would have been annoyed, and with good cause.
But as Bob is arranging the deal, the inn’s busybody housekeeper, played by the wonderful Mary Wickes, eavesdrops on half the conversation by listening in on the extension phone. She thinks that Bob and Phil are setting up General Waverly for a nationally televised, “This is Your Life”-style exploitation of his fall from military power to struggling innkeeper, which would humiliate the old man. She’s a rat for wiretapping, and she also decides to tell Betty about the supposed plot, killing the apparent romance between her and Der Bingle. Betty’s so disillusioned by what she sees as his heartless and crass use of the general for cheap publicity that she just quits the show, and runs to New York to open a new solo act. Huh? If she was so concerned about the general, why didn’t she warn him what was about to happen? (Wickes doesn’t tell him either, though she says that the humiliation will kill him. Maybe she wants him dead? ) Why doesn’t Betty/Rosemary tell her sister, rather than just leaving their long-time act with no notice but a cowardly note? Why doesn’t she confront Bob?
No, better to leave everybody in the lurch and guessing, without being responsible and trying to address any of the problems she sees, or thinks she sees.
Meanwhile, Judy and Phil get the idea that what is really stopping older sister Betty’s budding romance with Bing/Bob is that she wants to see little sister Judy safely married first. Their idiotic and unethical solution? They announce, falsely, that they are getting married, not just deceiving Betty, but the whole cast of the show, a massive, manipulative lie. It doesn’t work, but that’s due to moral luck.
Betty still abandons the show and Bob, but also sabotages her sister, the general, the inn, and her fellow cast members, since it is rather difficult to replace your leading lady a week before your elaborate musical revue opens in Nowheresville, Vermont. For most performers, doing this would guarantee a lifetime, career-ending industry blackball, and should. You don’t leave a show and cast when everyone is relying on you because you have an argument with an another cast member or the producer, or anyone. This is a theatrical cardinal sin. Moreover, Betty is being paid, by the General last we heard, to perform.
Betty also appears to steal some of the show’s dancers out of spite, since the men we see cavorting with her in her New York nightclub number are the same dancers (including pre-West Side Story George Chakiris) who were backing up Vera-Ellen in Vermont, during the rehearsal for the (god awful) “Abraham Number.” I know, the producers of the movie were just trying to save money by using the same dancers on both scenes….like that WWII set. The nightclub owner who hired her and allowed her to break he commitments to everybody to get back at Bob is also open to a massive lawsuit for interference with contractual arrangements.
[Side note: “White Christmas” misses having a political correctness problem by a hair…actually two hairs. That “Abraham” number was imported from the inspiration for “White Christmas,” “Holiday Inn,” and in that film, Bing sings about Abraham Lincoln in blackface. In the later “Mistrel Number,” Rosemary and Bing do a “Mister Bones” exchange; “Mister Bones” (or “Brother Bones” is also part of the blackface tradition.]
Then Betty sees the Pseudo Ed Sullivan Show broadcast and realizes that Bob’s motives are pure, and realizes that she made a big mistake. So she breaches her contract in New York, leaves the owner high and dry with advance sales to refund, and returns to the Vermont show a day or tow before it opens. (This means displacing the performer, probably a talented chorus member looking for her big break who has studied around the clock and rehearsed until her feet were bleeding to step in for Betty, who isn’t a big star and yet believes–correctly!—that she can just jump in and out of shows, songs, dance numbers and commitments at her whim and it’s up to everyone else to adjust.
I would never allow Betty back in the show, and neither should Bob, no matter what his designs on her may be. This is a pure conflict of interest on his part. Now, if the chorus sub for Betty isn’t up to the role, Bob’s got an ethics conflict. His duty is to put on the best show, and that may mean holding his nose, taking Betty back and restoring her songs to her. Yet how can he trust her? How can anyone in the cast trust her? And Bob has proven that where she is concerned, blood is not rushing to his brain, so his judgment can’t be trusted to sort out the issue.
Phil should make the call, but he’s an idiot.
Meanwhile, nobody punches the housekeeper in the nose. She sparked this debacle by eavesdropping on a private conversation (dishonest, unfair, a breach of respect, autonomy and privacy), revealed it to others (confidentiality), and got the facts wrong, causing chaos. (Irresponsible and incompetent.) Then she lies to General Waverly about sending all his suits to the cleaners to trick him into wearing his old uniform. This is based on the rationalization that it’s all for the best. Since this whole plot is in Ethics Hell by now, I think I’ll give her a pass.
The general is touched when he sees all his men gathered, and they again sing the catchy song they serenaded him with while the Germans were bombing them all those years ago. Just in time for the finale, it starts to snow (and a horse drawn sleigh appears seconds after the first flake hits the ground), as Bing, Danny, Rosemary and Vera-Ellen sing “White Christmas” in the fruitiest Santa costumes you ever saw in your life. Judy’s going to marry Phil for real now, Betty will wed Bob, and Bob and Phil, knowing that the show that they all headline is scheduled to go on the road, that the cast needs it to do so to get paid, and that the whole enterprise will fall apart without them, agree that what the hell, they’re going on long honeymoons anyway.
Of course they are.
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31 thoughts on ““White Christmas” Ethics (UPDATED)”
LoSonnambulo
I guess this all explains why the original script ended with a chorus member blocking the exits and then torching the place as the schmucks sang “White Christmas”?
The preview audiences hated it.
luckyesteeyoreman
This movie is a MUST for a re-make, with emphasis on the snowless resort being the result of CLIMATE CHANGE. I will go no further…
Jack, you are wrecking my Christmas and that’s not right!! Lovable scoundrels were a part of many musicals and holiday movies in the 40s and 50s. These pictures weren’t supposed to be a lesson on ethic, I.e. “To Kill A Mockingbird”.
I’m in show business. People who act like that just aren’t lovable. They are menaces.
I still love Danny, Bing, Rosemary and Vera.
texagg04
Can Broadway please ruin To Kill a Mockingbird for us by making it a musical?
http://goplayboyplay.blogspot.com/2009/04/to-kill-mockingbird-musical.html
Like so many others, this musical never got close to Broadway.
I’m done being a human.
I bow out.
Squid???
I’ll be in open tryouts phase.
Paul Compton
You could spend the rest of your life running this work-up on movies and still not get out of the sixties. I tend to be one of those who blames Hollywood for the general decay in society!
Then you would have to go on to critiquing the plots. I am sick of seeing movies, and the books behind them for that matter, with plot holes so enormous that I could reverse a road train through them. Star Trek Nemesis or The Da Vinci Code as examples, I felt I had been totally ripped off in both cases. Surely producing films that are ethics nightmares or with totally ludicrous plots should be treated the same as selling any other faulty product? Both actions are unethical in and of themselves. (Latin has been dead for a long time so I don’t need to use ‘legal’ jargon)
But, it’s just entertainment isn’t it; people aren’t meant to take it seriously, therefore it’s all ok isn’t it. For any Sheldon’s out there I’m holding up my sarcasm sign.
charlesgreen
Delightful! You have a second (third?) career as a critic.
Fifth, sixth, who’s counting?
Eventually, I may even find one that’s lucrative.
I think some of your ethical problems regarding the show business aspect are a misunderstanding. I’d need to rewatch to confirm, but I could have sworn that the situation was that Wallace and Davis’s show was on break for the Holidays (which is why Bob and Phil were going back to New York by themselves– they were going to be doing development or publicity or something.)
I do know they mention, when brainstorming the idea, that they won’t be able to get the whole cast to come to Vermont. They’re basically offering a bonus to do a charity show, and they’ll fill in anyone who can’t make it with Betty and Judy– so presumably the female leads couldn’t make it, or those numbers were thrown in to fill in for other numbers.
So there shouldn’t have been an issue with the cast. The investors, maybe, with all of those extra paychecks and moving costumes and sets (“somewhere between ouch and boing,”) but they weren’t missing any revenue, at least, since the show was on break.
Of course, Broadway shows don’t take breaks for the holidays, and never did, as far as I can determine. The plot also depends on the ignorance of the movie audience regarding what a full production requires as opposed to two women singing “Sisters.” Sets and people to build it; an orchestra, lights to be transported and hung and focused, stage hands, electrician, stage managers, costume staff, props handler,director: this requires easily 75 people minimum, with salary, transportation (round trip), food, daily expenses and lodging, as well as promotion. What’s your best guess what this coats? If Bing and Danny are that rich, why are they working?
In addition, Bing and Danny don’t own the show, or the costumes, or the set and props. There’s insurance, and repairs, and the theater presented the production with an exclusive contract: anyone who sees the show in Vermont doesn’t see it in New York. Bing sure doesn’t sound like he is personally paying for everything, does he?
SykesFive
Actually it does sound to me like Wallace & Davis own the show and are thus in a sense personally paying for everything. When Davis interrupts the phone call about bringing the show to Vermont, I think it’s pretty clear that both he and Wallace are thinking about their decision’s impact on their personal finances, not how they will explain this to investors or seek approval from the producers or anything like that. This may be unrealistic but it is one of the movie’s givens.
For that matter, the Wallace & Davis show just does close down for the holidays. Maybe this wasn’t customary at the time–I myself have seen big productions on Christmas Day though decades later–but that’s what the audience is told and there’s no reason to doubt it.
stvplln
Ahhhhh… shaddap already. Eat your fudge and popcorn and just watch the movie! (grumble…)
Was this a slow day? Who gives a damn? It’s a horrible movie, stupid from start to end (including plot, dialogue, and characters) and regardless of the cast (who in other movies are fun to watch), I would rather chew off my foot than watch it a second time — or even spend brain cells thinking about it. Ooof.
S Schumacher
Ever watch the classic “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”? Santa, the elves and the reindeer are bullying, closed-minded, selfish characters. They’re actually proud of their nasty behavior. Don’t even get me started with the maiming of the Bumble by pulling all his teeth out, then forcing him to labor as a “tree topper” putting stars on trees.
Thanks, fellows. I guess by now you
know the Old Man’s being replaced by
a new Commanding General fresh out
of the Pentagon… this divisions’s
been awfully lucky so far, but tonight
they’re running a special on St.
Christophers at the PX… The Old
Man’s heading back to the rear –
he’s never moved in that direction
in his life. All I can say is, we
owe so much to General Waverly and
the way —
WAVERLY’S VOICE
(A bellow)
Automatically, Bob stiffens. Phil does the same.
AUDIENCE – FULL SHOT
Every man is at attention and every head has turned to where
General Waverly has taken up a position near the front of
the platform.
GENERAL WAVERLY
Captain Wallace, button your shirt.
You’re out of uniform!
(Bob, grinning, hastily
buttons his shirt)
This division is now under the command
of General Harold G. Carlton, and I
don’t want anyone to forget it —
not that he’ll let you. He’s tough —
just what this sloppy outfit needs.
You’ll be standing inspection night
and day — you may even learn how to
march. And if you don’t give him
everything you got, I may come back
and fight for the enemy. Merry
Got it, so the men, we assume, have no confidence in General Carlton.
Now we have a Shmuck Captain…A COMMISSIONED OFFICER…openly undermining that confidence even further. It would have been just as wrong for an NCO to do it or even a Private. Yeah, soldiers will whisper in private to each other about their leaders…but any open comments like that…
Article 15 and removal from the unit if not worse.
But a COMMISSIONED OFFICER??????
ON THE EVE OF BATTLE??? Which we learn from the scene just before that one.
GENERAL CARLTON
(To Adjutant)
What’s this all about, Colonel?
(Turning)
A little entertainment for the men,
sir. Tonight’s Christmas Eve.
These men are moving up tonight.
They should be lined up for full
inspection!
The jeep has come to a halt.
(Eyeing him)
You’re absolutely right.
There’s no Christmas in the Army,
Colonel.
Let’s go ahead and really push the “crappy new guy” vs “grizzled experienced guy” trope by having the new guy be completely clueless about HOW INCREDIBLY BACKWARDS the Army bends and bent for reasonable amounts of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation.
Hopefully the real reason General Waverly is being relieved is because his boss noticed that General Waverly authorized a mass entertainment gathering to occur within range of accurate enemy artillery fires and also decided to schedule it literally hours prior to a major offensive maneuver, when the men most certainly would have been preparing gear, checking equipment, and moving into their Assembly Areas prior to crossing the Line of Departure.
Hell, this General Carlton is looking better and better by the minute.
(To Carlton)
There’s always a slip-up or two during
a change in command. The men get a
little loose. But I know I’m leaving
them in good hands.
(Stiffly)
(To Driver)
Sergeant, take me to headquarters
immediately! We’ll have those men
turned out on the double!
The Sergeant looks at General Waverly.
Goodbye, Sergeant. Take the short
cut.
The jeep pulls off and makes a half circle. The Adjutant
makes a gesture, as if to stop it. The General stops him.
TWO SHOT – GENERAL WAVERLY AND ADJUTANT
The Adjutant turns to him.
That’s not the way to headquarters!
Joe, you know that, and I know that,
but the new General doesn’t know it.
Or he won’t for about an hour and a
That Sergeant’ll be a private
tomorrow!
Yes… isn’t he lucky?
I was gonna compose something for this colossally un-military scene, but I lost count and knew I could never complete an appropriate take down in less than an hour…
So I blew it severely on my first 3 posts. As the kids were watching White Christmas and I walked by, in passing, I noticed something amiss about the “military” feel of the
opening scenes that seemed off ethically. So I copied and pasted the first website that claimed to be a script of White Christmas. I’m not sure what it was…if it was a
working copy or a first draft, but it has significant differences from the actual filmed scenes. So, I’m forced to modify some of my assessment from the original three posts.
All the dialogue is Transcribed *directly* from the listening to the movie, so I think I’m pretty close to word for word. The scene descriptions and action statements are
modified versions of the script I got from the original website (which can be found here).
Before I go into commentary, I’ll insert the entire dialogue for perusal and familiarity. There are numbers to reference particular dialogue in my analysis at the end. Here
are the opening scenes:
OPENING Scene in the Jeep as they hear the Entertainment show.
GEN CARLTON
(To Adjutant): What’s this all about, Captain?
ADJUTANT: A little entertainment for the men, sir. Tonight’s Christmas Eve.
GEN CARLTON: These men are moving up tonight, General Waverly. They should be lined up for full inspection!
GEN WAVERLY
(To Carlton): You’re absolutely right.
(To Adjutant): There’s no Christmas in the Army, Captain.
ADJUTANT: Yes, sir.
(To Carlton): There’s always a slip-up or two during a change in command. The men get a little loose. But I know I’m leaving them in good hands.
GEN CARLTON:
(To Waverly): Thank you, General.
(To Driver): Sergeant, take me to headquarters immediately! We’ll have those men turned out on the double!
GEN WAVERLY: Goodbye, Sergeant. Take the short cut.
SERGEANT: Yes, sir!
The jeep pulls off and makes a half circle. The Adjutant makes a gesture, as if to stop it. Waverly stops him. The Adjutant turns to him.
ADJUTANT: That’s not the way back to headquarters!
GEN WAVERLY: Joe, you know that, and I know that, but the new General doesn’t know it. Or he won’t for about an hour and a half.
ADJUTANT: That Sergeant’ll be a private tomorrow!
GEN WAVERLY: Yes… isn’t he lucky?
SCENE CHANGE TO ENTERTAINMENT SITE:
CAPTAIN BOB WALLACE and PRIVATE PHILIP DAVIS are doing a number on stage to entertain a mass of 200 or so soldiers. GENERAL AND ADJUTANT just starting to take seats, off to one
side where they are not noticed by the performers. ABOUT 6 SOLDIERS seated in audience. They look off, see General, start to rise. The General notices them – motions for them
to sit down again, indicating he doesn’t want attention called to himself. Captain Wallace sings “White Christmas”.
CPT Wallace: Well that just about wraps it up, fellas. It’s certainly too bad General Waverly couldn’t be here for this little yuletide clambake ’cause we really had
a slam bang finished cooked up for him. I guess by now you know the Old Man’s being replaced by a new Commanding General fresh out of the Pentagon…it’s not a very nice
Christmas present for a division like us that’s moving up. The Old Man’s moving toward the rear. That’s a direction he’s never taken in his entire life. Well all I can say is
we owe an awful lot to General Waverly and to the way…
GEN WAVERLY: ATTENTION!
Every man is at attention and every head has turned to where General Waverly has taken up a position near the front of the platform.
GEN WAVERLY: Captain Wallace, who’s responsible for holding a show in this advanced area?
CPT WALLACE: Well sir as a matter of fact it was…
PVT DAVIS: …me Sir! It was my idea sir. Uh, I mean when you gotta entertainer sir of the caliber of Captain Wallace, sir…I mean sir…it’s Christmas Eve, sir.
And well, sir, I mean that if you were in New York, Sir, you’d have to pay six sixty or even eight eighty to hear a great singer like Captain Wallace, sir.
GEN WAVERLY: I’m well aware of Captain Wallace’s capabilities. Who are you?
PVT DAVIS: Er…Phillip Davis, sir. Private First Class, sir.
GEN WAVERLY: Well, at ease, Davis.
DAVIS: Yes, Sir!
WAVERLY: I said, At Ease!
DAVIS: Oh, uh, Yes, sir, thank you sir.
WAVERLY: This division is now under the command of General Harold G. Carlton, and I don’t want anyone to forget it — not that he’ll let you. He’s tough — just
what this sloppy outfit needs. He’ll have you standing standing inspection night and day — you may even learn how to march. And if you don’t give him everything you got, I
may come back and fight for the enemy. Merry Christmas!
ASSEMBLED MEN: “Merry Christmas”.
GEN WAVERLY: Well, I guess, all I can say is, how much I…what a fine outfit…How am I going… (to Wallace) don’t just stand there, how am I going to get off…?
CPT WALLACE: We happen to have a slam bang finish…
He turns to the musicians, gives the downbeat. They play THE OLD MAN, which is sung by the entire outfit.
ARTY FALLS IN VICINITY…Soldiers crouch…then finish singing.
GENERAL AND ADJUTANT DEPART.
MORE ARTY FALLS, ON SITE…Men scatter. Captain Wallace and Private Davis try to get men to cover. Private Davis man handles the Captain to cover as a wall collapses where he
had just been standing.
For starters, we see a mass of soldiers in an open air situation within effective range of enemy artillery fires. A single well placed artillery round could eliminate
approximately 200 soldiers — more than an entire World War 2 Infantry Company (whose authorized strength is about 190-195 men; but given this stage of the war and attrition,
this could easily be 2-3 companies of EXPERIENCED soldiers). Someone in the chain of command KNOWS this to be true and authorized this gathering despite the obvious danger. We
know for certain that the Adjutant knows what the gathering is, as he answers on line 2 precisely what is going on. But an Adjutant has no command authority, so someone else
authorized the gathering. We have to assume General Waverly didn’t know until the Adjutant answered General Carlton’s inquiry based on General Waverly’s later questioning of
Captain Wallace. We can’t ever be sure who actually made the decision to have the entertainment occur at that location since Private Wallace, breaking an incredible number of
military bearing protocols, interrupts a Captain, to answer a General. This Private, Private Davis, accepts all responsibility for the decision to expose upwards of 2
companies-worth of men to devastating artillery fire.
This information leaves us with two options: Either it really was Private Davis’s idea to have the venue at that location, in which case, Private Davis’s commanding officer and
the various commanding officers AND EVERYONE ELSE in their chain of command are colossally INEPT for agreeing to the idea. The second option is that Captain Wallace DID indeed
make the decision to have the venue at that site, and now he’s standing there like a lump allowing a subordinate to cut him off mid sentence, a military No-no, and then allowing
the subordinate to take the heat of any potential censure that was forth-coming.
But of course, even General Waverly doesn’t seem to mind that 200 of his soldiers are idling around with a population density rivaling that of Bombay, just one artillery strike
away from having more in common with mist than with humanity. When HE discovered what was going on by the Adjutant’s answer in line 2, he should have immediately ordered the
soldiers disperse and had about 2 dozen commissioned officers who had every ability to stop the farce standing in his headquarters receiving the most royal dressing down of
their careers and maybe a few firings.
What possibly does General Waverly think outweighs the need to disperse a mass of soldiers within effective range of artillery? Why, a Christmas music concert of course! It is
Christmas Eve after all. Now, the Army does a really good job bending over backwards for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation of soldiers, much more than was ever considered a
military precedent. BUT, we learn from the dialogue that the entire division is on orders to “move up tonight”. This somewhat vague description could range anywhere from
simply occupying a section of the line to relieve a unit coming back or it could mean they are initiating a major offensive operation. We learn, however, that this movement,
whatever it is, is occuring in mere hours. Having experienced large movements of soldiers myself, I know that if a Division is stepping off in a few hours, the men down to the
platoon level are ALREADY in their assembly areas doing final preparations. This is apparent to the new commander, General Carlton, who is astonished that the men aren’t doing
their final checks of equipment and gear. Which leads us to the next bit:
General Waverly is none too concerned about the unjustifiable exposure he’s tolerating of his…well, now General Carlton’s men…as we know Waverly has just been replaced by
General Carlton, who, trope-tastically, we learn is one of those wretched new leaders who are probably horribly incompetent. The movie let’s us know early on that he’s a
despicable piss and vinegar type when he is mad that the men are having Christmas entertainment. Never mind that we now know that Carlton is severely concerned about a huge
mass of men within artillery range open and exposed as well as not anywhere near where they ought to be to initiate movement of the entire Division. The movie also let’s us
know he’s a jerk because it pushes the whole “fresh out of ________” trope. The usual way this plays out is the “fresh out of West Point” or “fresh out of ROTC” smear applied
to new Lieutenants who assume Platoon Leadership with little to no actual experience. Unfortunately this doesn’t exactly play out on the General level. Yes, the General Ranks
expanded rapidly during World War 2, but an individual didn’t become one by being a complete buffoon (and yes there are always exceptions — but General Carlton, who seems to
have a sense of urgency that no one in Waverly’s sphere of influence seems to possess, does not seem to be the exception).
Never mind, we’ll go on with the traditional “smearing of the new guy who replaces the beloved experienced leader”. In the original script I copied and analyzed, the dialogue
was OVERTLY insubordinate and actively undermining of the men’s confidence in their new commander. In the corrected dialogue, though cleaned up a lot, there are still hints of
undermining the new guy’s authority before he even makes a decision as the commander. There’s General Waverly’s smart-ass “There’s no Christmas in the Army” jab as a response
to Carlton’s concern about the location and timing of the entertainment event — which he says “knowingly” to the Adjutant, who, we must remind ourselves no longer works for the Waverly but for Carlton.
There’s the extra rotten move when Carlton, recognizing the imminent danger as well as the horrifying breach of schedule in implementing the plan of operations indicates he plans to move to Headquaters immediately to begin rectifying the situation, is undermined either by the Sergeant driving Carlton or by General Waverly himself. The driver decides to undermine Carlton’s ability to fix the problem by taking an extra long route back to headquarters. Between a driver and a singing-private, this division is apparently full of the lowest ranking guys thinking they know best when to leave a behind-the-schedule division exposed to enemy fire just so they can catch a few tunes from Bing… The other option is that General Waverly, himself, with a nod-nod wink-wink, authorized the driver to follow the reckless plan to take an hour and half detour, which we assume will require another hour and a half correction before Carlton can get to Headquarters. Just as with the adjutant before, let’s remind ourself that this driver no longer works for Waverly, but for Carlton…the Sergeant is being openly insubordinate.
Even if Waverly was not the initiator of the 3 hour diversion, he immediately became complicit, when the Adjutant, in an apparent realization who his new boss is (Carlton), moved to correct the Driver but was stopped by Waverly from doing so.
The last bit of insubordination and undermining faith in the chain of command comes from the subtle digs Captain Wallace makes during his speech. His “Fresh out of the Pentagon” disdain undermines faith that Carlton may be a good commander, followed by the snide “not a nice Christmas present” for the division is enough to get any soldier censured. Soldiers and peers WILL whisper about their leaders, but any open act like that? Stamped out like a spark in a dry forest… I won’t even address the fact that it’s a COMMISSIONED OFFICER making the openly insubordinate comments and a CAPTAIN no less. He would be fired and transferred immediately.
But hey, I suppose Waverly recognized all their rotten conduct when he feebly tried to make things right by saying “hey guys, he’s a good commander, never mind all the stuff we said before and our attitudes we displayed before!”. A few moments later, though the movie never intended the scene to be interpreted this way, and just to do Carlton some justice, the Artillery began to fall…which is where Jack’s commentary on this movie begins.
Arg…that formatted ALL WRONG…
lemme try again.
So I blew it severely on my first 3 posts. As the kids were watching White Christmas and I walked by, in passing, I noticed something amiss about the “military” feel of the opening scenes that seemed off ethically. So I copied and pasted the first website that claimed to be a script of White Christmas. I’m not sure what it was…if it was a working copy or a first draft, but it has significant differences from the actual filmed scenes. So, I’m forced to modify some of my assessment from the original three posts.
All the dialogue is Transcribed *directly* from the listening to the movie, so I think I’m pretty close to word for word. The scene descriptions and action statements are modified versions of the script I got from the original website (which can be found here).
Before I go into commentary, I’ll insert the entire dialogue for perusal and familiarity. There are numbers to reference particular dialogue in my analysis at the end. Here are the opening scenes:
CAPTAIN BOB WALLACE and PRIVATE PHILIP DAVIS are doing a number on stage to entertain a mass of 200 or so soldiers. GENERAL AND ADJUTANT just starting to take seats, off to one side where they are not noticed by the performers. ABOUT 6 SOLDIERS seated in audience. They look off, see General, start to rise. The General notices them – motions for them to sit down again, indicating he doesn’t want attention called to himself. Captain Wallace sings “White Christmas”.
CPT Wallace: Well that just about wraps it up, fellas. It’s certainly too bad General Waverly couldn’t be here for this little yuletide clambake ’cause we really had a slam bang finished cooked up for him. I guess by now you know the Old Man’s being replaced by a new Commanding General fresh out of the Pentagon…it’s not a very nice Christmas present for a division like us that’s moving up. The Old Man’s moving toward the rear. That’s a direction he’s never taken in his entire life. Well all I can say is we owe an awful lot to General Waverly and to the way…
PVT DAVIS: …me Sir! It was my idea sir. Uh, I mean when you gotta entertainer sir of the caliber of Captain Wallace, sir…I mean sir…it’s Christmas Eve, sir. And well, sir, I mean that if you were in New York, Sir, you’d have to pay six sixty or even eight eighty to hear a great singer like Captain Wallace, sir.
WAVERLY: This division is now under the command of General Harold G. Carlton, and I don’t want anyone to forget it — not that he’ll let you. He’s tough — just what this sloppy outfit needs. He’ll have you standing standing inspection night and day — you may even learn how to march. And if you don’t give him everything you got, I may come back and fight for the enemy. Merry Christmas!
CPT WALLACE: We happen to have a slam bang finish…He turns to the musicians, gives the downbeat.
They play THE OLD MAN, which is sung by the entire outfit.
MORE ARTY FALLS, ON SITE…Men scatter. Captain Wallace and Private Davis try to get men to cover. Private Davis man handles the Captain to cover as a wall collapses where he had just been standing.
For starters, we see a mass of soldiers in an open air situation within effective range of enemy artillery fires. A single well placed artillery round could eliminate approximately 200 soldiers — more than an entire World War 2 Infantry Company (whose authorized strength is about 190-195 men; but given this stage of the war and attrition, this could easily be 2-3 companies of EXPERIENCED soldiers). Someone in the chain of command KNOWS this to be true and authorized this gathering despite the obvious danger. We know for certain that the Adjutant knows what the gathering is, as he answers on line 2 precisely what is going on. But an Adjutant has no command authority, so someone else authorized the gathering. We have to assume General Waverly didn’t know until the Adjutant answered General Carlton’s inquiry based on General Waverly’s later questioning of Captain Wallace. We can’t ever be sure who actually made the decision to have the entertainment occur at that location since Private Wallace, breaking an incredible number of military bearing protocols, interrupts a Captain, to answer a General. This Private, Private Davis, accepts all responsibility for the decision to expose upwards of 2 companies-worth of men to devastating artillery fire.
This information leaves us with two options: Either it really was Private Davis’s idea to have the venue at that location, in which case, Private Davis’s commanding officer and the various commanding officers AND EVERYONE ELSE in their chain of command are colossally INEPT for agreeing to the idea. The second option is that Captain Wallace DID indeed make the decision to have the venue at that site, and now he’s standing there like a lump allowing a subordinate to cut him off mid sentence, a military No-no, and then allowing the subordinate to take the heat of any potential censure that was forth-coming. Of course, since he’s a Private trying to cover for his boss, he’ll say anything, so I won’t even ding him for the horrible excuse that 200 men should be exposed to German artillery fire because CPT Wallace is a famous singer – we all know it’s worth dying to hear Bing sing…
But of course, even General Waverly doesn’t seem to mind that 200 of his soldiers are idling around with a population density rivaling that of Bombay, just one artillery strike away from having more in common with mist than with humanity. When HE discovered what was going on by the Adjutant’s answer in line 2, he should have immediately ordered the soldiers disperse and had about 2 dozen commissioned officers who had every ability to stop the farce standing in his headquarters receiving the most royal dressing down of their careers and maybe a few firings.
What possibly does General Waverly think outweighs the need to disperse a mass of soldiers within effective range of artillery? Why, a Christmas music concert of course! It is Christmas Eve after all. Now, the Army does a really good job bending over backwards for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation of soldiers, much more than was ever considered a military precedent. BUT, we learn from the dialogue that the entire division is on orders to “move up tonight”. This somewhat vague description could range anywhere from simply occupying a section of the line to relieve a unit coming back or it could mean they are initiating a major offensive operation. We learn, however, that this movement, whatever it is, is occuring in mere hours. Having experienced large movements of soldiers myself, I know that if a Division is stepping off in a few hours, the men down to the platoon level are ALREADY in their assembly areas doing final preparations. This is apparent to the new commander, General Carlton, who is astonished that the men aren’t doing their final checks of equipment and gear. Which leads us to the next bit:
General Waverly is none too concerned about the unjustifiable exposure he’s tolerating of his…well, now General Carlton’s men…as we know Waverly has just been replaced by General Carlton, who, trope-tastically, we learn is one of those wretched new leaders who are probably horribly incompetent.
The movie let’s us know early on that he’s a despicable piss and vinegar type when he is mad that the men are having Christmas entertainment. Never mind that we now know that Carlton is severely concerned about a huge mass of men within artillery range open and exposed as well as not anywhere near where they ought to be to initiate movement of the entire Division. The movie also let’s us know he’s a jerk because it pushes the whole “fresh out of ________” trope. The usual way this plays out is the “fresh out of West Point” or “fresh out of ROTC” smear applied to new Lieutenants who assume Platoon Leadership with little to no actual experience. Unfortunately this doesn’t exactly play out on the General level. Yes, the General Ranks expanded rapidly during World War 2, but an individual didn’t become one by being a complete buffoon (and yes there are always exceptions — but General Carlton, who seems to have a sense of urgency that no one in Waverly’s sphere of influence seems to possess, does not seem to be the exception).
Never mind, we’ll go on with the traditional “smearing of the new guy who replaces the beloved experienced leader”. In the original script I copied and analyzed, the dialogue was OVERTLY insubordinate and actively undermining of the men’s confidence in their new commander. In the corrected dialogue, though cleaned up a lot, there are still hints of undermining the new guy’s authority before he even makes a decision as the commander. There’s General Waverly’s smart-ass “There’s no Christmas in the Army” jab as a response to Carlton’s concern about the location and timing of the entertainment event — which he says “knowingly” to the Adjutant, who, we must remind ourselves no longer works for the Waverly but for Carlton.
But hey, I suppose Waverly recognized all their rotten conduct when he feebly tried to make things right by saying “hey guys, he’s a good commander, never mind all the stuff we said before and our attitudes we displayed before!”. A few moments later, just to do Carlton some justice, the Artillery began to fall…which is where Jack’s commentary on this movie begins.
Better I think (and with an updated sentence).
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Paris Ballet: Legends Mixed Bill
May 12, 2017 TFSAgnes Letestu, Aida Baida, Alessandro Riga, Alice Renavand, Angelin Preljocaj, Ben Van Cauwenbergh, Carlos Acosta, Carmen, Esteban Berlanga, Florian Magnenet, Frederic Chopin, Frederic Fontan, Gao Ge, Georges Bizet, Henri Barda, Hong Kong Ballet, Ivan Favier, Jerome Robbins, Jin Yao, Josua Hoffalt, Le French May, Lucas Jerkander, Lucie Barthelemy, Muriel Zusperreguy, Olivier Sarrat, Paris Opera Ballet, Ricardo Cue, Ricky Hu, Ryo Kato, Stephane Bullion, Val Caniparoli, Yuh Egami
Coralli and Perrot – Giselle Act 2 pas de deux, with Lucie Barthelemy and Alessandro Riga
Meehan after Ivanov and Petipa – Black Swan pas de deux, with Ge Gao and Ryo Kato
Robbins – In The Night, with Muriel Zusperreguy and Josua Hoffalt, Aida Baida and Esteban Berlanga, Agnes Letestu and Stephane Bullion
Cue – La Mort du Cygne (The Dying Swan), with Esteban Berlanga
Fontan and Sarrat – Carmen Toujours! pas de deux, with Lucie Barthelemy and Olivier Sarrat
Martinez – Les Enfants du Paradis pas de deux, with Aida Baida and Esteban Berlanga
Caniparoli – Lady of the Camellias pas de deux, with Yao Jin and Lucas Jerkander
Van Cauwenbergh – Les Bourgeois, with Alessandro Riga
Favier – Non, je ne regrette rien, with Agnes Letestu and Stephane Bullion
Prejlocaj – Le Parc final pas de deux, with Muriel Zusperreguy and Josua Hoffalt
Balletomanes in Hong Kong will certainly remember two of the pieces this evening: Les Bourgeois, danced by Carlos Acosta in 2016, and Le Parc, danced by Alice Renavand / Florian Magnenet in 2015. Van Cauwenbergh’s choreography is not so much dancing as it is acting, and here Riga romped the stage as a cigarette-smoking bombshell, with the sort of clownish smile and gestures that aroused delirious laughter in the auditorium. Aided by a younger and more flexible body, Riga’s rendition in contrast with Acosta’s felt less muscular and more natural. In Le Parc, Zusperreguy and Hoffalt’s flawless techniques would stand out more if only they did not beam with great chemistry, which they certainly did. Zusperreguy flowed just as graciously as Renavand (and Guérin – their inspiration), and seemed to enhance the role by adding a hint of nervousness and uncertainty, as if she is well aware of life’s reality even as the couple, in ecstasy, momentarily escapes from it. This display of insight was well in contrast with Jin/Jerkander in Lady of the Camellias. The Hong Kong Ballet pair displayed all of Caniparoli’s visual language while managing to find, seemingly, no chemistry between themselves. Jin’s Marguerite, often looking towards the audience, was more eager to please them than Jerkander’s Armand – something that was unfortunate, especially since the pair found good chemistry dancing together in Hong Kong Ballet’s full version back in October 2016. Alas, such was the fact of life with galas where getting into character could be a monumental task. In the Favier, Letestu and Bullion displayed great efficacy of movement and precision while dancing within the confines of a carpet barely larger than the average bathroom stall. Fontan and Sarrat’s Carmen Toujours! was perhaps one of the most exciting new choreographies I have seen lately. Physical moments switched back and forth between cruel violence and sappy tenderness, in deference to the wretched history between Carmen and Don Jose. In the frenetic scene where Jose was about to stab Carmen a la Sweeney Todd, the psychological intensity seemed most and appropriately intertwined with the visual physicality. It would have been perfect, if only the corresponding music was not the flower song, which opera lovers would find out of place. I look forward to comparing it against Yuh Egami/Ricky Hu’s new choreography for the Hong Kong Ballet later this month. Robbin’s In The Night looks and feels Parisian without actually programming as such. All three pairs’ dancing was precise, especially the dancing between Letestu and Bullion. The seasoned pair moved their legs cleanly without unnecessary jitters. Their dancing revealed not a word of flamboyance but a waterfall’s worth of human sensibility. Motions flowed with generous profundity of thought and conviction. Henri Barda, who for decades has been Robbins’ most trusted collaborator, colored the moment with delicious live rendering of Chopin’s nocturnes, among other music. His piano, situated in the pit area (stage right), was spotlighted loosely but prominently from above and was clearly programmed to be an equal partner to the dance proceedings onstage. His performance, full of voice and sentimentality, was worthy of the standing ovations the auditorium lavished him.
Robbins’ In The Night: Paris Opera Ballet legends in Hong Kong. Photo credit: Le French May website.
Benjamin Grosvenor: Recital
November 19, 2015 TFSBenjamin Grosvenor, City Hall, Ernő Dohnányi, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel
Location: The Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong.
Mendelssohn — Two Preludes & Fugues from Op. 35
Chopin — Barcarolle op. 60
Chopin — Mazurkas Op. 63 No. 2 & Op. 30 No. 4
Chopin — Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante
Ravel — Le Tombeau de Couperin
Liszt — Venezia e Napoli
ENCORES
Gershwin — “Love Walked In” (arr. Percy Grainger)
Dohnanyi — Concert Etude, Op. 28, No. 6 (“Capriccio”) from 6 Concert Etudes
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Benjamin Grosvenor, declared by The New York Times to be the Boy Lord of the Piano, is certainly an electrifying pianist. His lightning fingering dazzles with fiendish delight. His treatment of softer passages brims with a nursing attentiveness, while in louder passages he could easily summon a stentorian intensity. His piano output glows with confidence, and he exhibits the rare gift of keeping a steady tempo. In two encores, especially the devilishly impossible Dohnanyi, his hands danced on the keyboard with practically no wrong notes, at an impossibly(!) and consistently(!!) fast tempo, and discharged an air of caffeinated intensity that could handily transform Slowpoke into Speedy Rodriguez. But Grosvenor’s playing lacked any meaningful conversational power. At the start of Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante, just as the chimes of the octaves signaled a heightened level of expectation, the result came crashing to naught. Notes overflowed aplenty, but melodic transmission faded away, as if a telegraph wire couldn’t stop dit-dahing but no meaning came out of it. In the first tableaux, Gondoliera, of Venezia e Napoli, the lyrics of Peruchini’s gondolier song could have offered plenty of interpretative materials: “As I gazed intently / at my love’s features, / her little face so smooth, / that mouth, and that lovely breast; / I felt in my heart / a longing, a desire, / a kind of bliss / which I cannot describe!” Grosvenor’s playing was elegant and precise, but no thoughts could be culled from his playing. His hands created plenty of empirical tonal warmth but also a soulless sink hole. In the Tarantella, clinical precision overshadowed, if not entirely dispelled anything that could have come from his heart. Harmony and emotions were obliterated by the sheer force of perfect technique, which seemed, unfortunately, to be the sole star of the evening. The same can be said of the Chopins, especially the Grande Polonaise Brillante, which came with lots of fireworks in individual notes but very little by way of expressive phrasing. With “Love Walked In”, Grosvenor was more expressive, but still lacked the courage to make meaning out of Gershwin’s words: “One look, and I forgot the gloom of the past / One look and I had found my future at last / One look and I had found a world completely new / When love walked in with you.” The only explanation, whether fair or not, is that he has not an abundance of life’s experience to influence his expression. Grosvenor is a seriously talented musician with perhaps the most immaculate touch among all pianists in his generation (bar none!!!), but only time will tell if the Boy Lord could eventually graduate to become a real Lord of our time.
Chamber music and recital, Orchestral music
Scottish Chamber/Pires: Chopin, Beethoven
February 22, 2014 TFSBaroque Horn, Frederic Chopin, Glyndebourne, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maria João Pires, Robert Schumann, Robin Ticciati, Scottish Chamber Orchestra 1 Comment
Date: February 20 & 21, 2014
Robin Ticciati, conductor
Maria João Pires, piano
In two concerts during the Arts Festival, the Hong Kong audience had a chance to hear Lisboeta pianist Maria João Pires play two concertos with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Schumann (Op. 54), and Chopin No. 2 (Op. 21). In the first concert, Pires committed herself with measured eloquence, and showed no signs of impatience in unveiling Schumann’s melodic fabric in a slow but sure fashion. In both opening and final movements, her playing infused an aura of nobility and grandeur in the concert hall, though at times her generous pedal work obscured some fine details, especially in those book-ending movements. In the second concert, Chopin’s tricky fingering did not faze the 69-year-old pianist, who delighted with a sympathetic, almost cerebral insight to the piece. Pires’ articulation, unruffled and full of small details and ideas, would easily earn the composer’s approval. That said, Pires seemed just short of providing a requisite level of emotive fervor and broad dynamic range demanded by the piece, especially in the all-hell-breaks-loose Allegro vivace movement. On balance, Pires remains a world-class pianist despite her age, but the choice of the Chopin was less than desirable. Perhaps the Hong Kong audience would be better served with the sort of Schubert and Brahms chamber works – well featured in Pires’ recent recordings with DG – that are more appropriate at this stage in her career. Also programmed in the two concerts were two symphonies: Schumann No. 2 and Beethoven No. 5. The chamber group as a whole was careful with detailing. The first bassoon could have been less dynamically protruding, especially during the Beethoven, but overall the musicians did fine under Robin Ticciati’s animated conducting. The Glyndebourne director-designate’s arm movements, vivid with broad motions, were exciting and fun to watch. The baroque horns (in the Beethoven) had a few dirty moments, but when the archaic instruments were in control, they gave the sort of regal spaciousness and metallic splendor that regular French horns could not easily reproduce.
Maria João Pires with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. (Photo credit: HK Arts Festival website)
Maurizio Pollini: Recital
October 4, 2010 TFSBeijing, Boulez, China, Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, Maurizio Pollini, Music, NCPA, 国家大剧院
Location: The National Centre for the Performing Arts (The Egg), Beijing.
Maurizio Pollini is the artist who introduced me to the music of Bartok and Boulez. In Pollini’s interpretation I always find an immaculate precision, yet a suave sophistication most closely analogical to the modernity of Norman Foster’s sharp-edged, machine-influenced designs. It was therefore regretful that I only found tidbits of Pollini’s former glory in an evening dominated by inconsistency and unevenness, in what was probably my first and perhaps last opportunity as an audience member to hear the master at work.
In Chopin’s 24 Preludes (Op. 28), Pollini proved that the soon-to-be septuagenarian was ready to reevaluate his interpretation: the stainless steel precision most attributable to his playing style gave way to a more nuanced tenderness. He seemed more ready and willing than in the past to radiate a shade of human warmth, especially in the slower passages. Yet, while he remained faithful as a master weaver of Chopin’s aesthetics, on occasion he lost control of the composer’s subtle textures. For example, in “von Bulow’s Vision”, Pollini began with a solemn resolve, but at one of those famed chords, the momentum took a quick turn and dived into this feathery fickle which I was quite certain Chopin knew nothing of. Its conclusive mirror, the No. 20 Largo, was better as Pollini seemed fully warmed up and was able to direct with a cool aplomb. But in general, I found his Chopin slightly over-pedaled and muddy – perhaps as an improvised reaction to a noisy audience.
After intermission, the program continued with Debussy’s Etudes Nos. 7-12. These pieces were where Pollini found his groove: he eagerly developed the various harmonic lines, unleashing his great arsenal of touch and resulting in a rich fabric of tonal textures, intensity and Debussy’s harmonic densities. Yet, I found his interpretation somewhat uneven and, even if he was attempting a new interpretation, lacking an overarching thesis that linked together Debussy’s disparate elements. Finishing up the evening’s regular program was Boulez’s Sonata No. 2. Pollini showed a superb mastery of Boulez’s intended theatrics by skillfully crossing hands with fluidity. Some of Boulez’s aesthetics seemed on display too, as Pollini registered a myriad of piano timbre and complex chords into a coherent whole. Yet I couldn’t help but compare his performance here to that in the 1976 recording: the 1976 version had this percussive flair that I found lacking here in Beijing, and often times it was this rhythmic excitement that lured me time and again to the recording. There was no such allure tonight.
Despite (or because of?) his age, Pollini’s grace was clearly on display: after four encores, he wrapped up with the difficult crowd favorite, Chopin’s Etude Op. 10-12. His rendition did not impress me too much as I found it slightly dragging and lacking emotive firepower, but it simply showed that the master wasn’t shy of pushing a little more even after two hours of intense music making.
Garrick Ohlsson: Chopin Recital
July 12, 2010 TFSBeijing, China, Frederic Chopin, Garrick Ohlsson, Music, NCPA, 国家大剧院
Garrick Ohlsson in Beijing.
Garrick Ohlsson came to Beijing as part of the NCPA’s Chopin anniversary series, following the acclaimed act of Li Yundi and before the likes of Maurizio Pollini and Vladimir Ashkenazy arrive in autumn.
Ohlsson’s program began with Impromptu #2 (Op. 36), the outset of which felt somewhat tentative, if only because a good handful of the audience was still scrambling to get to their seats. After igniting his gears with a series of rolling arpeggios, Ohlsson warmed up and found his comfort zone with Ballade #3 (Op. 47), especially in the mezza voce sections, in which Ohlsson’s robust, spiraling virtuosity was in full display. Fantasie Op. 49 came next, but only after sustained delays due to continued movement by latecomers to their respective seats. The Fantasie, well known for its mystic and unpredictable textures, was rendered with the kind of mystique and charm akin to a lethargic landscape in Tolkien’s Middle Earth.
The program then proceeded with three Mazurkas (Op. 7-2, 7-3, 30-4). In Op. 7-3, Ohlsson controlled pace with temperament, yielding a flow that felt and tasted like warm, sweet milk. After the Mazurkas, many audience members proceeded to applaud — only then to be signaled by Ohlsson that he would wish to continue into Scherzo No. 3 without interruption. That was a curious choice by Ohlsson as there was very little overlap, in terms of themes and sequences, between the last Mazurka and the Scherzo; the only link between the two pieces, as it seemed to me, was the identical key signature. The choice seemed to have robbed the Scherzo of an independent, prepared entrance, which in my opinion offered the necessary deference to the highly-recognized and celebrated intro to the piece. That said, Ohlsson proceeded with dazzle, going through the difficult passages with apparent ease while meandering through the more lyrical passages with restraint and control.
After intermission, Ohlsson labored through 24 Preludes (Op. 28) just under 40 minutes. His timekeeping was impeccable, never straying far from the composer’s scored intent. His presto had plenty of energy, with a kind of progressiveness that was aggressive but never enraging. Ohlsson cultivated a feisty and playful final molto allegro, and later juxtaposed it with a final largo that was weighty and circumspect.
Ohlsson finished the evening with two encores: Chopin’s Waltz Op. 64-2, and Rachmaninoff’s Prelude Op. 3-2. The waltz came with quite a bit of mannerism, with a ranging tempi and added staccatos. Against the backdrop of the waltz, his Rachmaninoff oozed the monumental weight of a historic drama and that of an ultimate judgment — as if also foretelling the conclusion to World Cup 2010.
Li Yundi: Chopin Recital
May 15, 2010 TFSBeijing, China, Frederic Chopin, Li Yundi, Music, NCPA, 国家大剧院 3 Comments
Li Yundi recital, at the NCPA.
The Chopin interpreter is an abstract denotation, but Li never shied away from staking his claim on it. His series of Nocturnes, Opp. 9-1, 9-2, 15-2, 27-2 and 48-1 was measured, controlled and expressive. If an immense amount of dexterity was involved, Li did not show it – as if there was no instrument, only an audio output. In Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22, Li offered to expose the two brilliant aspects of Chopin’s body of works by brokering and deftly connecting the first part’s calming serenity with the second part’s fearless intensity.
After a brief intermission and a quick march through a mid-series set of Mazurkas (Op. 33), he moved onto the centerpiece of the evening, Sonata No. 2, Op. 35. In the first movement, his playing style was paraded: skilled but never overtly athletic, in control and never volatile. Li’s rendition of the third movement of Sonata No. 2 op. 35 spoke volumes: the funeral march theme was somber and ponderous, while the Lento interlude was meticulous in its tempi and careful in its phrasing. Li’s touching of the keys was magical: this, being one of my favorite sonatas, was one of the most majestic renditions I have ever heard, easily on par with and quite possibly surpassing the Rubenstein’s, Gilel’s, Zimerman’s, and Kissin’s I grew up to love and adore. Anchoring the programme was Polonaise, Op. 53, where Li’s early attack was a little sloppy, but he quickly recovered to dance to a jubilant finish.
His Mazurka exhibited a level of explicit staccato mannerism that has not previously appeared in any of his recordings, but I can’t be sure whether it was Li’s emerging style or just a fleeting moment of liberty. As encore pieces, he played a melancholic Chinese revolutionary song styled in French impressionism, and then Chopin’s Etude in C minor Op. 10-12. After rounds of rapturous applauses, the audience seemed disappointed that Li chose not to come back for a third encore, though it seemed clear to me that, by that moment, Li’s mental energy seemed drained, most probably through the intensity of the Sonata.
In my opinion, unlike many Chopin interpreters, Li Yundi’s brilliance rests not merely with a white-hot intensity and dazzling virtuosity, but with his sincere deference to the composition. The pounding of keys is merely secondary to an output of tonal richness and sweet phrasing. No amount of words would justify my impression of Li Yundi. Regardless, it would be safe to say that after a night of intense, indefatigable hip hop, Li’s music served as a luxurious, mind-soothing calmative.
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Irving bottles it... Thought Crime gets him 3 yrs. in prison
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Postby Ajax » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:34 am)
No further comments necessary.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4730832.stm
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Postby Daniel Saez Lorente » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:49 am)
Ajax wrote: No further comments necessary.
Well, now we know why they arrested him. At least he admits he doesn't know much, and is not an expert. That leaves open the possibility that he is wrong NOW, not in 1989, and that Germar Rudolf et al. are right.
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Postby Maly Jacek » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:16 pm)
I was expecting that sort of statment coming from Irving sooner or later.I don't think he should be blamed for that - he's trying to avoid long term prison sentence.I would be more interested in what he will be saying once he's released from Austrian jail.
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Postby Turpitz » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:51 pm)
So they finally coerced him into uttering the worldwide Zionist anthem...Does anyone know whether they used the ducking pond?
To say "He bottled it" is all very well sat on your arse at home, but I can imagine being sat in solitary confinement in the early hours of the morning with nothing but your thoughts and the looming prospect of facing another ten years (at his age he might well die in solitary) one might well see another outcome far more pleasing.
To me, and I hope others, this will be seen as downright bullying and threatening behaviour that has brought this magical reversal of opinions. David Cole, Joel Hayward and others have suffered the same onslaught, these are the very same tactics, blatant threats and intimidation used on the Germans after the war to extract the ludicrous statements from them, many of which are so bad they have been put on the shelf.
I know a great many like to kick people when they are down, but I think Irving has sacrificed a great deal in order to bring to light many aspects of what really went on during the war years. Irving has had some shit flung at him over the years, his dossier on the Zionist attempts to destroy him as a person along with his reputation is startling in it's evilness alone.
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Postby gasto » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:07 pm)
well put Turpitz...
As David Cole was once forced to recant about his views on Auschwitz gas chambers (after he and his family being threatened), Irving is now being forced to do the same thing, but under different circumstances
Nevertheless, no one can deny the inmense contribution Cole did to WWII Revisionism, by interviewing Piper in Auschwitz Camp. What´s done is done.
As for Irving, his Auschwitz Contreversy page speaks for itself ( http://www.fpp.co.uk/Auschwitz/index.html ).
If Human Soap rumour was fake, why can´t all the other absurd claims be too??
Postby Turpitz » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:15 pm)
He has been sentenced to three years :
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Postby Depth Charge » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:16 pm)
I read this earlier in the day. But the BBC's rivals, ITV are reporting (as in up to the minute) that hes merely been arrested for denial and jailed for 3 years.
No word from them on mind changing...
Edit: Also, looks like they're possibly trying to push Irving as the leader of Revisionism, as in push it as the leader finally changing his mind. They know all too well though he's not the be all and end all of revisionism.
Three years for questioning a period in history....That's scary!
Postby Ajax » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:06 pm)
Fair points Turpitz. But...
I am saying he bottled it because any chance he had of proving that he was a man of conviction - and putting his money where his mouth is - has been completely destroyed. Yes, we are all sitting on our arses here and it is very easy to comment - but what has happened today has done a great deal of harm for revisionism. In a few short sentences, Irving has given the Hoaxmongers more ammunition that they will ever need. As a previously strong supporter of Irving - particularly on other bulletin boards where I took a serious amount of stick for fighting his corner during the Lipstadt trial - I feel a little bit cheated, as I suppose will all of those who have funded and supported him with conviction. I feel particularly for those who funded him during these past months anticipating a trial of note where we might have seen some serious questions being asked of free speech, not only in Austria but Europe as a whole.
In a stroke all of these hopes have been dashed - if someone like Irving can be made to recant in such a meek fashion, how easy will it be for the powers that be to go after everyone else and crush revisionism entirely? If Irving had stood his ground, we would have had a real prisoner of conscience for whom we could have fought tooth and nail for. Had he pleaded not guilty he might well have been sentenced for ten years - but at least his reputation as a true believer in what he himself called 'real history' would have remained intact. He might have got out after a couple of years, but he would have won eternal respect; now I can see him leaving his Austrian jail in a few months through the back door, his reputation in tatters.
I cannot see Zündel or Rudolf employing this sort of tactic. They would be more likely to take it on the chin and use their prison time constructively. I know this sounds a bit harsh, but as someone who has supported Irving for some time now, I feel a little deflated.
Jordan - we all know that the Austrian authorities know that Irving is hardly the 'father of revisionism', but so long as this is the message that gets out to the masses, their job is done.
Lipstadt is being interviewed on Channel 4 news over here... How predictable.
Richard Perle
Postby Richard Perle » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:39 pm)
Yes. I just saw her on channel 4. Now the media has had it's fill of revisionist trials and will ignore the smaller names of Rudolf and Zundel.
Postby Vilho » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:44 pm)
It's a sick world...
Richard Perle wrote: Now the media has had it's fill of revisionist trials and will ignore the smaller names of Rudolf and Zundel.
That's the fear. Irving has recanted, the job is done. All else will go with the new flow. Had he laid all of the cards on the table, we could have upped the ante. Hot on the heels of this, Rudolf and Zündel would have been big news.
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Postby FREE ZUNDEL NOW » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:55 pm)
Just my .02 on the question of David's integrity.
Being threatened with a ten year sentence is certainly intimidation. But people are asking has David rolled over? Could he have been tortured into changing his opinion?
FWIW, I don't think that his recent carefully worded statements are that far off the mark from what he has said in the past. We know there were small delousing gas chambers at the concentration camps, purposely(?) he gives no specification as to delousing vs homicidal gas chambers in his recent statements, also I noticed he did not concede to the six million figure but rather a "Millions of Jews died" figure. See David's quotes below:
Irving admits Holocaust 'mistake' February 2006
...Asked if he admitted the existence of the Holocaust, he replied: "I would call it the Jewish tragedy in World War II." "Yes, there were gas chambers," he said. "Millions of Jews died, there is no question. I don't know the figures. I'm not an expert on the Holocaust."...
Ron Casey Interviews David Irving July 1995
Casey: What is your estimate of the number of Jews who died at the hands of Hitler's regime in the war years? What number - and I don't like using this word - what number would you concede were killed in concentration camps?
Irving: I think, like any scientist, I'd have to give you a range of figures and I'd have to say a minimum of one million, which is a monstrous crime, and a maximum of about four million, depending on what you mean by killed. If putting people into a concentration camps where they die of barbarity and typhus and epidemics is killing then I would say the four million figure because, undoubtedly, huge numbers did die in the camps in the conditions that were very evident at the end of the war....
I believe David's figures are too high but then again as he admits the so called Holocaust is not really his department.
In any case recieving a three year sentence for expressing an opinion is outrageous and should not be tolerated. I hope David gets out early on good behavior and I hope this case will help contribute to further debate and contribute to some much needed legal reforms --
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Postby Radar » 1 decade 3 years ago (Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:05 pm)
I am one who has been critical of David Irving concerning his litigation against Lipstadt but I will not join the chorus against him now. I don't know why he chose the tactic of pleading guilty and repudiating any connection with Holocaust critics but I suspect from his surprise at the sentence that he expected to receive a slap on the wrist and be sent home to Britain. I would have been more interested in his comments then.
I note that he allegedly said that he intends to appeal although how he can do that when he has pleaded guilty seems odd to say the least. Can it be that he had a deal with the prosecutors that they reneged upon?
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Re: JSBSim Piper J-3 Cub
by wkitty42 » Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:00 pm
it0uchpods wrote in Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:23 am: For me, when I close FG several times during developing, I refer X to File Quit.
F10->File->Quit is a good and proper exit as is using ESC to get to the exit dialog and selecting the [OK] button... i, and i'm guessing others, understood your using the 'X' comment to mean the 'X' in the top right corner where the maximize and minimize buttons are when running in non-fullscreen mode...
it0uchpods wrote in Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:23 am: Also, I've never used a sim full screen.
you should try it... it is beautiful without those frames and their decorations... easy to do via SHIFT-F10 IIRC... it toggles fullscreen mode on and off... i use ALT-TAB to switch to other tasks on the same desktop and can also switch to one of eight other desktops but that's something my OS provides as long as CTRL-F1-8 aren't eaten by something else
by erik » Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:19 pm
Keep in mind that the low Reynolds numbers (aero/Re) are there to initiate and produce stall behavior. Which is what happens with the drop test.
by dany93 » Sat Aug 12, 2017 10:30 pm
Bomber wrote in Sat Aug 12, 2017 6:44 pm: Shoot me down if you want, but with very little dihedra and zero sweep your roll by beta is too aggressive, it's cancelling out any dutch roll that should exist.
For an aircraft with high wings (the wings aerodynamic center higher than the CG), the wing dihedra is not the only criteria. It can have a roll moment due to beta even with very little dihedra. Even with zero dihedra if we take the lateral drag due to wings and the turbulences by the fuselage on the downwind wing.
Do you know how to calculate the roll moment due to beta?
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by Bomber » Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:03 pm
Yes there is some effect caused by the fuselage on the down wind wing..
But we're talking roll here..... and the majority effect of roll is caused by moment produced at the outer parts of the wing which are clear of the fuselage effect.
The effect at present is too great.
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You guys can't even work out the moment caused by a force at a known distance so its beyond me why you think i should answer a question of can i work out the roll caused by beta.
Bomber wrote in Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:55 am: This is the lift caused by the elevator deflection
<function name="aero/force/Lift_elevator">
<description>Lift due to Elevator Deflection</description>
<property>aero/qbar-psf</property>
<property>metrics/Sw-sqft</property>
<property>fcs/elevator-pos-rad</property>
<!-- value> 0.3274 </value--> <!-- Du Y -->
<!-- + 0.01925112 (5.88%) = 0.3466 -->
<independentVar>/sim/model/j3cub/pa-18</independentVar>
<tableData>
0 0.3274
</tableData>
</function>
This is the pitch caused by the elevator deflection
<function name="aero/moment/Pitch_elevator">
<description>Pitch moment due to elevator</description>
<property>aero/function/qbar-induced-psf</property>
<property>metrics/cbarw-ft</property>
<!--value> -1.2004 </value--> <!-- Du Y -->
<!--value> -1.8 </value--> <!-- Du Y --><!--from dany93 -->
<!-- + -0.10584 (5.88%) = -1.90584 -->
0 -1.8
1 -1.9058
But if we know the lift and the distance of the h-stab then we could just as easy say it's this.
<value> -1 </value>
<property>metrics/lh-ft</property>
<property>aero/force/Lift_elevator</property>
The values should work out to be the same, there's no magic here...it's just force x distance.
But this would be too simple, and obvious.
by Alant » Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:22 pm
What is the fight about this time?
Every time that you get confused you attack everyone. Aerodynamics IS a complicated subject, with many confusing definitions. Definitions from one company, country or era are not always the same. Definitions posted on the internet are, without verification, about as reliable as those from a friend in the pub.
You post something which you say is wrong, but do not say exactly what the problem is. Who can be expected to read every line of one of your posts to spot the one line that is giving you a problem?
Please try to be a bit more helpful in explaining your problem instead of throwing abuse at everyone who tries to help.
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by Thorsten » Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:47 am
The values should work out to be the same, there's no magic here...
At least for the expressions posted it's not obvious that they work out the same (the lift expression used aero/qbar-psf, the first moment expression aero/function/qbar-induced-psf for instance - unless they're defined to be the same at all times which would render the second redundant, the expressions are generally different).
Also, the length and area references need to work out with the numbers in the table which isn't obvious. So there's some degree of 'magic' here.
by Bomber » Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:36 am
Alant wrote in Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:22 pm: Simon
Alan it's only a fight if people want it to be one.
The only thing I've said yesterday was wrong is the roll due to beta... what I've said is wrong with it is that it's too aggressive. I've posted up the relevant code that's responsible in the hope that the author or someone who knows flight modelling would consider the possibility that I'm right.
Being told other factors may be involved in roll other than dihedral for high mounted wings is correct but as I said there's no sweep on these wings... also I've explained that rolling moment is more a feature of armature than inner wing force.
Once all the extraneous code has been removed the basic FDM flys very well.
Thorsten, the fist code is the lift.... the second code is the moment caused by the lift.
The point I'm making is that the 3rd code uses the lift value of the first code and the known distance to the tail to produce a moment value... a very simple equation.
Codes 2 and 3 should produce the same value.....
Here again I was hoping the author or someone in the know would look at it.
wlbragg wrote in Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:10 pm:
Would it be OK if I modeled the h-stab and provide you with a switch such that you could swap between multiple methods whilst in flight so as to be able to compare effects ?
Of course you can, it'll be an interesting test case.
Wlbragg, I've written the code for this test...
Pm me your email address and I'll send it to you and you can distribute it to the Cub team.
by Thorsten » Sun Aug 13, 2017 11:21 am
The point is trivially true, but codes 2 and 3 do not obviously produce the same value for the reasons I wrote.
by Bomber » Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:05 pm
You know it's easy to say that I'm being critical and disrespecting the work of the authors of this fdm....
I'm genuinely not, as these guys have attempted something that's very difficult, with very little actual data.
They're also open to an idea and a review of their work. So I have a lot of respect for someone who's able to put their work out there with the expectation that people look at it...
If I'm disrespecting anyone it's those people that say "I can't flight model but I can test your plane for you if you want"... because these things I'm pointing out can easily be seen in the properties, so I've got very little time for these types of people.
I'm also disrespecting those that say..."it's very complicated" as an excuse for not challenging simple things... We have the luxury of pressing the pause button and looking at the property values and understanding just what is going on at the simple level that builds up into a complex result. So I have little time for these people that hide behind this statement in attempt to make me look small and themselves big as they understand it's complicated.
I'm looking at simple things in the flight model... a force being generated, it's distance from the rotation point and thus the moment it should exert.
Lets imagine I'm flying this cub at a straight glide and I apply left rudder... I wait a few seconds and press pause and look at the properties.
rudder-pos-deg = 17.8
beta-deg = 18.9
So the rudder is 1.1 degs out of the relative wind....make of that what you want.
The side force that this rudder is producing is +46.9lbs, as you'd expect pushing the tail to the right
The roll cause by this rudder force is 236lbsft, as you'd expect rolling the plane to the right.
Simple maths tells me it's armature is therefore 236/46 = 5ft above the centre of rotation....make of that what you want.
And the roll caused by beta is -1591lbsft, as you'd expect rolling the plane to the left.
What do we understand of roll by beta ? basically it's a difference in the moment values from one side of the centre of rotation to the other.
If we think about the fuselage it's below the centre of rotation so any side force pushing left will rotate the plane to the right
We got a bit of V-stab and that's pushing the tail to the left, rolling the plane to the left in direct opposition to the rudder.
So we're just left with the wings... these have no sweep so the effective beta on each wing is identical, so no difference in lift generated by this effect. We have a very small dihedral (0.5 degs) which with a wind hitting it from the right will mean that the right wing see's a greater angle of attack than the left. The alpha-deg = 2 so any differential in AoA is in the region of +-sin beta dihedral. = 0.162degs
what remains now is the wind shadowing by the fuselage on the inner left wing.. So what do we know...
the weight of the plane is 1132lbs so roughly speaking each side of the plane generates 1132/2 = 566lbs
if we divide the wing by 8 section each section produces 556/8 = 70.75lbs
if the wing span is 35.25ft each wing is roughly 35.25/2 = 17.62 and the first sections armature is roughly 17.62/8 = 2.2ft and the second 4.4ft etc
So the sections generate moments of
70.75*2.2 = 155.65lbsft
70.75*4.4= 311.3lbsft
70.75*6.6= 466.95lbsft
70.75*11= 778.25lbsft
70.75*13.2= 933.9lbsft
70.75*15.4= 1089.55lbsft
70.75*17.6= 1245.2lbsft
total = 5603.4lbsft
interestingly as you know each wing generates 566lbs.... the actual armature center of lift for the wing is approx 5603.4/566 = 9.9ft.... just a bit of fun.
So hopefully you can see that even if you remove the inner wing section from the moment calcs you're not going to end up with a massive moment differential between each wing.... remove the outer section and it's a different story.
(waiting for the "it's a lot more complicated than that" retort)
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Thorsten wrote in Sun Aug 13, 2017 11:21 am:
I've pointed out I don't have any engine or prop on this plane so the value for qbar and induced qbar are the same..
under those circumstances should the values be the same ?
by Thorsten » Sun Aug 13, 2017 2:07 pm
I'm also disrespecting those that say..."it's very complicated" as an excuse for not challenging simple things...
I on the other hand tend to be wary of people offering simple answers to complex problems - in my experience, that almost never works out, be it in politics, science or engineering.
Except of course you're already falling for the cartoon here, because in reality no single "force arrow" gets generated at some distance, there's a whole force field generated across every surface point.
You're already making multiple assumptions to come to this idealized picture - which you are by and large completely unaware of.
It's almost like you wrote this to illustrate my point above
I frankly don't believe that the z-coordinate of the CoG of the plane is located right at the top of the fuselage. To the degree that it's not and it will rotate around a lower point, you can push it from the side above or below that coordinate - of even above and below, and dependent on how the strength of the pushing arranges, you can have any sign of the rolling moment and any net side force.
It's a question of how the details of the airstream perturbed by the wing etc. work out on the fuselage.
In a world in which air basically works like ray optics in light, elements cast a sharp shadow and nearby sections of the wing don't influence each other the argument is sound - the question is - how realistic is that world?
Note for instance that this is a subsonic plane, so perturbations can propagate upstream - the forward parts of the plane do know that something else is coming behind for that reason. If you like, in air you can cast your shadows forward and backward.
Essentially you're arguing:
1) Assume my model of independent airfoils, wing sections and ray optics aerodynamics is true
2) My model doesn't give me the results of your model
3) Therefore your model must have a problem
But unfortunately the argument collapses at 1) - what if your picture isn't true? There's just the rub - there's no evidence that things really work out how you reason because to be able to apply the reasoning you need to drastically simplify aerodynamics. So maybe it's your model which has the problem.
I don't know how good it is for the Piper (I do know it'd suck for the Shuttle) - but neither do you. Yet we get plenty of definite 'this can't be' or 'this is wrong' from you - while we've seen since the beginning of this discussion two cases of real data which your reasoning completely failed to explain (prompting you to the somewhat funny reply that the data can't be true).
by Bomber » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:33 pm
Real Data ?
I must have missed it in all the gossip and possibilities of perturbation and shadowing.
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Absolutely dude, I hope you do!
It's on my list to accomplish now! Just a matter of time...
Unspeakable Axe Records is proud to announce that we will be reissuing Besieged's self-released album, "Victims Beyond All Help." Besieged have been terrorizing music listeners in their hometown of Winnipeg for quite some time, putting out a demo ("Visions of Pain") in 2004 and then releasing their debut in 2010. Their sound is lightning-fast death-tinged thrash metal, indebted to the old gods of the scene while also bringing in new influences and ideas. No jokey lyrics, no phony retro affectations, just pure bludgeoning for fans of "Beneath the Remains," "Reign in Blood," "Darkness Descends," and other uncompromising, furious albums that changed the face of the genre. "Victims" was self-released by the band in 2010 and limited to just 300 copies on pro CD-R; now it will be officially reissued with an upgraded layout, and the "Visions of Pain" demo tracks as a bonus. This reissue will use the same completely old school artwork painted by the legendary Ed Repka.
This will be the second release by Unspeakable Axe, the new sub-label of Dark Descent Records.
"Victims Beyond All Help" is due for release in spring or summer of 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQB_Gh0DNQY
In what is getting to be our typical fashion, here's an informal announcement in advance of the official announcement. Unspeakable Axe has signed on vicious thugs of death metal TRENCHROT. Their three-song demo is streaming at this location: http://trenchrotdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/ Go listen to the semi-Asphyxian, sortaSwedishy death metal goodness. TrenchRot is in the writing process for their full-length, which will be recorded this summer for a probable fall release.
Demo cover:
TrenchRot on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Trenchrotdeathmetal
Birth A.D. is up for pre-order now: http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/store ... ts_id=2957
FengisRipRider
Hail are you interested in trade for items? I have a small lable called Arcane metala rts and ahve a few items.
Bad Joke - Live Fast Die Free (7 inch vinyl, chilean speed metal attack)
Battle Slaughter - Export rehersal (pro cassette, 6 songs detroit dastardly black death trash mania)
Borrowed Time - Demo/ep comp (pro cd, 6 songs arcane heavy metal)
Sauron - Satanic Assassins (pro cd, witches brew, 7 song black/thrash metal)
Metal Grave - Journey into unknown (pro tape)
Demon Bitch - s/t (tape with artwork patch)
Infectionator - Brani Fuckers (pro cd)
vbonham01@aol.com
Unfortunately not, I'm not a distro so personally I'm only doing wholesale - but Dark Descent has the CD for trade, as well as retail/wholesale.
I got to hear the Birth A.D. LP the other day and I must say, this thing rips! One of my favorite albums of the year so far. I know Birth A.D. and Evil Army are playing a show in Baltimore early next month. I'm not sure if I'll be able to go, but if I can get some plans in order, I can try to promote the gig/band on my new radio show.
Awesome job with this one, Birth A.D. and Unspeakable Axe! Keep it up!
For Sale | For Trade
Thanks Tonyr, glad you liked it!
First reviews of "I Blame You" are starting to appear - this one from Queens of Steel gives it a 9/10: http://www.queensofsteel.com/2013/03/bi ... blame-you/ In Spanish but a quick spin through Babefish tells me they have nice things to say.
Another preview track from "I Blame You" is now streaming at apochs.net: http://apochs.net/2/as-birthad-wrongagain/
AVAILABLE NOW! Birth A.D. - I Blame You. Retail and wholesale available at http://www.darkdescentrecords.com. Wholesale also available at https://www.facebook.com/UnspeakableAxeRecords, or send me a PM or e-mail (unspeakableaxerecords AT gmail.com).
Work is proceeding on the release of "Victims Beyond All Help" by Besieged, and it's looking likely to be out in late May/early June! A new preview video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLBH7Wmh6oY
Conservationism
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:28 pm
Killer stuff. Looking forward to that Birth A.D.!
DEATH METAL CULT
Open Directory: Grindcore
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:53 am
Besieged coming soon! CD is at press and will be back this month. Official release date is July 9th everywhere. If you're a fan of rippingly fast death/thrash (early/good Sepultura, Insanity, Sadus, Dark Angel, etc.) go listen...
"Internal Suffering":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyezfvY8xcg
General updates -
1. You can buy my titles direct from me if you want - here's my eBay store: http://www.ebay.com/sch/unspeakableaxe/ ... 7675.l2562
2. Or you can still get anything of mine from Dark Descent, plus their releases and entire massive inventory as well: http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/store
3. Got a YouTube channel where all upcoming releases will be previewed: http://www.youtube.com/user/UnspeakableAxeRecs/videos Three videos posted there so far, one for Birth A.D. and two for Besieged. Once mastering is done on Angelcrust I'll have a track or two for them too.
4. As for releases, Besieged is now available, and Birth A.D. is still hot. Up next: a 7" from black metal/powerviolence act Angelcrust. The debut full-length of old school death metal band Trench Rot. The follow-up to "Death After Death" from US death/thrash pioneers and legends, Insanity. More to be announced once deals are finalized.
All the updates that are fit to print:
- We have new signings. Omnivore from Italy play - or rather played, as they are now split up - high-speed death thrash with insane riffing. So, right up my alley. We'll release the album they had recorded prior to breaking up. Here's a track.
- Also, Algebra from Switzerland are hard at work on their sophomore full-length after the well-received "Polymorph." No-nonsense thrash metal with nods to various masters of the genre and their own approach layered on top. Here's the title track from "Polymorph."
- We will release a compilation of all recorded material to date (plus hopefully a new bonus track or two) from the inheritors to the throne of Demoltion Hammer, Laceration. This is their most recent material from a split with Tinnitus.
- And last from the new signings, Morgengrau from Austin, TX play old school, Euro-style death metal - think Pestilence, Asphyx and you're in the neighborhood. They self-released their debut in 2013 and we'll release their follow-up album in summer 2014. Here's a song from "Extrinsic Pathway."
- Other updates: Sewercide/Presumed Dead split 7" will be out around the end of the year. So will LPs of Birth AD and Besieged. The Trench Rot CD was slightly delayed due to scheduling conflicts with the studio, but they're almost done recording now and the artwork is being finalized as well. Angelcrust 7" was delayed massively due to problems with the mix - the guy doing it has been replaced and hopefully that will be resolved soon. Finally, Insanity is currently tracking the new album and on pace to deliver it by early next year as hoped.
On December 2 at 1 PM EST, the Unspeakable Contest begins, and one day later it ends. You'll be asked to identify some songs from short snippets (10-15 seconds) and answer some trivia questions about metal. No more details than that until the day arrives. Top three get prizes - 3rd place gets their choice of a CD, LP, 7" or Besieged shirt; 2nd place gets their choice from the above plus a test pressing of Sewercide/Presumed Dead as well; and 1st gets two choices plus a test pressing. We'll be looking for highest scoring total on the quiz, with ties resolved by who submitted their answers first.
Prizes will go out after our upcoming releases are in stock (including Sewercide/Presumed Dead, Besieged and Birth AD LPs, and hopefully the Trench Rot CD as well), so you'll be able to pick from a slightly larger inventory than I've got right now. Spread the word if you're so inclined, and keep an eye on this page.
We're having a contest to give some things away. Go to YouTube and read the video description for more detailed info. You've got 24 hours to win some free stuff - it'll take at least 6 minutes of your time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC6cgv4l_aM
January is bringing lots of new stuff and you can pre-order it now. Click here: http://unspeakableaxerecords.com/purchase.html. All of these are anticipated to ship in mid to late-January:
1) Birth A.D. "I Blame You" on black or green splatter vinyl.
2) Besieged "Victims..." on black or yellow/red splatter vinyl.
3) TrenchRot "Necronomic Warfare" CD.
4) Omnivore "Omnivore" CD.
Birth A.D. LP comes with a poster as well. Please note, splatter on both LPs is very limited - first come, first served.
Zodijackyl
63 Axe Handles High
According to the MA entry for the Birth AD album, there's a tape version. I can't find it anywhere, are you or DDR going to have copies of it any time soon?
Zodijackyl wrote:
It's super-limited (100 copies I think) and only the band and the label that released it are selling them, that I know of.
Some updates - Omnivore and TrenchRot CDs are in stock with me and in the Dark Descent distro, and will begin trickling out to the rest of the planet in February.
Besieged and Birth A.D. vinyl is supposed to ship to me next week. Both come with a printed innersleeve and are available in either black or limited splatter - the Besieged red/yellow is going quick. Birth AD also comes with a cool B&W poster.
Next up: debut albums from Sabbatory (death metal out of Winnipeg) and new signees Shards of Humanity (Memphis thrash with death and technical aspects to it; reminds me at times of early-to-mid Death).
Finally, a new signing to announce:
Say "thrash" and what comes to mind for most people is crisp, tight, and precise. Even the most dementedly fast stuff tends to be more of a surgery than a slaughter. Not so with French thrashers Zoldier Noiz. Their debut from 2009 sounded like Motörhead and "War and Pain"-era Voivod got in a bar fight, and the result landed them a coveted "band of the week" nod from Fenriz. Now their second album is almost ready to go, and we're going to help get it out there. Unspeakable Axe will release it on CD between spring and summer this year. Check them out on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zoldier- ... 9189294827
TheOldSkull
Location: Brittany
Good news about Zoldier Noiz, I thought they had split up. Good stuff !
General updates:
- Two new releases are in stock and shipping now. Sabbatory "Endless Asphyxiating Gloom" is in the tradition of old school death metal like Morgoth and Asphyx, as well as proto-extreme metal such as Celtic Frost. Zoldier Noiz "Regression Process" is a raw and primitive blend of speed metal, crust punk and death metal. Both are available for immediate shipment from my shop - http://unspeakableaxerecords.com/purchase.html - or from the Dark Descent distro - http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/store
- Upcoming releases: Shards of Humanity (Memphis-based death/thrash with a technical edge) and Algebra (Finnish thrash) are both done with their albums; look for an early summer release on both. After that in some order will be releases from Overcharge (punk/speed metal from Italy), Insanity (needs no explanation), and Morgengrau (OSDM from Texas).
- We have finally caved and gone full social media blitzkrieg. However you might choose to keep up with the label, you can:
Bandcamp: Hear our entire releases streaming in full, with digital downloads and options to buy physical copies + free downloads included. http://unspeakableaxerecords.bandcamp.com/
Twitter: I really don't like Twitter, but as Faceook has become a thinly-veiled paid advertising site, this seems like the next best alternative. Follow @UARMetal for infrequent updates and no extraneous bullshit. I'll keep the bullshit on Facebook. https://twitter.com/UARMetal
YouTube: Still the best place to hear advance tracks from upcoming releases. http://www.youtube.com/user/UnspeakableAxeRecs/videos
Soundcloud: Every track we put on YouTube goes here as well. https://soundcloud.com/unspeakable-axe-records
And you can also subscribe to our mailing list - just email me. unspeakableaxerecords AT gmail.com. I send a mass mail about once a month with just the important stuff that's going on.
Now in stock - our first official label shirt. These are front and back printed with soft-feeling water-based ink on heavy white Gildan Ultras. Original art design on the front, label logo on the back.
We're having a promotion this week on Bandcamp. Enter this promo code at checkout to receive 20% off anything:
uarbcpromo
All CDs $8 or less, t-shirts $8, LPs $12, and digital album downloads under $5.
Merch page: http://unspeakableaxerecords.bandcamp.com/merch
Main page: http://unspeakableaxerecords.bandcamp.com/music
Our Bandcamp promotion ends tonight at midnight. Last chance for a while to snag our releases at these great prices!
News and updates:
- Two new CDs are in stock and shipping starting tomorrow. Shards of Humanity's debut album is full of somewhat technical death/thrash with lots of good 80s and 90s influences - Death, Cancer, Sadus, Massacra, Insanity, and others. It's aggressive and well-written stuff with interesting philosophical lyrics that any fan of classic death metal and death/thrash should like.
Algebra's 2nd album meanwhile is more squarely in the Bay Area style of thrash with tight lead playing and distinctive themes. A solid development from their debut which was reissued by Stormspell last year.
Dark Descent will have both of these titles in stock this week, too.
- Overcharge's debut album of punk/speed metal is done - music, art, layout and all - and will go to press before summer is over. Fans of Disfear, Motorhead, and so on should enjoy this a lot.
- Insanity's long, LONG-awaited 2nd album "Visions of Apocalypse" is on the closing stretch recording-wise, and we recently unveiled the artwork by Danille Gauvin. That's expected to go to press in the fall, with Dark Descent handling an LP release at the same time.
- Recent signing: Bay Area semi-melodic death/thrashers Hemotoxin are a breath of fresh air in what can sometimes be a stale, predictable style. Their recent self-released EP "Alchemist" is a dazzler and will be included as a bonus with the upcoming 2nd album released by UAR.
Our two new releases are in stock at Dark Descent now: http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/store ... x&cPath=12
Inventory unloading time...
Beginning next week we're going to do something different until the end of the summer. Each week there will be one or two titles on sale for half price*. No kidding. $5 will get you... some CD by some band. I'll let you know each Monday. And for the duration of summer I'm also offering deep discounted wholesale rates as well, on orders of at least 20 (mixed or single title). If you run a distro, drop me a line - or if your distro of choice doesn't stock our stuff, drop THEM a line and tell them to contact me for a killer deal. Now through the last day of August.
* We'll be doing CDs for half price. Vinyl and merch may be discounted as well; if so those will probably be 1/3 off, not half.
Inventory unloading has begun. From now through next Monday morning, you can get Omnivore's self-titled or TrenchRot's "Necronomic Warfare" for just $5. The Sewercide/Presumed Dead split 7 is also on sale for just $4. Next Monday the sale items will change - I think I'm going to do two CDs and a vinyl or shirt each week. Go, relieve me of this stuff. http://www.unspeakableaxerecords.com/purchase.html
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FOOTBALL CHRONICLE
’80S HEROES
30 KITS
EUROPEAN CUP FINAL PROJECT
GOA FOOTBALL PROJECT
FEATURES EYE ON THE PRESENT
FLA-FLU: THE DIVIDE IN RIO DE JANEIRO
The rivalry between Flamengo and Fluminense exemplifies the passion Brazilians have for football. With a vast history and contrasting fortunes in the present day, this is the story of the country's most intense discord.
by Football Chronicle
Just about every big city in the world has a famous football rivalry. Milan is split between AC Milan and Internazionale; North London has seen Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur fight it out for decades; Buenos Aires has arguably the most intense discord in football between Boca Juniors and River Plate and when it comes to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, it is no different.
It would’ve been curious if the second-biggest city in Brazil in a country that lives and breathes football didn’t have a football rivalry and this rivalry between Flamengo and Fluminense in Rio is one of the oldest in the game’s history. As narrated by the Brazilian novelist, Nelson Rodrigues: “Fla-Flu came into existence 40 minutes before nothing”.
Fla-Flu is an acronym created by Mário Filho for the clash between the two sides and it is a match that can’t be compared to any other in the city. Despite the presence of other Rio sides like Botafogo and Vasco da Gama, two successful sides in the city, this rivalry eclipses all the others in the country and it’s difficult to tell the story of one without mentioning the other.
Fluminense was founded on 17 July 1902 by Oscar Cox, a sportsman born in Brazil from English parents who is often credited with bringing football to the South American country after he played it in Switzerland. The colours for the club were chosen to be red, white and green which gave the club its nickname: Tricolor.
The name of the club was initially supposed to be Rio Football Club, but seeing as there was already another club in the region with that very name, Cox and his group of friends with whom he founded the club decided to stay local and take reference from Rio’s Guandu River. He opted to take Rio’s Latin name, Flumen, and name his club after that. In Fluminense’s first-ever game, they beat Rio FC 8-0, with Cox playing and he was also in the side that won Fluminense’s first-ever title – the 1906 Campeonato Carioca.
One of the key players in that team and also part of the title-winning squad was Alberto Borgerth. The son of a Brazilian father and Hungarian mother, he was an exemplary athlete and a competent footballer. In September 1911, however, he was part of a group of players who were expelled from the club and he didn’t take it lightly.
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In the aftermath he decided to go back to the club where he was a rower as a child: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.
This was a club that was more invested in rowing that football, but that didn’t stop Borgerth, who decided to request them to create a football team. He had the option of joining one of Rio’s other football clubs like Botafogo or Vasco da Gama, but this choice would lay the foundations for one of the biggest matches in Brazil.
Two months later, he and nine other players were amongst the first to join them, but the club wasn’t fully formed yet. In an extraordinary assembly on Christmas Eve that year, a motion against the club taking part in football competitions was defeated and Flamengo’s football section was born. They took the famous red and black colours like their rowing team, and in the grander scheme of things, the battle lines between them and Fluminense were drawn as well.
Due to their English roots, Fluminense immediately became a team of the upper classes. Back then, it was easy to see fans in posh clothing and this was a team where black or mixed-race players weren’t allowed to represent them. Shockingly, one of the first mixed-race players in the club’s history was Carlos Alberto, but in order to represent them on the pitch, he had to cover his face in rice powder.
It was an extreme measure taken in order to avoid problems with the fans but soon it became something they were synonymous with. Fluminense supporters embraced the fact that their club were involved in such activity and frequently made songs about the situation. In the modern-day, before every big match, rice powder is often thrown around the pitch as they aim to create a striking atmosphere.
On the contrary, Flamengo became a club for the people. Its fans were mostly from the working or lower class and this connection to the socio-economic group has been a topic of interest for their rivals. When Flamengo lose, opposition fans can often be heard chanting “Ela, ela, ela – silencio na favela” [“Ela, ela, ela – silence in the favela”], as told by Alex Bellos, in his book ‘Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life’.
Nowadays, despite being the younger side, Flamengo is one of the most supported clubs in Brazil with around 35 million supporters in the country itself. To compare, that’s more than the population of Australia, the Netherlands, Peru and more, making the Naçao Rubro-Negra a dynasty in the country.
It’s easy to understand why Fla-Flu is such a unique encounter in Brazil: these two teams represent two souls of the same city. There’s no division based on religion or politics, it’s just a matter of pride – like a war between brothers.
There have been some epic clashes between the two over the decades, such as one in 1963, when 194,000 people filled the Maracanã Stadium. This was the third-biggest attendance ever at the venue, behind the Maracanazo – the 1950 World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay – and a match between Brazil and Paraguay four years later. Unfortunately, this match between Flamengo and Fluminense wasn’t quite as dramatic, ending 0-0.
Another element that makes matches between these two teams special is the football calendar in Brazil. With the national and state championship both happening during the same calendar year, the two sides get to meet at least thrice every 12 months and that has only added to the aura of this clash.
Some of the best clashes between the two sides have been played in the Campeonato Carioca.
In 1916, Fla-Flu became one of the first-ever matches suspended in the league’s history due to a pitch invasion from the Fluminense fans. To provoke matters, it was the decision of the referee, who allowed Flamengo to take a penalty thrice.
The first try was saved by Flu’s goalkeeper but was set to be re-taken after the referee’s call. Flu’s goalkeeper, Marcos de Mendonça, saved the second effort as well only for the referee to notice that his teammates had entered the box before the strike and ordered for it to be taken for a third time, which never happened due to the invasion.
In 1941, the two squared off in the same competition again. Flamengo needed a win in order to seal the title while a draw for Flu would’ve been fine. At the end of the first half, the Tricolor was leading 2-1, but they conceded a late equaliser.
From there on, the match took a dramatic turn. At the time, Flamengo’s stadium was in the middle of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. This meant that every time the ball flew out of the stadium, it would’ve landed in open water. Fluminense’s players took advantage of this and started to overheat shots out of the stadium in a bid to waste time.
Having anticipated this beforehand, Flamengo’s board had ordered rowers to stay in the lagoon to return the ball quicker and carry on with play. This shrewd move failed to work, however, as Fluminense held on and won the title.
The most iconic game of all, however, came in 1995 and is known as the “belly game”. Once again it was the Campeonato Carioca with Flamengo at home, needing only a point to win the title. On a rainy day at the Maracanã and Flu went into half-time with a 2-0 lead thanks to Renato Gaúcho and Leonardo.
Flamengo reacted strongly in the second period, levelling the scores through Romário and Fabinho. Everything was set to go their way, but three minutes from time, Renato Gaúcho, clearly in an offside position, deflected a cross into the net through his belly and won Fluminense the title. This goal was, however, never credited to him and instead, went to the crosser: Ailton.
READ – SÓCRATES: MORE THAN A FOOTBALLER
Renato Gaúcho is one of the most significant players in Flueminense’s history. Alongside him, the likes of Telê Santana and Rivelino also made a huge impact while on the red-and-black side, Zico’s name stands out. Like in most rivalries, many stars have represented both sides of the divide and that includes legendary names such as Romário and Ronaldinho.
In the modern-day, players like Ganso and Gabigol have taken over the mantel and while the derby is still played with much of the same passion, intensity and colour as it was in 1912 when it was first played, the two clubs are going through contrasting periods.
Fluminense have struggled in recent years and are languishing in the bottom half of the league having been embroiled in a relegation battle and failing to win a trophy since 2012. It is a sorry state of affairs for a club that was so well-revered in Brazil.
Meanwhile, their rivals are on the opposite end of the spectrum, being the best club in South America. The Rubro Negro recently completed the double of the Copa Libertadores and domestic league title, having overcome the defending champions River Plate in a dramatic final in Lima, Peru as well as sealing the league in comfortable fashion.
With names such as ex-Benfica coach Jorge Jesus, goalkeeper Diego Alves and full-backs Rafinha and Filipe Luís, the Mengao have become an entertaining outfit and could possibly face Liverpool in the Club World Cup in Qatar.
No matter how different their form is, the passion and intensity of this rivalry will always stand out. At the end of the day, there is always going to be the same drive for the next meeting between the two and then it all starts again.
BY ANDREA AGOSTINELLI
TagsBrazil • Flamengo • Fluminense • South America
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Hobie Mirage Sport Review
Bytyler-connaghan on November 24, 2018
The Hobie Mirage Sport Review can be spotted in lakes and rivers all over the US.
What makes this kayak so special? Well to start, Hobie has been making major innovations on kayaks for quite some time.
From installing Mirage Drive systems to comfortable seating and beyond, they’ve solidified their brand as one of the top in the game.
We’re writing this Hobie Mirage Sport review to take you a layer deeper and explore the ins and outs of this kayak to give you a better idea of whether or not it might be a good kayak for all your needs and desires.
Without further ado, let’s dive into the deep end and fish up some of our favorite Hobie Mirage Sport features.
1 The Review
1.2 Pro's
1.3 Con's
1.4 Features and Benefits
2 Frequently Asked Questions
3 Overall Review
1-person sit-on-top design
9’7” in length
29.5” in width
Capacity of 225lbs
Fitted Hull Weight: 61lbs
Fully Rigged Weight: 78lbs
Roto-molded Polyethylene Hull Construction
Pro's
Lightweight and easy to maneuver
Great for kayakers of all skill levels
Fast thanks to narrow hull
Innovative MirageDrive System
Tons of stability
Comfortable and highly adjustable seat
Con's
Fragile rudder cord
Fragile fins can break if scraped in shallow waters
The size of the kayak alone makes it perfect for all-around recreational use. Whether you’re fishing or floating around the lake, it has an excellent mix of stability and maneuverability and can be used by almost any kayaker at any skill level. This also makes transporting the boat easy. The ergonomic handles on each side of the boat are bolted in so that you and a friend can carry it down to the water or launch it off a ramp without hassle. Alternatively, you can use the molded in rope handles that are located at the bow and stern of the kayak. The weight capacity of 225lbs makes
The seat on the Hobie Mirage Sport is incredibly comfortable and can be adjusted to multiple positions to work for kayakers of different shapes and sizes. The 4-way adjustability can help you to move the seat forward, back, and at different angles. It’s made of a comfortable and breathable mesh as well, great for deterring sweaty back syndrome during hot days on the lake.
The most unique feature of the Hobie Mirage Sport is the MirageDrive system that allows you to pedal the kayak rather than the paddle it. The MirageDrive system is composed of two underwater fins that help to propel the boat forward. If you’re a fisherman of any sort, this design is awesome, in that it allows for complete hands-free use so that you can focus on your fishing rather than maneuvering around the lake. This also helps you to travel longer distances much faster, as typically people will find that they can pedal for much longer without fatigue vs. paddling. Overall, being able to drive paddle free allows you the opportunity of doing much more, such as taking pictures, sipping a frothy brew, or high-fiving your buddy on his kayak next to you. You also have the small steering handle located next to the seat on the right-hand side. With it, you can put the writer down or rudder out to help change direction.
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The Hobie Mirage Sport comes with a wide variety of on-deck features. The 8” twist and seal hatch that is located right in front of the seat and keeps any items safe that you want to keep dry. They’ve also cleverly left the lid attached to the base of the kayak with a hinge for the forgetful bunch that might leave it behind after an overnight trip. There is also a mount that allows you to attach Hobie’s Mirage Sail Kit for added power. At the front is a large bow hatch that acts as a good-sized storage compartment for bigger gear. The bungee cords atop keep it secured onto the hull. Lastly, you have the rear cargo area for longer adventures that demand a ton of gear. The molded area has the same bungee tie-downs as the front hatch so that you can keep your gear nice and secure.
The Tri-Hull design of the Hobie Mirage Sport is what makes the character of the boat so unique to others on the Hobie lineup. You get tons of stability because of the added volume at the beam’s edges. Because the hull has a rounded profile, you get reduced resistance in the water. This not only makes your rides much faster, but also much quieter, perfect for the morning fisherman.
The Hobie Mirage Sport comes with a few different kinds of holders on board as well. For starters, you have two separate cup holders that are standard size for holding beers, waters, or whatever your thirsty heart desires. You also get two molded-in holsters that are perfect for securing fishing rods. They’re angled for trolling and can accommodate an array of gear such as gaff, nets, etc. This is why the Hobie Sport is such a popular kayak for fishing.
Who and What is the Hobie Mirage Sport best for?
The Hobie Mirage Sport is a great kayak for people of all skill levels, though some people might appreciate the added features more than others. For starters, it’s heavily marketed towards fishermen. This is because it comes with fishing rod holders, tons of onboard storage that can be used for things like tackle boxes and bait, and the Drive system for hands-free navigation.
As for what, we recommend taking the Hobie Mirage Kayak out on lakes only. It’s not meant to be taken on rapids or in ocean waves that are any bigger than 2 feet.
Does the Hobie Mirage Sport come with a warranty?
All Hobie Kayaks come complete with a two-year limited warranty. As long as the damage or defects are not caused by improper storage, alterations or modifications, improper transportation, normal wear, etc., Hobie will replace your kayak free of charge.
Hobie Mirage Sport vs. Outback
The biggest difference between the two kayaks is the size. The Hobie Mirage Outback is much bigger and heavier and has a ton more onboard storage space while the Mirage Sport is smaller, a lot more agile, and works better for shorter trips because of the limited storage. This is why we recommend the Outback for heavier guys and gals over 200lbs.
The Mirage Outback also has a few different features than the sport. On the deck of the Outback are EVA deck pads that provide grip, comfort, and sound dampening, whilst fishing. There is also a built-on transducer shield that makes installing things like fish finders an absolute breeze. The Hobie Mirage also has a kick-up rudder that automatically lifts out of the water when you start reaching shallow points, an incredibly helpful feature. Lastly, you get dual rudder control with the Hobie Mirage Outback along with the Mirage Drive. This gives you added control and maneuverability.
Hobie Sport vs. Revolution 11
The Revolution 11 is definitely one of Hobie’s faster kayaks in their lineup and much faster than the Hobie Sport. It’s 11’6” in length and 29” in width, longer and thinner than the Hobie Sport, and better to cut through the water with. If you’re looking to get into any sort of kayak racing, this is the better one to get.
Other than the size and shape, the features are all pretty much the same. The Hobie Revolution has slightly more storage with the added 8” twist and seal hatch located on the stern.
How Do I store my Hobie Sport?
The Hobie Sport may not be that large compared to other kayaks, but because it is one large piece, you’ll need a large space to store it in. Hobie either recommends storing it on the ground in a clear area or atop a pair of crossbars with padding, as metal crossbars could leave dents or marks that are hard to get out. Try to not leave it in the water if you can, as grime and chemical build-up can take some life out of the kayak. Lastly, make sure that you keep it out of direct sunlight for long periods of time, as prolonged exposure to UV rays can warp and discolor the kayak.
How is the Included Paddle?
The Mirage Sport comes with a two-piece paddle in case you’re looking to conquer bigger waves or paddle for a nice little workout. It is made out a tough carbon and has just enough flex to let it cut through the waves without feeling too stiff. It also floats, so that if you end up dropping it in the water, you won’t have to dive to the depths of the murk to get it back.
Overall Review
The Hobie Mirage Sport is a great kayak for newbies, veterans, and everyone in-between. Whether you’re upgrading from an old kayak or just getting into kayaking, we highly recommend checking it out.
The high price might scare a few people away, but it will truly last you for years to come. It’s fast, durable, easy to paddle, has tons of onboard storage, and is probably one of the most versatile kayaks on the market.
For all that, it’s only right that we give it an A+. We hope that our Hobie Mirage Sport review was helpful on your kayak-purchasing journey. Now Hobie on down to the lake and enjoy some of that sweet, summer fun on the water.
Make sure to check out our review page of all recommended products for other kayaks that might suit you too!
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Speed - 9/10
Maneuverability - 10/10
Stability - 9/10
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Sheffield United 1-0 Arsenal: Gunners stay put at 5th spot
Arsenal failed to leapfrog Chelsea and Leicester into third position on the English Premier League table as a 1-0 victory shot Sheffield United into top ten.
With Mesut Ozil absent, Bukayo Saka, Aubameyang and Pepe knew they must combine well to get the result at the Bramall Lane.
The game got underway under the floodlight and Arsenal did not waste time to gain possession.
There was a penalty appeal after just seven minutes. Arsenal supporters in the office stood up in bemusement as John Egan tugs on the shirt of Sokratis but referee Mike Dean isn’t interested and chooses not to check with VAR.
In the 15th minute, Dean has ample reason to flash a yellow as Fleck scythes in late on Aubameyang. He makes no mistake, reaching for his pocket and displaying the card with aplomb.
Six minutes later, Arsenal would have gone a goal up, a rapid counter bringing a perfect delivery from the left from Kolasinac. Pepe is unmarked in front of goal but, swinging for the ball with his left foot when maybe he should wait for it to reach his wide, barely makes any contact and skews well wide for a bad miss.
Sheffield United took the lead on the half-hour mark from their seventh corner on the night. Oliver Norwood's deep cross is headed back across goal by Jack O'Connell and there’s Lys Mousset in acres of space to prod home from point-blank range.
Just before the half-time whistle, Bukayo Saka races into the penalty area and hits the deck under pressure from John Egan. Everyone’s expecting the referee to point to the spot but he’s booked the teenager instead.
Sheffield kept soaking the pressure in the second half as Arsenal continue the search for a breakthrough.
The home team would have been two goals up in the 63rd minute. David McGoldrick lays the ball off for John Fleck, but the Scot hammers a left-footed drive into the side-netting.
As the game approached it's final ten minutes, Sheffield United resulted in defending. They see out a couple of Arsenal corners with ease before Billy Sharp suckers Sokratis into a foul on the halfway line.
The tie ended with Sheffield claiming all three points up for grabs.
Also read: Iwobi hails Marco Silva for Everton win over West Ham
Read More: Danny Rose in training ground bust-up with Jose Mourinho
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Tag Archives: SOP on ASAP
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Ex-SOP Stars Take Over ASAP Stage
October 13, 2016 ralphierceABS-CBN, APT Entertainment, ASAP, ASAP ABS-CBN, GMA, GMA Network, Janno Gibbs, Jay-R, Jaya, Jaya on ASAP, Jolina Magdangal, Jona Viray, Kyla, Ogie Alcasid, Ogie Alcasid on ASAP, Party Pilipinas, Party Pilipinas GMA, Party Pilipinas-ASAP rivalry, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid on ASAP, SOP, SOP GMA, SOP on ASAP, SOP reunion on ASAP, SOP stars on ASAP, SOP stars reunite on ASAP, SOP-ASAP rivalry, Sunday All Stars, Sunday All-Stars GMA, Sunday All-Stars-ASAP rivalry, Sunday PinaSaya, Sunday PinaSaya APT, Sunday PinaSaya GMA, Sunday PinaSaya-ASAP rivalry 6 Comments
The long and storied rivalry between ABS-CBN’s ‘ASAP’ and GMA’s ‘SOP’ has been well-documented.
For 13 years, the two Sunday variety shows duke it out for not only high ratings, but also the best performance. While ‘SOP’ managed to become successful, it failed to sustain the momentum that the now 21-year-old ‘ASAP’ enjoys nowadays.
Successor GMA variety shows in ‘Party Pilipinas’ and ‘Sunday All-Stars’ followed suit, but neither proved to be a match to ‘ASAP’. As a result, GMA abandoned the purely musical variety format in favor of ‘Sunday PinaSaya”s comedy-infused approach, which was initially successful but now struggles to regain form.
With ‘Sunday PinaSaya’ employing a new cast and a new outfit in APT Entertainment, the performers that were once part of GMA’s past variety shows were forced to look elsewhere. Eventually, it led them to ‘ASAP’, and their performances on the said show felt like a throwback to many who watched ‘SOP’ for years.
While Kyla, Jay-R, Jolina Magdangal and Jona Viray were the first former ‘SOP’ stars to join ‘ASAP’, the biggest surprise came in July, when long-time ‘SOP’ cornerstone Ogie Alcasid stepped into the ‘ASAP’ stage for the first time. Not long after, Jaya came aboard, and last Sunday, a tribute for Ogie included a reunion between the two ‘SOP’ icons.
Backstage, another former ‘SOP’ mainstay paid a visit to the ABS-CBN studio. Ogie’s wife Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, who remains under contract with GMA, was at the dressing room reuniting with her old ‘SOP’ pals.
From @patty_mayoralgo Happy Sunday indeed with friends @reginevalcasid @jona_viray @mariajolina_ig
A post shared by Jaya (@jaya) on Oct 9, 2016 at 1:45am PDT
The reunion of former ‘SOP’ stars became a much-needed boost to ‘ASAP’, as it defeated ‘Sunday PinaSaya’ by 1.6% that day. Despite that, many are still hoping for a full reunion, as Regine remains a GMA talent while another former ‘SOP’ cornerstone in Janno Gibbs was nowhere to be found.
With so many performers in tow, how much longer can ‘ASAP’ sustain this high-quality trend? Only time will tell, but for now, enjoy this reunion of old rivals.
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Dalit education
Bottom of the heap
RAMESH CHAKRAPANI
Print edition : February 19, 2016 T+ T-
Despite reservations and various social justice programmes, the pursuit of education continues to be an arduous task for Dalits at the senior secondary level and in higher education.
The suicide of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research scholar in the University of Hyderabad, on January 18 is symptomatic of a larger malaise that plagues our education system, at both the school level and in higher education. The nationwide outrage that the death has sparked and the suicide note that Rohith Vemula left behind have brought into sharp focus the odds stacked against members of the Scheduled Castes (S.C.s) in their pursuit of education.
In keeping with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's exhortation to Dalits to educate, agitate and organise, S.C.s have been showing remarkable progress in literacy rates in the "7+" and "15+" age groups, but a closer look at available educational statistics reveals that Dalits still struggle to stay in school and move on to higher education.
While S.C.s have posted impressive growth in literacy rates, unfortunately their dropout rates are also alarmingly high at the senior secondary level. Their gross enrolment ratio (GER) is higher than the national figure in primary and upper primary school levels, but starts falling at the senior secondary level and is much lower in higher education in many key States. (The GER is a measure of the number of persons in a particular level in school or college out of the total number who are in the age agroup for that level. It can be above 100 owing to grade repetition or students at a level at ages younger or older than the typical age for the level.)
According to Census of India data, in the age group of seven years and above, the literacy rates of S.C.s grew an impressive 11.4 percentage points in the decade between 2001 and 2011 (from 54.7 per cent to 66.1 per cent), compared with 8.2 percentage points for all categories. The growth was even higher among S.C. women, at 14.5 percentage points. In adult literacy too (15+ age group), S.C.s posted significant growth rates of 15.3 percentage points overall and 20.1 percentage points for women.
However, dropout rates among S.C.s were higher with rising levels of education. Data from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, 2014 show that the dropout rate was only 16.6 per cent for classes I-V, but it zoomed to 38.8 per cent between classes 1 and VIII and peaked at 50.1 for classes 1-X.
The GER for S.C.s in primary and upper primary levels is above 75 but it plummets to 48.8 at the senior secondary level. In higher education, the GER is much lower at 18.5 compared to the national figure of 23.6 for all categories. Among key States, Tamil Nadu topped the list both in general category (44.8), while Telangana was number one in the country for S.C.s (39.6).
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Northeast Ohio Projects & Construction
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Cleveland: Downtown: Sherwin-Williams Headquarters
RISK OF CLOSURE
By KJP, October 6, 2007 in Northeast Ohio Projects & Construction
FWIW Sherwin WIlliams put a few million dollars into repairing the bulkheads next to the Breen R&D center in that past couple of years.
ASPhotoman 630
Metropolitan Tower 224'
Any chances this gets built in the Scranton Peninsula Thunderbird development?
simplythis 225
Rhodes Tower 629'
1 hour ago, inlovewithCLE said:
I hope so. The mere thought of them going to the burbs makes me ill
Any Chance of building on that sliver of a parcel next to where their mural is.
The had a proposal there 20 years ago. It was a nice building proposal.
I am sure someone can find that proposal and post it.
I think that parcel is now too small.
KJP 9,272
Jeddah Tower 3,281'
58 minutes ago, 3231 said:
They also spent at least $740,000 to renovate 4770-4780 Hinckley Industrial Parkway as a temporary flex office space.
33 minutes ago, ASPhotoman said:
Anything is possible. Or at least that's what SHW wants RFP respondents to think.
BTW, source just called and said that the RFP is being fast-tracked by SHW. They want it in front of development teams by the end of the year.
9 minutes ago, simplythis said:
Hard to believe this one is already 30 years old. By itself, it's way too small, but not if SHW keeps its presence in Landmark....
"Most of us have been conditioned to regard military combat as exciting and glamorous -- an opportunity for men to prove their competence and courage. Since armies are legal, we feel that war is acceptable; in general, nobody feels that that war is criminal or that accepting it is a criminal attitude. In fact, we have been brainwashed. War is neither glamorous nor attractive. It is monstrous. Its very nature is one of tragedy and suffering" --Dalai Lama
jbee1982 22
Dirt Lot 0'
Sherwin-Williams, if you are reading this, please PLEASE put a shiny new skyscraper downtown. Cleveland will forever love you!!
Edited May 20, 2019 by jbee1982
mack34 869
Huntington Tower 330'
Good God I hope hope hope they build a massive skyscaper on the Jacobs Lot......but my question is now that everyone has read Clevelands proposal to Amazon, how aggressive will SW be in getting concessions and tax breaks? Were talking keeping 4-6,000 jobs downtown, and the City has laid out what they were willing to give to a massive employer
StapHanger 273
As KJP mentioned above, an interesting possibility is the old Tower City Phase II site, essentially the parking lot and riverfront just below Tower City. This could meld seamlessly with SW's existing research facility and you have to think Rock Ventures would be a very willing partner. The site might be more expensive to develop, but if Rock Ventures can capture some of the benefits through Tower City viability, they might make up some of the difference in pricing.
Oldmanladyluck 349
Key Tower 947'
^^Good point. I think with Amazon the city was showing major employers what it may be willing to do in order to keep or draw employment.
Having said that, I hope that they build on Jacob's lot, but will expect them to move to the suburbs- that way I'm not disappointed.
marty15 2,059
2 hours ago, KJP said:
Add 25 floors to this. Would make a dramatic “gateway”. Combined with Nucleus.....but yeah, PS site definitely preferred. Just please no suburbs. They might as well move to Tennessee.
imjustinjk 273
3 hours ago, Oldmanladyluck said:
This is what I was thinking. There's plenty of room between Jacob's lot, other lots nearby in Warehouse District, and the flats for SW or (any company) to build a nice campus of buildings. There's so much empty land in our urban core. If SW completely left the Landmark buildings, I don't think it would take long to sell them? They'd make great apartments or even more offices.
musky 191
@KJP getting a little bit of love
A new headquarters for Cleveland paint giant Sherwin-Williams?
Paint giant Sherwin-Williams could be considering a new headquarters, as space grows tight in the Cleveland offices.
Ken Prendergrast of NEOTrans, an economic development and transportation blog, reported multiple sources saying that Sherwin Williams officials are preparing a request for proposals to build a new headquarters.
The company has no comment, Sherwin-Williams Director of Corporate Communications Mike Conway told cleveland.com Tuesday morning.
Sherwin-Williams’ headquarters are on Prospect Avenue, near Tower City and across from the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. You might be familiar with the giant banner featuring a mosaic of Cleveland faces in the shape of one of the city’s iconic “Guardians of Traffic" statues (which replaced the giant LeBron James banner when he left the Cavs).
The company houses its research and development facilities nearby, at the Breen Technology Center on Canal Road in the Flats.
NEOTrans did not report a specific target location for the headquarters. Prendergrast wrote that sources say “everything is on the table" and that a request for proposals is expected by year’s end. He has written about a potential move earlier this year, as well as in 2018.
https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/05/a-new-headquarters-for-cleveland-paint-giant-sherwin-williams.html
Well, "No comment" is better than "He's full of sh!t".....
NYC Boomerang 80
20 hours ago, Chazz Michael Michaels said:
Hard to see why a company would want to move to the suburbs today, if part of the reason for building a new headquarters and R&D center is to attract top talent. As the article mentions, Eaton made a move that was against the trend back into the urban core. SWH would be wise to find a solution in the city, if possible
I figured Eaton would regret their move to the suburbs. It was totally backward thinking and it has and likely will continue to cost the company little by little as they lose and can't attract top talent. I think and hope that Eaton will be the last big exodus to the suburbs. Progressive's decision to move their creative talent back into downtown is an excellent example of this dynamic. A vibrant urban environment is so much more conducive to corporate success in the 21st century knowledge-based economy, versus an office park. Especially in the midwest where the weather can't attract talent, so what these cities can still offer is a fun dynamic livable urban environment filled with amenities. Young top talent does not want to be in the suburbs living the Office Space life and getting lunch at Chotchkie's every day.
Edited May 21, 2019 by NYC Boomerang
inlovewithCLE 420
33 minutes ago, NYC Boomerang said:
I would love to hear more about that. I know it was a footnote in KJP’s larger story but I would love to hear more about Eaton regretting their move to the suburbs. It was dumb when they did it and it’s dumb now. At this point though, the question is what could they do about it? I do hope though that SHW sees that and doesn’t make the same mistake
Florida Guy 110
One World Trade Center 1,776'
SW moving to the burbs would be equivalent to Art Modell moving the Browns to Baltimore.
Pugu 387
KJP--great job! The Plain Dealer is covering SW based on your scoop and journalistic sleuthing!
Thanks. I'd still like to get my hands on the SHW HQ rendering from 2015 or so. The person who had it but can't seem to find it among old e-mails said the tower was 900 feet tall and twisted near the top (see below for examples). Pretty bold for a conservative company like SHW! Also interesting is that it showed another building, perhaps about 600 feet tall, right next to it. The source had no idea what that building was for. Perhaps it was the proposed Weston tower on the SE corner of the Superblock?? So.... I'll make the same offer to anyone as I did to the source that had it but can't find it -- if you send it to me at KJPrendergast@cox.net, I'll publish only a printscreen version of it so that the digital signature stops with me. And, I'll buy you lunch too.
Wow. Not sure if I like any of those, though the 2nd one would be good for the Cleveland Twist Drill company if they were still around by that name. I guess the third one is kind of interesting. That said, I'm all for something along these lines--we need some new interesting buidling designs and/or color in our skyline.
w28th 191
^The Utility Knife Building, 33 Public Square.
4 hours ago, inlovewithCLE said:
Likewise. I doubt they can do anything about it at a reasonable cost. I have to imagine they are committed to that site long-term. I'm sure it's a beautiful building with appealing public subsidies and free parking. But that's the short-term view that Eaton chose to take. An option that appealed to senior management and short-term-minded shareholders, at the expense of young talent and long-term shareholder value.
The funny/sad thing is that Mayor Jackson and city government always get the blame for what happened (they get blamed when they don't give away enough subsidies and get blamed when they give away "too many" subsidies (Nucleus)). Eaton never gets any heat. I think the City of Cleveland may be getting the last laugh. Obviously, it would have been best for both sides if Eaton stayed in the city.
I think one reason why Cleveland has lagged other rust-belt cities economically is the lack of corporate vision and corporate loyalty to the urban core. So many of these corporations who fled to the burbs succumbed to selfishness and short-term shareholder value accretion. There is a deep-seated mistrust between city government and the corporate world in Cleveland that rivals any other city (and there should be blame given on both sides). This intertwines in with the whole regionalism question and Greater Cleveland's deep divisions and unwillingness to work together for the greater good of all parties. As a result, not only does the general populous suffer but corporations suffer as well. If we can't work together to compete as effectively as possible, there will be no rising tides.
Eaton is in the past. We need to move on and focus on SW and others. SW certainly seems to be much more civic-minded, conscientious and cautiously forward-thinking. Let's hope that mentality wins out and raises the tide for all of us.
mrnyc 445
^ woah re that skyline render! ok --- and hail to the yes with the sizing, but i hope it would be a more creative tower than that lol.
i know everyone wants the public square site and of course sw is probably the perfect company for it, but alternatively i would be happy to see the area behind/below tower city built way up and down to the river. it's a tough to work with site and any buildings would be lower-rise, but perhaps working with dan gilbert it could be very uniquely attractive. i think we had some renders at one point, for the casino phase two i guess, that were pretty blah, but it was the right idea and in the ballpark of what could be done with redevelopment around there.
regardless, for now its great news they are steadily moving forward with consolidation, expansion and a new hq.
Edited May 21, 2019 by mrnyc
An e-mail was sent to all SHW departments heads/managers today, saying if any media asks you about SHW HQ/R&D moving to new facilities, please do not comment.
Damn KJP you got them in a tizzy. Not sure how much pull your blog has or this forum, but hopefully they see that there are very interested people in improving our city. They have about 3,000 employees Downtown, another roughly 1,000 throughout the metro area, and how many in Minneapolis (at Valspar)? Really, they could feasibly consolidate everything Downtown into more than just one skyscraper?
Cleveland Trust 79
The news writing news about news citing news as a source.
23 minutes ago, Cleveland Trust said:
So many in the news media are either overworked or lazy. There's often no in-between. Either way, they don't go out and find news. They either let it to come to them or they quote/plagiarize each other. The latter is when it gets to be an echo chamber/journalistic incest. Having worked in a newsroom, I know how busy things can be. You want to go dig for news when you get a tip, but there's so many news events coming at you that you don't have time to dig. It worse in broadcast media. My sister worked at WKYC and the reporters there would sift through the PD each morning and Sun Newspapers on Thursdays to look for stories. It's called "rip and read" and it's appalling. I'm fortunate that I have time to dig. And the desire to do it.
EDIT: sorry, I didn't mean to get us off track into a media discussion. I'll bring it back to SHW -- here's how it probably went in the PD newsroom yesterday/today.... An editor saw my story, and told a reporter to call Mike Conway at Sherwin-Williams for comment. The editor probably said, if Mike denies it, don't bother writing anything. Mike told the reporter "no comment." So the reporter writes story.
Edited May 21, 2019 by KJP
1 hour ago, KJP said:
Is there a reason for the secrecy
audidave 115
I think it would be strange for a state constitutionally mandated site for a casino to get an hq if that is one of the sites.
To me this throws a whole bunch of things into the mix. They really should be working with the city and county too since they are an important and growing piece on the moving chess board of downtown CLE.
RTA, with the rapid rail lines alongside and potentially below SW should be part of a discussion. How many more large buildings are in the works downtown? Does that change the economics of creating the waterfront line loop?
Some serious urban planning needs to be happening right now in the CLE.
Oxford19 76
True, but it's still ''no comment''...
Edited May 21, 2019 by Oxford19
1 minute ago, Oxford19 said:
No comment in the media biz means "there's something there but we can't/won't talk about it."
Just now, KJP said:
of course it does, it was a joke (hence the smiley face)...but, it's out there again that SW is looking for a new headquarters. We've been reminded of this headquarters search since the late '80s, then in about 2016 the new headquarters announcement that didn't happen, so we're back in suspense mode again in 2019.
The real issue is downtown or suburbs. Hoping its downtown on the Square with a large skyscraper presence, yet this being Cleveland, it could still go to the 'burbs. It's on the table, not off the table.
Given the momentum of 2019 downtown Cleveland, one would expect any SW headquarters building to be downtown. But the suburbs still call...
MayDay 1,007
3 hours ago, Pugu said:
Pfft, this is Cleveland - that’s ‘The Shiv’.
Hey, if London can have The Shard, The Gherkin, The Cheesegrater...
http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com
https://www.instagram.com/clevelandskyscrapers/
10 minutes ago, Oxford19 said:
So you're saying it's like.....wait for it.....watching paint dry?
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Don't forget about the Walkie-Talkie.
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I did this mock-up of a twisty version for the SW building about 3 years ago. Coincidence?... Oh and nice job KJP
14 minutes ago, KJP said:
Yes, very much so...lol. If it ends up as a downtown tower, preferably on PSquare, then it will be worth watching this headquarters paint dry.
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I honestly think a "Campus" of Mid Rise to High Rise buildings on the Warehouse District lots could be the best that the city could ask for. Density in an area that is void of it, reinvigorates and at the same time re-invents a neighborhood that is at a crossroads with identity, and could fit enough buildings to fix their issue with space. I'd rather have a development that can change the dynamic of an ENTIRE neighborhood (if done right) that a tall 900 ft skyscaper that plugs a hole and adds activity to a specific corner.
Just now, Terdolph said:
If it isn't going to be in the West Third lots, I hope it is shorter than Key Tower. TT is being dominated by super talks. The skyline needs to be balanced.
Huh? The Terminal Tower is being dominated by super talls? I hope it's taller than Key Tower.
Just now, MyPhoneDead said:
Put a super tall on the jacobs lot, use some of the WHD parking lots for whatever, if needed, leave the W St Clair section open for housing.
A 900'+ tower on the Public Square lot alone will change the dynamic of the entire WHD neighborhood.
Hasn't there been talk about a boutique style coming in somewhere along this part of St Clair?
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ATARI VIDEO GAMES
Brand New! Head-2-Head Adventure online!
By Arenafoot, March 26, 2018 in Atari 2600
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So, you ask yourself ......how would a 2 (or 3) player game of Atari Adventure be played??? Well, Ro Anders decided to try and program it and it is now available for us!! Any of the 3 levels can be played with 2 or 3 players competing AT THE SAME TIME! Each player has their own castle and their own key to open it, everything else is still the same. Welcome to Atari Adventure Rebooted (aka Head-2-Head Adventure)!!!!
Download here: https://sites.google.com/site/h2hadventure/home
Now you're playing against..... (maybe me) and you get to the black castle and get the chalice from the red dragon and you return it to your castle .....only to find that your castle is locked because someone else locked your castle and took off with the key! LOL!!
This game is quite addicting! And its an awesome twist on an already awesome game! I've played a couple of games against the creator and other Adventure fans and they agree, this classic is even better!
A current drawback (but minor) - you have to shut down the program and restart it to begin a new game each time. Ro may fix this in the future if there's enough interest in the game. (and some computers anti-virus programs will flag this game too, but its perfectly fine)
https://www.facebook.com/h2hadventure
https://twitter.com/h2hadventure
h2h Adventure already has a magazine review:
https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/head-to-head-adventure-for-pc-and-mac/
BTW - I did create a private Facebook PM of those of us who downloaded the game, so that we can find a 2nd (or 3rd) player to play against. Let me know if you would like to be added so that more of us can enjoy this new version of a classic! (contact me either thru Atari.IO PM or here)
See you in the game!
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Exciting!! I like how that looks. Will have to try it out sometime.
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The game is back up. I just tried it out. It almost feels like Adventure was made for this!
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I played this with a Twitch streamer in an earlier version. It was a blast! At one point we had 3 players LAN party style. No gotchas.
There was as many as 4 of us in the lobby when they put the game up a few hours ago, but now I think we might need to schedule a game if we want to find other players.
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I totally forgot this was happening, thanks for the reminder. I haven't tried it yet where there was a lobby 😁
Someone's scheduled some games for this weekend, but they didn't say which time-zone. I may check in on occasion if I have time.
So I was in the game and I spoke with the developer (his player name is "ro"). Apparently the time shown for the scheduled games is adjusted automatically for your time-zone.
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If you're looking at the schedule in-game, all times are converted to local time
Website, h2hadventure.com, will also have upcoming game nights listed
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If anyone is interested, here's this weekend's three scheduled game times:
May 25 2pm PST / 5pm EST/ 9pm GMT
May 26 7pm PST/ 10pm EST/ (May 27) 2am GMT
May 27 6am PST / 9am EST / 1pm GMT
Unusually, I ended up getting the entire weekend off work, so I should be able to attend any or all of these!
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I will try to make it Monday morning after work. I can't do Saturday or Sunday, unfortunately. I can't wait to try the new version of this!
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Had a fun time with Acererak and Ro on 3-player competitive this evening. If anyone else wants to try tomorrow (Monday), the game is at 6am PST, 9am EST. I'm going to try to be there.
Edited May 27, 2019 by RadioPoultry
I fell asleep on the couch, but I sent out a call. I'll be here until 940 am EST or so. Sorry if I missed you!
That second to last game ferg, ro and I played had an amazing ending: I had locked ferg and ro in the black castle, and then the bat stole the key from me. Moments later, the bat came back with the key, unlocked the castle, flew inside, grabbed the chalice, flew back out, and went right into one of player's castles (I forget whose). I recorded it, but I didn't catch my own voice audio (I did on the next game).
As to why I kept bothering with the gold key around the 2:17 mark in the video above... I had forgotten which castle was mine. Oops.
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Re: Uri
Postby Cugel » March 13th, 2009, 1:56 am
Michael Kamen wrote: Fair comment Jonathan. Trying to stay balanced in this discussion of a petty charlatan and entertainer, vs. a genocidal world leader.
LOL. Right on, Michael.
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Postby Jonathan Townsend » March 13th, 2009, 6:20 am
Diego wrote: Not MY moral ambiguity...HIS.
Perhaps some here have yet to learn how to distinguish penmanship from grammar when looking at a text?
While every mosquito wants blood, I worry about people who would keep them as pets. The mosquito is not the moral problem, folks.
Ignorance prevails. At least Uri said he was pandering to the beliefs of others - their base longings.
Perhaps Ponzi scams and MLM programs are applications of the "one ahead" principle?
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John Houdi
Postby John Houdi » March 14th, 2009, 3:48 pm
Hi Richard!
I'm discussing this picture right now with some paranormals in Sweden.
Since they thought I (!) had something to do with the picture I mentioned what you wrote here on this forum.
They contacted Uri:s people and they answerd like this:
"Hi, the picture is purposely done this way because its taken from my TV series about the dark side of Venice, I did not send it to Genii the editor I believe got it from some where it could be that's its on my web site.I don't really care what Houdi says its people like him that contributed to my career, I suggest you read my message on my home page thanking the sceptics for giving me free advertisement! Love Uri"
What is the truth about this?
Postby Richard Kaufman » March 14th, 2009, 4:52 pm
John, when I asked Uri for photographs to accompany the article, he directed me to the section of his website devoted to hi-res photographs which can be downloaded for use by the press. I went there and found many photos, including the one I selected for the cover. I had no idea what it had originally been taken for, however it stood out among all the other photos and it seemed the perfect one for the cover of Genii precisely because it' so different and unexpected--shocking in a way.
At Uri's request, right after the issue had been mailed, we e-mailed him a copy of the cover and the text of the article. He had no complaint about the cover or the photo and informed me that the photo had been taken for some TV show (I can't remember what he wrote now, but it might have been about Venice).
It's a simple story about an interesting photograph.
Postby John Houdi » March 15th, 2009, 12:58 pm
Thank you for the clearifications, Richard.
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Postby El Mystico » March 15th, 2009, 3:12 pm
It's interesting - although not surprising - that I've not seen one paper pick up the story that Uri never had psychic powers; none of them are saying "sorry, we got it wrong, we've learned a valuable lesson and we'll try harder in the future to properly check extreme claims and get the facts right".
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Postby Diego » March 15th, 2009, 3:40 pm
Despite Uri's now read-between-the-lines statements, he hasn't really disowned the potential of his powers, whatever he now more openly leaves people to perceive.
While his "no such thing as bad publicity may not always be true, (ask Senator John Edwards) , it has worked for him, more often than not.
Geraldo Rivera said the night he did his live TV show, "Opening Al Capone's Vault", when the ending was such a joke/dud, he went home and killed a bottle, thinking he had ended his career for good.
But when he woke/sobered up the next morning, there were 8 messages/offers on his phone: The overnight numbers for his show, were thru the roof, and there were networks, producers, who wanted his numbers.
(I have been in TV production meetings discussing the pros and cons of choosing different personalities for a show, where their names were not used, only their Q-numbers. "But if we take the 16, it's better than the 12 you wanted.")
I don't see a lot of reading between the lines necessary in the interview: he states that he's not a psychic and has no extraordinary powers. He states that he was poor and created "an act" bending spoons to escape poverty. That's all pretty straight forward.
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Postby Timothy Hyde » March 15th, 2009, 4:45 pm
Richard, have only just had time to read the interview. Fascinating piece, thanks for running it.
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Postby NCMarsh » March 19th, 2009, 7:27 am
Michel Asselin wrote:
Is there a real market for adult entertainment with Dragon-painted tubes? Even if one is comfortable?
I can't resist adding this, Max Howard got a standing ovation last night at Muhlenberg, closing with a piece with giant chinese checkers, in a chinese decorated tube that he bought from Tannen's in 1976.
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Postby David » April 13th, 2009, 1:39 pm
Geller is the highest, best known, psychic entertainer of all times. He invented a new class of magic effect, metal bending. Richard is absolutely right to have him on the cover.
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Memphis, Tn.
Postby Jonathan Townsend » April 13th, 2009, 3:27 pm
Geller is the highest, best known, psychic entertainer of all times. He invented a new class of magic effect, metal bending. Richard is absolutely right to have...
"absolutely right"?
Geller invented a class of magic effect?
Ah well - these days those who don't read our history are doomed to troll the rest of us with rabid fervor.
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Postby Richard Kaufman » April 13th, 2009, 3:40 pm
Jon, spoon bending is a new class of mental magic. Was anyone bending spoons before Uri?
When did the bit where you prebend a rod and hold it at your fingertips and rotate it to make it appear to bend hit print?
Also - when did the bit where you stick a key into the slot of another key to give leverage to bend it hit print. This stuff was "old" when I got into magic back in 73 or so.
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Postby Curtis Kam » April 13th, 2009, 6:24 pm
Question 1 is generally answered by a reference to The Jinx, Annemann's application of the idea to a glass swizzle stick. (and, of course, a "mental" presentation)
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Postby David Alexander » April 13th, 2009, 8:01 pm
Richard Kaufman wrote: Jon, spoon bending is a new class of mental magic. Was anyone bending spoons before Uri?
In the Blue Book of Mentalism, 1976, Phil Goldstein defined the four basic effects of mentalism: Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition, and Psychokinesis.
The bending of cutlery is an example of Psychokinesis. Geller may have been the first to use cutlery to demonstrate Psychokinesis, but thats not necessarily clear. He certainly popularized the use of spoons and such. He also demonstrated the same faculty by starting stopped watches.
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Postby David Britland » April 13th, 2009, 9:49 pm
I think it's fair to credit Uri Geller with the effect of metal bending as we now know it. I've never found anything comparable to spoon bending before Uri came along. And I've really searched!
The nearest thing I've found is the bending of cutlery as it flew through the air during so called poltergeist or haunting episodes. Not really the same thing. Besides which finding a precedent that is obscure doesn't take away from the fact that it was Uri Geller who gave rise to the popularity of metal bending among mentalists and magicians.
The bending of a metal rod, as mentioned by Jonathan, was a speciality of French psychic Jean-Pierre Girard. But I think Girard's metal bending powers only made themselves known following Uri Geller's rise to fame.
You can see some of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWnp8OB ... annel_page
I think Uri was also the first to feature the psychokinetic starting of broken watches.
And while there were many drawing duplication effects before Uri Geller, Uri certainly made it his own and got more out of it than anyone else.
I've always been fascinated with the way psychics create unique and offbeat mentalism effects. They work with interested people, not audiences, and this might aid the evolution and development of effects that fulfil some expectations on the part of the viewers. They feel real. Psychics do very simple things that make tangible a belief or inspire hope.
Then, as magicians, we take them, routine them, add some colourful props and finish on a kicker!
The guy's a totally charismatic performer but let's not burn the books to build him a bonfire or get all stupid just because some are in denial of their envy, okay?
There's been charlatans at court before and maybe someday he'll show you his quatrains or share the ones he keeps in a box on the mantle.
Mundus vult decipi -per Caleb Carr's story Killing Time
Postby David Britland » April 14th, 2009, 7:17 am
Or maybe we'll see a credit line in a magic book that says, 'This is based on an unpublished routine of Uri Geller'
Re the key bending effect you mentioned earlier, this also appears to be originated by Uri Geller. He performed it in the UK in 1973. Magicians devised key bending devices and the slot-bend shortly after as practical solutions to Uri Geller's effect.
There's an excellent chronological listing of newspaper articles dealing with Uri Geller at the following site:
http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/
The site also contains material about magicians and their reactions to Uri Geller.
Postby Jonathan Townsend » April 14th, 2009, 9:43 am
That's a joke, right? Use without permission and all that...
If/When ever Uri wishes to treat tricks as tricks in this community - hurray and we have lots to learn from him.
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As someone who has done a bit of academic work in health quality, an area that has not received a lot of support, I welcome every well-intentioned effort to improve quality. Furthermore, it is reasonable to try to apply lessons learned outside of health to improve health care.
That having been said, I remain troubled that a lot of thinking about health quality seems to depend on drawing misguided analogies. I had previously posted about how the former chairman of Intel likened health care to making computer chips.
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It may seem a stretch to compare a carmaker's , aluminum refiner's, or mutual fund company's operations with a hospital's. But all these companies manage complex processes that require a great deal of problem solving.
To me, it seems a stretch to far. Once again, hospitals do not produce products, they provide services. Moreover, unlike, say a hotel or airline, they must provide unique services to patients who show up at unpredictable times with unpredictable problems, and combinations of problems.
Certainly, there are processes that occur in hospitals that are routine, such as, for example, washing linen or sterlizing surgical instruments. But there is tremendous variability in what goes on in every hospital Emergency Department, operating theatre, medical ward, etc., etc., etc.
It thus makes little sense to think that quality improvement measures designed for businesses whose goal is to produce identical products on assembly lines (e.g., Toyota cars and Alcoa aluminum ingots) are going to apply to most of what goes on in hospitals.
But forcing the application of such measures in situations where they do not readily fit is likely to produce worse, rather than better quality.
Maybe that's why the op-ed cited a single anecdote to support this argument, and started off by wildly inflating the dangers of hospitalization, likening it to "parachuting off a bridge."
I appreciate well-intentioned efforts to improve health care quality, but to be succesful, such efforts need to be informed by appreciation of the health care context.
In a larger sense, thinking about and managing health care as if it were a routine, assembly-line process, as Ludmerer wrote in Time to Heal, like "making cars or breakfast cereals," may be a cause of, rather than a solution to our current health care ills.
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I disagree. Obviously performing surgery is different than producing a car. But it is equally obvious, I think, that the process of care, from intake to discharge, involved many steps that would benefit enormously from standardizing processes, empowering team members, and other strategies employed by these successful companies. Many of these are non-clinical steps that impact patient outcomes or, at the very least, costs. Others are clinical and as much as many physicians don't want to admit it, a lot of care could be made more uniform.
Health care, like every other endeavor, involves a series of steps. Health care is pretty darn complex, so it involves a lot more steps. Any series of steps can be broken down, analyzed, and improved upon. That doesn't mean "cookie-cutter medicine," performing each procedure exactly the same way, but it does mean looking critically at how care is delivered and thinking about how it could be delivered better. That's the genius of the Toyotas and Intels and Alcoa's -- they make systems improvement a key part of the culture. That's clearly not part of the health care culture.
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The comedy album released by Demented Punk Records in 2018. Featuring Cover versions of punk and comedy songs performed by contemporary artists.
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Electric cars can't cut UK carbon emissions while only the wealthy can afford to own one
UK government efforts to offset carbon emissions via the adoption of electric cars were last week slammed by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. According to the panel's report into the matter, almost 20,000 conventional cars would need to be removed from the road every week for the next 31 years, if the UK …
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Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:11 GMT Locky
Of course, it matters not a jot that everyone has zero emitting vehicles until we can generate the power for them without burning dino juice.
But that won't sell new cars, so shhhh
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Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:24 GMT Anonymous Coward
It's a good point however there are some positives.
The pollution generated isn't directly at pedestrian height in built up areas.
Most power generation in the UK is a lot, lot cleaner than the emissions from vehicle exhausts (hardly any coal fired power is used in the UK)
Every new upgrade to renewables/battery storage that is added to the grid instantly upgrades all vehicles to cleaner energy as well.
It is possible to use renewable energy companies and your home solar to create almost clean energy.
Gas power generation isn't ideal but is better then petrol/diesel/oil/coal options and along with nuclear (no CO2 but other issues) is the main year round generator of power.
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Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:01 GMT Jellied Eel
Some of it is. This is a relative risk thing, ie the risk of engine exhaust products (carbon, NOx) vs other pollutants. So there's also dust created from tires, brakes and wearing the road surface. Which is arguably riskier for EVs because they're generally heavier than ICEs. There's some mitigation, ie regenerative braking might reduce brake dust.
Then there are the lifecycle issues, ie pollution from the production chain through to disposal. ICEs are pretty recyclable, EVs, less so, especially the batteries.. And their production often isn't entirely 'green', ie extracting from salt flats around the world needs a lot of water, and can lead to pollution.
Nope. All that does is reduce your TCO and make your fuel costs higher, along with everyone else's energy. So figure on Hornsea 1 being 400MW @ £158.75/MWh. That's roughly £100 more than the current electricity market price. Then add 400MW of CCGT or diesel for when the wind's not blowing, and the price increases. Add in 400MWh of batteries for a 1hr backup, and the output of from those batteries would probably be double the input energy cost.
So that becomes a problem given it greatly increases transport costs, and energy costs that go into producing stuff in the UK (including services), and the UK becomes uncompetitive. But virtuous I guess.
"Nope. All that does is reduce your TCO and make your fuel costs higher, "
What? Of course it doesn't. The removal of high carbon sources and replacement with low/zero carbon sources reduces the overall carbon footprint. In 2012 Coal was responsible for 40% of UK power generation, now it is less than 5% (nearly all at winter) and in 5 years time or earlier it will most likely be 0%. The replacement has been renewables and gas (and renewables are now 30% of UK power production). Therefore the change from 40% coal to 30% renewables has upgraded every electricity user (whether EV user or not) automatically in the background.
Every ICE user has to swap out their vehicle to get a cleaner, less polluting vehicle.
"There's some mitigation, ie regenerative braking might reduce brake dust."
An EV with decent regen will not wear out brakes anything like a ICE will. Many owners comment that the brakes are easily able to last the lifetime of the car (not just disks but Pads as well).
Tyres may have more or less wear depending on the vehicle. Although some are heavier than their ICE equivalents the single gear and smooth delivery has less tyre wear than an aggressively driven geared vehicle. However EVs are generally able to accelerate much faster and so they can wear quicker than a slower ICE.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:11 GMT DuncanLarge
> The removal of high carbon sources and replacement with low/zero carbon sources reduces the overall carbon footprint
Ok, not that really makes a difference but why do you think that there is no issue with replacing a so called "high carbon" source with a high litium source?
Why are we sitting back and ignoring the litium pollution threat?
The high carbon source is continuous and ongoing every minute of the day.
The lithium (mostly mined in Australia with minimal environmental impacts) needs about 12Kg for a 500Kg battery (300mile EV size) as a one off.
The battery lasts about 400,000 miles.
The batteries are all reused or recycled at the end of their life as a rule.
So the Lithium compared to the high carbon source for the lifetime of the vehicle is negligible.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:11 GMT EnviableOne
Lithium Ion Is not the answer
the sunk cost of CO2 used in manufacture of Li ion batteries exceed the emmisions of a modern diesel ICE over 9 years
The majority of Lithium extraction is not from Australia, but from South America where the Lithium Triangle is believed to contain over 75% of existing known lithium reserves, between chile Bolivia and Argentina and is causing serious polution of rivers and fish stocks. There is also a considerable amount comming from china, where all of Australia's is processed
The secret ingredient of Li ion batteries is the Cobalt in the Cathode, is only available in central affrica, mainly the not so Democratic Republic of Congo, which has many human rights issues involved in its mining, along with shipping costs.
Your average ICE will easily last 10 yrs, a diesel probably twice that, a Li Battery 8 if your lucky, and then its basically shot, and the majority of the raw materials have been consumed.
Re: Lithium Ion Is not the answer
"the sunk cost of CO2 used in manufacture of Li ion batteries exceed the emmisions of a modern diesel ICE over 9 years"
No, it doesn't unless you are looking at edge cases where they use Coal Powered energy to create all the batteries. However we'll discount the same country making the diesel engine and then all the production of the Diesel to run it.
"The majority of Lithium extraction is not from Australia, but from South America "
2018 figures:
Australia 51,000 Metric Tonnes
Chile 16,000 MT
Argentina 6,200 MT
Brazil 600 MT
So, about that Lithium claim?
"Cobalt in the Cathode, is only available in central affrica"
The main producer is DR Congo, correct. Not all is mined by hand and most buyers are trying to ensure it isn't. However, "only available..."
Yes, apart from Russia, Cuba, Australia, Philippines, Canada, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, China, Brazil, New Caledonia, South Africa and Morocco
Apart from those it is only available in Central Africa (oh and the countries that haven't decided to mine for it yet.
"a Li Battery 8 if your lucky, and then its basically shot, and the majority of the raw materials have been consumed."
A new Tesla Model 3 battery will last about 400,000 miles after which it can and will be used as power storage and/or recycled. In a couple of years it is expected to last 1 million miles. New generation EV batteries will be similar (basically life of the car).
The raw materials in an EV battery don't get 'consumed'. Generally they create a build up on either the anode or cathode (different processes) which reduces their effectiveness and so degrades their total capacity to hold a charge.
Not quite a good enough understanding of the subjects, I'm afraid but there's always room to learn.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 23:44 GMT John Brown (no body)
"A new Tesla Model 3 battery will last about 400,000"
When do you predict that price dropping to a level where the other 99.999% of us can afford one?
Friday 30th August 2019 19:29 GMT MachDiamond
"When do you predict that price dropping to a level where the other 99.999% of us can afford one?"
In another couple of years when there is a used market. People with money are going to swap out their old EV for a new one as soon as their current one is paid off. The technology is moving fast and a 5yo EV is going to ancient compared to a new one.
The cost today is hardly economic unless you do a lot of driving. The TCO on a EV is cheaper but you pre-load all of the excess cost up front and pay interest on that money to get into an EV in the first place. If you go for something like a Tesla with insane repair costs, insurance will eat away at those TCO operation savings too. It's like getting a McClaren for £5,000. Great price, but a new transmission is £30,000 and it's a when thing and not if the tranny goes out.
Saturday 31st August 2019 01:43 GMT Ade Vickers
The new Corsa e goes on sale next year for around £25k. It will have an 8 year warranty, so if you work really hard at it, you could find out how many miles your battery pack is good for, completely without financial risk.
Thursday 5th September 2019 09:21 GMT Roland6
The new Corsa e goes on sale next year for around £25k. It will have an 8 year warranty
On what exactly?
Given the warranties on current ICE vehicles an 8 year warranty is not that impressive. However, given the known problems with EV's, specifically around battery life, charge time and range, if the warranty included provision against these it might be worth something. Currently I wouldn't touch a 3+ year old EV as I know the batteries will need to be replaced - not a cheap proposition; unlike replacing the battery in an ICE...
Likewsie, I would like some form of come back when the EV is unable to complete the trip say High Wycombe to Blackpool in less than 5 hours (at time of writing Google says it is 3hr 44min.).
"A new Tesla Model 3 battery will last about 400,000 miles after which it can and will be used as power storage"
The battery may go that far. That's yet to be seen, but the car may not. You are talking about 20 something years with a US average miles/year driven. I expect UK drivers aren't going as far since it's more expensive for petrol and there is much better public transportation. Does anybody expect the LCD glued to the dash of the Model 3 is going to last 10-15 years of thermal cycling in a car and being sat in direct sun for hours at a time. Forget the cost of replacing the battery, that LCD plus the computer behind it is serious coin. You have to hope that there is a retrofittable replacement down the road and that you can get it without a 2-3 month wait since the car is difficult to use without it.
Batteries in EVs don't just die like the old lead acid ones, they fade away. People are going to want a new one when the 60kWh is down to 40kWh. That 40kWh is still a tremendous amount of power and it's expected that EV batteries will see 10 years of stationary backup usage after they come out of a car so there is good resale value. Batteries from wrecked EVs don't last long on the market and fetch good money. People want them for all sorts of projects. Some companies are fitting them inside cargo containers for backup systems already. I've seen a few places selling interface kits for certain brands of EV batteries.
Monday 2nd September 2019 05:26 GMT Bbuckley
@Anonymous, can you please supply the sources of where you obtained that information? I am a statistician by trade so fundamentally suspicious and always on the look-out for the Ministry Of Truth which this sounds like ...
Tuesday 27th August 2019 20:32 GMT Alan Brown
"a Li Battery 8 if your lucky"
So everyone thought. The original crop of EVs are hitting that age and their batteries are turning out to be perfectly serviceable in most cases. Where they're not, the batteries have dropped 75% or so in cost to replace and the batteries are 100% recycleable (they fail due to electrode cracking, not chemical failure)
Friday 30th August 2019 17:34 GMT David Crowe
Not everyone is optimistic about EV battery recycling. For example, this article says it costs 3 times more to extract the Lithium than it's worth:
https://evrater.com/ev-battery-disposal
Do you have any sources for your optimism?
Wednesday 28th August 2019 13:24 GMT Stork
Where have you got those figures from? I have seen this article in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec/25/how-green-are-electric-cars, and while it is obvious that electric is not The Solution, they do have the edge (see bottom of article, there are even references).
Now, I have been reading up on this as we are thinking of replacing our 14 year old Honda Accord with something smaller and have figured we can count the number of days/year an electric does not have enough range on one hand's fingers. And here in Portugal electricity is 50-60% from renewables.
" we can count the number of days/year an electric does not have enough range on one hand's fingers."
There are loads of web sites now with EV trip planners and chargers are going in worldwide at a fast pace. It may be possible now to do all of your trips in an EV without too much effort and if not, it won't be long.
I sincerely hope these ridiculous mileage claims aren’t being used to justify the environmental costs of producing these cars. Whilst I don’t doubt it is possible to clock up 400,000 miles on many of these power trains, in the same way that many diesel engines are easily capable of knocking out half a million miles (just ask any truck driver), as with diesels, I cannot believe the average is going to be anything close to this number. Let’s not forget that these batteries and motors are attached to a car, a car that will inevitably age to the point where it is either no longer economically justifiable to keep roadworthy or simply no market for them. The question is how many of these potential 400,000 miles will they have covered at this point? Given the current tendency of electric vehicles to be used as city runarounds, I’d be very surprised if the average (current generation) EV sees much more than 100.000 miles in its lifetime.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 17:24 GMT davealford
Re: 400,000 miles
… and average diesel / petrol engines last how long? How much oil (synthetic or otherwise) (engine and gearbox/transmission) will they use throughout their life? Most vehicles aren't scrapped because of their engines 'fail' anyway - more like they fail their MOT and are uneconomic to repair .. engines will still run but there's no second use for them. EV batteries will be able to be repurposed (not recycled) if vehicle is otherwise un-economic to repair. And the difference between running an EV as a city run-about is different from an ICE how? I'd rather have an EV used around town for the school run / commute ...
Thursday 29th August 2019 15:25 GMT AAJ
"I'd rather have an EV used around town ..."
I wish people would stop using cars in the town/city. Cycle, bus, tube, scooter ... anything but get in a car
"I wish people would stop using cars in the town/city. Cycle, bus, tube, scooter ... anything but get in a car"
That's an option if you are young, the weather is ok and you aren't hauling any stuff. If you have a toddler and a baby, you'd have to hire a Sherpa to help you cart your supplies around with you. It may also be safer to have your kids in proper safety seat rather than trying to hang on to them on a bus.
If your work has a locker room where you can change and wash up, it might be easy to even bike some distance. If you are expected to wear a suit or formal business wear, arriving hot and sweaty isn't going to work very well if you can't change.
>I wish people would stop using cars in the town/city.
I suspect these sentiments are common among people who's day-to-day lifes involves short journeys (sub-5 miles) and don't involve going outside of "town" or an urban conurbation and typically can readily be undertaken using public transport.
Tuesday 3rd September 2019 13:52 GMT JokerZero
"The battery lasts about 400,000 miles."
From where did that nugget of miss information arise?
I ask as the recorded instance of a real world Tesla covering > 400K miles in real world service in California, includes the not insignificant point that the battery pack was replaced in its entirety, twice.
"and renewables are now 30% of UK power production"
No, they're 30% of nameplate capacity and require spinning conventional backups for when they're not available, which is nearly always when demand is highest. Renewables are a joke.
> No, they're 30% of nameplate capacity
To translate that to the more wilfully clueless, that means that in REAL PRACTICAL terms their annual power output is 30% (or less) of the "nameplate" capacity (ie: that 1MW wind turbine puts out an average of 300kW when averaged over a year - meaning you need 3 times as many as you thought - when you thought you needed 800 to match ONE gas-fired (or nuclear) power plant you really needed 2400 and in fact you needed 2400 in one location and 2400 in 2-3 other locations, plus battery backup systems to ensure stabilised power output, or you're pushing the costs of coping with wildly intermittent power sources onto the distributors.
Once intermittent sources exceed 20% of the grid, things get hairy - that's what caused the South Australian power blackouts. You can assume that at that point, subsidies are going to be pulled and grid operators will _insist_ that renewables suppliers have battery stabilisation systems on _their_ side of the connection.
> and require spinning conventional backups for when they're not available"
And if you're not willing to pay for those spinning backups to be maintained AND pay their minimum startup costs, you get wide area blackouts - it's exactly that reason which was responsible for the SA blacklouts (the forecast drop in wind wasn't long enough to allow the generated electricity to pay for the backup plant startups, so the owners declined to fire them up and lose $5million or so. Lights went out until payments were guaranteed.)
Renewables are hopelessly expensive when you put all the hidden costs together - the amount of subsidisation that National Grid is forced to provide via "must take" rules alone is higher than the direct subsidies. It's no wonder that windfarm operators are being paid £30k/month per turbine to NOT connect them to the grid (ie, what's being farmed is subsidies)
Alan, if you take a wind turbine and attach it to the grid, you aren't doing it right. Unfortunately, "they" aren't doing it right. There is a study paper that showed how using a large turbine's power to manufacture ammonia at it's location, the ROI on the turbine shoots up. A fair portion of the world's electricity generation is used to make ammonia already. A hybrid approach can be used where power is routed to the grid as needed and ammonia made as a way to be sure that any excess power is used. There are times when their is too much wind power in the UK and the National Grid has to shut down turbines to keep in balance. Another bonus is that not as much grid power from non-renewable sources will be used for production.
Another scenario is to create the mechanism where EVs can charge on super low tariffs when there is excess power. If you only drive 30 miles/day and have an EV with 200+ miles of range, you could go 4-5 days without plugging in. Chances are that sometime during that period, there will be excess generation and it can make sense for the electric companies to sell it to you cheap rather than shutting it down. The transmission infrastructure is all sitting there whether it's being used to its max or idling. By selling power to EVs when it's abundant, there will be less demand when it isn't. If you still need a charge during peak, you will just have to pay a premium. Financial incentives will be far more effective than trying to get people to think green all of the time.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 23:34 GMT veti
Incorrect. Renewables (wind, solar, hydro and biomass) account for around 30% of the kWh consumed in the UK per year. Add in nuclear, and you can see that over 50% of UK electricity generation - by volume of power generated - is - well, it's not quite true to say "zero carbon" because there are costs associated with transport and installation and maintenance and what have you, but "very low carbon".
Have a look at GridCarbon or even https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/our-green-energy/energy-independence/uk-grid-live and weep …. (and today is a bad day) 43% Gas, 17% Nuclear, 15% wind, 10% solar, 6% biomass, 1% Hydro, 2% Coal, 5% imported and some <1% 'other'. So durning daytime, near 50% renewable ….
>> "There's some mitigation, ie regenerative braking might reduce brake dust."
> An EV with decent regen will not wear out brakes anything like a ICE will.
Brakes hardly contribute anything to road dust. Tyres are the primary offender and with the base model Nissan Leaf weighing in just shy of 2 tons (where a comparable petrol vehicle is about 1.2 and the extended range one a portly 2.1 tons), you're going to see more of it. (Reports so far is that they _do_ eat tyres faster)
Demanding extra range means heavier vehicles == bigger motors to get acceptable acceleration == more tyre wear
You have to take into account that EV are supplied with harder rubber tyres for less rolling resistance. Those don't shed as much soft sticky tyres that boy racers put on their hot hatch.
@Jellied_eel
What is your point? Are you arguing that we should stop using EVs because they don't solve brake and tyre dust issues as well? Isn't addressing the immediate problem of local tail-pipe emissions enough?
What is your point? Are you arguing that we should stop using EVs because they don't solve brake and tyre dust issues as well?
My point's simply a practical and economic one. EVs can be great. We've been using them for decades, ie the humble milk float. And if people want to buy a modern EV, more power to their wallet. Problem is, it's a solution that's going to affect everyone's wallet.
Isn't addressing the immediate problem of local tail-pipe emissions enough?
In a rational, science & engineering driven world.. First quantify the problem. Once you've done that, ie quantified exactly what harm is created by tail-pipe emissions, then look at mitigation. So emissions are the combustion products, but you can't exclude related pollutants, ie particulates. EVs don't solve the particulates problem.
Then there's the practicality of transitioning to a zero carbon world. So withdraw all ICE vehicles, replace with EVs.. And also withdraw all gas heating & cooking. That requires a massive increase in electricity supply.
So that's doable. We build Nx1GW reactors to provide baseload power, and supplement that with CCGT because gas is cheap.. But those are two sensible energy generation methods that the Greens hate. So instead we're meant to build thousands more windmills that cost 2-3x more than alternatives, and are fundamentally unreliable. UK electricity costs rocket to reduce tail-pipe emissions, that aren't necessarily a problem.
And it'll lead to deaths and disruption. The UK isn't used to 'extreme' weather, so when it snows, there's usually hundreds of stranded motorists on roads somewhere around the UK. Which means they'll need to use energy to keep occupants warm & safe, or they'll need to be evacuated. Then the challenge of clearing roads of EVs with flat batteries. Not quite as simple as a few jerry cans of fuel and some jump starts.
But for the UK, decarbonisation is economic suicide, and will make zero difference to global warming because the UK's emissions are already small by comparison to countries that haven't drunk the Green's kool aid.
"So instead we're meant to build thousands more windmills that cost 2-3x more than alternatives, and are fundamentally unreliable"
Really, so the fact that the strike price is almost at a level where there wouldn't even need subsidy (most of the year it doesn't) would suggest the costs are pretty reasonable and way, way cheaper than nuclear.
"And it'll lead to deaths and disruption. The UK isn't used to 'extreme' weather, so when it snows, there's usually hundreds of stranded motorists on roads somewhere around the UK. Which means they'll need to use energy to keep occupants warm & safe, or they'll need to be evacuated. Then the challenge of clearing roads of EVs with flat batteries. Not quite as simple as a few jerry cans of fuel and some jump starts."
Wow, talk about edge cases. It is easier and safer to continue to heat an EV than a fuel car (less risk of Carbon Monoxide poisoning). The extreme weather where cars need to be rescued is a pretty rare event.
It's hardly an event that comes up on most people's radar as a reason no to buy an EV or for government policy.
"But for the UK, decarbonisation is economic suicide, and will make zero difference to global warming because the UK's emissions are already small by comparison to countries that haven't drunk the Green's kool aid."
Oh well, just give up then. No point in being a world leader, developing technologies for a multi-trillion pound market that can then be used in other countries. Unless we can fix it all, everywhere tomorrow then resign ourselves to a future of potential major hardship.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:17 GMT Adair
Yeah, reading some of the naysayers and petro-apologists in these arguments the reducto absurdem position is clearly that we should all simply stop breathing as this would truly solve the excess CO2 problem along with all the other risk factors associated with moving about.
Some people would obviously wish we all still lived in caves, and then they would still be moaning: about the incidence of injuries caused by slipping on mammoth fat around the fire, the dangers of flying flint splinters when napping a newfangled spearhead (rather than simply beating a beast over the head with a large lump of wood in the tried and tested manner), etc. bloody etc.
Progress, strangely, is almost always made falteringly and one step at a time; but given imagination, hard work and a generous spirit life can often be improved for everyone. Or, perhaps some of us would still prefer to shit in a bucket and toss the contents out the window (without bothering to warn unsuspecting passers by)!
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:45 GMT Jimmy2Cows
RE: strike price is almost at a level where there wouldn't even need subsidy...
...(most of the year it doesn't)
So why are we all still paying this unnecessary subsidy? At the same or higher rate than when the subsidy was first introduced?
Re: RE: strike price is almost at a level where there wouldn't even need subsidy...
Idiots signed bad contracts. So instead of allowing the market to price, the Green Blob got indexation included in power contracts, so 'renewable' power becomes progressively more expensive. Hinkley had the same windfall deal in it's power contracts.
Problem for the UK is a lot of those contracts have been signed, and are for 10-20yrs+, so unless they can be vacated, we're screwed.
Correct me if I am wrong; but I thought it was constructed as a non-carbon levy to subsidise the horrendously expensive nuclear power? And then the wind turbines cam in to cover the fact?
RE: Oh well, just give up then. No point in being a world leader...
Devil's advocate for a sec...
If mass decarbonisation of transport is economic suicide -- do you at least agree it will be disruptive without major infrastructure changes (infra rarely keeps pace with policy) -- then yes, there's no point being a world leader when your own nation's economy has collapsed. Not sure it's even possible to be a world leader in those circumstances (except perhaps at being the nation with the fastest collapsing economy).
Soo.. How do you work that out? I realise this is Green stuff, and that generally ignores evidence that goes against the consensus, but..
https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/cfds/hornsea-phase-1
Current strike price
158.75£/MWh
versus £92.50/MWh for Hinkley C, and that reduces a little if Sizewell C goes ahead. Ok, so some new 'renewables' contracts have a lower strike price, and Hinkley was a bit of an EDF bail-out project & overly generous.. Especially compared to the prices other countries are paying for new reactors.
Then of course there's coal. So the UK had a bunch of old coal power stations. Greens decided these were 'dirty' because of photogenic* steam clouds coming from cooling towers. So ban coal! So there was a proposal to replace old Kingsnorth coal plant with new, modern, supercritical systems that were more efficient and reduced CO2 emissions by around 30% compared to the units being replaced.
So Greens objected, called a judicial review & flew in a US expert (James Hansen) to save puppies from drowning due to climate change.. And they won, and the 'renewables' industry was pleased, and donated generously. But that's how the Green Blob works. Lobby to add additional costs onto traditional power generation and divert money to their sponsors. Except Germany. For various reasons, they decided to shut down their nuclear plant due to tsunami fears, and are now building coal because they're experiencing the cost/reliability problems that come with 'renewables'.
Nope, which shows you don't understand how EV's work. Like the need to keep battery temperatures stable, so requiring energy to warm/cool them vs taking waste heat from an engine. It also shows you don't understand how ICEs work either because CO poisoning became a thing of the past ever since catalytic convertors. And speaking of past things, one David Viner once famously said 'snowfalls would be a thing of the past' and kids wouldn't know what snow looked like.
Of course it's snowed a lot since then, and the Telegraph had to disappear Viner's original article. Greens have a bad habit of erasing inconvenient data.
So ok, it may be a bit of an edge case. Far more likely is congestion/disruption caused by broken down EVs that can't be jump-started or jerry canned. But the snow example will lead to deaths, if it can't be managed effectively.
Oh.. and has anyone announced the electric fire engine yet? Or will emergency vehicles get EV exemptions?
No point in being a world leader, developing technologies for a multi-trillion pound market that can then be used in other countries.
Few countries have gone full-retard the way we have. Which is perhaps suprising given our role in the Industrial Revolution, when steam replaced sail. This time, of course, it's different. We can build ginormous windmills! But they're still rather useless when winds are too low, or too high. If only those original millers had stuck it out, and not modernised. So we 'need' batteries, or CCGT plant, or <something> for those calm days, especially if they're the usual winter ones that kill people.
But the only reason there's a 'multi-trillion pound' market is due to idiocracy and regulatory capture. We knew the vagueries of wind from using it centuries ago. But this is a faith-driven industry. If you want technical solutions, here's a modest proposal-
Carbon's a handy fuel source. Carbon's 1/3rd of a CO2 molecule. So extract that carbon (CCS!), seperate it, and bake multi-million pound yachts from it. Or, for something more innovative. If you heat and compress that carbon, we can produce ultra-dense carbon pellets that could then be burned using clean oxygen. That would produce heat + CO2, which can then be recycled in a clean, Green alternative to those other nasty breeders. All possible using off-the shelf products today! Not sure if General Electric's patent for pellet production has expired though.
*St Greta apparently believed she could see CO2 pouring out of power stations. Can't think why she may have formed that belief, but it's one her PR team is trying to disappear from her book and previous interviews. But such is the power of propaganda.
"Few countries have gone full-retard the way we have."
I can think of one - around the 1930s, very enthusiastic about back to the past, country cottages, nature, greenery and crystal quackery
It was Germany and the most enthusiastic adoptors of such fakery were the Nazis.
That was our saving grace - because in their zeal for such things, they drove out all the experts and scientists, essentially shooting their war effort in the foot - much like we're doing now to our economy.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 09:32 GMT ICPurvis47
"Seeing" CO2
Even the BBC are at it. In a recent article on the News about vehicular pollution, film was shown taken with an Infra-red camera of the exhaust plume coming from the tailpipe of a London bus. The commentary was to the effect that this showed the CO and CO2 pollution that it was expelling. No it didn't, all the IR camera was showing was that the exhaust gasses were hotter than the surrounding atmosphere, and did not and could not show the composition of those gasses. I wrote to the BBC to complain and their reply was that they were using the IR images to indicate the volume of exhaust gasses, and by inference, the pollution. Nice wriggle out Beeb!
Tuesday 27th August 2019 23:03 GMT Citizens untied
"The extreme weather where cars need to be rescued is a pretty rare event."
You should stop by the woods in Portland, Oregon on a snowy evening...
Thursday 29th August 2019 00:05 GMT John Brown (no body)
...and for that matter, here in the UK, as you get further north, cars being stuck in snow is an annual even, not rare at all. It just depends on the years weather in general as to how far south those instances may occur. Just in the last year or so ended up sat on my backside at home for 3 days because there was no way to be sure of a safe round trip Edinburgh and back due repeated closures of the main trunk road. (The lesser road all go through the hill, so an even worse option!)
Friday 30th August 2019 11:56 GMT rcw88
Greatly exacerbated by low profile, wide tyres, on the wrong compound. If you want ultimate traction, an old mini on narrow tyres works best. Wide tyres work great in the dry, but you need a small contact patch and lots of weight over the driven wheels in snow conditions. Event 4wd rally cars use 4inch tyres in heavy snow, not 8 inch slicks. A friend of mine works in the motor industry reminds me that standard tyres only work well with road surface temperatures above 7 deg C. but when the average road surface temperature is below 7 degrees C - and in the Highlands of Scotland that's about 8 months out of 12, winter or cross climate tyres perform better.
Entertaining rants on here though - sifting the facts from the misinformation.. I understood emissions for manufacture greatly exceeded emissions from use - irrespective of fuel system - so it makes more sense to use existing vehicles for longer. WHY did I sell my 1981 mini? DOH.
"ended up sat on my backside at home for 3 days because there was no way to be sure of a safe round trip "
I'd do that too. There is no sense charging into a major storm if you don't have a damn good reason to do so. At that point, I'd take a look at going by train either the whole way or a portion where there is forecast to be lots of snow.
"Then the challenge of clearing roads of EVs with flat batteries. Not quite as simple as a few jerry cans of fuel and some jump starts."
Unless somebody started their journey with a minimum charge, draining the battery and having to be towed from the motorway isn't going to be an issue. Most EVs have heated seats that don't take a tremendous amount of power. You also aren't sitting in the car with an idling petrol/diesel engine. If we take 60kWh as a modern average EV battery capacity and it's at 50% charge, then overestimate the seat heater power at 1kW (or 500W x two people in the car), that's still 30 hours before the battery is completely flat. Very slim chances of so much snow that it's 30 hours for crews to clear a lane to get vehicles off of the motorway and someplace where people can hole up in a hotel, restaurant, etc.
It's far more likely that people will have far more of a charge in their battery anyway and the seat heaters aren't so power hungry.
He asked you yes or no questions and you dodged them.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 16:22 GMT finlaythethinker
CO2 is not the problem
All the hysteria and ridiculous waste of money attempting to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations seems rather pointless when one educates themselves as to the actual facts. Based on ice core analysis, atmospheric CO2 levels have been in the thousands of ppm in the past and yet life flourished. None of the predictions of Al Gore or the UN's IPCC have happened, yet politicians love the idea of imposing carbon tax on the populace, most of who never question what is really going on -- just another scheme to redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich. The real science, not the pseudoscience based on fudged data and fear mongering, shows that past atmospheric CO2 increases lag behind worldly temperature increases, often by hundreds of years. The realities are that Earth's climate is always changing, mankind's activities have had an insignificant effect on climate compared to that of the Sun, and considering we all live in an Interglacial period we should be more concerned about freezing than overheating as Earth heads toward the next Ice Age.
Re: CO2 is not the problem
“just another scheme to redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich”
You would think that, with these myriad schemes the “rich” have to fleece the “poor”, that all the poor would be dead from starvation and homelessness by now... the fact it just hasn’t happened suggests this is more a political dogma, than it is a fact.
Thursday 29th August 2019 14:14 GMT Anonymous Coward
I think the best solution would have been direct methanol fuel cells with carbon capture, but for some reason that technology seems to have not been pursued very strongly.
I won't be changing my cars for another 10 years, my cars are not new anymore, but they will certainly last me 100k miles each, even with mad fuel prices my ICE cars are better for me and my family than replacing them with an EV.
If I was looking for a new car, I would consider electric, but only if it fit my requirements for the car it replaced, and nothing I've seen meets my needs
On the upside, as you’re not looking to replace for ~10 years (unless petrol/diesel prices shoot up dramatically?), by then EVs will be better, cheaper, and there’ll be a ton more infrastructure to support them... Waiting is a sensible game, but equally we need the early adopters to iron out the glitches and drive the demand for infrastructure.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 18:11 GMT werdsmith
Some of it is. This is a relative risk thing, ie the risk of engine exhaust products (carbon, NOx) vs other pollutants. So there's also dust created from tires, brakes and wearing the road surface.
I think we've dealt with this one already. The High street traffic speed is fairly low. Most tyre wear is at high speed and cornering. EV brakes tend to be of the regen variety, which means braking without pad-disk contact. For the urban dense traffic environment, EVs and hybrids do less poisoning.
> Every new upgrade to renewables/battery storage that is added to the grid instantly upgrades all vehicles to cleaner energy as well.
Er no.
Sorry but the so called renewables are just the same issue: pollution and environmental destruction, only re-formed into a new shiny package that lets everyone go crazy about how shiny it is and ignore the problems it causes. In 30 to 40 years time I'm expecting we will all be screaming and protesting about how the dead old solar panels are being dumped in some poor country somehwere, poisoning their water and creating a crisis that will end up on the BBC in a documentary just like the plastic one they recently had.
I also dont think that placing highly flammable, unstable, heat intolerant and poisonous lithium based battery tech all over the countryside is a good idea. I certaily wouldnt want to live near one in case it go up and the wind is blowing in my direction. I'd expect emergency gas masks to be carried by all adults and children aka WW2 in towns and villages near such facilities.
"I also dont think that placing highly flammable, unstable, heat intolerant and poisonous lithium based battery tech all over the countryside is a good idea"
I don't think anyone would, but no one is proposing dumping the batteries all over the countryside are they?
Like Lead acid cells they get recycled. In fact all EV batteries get recycled at the moment, generally re-purposed into backup power supplies. Once they are fully dead then they may need disassembling, but there can't be a claim of no minerals to cover the demand for batteries and another claim for those batteries being thrown away and not recycled. Both can't be true, most likely neither is.
Also, "I'm not going to drive an EV because in the future there may be an issue with pollution if not managed so I'll just drive an ICE vehicle because the pollution is currently known and is causing serious harm" doesn't add up.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:29 GMT tip pc
"but there can't be a claim of no minerals to cover the demand for batteries"
rare earth minerals are not necessarily rare, some are more abundant than copper, they are just often hard to find in large deposits like other minerals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element
"rare earth minerals are not necessarily rare, some are more abundant than copper, they are just often hard to find in large deposits like other minerals."
Not even that - they tend to be bound up with an element called Thorium - mildly radioactive (15 billion year half life) and as such expensive to get rid of.
Unless you decide to restart Alvin Weinberg's Molten Salt Nuclear reactor projects (which eliminate the single most problematic item from nuclear power - water) - and the it becomes a valuable nuclear fuel at less that 0.01% of the price of reactor-grade uranium (those reactors were ALSO invented by Alvin Weinberg - he made a better mousetrap in the 1960s because he didn't like the costs or weaponisabilty of uranium, or the danger of radioactive steam boilers/bombs and was promptly drummed out of the nuclear industry). Lookup LFTRs and the Oak Ridge Project
"they are just often hard to find in large deposits like other minerals.
The heavier ones are usually combined with Thorium which is mildly radioactive. The US classes Thorium as a radioactive hazardous waste while China is banking it for use when LFTR reactors or a similar technology is ready to use it. The waste disposal issue with Thorium is what makes Rare Earths less available in the market outside of Asia. The elements themselves are all over the place.
> I don't think anyone would, but no one is proposing dumping the batteries all over the countryside are they?
Like Lead acid cells they get recycled.
I'm not talking about when they are end of life. I'm talking about when they are activley being used.
Dumping them around the countryside to be charged up by a wind or solar farm is a disaster waiting to happen. When they are end of life, assuming they survived till then, they will be recycled to a point.
My post was about the active live batteries dotted around the landscape that wont be recycled becaue they can and will easily fail, taking the rest of the cells with them, spewing their innards into the sky. I never leave a li-ion battery charging that is unsupervised, certainly if its old. Lol I dont sit there watching it but I'm there to try and limit the damage should it go up. Some people I know use a metal baking tray to charge devices/batteries in especially if they are old or 3rd party ones.
Just think about it for a second.
1. The post office (other services avalable) require you to DECLARE your package contains li-ion batterues or not. Once declared a large warning sticker is placed in the package, if the post office even permits you to post it as some refuse to handle them. These pakages are then treated like potential explosives. Some of the other couriers will flatley refuse to even handle anything that contains a li-ion battery
2. Planes dont let you carry them without following certain restrictons. In fact I know that anyone with a 2015 macbook will be asked several questions should they be found trying to take on on a plane.
3. The samsung Galaxy Note 7
They are not safe enough to have dotted around the countryside in some big metal box with loads of other batteries all exposed to the blaring heat of the record breaking summers that are hot enough to cause pandemoium on the rails. Maybe they will use A/C to cool them, till that fails. Maybe they will encase each cell in its own fire resistant case so that should one, just one go up it wont take all the others with it.
This is what happens when one, just one cell fails surrounded by others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdDi1haA71Q
And this will be dwarfed by the number of cells used in a facility to be charged by wind or solar in a feild somewhere.
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Do you think that you can you send a can of petrol through the post?
Tuesday 27th August 2019 13:29 GMT AIBailey
Some of the other couriers will flatley refuse to even handle anything that contains a li-ion battery
And yet, in the UK at least, thousands of mobile phones are handled by couriers every single day, each containing a li-ion battery.
And in the heat of the Australian south the Tesla Battery seems to be doing remarkably well.
However having lived near to an oil refinery briefly, I know which I would prefer to risk.
Friday 30th August 2019 20:54 GMT Neil Barnes
Living half a mile from Buncefield
in 2005, I think I know which I prefer, too.
And yet, I have not found it necessary to move.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 16:12 GMT JLV
So... are you saying aircrafts, post offices and sundry would be happy with you, if you were to waltz in with a 1L bottle of gasoline/petrol instead?
Oddly enough, dense forms of energy storage need careful handling. Whodathought?
The lithium batteries have been used in cars for some years now, does not seem to be a huge problem - the fact that it makes the news when it goes poof is a sure sign.
And petrol isn't dangerous?
Tuesday 27th August 2019 15:09 GMT Peter2
I'd expect emergency gas masks to be carried by all adults and children aka WW2 in towns and villages near such facilities.
Wouldn't help. Any lithium battery fire creates hydroflouric acid (not to be confused with hydroclouric) acid which is absorbed on skin contact, at which point it breaks down and somehow has a nasty chain reaction that sinks into your skin down to the bone and starts killing the flesh and bone. Exposure to air with the stuff at a concentration of 50 parts per million for 5 minutes is apparently a lethal dose, and i'm not sure that anybody actually carries instruments capable of detecting the stuff.
If you know when your affected then you can get treated, but pain only sets in something like 12-24 hours after contact at which point the pain is in response to the final stages. Apparently if you had an arm affected then they'd have to amputate it to avoid the effect spreading. If you breathed it in? The suggestion that I heard was make a will, and say your goodbyes to your loved ones.
HF really freaks out chemists and people who know what it does. I know it freaks them out, and I know that the Material Safety Data Sheets all require full self contained breathing apparatus and full hazmat style bodysuits to prevent any contact with the stuff and is probably best avoided.
There’s a quick read scientific article about this.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09784-z
Not to be overly dismissive about your concerns, and I note that the paper especially cautions about risks in confined spaces (tunnels...), but we’ve now had EVs operating on roads for while. And this worry has been voiced before. Yet, I can’t recall any accident where the combustion results of the batteries had really bad outcomes. Could be it’s happened, but it can’t be happening that often if it’s low enough that it does not make the news much. People getting killed in their burning ICE car is not uncommon and gets mentioned. Yes, yes, I realize the vehicle percentages are not the same, but there is ample newsworthiness to any EV crash event, which would somewhat counteract lower EV use.
Hopefully, the real risks posed by LiOn batteries are being proactively mitigated by proper engineering and even more so in the future. I also assume emergency responders will receive better training and equipment over time. People worrying about it is not a waste, but needs careful, number-driven, risk assessments. At the same time gasoline is not without risks:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alfaques_disaster
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_rail_disaster
Wednesday 28th August 2019 08:48 GMT Peter2
Not to be overly dismissive about your concerns
They aren't my concerns. They are the listed hazards on the Material Safety Data Sheet so they are the concerns of the designers and manufacturers. I assume that they are better at assessing the risks that I am, or you are.
"Any lithium battery fire creates hydroflouric acid"
Um.... NO.
However any car fire which burns the rubber seals around the windows does. Be careful what you touch. Losing your arm due to getting some on a finger is somewhat embarrassing.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 22:09 GMT Terry 6
My chemistry teacher, nearly half a century ago, talked about this stuff. (It was used in his PhD apparently). If you got splashed you had to inject a solid he said. Dunno what or how.
But he made clear that it was very scary stuff.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 10:26 GMT Steve K
HF and elemental fluorine are indeed nasty (look up Chlorine trifluoride and FOOF also for giggles, or read the recently reprinted “Ignition!” book on rocket fuels).
However I must ask where the fluorine comes from in the Lithium battery fire that you are talking about to generate HF?
Wednesday 28th August 2019 20:16 GMT Man inna barrel
Hydroflouric acid from burning Lithium batteries? I would like to see your chemistry. Hydroflouric acid production is already a problem with ICE engine compartment fires. It is due to PTFE insulation on wires getting hot enough to denature. Fire services are aware of this, and take precautions to avoid exposure.
Hydroflouric acid is indeed very nasty stuff. Unlike, say, sulphuric acid, it does usually not burn on contact. But over a few hours, it penetrates the skin, and the flouride ions then muck up calcium chemistry in the body, by making calcium into insoluble flouride.
Thursday 29th August 2019 10:53 GMT Peter2
Lithium Hexaflurophosphate + water apparently, but i'm not a chemist. Go and read the MSDS if your curious.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 15:31 GMT Androgynous Cupboard
Please don't opine on the stability, safety and otherwise of LiFePo4 cells without doing a bit more research. You're simply misinformed.
Here's a video from Sinopoly, one of China's larger manufacturers of LiFePo4 cells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQs7L5LmEss. Note how the fully charged cell is shot, burned, baked and dead-shorted without exploding, which may surprise you of a "flammable, unstable, heat-intolerant" product.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 22:10 GMT Anonymous Coward
LiFePO are more robust/safer than regular Li-Ion ... but with reduced energy density
LiFePO can be charged and discharged faster than regular Li-Ion / "Li-polymer" and have much greater inherent safety against fire etc ... but have something like 25% less energy density by weight or volume.
You pick your technology and take the choice.
Why should the solar panels be dumped? It is fair lumps of high quality silicon, could well be more economical to recycle rather than using raw materials? AFAIR silicon refining is quite energy intensive.
> nuclear (no CO2 but other issues)
What issues?
- A tiny amount of waste fuel that sits about till the reactors that run on such fuel are ready?
- Meltdowns are impossible for new reactors so thats not on the list.
- Material needed to run them is literally everywhere. Need some? Dig it up from practically anywhere, heck there are beaches full of radioactive sand all over the place.
- They are bloody expensive to build, due to poor investment. This should come down once Seimens start building the modular designs.
- They last 60 years out of the box and can be pushed to 100 years with an overhaul.
They dont seem any worse than solar or windo to me:
- Kills anything that files through the wind farm. Basically is a great way to cull anything that flies.
- Uses a huge amount of oil, bet you had no idea about that?
- When that oil ignites can cause significant fire damage ro arable land and crops.
- Poses a risk to populated areas should it shed its blades.
Solar:
- Exposes human beings to extremily dangerous materials during manufature.
- Only lasts 30 years, no ability to be recycled unless you pay loads of money. This is important as the choice between recycle and dumping is not a moral one, its a financial one. Just look at the state of domestic recycling, and thats cheaper than recycling solar!
- When dumped, leaks poisons into the environment. Panels that will not be recycled due to expense will need to be stored in a facility, sealed from the environment.
- Terribly inefficient
- Requires rare materials to be dug up from the earth. Quarrying continues, but this time its used in a political fashion with countries going to war (almost) over supply. The employees involved in mining the material are not thought about and may even involve child labour. Kids build the phones, I bet they dig and make the panels too.
Both wind and solar combined have killed more people than nuclear ever did.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 13:30 GMT EBG
.. not really
The amount of high level waste is not "tiny" in any financial sense. The current plans are for long term deep geological disposal, which are major engineering, expensive projects, relying on very complex safety cases for waste containment over timescales of 1000s years.
Reactors aren't just going to "come along" which " run on such fuel". The fast breeder reactor programmes were abandoned as unworkable. There is some scope for "nuclear incineration" of waste in PWRs, but not to the extent that they will eliminate all waste. Bear in mind that nuclear is a mature technology and is physics limited, with that physics being well understood. There is no equivalent of "Moore's Law" that's going to give automatic advances.
Meltdowns are not impossible with current new reactors ( i.e. those in production ). The industry has played games with the definition of passive safety / inherent safety. The EPR for example will still need positive action in the case of loss of coolant to prevent meltdown. Even if that action is automated and not reliant on off-site power, it could still fail.
SMR cost saving are all hypothetical at the moment.
Re: .. not really
Ah well that's because the current fleet was built not to run its own waste.
And "new reactors" obviously means new designs specifically crafted to passive walk-away safe in the unlikely event of a problem. It doesn't mean the current fleet, nor those being added to the current fleet (which are still 'old' designs).
All new solutions are hypothetical until they're actually built. By your reasoning we'd never build anything new, because it hasn't been built yet.
What you say is true, but not the whole story either. Nuclear technology is only really mature in the few types of, early generation, reactors that have been put in use. They were derived somewhat from military submarine reactors and considerations about suitability for military enrichment was also a factor in their choice. Safety was very important, but only after choosing reactor types that were not necessarily the safest alternatives at the time or now. The current crop is generally fail-unsafe: take away their power and active throttling mechanisms and overheating happens, rather than a gradual shutdown.
There just hasn’t been much serious deployment of more modern designs that aim to mitigate those known issues.
As far as waste goes, if you put bury it in a geologically stable area without much water and far away from people, who really cares if it’s active for a long time? (There’s also that odd rule that materials can emit lots or radiation or do it for a long time, but it’s hard to do both - sufficiently active stuff decays more quickly).
On a side note, I wonder if anyone has proposed to centralize world waste storage to truly remote locations, like perhaps some sub-Antarctic island. Still with proper containment and care, but just away from anyone’s backyard. Combine drone and autonomous tech and people might not need to be too closely involved.
Not worth it, IMHO, until we prove that nuclear energy has sufficient benefits and has sufficiently mitigated reactor risks. But, if it comes to global CO2 or a limited mess somewhere...?
I imagine there are a whole bunch of valid objections - aside from territoriality/nationality considerations and Green outrage. Perhaps shipping difficulties? The local wildlife too, but that really needs to be weighted against the projected species extinctions due to heat and ocean acidification under business as usual.
I'm sorry, but your undersanding is limitted and selective, to the point that you're just plain wrong. Civil PWR are derived from SSN propulsion units in the sense that they're PWRs, but the design details are very different. "Suitability for nulcear enrichment" is a bit confused. Only the very first weapons were enriched U, almost immediately, i.e. in the Nagaski bomb onwards, they were Pu. It's the gas graphite reactors that were dual purpose "Pu factories".
There are "other issues" with the reactor types that as truely passively safe. E.g. as well as fast breeders being abandonded, so were the pebble bed designs. We're not on gen1 nuclear NPPs, were on gen 2+, having run into a wall with 2 different gen 3 options. Decades of high level research have passed, it's not the case that these designs have not been well explored. That they're not in place is not due to some tin foil hat political conspirancy, it's due to the engineering realities.
Re. your post on waste below. Simply saying there is a divide between highly active and long lived is extremely misleading. Activity is not the only hazard. You have highly radiotoxic long lived contamination to consider as well as radiation. The high atomic mass fission products, which require deep disposal are not the same as Co60 etc that are the neutron activation products and will decay in-situ in a de-fueled NPP, on the 130 year timeframe.
Thursday 29th August 2019 16:45 GMT JLV
"You have highly radiotoxic long lived contamination to consider as well as radiation."
Correct me if I am wrong, I had to look it up, but radiotoxic implies direct contact with, inhalation or ingestion, does it not? I.e. basically a poison. I was aware of the effect, if not necessarily the term.
How does that apply to stuff that's buried and vitrified/sealed in concrete in remote areas? Especially places where, for the first 100-200 years care needs to be taken to avoid radiation? You'd expect that containment procedures sufficiently advanced to cover radiation hazard would preclude people getting into direct contact. We're not talking DU shell dust from A-10 gun runs poisoning locals in past battlefields here.
The claim that we've done all we could with reactor tech strikes me as a bit disingenuous as well. I will happily grant you that current reactor tech and deployment is severely flawed. But the fact remains that very little actual new designs have been built in the last 10-20 years in the West. The system in Finland comes to mind, and while it supports your point, it's also one of the very few data points.
Bit like if we had frozen jet engine usage at the turbojet level and had never gone on to turbofans, except for theoretical schematics. I would be skeptical with a "we've fixed it" claim coming out - the industry has had many of those - but dismissing it as a hopeless dead end seems quite risky at this point in time.
And a lot of the costs are not purely technical in nature, but have to do with financing during protracted legal challenges and the lack of standardization.
We don't know how climate change will progress, but all indications is that it trending at least slightly worse than had been expected only 10 years ago. While renewables are certainly following an encouraging trend, I have yet to see totally convincing proposals about how we'll move to 100% renewables and handle both short term fluctuations (for example, no sun at night) and, more importantly, long term seasonal variations (California Dept of Energy says they get only 20% as much wind+solar in the winter as at summer peaks).
What we want to do is to have as many plan Bs as possible to cover contingencies for the next 100 years. Fission is one possibility, fusion (hah!) is another. So are large scale solar farms nearer the equator in desert areas. Being dogmatically opposed to nuclear energy vs being healthily skeptical of it, is not something I will be voting for any time soon.
"There just hasn’t been much serious deployment of more modern designs that aim to mitigate those known issues."
That's an understatement - One Richard Milhous Nixon not only killed the only project which was pretty much proven actively resistant to weaponisation and immune to every kind of accident we've seen in civil nuclear power systems, he had it classified beyond top secret. The world only rediscovered Oak Ridge in the late 1990s.
It's ironic that China's set to be the world's dominant player in molten salt nuclear systems as a result of this(*), because they were diligent enough to acquire as much of the original research as they could when it was released AND because they're willing to put in the large scale investments to make it work whilst all other governments are simply letting small commercial outfits flail around hopelessly with no money.
(*) And _THE_ economic superpower of the 21st-22nd century as a result. When they sell these systems to most of the rest of the world do you think they'll care that America or western Europe won't buy them until everyone else has one?
"The amount of high level waste is not "tiny" in any financial sense. "
The total amount of high level waste produced from a 800MW nuclear plant over its 60 year lifespan is about enough to fill an olympic-size pool - which oddly enough is also the best place to store it until it cools off sufficiently to handle it safely (about 300 years when the caesium decays away, not 20,000)
Alternatively if you have a working molten salt nuclear reactor you can dissolve the waste directly into the fuel stream (rod and all) into the fuel stream and achieve 98% burnup - vs the 2% burnup in a conventional reactor. At that point you no longer have hazardous nuclear waste, you have valuable nuclear fuel. MSRs can also dispose of depleted uranium and plutonium the same way, but after you get them up and running on uranium fuel (kickstarter fuel) the ongoing fuel is Thorium - at about $200/kg vs the $40k/kg of enriched uranium - and incidentally thorium happens to be the primary contaminant making rare earth mine tailings difficult and expensive to get rid of most countries, so finding a market for it solves another problem.
So you asked about 'Other Issues' and then stated some other issues (waste and cost). You've answer your own question!
It will be great when workable fast breeder reactors, for a low price and safe design come on board. With little waste and great economies.
However, if we are talking about Nuclear today in the UK, then Nuclear is pretty much the most expensive option available, has massive decommissioning costs and timescales with little in the way of a proper disposal plan and has very few companies who are even willing to make them.
I'm not in any way anti-nuclear. The promises of reliable, constant, cheap, CO2 free energy is great. The realities are just not quite there yet and the sooner they come about the better.
I just fear that this might never happen. After 60 years there should be multiple companies all bidding to build them without subsidy and bringing electricity prices down to the low levels.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 16:17 GMT SImon Hobson
Unfortunately the greens* have done a good job of making nuclear a lot more expensive, and produce a lot more "waste", than it needs to be.
For example, decommissioning of the old Magnox reactors was actually considered, and a plan was in place. Plan iswas simple - turn it off and keep cooling it for a while, remove the fuel and remove all the ancillary stuff leaving you with the primary containment about the size of a house. Post some guards in case someone wants to graffiti it or something, and leave it to cool down for (say) 100 years. As anyone who actually understands "things nucular", something is either long lived OR it's highly active - it cannot be highly active and long lived. After 100 years the radioactivity level is low enough, so I've been told by someone who knows about this stuff, that you can cut a hole in the side, walk in, and carry out the carbon blocks making up the moderator.
But no, the greens* insist that we can't do the sensible thing, we have to do it the most expensive way possible - meaning to dismantle a "hot" reactor and find something to do with all the highly active stuff while it cools down.
Similarly, a lot of the "waste" that we are being forced to get rid of at great expense could (as you point out) be considered fuel in the right type of reactor - vastly reducing the quantity of waste to be dealt with. But again, for political reasons this isn't happening - not for valid technical or economic reasons, but the green* PR machine can't allow plutonium to exist even if it's then fuel for a reactor.
AIUI there is enough wastefuel already in storage in the UK for us to be 100% nuclear for at least a century if we had the right reactor fleet.
* Certain factions. No matter what you want to do, you will find someone in the "green" movement who is against it for some "green" reason.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 16:31 GMT Boris the Cockroach
And never forget the huge amount of 'low level' waste that goes into the drigg dump at sellafield, polluting the landscape with the hard hats worn by visiting celebs/politicos etc etc etc
Hell there are areas of Exmoor and Bodmin moor that are more radioactive that that dump... so they can go in too..
But back to the subject of EVs ..... all we're changing with EVs is where the pollution is emitted, ie at the power station exhaust and where ever the batteries are made.. after all it takes the same energy to accelerate a 1000lb car to 30 mph not matter if its powered by electric , burning fossils or pink fairies
If it doesn't , then theres something very wrong with the universe......
And never forget that a lot of that low level waste is medical, either from isotopes used by hospitals, or that have passed through patients. Which is fun for Sellafield, eg-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield#Norwegian_objections
..radioactive materials leaked into the sea at Sellafield along the entire coast of Norway and water samples have shown up to tenfold increases in such materials as technetium-99
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium-99m
..Technetium-99m is a metastable nuclear isomer of technetium-99 (itself an isotope of technetium), symbolized as 99mTc, that is used in tens of millions of medical diagnostic procedures annually, making it the most commonly used medical radioisotope
Soo.. I wonder if Sellafield is really the source? Nuclear alchemy is fun like that, and also one of those things 'renewables' can't do, ie cheaply/reliably produce medical or industrial isotopes used in diagnostics or treatments.. Yet another of the ways Greens want to kill people, intentionally or otherwise.
But they've spent a long time arguing against nuclear, even though they're now demanding 3-4x more electricity than the UK currently produces to decarbonise our economy. Simplest solution would of course be building more reactors.. And a sensible enrichment/breeding/refuelling programme to create fuel, isotopes, and of course burn waste.
"Hell there are areas of Exmoor and Bodmin moor that are more radioactive that that dump... so they can go in too.."
Most coal station exhaust stacks are far more radioactive than that dump.....
"It will be great when workable fast breeder reactors, for a low price and safe design come on board. With little waste and great economies."
Fast breeders - heh heh. With molten sodium coolant, heh heh. "It won't catch fire this time guys, honest. We learned from Shippingport, really!"
Richard Nixon was sold that when he killed the Oak Ridge project in favour of his boys in Southern California. Guess what happened.
Japan was convinced they'd solved it when they setup Monju. 20 tons of burning sodium in the basement makes for a bad day. They're still cleaning that one up (and that wasn't even in the nuclear loop!)
The Russians tried molten lead coolant loops - the fumes ate the brains of a number of their researchers.
I'm quite sure that at some point in the future Alvin Weinberg will be canonised for his successful effort to produce a properly safe and usefully hot nuclear reactor - and his production of one that ran for 9000 hours between 1966 and 1969 - with NO measurable corrosion despite the claims made by FUD teams since then.
Weinberg used Uranium for the Nautilus reactor because that's what was available, not because it was the best fuel for the job. He used a steam boiler design because that's what worked for the job and was entirely containable and had an effectively infinite heatsink just outside the hull, and steam turbines were well understood by navies - not because it was the perfect technology for the job. He was _extremely_ unhappy that his 60-80MW 6bar design was scaled up to 3000MW and 100bar - the stresses on the engineering go up with the cube of the power and these are massive steam bombs ready to explode. He was firmly convinced even before making the Nautilus and Shippingport reactors that Thorium was the best long term answer - likening it to diesel and enriched uranium to TNT in terms of fuel types.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 09:54 GMT Jim84
I think it is about time The Register interviewed Kirk Sorenson about molten salt reactors.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 19:07 GMT The Last Elephant
" When that oil ignites can cause significant fire damage ro arable land and crops.
- Poses a risk to populated areas should it shed its blades."
That's a very thin straw you're clutching at there...
Re: WTF?
>> - Poses a risk to populated areas should it shed its blades."
> That's a very thin straw you're clutching at there...
Oh really? There are multiple recorded incidents across Europe of shed blades going more than a mile downwind. That 2 mile clearance zone is there for a reason.
And the oil fire? That is new to me.
"until we can generate the power for them without burning dino juice"
It's worse than that.
Even if we keep the dino-burners (which we won't), we won't have ENOUGH generation capacity to feed an EV fleet and keep up with existing electricity requirements, no matter how much "renewable" generation capacity is deployed (simply because it can't extract enough from what's available - unlimited supply doesn't mean unlimited availability)
removing gas connections after 2025 is going to add as much electrical demand again.
The _only_ way to meet demand is nuclear and those tend to take 30 years to build. By the time this gets realised the rolling power cuts will have already begun (and those whizzo smart meters with their ability to charge uber-peak time rates will be earning their keep for the power companies - yes they DO have remote cutoff relays in them to knock the plebs offline, see Big Clive's teardown of one obtained under dubious circumstances)
Wednesday 28th August 2019 13:34 GMT jmch
" it matters not a jot that everyone has zero emitting vehicles until we can generate the power for them without burning dino juice."
-ICE in car efficiency approx 20-25%
-Combined cycle plant efficiency 40-45%.
Even accounting for 5% transmission losses and 10-15% charging losses, electric cars come out ahead in CO2 emissions even if every single watt they use comes from dino juice
2) Tailpipe emissions aren't only CO2, there's all sorts of nasties that I would rather not have to breathe.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 15:47 GMT Intractable Potsherd
"there's all sorts of nasties that I would rather not have to breathe."
We are living at a time of unparalleled air quality (wood and coal smoke made for horrible air, and the waste from horses etc made things much worse), and mortality and morbidity levels that could only be dreamed about only a hundred years ago, yet people are still bleating about the emissions from cars!
Friday 30th August 2019 23:27 GMT Col_Panek
So why aren't you still driving diesels?
Friday 6th September 2019 19:09 GMT Intractable Potsherd
I am - both my cars are diesel.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:17 GMT Keith Oborn
A bit out of date?
A parliamentary report form last year - so probably using information from some while before.
I'm on my second EV (Nissan Leaf) and it is already price-competitive with an equivalent IC car if you look at overall cost of ownership. Same goes for other models. The only difference is range, and from personal experience that is a red herring for almost all usage patterns.
The E-Golf is a bad example: an expensive lashed-up conversion of an existing model. Look at future VW models for a better comparison.
There is a good secondhand market already: look at Auto Trader. OK, the absolute number of cars is low, but then that reflects the number sold in past years.
Charging points are a problem. The main issue is the stupid multiple payment systems, although at least HM Gov are working on that, all new ones must take bank cards from next year. Given that the largest "network" is now owned by BP, I suspect that this issue will get fixed for existing units quite soon.
A lot of public charge points are in odd locations. Ecotricity did a good job on this, putting them at motorway service stations. BP will no doubt know some good places!
BUT: EV owners only rarely need to use a public charge point. Most charging is at home.
Perhaps El Reg might like to write, copy or link to an article that shows the real situation - warts and all, for there are warts, but they are small and shrinking.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:49 GMT Swiss Anton
Re: A bit out of date?
"is already price-competitive with an equivalent IC car if you look at overall cost of ownership"
They aren't taxed like non-electric vehicles, once tax revenues from the sale hydrocarbon fuels start to significantly drop, I sure that some new tax will be created to compensate.
I will conceded that servicing costs of pure electric vehicles "should" always be cheaper than non-electric cars, but again, the dealers will not want to lose out on the profits to be made from servicing vehicles.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:01 GMT Sorry that handle is already taken.
What is there left to service though?
Off the top of my head, wiper blades, cabin air cleaners maybe once a year and dampers every 100,000km. Almost everything else unrelated to internal combustion engines is a lifetime item these days.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:47 GMT Alister
Brakes, wheel bearings etc, and all the usual body electrical items will all still require servicing or replacement.
Wheel bearings should last the life of any car. Brakes don't need changing on an EV for most drivers.
Electrical items don't need servicing on any vehicle, they might need replacing if they develop a fault but shouldn't be the norm.
Brake pads do last longer on an EV because they prefer regenerative braking, but I don't know what the lifetime is. Wheel bearings are not a service item on most modern cars and in many cases can't be replaced without tossing out the entire hub assembly.
Out of interest which electrical items are you referring to? I'm talking about scheduled servicing, not unscheduled replacement of unexpected parts failures.
(I also didn't mention tyres because who gets their tyres replaced at a stealership? - shouldn't have mentioned wiper blades for the same reason)
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Tyres, wheel alignment, washer fluid - there's not a lot.
There's a lot of service items beyond the engine, spark plugs, oil and air filter.
Suspension, transmission (unless we're talking in-hub motors), other filters, aircon, brakes (less so due to regenerative braking), bearings, bushes, wipers, lights (less so as LEDs become widespread)... to name a few. Batteries, battery coolant.
Suspension, bushes and bearings are under more strain due to the increased weight, and manufacturers love to make these things as cheap as possible so I expect the same MTBFs will still apply.
Tyres wear faster due to extra weight.
Still a lot of things left to service on an EV.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 10:21 GMT Sorry that handle is already taken.
It's certainly fair to say that there are still a lot of things that can go wrong on an EV, but a lot of them aren't scheduled service items.
Battery coolant is an interesting one. I had assumed the very different operating environment meant this was a lifetime item or close to it. It looks like it's a 5 year/100,000 km replacement on a Tesla.
Suspension should only be under more strain if they're not properly specified. They're not taking suspension from a 1750 kg vehicle and throwing it straight on a 2500 kg vehicle. At least I hope not.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:30 GMT batfink
The latest statistics I can easily find (https://www.ifs.org.uk/bns/bn09.pdf) (2016) showed fuel tax in the UK bringing in £27.6Bn, or 3.9% of government income.
Somehow I doubt that the UK government's commitment to electrifying the transport sector will also come with a commitment not to somehow collect an equivalent amount of cash.
Cost of replacing an ICE engine, vs a battery pack or EV motor? Hmmm... Hmmmm.
Depends on the motor. Typical ICE can easily run to £5k-£10k or more, which seems roughly equivalent to EV battery prices I've heard quoted.
How often does anyone replace an ICE engine or, for that matter, a battery pack?
"How often does anyone replace an ICE engine or, for that matter, a battery pack?"
Its a bit early to say how often someone will need to replace the battery pack on a car, as the number of seven year old electric cars is very small. On the other hand, I've had to replace the batteries on a phone more than once. I've also had to replace a lead acid battery on a petrol car.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 23:59 GMT Daniel 18
"Cost of replacing an ICE engine, vs a battery pack or EV motor? Hmmm... Hmmmm."
In fifty years of driving IC vehicles, mostly second hand, typically 40,000 km/year, and keeping them an average of about 8 years, I have *never* had to replace an engine.
I could relegate my current car to longer trips only, and buy a Tesla S, but that would cost me about $40,000 more than I paid for my current vehicle, before looking into the insurance implications. I am sure my insurance would climb substantially, perhaps enough to pay for half my gasoline from that factor alone.
And $40,000 buys a lot of maintenance and fuel, particularly if you invest it. One might find that at the end of the reasonable ownership period for the Tesla you would still be $30,000 ahead of the game, enough to buy a reasonable IC vehicle new, and still have more than $10,000 left over.
Tuesday 3rd September 2019 20:13 GMT MachDiamond
"dealers will not want to lose out on the profits to be made from servicing vehicles."
They'll hate it, but they better face up to it and find new ways to bring in revenue. EV's are gaining in popularity and dealers that don't face their in for a shift in business will go out of business.
I see the Petrolheads are out in force today.
It seems that any post supporting EV's is downvoted almost into oblivion.
Us smug gits in our Leaf's that ONLY use renewable Electricity from companies like Ecotricity, Octopus and our own Solar Panels will have the last laughs.
I've just bought my second Leaf and love the quietness. I don't miss putting petrol into my daily transport.
What is happening in the EV market is just like what happened 110 years ago with ICE vehicles. At first only the rich could afford them. Then Ford came along with the Model 'T' and suddenly almost everyone could afford a car.
With the Peugeot 208EV and Vauhall Corsa coming along soon and the VW ID range next year, price parity won't be far away. Then we'll see the numbers reall take off.
Oh, and even on long trips, my running costs are 4-6p/mile. Can you get that out of your dino-guzzler?
As for the tyre and brake dust excuse... The tyres on most EV's last longer than on ICE's and because of the regenerative braking (using the electric motor as a generator) I need to hardly use the brakes. In fact, on the Leaf, I drive around town using one pedal (the throttle). Those facts mean that the amount of pollution coming from an EV in normal use is miniscule when compared to ICE cars.
Go ahead and downvote this. Every downvote is IMHO someone just sticking their head in the sand.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:39 GMT Evil Scot
If you really want to be smug.
Do you freeze your balls off de-icing the car.
Do you spend the first half of the journey waiting for the car to warm up?
Do you spend the second half of the journey waiting for the driver to warm up?
Or you can just use an app to tell the car to warm up (or cool down) before you get in it. Some Evs have this and they don't need to sit there pushing out pollution to do it.
Just jump into a nice warm car each morning (fully deiced).
Waste of energy. Increases demand, creates pollution.
Wear a coat and use a scaper. Amazingly they dont run on electricity.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:29 GMT The Oncoming Scorn
Nice plan - I'll remember that next time it drops to -32C in Canada.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 17:39 GMT OVah2eze
Commuted with a Leaf for 7 years in Canada. Leaf *always* starts, no matter how cold. Low centre of gravity and winter tyres and it drives securely in snow/ice. You are wearing boots, mitts and a coat at -25 already, yes? You'll be fine. Only issue is clearing the fog, so I have a 200W 12V dash fan. Japan didn't believe heat was needed, so software prevents it from being operational below a 18.5C set-point sadly. When it is -25C, enough heat to clear the windows is -20C oops.
> Do you freeze your balls off de-icing the car.
You should, anything else is a waste of energy.
> Do you spend the first half of the journey waiting for the car to warm up?
You shouldnt warm up your car if its electric, its a waste of energy. Use the warm steering wheel instead. As for a car with an engine, heat is merely a byproduct, put it to good use!
> Do you spend the second half of the journey waiting for the driver to warm up?
If you are in a warm car why are you still cold? Go to a doctor
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:04 GMT Pete4000uk
Um, please tell us how buying from Ecotricity get you ONLY renewable electrons coming down the wires?
> Um, please tell us how buying from Ecotricity get you ONLY renewable electrons coming down the wires?
Dear God, it's not hard...electrons from a renewable generating source mean fewer electrons needed from a non-renewable source. You don't actually have to use them yourself.
> Dear God, it's not hard...electrons from a renewable generating source mean fewer electrons needed from a non-renewable source. You don't actually have to use them yourself.
What do you do on a still hot night? No sun, no wind.
How do you sleep knowing you are using dirty electrons when you charge your car?
Maxwell's Demon. He's figured it out and put it to work as an electron bouncer.
Why are are we talking about buying electrons? How far does an electron drift around the electricity network in an AC system anyway? It can't even make up its mind which direction to go.
By EMF, we are paying a utility company to generate for us.
> What do you do on a still hot night? No sun, no wind.
Turn the lights off and have sex.
Dear God, it's not hard
It seems to be for those who've fallen for the greenwash.
In this country we do NOT, except on rare (and short) occasions, have excess zero carbon and zero fossil fuel based generation. As we get more EVs, this will get worse, not better - particularly overnight when it is suggested a lot of EVs will be charged to use the cheaper lecky.
So given that with the current screwed up system, all renewables must be bought regardless of price (and penalties paid if it can't be taken), there will be at any time all the renewables (and most o the time, nuclear) fully used. Along comes Mr Smug and plugs in his Smugmobile to charge - where does that extra (i.e. the incremental amount needed to charge that EV) come from ?
Clue, it CANNOT come from renewables, they are already running at 100%. Somewhere, the taps will open on a fossil fuelled power station to make up the extra demand. This is a fundamental concept that many people just cannot seem to grasp. It makes no difference what your lecky supplier calls your tariff - it's all the same lecky, comes from the same mix, and is in no way "adding to" the amount of "green" lecky available or being used.
Please don't take this as me being anti lecky vehicles because I'm not. Quite frankly, I'd consider one or two right now if it weren't for the fact that they would be as affordable for us as buying a house is affordable for many people - i.e. not at all. It's a shame because the majority of our use would suit a lecky vehicle nicely - and we have the luxury of being able to park all our fleet in the drive and could plug them in. I've even thought about the practicalities of a conversion, but still not remotely without our financial abilities. As an aside, our youngest car is 13 years old and we only have that because I inherited it from my late father, the oldest is 31 years old.
But at the moment EVs are at least in part a false statement by the owner - the "see, I'm green" image which as above is false. There is no such thing as green lecky regardless of what lies the suppliers tell you. That isn't going to change until we have "quite a lot" more nuclear capacity.
Go ahead, downvote me - it seems that using logic and facts is frowned upon by certain groups.
> Clue, it CANNOT come from renewables, they are already running at 100%.
Sure, now, at this moment in time. But at this moment in time the Mr Smugs have not yet materialised so there is time to build more renewable generating capacity.
And no this doesn't mean covering the entire country in turbines: installed turbines are typically capable of generating 2.5-3MW. GE recently unveiled a 12.5MW turbine.
Sunday 1st September 2019 20:50 GMT SImon Hobson
Yeah, and how man of those huge turbines are going to get built ? And when ?
It's going to be a loooong time before we reach "zero carbon" generation mix except at a few sweet points. In winter when demand is highest and solar is very much reduced, it's going to be even longer.
> I see the Petrolheads are out in force today.
Okay, what about physics pedants? :-)
> The tyres on most EV's last longer than on ICE's and because of the regenerative braking (using the electric motor as a generator) I need to hardly use the brakes
The bit the slows a car and wears the tyres is the friction between the tyre and the road. Ignoring exceptional circumstances such as skidding, when the wheels rotate more slowly then the car slows down. It's irrelevant whether that reduction in wheel rotational speed was caused by regenerative braking, conventional engine-braking or by a disk brake.
If anything, the tyres on an EV will last less long than on an ICE vehicle because of (a) additional vehicle weight and (b) more powerful acceleration, tempting the driver's right foot.
> Can you get that out of your dino-guzzler?
Funny how you say that considering your battery car is running on gas mostly.
Oh, because you pay a tiny eclectric company to install a few wind farms and panels you think they magically deliver that energy to you? How do they do that? Can the electrons be directed to you like the post is?
Here, take a look at this. This site will tell you where your power is coming from, at any time of day. Just because you pay ecotricity does not mean you are using renewable energy. You are using whatever is generated, so when there is no sun or wind (like on a cold still night) your car is charging on gas and a small amount of poorly funded nuclear.
https://gridwatch.co.uk/
If you watch that you will see that the majority of the electricity you use at any time of day and certainly at night comes from good ol dino gas.
So stop pretending to walk about with a smugness in your step thinking you are some kid of rebel for using exclusivley renewable energy. You can only do that if you never plug into the grid and use your own panels. You use the same stuff we all do.
I can be smug knowing that the Electricity used to power my car comes from Sun and Wind. Most of it is generated by my Solar Panels and when I'm not using it, it is charging the 21kWh battery that I have. I can disconnet my home from the grid in winter for more than two days if I have a full battery.
At this time of year, I can charge my car overnight using the power in the battery, go out all day knowing that the sun (even on a cloudy day I get 4kWh ery and today it will be more than 20kWh) is charging my home battery ready for me to charge again when I get home. I don't need to charge every day given my use case.
IT is all down to a change in mindset that I had withing a few weeks of getting my Leaf. Once you do that usig an EV isn't a problem at all.
Oh, and if the lies of Ecotricity were not supplying 100% renewable power 24/7/52 then the ASA etc would have stopped them advertising this fact.
Get your blinkers off and embrace the future or ar you still working for a buggy whip maker?
A really effective personal transport solution shouldn't require a change in mindset. It should just work, as well as if not better than the thing it replaces. Reduced convenience is hardly a compelling argument.
As to your local generation, that's great and it works for you but many people can't afford it, lack suitable space/roof-orientation to build it if they can afford it, lack a dedicated parking space even if they otherwise have the means, lattitude is barely adequate... etc. etc.
ASA...? Come on, they're toothless. Please. You can't be that naive. Besides, regardless of what Ecotricity et. al. provide, you aren't justs shuttling their electons into your Leaf.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:54 GMT Avatar of They
Smug? When you can get your over priced over weight Leaf from Leeds to Cardiff in the UK and back in one go without waiting for 30 mins every 150 miles. In one of the very few refuelling stations that currently exist. Then you might have a point.
But your precious Leaf can't do that. Neither can it carry four people and luggage, or pull a trailer, or horse box, or carry plumbing supplies, or help the builder, or electrician, it can't clean the streets, empty the bins, carry paying passengers, drive in all road conditions, can' help farmers, or the emergency services carry sick people etc etc. And bear in mind the VW ID range are concepts, so until proven, they are just pretty marketing rubbish.
So 'head in the sand' or practicality. Which is far more important to every day use than your belief you are somehow better for paying over the odds.
To replace what people use diesel and petrol for, you will need every shell garage to have a charging point and every Asda car parking spot has one. (not just two sat in a corner) With every charge being under a minute or two.
Well if I wanted to go from Leeds to Cardiff in my Model 3 it would require a 7 minute stop at a supercharger to complete the journey costing £1.94.
I would use one of the 1661 rapid chargers available (probably just one of the hundreds of Tesla Superchargers across the country).
I could carry four people and luggage quite easily and pull a trailer and carry plumbing supplies, but I don't need to pull a horsebox, help a builder or electrician, clean the streets, empty the bins, carry paying passengers, help a farmer or the help the emergency services carry sick people.
Luckily the emergency services already use their own electric vehicles, so do taxis, so do street cleaners and there are electric vehicles that can tow over a few tons.
"To replace what people use diesel and petrol for, you will need every shell garage to have a charging point and every Asda car parking spot has one. (not just two sat in a corner) With every charge being under a minute or two."
No you won't, where do you get that from? Does every Asda have a fuel pump in every car parking spot now? Most EVs will have their 'tanks' refilled every night at home. They will rarely need to even use a public charging station.
Re: Go ahead and downvote this.
Ok I will. Not because you have an EV, you can afford that option and it works for your circumstances, but because you believe you're charging it with ONLY use renewable Electricity from companies like Ecotricity, Octopus. No. You get the same grid mix as the rest of us (minus your solar panels -- also financially beyond reach for many).
Ecotricity Vegan Energy...? WTF!?! Do other providers fuel their generators with a steady stream of live animals? This has to be up there with the most ridiculous, stupid, bandwagon jumping virtue signalling nonsense there has ever been.
https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/our-green-energy/vegan-energy-supply
Thursday 29th August 2019 15:08 GMT MrXavia
EV's are a great idea but they are also not as convenient or efficient as people think...
It would cost me in my larger (and way more comfortable) than a Nissan Leaf gas guzzler about 11-12p/Mile, and please consider that over half that cost to me is tax you will eventually need to pay when more cars are EV's
I would like an EV, but I worked out it would take me around 300k miles to recoup the costs of switching cars not including running costs and that is only if I switch to a cheap EV like the leaf (assuming costs remained the same), and considering I have only done 30k miles in 6 years that is 60 years of driving!
Sure I will probably go EV when I change my car, but until they reach price parity in terms of luxury versions I will not change ,not because I don't worry about the environment, but because I can't afford to change.
Friday 30th August 2019 09:19 GMT LucreLout
I'm a petrolhead and I love EVs, not as much as I love V8s, but I do love them. I will have one at some point. They've basically ecotard proofed one of my favourite hobbies. And, ludicrous as this will sound given that we now have something like 250 years worth of oil on line thanks to tech and prices, if the oil was to run low, EVs mean we have somewhere to go for rapid transport.
You do realise that with the premium price of the EV, you're basically pre-purchasing about 10 years worth of fuel, right? Unfortunately, they don't run on smugness alone.
The tyres on most EV's last longer than on ICE's and because of the regenerative braking (using the electric motor as a generator) I need to hardly use the brakes.
You seem to be overlooking the amount of tyre wear due to cornering. Its not all about acceleration and breaking, though in terms of torque being available immediately in an EV, tyre wear could quite conceivably rise with like for like driving.
Those facts mean that the amount of pollution coming from an EV in normal use is miniscule when compared to ICE cars.
No it doesn't. The pollution used to create the batteries for an EV far far outstrip any CO2 emitted from an ICE in its working life. You're in the hole before you leave the showroom, and that's assuming you run it on pollution free electricity, which no matter what your supplier may tell you, isn't CO2 free. All you do buy insisting on it, is defray your pollution onto the rest of us because there's not enough "green" energy to go around.
Have an EV, love your EV, by all means. Just lose the smugness, because that's borne mostly of ignorance than facts. And I speak as an EV loving petrolhead.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:19 GMT Duncan Macdonald
The Nissan Leaf has a RRP starting at £31,440 - a Hyuandai i10 has a RRP starting at £9,091 - a difference of over £20,000 !! This difference will pay for a lot of petrol or diesel fuel. (At current prices and the mpg of an i10 it would be sufficient for about 140,000 miles!!)
The capital cost of a Nissan Leaf at over £30k is beyond the means of most car drivers in the UK even with hire purchase. Add to that the difficulty in charging for anyone living in a flat and the time taken to do a full charge (with a standard 13 amp socket it takes about 10 hours for a full charge of a Leaf vs 5 minutes to fill up an i10 at a petrol station). (Even with a high power charger (30 Amp 7kW) it takes over 4 hours for a full charge (and this sort of charger normally requires house wiring changes.))
In calm winter nights there is very little power available from renewables - the increased demand from a large fleet of EVs would require the building of several more conventional power stations (nuclear, coal or gas) and would probably require reinforcement of the National Grid in several locations.
But a Jaguar XJ starts from £62,000 compared to a Nissan Leaf at £30k.
A Dacia Sandero is under £7k compared to a Hyundai i10 at £9.091 think of the savings.
A bike is £100 compared with an i10 at £9,091 with the only fuel being a bit of Shredded Wheat.
It's fun comparing prices of completely different vehicles isn't it? (Doesn't mean much but, hey).
Re: They were not.
Completely different? Did they use a Jag or a Dacia as an example?
Did they use the fuel costs and mileage as an example?
No, they compared a Nissan Leaf to a Hyundai i10 to make a statement about cost difference.
That's as valid as making a cost comparison between any two other vehicles.
If you have two identical spec cars from the same manufacturer, same trim but one is an EV and one is a Petrol and the EV promoter states that it is much more cost effective. It makes sense to compare cost of the vehicle and total running costs to point out if the ICE is cheaper over 140,000 miles. Otherwise it is meaningless.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:52 GMT macjules
1) HMRC right now is like the music CD industry around 2008 or so: they can see that the revenue from petrol/diesel is going to die, but refuse to acknowledge it might happen.
2) Given that their reports tend to be at least 2 years out of date you should expect another 2 - 3 years before seeing any real improvement in public charging points.
3) Apropos 2 above there should be a caveat as HMRC is undoubtedly trying to work out a way of generating the lost fossil fuel/ICE income. Possibly high EV car taxes earnestly labelled as "environmental taxes"?
Wednesday 28th August 2019 04:13 GMT Kernel
"3) Apropos 2 above there should be a caveat as HMRC is undoubtedly trying to work out a way of generating the lost fossil fuel/ICE income. Possibly high EV car taxes earnestly labelled as "environmental taxes"?"
In New Zealand this issue is addressed with something called "Road User Charges" (RUC), which are payable by any vehicle which uses a fuel not taxed at source ie., one of petrol, CNG or LPG.
At the moment EVs are exempt in a bid to increase uptake, but IIRC this exemption ends in 2023. The amount paid in RUC varies by vehicle weight, number of axles, tyre and suspension type, but a typical EV would currently be paying $78NZ per 1000km.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:26 GMT Aoyagi Aichou
"I'm on my second EV (Nissan Leaf) and it is already price-competitive with an equivalent IC car if you look at overall cost of ownership."
This is absolutely false. Not only is the Leaf (which is a car that I genuinely like, by the way) significantly more higher an equivalent ICE car, but the costs of maintenance of EVs are generally rather generously underestimated.
"The only difference is range, and from personal experience that is a red herring for almost all usage patterns."
I don't know how many people do long trips often, but I don't think there's so few of them to wave them off like that.
The stats are out there.
For a 200 mile+ EV the average person would need to use a public charger 2~3 time a year if they can charge at home.
For a 200 mile+ EV the average person would need to use a public charger 2~3 time a year if they can charge at home
Where I live - the metropolitan area, not the country - hundreds of thousands of people will make trips exceeding 200 miles most late spring to early fall weekends, and a somewhat smaller number will do so many winter weekends.
I guess you don't drive much.
Not everyone is a stay-at-home.
For that matter, one way to the city of one of several girlfriends over the years would be more than twice that 200 miles, and I really wouldn't want to make the trip any longer than it had to be for a long weekend visit. Eleven hours of driving is quite long enough.
Of course, one of my girlfriends was made of tougher stuff than I am - she could do a 23 hour trip, only stopping when the car needed refueling.
"the costs of maintenance of EVs are generally rather generously underestimated."
They don't need to be underestimated the costs are out there. You don't need to service an EV in the traditional sense of an ICE. Tyres and wheels are the same in that regards, Wipers and washers the same, Air filters are similar.
It's a worry for dealers for sure. It's a conflict of interest for them to push an EV for the short term commission knowing that service costs will be a lot lower. However the sales and service departments are separate and have their own targets!
Sorry to disagree with you on this. The wear on EV tyres is significantly higher than for ICE vehicles, due to the torque. I estimated that it was at least 25% higher as I usually had to change tyres at least once every 2 years, and I owned a Tesla Model S from 2014 to 2018.
As for the dichotomy of sales v service I would not worry too much about it. BMW i3 EV (for example) has a pretty abysmal service record where Fast Charging causes certain features to be reset, Low-cost charging does not work at all etc. - all blamed by BMW upon "users not knowing how to use our App"
I might consider another EV sometime in the future when car manufacturers stop the incessant BS and make cars with a range that honestly matches an ICE car with a full tank or a genuine "10 minute 95% recharge". Until then I am happy polluting Southern England with my Alfa Stelvio and its warning after 400 miles when it is about to run out of distilled ancient tree juice.
I bought my first EV about 3 months ago - a 2017 Leaf with 30KWh battery pack, from a Nissan dealer. Gives us an easy 100 mile range with a mix of motorway/urban driving, which is enough for 99% of our trips. I haven't had to do any maintenance yet, but when you look under the hood there's an awful lot less to maintain so I can't imagine it's going to be more expensive than an ICE car.
Price was £13,500. Given we were spending £2k/year on diesel in our old car I'd expect it to easily pay for itself within ten years, maintenance included.
Up until fairly recently, I used to drive all over the country for my hobby. This could mean anything up to 300 miles in a day with another event the next day. The car needed to be ready to go at a moments notice whilst on the event. An electric car would have been useless. I used to work 50 miles from home on shifts, regularly getting home after 10pm,and setting off at 6am the next morning. My car at the time had a range of just over 150 miles (SIII Land Rover), so I needed to fill up every second day - easy and took <5 minutes. An EV would have been useless. To visit friends and relatives in the UK is a 350 mile trip one way - currently doable in 5.5 hours if I'm on my own. An EV would be useless. I need to tow fairly often, or to take large amounts of heavy stuff in the car - an EV would be useless. I need a people carrier for various reasons - an EV would be useless. I have considered a *hybrid*, but pure electric would require too much change in the way I do things, and I see no reason to.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:27 GMT Jack 12
I would quite like to consider an EV, but at the moment "most charging is done at home" is problematic for me, given that I live in a first floor flat, with communal parking that doesn't include a charging point in each parking space.
I can't imagine I'm even the least advantaged in this, indeed I've personally had worse situations than I currently have. It's fine if you have a garage or driveway at your property where you can install your own charging point, but many people, particularly in urban areas, rely on on-street parking, with no guarantee that the parking space will be particularly adjacent to their property.
I then work in a workplace that has (far) fewer allocated parking spots than people who need to drive (woeful public transport here), and most of the time am again reliant on on-street parking, so I wouldn't even be able to rely on charging whilst at work.
That's the public charge point issue I need to be addressed before it becomes remotely practical, not just "can we build a bunch co-located with petrol stations/service stations" for when I'm doing longer distances and need to charge.
Err.
EV owners only rarely need to use a public charge point. Most charging is at home
The leafy suburb market with front drives will, I suspect, not be adequate to support a market fully.
The inner-city living driver, the older style terrace (even in the suburbs, and if it's London especially) living driver, the flat dweller None of us have access to a front drive charging point.
And public charge points need to be cheap enough to not cause resentment. And I'm saying now, I'll be bloody resentful if I find in the future that I'm paying more to charge and run my car from a public charge point near my North London terraced house than the rich folks do.in the driveways of their million pound+ semis and detached houses.
"The only difference is range, and from personal experience that is a red herring for almost all OF MY usage patterns."
I just checked, and it looks like the average low temperature in the a couple of English towns, and the average monthly lows never get below 0 degrees - not even freezing.
You live in a small, warm country with a dense population and cities whose layout developed before the automobile became significant.
If you live in a much larger, colder, more dispersed country with cities largely built after WW2, the use cases are substantially different.
For that matter, that your use cases are satisfied by EVs means very little about how well they may work for other people.
Your country has a population density one to two orders of magnitude greater than some other countries, and it is the 78th largest country. That combined with the pre-automotive structure of city layouts means that your geographic micro-structure tends to put things close together. For most of the people on the planet, countries are larger and things are farther apart. EVs are in no way a general solution for transportation.
Someone will be tempted to suggest trains as an alternative to EVs. Given Britain's early adoption of steam locomotives, and the resulting urban geography and social expectations, you are much more heavily invested in rail transport... and you have the population densities to make it relatively affordable, due to high use and short distances. Large parts of the world use cell phones because they can't afford to build a phone network, let alone railways, so that isn't a general solution either.
Hydrogen is a bit inconvenient, for several reasons.
That means the best solution is probably IC or EC vehicles, using a liquid fuel. There are a large number of options, particularly for EC vehicles which, among other benefits, do not have an issue with nitrogen chemicals.
If you are somewhat resourceful, there are a number of ways of deriving the carbon in such fuels from atmospheric carbon dioxide, thus making them net zero carbon in operation. Furthermore, existing infrastructure can be used to transport and distribute those fuels.
The future isn't likely to be all EVs or even mostly EVs. It will be carbon captured fuels.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 19:05 GMT macjules
“Given Britain's early adoption of steam locomotives, and the resulting urban geography and social expectations, you are much more heavily invested in rail transport.”
It has something to do with us having invented it. And the later Georgian/Victorian urban geography was actually more designed around the canal infrastructure than the much later rail systems, which tended to follow the existing canal routes.
Now, if you want to talk about the original urban infrastructure of England: it tends to follow the system of “how quickly can the crap in the street flow down to the nearest river”.
Can I ask why you are on your second EV?
(E.g got 2 now, replaced via insurance, needed bigger one etc.?)
Wednesday 28th August 2019 11:57 GMT 2+2=5
> I'm on my second EV (Nissan Leaf)
May I ask why? Just the usual end of lease/company car turnover or some issue?
Secondly, is there any 'battery life remaining' type info would tell you how good the batteries were at the end of 3 years?
Wednesday 28th August 2019 14:13 GMT ThatOne
> Most charging is at home.
That's for the fortunate few who live in individual homes. Unfortunately the biggest part of the population lives in cities, in apartment buildings, and park their cars in the streets.
So, where (and when?) would those people be able to charge an EV? Unless all urban sidewalks grow a forest of safe (and working!) charging stations, those people simply can't have an EV, even if it's the only mobility option left. Obviously that forest of charging stations will never happen, simply because it would cost way too much to build and operate. You'll get some charging facilities in some hip/well-off neighborhoods, and the rest of the world will have to find a solution ("Not our problem").
A number of studies have shown that an electric vehicle is cheaper to own for an average user than a fuel equivalent. even with the higher purchase price.
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/105985/electric-vehicles-cheaper-to-own-than-petrol-or-diesel-cars
The MQ ZS EV is available for £21,500 (pre-order) so they are already coming down in price for longer range vehicles (163 miles WLTP).
However EV vehicles are often offered in only one spec, which tends to be the higher spec. So a VW e-Golf isn't directly comparable to a lowest spec Golf as they don't offer the range of options for spec and trim.
That report only compares the cost over 4 years.
So, battery replacement is not covered then. I understand this would be £5-6,000 in the UK for a Nissan Leaf? That blows a huge hole in the TCO calculation.
That's also going to have a dampening effect on the second-hand market. Who will buy a second-hand EV knowing you will have to spend large amounts of money post-purchase?
BTW there are a lot of Tesla S's being used at Schiphol airport as taxis. On one trip I had the economics conversation with the driver, and apparently despite the initial expense, they are cheaper over time (free fast charging at Schiphol so zero fuel cost). They do however all sell them at four years old, before they need to replace the battery pack.
There are plenty of Leaf's and Tesla's out there with 200,000+ on the clock and still using their original batteries.
Most batteries when no longer suitable for use in a Car are used for other purposes such as home storage.
Jaguar warranty their batteries for 100,000 miles. They have already setup a recycling system for their batteries so you don't have to worry about that.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:21 GMT Steve Todd
The CURRENT generation of battery packs are good for 10+ years, and have value outside of automotive power beyond that (Tesla owners have been tracking this kind of thing, and IIRC, Tesla themselves offer an 8 year warranty on the battery pack). Newer battery chemistries are promising significant improvements beyond that.
Four years is pure FUD, and I have no idea where you got the number from.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:07 GMT a_yank_lurker
Actually battery pack life has more to do with recharging cycles than time. Much like engine life has to do miles driven than time. The issue raised even if the time line is incorrect is that batteries are expensive to replace and in many models need to be replaced on average earlier than an engine would wear out. One of the problems is the battery packs are model specific unlike an engine which is often used on many models.
Typically the kind of smaller, more efficient engine popular over here in Europe needs a major rebuild or replacement between 120,000 and 200,000, and almost certainly have important bits replaced before that point. Bigger, slower running engines popular in the US tend to last a bit longer, but at the cost of efficiency.
You're already paying the same or more in replacement parts with the IC engine, you're just not recognising the fact.
A Tesla Model 3 battery is expected to last at least 400,000 miles with improvements that in 1~2 years could see 1 million miles realistic.
So a battery replacement after 400,000miles+ at $5~$7,000 is reasonable if the rest of the car wasn't uneconomical by then.
Is it an issue for most people? No, not seen many second hand cars that have racked up 400,000miles.
The LiFePo4 chemistry used in the vast majority if EVs would be expected to last for 2000 cycles - by last I mean deplete to 80% capacity. These are the figures from the large battery manufacturers (Sinopoly, CALB), they are backed up by independent testing from the likes of http://evtv.me or https://marinehowto.com/lifepo4-batteries-on-boats, and it's even on wikipedia should you care to look.
If I came along here and said your average internal combustion engine only lasted 6 months before it had to be replaced, you'd laugh me out of town. But somehow when it comes to LiFePo4 cells people literally just make up numbers and seem to get away with it, when even a cursory google would be enough. I don't get it.
You can’t even read your own source article. It states that a 100% cycle (completely full to completely empty) will give you a life of between 2000 and 7000 charges before it drops to 80% of original capacity. Smaller cycles of 10% usage will give more than 10000 charges.
How often do you fill up a car and then run it to completely empty?
Beyond that Electric car manufacturers deliberately don’t charge their cells to maximum and drain them to empty.in order to extend their operational life. 10+ years is completely achievable and there are plenty of examples of batteries going way past 100,000 miles use.
Thursday 29th August 2019 13:11 GMT Androgynous Cupboard
Read it, understood it and have designed and build LiFePo4 battery management circuitry, thanks.
The post I was replying to said they don't last. I was pointing out they do, testably, for at least 2000 cycles. So I'm not sure why you think pointing out they last for longer than that under some conditions is somehow refuting me? Perhaps you were targetting the muppet I was replying to instead?
(edit: the error I mine, I had intended to reply to the grandfather post. Ah well).
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:20 GMT pan2008
An electric car doesn't remove carbon emmissions, it just remove pollutants from cities, which is not bad of course. The energy and possible pollutants are now produced somewhere else in the country where the energy will be produced and then stored/ transported down the grid.
I have read scientific articles which in fact prove the total carbon/ pollutants footprint for a high powered electric car are actually much higher than a similar petrol powered car. Think about energy efficiency, loses on the grid network and it makes sense why. Also if you add up the cost of batteries going flat while the car sits idle in the driveway cost for electrics goes even higher.
"I have read scientific articles which in fact prove the total carbon/ pollutants footprint for a high powered electric car are actually much higher than a similar petrol powered car."
I have read a scientific report that Vaccines cause autism. That has also been debunked but keeps being used as evidence. The doctor who write the vaccine report had a vested interest. The authors of the report that EVs were more polluting also had a vested interest.
You know, anyone with a bit of thought process knows that EVs are way, way cleaner than even modern ICE cars. The only way this couldn't be the case is if all fuel was refined using clean renewables but the rest of the grid that you charge from was using traditional coal and/or Heavy Fuel Oil. Doesn't happen anywhere.
The report was talking about the complete package as an electric car, not just the day to day running of it. So mining for the metals/minerals required for the battery's, transportation, etc.
It didn't start comparing the emissions of cars etc from when they were driven off the forecourt.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:29 GMT WonkoTheSane
That same study completely ignored the prospecting for, extraction, refining and transport of petrol & diesel.
Perhaps you would care to give us some facts/ articles with scientific figures of how much energy is needed to power a tesla and a similar petrol car. There are more scientific articles if you search on the net.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-16/the-dirt-on-clean-electric-cars
https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2015/july/greenest-vehicles-by-region.html
As I said i am not disputing that an electric car produces less pollutants but if you are using fossils to power up your country then an electric car has a higher footprint. This is because to produce 1KW is more efficient to be produced at source (the engine) than in a power station 200miles away which is then transported down the grid ( with further loss of energy).
An electric car is as clean as its energy source. Otherwise is more polluting for same output, this is just physics.
Why 'at source'?
A fossil fuel car has to have the fuel extracted, refined, transported and then it has to be burnt before it can converted into energy.
The energy conversion in an ICE is also a lot more inefficient than electric. There's more waste heat, more noise, more wasted energy lost in braking, more moving parts to power.
Add up all the energy used in extracting oil, transporting it to shore and refining it.
Compare that with the CO2 required to generate electricity in the UK.
Now compare the energy required to transport the fuel to a fuel station compared with losses in electricity transmission.
Now take the efficiency of energy conversion in a petrol engine compared to an EV.
Now add in the loss due to braking in a petrol engine.
Now think about the direction of electricity generation towards more low CO2 sources and how every year the change is happening.
So your electric car power by fossil fuels doesn’t have any cost of extraction of coal, gas, petrol, nuclear, sun panels whatever?!. It’s pretty much the same cost for fuels. A comparison of efficiency levels here for various engine types. Car engine is around 30% efficient comparable to other types.
https://www.brighthubengineering.com/power-plants/72369-compare-the-efficiency-of-different-power-plants/
"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-16/the-dirt-on-clean-electric-cars"
Oh right, so the report you found compared building an bettery and running it in countries that are heavily reliant on coal powered fuels stations.
Yes correct, a country where most electricity is produced from coal (and ignores gasoline refining also using coal power) it will take a while (10 years they state) to get even.
But if you actually consider the fuel generation, not just the engine/battery production then the picture is completely different.
See how many of the arguments on here are exactly the same as https://cleantechnica.com/2018/03/10/electric-car-myth-buster-efficiency/
All based on articles that were spread from investors and people in the Oil industry.
See that everyone is expecting there to be a move towards EVs over the next decade and that the Oil industry is worth about $75 Trillion per year and you have to question why this disinformation is so readily available.
The sub-headline "Why the EV Market is Stalling" is a little bit false as EV sales are increasing against a fall in general car sales. People are hesitating with new car purchases, as we are in this transition and nobody wants to invest in something that might well be obsolete in 3-5 years. Smarter to wait to see which way the market goes.
Also, looking at the new and future cars being announced, the pipeline is dominated by electric.
The benefit of electric is more about local air quality, not having noxious gas pumped directly into the same environment as lots of people - like High Streets. This actually does matter as we are now aware of the direct damage this does to people.
But its not a quick answer to carbon.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:07 GMT AMBxx
There was also a change in tax treatment earlier this year. That gave a boost to sales last year as people bought before the change.
> But its not a quick answer to carbon.
Carbon is life. More carbon please, our plants have been nearly suffocating for thousands of years!
"The sub-headline "Why the EV Market is Stalling" is a little bit false as EV sales are increasing against a fall in general car sales. "
Most places the government stops taxing most of us to pay for some affluent person's virtue signalling ego booster, EV sales drop to near zero.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:36 GMT Warm Braw
Average new car emissions in the UK actually rose for the first time
Perhaps that's because the emissions figures provided by the manufacturers are more, er, reliable than hitherto?
A single volcanic eruption somewhere in the world blows any vehicle carbon reduction plan out the the water.
The future is EV jonny cabs, car ownership will fall and everyone will hire an EV taxi t get from A to B. Unless you're driving many hours a day, personal ownership looks silly.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:53 GMT jzl
Except that volcanoes don't actually produce as much carbon as mankind. Not even close.
> Except that volcanoes don't actually produce as much carbon as mankind. Not even close.
What school did you go to? Its the other way around.
The amount of c02 produced by man pales in comparison to a single eruption. Check your science book again buddy.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 16:26 GMT misterinformed
> The amount of c02 produced by man pales in comparison to a single eruption.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earthtalks-volcanoes-or-humans/
The potential for global climate change caused by a volcanic eruption is far greater than the current effect of human activity.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:56 GMT mr_souter_Working
Personal Ownership
"car ownership will fall and everyone will hire an EV taxi t get from A to B" - if you live in a city, and only want to travel within that city, then maybe.
if you happen to live in a rural area, or feel like going for a drive somewhere, or fancy visiting relatives, or go on holiday, or work odd hours, or, or......
The idea that people will no longer want/need to own their own vehicle (of whatever type) is wrong.
Re: Personal Ownership
> if you happen to live in a rural area, or feel like going for a drive somewhere, or fancy visiting relatives, or go on holiday, or work odd hours
Well, the general idea is to NOT do any of that.
Want to save the planet? You have to give up the perks of destroying it. By 2050 the car will be a thing of the past, whether you like it or not.
Of course. By then we will use personal teleporters, despite the known problems with the iOS iPort and its ability to teleports users into the nearest lake.
Mine’s the one with the Tomorrows World sticker.
A deliberate policy of energy poverty is self destructive, and will only lead to the domination of the world by nations not interested in self-harm.
Which is also why lowering carbon emissions as a strategy is futile.
When four or five billion people are determined to raise themselves out of poverty, and start living a better life, they will generate more carbon emissions than we are seeing now.
Find a different solution.
Thursday 29th August 2019 07:40 GMT strum
>Find a different solution.
That requires finding a different physics. Good luck with that.
"Want to save the planet?"
If the planet needed saving, then yes, but it doesn't.
"If the planet needed saving, then yes, but it doesn't."
It's us humans that want the planet to stay the same, not nature!
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:59 GMT fizz
Remember that the sum of all yearly volcanic activity is quite less than 1 billion tons of CO2 per year, while the sum of human activities is over 29 billion tons of CO2 per year, and that considering all the world volcan and not only a single one, volcanic activity have been quite constant on not geological timescale, and so all that CO2 is already balanced in the natural CO2 cycle.
The danger of human CO2 is not simply its size, that's dwarfed by the total sum of the natural emissions, but that's is unbalanced by the natural carbon-sinking activities.
Said that, I agree that the age of the private car going on is likely going to end, and good riddance in my opinion.
> Remember that the sum of all yearly volcanic activity is quite less than 1 billion tons of CO2 per year, while the sum of human activities is over 29 billion tons of CO2 per year,
The brainwashing has got to the point where these guys are starting to mix up the figures of volcanoes and humans.
Someone somewhere is rubbing their hands thinking of the new taxes they can justify.
Lots of money in duping people.
If I didn't own a car I'd be stuck in the house, could never go on holiday, couldn't work...
Car ownership isn't an option for anyone not living in a city.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:00 GMT BigSLitleP
There's always someone that comes out with this nonsense. It's usually an American. They usually are white, middle-class, male and middle aged. Good enough education to work as a middle manager, not good enough to progress higher. No science background, probably an engineer.
I guess i shouldn't generalise but it's hard not to......
Other than 'engineer', sounds a lot like one Michael Mann, inventor of the (in)famous 'Hockey Stick'. And in the news* again for possibly losing a defamation lawsuit on account of refusing to show his working. How very scientific.
But such is politics. CO2 is the single biggest threat to personkind, therefore we need to give trillions to the Green Blob to save us from the phantom molecule. Act now, give generously and damn the consequences.. Unless of course CO2 isn't much of a threat, and has some potential benefits.. like the 'greening of the Earth'. Then that money is wasted.
*Well, not the MSM. Which is odd because if Mann 'won' (as he claims), then surely this would be an important victory for science..
Wow, surprising amount of upvotes for a climate change denier post. I thought El Reg had a slightly more informed readership than that.
> Wow, surprising amount of upvotes for a climate change denier post. I thought El Reg had a slightly more informed readership than that.
Climate change deniers are those who deny that there is a climate that changes.
They are the ones who think that climate is totally static and if anything changes then its their own fault.
Even when the science stares them in the face and shows that the climate has changed over and over on this planet they simply think "well I'm alive now, so all that historical stuff ends, because I'm alive. Its not real now".
These people are so in denial that the people who accept that the planets climate is dynamic and ever changing end up being called "climate deniers" rofl.
Maybe they are denying or failing to appreciate that the problem is not climate change, but the rate of climate change.
The downvotes tend to come from the misinformed. The infamous Hockey Stick is a good example. It was heavily used to promote the idea that our current climate is somehow unprecedented. Outwardly, seems plausible. Had scientists involved in the creation, publication and distribution, along with world famous, Nobel Prize winning inventor of the Internet and AlGorithms.
But there were a few.. problems. So the way science is supposed to work is you come up with a theory, experiments to test that theory, collect data, interpret it, and publish the lot. Which didn't exactly happen with the Hockey Stick. And 8 or so years after suing a 'denier' for criticising the Great Mann, he's still refused to show his working, even when ordered to by the Canadian court.
That isn't how science is supposed to work, but sadly is exactly how a lot of climate 'science' has been working.
I'm no climate change denier - if I was, I'd have to deny that there were ever ice ages. Climates change, end of story. The historical record of the last millennium show this clearly. People didn't try to change the change, though. First of all, it is pointless - that change is going to happen regardless - and secondly, even if it could be changed, what arbitrary climate would we choose? Would you be happy if our ancestors had stopped the climate change that rolled the glaciers back?
Thursday 29th August 2019 00:27 GMT Jellied Eel
I'm no climate change denier - if I was, I'd have to deny that there were ever ice ages. Climates change, end of story. The historical record of the last millennium show this clearly.
Not always, but then there have been a lot of very dubious attempts to 'correct' the historical record. So Hockey Sticks past & present.
The real science is it's a wicked problem to try to isolate 'climate' signals from extremely noisy datasets. The junk science comes from the way some of those datasets are manipulated to manufacture consensus, eg ex-post screening common in a lot of climate reconstructions, especially ones that try to erase the past.
Then there's politics. So based on junk science, we've been committed to resurecting windmills and wasting billions on 'renewables' in general, along with plans like this one to force everyone to buy EVs. But there's been a huge PR campaign behind the Green Blob that's resulted in stuff like this-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-49291464
Those who have resorted to personal attacks on the activist appear to be "retreating into various forms of denial", Nigel Thomas, professor of childhood and youth at the University of Lancashire, says.
Given the seriousness of scientists' climate warnings, some "may feel threatened by a teenager who has clearly understood and faced up to the trouble we are all in".
Ah, denial again. But rather odd comments from that professor. Climate change is hugely complex and involves a vast range of science, from thermodynamics to botany. Can this expert seriously be saying a 16-yr old drop-out clearly understands all this, or has simply been brainwashed from 8-16 to be terrified she has no future.
Prof Thomas may not believen in old-fashioned views like the education system is supposed to teach kids that age the basics, and develop critical thinking, and instead prefers the idea of brainwashing them into compliant drones.
> CO2 is the single biggest threat to personkind
Its the life giving essential gas that we desparately need more of!
>Michael Mann, inventor of the (in)famous 'Hockey Stick'
...which is still in play, despite deniers attempts to rubbish it.
"They usually are white, middle-class, male and middle aged"
So, racist, classist, sexist, and ageist.
And no cogent logical argument.
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
Wednesday 28th August 2019 17:59 GMT AK565
Actually, as a white, middle class, middle aged American male who chose a pay raise over writing a PhD dissertation I'm very confident that as a group we both spout and accept/believe a jaw-droppingly large amount of pseudo-science.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 13:38 GMT DJO
Every year there are about 50 to 70 volcanic eruptions, some big, some small.
This is not a new thing, it has been happening longer than mankind has been stumbling around.
Nature can and does cope with those minor injections of CO2, the dust is where volcanoes cause problems but all of these pale into insignificance against the billions of tonnes of CO2 mankind has vented through combustion of fossil fuels.
Except the amount of CO2 from geological processes is pretty much a WAG. Some of it relies on 'fingerprinting', ie looking at the isotope ratios of the carbon and assuming old carbon must have come from fossil fuels.. But then volcanic or natural methane seeps have the same fingerprint.
But the amount humans produce pale into insignificance against the amount produced naturally by stuff like soil bacteria, or simple organic decay.. Which can also be climate related, and why in the historical record, CO2 tends to follow warming. But when the effect precedes the cause, it gets harder to argue CO2 is the major causative factor.
But such is clmate science. Quantifying natural processes is challenging, so easier to ignore them and assume prior to 1950 or whenever, our climate was in perfect equilibrium.. Which means ignoring stuff like Ice Ages (especially little ones) and ongoing geological processes like isostatic rebound as we recover from those. Which is also why Global Warming is good news, ie NY won't be under a few kilometers of ice any time soon.
> A single volcanic eruption somewhere in the world blows any vehicle carbon reduction plan out the the water.
SSSHHH! They think volcanoes dont exist... that they are stories told to scare them at bedtime.
If they figure out they DO exist we will end up having them all go off and try to cap them off! They dont understand that we live in a dynamic changing world and it will do what it does regardless of us being here or not. They cant get their head around this, thinking like they have total control over everything, that the sun shines by their command and that if it doesnt then that is proof that someone somewhere needs punishing.
This we'll all use taxis argument is a myth. It's built on the assumption that cars just transport people. But our cars also contain the stuff we need when we're out and about. Which may be our work kit ( older daughter carries all her speech and language assessment packs in the boot, for example) and lunch box, our gym equipment ( I used to nip in on the way home from work) or stuff we might need (spare raincoat etc.in case the British weather changes - as it does).
Not to mention all the stuff we take with us and keep in the boot for later. Like errands we need to do on the way home (I'll drop these shirts in to the cleaners...).
And of course we need to keep a supply of supermarket bags in there.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:48 GMT iron
Electric cars can't cut carbon emissions while your burning fossil fuels to power them and mining rare earth minerals to make the batteries can't be good either. Add in price, lack of range, lack of charging stations, time to charge, etc, etc and they are a technology that is just not viable in its current state.
We burn relatively little fossil fuel in the UK for the grid. About 50% generally - most of it natural gas, almost no coal.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:00 GMT jigr1969
We import lots of gas, which is transported across vast distances, along with the fact that we import a lot of power from other countries. Those tankers bringing compressed liquid gas, run on fossil fuel. So even when we use gas to power generation, fossil fuel is still consumed.
Yes, fossil fuel is indeed consumed. But less.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
Um, I think you'll find that natural gas is still a fossil fuel!
Before we get too smug, we outsourced all our energy intensive stuff to China too.
> We burn relatively little fossil fuel in the UK for the grid
Go here: https://gridwatch.co.uk/
Check the graphs for CCGT and correct your statement.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 14:04 GMT Julz
The 50% figure has been oft repeated so is now fact. Don't bother to do your own research. Don't bother to think critically. Just repeat the latest meme to all your 'friends' that agree with you and 'like' you. Such is the world we now live in.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:59 GMT stiine
move mining to the mountains
Caterpillar (or one of their competitors) has found that using an electric dump truck, of the gargantuan variety, can actually produce more electricy than it uses if you use it to carry ore down a mountain--it uses battery to climb and regenerates, on the way down, more than it used on the way up.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:09 GMT Mike 140
Re: move mining to the mountains
Whoopee! A perpetual motion machine of the second kind. That company is going to take over the world.
Not "perpetual motion" - A separate digger is used to load the truck at the top of the hill, so new energy added every trip.
It's not the loading that equates to the energy it's the geography of a volcano or tectonic plate activity that raised the rocks up in the air.
It's the same as a waterwheel not being perpetual motion, it is the energy from the sun that drops rain higher up then the sea that the water flows down to.
However a waterwheel was a remarkable clean energy device. A truck that needs no electricity to recharge is also a pretty impressive idea. It doesn't need to be 'magic'.
Yes impressive, just looked it up
https://www.businessinsider.com/edumper-121-ton-electric-dump-truck-2019-8?r=US&IR=T
"Electric cars can't cut carbon emissions while your burning fossil fuels to power them "
Of course they can. Did you mean that you can't get to Zero carbon emissions while burning fossil fuel? That would make more sense. In which case completely true, as well as having electric vehicles lets push for more carbon-free power generation so all those EVs can benefit with every power station that doesn't rely on fossil fuels is turned off or is used less.
"rare earth minerals"
Not rare, see articles even on this site regularly state this. Many are a by-product of other processes.
"Add in price, lack of range, lack of charging stations, time to charge, etc, etc and they are a technology that is just not viable in its current state."
More publicly accessible *charging stations* in the UK than fuel stations. Used for the odd few trips each year that an EV user doesn't charge at home and have a fully topped car each day to use. BP have plans to add high speed to chargers to all their main fuel stations. shell have similar plans. Tesla charging network is available across the UK. Range can be over 300 miles for an EV which is 5 hourd driving. A 30 minute break can refill, after 5 hours driving you can surely take 30minutes to stop for food on the few times a year you wish to exceed the range of the car?
"they are a technology that is just not viable in its current state."
A few hundred thousand UK users would disagree. But, what do they know, they just use them (For daily commuting, for trips all across Europe and the US)?
Rare earth minerals aren't rare as such, they're just in very low concentrations making them uneconomic to mine on their own. Hence, they're normally found in the waste of other processes (iron etc).
"More publicly accessible *charging stations* in the UK than fuel stations. "
Well, that's all right then. Global warming solved.
Someone in a country holding .001 of the world's population *thinks* they will have enough power, and charging stations, and raw materials for batteries, and power lines, when the number of EVs is miniscule, and largely confined to those who happen to have sufficiently limited transportation needs that they don't run up against the limits of the technology.l
Good thing our worries are over. It will be the easiest climate deal in history.
Price:- Falling. The MG ZE EV starts at £21,495 (for the first 2000 orders) for a 160-mile range SUV
Range:- 160-250 miles range is becoming commonplace (see MG/Renault/Peugeot/Vauxhall/VW/Mini/Honda at Frankfurt motor show next month)
Charging stations:- There are now over 1000 more EV charging locations than petrol stations in the UK
Charge time:- As newer chargers & cars become available, charging time decreases.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:50 GMT SkippyBing
'There are now over 1000 more EV charging locations than petrol stations in the UK'
How many charging stands are there vs petrol pumps?
There are about 15000 charging stands. Don't know how many petrol pumps.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:59 GMT Not also known as SC
"Charging stations:- There are now over 1000 more EV charging locations than petrol stations in the UK"
What does this mean specifically? There is a local service station near where I live, I believe it has about twelve charging points. The petrol station has sixteen pumps. Would the EV charging location count as 'one' or 'twelve' and would the petrol station count as 'one' or 'sixteen' in the comparison quoted?
(I would love an electric vehicle, especially a motorcycle but I'm just not convinced that the technology and infrastructure are mature enough at the moment.)
"Would the EV charging location count as 'one' or 'twelve' and would the petrol station count as 'one' or 'sixteen' in the comparison quoted?"
Both would count as one. Here are the current stats for EV charger locations & actual chargers.
Electric motorcycles are here, but still pricey. Look at This site
Thanks Wonko,
That's interesting. I'm not entirely convinced about the accuracy of the map because it shows ten charging locations in my vicinity. There are at least twenty petrol stations I can think of in the same area. Several of the chargers are also in private locations (local university campus) so probably shouldn't be counted. However there are far more than I expected so it does look promising.
The Zero SRF 14.4 motorcycle looks nice, has a better range than my 700, but does cost three times as much. However I can see my self buying one of those in the future.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 13:46 GMT Come to the Dark Side
Zero has been around for a while, still pricey for what they are and the range/charge time is pretty poor. I'm holding out for https://lightningmotorcycle.com/strike/
That is one beautiful sports bike!
I wouldn't have thought they're directly comparable. Filling station has (I'd guess) an average of 6 pumps. Only takes 10 minutes at the most to fill up. That's 36 cars per hour. How many cars can one charging station charge to capacity in an hour? 1? 1.5?
Less than 1% of cars are electric.
Most EVs are currently charged at home and only need to fill up at a public station a few times a year.
So the extra pumps are to serve 100x more capacity of vehicles and about 20 times more often. So there should be about 2000 more pumps than charging connections.
An EV will typically spend 10~20 minutes at an 'on route' charging station (a couple of times a year).
Those that are lucky enough to have a car close enough to their home to run a cable to it (about 75% of the population) will have a 'full tank' every morning. Similar for those with a charger at work. Fuel station not needed.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 11:40 GMT batfink
Where does your figure of 75% of the population being "close enough to run a cable to it" come from, and what exactly does this mean? I could run a 30 metre cable out my flat window to my car, on those occasions when I can find a place on the street within 30m (minus height difference) - theoretically.
But not practically.
Does that make me one of the 75%?
> Only takes 10 minutes at the most to fill up.
I see this comment many times and wonder how large your tank is? I think its far less than that. My tank is a 40L and fills in under a min.
Then again you also have the time it takes to queue and pay.
Dammit" WHY DO PEOPLE QUEUE UP TO PAY WHEN THEY CAN PAY AT THE PUMP?
It's 2019 and I often still have to wait while a driver in front wanders over to the kiosk to pay, tehn wanders back again!!
Friday 6th September 2019 22:53 GMT MachDiamond
"WHY DO PEOPLE QUEUE UP TO PAY WHEN THEY CAN PAY AT THE PUMP?"
Does your bank place £75-£100 on hold when you pay at the pump? How long do they take to release the hold? What do their terms say the longest a hold may be left in place? On a long trip with 2-3 stops for petrol in a day, such as it very possible in the US, do you want to have all of that money on hold and then see your hotel charge declined on check in? One of the favorite places for people to put card skimmers is on pump readers.
If you don't have cash with you on a long trip to pay for fuel along the way, you chance being stranded at the only petrol station for miles if their network is down. I always pay cash. No tracking, no hijacking of my plastic and it always works.
"Then again you also have the time it takes to queue and pay."
Most people here pay at the pump with a credit card - it takes about 30 seconds.
I can put 65 l. in and pay in under five minutes.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 19:40 GMT Hairy Spod
you drove to the petrol station pulled in and pulled out again in zero seconds too I suppose.
I drive to my garage every night and plug in in around 30 seconds and wake to a full car again.
Friday 30th August 2019 10:53 GMT SkippyBing
Re: except
Oddly enough I can go to the garage on my way somewhere else, it's not a special journey.
Great, if you have a garage a lot of people don't or even off street parking, which makes at home charging problematic.
"I wouldn't have thought they're directly comparable"
Not at all comparable.
I can refuel my car from empty to full in about 5 minutes, with a range of 500 - 600 miles.
EVs do not recharge linearly. Nor do they like being charged when the battery is too cold... some will simply lock out charging. You might be able to get a 60% charge in 20 - 30 minutes, but then it will slow down, taking about an hour for 100% charge.
Personally, if someone claims they can recharge in 20 minutes, they should quote the range as being how far you can go on that charge, not an hour long charge.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 13:16 GMT daldred
Re: Really?
> Charging stations:- There are now over 1000 more EV charging locations than petrol stations in the UK
The pure number isn't actually helpful.
It takes under ten minutes or so with my car standing at a petrol pump (including paying) to get 560 miles worth of fuel into my current car. From what I've seen when researching what to replace it with, it takes at least a couple of hours at most charging points to get 280-ish miles of power into an EV, So for the same mileage, I'd need a charging point available for four hours - 240 minutes again ten.
So to provide the same actual capacity of pump time, you'd need 24 times as many charging outlets as petrol pumps.
It usually take about 8 hours for a refill from a slow charger. Luckily for nearly every EV owner they don't need to completely refill and it happens overnight while they are asleep.
So they get a fill up every day without the hassle of hanging around for 10 minutes on a smelly forecourt in the cold about 20 times a year and being relived of £70 in the process.
On the couple of occasions a year they need to use a public charger after four or five hours of driving they can stop for a bite to eat and leave their car for 30 minutes to top up.
Imagine the scenario if reversed and most people had an EV which recharged over night. Then someone came along with a fuel car - people would be complaining about the idea that their nearest fuel station is 10 miles away and they have to go there to fill up every couple of weeks and pay a significant sum to do it rather than just charge at home or work while sleeping or working. Then again I hate filling up with Diesel and wish my tank was bigger so I could do it a lot less often - others may enjoy it.
> Luckily for nearly every EV owner they don't need to completely refill and it happens overnight while they are asleep.
Oh crap, the fuse blew / RCD tripped / power went out / smart meter toed into the car didnt tell the car to charge.
I wonder how the AA will do a home start if you have a flat EV battery.
An EV driver in a new generation vehicle will generally have plenty of charge in their vehicle even if it didn't charge overnight.
So, in the rare, unfortunate event that there was no power, and they had no charge left and the power went out before it started to charge and you didn't notice at all and flip the RCD, and didn't notice the burgular alrm going off as the power was cut, then the AA would have to transport them to their destination or a supercharger to recharge (all part of their service).
Could you imagine if you woke up and you ICE car wouldn't start or someone crashed into it, or ... any number of other scenarios?
How would you manage, it'd be a disaster, or not. Same as for an EV.
Some years back, we had a two day power outage.
Most of the city was dark.
I had half a tank - about 250 - 300 miles, but being cautious, I wandered over to one of the islands of light and filled up.
When the power was on again, I had about 400 miles worth in my tank.
I wonder how long the grid would have stayed up if 8 million people had tried to charge their nearly exhausted batteries at the same time (3 million cars?).
And all you need to put a fueling station back in service is hooking up a generator to run the lights and pumps, no waiting for the grid.
Price: Has a looooooooong way to fall. A realy loooooooooong way.
Range: Considering that most ordinary people must get their cars secondhand, range will be approx the 90 miles of the first generation leaf, which is just starting to enter the secondhand market at a premium price.
Charging stations: I have seen this comment recently. It ignores the fact that charging stations charge far far less vehicles in the same time that a petrol station, with all of its multiple pumps, fills combustion cars. Its not equivalient yet.
Charge time: Yes, but till you can charge your car to (as a guess) 50% charge within 5 mins of plug in I think you will:
- Need more charge stations that there are petrol PUMPS to offset the slower "refill"
- Pave over much more land than they typical petrol station. Basically a large car park to replace 1 small petrol station. You could do this with underfloor inductive charging for each space in a service station. Oh and ban combustion cars from that car park as the space is totally useless (iced) should a combustion car park on it.
Once again, most EV owners will charge at home or work they won't need a public charger - only a couple of times a year. It's all getting out of the fuel station idea where you have to drive to fill up, not needed with electric, it's available everywhere.
You can already charge at a rate of 1000miles range per hour. A large enough battery and you would realistically stop every 5 hours for 20~30 minutes.
Not bad rest break for that amount of driving (this is a couple of times a year for most). You would also refill at your destination for most people, while you do what you need to do there.
most EV owners will charge at home or work
translation: EVs aren't for most people. By the logic repeatedly given her and elsewhere, EVs won't be owned by people that: live in blocks of flats or don't have off-street parking.
The reality is that the people who would most benefit from, and benefit their neighbours by having, an EV would not fit your profile. You park "somewhere vaguely near home" (in the same street if you're lucky), and you park "vaguely near work" or at least fight it out with everyone else for a parking space at work. For many, "work" is at various people's houses and running an extension lead out across the pavement for 10 minutes at a time isn't exactly convenient.
So without being able to charge at home, and without being able to charge at work, you are left using public charging points. IfWhen EVs become more than pious statements by fairly well off people, then far more charging points will be needed. But the local distribution networks will not handle this load without very major (and very expensive) upgrades. The main time anyone would predictably be parking away from home would be when shopping - so easily parking for an hour or two. This needs to put in more than just a top up - it may need to be a full week's commute which (especially in winter) could be nearly a full charge. And do the sums, for a significant number of people to be able to park and charge for 2 hours, how many spaces and chargers is that ?
Don't put me down as anti EV - I'm not, and if they weren't completely unaffordable for us, I'd have a couple of them sat on the drive (yes, we're blessed that way) as they'd be ideal for most of our journeys. But as an engineer I understand the physics behind it and can see through the green smokescreen. For a VERY large proportion of people, charging at home or work just isn't, and won't be, practical in the foreseeable future.
There is, IMO, a lot to be said for plug-in hybrids as at least an intermediate step - but not for the pious greenwash so often associated with their marketing or some of their owners.
70% of the UK currently have a garage or off-street parking. (80% for homeowners) Another 20% have 'adequate street parking'.
So you'd expect 70% of people to be able to park off the street and arrange charging for their vehicle.
Another 20% could have solutions provided for them e.g. lampost charging, charging provision on street, cable runs from house in pavement grooves etc. Some councils already offer some of these.
Many workplaces have a desire to look at electric car charging but I don't know the percentage of employees that have a single place of work or a place where they leave their car while at work. I would expect it is more common than less.
Then there is the option for people who commute short distances and have access to a high speed charger nearby to utilise that a couple of times a month when required.
So there will definitely be cases where it isn't suitable and provision may be required. But even a 50% availability would be great to start with.
Big cities like London will have more of a struggle, but they are also best placed to solve it and also residents have the least need for personal transport.
I mean approximately 0% of people have a fuel station at home.
"70% of the UK currently have a garage or off-street parking. (80% for homeowners) Another 20% have 'adequate street parking'"
Sunday 1st September 2019 20:46 GMT Anonymous Coward
Citation ? Bluntly, those figures are not believable simply from observation of the many places I've been to.
Looking around places round here, there's a lot of terraced houses with no front garden = no off street parking. Where daughter no 2 lives, they are lucky if they can park close to their house, daughter no 1 has double yellow lines past the house.
In our street, perhaps 1/3 of the houses have some off-street parking - but that needs to be qualified as some of them have more cars than they have parking for. So "X% of houses have off-street parking" is a meaningless statistic without some measure of how many of those actually have off-street parking for all vehicles that might end up as EV.
And "adequate on street parking" also needs considerable qualification. If both street lamps in our street had charging points installed, it would still leave significant parts without charging.
So firstly I call BS on your numbers, and I call even smellier BS on how they actually relate to the practicality of running one or more EVs.
"Once again, most EV owners will charge at home or work they won't need a public charger"
In other words, most EV owners will own a detached house with private parking, that cost somewhere in seven figures.
And they'll probably have an ICE car or two to substitute for their eco-bauble when they want to go a significant distance.
Why detached? You'd just need a garage or off-street parking which are available for all different types of houses or a regular parking spot outside your house.
Seven figures for a detached house and private parking??? Luckily the UK is greater than the small South East region.
It may not suit *you* personally but the objections based on your personal experience don't apply to everyone, or even the majority.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 11:47 GMT Terry 6
Wrong AC. That comment might have been exaggerated, but is essentially correct. It doesn't need to be a detached house, true. But pretty much does have to be a semi. You don't often get off street parking for a terrace, let alone a garage.
And maybe not quite 7 figures. But certainly six figures for most of the country.
Well beyond the reach of most earners.
I see off street parking in terraced houses everywhere around here. They pave their font garden and park their car on it.
The stats show about 80% of homeowners have access to a garage or off-street parking.
Six figures I would be lieve but that is 10x less than the previous assertion. I mean first a quoted figure of £1million+ compared with a house price of over £99,000.
"Range:- 160-250 miles range is becoming commonplace"
So, 60 to 100 miles in the winter time, if you don't live somewhere notably cold.
That might not make it between two service centers on the expressway, let alone to a destination.
You could push them into the ditch when the battery depletes, but at twice the weight of an IC vehicle, it might take two tow trucks to get them out again.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:51 GMT Adrian 4
"It estimated that 55 per cent of this was attributable to consumers buying less efficient models and 45 per cent to consumers switching from diesel to petrol cars."
So diesel has less emissions than petrol after all ?
That was the case when I bought my diesel car. Since then, particulate output has apparently risen (despite it having proprietary particulate reduction system), diesel fuel prices have risen (for no other reason than market size, I think) and petrol fuel economy has improved. Diesels are no longer seen as desirable. Unsurprisingly, demand has moved back towards petrol with no huge interest in electric due to range and charge concerns (valid or not) and cost.
So why the push back to petrol, if it results in higher emission levels ?
Re: Diesel
Emissions aren't a single thing. Diesel produces less carbon dioxide - the main climate change gas - but more pollution nasties.
Diesel exhaust is nasty stuff in the short term, particularly if you're breathing it. Carbon dioxide is nasty stuff in the long term.
Basically, burning oil products is a bad idea full stop.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:57 GMT The First Dave
"Basically, burning oil products is a bad idea full stop."
Correction: burning mixed fossil fuel products is a bad idea. Burning carefully made synthetic fuels is much much better all round, but seems to be getting totally ignored. For those that don't understand, I am talking about burning bio-methanol and/or similar fuels.
> the main climate change gas
Thats debatable considering the gas has always appeared AFTER the tempreature rises. But history is old and invalidated because, money.
History never proved anything right?
Lets say that something freaky happens and rain starts falling upwards. All those that remember it falling downwards will die off eventually and the history books will eventually be scrutinised and end up being debunked by persons who claim that downwards falling rain is a myth or special effect we used in movies back in the stupid ages.
"Basically, burning oil products is a bad idea full stop"
Agree totally. They should be saved for use as chemical feed-stocks and lubricants.
We should be burning fuels extracted directly or indirectly from atmospheric carbon dioxide.
There were big concerns about the emissions (not CO2 necessarily) from diesel and then VW and others were found to be cheating tests which showed the emissions were much higher than thought, then the government (in the UK) decided that diesels were bad an rumours about scrappage, taxing them out of existence or much higher increases on diesel at the pump made them seem a very unwise purchase as resales could be hit massively.
It all led to the decline of the diesel.
In one word - Dieselgate
I actually own one
I drive a Tesla Model S. It was expensive as hell when I bought it three years ago, but wow. Just wow. It's an absolute blast to drive.
My previous favourite car was my Mazda RX-8, but the Model S took the crown from that easily. Not quite as much fun on a B road, but waaay more fun the rest of the time and having a full car every morning is a suprisingly good bonus.
The Model 3 is better than my car (in my opinion) and cheaper too. It'll be my next car. Battery prices are dropping fast at the moment.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:11 GMT Phage
Re: I actually own one
Model s. From £80,700
Mazda RX8 is now <£7,000
I think the point about affordability stands
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:43 GMT Peter Ford
Given that the RX-8 would be second-hand, then you should really compare second-hand prices for a Model S - but that's still £30000+ so the point stands,,,
Tuesday 27th August 2019 19:08 GMT smudge
Not a fair comparison. That is presumably the price for a new Tesla, whereas any RX-8 you can buy nowadays will be years old, and will probably have expensive things going wrong with it. It was taken off the European market in 2010, and production ceased in 2011 or 2012.
Plus, as I know because I had an RX-8 for 5 years, petrol consumption of just over 20mpg adds to the costs somewhat :(
.....and the oil and very regular servicing, don't forget the oil and servicing....
Well done for sticking your head above the parapet. Admitting that you own an EV here is guaranteed to get downvotes.
The comment about Petrolheads from earlier is spot on.
There are some of us who have seen the light and made the move to Electric Vehicles (car and bicycle for me) already and are reaping the benefits.
I've already been from Sussex to Skye and back this summer in my Model 3. With decent forethought (which you would if you wanted to find the cheapest petrol and not pay Motorway prices) you can plan your trip. I even stayed at two hotels where I was able to charge the car overnight. 400 miles for £10 on my bill. What's not to like with that.
Everytime there is an article on EV's here, the anti-EV brigade come out in force but one day, they will see the light.
"I've already been from Sussex to Skye and back this summer in my Model 3... I even stayed at *two hotels* where I was able to charge the car overnight."
For me, that adds to the cost of ownership - 400 miles would be done in a day, with (perhaps) a stop for food (my cars will easily do 400 miles on a tank). Adding two hotels into the equation would make it significantly more expensive and stressful than I want.
Tuesday 14th January 2020 10:25 GMT jzl
A Model 3 long range will do 400 miles with one approx 20 minute charging stop at around the 280 mile mark.
That's 5 hours of driving, a 20 minute stop, then another 2 hours driving. If that's not acceptable, then I can only assume you drive with a catheter.
And all the days when you're *not* doing long journeys, your car is permanently full. No taking time out from whatever you were doing once a week to drive to the petrol station.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:52 GMT Tigra 07
Chicken and egg...
"Last year there were an estimated 16,500 public points, a figure that needs to rise to 100,000 by 2020, according Emu Analytics"
This has and always will be a chicken and egg situation. The infrastructure costs money - which can't be recouped unless people use it. The people looking into electric cars might not buy them as there's nowhere convenient to charge them nearby. Someone has to go first, or public subsidies have to be given out to break the stalemate.
Chicken and eggs go good with beer >>>
Re: Chicken and egg...
Not suitable for everyone but most EV owners have the most convenient place possible to charge them - at home. Once the councils get their act together on roadside charging options (some already are) then public charging for the odd few times a year it is needed will be more than enough.
Once reliability gets sorted out along with being able to pay with debit card then there would be enough public chargers in the UK at the moment for the needs of EV drivers for the next few years. There is massive investment into public charging without their being a big tipping point for EVs. Every petrol station will also get in on the act once their fuel sales drop - BP and Shell already have started the process of adding supercharging.
"Not suitable for everyone but most EV owners have the most convenient place possible to charge them - at home"
This isn't a solution for a large percentage of people, not when many people don't have a garage, or suitable wattage outlets to charge their car. It's also not a solution for the people who work too far from their home to use an EV to work, or people who generally want to travel to other places than work, or holidays in the countryside, etc. Can't store spare electric in a jerry can or a balloon in the boot...
Suitable wattage? You can change the 'wattage' on your vehicle either manually or automatically.
You can charge from a 13amp supply or add a subsidised home charger to give 7KWh or more.
These can be outside your house, you don't need a garage. You can even get roadside charging from some councils, but this is still inits infancy.
You can go 300miles+ in some EVs, a distance that many peole will never drive on a trip, even then the network of public chargers is extensive.
Not many people carry a jerry can anymore, infact not many people carry a spare wheel. You have a breakdown service and they can take you to the nearest fuel station or garage to repair your wheel if you have a blowout. In reality a new generation EV is never likely to have issues with charging other than unreliable chargers from some companies (it's getting better)
Seriously, i can disprove most of your claims just with a few seconds of Googling, or Wikipedia.
The average range of most of these commercial EVs appears to be between 100-150 KMPH (or whatever that is in MPH). This will require charging most days for people who don't work locally.
"You can go 300miles+ in some EVs"
You can goo 200 MPH in some cars. If we're expecting everyone to buy Teslas then the day of the EV will never come.
"You can charge from a 13amp supply or add a subsidised home charger to give 7KWh or more"
You can probably charge from a power bank if you have a few days spare. Charging times on these cars from a specialist charging point looks like on average 4 or 5 hours. That's not realistic if you forgot to do it overnight.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electric_cars_currently_available
> but this is still inits infancy.
So not a solution then.
"You can charge from a 13 amp supply"
So, 1.5 kw...
Which means you can charge a 100 kWh battery in only 2.7 days of continuous charging, or longer if you take it anywhere.
So, in many situations the effective range is really what you can get out of, say, 12 hours of charging, before going somewhere, approximately .3 times the claimed range.
"Which means you can charge a 100 kWh battery in only 2.7 days of continuous charging, or longer if you take it anywhere."
Why would you wait until the battery is completely flat before recharging? If you were to be someplace with only a 13A plug, why wouldn't you just charge enough to get you to a fast charger?
A 13A plug on it's own circuit will let you charge at 2.5kW with a bit of margin. That's 25kWh if left plugged in for 10 hours (8 for sleep and a couple for other stuff). At 3.5 miles/kWh, that's 88 miles. These days, you should be within range of a fast charger with that much range. If you aren't, you travel to the next bigger charger (25 miles/hour of range when charging). A last resort would be to rent a bigger petrol/diesel car for a week to take your holiday and all of the family and stuff.
If you don't have access to any charging at home/work, there may be chargers available on the high street or in grocery store car parks and you can charge there when you do your weekly shop. If you want to make it work, it's not that hard.
> Not suitable for everyone
Yep, I think the vast majority of people live in a place like one of these:
1. A flat (tower). Parking is provided on the public highway. Your space is dictated by whoever has parked there and how much space they have left you. You may have to walk to your car to grab that thing you left in the boot, that could take several mins. Charging a car at home in such a location would be very difficult.
2. A house / flat on a victorian street. Like with the flat in the tower you most likely have no off road parking at all. The parking is on the public highway and a general free for all. If someone has a party you may not even be able to park in your street. Charging a car at home will again be very difficult. Even if you do manage to park outside your property you would have to throw an extension lead out the window and deal with the council who will likely come to complain about health and safety issues with a cable going across the public footpath.
3. Flat (tower or otherwise) with allocated parking. Depending on the type of parking allocated to you (undergroud car park, parking bays) you may be able to wire up a charging facility. Landlord permitting, location permitting. You may not however always have access to you bay if someone decides to go ahead and park in it.
4. A newer street. You have more space and probably can park outside your house most days but see point 2 as its still an issue.
5. House with a drive/garage. Yep you can probably charge your car without much issue.
Basically the only people who can really make use of home charging are those who have the ability to have the car on their own land somehow.
If you dont have a drive or garage you will have to go to various lengths to implement a home charging facility. If you are parking on the public highway you will be likely charging at public points.
Thing is, most people fall into categories 1,2 and 3. Newer streets (point 4) are built as part of new estates and having visited several I see a mix of on road parking, drives and assigned parking bays. None of which have any charging points already installed.
So, how are the majority of the british public supposed to charge their EV's? Answer, public charging points will be more commonly used than home charging that will be reserved for the few that have the space to use for it.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:25 GMT Korev
There were similar arguments made in the UK about unleaded fuel a few years ago. I don't think you can buy leaded fuel at all now.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:24 GMT Neal L
I still remember buying 4 star at the petrol station.
"There were similar arguments made in the UK about unleaded fuel a few years ago. I don't think you can buy leaded fuel at all now."
"similar arguments"
And there I thought you could distribute and sell unleaded gasoline with the same type of infrastructure used for leaded gasoline.
How silly of me.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 19:08 GMT MWH
Perhaps this situation will be at least partly solved when retailers realize that a plentiful supply of charging points will work like airport departures does for the duty-free shop - create a captive market for their shops and restaurants.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 10:31 GMT Tigra 07
"Sorry, i'm going to be about 6 hours late for work as i forgot to charge my car."
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:07 GMT a pressbutton
There are 110 houses in my road. Some of those houses are flats - another 60 or so.
6 houses and ~20 flats could charge EVs.
the other 144 households have no chance.
I think the real answer is electric busses - a proper bus network, not one every tuesday - more car rentals - and less car ownership.
Re: Charging points
Yet Transport for London has put in 10,000 public chargers in the last year. I've started seeing them appearing all over the bits of London that I visit. Most people don't need to charge fully every day. Studies have shown that once or twice a week would do for most people once the cars have 200 miles of range.
But yes, we need electric busses. London is leading the way here with that but many councils are doing ZERO about their local environment. Some districts are actually blocking town councils from putting in Chargers in their car parks.
Yet, Chargepoint Scotland is rolling out chargers all over the place. many are totally free to use.
What we want is a government that is not totally consumed with one topic. aka BREXIT. IT needs to be sorted one way or the other. There are plenty of other issues that are just not getting addressed because of it. Whichever side of the argument you are on, I don't think you can disagree with that.
Insurance costs higher?
That was an interesting throwaway line in the article. Does anyone here know why insurance costs for EV's might be higher?
Usually insurance costs are based on "the type of dickhead likely to buy this kind of car". I can't see Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) being in the higher kinds of brackets. Tesla S's, the new electric hypercars, maybe. Or maybe the cost in each bracket is higher for EV's?
I shouldn't think repair costs would be higher, with the possible exception of battery packs.
Re: Insurance costs higher?
They aren't necessarily higher it varies. However there are less providers for some EVs due to how new they are so until they have a group rating they aren't added to most insurers. Insurers like to be able to calculate risk easily and with newer technologies they don't want to end up insuring a category of car which all have an insurable issue based on their technology. ICE has been well understood and predictable with loads of algorithms for risk created around them. An Ev needs some adjustments.
Some EVs are also insanely fast...
However You may find based on your profile and car type that the insurance isn't more and is lower than an equivalent vehicle. Some I know with a Tesla Performance have been pleasantly surprised at how low the insurance has been.
Perhaps insurance companies are wary of the chance of battery pack fires. Also insurance costs tend to go up with the list price of a car so a £30k car will have a higher insurance cost than a £9k one.
One other thing to note about EVs - their range drops significantly if heating or air conditioning is used - the quoted ranges always assume no requirement for heating or cooling. (For a petrol or diesel car, heating has no effect on range as the heating comes from the waste heat from the motor.)
"One other thing to note about EVs - their range drops significantly if heating or air conditioning is used"
In other words for seven to nine months of the year.
And while you can put on extra clothing, that won't do anything for ice on the windshield, or condensation on the insides of the windows.
Or, for that matter, unfreezing the doors and windows so you can open them.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:42 GMT mark l 2
"Does anyone here know why insurance costs for EV's might be higher?"
I guess if the batteries get damaged in a collision that could make a car fire more likely on an EV than on a ICE vehicle, meaning more might get written off or cost more to repair. As unlike what Hollywood would have you believe its very rare for a modern petrol car to set on fire/explode in a collision.
As i cannot afford to buy a new EV there would need to be an affordable second hand market for decent quality EVs before I would consider one, like we have for petrol and diesels now. I paid £3000 for my current car and apart from a few hundred quid for MOT and service its not cost me anything in repairs in the last 2 years. Where as a £3000 used EV is probably going to get you about 10 miles of battery power per charge and be pretty much useless without spending thousands for new batteries.
There is also the fact that I live on a road with terrace houses on either side with no driveways, so I wouldn't be able to charge a EV at home and haven't seen anywhere local to charge an EV.
I know we can't rely on ICE vehicles as an option for the long term, but I still think battery powered EVs are taking a step backwards in both convenience and vehicle longevity as I don't think that current battery technologies are robust enough. Maybe someone will figure out a cheap, easy and safe way of storing the hydrogen for fuel cells and this could replace the ICE vehicles.
" guess if the batteries get damaged in a collision that could make a car fire more likely on an EV than on a ICE vehicle"
And yet this doesn't seem to be true. However until there are more EVs on the road the data set is a little too small. There does not seem to be evidence that EVs are more likely to catch fire in an accident than ICE at the moment, in fact EV vehicle fires are so rare almost every one seems to be reported (especially if its a Tesla) whereas almost no ICE vehicles are (unless a supercar).
There seems to be much talk of EVs being heavier - that means more kinetic energy if you hit something, and hence potentially higher third party costs. A very significant part of the insurance cost is the third party element, and not just for property damage.
Take this scenario. You are tootling along and gently bump into the back of the car in front. Your higher mass means a larger impact for any given collision speed - so potentially more third party damage to repair. But consider the potential payout when the (say) four occupants swear blind that they've had severe and persistent neck pains ever since - that's likely to dwarf the repair costs.
But as said, in a large part it's going to be fear of the unknown. Until EVs are much more widely used, and statistics on claims are sufficiently detailed, then insurance will be based on guesswork - and that means adding some on to allow for the unknowns. BTW - some companies charge a lot more if you convert from petrol to LPG - while others don't. Some took the wee-wee by loading premiums for fitting winter tyres (but AIUI they've been told by their trade body to stop doing that).
Cost of repairs to Teslas at the moment are high enough to cause follow-through.
Some took the wee-wee by loading premiums for fitting winter tyres (but AIUI they've been told by their trade body to stop doing that).
How odd.
Here the governments often make snow tires compulsory,
As for insurance, by regulation they must charge less if you fit winter tires for the designated period.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 11:27 GMT Pete 2
Futureproofing for the next big thing?
If a person did buy an (extremely expensive) electric car now, how long would it be until it became obsolete due to the advent of AVs?
If they were to become practical and available in 10-15 years, wouldn't it be better to hang on until then, rather than spend a lot more than a conventional ICE car costs now. Especially if that electric pride and joy had virtually no resale value when you wanted the benefits of an AV, just like everybody else.
If I was designing an electric car now, I'd have an eye on the upgradeabilty of it. So that at some future date it could be retrofitted with all the sensors and smarts to make it driverless. And even better, with a battery that didn't need recharging before you got to the end of your street!
Re: Futureproofing for the next big thing?
But an ICE would have the same issue but worse, it would still be polluting every day. If you keep cars for 3-5 year AV is not going to be ubiquitous in that time. Even 10 years is not likely.
You aren't going to be able to upgrade a new non-AV car with sensors later, it's just not going to be viable other than some quirky hobbyist projects (most new cars don't even update the software to make the infotainment systems work properly or fix minor bugs once it has left the factory). However with a car with all the sensors built in and the processing power built in which can be upgraded via software regularly as advances come on board, it should be possible.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 12:57 GMT Neil Barnes
I'd be quite happy if I could retrofit my 25 year old petrol drinker - I've got quite fond of it - with a battery pack and a motor of similar performance, at a sane price. That is, low thousands, not thirty or forty grand.
There is a reason lots of folks drive ten year old cars - and it tends to be that they either can't afford, or see no reason, to buy a new one. They're going to have to have a very strong reason to purchase a new electric vehicle, but inexpensive conversions make a lot of sense.
Not only that, there are strong reasons to NOT buy a new vehicle - the "amount of expensive and not repairable bits" for one. For me, the list of possibilities would be vastly reduced once you've weeded out stupid (and IMO dangerous) touch screen interface, electric handbrakes, and a lot of stuff like that.
I did once look into the cost of conversions, thinking about the 18 year old smoker and the 31 year old petrol guzzler - and it was a brief look before I determined that it's out of our price range.
Would be a nice DIY project if I ever find time to get some other stuff finished :-(
A neighbour of mine is having his classic car retro-fitted with EV motor and batteries.
how long would it be until it became obsolete due to the advent of AVs?
I think about the same time commercial fusion becomes mainstream.
~10-20 years
This has been the case since the 70s.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 13:08 GMT Jim84
Just produce methanol from seawater cheaper than petrol using molten salt advanced modular nuclear reactors, burn than methanol in petrol engines (modifing an ICE to handle methanol cost about 100 USD).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Fi3BnwL94
Or in highly polluted cities crack that methanol into hydrogen and CO2 onboard the vehicle and run the hydrogen through a PEM fuel cell. Carbon Monoxide produced from the hydrocarbon would poison the platinum catalyst in the fuel cell stack, but last year scientists in China figured out that adding iron oxide nanoparticles to the catalyst prevented this damage:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/fuel-cells/chinese-catalyst-keeps-fuel-cells-clean
Should have bought an Aston Martin
OK they are a bit costly (well out of my price range - sob) but they will, for a price, whip out and store the petrol engine from any Aston Martin and replace it with electric running gear.
If other manufacturers came up with electric units that could be dropped into where the engine was removed from it might move adoption on a bit
Re: Should have bought an Aston Martin
The thing is it's a bit of a false economy. EVs work best when they are designed and built from production as an EV. This has been a problem with some manufacturers who are putting an EV version of a current ICE with poor results (VW eGolf, BMW i3 etc). They aren't very good.
It's like those companies that built convertible versions of their normal cars and then had poor handling, creaks and chassis movement. A convertible like a Lotus Elise (when it wasn't breaking down) worked great as a soft-top.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 17:29 GMT Steve Davies 3
The BMW i3 was designed from the ground up as an EV and was not an ICE conversion.
I’ve had 3 Lotus Elise’s and they were extremely reliable.
Are you referring to the 1960s/70s/80s Lotus stable?
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:33 GMT OGShakes
If I got an EV I could not charge it at home, I live in a house where the only parking is on the road so often not near my house. I could not charge it at work as there are not enough spaces in the car park for me to get one. When I got my last car I looked at EV and spent a day trying to figure out the logistics to solve these issues, but ended up just getting the most efficient IC I could and left it at that.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 14:48 GMT JDX
Does EV adoption just encourage 2-car families?
I am not aware any current EV has long-range capability. I know Clarkson loves to milk this on TV, and that for typical work-commuting it should be fine, but around this time of year lots and lots of people are driving multi-hundred mile journeys in heavily laden vehicles. And of course lots of people do drive long distances every day for work.
So is the model that's suggested you have a little EV to get to work or the shops, AND a nice petrol estate?
Re: Does EV adoption just encourage 2-car families?
Well depends what you mean by long range. Tesla do 300mile+. Most new generation EVs will be 200mile+. Even the cheaper ones are now 160mile+.
More than enough for the normal commutes and with a big battery and decent systems you can recharge quickly enough that range isn't a major issue any more for most people.
If you can't charge at home or at work and your council hasn't got any initiatives, then it becomes more of a problem - not impossible, but you'd have to spend a little while at a public charger each week.
I thin most people who have an EV and an ICE often swap out the ICE for EV on the next refresh as they realise they don't need it. However it depends on your circumstances.
around this time of year lots and lots of people are driving multi-hundred mile journeys in heavily laden vehicles
Godo point. I don't know what current models are like, but I recall the original Toyota Pious* basically had no boot left after the batteries were stuffed in. I can see that pure EV models don't need the fuel tank and engine, but do they have similar load spaces to "roughly equivalent" ICE vehicles ?
* Spelt that way because it seems that seemed to be the attitude of many that bought them - PR statements.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 00:29 GMT veti
I doubt if any family decides to buy a second car just so they can have an EV. That decision has much more to do with logistics of the family daily routine. So no, I don't buy the idea that EVs "encourage" two-car families. Say rather that it's easier for a two-car family to adopt an EV for one of their vehicles than for a single-car family to make the same commitment.
I would like to see some actual numbers on the "lots and lots of people" you mention. Not that I deny it, but it would be nice to quantify those "lots".
"I would like to see some actual numbers on the "lots and lots of people" you mention. Not that I deny it, but it would be nice to quantify those "lots""
That would be somewhere between hundreds of thousands and millions, more likely the latter.
Summer and holiday weekends generate maybe 8 hours of very heavy traffic both on the outbound trip and the return.
This is with a fair number of roads, between 6 and 16 lanes each, going out of the city (that's both ways, but lots of people seem to start on the opposite side of the city... go figure, so traffic can be fairly busy in the counter-rush direction. That's 6 to 16 lanes both ways. The wider parts don't go far enough out for me to really count them, overall.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 12:05 GMT DuncanLarge
What kind of a road has 16 lanes? Jesus
A rather wide motorway (freeway, expressway). It "only" needs eight lanes each way. Doing a search, it looks like they tend to be in the middle east & Asia. There have been reports of a fifty (yes FIFTY !) lane traffic jam in China - but to be fair, it's fifty lanes through a checkpoint of some sort, then merges down to "just" twenty lanes.
"So is the model that's suggested you have a little EV to get to work or the shops, AND a nice petrol estate"
Or a regular car and a not so little EV. You want it to be useful , safe and secure.
Smaller vehicles generally come of badly in collisions with larger vehicles.
Cool but mostly hype
1-The Production of the batteries and electricity creates a Bigger Carbon footprint than a gas guzzler during its entire life.
2-Heavily Subsidized by the STATE plus a Tax Credit (7,500 in Canada) for the buyer.
We need to look at other alternatives (Like India's compressed air vehicle, the AIRPod).
Until then leave my GTO alone!
Re: Cool but mostly hype
2) That's good, great to get a decent incentive.
GTO is a bit slow, prefer a Tesla P100D Ludicrous.
Wednesday 13th November 2019 10:49 GMT kiwimuso
(Like India's compressed air vehicle, the AirPod).
No, like France's compressed air vehicle, AirPod, which despite the country designator apparently being in Luxembourg, is actually located close to Nice, France
https://www.mdi.lu/home
Tuesday 27th August 2019 16:15 GMT Jean Le PHARMACIEN
Where is my charge point and range?
I live on a (UK) terraced street with only 4 lamp posts for 20 odd houses each side
Where/ how can I charge? (Hint: MY house is down a ginnell 150ft from road; I'm doubly screwed)
Yesterday I drove 760km in 7hrs.(on a holiday in Europe).....can I do that in an electric car?
Answers?
Re: Where is my charge point and range?
Just wait for the Eco green sky-fairy-unicorn to come along.
Get back to me when....
An EV is affordable AND sounds as good as a V8.
Re: sounds as good as a V8?
You could always put a 1.5kW sound system in the back... problem solved but heaven help your hearing.
Most of us won't miss your noisy V8 exhausts on the street one little bit.
Re: Get back to me when....
There's been talk of having EVs fitted with sound generators - mostly to avoid people jumping in front of them because they can't be arsed to use their eyes before crossing. Some debate as to the noise that should be used, but a V8 would be nice :-)
There's someonea chav near me who has fitted one of those electronic gizmos that's supposed to sound like a turbo dump valve. it doesn't sound like a proper dump valve - it sounds like an electronic device some tit has fitted because he doesn't realise how silly it makes him sound. TBH, I don't care much for the real thing outside of the circuit/stage - such things (along with super loud exhausts) are a bit antisocial for normal road use.
> There's been talk of having EVs fitted with sound generators
This is already the case. The talk is about forcing them to be on at certain speeds. Which they should.
> because they can't be arsed to use their eyes before crossing.
Nice to SEE you have eyes. Do you want blind people to be taken off the streets? What about partially sighted people? Oh and how about people who can barely lift their head. In gact, as its so inconvenient for you your highness lets do this:
1. Remove all blind people off the street. We can use AI to detect if the can react to a sign or symbol place at regular intevals on the street. If the AI sees no reaction then it can target and taser them. This would be basically like a physical version of a CAPTCHA, testing that a subject can see in order to permit access to the outside world. Blind people should be confined to being wheeled around by helpers, who will pass the test and not anoy you.
2. Same goes for partially sighted people, wheel them about if they cant see certain things.
3. Pull all kids off the street too. They tend to run into roads etc, esp when they are young. Why should they be taught to LISTEN for vehicles? Then again perhaps we can run the brats down for points?
4. Anyone with working eyes but unable to move theor head, permanantly or just due to a neck brace, should be declared disabled and confined to a wheelchair operated by a sighted able person.
I forsee and new type of job. The AI will probably end up tasering the kids so will be switched off. Plenty of people will love to walk the streets looking for undesireables, pulling them off the road, hunting and chasing them into corners. All hail the EV driver.
> can't be arsed to use their eyes
An older couple in a totally silent EV tried to run me over in the supermarket parking lot. I had just parked myself and was standing behind my car waiting for someone to get out, when a silent EV came sneaking up to me from behind, and gently swept me off my feet. The driver and his wife gave me a blank stare and drove away, didn't even stop. No damage done since it all happened at less than walking speed, but I definitely would had preferred to hear them come (if not apologize).
So yes, silent EV cars are extremely dangerous, mostly because of the entitled morons driving them. I definitely don't want to worry about some "I brake for nobody" moron trying to sneak up on me again. (And in case you wonder, no way he could not have seen me standing there, I'm well-set in all 4 dimensions.)
"Some debate as to the noise that should be used, but a V8 would be nice :-)"
The Tyrannosaurus scream from Jurassic Park.
Any EV, out of the box, already sounds infinitely better than a V8.
"AND sounds as good as a V8"
Oh yeah, sure so we can go around town in a gear too low just so the engine roars as we go past.
When this happens I noticed the pedestrians line the streets in admiration, many looking at the driver and wishing they could be the passenger in such a cool ride. Some in awe of such a powerful machine...
Oh no , sorry they glance over and think "What a dick".
There was a fantastic anti-speeding (and anti-dickhead) advertising campaign in Australia a few years ago - basically the theme was "small dick, loud car".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibAe8ArmvwY
Nearly 200 comments and so far no mention of the factor that will blow the CO2 emissions argument out of the water.
Until we have an excess of low/zero carbon generation (which means a mix of renewables and nuclear, and we aren't going to have enough of either in the foreseeable future to have an excess of capacity) then EVs will add to the demand for fossil fuel generation - so they aren't zero emissions, even more so in winter when lecky from teh battery is used for heating rather than waste heat from an ICE.
But, I can say that if I had an EV (which I can charge at home), then the "fuel" is very very cheap. I'd do a lot more miles than I do in the petrol & diesel cars we have now. If I want to go into town, then I think about the £5 or more it'll cost in fuel - and only go when it's necessary and/or I've collected up enough reasons to make it worthwhile. With a lecky car, the per-mile cost would be such that I'd "just go" and only be considering the cost in my own time.
I wonder what that does to the "more efficient from the gas in the power station to the road vs petrol in the tank to the road argument ? Discuss !
Re: The elephant in the room
"...so far no mention of..."
Lots of comments have mentioned it and others have countered it.
Thursday 12th September 2019 12:03 GMT SImon Hobson
Sorry, badly worded by me. Yes the issue of low/zero carbon lecky has been raised but not effectively countered other than "hand waving" and muttering about "lots more windmills".
However, I recall no mention of "cheaper driving = more miles driven". More miles driven means more emissions, so if (just picking numbers from the air to make the illustration easy) an EV charged on our mix of lecky generation had half the CO2 emissions per mile of the IC vehicle it replaces, if it then does twice the miles it will have the same emissions. OK, that's not likely, but it will be a real effect.
The third way
The Scandinavians are trialling something that was suggested several decades ago = induction charging strips fitted to motorways.
So you drive your EV on internal battery to the motorway, then run on the leccy from the induction system - recharging your own battery along the way; then switch to internal power again when you leave.
Fitted and charged as part of a road toll; this could be a gold mine for the operators, and what the world needs to reduce carbon and other pollution output.
It would also remove range anxiety almost completely.
I'd love an EV, 90% of my driving is less than 20 miles per day; but I cannot afford even a 2011 Leaf - even though the savings in fuel, tax etc; would completely offset the purchase price.
So I am stuck with an old gas guzzler.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 19:06 GMT Starace
Price equivalency
That's going to be a good trick - the bulk of the cost difference is in the battery and given those are already (mostly) a commodity item in mass production where exactly do they see the reductions coming from?
You'd have to see all sorts of innovations appear and material prices collapse for anything significant to happen. And even then it still won't be cheap for a 30-100kWh battery.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 01:53 GMT Daniel 18
Re: Price equivalency
"and material prices collapse"
Of course, building hundreds of millions of EVs may push materials prices up a little.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 21:12 GMT Cynicalmark
I Love the way everyone misses the elephant in the room
We all would love to have green vehicles and wonderfully green batteries charged by renewable resources, but why do the world leaders place the onus on us the end user by badgering us to go green?
They line their pockets on carbon credit trades between countries and mega corporations rather than making the dirty industries clean up their act. No doubt someone will come to the aid of these angelic filth mongers rather than admitting that carbon trade and credit transfers are wrong. Offsetting something that can be resolved is criminal.
Why should we tolerate the distinct lack of action and arrogance of big players who continue to use and abuse the environment for profit.
Last I looked an exec of a large German car group said electric cars were a waste of time and nothing wrong with what we have now. Fgs with aholes like that in charge and pathetic greenies doing nothing more than hitting them with a hard leaflet campaign followed by a small protest of tree huggers is it any wonder we are doomed.
It is up to consumers to not buy the crap that doesn’t work to help our planet now - we tried it all so yeah I agree to the message but not the meaning - go green in product choices not in personal energy usage - hence the need to stop hiding how green or ungreen something is. Have a larger scale such as an a-z listing of total greenness. Lets have each producer from all in the manufacturing chain to tot up the figures to make a final score......clearly marked we would see how dirty an electric vehicle really is.
I know it’s a rambling old fart thing but spleen vented grrrrrrr
Re: I Love the way everyone misses the elephant in the room
"We all would love to have green vehicles and wonderfully green batteries charged by renewable resources,"
Citation needed.
Tuesday 27th August 2019 21:31 GMT ukoperator
Whatever we do on our tiny island with only 0.88% of the worlds population is not going to do squat for the environment absolutely nothing (but its good for government taxes). Until China, India the US etc are on board keep buying combustion.
China have a massive push towards renewables. They are installing more solar farms than anyone.
However, as previously stated when the same comment was made. We can't encourage or help other countries to transition until we have done it ourselves. If we become world leaders in renewable, carbon free technology, it might cost a bit to sort out the mistakes but we can then export and sell that technology and knowledge. In a [cough] post brexit Britain we need to have an industry to lead in . Green energy is a pretty good one.
Not only that local pollution from cars affects us locally. Car exhausts in Bejing may increase CO2 but the particulates mainly affect those in the surrounding areas.
> However, as previously stated when the same comment was made. We can't encourage or help other countries to transition until we have done it ourselves. If we become world leaders in renewable, carbon free technology
France moved entirely to nuclear, have the cheapest energy, lowest emissions of anyone else and yet nobody has managed to follow them.
Saturday 31st August 2019 01:56 GMT Col_Panek
Germany followed them: they also use French nuclear energy.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 06:31 GMT Mike 137
The key point of the piece?
There are a lot of interesting comments above, but mostly about the ultimate outcomes.
However it's already apparent that Kat Hall's main point is valid. Many anti-ICE pollution initiatives to date are simply centred on charging money for the privilege of carrying on as normal (emissions zones for example). All that really does is restrict the freedoms of the poor, and in some cases it can cause real hardship. A guy I know had his small business fold because his local council imposed a massively unaffordable daily charge for keeping his diesel van on the road, just because of its age - not because of its emissions, which were within legal spec.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 08:13 GMT Andy Towler
No s**t Sherlock
"Electric cars can't cut UK carbon emissions while only the wealthy can afford to own one"
In other news, the sun rises in the East once again.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 08:22 GMT Martin an gof
Like heck they do. Most manufacturers seem to offer a 7-ish year "lifespan" and expect 10 - 12,000 miles a year.
For example, Nissan offers an 8-year, 100,000 mile (whichever occurs first) "Lithium-Ion Battery gradual capacity loss coverage" warranty on their higher capacity battery, but only 5-year, 60,000 miles on the lower capacity one:
The Nissan LEAF & eNV200 lithium-ion battery state of health guarantee protects against battery capacity loss (less than 9 bars out of 12) as shown on the in vehicle capacity gauge for a period of 8 years / 100,000 miles* for 40 kWh vehicles and 8 years / 100,000 miles* for 30 kWh vehicles and 5 years / 60,000 miles* for 24kWh vehicles. For LEAF flex customers, the battery state of health guarantee applies for the duration of the battery lease.
Their battery leasing programme has severe restrictions on mileage - probably based on the above, where 100,000 miles over 8 years comes to 12,500 miles a year. I did around 24,000 miles last year, though it's likely to be slightly lower from now on.
I am very tempted by an electric vehicle for my 90 mile a day (mostly) motorway commute, but until recently none of the more affordable cars could guarantee a 90 mile range in the winter with the heating, lights and wipers on, particularly towards the end of the warranty period as the battery approaches 75% capacity
Wednesday 4th September 2019 15:20 GMT JokerZero
Agreed, the used car trade takes the view that a Nissan leaf with 80K miles on the clock will have an effective battery range of less than 40 miles and is therefore a technical write off.
Straight to pure electric is too big a leap
A friend with a tesla has a regular journey that's too far for the battery so he routinely stops for lunch at a restaurant with tesla charging points. Not only does that add the cost of a meal and the time taken but it also means he needs to plan his journey to fit in with the restaurant opening hours.
Pure electric may be OK for relatively local commute/shopping but battery anxiety is a problem, even if there were more charging points (and standard connectors) planning a lengthy stop to recharge is a problem. And remember the recharge may take an hour, compare with a few mins to refill petrol, forecourts would need to be far larger to accommodate the recharging vehicles.
Best answer is hybrid for an interim period at least. I have Toyota Auris. The battery is tiny compared to an all-electric vehicle and hybrid has the extra weight of a conventional drive train. The battery alone would not take you very far but it's real use is to give a power boost when needed and in low speed stop-start traffic.
I guess as things progress the conventional engines could get smaller and batteries bigger.
My only gripe is lack of manual control. I have a regular route of about 40 miles. Outbound I get about 80mpg, return on the same route 60mpg, same amount of climb each way (light traffic, few traffic lights). I think I could get it to 80mpg both ways if I could override the system to tell it things like "I know there's a long descent coming up so maximise battery use before we get there" for example.
Wednesday 28th August 2019 12:20 GMT Enders
Given the current battery charge times, would this be a viable alternative?
https://www.nanoflowcell.com
https://www.eenewspower.com/news/flow-battery-pioneer-aims-volume-production-cars-and-fuel
Re: NanoFlowcell
No, they've been touting that since the late 90's production is always 18 months away
Thursday 29th August 2019 07:10 GMT Local Laddie
I'd happily buy one except....
When I get a car - its always a new car out of the box, right now I want/need a new car BUT:
The cost of electric cars is prohibitive (much higher than petrol or diesel)
Lack of charging points (I live t'up north - its really grim when looking for a charging point)
So I'm keeping my old banger for a bit longer than usual in the hope prices drop soon.
Friday 30th August 2019 16:31 GMT Nikki Radir
Well, I never...
You can always learn something new from a 'Register' comments thread, can't you?
Apparently nascent technologies don't work perfectly as soon as they're introduced! Gathering energy from widely dispersed, natural sources to produce a resilient electricity supply will require more complex system designs than just burning stuff! Electric cars now being produced after a whole decade of intensive R&D don't outperform ICEVs in every way! [Question: what's keeping them? Haven't they had long enough, already?]
And that's not all... Some people with 'Green' sympathies aren't technically savvy enough to evaluate complex technological systems! Good investment, design and production choices matter for renewable technologies as well as those powered by combustion! Some unavoidable disadvantages remain even when you adopt a better technology! The adoption of electric vehicles and renewable energy is not enough on its own to save human civilisation from ecosystem collapse! Zero carbon doesn't mean zero pollution! People choosing a green electricity tariff doesn't mean the electricity they use is physically generated by a wind turbine!
Etcetera. But one thing I won't be schooled on, is the necessity to do our very best to turn this situation around. It's not optional.
The article iself reflects my recent situation, as when I scrapped our diesel Toyota Avensis with 215K miles on the clock, three years ago, I would have loved to get an electric car. What I could actually afford was an 11-year old Corolla. I really enjoy it; what an expression of advanced production engineering; what reliability and capability. But it's not an EV. [I have to commute ~240 miles a week, if I'm not to quit my job, and using public transport would more than double my journey time.]
I have seen (simply by scratching a little below the surface of the headlines) material that would indicate (waves wet finger in the wind, vaguely) that there are thousands of R&D projects out there in every part of academia, industry, commerce and so on, trying to bring the various new components of a better world into being (and yes, I use that phrase sincerely and deliberately). For those of you tempted to despair, or to dismiss the need for change, just try a little harder. While there may be shortcomings and idiocies for you to find your way around, the clear picture is that we have the technology we need to make progress, and that amongst the many possibilities now in development, we'll find what we need to complete the task. And it will continually get better and cheaper. Oh, and for the avoidance of doubt, change is not optional. Don't argue with me about that, there are many credible, authoritative sources out there for you to consult. That website you stumbled across, with the bar-stool philosopher of a retired American engineer, who cherry-picks the data to 'show' that CO2 is just plant food after all and nothing to worry about, is not a credible or authoritative source.
I think that we currently have some absolutely great engineering departments, all over the world. If you're a car nut and you haven't seen the Porsche Taycan videos (repeated acceleration, Nordschleife lap, 24 hours at the Nardo circuit), then do it. Too quiet for you? I'm looking forward to being able to hear the sound system properly ... maybe in a VW ID; I'm now saving up for a new car. Target 2021. What I also want is a government that will legislate for constructive change tout suite. But for that I fear we need more democracy, not <censored>, and that's another story.
But it is time for everyone who ‘gets it’ to shape up for the question “What did you do in the great struggle against climate heating, Granddad/Grandma?”. Of course, this is my opinion and you may disagree … but you’re wrong if you do.
Saturday 31st August 2019 03:43 GMT M.V. Lipvig
The main problems
continue to be recharge time and power availability. Until an EV can drive into a recharger on sparks (ICE version of driving on fumes) then leave 10 minutes later with a 100 percent charge, they just aren't practical. Forgetting to plug in the night before means you're stranded for the day, forgetting to fill the gas tank the day before means you're 10 minutes late to wherever you were going.
Then there's the whole power generation problem. That power has to come from SOMEWHERE, and I don't know of a single nation on the planet that has enough excess generation capacity, or transmission capacity for that matter, to just swap their entire fleet from ICEV to EV. Maybe one of the island nations with 10 cars and 5 miles of road can, but those nations are already just using golf carts. There still needs to be a lot of development in the infrastructure and the tech before this will be ready, and I speak as one who would switch in a minute if I could. I like to drag race, and the acceleration of an EV is very exciting to me. Waiting 8 hours for a "full tank of gas" on the other hand is not.
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HOW TO GROW WALLICHIA DISTICHA - The Fishtail Palm
How to grow Wallichia disticha
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Native to the lowlands and montane rainforests of the Himalayas, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Nepal, Wallichia disticha is just one of seven species within the genus named in honour of Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854). The species name 'disticha' is derived from the Greek 'dis' and 'stichos' (meaning two lines), a reference to the two opposing rows of leaves. It is also the only species within the genus with this unusual leaf arrangement making it both a handsome and desirable species. The arching, pinnate leaves are approximately 2.4-4.5 metres long.
Commonly known as the False sugar palm, Wallichia disticha is a fishtail-like palm with a solitary trunk and large, stiff, feathery leaves which form from (usually) a single trunk. Under favourable conditions you can expect Wallichia disticha to reach an overall height of between 6-9 metres. The canopy is usually half that of the height. Specimens that are cultivated in dry or infertile soils will tend to produce smaller leaves and be smaller in height.
It is an easy to grow species that will perform best in a reliably moist sandy soil in full sun although it will tolerate half-shade in hotter climates. That being said it has proven to tolerate clay and loam soils which can also be slightly alkaline or acidic. Water during extended periods of drought, and improve drainage where necessary to prevent the roots becoming waterlogged over the winter as this cause the premature death of the plant. Feed with a liquid fertilizer rich in micronutrients (such as a liquid soluble seaweed-based fertiliser) to prevent nutrient deficiencies. Low levels of iron and magnesium can cause characteristic yellowing known as chlorosis. Micronutrient deficiencies are usually known to occur in acidic soils.
Wallichia disticha it is widely cultivated in subtropical and warm temperate regions and is surprising cold hardy capable of surviving freezing temperatures down to -2 degrees Celsius. Even colder temperatures can be survived if only for short periods. This means that it is possible to grow Wallichia disticha outside in the milder regions of Great Britain.
Once established avoid moving as the root system of this species is particularly sensitive to being dug up. This will often result in shocking the plant causing it to prematurely come into seed and then die.
Very little maintenance is required other than to remove any diseased, damaged or drying leaves, but do not prune until all of the leaf's green colour has disappeared.
Main image credit - David Stang Else Kientzler Botanical Garden https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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HOW TO GROW THE TEA PLANT FROM SEED?
How to grow the tea plant from seed
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Tea may no longer be the hot beverage of choice in England, but there are still approximately 165 million cups drunk within this emerald isle every single day.
So with a nice hot cup of tea still up there across the nation why not consider growing your own tea plants and producing your own brew from freshly harvested leaves?
The botanical name for the tea plant is Camellia sinensis, the genus name of which will be familiar to most gardeners for its floriferous cousins.
Now despite popular images of Tea plants being picked in exotic, tropical locations, it is a surprisingly hardy species capable of surviving all but the harshest winters that the UK can throw at it.
How to grow tea from seed
First purchase 'as fresh as you can' tea seeds from a reputable seed supplier. Then before sowing, soak the seeds in tepid water for a day or so. Using a good quality, ericaceous, soil-based seed compost fill a large modular seed tray of 9 cm pots. Alternatively, create your own compost by mixing 50:50 John Innes 'Seed and Cutting' compost and Ericaceous compost. Press one seed into the centre of each pot or module with the eye of each seed facing upwards and cover with a thin layer or vermiculite, horticultural grade lime-free grit, perlite or compost.
Gently water in and to help retain moisture, humidity as well as a warm rooting medium to encourage timely germination, place the tray or pots inside a heated propagator with a temperature at approximately 16-18 degrees Celsius. Alternatively, seal inside a clear polythene bag and place on a warm, bright windowsill, but out of direct of full sun. Water using a mister to keep the compost permanently moist but never allow it to become waterlogged. Tea seeds will germinate once overnight temperatures rise above 12 degrees Celsius, emerging from 4-6 weeks onwards.
Once germinated, remove the pot from the polythene bag or propagator. Modular sown tea seeds will need to remain until most of the seeds have germinated but you will need to keep an eye for fungal infections which can flourish in the warm humid conditions.
Once the roots have established in the modules they can be carefully lifted and potted on into 9 cm pots containing good quality soil-based ericaceous compost and moved into a protected environment such as an unheated greenhouse. Keep the compost moist and feed with an ericaceous liquid soluble fertiliser every week or two during the growing season. Once the plants have grown to approximately 30 cm high they will be ready for planting outside into their final position. However they must be acclimated to outdoor conditions over a couple of weeks by exposing them to direct sunshine beginning with one to two hours a day until they can withstand full sun
Tea plants will perform best in a sunny, sheltered position in sandy soil with a pH of 5 to 6.
Main image credit - Christophe Meneboeuf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
In text image credit - Selena N. B. H. from Fayetteville, USA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) botanical illustration from Köhler's Medicinal Plants, 1897 - public domain
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HOW TO GROW THE SWEET BOX - Sarcococca confusa
The 'Sweet Box' - Sarcococca confusa
The 'Sweet Box' - Sarcococca confusa may not be particularly eye-catching, but when you stroll past a specimen in full winters bloom it is undeniably nose-catching, if such a conjoined word exists! The common name is in reference to its similarity to the common box, Buxus sempervirens.
Under favourable conditions you can expect the sweet box to reach a mature height of 2 metres with a width of 1 metre. It is a compact, evergreen shrub with glossy, green, ovate leaves and a spreading habit. The origins of Sarcococca confusa are uncertain but it is generally believed to derive from China. Strangely it is not matched by any wild specimen, but there is some belief that it may have been raised from seeds collected by Ernest Henry 'Chinese' Wilson (1876 – 1930) in Western China. It was subsequently brought under cultivation in England around 1916.
The most notable feature of the sweet box is its highly fragrant, honey-scented blooms. The white flowers with cream-coloured anthers appear over the winter and once pollinated are followed by glossy, black berries 5 mm in diameter. In fact the genus name Sarcococca originates from the Greek meaning 'fleshy berry', referring to the fruit.
The sweet box is relatively easy to grow and will perform well when grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained humus-rich soil. It will perform best in shade as the foliage can bleach when exposed to full sun.. Semi-shade and full sun can be tolerated if the soil remains reliably moist during the growing period
It is also tolerant of atmospheric pollution, and once established will also be tolerant of drought and neglect. Like the true box - Buxus sempervirens, it is ideal for creating an informal low hedge.
Sarcococca confusa received the Award of Garden Merit in 1984.
Main image credit - Denis.prévôt
HOW TO GROW THE CHRISTMAS BOX - Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis
HOW TO GROW TEA
If you are a keen gardener and love tea then you may be tempted to try and grow your own tea plant - Camellia sinensis, and process the leaf tips for your own consumption. While there are many Camellia species and cultivars familiar to British gardeners, Camellia sinensis is grown mainly in tropical and subtropical climates and as such is not considered hardy. That being said, some tea varieties are surprisingly cold hardy once established and have proven to shrug off all but the worst weather England has to offer. It is also tolerate of coastal climates. As such there are small, specialist tea plantations (using the 'Clonal One' cultivar) under cultivation in Cornwall in the United Kingdom, and rather surprisingly Perthshire in Scotland. You may be interested to know that Perthshire tea company 'The Wee Tea Company' won the honour of being the best tea in the world at the 'Salon de The' awards in Paris in 2015 for their Dalreoch smoked white tea!
Tea plants are usually grown in regions which receive at least 125 cm of rainfall a year in rich, moist soil in full to part sun, so these conditions will need to be replicated as best as possible in the UK with the likelihood of winter protection required.
When left to their own devices, tea plants can reach a height of approximately 15 metres. However, for ease of harvesting, tea plants are usually kept to waist height. It takes 3-4 years for a newly planted tea plant to be established enough to cope with leaf harvesting. Under favourable conditions a tea plant will grow a new flush every seven to 15 days during the growing season. Leaves that are slow in development tend to produce a better-flavoured tea which is why Perthshire tea growers produce some of the best leaves in the world.
How to grow tea plants in containers
To keep it simple for cold protection, consider growing a tea plant in as large pot as you can comfortably move to a protected area when necessary. The key to successful cultivation is the rooting medium. It will need to be well-drained, moisture-retentive, slightly acidic compost. That can be achieved by mixing equal parts John Innes 'No3' compost, ericaceous compost and well-rotted farm manure and lime-free horticultural grit. It will perform best in full sun but will the compost must be kept moist at all times during the growing season to prevent the growing tips from drying out. That being said, do not allow the soil to become waterlogged as the roots can easily perish under this conditions.
Feed with a liquid soluble acidic fertilizer once every couple of weeks during the growing period.
Once temperatures look to start dropping below 7 degrees Celsius move your pot grown specimen to a frost free position such as an unheated greenhouse. Once spring temperatures rise, and the threat of late frosts have passed, your tea plant will need to be acclimated for a week or two before being left outside in their final position.
How to grow a tea plant outside
Despite being associated with tropical and subtropical climates the tea plant is surprisingly robust in all by the worst of our British climate. However when cultivated for tea leaves the plant can be cropped more frequently and provide a better quality product when grown in favourable conditions. Ideally a south-facing, terraced hillside can provide the sunny aspect combined with good drainage, although irrigation may be required over the summer. Enrich the soil prior to planting with well-rotted farm manure and mulch every autumn taking care not to have the mulch touch the plants trunk.
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WHAT PLANT DO YOU GET TEA FROM?
If you are English then you are likely to have a strong emotional (and possibly addictive) relationship with tea. However besides from knowing that tea is made from an infusion of processed tea leaves then it is also likely that you will not know from which plant the tea leaves are from.
The origins of tea date back so far into history that it is impossible to say when it was first drunk but records show that it was originally taken as a medicinal beverage in Southwest China approximately 3000 years ago, prior to it first becoming popular as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty (618 - 907). Tea came to the attention of the English during the 17th century after being brought back to Europe in the 16th Century by Portuguese merchants.
The plant from which you get tea is called camellia sinensis, the genus name of which will be familiar to most gardeners. The traditional Chinese name for Camellia literally means 'Tea flower', while the wester name is in honour of Rev. Georg Kamel (1661–1706), pharmacist, and missionary to the Philippines and who incidentally did not discover or name this plant, or any other Camellia species. The species name 'sinensis' is Latin for 'from China'.
Camellia sinensis is an evergreen shrub with broad, glossy leaves. The young leaves emerge light green in colour, darkening as they mature. Under cultivation tea plants are usually kept at a height of approximately 1.5-2 metres to make it easy to pick the fresh leaf tips. When picked for tea production only the top 2–5 centimeters of the mature plant are picked. These buds and leaves are known as 'flushes'. A tea plant will typically grow a new flush every seven to 15 days during the growing season in subtropical to tropical climates.
When left to its own devices you can expect a mature tea plant to reach a height of 16 metres. Unfortunately it is only considered to be half hardy and cannot be grown outside in England without winter protection.
Main image credit - Selena N. B. H. from Fayetteville, USA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
In text image - By Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen - List of Koehler Images, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=255290
HOW TO GROW A COFFEE PLANT FROM SEED
HOW TO GROW MANDARIN ORANGE FROM SEED - Citrus reticulata
How to grow the Mandarin orange from seed
Check out any decent book on citrus plants and you will be surprised at just how many cultivars there are available bearing in mind there are little over 20 species across the entire globe. This is because they can hybridise easily and have been done so in Asia for many thousands of years! In fact according to molecular studies, hybridization between mandarin, citron, pomelo, and the papeda are responsible for most other commercial citrus varieties,
The mandarin orange - Citrus reticulata, is one of those true species and as such will grow true from seed, and luckily enough is relatively easy to germinate. To begin with you will need to obtain fresh viable seed. This can be achieved by collecting your own seed from shop bought fruit or purchase your own from a reputable online seed retailer.
Self-collected fruit will need to be cleaned so that any pulp has been removed and will be ready for immediate planting without any further preparation. Purchased seeds are likely to have dried off a little and as such will need to be soaked for 12-24 hours in tepid water.
Using modular seed tray or small terracotta pots (approximately 7-9 cm in diameter) filled with a good quality soil-based compost such as John Innes 'Seed and Cutting', sow in seed per pot or module approximately 1 cm deep. Gently water in and move to the warmest, brightest part of the house but without direct sunlight and keeping the soil moist but not waterlogged at all times. Watering can be reduced by placing the trays or pots under a covering plated of Perspex or glass or keep them inside a clear, sealed polythene bag. This will also help to maintain high humidity. Germination times are directly affected by soil temperature and that can be improved by placing the pots or tray inside a heated propagator at a temperature at approximately 18-22 degrees Celsius. You can expect germination to occur from 14 days onwards, however germination will be erratic. That being said, viability of mandarin seeds is high so don't throw un-germinated seeds away until they gave been allowed a month or two to emerge.
Germinated seeds can be removed from the heated seed tray or sealed bag and placed in a cooler position. If used, any germinated plants under the covering plate will also need to be removed
Once the seeds have reached 3-4 inches high they can be potted on in to a larger pot with slightly acidic, richer soil-based compost.
In regions prone to freezing conditions your mandarin plants can be grown as a houseplant or as a container plant outside once they have been acclimated for a week or so before being left in sunny conditions. Be aware that Mandarins will need to be brought back under protection once overnight temperatures reach 6-7 degrees Celsius. Do not re-acclimatise in the spring until the threat of late frosts have passed.
Keep the compost moist and feed with a liquid soluble citrus fertiliser ever couple of weeks during the growing season.
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Guitar for Absolute Beginners: Play Guitar in 10 Weeks
Guitar for Absolute Beginners - Lesson 1
Lesson 1 - Introduction (0:56)
Parts of the Guitar (2:30)
Parts of the Guitar: Self Test (1:47)
How to Hold a Guitar (1:27)
How to Strum - The Rest Stroke (2:07)
Rest Stroke Exercise @ 60 bpm (1:19)
Rest Stroke Exercise @ 100 bpm (0:51)
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How to Identify Fingers (0:55)
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How to Fret a Clean Note (2:09)
Fretting Exercise - Explained (0:59)
Fretting Exercise @ 60 bpm (1:59)
Fretting Exercise @ 100 bpm (1:03)
Fretting Troubleshooting (1:34)
Self Test - Finger, Frets and Strings (2:08)
Acquiring a Metronome (1:58)
The D Chord - Introduction (2:59)
D Chord Build Up - Explained (1:10)
D Chord Build Up @ 60 bpm (2:24)
D Chord Build Up @ 100 bpm (1:16)
D Chord Mega Lift - Explained (1:24)
D Chord Mega Lift @ 60 bpm (1:20)
D Chord Mega Lift @ 100 bpm (0:53)
Clear Sounding D Chord (1:34)
D Chord Troubleshooting (1:43)
Chord Diagrams Explained (3:00)
Chord Diagram Reading - Self Test #1 (1:28)
The G Chord - Introduction (1:13)
G Chord Build Up - Introduction (0:56)
G Chord Build Up @ 60 bpm (1:23)
G Chord Build Up @ 100 bpm (1:15)
G Chord Mega Lift @ 60 bpm (0:55)
G Chord Mega Lift @ 100 bpm (1:14)
G Chord Troubleshooting (2:27)
D to G Switch - Explained (3:03)
D to G Change Drill @ 60 bpm (1:51)
D to G Change Drill @ 100 bpm (1:16)
Wrist Troubleshooting (3:17)
Six Songs @ 60 bpm (2:46)
Six Songs @ 100 bpm (2:05)
Introducing the Capo (2:12)
"Give Peace a Chance" - Explained (0:54)
Play Along in the Style of 'Give Peace a Chance' (2:20)
'Born in the USA' Explained (0:39)
Play Along in the Style of 'Born in the USA' (1:55)
'Walk on the Wild Side' - Explained (0:46)
Play Along in the Style of 'Walk on the Wild Side' (1:25)
"What I Got" - Explained (0:42)
Play Along in the Style of 'What I Got' (1:51)
14 Two-Chord Guitar Songs For Beginners with D and G (Songs For Absolute Beginners Class 1)
How to Use a Tuner (3:20)
How to Hold a Pick (1:49)
Playing On the Beat (2:09)
D to G on beat @ 60 bpm (2:18)
D to G On the Beat @ 90 bpm (2:06)
D to G On the Beat @ 120 bpm (2:12)
The A7 Chord - Introduction (1:48)
D to A7 @ 60 bpm (2:47)
D to A7 @ 120 bpm (1:14)
How to Read Guitar Tab (7:57)
Guitar Tab Reading - Self Test #1 (2:02)
What is a Lick? (1:27)
How to Read Guitar Charts (6:07)
Memorizing Songs, Using Patterns (1:55)
"Batman" Style Intro - Explained (3:38)
"Batman" Style Intro - @ 60 bpm (1:26)
"Batman" Style Intro - @ 120 bpm (0:52)
12 Bar Blues - Introduction (2:15)
"Ice Cream Man" - Explained (1:01)
Play Along in the Style of 'Ice Cream Man' (1:41)
"Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - Explained (3:13)
Play Along in the Style of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' (2:46)
13 Three-Chord Guitar Songs For Beginners With D, G and A7 (Songs For Absolute Beginners Class 3)
What is a Chord Progression? (4:41)
The E Minor Chord - Introduction (0:44)
G to Em Pivot - Explained (1:53)
G to Em @ 60 bpm (1:32)
G to Em Pivot at 90 bpm (1:20)
G to Em Pivot @ 120 bpm (1:05)
The C Chord - Introduction (1:14)
Em to C Pivot - Explained (0:53)
Em to C Pivot @ 60 bpm (1:40)
The D7 Chord - Introduction (1:45)
C to D7 @ 60 bpm (1:56)
C to D7 @ 120 bpm (1:12)
The Whole Shebang - Explained (2:59)
The Whole Shebang @ 60 bpm (2:09)
The Whole Shebang @ 120 bpm (1:45)
Capo Talk (2:57)
Play Any Song with One Simple Trick (5:35)
The Almost "Peter Gunn" Riff - Explained (2:19)
The Almost "Peter Gunn" Riff @ 60 bpm (1:25)
The Almost "Peter Gunn" Riff @ 120 bpm (1:17)
Fundamental Habits of a Good Guitar Player (2:57)
"Stand by Me" - Explained (1:08)
Play Along in the Style of 'Stand By Me' (2:32)
Play Along in the Style of 'Last Kiss' (2:30)
"Viva La Vida" - Explained (2:19)
Play Along in the Style of 'Viva La Vida' (2:43)
14 EASY FOUR CHORD SONGS FOR GUITAR BEGINNERS WITH G, EM, C AND D7 (Absolute Beginner Class 3 Song Links)
Alternate Strumming - Introduction (1:10)
Strumming Notation (0:56)
Em to G Pivot - Explanation (1:59)
Em to G Chord Alternate Strumming @ 60 bpm (0:54)
Em to G - Alternate Strumming @ 90 bpm (0:57)
Em to G - Alternate Strumming @ 120 bpm (0:39)
Small Barre - Introduction (1:14)
Small Barre Lick #1 (0:47)
Classic Sliding Small Barre - Explained (2:01)
Classic Sliding Small Barre #2 (1:34)
"Bad Moon Rising" - Explained (0:43)
Play Along in the Style of 'Bad Moon Rising' (1:13)
"I Gotta Feeling" - Explained (0:45)
Play Along in the Style of 'I Gotta Feeling' (slow) (2:19)
Play Along in the Style of 'I Gotta Feeling' (fast) (2:04)
"First Cut" - Explained (1:01)
Play Along in the Style of 'First Cut is the Deepest' (slow) (2:55)
Play Along in the Style of 'The First Cut is the Deepest' (fast) (2:27)
Lesson 5 - Introdution (1:30)
"Wild Riff" - Explained (4:40)
"Wild Riff" Play Along @ 60 bpm (2:08)
"Wild Riff" Play Along @ 120 bpm (2:05)
A Minor Chord - Introduction (1:49)
C to Am Pivot - Explained (1:51)
C to Am Pivot @ 60 bpm (1:53)
C to Am Pivot @ 120 bpm (1:32)
G to A Minor - Explained (1:43)
G to A Minor @ 60 bpm (1:25)
G to A Minor @ 120 bpm (1:26)
D to A Minor - Explained (1:51)
D to A Minor @ 60 bpm (1:05)
D to A Minor @ 120 bpm (0:50)
"My Girl" - Explained (3:45)
Play Along in the Style of 'My Girl' (slow) (2:41)
Play Along in the Style of 'My Girl' (fast) (2:21)
"Knocking on Heaven's Door" - Explained (1:32)
Play Along in the Style of 'Knocking on Heaven's Door' (slow) (2:13)
Play Along in the Style of 'Knocking on Heaven's Door' (fast) (1:15)
"Hot n Cold" - Explained (1:38)
Play Along in the Style of 'Hot N Cold' (3:40)
Play 13 Easy Beginners Songs On Guitar Using The C Chord (Songs For Absolute Beginners Class 5)
Air Strum Technique - Explained (1:46)
Basic Strum Pattern - Explained (3:06)
Em to G Basic Strum Pivot - Explained (1:18)
E Minor to G Basic Strum Pivot @ 60 bpm (1:13)
E Minor to G Basic Strum @ 90 bpm (1:06)
E Minor to G Basic Strum @ 120 bpm (0:56)
D to G Basic Strum - Introduction (1:08)
D to G Basic Strum @ 60 bpm (1:23)
D to G Basic Strum @ 120 bpm (1:00)
"Jet Plane" - Explained (1:22)
Play Along in the Style of 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' (2:56)
"Country Roads" - Explained (1:11)
Play Along in the Style of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' (4:06)
"Wish You Were Here" - Explained (0:43)
Play Along in the Style of 'Wish You Were Here' (1:26)
13 Easy Basic-Strum Songs With G, C and D (Songs For Absolute Beginners Class 6)
Best Strum Pattern - Explained (3:21)
Best Strum @ 60 bpm (0:58)
Best Strum @ 100 bpm (0:57)
E Minor to G Best Strum @ 60 bpm (1:03)
E Minor to G Best Strum @ 100 bpm (0:56)
G to C Best Strum @ 60 bpm (1:19)
G to C Best Strum @ 100 bpm (0:51)
"Sometimes it's Just Not Easy" (0:40)
"Brown Eyed Girl" - Explained (1:23)
Play Along in the Style of 'Brown Eyed Girl' (2:11)
Play Along in the Style of 'I Will Follow You into the Dark' (slow) (3:10)
Play Along in the Style of 'I Will Follow You into the Dark' (fast) (3:46)
"Johnny B. Goode" - Explained (0:52)
Play Along in the Style of 'Johnny B. Goode' (Slow) (3:04)
Play Along in the Style of 'Johnny B. Goode' (fast) (1:40)
14 Easy Best Strum Songs With G, C and D (Songs For Absolute Beginners Class 7)
A Chord - Introduction (1:09)
D to A Pivot - Explained (1:03)
D to A Best Strum @ 60 bpm (1:27)
D to A Best Strum @ 100 bpm (0:59)
A to C Pivot - Explained (2:06)
A to C Best Strum @ 60 bpm (1:23)
A to C Best Strum @ 100 bpm (0:57)
The E Chord - Introduction (0:48)
D to E Pivot - Explained (1:21)
D to E Best Strum @ 60 bpm (1:17)
D to E Best Strum @ 100 bpm (1:38)
A to E Best Strum @ 60 bpm (2:37)
A to E Best Strum @ 100 bpm (1:11)
E-D-A-E Progression with Pivot - Explained (2:13)
E-D-A-E Progression with Pivot @ 60 bpm (1:45)
E-D-A-E Progression with Pivot @ 100 bpm (1:28)
Introduction to Music Theory (0:48)
Music Theory Part 1 (2:05)
"Wild Riff" Key of A @ 60 bpm (1:33)
"Wild Riff" Key of A @ 100 bpm (1:28)
"All I Want is You" - Explained (3:32)
Play Along in the Style of 'All I Want is You' (2:41)
"Sweet Child O' Mine" - Explained (2:00)
Play Along in the Style of 'Sweet Child O' Mine'(Slow) (3:48)
Play Along in the Style of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' (Fast) (2:38)
12 Easy Guitar Songs For Beginners With A Major Chords (Songs For Absolute Beginners Class 8)
Mixed Rhythm - Explained (2:38)
G Best to Basic Strum @ 60 bpm (1:12)
G Best to Basic Strum @ 100 bpm (1:16)
Em Best Strum to G Basic Strum @ 60 bpm (2:33)
Em Best Strum to G Basic Strum @ 100 bpm (1:20)
D Best Strum to G Basic Strum @ 60 bpm (1:25)
D Best Strum to G Basic Strum @ 100 bpm (1:19)
Split Measures - Explained (2:19)
D-G Basic Strum to A7 Best Strum - Introduction (1:57)
D-G Basic Strum to A7 Best Strum @ 60 bpm (1:52)
D-G Basic Strum to A7 Best Strum @ 100 bpm (1:21)
G Best Strum to C-D Basic Strum - Introduction (1:05)
G Best Strum to C-D Basic Strum @ 60 bpm (1:49)
G Best Strum to C-D Basic Strum @ 100 bpm (1:18)
"Take it Easy" - Explained (0:53)
Play Along in the Style of 'Take It Easy' (2:00)
"Redemption Songs" - Explained (1:39)
Play Along in the Style of 'Redemption Song' (3:03)
"Hey Ya" - Explained (1:04)
Play Along in the Style of 'HeyYa' (Slow) (2:23)
Play Along in the Style of 'Hey Ya' (fast) (1:25)
8 Awesome Split Measure Songs For Guitar Beginners (Songs For Absolute Beginners Class 9)
Guitar for Absolute Beginners - Lesson 10
Lesson 10 - Introduction (1:00)
Review of the Nine Most Important Chords (4:26)
The Four Most Important Strums (4:19)
E to A Down Strums @ 60 bpm (1:17)
E to A Down Strums @ 120 (1:06)
D-A7-G-A7 with Alternate Strum @ 60 bpm (1:36)
D-G with Basic Strum @ 60 bpm (1:23)
D-G with Basic Strum @ 100 bpm (1:17)
Review of Split Measures and Mixed Rhythms (2:35)
D-G Basic Strum to A7 Best @ 60 bpm (1:55)
D-G Basic Strum to A7 Best @ 100 bpm (1:29)
D-A7-G-A7 with Alternate Strum @ 120 bpm (1:15)
G Best Strum to C-A7 Basic Strum @ 60 bpm (1:24)
G Best Strum to C-A7 Basic Strum @ 100 bpm (1:21)
How to Practice Guitar, Or Anything, Successfully (6:53)
Thank You from Dan Emery (0:43)
What's Next? (1:07)
Playlist (0:26)
Play Along in the Style of BlankSpace (2:36)
Play Along in the Style of Photograph (3:02)
Play Along in the Style of Hello (2:35)
Play Along in the Style of Sugar (1:39)
Play Along in the Style of Falling Slowly (2:40)
Play Along in the Style of What About Us (2:40)
Play Along in the Style of Get Lucky (4:25)
Play Along in the Style of Havana (2:17)
Play Along in the Style of Titanium (3:10)
Play Along in the Style of For What it's Worth (3:50)
"Country Roads" - Explained
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News Commits Offers Predictions Greg's Guys Preferred Walk-Ons OOS All Recruits
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Reginald Johnson
6′1″ / 180 lbs
Southern Lab
National Avg
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Lake Placid Horse Shows Prize List Now Available Online
Lake Placid, NY - March 25, 2014 - The prize list for the 45th annual Lake Placid Horse Shows Presented by Sea Shore Stables LLC, June 24 -July 13, is now available online. As the Lake Placid Horse Shows will host three weeks of horse show...
Classic Communications Spring Events Calendar Listings
Please include the following listings in your Spring 2014 events calendar: 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Land RoverApril 24-27, 2014Kentucky Horse Park - Lexington, KY The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Land Rover...
Kevin Babington Wins $100,000 Woodlea Farms Grand Prix at I Love New York Horse Show
Kevin Babington rides Mark Q to victory in the 0,000 Woodlea Farms Grand PrixLake Placid, New York - July 6, 2013 - Irish Olympic veteran Kevin Babington won the $100,000 Woodlea Farms Grand Prix at the 36th annual I Love New York Horse Show...
Laura Chapot Sweeps Friday Features at I Love New York Horse Show
Laura Chapot on UmbertoLake Placid, New York - July 5, 2013 - Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ, won the Lake Placid Convention and Visitors Bureau 1.40 meter Speed Challenge and the Lake Placid Lodge 1.35 meter Power and Speed Stake, Friday's two...
Scott Stewart and Concept Win Grand Hunter Championship at Lake Placid Horse Show
Scott Stewart and Concept are honored as Grand Hunter Champions by Lake Placid Horse Show Chairman Richard FeldmanLake Placid, New York - While rain forced cancellation of the featured jumper classes Friday at the 44th annual Lake Placid Horse Show...
2013 Lake Placid Horse Show Begins
Lake Placid, New York - The 44th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC, opened on Tuesday with a limited schedule of hunter classes. The horse show, which runs through June 30 and is then followed by the 36th annual I...
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Victoria Colvin Wins $15,000 USHJA Hunter Derby at I Love New York Horse Show
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$75,000 Woodlea Farms Grand Prix at I Love New York Horse Show
Lake Placid, NY - July 07, 2012 - Darragh Kenny of Ireland rode Sandor De La Pomme to victory in the $75,000 Woodlea Farms Grand Prix Saturday at the 35th annual I Love New York Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC.4 of 28 entries advanced...
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§ 5025. County Report.
21 CA ADC § 5025BARCLAYS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
Title 21. Public Works
Division 2.5. Division of Aeronautics (Department of Transportation)
Chapter 6. Noise Standards
Article 2. Implementation by Counties
21 CCR § 5025
The county shall submit quarterly to the department for each noise problem airport within 75 days after the end of each calendar quarter, a report containing at least the following information:
(a) A map illustrating the location of the noise impact boundary, as validated by measurement, and the location of measurement points, in the four preceding calendar quarters;
(b) The annual noise impact area as obtained from the preceding four calendar quarterly reports, an estimate of the number of dwelling units, and the number of people residing therein;
(c) The daily CNEL measurement, together with identification of the date on which each measurement was made, number of total aircraft operations during the calendar quarter, estimated number of operations of the highest noise level aircraft type (as defined in the 14th Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1, for the certification of airmen) in the calendar quarter, and any other data pertinent to the activity. The Hourly Noise Level (HNL) data shall be retained for at least 3 years, and made available to the department upon request.
(d) The quarterly report shall include use of a standard information format provided by the department (form DOA 617, dated 10/89). The standard form provides a listing for certain summary information including size of noise impact area and the aircraft operational data specified in paragraph (c) above.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 21243 and 21669, Public Utilities Code. Reference: Sections 21669-21669.4, Public Utilities Code.
1. Renumbering and amendment of former Section 5025 to Section 5049, and new Section 5025 filed 2-20-90; operative 2-20-90 (Register 90, No. 10). For prior history, see Register 78, No. 22.
21 CCR § 5025, 21 CA ADC § 5025
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Behind the Formulation of Nootropics: H.V.M.N. Performance Supplements
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Here at H.V.M.N., we take a systems engineering approach to human performance. This ethos, rooted in following the latest science and research, has played a role in how we develop our products.
Introducing H.V.M.N. Performance Supplements.
A culmination of over a year and a half of research and development across the company, H.V.M.N. Performance Supplements marks an evolution of our existing nootropics line complete with improved formulations and new ingredients. In this special episode, Geoffrey Woo (CEO) and Dr. Brianna Stubbs (Research Lead) dive deep into the research, thought-process, and nuances behind formulating nootropics from the ground up.
What separates H.V.M.N. Performance Supplements from other nootropic products and why we strongly believe in carefully crafted, simple stacks vs. a hodgepodge of ingredients
The literature we explored when choosing new ingredients and why we specifically searched for research that studied young adults
The specific updates to the formulations of Rise, Kado, Sprint, & Yawn
Geoff: Great to have you back on the program officially, Brianna!
Brianna: Thanks very much. It’s exciting to be here with all the fancy red lights and the little bottles of H.V.M.N. Ketone. So, it’s good. I’m excited.
Geoff: Yeah, I think our audience in our community misses your voice here. Because I know that some of our conversations are some of the actual popular episodes.
Brianna: Now you’re sure it’s not just because I have a British accent. I was in the airport yesterday and they tried to keep me in the check in desk because they just wanted to hear me talk British to them.
Geoff: Hey, take advantage on that. I mean, this is definitely in the American context, definitely some plus points.
Brianna: Yeah, 50 extra IQ points just for being British.
Geoff: So, perhaps there's a lot of things we can talk about but one of the big things that we have been working on and we're proud to talk about today is the relaunch of our nootropics, a performance supplement. We originally designed the Rise, Kado 3, Sprint, Yawn under the brand name of Nootrobox and obviously over the last two years we've evolved that to H.V.M.N. and really increased our scope of business and our mission to increase all human performance not just cognitive performance. Let's talk about all the stuff that we've learned in terms of hard-won experience in clinical application studies and feedback to all the latest science coming out of the peer-reviewed literature. A lot of things that we've taken and absorb are now going to be reflecting into the new human performance atrium and supplements line.
Brianna: I'm really proud to have been part of this update process. I think it says a lot for the company that we're always looking at the new evidence and trying to make the best products that we can based on all of the available evidence and feedback. I'm excited to come in and see where they were and been part of just like fine-tuning and improving and excited to see what people think.
Geoff: Yeah. I would say that one of the biggest advantages that we as folks working in the spaces that I would say over the last year and a half; two years we've really been lucky to work with top performers and let it grow old in the military world. That's given as an inside look into how they think about nutrition supplements and what they think are promising avenues of research and targets of what they're focused on.
Brianna: Yeah, I think it means a lot when you can speak to top-level operators as you say in athletics and in the military and they're using something and seeing benefits for them. Sometimes when you read a paper, I always like to look at science as it's kind of like bricks in a wall, a little like we have behind us here. And so it depends on what you know. Sometimes it can seem a little confusing when there's positive studies or studies with big effects and small effects, and it can get them confusing to like really tease out what's going on. But I think seeing validation from the highest levels and trusted sources gives you a lot of confidence to make changes and move forward.
Geoff: Yeah, I think that's one thing that I've personally absorbed which is that there is one level of evidence in the randomized control trial literature, right? And I think even in the messy creational science, there's sometimes conflicting data or conflicting bodies of evidence, and it's hard to tease out. But I think the things that have the most effect will tease out over time and comes out having just a statistic significance over a number of studies.
Brianna: Sure, it's definitely important. And you know, one of our like principles as a company has always been to have that peer reviewed evidence. You can't just go on anecdote, there has to be like a good body of science there. But then when you've got several things and the science is all kind of you could pick or choose, it's hard to pick or choose; then going to see what's actually happening in the field is really really valuable.
Geoff: Yeah. Like in field, what's being used; what are people seeing at the highest levels of performance; what's working for them. And like I think, and that's our job as people that create products to collate the randomized controlled trial data, what's happening in application in field use and then collating all the signals in really cutting out the noise and making something that I think we can all be proud of.
Brianna: And I think there's been a lot of attention to detail that's always gone into the products and that's gone into this refresh rate; really looking I think with plant extracts. It's something that I've never had to deal with H.V.M.N. Ketone. It's like with plant extracts you can have different potencies and different sources. And so really you know working, and as a whole team and with the people who make the products, to ensure that we get the best quality ingredients and those that match the potencies have been used in the clinical trials. So, I think it's being thoughtful, and selecting just a few key ingredients for each nootropic that we really think works; and then making sure that for each of those that we using exactly the correct dose or within the correct dosing range; and the extracts themselves are over really good quality. Because I think looking at the space broadly there can be products that have 42 or you know. We were looking in the example this morning, there was a product that has 42 ingredients. It's like wow, that's a lot! Is that how we're going to interact? Is that all going to be at the right dosage? Are they going to be good quality ingredients? If you can afford it. You know, there's a lot of considerations into designing something kind of thoughtfully to the highest level of integrity; to be as close as possible to what we know works from the literature.
Geoff: Yeah. No, I think it's a good point in terms of like the multi-factor all combinations of all these different components, right? Like you literally have an exponential increase of interactions between each specific ingredient or component. I think we've always been focused on, okay what is the minimum amount of intervention that's effective kind of, right? Like that's just a simpler cleaner physiological thing to understand and study, and show data behind. I think you do bring up a good point around Botanicals. If we're talking about you know root extracts or leaf extract; plants have variation, right? If you have a plant that's growing in the summer versus in the fall; in a different weather pattern; are the concentrations of active ingredient different? The answer is yes.
Brianna: But not even that there's even different like sort of almost like subspecies of plants. So for example ginseng; there's American ginseng and Asian ginseng. And so there's like you can't just look at ginseng; you have to look at the specific type that you're going to use for example. And I use that as an example because that's one of the things that we'll discuss later that we've added into one of our products. But there's a lot to try and be aware of as a consumer.
Geoff: And I think just to highlight before talking specifics, I would just recommend for anyone looking at just broad Botanicals, make sure there's a standardized extract. Meaning that there's a percentage of the active components of said Botanical or adaptogen that has been studying peer-reviewed trial. Where that means it'll be a little bit more expensive. It means that the component is tested to some standard extract potency; and not just they picked some leaves off of a farm and rounded up and put it into a pill, there's actually a baseline potency that they're guaranteeing. We're guaranteeing in our products that we bash test before the product goes into production, and before it leaves the production line into our bottles, and into your doorsteps.
Brianna: Yep.
Geoff: Cool. Anything else in terms of just high-level things that have informed as were thinking about this upgrade in this refresh?
Brianna: Well, I think you kind of hit on it earlier. Sort of the shift in the company mission; from being more inclusively focused on the brain; to being focused on new physical performance as part of like the human system; physical and cognitive performance. So that was definitely something that we had in mind as we looked at the amounts of compound, and the different types of compound that we were putting in. We wanted to see ourselves, as you know, helping people be their best selves; and we know that you appreciate more and more that the physical activity is like as a huge part of that; and it is now supplying elite athletes with human Ketone. Our aspiration is that the human performance supplements can be part of their routine as well.
Geoff: Yeah, a hundred percent. Cool. So let's dive into each of the new products that we were refreshing.
Discussing Rise - Our Daily Nootropic for Memory
Geoff: Let's start with Rise. So Rise is our original product, our daily nootropic. It's something that you take every single day and it's really exciting to see it's still be one of our most popular products; some of our loyal customers of Rise have been with us for three; four years now, which is amazing! Thanks so much for the long-term trust and support. So perhaps we should talk about what the upgrade is; look exactly what the changelog is. Let's talk about what we kept the same and what we've upgraded.
Brianna: So previously Rise was bacopa monnieri, rhodiola rosea and alpha GPC. So, we've kept the backbone of Rise as bacopa monnieri. We’re like, really really bullish around that as a nootropic and the changes come.
Geoff: Let’s talk about bacopa a little bit, before talking about each of the changes. I mean, I think we've had individual episodes talking specifically about the data here. But one to reference a conversation I had with Professor Con Stough in Australia, who is one of the leading public researchers on bacopa; really strong data in terms of improving long-term memory formation over sustained supplementation. And a lot of the data that I am increasingly excited about is the data behind how bacopa increases BDNF - Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor production. Which, especially with our work with ketone esters; and how that impacts the brain, is a very key mechanism on. Not just the performance side, but also potentially some of the recovery traumatic brain injury side of things.
Brianna: Yeah. So I think that was definitely always going to be a keeper, the clinical evidence there. I think it's quite unusual that you get a plant extract to being studied for basic science, like the experiment you just described. So I think we should expect to see more findings around bacopa coming out if more people are using it like this.
Geoff: Yeah, and I think one of the things that we've always been really a stickler about is having a really high potency in terms of the extract potency. So it's a 50% bacosides extract which is very very high. Most bacopa products you see out there are either uncentered eyes with a 15-20 percent bacoside. So people that are really looking to get potent dose of bacopa. Make sure you look at the bacoside extract rating and make sure you're getting a high potency bacopa.
Brianna: Yeah. So the first major change is that we decided that we would swap out rhodiola for ashwagandha. So they're both adaptogens, which means that they have an effect on fatigue and anxiety. So in that sort of aspect there, they're kind of similar but there's some good evidence around ashwagandha for not only the sort of subjective feelings of anxiety, but also around objective measures such as serum cortisol; and the immune response to stress as well. So really looking in detail at those two compounds, it was sort of like there seems to be more data around objective biomarker measures that we could find for rhodiola.
Another thing that we were interested in was some effects on physical performance as well. So long term supplementation with ashwagandha has been shown to improve muscle strength, but also sprinting and VO2 max capabilities as well. So we were really really excited by this data and thought that this would be a great way to get the adaptogen effect that we would kind of previously looking to build in with rhodiola; as well as some physical performance metric changes as well. To go back to what we were saying the very start of the conversation, ashwagandha was something that came up time and time again when we were talking to some of our athlete and Military partners; and at some of these meetings. So when we started to dig into the science there, it was a strong ingredient and we definitely wanted to build that into Rise.
Geoff: Yeah. I think that's like the right way to look at it. I think the totality of evidence behind both rhodiola and ashwagandha, they’re solid adaptogens. But I would say that the entire totality of evidence suggests that ashwagandha will just be a better upgrade; where we get a lot of the anti-fatigue adaptogenic effects of rhodiola; but with some of the added benefit of the VO2 max and the muscle performance with ashwagandha. Which is exciting and I think that as more and more of these things have objective biological biomarkers, like what you're mentioning with cortisol; and the immune response. You as a physiologist, and me getting to know more and more practical experience in the space here; those are just good core mechanisms of how these things work in the more. And the more we know the core physiological response; we just understand as product makers how these things work, which gives a lot more confidence that the efficacy will be good.
Brianna: Yeah. Because I mean ultimately, you know, we always talk about the body as a system and you've got your pill arise; and you're going to take it in; and you want to eliminate as much of the Black Box in between you popping your Rise pill; and then you feeling less fatigued; or you performing better cognitively. If we can understand the mechanisms, measuring in effect is P1 and that's really really important and it's great. But if we can understand how that effect is happening, then that's even more powerful. So actually being able to measure some objective biomarkers is like another solid layer of conviction around that ingredient.
Geoff: Hundred percent. So, also just to reemphasize the extract potency the ashwagandha that will be in the new Rise is a 10% ashwagandha extract, and the active ingredient there is with pantelides and it's made by Sensoril, which is a branding that's really well respected in the space of ashwagandha. So very high quality ashwagandha source. But folks that are still excited about rhodiola, make sure that you look at the salidroside and rosavin content of a potential rhodiola supplement. The old Rise had a 5% salidroside and 2% rosavin] content and again, I would focus on things that have higher and specific extracts for the active ingredients behind these botanicals.
Brianna: People can always go and look up all of the data; all of the studies, because they'll be shared on the H.V.M.N. website and our library. So if people are interested in around the studies that have been done using rhodiola or they want to go and look and see what potencies and what extracts were used in those studies; that even though rhodiola is no longer in Rise all of that information will still be there. So people can go and use it as a resource.
Geoff: Hundred percent. And the last component upgrade for Rise. We went from the last component has always been a choline source; and choline is important precursor to acetylcholine; and also, neurotransmitter for memory and learning.
Brianna: Yeah. And also, it's a key component of lipid; the phospholipid bilayer in the neurons in the brain.
Geoff: So basically choline sources have always been important for brain health and brain function; and it's always been important as a nootropic to have a choline source. The major change we made here was we replaced the choline source from alpha GPC to citicoline. So let's talk about some of the thinking there and what the universe of choline supplements are. So perhaps just a start from like what the most popular supplements are there, the cheapest choline supplement which is choline bitartrate; which is quite cheap. And the reason it’s cheap is that it's a pretty low density form of delivering choline, in terms of like the percentage weight. So you need to eat a lot of choline bitartrate to get a similar amount of actual choline delivered into your system. So Alpha GPC and citicoline are a lot more expensive in terms of just the component cost because the choline percentage per weight of CDP choline and Alpha GPC is much higher. Now, do you want to unpack the thinking and the data behind Alpha GPC versus Acetylcholine?
Brianna: Yeah, and I just want to point out to the listeners that you called it CDP choline and then also citicoline; and so that those names both refer to the same thing, the same sort of structural molecule. But when it's produced by the body, we call it CDP choline and when we get it from a bottle, it’s citicoline. So they're kind of a reference as to where it's come from, but they're the same structure. Again, we kind of just took a step back and we did like a broad search of the literature and thought really about what we wanted. We were really keen to find one of these two compounds that had been tested in young adults. Because a lot of choline sources have been trials as sort of preventative measures for dementia. So a lot of the studies, and the biggest studies have all been done in aging populations. So we went and really like we're looking for things that have been done in young healthy adults, and we came across a few very very promising and good quality studies using citicoline; again a branded extract that's called cognizant, which I believe is the one we're using in Rise. These results really excited us; and we felt that because the mechanism was conserved we would want to go with something that had you know, good clinical peer reviewed evidence around the people who are likely to be using it. So younger people.
Geoff: Right. And I would say that the regional thinking behind Alpha GPC was that Alpha GPC has a higher per weight delivery of choline versus citicoline. But I think what you're referring to is that, there is just more published research on young adult use of citicoline showing benefit than Alpha GPC.
Brianna: Yeah. It may be something to do with the structure of the molecule. I mean, so it's possible as you were saying earlier, there may be some benefits to having uridine.
Geoff: Yeah. Uridine is part of CDP choline. So uridine also has some early data suggesting that's beneficial for cognitive performance. So I think in totality you have both very good choline sources for the brain. But the added benefit of having some uridine and actually having some data published on young healthy adults versus just an aging population, was going to be more, I think representative of the use cases of what we wanted Rise to be; which is cognitive improved enhancer for.
Brianna: We make products that we want to use ourselves.
Geoff: Yeah. For people like us as well.
Brianna: And you know, I think something that's really focused our minds in the last year is bringing in the human evidence grading system for all of the claims that were making. So if you go on our website, you'll see that we've ranked every claim that we make about the products 1 through 5, to indicate the strength of the evidence whether that's just sort of theoretical evidence all the way through to like a trial of the product as you're buying it. And we are really challenging ourselves to make the products have the highest evidence grading possible. And so I think when I was looking at Alpha GPC, I think it was sort of tossing up between you know, it was probably a solid three out of five. You know it's like, early efficacy of evidence. And then we wanted to really be able to say, no this is a for this ingredient at this amount has been studied in humans; and shown to be effective for the exact thing that we're saying. So I think that that's been a really good Northstar for us as we've done this upgrade, to try and be able to give the products the best evidence grading possible.
Geoff: Yeah. We don't take the upgrades lightly and we've been piloting early beta batches of this new Rise in the office and through some of our early beta customers; and the feedback is really really awesome. So excited to roll it out properly to everyone very very soon. Yeah, I'm excited about it. It's a Mainstay. It's our original product, right? So, if we don't take changes [inaudible]. I hope listeners and our customers out there are proud of the work that we put into this new upgraded version of Rise.
Brianna: Yeah, it's been a lot of time and a lot of discussions. I think we all feel really good about it and excited to hear what everyone has to say.
Discussing Kado - Our Daily Omega Healthkit
Geoff: Let's talk about our next product Kado 3, our Omega health kit product.
Brianna: I love Kado. The first changes that is no longer Kado 3, it's just going to be called Kado.
Geoff: Oh, okay.
Brianna: So I don't know why we decided to drop the three because the ingredient, omega 3, it's still in there. But I think that's more of a making it look pretty kind of decision.
Geoff: Yeah, to give it a sense of why it's even called Kado 3. I mean, it's basically amalgamation of the vitamin K, the astaxanthin or the antioxidant component; the vitamin D and Omega 3; jam it altogether and it’s Kado 3.
Brianna: It’s now called Kado, it’s one of my favorite products that we make. I think that everyone can be benefiting from supplementing Omega-3s, vitamin D and vitamin K. It's very very commonly deficient. Not only because of our diets being low in Omega 3s, but also in our lifestyle. For example, we’d normally can make Vitamin K from exposure to sunlight.
Geoff: Vitamin D.
Brianna: I'm sorry vitamin D, I know that. Typically, now in a working more and more indoors, we don't necessarily have enough; and the recommendations for supplementation just to get us up to what health people consider as normal, it's still kind of on the low side. So there's no there's no danger from kind of topping vitamin D up above what the recommended norm should be. In fact, most people probably should be higher than the recommended norm. So I think this is like a really great product that people can be building into their kind of regular routine. Previously, we used to speak about it a lot in terms of its effects on the brain, but it was just so easy to start thinking about it in the bigger picture of the company mission and how it's going to be helpful for people also trying to optimize their physical performance as well.
Geoff: I would even say like those [inaudible] for a little bit. I mean, I think we were just at a nutrition summit with some of the best performers in both Athletics and Military, and still a lot of ongoing research with Omega-3s DHA’s specially for traumatic brain injury concussion cognitive performance. So it's not just us kind of being happy with the state of science behind omega-3 DHA EPA; but it's a very active area of research. And of course, as folks that are in the military or playing the NFL, for example I mean, that's a huge area of concern. How do we keep people healthy and happy and have long productive lives after they retire from the field?
Brianna: Yeah. Certainly all of the components in Kado are not only mechanistically but in randomized controlled trials; as well shown to contribute to overall brain health. So I think that you know, we were always confident about that from when the product was designed and that still stands now; which is why we've made very very few changes to this product.
Geoff: Yeah, but I think you're going to talk about like the broader.
Brianna: Effects on athletic performance as well.
Geoff: Just as metabolic health and I think the data there is just getting more and more convincing. I mean, I think the whole omega-6 story with vegetable oils not just being like it's kind of a strange source of fat; and if you think about it, vegetables don't really have. Felt like it's really like an industrial process to actual make vegetable oils and vegetable oils are very very high in terms of Omega 6 [inaudible] as being like detrimental to metabolic health is really scary.
Brianna: Because ultimately these unsaturated fatty acids are being incorporated into our cell membrane. So they know being built into the very fabric of your body. And so if you've got these very artificial fats that are ending up in your cell membranes; are going to affect the very, very basic things around how the cell can like move and interact with other cells. Trying to cut back on it omega-6s and processed vegetable oils; and making sure that you have enough Omega-3s is just really really important. I'd encourage the listeners to actually go back where you and I had a conversation about Omega-3s; that people can find out a little bit more about science there. It's not just the brain, it’s the whole body; and it really has impact on cardiovascular health as well. And I mean some of that also comes from, because once these lipids are built into the cell membrane, they can be chopped up to form signaling molecules. So pro-inflammatory signaling molecules, which are Omega 6’s, are more likely to be cleaved in a way that forms something that actually even promotes inflammation versus anti inflammatory molecules. As well as if you've got Omega-3s, they are cleaved in that way it's more anti-inflammatory. So the balance of inflammation pro and anti inflammatory signals is very much affected by the ratio of Omega-3 to omega-6 in your cells, and in your diet; and that's been shown as you kind of alluded to have big impacts on cardiovascular health metabolic health, say for example diabetes.
So very, very broad impacts here throughout the body. And actually one thing that we picked up on one of the meetings recently was actually that not only can omega-3 fats be cleave to anti inflammatory mediators. They can actually be cleaved into Pro resolving. So not only is it going to stop inflammation but it's actually going to kind of fix inflammation. These little molecules called SPM, specialized Pro resolving mediators. So that's certainly something that people could be looking out for in the future as we start to understand how the fats in our diet can affect every process throughout our body.
Geoff: Hundred percent. Yeah, we might have heard of Omega-3s for the last 20 years or so, but still very very cutting edge research something that we're excited about. Just the whole story.
Brianna: Yeah, I think people can get kind of fatigue because even as a scientist I get kind of fatigue. Because every other month it’s like new study shows Omega-3s work; new study shows Omega-3s don't work. And much like the plant extract says kind of considerations into the source of the Omega-3s; the dose of the Omega-3s. There's a lot of considerations. There's just a lot out there. But I'd say that in terms of looking at the mechanisms, it's also at you know, there's no risk profile with taking them. It's very, you know, and the body of evidence that is positive. I would say it's like a very very good bet for people. It's better than a good at it. You know?
Geoff: Yeah, it's a daily staple for both of us. I mean.
Brianna: We pop Kado like candy here.
Geoff: Yeah. I mean, I think we kind of like the macro dos version. Because yeah, I think we fully bought into the omega-3, omega-6 story.
Brianna: Yeah, I take 6 Kado some days.
Geoff: Yeah. So like a month pack is like a week pack for us.
Brianna: Yeah.
Geoff: So people are like doing that with us may be off the consider like a macro pack.
Brianna: The big users.
Geoff: For the big users.
Brianna: Yeah, obviously all over brain health, metabolic health; but then also thinking about athletes as well. A lot of the ingredients in Kado are really excellent for athletes, omega-3. We got really excited around the research looking at muscle soreness and recovery after exercise. So there's some good evidence. They're showing that her making sure that you've got enough omega-3 is going to help you recover and feel less sore; and able to train the next day and that comes back to information which I was just discussing. So that's great and then also, Vitamin D; the blood level of vitamin D shows some correlation to overall like muscles strength. So making sure that you have sufficient vitamin D is going to be really important if you're working out a lot. Yeah, we were excited to be able to really speak to that as we roll out the new [inaudible] product.
Geoff: So the only change we made was that we actually upped the dosage of Astaxanthin, which is a potent antioxidant. So we went from one milligram of Astaxanthin to two milligrams.
Brianna: Yes. So basically, we looked at the peer-reviewed studies of astaxanthin in humans; felt that the dose was on the low end of that range and we wanted to up it so that it was more commensurate with what I've been studying.
Geoff: Strictly better in terms of increasing dosage of a fairly bespoke expensive ingredient. So excited about making that change and offering that to everyone. Any other thoughts around Kado? I mean it's a good product and I think one of the things I like isn't really talking about is that we do a little special processing with a little bit of mint oil. So instead of having fishy burps typically with the omega-3 products. It's actually a nice touch that people have commented about; we'd only marketed or talk about too much but something that I appreciate where it's like not getting fish burps. I have like a little bit of a minty fresh.
Brianna: People should try it themselves.
Geoff: Yes, try it out.
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Discussing Sprint - Our Nootropic for Energy & Focus
Geoff: Our third H.V.M.N. performance supplement, Sprint. Let's talk about Sprint.
Brianna: So really, previously the backbone of Sprint was the caffeine and theanine; and so previously there were also B vitamins and tyrosine in there and we decided that we'd go back to building around that backbone of caffeine and theanine.
Geoff: Almost like go back, you're going after big six, right? I think we talked about just like focus on things or simple strong evidence in like not worry about too much interactions between different components. And as the name Sprint implies is something that's an acute nootropic. You use it right before something that you want to have intense focus your energy towards
Brianna: And I think what's a real strength of Sprint is that it's got an exact known amount of caffeine and theanine in it. If you're trying to get these stimulants through coffee. There was a great research that once done, I can't remember. I think it must have been published peer-reviewed and they went to Starbucks on like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and ordered the same; and then looked at the caffeine content of the drink and there's this huge variation.
Geoff: 200 to 400 milligrams.
Brianna: Yeah, so you don't you don't know what you're getting when you drink a cup of coffee; and I mean, I love drinking a cup of coffee. So there's a time and a place for things like Sprint. But when you really want to know what you're getting, and especially for athletes because actually drinking coffee; especially if you're going to go and do a race like first thing in the morning it can cause GI issues there. So being able to just have caffeine without the hot liquid and the coffee and more portable. It's certainly a strength of having a pill form of caffeine.
Geoff: Yeah, so the new Sprint is going to have 200 milligrams of caffeine 200 milligrams of l-theanine and 400 milligrams of Panax Ginseng.
Brianna: Yeah, we decided I think previously there was more caffeine than theanine?
Geoff: We did actually a one to two ratio of caffeine to l-theanine.
Brianna: There is twice as much l-theanine.
Geoff: Twice as much l-theanine to caffeine.
Brianna: I think we wanted to up the caffeine content because we had feedback from people that most people were using more than a hundred mgs of caffeine.
Geoff: Yeah, I think that perhaps the caffeine resistance or caffeine tolerance of people has gone up in our over-caffeinated world. So our sense from some of the feedback was that the ratio of l-theanine to caffeine was artificially high now because people's resistance or dependency or tolerance of caffeine was much higher; and effect of caffeine being a stimulant with l-theanine being more of a anxiolytic kind of at anyway to the effects of Sprint in that wanted to caffeine l-theanine ratio.
Brianna: This is definitely a feedback consideration because really, you know, there's a huge body of literature and looking at the effects of caffeine on cognition and 100 mg's has been studied and 200 mg’s been studied; and you know, so there wasn't like a clear, we must go for one of these two doses. So really it was based on listening to what people who use Sprint wanted to feel when they use Sprint; and I think that the feeling was that they wanted to feel more of the kind of caffeine kit. Hence why we decided that we would increase the amount of caffeine that was included.
Geoff: And I think the RCT data and there's been a lot of studies with a 1 to 2 ratio but a lot of studies on the one-to-one ratio.
Brianna: We did we looked at the ratios while I was a pretty even split. We know that caffeine and theanine like pair have some complimentary kind of interactions. And so again, there was no clear winner as to whether we should be doing the one to two or the one to one and so then we felt good about giving the customer what they wanted in terms of the science still kind of agreeing with that.
Geoff: Yeah, and then the last big change about it. So we got rid of the Tyrosine, the B complex, some of these components; and we've decided to focus a lot of the anxiolytic effects around Panax Ginseng. Why?
Brianna: So we’ve decided to focus on Panax Ginseng because of a really, you know, good body of evidence around its effects on cognition and Immunity as well. So actually reached out to one investigator that I run a lot of the early studies of Panax Ginseng; because having read, you always get a little bit like you want a gut check things when there is a lot papers all from the same research group you want to really see not only get their opinions. Because obviously they worked with it quite closely, but just to check there's no end bias or anything coming in. So I went reached out and I had a good chat with the guy who ran a lot of these studies on Panax Ginseng; and we discussed about the different types of ginseng; and also the different potencies of ingredients; and why he thought he got the results that they did. And ultimately yeah, I was convinced that this was a really good move in for Sprint. The evidence is good run cognitive performance there. So and definitely also we were looking at some of the forums and seeing what other people out there are using and ginseng came up a lot.
Geoff: So yeah, there's also like some preliminary data how this is like potentially good for insulin resistance.
Brianna: Yes, it has shown it lowering blood glucose.
Geoff: Yeah.
Brianna: He said that, the investigator I spoke to said that was a pretty consistent effect they saw with their studies.
Geoff: Yeah, so it just seemed like, you know, it's a little bit different from like the traditional Sprint use case of an acute nootropic; but some of the cognitive effects manage the broader metabolic implications of something like a reducing blood sugar can all be very sensible to make a very simple story around Sprint.
Brianna: So another little thing that I quite like about Panax Ginseng is the effects on mood. So I mean, I ultimately with Sprint we want to have people be alert but also like not super wired, kind of relaxed And one effect that was kind of consistently seen in some of these clinical trials of Panax Ginseng was calmness, tranquility; not quite reduced anxiety in the same way that we talk about it with Rise, but improve subjective sense of well-being. And actually a study looked at quite long term use of Panax Ginseng on overall quality of life scores and saw an improvement there. So I think that if we're trying to design something that gets people in the ideal like flow state, get something done than feeling good about yourself that's another leg; your little thing that we can add to the list.
Geoff: Yeah. It might sound like fuzzy but these are measurable quantitative of markers. This is like on some spectrum people are marking and reporting differences in subjective mood.
Brianna: So when we run, we were talking about ashwagandha; the subjective feeling of fatigue and then also the stressor; and then looking at cortisol with subjective well-being and mood. There's not quite yet the same like good biomarkers yet, and I'm you know, maybe we'll get there in the future. Maybe we’ll figure something out to measure in the blood that's like correlated with how good people feel about themselves. Or maybe we'll be able to more accurately measure like EG’s or some kind of signal with mood; but at the moment as you say this is subjective, but often these questionnaires are validated and used multiple times in lots of different studies. So at least there's some consistency. So I mean that was a good thing about these studies looking at production saying that they're using validated clinical tests.
Geoff: Yes, it’s a standard validated method. Yeah. I think that more and more of the cycle biological phenomenon that is becoming more and more popular as within the sport science world. How one feels is very important in terms of how one ultimately performs.
Brianna: So important. I mean, I don't want to say like the placebo effect, but like the effect of the brain on the whole body kind of almost like the placebo effect of taking anything is super super super powerful. So even mindfulness techniques like positive self affirmation or meditation; all of these things that people are talking about that sound kind of woo woo; you're actually changing, your changing the way you think and change your physiology. So making sure that you're in a good mood and if there's anything that you can take that will help with that, then that's going to give you multiply the returns, that you get in terms of performance.
Geoff: Exactly. Yeah. So I think the way I'm going to use the new Sprint is like a nice cappuccino when it's like more of a low-key coffee meeting or coffee date or whatnot; but for a good flow State thing. You know Sprint is this a much simpler punchy quick thing to get going there.
Brianna: And I think I'm probably going to be using it before my races. Sit there, I'll have H.V.M.N. Ketone, Sprint, nice carb drink; put the whole lot and then five hours later I'll be at the finish line.
Discussing Yawn - Our Rejuvenating Sleep Aid
Geoff: And now our last nootropic, Yawn.
Brianna: Again, I personally love Yawn, especially like traveling backwards and forwards between the US and home in the UK and then recently been doing like some east west coast travel. And I always always travel with yawn and one of the thing, I mean when I was an athlete, I use other more like medical kind of like sleeping aids and whenever I took take anything like that the next day the next morning would just be kind of like a write-off and was always funny because I'd be trading it off. So be like the night before like a big race and I'd be like, right. I'm really, really nervous and I can't sleep. But if I take this and my race is at nine, am I prepared to accept the fact
Geoff: Might be groggy.
Brianna: I might be groggy and I'm going to really have to like caffeine up or is the nerves that will get me up enough in the morning. So I mean it was definitely always like a bit of a toss-up in a consideration. But with yawn, I never really feel groggy in the morning and always like it just feels like more of a natural kind of sleep. I think they're the anti anxiety affects of say the l-theanine which is one of the ingredients in yawn helps you just fall off to sleep. And then the next morning you wake up feeling really refreshing. That's actually, I've given Yawn to a number of my friends out here and a lot of people agree. That's like one of the best sleeping aids that they've used, so all the [inaudible] of the yawns so we've made a few, really one minor tweak to your.
Geoff: Minor tweak, but I think we also expanded the use case where we used to only sell them in 10 packs. But now we have yawn in a month pack where it's completely safe and great to use on a daily basis to support sleep. And I yeah, I think just re-emphasize like the importance of sleep. I think we talked a lot about things on all on the margin in terms of improving performance, but the basics really are good sleep, getting some reasonable amount of physical exercise, and eating a reasonable diet.
Brianna: I really would be excited to hear you guys do a podcast about sleep. There's a really good book that's just come out that my running coach was recommended to me that I want to read. And when I was looking at some of the stuff we were talking about with yawn, I was looking at some of the literature around sleep and physical performance and sleep and cognitive points; that sleep is just huge, you really got to get your sleep right. Not only for the [inaudible] rhythms as well as metabolic Health; as well as just how you perform. So I think it's something that we all can control but it quite easily gets eroded with screen time in the evening; and act out days; and it's hard to de-stress; and there's you know, there's a lot of things that stop us from getting sleep. But really.
Geoff: We can do a sleep podcast because like I have like a pretty interesting set up with like completely blacked out bedroom windows and all that stuff.
Brianna: It would be kind of interesting to pull how different people.
Geoff: Optimize, yeah.
Brianna: Yeah, optimize their sleep because I think everyone's got their, I think it's easy to listen to people giving advice and be that I could never do that. But there's something out there that works for everyone. I think most people could get better sleep than they do. Anyways, so we want people to be able to use your own every day. Yet again.
Geoff: So let’s go down to the ingredients list. So, Yawn consists of Melatonin, magnesium glycinate, glycine l-theanine.
Brianna: Yeah, so I mean, let's start with the l-theanine as we've already talked about it a little with Sprint; l-theanine is and anxiolytics so it helps to reduce anxiety. So as you're trying to get ready for sleep, the last thing you want is worries and anxiety kind of like buzzing around and so the effect of l-theanine is to calm that. Glycine and magnesium given together increases the bioavailability of the Magnesium. Firstly, magnesium it helps with neurotransmission around sleep. And glycine, I'm hoping to get this right, it's a precursor to a neurotransmitter again.
Geoff: Yeah, so a lot of good data such as out of Japan showing that glycine improves subjective wellness or like sleep quality scores.
Brianna: Yeah. No, I remember the studies. Now. I've been in the process of reviewing what these so, it's kind of the tip of my tongue. Yeah, and then finally melatonin, and this is the more I think for me, it's kind of more interesting ingredient because I think over in the UK it's regulated. I think in America you can buy melatonin supplements, I'm not sure that you can in the same way.
Geoff: Huh? Huh?
Brianna: I'm not sure. But certainly like when you look out there and what you can get there's a big old range in the amounts of melatonin that you can buy anything from what was previously in your own which was you know, very small amount like 300 micrograms all the way up through to you know, five ten milligrams.
Geoff: Ten milligrams is way too much.
Brianna: Like a horse tranquilizer, right? So some of the feedback from customers, we previously chosen this very very low level of Yawn...
Geoff: Between like 300 and 1 milligram.
Brianna: Yes, but then the customer feedback that we were getting from Yawn was that people were not feeling a super strong, sleep inducing effect; which you know, maybe work fine for say me, because I don't normally have any sleep problems. But maybe the type of people that were using Yawn is really looking for something that made them feel sleepy and drowsy in much the same way that the people that were looking for Sprint were looking for more of a kick. So we decided that we would go to the upper range of what had been found to be non habit-forming. So there's been a lot of studies for sending melatonin dose and then any rebound effects after that and also again drowsiness the following morning and so we decided that one milligram was a good compromise. Where we felt good that people could take it every day and felt good that you know, that should increase the chance that people feel the effects of melatonin.
Geoff: Yeah hundred percent. Like I think that's the most important thing, me as a consumer, I don't want anything that's habitual for me; and the dose of 1 milligram is non habit forming. You see like the same rebound of the same natural release of melatonin under that threshold. So people out there that are listening when you look at melatonin supplements. Don't take like the horse tranquilizer 10 milligram doses. Those are like big chunky doses of melatonin and as a lot of things more is not often better.
Brianna: Yeah. There's like a Goldilocks pot I’d like to call. I feel like I'm gonna like claim it this time. I've been using a lot recently. It's like not too little not too much. It's like just right, just in the middle of the Goldilocks spot of melatonin is probably somewhere between like say 1 and 3. So we're definitely, were still kind of like we want to we definitely want to be careful. We know that it's working just as well.
Geoff: Yeah, 3 is like that upper threshold so we went from 300 micrograms to 1 milligram, which we think is improve a little of the subjective feel but like be well with that under that habit forming caution that people are concerned about with, you know, sleep aids.
Brianna: And not only is there with the very high doses, not only is there the danger of it being habit forming, but then also it’s just like diminishing returns as you get to high and high doses. It's not like it works ten times better and you're getting 10 times more of it. Just kind of like drowning out your bodies. Natural circadian rhythms for nothing.
Geoff: So yeah excited about the new Yawn, it's been something that that we've got a lot of feedback where people want more Yawn. They like the 10 pack is too little so we're really proud of it the new month supply of Yawn that we are releasing. Yeah, it'll be a great product and something that I'll be incorporating to daily routine. So I'm looking forward to.
Brianna: Yeah, likewise. I think it will be good to for me like having joined after you had the previous cycle neutral box being able to like make them exactly how I would want to take them has been great. So I hope that everyone else feels the enjoys taking them as much as I'm looking forward to taking them.
Geoff: Yeah. I mean, I don't think there's much else to be said here. I mean, I think a lot of work is going on behind the scenes always as we're talking to leading researchers, leading practitioners within performance as well as on the recovery side. So excited to show off our work and show off our effort here.
Brianna: Yeah. Also learnings, and I think hopefully that you know through the discussion that we've had today people can see that we think of the body is like a whole system. We've got to be thoughtful about optimizing as much as we can; and I think that the human performance supplements are really targeting key areas where there are like problems deficiencies; and areas in their life where people can really optimize have a big broad impact across their health.
Geoff: Cool. I think that's well said. So for customers, listeners, people that are excited to try some of these H.V.M.N. Performance Supplements. We're excited to hear your feedback, is not just the work of Brianna and I, it's really the whole work of entire team where we have Chrissy who run supply chain; Mike Lee who'd spent a lot of effort redesigning the package.
Brianna: They look beautiful.
Geoff: Even cooler when it's on your desk or on the bedside table. So I think it's not even just from the science it's also the whole experience. We want to make this something that's beautiful, that you can be proud of. That just fits into everything else in your life style.
Brianna: So please keep in touch. Let us know what you think. And then also I think clearly we are listening to what you're saying and your thoughts have gone into this update. So I mean I can't say when the next update will be, but if you have any feedback or thoughts or ingredients you think we should be looking at.
Geoff: New product ideas.
Brianna: New product ideas exactly. We want to give you guys like what you want. Just feel free to reach out. often these emails get passed on to Geoff or myself. And we love reading your feedback!
Geoff: We literally have a Slack channel, #happycustomers or just like customers and support just to hear all the different feedback and it's something of a highlight for all of us here. Thanks Bri, always great to chat.
Brianna: As have I, Geoff. Bye!
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Studded Style: Classic Nailhead Trim In Interior Design
September 5, 2016 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment
Interior Appeal: Studded Embellishments Of Nailhead Trim
Nailhead trim. A timeless added detail and enduring element of furniture design that spans interior design. Dating back to the period of 1560-1643 with the arrival of what it referred to as French Country furniture era during the reign of Louis XIII in 17th Century France, nailhead trim on furnishings endures to appeal. Beyond a visual appreciation of the studded design of the nailhead and its embellishment to classically styled furniture, a nod to the past will certainly only broaden historical appreciation for a classic element that remains a constant in interior design today.
Historically, the use of decorative nailheads served as not just decorative form but in function in furniture making. Beyond a mere decorative trim, nailheads were used to hide areas where the upholstery was tacked into the wood frame of the furniture object. Who knew? Form and function. Nailheads would thus aid in holding the upholstery in place attractively. Decorative concealment in craftsmanship, indeed. Since the 15th and 16th centuries trims such as gimp (braided trim) would be used by the upholsterer in conjunction with decorative nailheads traditionally made of brass or copper. 17th century France used nailhead trim on the ornately carved wooden seating with period upholstery coverings such as brocade, velvet, tapestries and leather. A studded pattern of design that has never faded from the world of interior design…
France’s Os de Mouton chair
The French Os de Mouton chair is the most well known design from the 17th century. The French word “Mouton” refers to sheep. Thus the shape of the chair legs suggests that they resemble the legs of a lamb. It is interesting to note that the arrival of this chair marked the beginning of upholstered backs and seats using nail head trim.
Beyond the French link to this hidden design of form and function in craftsmanship, designing with nailhead was favored with old Dutch, Spanish and English furnishings. During the 1800’s famed English furniture designer William Morris and the American designers Stickley Brothers during the 1900’s would also favor this medieval-style nailhead trimming with leather and Baroque tapestry. Designs from the past always inspire design through the decades. As with the nailhead trim, classics always endure. Although the use of nailhead trim is commonly linked use with leather-upholstered sofas, chairs and ottomans, the trim has since studded the world of interior design with modern yet timeless appeal. Both classic and modern takes on this timeless trim are certain to inspire…
Studded In Nailhead Appeal
Nailhead Embellishments: Interior Delights Of Classic Appeal
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Styled With Metal: Nailhead Trim Appeal
Trimmed Appeal: Nailhead Style
Stylized In Classic & Modern Appeal: Nailhead Trim
Studded Appeal In Interior Design: Nailhead Trim
Patterned & Dotted In Nailhead Design
Nailhead Inspiration: Patterned In Classic Style
Masculine Edge In Nailhead Trim Style
Embellished Louis: Studded In Nailhead
Consider the patterned distinction of nailhead trim. Patterns in nailheads have gone far in decorating our interior spaces in the decades that have followed since the 15th century. With timeless appeal the decoration of nailhead trim will certainly remain an embellishment in interior design. Timeless style with modern inspirations within the interior, indeed. Accentuating lines of design with sophistication, the nailhead trim design will endure to add visual interest and distinction to the surfaces of our interiors that it embellishes. Onward in enduring classic design.
Sculptural Form Of Enduring Appeal: Hans Wegner’s “Wishbone” Chair
February 26, 2015 March 25, 2015 ~ Kristin ~ Leave a comment
A Classic In Design: The “Wishbone Chair”
The “Wishbone Chair”. The name itself provides intrigue. Pair that with the striking design & craftsmanship and it is no wonder that it has become an icon from the 1950’s of Danish Modern style…
A Design Classic In Form & Function: Shape, Simplicity & Clean Lines Of Hans Wegner’s 1950’s “Wishbone Chair”
In 1944 Danish designer Hans Jorgen Wegner began a series of what are referred to as “China Chairs”. Hans is said to have been inspired by portraits of Danish merchants sitting upon Ming thrones of Chinese emperors. Who knew? Touching briefly upon this designer’s history…born to a shoemaker, Wegner was trained as a cabinet maker. At the age of 17 Wegner was apprenticed to a carpenter, H. F. Stahlberg, at which time he developed his first design. At the age of 20 he moved to Copenhagen to study at the institution now known as The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design (then known as “The Artisan College”). Beginning his career as an architect, it was as early as 1940 that Wegner began to design for master carpenter Johannes Hansen. The talents of Wegner combined the skills of both and architect and a craftsman produced work that certainly garnered attention. Since 1950, Danish company Carl Hansen & Søn has produced the chair that is known as the “Y”, “CH-24” and iconically, the “Wishbone” chair. It is no surprise that the production of this sculptural chair has never halted.
On the website of Carl Hansen & Søn, it is stated:
“Hans J. Wegner is widely considered to be one of the leading figures in 20th century furniture design – and a driving force in the “Danish Modern” movement that changed the way people looked at furniture in the 1950s and 1960s.” -www.carlhansen.com
“A master carpenter first and a designer second: Perfectly finished joints and exquisite forms. A deep respect for the wood and its character and an everlasting curiosity about good materials. He gave minimalism an organic and natural softness. He is considered as “the master chair-maker” and designed more than 500 chairs during the course of his life”. -www.carlhansen.com
Hans J. Wegner ( 1914-2007) ) Danish Designer/ Carl Hansen & Søn
A designer of many chairs, it is perhaps the “Wishbone Chair” of 1949 that has been considered Wegner’s triumph. Clean lines and simplistic design made from natural materials, the chair is certainly striking from all angles. It is perhaps the characteristic “Y”-backed shape that held the strongest reference to this lightweight chair with the steam-bent solid wood frame. A product of skilled wood joinery paired with craftsmanship. Form and function, indeed. A key & unique component to this chair is the seat that is hand woven from paper cord. Of note, paper cord was was a durable material that was developed as a substitute for jute during WWII. Again, who knew? Still used today, it is said that there is over 400 feet of paper cord per chair (120 meters). Imagine! Hand woven style that adds further distinction to a silhouette of great style.
“Many foreigners have asked me how we made the Danish style. And I’ve answered that it…was rather a continuous process of purification, and for me of simplification, to cut down to the simplest possible elements of four legs, a seat and a combined top rail and arm rest”
-Hans Jorgen Wegner
Steam-Bent Wooden Style: Hans Wegner’s “Wishbone Chair”
Form & Function In Danish Style: Hans Wegner’s “Wishbone Chair”
Hans Wegner’s “Wishbone Chair”: Enduring Design
Lightweight, Wooden Style: The “Wishbone Chair”
Craftsmanship & Design: Hans Wegner’s “Wishbone Chair”
Natural Style: The Curved Form Of The “Wishbone Chair”
Straightforward, Clean Style: Wegner’s “Wishbone Chair”
The “Wishbone Chair”: Striking From All Angles
Distinctive Style & Natural Comfort: Wegner’s “Wishbone Chair”
Wood Joinery & Style: The Enduring “Wishbone Chair”
Sculptural Design: The “Wishbone Chair”
Hans Wegner’s Triumph Of Design & Craftsmanship: “Wishbone Chair”
Timeless Distinction Of Enduring Appeal: Hans Wegner’s “Wishbone Chair”
Whether found in a solid oak, walnut or beech frame or renditions with painted or clear lacquer or an oiled finish, consider with appreciation the classic lines and simplistic style of the “Wishbone” chair. Distinctive style that stands the test of time. For certain, beyond its Modern Danish style, this chair can fit within a multitude of interior spaces. Iconically. A chair of comfort and style. Form and function at its best. Sculptural form of enduring appeal, indeed…
“A chair is to have no backside. It should be beautiful from all sides and angles”
-Hans Wegner
“A chair is only finished when someone sits in it”
Rings & Swirls of Wooden Style: Burl Wood In The Interior
October 15, 2013 ~ Kristin ~ 2 Comments
Unique Pattern Within The Interior: Burl Wood
Burl wood. Known for its extraordinary and unique style, the beauty of this highly desired wood endures to enthrall us with layered objects within the interior. The warmth and visual interest that the swirling patterns and rings of distinction that burl wood presents when found in the interior continually delights us with classic and timeless appeal. Unique and exotic, “one-of-a-kind”, grained objects rich in texture and visual interest. Burl wood certainly lends a luxuriousness to even basic furniture design. Unusual patterns of distinction.
A “Burl” (in American English), “Bur” or “Burr” (referencing “Burl” in other countries) is commonly found in the form of a “rounded outgrowth”, filled with small knots, on a tree trunk. Of interest, burl wood is the result of a fast growing, abnormal growth found on a tree that has typically experienced environmental stress or damage. Who knew? The infection grows on the root or trunk of a tree in an oval lump shape or twisted knots. When opened, the beauty of nature’s design is revealed. Once the tree is cut, thin veneer slices (“leaves”) are carved from the burl wood. “Leaves” of style, indeed. Of course, it is said that the beauty and preference of a cut of this striking wood is within the eye of the beholder. Artistry. A wood that has been prized by artists for centuries to create furniture, sculptures and other decorative items, the stylistic patterns of unique and natural design endure in its appeal.
Burl Wood: Nature’s Wonder Of Distinction
Of further interest, the number of trees that produce burl wood is considerably low, causing a high demand for the swirling effect of nature. Of additional interest, often, a tree that has developed burl wood can still be healthy and continue to thrive. Who knew that trees can actually develop burl wood shoots that are so heavy that the weight leads to the tree’s early demise? Once the tree holds no more life, the shoots are reviewed to reveal the pattern inside. Often, a single shoot can produce several different pieces for artists to work with. The skill of the artisan’s eye is required, indeed. Burl wood veneer is prized for the tightness of the swirl and consistency of the color. What is referred to as “Figuring” (burl clusters), the artisan’s goal is to select the pattern that reveals the stunning and interesting ringed pattern of nature’s artistry. And of the decoration of burl wood in veneer layerings covering classic pieces of furniture? Enduring decoration of “wooden” appeal.
Unusual Patterns That Swirl With Interest & Distinction
The “Warmth” Of Wood Paired with Unique Shapes & Ring Patterns: Burl Wood
The Beauty Of Wood: Burl Wood Within The Interiors
Consider nature’s wonder of burl wood within the interior. A rare and beautiful pattern designed by nature, burl wood is linked to “Unarguably the best designer and inspiration for all of us”– nature. Certainly, an appreciation for the woody warmth and visual interest of the swirling patterns of distinctive style are worthy of gracing our interiors. Beauty from nature’s force. Striking style of cause and effect with a warm appeal within our interiors. Certainly there are decorative objects of burled beauty that also deserve focus, yet it is the veneer of beauty and distinction that embellishes key elements of furniture design that fill our spaces that my attention swirls upon. Rings and swirls of distinction, indeed…
“We can only shape the burl and treat it, so that it lasts a life time…One can be sure of the exclusivity of burl furniture as nature never repeats its design.” -Unknown/artisan
The Brass étagère: Distinctive “Open Shelving” Of Form & Function
August 27, 2013 August 29, 2013 ~ Kristin ~ 2 Comments
The Distinctive Brass étagère
An étagère is termed as a piece of “lightweight furniture consisting of a series of stages or open shelves for the reception of ornaments and other small articles”. A “stage” for elements of personal style and decoration, for certain. Extensively made in France during the late 18th century, the word étagère was taken from the Middle French word, estagiere, referring to “estage floor of a building or station”. Of interest, the first known use of this word of French style was in 1840. These graceful and elegant open shelves are perhaps best known in the brass construction. Yet the history of the étagère, that even Louis XVI adored, began in exotic woods. Who knew? Elaborately carved or molded spindles interlaced between the shelves create a towering effect of lightweight visual style. Holding perhaps the “frippery” and collected articles of elegance, refinement of aristocratic style, these dainty, yet substantial shelves provided visual pleasure within the interior. Collected groupings of coveted objects on display. And of our collected “frippery”? Objects of personal style, for certain. Beyond the wood that formed the early étagères, often, metals such as brass and pewter would be interspersed throughout the structures of distinctive style. In fact, some even were embellished with jewels. Again, who knew?
Vintage Structures Of Form & Function: Étagères
Popular once again during the Victorian era, the excess of details would additionally adorn the shelves of style. Gilded carvings, marble shelves and mirrors would perhaps add a weighty appearance. Yet this decorative piece crafted by artisan cabinetmakers would eventually evolve into the stylistic elegance and simplicity of the brass étagère. In fact, it is said that the brass étagère originated as a collaboration of the venerable furniture studio, Frederick P. Victoria & Son and American interior design legend, Billy Baldwin. Known as a classicist and a modernist, it is no wonder that the open shelving would acquire gleaming brass and towering height at the helm of Baldwin’s design lead paired with the craftsmanship and artistry of a furniture studio of timeless design. Of additional interest, Baldwin’s designs for Cole Porter’s Waldorf Towers Apartment has eternally linked them to be referred to as “Porter étagères”. Again, who knew? The timeless triumph in design within Porter’s library of tubular brass floor to ceiling étagères lined against lacquered walls has certainly gained iconic appeal. Enduring design, for certain…
Design Legend: Billy Baldwin & His étagères
Of course, the design inspiration is also said to have originated from the lines of the English Regency rosewood rolling cart which was also known as a ‘dumbwaiter’. Function with design. With resemblances in design, Baldwin’s étagères certainly became a design of a much larger scale than the English Regency shelf unit. Great design evolves, indeed.
An English Regency dumbwaiter: A Rolling étagères
Etagere: A Vintage Variation Paired With Height
Of additional interest, the original Baldwin-Porter étagères were adorned with domed finials with “Gadrooning” (a decorative motif consisting of convex curves in a series). Alas, as time moved onward and the étagère became widely made, the halt of production during the mid 1960’s allowed for a gap in design. Perhaps a “forgotten detail” of the finials that once graced the towering structures was a result that would change the future design. With or without these finial caps of style, the resurgence and evolution in design of the étagère would certainly experience a revival in the decades following. Earning it a timeless addition to an interior, for certain.
étagère: Graceful Shelves Of Styled Possibilities
And of the reference to the excessive brass and metallic trend that swelled during the 1970’s? Indeed, the brass étagère was included in the excess of metallic display of the Seventies. Alas, when brass is used in moderation with sophistication and elegance the metallic addition will shine in style within the interior. The étagère will complement and provide a stylish backdrop of your collected and decorative whims. A changing backdrop, for certain. Stylish possibilities. The étagère is certainly not a “book shelf” but rather a “Stage” of decorative style. With the brassy glow that exudes visual interest as well as warmth in its tone, the brass étagère is an element that will endure in lightweight, visual style…
Lightweight Style: The Open Shelved étagère
Brass has certainly remained an enduring classic metal for centuries. Clean lines and simple form, the minimalism in a brassy metal would rise in popularity in time. Of course, there are those étagères that are in graduated sizes, spiraling upwards in vertical style, but it is the simplistic and elegant gracefulness of the open and repeating brass shelf that earns focus of its timeless appeal. Horizontal style options in a vertical bliss of decorative function, indeed.
“Victorian Brass” Étagère: Details In Design
Consider the étagère. A decorative piece of furniture that provides a distinctive and unique backdrop to adorn any space. With its bright, yellow gold warmth, the appearance of this styled open-shelf of distinction will provide you with enduring appeal. Of course, beyond the glow of brass construction, there are certainly other materials that earn praise. That said, I return to the focus of brass. A metal that deserves our focus and appreciation, especially when styled so distinctively with sharp lines of vertical and horizontal interest and style. Distinctive “open shelving” of style. Form and function, indeed…
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JAGUAR XK 140 OTS SE
XK 140 OTS SE
Just finished from an extremely impressive restoration
Many enthusiasts consider the XK 140 the pinnacle of the XK series of Jaguars, offering a combination of XK 120 style with the comfort and usability of the later XK 150
Original Left Hand Drive example
Wonderful color combination
Desirable Special Equipment example
Fitted with an overdrive
The Jaguar XK-140, produced from late 1954 into 1957, generally continued the beautiful styling and impressive performance of the XK-120 that preceded it.
XK140 models included a cabriolet-type Drophead Coupé (DHC), a Fixed-Head Coupe and an Open Two-Seater (OTS) roadster, as represented here. Jaguar designers moved the DOHC 3.4 liter inline 6-cylinder engine forward in the XK chassis for the new model.
The XK 140 permitted in comparison to the XK 120 more legroom in the cockpit, even as the previously used dashboard and seating locations were retained. For the first time, a bit of open space was also provided behind the front seat.
The XK 140 was built between 1954 and 1957
ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
Being very familiar with the Jaguar XK 140 we can say that it is one of the best driving cars from the fifties. We are happy that we have owned the original Works Jaguar XK 140 OTS with which we drove several times the Mille Migila. Being in the Mille Miglia with a car means that you will know everything from the car after some days. We have had a lot of cars but an XK 140 has really everything a classic car needs to have.
First of all, almost everybody can fit in a XK 140.
There is a relative big engine so you can use it on a race track but also on a sunday if you want to go out for a picnic.
Even if you would like to get a bit further from home and take the car to your holiday destination, a Jaguar XK is an excellent car as it has quite a lot of luggage space (for a classic car).
CONDITION INTERIOR
The car has been extremely nice restored and is just finished. Since the restoration the car drove approximately 200 kilometers.
The entire car has been fully dismantled and has been taken from the chassis.
Over 150 pictures of the restoration are available and every single piece including, engine, gearbox and drive train have been rebuilt.
The exterior is probably better then new. The car is extremely nice painted in a beautiful dark grey metallic color.
All chrome have been redone and is in a new condition.
It will be hard to find details on this car which are not correct or not nice restored. Every single detail is in a prefect restored condition.
Today, this iconic sports car is beautifully presented with period-correct Grey paintwork over a rich Red leather interior.
The grey paintwork suits the sensuous curves of the body extremely nice.
Due to the wonderful color combination the car presents beautifully.
The beautiful Red leather interior suits the outside color Dark Grey very nice.
The entire interior has been period correct renewed and has been restored with with the correct materials. The result is outstanding.
This interior has been made from a very nice and very soft leather and is custom made. It is nowadays possible to purchase leather covers but the fitting is an issue.
The complete interior has been specifically made by an interior specialist, so the seats, carpets, softtop, side screens etc. etc. are all made specifically for this car.
This XK140 OTS SE is well sorted throughout and ready to be enjoyed by its next owner, in spirited open-air drives, touring events, or car shows.
The sound of the car is wonderful. It has a beautiful noise from the exhaust. Sporty but still chique.
The handling of the car is perfect. Steering is direct, shifting is easy and the brakes are responding immediately.
The car drives as it looks. Very very well and correct sorted/restored.
This car offers a great opportunity to acquire an engaging driver’s car that is also beautiful and eligible for various driving events including the Mille Miglia.
Due to the so-called SE version (C-type engine with 210) horsepower and the optional overdrive, it is the most desirable version of the Jaguar XK.
It makes the drivability just superb because the revs on the motorway decrease impressively when the overdrive is switched on.
A very nice and useful option which is luckily on this car.
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Home › Sociology › gender & feminism › RSPCA exploits domestic violence; yet again, women = dogs [triggers]
RSPCA exploits domestic violence; yet again, women = dogs [triggers]
By lauredhel on 2008-04-24 • ( 37 )
I found video of the RSPCA’s new campaign. Some of the ads are fine. Good, even. One of them? Not so much.
Violence against women triggers below the cut. (Bad ones.)
Edit 24 April 2008: The main page for the RSPCA NSW campaign is here: “The RSPCA Needs You“
This particular ad uses graphic triggering imagery of a man beating a woman, to the sound of a yelping dog.
The Australian says:
Women attending the launch of the campaign in Sydney yesterday were reduced to tears at the ferocity of images showing the man relentlessly punching the woman and throwing her around a room.
Sydney advertising agency The Campaign Palace, better known for Target ads and environmentally focused Westpac promotions, created the campaign for the animal welfare organisation with a clear brief to shock people out of their complacency about cruelty.
So were any men “reduced to tears”? How about abusers, were they weeping and running out of the room? Or is this all about causing women who have been victims to freak out, so the RSPCA can smugly crow at them that the “shock” value was worth it?
Fucking assholes.
Closeup on a distressed woman’s face. A man suddenly attacks her, and beats her repeatedly. The soundtrack is of a dog being repeatedly beaten.
Voiceover: “37 percent of violent criminals admit to being cruel to animals in their childhood. To break this cycle, the RSPCA runs programmes teaching kids to respect animals.”
Text: the rspca needs you
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Categories: gender & feminism, violence
Tags: complacency, domestic violence, rspca, violence against women
Grabbing somebody is Assault, and sexual touch makes it Sexual Assault. Stop minimising this. #rapeculture101
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Dear RSPCA,
Melissa McEwan’s last blog post..Holy Maude
oh my fucking god. Last time I give the RSPCA any money.
La di Da
Stern letters shall be sent.
La di Da’s last blog post..The disappointing summit: benevolent fascists galore?
I’ve watched it twice now, because I didn’t really believe they did that the first time.
harlemjd
The RSPCA needs my help to protect women from being beaten, because women are non-human animals, and thus fall into their mandate. However, non-human animals cannot own (or at least, cannot control) money. Thus as a woman, I cannot send money to the RSPCA. So sorry.
Utterly reprehensible. The point about the continuity of cruelty to animals and later violence is a good point but this is emphatically NOT the way to make it. If they were really invested in preventing abuse, as opposed to just using it as a marketing tool, there is no way they would put women at risk of suffering PTSD symptoms as a result of watching this.
Ignorant effing arseholes.
Before you condemn the entire RSPCA, the word is that there is significant friction within the organisation about this advertisement. This is a state-based ad (NSW), not a national one.
eta: however, pressure on National is a good way to go, to express that this sort of thing is not on.
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witchy-woo
I work with survivors of dv and, it’s true, many women wait to make themselves and their children safe until their animals are safe.
This RSPCA ad, though… nah. It fails – on so many levels – in a similar way that the PETA ads fail. However you/they (RSPCA/PETA) care about animals you have to acknowledge that people, and women are people – *shock! horror!”* – matter more. Their ads are, at best, demeaning and, at worst triggering for the real live women who have experienced/are experiencing the exact same treatment they’re campaigning against happening to ANIMALS.
These organisations *so* need media and marketing people with some understanding of gender power relations because this, like the PETA ads, is one royal fuck-up that will turn many women’s stomaches. They want my money? Well, they might get it… the day they stop using women’s real life experiences to promote their animal protection agenda.
I love animals. I want to do everything I can to save and protect them. But I won’t support anything that trivialises or demeans the lives of women.
Feminist first.
Revoltingly exploitative. This ad is motivating all right, but it is not inspiring my support for the RSPCA.
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A. Semyonova
I’m a feminist. I work as inspector for the SPCA in The Netherlands. My experience is that an awful lot of people will have more sympathy for a beaten dog than for a man-battered woman. I had to remind myself, watching, that this was an SPCA ad, not an ad designed to make people understand how horrible domestic violence is. I think the ad finely makes the feminist point (without intending to) that this kind of man sees a woman as no different from his dog — a living piece of property he can do as he likes with, and that owes him obedience. To me, it’s indifferent whether people get the point because they finally understand that beating a woman is just as bad as beating a dog, or that beating a dog is just as bad as beating a woman. The ad in no way compares women to dogs, which would be a compliment, except by pointing out the mentality of the man. I don’t really get the outrage.
Jessica Milne
The RSPCA was not comparing women to beaten dogs.. the RSPCA clearly isn’t the ignorant arsehole.
53 percent of domestic violence victims delay leaving because of fear that their animals will be harmed or killed. its a fact. a fact well known by the RSPCA.
This is thought provoking for both women who suffer abuse and women who dont. Maybe women who are in the situation at the present will find the courage after seeing the ad to leave, knowing they have the resources to help them. Maybe those who aren’t in the situation will be woken up enough to donate to the organisation desperately trying to help these women and their animals.
Instead of having a whinge about their advertising strategies why don’t you donate? Maybe if the RSPCA got more than 2 percent of its funding from the government it wouldnt need to resort to shock tactics to raise enough money to keep these initiatives going.
Dan Hemmens
Maybe those who aren’t in the situation will be woken up enough to donate to the organisation desperately trying to help these women and their animals.
Umm … perhaps I’m missing a trick here, but I’m pretty sure the RSPCA isn’t a charity dedicated to preventing domestic violence. It’s a charity dedicated to helping animals. Arguing that the one necessarily leads to the other is extremely disingenuous.
Yeah Dan, I particularly wondered about this:
Maybe women who are in the situation at the present will find the courage after seeing the ad to leave, knowing they have the resources to help them.
Oh, praise be to Jebus! Now that the RSPCA have made this ad, women everywhere have all the resources they need to leave violent partners (just close your eyes and ears to all those recent stories where the dude turned up and shot her dead cos the problem’s solved now cos women have seen this ad.
Sarcasm may not be attractive, but sometimes it’s necessary. Talk about the pot calling the kettle a moron.
” Umm … perhaps I’m missing a trick here, but I’m pretty sure the RSPCA isn’t a charity dedicated to preventing domestic violence. It’s a charity dedicated to helping animals. Arguing that the one necessarily leads to the other is extremely disingenuous.”
Domestic violence and animal cruelty go hand in hand.
Here’s some facts for you:
Many perpetrators abuse family pets to intimidate and have more control over their partners.
Pets, including fish, birds and farm animals, and in some instances, multiple pets, were killed in 17 per cent of households where there is family violence.
In half the cases where women are attacked their family pets are too.
Monash University, The Relationship Between Family Violence and Animal Abuse: An Australian Study.
Maybe you both should read it. Certainly explains why an organsiation concerned with the welfare of animals, would want to do something to help people experiencing domestic violence.
The whole point of this ad was to promote the Pet Support program which enables women to leave their animals with the RSPCA while they find a safe environment for them both to leave. Im sure its doing great things for those women who wouldnt have left for fear their animals would be harmed.’
As for you fuckpoliteness, I’m not suggestinfg this ad magically provides all the solutions for abused women. There are many reasons why women dont leave violent partners, and many resources they need if they choose to. But maybe one abused woman not leaving for fear her pet would be killed might realise there is another way after seeing this ad. If this ad helps just one woman leave an abusive relationship, job done. The RSPCA would have helped one more abused woman than you.
Interesting that you presume to know me, to know that I have not been in an abusive relationship (incorrect as it turns out) and that I’ve not spent a lot of my time in fact helping women who have found themselves in abusive relationships (oh looky there, incorrect again).
“The whole point of this ad was to promote the Pet Support program which enables women to leave their animals with the RSPCA while they find a safe environment for them both to leave.”
I know that pet ownership is often a factor that prevents women leaving but I can’t find any mention of this program in the ad.
If it is in fact aimed at women experiencing violence and who are afraid for their animals, then it’s gone about it the wrong way.
“The RSPCA needs you”
Attempting a guilt trip much? This puts too much pressure on women, whose coping skills might be pushed to the limit already, to extricate themselves from the violence for the sake of their pet.
Many women can’t do that even for the sake of themselves and their children.
This ad is disturbingly uninformed and there are plenty of ways of releasing information about the program besides triggering commercials.
Jessica, I find it ironic that you use such a vicious and abusive tone, apparently in the interests of advocating on behalf of abused women.
P.P I agree- not the best way for the RSPCA to have gone about advertising the program. It was part of the combined campaign to raise awareness of the RSPCA’s programs to help humans aswell. They certainly found better ways further down the track. It does however make mention of the educational programs to teach kids to respect animals to break the cycle of abuse. Maybe more effective in this regard. An organisation that relies on a mere 2 percent of its funding from the government understandably resorts to extreme measures. My ‘tone’ is neither intended to be vicious or abusive.
Fuckpoliteness- I do not presume to know anyone on this forum, anything about their lives, their struggles, or the work they do with abused women or others. I certainly did not presume you had not been in an abusive relationship. This stands irrespective of my thoughts on your comments about the ad.
2009-04-22 • 12:08 PM
“It does however make mention of the educational programs to teach kids to respect animals to break the cycle of abuse. Maybe more effective in this regard.”
Are you saying that the rationale for this is that if boys are taught to respect animals then it must therefore follow that they will also learn to respect women?
How does that make sense? Because both women and pets are seen by men as their possessions and we should teach them to look after ALL of their possessions? That is some fucked up misogynist logic.
It wouldn’t even work in practice anyway. Violent and abusive men are quite capable of treating pets that they see as belonging to THEM, like royalty, while still abusing their partners, their children and their partner’s or children’s pets.
So I disagree, the RSPCA absolutely ARE comparing women with beaten dogs.
Lack of government funding just isn’t reasonable grounds to promote such illogical, and as I said fundamentally misogynistic, strategies to help animals under the guise of addressing the issue of gendered violence.
An organisation that relies on a mere 2 percent of its funding from the government understandably resorts to extreme measures.
(How much is that 2 percent in absolute terms, by the way? Google says the annual budget is 18 million dollars just for one state, so the govt funding is at least $360 000 for that state – so nationally? What’s the total?)
There are plenty of organisations reliant on donations and doing vital work and receiving much lesser or no government funding that don’t resort to measures anything like this. When was the last time you saw an “edgy” shock ad from the ABA? Marie Stopes International? Women With Disabilities Australia?
Unfortunately, some animal rights organisations have a long and unpleasant history of sexist, racist, homophobic, triggering, exploitative (etc) advertising.This is just another one in a long line. The defence is usually “Well it got attention!” – well, here’s the attention they wanted. You can’t dictate your own publicity; the best way to make that publicity good publicity is to not be an arse in the process.
How much is that 2 percent in absolute terms, by the way?
So interesting a question is this, I’ve just been having a look. RSPCA don’t release national figures and appear to do most of their governance at the State level, so I’ve been taking notes from 2007-8 Annual Reports.
For NSW in 2008, $434,818, South Australia $692,945, WA claims $250,000, Victoria claim a round $1M. I was unable to easily find the Tasmanian report and QLD don’t publish their financial returns online. None of the annual reports discriminate between levels of Government; it’s unclear as to whether they’re Commonwealth, State or local government funds. We can know that at the very least, in 2008, the RSPCA’s State bodies received $2,377,763 in Government assistance, and if the grants in the States/Territories I couldn’t find are comparable, it’s probably closer to $3 million all up. I haven’t compared it to the total amounts raised in funding—the State bodies also receive income in interest payments and sales of assets, for instance—but it’s clear that the RSPCA is admirably financially independent from all of the Australian Governments. Lots of other NGOs would love, I’m sure, that kind of financial health.
I’m not entirely sure in what way that independence from the taxpayer is an argument for or against this ad, however.
Actually the RSPCA is involved in domestic violence, indeed it has been involved in issue such as child abuse since its inception. The SPCAs were helping abused and neglected children before human social services even existed. The RSPCA is still closely involved with cross reporting of violence between human and animal social agencies. I think this ad is misdirected but I would suggest people look into this more deeply before leaping to condemn. You may be stereotyping and denigrating people working with mere animals–as if being indifferent to animal abuse is going to help make society less violent.
p.s. the RSPCA is not an “animal rights group”.
Vein is right. They’re certainly not an ‘animal rights’ organisation. In fact, animal rights organisations tend to loathe them. There’s a major philosophical divide between ‘rights’ advocates and ‘welfare’ advocates. The reason they receive government funding is that their inspectors have the job of enforcing the various State governments animal cruelty legislation. In that way they’re rather different than other NGOs and other organisations involved with animal wefare. It’s why ‘rights’ organisations don’t like them. They’re seen as colluding with retrograde legislation.
I think the tvc fails because it doesn’t cut through with a clear message. Why should I donate money? What’s going to happen to it? Am I supposed to be worried about the woman or the dog, or both? I also think that although there’s a strong correlation between animal abuse and domestic violence, it’s a long bow to draw that teaching kids to respect animals will do anything to prevent domestic violence.
For me, the upsetting thing about the tvc is the dog screaming in pain. I know the people are are just two actors pretending. But where did they get that dog noise? It’s distressing. (Not that I’m implying that the RSPCA tortured the dog to get it).
Jessica Milne@17 where you say you don’t presume to know anything of my life/the work I’ve done with women, you directed this:
The RSPCA would have helped one more abused woman than you
at me. So really…you kinda did. I hate to insist on pointing out, like you know, facts and all, but if you don’t like it when people to tell you to pull your head in, maybe you shouldn’t stick it so far out in the first place.
I guess my hackles were up that you’d come onto a feminist blog brandishing terms like ‘ignorant arsehole’, ‘morons’ etc at feminists you don’t know for having a problem with the RSPCA using footage of a woman being violently beaten for purposes OTHER than a ‘violence against women – it’s bad’ aim. The ad, as PP pointed out and you conveniently did not address, does NOT address violence against women as a wrong, or to inform women that there are resources out there to help them when they’re in trouble and are fearing for their pets.
Cos the thing is, perhaps you don’t agree, but you don’t get to come on here and swing that sort of crap out and have everyone go ‘Oh how lovely and SMART you are! I wish I were you’.
And I’m sorry to really harp on here, but as a previously abused woman, I do find it incredibly problematic for experiences similar to mine and to many other women I’ve known to be co-opted in an ad for what is indeed a serious issue in and of itself, but is not their experience to co-opt.
And for me? As a survivor of domestic violence? The ad is terrifyingly difficult to watch and not because of the dog noise, but for the violence, the apparent conflation of women and pets/dogs/bitches, and then that lumping of responsibility…the RSPCA needs you which I feel is directed at women as PP says.
You play with fire when you utilise such a contentious and loaded issue for ‘shock tactics’ – and no, I do not agree that just because the RSPCA needs some more funding it’s ok for it to use violence against women as its shock tactic.
Oh Jessica – before I get the so-not-the-point retort, you did vaguely wave your hand at acknowledging PPs point, it’s true, it’s just that it was vague, and excuse making so I kinda missed it amongst all the rest
The RSPCA is on the nose with people who feel, as I do, that when there’s obvious mistreatment/beating of pet animals going on, then they’ll do something perhaps, but they are unwilling to stick their neck out for farm and commercial domesticated animals. We had a scandal in this town a while back concerning an anglo-arab stallion who was basically slowly tortured to death in a lethal combination of ignorance and greed. (Not just a straightforward no-feed starving in paddock situation.) The RSPCA was begged to help and would not, because the owners complied ON PAPER by having the horse “in veterinary care”, so no matter what was going down they wouldn’t go there even though there was clear abuse and suffering going on.
Plus the RSPCA’s ambiguous relationship with the egg industry.
Watching the video, I can see clearly that it is *trying* to illustrate the very true fact that people who abuse animals when young are represented disproportionately among people who abuse people when older. However, as Fine says (Jessica pls note Fine is a professional in this area) the video fails to make that point very clearly and instead makes it look as if it’s equating women with bitches and male partners with owners- you kind of need to know what it’s supposed to be talking about before you see it.
@ Helen:
as Fine says (Jessica pls note Fine is a professional in this area) the video fails to make that point very clearly
Perhaps Jessica could think about it this way: if this was an assignment at film school, to make a video illustrating the fact that people who abuse animals when young are likely to abuse people when older, do you honestly think that it would have got good marks for communicating the central concept?
It saddens me, to see so many people so passionate towards hating on this campaign. It is drawing a comparison between women and dogs, whilst it is true that it is a negative connotation, do you believe that the RSPCA views humans as ‘better than’ animals? The intention of this ad was to raise awareness to the assistance the RSPCA is willing to give to women leaving a dv situation, a good intention, though if one insists on nit-picking and misinterpreting this intention of coarse you will be offended.
What you all should be happy with is the fact that the campaign brings domestic violence to the forefront of societies consciousness, that by toting the adds downsides you only hinder your desire to see an end to domestic violence within this country.
When I viewed this add without bias, I did not compare the woman to a dog, I only felt that the RSPCA was trying to help, a worthy and noble cause don’t you think?
Well, thanks for mansplaining that to us, Andrew. My teeny little oversensitive feminine brain wasn’t quite coping with the complexities of the situation.
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to seem to be ridiculing you, aren’t I entitled to an opinion… from your previous statement it would seem that based on my gender I’m not.
Also, you seem very passionate about being very angry, bitter, or… wrong… are you depressed?
Have fun being negative for the rest of your life.
It’s nearly time for another Troll-Off, isn’t it?
These words… ‘mansplaining’… ‘troll-off’… where… are… they… coming from… I just [B] HAVE [/B] to know.
oh… that was ridicule.
PAY THAT!
Oh I see, Andrew. Domestic violence is all OUR fault now because we’re critical of the ad. Seriously, get yourself informed before you open your ignorant mouth on such an issue. Forfucksake.
A: It saddens me, to see so many people so passionate towards hating on this campaign
FP: Poor you.
A: It is drawing a comparison between women and dogs, whilst it is true that it is a negative connotation
FP: Yes…not just a negative connotation, but dehumanising in fact
A: do you believe that the RSPCA views humans as ‘better than’ animals?
FP: Do we care?? Is that our point? Our point is that the RSPCA does not have unfettered right to make use of the suffering of women at the hands of men – a systemic and institutionalised form of violence routinely ignored until it is too late – as a shock tactic in their advertising.
A: The intention of this ad was to raise awareness to the assistance the RSPCA is willing to give to women leaving a dv situation
FP: Uh…no. Wrong. See above comments. Like, read and comprehend and all. It is about the RSPCA teaching kids to respect pets. A laudable aim but not one I feel they have any right to co-opt a depiction of domestic violence in aid of.
A: a good intention, though if one insists on nit-picking and misinterpreting this intention of coarse you will be offended.
FP: Yeah whatever, correctly identify the aim of the ad and you might have a leg to stand on re misinterpretation. And fuck intention when it comes to appropriating in triggering ways the actual suffering of many women to make your point that your new campaign is good, fuck intention when it reduces the violated woman to a prop to make your point.
A: What you all should be happy with is the fact that the campaign brings domestic violence to the forefront of societies consciousness
FP: No…no it doesn’t. It has you watch a woman have the shit kicked out of her to bring cruelty to animals to the forefront of society’s consciousness…women get left behind really as an illustration to make a point. And sorry but you don’t get to tell any of us what we *should* be happy with. Clearly we are not. And perhaps *you* should STFU in trundling onto a feminist website and telling women that they *should* be happy that ads use violence against women to make a point OTHER than violence against women is WRONG.
A: that by toting the adds downsides
FP: Please feel free to speak plainly and not be a total try-hard
A: you only hinder your desire to see an end to domestic violence within this country
FP: Andrew, you are just *SO* *RIGHT*…by objecting to women being thrashed on tele which just blends into the background because the real tragedy is cruelty to animals, by objecting to a graphic depiction of violence against women when it is not about ENDING violence against women, by speaking up and saying that it’s triggering we are so TOTALLY ABOUT missing the goal, and highlighting what you already knew…that we don’t give a fuck about women’s rights! (Lauredhel, he truly DOES have the ‘magick testicles of perspicacity!)
A: When I viewed this add without bias
FP: As obviously only *you* have managed to do
A: I did not compare the woman to a dog
FP: Nor did we Captain Miss the Point – the ad made the analogy at the expense of the women in order to help the dogs. I’m all for dogs not being beaten, it’s disgusting and I get the links, but WOMEN ARE NOT PLOT PROPS.
A: I only felt that the RSPCA was trying to help, a worthy and noble cause
FP: Yes…help raise awareness of cruelty to animals, again, a laudable aim, but DV is not their handy shock tactic to do so
A: don’t you think?
FP: Uh…NO. NO, no, no no no no and no. See above comments
Apropos of none of the comments published in this thread, there is no such thing as “posting rights” for anybody on a piece of private property i.e. this website.
See the Australian Libertarian Society’s Comments Policy for clarification.
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Jeff Jonas Chief Scientist,
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"Challenges in Advancing Information Quality"
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UPDATE: Five killed, 15 injured in car bombing attack in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (HOL) - Five people were killed and 15 others injured in a car bomb attack in Mogadishu Wednesday barely a week after close to 100 others were killed in the outskirts of the city.
A vehicle loaded with explosives went burst at a checkpoint in Sayidka area near parliament killing at least five people in an attack claimed by the militant group Al-Shabaab.
The attack is the group’s first offensive in the city in 2020.
The heavily secured area locates the Internal Security headquarters on the left and the Lower House building some metres away straight ahead.
Al-Shabaab drove in a vehicle loaded with explosives in July 2018 to the Security Ministry and in its wake left 20 people dead.
Today’s attack comes slightly more than a week when Al-Shabaab killed 89 people in a truck bomb at Ex-Control area.
Among those killed were university students and Turkish road constructors.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
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He had parked his rental car down the hill of Hummingbird Lane at the entrance of the Bon Temps cemetery. It was the most generic car he could rent in a boring shade of grey. It was indistinguishable with local license plates. His 6”4” frame hardly fit but he had not selected the vehicle on comfort. It served its purpose as transportation to the job he was about to execute by order of an L. Krasiki. It was not an easy task to appear indistinguishable at his height but he had perfected it to an art form. Living in the shadows was his mode of survival and tonight like any other night it would expedite his mission.
The old whitewashed boards of the homestead had seen better days, as had the other elements that held together what at best could be described as a ramshackle. Despite the building’s dishevelled appearance they had managed to find a buyer evident by the SOLD sign next to the mailbox. The fact that the house had been on the market had eased his reconnaissance of the target’s surroundings. Any trespassing would simply be explained as an interest in the property.
Bill Compton had been missing in action, this was of course not a coincidence. There was no such thing as coincidence in his world. The target’s fiancé was conveniently called away by the very same L. Krasiki.
He moved past the sold sign into the driveway quietly navigating over the gravel until he reached the soft ground. His large feet would leave a distinguishing print behind. They were anything but an average size and he had, as ever taken this into account. For this night was not simply an opportune interval, it was a carefully selected one. Chance of rain in the early hours of the morning: 100%.
The area was particularly known for its heavy showers, any trace would be absolved before anyone would even think to check in on the target. Even if they would find a trace of his imprints the forensics would discover it to be a standard issue military boot in pristine condition. A boot worn by hundreds of thousands and therefore deemed an utterly useless find.
The most likely person to find her missing would be said fiancé and he was not due to arrive back in 3 days. Perhaps in 2 if her lack of response would alarm him but an automated texting service would be put in place to delay him.
He would leave behind a calling card per instruction of L. Krasiki. Her son would know exactly what it meant. There would be no call to the police, Sookie Stackhouse will simply disappear without a trace. The citizens of Bon Temps would assume she had simply left to Arlington, Virginia. Off to join her fiancé as she had announced mere weeks ago. The fact that she did not bid anyone goodbye would not come as a shock to anyone.
Her file indicated her brother and she had fallen out over her grandmother’s inheritance and any communication between the siblings had been through the mediations of lawyers neither one could afford. Her circle of friends was small and those that would be considered her confidents; a Tara Thornton, Lafayette Reynolds and Samuel Merlotte had met a similar fate as her brother. For all three had a restraining order filed against them. They had unsuccessfully tried to persuade the target that her fiancé, whom she had known a mere 42 days before his proposal of marriage, was a danger to her person.
They were undoubtedly right. It was after all why he was approaching her doorstep with a loaded gun expertly fitted with a suppressor. Her friends had however based their assumptions on their gut instinct and the changes her fiancé had brought upon her since entering her life. Eric Northman was far more knowledgeable of Bill Compton’s sordid past and present. He could have easily supplied the necessary evidence had that been his task. Too bad her friends were looking into a Connor Thompson, a fabricated identity that had stalled the scrutiny of a mediocre private investigator based in Monroe.
Frankly Eric didn’t give a shit; he was here to do a job. That job was to make Sookie Stackhouse permanently disappear. He would take her out cleanly as per his expertise, hence the loaded gun. He would then drive her away in her car, dispose of her body at a gator farm that was run by an associate of Russell’s. He would then drive to Arlington in the vehicle where it would be disposed of. Trey Dawson the local salvage yard operator would be paid an extra $100 to destroy the vehicle with no questions asked. As prearranged his rental would be retrieved by the rental car company the following morning. The keys locked in the glove compartment.
He took another look at the beat up yellow hatchback assessing if he would make it to Arlington without issue. A new set of tires indicated she had prepared the vehicle herself to make the trip. Assuring himself of the knowledge he had already possessed he proceeded.
He tapped the holster of his gun thrice. A nervous habit he had never been able to rescind. His nerves had nothing to do with what he was about to do next. He had killed many without issue from the age of 16. No the nerves that made him mentally assure himself were a remnant of his former life. His life as it was before Russell.
He cursed Russell internally for what he was about to do. For his whole career he had prided himself on not taking out the innocent. Sookie Stackhouse was the embodiment of innocence. Her only crime was getting herself involved with Bill Compton. By all appearances her incrimination had escalated by making him fall in love with her, simply by being herself. As he had studied her photographs in the file he had observed she was the type of innocent you would gladly introduce to your mother. Not that Eric would entertain such a thought for he no longer had a mother. The closest he would come was Talbot and that would be the last person Eric would ever introduce an innocent to.
Under any other circumstances Eric would have refused this job. Other circumstances meant it would be Russell himself who would be standing in his shoes on this eve. Fate had intercepted and Eric needed to get this ticket off the docket so he could proceed with what he had been preparing all of his 16 years as an assassin for. Circumstances had not only messed up his work schedule it had intervened his timeline. A timeline that meant everything to him.
He approached her back porch providing him plenty of cover from any potential onlooker even though he was certain there would be none in this isolated inlet in the dead of night. He had placed protective plastic socks over his shoes before he stepped upon the porch. His leather gloved hands expertly picked away at the flimsy lock which a teenager with a credit card would probably be able to open in a similar amount of time. Entering through the old fashioned kitchen with the oversized porcelain sink he manoeuvred around the carefully labelled boxes into the living room, which was similarly stacked with moving boxes.
He knew exactly where his destination was and he knew exactly how long it would take him to get there. He would be cleaned up and out to the gator farm in eight minutes. One did not excel at this job without expedience after all. Tonight however his expedience had been interrupted, a first in his longstanding career.
Sookie had always been a light sleeper and since her decision to leave behind her hometown of Bon Temps it had become an even more fruitless attempt than before. The emotional strain of her first real relationship that had awakened the vitriol in her friends and remaining family weighed heavily upon her. She was happy with Connor. For the first time in her life she had found a perspective that led her beyond the bounds of her small-minded community. The price she was paying for it was a steep, it had certainly encroached on her rest. That is why tonight she had succumbed to her physical exhaustion and taken a sleeping pill for the first time in her life. A decision she would never repeat again. It had knocked her out immediately contrary to the packaging’s description and she had therefore fallen asleep hours prior to her normal routine.
It was for this reason that Sookie had awoken at three a.m. in a partial haze. She couldn’t be certain but she was sure she heard footsteps. She enthusiastically thought it was Connor, here to surprise her and help her move after all. Sookie jumped out of bed, quickly realising she should probably slow down on account of her haziness but her excitement urged her on. Flinging open her bedroom door she screamed as she saw the approaching figure on her landing. He was far too tall and far too blonde to be her fiancé. She screeched running back into her bedroom startling her assailant. At his discovery he lunged towards her only to slide his plastic covered feet over the protective covering the movers had placed on the landing. Falling inelegantly over the stacked boxes with a loud thud.
Sookie ran through her bathroom that opened up into her brother’s former bedroom hoping to bypass her attacker. He was still flailing on the floor as she ran down the stairs. Cursing profusely in a language Sookie could not understand. She ran for her life exiting the living room through the front door, which never in her time living there had ever been locked, leaving behind a trail of moving boxes blocking her pursuer’s path.
She continued to cry for help once she made it outside in a futile attempt to get away. As remote as the old family homestead was, the only one to hear her screams was the one sent here to kill her who was quickly gaining speed on her. Sookie had seen it in every single Hollywood movie and now she was living it but she was determined to survive. Urging herself to keep running to safety she dashed into the graveyard that she considered her playground throughout her childhood. Before Sookie dared stop she glanced over her shoulder all too aware how close this chase of her was coming to an end.
Despite her advantage in the knowledge of the terrain, her momentary lapse to assess her attacker was ultimately her undoing. She tripped over a tree root landing her on an old grave that had never caught her attention before. Her last thoughts before darkness took her was ‘Here lies Connor Thompson Lt. Sg. Confederate Army 1838-1865 what a coincidence….’
Eric aimed his firearm with expert precision between the doe like eyes staring up at him and pulled the trigger. The whisper of a sound that emerged ended the evening’s unexpected struggle as the warm liquid exited her body and dripped off the ancient slab of stone. He counted to thirty seconds and not a single noise escaped.
All Eric could think was ‘what a fucking mess.’
16 thoughts on “Chapter 1 – Innocence”
Perfecta999 June 2, 201414:24 Reply
Wow! What a promising first chapter.
hisviks June 3, 201420:38 Reply
Glad you liked it expect weekly updates on this one on Wednesdays for this one.
jroxraytech June 4, 201405:15 Reply
Oh wow! I like how different your story concepts are. This first chapter is intense. Iam going to assume Sookie survives but maybe doesnt remember what happened? Cant wait for friday updates
Yes Sookie lives. Can’t have a S/E without her but no amnesia though.
And wednesdays!
maithanroisin June 4, 201412:34 Reply
Interesting opening chapter.. I look forward to reading more…
suzyq591suzy June 6, 201403:44 Reply
ok read this over at FF can’t wait for more 🙂
Mindy781 July 30, 201422:20 Reply
Hmmm. Very interesting story concept. I’m curious where you will take this? A very exciting chapter, can’t wait to read more.
interesting, intriguing and she is so fucked… So Bill took the name form a headstone…. isn’t that special… KY
redjane12 January 2, 201514:20 Reply
Finally got a chance to start reading this story and what a great start!!! Awesome introduction of Eric the trained assassin and Sookie the ‘innocent’… almost biting my nails reading about Eric skulking around her home and ready to strike… Great thriller writing dear!!!!
Oh and Happy New Year… And yes I will admit I picked this one story (vs others I haven’t had a chance to read yet) because of your comment about Chapter 6….
hisviks January 2, 201518:31 Reply
Happy New Year too! It’s chapter 11 but you’ll find out yourself I’m sure. This is one of my favourite Erics (and begrudgingly Sookies) so I’m glad you picked them to take for a spin 🙂
desireecarbenell January 12, 201516:27 Reply
I do not usually do AH stories but this one captured my attention. So far so good.
I get told this a lot about this story… “I’m not usually a fan of AH” but people like this regardless of that as it’s not the standard AH fare.
Jackie69 January 24, 201508:39 Reply
I’m really anxious to see where your imagination will lead us!
gwynwyvar March 8, 201601:43 Reply
That’s… Wow. Really…
Ok. Erics an assassin! Geepers. This is new. Sookie’s dash seems similar to the Rene dash, but with a different ending. Very different lol. How the heck is Sookie still alive?
Must read more!
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Eric snorted, swallowing the comment of what else was long and hard. His tone, however, fell quite serious, “If I wasn’t so obsessed with seeing them, I wouldn’t have dropped the ball like I did.” Or be in the possession of a set of blue ones. “Jason would never have gotten hurt.”
“And seeing them would solve this?”
“Well, if I can touch them too,” he grinned suggestively.
“Don’t push your luck, buddy!” Sookie huffed, while she continued to eye him suspiciously, “This will make it stop, and you’ll act like a decent human being?”
“Yes,” he nodded confidently, “well, the human part is a far reach.”
“One peek,” she offered.
“One peek,” he agreed instantly. “No touching.”
“Close your eyes,” she demanded while turning around shyly.
“Now is the time for modesty?” Eric complained, regretting his words instantly with the warning glare she tossed over her shoulder.
“I said a peek, not a striptease,” she pointed out. When she was assured his eyes remained closed, Sookie quickly unlatched the fastening underneath her shirt before pulling all the different fabrics up, intending to hide her face during the brief peek. She doubted she’d be able to stand the scrutiny and would assure the peek would last no more for a second.
“Take it off! Take it all off!”
“JASON!” Sookie screeched in horror while frantically covering herself up just in time to see Pam scowl at her mortified brother.
“You had to speak, didn’t you?!” Pam scolded. “I, for one, was enjoying the view, and now you made it go away!”
He ignored his newly wed wife, still staring dumbfounded over the excitement caused by his baby sister. “Stop thinking about them!” Sookie cried out. “They’re just boobs!”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake,” Pam complained, spinning his body towards her and lifting up her own shirt.
“Oh, hey little Fun Bags,” he smiled. “Missed you guys.”
“Good God!” Sookie cried out, turning on her heels and crashing into Eric in the process. “Am I doomed to see everyone’s private parts?”
“You’ve yet to see mine,” Eric grinned, while catching her unsteady form, “You don’t even need to ask.”
“Gross!” she shrieked. “You said this would stop!”
“Never got my peek, now did I?” he pointed out, expectantly roving his eyes over her concealing shirt.
“Oh no! The Sookie funhouse is closed! You had your shot, it’s gone.”
“And what a shot it was,” Pam grinned from behind them while Eric threatened to explode at the lost opportunity.
“Pam,” he warned. “Get to your room!”
“What about my bedtime story?” she pouted. Once Pam had caught wind of the existence of Gran’s porno, it had become their shared entertainment in the early hours of the morning when she and her Maker were the only ones still up. Eric had assumed Pam had enough sense not to mention it in front of the Stackhouse siblings. Well, fuck me like a fat pink pony!
“Pamela!” he barked. “Room. Now!”
“Fine,” she whined. “Come on, Jason, you can look at my boobs some more.” He merely bobbed his head eagerly, following her lead.
“You read her bedtime stories?” Sookie asked incredulously. “Let me guess, do they start with ‘Dear Penthouse,’?”
“Something like that,” he grinned, happy to know their shared entertainment remained undetected. “Care to write one of those yourself?”
“I’m serious, Eric,” she said. “It was once and never again. I’m going to bed.”
“Right,” he sighed dejectedly, the determination in her eyes speaking of volumes he never wished to read and reluctantly moved away to his own cottage. “Goodnight, my tempestuous little faery.”
“Hey Eric!” she called out, forcing him to turn his gaze back again, and suddenly, there they were; the Tits of Terror in their full glory while she shyly looked away, open to his gaze for a brief second. He wasn’t quite sure how to react, whether to fall to his knees in worship, beg for more, or sell his soul. Instead, he roared with laughter.
Quickly she covered herself again, despite already being covered, scrambling to set herself to rights while his stomach hurt like hell, but he couldn’t stop. “I knew it!” she shouted angrily through his guffaws. “Everything’s a fucking game to you! Fuck you, Eric Northman! I hate your guts!”
“No, you misunderstand,” he wheezed out, “They’re lopsided!”
“Well, thanks a lot,” she scowled, becoming even angrier if that was possible, the stinging at the corners of her eyes transitioning into tears. “You really know how to kick a girl when she’s down.”
“No, I mean it’s perfect!” he continued, failing to convey what had caused his amusement. “You’re fucking perfect with lopsided breasts!” He moved in close, gaining every inch of space she desperately put between them, thanking every deity he had ever come across that she still stood outside that pesky threshold, “Sookie, you are just perfect.”
“You mean it?” she whimpered, hating the insecurity he’d triggered in her and how clearly it was on display.
“Best tits I’ve ever seen,” he confided, “and I’ve seen enough to know.”
“Thank you, I guess,” she sniffed, finally daring to look up into his eyes again, finding him suddenly very close. “Did it work at least?”
“No,” he spoke hoarsely with a shake of his head, not a speck of regret on display, “not one bit.”
He’d kissed her. Again. Then the bastard had just up and left. She’d never been more confused and he’d had the audacity to smirk at her when he closed the door on his stupid little cottage, not to mention that infuriating little wave goodnight and a wink.
As a result she’d tossed and turned all night, the bastard knew it of course, the raucous laughter emanating from his cottage was evidence of that, along with the high-pitched shrieks from Pam and for whatever reason, the word, ‘mammaries.’
Stupid tasty fruity drinks, it was all their fault! And Eric. Especially Eric.
“You showed him your breasts?”
“It was a bad idea wasn’t it?” she said, her tone pensive. “I’ve only made it worse!”
“Of course you did,” Claude smirked, “Have you seen them? I’d probably go straight at the sight of those puppies. Come on, try me.”
“I’m not showing my boobs to you! Or anyone else for that matter, ever again!”
“Oh, Cousin, how did you end up such a prude?” he chuckled, waggling his brows while she angrily huffed in reply.
“Then he pretended it never happened,” she sighed, needing some sort of insight, even if it was Claude’s. “He even let Pam tease him that she got to see the goods and he didn’t. It doesn’t make sense.”
“A gentleman doesn’t tell, now does he?” he grinned.
“Eric Northman’s no gentleman!” she protested, gesturing wildly for no apparent reason except to dispense the restless energy that had been residing in her since her return. “I can’t believe I’m asking you this, but what should I do?”
“Easy,” Claude shrugged, “make him show you his dick.”
“Why would I want that?” Sookie shrieked, cheeks flaming with the mere thought.
“I know!” Claude exclaimed excitedly. “Make him show his dick to me. At least I’d know what to do with it.”
“Why would anyone want that?”
“I want that,” he pointed out. “And I’m all that matters here after all. You sure you’re not a lesbian? Pam’s fun bags did nothing for you?”
“You’re asexual, then,” he concluded as if possessing a PhD on the subject, though knowing Claude, he probably did.
“I am not asexual!”
“It’s either that or you really were turned on by the fanger fun bags!”
“WAS NOT!” Sookie cried out. “Unlike some people, I’m not oversexualised.”
“Like me?” he posed with an innocence that could easily be mistaken for lasciviousness, “and Eric, Pam, Jason, and lest we not forget the epic sex fest that is Godric and Gran.”
“Stop it!” she scowled. “I’m perfectly norma-”
“Wait,” Claude grinned, “I forgot Niall.”
“Great Granddaddy?” Sookie said incredulously. “He’s nothing like the rest of you!”
“He’s a faery just like us. What do you think he was up to while you were off on your honeymoon? Where do you think he found that decorator of yours?”
“It wasn’t my honeymoon,” she pointed out testily, not wishing to even contemplate what Niall was up to in their absence that involved anything sexual, though that decorator had been asking an awful lot of questions about him…
“So, what’s next?” Claude teased, “Are you going to let him touch them? Round out all the bases under the bleachers in a little cheerleader’s outfit?”
“Get bent,” she growled. “I don’t like him, and I’m definitely not sleeping with him.”
“Keep telling yourself that,” he cackled, “you might just believe it if you try hard enough!”
“You’re such an ass!” she cried out, swatting him for good measure.
“A fine ass, you mean!”
“A fine ass indeed, Lover,” Eric grinned with an exaggerated wink, disrupting their private conversation, Sookie only managing to contain the shriek of surprise just in time with his sudden appearance.
“You two can’t gang up on me!” she cried out. “That’s just not fair!”
“Fair is for humans,” Claude smirked. “Now show us your tits! It’s only fair!”
“Hush!” she hissed with a painful swat to the chest that made him wheeze. Turning to Eric with an aggravated scowl, she demanded, “What are you doing here?”
“My presence was required, something about Christmas chores?”
“They called you in, too, huh? They’re upstairs,” Sookie mumbled, shuffling her feet and averting his gaze. “We don’t dare to disturb them.”
“We have our board meeting in half an hour,” he replied with annoyance. “I’m not waiting on them to stop fu-” Her angry face and the stifling hand over his mouth amused him to no end. A swipe of his tongue against the soft skin causing another high-pitched shriek delighted him in a way he couldn’t quite remember. So he licked her again, but let the opportunity to tease her some more pass, time limited after all and moved with purpose up the stairs. “Follow me.”
“Eric, we can’t!” she tried feebly, her short legs doing their best to catch up with his long strides. “Don’t open that do-”
Eric stood stock still, shock flooding his system while Sookie and Claude crashed into his back before encountering the same sight, and with that, Sookie got the answer to the unasked question if vampires ever got chilly. More importantly, she finally came to understand what you did with twelve inches of erect and tepid flesh. Apparently you crocheted it a hat, or rather a tea cosy, cock cosy?
“Well, hello, Mr. Northman,” Gran greeted with a smile, covering her body nonchalantly with a robe, and falling to that sweet congenial tone as if she were entertaining the parish priest rather than being caught in the middle of their unusual craft-slash-sex activities. Not even Eric and Claude were quite sure what to make of that. “Claude, Sookie, so good of you to join us.”
“We’ll wait downstairs,” Eric said with an audible gulp and without an arguing word, the other two quickly followed.
“I told you not to disturb them, but, no, Mr. Cocky Vampire has to barge right into in their bedroom and expose me to that!” Sookie ranted in his frustratingly tiny and frighteningly scary car. Well, the scary was more down to the vampire’s road rage than the car.
“Do you ever shut up?” he growled, hitting the brakes hard at the sudden congestion. They were late, very late. “I didn’t force you to follow me! It’s not my fault you’re so easily traumatised.”
“Hey! Don’t put this all on me!” she cried out. “You were awfully quiet for a while, buddy, ‘Yes Mrs. Stackhouse, of course, Mrs. Stackhouse’. You do realise you volunteered to cook the Christmas ham, and you couldn’t look Gran or Godric in the eye either!”
He growled, honking his horn needlessly while considering flying them out and to the meeting on time, but that would require abandoning his beloved car in this gridlock of traffic.
“Will you calm down?! You’re not making the situation any better!” she complained.
He eyed her sideways, carefully avoiding the ever-present cleavage on display, but got lost in there anyhow, only startling him from his stupor when his name was shrieked out into the compartment of the car.
“Pam?” he replied with a frown when his mind had firmly departed to the beautiful mountainscape of Sookieland.
“Eric!” she shrieked out again over the speakerphone, “he’s brought… things.”
“A man comes with things, Pam,” he pointed out with a tired sigh, his gaze returning to the traffic and the steering wheel, certainly not pastures green, considering his previous view. He really wasn’t in the mood to deal with the newlyweds’ moving in woes already. Fucking hell, it had only been three hours since the van arrived.
“Yes, a man comes with money,” she agreed. “He’s brought none of that, only giant piles of junk.” Her voice fell especially low, a sign of Pam at her most confused, “Eric, what’s a budget?”
He had to stifle his laugh when she tested out the word as if it were an infectious disease, “It means living according to your means. In this case, since you refuse to work; by Jason’s means.”
“Which is how much exactly?”
He looked at Sookie who pushed the pads of her thumb and index together closely while mouthing, ‘very little.’
“Your average spend on a handbag,” he concluded with a smirk.
“Per day?” Pam hummed, “It’s not much, but I could work with that in a pinch.”
“Not even close, Pam” Eric chuckled, winking at Sookie.
“Month?” Pam trembled out in fear.
“Try year,” Sookie chipped in only to be replied to by a dial tone that cut off an unheard tirade directed at Jason. “Rude.”
“It’s not nice to tease her that way,” Eric pointed out, thankful that the cars in front of him appeared to be gaining some sort of momentum.
“Who says I am?” she shrugged. “I know what those overpriced handbags of hers go for. Jas and I earn diddly squat. We’re downright poor. We can barely afford Gran’s new drive.”
He raised his eyebrows, “Don’t play that poor little princess routine with the ‘oh-so expensive gilt driveway that she can barely afford.’ There is no such thing as a ‘poor’ Brigant.”
“Yeah, well, we’re not exactly Brigants now, are we?” she shrugged. “Gran taught us the value of a dollar as well as a penny. No Brigant trusts for us Stackhouses as long as Gran has anything to say about it. What are you doing?”
“What does it look like I’m doing?” he returned with a roll of his eyes while he continued to type away on his phone. “I’m wiring Pam some funds.”
“Oh no!” she said, pulling it from him his grasp. “Those two wanted to get married for richer and for poorer. Tough luck for her that she married poorer. You’re not bailing her out!”
“I’m not letting her suffer just because your brother doesn’t know how to make a decent living!”
“Yes, you are!” she growled.
“Make me!” he growled back, clamouring for his phone, missing epically, stupid faery and her faery tits, no matter how splendid the view on Mount Sook. “Give me back my phone!”
“Only if you promise not to send her any money!”
“Fine,” he conceded.
“Liar!”
“How the fuck would you know I’m lying!”
“Telepath,” she smirked. “Know that face on anyone. Added to that, you’d never agree to something without getting some change out of the deal yourself. If you’d bothered to teach Pam that, she wouldn’t be in the situation she is in now, would she?”
“Point,” he begrudgingly admitted. “So what are you offering?”
“Who says I’m offering?” she beamed back, waving the phone out of his reach, her back pushing against the car door. “I’ve got all the power here.”
“And I’m being restrained by a seatbelt, so your power is very limited,” he pointed out with a threatening finger over the red release button. “Negotiating time is now.”
Her face scrunched up and contemplating deeply, she finally offered, “You can tell Pam the truth, that you saw, you know, these,” she said, gesturing to her chest, nearly making him forget what they were talking about again. Maybe less mountainscape, more Bermuda Triangle. Which made him think of another softly landscaped triangle, Fucking Hell.
“No,” he finally managed to sound out without a wanton pant. “Let me see them again.”
“Nuh uh,” she replied petulantly.
“You’re supposed to counter!”
She shrugged, “Yeah, well, it’s all or nothing. Or something.”
“Let me touch them.”
“You don’t even have to take your shirt off,” he suggested while she continued to eye him suspiciously.
“Why does it always have to be me who has to show her bits or gets felt up? Why can’t it be you?” Sookie cried out, instantly wishing she never voiced that aloud with the look of hunger in front of her, leaving no doubt he’d be very happy to agree to those makeshift terms, in any form. Despite the attempts to explain she didn’t mean it like that and all such perverted thought only existed in his mind, nothing seemed to wash away that annoying smirk on his face that spelled victory.
“Fine! You can touch them!” Sookie finally conceded, hoping it would end this continual perusal of her, or more frustratingly, her chest, which was making her feel things she didn’t want to know she could feel, especially in the chest area. His continued silence only unnerved her further, “One squeeze, Mister. That’s it!”
“Very well,” Eric grinned excitedly, his tongue tracing his top lip hungrily, forgetting all about the clusterfuck of traffic they were stuck in and the room full of people awaiting them.
“And no kissage after!”
“I’ll hold you to that,” he smiled while releasing the buckle of his seat belt, successfully unsettling her even further while he stretched out his entwined hands before him with a crunch, as if in preparation for something far more daunting than a simple fondling of flesh. She breathed heavily, her eyes somewhere between scrunching and closing as his fingers neared, crying out with the suddenness of it all in the next moment.
“You purple-eyed piece of shit!”
Miraculously her boobs had remained untouched, if you discounted the hold the seat belt already had on her. The rest of her body was a different matter altogether. While Eric was brushing the shattered glass of the windshield from his hair and set to inspect the damage to his favourite girl, the car, her door opened while she remained in a confused haze at the sudden turn of events.
“You okay, Babe?” a deep voice asked while all she could do at this point was blink in reply.
“Do not fucking touch her or I’ll use that fugly ass hide of yours as the upholstery for my new car!” Eric roared, scaring Sookie with the intensity of it, causing her to whimper and cower towards the other man.
“Are you his, Babe?” the subdued voice asked her again, seemingly unimpressed by the testosterone display and successfully keeping Eric from access with his position at her door. There was something so gentle and kind about the shiny bald headed man, she really only was able to focus on one thing at a time as her head seemed to be ringing in a relentless echo from the impact with the dashboard. “Are you?”
She shook her head. She wasn’t even quite sure what she was answering or whom, for whatever reason she wanted to call him Mr. Clean. He seemed nice enough though. “Wanna be mine, Gorgeous?” he grinned with a wink. Oh my God, it is Mr. Clean!
“Em, sure?”
Because who wouldn’t want to be Mrs. Clean?
A/N: Ehm… me, yeah definitely me…
Merry Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. Clean…
*snickers* Anyhow I hoped you enjoyed that and won’t be hunting me down with feral Pam and other threats that were sent my way last week with the mere taunting of where this chapter would end up… In my defence can I just say, “Cock Cozy?”
This story will be back in early January no matter how much you people beg/blackmail/bribe. We’ll pick up right here again to explore another familiar trope of amnesia Sookie…
Much love to msbuffy (don’t bother her either) and Happy Holidays/Festivus/Christmas/Celebration of Choice!
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duckbutt60 December 22, 201520:54 Reply
Oh my, Sookie has amnesia as a result of the car crash? Cripes! Just as Eric was going to go exploring on Mt. SookieEverest…..
Takes awhile to knit a….ah…..”cozy” –wonder how long Godric could maintain that “position”?????
He’s a vampire… enough said 😉
kpalmer87 December 22, 201521:46 Reply
Hahaha! No feral pam! We shall let you have a wondrous holiday instead! Another great chapter! Can’t wait to get more in January! Happy festivities!
Phew, although I was really looking forward to playing with Feral Pam… *pouty face*
mom2goalies December 22, 201521:55 Reply
Good lord, I can’t stop cracking up!
I knit – wonder if Eric wants one too??
Pam in a budget! This’ll be good.
Sigh, I’m guessing that’s Quinn…he needs to go away.
Thanks for the laughs and it’ll be hard waiting for January. Wishing you great holidays and an even better new year.
No, Eric has sense and is deeply disturbed too…
cari1973 December 22, 201522:51 Reply
Amnesiac Sookie in this situation? And in the hands of Mister Proper? It will be difficult to wait until January to see frogs and lizards that will come out of the mouth of Eric.
Ah he’s Mr. Propre to you too? Well they’re back now, you can now discover what Eric will do next 😀
dragonfey57 December 22, 201523:07 Reply
I am in shock. You wrecked Eric’s car.
His Car!!!!
Yeah, he’s still not speaking to me… even though technically it’s all Mr. Clean’s fault.
Juicy December 23, 201503:55 Reply
Have a great holiday and I’ll wait patiently. Love this story. Sookie is lucky the Viking didn’t get his hands on her. I’m sure her willpower would have flown right out the window.
Thank you, glad to hear it! You’ll just have to wait and see how it all pans out in the latest chapter 😀
mindyb781 December 23, 201504:15 Reply
Omg, so funny. I laughed when they walked in on Gran. Eric getting in a car crash over the breasts hehe. I’m laughing that Pam didn’t realize Jason was of meager means. Mr. Clean yikes, crazy girl.
Yep, Gran is getting it on alright… Poor Pam and her budget, it’ll undoubtedly be fun though 😀 Totally agree Mr. Clean is a filthy beast we want nothing to do with!
kleannhouse December 23, 201506:15 Reply
oh my, these two have been at it and finally she gives into him and BAM Quinn shows up and convinces her of being his, As If….. until you post again,. Happy Holidays. KY
Yep, karma, kismet, or something… if it’s all too good to be true you should by now it’s a stinker!
galwidanatitud December 23, 201507:00 Reply
Sookie and Eric needs a brain bleach. LOL! 😀
I need brain bleach!
JACQUELINE Di MATTIA December 23, 201508:28 Reply
Oh honey you left me speechless here…
That’s good right?
valady1 December 23, 201512:13 Reply
I have to wonder if you giggle as you write this story…it’s just so damn funny. And Mr Clean as Quinn…. what can I say.
Actually no, stoic as Pam when I write these things. I only ever have a bit of a smile when editing and reading it back much later, it’s my litmus test, well that an msbuffy. What can you say? Perfect casting!
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murgatroid98 December 23, 201516:11 Reply
Really? Twelve inches? There is such a thing as too much. I guess Gran is enjoying it. Too bad she won’t let Niall take care of them financially. I wonder if she’ll let Godric take care of her. Poor Pam, being the wife of a poor man. Somehow, I don’t think Eric will let her be Quinn’s. I suspect she doesn’t understand what she just agreed to. It’s now fair to ask a question like that of a dazed person. Great chapter. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
Not in the world of Gran apparently! Poor Pam indeed… she’ll get over it, eventually. Thanks for reading and enjoying!
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This is the first scene in a continuing story that L.T. Miller will be sharing with us over the coming weeks about his adventures in (and coming out of) an ex-gay ministry.
I had been on the road for just under a week. Every emotion known to mankind kept me company. And then the moment I remember most clearly, that moment when I first caught glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge – almost there. Oh my God, I thought to myself, what am I doing? I’ve quit my job. I’ve packed all of my belongings into the back of my truck, and I’m about to move into a big house with fourteen strangers all trying to be “straight”.
Think. I had to think. I drove across the bridge and took the first exit into a parking lot with a sweeping view of the city. I was a nervous wreck . . . excited . . . terrified. I remember looking out at the city – the fog looming just above the tops of her towers – pondering the irony of it all, thinking to myself that San Francisco served as beacon of hope for thousands of gays and lesbians from all over the world – a refuge – a place of unbridled freedom. And here I was on the other side, turning my back on that freedom, too afraid of what it would do to me if I embraced it.
My whole body shook as I pulled into the driveway of my new home. Was this real?
It was all about immersion; immersion into the mindset that we must fight against these urges. Immersion into the idea that if we focused on God intensely enough, his love would course through us, washing away these evil thoughts
“Just chill . . . chill out” . . . I kept telling myself as I got out of the truck . . . then . . . with no warning whatsoever there was a deluge of footsteps and eager smiles coming my way with so much force, I was afraid I was going to be trampled. “You must be L.T.” . . . and before I could utter a word, there were hugs and pats on the shoulder, “Welcome, welcome”. All I could muster was a faint smile. I simply nodded and smiled and followed.
I think it was Jake who made the biggest impression initially. I suppose I was a bit intimidated by him. One thing for sure: he certainly didn’t fit the typical gay stereotype. He was an impressive figure, standing over six feet tall, looking like he had just wandered in from a hard day’s work, barefoot, wearing dirty jeans and a tight black t-shirt, a cowboy hat atop a shock of shoulder length hair. A full beard covered his rugged features. Underneath it all he looked like a weathered Mel Gibson. I wasn’t too sure what to make of him. I’ll never forget him standing there with his calloused hand extended toward me. I stood frozen, not sure how to react to his enthusiasm. I muttered a weak hello and offered my limp hand in return.
Oh dear God in heaven, I thought to myself, why have you forsaken me? All I wanted to do was run – hard and fast – to the first gay bar I could find.
As I nervously mingled with strangers my thoughts were pulled in a million different directions – mostly back to the life I had so hastily deserted – and now here I was in this strange place, surrounded by strange people.
Frank Worthen, the founder of New Hope Ministries, immediately struck me as a kind gentle soul. He had a slight lisp which I found incredibly endearing. New Hope Ministries is the continuation of the work Frank began in 1973 when he committed his life to Jesus Christ. After his conversion he founded Love in Action, now known as Restoration Path, one of the largest and oldest ex-gay ministries in the world. He was also one of the founding fathers of Exodus International North America in 1976, once a world-wide umbrella ministry whose mission was to help gays change their sexuality through the power of Jesus Christ.
Once everyone arrived, we all congregated in the spacious living room and Frank shared his story. He was born in San Francisco in 1929 and recounted what life was like there as a child and his experience growing up gay. When his mother took him to kindergarten, his teacher told her, “Your boy is very different from the other boys.” As he grew older his peers began calling him names which he later learned meant “homosexual”. When he was ten, he began taking piano lessons. He reminisced that his piano teacher knew the Lord in a powerful way. She took him to her church, where he began to study organ. His father died when he was thirteen. During his time of grief, the pastor took an interest in him and over time assumed the role of a father figure. One day he took him into his office and said, “Frank, you are a homosexual.” Then he added that homosexuals were different from other people. This wasn’t the first time Frank had been told he was different. His story resonated deeply.
Afterwards we gathered around the large dining room for our first meal together – prepared by Jake. As he served us, I couldn’t help but notice the dirt caked underneath overgrown fingernails. When we held hands before saying grace, I was thankful that I was not seated next to him. As I sat there and picked at my overcooked chicken and cold mashed potatoes, I said nothing. I watched and observed.
Chris, a tall lanky blond boy held court. He put us all at ease. He was only twenty years old, extremely loud and entertaining. He stood six feet four inches, and possessed a presence that would shake a house. I think it was Ron who came up with the chant we’d later recite in unison whenever he’d enter a room. We’d start in a whisper, “My name is Chris” . . . then as loud as we could, “AND I TALK LIKE THIS!”
Little did I know then that he and I would become lifelong friends. He has been a constant force in my life for almost twenty years, and I can’t imagine this journey without him. And now, although thousands of miles separate us, we still talk and reminisce. Whenever our paths cross it’s akin to riding a bike. There is no awkward silence; we pick up right where we left off, talk a mile a minute, interrupt one another, and finish each others’ sentences.
Over the years Chris has shared with me excerpts from his writings about our experience at New Hope. This pretty much sums up those first days: “It was all about immersion; immersion into the mindset that we must fight against these urges. Immersion into the idea that if we focused on God intensely enough his love would course through us, washing away these evil thoughts”.
I did indeed focus on God intensely that year at New Hope, and as I allowed His love to course through me He revealed Himself to me in a way I never imagined. In time, He helped me realize that my thoughts were far from evil.
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L.T. MILLER was born in a small southern town. While in college, he became involved in ex-gay support groups, and in 1996 was accepted into the New Hope Ministries residential program in San Rafael, CA. During his two year stay, he questioned everything until finally he completely abandoned a misguided ideology that made less and less sense. He found a gay church in San Francisco where he was accepted for who he was, and with the loving support of a lesbian pastor he was able to begin life anew as an openly gay man. L.T. Miller is the Ex-Gay Survivor.
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Lair T. MILLER was born in a small southern town. While in college, he became involved in ex-gay support groups, and in 1996 was accepted into the New Hope Ministries residential program in San Rafael, CA. During his two year stay, he questioned everything until finally he completely abandoned a misguided ideology that made less and less sense. He found a gay church in San Francisco where he was accepted for who he was, and with the loving support of a lesbian pastor he was able to begin life anew as an openly gay man. L.T. Miller is the Ex-Gay Survivor.
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October 13, 2014 Darrell Clark Reply
Way to go Larry.
October 16, 2014 Lynda Ducharme Reply
I am your friend Chris’ sister — You both have amazing stories and I am so glad you are sharing your stories! Inspiring, heart-touching, and real. Thank you!
October 17, 2014 Larry Moretz Reply
Hi Lynda – Chris has told me much about you. You got an awesome brother there, he’s one of my best friends in the whole world
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Just as the UN mission in Kosovo was sounding an optimistic note about refugee returns, violence reared its head.
By Erjon Kruja
The timing could not have been worse.
Hours after the head of the UN mission in Kosovo Michael Steiner, delivered an upbeat report to the Security Council in New York, a series of explosions ripped through several Serb houses in the northern village of Klokot.
Two US soldiers in the NATO-led peacekeeping force, KFOR, were wounded as they tried to investigate the blasts on July 31. A day earlier, their contingent had decided to stop wearing flak jackets after concluding that the security situation had improved.
It was a discouraging day for the UN mission which had just declared that violence was on the decline and pledged fresh efforts to bring Serbs back to their homes. Steiner condemned the attack and visited one of the owners of the bombed houses.
"If the perpetrators think they can impede (us), they are wrong," Steiner told reporters in Klokot. "We will double our efforts towards integration, returning of those who want to return and the creation of a respectful society."
Steiner said KFOR and the UN police were carrying out an investigation to reach "a final judgment" as to who was responsible for the incident.
Only days before, the UN chief announced a project worth 4.5 million euros to assist Serbs returning to the villages of Peje and Kline. According to the UN mission, the pilot project is designed to bring a few hundred Serbs back a month, paving the way for more numerous returns in the future.
Other similar projects have failed over the past three years and last week's bombings are yet another setback for the effort.
Some 150,000 Serbs and other minorities fled Kosovo following the NATO bombing campaign that forced the withdrawal of Serbian troops from the region. Albanian reprisals against the Serb minority were widely blamed for fuelling the exodus and sporadic violence has discouraged them from coming back. About 100,000 Serbs remain in Kosovo in enclaves guarded by KFOR troops round-the-clock.
Before the violence in Klokot, the UN mission hoped that a combination of international aid, political pressure and a safer security climate could produce a breakthrough in the return of Serbs and other minorities.
With the approach of local elections in October and the international scrutiny that accompanies it, ethnic Albanian political parties have struck an unusually tolerant tone in their public statements about displaced Serbs coming back to towns and villages in the region.
Although the number of returnees remains miniscule, western governments have sent a clear signal to the Albanians' independence-minded leadership that Kosovo has to prove its commitment to protecting the rights of minorities if it wants a resolution of its final status.
The chairman of the Democratic Party of Kosovo and former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, Hashim Thaci, is not known for advancing reconciliation. But at a recent party congress, Thaci said, "The return of refugees does not endanger Kosovo. On the contrary, it stabilises it, democratises it and opens immediate prospects for Kosovo's independence."
Kosovo's prime minister Bajram Rexhepi has also spoken of the return of minorities as one of the government's priorities.
For ethnic Serb leaders, however, the violence in Klokot provided yet more proof that the international community had failed to create a safe environment for Serbs hoping to go back to their homes.
Father Sava Janjic, in a recent commentary for IWPR, said that the explosions were merely the latest example of an organised campaign by KLA veterans and other groups to intimidate Serbs and prevent them from returning.
"Will the international community continue its practise of ignoring problems and tolerating Albanian extremist elements?" Father Sava wrote.
Even before the incident in Klokot, other Serb representatives in Kosovo criticised the UN mission's refugee return plan as utterly inadequate. They said it would take 100 years for all the displaced Serbs to come back, at the rate envisaged by the UN.
Serb leaders in Kosovo have called for a "mass return" of the exiles, something that international officials fear could spark off major turmoil. Instead, the UN mission in Kosovo says there should be a step-by-step approach to the process, allowing individuals to choose when it is right for them to move back.
The Serbian government in Belgrade, sceptical of refugee return projects, has proposed to divide Kosovo into ethnic entities, with a Serb district in the north of the province. But Steiner and other international officials, as well as ethnic Albanian leaders, have vehemently rejected the idea.
UN spokeswoman Susan Manuel said the agency has registered some 3,000 displaced Serbs interested in coming back this year. That does not mean those signed up will definitely make the move. In June, UNMIK had hoped thousands would return but most changed their minds.
After the explosions in Klokot last week, more Serbs may also decide against a homecoming.
Erjon Kruja is a freelance journalist in Pristina.
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Kiowa District Hospital
Amidst the Anthony Hospital turmoil, a short two weeks into the realm of the unemployed, Gary discovering vocational employment from an unexpected authorship, the Kiowa District Hospital. Both Jan and Gary having serviced the Hospital, Jan functioning as a Nurse’s Aide and EMT during her college internship and Gary’s as a driver with the hospital directed Barber County Ambulance Service during his employment at the school. The ex-Anthony Hospital employee according a message of appreciation to his brother-in-law Shawn Johnson for conveying the possibility of an opening at the hospital, conveying an ongoing dissolution between the current maintenance man Mile Pavlu and the Hospital Administrator. Gary discovering that Mike, the son-in-law of Sharon Ragan, the DON, having unexpectedly resigned in pursuit of another avocation. Gary placing a call to Buck McKinney the Administrator expressing an interest in applying for the maintenance position, arranging for an interview having some apprehension about residing in Anthony. The interview with McKinney was brief, the administrator having no consequence about his Anthony residency and to Gary’s surprise afforded little interest in the prevailing occurrences at the Anthony Hospital. The financial compensation for a maintenance man was as anticipated, substantially less than his previous multi-department Plant Service Manager position at the Anthony Hospital. Gary bringing to light his participation in the Kansas Hospital Engineers Association, currently serving the organization as secretary, treasurer and editor of the KHEA monthly newsletter, his concern was whether the Kiowa hospital would continue to endorse his participation, the administrator assuring the hospital’s commitment would be extended.
Shop, O2 and incinerator area
The 24 bed critical access hospital was a monument to longevity in comparison to the Anthony facility, the Kiowa Facility an upgraded hodgepodge consortium of add-on’s initiated in 1952 with a clinic addition constructed in 1978. Gary initiating an assessment of the plant equipment, the HVAC system an aggregate of a small compressor and condenser plus added rooftop units and assorted assembly’s, including window mounted air conditioners abiding the patient rooms. Gary finding the clinical oxygen system a relic from the past still employing the old 9 x 60 inch cast iron K cylinders, 6 cylinders accessible online at a time, questioning why the hospital hadn’t converted to the LT Liquid Oxygen tanks, their larger volume not requiring a continuous online changing. Furthering his investigation discovering a plus the patient rooms and surgery vacuum outlets having all been updated and supplied by pair of Ingersoll Rand vacuum pumps stationed in the basement. The most surprising revelation, the discovery of a stand-alone outdoor incinerator still in operation, able to accommodate 90% of the hospitals disposable refuse. Gary aware of the new Federal Clean Air Act requiring all commercial open air incinerators to have scrubbers installed for smoke pollution control, noting that the Kiowa incinerator was in violation. The maintenance shop living up to its name, the 16 x 32 Ft. work benched clutter building was the recipient of the maintenance tools and yard care equipment and a storage home for every used part acquired through a millennium of time.
Buck McKinney Hospital Administrator
Gail Lindley
During his initial interview with Buck, Gary summarized his past hospital related responsibilities and experience, indicated that in addition to his normal maintenance duties, he initiated a written maintenance and safety policy and procedure programs with documentation to comply with the ever-increasing number of state and federal regulations. Gary suggesting that a job description title of Maintenance and Safety Director be inaugurated to be in compliance, the new employee given license to search for a small suitable office space, discovering a vacant room across the hall from Gail Lindley, the long-established purchasing director from the past John McGee Administrative era. The small office accommodation fulfilling a homestead for his computer plus its edict and once situated Gary began to research for past written documentation. An investigation soon realized that there was no recorded written records for past inspections or even mandated monthly fire drills and on inquiry discovering the hospital staff never having participating in regularly scheduled fire drills as required. The contrivance days of the past were of a by-gone epoch, the day of written documentation and compliance with State and Federal regulations having arrived.
Housekeeper Ona Hunter
Dietary Supervisor Arvetta Starzyk
Gary experiencing the maintenance requirements contrary to those of the Anthony Hospital, the smaller Kiowa facility with its diminished numbered of acute and swing-bed patients having to provide limited care. His morning walk-thru of the building provided a daily agenda of impending task, the daily incineration and clinical systems inspection followed by the regiment of grounds keeping. The facilities housekeeping duties being provided by Judy Reed and a staff of two, Ona Hunter and Vicki Rugg. Judy in a supervisory role except when asked to participate in a disinfecting of the surgery room. Gary having been acquainted with Dick Reed when he was a sales representative with the Bogner Chevrolet, but not Judy, readily noticing that her stately working apparel and jewelry more suitable for a hostess than a housekeeping supervisor. The Dietary Department consisted of one person, Arvetta Starzyk, her culinary domain absolute, dominantly ruled, more than adequate for the sparse patience influxes. Arvetta a working mother, her son William an enrollee of the California Highway Patrol Academy and younger daughter Anna still in Grade School.
Sharon Ragan Director of Nursing
The hospital nursing contingency directed by R.N. Sharon Ragan, her patient concern and advocacy reflected by the diligent attention and caring atmosphere the healthcare facility espoused.. Her community presence displayed by her voluntary commitment to the Ambulance Service, fulfilling almost all R.N. transporting runs and dispatching herself on the monthly ambulance schedule as needed. Gary very much acquainted with the Ragans having worked with Sharon’s school custodian employed husband Craig and commemorating how Sharon covered Gary’s ambulance on-call duty when embarking his morning and afternoon bus route during his Grade School vocation.
Kiowa Clinic
The clinic, a separate financial entity from the hospital, Dr. Sidney Stranathan D.O. and Dr. Marion D. Christianson M.D. leasing the expanse, providing two nursing assistants and office staff. Dr. Christianson better known as Dr. Chris, having graduated from the Oklahoma School of Medicine in 1952, followed by an internship at Wesley Hospital in Oklahoma City then moving directly to Kiowa , setting up his practice on July 4th 1953. Dr. Sidney W Stranathan graduated from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 1979, Dr. Stranathan specializes in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. The hospital and clinic staff pretty much acquaintances from Gary’s past, conjecturing his ten years of residency in the Township. In all honesty he missed the challenge and learning experience of Anthony but realized his Kiowa Hospital employment as a literal transformation of Back to the Future.
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50 Things I Hate about the Rules – Part 3: Closures… and a bit more Fees
In this post, I add to my previous list of fees-related gripes and cover some issues with the new closure processes… and, as the end of the list is nearing, if anyone has any other gripes they want me to add to the list, please do drop me a line (because, between you and me, I’m struggling to come up with 50!)
On the topic of fees, I think that my last list and these additions demonstrate how madly intricate the statutory requirements are, especially for fees in Administrations and for fees based on time costs. Is it any wonder that so many fee non-compliances arise? And more than a few are treated by the RPBs as “unauthorised fees” issues, thus attracting the risks of fines and other sanctions. This seems unfair as many trip-ups only occur because the Rules are such a jungle. There must be a simpler way, mustn’t there?
A Few More Fees-Related Gripes
Capturing Past Work
I appreciate that the fees Rules were drafted in the expectation that office holders would seek approval for the fee basis up-front (although how the drafters believed that IPs would be able to put together a realistic, case-specific, fees estimate on Day 1, I don’t know). However, I think the Rules should have been designed to accommodate the possibility that fee-approval would be sought after an IP has been on the case for some time. After all, the fact that Administrators’ Proposals must address how the company’s affairs have been managed since appointment and the proposed fee basis indicates that even the drafters envisaged some occasions when work will have been done before approval is sought, not to mention all the tasks demanded of every office holder swiftly on appointment.
My problem is that the Rules’ language is all prospective: the fees estimate/proposal must provide “details of the work the IP and the IP’s staff propose to undertake” (Rs1.2 and 18.16(7)) and the IP must provide “details of the expenses the office-holder considers will be, or are likely to be incurred” (Rs18.16(4) and (7)). I think that we’ve all interpreted this to mean that, if time or expenses have already been incurred, these need to be explained also – and indeed SIP9 has plugged this statutory gap – but it is a shame that the Service did not see the 2016 Rules as an opportunity to fix the flaws in the 2015 fees Rules, which had been so hastily pushed out.
Capping a Fees Estimate
The Rules don’t seem to have been written with any expectation that creditors will want to agree fees on a time costs basis subject to a cap different from that set by the fees estimate.
Firstly, although the Oct-15 Rules changed the fee basis to “by reference to the time… as set out in the fees estimate” (e.g. old R4.127(2)(b)), those final words were omitted from new R18.16(2)(b), so now creditors are asked simply to approve a decision that fees be based on time costs.
Thus, if creditors want to cap those fees at anything other than the fees estimate, they have to modify the proposed decision unilaterally… which isn’t really catered for in decisions by correspondence. In effect, the creditor is proposing their own decision, which the Rules strictly provide for as a “requisitioned decision” (R15.18), but of course office holders cut to the chase by accepting the creditor’s cap if their vote is conclusive. The alternative is to count their vote as a rejection of the office holder’s proposed decision and start again with a new decision procedure.
But then how do you frame a request to creditors to increase this kind of cap? The process for “exceeding the fees estimate” is set down in R18.30. Let’s say that your original fees estimate was £50,000 and the creditors agreed a cap of £30,000. If you want to ask them to reconsider whether you can take up to £40,000, R18.30 doesn’t work. You’re not asking to exceed the fees estimate, you’re still looking to be within your original fees estimate.
R18.29 also doesn’t work here: the fee basis has been agreed as time costs, so you’re not asking creditors to change the basis (and there may be no “material and substantial change in circumstances” from that which you’d originally estimated when you’d quoted £50,000). It seems to me that you’re asking creditors a whole different kind of question – to lift their arbitrary cap – which is not provided for at all in the Rules.
Trying Again for Fee Approval
Commonly, IPs will propose a fees decision to creditors and receive no response at all. Invariably, they will try again, often emphasising to creditors that, if no one votes, they may take it to court, thus increasing the costs demanded of the insolvent estate quite substantially.
But what if your original fees estimate was for £30,000 and then, when you go back for a second attempt some time later, you think that £50,000 is more realistic? Or maybe your first fees estimate was proposed on a milestone basis, say £30,000 for year 1, and then you go to creditors at the start of year 2 with a fees estimate for £50,000 for two years?
Do you look to R18.30 on the basis that this is an excess fee request? After all, you are looking to exceed your original estimate, so the scenario seems to fit R18.30(1). However, read on to R18.30(2) and a different picture emerges: R18.30(2) instructs office holders to seek approval from the party that “fixed the basis”, so if no basis has been fixed, then R18.30 cannot be the solution.
So is your original fees estimate completely irrelevant then? Do you simply start again with a new fees estimate? Well, if you’re issuing a progress report before the creditors agree the basis, the original fees estimate is not completely irrelevant: R18.4(1)(e)(i) states that you must report whether you are “likely to exceed the fees estimate under R18.16(4)”. That Rule refers simply to providing the information to creditors. It does not say that that fees estimate must have been approved. So at the very least, you would explain in your progress report why your original £30,000 was inadequate, even though you might also be providing a new fees estimate for £50,000.
When Administration Outcomes Change (1): Disappearing Para 52(1)(b) Statements
This question proved contentious long before the 2016 Rules: if an Administrator has achieved fee approval under R18.18(4) (as it is now), where they have issued Proposals with a Para 52(1)(b) statement, is this approval still sufficient if the circumstances of the case change and it transpires that the Para 52(1)(b) statement is no longer appropriate? And conversely, if an Administrator issued Proposals with no Para 52(1)(b) statement, is the unsecured creditors’ approval of fees still sufficient in the event that it now appears that there will not be a dividend to unsecureds (except by means of the prescribed part)?
Personally, I believe that technically the approvals are still valid. R18.18(4) refers specifically to making a Para 52(1)(b) statement: if that statement has been made, it’s been made; the fact that the statement may no longer be appropriate does not change the fact that it was made (although issuing revised Proposals may overcome this… but how many Administrators ever issue revised Proposals..?). Also, R18.33 provides that, if the Administrator asks to change the fee basis, amount etc. or for approval to fees in excess of an estimate, the Administrator must go to the unsecureds if the Para 52(1)(b) statement is no longer relevant. Surely, if it were the case that Administrators needed to go to unsecureds (or indeed issue revised Proposals) every time a Para 52(1)(b) statement were no longer relevant, i.e. to ratify a fees decision previously made by secureds/prefs, the Rules would similarly demand this.
However, while I think that this is the technical position, I have sympathy with IPs who decide to go to other creditors for fee approval even though strictly-speaking it does not seem as though this is required by the Rules. Although clearly it costs money to seek decisions from creditors, I don’t think anyone will challenge an IP who has chosen to ensure that all relevant creditor classes are in agreement. This would also help counteract any challenge that the Proposals had made a Para 52(1)(b) statement inappropriately, thus disenfranchising the unsecureds from having a say on the Administrators’ fees.
When Administration Outcomes Change (2): Appearing Preferential Distributions
But what is the technical position for an Administrator who has made a Para 52(1)(b) statement, thought that they would not be making a distribution to prefs, but then the outcome changed so that a distribution became likely?
I think the technical position for this scenario does create a problem. R18.18(4) states that the basis is fixed: (i) by the secured creditors and (ii) if the Administrator has made or intends to make a distribution to prefs, then also by the prefs (via a decision procedure). It seems to me that overnight the question of whether the Administrator’s fees have been approved or not changes. Originally, the Administrator thought that they only needed secured creditors’ approval, so they drew fees on that basis. But then, as soon as they intend to make a distribution to prefs, they have no longer complied with R18.18(4). Although it would seem mighty unfair for anyone to view the Administrator’s fees drawn up to that point as unauthorised, it certainly seems to me that the Administrator must take immediate steps to seek preferential creditors’ approval.
Closure Processes
Inconsistent Closure Processes
There is a distinct difference between the MVL closure process and those for CVLs, BKYs and compulsory liquidations (“WUCs”). In an MVL, the liquidator issues a “proposed final account” (R5.9) and then, often 8 weeks’ later, the “final account” is issued along with a notice that the company’s affairs are fully wound up (R5.10). However, in a CVL, before the 8-week period begins the liquidator issues a final account with a notice that the company’s affairs are fully wound up (R6.28). BKYs and WUCs follow this CVL model.
I have no idea why there should be these differences in the two main processes. But what I do know is that it causes confusion on what a final account should look like… even for Companies House staff.
R6.28(1) states that the CVL final account delivered to creditors at the start of the 8-week process is the one required under S106(1) – not a draft or a proposed version of the final account – and it must be accompanied by the notice confirming that the affairs are fully wound up. Therefore, it is clear to me that this final account is pretty-much set in stone at this point. The final account date is fixed as at the date it is issued to creditors and it does not get changed when the time comes to deliver a copy of the final account to the Registrar of Companies at the end of the 8 weeks (S106(3)).
I don’t think that this is a misinterpretation… but I have doubted myself, not least as some IPs have complained to me over the last couple of years that Companies House has rejected their final accounts, requiring them to be re-dated to the “final meeting” or “closure” date. I have asked Companies House twice to explain to me why they believe the final account should be re-dated… and both times Companies House conceded that there is no such requirement. Thank you, Companies House, but would it be possible for you to avoid reverting to 1986 habits again so that, over time, we might all settle into a routine of complying with the Rules?!
Closing Bankruptcies
I explained in Gripe no. 4 that R10.87(3)(f) seems to contain an anomaly. It states that the final notice to creditors should state that the trustee will vacate office (and (g) be released, if no creditors have objected) when the trustee files the requisite notice with the court, but there seems to be no Section/Rule that actually requires a notice to be filed with the court.
I’m repeating this gripe here because others have been puzzled over the filing requirements when closing BKYs, especially in debtor-application cases where of course there is no court file. Quite frankly, I don’t think any of us would care, if it were not for the fact that the trustee’s release is dependent on filing a final notice with “the prescribed person” (S298(8), S299(3)(d)). As I mentioned previously, the person at the Insolvency Service with whom I’d been communicating seemed to express the view that “the prescribed person” is the court in creditor-petition (and old debtor-petition) cases and is the OR in debtor-application cases, but my attempts to get them to be more categoric in their response (and to explain with reference to the Rules how they reach this conclusion) have been unsuccessful to date.
It is unfair that the Act/Rules deal so unsatisfactorily with the trustee’s release and it makes me wonder if, to be certain, it would be beneficial to ask the Secretary of State to confirm one’s release in debtor-application cases where filing a notice at the court seems insensible.
Closing Fees
When I explain to clients how I see the closure process for CVLs, BKYs and WUCs working, I sometimes hear the retort: so, you’re telling to me that I have to get everything finished before I issue my final account/report at the start of the 8 weeks, are you? But how do I get paid for being in office over that period?
It is true that, under the old Rules, it was possible for IPs to factor the costs to close into their draft final report so that they could incur the time costs during that 8-week period and draw the fees (and deal with the final VAT reclaim) before vacating office and finalising their final report. Under the new process, this looks impossible: in order to issue a notice confirming that the affairs have been fully wound up, it seems to me that at that point the affairs must have been fully wound up 😉
Most IPs are prepared to forgo the final costs to close a case. Let’s face it, how many cases have enough funds to pay IPs anywhere near full recovery of their costs anyway? But, I had to agree with my client who was disgruntled at the prospect of having to work for free from the point of issuing the final report: it does seem unfair. But there is a simple solution: why not ask creditors to consider approving your fees to close a case as a set amount? You could propose this at the same time as seeking approval for fees on a time costs basis for all other aspects of the case. If your closing fees were approved as a set amount, you could invoice and draw those fees long before issuing your final account/report… and this way you could also get the VAT all wrapped up in good time as well.
Stopping a Closure
Over the years, there have been occasions when an IP has wanted to stop a closure process. It’s true that, under the old Rules, there were no provisions cancelling a final meeting. But under the old Rules, it was possible to re-start the closure process for example if your draft final report turned out to be flawed; in fact, the old Rules required you to re-issue a draft final report and re-advertise for a new final meeting.
But as the 2016 Rules for CVLs, BKYs and WUCs only require you to issue a final account/report and then wait 8 weeks for creditors to take any action they see fit, there seems to be no way to stop this process once it has begun. In fact, even if a creditor objects to the office holder’s release, this does not stop the IP vacating office at the 8 weeks; it simply means that, after vacating office, the IP needs to apply to the Secretary of State for release. The only actions that stop (or rather postpone) a closure process are a creditor exercising their statutory rights to request information or challenge fees or expenses.
Categories: 2016 Rules | Tags: Administrators' fees, closing liquidations, fees, insolvency practitioner fees, Insolvency Rules 2016 | Permalink.
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Emerging from the fog: some Amendment Rules
Long time, no see! Jo Harris has done a great job of keeping up with her monthly updates, whereas regrettably I have failed to blog throughout this crazy-busy time. But the release of new Amendment Rules is worthy of extra-special effort on my part.
The new statutory instruments, which (subject to Parliamentary scrutiny) will come into force on 8 December 2017, can be found at:
The Insolvency (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (“Partnership Amendments”): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1119/contents/made
The Insolvency (England and Wales) and Insolvency (Scotland) (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Rules 2017 (“Amendment Rules”): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1115/contents/made
The Partnership Amendments
The bulk of the Partnership Amendments brings E&W LLPs and processes falling under the Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994 into line with the Insolvency (England & Wales) Rules 2016 (“2016 Rules”). Similarly, they also wrap the Administration of Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons Order 1986 into the 2016 Rules regime.
They also add a positive duty on office holders of insolvent partnerships in Administration or Voluntary Liquidation to report on the conduct of officers of the partnership in the same manner as reports in corporate insolvencies, i.e. within 3 months of commencement. Officers of partnerships in liquidation can now also become subject to CDDA compensation orders.
The LLP changes are subject to transitional provisions similar to those that accompanied the 2016 Rules (e.g. where an old rules meeting has been convened before the relevant date, the meeting is concluded under the old rules) – of course with the relevant cut-off date being 8 December 2017.
Form 600 – Notice of the Liquidator’s Appointment
Unsurprisingly as it is governed by the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, changes to the Form 600 had not been wrapped in to the 2016 Rules changes. The Partnership Amendments replace the prescribed form with prescribed contents in the style of the 2016 Rules.
These changes to Form 600 have effect only in relation to liquidators appointed after 8 December 2017, so you should keep hold of the old Form 600 for a few more weeks. In any event, as far as I can see the new Form 600 has not been released yet on .gov.uk. Presumably, it will appear at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/companies-house-forms-for-insolvency-rules-2016 soon.
The Amendment Rules
For me, this set of amendments is far more interesting. It has been badged by the InsS as making “minor corrections and clarifications which have been brought to our attention since the new insolvency rules came into force in April 2017”. But don’t get your hopes up. The Amendment Rules tackle a peculiar small cluster of rules.
Closing bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations
We all knew that the 1994 Regs that required Trustees and Liquidators to send to the InsS an R&P (aka Form 1) within 14 days of “the holding of a final general meeting of creditors” needed changing. However, I had assumed that all the InsS would do would be to drop the meeting reference so that the Form 1 would be sent on the IP vacating office – I think this is how most IPs have been fudging their way through the closure processes since April.
However, the Amendment Rules make a surprising change: from 8 December, submission of the Form 1 must occur within 14 days of sending the final account/report to the creditors. This means that the new closure process appears to be:
The Liquidator/Trustee sends a notice that the administration has been fully wound up and the final account/report to creditors.
Within 14 days of (1), the Liquidator/Trustee sends Form 1 to the InsS. The amended 1994 Regs continue to refer to the Form 1 as covering “the whole period of his office”, although as the IP will still be in office for another 6 weeks or more, it is difficult to see how this truly can be achieved.
At least 21 days before the end of the 8-week period, the Liquidator/Trustee delivers notice of the intention to vacate office to the OR.
8 weeks (plus delivery time) after (1), provided that there are no outstanding challenges to fees/expenses etc.:
The Liquidator sends a copy of the notice under S146(4) to the SoS. The notice is Form WU15 plus a copy of the final account that was sent to creditors under (1) above. These are also sent to the Registrar of Companies and the Court.
The Trustee sends a copy of the notice under S298(8) (which states whether any creditors objected to the Trustee’s release) to the SoS. We have learnt that the InsS also expects this notice to refer to R10.87 – without this reference, it seems that the InsS is rejecting the notice. R10.87(5) states that the notice must be accompanied by a copy of the final report, i.e. the report produced at (1) above. The notice and the final report are also sent to the Court.
The key point arising from the Amendment Rules is that in future the submission of Form 1 will occur at least 6 weeks before the IP vacates office. This reinforces the 2016 Rules’ approach that the account must be drawn down to nil with no remaining VAT issues etc. when the final account/report is issued at the start of the 8-week countdown.
In my autumn 2016 Rules’ presentations, I have been highlighting the issue of how to deal with any quarterly charge made on the IS account during the 8-week period. In the past, the InsS has expected IPs to leave £22 in the account in order to settle this, if the quarterly charge falls due in the 8-week period. It seems that, from 8 December 2017, the InsS may no longer charge to maintain the account after the Form 1 has been delivered to them. In effect, the Form 1 may be the trigger for the InsS to close the account.
In view of the significant changes to the required process made by this amendment that seemed at first glance quite insignificant, I am very pleased to have learnt that the InsS intends issuing guidance to IPs on what is required (and thank you, InsS, for dealing with my niggly queries).
This is something that was worth taking the trouble to fix: because of the 2016 Rules’ obsession with tagging everything to “delivery” (except of course when it involves the OR!), Liquidation/Creditors’ Committees never became established – and therefore could not act – until the notice had been “delivered” (R17.5(5)). Therefore, gone were the days when there could be a creditors’ meeting at which the newly-elected committee members were asked to stay behind after the meeting so that the office holder could hold the first committee meeting. Rather, the 2016 Rules required the newly-elected committee members to disperse for at least a few days until the office holder was certain that the notice of the committee’s establishment had been delivered and then the first committee meeting could be summoned.
The Amendment Rules return some sense to the process. Unfortunately, technically the notice still must be “sent” before the committee can act, but at least we no longer have to wait for “delivery”.
An odd wrinkle is that R17.29(3) remains untouched. Therefore, where an Administration is followed by a Compulsory Liquidation, the Liquidation Committee (i.e. the Creditors’ Committee that existed in the Administration) cannot act until the notice of continuance of the committee has been “delivered” to the Registrar. Never mind. I think we can live with this inconsistency.
Proxy forms
If you blinked, you will have missed it: the Amendment Rules swiftly return the 1986 Rules’ restriction on the content of proxy forms.
Personally, I thought that the 2016 Rules’ relaxation, which allowed proxy forms to display the name of the members’ nominated liquidator, was quite sensible – after all, don’t companies use such proxy forms all the time to appoint auditors? – provided of course that the form was also designed to enable a creditor easily to nominate a different IP.
However, the Amendment Rules again prohibit proxy forms from being sent out displaying the name of anyone as nominee for the office holder (as well as the name of anyone as proxy-holder, which has always been in the 2016 Rules).
S100 Reports
In my view, the 2016 Rules’ excessive use of “notices” with their copious prescriptive standard contents defeated the argument that an objective of the new rules was to reduce costs. Whereas under the 1986 Rules a simple one-page letter sufficed, in many cases the 2016 Rules require a long-winded notice. The circular produced after the S100 decision is one such example.
Whilst I accept that the grammar was questionable, I think that R6.15(1) could have been interpreted as requiring a “notice” providing a report on the S100 decision process to be issued. The Amendment Rules have changed this so that the “notice” is now “accompanied by a report”. Now that R6.15(1) presents us with only a list of accompaniments, I am left wondering what exactly our notice should state!
Other Corrections
To be fair, the Amendment Rules do fix some obvious errors, albeit that I think we have all managed to apply those particular 2016 Rules on the basis that we could see what they meant to say.
For example, paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 could have been interpreted as meaning exactly what it says: “the 1986 Rules apply” in certain pre-October 2015 cases – what, all of the 1986 Rules..? But I think we all realised that it meant that those pre-October cases did not need fee estimates etc. The Amendment Rules now specify which of the 2016 Rules do not apply.
I also couldn’t help but smile that the Amendment Rules finally correct the transitional provision on when the next progress report is required on an Administration that extended pre-April 2017… although of course all such Administrations are already 8 months older, so this argument has come and gone… but thanks, InsS, for listening 😉
Personally, I think there are other 2016 Rules that would benefit from further clarification (e.g. the inconsistent use of the word “between” and whether the Centrebind 14-day limit applies where a S100 decision date has been postponed because of requests for a physical meeting etc.), but every little helps.
It’s easy to forget the decades of debate and case law that went into refining our understanding of the 1986 Rules. Although in part the 2016 Rules are a product of our standing on the shoulders of giants, in many respects they venture into uncharted territory, which no doubt will generate decades more of furrowed brows.
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The 9 Most Incompetent Wizards of All Time
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There’s no IQ test to become a wizard. Sure, it usually takes years of training, apprenticing and studying to be able to cast spells and such, but really, any nincompoop can luck into immense magical power and make the lives of everyone near them a magical hell. Here are nine wizards that should drop their wands down a well.
1) Orko, Masters of the Universe
He-Man had two foes in Masters of the Universe: Skeletor and Orko. Every episode that didn’t feature a bone-headed scheme by the skull-headed sorcerer was instead about Orko fucking something up horrifically with his magic, and He-Man and the Masters needing to save the day. Supposedly, Orko is a mighty sorcerer on his home planet of Trolla, but when he accidently teleported to Eternia, he started sucking; accounts differ why, sometimes it's because he lost a magical artifact that focused his magical abilities, sometimes it's because Eternian magic works differently from Trollan magic. But he didn’t use his magic that time he managed to crash land Man-at-Arms' scout ship on Earth, broke the palace’s beam switcher, or released that demon. Even if he could cast spells correctly, he'd still be an idiot who causes more disasters then he helps prevent.
2) Ice King, Adventure Time
The Ice King’s incompetency isn’t about his power level as much as it is his own mental limitations. He’s capable of some pretty insane magic, whether it be raining giant lightning bolts of ice down on Finn or infecting the entirety of reality with a computer virus. Which means it’s very good for the people of Ooo that he spends pretty much all his time hassling princesses or trying to be BFFs with Finn and Jake. If he ever really wanted to bring the (icy) thunder, he could kill everybody on the planet without too much difficulty.
3) Rincewind, Discworld
Rincewind is the opposite of Ice King in that he’s very smart, but his magical power is close to nil. Rincewind has the excuse that he accidentally learned one of the most powerful and destructive spells in all of Discworld, and it scared all the other spells out of his mind (although it has been noted that Rincewind was a terrible magician well before he learned the spell). Rincewind makes up for this with cunning, luck and an impressive amount of cowardice. In fact, if he’d just leave the Unseen University and quit calling himself a wizard, he’d instantly be one of Discworld’s most talented people. Just put the pointy hat in the Luggage and bask in your competency, man.
4) Gilderoy Lockhart, Harry Potter
Gilderoy talks a good game, especially when the subject is himself. He’s a bona fide wizard world celebrity for his many victories against evil creatures, and the books he wrote about those adventures. His fame was such that he was appointed Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher during Harry’s second year. Of course, that’s when Harry figured out that Gilderoy actually sucks at every single form of magic except memory charms, with which he’s been making people believe his bullshit for years. Even if you think that Gilderoy’s obvious talent for these memory charms is enough to keep him off this list, he still managed to fuck one of those up (with help from Ron’s broken wand), by which he gave himself amnesia.
5) Schemendrick, The Last Unicorn
When we first meet the magician Schemendrick, he’s part of Mommy Fortuna’s travelling carnival. This is not Schemendrick’s career choice, it’s what he’s forced to do to earn enough money to live. His magic, in fact, consists mainly of card tricks. His greatest magical achievement is saving the last unicorn from getting gored by the Red Bull by turning he into a human woman, which confuses him (understandably so). Of course, this nearly kills the last unicorn anyways, because the shock of her sudden mortality is so great. Great job, Schemendrick. In fact, Schemendrick is so insanely incompetent that his master assumed he was destined for something, and made Schemendrick immortal just so he wouldn't accidentally kill himself before fulfilling it. Let me repeat this: Schemedrick is so bad at magic he's going to live forever.
6) Presto, Dungeons & Dragons
Let’s make one thing clear: There has never been a competent wizard named Presto. Ever. In fact, Presto — who’s actually a 14-year-old boy named Albert, who is completely blind without his glasses — isn’t really even a wizard, just a kid with a magic hat that he can pull shit out… and he doesn’t even do that right all the time. This is a hat that he can literally pull anything out of — seriously, he pulled an electric razor out of there once — and he still somehow manages to pull the wrong shit out. Once he and his friends were about to be killed by a three-headed dragon and he pulled out a goddamn turkey sandwich. I’ve played D&D before, and let me tell you right now the rest of the party would be 100% in their rights to slit his throat in his sleep and take the hat and give it to anybody else.
7) Mickey Mouse, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
As an apprentice, one probably shouldn’t expect too much out of poor Mickey. However, he had one job to do — bring in some pails of water. While trying to complete this task, he nearly drowned and managed to commit tens of thousands of dollars of water damage to his master Yen Sid’s tower. If you asked your intern to make some copies and he managed to destroy your office and nearly kill himself, you would fire him for being an idiot, right? right.
8) Ergo, Krull
Ergo is the quintessential bumbling magician. As you can see in the clip above, when he first meet him, he has apparently turned himself into a comet to escape an angry farmer after stealing his gooseberry pie, and lands 1,000 miles off course, right into a pond. Note: Turning into a comet to escape justice for stealing a pie is not a reasonable decision to make, especially if you’re so terrible at comet travel you can’t steer. And then, after Prince Colwyn makes an extremely mild gibe at his pie-stealing ways, Ergo threatens to transform Colwyn into a goose… but only results in transforming himself. Ergo has real magical ability... and a real inability to not fuck up.
9) Radagast, The Hobbit
Look, I know Radagast has great power, can talk to all animals and plants, hangs with Gandalf and Saruman, is one of the Istari charged with protecting Middle-Earth, etc. etc. And I know that basically, while he’s eccentric, can hardly be said to be bumbling. On the other hand, his head is covered in bird shit. I cannot, in good conscience, call someone who walks around with the feces of other animals dripping down the side of his head competent. You want off this list, Radagast? Cast Summon Shampoo and get back to me.
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Porting an Enterprise App to System z – my experience. Part 3 of 4: The Bad
February 13, 2018 Jim Porell Leave a comment
As I’ve explained in Part 1 Basics and Part 2 Good, I did a proof of concept port of an Enterprise Application from Amazon Web Services on x86 to Linux on System z in 2017. The good news was I got to the point I needed to, the bad news was it was more than difficult to get there.
Linux is not Linux
Open Source is open source…available to anyone. The story goes that Linux is Linux. Close, but not quite. Unfortunately, architectural chip bits (Big Endian vs Little Endian) is one of many differences and there is code that needs to change to handle these differences. There are also supported platforms, “tolerated platforms” and unsupported platforms. This is the problem with Linux on System z. The marketing hype is that all of Linux is supported on z. The reality is somewhat different. Not necessarily insurmountable, but you better know what you are getting into.
When Linux on z is a supported platform, then the packages for System z are supported in binary format, such as an RPM file for Centos/RedHat or an APK file for Alpine. This is the best case and makes development of S390X on par with other platforms like x86 and ARM.
Tolerated Platform
In this case, the code may work on S390X, but it’s a source code build. You can find instructions on Github for S390X as to how to modify the code to get it to work on the platform. But if you want to use that code, it could take a long time to
Do all the things necessary to manually modify the code
execute the code to create a binary.
Let me use an example. Couchbase is the non-SQL database preferred by the vendor I worked with. Someone within IBM is maintaining a script on Github to help others leverage a particular release of Couchbase. Since Couchbase is constantly coming up with new versions, those edits need to be constantly updated. I would have preferred a binary version of the code, but IBM doesn’t do binaries…They only do source. And in order to make Couchbase work, there are pre-requisite source modifications necessary to Go, Python, cmake, Erlang, flatbuffers, ICU, jemalloc, and v8 javascript. Manually doing all that is necessary takes a few hours. I was fortunate to take all of these changes and build a docker script that was several hundred lines long to automate the build of Couchbase by doing all this work. When I ran this container build, it took over an hour to complete. I had to do this many times before I got the automation script to work properly. And that automation is only good until the next release comes out. In comparison, with an x86 rpm, this takes a couple of minutes and the Docker script is about 15 lines long. In the end, I got what I needed, but the level of effort to get there was tremendous. I also mentioned container memory size in Part 1. This Couchbase container on z was over 1 GB memory. This put a tremendous strain on Docker and we found a few bugs as a result. The size was a combination of Couchbase and all the prerequisite code to build Couchbase. So I had to modify the Docker build to delete all the prerequisite code which included source, binaries and documentation. This got the container down to a more reasonable execution size.
BTW, when I complained to IBM leadership about the lack of support for Couchbase, they suggested I use a different, easier product that was available on z. Since I was porting and not a true developer, this was not a possibility for me. I had begun negotiations with Couchbase toward this goal, but stopped working on it when the prototype ended.
Unsupported Platforms
There were two cases where neither the open source community nor the Linux on z community had guidance on how to get a particular open source program on the mainframe. In those two cases, I was able to get through the code, successfully and get a binary for System z. The good news was it was pretty simple to do. I was quite fortunate. If it hadn’t been easy, this could have ended the project earlier than I had hoped.
Docker containers are not portable across hardware architectures
I’ve seen some hype that once you get it in Docker, it’s portable to any Docker. I’ve heard a few mainframe customers believe any Docker container can run on System z. I’ve also seen articles in IBM sponsored magazines that purport this to be true. This is a combination of marketing hype and misunderstanding. It all depends on the container architecture/binary and source code. Typically, a container binary for a particular architecture, such as x86, should run in a Docker container on any x86 platform, even if it’s a different operating system running Docker. For example, Docker running on x86 version of RedHat 7.3 could be running containers with RedHat, SUSE, Alpine, Ubuntu, etc, as long as they were built for x86. Similarly, I ran Docker on a RedHat 7.3 image for Linux on System z, and had containers with Centos and Alpine running with binaries for S390X.
The only containers with source code that were portable were built exclusively with interpretive languages, such as Java or Python. Those could be portable across hardware architectures. Many of the test cases used by this vendor fit into that category. However, as soon as one of those interpretative languages makes a call to open source code middleware (e.g. Couchbase), then the container is no longer portable across architectures because the middleware is not supported across architectures.
Docker Stability
When I started this project, Docker on z was pretty new. Once in a while, it would have issues. Only a couple of times did it require Marist College to restart my z/VM guest. The other times, it would automatically recycle itself and get running again. I believe it’s improved since we began the port effort until now, but it’s been a few months since I tried it. I’ve heard from others, though, that the experience is better. During our Big Bang builds, we would peg each of our System z processors at 100% busy for a few hours. The fact that it would stay up and continue processing is a testament to the reliability of those large code tests.
Ultimately, I have a wishlist for the Open Source Community on z:
Where source code changes are necessary, such as with Couchbase described earlier, supply a Docker build file to automate it for anyone that wants to do the build. It would be so much faster.
Continue to lobby third-party open source middleware providers to support system z. In many cases, it takes a vendor, such as I was working with, to create that business case jointly to get it done, but doing that will lead to more usage on the platform. If you build it, they will come.
Create more binary packages instead of source code update files. It greatly reduces the development time necessary for z unique porting. The more extra work necessary to support z, the less likely the x86 people will move there.
The net of all this bad is the initial effort to support the mainframe is longer than it would be on x86. However, if you have the patience to get to Part 4: The Future and Value, you’ll find that you should be rewarded for the effort.
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The Best Things In Life Are Free
How many things can you think of that you really enjoy doing while being absolutely free? This might sound like a strange question but when you really think about it you will find that the list is very short. Free online games might even be one of the very few items on that list. In today?s world of financial crises we see more and more people loose what they like doing best. But why not find a new outlet for stress, a free way of doing so would be the ultimate de-stressing tool wouldn?t you agree? So when you are asked what the best things in life are then you can honestly say the free ones.
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Relying on Sega for hours of great game play has always been the best thing one could do, and this statement has only grown stronger in the last couple of years. But how about those puzzle fanatics? We have some of the best and most trying puzzles that will soon leave you gob-smacked. We pride ourselves on the high level of puzzle game play that Sega has provided, and this will ensure you that your mental powers will be tested, and in some cases even pushed to the limit. When it comes to classic game fans we carry Sonic games, and knowing that any seasoned gamer will appreciate this jewel of a game.
We feel very confident that we cater to a very wide audience. But as with anything in life a constant change is required, and this is something we hold as a very important key factor in our game site. Our games are constantly updated and well maintained. So the next time you are browsing the internet come and say hello at our free online games site. Just remember that we have many great game titles waiting, and we promise that once you start playing at our site you will soon feel as part of our great family. So take care of your free online registration today and start claiming your way into fame and fortune with our great and timeless game options. We guarantee you won?t regret the new experience.
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Soul’s song
The creative seed isn’t within. It is on the other side. Creativity isn’t something you have to hold (or to lose). It just passes through… you. I sense two very separate worlds, one visible and impermanent, the other invisible and everlasting. Humans are a bit of both, with physical bodies and metaphysical souls. Unwittingly, we stand between two realities, like a swinging door.
But we can live our lives all the way to the bitter, bite the dust, end without ever realizing that we are a passageway. Call it ignorance or unconsciousness. Both words denote the same typically human behavior of sleepwalking. A person in this condition is still a door, but he is locked shut. The key, and we all have it, is our awakenedness. Hello? Is anyone home?
Body, as usual, is busy being. He is always standing in the middle of the present moment, whether he knows it or not. Nothing knocks at his door. Awareness opens it. A seedling from soul flots from the back room into the front where it takes root in fleshy soil. Thus begins the creative process.
Mind, awake and aware, carefully tends to the newborn idea. Body is immediately called into action. Blood flows, muscles flex. The senses, alive, are fully engaged. Thankfully, ego has been gagged and locked in the coat closet under the stairs. (Oh, don’t worry, Egor, you’ll be free to come out and criticize the stitching as soon as it is finished.) Body bustles about in great excitement. Time disappears. All hands on deck! Fingers pick up a pair of scissors and begin to delicately cut out the vision. Voice goes from mouth into phone (hoping to reach a receptive ear). Shoed feet run fast to the still open store. And then this and then that and then plop! A nothing from nowhere is now a something from you. You look down at it in your hands wondering how it got there. While people all around ooh and aah and ooh la la.
The song of a soul is at the center of every creation. When something invisible and everlasting goes through a human doorway the result is always humbling. Eyeballs see a new form. But something without eyes perceives the formlessness underneath. Nothingness, when translated into a man-made mold, always brings tears of recognition as our own soul whispers in its wordless way, ‘I know this. I am too. Just like you.’
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Seeing shapes in seemingly random spatial patterns: Fractal analysis of Rorschach inkblots
R. P. Taylor ,
* E-mail: rpt@uoregon.edu
Affiliation Physics Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America
T. P. Martin,
Affiliation Code 7165, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States of America
R. D. Montgomery,
J. H. Smith,
A. P. Micolich,
Affiliation School of Physics, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
C. Boydston,
B. C. Scannell,
M. S. Fairbanks,
Affiliation Department of Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA, United States of America
B. Spehar
Affiliation School of Psychology, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
R. P. Taylor,
R. P. Taylor T. P. Martin ... B. Spehar
Rorschach inkblots have had a striking impact on the worlds of art and science because of the remarkable variety of associations with recognizable and namable objects they induce. Originally adopted as a projective psychological tool to probe mental health, psychologists and artists have more recently interpreted the variety of induced images simply as a signature of the observers’ creativity. Here we analyze the relationship between the spatial scaling parameters of the inkblot patterns and the number of induced associations, and suggest that the perceived images are induced by the fractal characteristics of the blot edges. We discuss how this relationship explains the frequent observation of images in natural scenery.
Citation: Taylor RP, Martin TP, Montgomery RD, Smith JH, Micolich AP, Boydston C, et al. (2017) Seeing shapes in seemingly random spatial patterns: Fractal analysis of Rorschach inkblots. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171289. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171289
Editor: Stefan Glasauer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, GERMANY
Received: July 29, 2016; Accepted: January 19, 2017; Published: February 14, 2017
Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper.
Funding: This study was supported by the Australian Research Council, the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, and the W. M. Keck Foundation.
In 1921, Herman Rorschach (1884–1922) published the images of ten inkblot patterns that were believed to unlock the hidden secrets of the human unconscious [1]. Promoted as a ‘psychological X-ray’, psychiatrists adopted the blots as a probe of mental health based on the phenomenon of pareidolia in which familiar patterns are perceived in stimuli when none actually exist. Rorschach patterns remain unrivaled in their application since quite possibly “no other psychological test has been administered to more millions of people throughout the world” [2]. Today, their role as a projective psychological tool has only historical value [3]. Instead, the percepts induced by the blots are interpreted as a signature of observers’ creativity [4]. In support of this view, artists ranging from the Surrealists to Andy Warhol have employed blot patterns as a vehicle to trigger their imaginations. The remarkable propensity of these simple shapes to induce such a rich variety of imagery, with up to 300 different percepts recorded for each blot [5], remains intriguing. If the pattern characteristics that stimulate this prolific visual activity can be identified and quantified, the resulting advances could potentially impact on diverse applications ranging from camouflage design to artificial vision.
A previous empirical investigation of pareidolia [6] was motivated by the observation that humans readily perceive and identify meaningful images in many naturally occurring but largely unstructured configurations ranging from clouds, rocks, and cracks in the ground to the surface of the Moon. All of these structures are fractal, featuring patterns that repeat at increasingly fine magnifications [7]. The study explored the relationship between the scaling characteristics of fractal patterns, as quantified by their fractal dimension D [7], and the patterns’ ability to evoke the perception of namable objects. Using computer-generated stimuli, fractals with low D values were found to elicit a higher ability to evoke the perception of namable objects. This was the same regardless of whether the fractal patterns contained only contours or filled-in regions. A more recent study showed that incorporating left-right symmetry (a central feature of inkblots) into computer-generated fractal stimuli further increased pareidolia [8].
When observers experience pareidolia, investigations of neural responses reveal that regions of the brain associated with object recognition are activated [8, 9]. For a diverse variety of patterns, ranging from fractals and overhead satellite imagery to magazine covers, ratings of ‘conspicuity’ (the ease of noticing images) elicited by these patterns were remarkably consistent within and between observers and remained so over a period of at least one year [10]. These results strongly suggest that perceived conspicuity is driven by pattern-inherent sensory factors common to all observers.
Consistent with this pattern-driven approach to perceived images, we present analysis showing that the number of induced namable images perceived in Rorschach patterns is related to fractal characteristics that occur at the edges of the blots. Our analysis, of course, does not address the idiosyncratic inter-individual variability in the type of images perceived in such patterns, but convincingly shows that the number of induced images can be related to the fractal scaling parameters. The results of our analysis also provide an explanation for the frequent appearance of recognizable imagery within natural objects such as clouds, rock faces and coastlines.
Fractal analysis of the Rorschach inkblots
Historically, the technique used to generate the Rorschach inkblots has been shrouded in mystery. In particular, Rorschach’s artistic input has rarely been recognized [3]. After dripping black ink and water-color tints onto a sheet of white card, he then smeared the liquid using a pen before folding the card and pressing the two surfaces together [3]. Whereas the large-scale patterns of the resulting symmetric inkblot are therefore a consequence of the ‘painting’ style by which Rorschach consciously distributed the liquid across the sheet surface, the finer structure in the blot pattern emerged in the second stage of the process, as the liquid spread through the card fiber when held under pressure. Although governed essentially by the physical rules of fluid flow, Rorschach’s creativity in this second process materialized through his selection of the physical conditions dictating the flow. These conditions are regarded as crucial for shaping the intricate structure of the resulting blots. So crucial that the Rorschach Society only approved replica blots generated using Rorschach’s original tools and on days when the air humidity precisely matched the original conditions [2]. Today’s commercially-available Rorschach blots consist of scanned images of the original blots to avoid variations in blot appearance.
Despite this apparently alchemic approach to the understanding of Rorschach’s blots, the procedure for generating the fine structure of the inkblots is analogous to that employed in many traditional studies of fluid morphology [11]. For example, in Hele-Shaw (HS) experiments, a fluid is injected under pressure though a porous medium and the pattern produced by the fluid boundary is known to be fractal, with roughness exhibited on many size scales [11]. This arises due to a competition between the driving fluid pressure and the local resistive forces in the porous medium. In the case of inkblots, the driving pressure gradually reduces as the blot spreads out, and the blot boundary stops spreading when the driving force becomes balanced by the local resistive pressure of the blot fibers. This resistive pressure varies locally, producing the spatial roughness of fractal patterns [11]. In Fig 1, we compare Rorschach Blot One with a computer-generated fractal blot (generated using a random midpoint displacement technique described elsewhere [12]) to demonstrate the visual similarity of their fractal features.
(A) Rorschach Blot One (with dimension D = 1.11), (B) a computer-generated fractal blot (D = 1.15).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171289.g001
To quantify the fractal scaling properties of Rorschach’s blots, we performed an analysis on the boundaries of the ten blots. The procedure is demonstrated in Fig 2. First, the blot was scanned at 300dpi and the boundary between the regions of ink absorption and the unstained card was extracted using an edge detection computer analysis [13] with an accuracy of 0.5mm (corresponding to 6 pixels in the scanned image).
(A) A zoom-in on Blot Seven highlighting the extracted boundary with a black line. The scale bar corresponds to 1.6mm (19 pixels in the scanned image). (B) Rorschach Blot Five of width 17.5cm. (C) A schematic representation of the box-counting technique applied to Blot Five’s boundary. The box size shown represents the largest box size analyzed.
A traditional technique for measuring a boundary’s dimension fractal D, referred to as the box-counting method, is shown in Figs 2 and 3. The boundary’s D value describes how the patterns occurring at different magnifications combine to build the resulting fractal shape [14]. For Euclidean shapes, dimension is described by the familiar integer values − for a smooth line (containing no fractal structure) D has a value of 1, while for a completely filled area (again containing no fractal structure) its value is 2. For the repeating patterns of a fractal line, D lies between 1 and 2, and, as the repeating structure covers more space, its value moves closer to 2. To extract D, the boundary pattern of the blot was covered with a computer-generated mesh of identical squares (or ‘boxes’). The number of squares, N(L), that contain part of the pattern was then counted (i.e. the shaded boxes in Fig 3(C)), and this count was repeated as the size, L, of the squares in the mesh was reduced. N(L) gives a measure of the space coverage of the pattern, and reducing the square size is equivalent to looking at this coverage at finer magnifications. For fractal behavior, N(L) scales according to the power law relationship N(L) ~ L-D, where 1 < D < 2 [14].
Fig 3. Top three traces: Box-counting analyses applied to Rorschach Blot Five (black), Rorschach Blot Ten (red), and a computer-generated fractal boundary (blue).
Bottom three traces: the derivatives of the three scaling plots (see text for details).
The above power law generates the scale-invariant properties that are central to fractal geometry and manifests itself as a straight line in the scaling plot of log N(L) versus log L, as shown in Fig 3 for Rorschach Blot Five. An automated procedure was used to determine the scaling range that generates the best linear fit to the data [15]. This was achieved by varying the range of data points included in the fit in order to minimize the variance of the data from the fit line. The quality of the fit was quantified by the coefficient of determination R2, which increases with the quality of the fit and lies in the range 0 to 1 [15]. The black fit line for Blot Five is described by D = 1.23 and R2 = 0.9995.
The vertical dashed lines represent the coarse and fine cut-offs determined by the fitting procedure. The coarse scale cut-off corresponds to the measurement limit originating from the reduced counting statistics that occur when the number of boxes in the grid becomes too few [16]. For box sizes larger than 2.7cm, there are insufficient boxes to distinguish the fractal boundary from that of a filled space: the gradient then increases toward D = 2 because all the boxes in the mesh become occupied by the boundary pattern. This coarse scale measurement cut-off cannot be improved upon because it is linked to the blot size. However, this does not limit our study because patterns larger than this scale are expected to be dominated by Rorschach’s ‘painting’ process rather than the fluid-induced fractals.
The observed fine-scale cut-off occurs at a much larger scale (19 pixels) than the fine scale measurement cut-off (6 pixels, set by the accuracy of the edge extraction process). To emphasize this difference, the scale bar included in Fig 2(A) represents the box size at the observed cut-off (1.6mm). The observed fine scale cut-off therefore represents a physical limit of the fractal generation process and is a characteristic of HS-type experiments [11]. Although boundary structure exists below this scale, it is no longer described by a fractal power-law behavior.
Fig 3 also includes the scaling plot achieved when the box-counting method was applied to the computer-generated fractal boundary shown in Fig 4. This boundary was generated using a Fourier transform technique [17] and has a D value (1.26) similar to that of Blot Five. For comparison, the blue fit line was generated over the same scaling range as Blot Five and is quantified by R2 = 0.9997. Whereas the R2 value of the Blot Five fit matches this down to three decimal places, the fit line for Blot Ten over the same scaling range is quantified by a R2 value which matches it to only two (0.9976), indicating that Blot Ten does not follow the fractal power law behavior as closely. When the fitting procedure for Blot Ten was allowed to select the data points which minimize R2 (resulting in the red line quantified by R2 = 0.9992), the scaling range of L is significantly less than a factor of ten. Although the definition of fractals does not feature a minimum size range for scaling [7], power laws typically require a minimum of one order of magnitude to be detected with confidence.
Fig 4. Computer-generated fractal boundaries.
The black pattern has a D value of 1.26 that closely matches that of Rorschach Blot Five, while the grey pattern has a much higher D value of 1.77. The black and white squares indicate the smallest and largest box sizes used in the fractal analysis of these boundaries.
To emphasize Blot Ten’s deviation from fractal behavior, the derivatives of the three scaling plots are plotted below the data lines in Fig 3. In each case, the derivative was calculated using a linear fit to the four nearest neighbors to either side of each data point (i.e. nine points were used to determine each of the derivative values). The derivatives for Blot Five (black trace) and the computer-generated fractal (blue trace) are horizontal within the region between the vertical dashed lines (the D values of which are plotted on the left-hand axis), while the derivative for Blot Ten (red trace) increases gradually. These behaviors don’t extend right up to the cut-off lines because of the 9 point calculation (for example, a derivative value plotted on the cut-off line will be influenced by 4 points within the fractal region and 4 points outside). Note also that the ‘bumps’ in the derivative plots are an intrinsic feature of fractals (as evidenced by their appearance in the data of the computer-generated fractal) and result from statistical variations.
Blot Five is one of five Rorschach blots formed by using only black ink. The fractal scaling properties of all five of these black blots are confirmed by the box-counting analysis and also by an independent technique known as the ‘coastline method’ [14]. The D values of the five blots are: Blot One (D = 1.11), Four (1.22), Five (1.23), Six (1.17) and Seven (1.13). This D range of 1.1 to 1.3 matches the values measured in the HS experiments [11]. In the HS experiments, differences in the measured D values result from variations in applied pressure and fluid viscosity, and we interpret the different D values of the five blots in terms of similar variations in Rorschach’s blot generation process. Within this picture, it is interesting to note that air humidity influences the fluid evaporation rate, leading to variations in the driving pressure of the spreading ink. This is consistent with the traditional belief that weather conditions influenced the formation of the fine-structure patterns in the blots [2].
The remaining five Rorschach blots are composed of several regions of different colors formed from black ink and water-color tints. The scaling plots of these colored blots are similar to the Blot Ten data shown in Fig 3. Note that, as with the black blots, the boundary of the multi-colored blots corresponds to the edge between stained and unstained blotting paper (i.e. color is ignored). The physical origin for the lack of fractality of the colored blots lies in the fact that the boundaries of the colored sub-regions are fractal but with different D values to each other (presumably due to the variations in ink fluidity and applied pressure). For example, the D values of the orange and blue regions of Rorschach Blot Ten are 1.1 and 1.41 respectively (see Fig 5). The scaling properties of a pattern composed from two individual fractals depends on factors such as the relative densities of the two patterns, the scaling behavior of boxes containing both patterns, and the difference in their D values [18]. In particular, for patterns such as the Rorschach blots, the large difference in D values for the sub-regions is expected to prevent fractal scale invariance of the combined pattern, as observed in the scaling plot shown in Fig 3 for Rorschach Blot Ten. Although the scaling plots of the colored blots show that their boundaries can’t be quantified by a simple box-counting dimension, we note that a multi-fractal analysis [19] might reveal additional information regarding their scaling characteristics.
(A) Rorschach Blot Ten, (B) the boundaries of the blot edges.
Images perceived in Rorschach inkblots
A key question in our analysis concerns the relationship between the fractal properties of the blot boundaries and the number of images perceived when observing the blots. To address this, we re-visited two original empirical investigations concerning the number of responses to individual Rorschach blots. The first was the compilation of responses for each of the Rorschach blots conducted by psychologist Marguerite Hertz [20]. As the founding member of the Rorschach Institute, Hertz pioneered standardized scoring of the inkblot tests in the 1930s and produced the Frequency Tables for Scoring Rorschach Responses. These tables were created by meticulous cataloguing of different percept types (e.g. an image of a bat, a person, etc.) for each of the ten Rorschach blots generated by a cumulative sample of N = 1050 subjects aged 11–19 [5]. For the purpose of our analysis, we simply counted the number of different percept types reported for the five black blots and plotted these empirically determined values n against their respective D values obtained from our analysis (Fig 6, red symbols). Note that, just as D quantifies the boundary of the whole blot, so too n quantifies the number of percepts types induced by the whole boundary, and does not include percepts induced by component regions of the blots. The data reveal a decreasing trend indicating the importance of D in observing the number of induced percepts.
Fig 6. Number of percepts, n, induced by the five black blots plotted as a function of the D value of their boundaries.
The inset tabulates the D values of the five blots along with the corresponding data from Hertz [5] and Wirt and McReynolds [21] respectively. For the purpose of direct comparison, the raw n scores have been standardized as z-scores and are shown in parentheses. The horizontal dotted line represents the mean score for each of the two sets of data. The red and blue lines are linear fits to the respective data and the dashed lines represent the boundaries of 95% confidence intervals. Note that three of the blue data points (for Blots 1, 5 and 6) are obscured by the equivalent red points.
A strikingly similar trend can also be observed with the second independent empirical sample of percepts for each Rorschach blot, reported by Wirt and McReynolds in 1953 [21]. The total number of responses is one of the standard variables in an administration of the Rorschach test (the so called Rorschach variable “R”) and Wirt and McReynolds were concerned with the extent to which this measure is reliable, reproducible and consistent from one testing occasion to another. For that purpose, they determined the mean and standard deviation of the total number of responses for each blot in the samples of normal (N = 76), neurotic (N = 32) and schizophrenic (N = 50) subjects. The blots were then divided into two groups of five blots to determine whether the responses to the two groups were similar. Correlations between the scores for the two groups of blots equaled 0.88, 0.91 and 0.77 for the normal, neurotic and schizophrenic sample respectively, indicating high reliability (a score of 1 would represent a perfect correlation). While the relatively high reliability of the total number of responses is encouraging in itself, we took the opportunity to compare the reported number of total responses for each of the five black blots to those estimated based on the responses compiled by Hertz [5].
We note that the values recorded by Wirt and McReynolds represent the average number of percepts one person would report per blot in one administration of the test. More precisely, each value refers to the average number of responses given to the question “What might this be?” for each individual blot. On average, one person would see from one to three shapes in each blot, totaling 20 to 30 for the entire test. Thus, the n values for the Wirt and McReynolds test are much smaller than those from Hertz data, which are based on the cumulative number of percept types reported by more than 1000 participants. The Hertz numbers indicate the variability of responses on a group level while the Wirt and McReynolds numbers are to some extent an indicator of variability on the level of one individual. Despite these differences in recording n, the standardized z-scores for the average number of total responses reported by Wirt and McReynolds, plotted as blue symbols in Fig 6, closely follow the same inverse relationship between the n and D values found in the Hertz data.
Images perceived in computer generated fractals
Naturally, the boundary’s fractal structure is not the only cause of the large number of percept induced by the black blots–other likely factors include the blot’s (left-right) symmetry [8] and also shading caused by variations in the ink’s opacity in the regions enclosed by the boundaries. One way to isolate the contribution of variations in fractal dimension is to investigate the perceived images in computer generated fractal patterns varying solely in D. A second motivation for using computer generated stimuli is that the blots study was inevitably limited to just ten stimuli. By extending the studies to computer stimuli, we investigated responses to 24 additional images.
For this study, 23 first year Psychology students from the University of New South Wales were used (Nmale = 10, Nfemale = 13) with an average age of 18.9 years. The students received extra course credit in exchange for their participation and had normal or corrected to normal vision. Prior to the start of the experiment, all participants signed an informed consent form. All procedures and protocols were approved by the University of New South Wales Human Research Ethics Approval Panel (HREAP C).
Three different ‘seed’ patterns were used to generate fractal images using a Fourier transform technique reported elsewhere [22]. Each seed set featured 8 images varying in D from 1.05 to 1.95. All images were 512 by 512 pixels wide and had the same mean luminance and contrast. One set of images is illustrated in the top section of Fig 7.
Fig 7. The standardized number of reported percepts, n, induced by the computer-generated fractal patterns plotted as a function of their D value.
One set of computer-generated images is illustrated above the graph. The dotted lines represent the boundaries of 95% confidence intervals. The inset tabulates the D values of the images along with the corresponding average number of reported perceived shapes.
Prior to data collection, participants received printed versions of images showing the variations in D and performed 4 practice trials. The study was conducted in a room with controlled lighting and participants were placed 60cm away from the monitor. All stimuli subtended a visual angle of 12 by 12 degrees and were centered against a uniform grey background.
The presentation of each of the images was randomized and each image was presented once and for a duration of 10 seconds. Before each trial, a fixation cross appeared for 500 milliseconds. After each image was shown, participants were asked how many shapes they could discern in the image. The response options included “none”, “1 or 2 shapes”, “3 or 4 shapes”, “5 or 6 shapes” or “7 or more.”
Before analysis, the answers were converted to numerical values by taking the average of the numbers in each choice except for “none” which was given “0” and “7 or more” which was given “7.5”. The reported number of perceived shapes, averaged across the three different sets of images, is shown in Fig 7. We then applied the standard statistical procedure, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), to the data. One-way repeated measures ANOVA revealed the significant effect of D on the number of reported shapes (F2.925,64.34 = 3.17, p = 0.03).
The relationship between D and n observed for the Rorschach blots and our computer-generated fractal patterns is also consistent with a previous study of computer-generated fractal patterns [6] and confirms that low D fractal boundaries provide the best stimulus for induced associations with namable objects. Our study confirms the effect for an extended range of D and for much finer interval steps between different D values. More crucially, the previous study simply displayed groups of four images with different D values and recorded the percentage of times each image was chosen over the others based on which image induced more precepts. In contrast, our experiment recorded the number of percepts induced by each image, allowing a direct comparison with the original blot tests.
Fractal dimension plays a crucial role in determining a pattern’s visual appearance. Returning to the scaling behavior of Fig 3, D corresponds to the gradient of the scaling plot. A high D value is therefore a signature of a large N(L) value at small L and reflects the fact that many small boxes are being filled by fine structure. This can be seen, for example, for the two computer-generated fractal boundaries shown in Fig 4. The fine features play a more dominant role for the D = 1.77 pattern than for the D = 1.26 pattern. The fine feature content for the D = 1.26 pattern is much closer to that of Blot Five (D = 1.23).
Because of this relationship between D and fine structure content, D is a well-established tool for quantifying fractal complexity [7, 14]. Traditional measures of visual patterns quantify complexity in terms of the ratio of fine structure to coarse structure. D goes further by quantifying the relative contributions of the fractal structure at all the intermediate magnifications between the coarse and fine scales. Previous psychophysical experiments performed on fractal patterns confirm that raising the D value increases its perceived complexity [23–25]. Thus, the increase in number of induced percepts between the different blots might be linked to a reduction in their fractal complexity.
In addition to the dependence of n on D, the importance of the fractal boundary for inducing percepts is further highlighted by the fact that the non-fractal, multi-colored blots induce fewer percepts (n = 140 to 170) than their fractal, black counterparts (n = 170 to 300) [5]. We note, however, that there may be additional causes for this drop in n. In particular, for the multi-colored blots, the component regions (each with a distinct color) might visually dominate over the whole blot. The boundary shapes of these component regions would then predominantly determine the percepts rather than the whole blot’s boundary. This would result in a lower n because n quantifies only percepts induced by the whole blot. This effect is consistent with findings suggesting the powerful role of color on image segmentation [26].
Although the n values are smaller for the colored blots than their black counterparts, they nevertheless still have significant magnitudes. In our current study, we focused on the box-counting dimension D because of the range of previous psychophysical experiments that linked the visual properties of fractals to D [6, 17, 22–25, 27–37]. However, as noted earlier, future studies should explore if other scaling parameters revealed by a multi-fractal analysis can explain the percepts induced by the colored blots.
It is interesting that the fractals play such an important role given that the structure is limited to size scales smaller than approximately 2.5cm (patterns larger than 2.5cm weren’t generated by the fractal ink diffusion process but by Rorschach’s ink smearing actions prior to pressing). In Fig 8, we therefore demonstrate the visual importance of the fractal structure by eliminating this structure from the boundary of Rorschach Blot Seven by Fourier transforming the blot image and removing spatial frequencies corresponding to the fractal scaling regime (2-25mm). This process clearly impacts on the visual perception of the blot.
(A) Rorschach Blot Seven, (B) Rorschach Blot Seven with the fractal features removed.
The human visual system’s ability to detect fractal characteristics based on only a limited magnification range has been highlighted in the previous psychophysical experiments [6, 17, 22–25, 27–37]. This remarkable sensitivity to fractals is perhaps not surprising given that many of the physical fractals that define our daily visual environment exhibit fractal characteristics over limited magnification ranges [38]. This relationship with nature highlights another crucial factor for inducing perceived images—the statistical quality of the fractal pattern. Fig 9 shows a fractal pattern based on the Koch curve, which has a similar D value (1.26) to the Rorschach Blot Five of Fig 2 and the low D computer-generated fractal of Fig 4. In this figure, we morph the ‘exact’ fractal (where the patterns repeat exactly at different magnifications) into the more natural-looking ‘statistical’ fractal (in which the statistical qualities of the fractal repeat at different magnifications) by introducing random variations into the fractal pattern as follows. The probability p for a ‘spike’ on the curve to be pointing up or down changes for the three curves in Fig 9. For the traditional Koch curve p = 0, corresponding to zero probability of having a spike pointing down. For the second image p = 0.25, so most of the spikes are pointing up. For the third curve, p = 0.5, corresponding to a 50% chance of pointing up or down. In each case, the spatial distribution of the up and down spikes is random.
Fig 9. Koch curves quantified by D = 1.26.
The exact fractal (top trace) is morphed into the statistical fractal (bottom trace). See the text for details.
These random variations preserve the fractal scaling properties such as D while removing the artificial appearance of the exact Koch pattern, allowing the emergence of a more ‘organic’ visual character that we hypothesize enhances the pattern’s ability to induce associations with namable objects and/or recognizable imagery. Integration of random variations with fractal scaling of D = 1.1 appears to be optimal. We note that purely random white noise also has the capacity to induce percepts [8]. However, because white noise is characterized by D = 2 [39], the data of Figs 6 and 7 suggest that the lower D values (corresponding to pink noise [39]) will induce more percepts than purely random patterns.
Natural objects whose fractal characteristics might be expected to induce recognizable images include rock faces, coastline patterns, clouds and craters on the Moon. In particular, many clouds have fractal boundaries quantified by D = 1.3 (similar to the Rorschach blots) and are well-known for inducing percepts in our daily lives. Biological examples of fractals that induce associations with namable objects include animal markings [40], a phenomenon that inspired research of fractal camouflage [41]. Fractal-induced imagery is also evident in artworks. In particular, the Surrealists developed several techniques to produce patterns that induce imagery. A prime example is Oscar Dominguez’s technique, decalcomania [42], for which he painted a surface, pressed a sheet of paper down on that surface and then pulled it off. The infusion of air into the paint as the two layers were separated generated a fractal process called viscous fingering [43]. Dominguez described his resulting patterns as “unequalled in [their] power of suggestion”, emphasizing the propensity of these simple fractal patterns for triggering a striking variety of imagery. The Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock’s poured paintings are composed of fractals with D values that increased from 1.1 to 1.7 over the decade 1943–1952 [32, 44]. Intriguingly, Pollock seems to have been aware that his drive towards higher complexity paintings would reduce the number of induced precepts: “I try to stay away from any recognizable image; if it creeps in I try to do away with it… I don’t let the image carry the painting… It’s extra cargo—and unnecessary” [45].
Analysis of Rorschach inkblots provides an appealing framework for understanding the rich variety of visual associations induced by fractal patterns spanning psychology, art and nature. In each case, the repetition of structure at increasingly fine magnifications generates the visual complexity necessary to induce the perceived images. Within this fractal model, low D fractals provide the optimal distribution of spatial frequencies to induce the images. In contrast, the dominance of fine structure in high D fractals appears to reduce the perception of recognizable images. The ability to tune the number of percepts by adjusting the D value of computer-generated fractals has huge potential for both the visual arts and visual sciences. Given the recent emphasis on the connection between the images induced by the blots and the observer’s creativity [4], it is intriguing to note that self-reported creative people prefer to look at fractals with higher D values [46]. It would therefore be interesting to investigate how the n vs D dependence identified in Figs 6 and 7 is affected by observers’ creativity. Another potential focus for future investigations concerns the relationship between percepts and aesthetics. We note that a previous study of the fractal boundaries of blots focused on their aesthetics [47]. However, the blots were analyzed after undergoing filtering for red, blue and green colors. This difference between their images and our unfiltered ones prevents a comparison between the two studies.
Conceptualization: RPT.
Formal analysis: TPM APM CB BCS MSF JHS RDM.
Methodology: RPT BS.
Project administration: RPT.
Software: TPM APM CB BCS MSF RDM JHS.
Validation: RPT.
Writing – original draft: RPT BS.
Writing – review & editing: RPT BS TPM APM CB BCS MSF JHS RDM.
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Representative Jarvis Johnson and Senator Royce West successfully pass legislation to track Texas’ Foster Care to Juvenile Justice Pipeline
by jarvis-admin | May 18, 2017 | News from Jarvis | 0 comments
932 Passage Press Release
Representative Jarvis Johnson and Senator Royce West successfully pass legislation to track
Texas’ Foster Care to Juvenile Justice Pipeline
Austin, Texas (May 18, 2017)… With 144 “aye” votes in the House of Representatives and unanimous support in the Senate, Representative Jarvis Johnson’s House Bill 932, sponsored by Senator Royce West, has been sent to Governor Greg Abbott for the last and final signature.
Recognizing that the abuse and neglect that results in a child’s involvement with Child Protective Services can also lead to involvement with the Juvenile Justice Department, Rep. Johnson filed HB 932; which seeks to track the percentage of youth in the juvenile justice system who have had previous contact with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Upon intake, TJJD will be required to determine the extent of the child’s DFPS involvement. No later than January 31st of each even numbered year, the department will prepare and submit a report summarizing statistical information concerning the total number and percentage of children in the custody of TJJD who have been involved with the foster care system. In addition, this legislation requires that the local juvenile probation departments collaborate with DFPS to formulate a method by which probation departments can access probationer’s CPS involvement data to ensure effective and trauma-informed rehabilitative efforts are in place.
“The children in CPS deserve our attention and our firm commitment to ensuring they have every opportunity we each want for our own children,” stated Rep. Johnson. “This accountability procedure will allow us to deepen our understanding of the extent of this issue in Texas and begin contemplating what future steps we must take to address it.”
Upon signature, HB 932 will go into effect September 1, 2017.
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Iowa Concerns for Police Survivors
Remembering their Sacrifices - Honoring their Surviving Families
About Iowa C.O.P.S.
Iowa C.O.P.S. Shooting Team & Relay Iowa Team
National C.O.P.S.
National Police Week Contract
PSOB Beneficiary Designation
Iowa C.O.P.S. Scholarship
The Officers Personal and Financial Diary
State Peace Officers Association
Fred P. Widmann
Patrolman
Night Patrolman Fred Widmann was shot and killed by burglars while walking his beat. He interrupted the burglars at work at the rear door of the Coburn bicycle and gun store.
One robber, without warning, shot twice at Patrolman Widmann. Although fatally wounded, Patrolman Widmann returned fire and then managed to get to the sidewalk where he was able to call for help. He was take to the hospital where he died that afternoon if internal bleeding.
Although the entire police department assisted in the search, and a reward of $1200 was offered, no suspect was ever apprehended.
Patrolman Widmann had served with the agency for two years and is survived by his mother and brother.
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Coronary Calcium Score as a Predictor for Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiac Events in Japanese High-Risk Patients
Use this link to cite this item : http://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/00034093
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Yamamoto, Hideya
Ohashi, Norihiko
Ishibashi, Ken
Utsunomiya, Hiroto Profile
Kunita, Eiji
Oka, Toshiharu
Horiguchi, Jun
Kihara, Yasuki Profile
Cardiovascular disease mortality
Coronary calcification
Background: Although the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score as measured with computed tomography (CT) is associated with cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in Western countries, little is known in Asian populations.
Methods and Results: Three hundred and seventeen Japanese patients (205 men and 112 women) were followed in the study and they underwent both coronary angiography and CT for CAC measurements. The frequencies of angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD) were 5%, 36%, 76%, 80%, and 94% (P<0.001) and the needs for revascularization were 5%, 26%, 53%, 59%, and 69% (P<0.001) in patients with CAC scores of 0 (n=64), 1-100 (n=58), 101-400 (n=76), 401-1,000 (n=70), and >1,000 (n=49), respectively. In the average of 6.0 (range, 1-10) years follow-up period, 34 patients died including 13 from reasons of cardiac disease. In a Cox proportional hazard model after adjustment for age and sex, traditional coronary risk factors, previous myocardial infarction, and the need for revascularization, the hazard ratio for cardiac mortality in patients with a CAC score >1,000 was 2.98 (95% confidence interval: 1.15-9.40) compared with those with a CAC score=0-100.
Conclusions: The CAC score has a predictive value for angiographical CAD and long-term mortality from cardiac disease in Japanese high-risk patients who undergo coronary angiography. (Circ J 2011; 75: 2424-2431)
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Iran Lobby
Exposing the Activities of the lobbies and appeasers of the Mullah's Dictatorship ruling Iran
Current Trend
National Iranian-American Council(NIAC)
Bogus Memberships
Iranians for International Cooperation
Defamation Lawsuit
People’s Mojahedin
Trita Parsi Biography
Parsi/Namazi Lobbying Plan
Parsi Links to Namazi& Iranian Regime
Namazi, NIAC Ringleader
Collaborating with Iran’s Ambassador
The Appeasers
Gary Sick
Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett
Baroness Nicholson
Whitewashing Iran’s human right’s records to lobby softer position on nuclear talks
Photo credit: The gulf and Middle East Association for civil society-August 2014
The Ministry of Intelligence and Security of Iran had instructed its agents to try to advocate themselves as opposition by writing 80% against the regime and the violation of human rights in Iran, but they have to dedicate 20% to denying the opposition, namely the MEK (Mujahedin-e-Khalq), by spreading rumors discredit them. This seems to be the copy framework agreement with the Iranian regime’s lobby and appeasers with respect to the failed Iran talks in Vienna.
Recently, some advocates of Iranian origin who claim to be human rights activists are expressing concerns over the recent resolution of the House of Representatives against the human rights violation in Iran.
One of these “human rights activists” has written an article in The Hill today, expressing concerns that “seeking ways to achieve tangible human rights improvements inside Iran is also closely related to the outcome of the nuclear negotiations” and that including “separate issues – such as Iran’s rights record, or its support for terrorism – will make it more difficult to reach a nuclear deal”.
The author who by the way is a well-known advocate and affiliate of “NIAC” claims that “the Iranian human rights community strongly supports a successful diplomatic resolution of the nuclear crisis, particularly because many believe that without a deal, the human rights crisis in Iran will worsen”. He goes further in whitewashing the regime’s president Rouhani who is just another mullah within the hierarchy of the theocracy ruling Iran, saying: “the perpetuation of tensions over the nuclear file is likely to result in continued and even increased gross human rights violations. For example, throughout the past decade, Iranian hardliners, opposed to a deal, have thrived by capitalizing on the nuclear confrontation and using it to justify their repressive measures. Failure of the negotiations would embolden them. They would seek to weaken the government of relative moderate President Hassan Rouhani.”
This is while in Iran under the so called “moderate” Rouhani, over 1,100 people have been executed and thousands are on death row. Based on the number of executions that mainly appear on state newspapers in Iran, on average every 8 hours one person is being executed. Women are disgracefully attacked by regime-related thugs, either by acid or being stabbed under the pretext of disobeying the dress code. There is no free access to information, Iran is the biggest prison for journalists and the situation of religious minorities is outrageous, to name a few.
Last November, the United Nations General Assembly’s third committee adopted the UN’s 61st resolution condemning human rights abuses in Iran and urged the regime to stop the executions, in such conditions, overlooking the human rights in Iran and ignoring the fact that people and particularly women in Iran are living under despicable conditions is nothing but cruel, shameful and immoral. Asking the US politicians to be softer on the regime with such inhumane records of human rights, is even worse.
The author is also quoting some activists to strengthen his proposition and represent it as a request by the Iranian human rights community. He writes: “As Nasrin Sotoudeh , the prominent human rights lawyer and former political prisoner put it: ‘It is obvious that we welcome peaceful relations with all countries and as such support the negotiations’.” This is while reading Nasrin Sotoudeh’s entire quote, you can see that she is actually demanding the human rights issues to be discussed during negotiations and not to be ignored, exactly the opposite of what the Iranian lobby is criticizing the congress for in the Hill article. Here is her quote from the same source:
“if the Iranian state wants to rehabilitate its relations with the international community, it must certainly address fundamental human rights concerns on issues such as juvenile executions and freedom of expression. The Iranian government should clearly state its position on these issues during the nuclear negotiations. In my opinion, keeping silent on such issues until the end of negotiations will make it more difficult. My understanding is the European countries say we cannot easily bring up human rights issues because it will potentially threaten the negotiations. We say at a minimum ask the Iranian negotiators to express their position on fundamental human rights concerns such as juvenile executions which are banned by all international conventions.”
The truth of the matter is that the Iranian regime has strategically invested in its nuclear program. It is doing everything to get more time to complete the program and will not shift from this unless faced with more pressure and more sanctions. After all it was the sanctions that finally forced the mullahs to go to the negotiation table and accept the Geneva accord, not the appeasement policy that has unfortunately been the dominant policy of the West towards Iran in the past two decades.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST, 31, 2006
Old North continues with renovations
Faculty pay raise topic of meeting by Heather Warlick
by No Lupov Staff Writer
Managing Editor ,
major exterior repairs were done, such as stone replacement, stone consolidation, waterproofing the basement, stabilizing the tower clock and window replacement. In 2001 and 2002, roof replacement, new trusses, column reinforcement and reinforcement of the north walls were completed. Stapleton said phase two includes interior renovations, replacing toilets, the electrical system, heating and air, and internal structural repairs. "The primary focus of the , structure is to put faculty offices back in," Stapleton said. "After that we have to create phase three that will continue with the renovation of Old North. At the earliest when Old North would get money from another bond fund, it would be 2013 or 2014." "We will probably not be able to renovate very much of the building for occupancy. This project of $4.5 million is just not enough money. Construction cost has boomed in the last couple of years," Stapleton said. "We do not have as much money as we wanted," said David Koehn, vice president for finance at UCO. "It is up to the state GOB to decide how much money and when," he said.
After nearly 113 years of existence and numerous renovating projects, UCO's oldest building, Old North, is still under construction. College of Education, the speech clinic and 75 faculty offices were located in Old North before the building was shut down in 2001. The building's renovation has been funded by a General Obligation Bond from the state of Oklahoma since 1996. The $6 million project funding Old North Exterior Restoration consists of two phases dividing them into $ 1.5 million and $ 4.5 million projects. "That was a priority project, to renovate the building," said David Stapleton, director of Architectural and Engineering Services at UCO. Occupied for the first time as an educational facility in January 2, 1893 and finished in 1894, the building is currently nothing more than a memory monument for past generations. In 1911, plans were made to demolish the Old North due to unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Fortunately, the Legislature appropriated $25,000 for a complete remodeling. "In 1999, Miles Associates Architects was hired as No Lupov can be reached at the consultant to do the ilupov@thevistaonline. corn. project," Stapleton said. He said during phase one,
The UCO Faculty Senate met Aug. 24 and faculty pay raises were a topic of contention. Several methods of granting pay raises were discussed. "If you look at data from AAUP, they did indicate that at UCO, full professors' pay are in the 20 to 40 percentile, compared nationwide to their peers," said Dr. Luis Montes, president of the Faculty Senate. Associate professors fall into a slightly better ranking, but still less than at peer institutions. Newer, lower ranked professors at UCO such as assistants and adjuncts are closer in pay to their peers than are higher-ranking ones. The most controversial of the methods being considered by Provost Radke and President Webb would introduce market scale pay. "Most peer universities utilize the market scale model at least somewhat," Montes said. According to the market scale model, professors in certain disciplines would be paid more than professors in others, depending on the pay they could be receiving, were they not professors, but professionals in their fields. Currently, full, associate and assistant professors are paid by a pay card method that is based on their academic ranking and years of experience. If the market scale pay raise model is implemented, some faculty members will receive substantial increases in their pay.
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Old North is under phase two of renovation, which includes replacing toilets, electrical systems, heating and air.
see Senate page 3
'The Committee to Impeach the President' collecting signatures by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer
President Bush, aside from being a Republican and suffering through a rough second term, shares another thing with the nation's 37th President, Richard Nixon.
Both men, because of their respective policies regarding the Vietnam War and the conflict in Iraq, made themselves targets of "The Committee to Impeach the President," a loosely organized group that travels the country in search of signatures and open minds. The committee, who urge
Americans to sign its petition to impeach President Bush, is in Norman, OK, until Sept. 2. Set up Aug. 26 at a private residence on the northwest corner of Flood and Symmes, the CIP's tour bus has the words "Bring Them Home Now" printed in large blue letters across the side to draw atten-
tion to the organization's cause. In the front yard of his home, located about a mile north of the University of Oklahoma campus, the CIP's spokesman, 67-year-old Jim Goodnow of Terlingua, Texas, has a tent set up where like-minded citizens can add their signatures to thousands he has collected thus far.
The reception in Norman, where an unidentified couple invited his group, has been warm and fruitful, Goodnow said. "We've been here for a few days now," Goodnow said, "and
Kansas, where it has once again received an invite from "fellow dissenters," Goodnow said. "We're going to Kansas next, and then who knows from there," he said. "But ultimately, we'll end up in Washington, D.C. And ultimately, we'll get Bush out."
I'd say that for every middle finger I've seen, there have been 20 peace signs flashed at me. Plus, we've gotten literally thousands of signatures here so far." Goodnow said he couldn't have imagined trying to "We've been here impeach another president after the original group fin- for a few days now ished their work in 1973. and I'd say that for "It's not exactly written anywhere, but the Committee to every middle finger Impeach the President did their I've seen, there part in getting Nixon out of office," Goodnow said. "What have been 20 piece we did in the 70's worked signs flashed at me. then, and it'll work now." Goodnow, a non-combat vet- Plus we've gotten eran of the military, said Bush literally thousands scares him more than Nixon of signatures here ever did and wants to see him out of office before his death. so far." "I have cancer," Goodnow said, "so I look at the world a little different than most people. Do I have much time Jim Goodnow left? I don't know. But what I do know is that I can't stand to see this guy [Bush] sending these young men over to Iraq to kill a bunch of unarmed Iraqis and getting killed themselves. I have to do some by Andrew Kniitle. thing about it, it's my job." Andrew Knittle can be reached at The CIP, which funds its aknittle@thevistaonline.com. The Committee to Impeach President Bush tour bus is in Norman until Sept 2. The organization is gathering signatures on a petition travel through donations, to impeach Bush. will head next to Lawerence,
"Super Saturdays of Dance" starts off with award-winning dance company See pg. 7
A Piece of UCO History: Bronchos open 1983 season No.1 See pg. 3
Bronchos soccer win on the road in Weatherford
See Sports pg. 12
OPINION August 31, 2006
THEVISTA Editorial
Teddy Burch, Editor in Chief Heather Warlick, Managing Editor
Alex Gambill, Photographer Travis Marak, Photographer Kazuo Ogaya, Photographer
Steven Reckinger Copy Editor
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News Nathan Winfrey, Senior Staff Writer Andrew Knittle Staff Writer lvaylo Lupov, Staff Writer Divona Phillips, Staff Writer Desiree Theeby, Staff Writer
Lisa Mack, Ad Director Tyler Evans, Ad Designer
Cartoons/Illustrations Zachary Burch
Danyel Siler
Matt Caban, Sports Editor Tiffany Bttdorf, Sports Writer
Adviser Mark Zimmerman
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STAFF EDITORIAL "Gas has fallen to only $2.55 a gallon" was the cheer heard recently from a local consumer of petrol. "Let's get it now, While- the price is so low." You know, there is a problem with that. 'Since when did $2.55 become a bargain? Okay so let's take a massive swing at the head of this dead horse that continues to be dismembered. First off, it is hard to feel all warm inside when just a few short weeks ago, the biggest corporation in the world released its second quarter profits. Yes, we are talking about Exxon. Now before all of you capitalistic guardians whose purpose is to snuff out all of us small creatures with a voice, stand up and bluntly defend your stance; let us affqm that Lee R. Raymond, CEO of Exxon Mobil, confirmed a 90-day profit of $10.7 billion. Let's take a closer look at the definition of 10.7 billion. Does anyone know what was going on in the United States of America 10.7 billion seconds ago? Anyone? Well if you guessed that The Boston Tea Party was unveiling, you would be right. The year was 1773, and the United States of America was still three years from being formed. Translate that into dollars and you have got an extremely industrious company. It sort of gives that number a hue to it that it didn't have before. Perhaps one should take a moment to
tally up the figures and assess how warm and fuzzy you feel while standing outside whatever make and model you drive while watching the digits, roll past like a nickelodeon. Let's continue on in the toil of our first amendment right and approach the age old argument that wails out from many unexpecting patriots. "Well, gas is six or seven dollars a gallon in Europe." Yes, that may be correct and many British Pounds line the pockets of many oilmen. However, ask yourself if you are okay with that comparison? Before you answer, tack this to the end. Under that same measurement, one would have to shell out $8.94 for the same number three McValue Meal ($9.37 Supersized) which 'as consumed for lunch or $11.85 for a pack of Marlboro Lights. Don't worry, that is what dollars convert to in Great Britain. We are equally as guilty as the next when it boils down to the fact that we all use the byproduct of over-priced oil and the skyrocketing prices have only increased the demand. Maybe we should consider making one less trip across town or even balance on a bicycle all the way to school/work and individually do a little bit more to consume a little less and we won't have to get all giddy when gas plummets to $2.55 a gallon.
Cartoon by Zachary Burch
Nothing is going right for Pluto these days Don't worry, Uranus is still a planet. The planet formerly known as Pluto has recently been demoted to "dwprf planet," by a bunch of bored scientists, an event that will change the course of humanity as we know it. Horoscopes will go berserk, pandas will become bears, and all textbooks will become obsolete. Wasn't this in the end times prophecy? Someone look it up in the Bible code, please. True, in the scheme of things Pluto's being regulated to dwarf
status isn't as big as terrorists blowing up planes, or Iran moving the world closer to World War III, or even Captain Highpants lying about killing Jon Benet Ramsey, but for us solar system buffs, this is huge news. Eight planets! It doesn't even sound right. What am I going to do with my grand science fair model of the solar system from the sixth grade? I can't just throw away one of the planets. For the love of all that is good
and right, bring back Pluto! I think this is the grand master plan of the textbook publishing industry, worldwide. Seriously. Why not be politically correct and just call Pluto a "little planet?" That way, astronomy professors could make the distinction in their lectures, rather than turn tons of text into tons of trash? Maybe the recyclers had something to do with it. Or, maybe the whole Pluto/
Tom Cruise/Mel Gibson trilogy has been a grander scheme, collaborated by the government and Scientologists to distract us from what is really going on in Iraq, North Korea and the rest of the planet that we so skillfully ignore? No doubt a South Park episode is on the way as I write. Don't worry, Uranus is still a planet.
You didn't camp out and get tickets?
CAMPUS QUOTES: Compiled and photographed by Alex Gambill
"How good do you think UCO football will be this year?" "I don't really know, I don't keep up with UCO football."
Brandi Hargrove Nursing freshman
"I think they'll do pretty good... they've been practicing hard."
"I think they'll do good, they give 110 percent."
"They'll do great because I have faith in them."
Brad States
Ayako Kawano
Carl Ussery
Psychology sophomore
Chemistry senior
Geography junior
THEVISTA
IA Piece of UCO History Story originally ran Sept. 8, 1983 No. 1 Central State University
Bronchos take opener 28-10 The No. 1 ranked Central State Bronchos started the season out on the right foot with an impressive 28-10 victory over the Northwestern Rangers Saturday night in Alva. Unlike the Bronchos of one year ago, CSU ran up 266 yards on the ground while Randy Page was only able to gain 97 through the air. The brightest star in the game for CSU was Texas A&I transfer Joe Hayes, Hayes, a senior, tailback rushed for 148 yards on 17 attempts. Page's numbers on the eveby Vista photographer Daniel Smith ning were seven completions in 25 attempts. The statistics Tight End Chris Edgmon races from a Northwestern defender after catching Randy Pages's second on Page are misleading because completion of the game in the first quarter. Edgmon picked up 16 yards on the catch, his only recep- there is no mention of the tion of the game. seven or eight balls that were dropped by would be receivers. The Bronchos drew first blood on their first possession of the evening. After the defense held the Rangers on their first possession, the Bronchos drove 61 yards with Page keeping on the option around the left end for an 11 yard touchdown with 9:48 left in the first quarter. The Rangers got on the When glass breaks, the the Zeros that tried to shoot deodorants contain the same board when Dwight Johnson cracks move faster than 3,000 them down. Both compa- chemicals found in antifreeze. hit a 45 yard field goal at the miles per hour. To photograph nies now build cars in a joint The United States produces the event, a camera must shoot plant called Diamond Star. enough plastic film annually to at a millionth of a second! The characters Bert and cover the entire state of Texas. The sentence "The quick Ernie on Sesame Street were The ballpoint pen was first brown fox jumps overa lazy dog." named after Bert the cop and uses every letter of the alphabet! Ernie the taxi driver in Frank introduced to the United States Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life." in October of 1945. It was introduced in New York's Gimbels from page 1 All of the clocks in Pulp . In 1980; a Las Vegas hospital Department Store, and the whole Fiction are stuck on 4:20. Montes said that given the suspended workers for betting stock of 10,000 pens was sold London police photographed on when patients would die. out the first day for $12.50 each. unexpected increase in UCO's budget this fiscal year and the the eyes of Jack the Ripper's victims because they thought his Lady Astor once told Horses can't vomit. possible passage of the State Question 726, the Oklahoma image might be recorded in them. Winston Churchill 'if you were Over 10,000 birds a year die Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, this my husband, I would poison The cost of mailing a let- your coffee'. His reply 'if you from smashing into windows! may be a good time to employ the controversial pay methter by the pony express was were my wife, I would drink it.' $5 for half an ounce. Over 2,500 left handed peo- od, three other pay increase Americans on aver- ple a year are killed from using Cat milk is 10% protein age use about 580 pounds of products made for right handed where cow milk is only 3%. paper per year per person. people.
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Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year. These diapers can take as long as 500 years to finally decompose.,
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start of the second quarter. Six minutes later the Rangers struck again when Scott Carreathers plunged in from three yards out to give the Rangers a 10-7 lead. The Rangers looked to have the momentum going their way until CSU scored when Hayes ran five yards around the left end to give the Bronchos a 14-10 lead with just 48 seconds left until halftime. The second half was all CSU as the Bronchos defense held the Rangers to four first downs and allowed the to cross mid-field only once. The CSU running game looked better in the second half as the Bronchos averaged six yards per carry and Page had 54 yards through the air as well as a touchdown. Page's first touchdown pass of the season came with 4:52 to go in the third quarter as CSU gambled on 4th and 14. Page hit split end Daric Zeno for the score to virtually lock up the game for the Bronchos. The Bronchos put the game out of reach as safty Fred Henderson intercepted a Baxter pass at the CSU 45
yard line and ran it back 11 yards to the Northwestern 44 to set up CSU's final tally. On the third and three from the Northwestern 37 yard line, Hayes took an option pitch from Page around the left end and turned on the burners to beat everyone to the end zone and shut the door on the Rangers 28-10 with 11:46 left to go in the game. "I'm very pleased anytime we win or we're successful" said head coach Gary Howard. "In the first half we hurt ourselves both offensively and defensively with penalties. In the second half we played much more sound and eliminated those mistakes," he said. Defensively for the Bronchos, John Preston lead the team with five unassisted tackles and seven assists.
models are being considered. One is a uniform increase to the base salary in the pay card system. During his presentation at the faCulty senate meeting, Provost Radke did not specify the amount of the adjustment. Another model would implement a gradual pay increase based on academic rank and would grant the highest increase to full professors, with a lower increase given to associate and assistant professors and instructors. A final model was proposed
by a faculty member after the Faculty Senate meeting. It is a hybrid, combining the market scale model with a 2 percent raise. Whichever model is recommended by Radke and approved by Webb, the pay increases will be effective Oct. 1 and will not be retroactive to the beginning of the semester.
This was the last season opener that the Bronchos started the season ranked No. 1 in the country.
A very special thanks to the UCO archives.
Heather Warlick can be reached at hwarlick@thevistaonline.com.
Disney's program 'Keys to Excellence' coming to UCO
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Bringing together business owners and their employees, community members and UCO faculty by Desiree Treeby Staff Writer UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL_ OKLAHOMA
CAREER SERVICES EMPLOYERS RECRUITING ON CAMPUS
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You must be registered with UCO Career Services to interview for internships or full-time employment opportunities. All interviews will take place in Career Services, NUC, Rm 338. For more information, call 405-974-3346 or visit us on-line at www.careers.ucok.edu to view a complete list of employers.
Teaching and bringing up leaders is what UCO students see daily everywhere on campus. Disney's program Keys to Excellence is coming to UCO Sept. 21, bringing together business owners and their employees, community members and UCO faculty and staff. "We decided to shoot for the stars and bring in Disney," said Karen Ocker, head of UCO's Advanced Leadership Committee. "We chose really big." The' program is a oneday seminar in the Nigh University Center, teaching 200 UCO employees and 300 Oklahoma citizens the business strategies that continue making Disney successful. Ocker said Disney's development areas closely match UCO's focus, and Disney had the quality the committee was looking for. Disney's four areas of development are: Leadership, Management,
Service and Loyalty. All the proceeds are underwriting the cost of continuing education programs and providing the UCO Foundations with annual scholarship awards. "Truly, °' it's one of those things that UCO cannot afford to send their employees to another state and here they have the opportunity," Ocker said. "If every person gains one grain of knowledge, think of how much better UCO will be exponentially." The 2005 — 2006 Advanced Leadership UCO class is required to plan a training seminar as a part of their graduation. Planning since October, ALUCO had to organize all the logistics and fundraising and work with Disney for the contract. "Disney is a project that we implemented to benefit the community as well as UCO," said Fran Petties, training manager of Leadership Central. "We really felt it would have a good impact... They [ALUCO] went the extra mile." Dr. JoAnn McGuffin, director of UCO's Health Center
attended a Disney Keys to Excellence program while working as the director of nursing in Virginia Beach. "It really enhanced my leadership style, of how I treat others, and how I look at cuss tomer service. First impressions are everything," she said. Dr. McGuffin believes in the importance that one bad experience at any business or institute can "tarnish" the representation the person has for that place. "It's definitely had a life-time impact," Dr. McGuffin said. She said it taught her how to communicate vision and understand the importance of goals. "It made me have an attitude of excellence for everything." ALUCO is comprised of any faculty and staff at a director level, or staff that completed Leadership UCO. The 2005 — 2006 class graduated eight faculty and staff members, with the Disney program as their final project. Desiree Treeby can be reached at dtreeby@thevistaonline.com.
Martial arts club seeks new blood Budo means 'the way of the Warrior Dr. Wayne Stein by Steven Reckinger Copy Editor
The Budo Society, UCO's martial arts club, held their first Kendo workout Aug. 27 in the Health and Physical Education Building. Dr. Wayne Stein, English professor, instructor and club sponsor, said UCO has the only university Kendo club in Oklahoma. "The Budo Society practices Aikido, Kendo, Aia-jutsu and Bojutsu (staff fighting)," Stein said. "Budo means 'the way of the warrior". Started by a group of Taiwanese black-belts, the club has been going on for about nine years now. "The organization is multidiscipline. We do not mix the arts," Gary Steward, another faculty club sponsor, said. Along with Kendo and Kenjitsu, the club consists of Judo, Aikido, and Jyodo. Steward said Judo hasn't been a part of the club for a while. "The sponsors volunteer their time," Stein said. "Any funds given by Vista photographer Alex Gambill by UCO go right into the club to make events fun. The students are the club. They created the club, and the Michael Etzkora, left, biology education senior, and Nash Cheng, teaching English as a second language sophomore, practice Kendo to promote the Budo sponsors are just enjoying the ride." Society during Stampede Week Aug. 25, north of Broncho lake. Kendo, meaning "way of went into teaching basic techniques such as the where an opponent can strike. Kenjitsu students sword, a sword bag, and a Budo bag. the word," is the Japanese sport of fenc- proper stance and the correct way to hold the use a Bokken, wooden sword, similar to a katana. Both sports are incorporated in the semester fee, ing, using bamboo swords called shinai. sword. Stein said it takes weeks of practice just Currently, there are about seven mem- but there is an extra cost for the other martial arts The sport relies heavily on technique and is very to perform the proper movements efficiently. bers in the Kendo club, but it could accept likeAikido. "Aikido means 'the way of harmony," similar to Aikido. The sport is limited to four areas At the end of the workout, Stein had two no more than 25 participants over time. Stein said. "It is sort of like Judo from a distance." where an opponent can strike for a point: the top advanced Kendo practitioners compete with Anyone interested in joining can contact Dr. The club meets every Sunday from 2:30 of the head, the wrist, the stomach, and the throat. each other to demonstrate a sparring match. Stein. There is a $15 fee per semester for UCO to 5:30 p.m. for Kendo and Kenjitsu. Stein said Kendo is considered just as popuFollowed by the Kendo workout, Stein taught students to join, plus additional costs for equiplar in Japan as football is in the United States. the basics of Kenjitsu, which is the old martial art ment. For non-students, there is a $25 fee. Many Japanese junior and senior high schools that Kendo is derived from. Stein said Kenjitsu People interested in purchasing their Steve Reckinger cebe reach6thet.. Practice it as an everyday extra-curricular activity. is what the samurai trained with. Anything goes own equipment can find a set onlirie for sreckinger@thevistaonline.com. The workout began with a quick warm-up, in Kenjitsu, meaning there are no restricted areas about $90. This includes the uniform, the stretching and loosening the muscles. Then, Stein -
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Janice Garrett and Dancers Delta Zeta getting new house coming to UCO Sept. 9 by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer
"This will be an extraordinary opportunity for inspiring dance artists, art patrons and the Oklahoma community to see this exquisite company," Jamie Jacobson by Steven Reckinger Copy Editor
Multi-award winning Janice Garrett and Dancers is the featured troupe at "Super Saturdays ofDance" on Sept. 9. "This will be an extraordinary opportunity for inspiring dance artists, art patrons and the Oklahoma community to see this exquisite company," said Jamie Jacobson, director of dance. "It's rare to get a contemporary dance company to come to Oklahoma and they were gracious to stop here at UCO." According to the dance company's website, Janice Garrett has been a choreographer and dance artist for over 25 years, teaching in the United States and Europe, before settling down in San Francisco. Janice Garrett uses experience
from everyday life to translate into rhythm and dynamics. Named the 'new powerhouse' of San Francisco dance, Janice Garrett and Dancers deliver "dancing from the heart backed by a humanist vision," said Rachel Howard of the San Francisco Chronicle. The dance company has been nominated for several awards, including the Isadora Dance Award, and was voted "Twenty Five to Watch" in 2004 by Dance Magazine. The Internet organization, Voice of Dance said this ensemble has delighted audiences of allkinds with a dynamic range of contemporary choreography. The university is featuring a master class, for ages 12 and up, by Garrett on Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Health and Physical Education Building. Tickets are $15 per
person and enrollment is limited. The class is designed to build up technical skills as well as support individual artistic expression. The informal dance performance is at 7:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall Theater, followed by questions and answers. Tickets for the evening performance are $10 for adults and $8 for students. For anyone attending both the master class and performance, there will be a reduced price of $20. Anyone interested in obtaining more information or would like to reserve a spot can contact Jamie Jacobson at 974-5231 or email her at jjacobson@ucok.edu .
Construction is underway on a new house for the Delta Zeta sorority, and is expected to be finished in December. "It looks like it may be closer than that, hopefully,"saidNichole Knox, public relations senior. She said there will probably be a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house before the fall semester ends. Last semester, the sorority called a house on the corner of Campbell Street and University Drive home. That house is now occupied by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. "The owner of the house the Pikes are in is a private citizen, so when Delta Zeta moved out...the Pikes were looking to move closer to campus," said Cole Stanley, interim Greek Life coordinator.
Knox said the sorority has had the land for a while, but regulations had to be met before construction could begin, such as having a certain number of trees and parking spaces. "Many things kept them from starting work," she said. While the sorority waits for its new house, the members are scattered around Edmond, many living in West Hall for one semester under a special agreement with the university. "Our Greek community is amazing," Knox said. "This is one step in making it better." "We projected that we would need that big of a house," she said. "We're growing so much every year, anyway. It only makes sense to have something like that." "I think it's a positive," Stanley said. "It will put them closer to Greek chapters... hopefully, it will strengthen
the overall Greek community." "This is important to us," Knox said. "This is just one step to all of us having amazing houses, and not be so competitive." UCO sororities keep their numbers at around 60 members, she said. "Sometimes it can go over that, depending on how many girls go through rush,"Knox said. Sorority and fraternity recruitment will run from Sept. 6-11. Registration is online at the Campus Life website, www.ucok.edu/campus_life. "We've been praying and working really hard to get this house and it's finally here," Knox said. "We're ready for it to be December. We're ready to move."
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GATE promotes equality among alternative lifestyles by Heather Warlick Managing Editor
The Gay Alliance for Tolerance and Equality conducted its first meeting of the semester Aug 29. Abouti ,25 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and faculty were present. "The group has a variety of purposes that cluster around this idea of creating a safe and welcoming community for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at UCO," said Dr. David Macey, UCO English professor and GATE sponsor. "We have found we have students from every college, every major, from the graduate program, so we try to offer a wide range of programming to engage the widest range of GLBT students arid straight allies." GATE will celebrate National Coming Out Day with festivities on Oct. 11 including a candle vigil around Broncho Lake. GATE will sponsor several events this semester including an annual film festival Oct. 19-21 at Pegasus Theater. A reception will precede the film festival on the opening night and the time of the event is yet to be announced. "This is a series of first rate, original independent films, both dramas, comedies and documentaries by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender film makers," Macey said. "Every year the festival has a theme. Our theme this year is `Transgender Experience," although every year we show films from a variety of experiences and perspectives." GATE works closely with Young Gay Lesbian Alliance (YLGA), a community support group, and with Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN), a caregiving support team for people living with AIDS. The "Safe Zone" ally program was initiated in 2000 by GA I "Safe Zone is an alliance that we have organized of faculty and staff members and students across campus, both GLBT and straight, who put little insignias outside their doors, just saying that 'I am a resource person. I am someone that if you have questions or concerns about your experience as a gay, lesbian, bi or trans person on this campus, I'm open to talk to you about that and provide a safe and supportive environment," Macey said. by Vista photographer Alex Gambill About 60 faculty members and offices have declared themselves as safe zones, campus-wide and the iniative, Gay Alliance for Tolerance and equality (GATE) held its first meeting of the Fall semester and made personalized tie-dyed shirts Aug.30 in the which was spear-headed by GATE, has been adopted at other campuses, nation- Liberal Arts building. Jamie Park, English creative writing sophomore watches her partner, Bridgett Young, child development sophomore as she dyes a shirt. wide. Following the first GATE meeting was a tie-dye party, her locker that said things like, "God hates you. You deserve to me," Addis said. where the attendees got to know each other. "I am from a really small town, and I am looking around think- die, etc." "I'm like, 'my people!" Its very welcoming. I don't have "We're both from the same area, and it's very hard to be 'out' in to whisper things like 'my ex-girlfriend.' Now, I can say that ing, 'I have never been around so many gay people," said Kerbie Addis, a first semester psychology freshman from Valiant, Ok. "I high school," said Adam Eppler, junior international trade major. openly." "I wasn't 'out' because I saw first-hand what happened to people was expecting like five people." She said she has had a good experience so far at UCO because that were out and a lot of them had to move away. One guy actuHeather Warlick can be reached at people here are more open'tc. alternatiVe lifestyles than they were ally dropped out his junior year." hwarlick@thevistaonline.corn, ' in her hometown. At Valiant High Sthool, she had notes put into "I see people all over campus here that are out and it shocks
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by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer KCSC 90.1, known for playing the blazin' hits of Federic Chopin and Ludwig Van Beethoven, is going to a digital format within the next year, according to the station's Aug. 17 press release. The classical station's plans to move to digital broadcasting from analog, an undertaking projected to cost around $160,000, were set in motion Aug. 16 when the Corporation of Public Broadcasting granted KCSC $75,000 to aid in the transition. Created by congress in 1967 to oversee the government's financial stake in public broadcasting, the CPB is the largest "source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services," according to the corporation's website. Brad Ferguson, the station's general manager since 1991, said that UCO — KCSC's licensee — would provide an additional $60,000. The remaining $25,000 will most likely come from a more traditional benefactor of stations like KCSC. "We do on-air fundraising where we ask our members and people who listen to send in money," Ferguson said. Because KCSC is a public radio station that receives annual funding from sources like the CPB and other governmental agencies, Ferguson said they cannot advertise in the overt, "call to action" manner that a for-profit FM station like WILD 97.9 can. "We have what's called underwriting," Ferguson said, "where you could say something like 'this program is underwritten by Joe's Pizza Parlor,' but that's the extent of it." Even though broadcasting digitally is more of a luxury at this point, especially in radio, Ferguson said his station has to take advantage of grants like these because of the high cost of equipment. "We're limited in how we can get
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Nikitina takes over women's tennis by Tiffany Batdorf Staff Writer Three-time All-American tennis honoree Natalya Nikitina leaves Wichita State University to become the women's tennis coach at UCO. Nikitina comes to UCO after being Wichita State University Shockers' head coach for one year, and previously the assistant women's head coach for one year. Bill Farley UCO's athletic director said in a recent press release, Nikitina's exceptional background as a player, strong coaching success, and her knowledge of the Edmond tennis community made her an outstanding choice for UCO's tennis team. "She will have to hit the ground running, which she is excited about," Farley said. She said all the girls are very smart and excited to work hard this year. "Combing the team's wok ethic and dedication with my experience and enthusiasm," Nikitina said. "I look forward to giving UCO, Edmond and the state of Oklahoma a program to be proud of," she said.
Nikitina is no stranger to the Edmond area. According to a recent press release form UCO athletics, she graduated from Oklahoma Christian University. While there Nikitina was OC's number one singles and doubles player from 1999-2003, earning NAIA All-American honors three times and NAIA Scholar-Athlete accolades twice. Before her college and professional career Nikitina was ranked in both singles and doubles in the Women's Tennis Association, and was a member of the Republic of Uzbekistan National Team from 1994-99 and she played in the Federation Cup from 1999-2003. She followed her playing career at OC, as a professional at Kicking Bird Tennis Center in Edmond before heading to coach at WSU. Nikitina takes over the team after Francis Baxter retired in June after coaching for 26 years. UCO's tennis season starts with the Heart of America fall tournament September 14. Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at tbatdorf@thevistaonline.com .
New UCO women's tennis head coach Natalya Nikitina takes over for longtime coach Francis Baxter. She took the job Aug. 17.
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Redshirt freshman right side hitter Brittany Larson lines up her shot in the air during an intrasquad scrimmage Aug. 19.
VOLLEYBALL from page 12 out of the way and we controlled throughout the rest of the match," he said. Florida Gulf Coast handed UCO their first loss of the tournament winning three games. Boyland said FGC was a difficult team to play. "They [Florida Gulf Coast] were a tough team, we did not match up well against them," he said. UCO came back with a 31 win over Minnesota StateMankato, Saturday morning. "We just played real solid for this game," Boyland said. "We really worked hard for this win," he said. Kelsey Reynolds, freshman, led Saturday with 12 kills, Wascovich, had 11 kills and only had one error in 22 attacks. Allen had 24 digs and Kristen Wilson, freshman, lead the defense. Wedberg, contributed with 40 assists. UCO lost their last match 2-3, against Nova Southeastern
University in Florida, to fmish their season opening with a record of 2-2. "This game was the lone dis-. appointment for the weekend," Boyland said. Schult, had 13 kills, with Reynolds, having 12 kills, Kim Iten, Sophomore, had 11 kills, and Allen 9 kills. Reynolds had five assisted blocks, Wilson had 27 digs, and Allen had 22 for the defense and Wedberg had 38 assists. "We had the game won and we just gave it to them in the fourth game after being up early in the fourth game," Boyland said. "We have to get over that and get ready for this weekend," he said. UCO will host the Broncho Sleep Inn Invitational with games starting at 2:30 Friday and Saturday, September, 1-2 at Hamilton Field House. Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at tbatdorf@thevistaonlinacom.
CABAN from page 12 sports section written for you to read, think about and critique. How else will it become the best student newspaper it can be? Why not make some other colleges jealous for once, rather than ditch our football games to stay at home and watch the Sooners or Pokes on TV? Do you know any of your fellow students who are athletes? How many games, if any, do you go to? Do you want to see UCO and its athletics do bigger and better things? The more we care about our school and show it the better we become. That means following your UCO sports teams and not sitting on the sidelined, as in your couches, recliners and
beds. When mass numbers of people care about a team's performance, it puts more pressure on the team to perform exceptionally. It also becomes harder to accept mediocrity or a boring product. Lastly, don't take this as an accusation. Instead, consider this as a reminder that The Vista sports team is here to tell the stories of Broncho sports and their hopefully loving fans. This is our way of showing school spirit in black and white, plain and simple rooting for the bronze and blue. What's yours? Matt Caban can be reached at mcaban@thevistaonline.com.
Accounting Junior Krasi Yankov, left, and Accounting Senior Abdul Rehman play during the UCO soccer club's practice Aug. 24.
by Tiffany Batdorf Staff Writer UCO's soccer club is ready for the new season to start on Sept. 7. UCO's soccer club was founded in 1987 to help promote soccer as an active sport on campus and the team is still going strong according to coach Jalal Daneshfar. Daneshfar has been the coach since the inception of the team. He said the team has been growing every year since it started, especially now that it is established in the Oklahoma Soccer
Association, and the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association. "Any student can join at any time," Daneshfar said. "All they have to do is turn in a membership form and pay the dues, and they are on the team." The dues for the soccer club are $20, which include the fall and spring semester. Daneshfar said the team is made up of international and American students. The team had 24 players show at the first practice, and 12 turned in their membership forms this week. "The soccer club is open to
all UCO students," Daneshfar Tyler Taber, freshman nurssaid. "It is not just males that ing major, said he joined the can play, females are welcome team because it helps keep him too." in shape. He said since the women "Chicks dig soccer players," have a varsity team, they usu- he said. ally have a smaller number of "The team needs a lot more girls on the team. conditioning, but our skills are The team practices from 5:30 pretty good," Taber said. pm to 7:00 pm on Mondays Daneshfar said the team and Thursdays. The games are gives out scholarships every every Saturday, and are host- semester. They are able to give ed by a different school each seven scholarships in the fall week. and seven in the spring. The league is made up of "It is only a tuition wavier seven teams with one game for $500 because we only have per team, per weekend. They $7,000 a year," he said. "Each play teams such as Oklahoma member must apply every State University, University of semester." Oklahoma, Rose State College, Daneshfar said the team is Oklahoma City Community made up of the serious players College, and East Central for the games on Saturdays, but University. they do try to let everyone play. "I don't require anything, "If we are winning by a lot people get out of this club what we do sub in so that everyone they want," Daneshfar said. can get some playing time," Mike Fadum, junior English Fadum said. major and last year's club presiDaneshfar said one of the dent, said the team does pretty good things about being a club well. He said the team finished is that the team has an unlimited second in the leage each of the roster, and unlimited substitut last two seasons. lions until playoffs. Fadum said he enjoys playAfter the first scrimmage ing soccer and the UCO club against OCU, the team will elect team offers him the chance to officers for the new season. play competively. They start off the new season Mark Shumate, senior at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 accounting and finance major against OCCC at the Edmond and second year returning play- Soccer Club. er, said he has played soccer and ran his whole life so he joined Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at the team. tbatdorf@thevistaonline.com. "It's just something that I love," Shumate said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq. _ A !Coadside bomb exploded in Baghdad's oldest and larg:est wholesale market district, ling at least 24 people and wounding 35, part of a surge in bloodshed Wednesday that 'left 52 dead, authorities said. Earlier, an explosivesrigged bicycle blew up near to • army recruiting center A; a city south of Baghdad, Piling at least 12 people. Violence across Iraq has • ft ;piked in recent days, with amre than 200 people killed since Sunday in clashes, bombings or shootings _ despite U.S. and Iraqi officials' claims that a new security operation in the capital has lowered SunniShiite killings there, which had risen in June and July. A U.S. Marine from the 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division was also killed in action Tuesday in Anbar province, the U.S. command said. The market bomb in Baghdad targeted the Shurja district, where wholesalers use warehouses, stalls and shops to sell food, clothing and house products to other dealers and shoppers. Amaze of streets and stalls, it hosts one of Iraq's biggest markets and is usually teeming with vendors selling everything from spices to satellite dishes. ElseWhere in Baghdad, a Justice Ministry official, Nadiya 'Mohammed Hassan, was shot and killed along with her driver and bodyguard by gunmen who stopped her car. Three carpet merchants were also killed while tieing driven to an appointment in a taxi, police said. A family of five was killed in Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad, when a road'Side bomb struck their car. ' In the town of Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, a man posing as a potential army cadet planted the bicycle outside the recruiting center. The bomb exploded as volunteers gathered outside to sign up for the army. Hillah was the site of one of the worst bomb attacks Iraq, when a suicide car bomber in February 2005 killed 125 national guard and police recruits waiting to take physicals. Insurgents have often tar-
geted army and police volunteers as they wait outside recruiting stations, as a way to discourage people from joining the security services. In downtown Baghdad, three police officers were killed and 14 people were injured when twin bombs _ including one planted in a car _ struck a police patrol as it drove by a line of vehicles waiting in a line for gasoline at a filling station. An explosion Tuesday at an oil pipeline near the city of Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad, caused a massive fire that left at least 36 people dead and 45 injured, the Interior Ministry said. The city's health directorate said another 40 people were still missing. Dr. Mohammed AbdulMussin of the health directorate said the relatives of the 40 missing people gathered outside the directorate's offices demanding death certificates. But he said they could not be confirmed as dead since their bodies had not been found. The pipeline was located six miles south of Diwaniyah, the scene of fierce clashes between the Iraqi army and Shiite militia on Monday that left 73 people dead. The cause of the blast was not clear, but police Lt. Raid Jabir said several people had been siphoning fuel from the pipeline at the time. Iraqis have faced severe fuel shortages since Saddam Hussein's 2003 ouster. Insurgents also have frequently • targeted pipelines and oil refineries. The violence has included some of the fiercest fighting in months between the Iraqi army and Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Diwaniyah, 50 miles south of the capital. Monday's fighting was significant because it pitted mostly Shiite Iraqi soldiers against the militia of one of the country's most prominent Shiite leaders. It also illustrates the complexity of the security crisis in Iraq _ with Sunni insurgents fighting U.S. troops in the west, Sunnis and Shiites killing one another in Baghdad and now Shiites battling Shiites in the south. Al-Sadr led two uprisings against U.S. forces in 2004 but has since emerged as a major political figure, controlling 30 of the 275 seats in parliament and five Cabinet
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BRONCHO FOOTBALL INTRASQUAD SCRIMMAGE Photos by Travis Marak
Running back Alex Agular is congratulated by offensive lineman Bobby Brooks.
Tight end Terrance Barnett evades tacklers after a catch Aug.12.
Members of the UCO defensive squad survey game action during the team's first intrasquad scrimmage Aug. 12. The Bronchos open the season tonight at 7 p.m. at Wantland Stadium versus Missouri Western.
Defensive back Kerry Johnson, left, defends receiver Mark Magbee. Head coach Chuck Langston recaps the scrimmage with players.
THEVIS] A UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
Bronchos win battle of wits over Bulldogs by Matt Caban Sports Editor WEATHERFORD—In the game of life and in sports, some plans pan out and others fizzle. Such was the case as the 15th ranked Bronchos soccer team won a hard fought 3-0 victory over Southwestern Oklahoma State University Aug. 29. The game was a battle of wills as both team fought to establish their respective game plans. "Our plan was to put the ball in the back of the net," he said. "But we didn't do that." The Bulldogs' coach also complimented the Bronchos' goalkeeper, junior Rebecca Svensson. "Their keeper kept them in the game," Bradley said. Svensson said she shared the defensive burden with her entire team. "It wasn't just me out there," she said. "All of my teammates helped defend our goal." Svensson also said the way the team plays defense determines how many scoring chances their opponents get. "If we slack on defense then they will have opportunities," she said. Svensson said if the Bronchos stay focused and play tight defense their opponents won't have the chance to score. "When that happens, they can't make 'em," she said. Svensson finished with 10 saves and a clean sheet despite seeing 18 shots come from the Bulldogs. According to UCO Athletics Media Relations, the 18 shots were the most given up by the Bronchos since their 2-0 loss to Metropolitan State
Sept. 2, 2005. In that game Metropolitan State had a total of 19 shots. Cook said his team started the game slowly as they are still getting used to playing together. "We are still trying to figure. out who works best with who and where," he said. "It's still early in the season." Bradley said the key to winning was what he called 50/50 balls. He said 50/50 balls come when a ball is loose and players from both teams have an equal opportunity to win or take possession of it. "They [UCO] had more luck with that today," Bradley said. The Bronchos took the lead in the 37th minute when freshman midfielder Tiffany Meek crossed a pass to junior midfielder Sarah Addison who was just outside of the Bulldogs' penalty box. Addison then took a shot at the goal from 20 yards out and put the ball in the upper corner of the goal just past SWOSU sophomore keeper Keli Bass. UCO kept the pressure on Bass and the Bulldogs as the second half started. Cook said he wanted the team to up the ante during the second half. "In the second half, we picked up the intensity," he said. UCO head soccer coach Mike Cook said the Bronchos had to step it up because every team they play wants to beat UCO. "When you play for UCO you have to be ready to play because there's a bulls eye on you," he said. "I'm glad that the girls were up to the challenge." UCO's senior midfielder
Lindsey 'Hull extended the team's lead to 2-0 with a blast from just inside the 18-yard line in the 55th minute. Hull's goal came after she fought for possession with an unidentified SWOSU defender on the left side of the pitch. Once the ball came loose Hull reacted quickly and flung a shot across Bass and into the net. Although Hull's goal made UCO's lead twice as good, it gave the Bulldogs an extra bite in their attack. The goal gave the few UCO fans something to cheer about. The official attendance was 150 people said James Downer, Assistant Athletic Media Relations Director. In the 59th minute, the Bulldogs won a free kick in UCO's half of the field. The ball was knocked around for a few moments until Hull stepped forward and cleared it. A short while later, SWOSU's junior forward, Jamie Hilterbran nearly had a solid scoring opportunity in front of the UCO goal. While matched up one on one with UCO sophomore fullback Jackie Hancock, Hilterbran came close to shooting before passing the ball away when the UCO defense tightened up. The differences in the teams formations led to a number of situations like this the more SWOSU pushed forward. SWOSU used an attacking formation, the 4-3-3, where the team has four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards. UCO countered with its favored formation, the 3-5-2. In this formation there are three defenders, five midfielders and two forwards. The multiple Bulldog attacks
did not yield a goal, but they did come close. In the 73rd minute a SWOSU player failed to capitalize on an opportunity with a shot just over the crossbar. Four minutes later the Bulldogs' hopes were dashed again as Svensson made a great aerial save. Following a blast of a shot that went above her head, Svensson pushed the ball up, fell to the ground, rolled and caught the ball. Svensson said she had been working on that type of save recently. "I was happy to make that save because it's something the coaches are hammering all the time," she said. The Bronchos sealed the win with a goal from senior fullback Tiffany Haines. During a breakaway in the 86th minute Haines bolted down the right wing. Junior midfielder Jenny Racicot sent a through ball to Haines, who closely beat the Bulldogs' offside trap. Leaving a group of defenders in her wake, Haines cut to the left and slotted into the lower left corner past the outstretched Bass. Haines said she was glad just to score. "I tried to not screw it up," she said. "As a defender I don't get the chance to score often so it was cool." The Bronchos next play in the Drury Invitational Saturday, Sept. 2 and Sunday, Sept. 3 in by Vista photographer Travis Marak Springfield, Mo. They return for their home opener against Southern Nazarene University UCO forward Jenny Racicot battles Southwestern's Samantha Thursday, Sept. 7 at Tom Dobson for possession during second half action of UCO's 3Thompson Field. 0 route of the Bulldogs Aug. 29 in Weatherford. The Bronchos improved their season record to 2-0. Their other win came against Matt Caban can be reached at mcaban@thevistaonline.com . Dallas Baptist University Aug. 25.
"Why not make some other colleges jealous for once, rather than ditch our football games to stay at home and watch the Sooners or the Pokes on TV? "
Swamped: volleyball goes 2-2 at tourney by Tiffany Batdorf Staff Writer
With another August nearing its end and September inching closer on the calendar, it's clear that change is in the air. Changing (from summer to fall) brings the fortune of cooler temperatures. This also means changes in the world of sports. While some sports are in their stretch runs, others are just about to kick off. On the flip side there are also some thing that remain the same.
While the national sports media is busy grilling Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds or anyone accused of using steroids, UCO sports receives the same, hometown newspaper treatment. There's no hard westions or flying accusations. In fact, it's relatively peaceful (save for deadline day) around here at The Vista's sports desk. Altholigh Broncho sports may be devoid of "hard news content" or something for the gossip columns, sports news is
still happening on campus. Be it the same questions that permeate campus annually "how good is the football team?" to the painfully obvious "we have a football team here?" and even the somewhat mysterious "what ever happened to those men's tennis players?" Understand that this space isn't meant to be the sports editor's twice-weekly rant. In fact it is designed to be a sounding board on all things Broncho sports. That means analyzing game or events, giving an opinion
every once in a while and responding to letters from readers. Yes, that means if you send a letter to the editor, we will read it. (Even if sounds mean or proves we didn't do our job right.) Part of being a student newspaper is interacting with and writing for students. It also means the staff is comprised of students like you. That means we too are still learning and our mistakes sometimes get printed.
UCO's volleyball comes up short with a 2-2 record during the season opener Nova Southeastern Sharks Classic in Fort Lauderdale, Florida August 25 and 26. Veterans helped the team get off to a good start defeating Fort Hays State University,in Kansas, in just three games, 3028, 30-22, 30-16 in their first game of the season. Which set the team up for the number 16 ranked in the coaches preseason poll Florida Gulf Coast Caban, page 8 University.
"It was good revenge for us. They beat us last year," Coach Jeff Boyland said. "They were a good team for our first game." Katie Schult, junior, had 14 kills and five assisted blocks. Penny Wascovich, senior, had nine kills and three blocks and Lacie Allen, junior, had 13 digs and nine kills. Two freshmen Meaghan Wedberg had 35 assists, and Kristin Wilson, had a team-high 19 digs. "Winning the first game really helped us get our jitters
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Effect of Methylisobutyl Amiloride on [Na+]i, Reperfusion Arrhythmias, and Function in Ischemic Rat Hearts
Masato Tani, Ken Shinmura, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshiro Nakamura
With 2 μM methylisobutyl amiloride (MIA), an inhibitor of Na+/H+ exchange, we tested the hypothesis that ion imbalance due to H+/Na+/Ca2+ exchange exacerbates reperfusion injury and arrhythmias. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 25-min global ischemia and 30-min reperfusion. In the MIA-treated group, MIA was added throughout the perfusion protocol. Left ventricular pressure (LVP), arrhythmias, myocardial Na+ and K+ content, 45Ca2+ uptake, and the levels of energy metabolites were analyzed. The recovery of LV developed pressure (LVDP) and + dP/dt and - dP/dt were improved in the MIA group (53 vs. 80, 71 vs. 86, 77 vs. 94%: each p < 0.05). MIA inhibited the increase in Na+ content and the decrease in K+ content that occurred at the end of the ischemic phase and reduced 45Ca2+ uptake after reperfusion (28.6 vs. 17.1, 248 vs. 296, 2.79 vs. 1.36 μM/g dry weight of tissue; each p < 0.05). The incidence of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) was lower in the MIA group [VT 11 of 20 (55%) vs. 4 of 20 (20%), p < 0.05; VF 13 of 20, (65%) vs. 6 of 20 (30%), 0.05 < p < 0.1], although the incidence of VF just escaped statistical significance. ATP level was higher in the MIA group after the ischemic phase and reperfusion (5.3 vs. 9.9, 12.3 vs. 14.7 μM/g dry weight of tissue; each p < 0.05). Our results suggest that MIA reduced reperfusion arrhythmias and improved functional recovery in isolated rat hearts subjected to global ischemia apparently by preserving high-energy phosphates during ischemia and by inhibiting Na+/H+ exchange, with attenuated cellular imbalance between Na+ and Ca2+.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Intracellular Na
Na/Ca exchange
Na/H exchange
Reperfusion arrhythmias
Tani, M., Shinmura, K., Hasegawa, H., & Nakamura, Y. (1996). Effect of Methylisobutyl Amiloride on [Na+]i, Reperfusion Arrhythmias, and Function in Ischemic Rat Hearts. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 27(6), 794-801.
Effect of Methylisobutyl Amiloride on [Na+]i, Reperfusion Arrhythmias, and Function in Ischemic Rat Hearts. / Tani, Masato; Shinmura, Ken; Hasegawa, Hiroshi; Nakamura, Yoshiro.
In: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Vol. 27, No. 6, 1996, p. 794-801.
Tani, M, Shinmura, K, Hasegawa, H & Nakamura, Y 1996, 'Effect of Methylisobutyl Amiloride on [Na+]i, Reperfusion Arrhythmias, and Function in Ischemic Rat Hearts', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 794-801.
Tani M, Shinmura K, Hasegawa H, Nakamura Y. Effect of Methylisobutyl Amiloride on [Na+]i, Reperfusion Arrhythmias, and Function in Ischemic Rat Hearts. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 1996;27(6):794-801.
Tani, Masato ; Shinmura, Ken ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Nakamura, Yoshiro. / Effect of Methylisobutyl Amiloride on [Na+]i, Reperfusion Arrhythmias, and Function in Ischemic Rat Hearts. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 1996 ; Vol. 27, No. 6. pp. 794-801.
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AU - Nakamura, Yoshiro
N2 - With 2 μM methylisobutyl amiloride (MIA), an inhibitor of Na+/H+ exchange, we tested the hypothesis that ion imbalance due to H+/Na+/Ca2+ exchange exacerbates reperfusion injury and arrhythmias. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 25-min global ischemia and 30-min reperfusion. In the MIA-treated group, MIA was added throughout the perfusion protocol. Left ventricular pressure (LVP), arrhythmias, myocardial Na+ and K+ content, 45Ca2+ uptake, and the levels of energy metabolites were analyzed. The recovery of LV developed pressure (LVDP) and + dP/dt and - dP/dt were improved in the MIA group (53 vs. 80, 71 vs. 86, 77 vs. 94%: each p < 0.05). MIA inhibited the increase in Na+ content and the decrease in K+ content that occurred at the end of the ischemic phase and reduced 45Ca2+ uptake after reperfusion (28.6 vs. 17.1, 248 vs. 296, 2.79 vs. 1.36 μM/g dry weight of tissue; each p < 0.05). The incidence of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) was lower in the MIA group [VT 11 of 20 (55%) vs. 4 of 20 (20%), p < 0.05; VF 13 of 20, (65%) vs. 6 of 20 (30%), 0.05 < p < 0.1], although the incidence of VF just escaped statistical significance. ATP level was higher in the MIA group after the ischemic phase and reperfusion (5.3 vs. 9.9, 12.3 vs. 14.7 μM/g dry weight of tissue; each p < 0.05). Our results suggest that MIA reduced reperfusion arrhythmias and improved functional recovery in isolated rat hearts subjected to global ischemia apparently by preserving high-energy phosphates during ischemia and by inhibiting Na+/H+ exchange, with attenuated cellular imbalance between Na+ and Ca2+.
AB - With 2 μM methylisobutyl amiloride (MIA), an inhibitor of Na+/H+ exchange, we tested the hypothesis that ion imbalance due to H+/Na+/Ca2+ exchange exacerbates reperfusion injury and arrhythmias. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 25-min global ischemia and 30-min reperfusion. In the MIA-treated group, MIA was added throughout the perfusion protocol. Left ventricular pressure (LVP), arrhythmias, myocardial Na+ and K+ content, 45Ca2+ uptake, and the levels of energy metabolites were analyzed. The recovery of LV developed pressure (LVDP) and + dP/dt and - dP/dt were improved in the MIA group (53 vs. 80, 71 vs. 86, 77 vs. 94%: each p < 0.05). MIA inhibited the increase in Na+ content and the decrease in K+ content that occurred at the end of the ischemic phase and reduced 45Ca2+ uptake after reperfusion (28.6 vs. 17.1, 248 vs. 296, 2.79 vs. 1.36 μM/g dry weight of tissue; each p < 0.05). The incidence of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) was lower in the MIA group [VT 11 of 20 (55%) vs. 4 of 20 (20%), p < 0.05; VF 13 of 20, (65%) vs. 6 of 20 (30%), 0.05 < p < 0.1], although the incidence of VF just escaped statistical significance. ATP level was higher in the MIA group after the ischemic phase and reperfusion (5.3 vs. 9.9, 12.3 vs. 14.7 μM/g dry weight of tissue; each p < 0.05). Our results suggest that MIA reduced reperfusion arrhythmias and improved functional recovery in isolated rat hearts subjected to global ischemia apparently by preserving high-energy phosphates during ischemia and by inhibiting Na+/H+ exchange, with attenuated cellular imbalance between Na+ and Ca2+.
KW - Intracellular Na
KW - Left ventricular function
KW - Na/Ca exchange
KW - Na/H exchange
KW - Reperfusion arrhythmias
KW - Reperfusion injury
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
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A PR Plan Into Action – Horse World Gives Back For Tornado, Flood Relief
We’ve all been seeing images of the recent U.S. flood and tornado devastation; if you’ve wondered how you might help horses in need and their owners or what you can even do, wonder no more. At the same time, you can see a bang-up PR campaign that’s getting underway, and learn from it in the process.
Horse World Gives Back is a campaign to do just that – allow the horse world an avenue to help other equestrians and horsebiz owners in need due to disaster. This fundraising drive centers around a 3-hour Horse Radio Network Radiothon on June 6, 2011, and a Retail Day the following day, June 7th. Donations will go through the U.S. Equine Disaster Relief Fund and the Red Cross.
As for the part about learning from their PR campaign, I think Horse World Gives Back is doing a great job so far. Here’s a breakdown of the parts:
A timely topic that’s likely to be interesting to equestrian media and their readers, viewers, and listeners
A well-branded, interesting event to promote
Tools to help the equine media tell the story
Completely set up for social media sharing
Ways to sign up, and recognition of those committing to help
A Timely Topic
Looking at this campaign purely from a news and PR view, it’s a story that’s on the minds of most these days. Major news outlets are covering tornado and flood issues on a daily basis. Add in the public’s desire for more information and updates on this top-of-mind story, plus the desire of many to help others in need, and the possibilities are wide open for ongoing news coverage and a good chance for Horse World Gives Back to be picked up as a media story.
A Well-Branded & Interesting Event
Despite coming together quickly as an event, Horse World Gives Back is well-branded, with a strong visual identity. The charities collecting the funds are well-known and respected (Red Cross, U.S. Equine Disaster Relief Fund). We’re all familiar with the concept of a telethon or dance-a-thon, but a horse industry radiothon could be a first, upping the newsiness.
Equine Media Tools
All news media are time-pressed and on deadline. It’s important to give journalists (and bloggers) the facts and tools they need to tell your story. Horse World Gives Back has set up an excellent Media resource on the official website, giving a well-written press release in two versions (a PDF document, and a web version); official logo JPG files in several sizes; additional click-thru web graphics; and social media text options.
There’s also a ‘listen to the radiothon’ link to the Horse Radio Network Radiothon Player; anyone can add it to their website, giving visitors a way to listen to the radiothon broadcast.
The only things I’d add would be a selection of several photos, and an explanation about the official Twitter hashtag. Here’s why:
Photos would provide a visual to help illustrate the dire need and provide a ‘call to action’ for viewers, but they could be difficult to come by. There’s also the issue of copyright and paying the photographer, unless the images were donated; in lieu of images, it’s good they have the logo available.
Due to its nature, Twitter is an excellent social media tool for breaking news. ‘Hashtags’ are words that, when combined with the # sign, become live, active links – click on one, and it will take you to a stream of all other tweets or posts with that same hashtag. In the case of Horse World Gives Back, the official hashtag is #horserelief, but depending on your goals you could select a more branded one, such as #HWGB or #HorseWorldGivesBack. It’s a good idea to have a short hashtag, but longer ones can work, too.
Not only has Horse World Gives Back provided social media (Twitter, Facebook) tools in their Media area, they’ve also included buttons to connect you directly to their own Twitter and Facebook accounts, AND they’ve included a livestream of the official #horserelief Twitter hashtag, so you can see the Twitter traffic streaming by. In our networked world, social media is crucial in a time-sensitive campaign like this, to get the word out quickly.
Ways to Participate, Commitment Sign-Up & Recognition
Not only has Horse World Gives Back provided a sign-up for retailers participating in the Retail Day, they’ve built-in a sign-up for the equine media outlets, websites, and blogs that will commit to promoting the event as Affiliates. Both result in a clickable list of participants, recognizing their commitment to help.
There’s also a Participate link, giving everyone who wants to a chance to take part and spread the word to promote the fundraiser.
The final success of this fundraiser will be in the dollars raised to help horses and people affected by these recent natural disasters. However, Horse World Gives Back has built in all the tools for a successful word-of-mouth PR campaign, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that success is a big one.
Please consider how you can participate in, tell others about, and donate to Horse World Gives Back. Even if you can only give a little, it adds up. If all horsefolk joined forces on this one, think of the difference we’d make! Learn more about Horse World Gives Back here.
Disclosure note: I’ve been helping Horse Radio Network with some promotion for this event on a pro bono basis. In case you were wondering.
Filed under Case Studies, Equine Industry Marketing, Facebook, Monday Morning Quickie, New Media, Twitter
Tagged as Equine Disaster Relief Fund, flood relief, Horse Radio Network, Horse World Gives Back, horsebiz, how do I market my horse business, how to do equine PR, Kemp Equine, Kentucky Horse Council, Lisa Kemp, Monday Morning Quickie, Red Cross, tornado relief
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Judge OKs ‘Truth Serum’ for Aurora Shooting Suspect James Holmes
Posted 2:10 PM, March 12, 2013, by Anthony Kurzweil and KTLA 5, Updated at 04:28PM, March 12, 2013
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CNN) — A judge on Tuesday entered a standard plea of not guilty for James Holmes, the man suspected in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, after he and his attorneys said they were not ready to enter a plea.
In court documents, Holmes’ attorneys had suggested that they might enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity for the shooting rampage at the theater that left 12 people dead and 58 injured on July 20, 2012.
His attorneys still may enter an insanity plea but it would be subject to the judge’s approval.
If he does enter an insanity plea, the judge has ruled that he may have to undergo an interview under the influence of drugs –dubbed a ‘truth serum’ – in order to evaluate his mental state.
The process is designed to lower a patient’s inhibition, and is decades old.
Judge Sylvester has also ruled that he may be given a lie detector test.
Holmes’ parents sat holding hands during the hearing but didn’t react to the judge’s decision.
They were seated directly across the aisle from wheelchair-bound shooting victim Caleb Medley and his wife, Katie, who delivered their baby shortly after the shooting.
The hearing was delayed about 30 minutes because Holmes’ attorney Daniel King was late.
He attributed it to traffic caused by unexpected snowfall — a weather system that surprised many journalists in the courtroom, as well.
When King asked Judge William Blair Sylvester for a delay of the arraignment, there were audible sighs from the side of the courtroom where shooting survivors and victim families sit. When the judge declared that he would move forward with the arraignment, one man held his hands in the air in a “hallelujah” gesture.
Prosecutors say they will make a decision on whether it not to seek the death penalty against the 25-year-old Holmes at a hearing April 1.
But an insanity plea could make such a move harder, said David Beller, an attorney who is not connected to the case.
“There are a few reasons they wouldn’t go for the death penalty; the most important one being his mental state,” Beller said. “The Supreme Court, and really society, has been very clear: We don’t execute people who are mentally ill.”
Family members of some of those who died in the shooting say they would be unhappy with an insanity defense.
Jessica Watts, whose cousin was killed, said she does not believe Holmes is insane.
“Absolutely not. This was months and months of planning and thousands of dollars spent on his part in order to pull this horrific night off,” she said.
Federal agents have said Holmes began buying guns in May 2012, two months before the attack. He allegedly built an arsenal of two Glock handguns, an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun and 6,295 rounds of ammunition.
In addition, authorities contend, the former University of Colorado doctoral student dyed his hair fiery orange and apparently visited the AMC movie theater, taking photographs of hallways and doors, two weeks before the shooting.
The defense
According to the Colorado Bar Association, an insanity defense refers to “a person who is so diseased or defective in mind at the time of the commission of the act as to be incapable of distinguishing right from wrong with respect to that act is not accountable.”
If Holmes’ enters such a plea, he would waive all medical confidentiality and will have to turn over the name of any doctor or psychologist who may have treated him, according to Colorado law.
“If he enters the not guilty by reason of insanity plea, he’s going to be examined by state doctors and any statement he makes to those state doctors are given to the prosecution for potential use later,” Beller said.
On Monday, a judge ruled that Holmes will also have to agree to be drugged by doctors to assess his condition if he enters an insanity plea.
Earlier this month, Holmes’ lawyers tried to have Colorado’s insanity defense laws changed.
The attorneys asked the judge to rule parts of the state’s insanity defense laws unconstitutional.
Among other issues, they cited the requirement that a defendant “cooperate” with examining psychiatrists as a violation of the defendant’s privilege against compelled self-incrimination.
Holmes is charged with a total of 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges.
Authorities say he booby-trapped his apartment with explosives, then traveled to the movie theater armed with four weapons, tear gas and body armor planning to kill audience members during a screening of “Batman: The Dark Knight Rises.”
Witnesses who have spoken to CNN about the shooting have said the gunman roamed the theater, shooting randomly as people tried to scramble away or cowered between seats.
Among the 41 calls to 911, one stands out. In the 27-second call, at least 30 shots can be heard amid the chaos.
At his preliminary hearing in January, police who responded described hellish scenes inside the theater and described finding Holmes, dressed in body armor, standing outside, seeming “detached from it all,” according to Officer Jason Oviatt.
At the conclusion of the brief hearing, the father of one of the victim’s shouted out, “Rot in hell, Holmes.”
Holmes’ trial date has been set for August 5.
Filed in: Nation/World, News
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Does this jail have a barber?
Give the parents truth serum. They knew he was a loon.
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Investing in Asia
For those who are new to the idea of investing in Thailand or even Asia in general, we have put together a summary to act as your introductory guide. We welcome you to study this data and refer to the private placement memorandum for further information.
Thailand Macro Forecast
Thailand’s economy grew faster than economists estimated last quarter and is on track for a strong year in 2018, underpinned by a pick-up in exports and booming tourism. After years of lagging its neighbors, Thailand’s economy is finally catching up with the economic boom in Southeast Asia, fueled by a global trade recovery and a flood of visitors from China. The end of a yearlong mourning period for King Bhumibol Adulyadej strengthens the outlook for consumer spending into next year, while the government is ramping up spending on infrastructure projects to support growth.
The statistics agency said the economy will probably expand 3.6 percent to 4.6 percent this year, supported by export growth of 5 percent.
“Economic growth [this] year will accelerate from [2017],” Porametee Vimolsiri, secretary general of the statistics agency, or National Economic and Social Development Board, told reporters in Bangkok. “We may see 4 percent level, supported by an improving global economy, government investment and a clearer recovery of private investment. We will see improving employment and revenue.”
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha has adopted measures to boost growth, including a 1.5 trillion baht ($46 billion) infrastructure spending plan, and tax breaks for year-end shopping. Thailand -- under military rule since 2014 -- is on course for elections next year.
“Growth is broadening with exports and tourism still doing the heavy lifting,” said Eugenia Victorino, an economist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. in Singapore. “Our 2017 GDP growth forecast of 3.5 percent now looks light and we will be revising it to reflect the endurance of the export recovery.”
Current State of the Thailand Tourism and Hospitality Market
Thailand welcomed over 28.8 million international visitors from January to October 2017 and earned 1.47 trillion Baht in tourism revenue. Mr. Pongpanu Svetarundra, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, recently told a press conference on the kingdom’s tourism performance. Both figures represented increases over 2016.
The precise number of overseas tourists for the 10 months of January to October was 28.8 million, an increase of 6.7 percent over the same period of 2016, this was up 9.31 percent over the 2016 period.
For the month of October 2017, the number of foreign tourists jumped 20.92 percent over October 2016 to 2.7 million. Tourism revenue for October 2017 also rose significantly, up 24.4 percent to a little over 142.63 billion Baht.
Among source markets, Southeast Asia stood out with 29.4 percent growth in tourists sent to Thailand during October. The top 10 individual markets were China, Malaysia, Lao PDR., South Korea, India, Japan, Russia, Cambodia, the US and UK.
Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor, commented: “With the launch in November of the TAT’s new ‘Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018’ marketing concept, which focuses on segments like sports, gastronomy, weddings and honeymoons, luxury and community-based tourism, we’re confident of even higher visitor growth.”
Thailand’s domestic tourism sector also showed positive growth. January to September 2017 saw Thais made 109.2 million trips in their own country (up 6.32 percent over the same 2016 period) generating more than 695.2 billion Baht in revenue (up 7.3 percent over the same 2016 period).
Source: tatnews.org
More than 8 million people visited Pattaya in the first half of 2017, putting the city on a record pace for both visitors and tourism revenue, tourism officials said. Speaking at the September 14 meeting of the Pattaya Business & Tourism Association at the Grand Sole Hotel, TAT Pattaya office Director Suladda Sarutilavan said the area also has earned 110 billion Baht from tourism. In 2016, Pattaya attracted 17.7 million visitors who generated revenue of 200 billion baht.
Source: pattayamail.com
The government is promoting U-tapao airport as another gateway to the eastern provinces and will build a rail link between U-tapao and Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. A ferry service has been launched, linking it across the Gulf with Chaam in Phetchaburi, and another sea link will join Sattahip in Chon Buri and Koh Chang in Trat. “All will help promote tourism in Pattaya,” TAT Pattaya office Director Suladda Sarutilavan said.
Source: bangkokpost.com
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Gov. Phil Murphy promises quick action on criminal justice reform suggestions
Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor's Office
TRENTON, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — Leaders in Trenton vow to use the lame duck session of the New Jersey legislature to adopt many of the criminal justice reform suggestions made by a blue-ribbon panel.
The panel was approved, but never used during Chris Christie's tenure.4
His successor, Gov. Phil Murphy, activated the panel and gave them a year to look into things.
One issue that haunted Murphy concerned the race disparities of incarceration rates in the state.
“Our administration inherited a state where the disparity in incarceration rates among black and white individuals stood at a galling 12 to 1,” Murphy said at a press conference in Trenton. “I do not want our state to have the widest racial disparity in incarceration in America.”
Some things, like bail reform, have already had an effect on that but more needs to be done, according to State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City), a member of the panel.
“If we just sit back and say ‘Oh my goodness. That’s a terrible thing. Why are so many black and brown people incarcerated? Are these horrible people?’ No they're not,” she said. “But if we just sit back and say nothing or just say it to a friend, then nothing gets done," she continued.
The panel is recommending, among other things, slashing mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent crimes with an emphasis on drug offenses and applying those changes retroactively.
Juveniles sentenced as adults to long prison terms could also have those sentences reconsidered.
Murphy and legislative leaders want to make these changes law before the new legislature takes over in January.
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Philly election officials trained on new method to audit results
Hadas Kuznits
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Election officials were trained Thursday afternoon in using an election security measure new to most of the country. They used a test program to learn how to check election results.
The procedure, a risk-limiting audit, uses Philadelphia's new paper-based system to detect possible interference, said Monica Childers with the nonprofit Voting Works.
"It's a pilot, which is a process that we use to check that the winner actually won in an election," Childers explained. "We're taking a random sample of the original paper ballots from the election and looking at them, marking the votes we see down on tally sheets, tallying those votes, and then checking to see that the margin on our audited sample of ballots matches what we would expect to see if our outcome was correct."
She says the audit is designed to be an efficient process so that it can be done regularly after every election.
"Unlike something like a recount," she said, "which tends to be a much more involved process that you only want to do if there are real questions or a really small margin that you want to check."
Childers said the Philadelphia election officials and auditors trained in the pilot process are the ones "who are actually retrieving the ballots from storage, finding the right ballots in the stack of ballots and looking at the ballots to see the votes marked on it."
Deputy City Commissioner Nick Custodio says Pennsylvania currently checks ballots with what's known as a 2% audit, but this method is much more accurate and efficient.
"The 2% audit is essentially just re-reading 2% of the cartridges, so they have to go through and hand-count 2,000 ballots. Our staff has been doing that the last couple of days, but now they'll be doing that but in much less time, because the process is more scientifically precise, the sample size is smaller."
Childers says the hope is that, eventually, every state will mandate a risk-limiting audit after every election.
"States all across the country are working up to that. Colorado's currently the only state in the country that does this regularly after the election."
New voting machines debut in Philadelphia next week
As 2020 nears, pressure grows to replace voting machines
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“Would you be interested now?” #SexySnippet from THE AUDITION
Posted by Lea Bronsen on July 16, 2017
Happy Sunday! Here are seven lines from my current WIP, the dark erotic contemporary romance THE AUDITION.
“You were interested in the boy,” Rico stated.
Jaden nodded.
“Are you still interested?”
“You mean…if I met him again?” He looked up. “It was many years ago.”
“No, now. If you met a cute boy, or man, now. Would you be interested?”
Jaden gave him a direct, intense gaze full of burning sincerity that went straight to Rico’s heart and shook him. He who didn’t have a heart!
“Yeah,” Jaden said with a slow nod and held Rico’s look, as if contemplating him, judging what he carried inside. “I would.”
Rico sucked in a breath and shifted in his seat. Something in him wanted to pursue the subject. That young gringo stirred feelings he hadn’t had in a long time. But he needed to restrain his pulses. “Okay. Another thing. Would you…um…fight to get what you want? Put yourself first? Demand respect?”
Like me when I’m out handling business.
“That’s…” Jaden’s voice broke. “That’s why I’m here, you know, to fight for what I want.”
Rico is inspired by this handsome model:
Ricardo Ferrer, nicknamed “El Loco Rico”, is a ruthless drug lord aiming to poison America with cocaine to avenge the authorities’ mistreatment of his immigrant family. He launders his black money by investing in movie productions. As a teen, Rico learned to enjoy having his dick sucked in jail. Now a man of power, his favorite pastime is checking out new acting talent…and convincing them to blow him and the team of producers.
Young wannabe actor Jaden Moore comes to a shady side of town to audition for a movie part. Having been ignored all his life, he longs to shine, he wants to walk the red carpet with cameras flashing and a crowd cheering. He assures the film director and the investors he’ll do anything to reach the top, but is he willing to comply with their dirty fantasies?
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Lost Faith by April Zyon
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About Lost Faith:
Gabriella Moreno was just a job, in and out to gain the objective, the death of her father. She turned out to be far more than that to Tobias Casey, however, from the moment he laid his hands on her too hot for words body.
Gabriella had just come home from a two-year stint abroad. The first night home she snuck out, never dreaming for even a moment anyone would be stupid enough to take her. Boy, was she wrong.
Faced with brutal truths, Gabbie followed her gut, and her heart, which, it seemed, all led to one place, Tobias. The heat of her homeland was nothing compared to the touch of this man. In his arms, she found something she had craved all her life, the other half of her soul.
Yet, how can she ignore the fact that the man who owns her heart is also the man who wants to take the last of her family?
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Another day, another dollar. Only these days, Tobias and his team were getting paid a hell of a lot more than they had been in the military. Now they could set their own fees for doing the jobs that no one else wanted to do, or maybe couldn’t do, since they did on rare occasion work for their government’s shadier sectors. But there was no oversight, no backseat driving, and they paid big to get shit done.
Their current operation was one they’d been working on for nearly three weeks now with no success. The first week had been recon, getting oriented, and making sure they had their exits memorized for when they achieved their strike.
The only thing was, as they’d discovered during week two, the target they were after didn’t ever leave his super secure compound. Not that Tobias could blame the guy. Their target was a dictator, an arms dealer, a drug dealer, and a mass murderer. There were people worldwide hoping that Tobias’ team finally managed to do what no one else had to date.
Now it was week three and they were still watching the compound to figure out their way in. Or as Tobias was beginning to believe would be easier, how to get the asshole to come out. They’d tried forty different ways to infiltrate the compound. None had worked. Which actually made sense, given the target, Juan Moreno, or Senor X as they referred to him over com, had hired himself an ex-Special Forces soldier to be the head of his security. Tran Quan was American born but had ties to the Yakuza. Extra weight to be brought to bear should it be requested.
Taking a small drink from his canteen, Tobias ignored the sweat trickling down his spine. His attention was locked on a small group of vehicles approaching the compound. Binoculars up, he brought the lead car into focus and easily recognized one of Moreno’s drivers. His attention moving to the second car, he was surprised to see Quan in the front passenger seat. The man was normally glued to Moreno’s side so to see him out without Moreno… this was big.
“Ripper, we have four cars approaching the compound. I need to know who exits the second car once they stop inside. Get pictures.”
“Roger that, Rogue.”
Ripper and Cherry were up on the mountain using some seriously high-powered tools to stare down into the compound. Their position was treacherous since they were, literally, dangling off the face of that mountain. One wrong move and they’d be headed straight down toward death.
“They’re turning toward the gate now. Not stopping either, they’ve been waved right through,” Tobias reported. The gates slid shut but not before he spotted a slender leg wearing a dainty shoe at the end slipping out of the door being opened by a guard. Instantly, he felt his gut clench in need to see the body went with that limb.
A soft whistle came through the com. “Damn, she’s fucking hot. Think she’s banging senor X?” Herc asked.
“Too young for him, you oaf,” Cherry said.
“Like that would stop the old fucker. We all know he doesn’t care about age. One of the reasons why we’re here to see him shot,” Herc told her. “Personally, it’s my only reason to see his head explode under the impact of my bullet.”
“Cut the chatter. Tell me you have photos for everyone that came in those vehicles.”
“Confirmed,” Ripper said.
“Good, get your asses down from there. Scout will be here to relieve me soon, then we need to get back and review everything.” Tobias was hopeful that somewhere in those photos he might find a way to pull Moreno away from his security blanket.
“It’s his daughter, Gabriella Moreno.” Rainer said. His words had everyone’s attention. Tobias couldn’t figure out who was more shocked. Turning in his seat Rainer shook his head. “I had to dig, and dig deep. The old man has her buried.”
“Makes sense,” Winston muttered. “She’s his Achilles.”
He was right. “We need to keep eyes on her. If we get the opportunity, she’ll be the one we grab. I have a feeling that even with all his enemies gunning for him, he’ll do anything to protect her.” All they had to do was get their hands on her and use her to bait Senor X.
Picking up the picture Rainer had printed out Tobias stared at it. It wasn’t a shot from the compound but one he’d pulled from social media. Gabriella had her head tipped back, laughing at something or someone. She looked carefree and totally at ease. Young, too.
The young woman was just over five foot three inches but those come fuck me heels made her closer to five feet seven, she was thin but not waiflike like so many of the women today. Her hair however, was a riot of auburn red curls that seemed to have a mind of their own, and she didn’t bother trying to tame them. Which said something about the woman herself. She might not have the largest breasts that he had seen in his life but hers seemed to work her body perfectly, like a perfect handful, that distracted him completely.
“We need everything on her from birth until the moment she went through those gates, Rainer. Leave no stone unturned. I think we’ve just found our hot button for daddy Moreno. We grab her and he’ll deliver himself right to us.”
“You sure you want to do that, boss?” Cherilyn asked. At his sharp look, she held up her hands. “I’m down with it, but even if she does leave the compound, you know she’ll have a taskforce worth of guards with her. No way is Moreno letting her out in this country without protection up the ass.”
“And we’ll be ready for that. Our best shot will be if she goes into the city. It’ll allow us to blend in and when the time’s right, grab her up.” At Cherilyn’s snort, Tobias turned a glare on her. “What?”
“Dude, no offense or nothing, but you do not blend.”
Rainer was shaking his head. “I have to agree with her, boss. You tend to stick out.”
“I can blend just fine, I’ll have you know.”
“You keep thinking that. In the meantime, I think I’ll update the other boys and we can add their hilarity to the vote count against you.” Cherilyn patted his chest, walked past, and promptly burst out in laughter.
“I can and will fire your ass,” Tobias called after her.
“No, you won’t,” she bellowed back.
No, he wouldn’t, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t think about it, in great detail.
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Winning the Campaign Manager by Lucy Felthouse
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Politics has never been so sexy!
Cade Avery is running for a position on his local county council. He’s extremely good at what he does and is a valuable asset to his community. The trouble is, he upsets people, says the wrong things, and rides rough-shod over other people’s plans and ideas. His assistant, Mary, eager to improve Cade’s public image, hires him a campaign manager.
Quentin Rayworth is thrilled to be working with such a formidable public figure. It’ll be a challenge, but he’s confident he can help Cade to win the election, and knows that the achievement will look impressive on his CV.
It’s soon clear that the two men are set to be an excellent team. That is, until Cade’s werewolf makes its intentions known—in Quentin, it has found its mate, and it will not rest until he has claimed him. But can Cade—and his wolf—win over the campaign manager?
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“You’ve done what?” Cade Avery yelled, fixing his long-time friend and colleague, Mary Summers, with a glare. He slammed his hands down on his desk, making a bunch of pens jump and rattle, and causing water to splash over the side of his glass. “Why the hell would you do such a thing?”
Mary, by now used to Cade’s temper and frequent outbursts, didn’t flinch. Standing firm on the other side of his desk, she calmly stated, “You heard me, Cade. I’ve appointed you a campaign manager. And as for the why, I think it’s pretty damn obvious.”
“Not to me,” he grumbled, snatching a handful of tissues from the box in his top drawer and swiping irritably at the liquid he’d spilled. “Seems like an unnecessary expense.”
With a heavy sigh, Mary replied, “Do you want to win this bloody election or not?”
“Yes, of course I do. What sort of a stupid question is that?”
“Well then, you need a campaign manager. The rest of the team and I already have enough on our plates. We can’t handle that side of things, too. Not to mention the fact that you really need someone with … expertise … in that department. Someone who can boost your public image, make you more likeable … you know, so people will actually vote for you.”
Screwing up the wad of soggy tissue and dumping it in the wastebasket beside him, Cade snapped his gaze to Mary. She stood, the ever-present iPad clutched against her chest, looking as determined and immovable as a five-feet-one, slim thirty-five-year-old was ever going to get.
He sat back in his chair and folded his arms. “What’s wrong with my public image?”
Rolling her eyes heavenward, her body tensing, Mary’s cool demeanor actually looked on the verge of cracking. Taking a deep breath and releasing it, she looked back at him. “Give me strength, Cade. Are you fucking serious?”
She may have used the deep breath and probably a considerable amount of willpower to dampen down her physical reaction to his question, but her actual words gave her true state of mind away. As a rule, the word “bloody” was as bad as it got for Mary. To have enticed a “fucking” out of her, and within the same conversation, no less, meant she was in real danger of losing her temper with him. And despite her diminutive frame and usually chilled-out personality—especially in comparison with his huge frame and fiery personality—when she did lose it, she was utterly terrifying. Possibly the fact that she rarely got angry was what made it so potent when she did. Mary’s ire could turn even the thickest-skinned person into a blubbering wreck.
“Mary,” he cooed, backtracking quickly, “come on, sit down. Why do you always insist on standing up in here?”
“Because, unless we’re having a meeting, I don’t generally need to stay long. I normally impart my information, you give your feedback, and we get on with our day.” She shifted restlessly and narrowed her eyes. “But today, it seems, you’re having a bit of a brain fart. Do I really need to spell it out for you?”
Raising his eyebrows at her increasing irritation, and wondering if there was something going on in her private life that was making her so touchy, he nodded. “Yes, I really think you do.”
A few seconds of silence passed, in which Mary again seemed to be getting a grip on her irritation. She finally said, “All right. But don’t forget; you asked for it.”
Lucy Felthouse is the award-winning author of erotic romance novels Stately Pleasures (named in the top 5 of Cliterati.co.uk’s 100 Modern Erotic Classics That You’ve Never Heard Of, and an Amazon bestseller), Eyes Wide Open (winner of the Love Romances Café’s Best Ménage Book 2015 award, and an Amazon bestseller), The Persecution of the Wolves and Hiding in Plain Sight. Including novels, short stories and novellas, she has over 160 publications to her name. She owns Erotica For All, and is one eighth of The Brit Babes. Find out more about her writing at http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk, or on Twitter or Facebook. Sign up for automatic updates on Amazon or BookBub. Subscribe to her newsletter and get a free eBook: http://www.subscribepage.com/lfnewsletter
“You can be my master, or you can be my slave” #MWTease from TORN AVENGER
Happy Wednesday, and thanks again to the lovely Angelica Dawson for organizing the MidWeekTeases 🙂
This week’s tease comes from my work in progress, the dark M/M Viking romance TORN AVENGER.
Two quick raps sounded on the door. The signal Hedin used to identify himself.
Annoyed, Alv didn’t bother to answer.
The door opened ajar, and Hedin’s head peeked in. His blue-green gaze shone.
“What do you want?” Alv asked.
“Ssh.” With a sexy grin, Hedin entered, locked the door behind him—which they only did when sharing intimate moments—and went to the windows to pull their coverings down.
Alv sighed and shifted on the mattress. “I’m not in the mood.”
“For what?” Hedin approached, slowly taking his tunic off and displaying a lanky, yet sculpted male torso.
Alv used to adore every part of that young man’s body, from its tight muscles to the soft, warm skin beneath which they played. He had ejaculated his seed over Hedin’s handsome face countless times at night, clenching his teeth so as not to alert the villagers.
Today, all that occupied his mind were the tanned, chiseled features of a foreigner whose deep black gaze bored into Alv’s very soul—and Alv couldn’t look away.
At the thought of that man prolonging his stare, Alv’s heart beat an irregular rhythm and his breath caught.
They’d touched briefly when Alv untied the sailor rope, but his fingers had been too cold to sense anything. The episode on the ladder, on the other hand, had brought them together chest-to-chest, thigh-to-thigh, as Alv had held the grieving man tight, stopping his jump into the abyss below. In that moment of extreme tension, Alv had been too terrified to feel anything sexual, but now, conjuring up the memories, his body heated and his cock jerked alive.
Hedin dropped his tunic to the ground and made a small dance of his hips, his thick, purple erection bobbing from side to side. He was well endowed for such a young man—not yet seventeen—and there’d been times when all Alv could think about was sliding that mushroom-headed shaft into his ass and riding it fast until he exploded inside and out, spraying hot semen uncontrolledly.
They’d met last summer, when Hedin’s father, one of earl Gunnulf’s slaves, died during the construction of a stone wall, and Hedin’s mother had implored the earl to take her son into his care. She had too many other children to provide for. The son of a slave was always a slave, and Gunnulf had assigned the young boy to be Alv’s personal thrall.
He’d quickly become a lot more.
But not now.
Not only was Alv drained, his mind buzzed with a series of problems and their possible outcomes, plus the sensual interference of another man. He couldn’t help it. Everything had been thrown at him in the course of a few days, and the magnitude of each issue weighed on him. It took a man—and he wasn’t really one—to handle it all in the best manner. The most important thing was to satisfy Mother, since she was Alv’s sole remaining relative, and what she’d suggested he do with Elke exasperated him.
At least, it didn’t include fucking Hedin. He turned to his side and closed his eyes.
“Hey.” Hedin climbed onto the mattress and straddled him. “Look.”
Shaking his head, Alv opened an eye and glanced up.
The fat tip of Hedin’s cock bumped into his cheek.
“Ugh, stop it.”
Hedin laughed and swept his cock across Alv’s face, the tip leaving a thin trace of fluid on his skin. “Don’t you want to play? You can be my master, or you can be my slave. Whichever you want.”
Normally, the sight of Hedin’s cock up-close and his naughty words would make Alv salivate, but he groaned of annoyance. “I’m too tired to play. Let me sleep.” He wanted Hedin to leave him alone so he could drift into sleep with someone else’s erotic image in mind.
“Are you sure? ‘Cause I can wake you up. Wake something up.” Hedin spun and pulled the sheets off Alv’s legs. He gasped, stilled, and a silence ensued.
Alv sighed. “Just go.”
“But…you’re hard?” Hedin moved off him, stood, and tore the sheets off the bed, leaving Alv naked. “You’re telling me you don’t want to play, but you’re aroused!”
Yes, recalling how he’d plastered Roeland’s manly body to his on the ladder aroused him, but he didn’t need to make excuses—Hedin was his thrall, and according to custom, Alv didn’t owe him anything. His conscience said otherwise, of course, but in their world of stupid social codes, he couldn’t always listen to it.
“If I’m not the one making your dick hard like that,” Hedin shouted, giving the mattress a kick, “who is it?”
Alv frowned. “Ssh, keep your voice down. You aroused me with your hard dick, but I’m too tired to fuck right now.” Not exactly the truth, but Alv wanted to calm him. The last thing he needed was for the neighbors to hear this conversation. “I’ve been traveling for eight days. Can you respect that?”
Hedin held Alv’s look, his gaze a dark, angry green, then picked up his tunic and put it on with hasty moves. “Liar,” he sneered.
“No, I’m—”
“Shut up.” Hedin turned on his heels and headed for the door.
A slave would be punished for insulting his master, but Hedin was spoiled. Alv had allowed their relationship to escalate to a point where Hedin believed they were equals, that he owned Alv, and that they would be together forever.
Well, Alv loved the boy, and he loved sleeping with him. But the community would never accept that they were an official couple. Didn’t Hedin know that? Not because he was a slave, for slaves could earn their freedom and marry whomever they wanted, but because they were men.
Alv would have to sit down with him later and explain these things once and for all.
Copyright (c) 2017 Lea Bronsen
As the second son of a Viking earl, Alv Gunnulfsen wasn’t meant to inherit a throne or avenge a murder. But when his brother is slain during a raid and their father dies of grief, Alv is expected to take command and claim the killer’s death. In a world of ruthless retaliation and social codes, he must also maneuver cleverly to protect a troublesome secret: his attraction for men.
Roeland van Dijk, a wealthy Dutch merchant settled in Norway, has done the unthinkable to protect his family — hacked off the head of a Viking rapist. The wrath of the blond savages will cost him his freedom, and possibly his own head…
Unless he’s willing to accept the love of another man.
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“Supremely valiant” #SexySnippet from TORN AVENGER
Posted by Lea Bronsen on July 9, 2017
Happy Sunday! Here are seven lines from my current WIP, the dark M/M Viking romance TORN AVENGER.
What was going to happen to Roeland? The combination of heavy labor and bad food and hygiene conditions could be fatal, but not a single soul would understand Alv’s qualms about letting a murderer rot. The thought of keeping him as a personal thrall had struck, but Alv already had one and found no plausible excuse to take two.
Besides, he couldn’t imagine giving Roeland orders. The man was far too “equal” to work for him. Too noble, too proud, too headstrong. Supremely valiant, with the courage of a warrior when he watched Alv raise the sword and cut his cheek!
Roeland van Dijk, a wealthy Dutch merchant settled in Norway, has done the unthinkable to protect his family — hacked off the head of a Viking rapist. The wrath of the blond savages will cost him his freedom, and possibly his own head… Unless he’s willing to accept the love of another man.
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“A presence and power that stunned him” #MWTease from TORN AVENGER
This week’s tease comes from current WIP Torn Avenger, a dark M/M Viking historical romance.
After Torsten came out of the hut with the sobbing Elke in tow and the baby tucked inside his shirt, they climbed down the hillside, leaving Alv alone with the prisoner. Elke hadn’t been allowed to talk to her brother. Alv had thought best to avoid dramatic goodbyes.
He glanced over at Roeland, whose head hung. Dark, wet hair concealed his eyes. He sat cross-legged in the grass with his wrists tied behind his back and looked beaten and cold, his clothes drenched.
Alv was supposed to avenge his brother’s death, but needed time. He was a medicine man apprentice learning to save lives, not take them. Besides, he hated the idea that a family had been destroyed just because Joar had gone on a wild raid with his friends and assaulted a woman. He clenched his teeth until his jaw hurt. Now, the responsibility lay in his hands, and he didn’t know how to make up for the misdeed, while at the same time executing the community’s expectation — killing the one who hacked Joar’s head off.
Roeland looked up, black gaze shimmering in a tired face. “How is Hilda doing? She hasn’t left the hut, and no one is telling me anything.”
Alv didn’t want to answer. It pained him to tell the truth.
“Please, I have to know!”
Norsemen never cried, at least not openly, so it would be natural to scorn the prisoner for his child-like behavior. But the hurt in Roeland’s voice brought warm tears to Alv’s eyes. His own grief, that he’d been forced to suppress in order to appear strong among his peers, blew up like a fire. The pain from losing Father and his beloved brother became too much to hold inside. His chest and stomach ached as if he’d swallowed a poison. Choking, he turned away so the prisoner wouldn’t see his reaction, but in doing so, he revealed that something terribly bad had happened.
A loud cry broke the silence behind him. “Hilda!”
Alv didn’t want to turn and see, but did. The prisoner had risen to his knees and looked up to the sky with a disfiguring grimace, as if imploring his God, for surely he was Christian, to save his wife. “Hildaaa!” he yelled again, his torso spent like a bow.
That shocked Alv. Facing the warriors, Roeland had demonstrated immense courage and not moved a hair width when Alv swung the sword and sliced his cheek. But learning that something was wrong with his wife, he expressed his innermost feelings.
“I’m sorry,” Alv mumbled, throat tight. And he meant it.
Breathing heavily, Roeland sat back on his calves and closed his eyes. Silent sobs made his body twitch. Tears pressed through his lids, rolled down his cheeks, and mingled with the blood seeping from his cut. “What happened?” he croaked.
“She … uh … lost too much blood.”
“And the baby?”
“It survived.”
Roeland gasped and turned to him wide-eyed.
“Yes. She’s a girl.”
“Oh, thank God.” Roeland hunched forward so his hair shielded his face and cried without a sound.
Tears rolled down Alv’s cheeks, too. The pain bubbled inside. He couldn’t kill Roeland. It wasn’t going to happen.
He glanced at the ocean again. The white dots had approached and now had rectangular shapes. They were probably headed for the trading settlement of Bjørgvin.
Please don’t let them spot my war ship below and check things out…
Hurting, drained of strength, he walked over to the prisoner, knelt behind him, and undid the knot. He had no choice. No way could Roeland climb down the ladder with tied hands.
It took some time untangling the thick, wet sailor rope. Alv struggled, his fingers frozen from the rain.
Roeland spun, face tear-stricken. “Why are you freeing me?”
As their gazes met, a current went between them, something real, profound, like mutual understanding. Something that brought them together on a human and spiritual level, and surpassed the fact that one man was a prisoner of war and the other held his life — his death — in his hands.
And it hit Alv how handsome this man was up-close, if one disregarded the bleeding cut and disheveled beard and hair. Handsome, noble, valiant, and with a presence and power that stunned him.
He blew out a breath, then sucked it back in and continued working on the tight knot. “Shut up.”
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Given Time by E.D. Parr
Congratulations to E.D. Parr on your new release!
Thank you for inviting me to your blog with new Evernight Publishing M/M erotic romance, Given Time.
I wrote this story intending to dedicate it to someone in the front of the book when the publisher asked if I had a dedication. In fact, I didn’t when given the chance, because it no longer seemed appropriate.
The inspiration for the story came last Christmas when I went to stay with friends in another county, but one that I know very well and have lived in. Just like Matt in the story I was shocked and deeply saddened when a much-loved celebrity suddenly died on Christmas Day. I’d followed this artist’s work for years and, because he was a musician, the lyrics and his songs had often lifted me from sadness.
Like many others I wandered off to the house the person lived and died in, which was just a couple of miles away in the next village. I sat in my car watching the parade of people placing tributes along the wall of the house.
The core of the inspiration came from seeing a lone man approach as fog descended on the long pathway. He was tall, slender, dressed stylishly from head to foot in black, and he carried a bunch of white lilies that he placed beside other flowers. His melancholy exuded from his elegant movements. The sight struck me and I couldn’t put it out of my mind as the circumstances surrounding the death of this musician was reported in the news for weeks.
I know a little about the deceased’s life and know sadness surrounding his love-life was often woven into his songs. I wrote the story for him … for him to have a happy ending. If that sounds weird, then that’s okay … he gave me, and still does, such pleasure through his music.
The story isn’t about a musician. It’s about life and love. There are a number of scorching hot love scenes in the story, which I enjoyed writing for the two heroes, Matt and Angel, who after hoping for love, finally find it.
Thank you to the unknown, gorgeous man who laid lilies outside the big old house.
Music video maker, Angel Starc is about to board a plane to Paris when he receives some sudden sad news. It takes him hurrying back to his childhood home after two years away, estranged from his older brother, Rory.
Angel is amazed and filled with guilt when that night he meets the only man he’s found romantically attractive in a long time. How can it be right? He should only be filled with sorrow, but gorgeous, caring Matt Loewe wraps him in a blanket of comfort and love that heals Angel’s troubled soul.
Delectable, artist, Matt Loewe, follows his hunches and his heart. He’s been looking for love and Angel ignites an addictive passion in him.
As the two men fall deep in love they provide each other with the care needed to come to terms with their past anxieties.
Romantic erotica with HEA. Warning: contains anal M/M sex, frottage, gay partner oral sex, partner masturbation, and explicit gay male love scenes.
He kissed Matt, gently, soaking up the feel of Matt’s skin against his nose. He thrust his hips so that his lower body crushed on Matt’s and the unmistakable shape of Matt’s cock, hard and bulging in his pants met Angel’s cock. A low groan escaped Angel and he deepened the kiss, clinging to Matt, as his legs weakened and his heart pounded.
Matt pushed his arms around Angel’s neck, and Angel’s hands fell away from the grip on his shoulders. Matt’s murmur penetrated Angel’s haze of pleasure. “I can’t even think straight, but I know I want you naked in my arms.” He rained kisses on Angel’s mouth.
Angel pushed his hands between their bodies. He traced Matt’s erection with his fingertips and then cupped it in his palm, pressing against the fabric of Matt’s pants.
Matt’s groan on Angel’s lips sent a shock of desire through his balls.
Angel opened Matt’s pants in a rapid move and thrust them down his thighs. He dragged Matt’s boxers down and grabbed his cock. The rock-hard column filled his fist and extended inches over it. He sighed out the pleasure the feeling gave him, kissing Matt hungrily. Angel’s cock strained against his pants and his stomach clenched so tight it made him breathless.
“Take off your clothes.” Matt’s urgent whisper teased on Angel’s lips.
Angel hurried to comply. He slid his hand from Matt’s cock taking with it the pulse of pre-cum that leaked from the slit. He licked his finger gazing into Matt’s eyes.
Matt gasped as he watched. He dragged off his jacket and pulled his tie from around the collar of his shirt. Practically wrenching the buttons from his shirt, he yanked it down his arms.
Angel gazed at him, taking off his jacket and shirt as he savored the sight of Matt’s muscled torso, and the way Matt’s perfect cock bounced as he moved. Matt was already naked and Angel went to him. He grabbed his ass and pulled him close. “Fucking hell, you are so hot, and it’s been so long for me I might come just looking at you.” He kissed Matt.
Matt’s response made his cock jerk. The passion in his kiss scorched down Angel’s stomach. He escaped Matt’s lips with a groan and pulled off his pants, levering off his boots as quickly as he could.
Matt ran his hands along Angel’s ass.
Angel jerked upright and spun around.
Matt’s eyes darkened and he held out his arms.
Angel rammed his body on Matt’s and they crashed together, murmuring hoarse sounds. Matt’s cock rubbed on Angel’s and he rocked his hips so that the hard columns slid along each other. His chest felt tight as his lower body clenched with the need to come.
“I might fucking fall down if I don’t come soon.” He whispered…
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“The Only Man in my Life” #SexySnippet from TORN AVENGER
Happy Sunday! Here are seven lines from the first chapter of my work in progress, the dark M/M Viking historical romance TORN AVENGER.
Outside, someone shouted, “A boat is coming!” Quick footfalls sounded on the earth path that passed Alv’s house.
A boat? It had to be his older brother Joar, returning from war. Finally!
Hedin stretched and emitted a lazy moan. “What’s going on?”
Alv dislocated from him and immediately regretted his lover’s bodily warmth. “Joar is back. I think.” He gave Hedin a quick kiss on the corner of his mouth, sat on the side of the mattress, and collected his clothes.
“You care more about him than about me,” Hedin teased with a grin.
“Pfft.” Alv mock-slapped his arm. “You know well there is only man in my life, and that’s you.”
I can’t reveal the cover quite yet, but this is what Alv looks like:
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Posted: October 25, 2016 | Author: Brian Lewis | Filed under: Brian Lewis |Leave a comment
Yellow is a light which has been dampened by darkness;
Blue is a darkness weakened by light.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Theory of Colours (1810)
A public park, a Sunday, a late July afternoon. I am standing at the edge of a path with Angelina D’Roza, a Roland R-05 recorder in my hand, a fourteen-line script in hers. We have been standing here for several minutes, listening and waiting, for the air to level, the wind to soften and fall, so that we might record her poem, ‘This Sea the Colour’. We can’t direct the wind, nor shelter from it; the tall trees that line the path seem only to amplify the gusts. Nor can anything be done with the voices trailing through the park, human, animal, they start, we stop, we start, they start. The poem is a desert poem. There are no children or dogs in the sonnet, no grass, no trees. No purples, no greens. If there is wind, it is not this wind that banks and twists between script and stereo microphone, chipping the tones, I watch the waveforms buckling, the white peaks. The park is not the desert. It is full – of sound, of weather – and we cannot empty it. We’ve nowhere else to go, and we’re running out of time. Think of a colour. We start again, title, first line, then the next, an orange thread paid out to the end of its spool, wound in, and out again, two takes, two tries. The thread is a measure, it is finite, it marks each difference in weight and tone, the poem’s elsewhere and its end. Somehow, in this managed, peopled place, a clipped corner of south-west Sheffield, we close in on the sonnet’s colour space, cadmium orange, soaking blue light, salt, sand and snow, a world of flakes and grains. It is ‘nearer and farther’, a speck made smaller, blown into air, land and sea. We listen to the fade.
The path lies within the Porter Valley Parkway, a sequence of green spaces laid out along the line of the Porter Brook, six miles of woods and water linking the Peak District to Sheffield city centre. We’re somewhere in the middle of this course, perhaps 50 metres from Shepherd Wheel, an ancient dam and grinding workshop, looking west towards Whiteley Woods. I’ve been here before, the thought comes, four summers back, four Julys ago, living on Cherry Street, close to the Porter and its confluence with the River Sheaf, the iron-rich brook trickling into brick conduits, a dark river made darker still. Four summers back, late evening, putting the house in order, the city behind me, finding the river at Pear Street, an embankment, a drop, the water hardly tinting the stones, and the walled greens of the General Cemetery to the south, railed offices and care homes to the north, then a schoolyard, a blank, grey quad and four sprayed walls, high contrast, purple overwriting red, yellow buffing into blue. Spent cans, squeezed tubes. The path climbing to Sharrow Vale Road, the Porter low, a brownout in culverts and bridges, everywhere and nowhere, the dry bright overground mix, residential and commercial, Porter Cottage, Porter Pizza, Porter Pets, the name spelled out in every colour, the lightless river. At the turning circle of Hunters Bar, the course untangles, a clear profile, the water making its own way through Endcliffe Park, close to the entrance, and I go to it, my west to its east. As the park narrows, the river widens, then straightens: a reflective strip, two streets out, bits of broken lamplight, I am reading it backwards. I run out of green, and into another roundabout, spinning off to Whiteley Woods, the next link in the municipal chain. Within a few hundred metres, the sides steepen, the tall trees close in, the streets and their electrics fall away. The park desaturates. If there is a moon, I don’t see it. I raise my right hand before me, but can’t place it. I have hearing, and touch, and I know that I am still with the path, and that the river is still with me. The word that comes is pitch, the wrong word, I know that this cannot be pitch, solid black in a suburban park, I know that the eyes can make adjustments. I pause, not quite stopping, and spin slowly. I wait for a reference tone, a stimulus, one bead of light, absolute threshold. The adjustments don’t happen. No shadow, no movement, no form. Not a speck. Only my spinning, which I stop. I take a few moments to find my bearings from the sound of water. I expect to feel fear, but there is nothing to feed it, the mind is flat, the dark is not disturbed. I stare straight ahead. There is no line, no plane, no vanishing point. I walk into it, the body aware, I realise that the arms are projecting, perhaps for balance, I find that I am disinclined to run. I walk, sounding each step, a thread spooling at my back, until the trees break down, and bits of orange sodium get in. The measures return, the bounds return. Sounds of a road in the south, interrupting the park, then the road itself, yellow on yellow. The mood turns. The park continues, the darkness is restored, and something snaps in the thin corridor, a thread, a thought, and I turn back, at the edge of Hallam Moors, near the Derbyshire border, a mile or so from Rud Hill, where the Porter rises from blanket bog, Redmires to the north, White Stones to the west.
In 1915, the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich exhibited Black Square at Marsovo Pole, Petrograd, as part of The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0.10. It was the first of four identically titled oil paintings that Malevich would produce; the subsequent versions, executed between 1923 and 1930, vary in size, but all recreate the arrangement of the original, a square of black pigment in an off-white border. Malevich conceived the first Black Square as a foundation stone of Suprematism, a short-lived art movement with an emphasis on basic geometric forms and a restricted palette; a ‘grammar’ in the service of ‘pure feeling’, and in stated opposition to the language of objects, objectivity, and representation. On encountering the work today, what is immediately apparent is that none of the versions are geometrically perfect. All four squares are lopsided, skewing into the borders. The present condition of the 1915 Black Square helps to explain why Malevich remade the piece for later exhibitions: even in reproduction, we see the acute deterioration of the flat plane (a process that was reportedly observed within a few years of the Petrograd exhibition, and exacerbated by decades of neglect by the Soviet authorities, decaying in archival darkness), oxidized, flaking, a distressed surface. Light and air have got to the oil, weakening the bond, the white ground exposed by the cracks. Recent X-rays of the painting show not one, but two, earlier compositions; the first of these is Cubo-Futurist, while the second, directly below the Black Square, is proto-Suprematist. Both of the overpainted works display rich, variegated tones, a field that now rises from the darkness, a field into which the Black Square decomposes. What was black is now midnight blue. The object is unstable, in both a physical and a phenomenological sense; the work that exists is no longer the work that was intended, and invites a form of cognitive dissonance when we attempt to reconcile the painting with its title. Malevich declared both the 1915 painting and the Suprematist movement as the birth of ‘a liberated nothing’, an achromatic ‘zero of form’ (though he would make use of colour in contemporary and later works, it’s interesting to consider this statement from 1920: ‘I regard white and black as excluded from the colour spectrum.’). This ‘zero’ is, in Malevich’s view, both empty and full, a ‘desert’ (to which he also likens the painting on several occasions) in which ‘nothing is real except feeling’. It is, perhaps, the idea of the black square that outlives its moment, an idea that persists through the later variations, an idea that, above all, is preserved in the title itself.
Black does not feature among the colours matched to the four temperaments in Goethe and Schiller’s diagram of 1798, though it is present in the four humours of Hippocratic medicine (as black bile, or melaina chole) from which their Rose of Temperaments is distantly derived (and is that dark, irregular blot at the centre of the colour wheel, the shade of dried blood, edging towards blackness?). It is also present, as a trace, in the poems by Chris Jones, Alistair Noon, Geraldine Monk and Helen Mort that comprise two-thirds of our new Rose of Temperaments (the first two poems, by Angelina D’Roza and A.B. Jackson, are discussed here). Each of the four sonnets is flecked with ‘black’ or ‘dark’. In Chris Jones‘s ‘Green’, it is the human eye, the organ of light perception and colour differentiation, in which the eponymous hue is located: a ‘pale green’, ‘born of black and yellow melanin’ (melanin, unsurprisingly, shares a root with melancholia: melas, ‘black, dark’). The apparent simplicity and certitude of the poem’s opening lines, which offer pigment as proof of heritage (‘pincered out to mark the Irish in him’), gives way to the speaker’s preoccupation with a greater exactitude, the iris distilled from mineral and vegetal shades, always between one green and the next, the light shifting with each refocusing. Here, many of the objects that mediate an idea of green are on the threshold of diffuse (rough) and specular (smooth) reflection: ‘oxidised copper’, ‘heavy bottle glass’, the ‘greenish blue’ of rippling water, a ‘jade porcelain’ bowl. They refine and refract. Alistair Noon‘s reworking of the sonnet foregrounds the dubiety of colour perception from the outset: firstly, by adopting a rhetorical strategy that calls into question the premise of the original poem (‘Sure? I thought they were brown, his eyes’); and secondly, in unpicking its light green stitching and introducing a darker thread. The shade ‘born of black and yellow’ is now ‘greenish brown’, a ‘muddier’ pigment that nudges the sonnet, by some degrees, towards red, the province of Noon’s own Rose of Temperaments poem. In ‘[red]‘, it ramifies outward, a season (summer) and a continent (Europe) taking the colour; and, at the edge of its range, a human subject, ‘lips and gums’ sensitized and ‘enstrawberized’, contemplating each sweep of the ‘radar-hard Med’. Chris Jones’s response to the poem takes the form of an indirect intervention, a parallel text; the body of the sonnet is left intact, but is tagged with footnotes, in which each reference to red is challenged or critiqued, a fourteen-point argument for ‘a greener tinge’ in every line (‘Surely ‘radar’s emerald’?’). As with Noon’s version of Jones’s poem, the opposition of the two colours is both dialectical and literal, to the extent that they threaten to negate or absorb each other. One is a viridescent portrait darkened by a crimson wash; the other is a red canvas in a green frame.
In some respects, red and purple are close neighbours. However, purple was not among the colours of the rainbow identified by Newton, or, for that matter, among those named in Goethe and Schiller’s Rose of Temperaments. It is a composite of red and blue (unlike violet, which is also between red and blue, but occupies its own wavelength of light, and is thus designated a ‘spectral colour’). In her ‘Purple’ sonnet, Helen Mort assigns it a complex value: it speaks of intimacy and estrangement, presence and absence, and of deferred, displaced pain (‘although you’re sure you never fell’), spreading and darkening through the poem, a memory that bruises from lilac to black. The effect is that of an eerie suspension, between unreflecting, abyssal wells (‘too deep and never deep enough’) and the still, shallow irises that stare out from the cover of a children’s book. The irises are violet, a symptom of ocular albinism, in which a lack of pigment in the pupil causes the iris to become translucent and reflect light back. The poem ends with a vision of these eyes: eyes that can only be ‘met’ in the act of closing one’s own, in darkness, in dreams. Geraldine Monk, representing purple (or violet)’s ‘complementary’ hue, restricts its influence to three lines of the octave in her version of Mort’s poem, in which the skin takes the burden: here, the bruise is ‘yellowing’, the epidermis ‘jaundiced’. The yellow of bruising and jaundice is attributable to an excess of bilirubin, which, in turn, refers us to the ‘yellow bile’, or choleric imbalance, hypothesised in the four humours, and which survives in Goethe and Schiller’s Rose of Temperaments. Their colour wheel places yellow on the cusp of the choleric and the sanguine, a state of division that Monk’s ‘Yellow’ acknowledges, ‘harmony and warning / wrapped into one everlasting opposition.’ The poem itself is, appropriately, between states: it is an eighteen-line sonnet, a form that dates to the 16th century (John Donne’s ‘The Token’ is an early example). Monk departs from the alternative rhymed quatrains usually found in the ‘heroic sonnet’, but retains its heroic couplet, by which the poem is summarized and concluded:
Whatever binds this colour to our eyes and hearts
we cannot part its salve and sting of ambivalence.
In Goethe and Schiller’s diagram, the traits and occupations associated with choleric and sanguine temperaments are, respectively, ‘tyrants, heroes and adventurers’ and ‘hedonists, lovers and poets’. Well-marked characters, in other words, demanding attention, as does this colour, above all others: ‘we pick you out yelling the origin of your name’. Etymologically, ‘yellow’ has the same root as ‘gold’ and ‘yell’: gleaming, crying out. Monk alludes to the status of yellow in ancient Egypt, and the belief that the skin and bones of the gods were made of gold. In this setting, they are ‘yellowing with eternity’: an ‘undying dying’. She also considers more recent (and notorious) cultural significations; in particular, the mandatory ‘badges of persecution’ that marked out the Jewish populations of Nazi Europe (a practice first introduced in the early Islamic world, and perpetuated through medieval and early modern Europe). This, the brightest of colours, the shade of ‘springtime sunbeams’, is steeped in sickness, too, and is always tilting towards opacity; as Goethe reminds us, it is ‘a light which has been dampened by darkness’.
A hotel lounge, a Thursday, a late September afternoon. I am sitting at a low table with Geraldine Monk, a Roland R-05 recorder in my hand, an eighteen-line script in hers. After some minutes surveying and testing the acoustics of the reception spaces of the Mercure Sheffield – the lobby, the long corridor parallel to the administration wing, the waiting area adjacent to the spa – we have settled into a padded nook, and are preparing to record her ‘Yellow’ poem. Sounds from the cafe terrace pass through the open doors: squeaking pushchairs, rattling china, and, under it all, the cascades of the Peace Gardens, embodying Sheffield’s rivers and molten steel, encircling the fountain, the white point. We make a first take, of which we are uncertain. We make another. Five lines into the sonnet, the town hall clock sounds its bells, a chime that travels to the end of the poem. We listen to the fade, then look up, for a moment, and look down again, at the small table, its black square, the small vase, its yellow flowers.
The development of The Rose of Temperaments, and the sonnets by Angelina D’Roza and A.B. Jackson, are discussed in ‘White Point’, an earlier blog post. Click here to access the index of all six sonnets commissioned for The Rose of Temperaments. Listen to Geraldine Monk reading her ‘Yellow’ poem at the Mercure Sheffield:
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Half way through curating an exhibition.
We were just remarking how difficult it is to obtain original printed propaganda from the Great War in good condition, when, lo and behold…
Spent the morning looking at two very interesting original colour lithographs at Aquila Books, here in Calgary. Both posters are for an exhibition we are co-curating with Mary-Beth Lavoilette for Lougheed House (Beaulieu) National Historic Site titled A Family at War: The Lougheeds, Calgary and the First World War.
Canadian War Bonds were first issued in November 1915, and later called Victory Bonds, they helped finance military operations in World War One. For each issue of Bond, a poster was produced urging citizens to buy them. For those who couldn’t afford to buy War Bonds, War Savings Certificates were available. Thrift Stamps, were directed at children, by accumulating stamps they could use them to buy Bonds.
First issue of the War Bond was at 5.5%. It was quickly oversubscribed, collecting $398 million (about $50 per capita). Second and third issues were available in 1918/19 bringing another $1.34 billion.
How Many War Bond Posters Were Produced?
This question is not easy to answer as print runs varied from only a few hundred to many thousands and, with no centralized authority being responsible for production, keeping track of numbers is an impossible task. It can be certain that hundreds of thousands were printed and found their way onto billboards, into store windows, factories, and essentially anywhere people gathered.
Printing of war propaganda posters meant a huge increase in business for major firms in Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal, as well as for graphic designers, who often remain anonymous and therefore are not credited for their creations.
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How to Understand and Mitigate Risk
post by mr-hire · 2019-03-12T10:14:19.873Z · score: 50 (15 votes) · LW · GW · 22 comments
Transparent Risks
How to Mitigate Transparent Risks: Do the Math
Transparent Risks in Real Life
Commodity and Utility Markets
Opaque Risks
How to Mitigate Opaque Risks: Determine the Distribution
Opaque Risks in Real Life
Choosing a Career You Don't Like
Building a Product Nobody Wants
Knightian Risks
Types of Knightian Risks
Dynamic Environments
Adversarial Environments
Ways to Mitigate Knightian Risks
Antifragility
Capability Enhancement
Knightian Risks in Real Life
0 to 1 Companies
AGI Risk
This post wouldn't be possible without support from the EA Hotel [EA · GW].
Epistemic Status: Fairly certain these distinctions are pointing at real things, less certain that the categories are exactly right. There's still things I don't know how to fit into this model, such as using Nash Equilibria as a strategy for adversarial environments.
Instrumental Status: Very confident that you'll get better outcomes if you start using these distinctions where previously you had less nuanced models of risk.
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Transparent risks are those risks that can be easily quantified and known, in advance. They're equivalent to the picture above, with a transparent bag where I can count the exact amount of marbles in each bag. If I'm also certain about how much each marble is worth, then I have a simple strategy for dealing with risks in this situation.
The simple strategy for transparent risks like the one above is to do the math.
Expected value is a simple bit of probability theory that says you should multiply the likelihood of an event happening by the payoff to get your long run value over time. It's a simple way to figure out if the risk is worth the reward in any given situation. The best introduction I know to expected value is here.
The Kelly criterion is helpful when losing your entire bankroll is worse than other
outcomes. I don't fully understand it, but you should, and Zvi wrote a post in it here [LW · GW]. (If someone would be willing to walk me through a few examples and show me where all the numbers in the equation come from, I'd be very grateful.)
Driving drunk is a simple, well studied risk on which you can quickly find probabilities of crash, injury and death to yourself and others. By comparing these costs to the costs of cab fare (and the the time needed to get your car in the morning if you left it), you can make a relatively transparent and easy estimate whether it's worth driving at your Blood Alcohol Content level (spoiler alert, No if your BAC is anywhere near .08 on either side.) The same method can be used for any well-studied risks that exist within tight, slow changing bounds.
While most business opportunities are not transparent risks, an exception exists for commodities and utilities (in the sense mean't by Wardley Mapping [LW · GW]). It's quite easy to research the cost of creating a rice farm, or a power plant, as well as get a tight bounded probability distribution for the expected price you can sell your rice or electricity at after making the initial investment. These markets are very mature and there's unlikely to be wild swings or unexpected innovations that significantly change the market. However, because these risks are transparent it also means that competition drives margins down. The winners are those which can squeeze a little extra margin through economies of scale or other monopoly effects like regulatory capture.
Edit: After being pointed to the data on commodities, I no longer lump them in with utilities as transparent risks and would call them more Knightian.
Opaque risks are those risks that can be easily quantified and unlikely to change, but which haven't already been quantified/aren't easy to quantify just by research. They're equivalent to the picture above, with an opaque bag that you know contains a static amount of a certain type of marble, but not the ratio of marbles to each other. As long as I'm sure that the bag contains only three types of marbles, and that the distribution is relatively static, a simple strategy for dealing with these risks emerges.
The simple strategy for opaque risks is to figure out the distribution. For instance, by pulling a few marbles at random out of the bag, you can over time become more and more sure about the distribution in the bag, at which point you're now dealing with transparent risks. The best resource I know of for techniques to determine the distribution of opaque risks is How to Measure Anything by Douglas Hubbard.
Sampling involves repeatedly drawing from the distribution in order to get an idea of what the distribution is. In the picture above, it would involve simply reaching your hand in and pulling a few marbles out. The bigger your sample, the more sure you can be about the underlying distribution.
Modelling involves breaking down the factors that create the distribution, into as transparent pieces as possible. The classic example from fermi estimation is how many piano tuners there are in Chicago - that number may be opaque to you, but the number of people in Chicago is relatively transparent, as is the percentage of people that own pianos, the likelihood that someone will want their piano tuned, and the amount of money that someone needs to make a business worthwhile. These more transparent factors can be used to estimate the opaque factor of piano tuners.
In the personal domain, opaque risks often take the form of very personal things that have never been measured because they're unique to you. As a career coach, I often saw people leaping forward into careers that were smart from a global perspective (likely to grow, good pay, etc) but ignored the more personal factors. The solution was a two tier sampling solution: Do a series of informational interviews for the top potential job titles and potential industries, and then for the top 1-3 careers/industries, see if you can do a form of job shadowing. This significantly helped cut down the risk by making an opaque choice much more transparent.
In the business domain, solutions that are products(in Wardley Mapping [LW · GW]terms) but are not yet commoditized often qualify as opaque risks. In this case, simply talking to customers, showing them a solution, and asking if they'll pay, can save a significant amount of time and expense before actually building the product. Material on "lean startup" is all about how to do efficient sampling in these situations.
Knightian risks are those risks that exist in environments with distributions that are actively resistant to the methods used with opaque risks. There are three types of Knightian Risks: Black Swans, Dynamic Environments, and Adversarial Environments.
A good portion of "actually trying to get things done in the real world" involves working with Knightian risks, and so most of the rest of this essay will focus on breaking them own into their various types, and talking about the various solutions to them.
Milan Griffes has written about Knightian risks in an EA context on the EA forum, calling them "cluelessness". [EA · GW]
A black swan risk is an unlikely, but very negative event that can occur in the game you choose to play.
In the example above, you could do a significant amount of sampling without ever pulling the dynamite. However, this is quite likely a game you would want to avoid given the presence of the dynamite in the bag. You're likely to severely overestimate the expected value of any given opportunity, and then be wiped out by a single black swan. Modelling isn't useful because very unlikely events probably have causes that don't enter into your model, and it's impossible to know you're missing them because your model will appear to be working accurately (until the black swan hits). A great resource for learning about Black Swans is the eponymous Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb.
When your risks are changing faster than you can sample or model them, you're in a dynamic environment. This is a function of how big the underlying population size is, how good you are at sampling/modelling, and how quickly the distribution is changing.
A traditional sampling strategy as described above involves first sampling, finding out your risks in different situations, then finally "choosing your game" by making a decision based on your sample. However, when the underlying distribution is changing rapidly, this strategy is rendered moot as the information your decision was based on quickly becomes outdated. The same argument applies to a modelling strategy as well.
There's not a great resource I know of to really grok dynamic environments, but an ok resource is Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows (great book, but only ok for grokking the inability to model dynamic environments).
When your environment is actively (or passively) working to block your attempts to understand it and mitigate risks, you're in an adversarial environment.
Markets are a typical example of an Adversarial Environment, as are most other zero sum games with intelligent opponents. They'll be actively working to change the game so that you lose, and any change in your strategy will change their strategy as well.
Antifragility is a term coined by Nassim Taleb to describe systems that gain from disorder. If you think of the games described above as being composed of distributions, and then payoff rules that describe how you react to this distributions, anti-fragility is a look at how to create flexible payoff rules that can handle Knightian risks. Taleb has an excellent book on anti-fragility that I recommend if you'd like to learn more.
In terms of the "marbles in a bag" metaphor, antifragility is a strategy where pulling out marbles that hurt you makes sure you get less and less hurt over time.
Optionality
Optionality is a heuristic that says you should choose those options which allow you to take more options in the future. The idea here is to choose policies that lower you're intertia and switching costs between strategies. Avoiding huge bets and long time horizons that can make our break you, while developing agile and nimble processes that can quickly change. This is the principle from which all other anti-fragile principles are generated.
This helps with black swans by allowing you to quickly change strategies when your old strategy is rendered moot by a black swan. It helps with dynamic environments by allowing your strategy to change as quickly as the distribution does. It helps with adversarial environments by giving you more moves to use against changing opponents.
Going with the bag of marbles example, imagine there are multiple bags of marbles, and the distributions are changing over time. Originally, it costs quite a lot to switch between bags. The optionality strategy says you should be focused on lowering the cost of switching between bags over time.
Hormesis
Hormesis is a heuristic that says that when negative outcomes befall you, you should work to make that class of outcomes less likely to hurt you in the future. When something makes you weak temporarily, you should ultimately use that to make yourself stronger in the long run.
This helps with Black Swans by gradually building up resistance to certain classes of black swans BEFORE they hit you. It helps with rapidly changing distributions by continually adapting to the underlying changes with hormetic responses.
In the bag of marbles example, imagine that at the start pulling a red marble was worth -$10. Every time you pulled a red marble, you worked to reduce that harm of red things by 1/10. This would mean that in an environment with lots of red marbles, you would quickly become immune to them. It would also mean that if you eventually did pull out that stick of dynamic, your general ability to handle red things would mean that it would hurt you less.
(I get that the above example is a bit silly, but the general pattern of immunity to small events helping you with immunity to black swans in the same class is quite common).
The evolution heuristic says that you should constantly be creating multiple variations on your current strategies, and keeping those that avoid negative consequences over time. Just like biological evolution, you're looking to find strategies that are very good at survival. Of course, you should be careful about calling up blind idiot gods [LW · GW], and be cautious about being tempted to optimize gains instead of minimize downside risk (as it should be used).
This helps with black swans in a number of ways. Firstly, by diversifying your strategies, it's unlikely that all of them will be hit by black swans. Secondly, it has an effect similar to hormesis in which immunity to small effects can build up immunity to black swans in the same class. Finally, by having strategies that outlive several black swans, you develop general survival characteristics that help against black swans in general. It helps with dynamic environments by having several strategies, some of which will hopefully be favorable to the environmental changes.
The Barbell Strategy
The barbell strategy refers to a strategy of splitting your activities between those that are very safe, with low downside, and those that are very risky, with high upside. Previously, Benquo has argued against the barbell strategy [LW · GW], arguing that there is no such thing a riskless strategy. I agree with this general idea, but think that the framework I've provided in this post gives a clearer way to talk about what Nassim means: Split your activities between transparent risks with low downsides, and Knightian risks with high upsides.
The transparent risks obviously aren't riskless (that's why they're called risk), but they behave relatively predictably over long time scales. When they DON'T behave predictably is when there's black swans, or an equilibrium is broken such that a relatively stable environment becomes an environment of rapid change. That's exactly when the transparent risks with high upside tend to perform well (because they're designed to take advantage of these situations). That's also why this strategy is great for handling black swans and dynamic environments. It's less effective at handling adversarial environments, unless there's local incentives in the adversarial environment to think more short term than this strategy does.
Via negativa is a principle that says to continually chip away at sources of downside risk, working to remove the bad instead of increase the good. It also says to avoid games that have obviously large sources of downside risk. The principle here is that downside risk is unavoidable, but by making it a priority to remove sources of downside risks over time, you can significantly improve your chances.
In the bag of marbles example, this might look like getting a magnet that can over time begin to suck all the red marbles/items out of the bag, so you're left with only the positive value marbles. For a more concrete example, this would involve paying off debt before investing in new equipment for a business, even if the rate of return from the new equipment would be higher than the rate of interest on the loan. The loan is a downside risk that could be catastrophic in the case of a black swan that prevented that upside potential from emerging.
This helps deal with black swans, dynamic environments, and adversarial environments by making sure you don't lose more than you can afford given that the distribution takes a turn for the worse.
Skin in the game is a principle that comes from applying anti-fragility on a systems level. It says that in order to encourage individuals and organizations to create anti-fragile systems, they must be exposed to the downside risk that they create.
If I can create downside risk for others that I am not exposed to, I can create a locally anti-fragile environment that nonetheless increases fragility globally. The Skin in the game principle aims to combat two forces that create molochian anti-fragile environments- moral hazards and negative externalities.
Effectuation is a term coined by Saras Sarasvathy to describe a particular type of proactive strategy she found when studying expert entrepreneurs. Instead of looking to mitigate risks by choosing strategies that were flexible in the presence of large downsides risks (antifragility), these entrepreneurs instead worked to shift the distribution such that there were no downside risks, or shift the rules such that the risks were no longer downsides. There's not a book a can recommend that's great at explaining effectuation, but two OK ones are Effectuation by Saras Sarasvathy and Zero to One by Peter Thiel. This 3-page infographic on effectuation is also decent.
Note that Effectuation and Antifragility explicitly trade off against each other. Antifragility trades away certainty for flexibility while Effectuation does the opposite.
In terms of the "marbles in a bag" metaphor, Effectaution can be seen as pouring a lot of marbles that are really helpful to you into the bag, then reaching in and pulling them out.
Pilot-in-Plane Principle
The pilot-in-plane principle is a general way of thinking that says control is better than both prediction and anti-fragility. The pilot-in-plane principle emphasizes proactively shaping risks and rewards, instead of creating a system that can deal with unknown or shifting risks and rewards. The quote that best summarizes this principle is the Peter Drucker quote "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
This principle also isn't much use with black swans. It deals with dynamic environments by seizing control of the forces that shape those dynamic environments. It deals with adversarial environments by shaping the adversarial landscape.
Affordable Loss Principle
The affordable loss principle simply says that you shouldn't risk more than you're willing to lose on any given bet. It's Effectuation's answer to Via Negativa principle.
The difference is that while Via negativa recommends policies that search for situations with affordable downside, and focus on mitigating unavoidable downside, Affordable loss focuses on using your resources to shape situations in which the loss of all parties is affordable.
It's not enough to just make bets you can afford to lose, you have to figure out how to do this while maximizing upside. Can you get a bunch of people to band together to put in a little, so that everyone can afford to lose what they're putting in, but you have a seat at the table? Can you have someone else shoulder the risk who can afford to lose more> Can you get guarantees or insurance to minimize downside risk while still getting the upside? Many of these principles break the Skin in the Game principle needed for anti-fragility, but work perfectly (without calling up Moloch) when using an effectuative strategy. This is the affordable loss principle.
It helps with black swans by creating buffers that protect catastrophic loss. It helps with dynamic environments by keeping what can you lose constant even as the environment changes. It helps with adversarial environments by making sure you can afford to lose to your adversary.
Bird-in-Hand Principle
The bird-in-hand principle says that you should use your existing knowledge, expertise, connections, and resources to shift the distribution in your favor. It also says that you should only choose to play games where you have enough of these existing resources to shift the distribution. Peter Thiel says to ask the question "What do I believe that others do not?" Saras Sarasvathy says to look at who you are, what you know, and who you know.
This helps with Black Swans by preventing some of them from happening. It helps with dynamic environments by seizing control of the process that is causing the environment to change, making most of the change come from you. It helps with adversarial environments by ensuring that you have an unfair advantage in the game.
Lemonade Principle
The lemonade principle that says when the unexpected happens, you should use that as an opportunity to re-evaluate the game you're playing, and seeing if there's a more lucrative game you should be playing instead. Again, the idea of "make the most of a bad situation" might seem obvious, but through the creative and proactive lens of effectuation, it's taken to the extreme. Instead of saying "What changes can I make to my current approach given this new situation?" the lemonade principle says to ask "Given this new situation, what's the best approach to take?"
This helps with Black Swans by using them as lucrative opportunities for gaining utility. It helps with dynamic environments by constantly finding the best opportunity given the current landscape. It helps with adversarial environments by refusing to play losing games.
Patchwork Quilt Principle
The patchwork quilt principle says that you should trade flexibility for certainty by bringing on key partners. The partners get to have more of a say in the strategies you use, but in turn you get access to their resources and the certainty that they're on board.
While the original work on effectuation paints this principle as only having to do with partnerships, I like to think of it as a general principle where you should be willing to limit your options if it limits your downside risk and volatility more. The inverse of the optionality principle from antifragile strategies.
This strategy doesn't really help with black swans that much. It helps with dynamic environment by making the environment less dynamic through commitments. It helps with Adversarial environments by turning potential adversaries into allies.
Capability enhancement is a general strategy of trying to improve capabilities such that knightian risks are turned into opaque risks (which are then turned into transparent risks through sampling and modelling). Unlike the previous to ways to mitigate knightian risk, this is more a class of strategies than a strategy in its' own right. In terms of the "marbles in a bag" analogy, capability enhancement might be building x-ray googles to look through the bag, or getting really good at shaking it to figure out the distribution.
Black Swans can be turned opaque by knowing more (and having less unknown unknowns. Dynamic environments can be turned opaque by increasing the speed of sampling or modelling, or the accuracy or applicability of models. Adversarial environments can be turned opaque by giving better strategies to model or face adversaries (and their interactions with each other).
There are numerous classification schemes one could use for all the various types of capability enhancement. Instead of trying to choose one, I'll simply list a few ways that I see people trying to approach this, with no attempt at completeness or consistent levels of abstraction.
Personal Psychology Enhancement
By making people think better, work more, be more effective, an individual can increase the class of problems that become opaque to them. This is one approach that CFAR and Leverage are taking.
Better Models
By creating better models of how the world works, risks that were previously knightian to you become opaque. I would put Leverage, FHI, and MIRI into the class of organizations that are taking this approach to capability enhancement. The sequences could fit here as well.
Better Thinking Tools
By creating tools that can themselves help you model things, you can make risks opaque that were previously Knightian. I would put Verity, Guesstimate, and Roam in this category.
Improving Group Dynamics
By figuring out how to work together better, organizations can turn risks from knightian to opaque. Team Team on Leverage, and CFARs work on group rationality both fit into this category.
Collective Intelligence and Crowdsourcing
By figuring out how to turn a group of people into a single directed agent, you can often shore up individuals weaknesses and amplify their strengths. This allows risks that were previously knightian to individuals become opaque to the collective.
I would put Metaculus, Verity, and LessWrong into this category.
When a company is creating something entirely new (in the Wardley Mapping [LW · GW] sense), it's taking a Knightian risk. Sampling is fairly useless here because people don't know they want what doesn't exist, and naive approaches to modelling won't work because your inputs are all junk data that exists without your product in the market.
How would each of these strategies handle this situation?
Start your company in an industry where you have pre-existing connections, and in which you have models or information that others don't ("What do you believe that others do not?"). Before building the product, get your contacts to pay up front to get you to build it, therefore limiting risk. If something goes wrong in the building of the product, take all the information you've gathered and the alliances you've already made, and figure out what the best opportunity is with that information and resources.
Anti-Fragility
Create a series of small experiments with prototypes of your products. Keep the ones that succeed, and branch them off into more variations, only keeping the ones that do well. Avoid big contracts like in the effectuation example, only taking small contracts that can let you pivot at a moments notice if needed.
Create a forecasting tournament for the above product variations. Test only the ones that have positive expected value. Over time, you'll have less and less failed experiments as your reputation measures get better. Eventually, you may be able to skip many experiments all together and just trust the forecasting data. If you're interested in this type of thing we should really chat.
At first glance, it seems like many of these strategies such as Effectuation apply more to individual or group risks than global risks. It's not clear for instance how an effectual strategy of shifting the risks to people who can handle them applies on a society wide scale. I do however think that this categorization scheme has something to say about existential risk, and will illustrate with a few examples of ways to mitigate AGI Risk. I recognize that many of these examples are incredibly simplified and unrealistic. The aim is simply to show how this categorization scheme can be used to meaningfully think about existential risk, not to make actual policy suggestions or leaps forward.
How might we mitigate AI risk using the strategies discussed here?
Capability Enhancement/Modelling/Sampling
A capability enhancement/sampling/modelling strategy might be to get a bunch of experts together and forecast how soon we'll get AGI. Then, get a bunch of forecasting experts together and create a function that determines how long it takes to develop benevolent AGI given the amount of AI safety researchers. Finally, create a plan to hire enough AI safety researchers that we develop the ability to create safe AGI before we develop the ability to develop unsafe AGI. If we find that there's simply no way to discover AI safety fast enough given current methods, create tools to get better at working on AI safety. If you find that the confidence intervals on AGI timelines are too wide, create tools that can allow you to narrow them.
An anti-fragile strategy might look like developing a system of awareness of AI risk and enough funding such that you can create a strategy where two AI safety researchers are hired for every non-safety AI researcher that is hired. Thus, the more you expose yourself to the existential risk of AGI, the faster you create the mechanism that protects you from that risk. This might be pared with a system that tries different approaches to AI safety, and splits off the groups that are doing the best every few years into two groups, these evolving a system that increases the effectiveness of AI safety researchers over time.
The effectual strategy, instead of taking the timeline for AI as a given, would instead ask "How can we change this timeline such that there's less risk?" Having asked that question, and recognizing that pretty much any answer exists in an adversarial environment, the question becomes "What game can we play that we, as effective altruists, have a comparative advantage at compared to our adversaries?" If the answer is something like "We have an overbundance of smart, capabable people who are willing to forgo both money and power for altruistic reasons," then maybe the game we play is getting a bunch of effective altruists to run for local offices in municipal elections, and influence policy from the ground up by coordinating laws on a municipal level to create a large effect of requiring safety teams for ML teams (among many other small policies). Obviously a ridiculous plan, but it does illustrate how the different risk mitigation strategies can suggest vastly different object level policies.
Exercise for the reader: Robin Hanson worries about a series of catastrophic risks that tax humanity beyond it's resources (I can't find the article to link here but if someone knows it let me know in the comments). We might be able to handle climate change, or an asteroid, or an epidemic on their own, but if by chance they hit together, we pass a critical threshold that we simply can't recover from.
How would you analyze and mitigate this situation of "stacked catastrophic risks" using the framework above?
Thanks to Linda Linsefors for reviewing early drafts.
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comment by Mati_Roy (MathieuRoy) · 2019-03-31T17:07:26.568Z · score: 6 (2 votes) · LW · GW
How would you classify existential risks within this framework? (or would you?)
Here's my attempt. Any corrections or additions would be appreciated.
Transparent risks: asteroids (we roughly know the frequency?)
Opaque risks: geomagnetic storms (we don't know how resistant the electric grid is, although we have an idea of their frequency), natural physics disasters (such as vacuum decay), killed by an extraterrestrial civilization (could also fit black swans and adversarial environments depending on its nature)
Knightian risks:
- Black swans: ASI, nanotech, bioengineered pandemics, simulation shutdown (assuming it's because of something we did)
- Dynamic environment: “dysgenic” pressures (maybe also adversarial), natural pandemics (the world is getting more connected, medicine more robust, etc. which makes it difficult how the risks of natural pandemics are changing), nuclear holocaust (the game theoretic equilibrium changes as we get nuclear weapon that are faster and more precised, better detectors, etc.)
- Adversarial environments: resource depletion or ecological destruction, misguided world government or another static social equilibrium that stops technological progress, repressive totalitarian global regime, take-over by a transcending upload (?), our potential or even our core values are eroded by evolutionary development (ex.: Hansonian em world)
Other (?): technological arrests ("The sheer technological difficulties in making the transition to the posthuman world might turn out to be so great that we never get there." from https://nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html )
comment by mr-hire · 2019-03-31T20:15:17.263Z · score: 2 (2 votes) · LW · GW
This is great! I agree with most of these, and think it's a useful exercise to do this classification.
comment by Richard Meadows (richard-meadows-1) · 2019-03-13T06:49:58.336Z · score: 6 (4 votes) · LW · GW
Strong upvoted. This is a great overview, thanks for putting it together! I'm going to be coming back to this again for sure.
Can you say more about this? You mention that effectuation involves "shift[ing] the rules such that the risks were no longer downsides", but that looks a lot like hormesis/antifragility to me. The lemonade principle in particular feels like straight-up antifragility (unexpected events/stressors are actually opportunities for growth).
That claim is something that often seems to be true, but it's one of the things I'm unsure of as a general rule. I do know that in practice when I try to mitigate risk in my own projects, and I think of anti-fragile and effectuative strategies, they tend to be at odds with each other (this is true of both the "0 to 1 Companies" and "AGI Risk" examples below")
The difference between hormesis and the lemonade principle is one of mindset.
In general, the anti-fragile mindset is "you don't get to choose the game but you can make yourself stronger according to the rules." Hormesis from that mindset is "Given the rules of this game, how can I create a policy that tends to make me stronger to the different types of risks?"
The effectuative mindset is "rig the game, then play it." From that perspective, the lemonade principle looks more like "Given that I failed to rig this game, how can I use the information I just acquired to rig a new game."
You're a farmer of a commodity and there's an unexpected drought. The hormetic mindset is "store a bit more water in the future." (and do this every time there's a draught). The lemonade mindset is "Start a draught insurance company that pays out in water."
I think I get you now, thanks. Not sure if this is exactly right, but one is proactive (preparing for known stressors) and one is reactive (response to unexpected stressors).
I'm not sure if this is the way I would think of it but I can kind of see it. I more think of them as different responses to the same sorts of stressors.
comment by Marcus_Oz · 2019-03-13T05:40:13.089Z · score: 4 (4 votes) · LW · GW
I really enjoyed reading this. Quite concise, well organised and I thought quite comprehensive (nothing is ever exhaustive so no need to apologise on that front). I will find this a very useful resource and while nothing in it was completely "new" to me I found the structure really helped me to think more clearly about this. So thanks.
A suggestion - might be useful to turn your attention more to specific process steps using the attention directing classification tools outlined here. For example
Step 1: Identify type of risk (transparent, Opaque, Knightian)
Step 2: List mitigation strategies for risk type - consider pros/cons for each strategy
Step 3: Weight strategy effectiveness according to pros/cons and your ability to undertake
etc - that's just off the cuff - I'm sure you can do better :)
One minor point on AGI - how can you " get a bunch of forecasting experts together " on something that doesn't exist and on which there is not even clear agreement around what it actually is?
I'm sure you are familiar with the astonishingly poor record on forecasts about AGI arrival (a bit like nuclear fusion and at least that's reasonably well defined)
For someone to be a "forecasting expert" on anything they have to have a track record of reliably forecasting something - WITH FEEDBACK - about their accuracy (which they use to improve). By definition such experts do not exists for something that has not yet come into being and around which there isn't a specific and clear definition/description. You might start by first gaining a real consensus on a very specific description of what it is you're forecasting for and then maybe search for forecasting expertise in a similar area that already exists. But I think that would be difficult. AGI "forecasting" is replete with confirmation bias and wishful thinking (and if you challenge that you get the same sort of response you get from challenging religious people over the existence of their deity ;->)
Thanks again - loved it
comment by Pattern · 2019-03-14T16:25:31.630Z · score: 2 (2 votes) · LW · GW
The Kelly criterion is...
(If someone would be willing to walk me through a few examples and show me where all the numbers in the equation come from, I'd be very grateful.)
This would make for a really long comment - about a thousand words (explaining how to derive it). It should probably be a post instead, and in order to be readable, the writer would have to know how to make math formulas render properly instead of just being text. I do not know how to do that last thing, so
The short version is:
The Kelly Criterion is a supposed to be a guide to "optimal betting" for an infinite number of bets, if you have the utility function U = ln(M), where M is how much money you have. The wikipedia page isn't very helpful about the derivation anymore, but it has a link to what it says is the original paper: http://www.herrold.com/brokerage/kelly.pdf.
The Kelly criterion is helpful when losing your entire bankroll is worse than other outcomes.
This is because log($0) = - infinity utilons. If you don't think being broke is the worst thing that could happen to you, this might not be your exact utility function.
Thanks! I do get the purpose/idea behind kelly criterion, but I don't get how to actually do the math, nor how to intuitively think about it when making decisions the way I intuitively think about expected value.
Are you familiar with derivatives, and the properties of logarithms?
I am familiar with derivatives. I don't remember the properties of logarithms but I half remember the base change one :).
comment by Bucky · 2019-03-14T16:24:03.029Z · score: 2 (2 votes) · LW · GW
Can you clarify for me:
Are "Skin in the game", "Barbell", "Hormesis", "Evolution" and "Via Negativa" considered to be subsets of "Optionality"
Are all 6 ("Skin in the game", "Barbell", "Hormesis", "Evolution", "Via Negativa" AND "Optionality") subsets of "Anti-fragility"?
I understood the latter from the wording of the post but the former from the figure at the top. Same with "Effectuation" and "Pilot in plane" etc.
Sort of both. Both optionality and pilot in the plane principle are like "guiding principles" of anti-fragility and effectuation from which the subsequent principles fall out. However, they're also good principles in their own rights and subsets of the broader concept. It might be that I should change the picture to reflect the second thing instead of the first thing, to prevent confusions like this one.
A good exercise to see if you grock anti-fragility or effectuation is to go through each principle and explain how it follows from either Optionality or the Pilot-in-Plane principle respectively
comment by ryan_b · 2019-03-12T15:33:53.305Z · score: 2 (1 votes) · LW · GW
When your risks are changing faster than you can sample or model them, you're in a dynamic environment.
For some reason it never really occurred to me before that a fast enough sampling rate effectively makes the environment quasi-static for analysis purposes. That's interesting.
I think it might be because what little work I have done in dynamics also entailed an action against which the environment needed to modeled; so even an arbitrarily high sampling/modeling speed doesn't affect how much the environment changes between when the action initiates and when it completes.
Quite separately, this post did a good job of incorporating everything I thought of that LessWrong has on risk all in the same post, and it would totally have been worth it if it did not do anything else. Strong upvote.
comment by ChristianKl · 2019-03-12T14:43:31.657Z · score: 2 (1 votes) · LW · GW
I'm surprised about the examples you have for transparent risks. When it comes to drunk driving, I have no idea how many driving skills compare to the average person.
Commodity markets do occasional move in price as well. https://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=rice&months=60 suggests that there were two months in the last 5 years where rice prices shifted by more then 10%.
That's very different then the risk of winning the lottery where you can actually calculate the odds precisely. Taleb uses the term "ludic fallacy" for failing to distinguish those two types of risk. Given that you do quote Taleb later on, have you made a conscious decision to reject his notion of the "ludic fallacy"? If so, wha't your reasoning for doing so?
Yes I think I have different intuitions than Taleb here. When you think about Risk in terms of the strategies you use to deal with it, it doesn't make sense to use for instance anti-fragility to deal with drunk driving on a personal level. It might make sense to use anti-fragility in general for risks of death, but the inputs for your anti-fragile decision should basically take the statistics for drunk driving at face value. I think it's pretty similar to a lottery ticket in that 99% of the risk is transparent, and a remaining small amount is model uncertainty due to unknown unknowns (maybe someone will rig lottery) .The lucidic fallacy in that sense applies to every risk, because there's always some small amount of model uncertainty (maybe a malicious demon is confusing me).
One way to think about this is that your base risk is transparent and your model uncertainty is Knightian - this is a sensible way to approach all transparent risks, and it's part of the justification for the barbell strategy.
How my own driving skill differs from the average person feels to me a straightforward known unknown. For rice prices there's the known unknown whether and resulting global crop yield.
For a business that sells crops it's reasonable to buy options to protect against risk that come from the uncertainty about future prices.
comment by mr-hire · 2019-03-14T18:48:29.549Z · score: -2 (1 votes) · LW · GW
> How my own driving skill differs from the average person feels to me a straightforward known unknown.
I didn't think of model where this mattered. I was more thinking of a model like "number of mistakes goes up linearly with alcohol consumption" than "number of mistakes gets multiplied by alcohol consumption". If the latter than this becomes an opaque risk (that can be measured by measuring your number of mistakes in a given time period).
> For a business that sells crops it's reasonable to buy options to protect against risk that come from the uncertainty about future prices.
Agreed. It also seems reasonable when selecting what commodity to sell to do a straight up expected value calculation based on historical data, and choose the one that has the the highest expected value. When thinking about it, perhaps there's "semi-transparent risks" that are not that dynamic or adversarial but do have black swans, and that should be it's own category above transparent risks, under which commodities and utilities would go. However, I think the better way to handle this is to treat the chance of black swan as model uncertainty that has knightian risk, and otherwise treat the investment as transparent based on historical data.
After having someone else on the EA forum also point me to the data on commodities, I'm now updating the post.
comment by avturchin · 2019-03-12T11:56:43.426Z · score: 2 (2 votes) · LW · GW
How you would classify other global catastrophic risks according to these types?
I would say almost all global catastrophic risks would be classified as Knightian Risk. An exception might be something like an asteroid strike, which would be more opaque.
Edit: changed meteor to asteroid.
comment by Roaman · 2019-03-27T16:31:43.208Z · score: 1 (1 votes) · LW · GW
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1110672251102416896
Regarding Transparent Risks and "Do the Math", reminded of this tweet
Something I wish existed: a mobile app that dynamically calculates the probability you're about to crash your car, based on your speed, the history of the piece of road you're on, the weather, the time of day, accelerometer data, etc.
The math isn't that easy to do when you're in the bar -- and the sort of person who on the margin might take the bet-- exactly the sort of thing that should be automated.
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John Oliver returns with the most beautifully brutal Boris Johnson takedown
By Caitlin Welsh 2019-07-29 07:38:46 UTC
John Oliver is back from his three-week hiatus, and while we wouldn’t say all is right with the world now Last Week Tonight has returned, it’s certainly a relief to watch Oliver let fly on some things that are wrong with the world as only he can do. This week, it’s new U.K. Prime Minister Boris “Britain Trump” Johnson.
Oliver roasts everything from Johnson’s hair and the Olympic flying-fox incident (low-hanging, but always juicy, comedy fruit) and his hobbies (you may or may not recall the cardboard bus interview), to his artfully rumpled personal style (“a cartoon Englishman who dresses like a raccoon that just emerged from David Foster Wallace’s trash”).
“Right there is the key to Boris Johnson: presenting his own lack of preparation so charmingly that you actually doubt he’s unprepared, but he is," says Oliver. "[...] His bumbling persona is actually a carefully calibrated act.” That’s barely halfway through the 22-minute segment, and it gets better.
It’s a truly savage and clinical takedown in classic Oliver style, and it's a must-watch, whether you know what a "no-deal Brexit" is or not.
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Some say we’ve seen bushfires worse than this before. But they’re ignoring a few key facts
Contributor on January 13, 2020
Australia is a bushfire-prone nation. But several factors make this fire season worse than those past. Victorian Government
Every time a weather extreme occurs, some people quickly jump in to say we’ve been through it all before: that worse events have happened in the past, or it’s just part of natural climate variability.
The recent bushfire crisis is a case in point. Writing in The Australian recently, columnist Gerard Henderson said:
In Victoria, there were further huge fires in 1983 and 2009. But until now, there was no suggestion that the state’s future would be one of continuing apocalypse.
Of course, Australia has a long history of bushfires. But several factors make eastern Australia’s recent crisis different to infamous bushfires in the past.
First is the enormous geographic spread of this season’s fires, and second, the absence of El Niño conditions typically associated with previous severe fires.
Thirdly and most important, these fires were preceded by the hottest and driest conditions in Australian history.
Hot, dry conditions preceded this fire season. David Mariuz/AAP
Understanding Australia’s climate
As Australia’s climate has warmed since the 1970s, fire weather conditions have become more extreme, and the length of the fire season has increased across large parts of the nation.
Human-induced warming has been evident in Australian temperatures since 1950. This has contributed to a clear long-term trend toward more dangerous fire weather conditions in many areas.
Read more: Weather bureau says hottest, driest year on record led to extreme bushfire season
As the planet continues to warm, natural climate variability in the Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans will continue to drive variations in Australian climate.
These natural climate drivers are complex. But taking the time to understand them, and how they interact with human climate influences, is critically important.
Natural climate variability refers to processes such as El Niño and its opposite, La Niña in the Pacific Ocean. Together these are known as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. Other such processes include phases of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) in the Indian Ocean and fluctuations in the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) across the Southern Ocean.
Australia’s natural climate influences. Bureau of Meteorology
Right now, ENSO is not active, and a very strong positive IOD event – the strongest since 1997 – has just ended. Positive IOD events typically result in below average winter–spring rainfall over southern and central Australia, and are often associated with more severe bushfire conditions.
There has also been a marked warming of the atmosphere over Antarctica, known as sudden stratospheric warming. This has led to a weakening of the polar vortex, resulting in more negative conditions in the Southern Annular Mode – essentially the north–south movement of the westerly wind belt that loops around Antarctica.
New Australian research has found weakening and warming of the stratospheric polar vortex over Antarctica significantly increases the chances of hot and dry extremes, including more severe fire weather conditions across subtropical eastern Australia than is normal for spring-early summer.
Read more: The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here’s what it means for Australia
This combination of unusual natural variability in the Indian and Southern Oceans, the unprecedented lack of winter rains in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and Australia’s hottest summer on record, have contributed to the extreme drought currently affecting 100% of New South Wales and 67.4% of Queensland.
These factors have combined to bake the landscape dry, even transforming usually wet sub-tropical rainforests into available fuel for this season’s catastrophic bushfire conditions.
Winter rainfall in eastern Australia, 1900–2019. Bureau of Meteorology
How climate influenced past Australian bushfires
Historically, the most severe Australian bushfire seasons and droughts occurred when the Indian Ocean Dipole combined with El Niño to reinforce dry conditions. Both these climate drivers influence Australian rainfall and soil moisture, with the driest conditions over the southeast, but more broadly across most of the country (with the notable exception of coastal NSW).
As Australia’s climate continues to warm, a range of scientific sources suggest some established relationships between the historical drivers of Australian climate and their impact on rainfall and temperature may be breaking down.
Read more: ‘This crisis has been unfolding for years’: 4 photos of Australia from space, before and after the bushfires
For example, Australia’s hottest years on record were historically associated with El Niño events, in line with global temperature trends. However, global warming means even traditionally cooler La Niña years are now warmer than many El Niño years of the past. This suggests natural variability may be increasingly swamped by human influences on the climate.
Following Australia’s hottest summer on record, and a record-breaking year of heat and drought, the 2019–2020 bushfire season started as early as winter 2019.
Mount Macedon in Victoria, after the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983. Wikimedia
In September, barely a week into spring, catastrophic bushfires wrought havoc in many areas of southern Queensland and northern NSW.
Even the usually moss-covered rainforests of the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia burned.
Similarly in Tasmania, the 2016 fires destroyed large areas of ancient Gondwanan forest, triggering a cascade of changes through the entire ecosystem.
Strikingly, the current catastrophic bushfires are occurring in the absence of El Niño conditions typically associated with severe bushfires in the past.
The notorious Ash Wednesday fires that devastated parts of south-eastern Australia in February 1983 occurred during one of the most intense El Niño events on record. Some 75 people were killed across the country’s south-east, and more than 2,000 homes were lost.
Ash Wednesday was also preceded by a positive Indian Ocean Dipole event. Together with the El Niño, this created a “double whammy” of drought conditions which provided the climatic backdrop for the fires.
Average rainfall deciles for total winter-spring rainfall for six positive IOD events that have occurred with El Niño event since 1960. Bureau of Meteorology
Similarly, the 1994 Sydney fires were also influenced by a combination of El Niño and positive IOD conditions.
However the current drought is affecting areas such as coastal NSW which have not historically been influenced by positive IOD and El Niño events. This suggests other drivers are at play.
Rainfall deficits experienced from 1 July 2018 until 31 December 2019. Bureau of Meteorology
Perhaps most alarmingly, this summer’s bushfire crisis also differs from the past is the spread and extent of landscape burned. More so than during Victoria’s Ash Wednesday or Black Saturday, this season’s fires have burned large swathes of the country. In some cases, fires merged to form unprecedented “mega fires”. It is sobering to consider what might happen to the Australian landscape the next time an El Niño hits.
Of course it will take time before researchers can pinpoint the full extent to which climate change influenced the current drought and associated bushfires.
But it is already clear to experts that natural variability and human influences on the climate system are now interacting to generate extremes that may have no parallel in Australian history.
Firefighters recover after battling blazes at Kangaroo Island on 10 January 2019. David Mariuz/AAP
What this means for bushfire danger
As with land and sea temperatures, Australia has seen rising trends in fire danger indices in recent decades.
In particular, the annual accumulated Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) – which takes into account drought, recent rain, air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed – has increased in eastern and southern Australia.
Read more: Bushfires, bots and arson claims: Australia flung in the global disinformation spotlight
The bushfire season has become longer and more intense. In fact, the extraordinary conditions experienced during Victoria’s Black Saturday fires in February 2009 later prompted the creation of a new “catastrophic” fire rating, represented by a FFDI of 100 or greater.
On September 6 last year – less than a week out from winter – severe bushfires burned across Queensland and NSW. In most affected areas, daily FFDI values that day (pictured in the bottom right of the graphic below) were higher than anything observed so early in the season since records began in 1950. Astoundingly, a FDDI of 174 was recorded at Murrurundi Gap in the Hunter region of NSW.
Comparison of historical bushfires using the Forest Fire Danger Index for February 16, 1983 (Ash Wednesday, top left), January 6, 1994 (Sydney fires, top right), February 7, 2009 (Black Saturday, bottom left), and September 6, 2019 (bottom right). Dr Andrew Dowdy, Bureau of Meteorology
In the past, Australia only had to contend with natural climate variability. Now, our entire weather and climate systems are being altered and amplified by human activity. Climate change is making extreme events even more severe, resulting in unprecedented conditions that are rewriting our nation’s history.
The CSIRO’s most recent climate projections reconfirmed their projections released in 2015 which clearly showed Australia faces more dangerous fire weather conditions in future.
It will take time to understand the exact contribution of each climatic factor in the bushfire season of 2019–2020. However one thing is certain: unless there are global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures will continue to rise, increasing the risk that catastrophic bushfire conditions become Australia’s “new normal”.
Dr Joelle Gergis has received funding from the Australian Research Council in the past. She is currently funded by the Australian National University and Australian Government's Department of the Environment and Energy.
Dr Geoff Cary receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, and somewhat recently received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Greenhouse Office/Department of Climate Change Greenhouse Action in Regional Australia funding schemes, NSW Department of Environment & Conservation, and US National Science Foundation.
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Whale singer disappears on 'Eua dive
Friday, August 16, 2019 - 16:49. Updated on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 10:23.
By Mary Lyn Fonua
Marina Trost was recording whale song in Hawaii and Tonga for her documentary. 2019.
Marina Theresia Trost an accomplished German jazz singer, who came to Tonga to “sing” with the whales, remains missing after failing to return to her tour boat after diving in ‘Eua on Sunday August 11.
A Tonga Police search and rescue boat was joined by local divers this morning, but they have so far failed to find any trace of the missing woman. The weather was expected to deteriorate in the area over the weekend.
Trost (43) from Munich, was working on a documentary film called ‘Ama'ara the Song of the Whales’, combining her voice with the images and sounds of whale song.
She was reported to have been part of a whale watching group that were scuba diving inside the 'Eua cave called "The Cathedral", situated on the northern tip of the island.
Last night, the German Consul in Nuku'alofa, Carl Sanft, said the woman's disappearance remained unexplained. He was told that she was scuba diving with another woman and their tour guide in the cave. Marina did not return to the boat, which was waiting outside of the cave, but her diving weight was found at the bottom of the cave. Marina had surfaced early and the others followed, taking 13 minutes to reach the surface, but could not find her.
Trost, a recording artist, who had an interest in psychokinesiology, meditation, and sound channeling came to Tonga, to listen to the mystical voices of the whales, and to create more awareness of the natural world.
Her documentary website Ama'ara The Song of the Whales and youtube preview says, “Following a vision she experienced in a meditation, the protagonist Marina Trost is traveling to Hawaii and Tonga with a film crew to sing with the humpback whales. A deeply moving and life changing adventure for herself and the whole team.”
Trost was in Tonga with her crew and cinematographer/ director Sebastian Jobst.
Jazz singer Marina Trost.
Marina Theresia Trost
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We are friends of Marina
Submitted by Letters to MTO on Wednesday 21 August 2019 10:51am
We are friends of Marina Trost, the missing woman from Munich / Germany. This beautiful and respectful report about her helped her friends and family here a lot.
Please tell the person who wrote it that we really loved it because one can see that the spirit of Marina was clearly expressed in the words. So lovely and on the point about what her mission was (to rise awareness for the whales) and with how much respect for nature she worked and lived.
The team was very fond of the kindness and support by the Tongan people! Thank you again and best wishes to you. - Katarina Kezeric
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Annual Shabbos Project Sees Unprecedented Participation In US, Israel And Worldwide
The seventh annual international Shabbos Project reached 1,685 cities and 106 countries across the world this year, attracting record numbers of participants in many of those cities.
The 2019 Shabbos Project that took place from Nov. 15-16 called on Jews to “Jump Together” in response to rising levels of violent anti-Semitism in the United States and worldwide.
American Jews responded to the call through a dramatic uptick in participation, with events including challah bakes, Havdalah concerts, family and community dinners, festive prayer services and children’s activities taking place in 771 U.S. cities.
Other major Diaspora communities such as France (51 cities), Russia (36 cities) and Argentina (21 cities) also continued to expand their involvement in the effort.
“The growing numbers of people and passionate level of engagement demonstrate the Jewish people’s connection to the values of Shabbat: faith, family, community and unity,” says South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, the founder and director of the project. “This past Shabbat, we showed the world and ourselves who we truly are.”
The Shabbos Project and its partners facilitated thousands of events around the world, while reaching 210 new cities and seven new countries (Rwanda, Papua New Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda, United Arab Emirates, Latvia, Afghanistan, Luxembourg and Oman).
“The 1,685 cities participating worldwide represent more than 10 percent growth from the 1,511 cities that took part in 2018,” says Tanya Harati, global director of operations.
Getting together as a community in Modi’in, Israel. Credit: The Shabbat Project.
One marked example of Jewish unity occurred amid last week’s rocket attacks on southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. The longtime partner White City Shabbat in Tel Aviv expanded its already oversubscribed Friday-night dinner for more than 1,000 people to residents of southern Israel free of charge, while local Tel Avivians also opened their homes to families fleeing the line of fire.
“There wasn’t even a question; this is what the Jewish people are all about,” said Deborah Danan, co-founder of White City Shabbat. “We support each other. We comfort each other. We make room at our table for one another. For us, there was no better way to express our commitment to Jewish unity and the magic of Shabbat than inviting families from the south to join our mega-Shabbat table.”
Perhaps most moving was a moment of silence across Pittsburgh in commemoration of the 11 Jewish worshippers shot and killed in the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha synagogue last October, which occurred on the weekend of last year’s Shabbos Project.
Such global involvement, said Goldstein, “points the way to the formula for a vibrant Jewish future: active participation. To be a Jew is not to be a passive spectator. It is about active involvement, real engagement, personal responsibility and leadership.”
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Brian May – Happy Birthday From Metal Odyssey!
Posted in celebrity birthdays, classic rock, classic rock guitarists, Hard Rock, hard rock guitarists, Heavy Metal, metal odyssey, Music, rock guitarists, rock music, rock music news with tags brian may, celebrity birthdays, classic rock, guitar legends, Hard Rock, metal odyssey, queen, rock music, rock music birthdays, rock music news on July 19, 2011 by Metal Odyssey
BRIAN MAY – On July 19th, 1947, Brian May was born. Brian May turns 64 years young today! Happy Birthday Brian May! Being the legendary guitarist and songwriter for the also legendary Queen, it is difficult to not have Brian’s name mentioned in any discussion about all-time greatest guitarists. His signature guitar sound is so recognizable and downright classic.
While I was growing up as a young lad, I can recall hearing Queen on the radio. I remember thinking to myself, that Queen’s songs moved me in such a psyched-out way. Realistically, all those same Queen songs I heard so long ago, when I didn’t even own a legitimate stereo, still psyche me out today. Timeless Rock written and played by timeless musicians, such as Brian May… never fades away.
* Pictured at top of post: Brian May – Back To The Light, (UK album cover)/Released in 1992 on Parlophone Records (UK) and 1993 on Hollywood Records (U.S.)
LONG LIVE BRIAN MAY.
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VINNIE MOORE – “TIME ODYSSEY” 1988 GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM & METAL MARVEL
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VINNIE MOORE – It was 1988, I was in college and I listened to Vinnie Moore’s Time Odyssey more times than I could count. Already a seasoned listener to Vinnie’s debut instrumental album – Minds Eye, (released in 1986 on Shrapnel Records), there was in 1988 and still is something about his guitar tone that shoots right through me like a bolt of Metal energy. Listening to Vinnie Moore seems to inspire me to go that extra mile… to actually become more emboldened.
I may have mentioned one time before, in a past post about something to do with… Metal, that I used to listen to Vinnie Moore’s music while doing many (if not all) of my college art projects. Be it drawing, painting or slapping together some weird modern art creation… Vinnie Moore’s guitar was heard in the air. The speed, melodies and pure Metal language that Vinnie’s guitar spoke to me while I labored away on those art and graphic design assignments… somehow made me a better graphics and fine arts student! Metal be thy name.
As with any of Vinnie Moore’s solo instrumental albums, no vocalist is heard, nor is one necessary… the guitar of Vinnie Moore sings… for my ears.
My favorite track from Time Odyssey? It’s not as cut and dry as it may seem. Pieces Of A Picture, Morning Star and the instrumental cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps stand out amongst the rest, only I honestly love every song on Time Odyssey. The emotion that Vinnie Moore captures on guitar is beyond what my own Metal words can express here. Vinnie Moore is that incredible of a guitarist to my ears and Metal soul.
My admiration for the Beatles and especially George Harrison is incredibly personal. I cried aloud upon hearing the news that George Harrison passed away. It was November 29, 2001, I was alone, driving to work that lousy morning and the radio DJ gave the somber news to my ears. Listening to Vinnie Moore play George Harrison’s unreal legendary song –While My Guitar Gently Weeps brings back memories of being an art student, college life, falling in love with my wife and of course… George Harrison. Whoa… does this Vinnie Moore instrumental version of this song make my head swirl in thoughts and memories!!
There are so many unique and unearthly gifted guitarists that have played in Rock, Hard Rock, Punk and Metal. So many of these guitarists that I embrace… Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Michael Schenker, Jimi Hendrix, Tim Armstrong, Brian Setzer, Jeff Beck, Dez Cadena, George Harrison, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee… these are some of my lifetime top favorites. Then there is Vinnie Moore. I guess if I was forced to choose my top three favorite guitarists of my Metal lifetime… Vinnie Moore, Yngwie and Michael Schenker are the ones.
There was a period of time in my life, where I did not realize what I was doing in trading away and selling away my vinyl albums… this was back in the mid 1990’s. Time Odyssey fell victim to my blundering display of vinyl album unloading…. ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Well, as the old saying goes… time heals wounds. Just last week, I was making a trip to pay some (gasp) bills, when there it was in the distance… an antiques mall! This antiques mall contains a used record dealer who always seems to have that record or two, that I so desperately need to bring back into my Metal life.
I found Vinnie Moore – Time Odyssey on that trip into the antiques mall last week! I felt like I was floating on air… I wanted to tell the cashier how ecstatic I was, only I bit my Metal lip. I paid a ridiculous low price of 3 dollars U.S. as well for this Vinnie Moore marvel! The album is in unreal excellent condition too… it plays on my turntable without a single crackle or pop. The album jacket is in excellent shape as well. (See my album pics below). This time in my Metal life… I’m not parting with Vinnie Moore – Time Odyssey again. No way. Someone would have to offer me the Metal moon for it… and even then, I would not consider the offer. What would I possibly do with a Metal moon anyways?
* As a bonus, the prior owner of this Vinnie Moore album had inserted an 8 page article on Vinnie Moore, in the album jacket. This article was ripped out of an Issue of Guitar World, dated July 1987. I’m keeping it with this album… as it was meant to be.
* The band behind Vinnie Moore on Time Odyssey:
Jordan Rudes – keyboards
Joe Franco – drums
Michael Bean – bass
* Vinnie Moore – Time Odyssey was released on Squawk/Mercury/Polygram Records.
Track Listing For Vinnie Moore – Time Odyssey:
Side One:
Prelude/Intro The Future
Message In A Dream
As Time Slips By
Side Two:
Race With Destiny
Pieces Of A Picture
April Sky
Here is what the front cover of my Time Odyssey album looks like, note there is some minor wear on the top left corner… whoopee Metal doo is what I say!
Here is what the back cover of my Time Odyssey album looks like:
Here is what the 8 page Guitar World article looks like, that I found inside the album jacket:
LONG LIVE VINNIE MOORE!
* “Whoopee Metal doo” was stated for the very first time on Metal Odyssey, courtesy of this post.
JIMI HENDRIX – “VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE” LIMITED EDITION CD SINGLE I’LL SHOW YA!
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JIMI HENDRIX – By now, hopefully all Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal fans know that a brand new, studio album of 12 previously unreleased songs by this legend of guitar legends are being released on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010. The album is titled – Valleys Of Neptune. A limited edition, CD single has already been released in front of this forthcoming Jimi Hendrix album, it is aptly titled: Valleys Of Neptune as well. This limited edition CD single is just that… each CD single is individually numbered too!! A total pressing of only 15,000 were passed along to the whole planet! My CD single is numbered 13060/15,000. I bought mine at Walmart… sometimes there are those Metal finds at Walmart… sometimes.
As I see it, whenever a CD, vinyl album or DVD is individually numbered, it is adding credibility to it’s limited edition tag. With just 15,000 of these CD singles available upon it’s release, I would have to guess that there are not enough to go around? C’mon, there has to be throngs upon throngs of Jimi Hendrix fans out in the world that would want to own this CD single… I would hope.
As for the two songs heard on this CD single:
Valleys Of Neptune – this song grooves along, (really, it is a groovy song), Jimi Hendrix sounds great, (as he always did), on vocals. Jimi plays the guitar with his distinctive tone coming through with vintage brilliance. In all Metal honesty, I have listened to this song dozens of times since I bought this CD single, obviously I really like it! I only live once and I’m thankful these new Jimi Hendrix songs have landed in 2010. This song was recorded on September 23, 1969/May 15, 1970!
Peace In Mississippi – this is an instrumental… and it’s all about Jimi Hendrix and his guitar licks. The Godfather of riffs and Heavy Metal leads is heard by me ears as if it were a gift from Heavy Metal heaven. This heavy instrumental is 7:02 long and I wish it would carry on for an hour. This instrumental was recorded on October 24, 1968! I was 2 years and 10 months old when Jimi Hendrix recorded this!!
Jimi Hendrix is in the same class as any of Rock and Roll’s largest of legends, any new songs from him is equivalent to hearing a newly released Beatles or Elvis song. This is in essence, Rock History, re-educating me once again where the true roots of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal were sown.
* The recording dates for these two songs are courtesy of the liner notes.
* This CD single was released through Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings.
So there you have it, two newly released Jimi Hendrix songs on this limited edition CD single, just a heavy prelude to the full length album of 12 songs.
GOD BLESS JIMI HENDRIX.
JIMI HENDRIX – “VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE” RELEASES MARCH 9th, 2010!!
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JIMI HENDRIX – what else can I actually say that has never been said about this uniquely elite, guitar legend? One of the originators of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal guitar, the greatest or one of the greatest guitarists in Rock history… still, is that enough praise? Nope. I don’t think I could come up with the correct praise for Jimi Hendrix, really. All I can do is listen to the songs, the albums that Jimi Hendrix has his signature on and be glad I did. In my wildest of Metal dreams, a brand new Jimi Hendrix – 12 song, studio album is actually going to be released on March 9th, 2010 – Valleys Of Neptune. Less than a week away. Wow. Metal miracles do happen. From reading the advertising that is promoting this new Jimi Hendrix album, there is over 60 minutes of unheard music on Valleys Of Neptune!!
As with any true legend, they live on decades after their passing. Jimi Hendrix has always lived on through his guitar brilliance, song writing, vocals and pure Rock and Roll majesty… now Jim Hendrix lives on even louder come March 9th, 2010. It’s inevitable, another generation of Jimi Hendrix fans shall be recruited in 2010.
Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal as I know it in 2010, would not be the same, if Jimi Hendrix did not play guitar so many years ago.
God Bless Jimi Hendrix, his music has and always will live on for me.
JIMI HENDRIX – VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE
* Released through Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings
BRUCE KULICK “BK3” – A MENAGERIE OF ROCK, HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL
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BRUCE KULICK – BK3 was released on February 2, 2010. I bought BK3 on it’s release date at Walmart for $10… not a shabby price at all, especially since this is an extremely likable album of eleven songs. Bruce Kulick has presented to the world, a menagerie of Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal songs. No, there are no Folk songs on BK3, just solid musicianship all, with Bruce Kulick as the main attraction and in the guitar spotlight. Bruce plays bass guitar on five of the eleven songs as well. I have always enjoyed the guitar tone of Bruce Kulick, he doesn’t disappoint me again with his skills and sound on BK3. As the lead KISS guitarist on their studio albums from 1985 to 1992 aside, there has been so much more to an impressive and storied career behind Bruce Kulick and his guitar. BK3 is not about looking back on the past, it’s better described as building on the future while cementing a legitimate and thoroughly enjoyable third solo album.
Any hints of trying to conjure up the Hair Metal version of 1980’s KISS are not found in the music of BK3. I applaud Bruce Kulick for being creative on this album, while reaching out to some of his vocal friends for melodic and harmonious diversity. Other musical guests abound on BK3, each contributing their own signature to this album of spontaneity. A Guitar legend in his very own right, Steve Lukather, jams his way through the instrumental – Between The Lines. The combination of Bruce Kulick and Steve Lukather on one song is a Hard Rockin’ treat to my ears.
I’m The Animal exhibits the vocal talent of Edguy’s Tobias Sammet and drumming/KISS legend – Eric Singer, a Heavy Metal all-star cast. Bruce Kulick fires away delectable licks on I’m The Animal, making this song an instant favorite of mine. Final Mile is an entwining glow of Rock meets Hard Rock – up tempo ballad. Final Mile is also a convincing nod to the never aging Classic Rock genre. To compare Bruce Kulick vocally to someone else, without this sounding too much of a Metal stretch, my pick would be none other than Ace Frehley. Yes, both are unique vocalists, still, making a comparison is all this really is.
I’ll Survive features Bruce Kulick on vocals as well, (he sings lead vocals on five songs in all), a dramatic Rock song, lyrically tapping into the human spirit, while reflecting on being thankful for being alive and having one’s life spared from the grasp of uncertain death. Hand Of The King is a Heavy Metal surprise that features Nick Simmons on lead vocals. (In my Metal opinion, Nick does sound a bunch like his dad Gene Simmons). If comparisons to his dad Gene Simmons, proves to be of any detriment to Nick Simmons and his music career… well then, Metal be damned for his vocals sound terrific to me. Metal kudos to you, Nick.
No Friend Of Mine is without question, another favorite song on BK3 for me. John Corabi is the lead vocalist on this fast paced and semi-ballad. No Friend Of Mine has enough Hard Rock edges, encircling its Heavy Metal core, to tempt me into hitting the repeat button for this song multiple times. John Corabi vocally sounds excellent, a real standout on BK3, in my Metal opinion, once again. Doug Fieger is yet another fantastic surprise to hear on Dirty Girl, this song captures the essence of Rock relevancy through the decades, a good time, Hard Rockin’ song that reminds me of the Summer months… (yes, it really does).
KISS icon – Gene Simmons impresses with lending his lead vocals on Ain’t Gonna Die… yes, this song illuminates Heavy Metal… Old School too. Life ends BK3 in straight forward Rock style, with Bruce Kulick giving his lyrics added sincerity through his own vocals. To sum up the heartening reality of this songs lyrics, two lines say it best: Love is a gift in life, Be careful of what you choose. Bruce Kulick definitely has a mellow side, then again, I guess I do too… Bruce Kulick has reminded me of that.
* Catch up on more Bruce Kulick news and info by clicking here: BRUCE KULICK – Official Website
* BK3 was released on Twenty 4 Records/Rocket Science.
Track Listing For BK3:
Ain’t Gonna Die
No Friend Of Mine
Hand Of The King
I’ll Survive
Final Mile
I’m The Animal
HARDLINE – “DOUBLE ECLIPSE” 1992 DEBUT ALBUM REIGNS WITH HARD ROCK RELEVANCY
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Best Metal buddy Scott Coverdale landed me another album, that flew under my Hard Rock radar many years ago. Here is how the phone conversation went, (after many, many moments of trying to guess what band Scott was quizzing me on): Dude, have you ever heard of Hardline? Neal Schon, man! Whoa… this band Rocks! This is one unbelievable album! The praise Hardline – Double Eclipse was getting from Scott went on and on. I don’t recall one microscopic fault that Scott could find with this album. Some excitable F bombs were probably dropped around in his praise as well, from what I recall. Metal truth be told, I informed Scott that I vaguely remember the Gioeli brothers being involved in a band… however, I never listened to them, ever. Connecting Neal Schon to Hardline was not in my Metal memory… that is why Scott is a Metal Odyssey – Metal Researcher. (I remember vividly Neal Schon being a key member of HSAS, with Sammy Hagar, back in ’84. I always liked the HSAS album Through The Fire a whole lot. Throw in the Metal facts that I revere Neal Schon for his accomplishments as a Rock/Hard Rock guitarist and my adoration for Journey, (and not all the Journey ballads)… well, Hardline – Double Eclipse needed to be finally heard by me!!
I do agree with Scott that Double Eclipse is a great album, it has many hard and heavy moments. I do differ on one key musical aspect of Double Eclipse… the ballads. Oh, they are present… oh yeah. Can’t Find My Way is as annoying to me as a long line at the gas pumps. Lead vocalist Johnny Gioeli is fabulous on Double Eclipse, it’s just that dreaded sappy emotion of Can’t Find My Way that ruins it for me. I’ll Be There is much more upbeat, both with the believably emotional vocals of Johnny Gioeli and the up-tempo of the entire song. Still, it’s a ballad. Change Of Heart brings on that love is in the air feeling… ugh. Understand, I have never embraced ballads in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal my entire life… I am very finicky about them. Ballads have their place… only why interrupt the Hard Rock flow of an album with them? Bad Taste rocks the F’n house down… and it is a song right before Can’t Find My Way! I got all pumped up, psyched out, only to get bummed out immediately after with sappy silliness.
Alright, enough with ballads, why I despise most of them and onward with the songs on Double Eclipse – that rage with the hard and heavy! Takin’ Me Down, (see music video below), takes me down a Hard Rock colliding with Heavy Metal path that I don’t mind taking. Neal Schon is scorching on guitar throughout the non-ballads of Double Eclipse, he really takes it to the top on Takin’ Me Down. The vintage guitar tone of Neal Schon never screams louder than on Hot Cherie… just a damn great Hard Rock song. Everything is a song that sounds like a ballad that was modified to become a more edgier and harder song at the very end, a memorable song for my anti-ballad ears.
Life’s A Bitch, Dr. Love and Rhythm From A Red Car are the first three songs on Double Eclipse, it’s a shame that the entire album could not have followed the Hard and Heavy blueprint of them. These first three songs are what Hard Rock meshing with Heavy Metal is all about! At the end of my Metal day, I will listen to Double Eclipse again… and again. My personal distaste for ballads is just that… personal. I will state, that the ballads heard on Double Eclipse are fantastic for what they are, especially if you are into Rock/Hard Rock ballads!
Just because the ballads heard on Double Eclipse don’t move me, does not mean that they should never be praised or enjoyed by others. Across the Metal board, the credibility in the vocals of Johnny Gioeli and the musicianship of each member of Hardline cannot be ignored or disputed. Johnny Gioeli has the quintessential Hard Rock meets Heavy Metal vocals… a standout singer who really seems to feel the songs, something I find most admirable. This 1992 debut album from Hardline holds strong Hard Rock relevance to what’s currently being created in 2010 and arguably better than a noticeable percentage of current Rock/Hard Rock today… ballads included.
Here is the music video for Takin’ Me Down… it’s pretty darn cool, despite the visual being a tad fuzzy:
Hardline – Double Eclipse was released on April 28, 1992, on MCA Records.
Hardline, as they appeared on their debut album – Double Eclipse:
Johnny Gioeli – lead vocalist
Neal Schon – lead guitar
Joey Gioeli – rhythm guitar
Todd Jensen – bass guitar
Deen Castronovo – drums
Track Listing For Hardline – Double Eclipse:
Life’s A Bitch
Rhythm From A Red Car
Takin’ Me Down
Hot Cherie
Can’t Find My Way
31-91 (Metal Odyssey note: an acoustic guitar instrumental – very mellow, yet good)
In The Hands Of Time
“SIX – STRING HEROES” – BOOK DOCUMENTS HISTORY OF GUITARISTS THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS
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As I was out today, enjoying the last weekend of this holiday season with my family, I meandered into Waldenbooks at my local mall. Upon walking closer to this Waldenbooks store, several large posters hanging in this store’s windows grabbed my attention, they read: going out of business sale and up to 50% off. I was semi-shocked, this Waldenbooks store happened to be a favorite stop of mine, my wife and daughters included. Sign of the times? Perhaps. What is important to note, however, is that the Waldenbooks store chain is not going out of business… it is just this store location. (I never like to see any reputable book store go out of business, be it an independent or mass retailer). So, with a lump in my throat and a semi-bewildered look upon my face, I journeyed into this Waldenbooks store to see what deals may be lurking. Oh and what a deal I did find… a large, hardcover book that is chock full of the greatest guitarists of our time! The book I bought today, without a blink of hesitation, is:
Six – String Heroes – Photographs Of Great Guitarists
The cover price for this unreal great book is $35.00/U.S., however, with the 50% taken off at the register, it set me back $17.50… plus tax. Let me just say this, any fan or musician of Rock, Hard Rock and/or Heavy Metal will get a thrill out of the photographs that lie within Six – String Heroes. As a Metal bonus, there are literally dozens of anecdotes and personal comments, directly quoted from dozens of the most famous and influential guitarists of the modern era. These guitarists comment on themselves, their playing styles and influences. Comments and quotes, about what these same guitarists think of their peers are spread throughout this magnificent book as well. The majority of the photographs are in full color, while the vintage black & white photo’s only add to this book’s overall Rock elegance. Quite honestly, just looking at the photographs alone puts an awe struck feeling inside of me… the photography found here is that amazing. Anytime I can find a compilation book of photos, that is directly related to the history of Rock Music, I am going to dig deep into my pockets to purchase it.
In my Metal opinion, Six – String Heroes is a lifetime keeper, a book so rich with it’s historically documented, visual accounts of the most influential guitarists that ever lived. Here is a meaty sampling of the guitarists that are found inside the pages of Six – String Heroes:
Les Paul, Brian May (Queen), Peter Frampton, George Benson, Pat Metheny, Dimebag Darrell (Pantera), Brian Setzer, Waylon Jennings, Neal Schon (Journey), Eric Clapton, C. C. Deville (Poison), Tommy Shaw and James Young (Styx), Rick Derringer, Mick Mars (Motley Crue), Nancy Wilson (Heart), Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing (Judas Priest), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Steve Howe (Yes), Ritchie Blackmore (Rainbow & Deep Purple), Adrian Smith & Dave Murray (Iron Maiden), Michael Schenker (Scorpions & MSG), Angus Young & Malcolm Young (AC/DC), Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains), George Lynch (Dokken & Lynch Mob), Paul Gilbert, Vivian Campbell (DIO & Def Leppard), Slash, Bonnie Raitt, Chet Atkins, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy), Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Randy Rhoads (Ozzy), Mick Thomson & Jim Root (Slipknot), James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King (Slayer), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Ace Frehley & Paul Stanley (KISS), Tommy Thayer (KISS), Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), B.B. King, Robin Trower, Pete Townshend (The Who), Bruce Springsteen (The Boss), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Ted Nugent, Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
There are many, many more guitarists in this book that I could mention, yet I think you get the point. When a book can have George Benson and the two leading axe men from Slayer within it’s same pages, you are talking musical diversity here. From Jazz guitarists to Thrash Metal guitarists, this book covers them. If I have one complaint about this book, it is the sinful lacking of at least one Jimi Hendrix photograph. Then again, there are always legalities involved when publishing a book of photographs too, I do not know what may have taken place, if the author did try to include a Jimi Hendrix photo. Maybe Neil Zlozower never photographed Jimi Hendrix either? There obviously is a valid reason out there for this omission.
There are 256 pages total. This is a coffee table sized book, regardless, I will be carrying it around for quite some time. Six – String Heroes was published in 2009. The legendary Rock photographer for this book is Neil Zlozower, he has spent 40 years of his life photographing the greatest guitarists that have ever lived. I applaud Neil Zlozower’s talent that is bestowed within these pages of Six – String Heroes. The text is written by Steven Rosen with a foreword by legendary guitarist, Steve Vai.
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Interaction of the RAGE cytoplasmic domain with diaphanous-1 is required for ligand-stimulated cellular migration through activation of Rac1 and Cdc42
Barry Hudson, Anastasia Z. Kalea, Maria Del Mar Arriero, Evis Harja, Eric Boulanger, Vivette D'Agati, Ann Marie Schmidt
Cellular migration is a fundamental process linked to diverse pathological states such as diabetes and its complications, atherosclerosis, inflammation, and cancer. The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a multiligand cell surface macromolecule which binds distinct ligands that accumulate in these settings. RAGE-ligand interaction evokes central changes in key biological properties of cells, including proliferation, generation of inflammatory mediators, and migration. Although RAGE-dependent signal transduction is critically dependent on its short cytoplasmic domain, to date the proximate mechanism by which this RAGE domain engages and stimulates cytoplasmic signaling pathways has yet to be identified. Here we show that the RAGE cytoplasmic domain interacts with Diaphanous-1 (Dia-1) both in vitro and in vivo. We employed the human RAGE cytoplasmic domain as "bait" in the yeast two-hybrid assay and identified the formin homology (FH1) domain of Dia-1 as a potential binding partner of this RAGE domain. Immunoprecipitation studies revealed that the RAGE cytoplasmic domain interacts with the FH1 domain of Dia-1. Down-regulation of Dia-1 expression by RNA interference blocks RAGE-mediated activation of Rac-1 and Cdc42 and, in parallel, RAGE ligand-stimulated cellular migration. Taken together, these findings indicate that the interaction of the RAGE cytoplasmic domain with Dia-1 is required to transduce extracellular environmental cues evoked by binding of RAGE ligands to their cell surface receptor, a chief consequence of which is Rac-1 and Cdc42 activation and cellular migration. Because RAGE and Dia-1 are implicated in the regulation of inflammatory, vascular, and transformed cell migration, these findings highlight this interaction as a novel target for therapeutic intervention in inflammation, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and cancer.
Journal of Biological Chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M801465200
Advanced Glycosylation End Product-Specific Receptor
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
Cell Surface Receptors
Hudson, B., Kalea, A. Z., Del Mar Arriero, M., Harja, E., Boulanger, E., D'Agati, V., & Schmidt, A. M. (2008). Interaction of the RAGE cytoplasmic domain with diaphanous-1 is required for ligand-stimulated cellular migration through activation of Rac1 and Cdc42. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(49), 34457-34468. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M801465200
Interaction of the RAGE cytoplasmic domain with diaphanous-1 is required for ligand-stimulated cellular migration through activation of Rac1 and Cdc42. / Hudson, Barry; Kalea, Anastasia Z.; Del Mar Arriero, Maria; Harja, Evis; Boulanger, Eric; D'Agati, Vivette; Schmidt, Ann Marie.
In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 283, No. 49, 05.12.2008, p. 34457-34468.
Hudson, B, Kalea, AZ, Del Mar Arriero, M, Harja, E, Boulanger, E, D'Agati, V & Schmidt, AM 2008, 'Interaction of the RAGE cytoplasmic domain with diaphanous-1 is required for ligand-stimulated cellular migration through activation of Rac1 and Cdc42', Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 283, no. 49, pp. 34457-34468. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M801465200
Hudson B, Kalea AZ, Del Mar Arriero M, Harja E, Boulanger E, D'Agati V et al. Interaction of the RAGE cytoplasmic domain with diaphanous-1 is required for ligand-stimulated cellular migration through activation of Rac1 and Cdc42. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2008 Dec 5;283(49):34457-34468. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M801465200
Hudson, Barry ; Kalea, Anastasia Z. ; Del Mar Arriero, Maria ; Harja, Evis ; Boulanger, Eric ; D'Agati, Vivette ; Schmidt, Ann Marie. / Interaction of the RAGE cytoplasmic domain with diaphanous-1 is required for ligand-stimulated cellular migration through activation of Rac1 and Cdc42. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2008 ; Vol. 283, No. 49. pp. 34457-34468.
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The expert guides of the Museum Service Cologne escort you and your friends or colleagues by the museums. Whether you want just a general overview or a collection of outstanding exhibitions. We are at your disposal. Our offers are applicable not only private groups, but also tour operators, event agencies and companies. We promise eventful hours in the museum and lace for you on request an individual package.
Alle Kölnisches Stadtmuseum (Cologne City Museum) Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts) Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (Museum of East Asian Art) Museum Ludwig Museum Schnütgen NS-Dokumentationszentrum (Museum of the history of National Socialism in Cologne) Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt Römisch-Germanisches Museum (Romano-Germanic Museum) Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
Guided tours can be booked for groups and are available in a variety of languages.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
For 19th century enthusiasts
This tour traces the major movements in landscape painting by taking an in-depth look at masterpieces by Joseph Anton Koch and Caspar David Friedrich. The emergence into the modern age is represented by Courbet’s works and above all by the main representatives of Impressionism such as Monet, Caillebotte, Sisley and Pissarro as well as the Pointillist Signac. Let yourself be entranced by this feast of light and colour!
Max. group size: 25
Target groups: upper secondary education level, students, adults
Tuesday to Friday: 75 € plus admission for adults | 50 € plus admission for students | 40 € for school classes
Supplement: weekends/foreign language tour: 10 € each
The tour can be booked for several groups at a time.
For Baroque enthusiasts
Are you fascinated by the great masters such as Rubens, Jordaens and Van Dyck? Or do you prefer Rembrandt and Frans Hals? Whether you opt for Holland or Flanders – the way of life in these parts of the world with their rich artistic traditions could not be more different – even today! Immerse yourself in this glamorous era of European painting and discover the different faces of a culture that had its origins in two opposing religious views.
Only the best!
This tour takes visitors with limited time to the highlights of the museum – from the works of Lochner, Cranach and Dürer to Rubens, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and to Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Munch.
Mood and light in painting
Light is what determines the mood in paintings – whether warm candle-light, dramatic chiaroscuro, dusky twilight or gleaming midday sun. Light takes centre stage and tells the entire history of painting.
Römisch-Germanisches Museum
Culinaria Romana - Roman table culture and culinary delights
Roman cuisine ranged from the simple to the luxurious. A large banqueting feast comprised as many as 10 courses or more. Learn amazing and amusing details on the topic of eating and drinking from the literature of Imperial Rome and be inspired by the original recipes from the cookery book of Apicius. A triclinium, where diners reclined on soft couches, and fine tableware ensured that dining was done in style. Fine quality wines were served in precious vessels made of rock crystal, glass or metal to enhance the pleasure of drinking.
Food was sourced regionally, but some foodstuffs came from further afield – southern Europe, Asia Minor and Arabia. The appropriate ambience for host and guests was a dining room with a magnificent mosaic floor like the one with the Dionysus mosaic from the urban villa. Its pictorial decoration reveals that alongside the delicacies served, music and dance performances were an important part of a banquet.
Everyday life in Roman Cologne
Colourful mosaics and frescoes, precious drinking glasses, gold jewellery, vessels in ceramics and metal, sculpture and inscriptions – they all bear witness to the life and history of the Romans in Cologne. Work on the one hand, and public, religious and private duties on the other often left little time for leisurely activities in people’s daily lives. Those who could afford it spared no expense in preparation for festivities and spent money on elegant clothes, jewellery and cosmetics. Merchants and craftsmen provided luxurious interior decoration. You will be stunned by the elegant furniture and the fine tableware. Exotic foodstuffs and spices were not uncommon on the tables of well-to-do citizens. But this lavish life-style was by no means attainable for everybody. Visitors are also introduced to the more simple forms of everyday life.
The guided tour gives an insight into the private life of the Romans and provides an idea of day-to-day life in Roman Cologne. The tour includes the themes "Culinaria Romana" and "Familia Romana".
Tuesday to Friday: 112,50 € plus admission for adults | 75 € plus admission for students | 60 € for school classes
Overview of the museum
The history of the city of Cologne began more than 2,000 years ago with the Romans. Military commanders, emperors, soldiers and citizens from all around the world, merchants and craftsmen – they all left visible traces during a period of more than 400 years. The Romano-Germanic Museum as one of the most important archaeological museums in Europe preserves this evidence from the past. The museum building rises above the foundations of a Roman urban villa of which the Dionysus mosaic has been preserved. Funerary monuments tell the story of the inhabitants of the city and document their origins from all over the (Roman) world. Votive stones throw light on rites and cults involving Roman, local and Oriental deities. The roughly 1,000 Roman glass vessels on display and the gold jewellery from Roman times and the Migration Period are of outstanding importance. Major Franconian finds form a historical link with early medieval Cologne.
Tuesday to Friday: 75 € plus admission for adults | 50 € plus admission for students
The World of Roman deities
Help in every condition of life – this is what the Romans prayed to their gods for. They believed that the entire natural realm, the heavens and the netherworld were inhabited by divine beings. A particularly large number of votive stones in Roman Cologne were installed for Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and Fortuna to thank these deities for their protection and for giving love and good fortune.
Local Germanic mother deities patronised the family and protected it from danger and illness. Deities imported from the East such as Mithras, the god of light, and the enchanting goddess Isis promised in their myths resurrection and a new life. Richly decorated votive stones, images of deities and sacrificial offerings reflect the world of ancient cults and mythologies in Roman Cologne.
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
Encounter with other cultures
They were typical representatives of their time – the explorer Wilhelm Joest and the diplomat Max von Oppenheim. Passionate collectors, they encountered unfamiliar, ‚alien‘ worlds, travelled to far-flung territories and newly conquered colonies and found their own individual approach to non-European cultures. Their lives and their collections, which have shaped the current face of the museum, provide access to the era of colonial expansion more than 100 years ago.
People in their Worlds. Overview of Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum – Cultures of the World
"People in their Worlds" – this exciting theme-based presentation with its innovative exhibition concept takes up themes that are important to people the world over, but that they respond to in completely different ways, depending on the regional and cultural factors that shaped their lives. This comparative approach to different cultures emphasises their equal status and quality, provides thought-provoking impulses and encourages discussion. Including our own culture in this comparative approach contributes to the relativisation of our own thinking.
Target groups: lower secondary education level, students, adults
The living space as a stage. Four different dwellings grouped around a European salon demonstrate how people in other cultures live together. The reception room of a merchant from Kayseri evokes the hospitality of the Ottoman Empire. A Tuareg tent conveys intimations of the tough everyday life in the Sahara. The Tipi of the North American Plains Indians is a multi-generation dwelling, while the men’s house of the Asmat in New Guinea is taboo for women. A thing of the past? Find out and watch the topical video interviews at the museum.
A large bull that serves as a sarcophagus, a richly decorated boat for the final journey, an altar of the dead in screaming colours – there are innumerable ways of dealing with death. Ancestral figures from Africa, Oceania and Indonesia ensure that the deceased are permanently present and can still exert their influence. In return, the descendants look after their ancestors. In ancient Peru precious burial gifts ensured a comfortable afterlife. In Mexico, commemorating the dead is a joyful feast. The guided tour highlights the multi-faceted dialogue between this world and the hereafter.
Museum Schnütgen
Overview of the Museum Schnütgen
Experience the rich variety of medieval art. Wood sculpture, gold work and ivory plaques await visitors in the Romanesque church of St. Cäcilien. Newly created areas present stone sculpture, stained glass and textile art. In this well-lit, light-toned exhibition, the objects from past centuries present themselves to the visitor in a matter-of-fact way and the Middle Ages become the present day.
Celestial light – translucent walls
The exquisite collection of stained glass at the Museum Schnütgen invites visitors to explore light and its effects. The visual enjoyment that these luminous works from the 12th to the 16th century offer is immediate and direct and a rare opportunity to discover stained glass at such close range. You will realise that the allegedly „dark“ Middle Ages were really quite bright and colourful.
Art for eternity
Stone sculptures await visitors the moment they enter the museum. The large exhibition room of the museum extension with its connecting gallery inspired by the covered walks of cloisters present the museum’s rich collection of stone sculpture. Visitors will discover 9th to16th century art from cloisters, portals, rood screens and altars which demonstrate the high quality that was characteristic of sculptural work in the Rhineland.
The tour cannot be booked for several groups at a time.
The figure of a dancing Grim Reaper awaits you in the entrance area of the museum. Your tour of the collection leads you to objects related to the theme of transience. The choice collection of late Gothic and Baroque depictions of the „Memento Mori“ theme provides an insight into an eerily beautiful world which has almost ceased to exist, but which shaped people‘s environment and attitude towards life over many centuries.
Relics and reliquaries
You may be familiar with Cologne’s most famous icon of devotion – the bust of St. Ursula. But there were many other examples of the veneration of relics in the Rhineland of the Middle Ages. Many gold works and wood sculptures owe their existence to this phenomenon as they served as precious receptacles for the relics and material remains of Christian saints. And it is this phenomenon which also spawned many curious stories. Join us on a startling journey to explore medieval thinking.
1000 years of textile art
More than 3,500 textile objects, embroideries and woven works, over 300 liturgical garments and antependia – the museum boasts one of the most extensive collections of medieval textile art worldwide. It presents a choice selection of these precious, delicate textiles in a rotating presentation.
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln
MAKK kompakt – a museum worth getting to know
Just enough time for a quick peep? This guided tour gives you an insight into the history and architecture of the museum and its rich collection, and takes a closer look at the MAKK’s Top Ten from the Middle Ages to the present day. The tour is thus ideal for getting a comprehensive, yet condensed overview of the only museum of its kind in the state of NRW.
Target groups: students, adults
Tuesday to Friday: 75 € plus admission for adults | 50 € plus admission for students |
This tour cannot be booked for several groups at a time.
Beautiful interiors
Choice furniture, sophisiticated technology, precious materials – the MAKK makes all your dreams of beautiful interiors from the past come alive. The tour includes furnishings and movables that are representative and typical of particular eras – from scissors chairs to Tiffany lamps. When people’s aspirations for their own home become more sophisticated, this leads to the desire to equip it with practical and attractive furniture. What these aspirations look like and how they change can be clearly seen in the development of different types of furniture and their functions, their ornamentation reflecting the prevailing taste of an era, and the materials and techniques that were the fashionable at the time.
The tour can not be booked for several groups at a time.
NS-Dokumentationszentrum
This guided tour is suitable from year 6 of all types of school.
The tour includes a visit to the memorial, the history of the EL-DE-Haus as well as central topics on NS ideology and political rule, such as "violence and fascination", "persecution and resistance" and "inclusion and exclusion".
Max. group size: 20. Due to restricted space in the memorial the number of visitors per group is limited to 20. Larger groups will be split up and can normally join guided tours simultaneously.
Tuesday to Friday: 45 € for school classes per group; 75 € plus admission for students; 112,50 € plus admission for adults.
Tours can be booked hourly from 9.30 am.
What happened at the EL-DE-Haus? Guided tour for families
This tour has been specially designed for families with children from 10 years of age.
A child-friendly introductory talk prepares visitors for the tour of the Gestapo-prison memorial. The talk includes information on the history of the EL-DE-Haus, the operational structure of the Gestapo (secret police) and the different groups of prisoners. The graffiti in the prison tract tell the story of their fate.
Of Navajos and Edelweiss Pirates – a guided tour of the Ehrenfeld district
This tour targets school children from year 8 with some background knowledge of the NS period.
The tour introduces students to the youth groups persecuted by the Nazi regime which were known as „Navajos“ and later as „Edelweiss Pirates“ at their places of activity. The duration of the tour of the district is 75 minutes and is followed by a visit to the EL-DE-Haus where the focus is on the traces that these non-conformist youth groups left there.
60 € for school classes, 100 € plus admission for students, 150 plus admission for adults
NB: meeting point: bus/tram stop „Könerstr.“ in front of St. Joseph’s church. Transport tickets are not included in the tour.
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum (Cologne City Museum)
Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts)
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (Museum of East Asian Art)
Museum Ludwig
NS-Dokumentationszentrum (Museum of the history of National Socialism in Cologne)
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COMMUNITY and PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING (CPOP) Policy!
VYC Uncategorized July 13, 2018 July 13, 2018 5 Minutes
CPOP is a core policing principle that refers to the manner in which the Cleveland Division of Police will proactively engage the community to create partnerships and co-produce public safety.
“No CPOP without engaging the Community”
As a member of the Cleveland Community Police Commission (CPC), my role is to work to remove challenges that cause responses to sound like a single narrative or story. I want to be part of a CPOP narrative process that helps community members obtain power and be welcomed in applying the knowledge that they have acquired from personal stories or stories of the extended family who have had interactions with law enforcement. We want to remove the challenge created when unexamined cultural discourse leads to oppressing a community member’s agency in claiming his or her own self-knowledge about their own experiences (M. White 2007).
Studies have shown that a constant emphasis on remembering the pain and agitating anger in community organizing wears people down physically. It’s important to balance pain and anger with faith and hope as a healthy way of refreshing and rejuvenating one’s commitment to lead change. We believe CPOP is a major cornerstone where the voice of the community and the premise of safety in neighborhoods to promote healthy relations will yield us a collective vision for productive ways to address concerns turn toward a new reality. The best solutions for community concerns and problems arise from citizens co-creating possibilities through open relationships. The Commission remains committed to reaching out to and bringing forward the voice of those who are most vulnerable amongst us. Getting to know community members that do not typically attend meetings and who may have little trust in officers requires officers to engage them in places where they are most comfortable (pg.12, draft CPOP policy).
Can we live into the basic principle of organizing which is the practice of bringing people together to create systemic change in their own community? Cleveland’s diverse neighborhoods require that we link communities with different ethnic and geographic identities in a common search for power to make a change! In our search for shalom, we will join the struggle for justice with wisdom and a long-term commitment to “stay the course.” When our quest is to have the entire community feel whole and healthy, we must work to ensure that its weaker members are recognized and supported as civic partners.
Remembering that the May 2018 CPOP draft policy is a response to community member voices during the summer of 2017 where at least five of the demands from the community for a CPOP policy included consideration of the following best practices as part of a response[1]
Demands respect for Community Members – The draft policy comes up short on this demand. Whereas on page 12, paragraph c, community engagement is mentioned in the context of a revised CDP approach, it is weak and noncommittal to forging practices that would lead to respect. Community engagement does not need to be complicated but it must address the legacy challenges in a Many towns struggle to engage low-income residents or residents of color and fail to benefit from the expertise, insight or perspective from these populations.
Demands for officers to have time to get acquainted with residents in their work zone -Residents want officers to seek out relationships with leaders from non-represented Work with them to identify the barriers to engagement and ways to bridge the divide in their community. Also, engage faith-based organizations in the community to help bring hard-to-reach residents on board— helping to reach beyond the “usual” voices.
A more intentional connection between the community and District Policing Committees and the Police Commission – A best practice is to ask who is missing from the meeting; make a targeted outreach plan for that group; go where people are and make the engagement process accessible and meaningful to community members.
More intentional connections between CDP and organizations like CDCs – Officers should develop an awareness of the racial and economic disparities in the city or region in which they work and why those disparities exist (informed by experienced community leaders and organizations). Consider attending community meetings and cultural events as a Practice listening to the issues that are raised and discussed and how they are talked about in community settings. Officers should want to practice maintaining a sense of humility and awareness of potential power dynamics due to race, ethnic, citizenship, class, or gender differences in these settings. Try hosting a “meet and greet” with community organizations and advocacy groups.[2]
Community members would like an ongoing opportunity to provide input on CDP policies.
The Consent Decree requires that the Monitoring Teamwork with the CDP and the Cleveland Community Police Commission (CPC) engage the community as the CDP develops its community and problem-oriented policing (CPOP) Plan and other policy work. Community input and community voice through stories is a critical component of an effective 21st Century Policing Plan.
Our question to community members remains … “Does the draft CPOP policy address your documented concerns?
The benefits of a healthy engagement process are many:
Legitimacy and increased support for plans and projects. Governments enacting plans with the support of the community will have the buy in necessary. This will mean the difference between wasted resources and a thriving community.
Ownership when the community feels respected and heard the more they will feel pride in their community and government.
Creating new resources that the community will actually use will lead to a more vibrant
Healing of historic racial and economic Healing community rifts is not a simple process and cannot be achieved through a few planning processes. However, when governments operate transparent, honest community engagement they offer opportunities for healing. When governments do not shy away from difficult topics they build legitimacy for themselves and become partners in healing historic disparities.
No matter how knowledgeable a city staff is they can’t be aware of all the community concerns and voices without seeking that input. Community members know their neighborhoods best and will be able to offer valuable insights.
Reduction in long term savings will be captured if a process can avoid litigation costs down the road. Furthermore, an underutilized project might face more improvement costs in the shorter term.[3]
Over the CPC three-year history, there has been active participation in overhauling the Citizen Police Review Board in a way that makes it more effective in its role of reviewing and processing citizen complaints filed against Cleveland Police; set guidelines to work toward eliminating implicit or unconscious and explicit or conscious bias in decision making; guidelines regarding Use of Force that will support skills that create an environment of cooperation and de-escalation alongside tactical skills; and supporting the rewriting and reframing of the mission statement for CDP.
Remembering that there are always more sides to the story than you are told; there is more truth that needs to be told. Have you added your side (your voice) to the CPOP draft policy story?
Please check back to this conversation as we continue analyzing a response to the draft CPOP policy!
[1] FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities
[3]https://www.dropbox.com/referrer_cleansing_redirect?hmac=h2JjmKaHuT8%2F%2BqyPR5Sno1hC1XQy5Y8WisMo4ibuAfk%3D&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.policylink.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F
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Nutty Netty Be Lying: Criminal ‘Israeli’ Regime Laughably Denies Role In Suleimani (R.A.) Assassination
January 9, 2020 MaddColdSonofKufa 1 Comment
Getting indicted on fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes as well as fighting for his political life [to quote his fellow “chosenites” in the Zionist media] and failing to form a new “government” within the usurping ‘Israeli’ entity, has apparently made Nefarious Netanyahu one hell of a comedian. Seems a little late in the game for a career change after spending his entire life serving the cause of World Jewry, waging war on Gentiledom and murdering Palestinians, but alas, here we are! How did we come to such a deduction? Because Benjamin Mileikowsky jocularly, laughably, HILARIOUSLY said that the cold-blooded murder of Quds Force Commander Qassem Suleimani (R.A.) by drone strike at a Baghdad civilian airport was, and I’m quoting directly here, “a US event, not an ‘Israeli’ event, and we should stay out of it.” If it wasn’t as obvious as Brooklyn is gentrified, we will say it out loud: Hot damn, Nutty Netty be lying! Hot damn twice, he be lying like a muhf****!
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Meet The Jewish-Zionist, Father-Daughter Coupmonger Duo Out To Destroy Venezuela: Ricardo and Joanna Hausmann
April 2, 2019 MaddColdSonofKufa Leave a comment
The media — in both the alternative and mainstream spheres — has been astir over the last month due to the New York Times allowing a “Venezuelan” woman named Joanna Hausmann to spew anti-Bolivarian regime change hasbara in a completely one-sided video story. The Sulzberger-owned, ever-Zionist “paper of record” failed to disclose the fact that Hausmann is the daughter of Ricardo Hausmann, economic advisor of coupmonger-in-chief Juan Guaido and the architect of the neoliberal shock therapy that ravaged Venezuela in the pre-Chavismo 1980s and 1990s. The producer of the vid, Adam Ellick, defended the omission, and Ricardo Hausmann accused his kid’s critics of sexism. An army of trolls popped up–suspicious in and of itself–to come to Joanna’s defense too. As of this moment, the hasbara-filled, YouTube-sanctioned rant, which calls Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “brutal dictator” and blames the Bolivarian Republic’s economic woes on “socialism”, not a steady, two-decade campaign of Zio-Amreeki financial warfare, remains up.
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A Truth Hidden No Longer: Jewish “Sinful Rogue” Al-Sindi al-Shahik (L.A.) Murdered Imam Moussa al-Kazim (A.S.) 1,220 Years Ago Today
The 25th of Rajab. A day that will whistle forever in woe; that will scream eternally in sorrow; that will ache in our hearts perpetually in affliction, agony and anguish. Yes, upon us today is the 1,220th anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Moussa al-Kazim (A.S.), the 7th Imam of we Jaafari Shi’a; the Original Dean of the Wrongly Accused and Unjustly Imprisoned; the Behind Bars Breaker of Bullies; Jihadi General of the Jailed; the Marshall of the Mewed; the Sentinel of the Shackled; the Reserved Renegade; the Tenderhearted Toppler of Tyrants; the Endurer of Entropy; the Zen Zulfiqar. Indeed, of all his names, from Al-Sabir (the Patient) to Al-Zahir (the Brilliant), Al-Sayyed (the Master) to Al-Wafi (the Faithful), Abdul Saleh (the Most Pious of Worshipers) to Al-Amin (the Trusted One), Qa’id al-Askar (Commander of the Troops) to Dhou al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (the Pure-Souled One) to Bab al-Hawa’ijj (the Gate of Needs), Al-Kazim (the Restrained/the One Who Restrains His Fury) is most fitting for no matter how much oppression he was confronted with, never did he get frazzled; never was he vexed; never did his temper flare. And as Allamah Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Tabataba’i (R.A.) notes on page 205 of his “Shi’ite Islam”, Al-Kazim (A.S.) lived under Abbasid despots Mansour (L.A.), Hadi (L.A.), Mahdi (L.A.) and Haroun al-Rashid (L.A.) To somehow find a way to cope with not one, not two, not three, but FOUR dictators in a single lifetime was a feat in and of itself, truly.
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Heebie-Jeebies In The Land Of The Kiwis: Christchurch Mosque Attack Was A Zionist “Clash Of Civilizations” Operation – Parts VII, VIII, IX
March 29, 2019 MaddColdSonofKufa Leave a comment
7. ISIS, The Takfiri Goy Golem, Vows “Retaliation”, Furthering The “Clash Of Civilizations”
Speaking of divisions, what would a “clash of civilizations” be without ISIS, the Takfiri Goy Golem spawned by the usurping Zionist entity and its NATO-GCC buddies to further this very concept just five years ago? Almost as if the Zionist media was trolling us, the Sulzberger-owned New York Times–which has always been a Zionist paper from the first bit of soup to the last of drop of nuts even when it was feigning “anti-Zionism” in the early days of Jewish terrorism in Palestine–dropped a story about the alleged ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, who had been AWOL for nearly 6 months but popped up outta nowhere like a Takfiri jack-in-the-box for a 44-minute audio recording about “avenging the religion, avenging the caliphate”. Guy’s real name is probably Abba Shalom Ben Menachem and he’s living in a colonial flat somewhere in “Herzliya” or occupied Haifa. The report is of course absurd and laughable, but it will still be used by the Kosher Nationalists of the Zio-alt-right to spew even more hatred against Muslims, leaving us on our backfoot with the usual defensive postures and responses.
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Heebie-Jeebies In The Land Of The Kiwis: Christchurch Mosque Attack Was A Zionist “Clash Of Civilizations” Operation – Parts IV, V, VI
March 28, 2019 MaddColdSonofKufa 1 Comment
4. Blame The White Man, Attack The Christian, Ignore The Jews Behind Islamophobia And Hand In Your Guns Too, Goyim!
The Christchurch/Linwood horrors have led to an outpouring of blatant hatred towards White folks generally. But as we have conclusively proven already the opening piece of this 3-part, 9-section series, “Whitey” wasn’t responsible. “Whitey” was just a patsy. What really happened in the Land of the Kiwis was that the Heebie-Jeebies pulled yet another fast one. The lack of knowledge however hasn’t stopped “Muslims” and “Arabs” from rampaging across social media about the seemingly “omnipresent” danger of White supremacy, White racism, White privilege, White entitlement, White, White, White, White, White, WHITE. White people are responsible for all the problems in the world. Abolish the White race. And it goes on nauseatingly in near perpetuity. Hate to break it to y’all, but your Shabbos Goyhood is showing and it’s rather far from adorable.
“Anti-Whiteness”, as an ideology as well as a political platform, is, with certitude, Jewish at the root. The godfather of this hate is Philly-born Russian Jew and Harvard Professor Noel Ignatiev, who founded the magazine “Race Traitor” in 1993 to espouse his ideology. He was promulgating such poison years and years prior though. Here’s one of his “winners”, real classy stuff, “[we are going to] keep bashing the dead white males, and the live ones, and the females, too, until the social construct known as ‘the white race’ is destroyed not ‘deconstructed’ but destroyed.” Another one is, “Treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity.” Others are genocidal without question, “The key to solving the social problems of our age is to abolish the white race, which means no more and no less than abolishing the privileges of the white skin.” This is typically, Judaically chameleonic. “Abolishing” an entire race of people and abolishing racism/racially-based privilege are two different things. So Ignatiev puts the second after the first to mask his true intentions… Which are encapsulated in many places over many decades of work, this little putrid nugget here especially, “Abolishing the white race is so desirable that some may find it hard to believe that anyone other than committed white supremacists would oppose it.” Sickening.
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Heebie-Jeebies In The Land Of The Kiwis: Christchurch Mosque Attack Was A Zionist “Clash Of Civilizations” Operation – Parts I, II, III
Christchurch, New Zealand. March 15th, 2019. Al-Noor Mosque in the Riccarton suburb and the Linwood Islamic Centre in the Linwood suburb.
Tragedy.
Tumult.
… TOTALLY TAYLOR-MADE for the masses’ consumption.
Eat it up. Savor it. Let the tears flow, it’s okay. Muslim murder-porn with a dash of identity-politics-fueled victimism, made fresh to order. And for desert? The “clash of civilizations”. Islamic sadness and rage vs. White supremacy. Know who’s in the background while this colorful back-and-forth boils over like a pot of pasta in the kitchen of an incompetent cook? Hmmm… We’ll ask again. WHO… Is in… The background… While this delectable little civil war plays out on every geopolitical stage, from the Earth’s two poles to its four corners and everywhere in between? Shlomo. Yes, that’s right. Shlomo. He is playing both the “Muslamicz” and the “cracker-ass crackers” like a fiddle. An orchestra solely comprised of fiddles, really. The Goy-butchering Fiddler on the Roof is in command! And his symphony is titled, “Entropy for Gentiledom, Utopia For The Mishpucka”. Saddest thing of all is… Both sides are jamming along like lemmings and they don’t even realize how lost in the shaytanic music that they are.
That’s where we come in though. Because we tore the speakers from the wall. We disconnected the microphones and smashed the fiddles with our bare, bloody-knuckled hands. We tossed the demons masquerading as musicians out of the studio they illegally occupied like Jesus Christ (A.S.) when he tossed the Pharisees out of the House of God for changing money. We stopped Shlomo’s song. And now, in the sounds of silence–yes, like the song by Jewish-Zionist duo Simon and Garfunkel, only Anti-Parasitic–we find clarity. We find direction. We find truth. O’ sweet and succulent truth. The one thing perhaps that Shlomo hates even more than “Goyim”. Truth. Proceed with caution from this point. No smooth sailin’ here, brethren. You’ve just walked into a shitstorm.
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If Imam Ali (A.S.) Were Here Physically For His 1,408th Birthday, SJW “Muslims” Would Call Him An “Anti-Semite”
The 13th of Rajab, one of the holiest dates on the Islamic Calendar alongside Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Mawlid al-Nabi and Ashoura, has passed. Imam Ali (A.S.), the brother of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.); the one who is to Rasoulallah (S.A.W.W.) like Haroon (A.S.) was to Moussa (A.S.); the Mawla of all Muslims; the Gate to the City Of Knowledge; Asadullah; Al-Haydar; Al-Karrar; the Sole Standard-Bearer of Islam; the one, true Amir al-Mou’mineen is now 1,408 years old. Brightest, sweetest, loveliest and happiest of happy birthdays, o’ Commander of the Faithful (A.S.)!
We could speak of his unique position in all of history as the lone individual – as in, nobody before him and nobody after him – born inside the Kaaba. The crack in the Sublime Black Stone Of Heaven from the burst of light that emitted from his mother Fatima bint Asad (A.S.) upon giving birth to him remains to this day–despite all attempts by the Zio-Imperialist-owned House of Saud to eradicate the history of Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) We could speak of his philosophical prowess and unmatched erudition, qualities that gave rise to the Muʿtazilites. At the opposite end of the spectrum, we could speak of his mystifying poetry and intense gnosis – derived directly from knowledge of the Unseen gained from Muhammad al-Moustafa (S.A.W.W.) – that runs through the spiritual DNA of every Sufi tariqah on Earth. We could speak of the principles of his government that laid the groundwork for all human-rights-based political systems in the world today. We could speak of his piety, his humbleness, his courage, his eloquence, his ferocity, his love for the oppressed and his thwarting of the oppressors.
But all of this and more can, should and must be read elsewhere in the scholarly works written by far more capable, qualified and exceptional writers than yours truly. Allamah Baqir Shareef al-Qurashi’s “The Life Of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib”, Lucknow Luminary Mufti Ja’far Husayn’s “Biography Of Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib” and Lebanese-Christian George Jordac’s masterpiece, “The Voice Of Human Justice”, come to mind immediately. Instead, since our Mission Statement says that our purpose is to “increase Anti-Parasitic awareness in all peoples of the world, Muslims especially”, that’s what we will be tackling today: The unapologetic, colder-than-ice, dazzling and mighty Anti-Parasitism of Imam Ali (A.S.)
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The Lies Of The 2003 Purim War Against Iraq Were Buried By Jewish Neocon Laurence Hirsch Silberman
If you’ve spent the last near-decade reading Mask of Zion and Mouqawamah Music, not to mention listening to radio programs from The Ugly Truth and albums like “Son of Kufa Vol. 1: Rise Of The Anomaly” and “Eternally Husseini”, the names Wolfowitz, Feith, Perle, Abrams, Shulsky, Steinhardt, Feinberg, Kovner, Wurmser, Senor, Kagan, Kristol, Podhoretz, Beinart, Solarz, Lantos and many others from the clannish guild of criminals known as Organized, International Jewry should be more than familiar to you. It should be equally familiar to you that the genocidal destabilization and destruction of Iraq, launched on Purim, was a Jewish-Zionist operation down to the very smallest of its roots and molecules. One personality never blasted by this writer though, as the intent was to profile him on an individual basis–hence this piece–was the criminal who covered up the lies of the 2003 Purim War against Iraq, thus closing the circle and “absolving” the Jewish-Zionist-controlled regime of George Bush: Jewish neocon operator and senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Laurence Hirsch Silberman. Every great crime committed by ZOG needs an even greater burial. 9/11, another Jewish-Zionist operation from nuts to bolts, had Zelikow with the 9/11 Commission Report as well as Bialkin, Hellerstein, Birnbaum and Feinberg on the (il)legal end. The evisceration of Iraq had Silberman.
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On Jewish Revenge Holiday Purim 16 and 8 Years Ago, Iraq and Libya Were Invaded… How Many More Will Be Queen Esthered?
Do you know what they do today? Do you really? If you don’t… Shame on you. Because you should. It’s a genocide holiday, this thing. This vile and despicable, hateful and irreconcilable “commemoration”. They call it Purim. And on Purim… They… they, being the Jews… celebrate the massacre of 75,000 Persians after the wife of the Persian king Ahaseurus, Queen Esther, who had kept her Jewish roots concealed, entices her husband to allow her tribe to butcher his advisor, Haman, his kids and the aforementioned 75,000 Persians under the false pretext that Haman was plotting to wipe out Persian Jewry. Sidebar, do note that Haman was a descendant of Amalek, and it is a Judaic imperative to “blot out the memory of Amalek” in every generation. Why was this done specifically though? Because Mordechai, who had been an ally of Ahaseurus and even helped foil an assassination plot against him, didn’t want to bow to Haman, who was the King’s chief advisor, despite the fact that the King had passed an edict requiring all citizens to do so.
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Happy 1,208th Birthday To Imam Jawad (A.S.), The Youngest Infallible, Child Genius, Pious Resistor and Reflection of Jesus Christ (A.S.)
This past weekend marked the 1,208th birthday of Imam Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Moussa al-Jawad (A.S.), the 9th Imam in the Jaafari Shi’a tradition and the youngest of the Infallibles (A.S.), with his life only lasting 25 years before he was martyred. Known also as Al-Taqi (the pious), Al-Qani and Al-Radhi (the content and the satisfied, as in content/satisfied solely with ALLAH [SWT]), Al-Zaki (the pure) and Bab al-Mourad (the Gate of Hopes and Dreams), the Imam (A.S.) was, as Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, said on June 13th, 2011, “the epitome of fighting falsehood. He strove for the rule of ALLAH (SWT). He fought for ALLAH (SWT) and the Holy Quran. He did not fear any power. He was in fact the leader, role model and forerunner of the movement followed by the entire Iranian nation today.” Which makes his life all the more important to study. Moreover, Sayyed Khamenei said in a May 15th, 1981 sermon that Imam al-Taqi (A.S.) “was a sign and symbol of resistance; a great man who fought against the pretentious and hypocritical influence of the Abbasid caliph Ma’moun and he never withdrew an inch. He endured all the arduous conditions, while employing every possible means to fight against falsehood.” It is this exemplification of truth in which we derive our analysis that Imam Jawad (A.S.) was also a reflection of Jesus Christ (A.S.), who is described by ALLAH (SWT) as His Word in the Holy Qur’an (3:45 and 4:171). And what is His Word but truth?
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Causality and double-negative metamaterials
Richard W. Ziolkowski, Allison D Kipple
The one-dimensional electromagnetic problem of a current sheet source in a dispersive DNG medium was considered. A lossy Drude model of the DNG medium was used. The solution was generated numerically with the FDTD method. The analogous problem in a nondispersive DNG medium was also considered. It was shown that the solution to this problem is not causal in agreement with similar observations given in previous studies. Approximate solutions that combined causal envelopes and the NIR properties of the nondispersive DNG medium were constructed and shown to compare well to the FDTD results for the dispersive DNG medium.
Physical Review E
Dispersive Media
FDTD Method
finite difference time domain method
Finite-difference Time-domain (FDTD)
Approximate Solution
current sheets
Ziolkowski, R. W., & Kipple, A. D. (2003). Causality and double-negative metamaterials. Physical Review E, 68(2 2), [026615].
Causality and double-negative metamaterials. / Ziolkowski, Richard W.; Kipple, Allison D.
In: Physical Review E, Vol. 68, No. 2 2, 026615, 08.2003.
Ziolkowski, RW & Kipple, AD 2003, 'Causality and double-negative metamaterials', Physical Review E, vol. 68, no. 2 2, 026615.
Ziolkowski RW, Kipple AD. Causality and double-negative metamaterials. Physical Review E. 2003 Aug;68(2 2). 026615.
Ziolkowski, Richard W. ; Kipple, Allison D. / Causality and double-negative metamaterials. In: Physical Review E. 2003 ; Vol. 68, No. 2 2.
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