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93 Charing Cross Rd, London, Greater London, WC2H 0DP 020 7494 0338
Open today: Opening Hours: (Monday) 11am-11pm (Tuesday) 11am-11pm (Wednesday) 11am-11:30pm (Thursday) 11am-11:30pm (Friday) 11am-Midnight (Saturday) 10am-Midnight (Sunday) 11am-10:30pm
The Nicholson’s Autumn Beer Showcase
Our Autumn Beer Showcase has now come to a close, and once again it was a very popular affair with many of you enjoying our stunning collection of beers in our Nicholson’s pubs throughout England and Scotland.
For this years showcase we teamed up with five breweries from across the UK to deliver an exclusive collection of limited-edition cask, keg, and packaged beers.
All in all, there were more than 40 brews on offer across each of our England and Scotland pubs, giving our customers ample opportunities to explore our range and discover a new favourite!
We’ve teamed up with UK breweries to showcase more than 40 brews this autumn season.
A season full of new cask ales and craft beers
We are immensely proud of our pubs in Nicholson’s: the rich heritage they possess, the delicious food they serve and the wide array of beers available for our guests to enjoy. We’re working with 5 breweries from the end of September to the beginning of November to showcase more than 40 brews this autumn. Click the link below to see our seasonal range of ales.
See our ale library
London Brewing Co.
London Brewing Co. - North Finchley, London, England
London Brewing Co. was set up in 2011, since then the number of breweries in the capital has quadrupled, which was helped by the opening of London Brewing Co’s brewery at The Bohemia in 2014.
The brewhouse itself resides inside the trading area at The Bohemia, boasting a large 66 barrel brew kit, and it has the capacity to produce 20,000 pints a week, while trading — impressive stuff!
They currently produce up to 10 different beers on site, from the likes of Best Bitter & IPA all the way through to fruity & sour beers.
At our Autumn Beer Showcase, we had a great range of the London Brewing Co’s collection, including the likes of the American malty but sweet Skyline, light and citrusy London Lush, a fruity Phuscia with added pureed raspberry & cherries, and that was just a brief insight into what was being offered throughout the showcase!
Siren - Wokingham, England
Formed in 2013, Siren Craft Brew was created with the aim of introducing a number of exciting, full-flavoured and forward thinking beers. In it’s own words, it was a simple idea, and it worked!
There are six Sirens that characterise each of their exciting flavours. Yu Lu, Undercurrent, Sound Wave, Liquid Mistress, Broken Dream and Calypso are the names for each of the drink types from the pale ales, IPAs, stout & porters, right through to the sour & saison variants.
We had a wonderful selection of cask ales from Siren throughout our Autumn Beer Showcase, including the likes of the light and tropical Half Mast, the chocolatey and unctuous Sweet Dream, and the dark brown Cold Blooded Steeped Porter with coffee, biscuit & caramel aromas.
Guests were even able to try out our exclusive Halloween-inspired beer, “Here’s Johnny!”, a nod to The Shining one of our favourite scary movies of all time and also the timeless line uttered by Jack Nicholson.
Wooha
Wooha - Kinloss, Scotland
The Nairn-based WooHa Brewing Company was officially established back in 2013, with a dedicated focus on making a selection of great tasting bottle and KeyKeg conditioned beer to share across the globe — at least that’s what they say!
Using a combination of expertly blended malts, balanced flavours and cold, clear Scottish water, WooHa produce an incredible range of award winning ales and lagers. If you’d like to try something new, cutting-edge and exciting, why not try one of these mad cow brews.
We had an extensive collection of cask ales to choose from throughout our Autumn Beer Showcase, including the likes of the bright and zesty Sunshine IPA, rich and malty Off Kilter, and the pleasingly bitter ruby Red Ale — to name but a few.
Ilkley Brewery - Ilkley, England
Ilkley Brewery was originally founded in 1873, quickly growing to become one of the regions leading beverage producers and suppliers. The brewery was eventually absorbed into the the Hammonds Bradford Brewery Co, followed by Bass, before being closed down in the early 1920s. It was reopened in 2009, and much like its predecessor the new brewery rapidly built a reputation due to the quality of its ingredients and formidable skillset of the brewing team.
Ilkley Brewery has grown at an outstanding rate and now produces more than 50,000 pints a week.
In recent years the brewery has faced increasing competition from the rise in popularity of microbreweries, undeterred Ilkley Brewery continues to pride itself on creating a selection of more than 56 distinctive and enjoyable ales, including the likes of Mary Jane pale session ale, the big and bold Alpha Beta, the award-winning new world Hendrix APA, Juiced in Time citrus pale ale and many more.
Fyne Ales - Cairndow, Scotland
Founded at the beginning of the new millenium, in the year 2000. Fyne Ales was created with the intention of bringing quality beer, jobs and tourism to its rural home in Argyll. The first ever brew took place on St. Andrews Day in November 2001, a dark amber coloured bittersweet ale named Highlander. This ale would go onto win multiple awards and continues to add to its list of accolades every year.
Over the years, Fyne Ales has gone from strength to strength and it continues to brew a number of interesting and wide-ranging ales in a variety of flavours.
There were a host of Fyne Ales cask ales to choose from throughout our Autumn Beer Showcase, including the likes of the rich and smokey Carved in Fire, hoppy Fading Light Session IPA, pale and citrusy Hurricane Jack, and dark fruity Vital Spark.
Join us for a season of tap-takeovers, and sample our limited edition range from selected breweries — once they’re gone, they’re gone!
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Mol Pain. 2008 Jan 23;4:5. doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-4-5.
Expression of AMPA receptor subunits at synapses in laminae I-III of the rodent spinal dorsal horn.
Polgár E1, Watanabe M, Hartmann B, Grant SG, Todd AJ.
Spinal Cord Group, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. e.polgar@bio.gla.ac.uk
Glutamate receptors of the AMPA type (AMPArs) mediate fast excitatory transmission in the dorsal horn and are thought to underlie perception of both acute and chronic pain. They are tetrameric structures made up from 4 subunits (GluR1-4), and subunit composition determines properties of the receptor. Antigen retrieval with pepsin can be used to reveal the receptors with immunocytochemistry, and in this study we have investigated the subunit composition at synapses within laminae I-III of the dorsal horn. In addition, we have compared staining of AMPArs with that for PSD-95, a major constituent of glutamatergic synapses. We also examined tissue from knock-out mice to confirm the validity of the immunostaining.
As we have shown previously, virtually all AMPAr-immunoreactive puncta were immunostained for GluR2. In laminae I-II, approximately 65% were GluR1-positive and approximately 60% were GluR3-positive, while in lamina III the corresponding values were 34% (GluR1) and 80% (GluR3). Puncta stained with antibody against the C-terminus of GluR4 (which only detects the long form of this subunit) made up 23% of the AMPAr-containing puncta in lamina I, approximately 8% of those in lamina II and 46% of those in lamina III. Some overlap between GluR1 and GluR3 was seen in each region, but in lamina I GluR1 and GluR4 were present in largely non-overlapping populations. The GluR4 puncta often appeared to outline dendrites of individual neurons in the superficial laminae. Virtually all of the AMPAr-positive puncta were immunostained for PSD-95, and 98% of PSD-95 puncta contained AMPAr-immunoreactivity. Staining for GluR1, GluR2 and GluR3 was absent in sections from mice in which these subunits had been knocked out, while the punctate staining for PSD-95 was absent in mice with a mutation that prevents accumulation of PSD-95 at synapses.
Our results suggest that virtually all glutamatergic synapses in laminae I-III of adult rat spinal cord contain AMPArs. They show that synapses in laminae I-II contain GluR2 together with GluR1 and/or GluR3, while the long form of GluR4 is restricted to specific neuronal populations, which may include some lamina I projection cells. They also provide further evidence that immunostaining for AMPAr subunits following antigen retrieval is a reliable method for detecting these receptors at glutamatergic synapses.
10.1186/1744-8069-4-5
Immunostaining with the pan-AMPAr antibody and with subunit-specific antibodies in laminae I–III of the rat dorsal horn following antigen retrieval with pepsin. Each image shows a vertical strip taken through the central part of the dorsal horn stained with the pan-AMPAr antibody (pAMPA) or with one of the subunit-specific antibodies. As we have reported previously [60], lamina I is relatively thick in this region. Images of pan-AMPAr, GluR1 and GluR2 are taken from one section, while those for GluR3 and GluR4 are taken from another. GluR1 puncta are most numerous in laminae I and II, while those that are GluR2- or GluR3-immunoreactive are present in large numbers throughout laminae I–III. The GluR4 staining was obtained with a rabbit antibody against the C-terminal part of the protein (GluR4-C antibody), and is present at relatively few puncta in laminae I and II. However some clusters of GluR4 puncta that are orientated either transversely (arrow) or dorsoventrally (arrowhead) are visible in the superficial dorsal horn. Each image was obtained from a projection of 5 optical sections at 0.3 μm z-spacing. Approximate locations of laminar boundaries are shown. Scale bar = 20 μm.
Expression of AMPA receptor subunits at synapses in laminae I–III of the rodent spinal dorsal horn
Mol Pain. 2008;4:5-5.
Comparison of immunostaining with the GluR4-C and GluR4-N antibodies. Confocal images from lamina I stained with the GluR4-C, GluR4-N and GluR2 antibodies. A few puncta are labelled with the GluR4-C antibody (two marked with arrows). The GluR4-N antibody stains these strongly, but also labels several other puncta more weakly (two shown with arrowheads). All of the puncta labelled by each GluR4 antibody are GluR2-immunoreactive. Images were obtained from 4 optical spacing at 0.3 μm. Scale bar = 10 μm.
Staining with GluR1-4 and pan-AMPAr antibodies. Confocal images that show immunoreactivity for GluR1, GluR3 and pan-AMPAr (pAMPA) in lamina I (a-d), and GluR2, GluR4 and pan-AMPAr in lamina III (e-h). In each case a merged image is shown (d,h). Note that all puncta labelled with the GluR1-4 antibodies are also labelled with the pan-AMPAr antibody. a-d: Although most of the puncta that are strongly labelled with the GluR1 or GluR3 antibody are weakly labelled or negative with the other one, some can be seen to contain immunostaining for both subunits (2 shown with arrows). e-f: All of the puncta that are GluR4-positive are also labelled with the GluR2 and pan-AMPAr antibodies. The images are projections of 2 optical sections at 0.35 μm z-spacing. Scale bar = 10 μm.
Immunostaining for GluR1 and GluR4 in lamina I. Confocal images that show immunoreactivity for GluR1 and GluR4, together with a merged image (right). Note that in this field the two types of immunoreactivity are contained in different puncta, with no co-localisation. This is a projection of 16 optical sections at 0.3 μm z-spacing. Scale bar = 5 μm.
Immunostaining for GluR2, GluR3 and GluR4 in lamina I. a: A confocal image from a parasagittal section, showing a cluster of GluR4-immunoreactive puncta that appear to outline a single dendrite in lamina I. The boxed area is shown in b-e. b-e: part of the field shown in a, scanned to reveal GluR4, GluR3 and GluR2, together with a merged image. The GluR4-positive puncta are also GluR2- and GluR3-immunoreactive, and 2 of these are indicated with arrows. This is a projection of 19 optical sections at 0.3 μm z-spacing. Scale bar = 10 μm.
Immunostaining for GluR1, GluR2 and GluR3 in AMPAr knock-out and wild-type mice. Confocal images showing parts of the superficial dorsal horn from a wild-type (w.t.) mouse and from mice in which the genes coding for GluR1, GluR2 and GluR3 (gria1, 2 and 3) had been knocked out. Each row shows staining in a different mouse, and in each case staining for GluR1 (red) is shown in the left column, followed by staining for GluR2 (blue) and GluR3 (green), with a merged image in the right column. Note the lack of staining for the corresponding subunit in each of the knock-out mice. Images show projections of 8 optical sections at 0.3 μm z-separation. Scale bar = 5 μm.
PSD-95 immunostaining in dorsal horn. a: The distribution of PSD-95-immunoreactivity in the rat dorsal horn following antigen retrieval with pepsin. Approximate positions of the laminae are shown. Punctate staining for PSD-95 is present throughout the dorsal horn, with the highest density in the superficial part (laminae I–II). b-g show immunostaining for GluR2 (green) and PSD-95 (red) in lamina II in a wild-type mouse (b-d) and in a PSD-95 mutant mouse (e-g). Note the lack of punctate staining for PSD-95 in the PSD-95 mutant. All images are from single optical sections. Scale bars = 50 μm (a), 10 μm (b-g).
Co-localisation of PSD-95 and pan-AMPAr in lamina II. Confocal images showing the co-localisation of immunostaining for pan-AMPAr (pAMPA) and PSD-95 in lamina IIi. These images were projected from 2 optical sections at 0.3 μm z-separation. Scale bar = 5 μm.
Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
Membrane Proteins/metabolism
Mice, Knockout
Posterior Horn Cells/cytology
Posterior Horn Cells/metabolism*
Protein Subunits/metabolism*
Receptors, AMPA/metabolism*
Receptors, Glutamate/metabolism
Synapses/metabolism*
Dlg4 protein, rat
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Receptors, Glutamate
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GluA2 - data and references - Guide to Pharmacology
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Unleashing China’s Capital Markets to Build a ‘Cyber Superpower’
Cyberspace and finance regulators team to promote domestic financing
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Xiaomeng Lu
In one of its first major document releases since the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) parent body was elevated to a Commission, CAC and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)—in a rare joint release—last week published “Guiding Opinions on Promoting Capital Markets to Serve [the Strategy of] Building China into a Cyber Superpower.” The document, translated in full by DigiChina here, lays new groundwork for funding China’s information and communications technology (ICT) companies and ties it directly to the Xi Jinping-linked strategy of building China into a cyber superpower (网络强国) on par with the United States.
Chinese technology startups have long faced challenges in tapping capital markets. The new document reflects a sense of urgency to make China’s capital markets more accessible and functional for rising stars—instead of watching them list on foreign exchanges. This is being driven by a number of official priorities:
to give small and medium-sized firms a path from venture funding to listing on domestic markets;
to fill out the full cycle of angel investment, venture rounds, market listing, and multiple rounds of stock issuance for China’s increasingly robust startup sector;
to balance development initiatives such as Made in China 2025 with market-driven drivers of development;
to increase party-state influence over domestic tech companies at a time when private companies, many of whom list abroad, are the drivers and foreign investors reap much of the benefit;
to grow and promote domestic cybersecurity technology companies; and
to double down on “supply-side reform,” deemphasizing GDP growth.
This announcement follows other initiatives designed to bolster China’s tech sector, including the late March announcement of trials for so-called Chinese depositary receipts (CDRs), which represent a clear attempt to attract tech giants that have listed abroad—for instance Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com (BATJ)—back to China while eyeing the many tech companies waiting in the wings to go public.
U.S. pushback on Chinese industrial policies and technology transfer practices, meanwhile, is focused directly on the ICT and high-tech sectors, and major restrictions on U.S.–China investment flows are likely on the horizon. Challenges for Chinese firms and investors are likely to include: more deals blocked by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), potential reforms to CFIUS that will include export restrictions connected with the proposed Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), and sweeping measures on investment reciprocity.
The Guiding Opinions make clear that every effort will be made to clear away barriers to capital for Chinese ICT firms and make them more sophisticated users of capital markets. The CSRC is likely to prioritize approvals to pursue IPOs in China for firms among the growing ranks of Chinese “unicorns” (startups valued at more than USD $1 billion).
Easier capital access for ‘unicorns,’ but watch for political distortions
An immediate implication of this announcement is that Chinese unicorns will likely have an easier time listing on Chinese exchanges. Currently, the IPO process in China is drawn out and exhaustive, taking between two and three years, with no guarantee of success. Some tech companies, like Chinese cybersecurity giant Qihoo 360, have chosen to expedite this process through “backdoor” listings—though this workaround requires significant upfront capital and a strong, often politically motivated, desire to list at home. The CAC and CSRC can easily cut the paperwork and time required to list for unicorns that officials deem strategically important.
Creating a sustainable, open investment ecosystem for Chinese high-tech companies, however, will be easier said than done. High-tech sectors that fit within buzzword government initiatives like Internet Plus, civil-military fusion, or the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan (AIDP; see DigiChina’s translation and update) show signs of a speculative bubble, with a surplus of capital and skyrocketing valuations. As recently as 2016, the CSRC has clamped down on secondary listing in high-tech sectors to head off a bubble. Unless officials proceed carefully, judiciously listing unicorns that meet government bottom-lines, the Guiding Opinions risk further fueling speculative behavior and skewing capital allocation.
A second implication is that government objectives and market activity will likely become more closely interlinked. Somewhat paradoxically, the announcement promises both to increase market-driven development of China’s high-tech sectors and to bolster the Chinese government’s ability to guide that development. In order to gain preferential access to domestic capital markets, China’s high-tech unicorns will have added incentives to present themselves as “national champions,” or at least as serving China’s national interests.
While many Chinese companies have long sought to align with government sectoral policy priorities (leading to the term “policy businesses”) in order to access support in the form of capital, licensing, tax incentives, etc., tech giants like BATJ have traditionally kept the Chinese government at arm’s length, instead preferring to craft their corporate images to appeal to multiple parties, including international investors. China’s up-and-coming unicorns will find more reason to, at least rhetorically, march in lockstep with China’s strategy of building a cyber superpower.
Coupled with other proposed measures, such as government ownership stakes in high-tech companies and the increasingly active role of Party committees in some firms, it will become increasingly difficult to classify Chinese ICT players as they seek global markets. Are they primarily private sector companies or arms of China’s national strategic vision for cyberspace—or both?
See a full translation of the text here.
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OHJ December 2017
Old House Journal December 2017 issue
Editor's Letter: Our Favorite Issue
In this the last issue of the year, we do a special presentation of restoration award winners, reader-favorite kitchens and baths, plus pages and pages filled with beautiful and helpful products. The December issue is put together interactively with readers, whose Facebook “Likes” and comments weigh into what we decide to feature.
First up: Inspirational house tours, as it happens, one from each coast. In a repeat of last year’s favorite styles, again this year our editorial panel and readers chose an unabashed Victorian and a homey Arts & Crafts house. The Connecticut Victorian was brought back after a devastating fire and now is earning its keep not only as a family home but also as a bed-and-breakfast inn. The Seattle semi-bungalow, which had been divided into apartments in the 1950s, had a meticulous restoration by its owner, a collector of pottery and old books.
The Restore section describes how the long arc of conservation, restoration, and new-old house building have created evolving technologies as the market matures. (Not to mention a few revivals of the old ways!) The Design section, as in previous December issues, deals with realistic budgets. Share the enthusiasm of interior designer and busy homeowner Amy Mitchell, who knows when to splurge and how to save. Next, we juried kitchens and bathrooms that have been published over the years in our group of magazines. Respondents to the “vote” chose a magnificent teal kitchen, its design based on a 19th-century butler’s pantry, and a serene bathroom that appears to have survived from the past. (It’s new!)
The editors (most especially Mary Ellen Polson) weighed in on “classics that have stood the test of time,” presented in five pages of our own Favorite Things. I hope you enjoy these features and the rest of this special issue of OHJ.
~Patricia Poore, Editorial Director of Old House Journal
Look below to see stories from this issue.
Products of the Week
Fireplace & Mantel
Victorian Mantel Scarves
They still make Victorian mantel scarves.
Saving A Landmark Victorian
With the help of dedicated contractors and craftspeople, a determined couple commit to the rescue of a town landmark that will be their home—and provide an income.
Restoration Evolved
Since the urban-pioneer days of the 1970s, the residential restoration movement has been fluid and ever-changing, adopting new techniques and modern materials along the way.
Architectural Salvage Projects
Copper Window Vanity
Repurposing a round, exterior copper window to be used as a mirror frame took some imagination.
Back to Basics for a Bungalow
The Seattle homeowner may have been fated to rescue this 1913 Arts & Crafts house. The hard work took eight years; the result is a home perfect for her.
Budget-friendly and Historically Sensitive Design
Learn how this owner took her house from tired and boring to bold and beautiful using fresh, budget-friendly ideas that don’t fight history.
A Fix For Half-stuck Slide-away Windows
In a sleeping porch, the original slide-away windows got yanked once too often.
Victorian Tiles, Lights, and Ornaments
Brilliant tiles, lighting and ornaments.
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Latsko lifts Dash to 2-1 win over Reign
It's the second win of the season for the Dash
by Jacqueline PurdyMay 23, 2018
The Houston Dash beat Seattle Reign FC in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night in front of a crowd of 2,376 at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston as Week 9 in the NWSL kicked off.
It’s the second win of the season for the Dash, who are now 2-4-4 (10 points) and in seventh place. The Reign are still in second place, but dropped to 4-2-2 (14 points) with the loss.
Veronica Latsko scored the game-winner for the Dash in the second minute of stoppage time, after a long run from Thembi Kgatlana to set up the play. The goal came on a counterattack after the Reign nearly scored the winner on their end of the field. Latsko’s shot deflected off Reign defender Steph Catley and past goalkeeper Michelle Betos to put the Dash up 2-1.
A stoppage time stunner from Latsko to give the @HoustonDash the late lead!#HOUvSEA | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/CVU6bq9rbV
— NWSL (@NWSL) May 24, 2018
It’s the second goal of the season for Latsko, and both have been late game-winners. Her first goal came on May 5 at Sky Blue FC in the 79th minute to give the Dash their first win of the season.
Beverly Yanez gave the Reign a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute, cooly tapping home a pass from Jodie Taylor.
Yanez calmly finds the corner to give @ReignFC the lead on the road.#HOUvSEA | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/iLA2M4jQLR
The Reign, playing their second of three games in eight days, did not start Jess Fishlock and Megan Rapinoe. Rapinoe entered at the start of the second half.
The Dash tied the game in the 68th minute when Kristie Mewis capitalized after a Rachel Daly free kick. The Dash earned the set piece after Kristen McNabb was issued a yellow card for a foul on Nichelle Prince.
Kristie Mewis puts it home for Houston! The Dash have their equalizer in the second half.#HOUvSEA | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/symv8QSjJt
The Dash will next be in action on Sunday vs. the Spirit, their third game in nine days. The Reign will head to New Jersey to take on Sky Blue FC on Saturday night.
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Politics|Iowa Is at the Center of the Political Storm
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A campaign event in Fort Dodge on October 31.
Iowa Is at the Center of the Political Storm
Candidates, the news media and voters turn the state into a stage to audition the next president.
A campaign event in Fort Dodge on October 31.Credit...
Photographs by Jordan Gale
Text by Sydney Ember and Jordan Gale
DES MOINES — Every four years, Iowa is the top prize in politics, the first and perhaps most important jewel in the crown.
Ahead of every presidential election, candidates sprint across the first-in-the-nation nominating state to pitch themselves to voters as the best person to lead their party. But the 2020 Democratic primary, with its historically crowded field, has turned the quadrennial footrace into a hectic stampede.
The Iowa state flag in West Des Moines.
There are the candidates, of course, who descend on the state in their painted buses and black SUVs, racing from middle school gymnasiums to coffee shops to senior centers to make their case to any heartland voter looking for a viable candidate.
But with them comes a storm of others: their campaign staffers, strategists, the political press, even voters from neighboring states eager to catch a glimpse of the next potential White House occupant.
Every four years, Iowa plays host to them all.
Iowa becomes a destination, no the destination, in politics, leading to the first caucuses that will begin the process of selecting the next president. This year they will be held on Feb. 3, less than a month from now.
A campaign bus in Wapello.
Pizza served at an event in Cedar Rapids.
Frayed campaign signs at a dinner in Des Moines.
An outdoor town hall in Clinton.
Some Iowans love it. Suddenly, Iowa is not just a flyover state but a political mecca with the vaunted reputation of being able to predict a party’s eventual nominee (though it often doesn’t — ask Rick Santorum). Some Iowans come dressed for the part, dusting off their caucus uniforms like retired superheroes donning their capes: American flag suits, Abraham Lincoln top hats, Uncle Sam Halloween costumes.
Reporters fly into Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, then rent cars that they fill with remnants of Jimmy John’s sandwiches and pizza from Casey’s General Store. Driving back and forth on I-80, they can put 500 miles or more on these cars in a two-day span.
Members of the Waterloo Automotive Club at a parade in Independence.
A man caught a glimpse of a candidate surveying flood damage in Davenport.
Chris McBurney caught a glimpse of a candidate touring her neighborhood in Cedar Rapids.
Money flows in. Hotels are booked. Restaurants are full. Towns with less than 1,000 people — less than 500 people — are, briefly, the center of attention.
Brew pubs and high schools become must-stops on the campaign trail. Local parades and picnics draw national coverage. The annual state fair, with its butter cow and fried things on sticks, becomes a political summit. Potluck dinners hold the same weight as closed-door meetings on Capitol Hill. There are rallies and marches. There are drum lines and rock bands.
There comes a point when the race takes over. The candidates’ names are everywhere: On signs planted in yards. Blaring from billboards by the highway. Peering out of coffee shop windows.
A girl at an event in Iowa City.
The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
Lights set up inside an elementary school gym in Muscatine.
In West Point, a candidate’s backstage area.
Phones ring nonstop, with polls, with pleas. Who is your top choice? Am I your top choice? So many calls that Iowans stop picking up.
People start to hear. Cheers fill the room. The candidates, too, are all trying to hear, to speak. Mostly, though, they strut — on makeshift stages, set up to be torn down; through downtowns; right up to Iowans’ doors.
There are also moments of stillness: A local union hall before anyone arrives. A campaign office at dawn. A gym after a rally, when everyone has left.
Children and adults crowded a playground in Iowa City to watch a campaign event.
Richard Floss listened to a candidate speak at a tea house in Newton.
A campaign volunteer listened during an event at a middle school in Cedar Rapids.
But every four years, the rest of the nation watches as cornfields decay into barren horizon lines. The days become shorter, the weather colder, while at the same time the presence of each campaign only seems to become more and more permanent for each local resident.
It can be exhausting. The campaigning is, in the end, a performance, and Iowans see it as such. With as many as two dozen candidates at one point in the primary, it made for a lot of performances.
Iowa matters, but it is also being used. Vans filled with reporters clog the streets. Campaign events take over the sandwich shop, the college auditorium, the convention hall. Personal stories become source material for candidates’ plans and ideas.
A town hall in Cedar Rapids.
A campaign event in Davenport.
After an event in Waterloo.
A town hall at a high school in Indianola.
Many Iowans don’t want to seem invested, but they are all giving up their Saturday nights. Some bring their kids to events, and ignore their pleas to go home. They bring their mothers and fathers. They bring their friends. They wait in line for selfies.
Campaigns begin to mark the time in weeks instead of months, days instead of weeks. One hundred and two days left. Forty-two. Weekdays in Iowa are, mostly, a respite: Many of the candidates have jobs back in Washington and return to the state on the weekends — Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Some campaigns, beleaguered by money problems or low polling numbers, end before the caucuses. Their staffers move back home because home isn’t Iowa.
As the caucuses approach, the pressure of choosing a preferred candidate rises. Everyone is under scrutiny: The candidates but also the farmers, the teachers, the out-of-work factory workers.
Then an unsettling feeling creeps in. What happens when everyone leaves? When the store owners wave goodbye to the White House hopefuls because they have provided all their hope?
A camera crew found a creative exit from an event in Burlington.
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Thirty-nine days, thirty-one.
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But they will be back, they always come back.
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The walking and cycling connection over the Auckland Harbour Bridge aims to provide pedestrian and cyclist access to and from the city from the North Shore.
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A walking and cycling link over the Auckland Harbour Bridge is currently missing in Auckland’s network of walking and cycling routes.
The proposal would provide valuable transport and tourism benefits and appeal to a wide range of users, including commuters, visitors and recreational users.
The NZ Transport Agency has started a Detailed Business Case for a walking and cycling connection over the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
The business case started in 2018 to meet the Government’s priority to create more active transport choices for Aucklanders and deliver critical missing links in the urban cycle network in areas of high demand for example, between Auckland’s North Shore and City Centre.
The business case is almost complete. Part of the business case has been to look at a number of options through a multi-criteria analysis.
Preferred option
A preferred option has been identified and the rest of the business case process will examine this option in more detail. The preferred option is a five metre wide path, built on separate new pier brackets, attached to the existing concrete piers on the southbound side of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, directly linking Westhaven to Northcote Point and connecting with the future SeaPath route.
The option meets the future demands of all bridge users and preserves the structural integrity of the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
The five-metre width allows for separation between walkers and cyclists, making it safer and more enjoyable for all users.
The route includes three pause points approximately one hundred metres long and 4,2 metres wide which will be terraced down from the shared path to allow cyclists and pedestrians who want to have a rest on their journey rest out of the main thoroughfare of those continuing their journey.
During daylight, the Auckland Harbour Bridge shared path will create a strong sculptural symbol for people walking and cycling between the north shore and the city. After the sun sets, architectural lighting will shine a spotlight on this iconic bridge structure and create a feature within the Waitemata Harbour.
The shared path will be separated from the Auckland Harbour Bridge’s existing southbound extension bridge (known as the southbound clip-on) by a sufficient gap to allow access for maintenance of the clip-on.
Benefits of this option
because it is attached to the bridge piers rather than the clip on there are no load restrictions, meaning there will not be restrictions on people using it and it is designed to cater for future demands
it won’t move up and down like the existing southbound clip-on does as it’s not attached to that clip on
it matches the shape and design of the existing bridge
separation between cyclists and pedestrians, improving safety
wide pause points
the ability for people to access and exit the path from the existing bridge in an emergency
easier to construct because it’s made of readily available and quality proven steel.
Video showing the preferred option
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The Transport Agency Board will consider the outcomes of the business case in late 2019.
The earliest construction could start on a walking and cycling path over the Auckland Harbour Bridge is late 2020. However, more will be known when the business case is complete.
The Transport Agency is also continuing work on SeaPath, a 4km shared path between Northcote Point and Esmonde Road, Takapuna. It is a priority for the Transport Agency to coordinate the design and delivery of both SeaPath and a shared walking and cycling path over the Auckland Harbour Bridge to create the best outcomes for the community as well for those who will use them.
Read frequently asked questions about the Auckland Harbour Bridge shared path project
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Alex, during a question and answer session with other Big Brother Naija Housemates, BamBam and CeeC today, has opened up on her regrets.
According to her, she says she’d be deeply hurt if she gets out of the house, and realizes Leo played her.
…adding that she feels he genuinely cares about her, but admits that she could be totally wrong.
Alex didn’t stop there, she further disclosed that, if she gets out of the house, and realizes that Leo lied to her, she’d express her hurt and not keep it in.
When asked about her biggest regret in the house, Alex said she wishes she didn’t cry over Leo the way she did when he was evicted.
According to her, she didn’t even realise she cried so much and rolled on the floor, until other housemates told her.
She further stated she still can’t believe the extent to which she cried until she gets out of the house and watches it herself.
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There is a new member of the family as the battle for freedom and democracy begins....
A nightmare from the past for both the Security Service as well as young Jack Thornton comes back to haunt everyone and threatens disaster.
A conspiracy emerges that threatens to engulf everything and everyone which if left unchecked could spell the end of everything.
It all begins with a simple looking battered old briefcase and a phone call...
When I first contemplated the plot outline of what became this twelfth novel in the series I thought it would take months to write, in fact to my surprise even now it took just two weeks!
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Baroness Jacqueline de Wente, the Secretary of State for the UK Government's Justice Department had a distinctly worried look about her as she left New Scotland Yard and climbed into the back of her official ministerial car.
"Now there goes someone with a lot on her mind" Tracy Caverner, Divisional Commander of the Metropolitan Division of the National Security & Police Service commented to her husband, the Regional Administrator General of the service as they observed the Justice Minister's car speed off up Broadway heading in the direction of central Westminster itself.
"Someone probably just discovered another cock up at the Home Office" the Commander commented wryly "They haven't had one for nearly a week so they are a tad overdue."
"Tell me" Jack Thornton, a twelve year old lad who through a set of complicated circumstances had now become part of their family "Is it being high ranking law enforcement officers that makes you both cynical or some form of natural talent?"
"General rule of thumb usually says the higher up in the Service you go" the Commander confirmed "The more no neck talent less politicians you have to deal with and in direct proportion the more cynical you get."
Tracy was indeed correct as it turned out, the Justice Minister did indeed have something on her mind. This was a situation that began the moment she had bumped into Jack with his new foster parents in the reception area of New Scotland Yard some ten minutes previously.
As her ministerial car proceeded around Parliament Square, her mobile telephone rang and with some reluctance once she saw the number of the caller, she answered it.
"Hello?" she called "Yes it was definitely the late Philip Thornton's son, no doubt about it" she confirmed.
"Is the meeting set?" she enquired.
There was a brief pause as the caller confirmed the details during which the Justice Minister listened intently as if her life depended upon it.
"Very well" she confirmed "Location green in one hour."
With the call concluded, the Justice Minister considered her options for a few moments before leaning forward.
"Clive" she called to her regular driver "Back to the office quickly please."
"Welcome to the family" the Commander declared as along with Tracy he raised his glass to Jack in the restaurant where they were having lunch.
"Thank you" Jack responded "Of course you do realise I am missing a day of school today don't you?"
"Given the circumstances I think this can be allowed this once" Tracy responded.
"So how is this going to work?" Jack asked "I like to know where I am. That comes of having spent two years living off my own wits."
"Well you can have the spare bedroom" the Commander confirmed "It needs some decorating but you are welcome to choose how you want it."
"And no questions asked?" Jack asked.
"I figure that if you want to talk about anything" the Commander concluded "You will get to it in your own time."
"Great" Jack confirmed "Let's eat" he declared.
The security guard at the main entrance allowed the Justice Minister in through the imposing doorway of the extremely anonymous office building without any fuss, question or impediment.
Once inside, she was escorted through the seemingly empty but thoroughly modernised building to a set of large opaque glass doors that when opened, revealed a formal boardroom dominated by a large glass table around which were sat a number of well turned out individuals awaiting patiently her arrival.
"Ah Ms de Wente" the most senior looking man present declared as she entered the room "We have been expecting you. Would you care for a drink?"
"Not right now thank you Number Three" the Justice Minister confirmed as she took her seat at the table "I cannot stay long, matters of state to attend to, you know how it is."
"Indeed I do" Number Three confirmed confidently.
"To business then" de Wente declared as she prepared to explain the reason for the swift calling of this unscheduled meeting.
"As this committee is aware, two years ago we dealt with a potential threat to the integrity of our organisation when a senior member of the Foreign Office went 'off message' and threatened to expose our operations before we were ready" she explained.
"And very successfully if I recall" one of the others recalled.
"With just two problems arising from that" de Wente continued "After the termination warrant had been executed and the information enclosure team had finished their work, we were never able to find either the target's briefcase containing his files or his only remaining member of his family, both of which we know for a fact were in the vehicle when our representatives interceded."
"Which I assume brings us to the point of this little gathering?" Number Three asked.
"Indeed" de Wente confirmed "A little over one hour ago, the young man in question appeared on our radar for the first time since that night."
"Has this been confirmed?" one of the others asked.
"Our usual sources have been successful in obtaining CCTV footage which appears to match our own records" Number Three confirmed as he passed around printouts of stills of young Jack Thornton taken just hours earlier inside New Scotland Yard.
"That's our boy" one of the others confirmed as she checked this new image against an old record being displayed on a laptop computer.
"And looking in rude health for someone who officially has been dead for two years" Number Three agreed "It is impressive that he has managed to avoid appearing on the grid for all this time."
"If he possesses those missing files" de Wente continued "then he poses a clear and present danger to this organisation, which brings me on to the next major problem."
"The Regional Administrator General" Number Three remarked "How does our beloved Commander fit into young Jack's life?"
"He and his wife Tracy have just adopted him" de Wente explained "And that means potentially he could find out about our little group before we are ready to go online."
"Ah..." Number Three remarked "Very noble and humanitarian of him to help a lost sheep in this way but from our point of view a potential obstacle to our unilateral objectives."
"That is what I thought" de Wente agreed "Which is why I felt it necessary to bring this to the central committee's attention as soon as possible."
"You have done well" Number Three agreed "Very well, this is what we shall do. Number Nine, have your team do a full work up on little friend Jack here, the Commander, his close associates and establish exactly what he knows, is likely to find out and provide us with a full threat assessment for tomorrow."
"It's going to be tricky" Number Nine remarked "You don't just waltz into the Commander's ball park uninvited unless you have a lot of protection."
"I appreciate that this will be difficult" Number Three agreed "However these are difficult times."
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Sep 16, 2019 by Sharone Houri
We know what you’re thinking: "Why would I ever learn video editing when I can just hire someone off Fiverr to do it for me?" A few other refuting thoughts may cross your mind, like the fact that it would take too much time, that you’re too busy to learn something new, that it’s too expensive to master, or that you prefer to be investing your energy on other things. While this may be the case, it’s crucial to consider that editing videos in your personal vision can help turn abstract ideas into powerful content and save you a fortune in the long run.
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Progress on these goals and metrics will be achieved through the hard work and commitment of institutional leaders, faculty, and staff. In that spirit, Appalachian State University has identified these contributions that Appalachian State University aspires to make to the UNC Strategic Plan over the next five years.
From Appalachian State University: When Appalachian Chancellor Sheri Everts signed a pledge with President Margaret Spellings to meet UNC System strategic goals over the next five years, Everts recognized that these initiatives were ambitious, but achievable. Additionally, she noted that they were consistent with Appalachian’s mission to increase access to education for those students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to achieve a college education. Today, Appalachian is well on its way to meeting, if not exceeding, these five-year performance goals.
Student success in Appalachian’s classrooms and laboratories, combined with postgraduate success, contributes greatly to the university’s excellent reputation as a national leader in higher education. As Appalachian continues growing at a slow and steady rate, the inclusion of some of the best young minds that our country has to offer strengthens the university’s academic mission and helps retain students, faculty, and staff.
From Appalachian State University: One important guiding value of the Strategic Plan is its emphasis on letting each institution’s unique mission within the UNC System drive its strategic metrics. Appalachian was asked to designate five of the nine Strategic Plan metrics into a “Prioritize” category.
The metrics that Appalachian will use to measure how it is meeting its strategic needs and achieving its aspirations for the future fall into the following categories:
Low-income achievement gaps in undergraduate degree efficiency
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By fall 2021, App State will enroll 5,715 rural students, a 7.3% increase over 2016 levels (387 additional rural students over a base of 5,328).
From Appalachian State University: Appalachian has already surpassed its 2020 goal for increased enrollment of rural students. As members of a university community that is a leader in outreach and education in rural North Carolina, Appalachian faculty, students, and staff conduct research that is of value to North Carolina’s rural populations, particularly in northwestern North Carolina. Additionally, Appalachian’s community outreach and engagement efforts in rural areas have measurable impact.
To help attain this goal, Appalachian has pursued recruitment efforts with community colleges and through student transition programs such as GEAR UP and Upward Bound. In addition, the university offers nearly 100 service-learning and community-based research courses each year. These efforts build strong connections with the university’s surrounding communities. Since 2004, Appalachian has contributed more than $25 million in value to communities in northwestern North Carolina through service-learning efforts. This commitment to community makes every student an ambassador for Appalachian in nearby communities, strengthening recruitment efforts. The addition of a police academy program in summer 2018 has added another key recruitment tool that will return value to rural communities in North Carolina.
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By 2021-22, App State will produce 1,600 low-income graduates, an increase of 24.2% (312 additional low-income completions over a base of 1,288).
From Appalachian State University: Appalachian is on track in its efforts to increase the number of low-income graduates and compares favorably to its peer institutions in terms of value and affordability. Appalachian administrators are, however, keenly aware of the cost of a college education and the debt that some students incur while attaining an education at Appalachian. To this end, Appalachian has prioritized increasing the number and availability of need-based and merit-based scholarships for incoming and returning students. These are key fundraising efforts for the university as Appalachian seeks to provide students with the support they need for success in college and beyond.
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By 2021-22, App State will produce 2,257 critical workforce credentials, an increase of 29.6% (516 additional critical workforce credentials over a base of 1,741).*
From Appalachian State University: Appalachian’s pace is ahead of schedule in its annual progress toward increasing the number of critical workforce credentials in fields of health professions, teacher education, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). Through rigorous academic program offerings, internationally recognized research, and extensive public outreach and engagement, Appalachian strives to position itself at the forefront of STEM education and activities in North Carolina. As demand in STEM fields increases, creativity is becoming the commodity of the future. Each year, on average, more than 500 individual employers visit Appalachian's campus. Also, more than 4,000 employers are connected to Appalachian and approved to recruit students through the university’s online tool for job postings. Seven career fairs are held each year, including one for graduate school and one for internships. Because of their reputation for creative problem-solving skills, curiosity, and on-the-spot innovation, Appalachian graduates are sought after by employers. Case in point: Appalachian’s Team Sunergy is setting the standard for leadership in the development of solar transportation technology, drawing international recognition to the university’s interdisciplinary approach to STEM education, and helping attract companies like Tesla to its campus to recruit employees.
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Appalachian’s NEXUS research project cuts by half local farm’s greenhouse energy consumption
Nadine Lambert ’17 applies her math degree at worldwide IT consulting firm
Chemistry alum’s research indicates potential harm of essential oils
In the media: Bananas vs. Sports Drinks? Bananas Win in Study (The New York Times)
In the media: People and Lasers: Edible Lasers (Funovation.com)
NSF Fellowships support Appalachian alumnae’s graduate-level study in science disciplines
From Appalachian State University: One important guiding value of the Strategic Plan is its emphasis on letting each institution’s unique mission within the UNC System drive its strategic metrics. Appalachian designated three of the nine metrics in the “Improve” category as secondary areas for increasing performance during the 2017-22 course of the UNC System Strategic Plan.
Financial literacy resources for Appalachian students
Appalachian’s Upward Bound awarded nearly $3.5M to support student access to higher education
By fall 2021, App State will enroll 4,911 low-income students, a 9.3% increase over 2015 levels (419 additional low-income students over a base of 4,492).
From Appalachian State University: Appalachian is on track to surpass its 2021 goal for increasing enrollment of low-income students. Appalachian was founded on the principle of serving low-income and rural populations. The university offers need-based and merit-based scholarships, including the ACCESS Scholarship for students with high financial need. Keenly aware that more scholarships like this one are needed, Appalachian has prioritized increasing the number and availability of need-based and merit-based scholarships for incoming and returning students. These are key fundraising efforts for the university as Appalachian seeks to provide students with the support they need for success in college and beyond.
By 2021-22, App State will improve its undergraduate degree efficiency to 24.2 over a base of 23.3.
From Appalachian State University: Appalachian is on track to meet its goals for improving efficiency of degree completion for its overall undergraduate population. Appalachian’s “DegreeWorks” initiative sets a goal for all undergraduates to complete their degrees in four years, combining a web-based degree audit with face-to-face academic advising to provide constant organizational support for degree completion. Students can run scenarios using their current or potential degree programs to see how coursework is being applied to their progress toward graduation, and run "what if" scenarios to see how changing their current academic program (adding/deleting/changing majors, minors, etc.) will affect degree completion progress. Additional tools include real-time information, educational planning components, transparent course and credit transfer information, and GPA calculators to assist students in completing their degrees with the greatest possible efficiency. More efficiency yields faster time-to-degree, lower tuition payments, lower debt, and earlier entry into the job market, bolstering the value of an Appalachian education.
Appalachian’s Guide to Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate Four Year Guides
DegreeWorks audit tool
Distance Education at Appalachian
US News and World Report recognizes Appalachian for ‘Best Online Programs’
Appalachian State University ranks in the top 7 percent of U.S. colleges and universities for nontraditional students in 2019, according to College Factual
Expansion plans for Appalachian’s Child Development Center underway
By 2021-22, App State will receive $18,279,664 in research and development sponsored program awards and licensing income, an increase of 15.8% ($2,500,000 additional over a base of $15,779,664).*
From Appalachian State University: Appalachian’s plans for expansion and improvements prioritize innovative research and learning, benefit the community, and position Appalachian as a leader among its peers. Since fall 2017, the university has increased program awards by over $1 million.
Appalachian’s faculty and staff are called upon for their expertise in areas as diverse as human performance, rural health care, international leadership training, student health and safety, and sustainability. Appalachian’s students and alumni take their skills to the workforce and apply them to make real and powerful differences in their communities and beyond.
Properties designated by the Board of Governors as having Millennial Campus status present opportunities to think and act creatively, quickly, and nimbly. They further Appalachian’s research capacity and its teaching and service mission, while also enhancing regional economic development. Appalachian’s Millennial Campus projects involve repurposing decommissioned property and re-envisioning inactive building sites, allowing the university to think strategically about how to operate as a campus while also meeting regional needs in the long term.
Grant announcements at Appalachian
NSF grant funds Appalachian research on the effects of too few zzz’s
NSF funds Appalachian research of ‘Changing Glacier Dynamics at Athabasca Glacier’
US Department of Education funds Appalachian Fulbright-Hays GPA Program
Appalachian receives NRPA funding for survey on older adults’ participation in sports
In the Media: Small Earthquakes Common In Eastern US
In the Media: Here's the Best Way to Boost Your Immune System
Appalachian student and faculty researchers seek to recover declining honeybee population
In the media: Greed Disguised as Science: How a Multitude of Factors Led to the Opioid Crisis (Mad in America)
Racing on Solar Energy — the evolution of ROSE and Appalachian’s solar vehicle team
One important guiding value of the Strategic Plan is its emphasis on letting each institution’s unique mission within the UNC System drive its strategic metrics. Appalachian designated one of the nine metrics in the “Sustain” category, a metric for continual monitoring. While this metric may not require additional resources for improvement during the 2017-22 course of the Strategic Plan, Appalachian seeks continual improvement in all areas and will work to improve in this category as well.
By 2022, App State will improve its five-year graduation rate from any accredited institution to 77.0%. This is an improvement over a base of 74.6% for App State’s 2010 cohort.
From Appalachian State University: Appalachian employs numerous strategies to streamline the learning paths for its students. These include advising tools to help students “Finish in Four,” an early intervention team and financial literacy in the co-curricular experience. In addition to the statewide articulation agreements between North Carolina community colleges and state universities, Appalachian also has individual articulation agreements with 10 community colleges and a co-admission program with nearby Caldwell Community College. Appalachian’s faculty, staff, and students share a commitment to student success.
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Toshiba unveils new Satellite C70-B and C70D-B Notebooks
Today Toshiba expanded its range of reasonably priced DTR laptops. Two of the new Satellite C70-B models come equipped with the Core i5-5200U, a chip from the Intel's Broadwell generation.
by Mihai Andrici, 2015/01/29
Today Toshiba unveiled several new desktop replacement laptops (DTR) in its Satellite C70-B and C70D-B line-ups. In total, Toshiba announced eight new 17.3-inch notebook models, the most notable being the the Satellite C70-B-33H and the C70-B-33J.
The C70-B-33H and the C70-B-33J are based on the energy efficient Intel Core i5-5200U, a dual-core processor from Intel's Broadwell generation. Depending on the exact configuration, other models come with chips such as the AMD E1-6010, A4-6210, or the A6-6310. All of the new Toshiba Satellite C70-B notebooks run on the 64-bit version of Microsoft's Windows 8.1.
The Toshiba Satellite C70-B-33J (white) and the C70-B-33H (black) come with an 17.3-inch TruBrite HD + display with a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels. On these models the graphics rendering is ensured by an AMD Radeon R7 M260. As far as memory is concerned, the 33J and the 33H come with 12GB of DDR3L RAM (1600 MHz), and 1TB of HDD storage.
Other specs include Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 + LE, two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 (Sleep-and-Charge) port, HDMI-out, RGB out, a multi-card reader, and a combined headphone microphone connector.
List of newly available Toshiba Satellite DTR laptops:
Satellite C70-B-353 (Black) : 649 €
Satellite C70-B-33H (Black): 799 €
Satellite C70D-B-307 (Black): 499 €
Satellite C70D-B-318 (Pearl White): 499 €
Satellite C70D-B-30E (Black): 549 €
Toshiba Satellite C70-B 1
Toshiba unveils the Satellite P50-B-11M notebook News @ 02/24/2015
Toshiba unveils Broadwell-based Satellite Z30-B-100 Ultrabook News @ 02/12/2015
Toshiba announces new Qosmio X70-B and Satellite P70-B notebooks News @ 01/09/2015
CES 2015 | Toshiba intros the Encore 2 Write Windows tablet News @ 01/08/2015
CES 2015 | Toshiba unveils the Satellite Click Mini 2-in-1 News @ 01/08/2015
CES 2015 | Toshiba's Portege Z20t is an alternative to the Surface Pro 3 News @ 01/06/2015
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Portland’s best croissants, ranked
Portland's best croissants 2019
By Michael Russell | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Among the idle thoughts that sailed through my mind while tasting dozens of Portland-area croissants to find the city’s best was this: Croissants, with their fantastically layered construction and contrast of internal fluff and external crunch, belong right up there with the dirigible among the great, whimsical inventions of the late 19th century. You could almost imagine a faded flyer littered with exclamation points announcing their invention:
Behold, the croissant! A pastry sensation that shatters like glass on the tongue, yet feels lighter than air in the hand! Masterfully made, with layers of dough and butter folded, pressed and rolled into a miracle of modern engineering! Try one today!
Do you remember where you were the first time you tried a croissant? I do. Not to get too Proust-y here, but a croissant played a starring role in my first-ever memory, part of a morning pastry basket with pain au chocolat and crusty baguette dipped in hot chocolate eaten in some tree-lined Parisian square with my family. We were probably there for a brief stop after visiting family in Scotland. I might have been three years old. I recall men in the distance playing boules.
The French obsession with crescent pastries dates to the late 1830s and the opening of Paris’ famed Viennese Bakery, which was home to a sweet horn-shaped pastry called the kipfel. (Croissants, brioche and other similarly sweet, yeast-leavened pastries are still called “Viennoiserie” today.) Two croissant stories you might have heard — that the pastry was first baked to celebrate a military defeat of the Ottoman Empire and that Austrian princess Marie Antoinette first popularized them in France — are likely based more in legend than fact, food historians say. Intriguingly, the modern croissant has evolved away from its original form. In France, crescent-shaped croissants tend to signify those made with margarine. Those made purely with butter are left in a straight line.
The lamination process, whereby dough and butter are pressed into a dozen or more layers, came later, but a modern croissant would be unrecognizable without it. In the oven, the butter acts like a natural steam engine, its moisture puffing out each internal layer while its fat turns the edges crispy.
So what does a great croissant look like? In my search, I looked for golden brown pastries with an attractive egg wash and the pronounced shoulders of a 1980s power suit. Lift is important — croissants should be about three to four inches tall, depending on the size. I’m a fan of a tidily tucked “nose” and “ears” that display the croissant’s well-spaced layers, though that’s more of an aesthetic concern than anything else. In the hand, a croissant should be surprisingly light. Squeezed, it should give off flakes. Inside, it should be neither greasy nor too dense. On the tongue, subtle notes of sugar and yeast should compete with the dominant flavor: butter.
For this roundup, I visited 24 bakeries, some recommended by friends, others by readers. I tried a butter croissant at each. After that initial survey, I revisited each contender at least once, then, with the help of five hungry colleagues, picked up fresh croissants from the top six for a head-to-head blind taste test. Along the way, I didn’t finish each croissant, but assuming about a tablespoonful of butter per pastry, I ate at least two sticks of butter over the two weeks of heavy eating for the project, perhaps more. Yikes!
And don’t worry, we’re no snobbish Francophiles. Yes, the average French croissant bests ours. But these top five would easily hold their own against a typical Paris bakery, a place that might make hundreds of croissants each day for customers expecting to pay €1.30 -- less than half of the $3-and-up we typically shell out here. If you’re looking for the very best versions of this marvel of micro-engineering in Portland, look no further.
Baker & Spice: Pastry chef and author Julie Richardson’s Hillsdale neighborhood gem makes classically constructed croissants that were just a little over-baked on our two visits but still flaked beautifully. 6330 S.W. Capitol Highway.
Bakeshop: If you’re visiting Kim Boyce’s whole-grain Northeast Portland bakery, you’ll want to splurge on the signature almond croissant, which comes under a blanket of powdered sugar. 5351 N.E. Sandy Blvd.
Grand Central Bakery (best chain): Though our croissant had blown out a bit beneath the end of the nose, Grand Central still had the best crunch-to-fluff ratio of any larger chain bakery we tried. Seven Portland-area locations.
Little T: Tim Healea’s noted Southeast Portland bread bakery makes tasty little croissants that practically drip with butter. The coffee — from Coava — ain’t bad either. 2600 S.E. Division St.
Twisted Croissant: This white-tiled bakery makes some gorgeous pastries, including croissant-doughnut and croissant-muffin hybrids filled with fun flavors, but the butter croissants were too flat on our first two visits. 2129 N.E. Broadway St.
Twisted Croissant brings new wonders of the pastry world to Portland
Cronuts, croissants and cruffins, oh my!
PORTLAND’S BEST CROISSANTS
Jinju Patisserie located at 4063 N. Williams Ave., Portland, Ore., Oct. 25, 2019. Mark Graves
No. 5: JINJU
How many Portland bakeries can boast the joint resumes of chocolatier Jin Caldwell and pastry chef Kyurim Lee, both former pastry chefs at top Las Vegas hotels? Not many. Yet despite their combined decades of high-level experience, croissants were rarely a professional focus. Still, Lee was passionate about baking and had taken a class with international pastry consultant Johan Martin. And with construction delays at their shop’s North Portland building, they had time on their hands. So they filled their tiny apartment kitchen with ingredients and tools.
“We didn’t even have a sheeter,” Lee said of those early experiments. “I would roll (the dough) with two different rolling pins. It was a great workout. My shoulder was burning. And at the end, we came up with our recipe.”
That recipe produces a rich brown croissant with enough crispy flake to make you wish you had leaned a bit farther over the plate before taking the first bite. Croissants (even the one that was slightly blown out near the nose on our second visit) are texturally superb, buttery without being too greasy, shatter-crispy and audibly crunchy from end to end. Impressively, laminated pastries aren’t even among the top two reasons to visit Jinju: Lee’s otherworldly cakes and Caldwell’s gorgeous bonbons. Or even the top three, if you ask a neighborhood pooch: Caldwell and Lee bake their own dog treats in-house.
Bake time: Starts around 5 a.m. each day
Other laminates: Chocolate and chocolate-almond croissants with high-cacao milk chocolate batons; cinnamon-orange morning buns; ham, bacon and Gruyere croissants; seasonal savory tarts.
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Monday; 4063 N. Williams Ave.; 503-828-7728; jinjupatisserie.com
The sourdough croissant at Tabor Bread replaces the typically subtle yeast notes with a noticeable tang.
No. 4: TABOR BREAD
Despite baking professionally for a dozen years, native Texan Daniel Rios was still surprised to find Tabor Bread’s sourdough croissant.
“You hardly ever see a croissant that's not made with a commercial yeast,” says Rios, now the Southeast Portland bakery’s operations manager. "The sugar content can be a difficult environment for natural yeast to flourish.”
But if any bakery was going to take a crack at making a naturally fermented croissant, it was Tabor Bread, the wood-fired, local-grain-milling sourdough bakery and occasional tango studio opened by Tissa Stein in a lovely Tudor building back in 2012. According to Rios, the trick lies in feeding the starter several times a day and in adding a bit of sugar to “temper” the yeast in advance. Doubling down on Portland-ness, Tabor Bread’s croissants are made with 50% or more whole grain, typically a blend of spelt and Edison Hard White Wheat, milled in house.
The result is a relatively diminutive croissant (Rios says they use between 95 and 110 grams of dough per pastry, though the croissants look smaller) that while unlikely to appear on the cover of Lamination Digest, does offer a satisfying contrast between softness and crunch. Though hardly traditional, the unusual flavor, with a front-and-center tang instead of the typically subtle yeast notes, propels Tabor Bread’s croissant into the top five.
Bake time: Before opening on select days
Other laminates: Tabor Bread makes roughly 10 butter croissants and six chocolate croissants per day, and not every day at that. Call ahead to make sure the pastries are on hand.
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, 5051 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., 971-279-5530, taborbread.com
Ken’s Artisan Bakery located at 338 NW 21st Ave., Portland, Ore., Oct. 27, 2019. Mark Graves/Staff Mark Graves/The Oregonian
No. 3: KEN’S ARTISAN BAKERY
Ken Forkish opened his destination bakery on Northwest 21st Avenue in 2001. As with most things pastry and bread in these parts, you can divide Portland’s croissant history into two eras: before and after Ken’s.
At the time, the main players in the croissant game were Pearl Bakery and Grand Central Bakery, Forkish recalls. Older heads still reminisce over Le Panier, the now-Seattle-based bakery that once imported French ovens and the bakers to operate them (including future St. Honore Boulangerie owner Dominique Geulin) to its original Old Town location. But by the mid-2000s, Le Panier was gone, and Forkish had lapped the competition.
“It took me a little while to figure them out,” Forkish says of his croissants, which have reigned as Portland’s recognized gold standard for more than a decade. “It was a couple of years before I thought they were any good, and a couple of years after that before I was like, ‘Yeah, I get it now.’ ”
For Forkish, making a great croissant requires “doing 28 things right,” from the way you process and integrate the butter to the thickness of your laminated sheets to the time the dough is allowed to rise before baking to not overdoing it with the egg wash (Forkish asks for 80 percent coverage; any more can give the pastry a “factory finish”).
“If you miss on any one of those, it just won’t be as good,” he says.
With as many as six bake times each busy morning, Ken’s offers the best chance to find a croissant still warm from the oven. And the technique is unmistakable, with each butter croissant displaying an exquisitely rich golden color, an inviting egg wash and expertly laminated layering showing through between the shoulders. Over three visits, the croissants were puffier than their sisters at Trifecta Bakery (though Forkish says the recipe is the same). And participants in our blind taste test found the internal fluff more “bready” than the competition, not necessarily as a criticism. Still, we’re in the podium zone now. No matter which way you rank them, the croissants in our top three are as good as they come.
Bake time: Throughout the morning, with as many as six trays of butter croissants emerging from the oven between 6 and 11 a.m.
Other laminates: Chocolate croissants, ham and cheese croissants, Danish-esque “Oregon croissants” and cinnamon-orange zest morning buns, among others.
7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; 338 N.W. 21st Ave., 503-248-2202, kensartisan.com
Nuvrei bakery located at 404 NW 10th Ave., Portland, Ore., Oct. 25, 2019. Mark Graves
No. 2: NUVREI
Perhaps no Portland baker is more comfortable tinkering with tradition — to tasty effect — than Nuvrei owner Marius Pop. Similar to the bagels at his Pop Bagels across the street, the croissants at Nuvrei almost belong in a different category, with their relatively small size (starting with about 70 grams of dough, compared with 110 grams at other bakeries on this list), relatively few folds and light, airy texture. Nuvrei’s croissants are a standard deviation away from Portland’s croissant norm.
They’re also gorgeous, and beautifully presented at Pop’s 8-year-old Pearl District bakery, which looks like what an Apple store cafe would look like if Apple stores had cafes. (Self-consciously so, it would seem, down to the “Mac Bar”-branded macaron counter.) Here in the upstairs cafe, laminated pastries dusted with bright green matcha powder or coated in a rose-syrup glaze are displayed on light boxes like the design objects they are.
Like any croissant obsessive, Pop can talk at length about the importance of hydration, fold technique, dough tension and butter ratios — he’s gone as low as 30 percent on that last one, which he found too bready, and as high as 50 percent, creating a croissant which when touched “left butter all over your hands,” Pop says. “I thought people would get grossed out by it.”
He’s even pinned down the ideal time to eat a croissant, and it’s not necessarily when it’s still hot.
“The best time to have a croissant is 30 minutes after it comes out of the oven, when all the juices have settled, like a steak,” Pop says. “That’s when everything is super flaky. If you eat it too soon it has this weird mouthfeel, this mushiness.”
No, it’s not traditional. But in an ocean of too-heavy croissants, Nuvrei is a life vest. The flavor is great, too — buttery with a subtle hint of yeast. Even deep in my research, I was able to eat a Nuvrei croissant with ease. I could have eaten two.
Bake time: Three bake times throughout the morning, one at 6 a.m., a second at 8 a.m., and a third between 10 and 11 a.m.
Price: $2.95 (the least expensive croissant we encountered)
Other laminates: Valrhona chocolate croissants, matcha croissants, rose croissants, sesame seed croissants (either solo or stuffed with ham and cheese), doughnut-esque sweet-cream-filled croissants and more.
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; 404 N.W. 10th Ave.; 503-972-1701; nuvrei.com
Trifecta bakery located at 726 SE Sixth Ave., Portland, Ore., Oct. 27, 2019. Mark Graves/Staff Mark Graves/The Oregonian
No. 1: TRIFECTA BAKERY
If you ask Forkish, his two Portland bakeries are listed in the wrong order here.
“A parent is not really allowed to have a favorite child, and I don’t,” he said by phone while hopping in a cab on a trip to New York City. “But let’s say that you make 500 a day of something. And let’s say someone else makes 50 a day of something. Who do you think is going to be better at it?”
He’s got a point. As previously noted, Ken’s Artisan Bakery, with its more-than-hourly bakes on busy mornings, has long made Portland’s croissant gold standard.
But with all due respect to Forkish, author of one of the most celebrated baking books of the past decade, the James Beard Award-winning “Flour Water Salt Yeast,” and someone who has forgotten more about croissant making than I will ever learn, Portland’s best croissant is the one made in small batches by his team at Trifecta.
And those batches certainly are small. The day before we spoke, the small bakery attached to Trifecta Tavern sold just three butter croissants, Forkish said. As it happens, two of those were sold to me, and used for our blind taste test that morning at the office (where Trifecta bested Ken’s by nearly 2 points out of 10). And so it goes at Trifecta, arguably Portland’s best bakery, but a place you can visit a half-dozen times without seeing another customer.
I agree with those who say there’s no such thing as a perfect croissant. But Trifecta on a good day comes close. These are textbook croissants, an architectural wonder of gently glossed steps, origami-precise folds. The size is ideal. The walnut-brown color is ideal. The balance of lightness and crunch is ideal. There’s a wonderfully warm smell of butter and yeast that it shares with its sister at Ken’s. And when you take a bite, the crispy flake is intense enough to leave you picking shiny shards out of your shirt pocket for the rest of the day.
Bake time: Early morning
Other laminates: You’ve missed your chance to try the seasonal corn croissant, which incorporates corn into every aspect of the pastry, down to the bourbon glaze. But visit now to find lovely raspberry and passion fruit escargots (spirals), ham and cheese croissants, Cloudforest chocolate croissants and more.
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, 726 S.E. Sixth Ave., 503-841-6675, trifectapdx.com/bakery
-- Michael Russell
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World Osprey Week update
Apart from one brief visit to the nest by 5N, it has been quiet day in Manton Bay as we wait for the return of 5R. In the meantime, we have an update on the progress on several of the World Osprey Week Ospreys.
The latest data shows that the two Scottish males, Yellow HA and Blue XD, have both reached northern Spain where they have been held up by poor weather. Roy Dennis takes up the story…
The previous data had shown that on 26th March Yellow HA flew north for over 280 km in Morocco and roosted north of a reservoir near Sidi Slimane. He set-off early the next morning and at 8.06am was flying north at 52km/h direct towards Tangier. The weather was cloudy with south-west winds and he should have made a good crossing to southern Spain. The data doesn’t show the exact location of his crossing to Europe, but that night he roosted next to a river to the west of Toledo after a flight of 650km from Morocco. By 4pm next day (28th March) he was over the Cantabrian mountains heading for the Bay of Biscay and had altered course to NE. He had already flown 360 km and was flying at 50 km/h at an altitude of 1575 metres. That evening he reached the north coast of Spain and roosted near the estuary at Santander. The weather was clearly poor next morning because he flew only a short way east to Santona estuary where he spent the day. This is a favourite migratory stop off for ospreys in spring and autumn, so a great place for Yellow HA to stop-over.
Blue XD meanwhile,is 165km south-east of his compatriot in the south of the Navarre region. On 27th March he flew 530 km from Morocco and crossed the Mediterranean Sea to the east of Gibraltar, under cloudy skies and a SW wind. At 5.28pm he was flying north at 65 km/h NE of Cordoba heading for the mountains. After roosting near Montoro, he set off at about 9am next morning to fly north over Spain. Four-and-a-half hours later had flown 210 km and was near Toledo. He flew over Madrid at 1436GMT and by evening had flown 475 km and was roosting near Covaleda, just south of Rioja region. He was making great progress north, but like Yellow HA, he was then delayed by the weather. He flew just a short distance east on 29th March to a large reservoir, Embalse de la Cuerda del Pozo and then on 30th he flew just 86km north to the Rio Ebro, where he spent the day.
Yellow HA and Blue XD have both reached northern Spain
In the last World Osprey Week update, Pertti Saurola reported that Finnish Osprey Ilmari had set-off on his spring migration to southern Finland. Excitingly, we are now also following another Finish bird, Haikki. Haikki breeds in Lapland making him one of the northernmost Ospreys in the world. He left his nest on 22nd September and flew over 10,000km south to the coast of Mozambique. He now has also set-off on the long return migration and we’ll be reporting on his progress.
We are very grateful to Professor Pertti Saurola, the Osprey Foundation and and the Finnish Museum of Natural History for allowing us to include Ilmari and Haikki on the WOW website.
Here is the update on the two birds.
Ilmari
On the evening of 27 March, another 44 km were added to Ilmari’s trip, so he travelled a total of 222 kilometres this day. Ilmari stopped for the night 118 kilometres due east from the city of Makurdi.
At 7 o’clock, GMT, i.e. 8 o’clock local time, Ilmari had landed west of Riti, 18 kilometres from his overnight location. After that, Ilmari proceeded with determination and settled down for the night around 17 o’clock after covering 345 kilometres during this day.
According to a fix received at 8, local time, Ilmari was in flight 23 kilometres from his stopover place, at an occasional speed of 34 km per hour, but two hours later he was on the ground only a kilometre from the previous positioning. Maybe Ilmari had managed to catch a snack-sized fish on the way? It looks like Ilmari did not continue his flight until it was almost noon, and then he hurried on to his stopover location southwest of Bukarti, where he arrived around 17 o’clock after travelling 246 kilometres this day.
At 8 o’clock local time, Ilmari had landed less than one kilometre from his overnight location. It would seem that he had nabbed an early morning fish in the nearby river. Around noon, Ilmari crossed the border between Nigeria and Niger. After that, Ilmari continued flying for six hours, then settled down for the night in the fairly rough environment south of Kelle. During this day, Ilmari travelled 191 kilometres. We are expecting new fixes in three days’ time.
At 07:00 (05:00 GMT), local Mozambique time, Heikki was still by the river, some three kilometres from his roost at the shoreline. At 09:00, the satellite discovered Heikki right by the shore; it seems he was partaking of the last breakfast fish he would get at his wintering range before setting out on his long and hard journey to the north of Finland. At 11:00, Heikki was flying at an elevation of some 450 metres above land, and 48 kilometres from his stopover location. At 15:00 Heikki was flying west of the city of Nampula, and settled down for the night in a location some 66 kilometres north-northeast of Nampula. He travelled some 294 kilometres during this day.
On this morning, Heikki was already in flight at 7 o’clock, and 23 kilometres from his stopover location. During the four hours between 09:00 and 13:00, Heikki progressed some 180 kilometres, i.e. his average speed was 45 kilometres per hour. Heikki’s route took him almost straight northwards along the coast, some 150 kilometres from the shoreline. Heikki already stopped for the night by 15 o’clock, but still he covered 353 kilometres during this day.
Heikki flew over the Ravuma, the river on the border between Mozambique and Tanzania at 07:00 (GMT), i.e. at 9:00 Mozambican time and 10:00 Tanzanian time. (Neither country implements summer or daylight saving time, which Europe switches to the previous night). After a somewhat meandering flight for some eight hours, covering 199 kilometres, Heikki stopped in a seemingly uninhabited area between Nahungo and Nakiu, at 16 o’clock, local Tanzanian time. The last fix we have received so far is from 18 o’clock. We are expecting new fixes in three days’ time.
You can check-out the current locations of all the WOW Ospreys on our interactive map. Although World Osprey Week has now passed, you can still register your school on the website. This gives you access to a range of completely free resources for primary and secondary schools. To register, click here.
We’ll have more on a very successful World Osprey Week on the website tomorrow. Meanwhile to read more about the WOW Ospreys, click here.
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Drawing on Ossabaw Island’s rich and complex cultural heritage, visitors come to the island to expand their factual knowledge or reveal their creative voice and talent, through cultural study and exploration.
Whether it’s exploration of Ossabaw Island’s North End where three modest cabins, used as worker housing from the 1830s through the 1980s (the remains of what are estimated to be at least nine such structures built on North End Plantation during the 1820’s to 1840’s as housing for enslaved people who worked cotton fields and tended livestock, and whose descendents tended the gardens, cooked, and cleaned for the island’s owners), or the prehistoric American Indian burial site with evidence of cremated remains (state archaeologist David Crass of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said prehistoric cremations were rare, particularly during the early time in which preliminary evidence suggests this one occurred, possibly 1000 B.C. to A.D. 350), or hiking Ossabaw’s tidal forests: live oak, magnolia, red cedar, dogwood, holly, and slash-, loblolly- and longleaf pine varieties where many endangered species including loggerhead sea turtles and wood storks nest on Ossabaw Island, as well as alligators, bald eagles, piping plovers, wild donkeys and feral hogs, you will have plenty to occupy your creative hours on Ossabaw Island.
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New Agents Are Revamping Prostate Cancer Treatment
JESSICA HERGERT
Three pivotal trials demonstrating improved metastasis-free survival (MFS) with 3 different oral antiandrogen agents in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) have led to FDA approvals that have transformed the treatment paradigm in nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), said Elisabeth I. Heath, MD, FACP.
In February 2018, the phase III SPARTAN trial led to the FDA approval of apalutamide (Erleada) after demonstrating a median MFS of 40.5 months with the agent plus ADT compared with 16.2 months with placebo plus ADT (HR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.23-0.35; P <.0001).1
Updated findings of the SPARTAN trial, which were presented during the 2019 ESMO Congress, showed that apalutamide plus ADT demonstrated a 25% reduction in the risk of death compared with placebo/ADT in patients with nonmetastatic CRPC.2,3
Secondly, the phase III PROSPER trial demonstrated similar findings, with an MFS of 36.6 months with enzalutamide (Xtandi) plus ADT versus 14.7 months with ADT alone (HR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.24-0.35; P <.0001).4 The FDA approved enzalutamide for this indication in July 2018.
Finally, darolutamide (Nubeqa) was evaluated in patients with nonmetastatic CRPC in the phase III ARAMIS trial, in which the median MFS was 40.4 months with darolutamide versus 18.4 months with placebo (HR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.34-0.50; P <.0001),4 which led to an FDA approval for this agent in nonmetastatic CRPC in July 2019.
"[This setting is] really defined as men who are at a castrate level of their testosterone with rising prostate-specific antigen while [they are] on ADT, but [there is] no evidence of metastasis on standard imaging," explained Heath on the uniqueness of this setting.
In an interview with OncLive, a sister publication of Oncology Nursing News, Heath, a professor of oncology, associate center director of Translational Sciences, lead of the Genitourinary Oncology Multidisciplinary Team, medical director of the Infusion Center, and director of Prostate Cancer Research at Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, discussed these 3 pivotal trials and how they have impacted clinical practice in nonmetastatic CRPC.
OncLive: How has nonmetastatic CRPC treatment transformed?
Heath: Nonmetastatic CRPC is a very unique space, but it is a little bit of a frustrating space because you want to treat [patients] with something, but you are not sure where the cancer is. Recent developments have led to 3 FDA approvals, which is quite exciting.
MFS is a newer endpoint that needed to be developed because this is not a group where overall survival (OS) makes a lot of sense. The FDA does recognize MFS; it is a new nuance in how we think about drug development in this particular space.
Could you discuss the 3 antiandrogen agents that are now available?
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has recognized 3 medications: apalutamide, enzalutamide, and darolutamide. They all are approved based on 3 similarly designed phase III studies. Apalutamide was explored in the SPARTAN study, enzalutamide was studied in the PROSPER study, and darolutamide was tested in the ARMAIS study.
All of those studies enrolled at least 1400 to 1500 patients who either had the medication or placebo in a 2:1 randomized fashion. The key point is that the patients were men who had standard imaging with a bone scan or CT scan, no evidence of cancer, and rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA), but at a doubling time of less than 10 months. It was a more aggressive group.
The trials had the primary objective of MFS with a slew of secondary objectives, including OS. Then, all of [the results from these trials showed] that men can benefit from these agents compared with placebo.
Are there any notable differences between these studies?
Each trial is unique in itself; the differences are not necessarily in the trial design. However, [SPARTAN] allowed for abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) at crossover; that may or may not impact the overall numbers later on.
The differences dealt more with the adverse events (AEs) with each drug, because these are relatively asymptomatic men. The patients and practitioners [get] worried that the [PSA] is going up and we can't find the cancer. It's a more engaged group, but for those of us who treat men where their PSA is starting to skyrocket, getting the nuance of each particular drug is important.
You mentioned that toxicities are an important distinguishing factor between the 3 drugs. How do you approach patient selection?
That is a tough question, because the data are reported in terms of what the AEs were. They don't always overlap.
Be aware that there are drugs actually approved in this space. The SPARTAN study and the PROSPER study were just published in 2018, and the ARAMIS study was [published in] 2019. If you're not treating and thinking about prostate cancer patients like some of us spend our lives doing so, you may not be aware that there are NCCN-supported medication available to offer to patients. Recognizing that that exists is a wonderful next step of awareness for your patient.
1. Small EJ, Saad F, Chowdhury S et al. SPARTAN, a phase 3 double-blind, randomized study of apalutamide (APA) versus placebo (PBO) in patients (pts) with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(suppl 6s; abstr 161). doi: 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.6_suppl.161.
2. Smith MR, Saad F, Chowdhury S, et al. Apalutamide and overall survival in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: updated results from the phase III SPARTAN study. Annal Oncol. 2019;30(suppl_5):v325-v355. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz248.
3. Small EJ, Saad F, Chowdhury S, et al. Apalutamide and overall survival in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Ann Oncol. 2019;0:1-8. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz397.
4. Hussain M, Fizazi K, Saad F, et al. PROSPER: a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled study of enzalutamide (ENZA) in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (M0 CRPC). J Clin Oncol. 2018;36(suppl 6S; abstr 3). doi: 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.6_suppl.3.
5. Fizazi K, Shore ND, Tammela T, et al. ARAMIS: efficacy and safety of darolutamide in nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(suppl 7s; abstr 140). doi: 10.1200/JCO.2019.37.7_suppl.140.
This article was originally published on OncLive as, "Novel AR-Directed Agents Transform Nonmetastatic CRPC Paradigm."
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Ruby Shoes & Boys in Blue - Sarah and Gavin's Horetown House Wedding by Rubistyle
Spring sprang in Horetown House for Sarah and Gavin's lovely wedding. With a happy and fun palette of red and blue, this wedding is an inspiration in so many ways...
By Naoise
Planning a wedding in 2 1/2 months is no joke, but today's couple, Sarah and Gavin, make it look easy. Not only did they plan a beautifully stylish affair, complete with lots of little intricate details but they did it on a budget too! The secret is a combination of great taste, super organisation and an army of ready and willing helpers in their circle of family and friends. Oh, and the icing on the cake is getting fab photographer Amy of Rubistyle to capture every little bit. We know you're definitely going to be inspired by their lovely Springtime Horetown House wedding...
While both Gavin and Sarah are Irish this love story started not quite down the road..."Ethiopia is the last place you’d expect to meet, and fall in love with, an Irish red head! But that is were we met in the summer of 2010. We were both volunteering for a small Irish charity, called Youth Release. The charity aims to provide free education and sports facilities for street children in Dire Dawa, and we were both volunteering to work with the children there, as part of a summer school program.
At the time, I was living in Ireland, and Gavin was living in the Middle East, so a relationship was not an easy option. Nonetheless, on the night of the 2010 World Cup finals, Gavin asked me out, amid all the buzz and excitement of the frenzied football fans in the streets of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
It wasn’t until Gavin’s next holiday home to Ireland that the date was actually possible, however, so we extended our first date into a whole weekend away. We went surfing in Tramore and had a night out in Dublin, stopping off in Powers Court Gardens for a walk along the way. By chance, our first date coincided with Ethiopian New Year, on the 11th of September, so we also went to an African restaurant in Dublin to celebrate the day.
After that first weekend together, we had to face the prospect of a long distant relationship, because, unfortunately, Gavin had to return to Qatar for work soon after. Long distance relationships can be frustrating, but we managed to make it work, through an unimaginable amount of skype hours and constant flights, meeting for any number of days we could manage.
Due to the long distance nature of our relationship, the proposal happened on foreign shores as well. Although, Gavin was able to move home in the summer of 2011, when we moved in together in Dublin, his time at home was short lived. Eventually, reality hit home. There was no work in Dublin, so Gavin would have to go abroad for work again; this time to Abu Dhabi. We had spent a wonderful few months living together so we found it very hard to say goodbye. To make it easier, I booked a flight over to Abu Dhabi at the earliest possible date. When I arrived in December, Gavin took me to a restaurant in the Emirates Palace, telling me it was a treat for my birthday. Little did I know, he had arranged to pop the question that night.
Gavin had been conspiring with the restaurant staff, to arrange for a romantic candlelit table to be placed on the beach, under the palm trees. As we ate dinner, Gavin waited for the nod from the restaurant staff, so that he could suggest that we go for a quick stroll on the grounds of the hotel. The stroll didn't go quite as smoothly as he had planned, however!
As Gavin was steering me towards the beach, he was looking for the private table where champagne and strawberries were awaiting us, as planned. Nerves got the better of him, unfortunately, and when he couldn't find his all important set-up he got panicked. So we walked and walked, up and down the beach, as lost as lambs. Eventually I guessed that something was up, so he got down on one knee, there and then, and presented a ring; all the while, jabbering on about the fact that there was supposed to be a table somewhere but he couldn’t find it. I, of course, said yes, table or no table!
Being based abroad Sarah and Gavin needed all the help they could get, and weren't disappointed, everyone rowed in, in ways big, and little... "It was very important to us to have our friends and family involved in every aspect of the wedding day. As we were planning our wedding on a budget, and within a very short space of time, it was an immeasurable help to have extra hands on board to make our dream day a reality. Most importantly, the individual contributions of our friends and family towards the day were what made the celebration so much more intimate, personal and special. In reality, this wedding was less of a D.I.Y. wedding, and more of a D.I.O. wedding (do it ourselves).
For example, on the morning before the wedding day, all the bridesmaids and groomsmen joined us on a nature walk to pick hundreds of petals from wild gorse bushes, which we then bagged up to use as confetti the next day at the church. We also put our friends and family to work decorating the venue. They helped with so many aspects (making bunting, cutting out signs, gluing little paper hearts, and planting flowers in decorative jam jars). Everything, from our beautiful frilly cake to our chunky wooden cake stand, was hand made by friends and loved ones. We have to thank everyone involved for their weeks of hard work and preparation." So by the time the wedding morning rolled around they definitely deserved this little drinky to celebrate...
Gentlemen readers, take a lesson from these lads - it's great to see the menfolk relaxing on front of the camera and giving it socks. The day is as much yours as it is the ladies' - these are keepsakes for you and your boys too!
Enough shenanigans, it's off to the chapel, someone needs to get married...
How fabulous does the bridal party look? Sarah sourced the bridesmaids' dresses in Debenhams (gotta love a high-street find) and her own beautiful short wedding dress comes from .... wait for it.... House of Fraser. See, budget doesn't mean compromising on the style.
The birdcage, the beautifully coiffed 40s-inspired upstyle, the red gerbera daisy, the pretty posy of red and blue - all combine to make Sarah a pin-up modern bride - fresh and fun. Indeed you may have spotted by now that there was a very distinct colour palette for the wedding: red and blue, which for Sarah were "bright, happy, contrasting colours".
We both feel very lucky to come from such a beautiful part of the world, which we appreciate more and more as we travel. When we are at home, we try to take advantage of the beautiful Irish countryside, as much as possible, by enjoying an outdoors life. The south of Ireland is particularly beautiful in April and May when the yellow fields of rapeseed burst into flower. We love these golden fields and miss them when we are living abroad, so for us it was very special to be able to take some pictures in a local field of rapeseed, thanks to a very kind neighbouring farmer. We are very happy with how the photographs turned out. The flowers were so bright and cheerful that they provided the perfect backdrop on your wedding day.
Perhaps it was the little unexpected things that our friends and family planned to surprise us. Although it was great to see our own plans come to fruition, it was far more special to see the work that others had put into the day that we weren’t expecting.
For example, as a surprise the best man hand carved a love swing for us, etching our names and the date of our wedding into the seat of the swing. He hung it from a tree on the grounds of Horetown house without us knowing. It was such a touching and thoughtful gesture that left us speechless. All day our guests enjoyed popping out to the swing to play and it created a great unexpected photo opportunity for our wedding album.
After discussing many options, we decided on Horetown House as the venue for our wedding. It offered us the homey feel of an intimate celebration, but also the space to cater for all our guests. We loved that it is a very versatile venue, which allows couples to add their own touches and make their day personal.
The venue has a lot of different spaces and we used all of them to keep our guests entertained from start to finish. For example, there is a little stone-walled pub in the basement of Horetown House, which was the perfect venue for a sing song into the wee hours of the morning. The house itself is very elegant and it provided a great space for receiving our guests before the meal. There was plenty of room for our jazz band to play and they got the wedding guests all up and dancing before the meal had even started! The marquee acted as a blank canvas where we could put up our own decorations and try to recreate that rustic barn feel that we loved so much. The event staff were very accommodating and were happy to provide us with a less formal dining experience.
Perhaps the best thing about Horetown House is that it has wonderful grounds. Earlier in the day we put these ground to good use, by providing lawn games for our guests, who enjoyed playing pitch-toss over a glass of champagne. Later in the night, after the speeches, we arranged for the doors of the marquee to fly open and outside a samba band were playing. We also booked a fire performer who lit up the night sky with a spectacular display. After a big meal, we think our guest really enjoyed kicking off their shoes and dancing under the stars to the pounding of drum music. They also had fun lighting up sparklers and toasting marshmallows around blazing braziers. It provided a real festival feel to the night and was a great way for everyone to let there hair down before the first dance. From that point on, the dance floor was packed all night!
When we were planning our wedding, we loved the idea of a simple rustic barn wedding, which is a style of wedding more frequently seen in the US than in Ireland. Ireland doesn’t have any Dutch Barns, unfortunately, so we aimed to incorporate an element of rustic charm into our day, by getting creative and using materials like wood, cork and hessian to decorate our venue.
Most importantly, we decided early on in the planning stages that we did not want to have a stuffy, formal occasion. We especially did not want silver service or fancy chair covers. Instead, every element we chose for the wedding was designed to make our guests feel relaxed and to help them have fun. Everything from the menu to the music was specifically chosen to create a joyful atmosphere. For example, our dinner was a gourmet barbeque. Big plates of wholesome food were put in the middle of each table for guest to pass around and share.
Stationery was a key element in tying the whole wedding look together and Sarah has a special word of thanks to her paper angel "the very talented, Mel Gardner, helped us to incorporate these colours into every printed element of the wedding. She designed wonderful wedding stationery, menus, bunting, table plans, table numbers, signs, you name it! We could not commend her work highly enough!
What advice would you give to brides and grooms planning their day? Our advice would be to talk about everything and involve each other as much as possible. If you work together, then the wedding day can be a true reflection of you both, as a couple. Also — we planned this entire wedding in 2 months and 29 days — so don’t panic, you can achieve an awful lot in a short space of time!
So all there is left to say is a mega Congratulations to Sarah and Gavin on what we hope is a blissful marriage.
And of course to Amy of Rubistyle we are very grateful for giving us her beautiful work to feature - it's a real treat to show such a lovely and original wedding. If you love Amy's work on Sarah and Gavin's day pop over to rubistyle.com and see more fab work...
All the Wedding Details
Venue: Horetown House
Photography: Rubistyle
Dress: House of Fraser
Birdcage Veil: Dirty Fabulous Boutique
Bridesmaids dresses: Debenhams
Shoes: Buffalo
Flowers: Slaney Flowers
Groomsmen suits: Next
Umbrellas: Butterslip
Stationery: Melgardner
Ribbons: A.Rubanesque
Make Up: Be Beauitful
Hair: Hair by Bonnie
Ceremony Music: Kavanagh Ensemble
Reception Music: Bourbon Street (Jazz Band)
Loveseat Swing & Cake Stand: Hand Carved by Daniel O’Sullivan, Tree Surgeon Email: [email protected]
A Dog-friendly DIY Wedding: Rosie & Harry
Saturday Selection: Gorgeous Weddings Across Five Counties
The Beat Boutique
Calligraphy by Laura
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Virtusa’s open innovation platform powers the first Open Banking Sandbox in the Middle East
Virtusa, a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT outsourcing services that accelerates business outcomes for its clients, announced today the successful implementation of the Middle East region’s first Open Banking Sandbox with Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the UAE.
The Open Innovation Platform, developed by Virtusa’s innovation hub, is a cloud-based sandbox environment that promotes a culture of collaboration and innovation by connecting financial institutions, FinTechs, corporates, educational institutions and technology startups. It helps financial institutions tap into the opportunities that leverage emerging technologies to solve real business problems. The platform will enable Emirates NBD to accelerate the pace of digitization and innovation by complementing the bank’s internal capabilities with emerging technologies.
“Many banks are struggling to keep pace with dynamic FinTech firms and tech giants that are developing and launching new banking applications at a ‘Silicon Valley’-like speed. At the same time, banks have to deal with the changes brought about by Open Banking and other regulatory changes. Juggling the demands of these forces is extremely difficult and requires banks to enable much greater agility that empowers innovation,” said Senthil Ravindran, executive vice president and global head of xLabs, Virtusa.
The Open Innovation Platform will provide Emirates NBD access to ready proof of concepts and help transform a concept into working prototypes. Additionally, the platform incorporates design thinking, lean start-up, and agile development principles, thus facilitating accelerated innovation with fewer resources.
“Emirates NBD has been happy to partner with Virtusa to debut the first API Sandbox by a UAE Bank. This collaboration has enabled us to offer the right tools for enterprising FinTechs and developers who can now turn their creative ideas into real working prototypes, which we would then test with real customers,” said Evans Munyuki, chief digital officer at Emirates NBD. “We aim to accelerate innovation to continuously bring new and differentiated experiences to our stakeholders.”
“Virtusa is proud to partner with Emirates NBD in the launch of the region’s first Open Innovation Platform. Our engineering skills and in-depth understanding of banking has enabled us to build a platform that brings banks, FinTech firms, and developers together in one place, allowing them to innovate and improve the Digital Banking experience for all customers,” said Vasudev Telikicherla, senior vice president and head of Middle East Business, Virtusa.
Virtusa’s Open Innovation Platform powers the Banking Industry Architecture Network’s (BIAN) digital API exchange to help banks drive faster open banking innovation and also powers the ASEAN Financial Innovation Network’s (AFIN) APIX platform – the world’s first cross-border, open architecture platform for Financial Institutions and FinTechs to collaborate and catalyze digital innovation while driving financial inclusion. APIX was launched by Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi and Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam on November 14, 2018 during the Singapore FinTech Festival.
Source: Virtusa Press Release
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In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, our headquarters is designed to produce enough energy to meet or exceed its annual needs. During its first year of operation, ending in July 2013, the building’s rooftop solar panels produced 418 megawatt hours of electricity while all systems in the building consumed only 351 megawatt hours of electricity, returning 67 megawatt hours to the utility electric grid. Through generating its own electricity and returning some to the grid, the Foundation saved enough electricity to power 44 typical California homes for an entire year.
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NOTES FROM A TIDEPOOL : Mindfulness & Compassion
June 19, 2015 By Gary Gach
SAN FRANCISCO – Dr Lewis Thomas once compared the scientific community to a tidepool. Science progresses when a naturalist explores the entire pool, perimeter, depths, and nooks and crannies, and discerns particular groupings and connections amongst the various lifeforms – the organisms, in this analogy, standing for scientists and also their research papers. Such spirit of advance was the nature of MINDFULNESS & COMPASSION : The Art & Science of Contemplative Practice. As quietly as the fog rolling in, and as… Read more
A Zen Monk’s Letter to Adam Lanza
December 28, 2012 By Gary Gach
Dear Reader ————— What if you wrote a letter to Adam Lanza : what might you say ? Here’s one, from a young man who grew up at 22 Lake Road, Newtown, Connecticut. Born Douglas Bachman, he’s now a Buddhist monk, named Phap Luu, teaching applied ethics and the art of mindful living to students and school teachers. He lives in Plum Village Monastery, in Thenac, France. Dear Adam, Let me start by saying that I wish for you… Read more
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September 4, 2012 By Rick Hanson
Juggling bricks? The Practice: Step into the cloud. Why? I had a lightbulb moment recently: I was feeling stressed about all the stuff I had to do (you probably know the feeling). After this went on for a while, I stepped back and kind of watched my mind, and could see that I was thinking of these various tasks as things, like big rocks that were rolling down a hill toward me and which needed to be handled, lifted, moved,… Read more
Hold Wants Lightly
August 14, 2012 By Rick Hanson
What do you want? The Practice: Hold wants lightly. Why? Getting caught up in wanting – wanting both to get what’s pleasant and to avoid what’s unpleasant – is a major source of suffering and harm for oneself and others. First, a lot of what we want to get comes with a big price tag – such as that second cupcake, constant stimulation via TV and websites, lashing out in anger, intoxication, over-working, or manipulating others to get approval or… Read more
OPEN LETTER : Taking a Stand Against Islamaphobia
August 1, 2012 By Gary Gach
BOSTON / LOS ANGELES — This Open Letter comes to us via Joshua Eaton, a journalist writing about Buddhism, religion and politics, poverty, and the American South. He is also a Tibetan translator. Also, Rev. Danny Fisher, a professor and Coordinator of the Buddhist Chaplaincy Department at University of the West (and no stranger to Patheos) collaborated on it in key ways. The letter’s motivated by recent news reports, as well as a long-standing, deep-rooted sense of social justice. This… Read more
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July 31, 2012 By Rick Hanson
Feeling a little sour? The Practice: Drop tart tone. Why? Tone matters. I remember times I felt frazzled or aggravated and then said something with an edge to it that just wasn’t necessary or useful. Sometimes it was the words themselves: such as absolutes like “never” or always,” or over-the-top phrases like “you’re such a flake” or “that was stupid.” More often it was the intonation in my voice, a harsh vibe or look, interrupting, or a certain intensity in… Read more
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Is it truly urgent? The Practice: Lower the pressure. Why? Things come at us with so much urgency and demand these days. Phones ring, texts buzz, emails pile up, new balls have to be juggled, work days lengthen and move into evenings and weekends, traffic gets denser, financial demands feel like a knife at the neck, ads and news clamor for attention, push push push PUSH. On top of these external pressures, we deal with internal ones as well. These… Read more
July 3, 2012 By Rick Hanson
What happens when you look at someone? The Practice: See beings, not bodies. Why? When we encounter someone, usually the mind automatically slots the person into a category: man, woman, your friend Tom, the kid next door, etc. Watch this happen in your own mind as you meet or talk with a co-worker, salesclerk, or family member. In effect, the mind summarizes and simplifies tons of details into a single thing – a human thing to be sure, but one with… Read more
Receive Generosity
June 19, 2012 By Rick Hanson
Do you accept the gift? The Practice: Receive generosity. Why? Life gives to each one of us in so many ways. For starters, there’s the bounty of the senses – including chocolate chip cookies, jasmine, sunsets, wind singing through pine trees, and just getting your back scratched. What does life give you? Consider the kindness of friends and family, made more tangible during a holiday season, but of course continuing throughout the year. Or the giving of the people whose… Read more
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
June 5, 2012 By Rick Hanson
What’s the most important thing? The Practice: Keep your eyes on the prize. Why? Have you heard this saying? The most important thing is to remember the most important thing. What are the most important things to you? In your life as a whole? During a particular interaction with someone? Right this minute? The most important things often get pushed to the sidelines. Urgent crowds out important. Modern life is full of distracting clamor, from text messages and emails to… Read more
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CPLR 3211(a)(1) allows a defendant to “move for judgment dismissing one or more causes of action asserted against him on the ground that … a defense is founded upon documentary evidence.” The CPLR does not define the phrase “documentary evidence.” Commentators on the CPLR have attempted to fill the void by offering their own take on the issue. See, e.g., Higgitt, “CPLR 3211(a)(1) and (a)(7) Dismissal Motions—Pitfalls and Pointers,” 83 N.Y. St. B.A. J. 32, 32 (November/ December 2011) (hereinafter Higgitt 2011); Paige Bartholomew, “It May Look Like Documentary Evidence, But Is it Under CPLR 3211(a)(1)?,” New York Commercial Division Practice Blog (Sept. 14, 2017); Mark A. Berman, “iPhones, Twitter, Deleted Emails and ESI Under CPLR 3211(A) (1),” New York Law Journal (Nov. 4, 2014). And the First and Second Departments have split on whether certain types of paper qualify as “documentary evidence.” See David D. Siegel, New York Practice, 259 (5th Ed. Jan. 2017 supplement) (noting the split between the First and Second Departments as to whether an email can suffice as documentary evidence under CPLR 3211(a) (1)). The First Department has taken a flexible approach, holding that documents that are “essentially undeniable” constitute “documentary evidence.” The Second Department has taken a more categorical approach, holding that emails and correspondence such as letters do not constitute “documentary evidence.” Even in the First Department, however, motions to dismiss on the basis of documentary evidence are held to an exacting standard, and an email will not support dismissal if does not conclusively refute the asserted claim.
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Samsung Unveils Huge 4TB 850 EVO Consumer SSD
There are few consumers for whom its speed and capacity will offset its $1,500 price tag, though.
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A 4TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD can now be yours: for a cool $1,500.
The 850 EVO, first introduced in 2014, popped up for sale last week in a 4TB configuration at some online retailers with no official announcement from Samsung. Today, however, the Korean electronics giant updated its EVO product page with the larger drive. It also comes in 500GB, 250GB, 120GB, 1TB, and 2TB versions.
There are few consumers for whom the drive's capacity and speed will offset its astronomical price, but if you are one of them, you can pre-order yours now and expect it to ship on July 31. Just make sure you're home for the delivery guy; Amazon understandably requires a signature.
There are larger SSDs, of course. Samsung claims that a 16TB model it began shipping in March is actually the world's highest-capacity SSD, though that one uses a 12Gb/s SAS interface designed for use in enterprise storage systems, not consumer desktops or portables.
There are also faster SSDs: the 850 EVO and its Pro version both use SATA interfaces, whose throughput can't match the likes of M.2 or PCIe.
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Nevertheless, Samsung positions its 850 EVO series as premium consumer SSDs with premium prices to match, though the smallest 120GB model is available for around $70 on Amazon. The drives feature Samsung's Triple Layer Cell NAND memory-chip technology, along with V-NAND technology, which uses 3D cell stacking to fit more memory into a smaller space.
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Growing Up Between Cultures - A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Childhood
“From the outside, no matter what the gradations of my mixed heritage, the shadow of Indian brown in my skin caused others to automatically perceive me as Hindu or Muslim. . . . Still, I trekked through life with the spirit of a Jew, fleshed out by the unique challenges and wonders of a combined brown and white tradition.”
In the politics of skin color, Carmit Delman is an ambassador from a world of which few are even aware. Her mother is a direct descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny, ancient community of Jews thriving amidst the rich cultural tableau of Western India. Her father is American, a Jewish man of Eastern European descent. They met while working the land of a nascent Israeli state. Bound by love for each other and that newborn country, they hardly took notice of the interracial aspect of their union. But their daughter, Carmit, growing up in America, was well aware of her uncommon heritage.
Burnt Bread and Chutney is a remarkable synthesis of the universal and the exotic. Carmit Delman’s memories of the sometimes painful, sometimes pleasurable, often awkward moments of her adolescence juxtapose strikingly with mythic tales of her female ancestors living in the Indian-Jewish community. As rites and traditions, smells and textures intertwine, Carmit’s unique cultural identity evolves. It is a youth spent dancing on the roofs of bomb shelters on a kibbutz in Israel—and the knowledge of a heritage marked by arranged marriages and archaic rules and roles. It is coming of age in Jewish summer camps and at KISS concerts—and the inevitable combination of old and new: ancient customs and modern attitudes, Jewish, Indian, and American.
Carmit Delman’s journey through religious traditions, family tensions, and social tribulations to a healthy sense of wholeness and self is rendered with grace and an acute sense of depth. Burnt Bread and Chutney is a rich and innovative book that opens wide a previously unseen world.
Pub date: 15 January 2004
Carmit Delman is descended from the Bene Israel, an ancient community of Indian Jews. American-born, she has lived in Ohio, New York, and Israel. After studying literature and anthropology at Brandeis University, she received an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. Currently she lives, teaches, and writes in Boston.
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Hazing backlash has college fraternities under siege across America
Updated Jan 29, 2019; Posted Oct 15, 2018
Pa. state Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre County, left; and James and Evelyn Piazza, the parents of Timothy Piazza, who died after injuries at a Penn State frat house, announce the introduction of an anti-hazing bill in March. (Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com/2018)
By John Luciew | jluciew@pennlive.com
College students are still dying from hazing, just as they have since 1873.
This year, at least two potential college hazing deaths remain under investigation, continuing an uninterrupted string of at least one hazing death every year in America since 1961.
Still, something is different.
A professor who's been chronicling fraternity hazing deaths for the 40 years, often with little or no reaction to his grim statistics, senses the change.
Hank Nuwer, a professor at Franklin College in Indiana, has been chronicling hazing-related deaths for 40 years, often frustrated at the lack of efforts to prevent hazing. Now, he says, the involvement of parents who have lost children to hazing may be changing the way universities respond to the issue.
A wave of hazing deaths at high-profile universities last year, led by Timothy Piazza's death at Penn State, has generated a public backlash that's resulting in tougher hazing laws at the state level, stricter rules and real reform by national fraternity councils and the biggest existential threat to Greek life on campus perhaps ever.
"The big, big change is the activism from parents," said Hank Nuwer, a professor at Franklin College in Indiana who has been a self-appointed scorekeeper of hazing's deadly toll since a student died due to the practice when Nuwer was a grad student at the University of Nevada-Reno in the mid-1970s.
Four decades, five books on the subject, and scores of a deaths later, Nuwer has chronicled the first college hazing death -- it was at Cornell University in 1873 -- when a blindfolded, disoriented pledge to his father's fraternity lost his balance and plunged into an Ithaca gorge.
True to form, the hazing death of 18-year-old Mortimer Marcellus Leggett was covered up by the fraternity and the university, with the school newspaper euphemistically writing that the freshman died while fulfilling "society purposes," Nuwer noted.
From there, the toll has swelled to an estimated 220 and counting, with two fatal hazing investigations now underway at the University of California Riverside and Murray State University, Nuwer notes.
And it's not always college students who die.
Bloomsburg is latest Pennsylvania university to reckon with Greek life concerns
School has placed fraternity and sorority pledge induction activities on hold while it investigates an unspecified hazing allegation.
Just last month at the University of Kentucky, a four-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by an intoxicated Alpha Tau Omega pledge, police say. The ATO chapter was abruptly dissolved for allegedly furnishing the pledge with alcohol at a football tailgate party just before the 18-year-old got behind the wheel.
But it was last year's wave of hazing fatalities at big schools that finally seemed to change the legislative landscape and push national fraternity councils to begin policing themselves rather than risk all-out campus bans of their chapters.
The backlash seemed to begin with Timothy Piazza's death at Penn State in February 2017.
In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, a bicyclist rides past Pennsylvania State University's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house in State College, Pa. Fraternity pledge Timothy Piazza died Feb. 4, 2017 after a night of heavy drinking, during which he fell and suffered head injuries. Fraternity members didn't call for help for nearly 12 hours. His death led to the shuttering of the fraternity and criminal charges that are pending against several fraternity members. His parents are working toward reform of the Greek system to prevent future such tragedies. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
The 19-year-old sophomore downed 18 alcoholic drinks within 82 minutes during a booze-fueled initiation party at Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Amid it all, he fell down a set of stairs and suffered a head injury. No one from the fraternity called for help for nearly 12 hours. Former members of the fraternity now face facing criminal charges.
His death was followed in 2017 by deadly hazing incidents at other big-name schools, including Louisiana State University, Florida State University, Texas State University and the University of Nevada.
Moreover, the parents of these and other victims banded together, first in support of one another, then to push for sweeping hazing reform -- and in some cases, an outright end to fraternities on campus.
This final development is what's different this time, according to Nuwer.
In the past, a victim's parents might become an activist for change at a single university. This time, the close coalition of victims' parents is pushing for change at the state and national levels.
And they're having an impact like never before, Nuwer said.
"There always had been one or two," he said of activist parents. "Today at least 13 parents are now involved. And they are ferocious about it."
The resulting pressure on fraternities across the country has been intense.
This Nov. 7, 2017 file photo shows the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house near Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. The parents of a Florida State University fraternity pledge who died of alcohol poisoning after a party have filed a civil suit against those who have a connection in their son's death. Thomas and Sandra Coffey are suing Pi Kappa Phi's national chapter and several others, including the nine fraternity members who were charged with criminal hazing after Andrew Coffey's death Nov. 3. (AP Photo/Joseph Reedy, file)
Perhaps no Greek-life group has felt the existential threat of the hazing backlash more than the minority fraternities and sororities represented by the National Multicultural Greek Council.
Lacking the long tenure, deep pockets and broader memberships and alumni networks of traditional fraternities, these minority fraternities simply lack the resources to withstand the recruitment moratoriums, the suspensions and even the threatened bans that often accompany high-profile hazing deaths, said National Multicultural Greek Council President Jessica Penaranda.
"Our worry is for the existence of Greek life," she said. "It could mean the end for some of our organizations."
But while the coalition of parents are having an impact, obstacles to the ultimate goal of ending deadly hazing remains, said Nuwer, who corresponds with many of the parents.
For starters, what's the most effective means of ending dangerous hazing? Even among parents who share hazing's ultimate pain -- the death of a son or daughter -- there's no unanimity for how best to deal with this deadly problem, Nuwer said.
Some, like Jim and Evelyn Piazza, are going the route of reform, pushing hard for tougher state laws, such as a bill making its way through Pennsylvania's General Assembly, and working with national fraternity organizations on stricter rules, especially when it comes to hard alcohol, along with more awareness and education.
Spurred by Jim Piazza, the North American Interfraternity Conference, the National Panhellenic Council and the group of parents formed a new anti-hazing coalition aimed at stopping dangerous hazing before it starts, and fighting for stronger laws against hazing.
Already, this new coalition has approved a policy prohibiting alcohol products exceeding 15 percent alcohol starting in September 2019 -- unless the liquor is served by a licensed third-party vendor. The new policy will apply at Penn State and 800 other campuses across the nation.
In this March 21, 2018 file photo, Stephen and Rae Ann Gruver sit in a Louisiana House committee room behind a photo of their son, 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver, a Louisiana State University freshman who died with a blood-alcohol content six times higher than the legal limit for driving in what authorities say was a hazing incident, in Baton Rouge, La. They asked the state legislature to pass a bill to make hazing by college fraternities a felony. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)
But other parents, such as George Starks, who lost his 18-year-old son, Michael, to a hazing fueled binge-drinking episode at Utah State University in 2008, see nothing short of wiping fraternities and sororities from the face of college campuses as the only sure way to end hazing and stop the deaths.
"I, being a firm believer in the 'Ban Greek Life' movement ... my interests have nothing to do with what fraternities face, but, rather, what unaware parents face in the coming years as felony hazing continues its thorough off-the-radar lack of public awareness," Starks wrote in response to an inquiry from PennLive.
"Hazing and college frats are ingrained, inherently and irrevocably entwined until the end of time," Starks wrote, adding, "Unless efforts to close them down sooner succeed."
As for tougher state laws? Starks contended they don't provide much of a deterrent. Only actual prosecutions and convictions will do that.
"The easiest thing to do is pass bills in magnanimous pen-signing ceremonies, and the hardest thing to do is prosecute and convict transgressors without pleas of abeyance, lessened or dismissed charges, outright dismissals, or political/monetary self-interests derailing the process," Starks wrote.
As for the current hazing backlash brought on by last year's four deaths, Starks pointed out that a total of five students died, including his son, in 2008 -- yet little to nothing changed.
"Five frat hazing deaths in 2008 - the year Michael died - and four hazing deaths in 2017 (with the jury still out on 2018) suggests that we are far too comfortable in acquiescing to the journey while actually dismissing the destination," Starks wrote, concluding: "Sheer efforts aren't tantamount to success."
Clearly, while parents' support for each other is unquestioned, their preferred methods for battling dangerous hazing are not.
Even Nuwer isn't sure how it'll all turn out.
He said Pennsylvania's proposed law that would brand dangerous hazing a felony and provide up to seven-year prison sentences for offenders would send a huge message.
But had Penn State banned Greek organizations from campus altogether in wake of Piazza's death, it could have created the critical mass for a cultural movement akin to "Me-Too," Nuwer said.
Short of that, change will remain incremental. And almost assuredly, hazing deaths will continue, he said.
That's because hazing has powerful allies who want to maintain these dangerous rituals as a rite of passage and treasured tradition, Nuwer said. Chief among these are alumni who make their feelings crystal clear to current fraternity members, he said.
In fact, Nuwer said, alumni have been present at the scene of several hazing deaths across the country.
From left to right, Timothy Piazza's father Jim, mother Evelyn, girlfriend Kaitlin Tempalski, and brother Mike honor the life of student Timothy Piazza during a candlelight vigil hosted by the Interfraternity Council on the Old Main patio in State College, Pa. on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Cameron Hart, For PennLive HAR
"What is not in play is curbing the alumni who push all this," Nuwer said. "They have money. They're respected. And they want to keep the status quo. They feel (hazing) serves a purpose. It's tradition. They encourage the behavior."
Then there are the rogue frats.
Nuwer said more and more local chapters are breaking away from their national organizations. One of the chief reasons is the reforms -- especially when it comes to hard alcohol -- that national organizations are implementing in a bid for long-term survival.
These rogue frats can be particularly dangerous, Nuwer said.
"They're totally unregulated," he said. "It's an alcohol-related rebellion. They keep the (frat) names, but there's no national relationship. It's because some of the national fraternities are really working hard (on reform). Their members are looking at them as authority figures. So there are chapters still out of control -- and proud of it. And the schools aren't doing a good enough job handling these rogues. They're reeling from it."
No wonder a recent University of Maine study revealed a full 50 percent of current fraternity and sorority members say they experienced hazing, Nuwer noted.
Of course, the critical question is whether the hazing still going on is dangerous, even deadly.
Nuwer said this thin line can be easily crossed, even during the most harmless-seeming hazing ritual.
"It can happen in a single instant," he said. "When a group gives carte blanche to its members to do something, it only takes one idiot under the influence of alcohol to come up with something."
This is why Nuwer insists the most significant reform would be making dangerous hazing a federal crime, similar to the federal hate crime statute.
Then fraternities and universities would be held accountable, definitions for dangerous hazing and hazing deaths would be clear-cut and the resulting prosecution and punishment, uniform.
Till then, it still falls to a private citizen to gather, investigate and record the grim list of squandered promise and wasted potential that is Nuwer's online listing of hazing's dead.
"I've done this 40 years," he said. "I don't have another 40 years."
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Physicists Teleport Logic Operation Between Separated Ions
Posted on: Jun 3, 2019
Credit: D. Leibfried, N. Hanacek/NIST
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have teleported a computer circuit instruction known as a quantum logic operation between two separated ions (electrically charged atoms), showcasing how quantum computer programs could carry out tasks in future large-scale quantum networks.
Quantum teleportation transfers data from one quantum system (such as an ion) to another (such as a second ion), even if the two are completely isolated from each other, like two books in the basements of separate buildings. In this real-life form of teleportation, only quantum information, not matter, is transported, as opposed to the Star Trek version of “beaming” entire human beings from, say, a spaceship to a planet.
Teleportation of quantum data has been demonstrated previously with ions and a variety of other quantum systems. But the new work is the first to teleport a complete quantum logic operation using ions, a leading candidate for the architecture of future quantum computers. The experiments are described in the May 31 issue of Science.
“We verified that our logic operation works on all input states of two quantum bits with 85 to 87% probability—far from perfect, but it is a start,” NIST physicist Dietrich Leibfried said.
A full-scale quantum computer, if one can be built, could solve certain problems that are currently intractable. NIST has contributed to global research efforts to harness quantum behavior for practical technologies, including efforts to build quantum computers.
For quantum computers to perform as hoped, they will probably need millions of quantum bits, or “qubits,” as well as ways to conduct operations between qubits distributed across large-scale machines and networks. Teleportation of logic operations is one way do that without direct quantum mechanical connections (physical connections for the exchange of classical information will still be needed).
The NIST team teleported a quantum controlled-NOT (CNOT) logic operation, or logic gate, between two beryllium ion qubits located more than 340 micrometers (millionths of a meter) apart in separate zones of an ion trap, a distance that rules out any substantial direct interaction. A CNOT operation flips the second qubit from 0 to 1, or vice versa, only if the first qubit is 1; nothing happens if the first qubit is 0. In typical quantum fashion, both qubits can be in “superpositions” in which they have values of both 1 and 0 at the same time.
The NIST teleportation process relies on entanglement, which links the quantum properties of particles even when they are separated. A “messenger” pair of entangled magnesium ions is used to transfer information between the beryllium ions. (Story continues below infographic.)
The NIST team found that its teleported CNOT process entangled the two magnesium ions—a crucial early step—with a 95% success rate, while the full logic operation succeeded 85% to 87% of the time.
“Gate teleportation allows us to perform a quantum logic gate between two ions that are spatially separated and may have never interacted before,” Leibfried said. “The trick is that they each have one ion of another entangled pair by their side, and this entanglement resource, distributed ahead of the gate, allows us to do a quantum trick that has no classical counterpart.”
“The entangled messenger pairs could be produced in a dedicated part of the computer and shipped separately to qubits that need to be connected with a logic gate but are in remote locations,” Leibfried added.
The NIST work also integrated into a single experiment, for the first time, several operations that will be essential for building large-scale quantum computers based on ions, including control of different types of ions, ion transport, and entangling operations on selected subsets of the system.
To verify that they performed a CNOT gate, the researchers prepared the first qubit in 16 different combinations of input states and then measured the outputs on the second qubit. This produced a generalized quantum “truth table” showing the process worked.
In addition to generating a truth table, the researchers checked the consistency of the data over extended run times to help identify error sources in the experimental setup. This technique is expected to be an important tool in characterizing quantum information processes in future experiments.
This work was supported by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity and the Office of Naval Research.
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It looks like you'll soon be able to open Facebook Messenger to, well, game.
Two months ago, Facebook launched the Messenger platform. It can be used to create and share content as well as enhance conversations - all without leaving the Messenger app or looking at or interacting with the traditional Facebook News Feed. You can also install and use apps within Messenger. At launch, for instance, there were over 40 apps for sending GIFs, photos, videos, audio clips, and more.
But, according to The Information, Facebook Messenger users have not only been slow to engage with the current crop of Messenger apps, but multiple third-party developers have also said it's been hard to raise awareness about their apps among users. Due to all that, Facebook is trying to get more apps on the platform and is apparently considering allowing games onto the platform as well.
Facebook has reportedly held "active conversations" with game developers, with one Facebook executive even confirming said discussions. Keep in mind nothing is set in stone yet, as Facebook hasn't announced a definitive timeline for when games might launch in Messenger's App Store.
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Blackfalds RCMP investigate armed car jacking
Two males steal Mitsubishi Lancer after showing what appeared to be shotguns
Todd Vaughan
Jan. 2, 2020 10:30 a.m.
The Blackfalds RCMP are looking for two males who are alleged to have stolen a car at gunpoint on Jan. 1 in the evening.
At 9:30 p.m., the RCMP were dispatched to a complaint of an armed robbery which just occurred on Range Road 272A. Four males were sitting in two separate cars, when a green Dodge Ram truck stopped on the road. Two males from the truck showed what appeared to be shotguns, took the keys belonging to the occupied Mitsubishi Lancer then drove it away. Before leaving, they slashed the tires on the second vehicle, leaving it not driveable.
One suspect male fled in the Dodge Ram, one in the Mitsubishi.
The male suspects, who are both believed to be in their early twenties, are described as:
Suspect #1
Approximately 5’8” to 6’ tall / slightly chubby
Blonde eyebrows
Wearing a green bandana on his face / black hat
Tattoos on his neck and hands
Approximately 5’5” to 5’8” tall / skinny
Clean shaven, one tattoo on his hand
Wearing a grey hoodie
They were last seen driving south on Highway 2A. The Mitsubishi Lancer is grey, 4 door. The Alberta license plate is CDS4455.
If you have seen this vehicle, or have information about the identity of these males, please call the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3300. Based on the information provided, these males are believed to be armed and should not be approached. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.
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Teacher - Secondary School - Chemistry with Science
Chemistry with science teachers prepare and give lessons in topics such as the nature of chemicals, plastics, fuels and metals. They work to guidelines set up by the Curriculum for Excellence and prepare pupils, aged 11 to 18, for national exams.
using a variety of teaching techniques such as demonstrations, experiments, discussions, projects and practical work
using a range of materials including text books, worksheets, diagrams, computers, audio-visual aids and scientific apparatus
organising and directing the whole class and helping individual pupils as required
setting assignments, projects, tests and exams, preparing and carrying out continuous assessment, marking pupils’ work and writing reports
keeping good order in the classroom and dealing with discipline issues
doing administrative work, including keeping a register of pupils
preparing for and attending parent-teacher meetings and staff meetings
sometimes supervising out of hours activities such as visits or social events
meeting regularly with other departments to plan interdisciplinary projects.
Teachers in Scotland are paid on a national salary scale. The starting annual salary for a probationer teacher is £26,694 (April 2019).
If you do your probationary period on the Teacher Induction Scheme, and are prepared to work anywhere in Scotland during that probationary year, you can also apply for the Preference Waiver Payment. For secondary school teachers, the payment is £8,000 before tax and national insurance.
After your probationary year, your salary will increase to £32,034 and increase an increment each year up to £40,206.
If you teach in a remote school or on certain islands you may get an additional allowance. £2,157 for a distance island and £1,515 or £2,841 for a remote school.
Where a teacher is employed in a remote school on a distant island both the remote schools allowance and the distant islands allowance are paid, in addition to the teacher’s normal salary.
A principal teacher earns between £43,836 and £56,571 a year, while the scale for depute head teachers and head teachers ranges from £49,716 to £95,931 a year, depending on the size of school.
Salaries in independent schools may differ slightly.
You would work in a classroom or laboratory.
Your working hours are based on a 35-hour week and are usually 9.00am to 3.30pm or 4.00pm.
You would probably teach for 22.5 hours a week, so you would have some time for preparation and marking or assessment in school. But you would often have to do more at home, in evenings or at weekends.
You would have 13 weeks holiday each year, but would probably use some of this time to prepare the next term's work.
You would have to prepare for and attend parent-teacher meetings, which are usually in the evening.
You should be aware that teaching is a mentally and physically demanding job.
To become a secondary school teacher of chemistry or chemistry with science, you must have a degree in chemistry plus a Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), or take a combined chemistry and teaching degree. The University of Strathclyde offer the MChem degree in Chemistry with Teaching and the University of Stirling, in conjunction with Heriot-Watt University, offer the degree in Professional Education (Secondary) and Chemistry.
Your degree
For entry to a degree course in chemistry you need 4-5 good Highers, usually including chemistry and at least 1 other maths or science subject.
You must also have Higher English and National 5 Maths. National 5 Applications of Maths is accepted in place of Maths at all universities with the exception of University of Edinburgh.
For the degree in Chemistry with Teaching at the University of Strathclyde you normally need 4 Highers at AABB or AAAC, including English, Maths, Chemistry and one from Biology or Physics. Advanced Higher Maths and Chemistry is recommended.
For the Professional Education and Chemistry degree at the University of Stirling, you need 4 Highers at ABBB (first sitting) or AABB (two sittings) including English and Chemistry plus National 5 Maths at B.
Your degree should normally contain 80 Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) credit points relevant to the subject you wish to teach, and 40 of the credit points must have been studied at SCQF level 8 (second year undergraduate level) or above.
For entry to the PGDE, you need an approved degree and Higher English and Maths at National 5 - some institutions specify at B. National 5 Applications of Maths is accepted in place of Maths at all universities with the exception of University of Edinburgh.
PGDE courses in Chemistry are available at Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde, the Highlands and Islands (Argyll College UHI, Inverness College UHI, Lews Castle College UHI, Moray College UHI, Orkney College UHI and Shetland College UHI) and West of Scotland universities.
There is a lot of competition for places in these courses. It helps if you have experience of working with children or young people.
For PGDE courses, apply through UCAS.
University of Dundee Supported Induction Route
This is a route into teaching through the PGCE Secondary Education (with supported induction route). This combines the postgraduate education with the induction year training.
For entry, your degree must contain passes in at least two Teaching Subject Qualifying Credits (TSQC) in the subject you want to teach. You must also have Higher English plus Maths or Applications of Maths at National 5.
Alternative Routes
There are a number of new teacher training programmes available, most linked to local authorities. See Teach in Scotland for full details and to see which subjects are covered.
Newly qualified teachers who want to teach in local council schools must complete a probationary period to demonstrate that they meet the Standard for Full Registration of the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland). Those who wish to teach in independent schools may also require to be registered.
You are guaranteed a teaching post with a Scottish local authority for a full school year to complete this probationary period.
You need to have:
an interest in child development and an understanding of how children learn
patience and adaptability
enthusiasm and energy
a firm and assertive approach when necessary
good organisational skills
a sense of humour and positive outlook.
You need to be able to:
hold the attention of pupils of all abilities and encourage them
work on your own and as part of a team
get on well with other staff members, parents and carers.
You will do in-service training (often provided by local councils) throughout your teaching career.
You might also take part time courses in specialist aspects of education, run by universities.
You may be promoted to be principal teacher or head of department.
You may then become a depute head teacher and then a head teacher.
You might move into related work such as learning support teaching, further education lecturing, advisory work, education authority administration or schools inspection.
Most teachers work in local authority schools but there are also jobs in independent schools, British schools abroad, such as schools for the children of British armed services and in private tuition.
Job vacancies are normally advertised on local authority websites or look on the myjobscotland website.
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Amnesia Collection Trophy List Revealed, Has One Platinum Trophy
Tyler TreeseWednesday, November 16, 2016
Amnesia Collection Trophies Revealed, Includes a Platinum
Swedish developer Frictional Games are bringing over the Amnesia series to PlayStation 4 next week (November 22), and now we know what to expect in terms of trophies. The collection will contain the following games: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, its DLC Justine, and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. The latter game was actually developed by The Chinese Room, the studio behind Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.
Those expecting to see separate lists will be pretty disappointed, as both games and the Justine expansion are on one list. That means there is only one Platinum in the collection. The list is also pretty short, coming in at 22 trophies spread across the three separate titles.
You can check out the full details for each Trophy in the gallery embedded above (POTENTIAL SPOILERS INCLUDED FOR EACH GAME), with a breakdown of the Trophy amounts below:
Amnesia Collection (PS4)
1 Platinum
If you’re counting, that means Amnesia Collection will feature 22 different Trophies to collect. The Dark Descent features 11 trophies, Justine has four, and A Machine for Pigs has five. With the remaining trophies going across the collection. Overall, it’s a solid list and players will have an added incentive to revisit Frictional Games’ horror series.
Will you be picking up the remastered Amnesia titles next week and going for a Platinum Trophy? Are you disappointed that it’s all one big list instead of each game having a separate list? Let us know in the comments below if you are!
[Source: Exophase]
Tags: Amnesia Collection, Frictional Games, Trophy Lists
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There’s a term floating around more and more lately: Citizen Developer. While it’s on the cusp of becoming a more mainstream phrase, its meaning has yet to become widespread, and that’s a shame because it describes a person with enormous potential. A Citizen Developer has the capability to grow an organization’s ability to do business. So, let’s break down this new term down for you so you can learn what it takes to become one! And while we’re at it, be sure to enroll in our PO TV Live Webcast which offers a sneak preview of the course.
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Benefield: Casa Grande relay team's big showing a highlight of NCS track and field meet
EMPIRE’S STATE QUALIFIERS AT NCS MEET
at Diablo Valley College
Shot put: Lillian McCoy, junior, Casa Grande (1st MOC)
Discus: Kassidy Sani, junior, El Molino (2nd at MOC)
1,600: Gabby Peterson, senior, Healdsburg (1st MOC), Sierra Atkins, senior, Analy (3rd MOC)
3,200: Peterson (2nd MOC), Harper McClain, sophomore, St. Helena (3rd MOC)
Shot put: Bryson Trask, senior, Middletown (1st MOC), Kalathan Laiwa-McKay, junior, Ukiah (3rd MOC)
Discus: Trask (2nd MOC)
High jump: Zavier Rodrigues, junior, Maria Carrillo
110 hurdles: Rodrigues (3rd MOC)
300 hurdles: Brayden Glascock, senior, Santa Rosa (3rd MOC)
4x400: Casa Grande: Matthew Giroux, Logan Moon, Matthew Mason, Jalydon Love (3rd MOC)
PLEASANT HILL — After hours of steady rain in temperatures that never got above 55 degrees, it took quite a performance in the last event of the North Coast Section Meet of Champions to absolutely electrify the track and field fans at Diablo Valley College Saturday.
Casa Grande’s boys 4x400-meter relay team delivered. Matthew Mason, Logan Moon, Matthew Giroux and Jalydon Love were in the mix from the gun and were in fact in the lead for a portion of the race after a strong first leg from Mason. He handed the baton to Moon, who after being denied a berth at the state meet in the 800 meters earlier in the day, took off on the second leg like he was riding a motorcycle.
Giroux said his job was to maintain. And Love? Love had to seal the deal.
But mostly it looked less like science or a game plan and more like guts. The Gauchos ran a 3:23.82 to secure third place behind winners Clayton Valley and Amador Valley — but more importantly, to book their ticket to the CIF state track and field championships next weekend at Buchanan High School in Clovis.
They will be joined by nine other athletes from the Redwood Empire who earned spots in the state meet, including three who doubled. Healdsburg senior Gabby Peterson won the 1,600 meters and finished second in the 3,200 to earn a spot at state in both; Maria Carrillo junior Zavier Rodrigues earned a spot in both the high jump and the 110-meter hurdles, and Middletown senior Bryson Trask will compete in Clovis in both the shot put and discus.
When I asked the four Casa Grande runners how they had pulled off such a monster race, they just shook their heads.
“We devised a game plan over Snapchat and we followed exactly what it was, down to a T,” Moon said.
His teammates were laughing, most likely because Moon doesn’t run like a guy who follows a game plan devised on Snapchat or otherwise.
He runs like he was shot out of a gun.
“Best second leg on this team,” Moon said. Again, laughter. The Gauchos were almost giddy. They had no idea what their time was.
“We’re the first Casa team to make it to state in the 4x400,” Moon said.
After running a 3:23.26 in Friday’s preliminaries to earn the three seed, the Gauchos said they came into the finals feeling confident.
“We knew we had a shot but we knew we had to go all-in to get it today,” said Mason, a senior.
“We were surprised we made it here, but after running here and seeing the competition, we realized, hang on, we’ve got a genuine shot,” Giroux said. “So we just went for it.”
One of Casa’s main competitors wasn’t on the track Saturday.
The Maria Carrillo squad came into the preliminaries ranked second in the North Coast Section and was a favorite to make the state meet. But in the final event of preliminary action Friday, Carrillo senior Tyler Van Arden injured his hamstring while running the second leg and the Pumas didn’t finish. It was a stunning end to Day 1.
So the Gauchos were fully aware that anything can happen in competition, especially in a relay in rainy, cold conditions.
And this squad was running on legs that had already been used all weekend.
Moon competed in the 800-meter final Saturday, finishing eighth — well below his personal-best time and out of state competition.
Mason raced the 200-meter final, finishing on the podium in fifth, but he, too, was denied an individual bid to state.
And there is something about running on a relay team that allows a racer to hit a different gear, Mason said.
“Since you are on a team, once you see them cross the finish line, you run to your teammates and it’s just the best feeling,” he said.
“I feel like a superstar,” Giroux said. “It’s great.”
With individual events in the rearview mirror, for the next week they will focus on nothing but their relay workouts and timing.
It will be the first time all season that 100% of their focus will be on each other and what the group can do.
They don’t know and didn’t want to venture a guess as to what they can do in Clovis. But they promised to be ready.
“Next week? We’ll all be fresh,” Mason said.
And no doubt well-versed in race plans created on Snapchat.
You can reach staff columnist Kerry Benefield at 707-526-8671 and at kerry.benefield@pressdemocrat.com, on Twitter @benefield and Instagram @kerry.benefield.
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#1: Heroes Unlimited FAQ Author: Guest, Posted: 18 Feb 2005 13:28
Question: Excuse me but my gaming group and I are confused by the Hardware: Analytical Genius characters. Do they roll for education like everyone else or do they simply have the skills of their class?
The part that confuses us is the in the description for education for the Hardware type character it mentions that the other Hardware types lose one Skill program and the Analytical character does his differently only getting the ones mentioned in his class and that is all while in the ones listed in his skills it says, in addition to Skill Programs and Secondary Skills.
The only thing I can think of is this is another example of bad editing in Palladium books, and that they simply copy and pasted it, instead of saying definitively that these are the only skills you get.
Answer: They automatically get specific scholastic skills (HU2, p. 128) and do not roll for education (HU2, p. 122).
It says "in addition to Skill Programs and Secondary Skills" because in addition to the predetermined skills, the Analytical Genius receives one skill program of choice with a +10% bonus, and six secondary skills. Also, all characters in HU2 have the option of going back to school and learning additional skills and skill programs beyond their initial allotments.
Question: If you begin with a Weapons Expert, Mechanical Genius, or Electronics Genius and you wish to be a Analytical Genius as well do you roll your education still?
Answer: No. The Analytical Genius' skills replace the education roll, and the other Hardware types replace one skill program. Thus, such a character will have the combined base scholastic skills of both hardware types, and be unable to choose any additional scholastic skills or skill programs except by going back to school. The character will also have only six secondary skills.
Question: This has cropped up on the message boards... What are the limits to what these powers? What exactly does "equipment" cover?
My intreptation is this:
Instant Wardrobe: Makes you switch out your *entire* suit of current clothing. If you are a gunslinger type character, then you can havea suit of clothing wiht a pair of pistols on it, a set of armor that has a shotgun, and another set of clothing with a rifle with it (as long as the weight limit is kept ;D). But the *entire set of clothing has to change along with it*.
Instant Weapon: You can just change weapons out. The weight limit is higher, the dimentions are less. This way you can dont have to haul around your LAW rockets, your heavy shotgun (with abundance of ammo) and whatever guns you want.
There are two notable people (names with-held) that seem to think that anything considered a weapon is immediatly dispelled from the suit, even if the weight limit isent topped. Someone else mentioned it would take hte same place on the new set of clothing (even if it was a gun in a shoulder holster).
Which intpretation is correct? Or are we all off base? Help would be appreciated as I would like to know this as well.
Answer: I see no reason why small weapons or bandoleers of ammo clips couldn't be part of an outfit. They just would always appear holstered, slung, sheathed, or otherwise stowed on the user's person, rather than in the user's hands. Also the weapons would have to fit in pockets, hang on belts, slide into boots, etc., so no bazookas or cases of ammunition, just pistols, knives, swords, throwing stars, and possibly even bows and arrows or two-handed swords (GM's call).
Question: I wanted to create a Demigod R.C.C. for my HU campaign. Under O.C.C. skills, Pantheons mentions the Demigod can be anything from HU with a few exceptions. Does this mean he gets all of the abilities of the power category he choses, or just the skill sets.
Ex. Would a Physical Training Demigod get the skill and abilities from Physical Training and Demigod or the super abilities from being a Mutant / Demigod?
Answer: I would think, yes. Because in Rifts, he get's any one of the powers listed under the Godling and can then pick an OCC. (ie he could take one magic class for his RCC and then take a second magic class as his OCC; which is essentially dual class)
However, under the demi-god description it states that certain OCC's are off limites or will possibly cause the demi-god to lose his natural abilities if those OCC's are chosen (ie Juicer, crazy, etc).
Choosing a Heroes Unlimited Power Category is effectively the same as taking an OCC, thus the Demigod would have all powers and skills appropriate to the Power Category, plus the normal Demigod powers and must use the Demigod XP chart. Note that unless the character's divine parent has a well-known presence in the campaign world, most people will consider the Demigod to be a powerful mutant, alien being, or perhaps just an anomaly.
Note also that Heroes Unlimited, second edition has an alternative to the Demigod RCC in the form of the Mega Hero.
Question: In Heros Unlimited under supernatural strength it says that a charcter can carry 300 times his PS in pounds and lift 500 times, in the revised conversion book it says that a character with a PS of 18 or higher can lift 50 times his PS. when a character from HU comes to rifts does the rules shift to the revised version or does it stay the same as the ability discribes?
Answer: Well, the question was originally about how it was written in the revised Conversion book - since that book is the most current, (and to answer the original question more directly), I'd say that you should use the rules in the Conversion Book when bringing HU2 characters into Rifts - that seems to greatly simplify things.
(OFFICIAL) Re: Powers Unlimited Book 2
All answers provided by author Carmen Bellaire.
Question: Empowered Psychics are listed as Latent Psionics with 3d4x10 ISP +1d6 ISP a level. It is unclear however if they pick up additional powers as they grow in level.
Answer: No, they do not gain additional powers, just those listed to compensate for their disability.
Question: Under the Empowered Psychic option Superior Telekinesis it says that the "maximum weight that can be lifted is double the usual amount for the telekinesis power". However, using Superior Telekinesis uses NO ISP, so what is the maximum weight? Are we supposed to treat the character's ME (which works as his Spd attribute normally) as also his strength. i.e. a character with an ME of 20 has 20 ISP permanently invested in Telekinesis. Finally, what version of telekinesis is this based on, the super version or the physical version?
Answer: The ME is used both as the Spd (at x3) and as the PS (at x2, with an extraordinary P.S.) of the superior telekinesis, i.e. a M.E. of 16 can carry 1600 lbs and telekineticlly lift 3200 lbs.
Question: The text for Lycanthropes and Underwater Abilities seems to suggest they can have OTHER super powers but they are not given any. Do Empowered Lycantrophes and Mermaids only have that one single power or do they get superpowers like the Demigod and Monster options?
Answer: That seems to have been omitted, just use the table on page 71 (minor hero chart) as the additional powers, this makes them roughly equal to the "super abilities to compensate" hero.
Question: Some of the Eugenics prices make very little sense. Heightened Sense of Hearing, only costs 50,000 dollars while Ultra-Hearing costs 200,000. Similarly, you can by a "package deal" called Scent Pits that gives you Heightened Sense of Taste and Heightened Sense of Smell for 250,000, but if you bought Heightened Taste & Smell separately it would only cost you 70,000 each and wouldn't be disfiguring! Am I right in assuming that Heightened Sense of Hearing, Taste and Smell is missing an extra zero?
Answer: Heightened Sense of Hearing (500,000 dollars), Heightened Sense of Taste (700,000 dollars), and Heightened Sense of Touch (700,000 dollars), all have typos in the book, each is missing a zero. Scent Pits is the correct price. On a similar note, the supervision prices seem weird, but they are correct, as some of those vision powers are much easier to produce genetically, than the others.
Question: Eugenics characters have two different base SDC's listed, 1d6x10+10 and 1d6x10, which one is correct?
Answer: 1D6x10, the other is a typo.
Question: Some Imbued Heroes are limited to one use of his powers every 48 hours. It says later that taking it sooner/more frequently will make the hero dizzy and make his powers work at half strength. Does this apply to the other options for how many times you can take an imbuing agent? i.e. the guy who can only take his drug once per 24 hours can choose to take it more often but has to live with penalties.
Answer: Yes, but they too suffer all the same penalties as the 48 hour heroes.
Question: Do Demon Lords and Lesser Demons get supernatural strength automatically?
Answer: The Demon Lord is a mega-hero, so automatically has supernatural P.S., the Lesser Demon only has supernatural P.S. if it is selected as one of his super powers.
Question: The Undead/Vampire option for the Immortal category is missing any attribute bonuses, combat bonuses, and doesn't have a PPE base, HP base or SDC base. Are we ever going to get to see these? If not, what should I use instead?
Answer: There are no attribute or combat bonuses, just those gained with the Undead power. PPE is listed on page 59. HP and SDC are calculated as any non-Immortal would be (double the normal SDC bonus given for the Undead power), thats all.
Question: Do the other supersoldier options recieve Special Supersoldier Enhancements? I can understand why the Chemical, Brain and Endoskeletal characters really wound't need any, but the Latent Psychic supersoldier probably should.
Answer: ALL Supersoldiers get to roll for supersoldier enhancements, even the chemical, brain, endoskeletal, and psychic. This is part of being a SUPER soldier, it is no different than all the charts an Alien gets to roll on. The line that reads: "Instead of the above, the player may select and roll up one of the following three augmented characters." just means that the player can pick one of these types instead of rolling on the Number and Type of Super Abilities chart, the character does not loose anything for picking, instead of rolling on the random chart.
Question: Under the Immortal Category, the "76-80: Master Psychic" option doesn't seem to gain any additional powers as he goes up in level, is this correct?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Under the Immortal Category the 81-90: Super Abilities & Psionics option doesn't have an ISP base.
Answer: Same as 36-40% so ISP equals 1D6x10+50.
Question: Do all Immortal Characters automatically get the Immortal power?
Answer: NO, just those that list it, but all Immortals are extremely long lived, as per the rule on the top of page 64, living hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years based on the G.M.'s game.
#2: Author: Guest, Posted: 1 Mar 2005 11:23
Question: I rolled up an experiment NPC villian that has the powers of APS: Plasma and Rocket Fist ( I am treating this as his lower legs turning into a super plasma jet like the flight:energy power).
Anyways back on track. My problem stems from the rocket torpedo attack. The APS power states that any contact with the plasma being does 1d6 ( or 2d4 ) X 10 damage, now the rocket power states that the character can torpedo into someone, that the power produces a protective impact negating energy field that prevents damage to the attacker but not the victem, and damage varies with range and speed.
If this character torpedos someone in his "Solar Comet" strike would he only do the damage of the rocket collision or would the damage of being touched by plasma also add in?
Answer: The plasma does nothing.
Question: In Powers Unlimited 2 EMPOWERED on page 12, Demigod Metamorphosis.
The character obtains a new strength of 3D6+20 (Supernatural).
Does this mean the Hero cannot choose "Supernatural Strength" as one of his Major power selections?
Answer: No. As long as there is not a specific exclusion then the Hero may choose from any of the powers he wishes.
#3: Author: Tinker Dragoon, Location: Newberry, Florida, USA Posted: 1 Mar 2005 13:44
The following answers were provided by author Wayne Breaux, Jr.
Question: Do Psi-Swords damage characters with the Invulnerability power?
Answer: Psi-swords do damage invulnerable characters. Kev and I differ on how much, thus leaving the full or half damage decision to the individual GM, but psi-swords are composed of pure psionic energy and will damage an invulnerable character.
Question: Invulnerable characters take half damage from attacks by supernaturally strong creatures, and full damage from magic weapons. What happens if the magic weapon is wielded by someone with supernatural strength? Does the Supernatural P.S. damage bonus apply in full or is it halved? What about Superhuman and Extraordinary P.S.?
Answer: When a supernaturally strong character swings a normal item, be it a weapon or a fist, the item is pretty much inconsequential to the force behind it, thus when using such objects, the damage dealt is either that of the object (in the rare case where the item is more massive/hard hitting than the P.S. swinging it, such as a bus) or the punching damage of the attacker (as is the case with swords and any other hand held weapon). Normal items do not normally combine their damage with that of the supernatural strength because if the force behind the blow is powerful enough, the item will simply shatter or break. This is where the comments on breaking weapons comes from. I don't have time to grab my book, but there were supposed to be specific formulas for when a weapon breaks (a la Nightbane). So, when dealing with normal items, even those that weigh several tons, it is either the mass/size of the item or the power of the strength that does the damage, not both.
Magic and indestructable weapons are a different matter and they allow the wielder to put the full force of his strength behind their damage potential. In this case, the weapon damage and the punching damage (the full force of the SN P.S.) are usually added together. Against an invulnerable character, there would be no halfing the damage of either the punch or the weapon since the weapon does full damage and the punching power is focused through it, thus negating the natural, limited resistance an invulnerable character has against SN punches. Magic weapon + SN force = one supernaturally powered magic spearhead of damage.
However, do note that the magic weapon power that provides supernatural PS only provides the 'equivalent to' SN strength, meaning it only converts the character's existing P.S. score to the supernatural scale, it does not give them the full blown major power of Supernatural Strength, thus all of the massive bonuses inherent to that power are not included in the final P.S. score and the resulting combined damage ratings of the magic weapon and the SN P.S.
Question: How is a robot's P.P. determined? I can't seem to find it in the book. Same thing goes for M.A.
Answer: There is a discussion of robot attributes with suggestions for purchasing P.P. in the HU2 GM's Guide on pages 12-14. [FYI, the cost of increasing the P.P. attribute is the same for robots and cyborgs -- TD]
Question: I was looking at the Enchanted Object sub-power of Impervious to Magic today, and wondered the actual extent of it. Does it offer complete immunity to magic, or is it pretty much just like the Immune to Magic superpower? And for that matter, what kind of resistance would it give against magic weapons?
Answer: It's not just resistance, that's why you are penalized on your hit point/S.D.C. advancement. It's immunity to magic. Anything that requires you to save against magic automatically fails, so you would still take damage from a magic sword and a fire bolt spell, but you could ignore a carpet of adhesion and cloud of slumber. It's an immunity to magic itself, not all of the effects created through magic, thus it is still vastly powerful, but not an absolute stopper when fighting a mage.
Question: Okay, I like to think I have a good understanding of the powers the books provide, but Force Aura has bugged me for awhile. The concept of 'I'm supercharged, but stuck in one spot' is kind of weird in itself, then you get a bonus to roll? So you mean to tell me others can move me, but I can't move myself?
Answer: Force Aura is a suit of supernatural power armor and affords the full mobility of that analogy. The only time it is rooted in one spot is when it is extended to protect multiple people.
Question: The Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guide seems to suggest that a Force Aura is airtight (and one assumes watertight), allowing its users to seal holes in their space suits and survive ten times longer than normal without a fresh air supply. So does this mean anyone using a Force Aura has to hold their breath?
Answer: Yes, but they get a sizable amount to 'hold'. The field manifests 1-2 feet from the body, providing something like 138 cubic feet of air inside the field after subtracting the volume of the person. So the air supply will be used up eventually, but it will have more than enough to last any given combat, although I wouldn't have any idea how long a person could last on that much air. The force aura is supposed to be a fully sealed, psychic/supernatural exoskeleton.
Question: The description of the Arerri in Aliens Unlimited mentions that they've "perfected superpower inducing experimentation" but only a handful of Arerri are Mutants. What exactly does this line mean?
Answer: It means that the Arerri do not have to roll for side effects the way other experiments do. They can select any they might desire or they can choose to have none. A GM could also come up with a list of minor, beneficial side effects if he wished to go along with the process. It also means they have control over what kind of powers most subjects will receive. In character terms, this means the player could choose their power sets (within the existing limits of numbers of powers available to experiments) or if the GM prefers, roll several times on the tables and pick from the resulting powers.
Question: The S.D.C. listed for the Mystically Bestowed Power Category in HU2 is confusing. On one page it says they gain +3D6x10 S.D.C. in their 'powered-up' form, on another it says they have +10 S.D.C. in their normal form and 1D6x10+30 in their powered-up form. What gives?
Answer: Mystically Bestowed characters are supposed to have a base S.D.C. of 30, giving them 40 S.D.C. in unpowered form and 3D6x10+30 S.D.C. in powered form.
Question: How is Gravity Manipulation supposed to work? The power gives the ability to increase gravity by 50x at first level, which should pulp just about any living being. That's a lot of power to give a first level character, and the power itself is without any warnings or penalties but the inability to move. I maintain that since there are no such warnings or penalties, the power is not intended to be used as a 'squish attack.' I think of it along the same lines as Weight Manipulation, which apparently ceases to do damage after the target is rendered immobile, but others disagree. Am I off base on both powers, or am I ignoring the potential for destruction?
Answer: Good call, 'squish attacks' are certifiably munchkin (not to mention quite evil for any hero to be routinely participating in) on the scale you are referring to and the logic conclusion is to default to existing examples of similar power effects and go with the immobilization.
Question: What is Komodo's race? Are there any basic stats, powers, and other data available for this race?
Answer: Komodo is supposed to be a low gravity alien with the demonic appearance and the super soldier sub-category of experiment, but he got a little muddled in editing. His natural A.R. and extra S.D.C. come from the super soldier limited invulnerability power; he is not supposed to have full invulnerability. I guess I should present his race in detail in some future supplement. It just never occured to me to do that once I had him set up, despite the fact that he was created to be featured in a book about alien races. Go figure.
Question: How are the Humanoid but artificial life form/robots (roll 97-98 HU2 or 98-99 AU) affected by powers like Cloaking and Machine Merge?
Answer: Machine merge would have little effect other than fortifying a grappling contest. Just as the description states, the machine merge character can not affect machines controlled by an artificial intelligence and all aspects of such a highly advanced android would be considered integral and protected systems, making them immune to any effects of machine merge.
"Even artificial robot intelligences and bionic sensors and optics will be fooled; they see only a slight blur that is hard to follow or target." So your cloaking question is answered right there in the description of the power. I'd say robots of all types and characters with bionic sensors would have to make called shots just to try and hit a cloaking character, and those same characters would have no chance of identifying or describing the cloaked character. Such a cloaked character would also gain a massive stealth bonus against such characters, +50% at least.
Question: In another thread the notion of Mutant Animals came up and someone complained about the low BIO-E for the Tiger. Looking to After The Bomb, I saw that the Lion, which was statted with the Tiger in HU2E had more BIO-E in After the bomb than in HU2E. Would you up the BIO-E to the levels in After the Bomb 2e, or deliberately leave them as in HU2E?
Answer: I always thought the mutant animals as presented in HU were a bit underpowered compared to other heroes, so I would definitely default to the wonderful new edition of After the Bomb for creating mutant heroes in HU2.
Question: HU2, p. 70 lists the SDC for common objects and items. Brick walls, cinderblock walls, and reinforced concrete all have SDC listed lor 10 square foot areas. This works okay for brick and cinderblock walls, because they generally have a set thickness, but how thick is the reinforced concrete wall supposed to be?
Answer: 12 to 18 inches.
Question: Wayne, How do you interpret the rules for concentration in combat regarding super powers, i.e. what can a character do or not do if they are trying to maintain force fields, mental illusions or what have you?
Answer: If there are limitations given in the power itself, then it is demanding enough to require such penalties (i.e. lost attacks, penalties, etc). If there are no noted penalties, then the character is able to maintain that ability with no adverse effects on their combat performance; however, because they are concentrating on that power they can not use any other super/psionic/magical ability until they let it lapse. Likewise, other skills and abilities requiring concentration would be impossible or heavily penalized, including aimed shots and any skill roll with modifiers (such as lockpicking, hacking, construction, etc).
Question: How do you handle See the Invisible vs. Bend Light or Invisibile Haze in your campaigns?
Answer: See the Invisible can not penetrate invisible haze, the power specifically states that. This is because the person does not actually become invisible, the power instead affects each individual viewing the target and forces them to ignore him completely, thus you will still physically see the target with the mechanisms of the eye, but once the images get to the brain, it ignores them. So even though you are seeing an item or person, whether it is actually visible or not, your own mind is against you and ignores it if you fail the saving throw.
Bend light is a variant of invisibility and see invisible should work normally against it since the power affects normal light and see invisible is a supernatural form of vision.
Question: Regarding Intangibility: Is the limitation of a character only being able to sink into the Earth up to their nose so that they can breathe? If the character doesn't require air, can they overcome this limitation? Also, in regards to turning intangible and throwing an object, expecting it to turn tangible mid-flight: The book simply says "it doesn't work that way." So how does it work? Does the object stay intangible as long as the character does, or until they pick it back up and return to tangibility? Is there a certain passage of time where an object 'fades' back into tangibility? Does the item drop to the ground and, having no will of it's own to resist the pull of gravity on it's less-dense state, pass through the ground until it is destroyed by intense heat and pressure? Also, does pressure affect the character when intangible? Do they have a resistance/immunity to it, greater vulnerability, or do they somehow retain the capabilities of their normal state?
Answer: If a character with intangibility also has an ability that allows them to breath or survive without air/atmosphere, then they should not be limited by depth or thickness of the substance they are passing through. Of course, I think there should also be a limitation to the intangible state, especially when fully 'submerged', to reflect effort and exhaustion. Any such time limit should be based on the exertion rules, such as P.E. x 4 in minutes or something similar.
Throwing intangible items: when would it become solid? My guess would be that either the act of throwing would break the person's intangibility (since all aspects of intangibility are pretty passive and require little to minimal personal exertion, such gross effort may force the character out of the state) or perhaps the situation where an item the character is maintaining as intangible suddenly separates from his control is a trigger that breaks the entire intangibility. In the latter case, separation of such 'linked' objects (i.e the character and the thrown object) may well break the person's concentration, or perhaps the coupling of this separation and the intense effort needed to throw it combine to break the person's concentration and return them to solid form. Regardless, the power is very clear that to throw anything or attack at all, the person must be solid, so this is the only reason I can see why that might be so.
Can pressure crush or affect an intangible person? I would say 'no', but if the physics peeps can give me a good reason to the contrary, I'd be glad to consider it.
Question: I would like to know how the Major Power of Natural Combat Ability is applied. The wording is VERY confusing all this "same level", "comparable style (but not level of experience)" mumbo jumbo is got my brain all bent out of shape. It says likewise between the two which implies similarity of application but then it clearly contradicts itself with the passage noted in parentheses.
Answer: How does it work? Well, apparently not very well given the number of times people ask about it.
First of all, I would ignore the entire first paragraph since it seems to generate all the confusion. It appears it is intended as descriptive text, but some of the wording gives false impressions to many people. Simply put, the character is able to naturally fight in an adaptive style that allows them to mimic the moves and techniques of their opponents, no mater how exotic, without any formal combat training. The character can not learn any formal combat skills and relies solely on those bonuses and abilities given to him by the natural combat ability power. Other super abilities will modify the bonuses and abilities, as will attributes, but skills will not. Beyond that, the power should be pretty much self explanitory. Use the NCA chart as if it were the character's hand-to-hand skill and adjust bonuses as he levels.
Of course, the super ability does not give any strike, parry, or dodge bonuses, which further adds to the confusion, especially if you do ignore the first paragraph. If this is supposed to be the character's only combat 'skill' then it puts him at a significant disadvantage, especially for a major super ability. Is he supposed to get these bonuses from the style of combat used by his opponent? I'm not sure. The power is very badly presented on a number of levels, and that's one of the reasons I've never been that jazzed about this particular power.
So how to fix the confusion? Here's my suggestion: The character gets no combat skills at all as noted in the description. All of the bonuses given in the power write up apply to th character as he/she levels up in place of the same bonuses that would have been gotten via a hand-to-hand skill, but the missing bonuses (strike, parry, dodge, etc) would come from the hand-tohand skill of the opponent being fought figured at the level of the PC with NCA. As far as I can tell this is the best way for the power to work as it is presented, even though it will take some calculation of bonuses each time the PC fights a newly skilled opponent (unless you want to write down separate bonuses each time he levels for each combat style used in the campaign). Just keep in mind that the ability states that the character's natural skill is roughly equivalent to hond-to-hand: Expert, so he shouldn't ever be using the bonuses for anything less.
Question: Is there any way for Transferred Intelligence robots to be detected as such (ignoring any psionic or magic ways)? I'm thinking primarily of AU but anything HU related is meaningful. AU has the Aberrant Energy detector but I don't think this qualifies. Do the Atorian TI bots need to be distinguished as such for the commoners (or aliens) they might deal with?
Answer: There has to be some kind of containment system for the TI, very much like an artificial brain to house it, but it does not necessarily have to be in the head; in fact, flesh and blood Atorian soldiers either carry or have implanted the equivalent of a 'black box' so they can transfer into an armored haven should their body be severely damaged or killed (and there are no long range means to verte' out). However, that artificial brain will usually be within an artificial body, so only the lack of organic brain waves could give it away. Short of psionic and magic means, detecting the robot body would far easier than pinpointing the nature of its intelligence in most settings.
The Atorian neural networks (NITTs) pick up thoughts, emotions and the kind of directed contact we equate to speech, a kind of technological telepathy (yes, Atorians do still talk, they just don't have to talk to each other if they don't want to; and yes, the NITT can be adjusted on the fly to filter out as many forms of input/reception as the user wishes, including sensations, idle thoughts and emotions, leaving the equivalent of direct speech only between two NITT users). Because of this, it will be quickly, if not immediately obvious to an Atorian when they are talking to a machine because though it may have an artificial personality and education, it will not have the same life-like 'feel' of a living person (yes, robots in the EMpire are given a variation of the NITT; the easier to direct and control them with but a thought). The TI robot will 'feel' just like any other living person, because they are another living person, regardless of the state of their body. Because of this, the Atorians do not place any stigma on artificial bodies, nor artificial intelligence IF is is advanced enough to be considered 'human', and few people can make AIs as advanced as the Atorians (though not all of their AIs are so advanced....someone or something still has to do the menial chores, now don't they?).
Question: Interesting, similar to the "telepathy" the members of Section 9 share in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, or the borg in Star Trek Voyager (not the hive mind where all thoughts are shared, but their cranial receivers/transmitters). I wouldn't expect the brain to necessarily be housed in the head since better armor is likely to be found elsewhere. I'm imagining something roughly the size of a Coke can but of a bit more solid construction as the container.
Answer: Yes, very much like the members of section 9. I had forgotten all about that until you mentioned it. The basic Atorian unit is about the size of a CD case, but armored versions would be a bit bulkier. Earth based units would be about the size of a large grapefruit, I would guess.
Question: In regard to Cyberjacking, how prevalent do you see RES as being? Would individual starships have them (primitive ones anyway)?. It seems the computing power of a starship would be fairly powerful, and while they'd be forced to concentrate a great deal of their computing power to running a complex starship, it seems it wouldn't be unreasonable, especially very large ships. Any way to thumbnail-sketch the approximate "power" or "size" of a computer needed to run a RES? (in PB terms). I'm not looking for specifics, just an idea of how you gauge them.
Answer: In a galactic setting, any computer valuable enough to have security will have a RES. So most starships will indeed have even a basic RES system, even small ones. The requirements to run a RES system will vary with the technological level of the society that created it. A super advanced society like the Atorians and Struthio can put impressive RES on a lap top, while many galactic societies can put basic RES in a PC; however, most societies even in the advanced cultures of the galaxy would require something the size of a dedicated server or PC to run a basic RES and more advanced systems would use a server-farm type set up with a number of linked systems. On Earth, RES systems will be rare and would likely require a mainframe or significant linked systems to run it.
Question: can the Hardware category create Artificial Intelligences? What Power Categories can build a TI system? I've also rolled up a Natural Genius Character from PU2 (which you're probably not familiar with) and he makes a great cyberjacker program maker. Would you reduce the penalties if two or more qualified characters worked on the project?
Answer: There should be some rules for AI programming in the Robots Unlimited sourcebook (I'll make a note not to overlook it). Anyone with programming skills can program an AI, but a Hardware character is most likely to be able to complete one in a lifetime without a whole lot of people helping out. I believe I actually wrote some rules for building an AI for the GG, but the entry may have gotten edited out. If I get the time I may be able to whip up some time and modifier idea for you, but no promises.
I'm not surprised the Natural Genius makes a great anything-computer-related. They only get 90-something percent of the skills in the game.
I'm quite familiar with the contents of PU2; that's why I have so many problems with it. I try my best not to condemn anything out of ignorance if I can help it (and sometimes I still do, but heck, we're all human), but that isn't the case here. They get superhuman abilities on par with any other class (in fact the description says you can use each of their abilities as a minor super ability) and they get the skill selection of a couple of Ph.D. Hardware characters rolled into one. I also seem to recall their getting the equipment budget of some hardware characters to boot, but my book isn't here for me to double check that. The capabilities of 4 characters all rolled into one? I love the Natural Genius...as an NPC villain, which it seems tailor made for, but as it's presented, I can't accept its use as a PC, not in my games anyway.
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#4: Author: Guest, Posted: 29 Mar 2005 05:55
Question: When Negation (Negate Super Abilities) is used on a being with Supernatural PS (30 +2D6), what does the PS get reduced to?How much can a character with Supernatural PS 85 lift/carry after being negated? What about HtH damage?
Answer: it would reduce to whatever it was before.
remember, Supernatural PS adds a hefty boost to your PS attribute and makes it supernatural.
negating it puts it back to whatever it was and normal strength. so if you rolled a 10 for your PS you get put back to 10 and do 1d4 SDC only.
yes, this means you should keep track of it. I always put the number I rolled in parenthatsis beside my final result after all bonuses added.
#5: Author: Guest, Posted: 31 May 2005 19:10
Question: What is the PS for Mineraloids? Its not listed anywhere in Aliens Ulimited. Now I see it says in Rifts they receive Supernatural, but I'm sure its not the same in Aliens. I've seen Insects are listed as having Superhuman. So what should it be?
Answer: Aliens Unlimited was originally written before Heroes Unlimited had Supernatural P.S., so they would have it under the HU2 rules.
Question: 1) Okay, I know that in HUII you do not add the PS powers together. I understand that a Mega-Hero doesn't get the attribute bonus of Supernatural PS unless he chooses the power separately.
But, here's my question:
If your character chooses Superhuman PS, but is a Mega-Hero (which automatically get Supernatural PS equivalent), do they add the Superhuman PS to their base PS, and then consider it Supernatural for the purpose of weight lifting and damage?
2) Since it's Superhuman to start, do you add all your physical skill attribute bonuses and then become Supernatural?
Or, since it will ultimately be Supernatural, do you not add skill bonuses?
Answer: 1) Yes. All bonuses and side effects (e.g. reduced fatigue rate) of the particular strength power will still apply, but the weight allowances and unarmed combat damage will be as per the equivalent level of Supernatural Strength.
2) Well, the whole thing about not adding skill bonuses to supernatural P.S. is based on the assumption that you will determine your base attributes, power category, and abilities before you determine your skills. Therefore, going strictly by the book, this hypothetical character's P.S. score cannot be increased by Physical skills, because it will have been determined to have Supernatural P.S. before you've even made your education roll.
However, a lot of people seem to add the power bonuses after the skill bonuses, in which case the book rule becomes basically irrelevant.
Question: If a character can mimic the appearance of body armor etc, the next question is this; When one shapechanges, does your clothing, equipment, etc simply become part of the new form (accessible or not)? Example: Bob has shapechanged so it LOOKS like hes wearing CS body armor, however he has his own suit of armor...can he keep this on and retain its protection while shapechanged into the CS body armor form?
Answer: Your shapechange power has no bearing on what you're wearing.
Question: I'm refering to the Heroes Unlimited super power Shapechanger here. My question is this; Can it be used to "mimic" a person in body armor OR human sized power armor (obviously power armor that doesnt exceed the size limits of the power)? I dont mean the MDC properties of the armor, but just the appearance of a person in armor? Example: Bob the Shapechanger wants to infiltrate a Coalition encampment (out in the field, where everyone wears body armor almost 24/7), he DOES NOT have a suit of CS issued armor...so he wants to use his Shapechanging power to make him look like the other armored soldiers. Can this be done?
Answer: He'd have to be completely naked to do so. However, having shapechanging properties, he could conceivably go everywhere naked, and simply look like he has clothing (changing its appearance when appropriate).
Question: On page 121 HU2 it is listing the penalties for using skills and mentions that the Analytical Genius is supposed to have a robot construction and repair skill. Was this in any previous editions? and if so what is the rating?
Answer: It's referring to the advanced/robotic/bionic technology penalties listed under the Analyze and Operate Devices skill (p. 129), which includes construction and repair of machines.
#6: Author: Guest, Posted: 1 Jul 2005 11:33
Question: I have an HU game that I'm playing in and my GM and I are having trouble interperting the Major Super Power, Natural Combat Ablility (NCA)on page 284 of the HU Revised 2nd Edition. Basically the source of our confusion is the Martial Art Mimicking. We can't decide if we're supposed to add the appropriate levels of the mimicked martial art to the table of bonuses listed under the NCA description. If a Level 5 hero with NCA is fighting a level 6 NPC with MA:Assassin, do we add the Cumulative bonuses for Level 5 NCA to the Cumulative bonuses for level 6 MA:Assassin and fight like that, OR, Is it simply that we just use the Bonuses for Level 5 NCA and it is merely a roleplaying effect that the hero looks like he's using MA:Assassin. Originally they GM ruled for the latter, but then I brought up the fact that NCA itself does not grant any bonuses to strike like a straight MA would, and it got us confused again and this was my course of action.
Answer: Natural Combat Ability...how does it work? Well, apparently not very well given the number of times people ask about it.
Question: So, what exactly are the conversion rules for the varying strength categories from HU2 when brought to Rifts?
Answer: Extraordinary Strength is equivalent to Augmented Humanoids/Cyborg. Superhuman Strength is the same as Robotic Strength. Supernatural Strength is Supernatural Strength. Use the Rifts tables as applicable.
Question: Does every type of Immortal as outlined in PU2 use the mega hero experience chart, or just the ones with "mega hero" listed before their sub-type descriptions? If they all use the same experience chart, then why make that distinction in the beginning of the sub-types?
Answer: All of them use the Mega-Hero chart.
Question: Can anyone tell me the RIFTS conversion rules for the Bio-Ghost Super Ability in HU2?
Answer: Bio-Ghost is covered in CB1 Revised, pg. 47.
Question: i need some help on this subject...i have a pc with the power of danger sense from powers unlimited for a heroes campaign...and it says in the power description that the warming time is 3 seconds per level....which would mean at 2nd level it would be 6 seconds...and the higher in levels my pc grows the time would also grow...so at 5th
level my pc would have a complete 15 seconds/.. one full melee to do something before the danger of the situation comes....is this correct ....my gm says its not that way
he says its a sixth sense....and by the house rules he set up for sixth sense..pc's
sixth sense would only get one attack before it happens....what in really want to know is
is the power danger sense from powers unlimited...does it work the way it says in the book or am i wrong...please help on this matter
Answer: It's not sixth sense, however, if the GM wants to treat it that way, it's up to the GM.
#7: Author: Guest, Posted: 31 Jul 2005 18:56
Question: Anyone have ideas on whether certain powers (say like Hardened Skin for example) that increase sdc are altered in Rifts RPG to grant a mutant character mdc protection instead?
Answer: There is no official guideline yet for PU1, so it's the GM's decision as to whether or not it will. Powers that inflict damage generally inflict MDC instead of SDC. This is how I would convert the powers (those not listed I either missed or I don't think they would change at all in an MDC environment):
Note that you don't necessarily have to turn super powers into MDC equivalents. It can be fun to leave super powers as SDC, depending on the style of game being ran.
Any power that deals damage through the power itself: SDC damage becomes MDC damage.
Adrenaline Surge: If an MDC creature, then the SDC doubling becomes a MDC doubling.
Alter Physical Structure of Limb: SDC of limb is MDC
Battle Rage: +40 MDC if already an MDC being
Bubble Glue: MDC of capture bubble is 5 MDC per level
Earth Empowerment: Minor MDC equal to 1/2 the character's Hit Points when in contact with the Earth.
All Minor Flight Abilities: All bonuses remain SDC
Giant: MDC equal to P.E. plus 2D6. An extra 1D4 MDC is gained at every growth spurt.
Hardened Skin: SDC becomes MDC
Heavyweight: SDC bonus only becomes MDC
Immovability: MDC equal to Hit Points
Increased Durability: Add Hit Points and SDC together to make them MDC
Indestructable Bones: Minor MDC equal to 1/2 the character's Hit Points
Lunar Strength: If an MDC being then bonuses become MDC bonuses
Personal Force Field: SDC of Force Field becomes MDC
Quills and Spines: Turn Hit Points into MDC
Sensory Orb: MDC of the orb is equal to M.E. + 1D6 per level
Solar Powered: If an MDC being, then +30 MDC in the daytime and bio-regeneration is MDC
Super Bounce: SDC bonus becomes MDC
Super Hibernation and Stasis Field: SDC of the Stasis Field becomes MDC
Absorb Bio Mass: Will not work on MDC beings unless the character is already an MDC being
Alter Physical Structure (all of them): SDC bonuses become MDC, same as other APS powers.
Control Density: Can adjust MDC materials by 5 MDC per level
Create Force Constructs: SDC becomes MDC
Divine Healing: Combine Hit Points and SDC and turn them into MDC
Energy Doppleganger: SDC of Doppleganger is MDC
Matter Expulsion (all): SDC becomes MDC
Mega Wings: SDC of the wings becomes MDC; Hit Points of the character become MDC (divide by half if option #4 is chosen)
Power Touch: Costs 10 times as many PTP to affect MDC items. A 40 PTP combat touch can inflict 1 MD. MDC of MDC creatures/beings can be increased by 10 per power touch.
Reconstruction: Cannot repair armor SDC/MDC, but can fix broken features and equipment.
Rocket Fists: SDC becomes MDC; Protective Body Field has 200 MDC + 100 MDC per level, instantly renued when the power is turned off and reactivated.
Totem Energy Aura: 50 MDC per level
Question: OK, here's a weird one. Aliens Unlimited has races like the Manarr. THey have super powers, tho' not too many, and their base is SDC. Anyway, it has some rules for them coming over to RIFTS, etc, and the old FAQ says it could work for an alien to take an OCC if they were a cross-over character, instead of the usual Educations stuff.
So, I play a Manarr whatever and make sure the class allows D-bees. This seems kosher to me so far. But, here's the weird one. It says 30% of them can be Physical Training, Special Training, or Hardware.
Now, here's my weird thought. Special Training and Hardware choose your skills. So, they're out. But, could you combine Physical Training, which is basically a bunch of bonuses, with an OCC? You have to give up one skill program to have it in HU, so maybe cut OCC-related skills in half or by a quarter or something like that?
Answer: MOST of the character classes in HU don't have skills selected for them.
Physical training (to the superhero extent) is a way of life, not a hobby.
Technically, it's a "Power Category," just like anything else in HUII.
There are no actual OCCs in the game.
But they Power Categories serve the same function that character classes do.
#8: Author: Guest, Posted: 30 Sep 2005 20:07
Question: 1) I am playing a ancient master in heros unlimited, the ancient masters strength is equal to extraordinary strength, my gm told me that in another source book it said that with str equal to and equivlent to only give bonus to your lifting ability not to damage, I haven't seen the rule, but it seems to me that with the ancient master only damage not lifting ability would be importat
2) "plus the increased punch damage for supernatural strength" so I do get a damage bump on my attacks, what rulebook does it talk about this?
Answer: 1) The rule is in the HU GM's Guide. The Ancient Master uses the weight capacity of Extraordinary P.S., but does not get the actual bonuses to P.S. provided by the Extraordinary Strength power. This doesn't really matter though, as the Ancient Master already gets a high P.S. score by default.
Generally, whenever it says "Physical Strength is equal to the power of ____ strength" (or something along those lines), it means that you only get the weight limits of the equivalent power (plus the increased punch damage for supernatural strength). The single exception is when it actually says something like "all bonuses of this power apply," such as in the Physical Training category, giving you increased P.S., reduced fatigue rates, etc.
2) HU2, page 213, under Positive Energy. The Ancient Master only gets the supernatural strength damage bonus when using this special ability.
Question: I sat down last night with Heroes Unlimited and began rolling dice. When I was done, I had a neat new character with one big problem: I had no clue how to calculate his Speed attribute!
Here's the problem... I rolled 3D6 as normal, resulting in a mighty 8. Then I decided to roll up an Alien and got a Felinoid which adds 1D6 to Spd. That roll yielded a 5. Then I skipped straight to skills, since that often yields some physical skills that adjust physical attributes. I got several physical skills and chose Running as one of them. A 4D4 roll later, I had 12 more to add to my Spd. So here I am with a Spd. 25 and thinking 'cool, fast, but not weird-fast.'
This is where things get interesting.
I rolled for homeworld and got a High Gravity World. I rolled for for super abilities and got an Alien Mystic. I rolled for type of mystic and got Mystically Bestowed. I rolled for number/type of super powers and got two majors. I rolled for powers and got Gravity Manipulation and Vibration. Does anyone see where this is going?
High Gravity Worlders multiply Speed x3.
Mystically Bestowed characters multiply Speed x5
Gravity Manipulation multiplies Speed x3
Vibration multiplies speed x2
Can anyone please tell me what my final Speed should be and how you arrive at that conclusion?
Mind you, this is ALL the result of random rolling!!!
Answer: Base of 25.
I run things where each multiplier works off the base, not the modified total.
High Gravity World has a x3 multiplier. That would be a total of 75, so this counts as a +50 over the original attribute. The others would work the same.
Mystically Bestowed= +100
Gravity Manipulation= +50
Vibration= +25
25+50+100+50+25=
total speed of 250.
#9: Author: Guest, Posted: 4 Feb 2006 19:10
Question: Ok, I was doing some stuff tonight having to do with making an Alien Weapons Genius.
Two questions...
1. Skills. Being a Weapon genius is supposed to take away a skill program from you. Aliens don't use skill programs though...do you not lose any skills then?
2. Skills, take 2. Being the weapons genious gives you WP. Energy Rifle, but not energy pistol. *However* you get Sharpshooting (Energy Pistol). Are they supposed to buy WP Energy Pistol with one of their 2 free WPs, or are they supposed to have the WP anyway?
Answer: 1) You lose half the skills from your alien profession, as stated on page 15 of the HUGMG.
2) Yes, you have to use a W.P. slot on it. Energy Pistols are assumed to be extremely rare in a modern HU setting, making them almost exclusively the property of Alien characters.
Question: We just started playing HU2 a few weeks ago, when one of the player got the Teleport major power, a problem came up. One of the results for number of uses for the ability allows for X number of teleportations per round then it follows to state that a round equals 15 minutes.
So my questions are. Is a 15 second melee round different from a 15 minute round? or is this a mistake? has it been corrected somewhere? or if this is in fact true, where could I find more information as to the different time measures?
Thanks in advance for anything that might clear this up
Answer: It should state 15 seconds, not minutes. That is an error.
Question: In the Alter Metabolism super power, one of its abilities is "Accelerated Healing." My question is regarding its duration. The book lists it as 1 hour per level. It also then states that the normal rate of healing is doubled while this power is active. But the normal rate of healing, for most characters, is a rate measured in days, not hours (unless using Ninja's and Superspies, which I'm not for this example).
Does that make that part of this power "worthless" for anyone who doesn't already posess an accelerated rate of healing (Healing Factor, Bio-Regeneration ability, etcetera)? This aspect of the power does also instantly heal a small amount of health, but that healing is only usable once every 12 hours and I am not refering to that aspect of the sub ability, only the doubling of the natural healing rate.
Answer: To me there are two good ways to run this:
1. If you've used the Accelerated Healing power you heal double for the rest of the day. And that would only be double, no matter how many times you activate it in those 24 hours.
2. OR, the character has such control over her own body she heals twice as fast as normal all the time (and never scars). If you take only the first sentence as a description of the sub-power and the second as a general note about a character with the power and pretend it's poor editing.
Question: 1) One of the abilities of the Vibration power is "Vibrate to Become Intangible." My question revolves around the Attacks Per Melee - the power states that using this ability "Takes the place of all melee attacks and actions while intangible."
From reading that, it seems that the character is prevented from doing anything while intangible, including moving. All he can do is stand in one place and concentrate on making himself intangible. Am I interpreting this right?
2) Does that also mean that the character can only go intangible once a melee round, and regardless of it's length loses all his melee attacks?
3) What would be the sorts of situations where having this ability, with the limitations as described above, would benefit the character? The power description doesn't mention anything about using it as a defensive action, just that the ability can be used.
Answer: 1) Yup.
2) Yup.
3) Any time the character could conceivably take damage from being hit by something.
#10: Author: Guest, Posted: 4 Mar 2006 16:24
Question: 1) I am wondering how Weapon Melding (PU1) would work with, or rather should I say would it work with vehicles/robot vehicles or at least the weapons systems in vehicles?
The description says only weapons can be melded with, but that is a highly general statment (as a brick can be a weapon), and given to interpretation.
Also wondering about power armor. My take on this is that because the power allows melding with armor as well as weapons (and power armor could be thought of as a full body weapon in and of itself) that it would work.
2) Additionally, but not relegated specifically to just Weapon Melding, what is the ruling for an MDC being with a power that drains Hit Points? (For this example suppose said Weapon Melder has another power that has made him MDC on Rifts Earth). Would you just draw off of MDC instead? Any conversion? (ie. more MDC cost since total MDC is much greater than a character would have in Hit points.)
I can see that being MDC could become a very useful addition to any power that drains/uses Hit Points.
3) Lastly, and this is not necessarily a Rifts question. Weapon Melding and Multiple Limbs? The power specifically states two weapons and body armor, but was this intended with normal humans in mind or a hard and fast rule?
Either way I think this is an incredible combination, allowing either two big guns and two appendages to hold things/perform other actions or just equipping four big guns.
Answer: 1) Weapon Melding doesn't work with vehicles at all, though it would work with any vehicle-mounted weapons that the character can physically touch. the power description is pretty clear on what can and can't be used as a weapon for the purposes of this power. One might might be perfectly capable of bludgeoning one's opponents with a television, but one still can't merge with it. Power armor is essentially enhanced body armor, but then again, it's also kind of robot. I agree with your assessment, but I wouldn't consider it definitive.
2) As I recall, the general rule from CB1 was that HP = MDC in these situations. If the power normally drains its user of 1D6 Hit Points, it will drain 1D6 MDC in Rifts.
3) It seems to me that the limitation is inherent to the power and not to the user's body shape, but I can't say for certain. If one were to allow additional weapons for additional limbs, one should also alter the power's duration accordingly. No. Weapon Melding only offers the equivalent of W.P. skills. For piloting skills, you want Machine Merge, from the Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guide.
#11: Author: Guest, Posted: 1 Apr 2006 12:28
Question: If you are a Hardware: Weapons Expert, you can trade 4 W.P.s and reduce skill bonuses by half, to get a second category. I am assuming that the reduced skill bonuses apply to both Hardware categories?
Answer: It applies to all the character's skills, whether they come from a Hardware package or from formal education.
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Question: I am sorry if this has been asked and answered already.
For Mystic Study characters, do they get use the 'Shortcut to Gaining New Spells Table' as well being able to utilise the 'Other Ways to Learn New Spells' (HU 2, p. 151). I think that the answer is yes, but clarification would be nice. I think it is the shortcut word that is throwing me off if that is the case.
Answer: Yes. The "shortcut method" is provided as an optional rule to simplify the acquisition of new spells. The other methods are always still available, and GMs may wish to exclude some spells (particularly Spells of Legend) from the shortcut method.
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Question: Do the characters highlighted as Mega-Heroes (e.g. Demon Lord, Godling, Monster) get the Mega-Hero's "extra" abilities (Supernatural P.S., Increased Range, Healing & S.D.C, Saving Throw Bonuses) and the Special Mega Power?
Answer: Yes, they get all the standard Mega-Hero benefits and penalties, although the "Special Mega Power" is debatable. As these characters already have the Immortality Mega Power for free, the GM may wish to disallow a roll on the Special Mega Power table (HU2, pp. 181-182), excepting only those Immortals who specifically get an extra power from this table.
Question: I have Heroes Unlimited and Ninjas & Superspies as well as Villains Unlimited, and I am currently in a heroes game. Can anyone tell me what the strike, parry and entangle/choke bonuses are and the bonuses at level increase for bolas and whips?
I am unable to find any information about them except in Villains page 18 it tells you that a bola can be thrown 60' and does 1d6 and in the weapons sections it tells you about whips but they have no skill for it in the proficiency section.
Answer: Restricting the list to just those three books, bonuses for W.P. Whip are on page 62 of HU2. Bolas are covered by W.P. Targeting (HU2, p. 61) and W.P. Small Thrown Weapons (N&S, p. 46).
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Question: Sorry if this question has been answered before, I did search for an answer on the forums to this, but found no such answer. The psionic empowered, as per Powers Unlimited 2, seems to suggest that one would only get one set of the psionics to make up for thier horrible disability (such as Psionic Sight, or Ectoplasmic Limbs, as opposed to having both and beyond for thier powers.)
Between the GM and I, we're uncertain as to whether or not I get all the psionics or if I get just one of the sets. Some clarification would be lovely, as I hope to finish up this character as soon as possible.
Answer: Apparently you get one power set, appropriate to the character's disability. At GM's discretion, characters with more than one disability may have more than one compensatory power set.
Question: In Powers Unlimited on page 48 there is a power called Un-trackable. The power states how it affects mundane means of tracking but does it affect magic and psychic tracking? As in do they have an aura, do they leave psychic imprints and so on?
Answer: Maybe. On the one hand it says that the character leaves NO traces of its presence, period. On the other hand, supernatural means of tracking are not specifically mentioned as being affected.
The way I see it, supernatural detection abilities with a possibility of failure, such as the senses of a Dog Boy, Psi-Sensitive, et al., would suffer -70% penalty to track the Untrackable character, but the character cannot hide from powers which automatically succeed (e.g. see the invisible, detect psionics).
Question: 1) I did a search for this a bit ago, didn't see anything relating to it anywhere, so here goes.
Alright, let's say I've got a HU char with Adrenaline Rush (PU1), I've got a cool 50 SDC to work with, then I get hammered by some villain, taking 10 points, so the GM rules my Rush kicks in, causing my SDC to double for a bit, so do I gain 40 SDC or 50?
2) When the rush is over, do I lose exactly the amount I gain or halve my remaining SDC or effectively halve damage given to me? doubling SDC would somewhat blow if say, I only had 2 SDC left when it kicked in, and if I take a deal of damage, I could easily die after the rush, so I'm not certain what's the deal
Answer: 1) 50. Adrenaline Surge either doubles SDC or increases SDC by 50, whichever is greater.
2) It's hard to determine from the power description, but I would reckon that it works like the bonus SDC from the Frenzy insanity (HU2, p. 33-35), i.e. once the power wears off, the extra SDC simply disappears, with no changes to the character's original SDC level. If the character managed to deplete all the bonus SDC, only the excess damage will come off the character's normal SDC.
Question: 1) His old rules (he has the first edition book) state that with Invul., he pretty much can only be hurt with magic, psionics, etc. Or at least so he says.
What I am wondering is if Invul. got changed any with the new edition, and is it possible for him to be hurt by a supernatural creature, or a creature of magic?
2) Could a Vampire hurt him?
3) What about a Murder Wraith?
4) What about a Titan Juicer with Supernatural strength?
Answer: 1) Yes, there were some changes.
Question: 1) If a character with the power of Multiple Selves elects to send one (or all!!!) of his duplicates to college, can the duplicate, and by extension the character, learn new collegiate-level skills in this fashion?
2) In-game, this would be unlikely, as most campaigns don't last long enough to allow a duplicate to go through even a bachelor's degree worth of semesters, but for a long-term game that skips several months or years between adventures or an Immortal PC who's already lived many decades or centuries, would this be possible?
3) If it is possible, how does it work?
4) Can the duplicate learn the skills at 1st level, but advance no further in said skills since duplicates gain no experience?
5) When the duplicate re-merges with the creator, would the skills then be available for advancement as normal?
6) This seems like a unique and creative way for a character to gain an enormous knowledge base, but is it 'game legal'?
Answer: 1) Yes, within the limits established on page 48 of HU2.
3) As listed on page 48 of HU2.
4) Yes, they're limited ot first level skills.
6) Yes, though there are some limits that would and/or should be imposed. The character wouldn't be able to learn physical skills, as these are based on muscle memory. If the same skill is learned through multiple studies, only the highest education bonus applies (IQ factors in normally, and only once). Only one Hand to Hand skill can be learned, which means that the originator's HTH skill is going to be the one known and no others can be learned.
Question: Say your have a character with Multiple Beings, Multiple Lives, Regeneration Ultima, and Divine Healing.
1) One of your duplicates dies. Normally he'd be gone forever, but since he has Regeneration Ultima, does he come back?
2) Another duplicate resurrects someone with his Divine Healing power. Does he alone lose a P.E. point and 1D6 hit points or does the original character AND all his duplicates lose P.E. and hit points?
3) Since you have Divine Healing, can you resurrect your own duplicate, thereby saving one of his Regeneration Ultima resurrections for another time?
4) If so, could one of your duplicates do it instead of you? This could be useful if the answer to my question about duplicates resurrecting people is 'just the dupe loses P.E. and hit points'.
5) Say your character has Multiple Lives and Regeneration Ultima. Say he dies. Which resurrection power kicks in first?
Answer: 1) yes, in 72 hours as per the power
2) All of them do--they sacrafise a part of their very life essence, and the various selves are ultimatly the same being
3) if you have a body left to use divine healing ressurection on, you don't need to at all, sinse Ultima's normal ressurection dosn't have any limits. Only the total regeneration from being blown to bits has a limit, as long as you have most of the body intact, you revive with no penalty.
4) no, if the origional is killed, all duplicates cease to exsist, they are nothing more than manifestations of the origional. of course, once you come back to life thanks to regenerations ultima/multiple lives, you can make them over again.
5) they all lose it for ressurections.
Question: Hardware: Weapons Expert characters get W.P. Sharpshooter as one of their special abilities. Under the description, the write-up mentions the trick shooting options, but no other bonuses to strike.
W.P. Sharpshooter in Rifts gives all of the trick shooting options as well as bonuses to strike based on the character's P.P.
Were these bonuses intentionally left out of HU2nd, or was it an accidental omission?
Answer: There's a curious note at the end of the passage which seems to refer to a separate and supposedly more extensive skill description that is not actually in the book. I don't know whether the more extensive Sharpshooting skill from Rifts was left out by mistake or by design, but a mistake makes more sense to me given the power category's premise.
Question: Hi I am a long time gamer with questions regarding Heroes Unlimited. I have read a old book and I just bought the 2000 edition these are my questions
1. I assume that rolling for actions using skills uses the percintile method
but how about non combat rolls that have a relevant skill that no pc has that cannot be used untrained?..
i.e A reprogramming of a mad robot that has futuristic parts that no pc is familar with that resembles a series of crystals instead of circuts.
Now I believe that a percintile roll with no bonuses is needed anyway but if the pcs mess up then the consuquences will be hillarious am i right to assume this about the roll?
2. I have a idea that might seem kinda Riftish. My idea is similar to the x-men saga where the furure is ruled by killer robots that kill superbeings on sight. Are there any rifts books like that and if so what are they?
Answer: 1) Correct, you roll equal to or under the skill %, and yes, Palladium has no rules for untrained skill use.
2) Nope.
Question: 1) Are there any rules or guide lines about creating super abilities?
2) Are there any rules or guide lines altering or making new super categories?
3) Should giving or adding one or two more Minor Super Abilities to a character be considered a Major Hero Special Power like Tremendous Physical Strength?
Answer: 1) No
3) generally speaking, one major ability is considered equal to a mega power, and two minor powers are equal to a major
Question: Okay, say you have an Invention that creates the effects of the power Flying Force Disc. Now FFD relies upon the user's Mental Endurance for weight limit and Physical Endurance for S.D.C., but the power isn't being generated by a person. It's being created by a machine with no applicable M.E. or P.E. to work from. How is this resolved? The same would apply to Create Force Field, Create Force Constructs, Power Touch, and a few other powers/abilities.
Answer: Assuming we're talking about Super-Inventions from Powers Unlimited 2, it would depend on how the device works, rules for which were unfortunately not covered in the book.
If the device draws energy from its operator, it would make sense to use the operator's attributes to determine effects. In other circumstances, it may be necessary to assign "virtual" attributes to the device, so that its power effects are defined by the device alone.
Question: If you are running a Mystically Bestowed Character or Immortal with the Multiple Selves power and a selection of spells at your disposal, do your duplicates have their own pool of P.P.E. to use as well? You could be a one-being coven with that set-up.
Answer: As far as I know, the rules don't address this.
My initial reaction is:
-Clever!
-Unblanaced!
But I'm not really sure that it is unbalanced.
The Multiple Selves power replicates any power other than Multiple Selves, and most super powers have no real energy limit, unlike magic.
For example, if you have Multiple Selves and Energy Expulsion: Electricity, then you and your clones can all fire energy blasts at the same target.
So logically the intention would be that if you can cast Fire Bolt, then you and all of your clones could cast Fire Bolt.
If you're all drawing from the same pool of PPE, then that would rapidly drain you of your reserves, which doesn't seem fair considering that Lightning Boy and his clones could all zap away all day for free.
On the other hand, what you're suggesting would allow you and your clones to pool PPE together for one big spell, allowing you to easily cast a spell that's intended to be pretty tough to pay for.
There are two solutions to this that I can see:
1. Rule that a person cannot share PPE with themself. Since the clones are still them, then the clones and the main character cannot share PPE with one another. Although they can still each access their own full pool of PPE.
2. Eh. Screw it. Just let them pool their PPE together and make powerful mojo together. A lot of powers combine to have powerful effects, this is just one more.
Question: 1) Other than budget, is there any limit to the number of Major and Minor powers a Eugenics character can acquire?
2) The 'Omega Blaster' of the Eugenics character says in one part of the description that it can fire once per round, and in another part that it can fire once per hour. Which is it?
3) In the rules for Mega Heroes it says that the character gets an additional 50% S.D.C. from each power that grants S.D.C. and then it goes on to give the example of a character with Inivulnerability getting an additional 240 S.D.C. points. The text says 50% and the example given says 100%, so which is it? Also, the example gives the maximum possible S.D.C. from the Invulnerability power rather than the range of 4D6x10 given in the power description.
4) Does the S.D.C. bonus for Mega Heroes apply to powers that give a total S.D.C. such as many Alter Physical Structure powers?
5) For the most part, a character with two different APS powers cannot use them at the same time (unless you're a certain NPC from the Century Station setting...). Does this restriction also apply to Matter Expulsion's armor ability? Can an APS and Matter Expulsion armor power be used together?
6) What is the game effect of the power Speed Tasking? The description is vague and it seems rather useless as written.
Answer: 1) Other then the redtrictions you place on the char yourself there is no limit as long as you stay in budget.
2) Once per round
3) Ignore the example, it's +50%.
5) I think they should be able to be used together. I also think that the most important line in the "Combining Super Abilities" section is the first one: "...use common sense to determine whether or not two different super abilities can be used at the same time."
6) you get done with mental tasks in half the time it would normally take.
Question: If a character has Super Regeneration (from Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guide) and Regeneration Ultima (from Powers Unlimited) how would the two powers work together? Is the rate of regeneration (2D6 per melee for Super Regen and 1D6 per melee for Regen Ultima) added together for a total of 3D6 per meless?
Answer: Based on the rules from page 74 of HU2, it appears that when you have multiple self-healing powers, you take the best rate and add two. So, in this case the rate of healing would be 2D6+2 S.D.C. or H.P. per melee.
Regeneration of lost limbs is a little trickier. To simplify things, I recommend just using the faster rate between the two powers.
Question: 1) If someone with Divine Healing (Powers Unlimited) tries to use the regeneration aspect of the power on a reanimated vampire corpse (Powers Unlimited 2: Eugenics), what exactly will happen?
2) And how many times can each person be regenerated?
Answer: 1) Which regeneration aspect? Divine Healing offers several, of which two can be used on others.
Assuming you mean the Reanimation & Restoration ability, it should have no effect on a Eugenic Resurrected Corpse because the poor creature is not truly dead.
2) Infinitely, in theory. The only listed limitation is on the healer, not on the healed.
Question: I noticed that with Mega-beings in HU, the range of most of their abilites(senses, abilities and attacks) are increased by 50%. Does this mean that a Mega-being with Growth could, instead of growing two feet per PE point, extend the range by 50% to 3 feet per PE point?
Answer: No, it only applies to the range of the abilities, not the other effects. As Growth doesn't have a ranged effect, it is not modified.
Question: Is there a conversion book for making Heroes Unlimited characters for a Rifts game or is it simply plug and play?
Answer: See Rifts Conversion Book 1 and Skraypers for conversions of HU to Rifts.
Question: If a character that is Invincible in Hero's goes into Rifts is he invicible to the MDC technology or is he just M.D.C with full MDC weaknessess?
Answer: Assuming you mean "Invulnerability", then yes, a HU type Invulnerable character is still invulnerable to most things on Rifts Earth.
He has 700 MDC as per the original Conversion Book, but that has been changed in later books.
Question: I was wondering about the Super Consumption power, okay typically when supernatural strength goes under something's natural AR, half damage is inflicted, which is nice, however, I was wondering if perhaps the Supernatural Biting Power has some sort of armor piercing quality, since it mentions 'can bite and chew through anything with an AR of 17 or less against inorganic material'
Answer: Supernatural Strength does NOT do damage if the attack result is less than the target's Natural A.R. As far as the ability to bite through something with up to an AR of 17, yes it would do half damage.
Question: There is a bonus toward Coma/Death with an exceptional physical endurance, now is that applied to the recovery from coma with help? because for the life of me i cant find anything you have to roll for other than that for comas.
Answer: Yes, it applies.
Question: i'm using the old edition of Heroes unlimited, and under invulnerability super power states that only magic psionic and illusionary magic can harm him but energy based magic doesnt work againt it, so its this character truly invulnerable short of suffucation or mind control??? perhaps a magic sword or a magic powered character, other question how will be a psionic able to harm thsi character?
Answer: No, the character is not truly invulnerable, there are a wide variety of spells, psionics, and other attacks (N&S has a listing of all the martial art powers within it that invulnerable characters are vulnerable to, for instance). Not exactly. He is immune to damage, except for magic weapons and specialty weapons like the Psi-Sword. He can still drown, starve, dehydrate, be possessed/hypnotised, driven insane, etc. etc. etc. Oh, and he takes 1/2 damage from particle beams.
Question: I've had the same question answered both ways. My players are arguing over the application of Super Energy Expulsion Light versus Energy Expulsion Light.
The Super Energy Expulsion states "the exact nature of the blast depends on the type of energy chosen." Minor Light is the only expulsion power that has additional abilities with generating Light at 100 watts and Blinding flash. Does the ability to generate light (minor) translate to the Major Light ? I have heard both yes and no amongst my crew.
Answer: Super Energy Expulsion pretty much duplicates the powers of EE-Light. You have a energy beam (3D6+1D6 per level), you radiate 60 watts of light from eyes, hands, or similiar parts to glow (this is equal to a standard light bulp), and produce an aura effect that creates a spherical flash of energy that blinds everyone. SEE is a more powerful version of EE-Light just as it is a more powerful version of any of the EE. Almost any power that is a EE can be a super energy expulsion (fire, light, electrcitiy, sound, heat, cold, plasma, force, icy mist, shadow, and particle beam). So the powers are one and the same, only SEE provides more abilities since its a major.
Question: I just got into the game unlimited heroes and i noticed a W.P. Shield. Well when i look up in the equipment part of the book shields are not listed. and i try looking through the other sections of the book but cant find the stats for shields so i was wondering where do i locate the rules for the large and small shield for heroes unlimited?!
Answer: See the http://www.palladium-megaverse.com/cutt ... hield.html for PF shields. Also see the Compendium of Contemporary Weapons for modern shield types.
Question: 1) I have a couple of questions dealing with transferred intelligences from Heroes Unlimited. The first is, if a player puts a containment unit (for their brain waves) into a exoskeleton, PA, or robot vehicle, can they transfer their minds into it and control it?
2) Second, if they can, if they are in the Rifts universe and place a containment unit into a Titan made robot vehicle or PA, would they discover Archie's spy module and trace the signal back to Archie?
Answer: 1) I suppose the character could transfer his intelligence into an exoskeleton or power armor, but the suit wouldn't be able to move under its own power (except possibly by using a jet pack). Transferring one's intelligence into a modified robot vehicle should be possible. Triax & the NGR even has a character class for this.
2) Not automatically, except possibly through psionic means. It's no different than if a living character were to have a surveillance device unknowingly implanted in his or her body.
Note also that Archie's hidden surveillance module doesn't transmit a signal; it silently records telemetry from the robot's various sensors, which is manually recovered by Titan's repair androids when they service the machine.
Question: i'm using the old edition of Heroes unlimited under the major power of mimicry it never states what happen if you try to mimic a psionic character:
1) do you copy his/her ISP reserve ? maximun or actual?
2) if you copy his ISP and you get out of range and return to copy do you get again all the ISP base?
3) If i go to the nightbane world can i copy the powers of :
A) nightbanes ( talents too?)
B)nightlords
C) hounds
4) if in such a world the copy works, how i get PPE to fuel those powers? do i copy the base PPE of the creature that i am coping? which is my own amount of PPE?
Answer: 1) In the second edition, it is not explicitly stated, but it is strongly implied, that the mimic duplicates the target's I.S.P. and P.P.E. (whether current or maximum is unclear; this goes for H.P. and S.D.C. as well). Note however that the mimic retains his or her normal M.E. score, which may have a corresponding effect on I.S.P.
2) There's nothing in the text to disallow it, though I personally think that's pretty lame.
3) According to HU2, supernatural beings cannot be mimicked, so that's a negative on all counts (though for all I know, the 1e rules may not have borne this restriction). However, you can mimic Nightbane Talents possessed by a Shadow Warlock, as well as magical powers bestowed by an Artifact.
4) See #1.
Question: A question dealing with the AG(Analytical Genius).
The only thing of prices on cost to make certain items are the gimmick weapons and whatnot. Which is fine. Then under Hardware Costs on page 121, it says "note that all vehicle construction prices are considered "Cost to Build" prices, so the "Cost to buy ready made" for the same item would be about ten times the "Cost to Build" prices."
Which I get.
But what about if the AG wants to build a robot, or cybernetics, or bionics. Do I take the Cost in the book and divide by 10? Such as if the AG in question wants to build an Exoskeleton or Robot vehicle, what would the prices be?
The same as for the Robotics character, or 1/10th of the price? Or maybe just 1/2 or 1/4?
Answer: As you've already noted, the book prices are build prices, and apply to all characters building such devices (or having them supplied by a secret organization). So, an Analytical Genius' exoskeleton costs the same as a Robot/Exoskeleton Pilot's, assuming equivalent features are purchased.
If, on the other hand, the character were to buy an "off the shelf" super vehicle, robot, or cybernetic device, the price would be ten times as high (give or take; the GM should consider factors such as availability and legality in determing the final price).
Question: In HU2 Invulnerability does not have any increased SDC recovery. Previously I've only seen it used in Rifts and Skraypers where it does have regeneration (if memory serves something like 1d6x10 per minute).
Is this an oversight in HU2 or does the power not grant any kind regeneration in non-MDC environments?
Answer: It only applies to rifts when you upgrade the power to MDC.
Question: The Immortal Mega-Power, does it allow the character to regenerate all the time, or just when he dies?
Answer: The bio-regeneration ability is constant, though it can be temporarily suppressed if the character takes incredible amounts of damage.
Question: 1) In Powers Unlimited 2 under "Super Abilities and Immortality" is stated "Each new level of experience add 1D6+4 to the character's total " and several power categories state something like "+xD6 per level" so this +xD6 is plus the 1D6+4 or it replaces it?
2) Also do the magic type immortal get the benefits of enhanced spell strength when leveling up?
Answer: 1) The plus denotes addition to the standard rolls. If there is no plus (e.g. if you roll 46-50%: Magic & Psionics on the Immortal Powers table), then the listed value supercedes the default.
An Immortal Dragon gets an additional 20-80 P.P.E. on top of his immortal P.P.E. base. If he also has powers of a Wizard Supreme, he gets another 110-210 on top of that, plus 15-20 P.P.E. at each additional level of experience.
A different dragon with Magic & Psionics would have a total base of 60-240 P.P.E., plus 2-12 per level (the P.P.E. base listed in the power selection replaces the default amount, to which we then add the dragon's inherent bonus).
2) Yes. Unless indicated otherwise, all spellcasters in Heroes Unlimited use the spell strength/saving throw table from HU2, p. 319.
Question: In the Experiment category in HU there's a side effect called breathe without air. Would that side effect prevent drowning or would one need to be able to breathe underwater using an ability like Underwater Abilities.
Answer: The character can't drown, but having a lungful of water probably isn't good for the character's health either (then again, the character might not even have lungs).
Post subject: Re: Heroes Unlimited FAQ
Question: A gun-toter in the group has often found the GM making it vastly difficult to get more advanced guns. Now, while he does have a nice pair of energy pistols, he found those weren't too helpful against some robot menaces the group encountered. So for him I ask, is there advice on ideas and ways for a super soldier to pick up skills, or find weaponry or someone to make them?
Answer: Any character with the Weapons Engineer skill (not to mention Hardware: Weapon Experts) can design and, in theory, make new weapons. If the super-soldier is on friendly terms with the organization that created him, he might also be able to get some shiny new prototype weapons from them.
Question: I'm fairly new to HU and have only played at a local convention. I decided to buy the book and was looking at creating a character for use at a local gaming group that plays HU2 every now and then. One of the most important things IMO that is missing is a good guideline for how powers combine and interact with each other. For example, can you use Body Weapons (Minor) to alter Tentacles (Major)? What about the distance you can Stretch (Major) Tentacles (Major)? Just how would Bio-Armor (Major) combine with Alter Physical Structure: Metal (Major)? Are these things that I'd have to consult with the GM about? Additionaly, the selection of powers listed in the book seems very limited to me, is there a resource out there that lists more powers that are compatable with HU2?
Answer: Rules for combining super powers are found on page 74 of HU2. The combinations you mention are specifically disallowed, although like everything else, the GM can rule otherwise. More super powers can be found in Powers Unlimited 1, 2, and 3, the Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guide, and Mutant Underground.
Question: I have a question about how super abilities interact with a character's natural/species weaknesses. For example: I make a HU2 character as an alien from a cold world. He has a vulnerability to fire. If I were to choose a power that makes the character immune to fire, such as "Control Elemental Force: Fire", "APS: Fire", etc, does the immunity/protection offered by the super ability:
1. override the character's natural weakness?
2. cancel each other out so that the character doesn't have any unusual reaction to the phenomena, in this case fire?
3. not have any affect on the character's weakness, such that a cold alien could not benefit from a super ability offering resistance/immunity to fire?
Answer: It seems that super powers can indeed override innate vulnerabilities, although the GM may wish to disallow such power selections. Certainly, this should only be possible for Alien Experiments, Mutants, etc. Aliens whose powers are natural aspects of their physiology should not be able to eliminate their innate vulnerabilities this way.
Question: I have a mutant character with machine merge, metal manipulation, healing factor, and energy expulsion: cold. In a recent quest he lost an arm to save an innocent life. If he gets a bionic arm, will it affect his mutant powers, or could he use his powers to merge with the arm? Could he use his metal manipulation to repair it? I doubt that by merging with the bionic arm his healing factor would do anything since its not organically part of him.
Answer: A single bionic arm will not affect a mutant's powers. In fact, the character can have up to four cybernetic/bionic implants (one limb and three small devices) without penalty.
The Machine Merge power has no explicit prohibition against being used on bionics, although there are few reasons to do so. The character's ability to repair the limb (if he has any such skill) will be increased by the merger, and bionic weapons built into the limb may be used with greater accuracy if they have built-in targeting systems, but if the limb is damaged, so is the character, and merging with the limb is as distracting as merging with any other device.
I'm not familiar with the Metal Manipulation power, but it should be noted that bionics are not necessarily made of metal, at least not entirely. Some make use of plastics and/or ceramics, or even biological components in more advanced settings.
Healing Factor will not repair conventional bionics or cybernetics, nor will it regrow the character's lost arm, but it might work on Rifts-style cybernetic bio-systems, which are supposed to function as normal parts of the character's body.
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Question: Hi, I can't seem to find either the starting P.P.E. for magic characters or the starting I.S.P. for psionic characters in HU2. I'm sure that they must be there however I'm at a bit of a loss. I'm re-reading the rules at the moment to try and find it but a reference to the page and or section the could be found would be extremely helpful.
Answer: P.P.E. for Magic: Enchanted Weapon is listed on pp. 146 (Weapons of Order) and 147 (Weapons of Chaos), Magic: Enchanted Object is listed on p. 149 (note that the object, not the hero, has the P.P.E.), Magic: Mystic Study is on p. 151, and Magic: Mystically Bestowed is on p. 156.
I.S.P. for the Psionic characters are on p. 190. Note that if you have an early printing of HU2, these I.S.P. values have officially changed. See the errata page here or p. 16 of the HUGMG for details.
Mutants, Experiments, and other characters who combine super powers & psionics have the same I.S.P. base as the Latent Psionic, unless otherwise stated.
Question: Aliens in HU2 have a skill "set" and not individual skill "programs". How would you handle an Alien in the Hardware, Physical Training, or Ancient Weapons Master power categories? I know traditionally you are supposed to give up a skill "program" with these.
Also, I know in the Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guide they have some skill "programs" for Alien characters. How does this work? Using these rules, optionally can an Alien character have multiple skill "programs"? How do you decide how many? I also see at the bottom of the programs, it lists additional skills for "professional occupation'. How is this handled?
Answer: The answer to the first question is found on page 15 of the HUGMG. Essentially, you drop half of the skills you get from your Alien education/profession.
According to the AUGG, p. 190, an Alien character can choose ONE (1) of the new skill programs (or its equivalent profession) in place of the normal alien skills from HU2. Apparently, the book was also supposed to contain a revised Alien education table which would have included the new skill programs, but this is absent from the final publication.
As to the professions, each skill program was designed to form the basis for an Occupational Character Class (in the style of Rifts and other Palladium games), but it seems that they were pared down a bit in the final edit. Basically, if you choose to take one of the skill programs as a profession, you get a number of additional elective and secondary skills, completely replacing any skills that you would otherwise get from education.
Question: In Heroes Unlimited (2nd Ed), Missiles are mentioned a few times (Such as in the Bionics or Robotics section). And there appears to be three types of Missiles; Mini-Missiles, Short Range, and Medium Range. However it does not state the damage for any of these three missiles where they are located in the book.
Answer: See HU2, p. 82.
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2019 Long Beach Grand Prix: One…
2019 Long Beach Grand Prix: One reporter’s story of riding in a race car at 180 miles an hour
Chris Haire, a staff writer for the Long Beach Press-Telegram, was worried about dying. But he lived to tell the tale. And he admitted it in the end: It was fast, furious fun.
Press-Telegram reporter Chris Haire rides with driver Zach Veach in an open-roof Indy Car during media day for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
By Chris Haire | chaire@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2019 at 4:52 pm | UPDATED: April 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Press-Telegram reporter Chris Haire prepares to ride with driver Zach Veach in an open-roof Indy Car during media day for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Press-Telegram reporter Chris Haire after riding with driver Zach Veach in an open-roof Indy Car during media day for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Press-Telegram reporter Chris Haire prepares to ride in an open-roof Indy Car series during media day for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Press-Telegram reporter Chris Haire riding with driver Nicolai Elghanayan in a Motorsports KTM GT4 during media day for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The official pace car for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The liability forms said nothing about haunting.
Which was reassuring: I did, after all, have a growing list of people to come for if I died.
On Tuesday, April 2, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach hosted its annual media day, with dozens of folks — mostly reporters — getting to hobnob with professional drivers and race officials before the three-day event begins in earnest next week and 180,000 people descend on downtown.
Media day’s highlight, however, was not the glad-handing.
It was the chance, for some, to zip around the 1.97-mile track in a race car — at about 180 miles an hour. And I was one of those.
So, yeah, about that list.
The second spot on my haunting itinerary belonged to a colleague, Hayley Munguia. The Grand Prix had two types of race cars offering rides, one from the GT4 America series and the other from the IndyCar series. At first glance, the former seems safer: It has a roof, for one thing. It’s also bigger and, according to Grand Prix spokesman Chris Esslinger, it goes slower. The Indy car, meanwhile, is a full-time convertible and looks far too similar to the X-Wing fighter from “Star Wars,” minus the wings.
“I say go hard or go home,” Munguia said last week.
The Indy Car it was then.
“Don’t die,” she added.
On Tuesday morning, I checked in at the front desk and headed for the black tent where I’d suit up.
For the uninitiated, the area around the Long Beach Convention Center transforms during the Grand Prix.
The familiar mixes with the alien.
The street lights at Linden Avenue and Shoreline Drive, where the racing pit is, still turn from green to yellow to red. But cement partitions, chain-link fences and walls of stacked tires turn the place into a maze.
At the check-in desk, with the Convention Center behind me, I gave my name to Shannon Kennedy, the one responsible for suiting everyone up.
She handed me a form. It was to make sure no one sued.
“First time?” She asked.
“You’ll love it.”
I handed Kennedy the form — with emergency contact and insurance information filled out — and took a couple of steps toward a wardrobe.
Kennedy took a red jumpsuit off its hanger, and told me to take off my shoes.
I slid into the onesie, zipped it up and put my shoes back on.
“Have you done this before?” I asked.
“I have,” Kennedy said. “It’s quite a ride.”
Then I walked to the pit.
Two Indy cars sat parked on the roadway, one gold, the other red – both looking alarmingly vulnerable if they were to, say, crash into a wall.
There were six of us in the first group, and things would go quick, an organizer said.
Two at a time. The next pair donning a balaclava, helmet and gloves while the previous duo flirted with death.
Zach Veach, a second-year IndyCar pro, would drive me around the track.
Veach is below average height, for a man, with a slight build. He turned 24 in December.
As we waited for the go ahead, Veach put on a ball cap.
“Is it true you can go bald if you wear hats all the time?” he asked Colby Redmond, a spokeswoman from IndyCar.
“It’s hereditary on your mom’s side.” she replied.
“Oh, good,” Veach said. “Or I’d be bald by the time I’m 30.”
I’m 30 years old, and at the moment, baldness wasn’t much of a concern. Redmond introduced us, and I asked Veach if he was the one in whose hands I was putting my life. Yes, he said.
“The liability contract says nothing about not haunting you if I die,” I told him, target no. 1 on my list.
“That’s fair,” he said. “You’d deserve that.”
Then, it was time.
Veach swapped the cap for a helmet and sat in the front of the red car’s two-seat cockpit; the other driver got into the gold car.
The first group of reporters got into the cars, too, and the pit crews strapped them in.
The engines came to life. A low, drumroll-like rumble hit my ears.
Then, the cars pounced. The rumble, in an instant, shot upward, like a symphony of snare drums – amplified, piercing.
Dust from the tires went into the air. Burned rubber filled my nostrils. A rock kicked sideways and pelted me in the hand.
Then the race cars were gone. The din faded. It was the second group’s time to finish suiting up.
About five minutes later, it was my turn.
I slid into the car, let the crew fidget with my straps and place a curved, metal bar behind my neck – to prevent whiplash – and waited.
Before getting into his car, Veach said that he’d take his passengers around the track at around 170, 180 miles an hour. During a race, the cars can hit 240.
But sitting in the car, feeling the engine’s smooth drumroll, there didn’t seem to be much of a difference.
At least, I thought, the straps around my chest – which the crews double-checked – were tight. I shouldn’t fly out.
I took a breath and looked around:
The Convention Center to the right. The ocean, somewhere out of view, to the left. A road I’ve driven countless times before ahead and behind me.
Then – the car pounced again.
The acceleration, for a moment, paralyzed my body against the seat. Even without straps, I couldn’t have moved. Then my body relaxed.
We headed up Shorelline Drive. The cacophony – encasing me now – seemed not as loud; my ears filled with pressure – as if aboard an airplane – and muted the world.
Suddenly, Veach braked. My chest leapt forward against the straps. Veach accelerated and back I went. He accelerated, turned, braked, accelerated.
The Grand Prix, after all, is a street race – sharp turns and all.
As Veach drove me on a tour of downtown, I tried to catch my bearings. But I was lost.
Long Beach’s architecture passed by in a blur. Only a quick glimpse at the Pike saved my sense of direction.
Veach zoomed the car onto Seaside Way and punched it again.
Then it finally hit me:
This is fun.
I’ve driven above the speed limit on the freeway before, hoping there were no police around the bend, but I was now traveling twice as fast as I’d ever gone in a car.
I wanted to keep going.
But seconds later, Veach eased off the gas, and pulled back onto Shoreline and into the pits.
It was over.
The crews unstrapped me and told me to climb out. I took off my helmet.
Someone – in the moment, I wasn’t sure who – asked how I liked it.
“Awesome,” I said.
Our staff photographer took my picture in front of Veach and his car. I gave a cheesy thumbs up.
“I survived,” I told her.
We began to leave the track.
“Hey, Chris,” a voice said.
It was Kelsey Duckett, a Grand Prix spokeswoman who works under Esslinger. I turned around.
“I signed you up for the other race car too,” she added, pointing 50 yards ahead. There sat the GT4 America cars.
Sure, I thought.
What’s the worst that could happen?
Chris Haire
Chris Haire is the senior reporter for the Press-Telegram. He previously was a general assignment reporter for the Orange County Register, covering everything from spot news to human-interest features. He has been with the Register and Southern California News Group since December 2012. He graduated with honors from the Columbia University School of Journalism, with a master's degree. Chris also has a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Francisco State University and would like, one day, to get a doctorate in history. (He's kind of nerdy.) He also loves Russian literature, including Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Solzhenitsyn.
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Rose Garnett at Film Four talks with us about the portrayal of psychotherapy in film
October 15, 2014 Kira JolliffeInterviews
A short interview on the depiction of psychoanalysis in films with Rose Garnett, Head of Editorial at Film Four
Kira Jolliffe chats with Rose about the difficult historical relationship between film and psychotherapy
Montgomery Clift in Freud: The Secret Passion, (1962)
“The Lumiere Brothers were inventing the moving image at the same time as Freud was developing his theories,” says Rose Garnett, who in her role at Film Four identifies and nurtures emerging British film talent. “Psychoanalysis and movies have grown up together.”
The relationship between psychoanalysis and film is long and complicated, both in how psychoanalysis is depicted and used in film.
Sigmund Freud refused invitations from Hollywood to write screenplays and fell out with his colleague Karl Abrahams, concerned that popularising psychoanalytic theory would water it down. After countless portrayals of psychotherapy in film over the last century, one wonders if he’d feel differently.
“The problem with psychoanalysis in films is that (in reality) it’s often about a long-term relationship; about a person in such an abstract way that it’s difficult to find a place for it in drama…” explains Garnett.
“Films about psychotherapy tend to be boring and indulgent. Of course, there are a few honorable exceptions; shrinks in films are often depicted as a threat, or as ridiculous and comedic [see High Anxiety, Analyze This, and several Woody Allen’s films], or used as an expositional device.”
Judd Hirsch in ‘Ordinary People’ (1980)
But what about television? Garnett argues “It can work, because a TV series can better reflect a slowly developing and often highly internalised relationship.” It’s hard to disagree; the last 15 years have welcomed nuanced portrayals of therapy in HBO’s The Sopranos and In Treatment.
“However, it’s through Hitchcock’s more indirect use of analysis that one can better understand the contribution that psychoanalysis has made to the history of film,” says Garnett. Alfred Hitchcock, with his acute understanding of the hidden depths of human nature, famously had an ambiguous relationship with “mind doctors,” but implicit (and often explicit) hints at psychoanalytic theory underscore many of his films, including Psycho, The Birds and North by Northwest.
“Psychoanalytic theory informs drama all the time, and permeates mainstream culture through drama …” she points out. “Film and TV has an enormous influence in this way.” Presumably this influence stretches to budding counsellors and psychotherapists.
Psychoanalytic theory now seems to be used as almost standard practice by screenwriters and directors, “When developing a film at Film Four,” Garnett tells me, “we might run our ideas past a psychoanalyst to talk about what characters would really be like.”
Woody Allen in ‘Annie Hall’ (1977)
However it is clear that a general understanding of elementary psychoanalytic concepts can still fail to produce psychologically coherent and therefore dramatically satisfying characters, with filmmakers as illustrious as David Cronenberg coming a cropper in his unconvincing Jung/Freud biopic A Dangerous Method.
A visit to the cinema and a therapy session have similarities; a certain escape or suspension of time, and perhaps more profoundly, as Garnett points out, “well-directed films and psychoanalysis are both about basic human fears and desires.”
“One goes to the cinema to be confronted in the same way one goes to analysis to confront.”
Some suggested further watching and reading
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Rabbit Rhythm E-zine #019 - Wet bunny noses, the HRS, and more...
Rabbit Rhythms of September
Waning Summer
September means summer is waning. As the hours of sunlight dwindle, the rabbits’ rhythms begin to wind down into rest and rebuilding. All hostilities between bucks get put aside for a couple months. Everyone is willing for a while to cohabitate peacefully.
This fluctuation in rhythm is essential in a wild warren, where rabbits must be on guard for their lives 24/7. In a domestic rabbitry, however, where cage wire calms nerves and rabbits are not constantly nose to the air currents for their very survival, life can easily go on.
When you’re a rabbit breeder, that is easier said than done, since rabbits are hot-wired within the depths of their genetic code to cease breeding for a brief period.
A buck’s business end recedes and can no longer be seen as prominently. This may be related to temperature, but it also perhaps coincides with temporarily lower testosterone levels.
Does are no longer interested in breeding. Put them in with a buck, and they’ll hunch in a corner or climb a wall and then freeze. In the presence of a doe, the buck is willing, but even if they should mate, the incidence of misses rises during the months of September, October, and even into November in North America.
You’ve heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), where people get depressed during fall as daylight hours decrease and sunlight levels are cloudy? The prescription for this is -- more light, of course.
If your livelihood or your dinner table is tied to rabbit production, you can safely ‘fool’ the natural rhythms of your rabbit herd with the same prescription. Fill the rabbit barn with light to simulate a long summer day. With 14 - 16 hours of light each day, the rabbits may very well resume interest in breeding and bearing.
Then again, the rest of us rabbit breeders may simply resort to going with the flow for a month or two.
(Pictured above: a delightful 4-H exhibitor at the Clallam County (WA) Fair, with her fawn Holland Lop. Shown with permission.)
Healthy Rabbits
Wet Noses in Rabbits
There’s one booger-of-a-symptom that tends to plague some rabbits, and that’s a very wet bunny nose, with or without white snot or sneezing.
Is it a cold? Allergies? Not likely - allergies have never been scientifically demonstrated in rabbits, that we know of, and the rabbit experts are on record stating that rabbits don’t get temporary (viral) ‘colds’ (Rabbit Production, 6th Ed., pg. 213).
A damp nose such as that pictured, with or without sneezing, is most likely due to something more sinister: bordetella, pasteurellosis, or both.
A few months ago, Angie in the UK wrote to us asking these same questions and requesting clarification of info she found on Raising-Rabbits (links below). She is a show breeder of lop rabbits, had acquired some new breeding stock, and two of the new bucks soon developed damp noses. She intended to follow our protocols, and sent us this picture.
Whoa. That is definitely a damp nose, and it is accompanied with dampness on the forepaw where the rabbit had wiped his nose clean. In ARBA shows (USA), this would be a disqualification from the show table due to illness.
After more than half a year, we heard again from Angie. The same buck is unchanged in condition (newly pictured at right). It is not sneezing. Angie has used him carefully with a few of her does. His days are numbered.
In the vast majority of rabbits, symptoms like these are chronic and unmitigated, with an occasional brief lull during times of stronger immunity. We suspect the rabbit is infected at least with Bordetella bronchiseptica and possibly also with Pasteurella multocida.
That said, you know that we're not vets, and we're separated from said rabbit by a big ocean, so our 'diagnosis' is opinion only. But we do speak from extensive experience and can promise you this -- that wet nose is not normal, and it is very contagious.
If you have rabbits with wet noses, sneezing or not, a livestock-rabbit-savvy veterinarian can help you with a proper diagnosis by doing a nasal swab culture and sensitivity. Nevertheless, a culture and sensitivity test does not always give a foolproof diagnosis. Pasteurella is sometimes difficult to culture, as it tends to die if the conditions are not perfect.
Administration of antibiotics frequently brings about an improvement in symptoms, which immediately crop back up once the antibiotics are finished. Bordetella responds better than Pasteurella does. However like pasteurella, bordetella tends to remain latent in the rabbit, never eliminated entirely. One of its effects is to damage the lung cilia, the cleaning mechanism of the airways. This apparently is what opens the door to the secondary, and deadly, pasteurellosis.
Angie has been lucky. Her buck’s immune system has been strong enough to at least keep him stable...for now. Fortunately for her and her other rabbits: she isn’t fooling herself. She has kept him in quarantine. One day she knows he’ll take a down-turn, and will require euthanization.
Pasteurellosis
Bordetella in Rabbits
Rabbits in the News
The Case of the Six Bells Rabbits
Since our last e-newsletter, the House Rabbit Society (HRS) has been up to their usual shenanigans.
Following an anonymous tip (for which they rewarded the tipster $2,000), and accompanied by their friends at the Foothills Animal Shelter (Denver, CO) and the strong arm of the Jefferson County Sheriffs in Arvada, Colorado, they raided Six Bells Farm, confiscating the entire herd of 200 rabbits from Ms. Debe Bell, the owner.
The public outcry was more than the HRS expected. Ms. Bell secured a couple attorneys. Her friends set up a legal trust fund whereby folks could donate $$$ to help pay for the lawyers.
Bob McCarty on BigGovernment.com interviewed Ms. Bell.
Peter Boyle (Talk Radio 630 KHOW) interviewed her. Click here to listen to that interview.
It became very clear that multiple laws and constitutional rights had been violated in the HRS’s rush to ruin yet another rabbit breeder.
By August 17, 2011, nearly a month had passed since the raid. The Jefferson County Sheriff was feeling the heat. He released 11 incriminating photos from the raid, out of over 200 taken, in order that the public could become Ms. Bell's judge, jury, and executioner before the case ever went to court. Gotta say, it nearly worked. Two or three photos were fairly shocking, especially when viewed in a vacuum. In a couple pictures, a cage has an ugly pile of poo in a corner of the cage. A couple others picture horribly matted angora rabbits. The public is not going to know that these animals were dropped off with Ms. Bell in order that she would take them to feed predators at the zoo.
We do think that the 4-H troop that cleans for Ms. Bell every week may need more supervision, but there was absolutely no need to remove all 200 rabbits.
In our opinion, the fact that the stated goal of the HRS is to eliminate rabbit breeders, the fact that there was no initial warrant, and the fact that the Sheriff refused to allow Ms. Bell to explain anything, is ample evidence that Ms. Bell has a strong legal case against her accusers, the House Rabbit Society. She goes to court in mid-September 2011 to face 25 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.
More info at Animal Cruelty Cases
(We sure hate to give airtime to this kind of craziness. But the truth of the matter is: the public needs to know.
If you don't want to be eating tofu every day...
If you think the rain forest should not be plowed under to plant wheat fields...
If you realize that the required irrigation in arid regions will disrupt and desertify ecosystems...
...then please don't finance these animal supremacists with your donations of any kind. Ignore their save-the-animals plea. They are not about animals; they are about eliminating domestic animals. Thanks for your understanding.)
What is the official term for
Rabbit Meat??
Why, it’s lappin, of course!
In France, lapin means rabbit. The same word is used to describe a castrated male rabbit, and is also the term for rabbit fur.
The anglicized version of this word is lappin. Lappin is used for rabbit meat, as in, "This lappin casserole is delicious," and for fur, as in, "Try on this genuine lappin coat."
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Home » Oil and Gas » Upstream » Indonesia: Ganal and Rapak blocks contract extension to be based on gross split scheme
Indonesia: Ganal and Rapak blocks contract extension to be based on gross split scheme
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JAKARTA (RambuEnergy.com) – The Indonesian Ministry for Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) insists of applying production sharing contract (PSC) based on the gross split scheme for the Ganal and Rapak Blocks should the government extend the contracts. The existing contracts of the two blocks will expire in 2027 and 209.
Ganal and Rapak blocks, located in Makassar Strait, are part of the Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) project, being developed by PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia.
Chevron has submitted contract extension request for the two blocks before the company kick off the development of the IDD project, Indonesia’s major deepwater project.
Arcandra Tahar, deputy minister for energy and mineral resources, said the ministry is currently evaluating the proposal of Chevron. “It (the extension) has to be based on gross split scheme,” Tahar was quoted by Kontan as saying.
The existing contract is based on cost-recovery-based PSC scheme.
So far, there are 37 oil and gas working areas that have implemented the gross-split scheme. Of these, 14 working areas were offered during the 2017-2018 tender process. The remainings blocks are already in operation whose contracts were extended, such as Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) block, Sanga-Sanga block and South East Sumatera (SES).
Meanwhile, two existing block contracts were amended, namely East Sepinggan block being developed by Eni SpA and Duyung Block operated by West Natuna Exploration Ltd.
The gross split scheme was launched in early January 2017, following the issuance of a Ministerial Decree (Permen ESDM No. 8/2017) on oil and gas contracts based on gross split scheme, replacing the existing cost recovery scheme. The ruling was effective since Jan. 16, 2017.
Under the gross split scheme, the government’s state budget will no longer be burdened with paying out recoverable costs to the oil and gas contractors. The operational costs to explore and exploit oil and gas are now a responsibility of the oil and gas contractors.
IDD Revised PoD
Arcandra Tahar added that the energy ministry expects the Revision of the PoD of the IDD project phase II to be completed in the first quarter of 2019.
He, however, declined to disclose the approved estimated investment to develop the project.
Chevron’s IDD project offshore East Kalimantan includes three PSC blocks: Ganal, Rapak and Makassar Strait, and the development of five gas fields, namely Bangka, Gehem, Gendalo, Maha and Gandang.
The first stage of the Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) Project, the Bangka development, began production in August 2016 and has resulted in the successful delivery of eight cargoes of LNG from the Bontang LNG terminal.
After Bangka, the next IDD projects to work on are the Gendalo and Gehem fields. The combined production is expected to reach 1.1 billion cubic feet of gas and 47,000 barrels of condensate per day.
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies and through its Indonesian subsidiaries, has been present in Indonesia for 94 years. With the ingenuity and commitment of highly skilled and dedicated employees, Chevron Indonesia leads as one of Indonesia’s largest producers of crude oil.
From our onshore oil fields in Riau, Sumatra and our offshore fields in East Kalimantan, we have produced more than 13 billion barrels of oil to meet the energy needs of Indonesia’s growing economy. (*)
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The Best of the Goats Yelling Over Popular Songs Meme
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Yelling goat versions of popular songs popped up on the internet in February 2013 and they have not stopped coming since. Stemming from the "Original Yelling Goats Video," and a viral video which put a yelling goat in the "oh" parts of Taylor Swift's hit song "I Knew You Were Trouble," the following are the funniest, most well-done, and best takes on the Yelling Goat meme. People love this "goat edition" meme, and for some reason, can't get over it. Every single one of these is the funniest video, full of goats yelling over the most popular songs. So before we all get sick of this, let's vote on it, wear it out and share the hell out of it.
From Rihanna's "Halo," to "Single Ladies," and "Party in the U.S.A.," there are endless ways to incorporate yelling goats into real songs from some of Top 40's most popular songs over the years.
You've got a heartfelt goat screaming video in the "Creep" version, and a very obvious incorporation of the goats into Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (that one is spelled "Goatye," get it?!).
Share and vote on this list of yelling goat parody videos so that the best ones hit the front of the list and your friends see only the top ones first. Why settle for any other list when you can have the greatest screaming goat video parodies of pop songs at your fingertips?
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List of California rock and roll bands, listed by popularity with photos when available. This list includes more than just bands, as rock and roll solo artists from California are included as well. It's always interesting to see where famous bands got their starts, so use this list to discover some great California music that you've never heard before. The rock and roll bands and artists below have played their music all over the world, but they all were formed in California. If you think the best California rock and roll band is missing from the list, then feel free to add it at the bottom so it's included with these other great acts.
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Peterson Foundation Statement on Budget Deal
“Another $400 billion in debt is the worst possible holiday gift for our children,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2019/12/peterson-foundation-statement-on-budget-deal
As National Debt Races Past $23 Trillion, Voters Want Washington to Take Action
“At $23 trillion and counting, the national debt is a major concern for the vast majority of Americans across party lines,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2019/11/fci-press-release
Peterson Foundation Statement on the National Debt Surpassing $23 Trillion
“Reaching $23 trillion in debt on Halloween is a scary milestone for our economy and the next generation, but Washington shows no fear," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
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As Deficits Widen to a 7-Year High, Americans Urge Leaders to Start Managing the Debt
“Last year's deficit was nearly $1 trillion and it’s on track to continue to grow rapidly, so voters are rightfully concerned about what our fiscal outlook means for our future,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
Peterson: Path of Trillion-Dollar Deficits Means Diminishing Resources, Opportunity and Quality of Life
“If we stay on this path, we’ll leave our kids and grandkids with diminished resources, opportunity and quality of life," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2019/10/peterson-path-of-trillion-dollar-deficits-means-diminishing-resources-opportunity-and-quality-of-life
Peterson Foundation Launches National Debt Clocks in Cities Across America
Continuously updated billboards put a spotlight on $22 trillion national debt as part of 2020 campaign conversation.
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Experienced Aviation Professional Lands Sedona Airport’s General Manager Position
January 10, 2019 By quadcities Leave a Comment
‘U.S.S. Sedona’ welcomes a new commanding officer aboard
The best journeys do not necessarily have a flight plan. From growing up near an airfield to becoming a licensed commercial pilot to spearheading a fledgling air-traffic control school, Deborah Abingdon has vectored her distinct aviation experience toward a career in airport management. Plus, she has made the unlikely transition from one mile-high, mesa-top airport with a mile-long runway to another.
“As a young woman I read ‘West with the Night’ by [noted author/adventurer] Beryl Markham and that really inspired me because she liked horses, dogs and airplanes, like me,” explained Abingdon, who became Sedona Airport’s general manager in July. “She was kind of a heroine of mine.”
Abingdon started learning to fly in her 20s, but life and work got in the way. Two decades later, she returned to finish what she started near her alma mater – the University of Oregon – in Eugene. As she sat in Sedona Airport’s conference room, which is also the supply room for private jet crews, she explained that she never wanted to fly for a living. “It was always a personal goal. [The scenic Pacific Northwest] was a fabulous place to learn to fly.”
In search of a better climate after surviving a battle with cancer, she left the verdant coast for the high desert of central New Mexico’s Lincoln County nearly 13 years ago. She continued her flight training at Roswell International Air Center and now holds a Commercial Pilot License with Instrument Rating.
Looking to do something new professionally, Abingdon landed at Eastern New Mexico University – Roswell, teaching aviation basics at the school’s brand-new air traffic control (ATC) program. “I got hired two weeks before school started, with no curriculum, no materials, nothing. It was a real challenge,” explained Abingdon, who also holds Advanced Ground Instructor and Aircraft Dispatcher licenses. She taught full-time for eight rewarding years before changes in government hiring prompted the college to sign off from teaching ATC.
Needing a next step, she found a way to parlay her experience, stay in New Mexico and remain in aviation with the manager position at Belén Alexander Regional Airport in 2016. “I typically have pretty good timing,” she said. “I stepped into something really interesting.”
With state assistance, the airport had recently finished building a new mile-long runway to military specifications, paving the way to a joint use agreement with the Air Force. Located about 30 miles south of Albuquerque’s Kirtland Air Force Base, the upgraded mile-high Belén Airport suited the service branch with its nearby-but-rural environs and its unlit mesa-top airport. This combination makes it optimal for training C-130 transport aircraft pilots in short takeoff/landing and night-vision goggle training at a relatively quiet spot, away from Kirtland’s busy commercial airport neighbor – Albuquerque International Sunport – and without flying nearly 170 miles to Roswell.
“It saved them millions,” explained Abingdon, who called working with the Air Force a “great experience,” though it meant new coordination and policies for the small airport, including a requirement for radio communications and implementation of an air rescue and firefighting (ARFF) team.
Running Belén’s modest airport meant she had to wear many hats. “I’d have a day where I’d spend seven hours on the tractor mowing weeds in the dust, so I don’t really miss that,” Abingdon recalled, adding that her main legacy at Belén is the potential arrival of Vertical Limit Aviation, an Albuquerque-based flight school with international contracts.
If time allowed, she would go out and meet pilots as they gassed up at Belén Airport’s self-serve tanks. This was how she met two pilots from Sedona Airport about 18 months ago. “I thought, ‘I have family in Arizona now and that’s an area I’d consider relocating to,’” she recalled. “I knew it would be a nice area and so I was interested. It would allow me to grow as an airport manager in a little bit of a different environment and get me off the tractor!”
Abingdon replaced Amanda Shankland as general manager, who is now senior advisor in Public Policy and Government Affairs for the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce.
Abingdon does not see any unique challenges at Sedona Airport, with many mirroring the area’s ever-increasing popularity. “Expansion is not an option here,” she stated, with any capital improvements of flight facilities geared toward improving safety, efficiency, customer service and community considerations per Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidelines.
She says one of the reasons the intergovernmental Sedona-Oak Creek Airport Authority hired her is because of her diplomacy, citing “wonderful” relations with the city, Yavapai County, and the Sedona Chamber of Commerce. She also works closely with the airport’s “fantastic” and proactively eclectic board of directors.
Relations with Airport Mesa tenants – including 75 hangar/tie-down renters, Sky Ranch Lodge, Mesa Grill, Sedona Car Rentals, and the air tour companies (Guidance Air, Sedona Air Tours, Westwind Air Service) – are also going well, she said.
Chef Mercer Mohr’s assumption of Mesa Grill’s operations has been very positive, added Nelson Durkee, the airport’s business manager. “They say they’ve turned the corner and been accepted as part of the Sedona vibe,” he noted, adding that they now cater for private air traffic, provide wedding services, while still offering affordable options at every meal.
Improvements to the overlook parking lot are planned for the coming months and determining the future of the vacant Masonic Lodge property is on the docket. “We’re working on a project to secure a better fire suppression plan for the mesa,” Abingdon said. “A lot of these initiatives have been on the books for a couple years now. I’m results driven. I have a good team and we’re going to try to get some of them done.”
Lingering concerns voiced by the community remain. “The noise complaints seem cyclical,” said Durkee. “[The air tour operators] are sticking to routes we’ve suggested they take. We don’t have near the volume of calls that we previously had. They are making the attempt to be better neighbors to our community.”
Guidance Air’s use of smaller, piston-driven Robinson helicopters aids with noise abatement. Military aircraft operations continue to add to noise concerns. Also of note is the airport’s push to limit unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) use on and around the mesa, with “drone-free zones” signs posted on trails, an online map of where they would like drone use to be limited, and an online notice page to inform the airport of nearby planned drone use. The FAA has established rules and registration mechanisms for drone use, but the airport’s desired limitations go beyond federal rules, somewhat controversially. The airport’s concerns are based on the vast interest in taking aerial photos and video of Sedona’s celebrated scenery, and their desire to avoid any airspace incursions and potential incidents between aircraft.
Abingdon is eager to continue engaging the community about noise abatement, drone awareness, and all other concerns. She is also excited about each fall’s Airport Day and its historic success in bringing people up to the mesa for a day of aviation-centered fun.
“We want to be a good neighbor. I like to think of myself as a goodwill ambassador for aviation,” she said. Her flight plan now includes this stop at the nicknamed ‘U.S.S. Sedona.’ She hopes to leave a significant positive legacy here, as she did in Belén. QCBN
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Sedona Airport General Manager Deborah Abingdon brings a wealth of experience as a pilot and airport manager to the mile-high airport.
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Academic journal article Journal of Biblical Literature
Jesus, the Merkavah, and Martyrdom in Early Christian Tradition
By Munoa, Phillip B., III
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Scholars have identified Dan 7:14 as a merkavah vision, a vision of God's throne, and as a source text for an early Jewish form of mysticism called merkavah mysticism.1
9 As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient of Days took his throne, his clothing white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels were burning fire. 10 A stream of fire issued and flowed out from his presence. A thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand stood attending him. The court sat in judgment and the books were opened. 11 I watched then because of the noise of the arrogant words that the horn was speaking. And as I watched, the beast was put to death, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. 12 As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. 13 As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a son of man coming on the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed. (Dan 7:9-14)2
While early Christian literature does not refer to Dan 7:9-14 as often as it does to Ps 110:1, the most quoted passage from the Jewish Bible in the NT, there are several uses that demonstrate its importance for the mystical interests of early Christians.3 This vision of Dan 7 has several elements that reappear in the Acts of the Apostles, Revelation, and the early-third-century text The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas. These texts all share an interest in captive visionaries, enthroned figures, empowered beings who are standing, and threatening circumstances. As a group, they demonstrate how a merkavah vision became associated with martyrdom.
I. Daniel 7
The vision in Dan 7:9-14 is the second half of a lengthy vision that begins in 7:2. The visionary, Daniel, is described in this second-century B.C.E. text as an exilic Jew (Dan 1:3-7) who lived as a captive under the administration of the Babylonians and the Persians (Dan 5:30-31) and found his life under threat (Dan 6:1-28). The vision in Dan 7:2-8 begins with a sequence of four beasts, the fourth of which is terrifying and destructive. After Daniel's description of the fourth beast, the vision of Dan 7:9-14 follows. Here a figure identified as an "Ancient of Days" with white hair takes his dazzling throne in a court scene involving thousands of attendants. Judgment follows; the destruction of the fourth beast is announced; and the three other beasts find their lives prolonged for "a season and a time." As the vision continues Daniel sees an unnamed figure called "one like a son of man," who, after coming with the clouds of heaven, is presented before the "Ancient of Days" and is given everlasting dominion over all peoples.
Scholarly debate has focused on the unnamed figure called the "one like a son of man" referred to in Dan 7:13-14. Interpreters are divided over whether this figure is symbolic or an individual, usually a heavenly being.4 The history of interpretation behind this passage shows how both options have been popular.5 Early Christian interpreters identified Jesus as the "one like a son of man," and several identified Jesus as the "one like a son of man" who is "standing." Christians were not alone in arguing for a specific identity for this anonymous figure. Other Jewish groups had their candidates: Enoch, Metatron, Seth, Abel, and Michael.6 2 Ezra 13 is one of the very few texts to refer to the "one like a son of man" of Dan 7:13-14 without identifying the figure.
II. Acts 7
The vision attributed to Stephen in Acts 7:54-60 includes several characteristics that illustrate its probable use of Dan 7. …
Publication: Journal of Biblical Literature
Volume/issue: Vol. 121, No. 2
Munoa, Phillip B., III
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Stan Wawrinka most popular tennis player in India according to Outbrain
25th June 2015 PR News 1 minute read
Content discovery platform Outbrain’s mined its data for insights on who is the most popular tennis player online worldwide. Stan Wawrinka’s lucky shorts have made him the most written and read about tennis player, (on an average) leading the charts in India and taking 18% of the global interest.
Despite Nadal’s fall in the ATP rankings, he still remains the most written about tennis player worldwide (26%)
And although in the UK, Andy Murray fairs slightly better in terms of online consumption (44% of UK page views), Spanish David Ferrer is the Brit’s hot favourite, averaging 24% in terms of page views to stories compared with Murray at 11.5%.
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From Classrooms to Swap Meets, RCTC Promotes Rail Safety
|In Lifestyle, Safety, Train, Travel
The Point: Sept. 23-27 is Rail Safety Week — Stay Off, Stay Away, and Stay Alive!
On a warm morning in November 2014, students at Innovative Horizons Charter School in Perris filed into the school’s multipurpose room for “assembly day.” The subject? Rail safety.
Sitting cross-legged on the floor, students and staff learned to always expect a train and it takes more than mile for a train to stop. They also learned to not walk or play on the tracks and to cross only at marked crossings.
Innovative Horizons, like many schools in Riverside County, is located near railroad tracks, but many students – as well as staff and parents – do not fully understand the dangers of trespassing on railroad property. While it may seem surprising that students and adults need to be told to stay off train tracks, the harsh reality is that every three hours, a person or vehicle in the United States is hit by a train, and the results are often fatal.
Five years ago, during construction of Metrolink’s 91/Perris Valley Line, RCTC began looking down the line to the expansion of passenger rail service to Perris. Although there were railroad tracks in the area, slow-moving freight trains used the tracks only one or two days each week. With faster, more frequent Metrolink trains headed to the Perris Valley in 2016, RCTC knew it was time to start talking to the community about rail safety.
Working in partnership with California Operation Lifesaver, Inc., RCTC began a rail safety education program for communities along the 91/Perris Valley Line. RCTC has since expanded the program to Corona, Jurupa Valley, Banning, Beaumont and the Coachella Valley.
Since that November morning, RCTC has reached thousands of students and community members in Riverside County with informational booths, assemblies, presentations, pep rallies, back to school nights, poster contests, street banners, sidewalk stickers, videos, movie theater ads, and social media content.
RCTC also has been meeting with the students at the University of California-Riverside, Cal Baptist University, La Sierra University, and Riverside Community College to learn how specific rail incidents have affected the students’ lives and how to work together to keep people off the railroad tracks.
Educational activities are continuing, with events throughout the year and particularly during Rail Safety Week, Sept. 23-27. RCTC will conduct an assembly at Nicolet Middle School in Banning on September 27 and host a rail safety booth at UCR’s Block Party on September 28. Also on September 27, students and staff countywide are encouraged to wear red to stress the importance of preventing trespassing on railroad tracks and to use the #RedOutforRailSafety hashtag on social media.
Operation Lifesaver has a wealth of news, events, and statistics related to Rail Safety Week. Learn more.
Rail Safety Rail Safety Week RCTC Riverside County Transportation Commission
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Stolen wallet returned to woman 75 years later
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An 89-year-old Illinois woman had an unexpected reunion when her stolen wallet was returned to her 75 years later.
Pastor Seth Baltzell said a plumber working on a project to convert the former Centralia High School building in Centralia to a church discovered a stash of 15 wallets in the wall of a girls' bathroom.
The wallets had been stripped of cash, but still contained school IDs that identified their owners as students from the mid-1940s.
"We've been working on this building for six months. I've been kind of waiting for that really cool thing that nobody's seen in the last 75 or 100 years to pop out," Baltzell told CNN.
The pastor posted photos of the wallets to Facebook along with the names from some of the IDs in hopes they would be recognized by relatives.
"Most likely, the person that's owned the wallet is either at the end of their lifespan or no longer living," Baltzell said. "My best chance was to reconnect with one of their relatives."
Baltzell was surprised, however, when KSDK-TV told him one of the owners, Betty Sissom, 89, is still living in the St. Louis area.
Sissom said it was shocking to be reunited with the tattered red wallet.
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"I can't imagine somebody stole all those wallets and put them behind the toilet in a space I didn't even know was there," Sissom said.
She said the wallet contained one particularly sentimental item: A photo of her brother, who has since died, while he was serving in World War II.
"I was just so glad to get that, because I don't have a picture of him," Sissom said.
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Last chance for Sacramento salmon until summer
By Dan BacherRecord Correspondent
There isn’t much time left to catch a big, bright Chinook salmon on the Sacramento River, since the season closes Sunday and won’t reopen until July 16, 2019.
The fishing on the river from the Sacramento to Rio Vista has slowed down, but anglers are finding great success on both salmon and steelhead and rainbow trout on the upper section of the Sacramento.
“We’re just slamming the salmon,” said Robert Weese, of Northern California Guide Service and a member of the Nor-Cal Guides and Sportsmen's Association. “We’re back trolling T-55 Flatfish with sardine wrappers at the Barge Hole and below Red Bluff. Anglers have been catching their one fish limits of fish in the 10 to 25-pound class.”
On Tuesday, the four anglers fishing with Weese bagged four late fall salmon ranging from 10 to 22 pounds and hooked and released five steelhead weighing from 3 to 6 pounds.
“Steelhead and trout fishing has been really good,” Weese said. “We’re catching 10 to 15 fish per trip when we focus on steelhead. We’re hooking the fish while drifting salmon roe on the riffles and in the holes.” Information: (530) 755-7196.
The numbers of fall Chinooks showing at Coleman National Fish Hatchery on Battle Creek, a Sacramento tributary, are much better this season than last year. The hatchery has brought in 13,000 fall Chinooks, a big improvement over the 5,400 fish they trapped last year, according to Brett Galyean, project manager.
Galyean said the hatchery has enough eggs this season to raise over 13,000,000 smolts for release in the spring of 2019, including 700,000 smolts requested by the Nor-Cal Guides and Sportsmen’s Association (NCGASA) and another 400,000 smolts requested by the Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA) for an experimental release in the Sacramento at Scotty’s Landing.
“The experimental release will run for three years to see if releasing the fish downriver will improve their survival without increasing straying,” said John McManus, GGSA President. “The NCGASA will help with boats and volunteers when the fish are released.”
The hatchery has taken 3700 steelhead to date.
“If we didn’t see our biggest run ever of over 9,000 fish last year, this number would be great for this time of year,” Galyean said.
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER STRIPERS – Striped bass fishing is superb on the San Joaquin from Eddo’s Harbor to Broad Slough.
“On Saturday, three anglers fishing with me caught over 40 fish, keeping six stripers ranging from 4 to 8 pounds,” said James Netzel of Tight Lines Guide Service. “We power drifted with live mudsuckers in 25 to 35 feet of water. We’ve been catching limits on every trip.” Information (888) 975-0990
COASTAL ROCKFISH/LINGCOD: Rockfish and lingcod fishing is excellent as the recreational groundfish season nears its end on Dec. 31.
When Moss Landing and Monterey boats have able to get to Point Sur and Lopez Point, anglers are bagging lots of quality rockfish and lingcod. The Kahuna made a trip to Lopez Point on Saturday that produced 42 lingcod, 1 cabezon, 15 canary rockfish, 60 copper rockfish, 25 assorted rockfish and 11 vermilion rockfish for 21 anglers. Information: (831) 633-2564.
Crab/rockfish combos to the Farallon Islands are also yielding limits of rockfish and Dungeness crab, along with some lingcod. The 13 anglers fishing on the Berkeley-based Happy Hooker landed 15 lingcod, 130 rockfish and 130 Dungeness crabs on Monday. Information: (510) 223-5388.
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Home Pro Sports MLB Yankees end Boston’s three-year run atop AL East
Yankees end Boston’s three-year run atop AL East
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press
New York Yankees’ Gio Urshela celebrates his solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
BOSTON — The New York Yankees officially ended Boston’s three-year reign as AL East champs, blanking the Red Sox, 5-0, on Monday night behind another big effort by James Paxton.
Hours after the Red Sox parted ways with team president Dave Dombrowski, and right after former star David Ortiz returned to Fenway Park three months after being shot, they were shut out at home for the first time this season. Boston dropped 18 games behind the division-leading Yankees with 18 games left.
The defending World Series champion Red Sox are still in playoff contention, but barely. They began the day eight games out of the second AL wild-card spot.
Paxton (13-6) won his eighth straight start, allowing four hits in 6 2/3 innings, as the Yankees increased their lead to nine games over second-place Tampa Bay. New York entered the day tied for the majors’ best record and improved to a season-high 45 games over .500.
Austin Romine and Gio Urshela each hit solo homers for the Yankees, who took the final three of a four-game series and finished the season 14-5 against their longtime rivals. New York increased its club record to 270 homers, a night after setting the mark.
Paxton struck out seven and walked three in setting a career best in victories.
Eduardo Rodriguez (17-6) gave up one run in six innings, striking out nine with five hits and a walk while throwing a season-high 117 pitches. He was 4-0 with a 1.03 ERA in his last four starts, and the Red Sox lost for just the second time (12-2) when he started at Fenway Park.
Romine sliced his homer down the right-field line past the Pesky Pole, making it 1-0 in the fifth.
New York broke it open by getting three runs off Darwinzon Hernandez in the seventh. Urshela led off with his homer into the Green Monster seats. DJ LeMahieu had an RBI double and scored on Gleyber Torres’ sacrifice fly.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had three hits for Boston.
Ortiz threw out the first pitch, thanking the fans for their support after he was shot in the back in his native Dominican Republic.
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In his first public appearance since June 9, when he was shot and seriously injured in a Santo Domingo nightclub, Ortiz walked out steady and strong to a cheering crowd before he threw the pitch to former teammate and catcher Jason Varitek.
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Yankees CF Brett Gardner made a diving grab of Xander Bogaerts’ sixth-inning liner and CF Bradley had a leaping catch at the wall on Edwin Encarnacion’s fly to end the seventh. Bradley also made a jumping snag of Luke Voit’s drive on the track, opening the eighth.
Yankees: Placed OF Mike Tauchman on the injured list (Grade 2 left calf strain; out 6-8 weeks). “Right now, I’m bummed out for him, but we’ve got to keep moving,” manager Aaron Boone said. . Boone doesn’t expect OF Giancarlo Stanton (right knee sprain) to play for Double-A Trenton before re-joining the Yankees. “Being down in Tampa, he’s able to face pitchers and able to rack up a lot of at-bats while he’s getting all the way back to physically being able to play games,” the manager said.
Red Sox: Manager Alex Cora said they are not planning yet to shut LHP David Price (cyst left wrist) down for the season. He hasn’t pitched since Sept. 1.
Yankees: Haven’t announced a starter yet for their series opener at Detroit Tuesday. RHP Edwin Jackson (3-9, 9.16 ERA) is slated to go for the Tigers.
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 5.77) is scheduled to start Tuesday when they open a three-game series Tuesday in Toronto. RHP T.J. Zeuch (0-0, 4.50) is in line to go for the Blue Jays.
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By deKay, March 17, 2015 in Discussion
gizmo1990
3 hours ago, Dudley said:
What the hell is up with stock of this thing, it's been 6 months now?
At what point does it change from being "We're surprised anyone actually bought it" to "We're a bunch of fucking idiots"?
I think it's mainly down to being unable to book factory time and source the silicon. You've got Apple, Samsung and everyone else in between booking huge swathes of lines up. So when the next slot comes around and a factory says to Nintendo, 'ok how much do you want?' Nintendo are left with a tricky decision to make. Do they bet big and book/make a large run or play it safe.
I'm quick to nit pick a lot of Nintendo's decision making, but in this instance it's a tough situation and they aren't really to blame.
deKay
Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 are coming to the Switch, both physical and digital.
Dekay in old news SHOCK!
Apparently us in euro land (never forget!) might only be getting a digital release..
Gloomy Andy
1 hour ago, Charles said:
I fully believe you that there is a shortage. But from a consumer perspective it only seems to be affecting Nintendo. Which is unprofessional if your competitors have been more organised than you in obtaining component parts. Nintendo are once again taking a short term profit view over a long term view. Short term they could take a hit if they had to start paying more for component parts but long term you have to start getting Switch on shelves so they get sold and people then buy games which is the money making area of any console.
I commented in the other thread about stock shortages that no company will be sat back doing nothing during times like these.
Nintendo will be pushing their component suppliers pretty hard to get resolutions to these issues.
Costs and lead times are increasing in electrical appliance manufacturing. We've seen some component lead times double to 52 weeks and that excludes manufacturing and shipping lead times.
If you're lucky your supplier will put the part on allocation and give you a proportional share of whats available. If you're unlucky Apple will get everything.
We've been protected by our stock in channel so as a consumer you won't have seen the impact. If things don't improve the electrical retail space will be an interesting place on 4 months time.
That's why Nintendo are suffering so much. Their supply was already down on their requirements.
I don't work for Nintendo and I'm pretty glad given the state their supply chain is in. No-one will be congratulating them on doing a good job and they'll feel hugely under pressure.
You're only ever a villain in supply chain planning. No-one thanks you when product is on the shelf, you only exist when there's not enough stock.
Super Craig
22 minutes ago, gizmo1990 said:
Only the first game is physical anyway. A download code is bundled for the second game.
Kevvy Metal
I'd put money on RE4 getting a port to the Switch soon.
Surely Capcom will not be able to resist re-releasing it again on another platform.
I will buy it, at a high price.
RubberJohnny
LOL at more old ports at high prices being Capcoms support after Ultra Street Fighter 2.
Thanks for nothing, guys!
Page had logged me out so didn't see it
rgraves
30 minutes ago, RubberJohnny said:
I think it's more just a case of them realizing the Switch has a market building up, and wanting to get something to it quickly. I read it as quite encouraging that they are bothering. Guess time will tell, but I think Switch is starting to move up the radar for a few publishers - quick ports will be the first buttons they press, and will hopefully lead to more joined-up development in the future.
Put it this way, I bet you'd have been all over this had Switch NOT been included in the PS4/XBO announcement
It's disappointing though. Ports of RE1 remake and the upcoming RE2 would have been a great announcement, and RE4 of course. But it should be RE7.
Bojangle
That's all they've announced for now, we've no idea what will happen. Presumably the cost of porting these two is worth the risk of seeing if there's a market on Switch for more Resident Evil. The port probably isn't even being done by one of their internal teams.
Also - just don't buy it if you're not interested!
both Resident Evil Revelations and its sequel, Resident Evil Revelations 2, will be setting sail for Nintendo Switch in late 2017! At retail across North America you will find these two games as a combo pack dubbed Resident Evil Revelations Collection, which includes one cartridge with Revelations as well as a digital download voucher for Revelations 2 for $39.99. Both games will be available as individual digital downloads at $19.99 each.
So even if you buy the physical version Revelations 2 is always a download so they can save money on carts, because this is Capcom and they've got to do the very bare minimum for full price!
Also they will come round and break your kneecaps if you don't buy it.
Don't think $40 has been full price since the PS2 days.
So assuming Revelations 2 is the Deluxe edition, they're actually selling it $10 cheaper than it is on Xbox Live. Those bastards!
yashiro
They should port Breath of Fire 3 instead.
24 minutes ago, Bojangle said:
Why are you getting so upset by criticism of Capcom? Maybe demand better and you'll stop getting shit Switch support?
grindmouse
I gave up on both Rev 1 & 2 despite my best efforts and interest in the series.
They aren't great.
1 hour ago, RubberJohnny said:
Exactly. PS4 and Xbox owners don't get excited by the mere fact a developer deems their console worthy of a second rate hand-me-down. Switch owners shouldn't either. The problem is that they did well selling SF2 at full price, and they really didn't deserve to, so now they think they can churn out any old shite, minimum effort required.
Why are you getting upset about odd things - like RE2 only getting a digital release - when it's only ever been a digital release on every other platform?
Honestly - it's a port of some old stuff, if it's not interesting just walk on by - why get miffed on behalf of others who might like to pick it up on Switch? Why call Capcom cheap for just doing what they've done on PS4/XBO already?
I don't get the issue - more content and choice on Switch is a good thing whichever way you cut it surely? Let individuals make their own purchase decisions, and stop trying to make out people might be doing something wrong if they decide they want to buy stuff like this. You don't like the idea, fine - others might though. It doesn't make them wrong.
I'm not upset, I just don't see the benefit for anyone here of you repeatedly popping into this and other threads, saying something is shit and then vanishing again.
You don't think the game is worth it. Cool. Don't buy it. Someone else might and they might *gasp* enjoy it. It's not a hard concept to grasp.
2 hours ago, smac said:
I'm pleased I decided to get a Splatoon! bundle pre-ordered when I had the chance - that seems to be the best option; pre-order as soon as you see them appear.
Yeah if they announce a Mario bundle I'd be jumping immediately.
4 minutes ago, Dudley said:
I did think about it for a while, assuming that there would be more stock available soon, but I reckon they just held stock back for the bundle - so yes, just go for it.
GoblinUK
12 minutes ago, Dudley said:
Can we have one with Mario red and Luigi green joycons?
Shimmyhill
What is that stand a few of you have on here, the Alu one not the Hori??
teddymeow
With red and white JoyCon!
6 hours ago, gizmo1990 said:
Good to see Capcom releasing RE. It's another cash in but, the first one at least, is a solid entry. I won't be biting as I've got in on the 3ds but I'm sure there'll be plenty of takers on Switch.
Speaking of 3ds ports.. how good would a Switch Kid Icarus be!? I can't think of a better 3ds title (except Ridge, damn you Namco!!) which would absolutely blow minds on this hardware. The graphics would look astonishing on the Switch's screen. An extra bonus would be that I'll finally be able to play the damn thing properly with duel sticks!
It's quite possible; it was headed for the WiiU until the console's performance deemed it a bad gamble. And where's this 'already finished' Pikmin 4, hey?
3 hours ago, GoblinUK said:
Is literally what I'm hoping for and have been since launch. Although....
1 hour ago, teddymeow said:
This would also be acceptable.
A Ridge Racer game would be amazing. A fairly simple arcade racer would be a perfect fit.
Bushtopher
Another system update is out.... any news on what this is for?
Edit: https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/1/16075190/nintendo-switch-battery-issue-bug-system-software-update
Some battery issue it seems.
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WALK AWAY Samoa follow Papua New Guinea and Fiji’s lead. They both saw the handwriting on the wall....they don’t want to be “bullied” into whatever Australia and New Zealand dictate. THIS IS BAD FOR SAMOA!
I did a little research on this PACER Plus trade deal. Australia doesn’t want to call it a “trade deal” and I believe I know why, it sounds too close to TPP. And if any of you know anything about TPP, you’d know this deal is NOT GOOD FOR SAMOA.
You’re up against two power house economies. You will be treated as “step children” or to put it in a more forceful way, a “b….” to Aust & NZ and do as you’re told!
Both Australia and New Zealand are members of the 12 countries involved in the TPP, where 50% of the countries economies are comparable to both Australia and New Zealand. This PACER Plus trade is SOOO lopsided as far as it’s member economies are concerned.
YOU ONLY need to see how accommodating Australia is to the rest of the “forum countries” to know they WANT THIS BADLY. THAT’S A HUGE RED FLAG!!!!!. Here’s how bad Australia wants this deal.....
Australia provided “SUBSTANTIAL” funding for:
1) for Forum Island Countries to commission independent research on PACER Plus and for training of Forum Island Country trade officials to strengthen their capacity in respect of the PACER Plus negotiations....HOW INDEPENDENT IS THIS RESEARCH IF ONE COUNTRY IS FUNDING IT?..
.2) it provided funding for officials from Forum Island Countries to attend PACER Plus meetings....HOW KIND OF THEM!!!
3) also helping to fund the Office of the Chief Trade Adviser which provides independent support and advice to Forum Island Countries on PACER Plus matters”....INDEPENDENT SUPPORT AND ADVICE? HOW INDEPENDENT IS THIS “OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TRADE ADVISER?”
This PACER Plus trade is a classic, Wolf in Sheep’s clothing!”..WALK AWAY AS PNG AND FIJI HAVE DONE! Bainimarama and Pres. Konrote of Fiji are not stupid...they can see the forest through the trees....WALK and don’t look back!
The language used to sell this trade is too vague. It’s wonderful language because it sucks you in to agreeing....who wouldn’t want to create job opportunities, enhance private sector growth, raise standards of living, and boost economic growth. The 500 lb gorilla in the room is, HOW?
HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED? WHAT ARE THE SMALLER ISLAND NATIONS GOING TO GIVE UP FOR THESE NICE OBJECTIVES? Aust & NZ with their huge economies can sustain any changes, but the SMALL island nations CANNOT. I repeat, THE SMALL ISLAND NATIONS CANNOT....THEY WILL ACQUIESCE TO WHATEVER AUST & NZ DICTATE....FIJI & PNG SAW THIS AND MADE A B-LINE FOR THE EXIT! THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SAMOA AND ITS NEGOTIATORS SHOULD DO....NOW!
This trade will be the nail in Samoa’s coffin. If you think the people of Samoa are slaves in their own country now, the PACER Plus deal will seal its fate. Tuilaepa and his “negotiators” are not savvy enough to deal with AUST & NZ. They have deep pockets and influence. Tuilaepa and his “negotiators” will look like 4th graders sitting across the table from University level negotiators....they shouldn’t even be in the same room!
Leituala, you’re right NAFTA was sold as a “job creator” to bring business to the US. Instead it did the opposite. It was the beginning of the slow death of manufacturing in America. It was the start of outsourcing jobs to all parts of the world....and Americans watched helplessly, unable to do anything about it, because the deal was already sealed......For those of you who do not know it, manufacturing in America is DEAD, thank you “slick willie.” Our economy has not recovered since!
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Milan Simonich
Congressman always meets deadlines for cash haul
By Milan Simonich | msimonich@sfnewmexican.com
The shrill shill, also known as Democratic Congressman Ben Ray Luján, continues to vouch for Republican President Donald Trump’s powers of persuasion.
Trump says he can win New Mexico in 2020. This would be quite an upset, as the president’s approval ratings have dropped in New Mexico since he lost the state by 8 percentage points in 2016.
Trump also calls himself “a stable genius” who happens to be “great looking.” Just about everyone knows he brags almost as often as he breathes.
Luján is an exception. He believes Trump’s claim that New Mexico is a state Trump is targeting, or at least Luján claims to believe it. This approach suits Luján’s purposes as he collects more money for his U.S. Senate campaign.
This was Luján’s latest pitch, which he cleverly titled, “my heart just dropped.” The writing that follows, if you can call it writing, is by the congressman.
“Confirmed: Trump deploying dozens of staff to flip New Mexico red — threatening that ‘the cavalry’ is coming. I will not allow Trump to flip this state and sabotage our shot to win the Senate — even if it’s the last thing I do. I need 501 gifts before midnight to launch an immediate defense.”
Barring scandal, wordsmith Luján will win the Senate election by a wide margin. He has already dispatched his only Democratic opponent. She couldn’t compete with him in fundraising.
Disorganized state Republicans have three no-hope candidates from which to choose. All that remains to be decided is which of them will absorb the beating in the general election.
Luján spent much of 2019 composing solicitations about how a devious Republican machine led by Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was working to defeat him. All of it was self-serving hype, a strategy Luján shares with Trump.
Twisting truth to suit himself, Luján even claimed, “Mitch McConnell announced he raised $2.1 MILLION to defeat me and hold the Senate.”
Luján’s statements are similar to the screaming headlines in supermarket tabloids. Claims that are wild and unsubstantiated can be explained away. All Luján has to do is say that what he wrote was ambiguous enough so as not to be false.
McConnell never intimated, much less announced, that he had raised millions to help a Republican defeat Luján. But Luján, sliding for cover of darkness, can claim McConnell could one day divert his own campaign funds for the New Mexico Senate election.
If there’s one thing Luján excels at, it’s fundraising. He bagged a bit more than $1 million in the last quarter.
Now, unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination, Luján wants even more money. He will always play it that way. Some shadowy, evil force is forever conspiring to stop this onetime blackjack dealer from beating the odds by climbing higher in politics.
Many of Luján’s solicitations are sappy notes of despair followed by giddy optimism.
“This has been one of the most humbling weeks of my life,” he wrote in an email last weekend. “For the first time in my entire campaign, I was worried we’d fail to meet tonight’s monumental goal. But after generous donors stepped up to MATCH gifts in these final 6 hours — I’m now inches from closing my fundraising gap!”
What if he fell short of some unannounced goal? Suppose Luján didn’t stuff more money into his campaign account for an election that will be a blowout? Would your life be any harder if he couldn’t buy 10 more television ads that say nothing of importance?
Because the inept Republicans have ceded the Senate election to Luján, there’s no point in sending him donations.
Better to help a needy acquaintance or friend with a utility bill or rent payment than to continue the insanity.
As for Luján, he won’t change his ways. His pleadings and meanderings will go on as long as he is in politics.
He is only 47. He could be a senator for 30 years.
No doubt all of them would be filled with unforgiving deadlines to keep the cash flowing.
Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at msimonich@sfnewmexican.com or 505-490-1048.
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Carlos Montoya Dec 7, 2019 6:34pm
But much more can be said! I hope you do!!
Good article!!
And there is much more to be said!!
Good ar
Chris Mechels Dec 6, 2019 4:49pm
Milan, get a life. As you admit, you can't derail Lujan, so how about writing about some problems that you actually COULD affect, if you'd stop whining. Lujan is no great shakes, but neither was Udall. Both of them were "made" by being their father's sons. Lujan's only Democratic opponent, Maggie TO, is actually much WORSE than Lujan, if you'd bother to notice.. Maggie just can't seem to find the energy to enforce the NM laws she's responsible for; such as the Financial Disclosure Act. She's too tired, and too timid. Check the disclosure for DPS Secr Mark Shea. There ISN'T one. I have raised this with the SOS and Shea's office, and he just won't disclose. Seem to be "above" the law, like Maggie. So, yes, we could do worse than Lujan, as Maggie is worse, much worse. So, shut up and write about Maggie's utter failure as SOS, or AG Balderas and his illegal terminations, which is about to cost US many millions of dollars. Do something useful for God's sake. Stop whining. You're pathetic.
Dr. Michael Johnson Dec 7, 2019 9:02am
Nicoletta Munroe Dec 7, 2019 6:12pm
Neither Margaret Oliver, nor Ben Ray Lujan Jr., possess a law degree for the U.S. Senate position, therefore they are both unqualified. However, Ms. Oliver has completed her bachelor degree, yet Mr. Lujan has not. Thus, she is the superior candidate.
Nicoletta Munroe Dec 6, 2019 12:50pm
The scandal that it alluded to in the article is that there is a forged, unlawfully granted, bachelor degree from Highlands University, obtained by his father near the time that he ran for U.S. Congress in the 3rd district of New Mexico. The forged degree represents fraud, because Mr. Lujan claims on the congressional website that he possesses a bachelor degree. The claim is false. It is a federal crime because Mr. Lujan is claiming to have earned the degree, and is using the congressional website to promote a lie. He has crossed state lines with forgery.
Robert Cox Dec 6, 2019 10:46am
Nice job, Milan. Lujan would make a fine headline writer for the tabloids. A growing number of us Democrats resent not only his frantic, money-grubbing screeching, but also his obvious demeaning of our intelligence. It would be nice if his energies were directed to his constituents. We're not counting on that.
Nice job, Milan. Lujan would make a fine headline writer for the tabloids. A growing number of us Democrats resent not only his frantic, money-grubbing screeching, but also his obvious demeaning of our intelligence. It would be nice if
Sloan Cunningham Dec 6, 2019 9:51am
"None of the above", or NOTA for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/13/none-of-the-above-nevada-ballot/4457639/
Tom Ribe Dec 6, 2019 9:09am
The republicans have nothing to offer in this race especially since they are all completely infatuated the Donald Trump. They fall over themselves to earn his praise and follow him over the edge as he works to destroy our government. Ben Lujan has been a lackluster Congressman but hopefully if he gets a good staff he can do better in the Senate. We have to hope so as we need to take the Senate back from the Republicans ASAP. As for Trump's claim he can turn New Mexico red, this is utter nonsense and all of us who live here know it.
Recently, NM has had the worst Senators in America. Tommy and Marty are as bad as it gets, especially after people like Jeff and Pete. Now we go further downhill, and will continue as the laughing stock of the US Senate.
Dr. Johnson is the head of the Don Jim Trump campaign in New Mexico. He strongly supports Donald Trump and Rudy Guiliani.
No, that is a lie, I am a registered Democrat and have been all my life, I have financially supported many Democrats in NM (Denish with $10K, Ben Lujan with many thousands when he was alive, Carl Trujillo, Heather Nordquist, etc.), look it up, if you can google and read that is.......
Richard Reinders Dec 6, 2019 8:13pm
Dr. Johnson like myself are concerned Democrats that don't like being taken advantage of by our elected officials, and I say an honest Republican is better then a corrupt self centered Democrat. I now vote the person not the party.
Richard Reinders Dec 6, 2019 5:05am
You just have to ask the question, what has Lujan done for the people of New Mexico as a congressman , the answer is nothing. He has worked to benefit himself.
Actually he has worked very hard to illegally and unconstitutionally steal our water rights in Aamodt, and reward his special interests with them. That alone will get him elected.
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Witness in fatal 2018 shooting killed in Española car crash
By Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com
Phaedra Haywood
Courts Reporter
A key witness in the fatal shooting of a Rio Arriba County teen died in a car crash in Española, the District Attorney’s Office confirmed Tuesday.
Alejandra Noelia Gonzalez, 17, crashed her mother’s silver 2008 Dodge Status into a tree just before midnight Thursday near North Riverside Drive and Las Vegas Street, according to an Española police report.
Gonzalez was pronounced dead at the scene, and another 17-year-old girl who was riding in the vehicle was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. The report said excessive speed might have played a role in the crash.
District Attorney spokesman Henry Varela said Gonzalez was among seven young people involved in the October 2018 shooting death of Cameron Martinez, 18, of Alcalde. Gunmen in two cars opened fire on a car carrying Martinez and three friends on N.M. 68 near the Ohkay Hotel Casino.
Police have said the shooting appears to have been a case of mistaken identity. The young people who opened fire thought they were shooting at someone who had threatened one of them on social media.
The accused shooters — Mark Hice, 23, Axel Zamarron, 19, and Anton Martinez, 20 — are scheduled to stand trial this spring.
Another defendant, 22-year-old Brittany Garcia, is accused of driving one of the cars for the shooters. Her trial is set for June.
A fifth defendant, Savannah Martinez, 25, pleaded guilty in May to evidence tampering as part of an agreement with prosecutors that calls for her to serve three years of probation if she cooperates in the prosecution of the four defendants charged with murder.
Katryna Moya, then 17, and Gonzalez were riding in a car with Zamarron. Their criminal cases were not publicized because they were juveniles at the time of the crime.
Varela said Gonzalez’s case “had already been adjudicated” and she had agreed to testify against the other defendants.
Varela said Gonzalez’s testimony “would certainly have been important” in the case. He said prosecutors hope to use recorded statements and a sworn affidavit from Gonzalez at trial.
Gonzalez’s mother could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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Nicholas Vince, Author and Film-maker.
Rebel Focus: Shutterbug written by Harriet Beaney
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A video interview with actor, Craig Kelly.
A Video Interview with actor, Kyra Williams.
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Kyra Williams' Website
Kyra Williams, is a London based actor who will be an integral part of Screen Rebels' first showcase.
Kyra has worked in film, theatre (both West End and Off West End) and radio and has a keen interest in new writing.
She was a co-founder of both The Collective (an actor’s workshop group) and The Little London Theatre Co which was set up as a platform for new writing and new adaptations of existing plays.
In addition to her acting work, Kyra has also established a website: The Actors Guide To London. A beautifully written and organised site, featuring areas of interest to the profession in London.
"I will write about some of the things that I’ve found useful during those artistically “dry” times. It’s a blog about acting; about pursuing creative dreams and overcoming obstacles (both real and imagined) and trying to get professional work with London as a backdrop. What I’ve tried to do is compile all the useful info which I would have liked someone to tell me when I first came to London."
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ESA Opening Up to New Ideas for Addressing Space-Related Challenges
ESA aims to harness a new resource for future space activities: ideas from European researchers, businesses and the general public — through the organization's new Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP), anyone is welcome to respond to space-related challenges.
The Agency’s new Open Space Innovation Platform website is a streamlined entry point for novel ideas, both in response to specific problems and open calls. The platform forms part of a wider effort to support the future competitiveness of European space industry with early technology development, implementing the new Space Technology Strategy.
ESA Director General, Jan Wörner, commented that through OSIP, ESA hope sto build and nurture a community of space technology enthusiasts, enabling people to inject their insight into the ESA and collaborate smoothly with ESA experts to contribute to the future of the Europe in space.
OSIP will challenge users to propose new ideas to address specific problems in form of thematic campaigns. The site currently hosts two such public challenges, both linked to the oceans, as well as a channel to submit ideas for co-sponsored research.
Two inaugural challenges have just been released on OSIP at ideas.esa.int:
Calling for novel ideas on ways of achieving the currently impossible task of detecting and tracking marine plastic litter from space
Methods to enlarge the effective area of autonomous shipping – today heavily reliant on satellite navigation – into heavily-trafficked ports requiring precision navigation as well as the high Arctic, where satellite navigation is rendered less reliable.
Another OSIP channel calls on ideas for research projects without a specific theme. These novel space-related research proposals would be co-funded by ESA. While the two campaigns have deadlines, the channel is open ended with rolling evaluations and selections.
ESA’s first contact with new ideas typically comes through the Discovery element, which also includes the Advanced Concepts Team (ACT), the Agency’s future-oriented think tank staffed with a rotating roster of Ph.D. researchers. Initial studies are typically system studies, asking: if we incorporate this innovation into a space system, what would it enable, how could it work in practice?
The next stage is the Agency’s Technology Development Element, similarly active across all sectors of space. This is dedicated to creating the first laboratory prototypes of new ideas to demonstrate they are ready to be taken further by follow-on programs, such as ESA Science’s Core Technology Program, the ARTES Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems program or the General Support Technology Program, readying technologies for spaceflight and the open market.
The goal of ESA’s seamless chain of innovation is to have a steady stream of new technologies ready for take-up by ESA missions and programs — making the correct discoveries available at the correct time as missions and applications require them.
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Gov. Baker outlines goals in State of Commonwealth address
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Facebook, Google, Twitter field questions, frustrations in Senate committee
By Marissa Lang
Updated 8:13 pm PDT, Tuesday, October 31, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 31: (L-R) Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Google Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. The committee questioned the tech company representatives about attempts by Russian operatives to spread disinformation and purchase political ads on their platforms, and what efforts the companies plan to use to prevent similar incidents in future elections. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) less
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 31: (L-R) Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Google Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado testify ... more
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Online anonymity and tech companies’ inability to discern real corporations from shell firms funded by Russian money prevented Facebook, Google and Twitter from identifying Russian interference in the 2016 election, company representatives said Tuesday during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Though it was a rare opportunity for lawmakers to grill tech firms on their practices and policies, senators seemed frustrated by the companies’ refusal to back regulation of political ads online and open up about their efforts to root out terrorism and foreign meddling.
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“How did Facebook, which prides itself on being able to process billions of data points and transform them into personal connections for its users, somehow not make the connection that electoral ads paid for in rubles were coming from Russia?” asked Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.
Twitter’s Sean Edgett later became the sole tech company representative to commit to not accepting political ads that are paid for in a foreign currency.
Facebook’s general counsel, Colin Stretch, declined to go as far as making a promise under oath. Google’s representative, Richard Salgado, said he needed to “check to make sure it’s a good signal.”
As many as 126 million Facebook users may have been exposed to content that “originated from the Russian operation,” Stretch said.
That’s a big jump from the previous estimate of 11.4 million users that the social networking giant said probably saw paid advertisements by Russian operatives, in part because it includes propaganda posts that spread through shares and likes, without a boost from ads. Facebook had never before disclosed the impact such content had on its social network.
Twitter in its prepared remarks reported that it found 2,752 accounts linked to Russian-backed operations and more than 36,000 bots promoting similar propaganda. Those accounts, according to Edgett, the company’s acting general counsel, tweeted about last year’s election about 1.4 million times and generated 288 million “impressions,” a measure of how much a tweet is viewed.
Salgado, Google’s director of law enforcement and information security, said the company had found two main accounts on its advertising service that appeared to be backed by the Russian government. Those accounts spent roughly $4,700 on search and display ads during the U.S. presidential election, Salgado said.
On YouTube, Google’s video-sharing service, 18 channels with about 1,100 videos were uploaded by “individuals who we suspect are associated with this effort and that contained political content,” according to Salgado’s prepared remarks.
Each company’s representative was quick to point out how low those numbers were in the grand scheme of things: More than 1.3 billion people visit Facebook daily; Twitter sees about 330 million users monthly; and Google, which earns more than $75 billion a year in ad revenue, said people watch more than a billion hours of YouTube video daily, with 400 hours of video uploaded every minute.
But senators quickly grew irritated with attempts at minimizing the problem.
“Why has it taken Facebook 11 months to come forward and help us understand the scope of this problem?” asked Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
“I hear a lot of Johnny-come-latelies,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who implied the companies could have done more to investigate these advertisements and noted how much money they made from them.
Federal investigators have said they believe there are probably many more accounts on Twitter that went undiscovered because they were not linked to the accounts that had already been shut down. Facebook’s lawyer said it’s likely that they were not able to find every Russian-linked account, as the company is limited in its ability to “see behind” the company running an advertising account. If a firm is a shell corporation ultimately backed by Russian money, Stretch said, it would be difficult for Facebook to tell.
Facebook announced that it would double its security and safety staff, which tracks extremism and other forms of abuse on its network, to 20,000 by the end of next year. Twitter said it has hundreds of workers tackling the issue, and Google said there are thousands of its employees dedicated to tracking misuse of its services.
Though the hearing was focused on Russian use of social media to disseminate false or divisive political narratives, senators brought up a wide range of issues, including fake news, shell corporations, free speech, the power of Silicon Valley, tech employees’ own political leanings and whether tech firms should be considered media companies.
“The prospect of Silicon Valley companies actively censoring speech or the news content is troubling to anyone who cared about a democratic process with a robust First Amendment,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. “It is disconcerting if those political positions (of tech employees) become a lens through which American consumers consume news.”
Company lawyers will testify again before the Senate and House intelligence committees on Wednesday, widely considered the main event in this week’s congressional probe of tech companies.
None of the companies’ high-profile CEOs — Google’s Sundar Pichai, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey or Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg — attended Tuesday’s hearing.
Marissa Lang is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: mlang@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Marissa_Jae
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Sidewalk becomes Blastic. Both experts in digital marketing platforms, Oak Street and Sidewalk will merge and continue as Blastic.
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DOM Security and Sidewalk were awarded with the Sitecore Experience Award 2018
"We believe that all valuable people and property deserve to be protected without compromise." This is how Erik Mastenbroek, Group Marketing Director of DOM, characterizes the philosophy of his company. DOM Security is an expert in developing and selling lock-technology and access solutions of the highest quality. The range varies from standard cylinder locks for homes to the most modern digital access control systems for large buildings. The company is represented throughout Europe by more than twenty sales and service offices and more than ten production sites. All products find their way to the end customer through a professional European network of more than 8,000 partners.
Stronger online presence for DOM
At the beginning of 2015 Dom Security decided it was time to work on their online presence. Offline customers were already served in a very personal way, but they also wanted to translate this approach to their online channels. The focus was on a stronger online service, more visibility and better sales support for their partners.
Mastenbroek: "We did not just want to work on our online presence, but we also wanted to use the extra possibilities such as e-mail marketing and personalization. This is how we came to Sitecore, which could serve as a one-stop-shop for all our needs. Sitecore had a clear vision of the future and Sitecore partner Sidewalk offered us professional technical support and advice.”
DOM Security contacted Sidewalk to develop the general global website, www.dom-security.com, in collaboration with the online marketing agency IN10. DOM Security launched this site in 2016 and since then it was followed by a large number of country websites, all of which have the same layout and thus contribute to the recognizability of the brand among end users and partners. In addition, DOM Security and Sidewalk can benefit from Sitecore's modular approach, allowing existing building blocks to be re-used for new country websites.
The advantages of Sitecore
An important feature of DOM's new websites is the possibility of personalization for each customer, such as a homeowner, building manager, or key specialist. In this way, the customer journey of each target group is optimized according to their specific needs and expectations.
To extend this personalization to the online experience of their customers, they opted for opportunities such as e-mail marketing and personalization based on marketing automation processes. This way, DOM Security can provide the broad target group they serve with the most valuable content for their problem. Everything that Sitecore and Sidewalk stand for: a customer journey in the light of an optimal brand experience.
The result? A website that is not only able to serve customers online, but an integrated marketing ecosystem. An ecosystem that not only focuses on when prospects end up on the website, but a sound basis for a long-term digital marketing approach. Content for all audiences can be distributed quickly and efficiently, and all of this without the need for developers.
DOM Security and Sidewalk were celebrated as Sitecore Experience Award winner of 2018 for having the Best Web Content Experience in Western Europe. The Sitecore Experience Awards are awards for brands that have developed digital and customer-centric environments based on Sitecore technology.
At the Security exhibition in Essen, Sidewalk handed over the award to DOM Security.
Some pictures of the event:
The experiences of Mastenbroek and his team have not gone unnoticed by DOM Security and parent company Groupe-SFPI. Various branches such as NEU (air movement technologies), Omnitech and DÉNY Security have watched with great interest at the increased online presence of DOM Security and have now also chosen the Sitecore platform. "Thanks to Sitecore's modular approach, they will benefit from our pioneering work," says Mastenbroek.
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At St Joseph's we pride ourselves on our strong relationships between parents and carers, our partner primary schools and ourselves. There are seven designated Catholic schools in Newport, Caldicot and Chepstow with whom St Joseph's has a great relationship throughout the year, allowing the transistion between Primary and High School to be that much smoother for all students and parents.
St David’s RC Primary School
Mrs L Robinson. Park Crescent, Newport. Telephone: 01633 816027
www.steplearn.net/stdavidsrc/
St Gabriel’s RC Primary School
Mrs M Harris. Ringland Circle, Newport. Telephone: 01633 273937
www.newportlearn.net/stgabriels/
St Joseph’s RC Primary School
Mrs J Beckett. Fairoak Avenue, Newport. Telephone: 01633 258801
www.stjosephsprimarynewport.co.uk
St Patrick’s RC Primary School
Mrs L Smith. Fairfax Road, Newport. Telephone: 01633 272488
www.stpatricksnewport.org.uk
St Mary’s RC Primary School, Newport
Mrs D Evans. Queen’s Hill, Newport. Telephone: 01633 840490
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St Mary’s RC Primary School, Chepstow
Mrs J Weightman. Old Bulwark Road, Chepstow. Telephone: 01291 623006
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St Michael’s RC Primary School
Mrs J Manship. Baldwin Close, Newport. Telephone: 01633 262078
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Each year the school admits students from 25 other partner schools. In recent years there have been in excess of 60 students who have joined us from non-Catholic primary schools.
Each year the school holds Open Mornings in October. Prospective parents from our partner primary schools and non-designated primary schools are encouraged to attend. To apply for a place at the school, parents need to complete our admissions form, click here to get a copy of the form.
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The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers Wednesday, January 22: Steffy Wants To Tell Liam The Truth…
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The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Wednesday, January 22, tease that the action is really heating up on the CBS soap. But before we get to that, we have a programming note. As you probably know, Tuesday’s episode of B&B was…
Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers: Matthew Atkinson Teases Thomas’ Future – Will He Find True…
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The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers reveal Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) doesn’t really enjoy life. According to the actor, it is due to him being so hyperfocused on getting what he wants. However, could true love end up bringing him…
‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Spoilers: Liam Unknowingly Manipulated – Thomas Has…
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The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers tease that Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) is in the dark. He isn't aware that Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) provided Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) with intel about Hope Logan (Annika…
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers Tuesday, January 21: Sally Sets The Record Straight With Flo…
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Tuesday, January 21, tease that Flo Fulton (Katrina Bowden) will get an unexpected visit. As B&B viewers know, Flo and Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) recently reconnected and declared their love…
The Bold and the Beautiful Rumors: Does Sally Have A Brain Tumor? Her Doctor Has The Answers
Rita Ryan Jan 20, 2020
The Bold and The Beautiful spoilers tease that Sally Spectra ll (Courtney Hope) could have a brain tumor rather than an anxiety disorder; she will go to the doctor in upcoming episodes of The Bold and The Beautiful. Sally Spectra ll Has…
‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Spoilers: Wyatt Dumps Sally, Flits To Flo – Is Musical Chairs…
The Bold and The Beautiful spoilers tease that Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) will dump Sally Spectra ll (Courtney Hope) and go straight to romancing his old girlfriend Flo Fulton (Katrina Bowden) again in an upcoming episode of The Bold and…
Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers: Darin Brooks On Wyatt Hurting Sally Again, Going Back To Flo
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers reveal Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) breaks Sally Spectra’s (Courtney Hope) heart again and returns to Flo Fulton (Katrina Bowden). In an interview, Brooks explained the factors that led to the decision.…
The Bold and the Beautiful Comings and Goings: Denise Richards Taking Time Off From Daytime…
Joanna Mazewski Jan 20, 2020
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers indicate that Denise Richards (Shauna Fulton) will be taking a break from daytime television. But fans need not to worry because this doesn’t mean that Shauna is going to disappear from the canvas…
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Brooke’s Meddling Impacts Shauna’s Living Arrangements –…
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers indicate that it’s going to be an all-out war between Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Quinn Forrester (Rena Sofer) and needless to say, it’s going to be a bitter battle to the very end. There’s…
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Wyatt Chooses Flo – How Will Sally React?
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers reveal Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) breaks off his relationship with Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope). He goes back to Flo Fulton (Katrina Bowden). However, he has more than one reason for making that…
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Monday, January 20 – Wyatt Faces The Tough Task Of…
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Monday, January 20, tease that Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) will get some unexpected and devastating news. As B&B viewers know, she’s just called Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) over to Forrester…
Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers: Brooke Blames And Rages – Becoming Unstable?
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers reveal Brooke Logan Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang) is blaming everyone but herself. Not only that, but she is raging and fuming at everyone who doesn’t take her side. Could she be losing her grip? Are…
The Bold and the Beautiful News: Alum Adrienne Frantz Opens Up About Heartbreaking News
Anne Sewell Jan 16, 2020
The actress who played Amber Moore on ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ is mourning the loss of the mother of her photographer friend, John Russo. Besides starring as Amber Moore in “The Bold and the Beautiful,” Adrienne Frantz has also been…
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers Friday, January 17: Wyatt Poised To Dump Sally – Eric…
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Friday, January 17, tease that Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) will find himself in an uncomfortable position. He will head home after sharing some kisses with Flo Fulton (Katrina Bowden) at Spencer…
Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers: Heather Tom Reveals Feelings About Working With Don Diamont
Heather Tom, who plays Katie Logan on ‘B&B’ has known co-star Don Diamont for many years and completely trusts him on and off set. Heather Tom (Katie Logan) was recently interviewed by Soap Opera Digest, where she opened up about her…
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Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)
Orature, Literature and History: Exploring Northern Indian Popular Culture (19c-20c) - PART 2
Date: 30 May 2018Time: 3:00 PM
Finishes: 30 May 2018Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: Brunei Gallery Room: B101
Type of Event: Workshop
In this week-long course, Prof Catherine Servan-Schreiber (CEIAS, Paris) and Camille Buat (Sciences Po, Paris and University of Göttingen) will explore the living traditions in the Bhojpuri language of Northern India. They will share their methodologies for studying the circulation of Bhojpuri texts, singers, and labourers. Exploring the interface between literature and history, they propose to look at the texts simultaneously as objects and sources for historical study.
How does awareness of contemporary orature change the way we approach historical texts? How can we use these texts as sources to write a history of the region which produced them? How can we use narrative patterns to compare distant forms of orature? And how can we make orature seriously part of the study of world literature?
Part II. The History of contemporary orature & Reading Texts in the context of orature
Catherine Servan-Schreiber will present some of the characteristics of the North India’s premodern oral and written texts through their most famous trends: the Gorakhnath renunciation cycle, the Rajput heroic corpus, the transgressive romance, and the wandering merchant tradition. She will especially focus on premodern testimonies on Sati, widow’s (self-) immolation. Reading these texts while keeping performance in mind and looking at the interaction between the performers and the audience can bring new perspectives on questions of inequality and gender. Disruptive images used during the performance enable us to understand how these premodern repertoires become reference texts mobilized through each period of transition in the regional history of North India.
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Ethnographic Encounter Productions
Om socialantropologi
Datum: 26 mars 2018 13:00 - 26 mars 2018 14:30
Plats: Socialantropologiska institutionen, B600
Cris Shore, Professor of Social Anthropology, the University of Auckland and Guest Professor, Score, Stockholm University
Audit Culture Revisited: Indicators, Performance Measurement and the Transformation of Society
The rise of ever-more pervasive systems for monitoring, measuring and ranking performance has become a defining feature of our times. Virtually every field of human activity, from childcare, education, employment and health, to policing, security, environmental management and human rights, is now subject to bureaucratic regimes of auditing and ranking (Porter 1995; Rose 1999; Kipnis 2008; Merry 2011). These audit procedures are introducing new forms of accountability that are profoundly reshaping the way workplaces, organisations and societies are governed. Yet they also produce unanticipated effects. Taking up the concept of ‘audit culture’ as an analytical framework, I examine the origins, spread and rationality driving these new systems of accountability and their impact across a number of different fields, from administration and the military to business corporations and universities. Marilyn Strathern (2000:1) argued that audit is ‘where the financial and the moral meet’. If so, what new kinds of ethics do audits produce? This paper sets out a framework for theorising audit culture and its socio-cultural effects. I also ask, what can be done to reclaim the professional values and democratic spaces that these regimes of audit are eroding?
Cris Shore is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Auckland and Guest Professor of Public Management at the Stockholm Centre for Organisational Research (2018). His main research interests are the anthropology of policy and the study of organisations, governance and power. He has conducted fieldwork in Italy (on Italian Communism), Belgium (on EU bureaucracy), Britain and New Zealand (on politics, ‘audit culture’, and higher education reform) and writes on various themes including the anthropology of Europe, the state, corruption, and universities. He is currently completing two books: one entitled The Shapeshifting Crown: Locating the State in Post-Colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK (Cambridge University Press), the other called Audit Culture: How Rankings, Indicators and Numbers Re-order the World (Pluto Press). His research at Score includes a new project on metricized performance management and its effects in academia.
All seminars in the series.
Senast uppdaterad: 6 mars 2018
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Individual or Social Liberty
by alan | Jul 7, 2016 | bookchin, liberty | 0 comments
For some two centuries, anarchism — a very ecumenical body of anti-authoritarian ideas — developed in the tension between two basically contradictory tendencies: a personalistic commitment to individual autonomy and a collectivist commitment to social freedom.
These tendencies have by no means been reconciled in the history of libertarian thought. Indeed, for much of the last century, they simply coexisted within anarchism as a minimalist credo of opposition to the State rather than as a maximalist credo that articulated the kind of new society that had to be created in its place.
Various schools of anarchism do advocate very specific forms of social organization, often markedly at variance with each other. Anarchism overall today advances negative freedom…formal freedom from rather than substantive freedom to. This Anarchism celebrates its commitment to negative freedom as evidence of its own pluralism, ideological tolerance, creativity — even its coherence
Anarchism’s failure to resolve this tension, to articulate the relationship of the individual to the collective, and to enunciate the historical circumstances that would make possible a stateless anarchic society produced problems in anarchist thought remain unresolved.
Pierre Joseph Proudhon, more than many anarchists of his day, attempted to formulate a fairly concrete image of a libertarian society. Based on contracts, essentially between small producers, cooperatives, and communes, Proudhon’s vision was redolent of the provincial craft world into which he was born.
His attempt to meld a patroniste, often patriarchal notion of liberty with contractual social arrangements was lacking in depth. Craftsman, cooperative, commune, relate on bourgeois contractual terms of equity or justice rather than on communal terms of ability and need…the model reflects artisan’s bias for personal autonomy…moral commitment is left to a collective defined by good intentions.
Proudhon’s famous declaration
whoever puts his hand on me to govern me is an usurper and a tyrant; I declare him my enemy
Strong tilt toward a personalistic, negative freedom…overshadows his opposition to oppressive social institutions and the vision of an anarchist society that he projected. His statement easily blends into William Godwin’s distinctly individualistic declaration:
There is but one power to which I can yield a heartfelt obedience, the decision of my own understanding, the dictates of my own conscience.
Godwin’s appeal to the authority of his own understanding and conscience, like Proudhon’s condemnation of the ‘hand’ that threatens to restrict his liberty, gave anarchism an immensely individualistic thrust.
Compelling as such declarations may be — and in the United States they have won considerable admiration from the so-called libertarian (more accurately, proprietarian) right, with its avowals of ‘free’ enterprise — they reveal an anarchism very much at odds with itself.
By contrast, Michael Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin held essentially collectivist views — in Kropotkin’s case, explicitly communist ones. Bakunin emphatically prioritized the social over the individual:
Society antedates and at the same time survives every human individual, being in this respect like Nature itself. It is eternal like Nature, or rather, having been born upon our earth, it will last as long as the earth.
A radical revolt against society would therefore be just as impossible for man as a revolt against Nature, human society being nothing else but the last great manifestation or creation of Nature upon this earth.
An individual who would want to rebel against society . . . would place himself beyond the pale of real existence.
Bakunin often expressed his opposition to the individualistic trend in liberalism and anarchism with considerable polemical emphasis. Although society is ‘indebted to individuals,’ he wrote in a relatively mild statement, the formation of the individual is social:
Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations.
Thus the individual, his freedom and reason, are the products of society, and not vice versa: society is not the product of individuals comprising it.
The higher, the more fully the individual is developed, the greater his freedom — and the more he is the product of society, the more does he receive from society and the greater his debt to it.
Kropotkin, for his part, retained this collectivistic emphasis with remarkable consistency. In what was probably his most widely read work, his Encyclopaedia Britannica essay on ‘Anarchism,’ Kropotkin distinctly located the economic conceptions of anarchism on the ‘left-wing’ of ‘all socialisms,’ calling for the radical abolition of private property and the State in ‘the spirit of local and personal initiative, and of free federation from the simple to the compound, in lieu of the present hierarchy from the center to the periphery.’
Kropotkin’s works on ethics, in fact, include a sustained critique of liberalistic attempts to counterpose the individual to society, to subordinate society to the individual or ego. He placed himself squarely in the socialist tradition. His anarchocommunism, predicated on advances in technology and increased productivity, became a prevailing libertarian ideology in the 1890s, steadily elbowing out collectivist notions of distribution based on equity.
Anarchists, ‘in common with most socialists,’ Kropotkin emphasized, recognized the need for ‘periods of accelerated evolution which are called revolutions,’ ultimately yielding a society based on federations of ‘every township or commune of the local groups of producers and consumers.’
With the emergence of anarcho-syndicalism and anarcho-communism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the need to resolve the tension between the individualist and the collectivist tendencies essentially became moot. Anarcho-individualism was largely marginalized by mass socialistic workers’ movements, of which most anarchists considered themselves the left wing. In an era of stormy social upheaval, marked by the rise of a mass working-class movement that culminated in the 1930s and the Spanish Revolution, anarcho-syndicalists and anarcho-communists, no less than Marxists, considered anarcho-individualism to be petty-bourgeois exotica. They often attacked it quite directly as a middle-class indulgence, rooted far more in liberalism than in anarchism.
The period hardly allowed individualists, in the name of their ‘uniqueness,’ to ignore the need for energetic revolutionary forms of organization with coherent and compelling programs. Far from indulging in Max Stirner’s metaphysics of the ego and its ‘uniqueness,’ anarchist activists required a basic theoretical, discursive, and programmatically oriented literature, a need that was filled by, among others, Kropotkin’s The Conquest of Bread (London, 1913), Diego Abad de Santill’n’s El organismo econ’mico de la revoluci’n (Barcelona, 1936), and G. P. Maximoff’s The Political Philosophy of Bakunin (English publication in 1953, three years after Maximoff’s death; the date of original compilation, not provided in the English translation, may have been years, even decades earlier).
No Stirnerite ‘Union of Egoists,’ to my knowledge, ever rose to prominence — even assuming such a union could be established and survive the ‘uniqueness’ of its egocentric participants.
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Yoo Yeon Seok In Talks To Join Jung Woo Sung And Kwak Do Won In “Steel Rain” Sequel
Yoo Yeon Seok may be appearing in the sequel for the film “Steel Rain”!
On August 9, it was reported that the actor would be appearing in the film “Steel Rain 2” (literal title), the sequel to the first “Steel Rain” film.
His agency King Kong by Starship responded to the reports by stating, “Yoo Yeon Seok has been given an offer to appear in the film and is currently positively looking over the role.” When asked what character he would be playing, the source replied, “Though it will be a leading role, it is difficult for us to discuss exact details at this time.”
“Steal Rain 2” will be the sequel to the popular 2017 film starring Jung Woo Sung and Kwak Do Won, which attracted over 4.45 million moviegoers. The film will follow the conflict between powerful nations surrounding the reunification of Korea, and the film is set to begin filming in the second half of this year. Both Jung Woo Sung and Kwak Do Won will be returning for the sequel.
Stay tuned for more updates!
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Park Shin Hye Looks Picture Perfect in Pastel for Roem Photo Shoot
by C. Hong
On January 29, Park Shin Hye’s agency S.A.L.T Entertainment released a pictorial that the actress shot with clothing brand Roem.
The concept of the pictorial was ‘romantic spring,’ as Park Shin Hye shows off the clothing line’s spring/summer collection in trendy shades of rose quartz and serenity. Flowers and light but warm clothing are key pieces throughout the photo shoot.
A Roem representative said, “We chose Park Shin Hye as a model because she suits the image of our brand. She is loved in Korea and China for her lovable, friendly image.” Active as a Korean actress for many years, Park Shin Hye has also amassed a considerable following in China, where her Weibo followers number over 10 million.
A representative of the Korean conglomerate E-Land Group, who owns the Roem brand, said, “Park Shin Hye is receiving a lot of love as a role model for women in their twenties and thirties because of her trendy fashion sense and lovable image. As the new model for Roem, the brand can be expected to expand on a global scale.”
Park Shin Hye recently wrapped up filming on the movie “Hyung.” Park Shin Hye plays the judo coach of EXO member D.O’s character, who also serves to break the tension between the young athlete and his older brother (Jo Jung Suk).
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JUST YESTERDAY: The Wreck of the Princess May
Steve Knauth
“The soaring mountains and pristine waters of Southeast Alaska mask subtle treacheries. The icy waters, submerged rocks and an average 20-foot tide … make for dangerous passage.” — Haines Sheldon Museum, Alaska
The 250-foot coastal liner Princess May sits high and dry on rocks near Sentinel Island in Alaska’s Lynn Canal.
Photographer William Case’s image of the 1910 wreck went viral (to use today’s parlance) in newspapers and magazines around the world. It’s one of the most famous shipwreck photos ever.
As hopeless as the steamer’s predicament appears, there was no loss of life, and the vessel was re-floated and returned to service.
The 22-year-old Princess May was in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway Coast Service on the Inside Passage run, the 800-mile route connecting Vancouver, British Columbia, with the burgeoning western Alaskan fishing and mining ports. On August 5, 1910, the British-built vessel departed Skagway, Alaska, with 80 passengers, 68 crew, a few sacks of mail and a load of gold bullion.
Twin triple-expansion steam engines were spinning the two big propellers to the tune of a 10-knot cruising speed. Running down the canal, Princess May encountered a heavy fog; before speed could be effectively reduced, the 1,717-gross-ton vessel hit rocks off Sentinel Island. Her momentum carried her up and onto them. Her steel hull was gashed open, and water poured in.
Wireless operator W.R. Keller tried to send an SOS distress signal, but ship’s power went out. According to the Haines Sheldon Museum’s account, Keller then “ran belowdecks and MacGyvered a functioning electrical connection with the engine room’s lamp battery. Using this power, he was able to send a short message: “S.S. Princess May sinking Sentinel Island — send help.” Tugs arrived and passengers were evacuated, along with the gold and the mail sacks.
Twenty-five years later, in 1935, Princess May was scuttled intentionally after serving in the Caribbean.
This article originally appeared in the October 2018 issue.
Just Yesterday: The icemen cometh
Just yesterday: The life of a lifesaver
The U.S. Life-Saving Service grew from roots planted along the shores of Cape Cod in the 18th century, with men assembling at times of need to pluck mariners from the sea along that long and sometimes treacherous Massachusetts coast.
Just Yesterday: Gale force
'These old beauties are often overlooked'
Just Yesterday: Boats Illustrated
Just Yesterday: What'll you have?
What’s this sailboat doing in a swimming pool? It’s a curious image saved from oblivion when Soundings moved from its Essex, Connecticut, waterfront office to a new location inland.
Just Yesterday: Cruising With Cruis Along
The Cruis Along Sedan 31 made its debut in 1959, offering all the cabin-cruiser amenities of the day (though not the final letter of the word “cruise”). The convertible yacht had a raised bridge deck that was well protected by a woodframe windshield and streamlined wheelhouse.
Just yesterday: Better-built barbours
Just Yesterday: Hard work and a hearty meal
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Image by Szymon Kubiak
Toan Pho – The 10th-anniversary stadium
Last checked: Dec 13th, 2019 | By: Ola Synowiec
The 10th-Anniversary Stadium built in 1955 was the pride of Polish communism, the principal venue for the Party and state festivities. In 1989 it was turned into the most popular bazaar in Poland: the kingdom of illegal goods, pirated records of Michael Jackson and cheap cigarettes from Russia.
A lot of sellers were from the East – and many of them were from Vietnam. Lots of Vietnamese people fleeing the communist regime automatically thought of Poland as a country of the Solidarity and Pope John Paul II. It’s said that the greatest Vietnamese film director used to sell socks there and you could find also many professors, actors and other people of culture. You could also find a taste of real Vietnam there – many little bars with typical Vietnamese food.
Eating in this kind of place was becoming more and more popular and it was posh to have your own secret place where you could buy typical Vietnamese sweets or seafood in the Stadium. Now there is the New and Real National Stadium which was built for the UEFA European Football Championship 2012 in Poland.
Luckily, one of those Vietnamese bars has moved from the Stadium to the centre. Everything except the location is the same. The food tastes exactly like in the Stadium. I recommend the soups which are really big. The owners are still the same Vietnamese family and it’s still not possible to understand their Polish :).
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Porthill Park win Talbot Cup as Adam Ralphs finds a way to dismiss star man
John Hancock's side now looking to seal NSSCL Premier title... and also reveal key seamer will be returning next summer
Chris TraversDeputy Sports Editor/Cricket Writer
Porthill Park won the Talbot Cup after beating host club Cheadle in the final. (Image: Leanne Bagnall)
Victorious Porthill Park captain John Hancock admitted he’d had a few nervy moments trying to work out how to dismiss Lancashire skipper Liam Livingstone in Sunday’s Talbot Cup final.
Livingstone was drafted in by the Moorlanders as a sub pro for their Division One game against Barlaston on Saturday and scored an unbeaten 214.
The England Lions batsman also featured in the cup final... and was moving through the gears in Cheadle’s run chase.
He had reached 38 opening the innings, as Cheadle replied to Porthill Park’s 179 all out, but then fell victim to Adam Ralphs’ moment of unplanned brilliance.
The spinner’s first ball was a full toss, but Livingstone could only mis-hit it straight in to the hands of Ben Cotton at long on.
That left Cheadle 62-4 and from that point on there was only going to be one winner.
Porthill Park opener Ryan Hassett looks for runs in the Talbot Cup final.
“I was more nervous on Sunday morning knowing Liam was playing and you’re thinking how you can get him out and keep him off strike,” said Hancock.
“The ball went to Ben in slow motion, but it was a big moment in the game and we had a bit of a pile on in celebration.
“As long as Liam was there Cheadle always had a chance, but we also knew he would give us an opportunity because of the way he plays.
“He hit some big balls and made Cheadle look like the smallest ground in the world.
“It was a huge wicket for us and Ralphsy kept reminding us of it and how he’d beaten him in the flight...”
Cheadle never recovered from losing Livingstone and were eventually bowled out for 123.
Porthill Park captain John Hancock plays the ball in to the leg side.
Ralphs finished with 3-21, while seamers Muhammad Azharullah (3-16) and Craig Barker (3-23) were also in impressive form.
But the final wasn’t one-sided as Porthill Park found themselves in early trouble after opting to bat.
They tumbled to 80-6 and it needed sterling efforts by Nick Hubble (49) and Dan Hancock (42) to steer them to a defendable total.
James Sellers picked up 4-33 for the home side in front of a bumper Tean Road crowd.
“It seems as though it was a comfortable win, but it certainly wasn’t,” added skipper Hancock.
“We were in trouble and that was down to us not batting well and the pitch spinning, which we didn’t adapt to.
“We were looking at 150, so for Nick and Dan to get us up to 179 was a great effort.
“It was always going to be a case of getting early wickets and then Ralphsy managed to get the big one.
Cheadle seamer Jimmy Sellers in full flow during the final against Porthill Park.
“I think we celebrated that more than we did at the end of the game.
“We never know when we are beaten, though. Cheadle were 50-2 after 10 overs and some teams might have folded, but we didn’t.
“We just put the squeeze on them after getting Liam out and the pressure told.
“But credit must go to Cheadle, not only for the way they played, but also how they hosted the day.”
The final victory rounded off a superb weekend for Porthill Park.
Their Premier Division win at Stone SP on Saturday - plus defeats for Meakins and Blythe - leaves them needing nine points from three games to clinch the title for the third time in four years.
And there was even more good news after former Northamptonshire paceman Azharullah agreed terms to remain at the Old County Ground for the 2019 season.
Lancashire captain Liam Livingstone bowls for Cheadle in Sunday's final. He made 38 with the bat.
For Cheadle, there was pride in how they acquitted themselves.
They enjoyed a stellar run, though, and knocked out top-flight teams Elworth, Stone SP and Checkley on their way to the final.
Craig Smith’s side will now be aiming to make Premier Division opposition the norm as they boast a 20-point lead in the second tier.
Michael Hill hits century for Staffordshire, but day doesn't go to plan
“We bowled brilliantly,” said Smith, “and there was a chance off Hubble which fell just short of slip which, if it had carried, could have made a difference.
“I was happy chasing 179, and it was a shame Liam holed out because he was flying. You always know that one ball can change a game.
“I was really proud of how we played, though, and competed against the side who are far and away the best team around.
It's job done for Bagnall Norton as they seal NSSCL Division Two title
“It was a fantastic weekend for us, especially having Liam in the side. He wasn’t just here for himself, he understood what it meant to us and was brilliant on and off the field.
“He helped the lads and found the time to talk to people off the pitch as well.
“We’ve just got to concentrate on winning promotion now and hopefully we’ll know what we need to do after this weekend.”
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Winter biking gains traction
Sports | January 2, 2013
Janice Kurbjun
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Mountain bikes? In snow?
Surely not.
But it’s true, mountain bikes are increasingly forging their way through the snow, on both traditional mountain bikes as well as snow bikes – those ultra-fat tires seen on bikes roaming around Breckenridge. Winter mountain biking is being embraced, not only by local commuters seeking a way to save gas and get exercise, but by endurance enthusiasts looking for another option to stay in shape.
If it’s informal in the commuting and recreation world, Eagle-Vail’s Pedal Power Bike Shop is formalizing winter mountain biking through the newest addition to the Snowshoe Adventure Series – the series’ first-ever mountain bike-only event, a chance for athletes around the region and the Front Range to ply their new passion for winter cycling on Saturday.
“A lot of us up here hang the bikes up for the winter. It’s hard to keep the bike fitness unless you spend a lot of time indoors and at spin classes. This is a fun way to keep some semblance of mountain bike fitness in winter,” Dillon resident and race frequenter Kevin Minard said.
Race organizer and Pedal Power owner Bruce Kelly has hosted winter triathlons (snowshoe, mountain bike on snow and Nordic ski) as part of his winter race series – two of which Minard attended last year.
However, between seeing the smallness of the market for winter triathlons and the uptick in interest in snow bikes and winter mountain biking, Kelly decided to replace one triathlon event with the mountain bike-only race while keeping the other triathlon, scheduled for Feb. 2.
“We’ve been monitoring the snowbike popularity and thought what the hell?” Kelly said. “Winter biking has become a huge part of our business over the last few years as equipment manufacturers have recognized its growing popularity by providing snow-specific designs and features on their bikes and tires to accommodate riders.”
He said he’s found that, mountain bikers tend to be mountain bikers year-round. Not many cross over into other sports – and given the chance, they’ll keep biking whenever and wherever they can.
“A lot of the (triathlon) racers are mountain bikers in the summer,” Minard said. “The benefit of having a pure mountain bike race will get people out who don’t run, who only mountain bike in the summer. It might bring people out who are intimidated by snowshoe running or Nordic skiing.”
Racers must choose between riding a snow bike or a mountain bike with 29-inch wheels and fatter tires, Kelly said. Minard added that part of the race strategy is to know how to prepare the gear: He not only uses fatter tires, but he also fills them to an extremely low pressure – and that pressure varies on the front and back tires.
“You run low so you can spread the tire out and get as much traction as possible,” Minard said.
Minard has seen more and more riders taking to trails like Keystone Gulch, where the resort’s snowcats pack down the snow into something able to be ridden about three miles to The Outback.
Saturday’s race begins at the Tennessee Pass Nordic Center beginning at 10 a.m. and consists of two race options: a 5-6 mile short course for novice and intermediate racers and a 10-12 mile long course for those seeking a heftier challenge. It all takes place on snow-packed trails – though fresh snow can thicken the plot a bit and make the course much more hairy.
The race series is a way for Kelly to increase awareness on snow bikes and snow-equipped mountain bikes, which could give him an uptick in business in the slow winter months, but the races are also a way to raise money for charity. All proceeds go to a fund that provides assistance to everything from race entry fees for high school students to community members needing help with health insurance gaps.
“It’s up to the racers as to how much we can help someone with our charity,” Kelly said. “This isn’t a high-profile, big production. This isn’t the Academy Awards here. We’re real low-key. We time this race with watches. Everything’s handwritten at the finish line. … We’re not this big, fancy, we’re not anywhere near the Summit County mountain bike organization.”
The next race on tap following the mountain bike-only event is the Jan. 19 Tennessee Pass Cookhouse State Snowshoe Championships, which is a qualifying race for the United States Snowshoe Association National Championships. The final race of the year is the Feb. 2 Arrowhead Alpine Club North American Winter Triathlon Championships.
Registration costs $20 for Saturday’s race, which includes food from the Tennessee Pass Cookhouse as well as roughly 30 raffle prizes and homemade pottery trophies for winners.
Participants can save time by pre-registering directly online at pedalpowerbike.com. Forms are also available from Pedal Power Bicycle Shop in Eagle-Vail or by calling (970) 845-0931. Day-of registration costs $25 at the Tennessee Pass Nordic Center, located at the Ski Cooper Ski Area on Tennessee Pass just north of Leadville and south of Vail on Highway 24.
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By aliibrahimblogger@gmail.com Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Edit
Visiting to your Instagram account is a relatively easy. Find out Instagram Login Sign Up from your laptop or your smart phone, ways to address common login problems, how to Sign Up an Instagram account and what to do if you have actually shed your password.
Instagram is a prominent photo-sharing system, which permits its individuals to share photos as well as videos either publicly or privately. At first created by Kevin Systrom as well as Mike Krieger, it was released as a special application for the iphone operating system, it has actually considering that expanded to consist of support for Android, Windows Mobile as well as home computer.
The solution enables its individuals to publish pictures, or various other images as well as apply electronic filters to them. A 'Stories' function likewise allows self-deleting images or live video to be published. Presently, the system has over 700 million registered customers worldwide. Considering that 2012, Instagram has actually been owned by Facebook.
Just how Do I Sign Up An Instagram Account?
Developing a brand-new Instagram account is a quick as well as simple process.
Sign Up with the Instagram App
Download and install the Instagram application first. From within the Instagram mobile application, press 'sign up', enter a valid email address or mobile number, and afterwards tap 'Next'. You will after that be asked to Sign Up an Instagram username as well as password, as well as go into some basic profile details concerning on your own. When you have completed this, merely press 'Done' to end up the create process.
Additionally, if you have an energetic Facebook account, you can push 'sign up' and after that click 'Log In With Facebook'. You will certainly after that be asked to log in to your Facebook account. After doing so, your account will be produced, utilizing the details from your Facebook account as well as the two accounts will become connected.
Sign Up an Instagram account from a computer
It is additionally feasible to sign up from a desktop computer, or from a mobile internet internet browser. To do this, simply go to: http://www.instagram.com as well as you will certainly see a subscribe form. Below, you will certainly be asked to provide an email address or mobile number, your name, and also your picked Instagram username as well as a password. After that click on 'sign up'.
Once more, as with the mobile application, there is likewise an alternative to sign up through your Facebook account. Just click the blue 'Log In With Facebook' button on the homepage and enter your Facebook login credentials.
The main Instagram register page can be seen here.
Just how Do I Visit to My Instagram Account?
As soon as you have actually created an account, the Instagram login process is straight onward. For mobile app individuals, merely introduce the Instagram application and also you will be welcomed with a login screen. Below, all you need to do is get in the username as well as password you picked during the create phase and then tap 'Log In'.
You will certainly likewise discover a 'Log In With Facebook' option underneath, for those that chose to register their account that way. Press on this option, then enter your Facebook login credentials to gain access.
From the Instagram site, the sign in process is very similar. Over the registration boxes, you will see the 'Log In With Facebook' alternative. Beneath the registration box on the homepage, you will see an option that states 'Have An Account? Log In'. Use the pertinent alternative and afterwards enter your Facebook or Instagram login details.
The official Instagram logine page can be found https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/
Common Login Troubles. Why Can I Not Visit to Instagram?
If you are experiencing issues logging in with Instagram, one of the most noticeable thing to inspect is that you have most definitely entered your credentials appropriately. Keep an eye out for any typing mistakes as well as remember that your password is case sensitive. If you are logging in from a computer, ensure CAPS LOCK as well as NUM LOCK are switched off.
Neglected passwords are one more usual issue, yet luckily Instagram has a system in place for resetting passwords. From the app, faucet on 'Get Help Signing In', which is underneath the 'Log In' switch. On the site, click 'Forgot Password', which is discovered in the exact same place. From there, you will be able to reset your password. The brand-new password will certainly be sent to the email address associated with your Instagram account.
It is worth noting that on extremely rare celebrations, upkeep job or web server problems might result in trouble visiting. When this occurs, the only real option is to attempt once again later on.
Users that go against the neighborhood standards or terms of solution might discover that their account becomes disabled. When this has transpired, a message will certainly be presented after a login attempt, clarifying the scenario. If you believe there was an error, you can appeal versus the decision by following the on-screen instructions.
Where Can I Download And Install the Instagram Application?
The Instagram mobile app is currently available for both the Android and also iOS operating systems as well as can be found from the Google Play Store as well as App Store, respectively. Simply launch the store on your mobile or tablet tool, search for 'Instagram' in the search bar, click the Instagram application and follow the normal setup procedures.
You can also locate direct connect to download the app from the Instagram homepage at: http://www.instagram.com.
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July 10, 2019 by Paul Sinclairtags: deals
UK: Kate Bush / Remastered Part 1 7CD box set – £25
INSANE price for this Kate Bush CD box set which offers remastered versions of The Kick Inside, Lionheart, Never For Ever, The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes! If you want the ‘whole thing’ with the rarities then check out Part 2 below!
Kate Bush / Remastered Part 2 11CD box set – £39
Three studio albums (Aerial (2CD), Director’s Cut and 50 Words For Snow), the three-disc Before The Dawn, and most attractively four CDs of 12-inch mixes and B-sides! Arguably even better value than the set above!
81 responses to This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
Jonathan Rilley says:
max ritcher sleep, the 7 cd + 1 blu ray edition is 23.44 quid shipped to the USA, during amazon.co.uk prime day
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016PP7628/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1
if you don’t have a prime membership on amazon.co.uk you can get a free trial for a month and be eligible for the deal
such a great price shipped, since this release never goes down in price, or I have never seen it go down in price
Just ordered both box sets. Many Thanks, Paul, for the heads-up.
Neil McLaughlin says:
Sorry to say guys the INXS KICK is the back to black not the half speed mastering so back it goes
Not your fault Paul it’s Amazon’s. great site keep up the good work! Saved me tons of money
Cédric (Switzerland) says:
Same for me. Got the Back to Black instead. Contacted Amazon.uk by chat, saying that postage from Switzerland to return the item would be higher than the price of the item itself. Being a “loyal” customer, I got full refund and can keep the vinyl. Good service :)
£25 for a 7 dsc boxset and still people moan, no pleasing some people.
Mike Melody says:
Thanks for the heads-up. With amazon’s £10 off £25 for installing (and then uninstalling) Amazon Assistant, I couldn’t resist.
M Reid says:
Aagh, I bought this when I received the last recent update re the price reduction although did get it for £26 plus postage from eBay. Always worth a quick check on eBay before purchasing although realise sellers there can sometimes be hit and miss with quality of packaging. This set fine for me as an admirer of Kate Bush without having any of these albums. If I was a big fan though I would be as frustrated as the rest of you with some of the omissions. Thanks for the regular price alerts.
-SG- says:
So for roughly $30 you get a no frills set of remastered albums, and no bonus tracks. Not bad, but not over the moon either, actually that price sounds about right for what you get, remastered albums with one song missing and another one with the wrong mix. This set will likely not get any cheaper and I bought here. As a set this obviously was all about reprinting the vinyl and the discs were never a serious consideration. This set should have been done like the Complete Smiths – all CD’s made to look like the original vinyl, at the very least digital enthusiasts could relive the fantasy in miniature, like you can with the bowie box sets. Even better if Bonus tracks and outtakes supplemented these sets to make them essential for any longtime fan, that would have ensured these sets sold out and retained their premium pricing, a comprehensive set that people have wanted and would treasure for years. Most Kate Bush fans seem pretty anal retentive about their Kate Bush stuff, so I am guessing if you still find her old records interesting then you probably have the original box, and even so, you still need the bloated 4 disc set that fits on 2 discs, to get some of those missing songs ( but not all of them) so offering nothing new but the promise of a remaster shows you what you get…. a lot of overstock. Ultimately, the customer is always right. Buying any of this stuff is purely optional, it costs money and takes up space, so one making a set like this should really think about why anyone in their right mind would part with their money for these sets at the original price, and make sure they have a real reason to do it. And for gods sake don’t put a naked bloke on an office chair on the cover.
Robert Lewin says:
Thanks, bought it
Derek Langsford says:
Seeing the KB I CD set plunge to an insanely low price (less than £4 per disc) is really irking me. As a fan since I heard WH on Radio 1, and buying all her music upon release, first on LP, then cassette, then CD, the TWW box, and now these sets, I am feeling frustrated by pre-ordering at almost twice the price, the alteration of HoL, and being underwhelmed by the most of the difference in remastering (I now realize they couldn’t be improved that much). And Remastered II was a train wreck in slow motion as its shortcomings were revealed.
The lesson to learn is to be cautious unless boxed sets are identified as limited editions/pressings, but also, if no unreleased material is being offered, to wait for reviews.
I hope I can follow my own advice.
I have the first box set, since the second is of no interest (sorry Kate, the music isn’t good, imo). I paid £31 for Box 1 a few months ago when a sale hit. You’re right – it’s not great. For me the remastering is hit and miss. The replacement of a track on HOL is sacrilege, and the drop in quality should have been noticed and corrected before it ever went to production. Taking an extra track from Sensual World – a track that had always been part of the CD – and moving it to box 2 was asinine. The much hyped “improvement” to Kick Inside and Lionheart just isn’t there, imo. The fact is, these albums always sounded good on CD. I’ll never play HOL in the box again, returning to my older copy.
Honestly, at £31 I still feel I overpaid.
Gerbrand says:
The good thing about this box set is that it renewed my interest in Kate Bush’s work. Over the last few months I have managed to pick up almost all her cd’s for €1 apiece in charity shops, and enjoying them. Thanks to Paul’s unboxing videos I had doubts from the start about these reissues. Reading all the replies to this deal alert just confirm this is a missed opportunity by Kate and the record company. I’ll pass.
You are right it a well respected game on here, to know when to bite. It’s easier when one is not so invested in an artist and can wait.
I would, however, go further than your recommendation of only biting if it is “limited edition” as it seems that every release is noted as such even if it remains on sale a year after release. I can think of dozens of Limited edition sets I have cancelled on week of release and been so glad as I picked them up for 50% of release cost a few months later. To me now, in 90% of cases, only a run of less than 1,000 needs acting upon (if we ever get to know what the run is). I can think of only two normal releases in the last couple of years where significant runs have sold out stupidly quickly. The red vinyl Lord of the Rings at 5,000 and the recent Wings box set at 3,000. I say normal because stuff like Mobile Fidelity one step runs of 8,000 do also sell out quick. As a point in case I look at the U2 limited edition boxes and Depeche Mode boxes which are also presented as “limited edition” which will be around for years as 10,000 / 15,000 is no longer “Limited”. Led Zeps offer of “the first 30,000 comes with a print” also seems ridiculous in these impoverished times for physical media.
Quite a few 500 / 750 / 1,000 runs are available at a reduced prices months after release.
Fully with you on not committing until I know the print run nowadays. I’d rather take a chance for the most part and save some money.
Craig B says:
As a matter of interest , The “Part 2 ” boxset is only £39 plus change at the moment.
Thanks Craig. As I didn’t know if Amazon would automaticamly adjust price before shipping, I just cancelled my previous order (only a couple hours ago, it was priced £49) and ordered it again. So I just paid £65 for part I and II. Great deal.
Tony Ward says:
Thanks for the heads-up. I have Kate’s first seven LP’s nought on release & I’ve looked after my vinyl. Is there anything extra on these CD’s? Do the remasters sound “better”?
Nothing extra… remasters do sound better, particularly early albums like The Kick Inside and Lionheart…
Brian Nelson says:
Kate Bush Remastered Part 1 for $31.80 including shipping to the U.S.! Thank you so much for the tip!
The Kate Bush box probably got that cheap because it is one of the worst box sets in terms of value. It’s just the albums, nothing exclusive to the box set. No wonder it doesn’t sell. It’s almost like the “Original Album Series” where you get 5 albums for $10 except this box comes with better packaging and has 7 discs. I hope record companies learn from this. Give fans what they want: box sets should come with exclusive content.
The Loving The Alien Bowie box made the live stuff available but at least it still has the Call cds in there that are exclusive, and the remixes. That box is already sold out on Amazon USA, remarkable considering 2 of the previous 3 box sets are still widely available. The 80’s was not Bowie’s best period but certainly his most popular.
Thanks for the info. I just noticed part II is only £49. If my memory serves well, the original retail price of Part II was £99 when it was released in november last year.
So I bought both Kate Bush cd boxes for £74. Part I (£25) and part II (£49) so £74 for the complete CD set ! That’s awesome.
COLIN MACKENZIE says:
Couple of more decent deals on Amazon Germany at the moment. The Springsteen on Broadway vinyl is at £29.63 plus P&P whilst Tom Petty’s American Treasure Boxset is at £96 inclusive of P&P to the UK.
Wow – that is an amazing price for the Kate Bush Box! I wish Amazon UK would start shipping to Australia again. I paid a heck of a lot more for the Kate Boxes down here :-(
Thanks SO much for the heads up.
I’d bought the red shoes remaster from a few years ago and was undecided about this set. However , at £25 it’s a fantastic bargain.
Ordered and can’t wait to hear how much better it is.
on Kate Bush see Amazon Germany has the Remastered in Vinyl III (which is the one that is at a much higher price than the others in the UK ) at £33.93. In excess of £60 at Amazon and £70 in HMV.
Every time the price of Kate Bush’s box set drops I consider buying it. It’s the awful Fish People packaging that stops me.
@Gerbrand – my thoughts EXACTLY… I’d have bought this many pricedrops ago if it wasn’t for the artwork, which I can’t look at, really.
stevieb says:
Do what I did Gerbrand and put the box in the recycling and keep the CDs on a shelf. There’s really nothing about the box as an artefact that would make you want to retain it. I got my copy from HMV for £35 about a month ago but that Amazon price is truly amazing!
Christopher Merritt says:
Paul – you are the best! Always wanted to dive into learning more about Kate’s releases (only have a few 12″s) but the price always held me back. Thank you! I can’t imagine this price will last long…
Steve Robertson says:
Got the Kate Bush one!
Nopw for the 2nd part!
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Star says:
Kate Bush Part I Box set now only £25… at amazon UK
John Orr says:
Crazy price on Amazon uk for Kate Bushs’ Remastered Part 1 CD box set at the moment. £25.59!! Couldn’t say no at that price.
Mr.Shing-A-Ling says:
I’ve taken a chance on the INXS Kick, hoping to get the 2 x 45RPM 30th Anniversary Edition. I’ll probably end up with the Rhino 2014 Back-to-Black Vinyl Edition, even though the Amazon album photo shows the 30th Anniversary Edition on the listing I ordered. I can always send it back if it is the Rhino.
It could be the Half Speed Master. I bought it on sale for €12 (60% discount) at a FNAC store in Paris two weeks ago and they had like 6 copies available so there could be two many copies pressed and some merchants are in the process of unstocking.
For what it’s worth, it happens often with Half-Speed Mastered 180g 45rpm 2LPs, I previously bought some Eno half speed masters (Another Green World or Before And After Science) for €15 each 2 years ago.
So it could be the Half-Speed Mastered 180g 45rpm 2LP you just bought ! My copy’s still sealed as I was away from home for work but will probably open it and play it this week-end.
Anyway if it’s not the half speed master, you can just leave it sealed and return it to Amazon and get a refund.
Paul Taylor says:
The cheapest INXS half speed is £49.99 via 3rd party seller
Paul E. says:
@Anth
The Gun N’ Roses “Apppetite For Destruction” Deluxe deal is back on/shows available again after frequent checking. Just ordered the set delivered for $38.25 w/the promo code. Thanks for the heads up and hope those still interested can get in on the deal Anth posted earlier today:
“…$40 with free shipping on the official GNR site, and the code GNR10 gets you an extra 10% off.”
https://gnrmerch.com/
bob peel says:
buzzing got 1 thank u
Mikey-D says:
Fantastic deal on that GnR Paul! Thanks so much!
Thank you Paul E! Got myself a copy for less than $40. What a steal.
Richard L says:
Re Appetite for Destruction offers (Anth/Steven Roberts below) – the all singing all dancing box set is only $359 with 10% discount – and shipping is ‘only’ an additional $342.18. Of course that’s before customs at 20%+ is applied. Cheaper to buy an air ticket and pick up???!!!
Onechordwonder says:
Regards the Inxs deal, some of the Amazon reviews indicate that this is not the Half Speed but the Black to Black, and the wrong picture is shown. Can anyone clarify?
Hmm… actually you may have a point. Sorry everyone.. proceed with caution.
Worth a punt, can always send back free of charge of its the wrong pressing. Cheers for the heads up pal
Meanwhile, The Who @ Fillmore 3LP is £17.66 on Amazon
DEREK CULLEN says:
its gone…unavailable!cest la vie
Number #1 best seller in vinyl at the moment… what influence SDE has ! :)
I ordered this on Wednesday. It arrived a day later and I’m not even a Prime member. It *is* expensive, even at the £72 I paid, however… I own a lot of box sets and this is one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. The hardback book is on thick stock and very nicely designed, the CDs/DVD all have cardboard inners. The whole thing is very sturdy. From what I can tell so far, the audio is significantly punchier than the 2008 remaster. I’d certainly recommend this while the price remains under £80.
you are ordered what ?
He’s talking about the New Order Movement box.
Tom Petty studio collection 1976-1991 €110 Amazon.de
Anth says:
The Appetite for Destruction super deluxe (4 CD, not the big leather set with all the vinyl) is available for just $40 with free shipping on the official GNR site, and the code GNR10 gets you an extra 10% off.
Steven Roberts says:
GnR works out at about £56 if you live in the UK, after you factor in import duty and Royal Mail ‘handling’.
Too rich for me – but still a damned sight cheaper than Amazon, which us £100+
That’s crazy cheap. It shows sold out now. Too bad. I bought mine with one of Paul’s Deal alerts for 69 Pounds but would have bought another copy for $40. Thanks for the heads up.
Bugger missed it
Stephen B. Collman says:
Amazon Prime day is coming up. I like multi-format releases (prefer Blu-ray over DVD) but have reigned back on all these reissues because I continually feel as though I am being shafted by the record labels exploiting ‘rose tinted’ nostalgia of a greying generation. Seems as though the record companies are generally exploiting the older music fan as they recognise that vast swathes of millennials got rather too used to not paying for music and have magpie selection tendencies (shiny singles). The onus is on the record companies to provide quality packaging and high-resolution digital files and physical pressings free of digital data errors, shoddy remastering or bogeys in the vinyl and representing excellent value; not to simply repackage and stick on a shamelessly grossly inflated RRP.
Martin Power says:
For me this has a way to drop yet I agree with others that it could have been so much better
PaulL says:
My only complaint is the non-Saville design of the box. Why on earth would he not design it?
I read that he’s annoyed with Bernard Sumner over a story in “Chapter And Verse” – IIRC, Sumner relates an argument between Saville and Peter Hook; Hook unable to remember this, nonetheless called Saville to apologise at which point Saville assured him that it didn’t happen.
Ramones Rocket to the moon 40th amazson £19.99
John Murray says:
Rocket to Russia.
Charles Hodgson says:
Has this gone already?
As for New Order, I’m waiting for the career spanning “My Struggle” Super Deluxe Box Set, that will also include all the Joy Division stuff in an iconic Leni Riefenstahl designed Iron Cross shaped sleeve.
Joseph Bartram says:
now 34 quid still good value.
I saw this and grabbed it, even though I have zero interest in the Vinyl. £20 was simply too good a price. I now have three of the four currently available Ramones sets due to getting bargains on them. As a Prime member shipping was free too…. can’t beat that. It should arrive later today. 12/7/19.
Glen Withonen says:
A few weeks back I purchased a copy from Amazon Australia for half the asking price – $89 instead of $180, which is about the maximum I would consider paying. Even at half price I’m still somewhat underwhelmed by the contents; the exclusion of the contemporary singles really rankles, especially as Procession, EGG & their b-side tracks were recorded during the very same album sessions – so frustratingly you only get some out-takes of the these but not the original versions.
Also the book has far too many uninteresting full page pictures of the band’s old musical equipment & hardly any reproductions of the amazing Peter Saville sleeves or even a basic discography – perhaps not surprising as that would highlight the tracks left off; & of course there’s no lyrics either.
Not sure sure why they chose Movement for the deluxe treatment considering it’s the least interesting & accomplished of the Factory albums, but if it this is the first in a series I really hope they offer more comprehensive & interesting content with future instalments.
Kevin Smith says:
It is, PCL out 8th November and the singles from early October.
Jezk says:
Apparently all the singles and B Sides are going to be in the equivalent Substance box (but that’s at least another 3 box sets away if they’re issued chronologically)
Another set that I would jump for except that the inclusion of vinyl is pointless for me.
Amy Macdonald Under Stars *Signed* Deluxe Box set only £17 at amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Stars-Amy-Macdonald/dp/B01NAD2BKK/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=amy+box+under&qid=1562783093&s=gateway&sr=8-2
Chris topham says:
Still too expensive… £39.99 and I’ll give it a go…
Mike Shawyer says:
Waiting for sub £40.
ohPedro says:
1 LP, 2 CDs and 1 DVD… this set shouldn’t be costing more than £30. £35 at a push. Very bad value. … unfortunately it is par for the course these days :(
Try being a Prince fan :/
misterlaurie says:
let’s talk when it’s £35
Mike Williams says:
This also comes with a book. For this price, it should have also included the 12″ & 7″ remixes that came with the previous 2-disc version. Nice set; still needs to be cheaper.
It’s big, it looks interesting, but really not a lot of value for money. At one tome a complete career could be summed up with a footprint that big. They are obviously counting on the same core group of fans to spend no matter the cost. I can imagine, “should we include the 12″ mixes and singles from the era?” “No, they already have all of that, but lets make reproductions of the 12″ singles and sell them separately, we can make up something about that being more authentic, because they were not really on the album anyway, and then they can spend $50 more.” “That’s brilliant, but won’t that take up a lot of space?” “Well, from our calculations, the core fanbase has kids that are leaving home or have already gone, and the extra space can be used for our oversized boxed sets.”
“Well, from our calculations, the core fanbase has kids that are leaving home or have already gone, and the extra space can be used for our oversized boxed sets.”
This is so true. And this core demographic has more disposable income too…
it was £72 briefly yesterday before going up to £76.
Am still waiting for it to go under £60, which is just about reasonable, before i bite!
eric slangen says:
thanks, bought it.
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To Get More Oxygen to the Brain, Just Breathe
News Dec 05, 2019 | Original story from Penn State University
Contrary to accepted knowledge, blood can bring more oxygen to mice brains when they exercise because the increased respiration packs more oxygen into the hemoglobin, according to an international team of researchers who believe that this holds true for all mammals.
"Standard thought was that mammalian blood is always completely saturated with oxygen," said Patrick J. Drew, Huck Distinguished Associate Professor of Neural Engineering and Neurosurgery and associate director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute.
That would mean that the only way to get more oxygen to the brain would be to get more blood to the brain by increasing blood flow. The researchers were interested in seeing how brain oxygen levels were affected by natural behaviors, specifically exercise.
"We know that people change breathing patterns when doing cognitive tasks," said Drew. "In fact, respiration phase locks to the task at hand. In the brain, increases in neural activity usually are accompanied by increases in blood flow."
However, exactly what is happening in the body was unknown, so the researchers used mice who could choose to walk or run on a treadmill and monitored their respiration, neural activity, blood flow and brain oxygenation.
"We predicted that brain oxygenation would depend on neural activity and blood flow," said Qing Guang Zhang, postdoctoral fellow in engineering science and mechanics. "We expected the oxygenation would drop in the brain's frontal cortex if blood flow decreased.
"That was what we thought would happen, but then we realized it was the respiration that was keeping the oxygenation up."
The only way that could happen would be if exercise was causing the blood to carry more oxygen, he explained, which would mean that the blood was not normally completely saturated with oxygen.
The researchers looked at oxygenation in the somatosensory cortex and the frontal cortex -- which is an area involved in cognition -- and the olfactory bulb -- an area involved in the sense of smell -- because they are the most accessible areas of the brain.
They used a variety of methods to monitor respiration, blood flow and oxygenation. They also tested oxygenation levels while suppressing neural activity and blood vessel dilation.
The researchers report in today's (Dec. 4) issue of Nature Communications that "The oxygenation persisted when neural activity and functional hyperemia (blood flow increases) were blocked, occurred both in the tissue and in arteries feeding the brain, and were tightly correlated with respiration rate and the phase of respiration cycle."
They conclude that "respiration provides a dynamic pathway for modulating cerebral oxygenation."
Reference: Zhang, Q., Roche, M., Gheres, K. W., Chaigneau, E., Haselden, W. D., Charpak, S., & Drew, P. J. (2019). Cerebral oxygenation during locomotion is modulated by respiration. BioRxiv, 639419. https://doi.org/10.1101/639419
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HP's new all-in-one PC has a 4K display, an RTX 2060, and wireless charging for your phone
The AIO you would want?
Something to look forward to: All-in-one PCs don’t get the coverage they once did, but HP’s feature-packed Envy 32 AIO looks like an attention grabber. Not only does it come with a 31.5-inch 4K screen that’s HDR 600 certified, but it also has Bang & Olufsen speakers and an Nvidia RTX graphics card.
While AIOs are generally considered inferior to standard tower PC setups, the HP Envy 32 is certainly a step above the competition. It looks great, with a gorgeous, 3,840 x 2,160 IPS display that can reach 600 nits brightness, has a 6,000:1 contrast ratio, and covers 98 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut with 10 bits of color depth.
The next thing you might notice is the tuned by Bang & Olufsen-tuned speaker system, which consists of two tweeters, two medium drivers, a woofer and two passive radiators. HP says it is the “world’s loudest all-in-one,” and you can stream music to the speakers even while the PC is off.
Internally, the machine comes with an Intel Core i7-9700 CPU, 16 GB of DDR4-2666 SDRAM that’s upgradeable to 32 GB, and a 1TB Intel SSD alongside 32GB of Intel Optane memory.
While the HP Envy 32 will obviously be a good option for creators, gamers will benefit from the Nvidia RTX graphics card. According to reviewers and HP’s own website, this is an RTX 2060, though The Verge reports it to be an RTX 2080. It’s also the first all-in-one PC to be certified as part of Nvidia’s RTX Studio program.
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The HP’s Envy 32 AiO is available now, priced at $1,599 or $2,299 for the more powerful model.
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Klaus vom Hofe, Corporate Blogger. Born 1967. Writing since he was given a Privileg typewriter as a gift in 1977. Other important stops on his journey before joining Deutsche Telekom in 2006: did the civilian service alternative to military service, dropped out of training as a physical therapist, successfully obtained a degree in Slavic and Journalism Studies, and amassed experience in internships, traineeships, agencies and freelancing – working on topics ranging from logistics and security, through drinks packaging, to mobile communications. A background as colorful as Deutsche Telekom, with one Leitmotif running through it: stories with and about people.
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Tennessee Republicans file bill stripping Nashville police oversight board's subpoena powers
House Republicans announced they have filed legislation to limit citizen oversight boards' authority to compel witness testimony or issue subpoenas.
Tennessee Republicans file bill stripping Nashville police oversight board's subpoena powers House Republicans announced they have filed legislation to limit citizen oversight boards' authority to compel witness testimony or issue subpoenas. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/04/police-oversight-board-subpoena-power-tennessee-house-bill/2773233002/
Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean Published 6:29 p.m. CT Feb. 4, 2019 | Updated 2:30 p.m. CT Feb. 5, 2019
A newly created civilian board tasked with overseeing the Metro Nashville Police Department could lose its subpoena powers, a move that would significantly hinder the panel's ability to investigate alleged officer misconduct.
Tennessee House Republican leaders announced Monday that they have filed legislation to limit citizen boards' authority to compel witness testimony or issue subpoenas for documents, among other restrictions that would apply to any similar board around the state.
The Metro Council last month elected its 11-member community oversight board, which voters approved by referendum in November through an amendment to the city charter.
The charter currently reads that the oversight board possesses "all powers, including the power to compel," held by other Metro government agencies, boards and entities.
The sponsor of House Bill 658, Rep. Michael Curcio, R-Dickson, denied that the legislation was a direct response to Nashville's creation of such a board, saying that the bill was broadly setting parameters for any oversight board in the state.
"There are presently no guardrails in state law that define how they are to be created, who can serve on them and what their specific function is," Curcio said.
"We feel like this is just something that needed to be brought."
In a statement Tuesday morning, Nashville Mayor David Briley said voters made their views clear when they approved the board.
"It is my responsibility as Mayor to ensure their will is carried out and that our COB is expeditiously and effectively implemented," he said.
"The members of the COB represent the diversity of our city, from three highly respected former law enforcement officers and a former state Attorney General to community activists and neighborhood advocates.
"Better yet, this body was approved by the Metro Council after a very competitive process," Briley said. "Each member of the 11-member COB has stepped forward to serve Nashville and help create a safer and more equitable criminal justice system."
Briley said he will convene the board's first meeting on Feb. 12.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Gov. Bill Lee said he supported the bill.
"I don’t think that subpoena power should be given to that oversight board," Lee said. "It changes the due process for law enforcement."
Arnold Hayes of Community Oversight Now addresses the Davidson County Election Commission about certifying a petition to put a police community oversight board referendum on the ballot during the commission's meeting Aug. 15. The Metro Council last month elected its 11-member community oversight board, which voters approved by referendum in November. (Photo: George Walker IV / The Tennessean)
Fraternal Order of Police not a factor, GOP says
The civilian board's subpoena power was among the aspects of the amendment most criticized by the Nashville Fraternal Order of Police, a police advocacy group that launched an unsuccessful bid to defeat a vote on the measure.
Curcio said he had not communicated with the FOP regarding the new legislation.
Other Republican House legislators standing behind him shook their heads to indicate they hadn't consulted with the FOP on the bill either.
While Memphis' Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board does not have the ability to subpoena an officer, Knoxville's Policy Advisory & Review Committee does hold subpoena power and would be affected by the bill's passage.
Clarence Vaughn III, the executive director of the Knoxville committee, said taking away subpoena power would be a significant change.
“It has not been used to conduct any witch hunts or outcast or penalize (officers) or used as a way to burn bridges to force information,” Vaughn said. “We’ve been able to have great relationships in Knoxville, but it’s important to have that trust and buy-in and a strong foundation and (having subpoena power) is extremely important.”
The legislation also would prohibit an oversight board from imposing membership requirements based on demographics, economic status or employment history, which would pose a problem for Nashville’s board.
Four members of the new board come from neighborhoods considered economically distressed, a requirement of the charter amendment.
While the new board has not yet begun meeting, the charter amendment requires it to begin doing so by March 29.
Briley, who initially expressed concerns about the charter amendment but ultimately backed the creation of the community oversight board, has met on multiple occasions with lawmakers to discuss the board, his spokesman said.
Lawmakers accused of targeting Nashville's policies
After the announcement of the new bill, Senate Minority Leader Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville, questioned Republicans' insistence that the bill is unrelated to his home city's actions.
"Over the last several years, the new favorite sport around here is to kick Nashville around, and I think that’s really no way to govern the state," Yarbro said.
In recent years, the Republican-controlled legislature has sought to intervene in Nashville's decision-making on policies related to LGBTQ nondiscrimination, affordable housing, short-term rentals, minimum wage and other issues.
"The citizens of Davidson County voted for this in an election that was called, noticed it has been an issue that was addressed by cities across the state, from Knoxville to Memphis. Then when you see Nashville pass the law, all the sudden there becomes an immediate statewide need to address the issue," Yarbro said.
Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, called the bill "state government overreach, plain and simple." Clemmons is running for Nashville mayor.
"Out-of-county lawmakers seem to have no interest in respecting the will of the voters," Clemmons said. "This new bill is a direct assault on the expressed wishes of Nashville to ensure transparency and accountability for all of our families, and I’ll work to ensure that the community oversight board is protected."
The Republicans' bill also specifies:
That community oversight board members must be registered to vote in the jurisdiction in which the board is established;
That any "confidential" documents provided to the board not be made public records;
That oversight boards submit annual reports on matters reported to the board, reviews conducted and the recommendations issued by the board.
Joey Garrison and Tyler Whetstone contributed to this story.
Reach Natalie Allison at nallison@tennessean.com. Follow her on Twitter at @natalie_allison.
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Peacock Springs State Park
A pollen-covered spring at Peacock Springs State Park
Peacock Springs State Park offers two major springs with a spring run (to the Suwannee River) and six large sinkholes. The underwater caves that feed the springs have been extensively explored and some 33,000 feet of them are surveyed. That means Peacock Springs offers one of the most extensive underwater cave systems in the United States. To explore them, you'll need to present your cave diving credentials first.
The surface area of Peacock Springs State Park is mostly a mature forest with four major plant communities represented: pine flatwoods, scrub, dome swamp and hardwood hammock.
In addition to the diving and snorkeling, Peacock Springs State Park offers swimming, picnicking and hiking trails - one trail traces the path of the caves below with interpretive panels and kiosks explaining what's beneath.
Picnic facilities (picnic tables and grills) are located near Orange Grove Sink and near Peacock Springs. Swimming and snorkeling are limited to Peacock Springs and Orange Grove Sink but there are no lifeguards. Snorkeling is further limited depending on seasonal water levels.
Peacock Springs is named for Dr. John Calvin Peacock who bought the land in 1875. The Nature Conservancy bought the property maybe 30 years ago to protect the stand of red maple in its heart. The property was later sold to the State of Florida and opened to the public as a state park in 1993.
Peacock Springs State Park is open for day use from 8 am until sunset every day of the year. To get there: Peacock Springs State Park is located on Peacock Springs Road, off 180th Street about two miles east of Luraville. 180th Street is a cross street on State Route 51 in Luraville. Luraville is about 7 miles north of Mayo and about 17 miles southwest of Live Oak on SR 51.
Cypress rising next to the head spring at Peacock Springs State Park
Peacock Springs State Park area map
Peacock Springs Road, Luraville, FL
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“As New Deza’s mission bell sliced ten consecutive chimes into the steamy morning air, Lu bounced on the toes of her worn buckle shoes.“
“‘I said no such thing,’ grumbled Lord Maccon, allowing himself, begrudgingly, to be trussed in a new evening jacket.“
“‘Ready or not, here I come!’“
“The instant Dee Guerrera peeled open her eyelids and gazed around the dimly lit warehouse, she knew she was screwed.“
“Lady Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama was enjoying her evening exceedingly.“
“The queasiness of a proximity break drains from my gut as I spy Kasim through the glass door of his classroom.“
“‘We are not pleased, young lady.’“
“Lightning clawed across the sky, tracing veins through the clouds and marking the pulse of the universe itself.“
“The legend is that Duse’s birth took place on a moving train in the year 1858, as the locomotive steamed into Vigevano in northern Italy.“
“Bram stares at the door.“
“As Sanchia Grado lay facedown in the mud, stuffed underneath the wooden deck next to the old stone wall, she reflected that this evening was not going at all as she had wanted.“
“One wrong step and my ankle would snap like greenwood kindling.“
“The sixth of seven children, Harvey Washington Wiley was born on April 16, 1844, in a log cabin on a small farm in Kent, Indiana, about a hundred miles northeast of the farm where Abraham Lincoln had grown up a few decades earlier.“
“Lada Dracul had cut through blood and bones to get to the castle.“
“The labor, when it began, was hard and full of blood.“
“You know what’s amazing?“
“‘You’re awake!’ said a voice as Abi opened her eyes.“
“The day of the royal massacre started out like any other.“
“If anyone told me I could bring down the president, and the Pure Movement, and that incompetent little shit Morgan LeBron in a week’s time, I wouldn’t believe them.“
“It’s sunset, and the sky is aflame, not with clouds or dust, but with the iridescent feathers of a million genehacked passenger pigeons.“
“It’s midnight, but the sunset is still fading into darkness, the day stretched late by our northern latitude and the Earth’s axial tilt.“
“It’s a beautiful day in the city.“
“He was lost, and only I could find him.“
“The braziers in the torture chamber had burned low while Irene waited for the count to arrive.“
“It was one minute to noon, and I was standing in the lunch line at school — it was chicken and noodles day, which meant I’d find a bone, and it would ruin my meal like it always did.“
“Ayoola summons me with these words — Korede, I killed him.“
“They hadn’t spoken for almost an hour — not since Harrogate, where he’d had some trouble with a roundabout and the solicitor’s car had vanished, eclipsed by traffic — when Charles Hayden caught his first glimpse of the Eorl Wood.“
“It was the Bishop boy who started it all.“
“What drives your fascination with the past?“
“Everyone knows about the island of Sawkill Rock:“
“It was raining the day Suki came to the Palace of the Sun, and it was raining the night that she died.“
“I forget everything between footsteps.“
“Human!“
“The leather-bound volume was nothing remarkable.“
“More than anything, what Billy Stafford wanted to do right now was to smash Shawn Eagle’s smug little face in.“
“When I wake, my hands are covered in blood.“
“From the moment I accepted the invitation, I was nervous about returning to Germany.“
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Buffy vs. Edward: Twilight Remixed
Remix artist Jonathan McIntosh's classic mashup of the two vampire franchises is a brilliant critique of Twilight's archaic gender roles
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg
"Seen through Buffy’s eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed in hilarious ways," writes Jonathan McIntosh about his classic mashup of the two vampire franchises. The remix artist, also known as Rebellious Pixels, posted the video on YouTube two years ago, and it has since been watched 4 million times and translated into 30 languages. With Twilight's release of Breaking Dawn on November 18, it's worth revisiting this subversive, and highly entertaining, critique.
Using the tricks of continuity editing, McIntosh creates whole conversations between the two protagonists. When Edward gushes, "You're like my own personal brand of heroin," Buffy snaps back, "Oh my god, are you twelve?" McIntosh, a self-described "pop culture hacker" is a long-time proponent of remix art to critique mainstream media. Don't miss his takedown of the Daily Show for its dearth of female hosts, in "Too Many Dicks on the Daily Show."
For more remixes by Jonathan McIntosh, visit http://www.rebelliouspixels.com/.
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is the executive producer for video at The Atlantic.
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1book140's November Read: In The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Join us on Twitter as we read and discuss an uncensored tale of Russian espionage.
"If we live in a constant state of fear, can we remain human?"
This question, asked by a Russian diplomat before leaking information about Russian nuclear espionage to the Americans, runs throughout In The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The novel tells the story of a mathematician imprisoned under Stalin who is forced to develop voice recognition technology to identify the source of the leak.
This month's vote on surveillance and spy books was close at 1book140, The Atlantic's Twitter book club. Solzhenitsyn's novel just narrowly beat out books by Timothy Garton Ash and John le Carré.
Solzhenitsyn himself was a prisoner in one of the Sharaskas, R&D labs within the gulag system that put scientists and engineers to work on Russian military and espionage technologies. Others imprisoned under this system included electronic music pioneer Theremin, the aircraft designer Tupolev, and the rocket scientist Korolev.
Hoping to publish in Russia, Solzhenitsyn adjusted the novel substantially, changing the leak from information about nuclear espionage to information about a medical invention. When it wasn't published in Russia, Solzhenitsyn published the modified version with Harper Collins in 1968. Harper Collins published a full, "uncensored" version in 2009, the version our book club will read. Robert Kaiser has published an excellent review of this new edition in the Washington Post.
In The First Circle has been televised twice, first as a 1992 Canadian television film, and as a gripping 2006 Russian television miniseries starring Yevgeny Mironov.
In 1970, Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Four years later, he was deported from Russia after a partial draft of The Gulag Archipelago was discovered by the KGB.
Joining our Twitter book club is easy. Find a full, uncensored version of In The First Circle, follow us at @1book140, and tweet to join the conversation so we know that you're reading along. To avoid spoilers, we spread the conversation across one hashtag per week. Follow each week's hashtag to see the conversation at that point in the book.
Week One: Chapters 1-23, using #1b140_1 as a hashtag for your tweets
Week Two: Chapters 24-48, using #1b140_2
Week Three: Chapters 49-72, using #1b140_3
Week Four: Chapters 73-96, using #1b140_4
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Since becoming editor of the TLS three and a half years ago, Abell has helped modernise the literary journal and broaden its reach. He’s revamped its website, launched a podcast, hired a social media editor, pushed for more female reviewers and added additional commentary and feature pages, resulting in increased circulation. This year, he joined forces with William Collins to launch the TLS Books imprint for “zeitgeisty intellectual content that people want to read”. He was also the chair of judges for this year’s Baillie Gifford.
Having stepped up from crime books to direct all of Transworld’s fiction three years ago, Adams has steered the PRH division through a lengthy commercially successful and prize-laden purple patch. It helps that she has a crack team, such as commercial fiction star Frankie Gray, Doubleday editorial director Jane Lawson, and Kirsty Dunseath, who joined in March after being at Orion for 16 years. When the legendary Marianne Velmans retires next April, Adams will take over the editing of Transworld lynchpin Lee Child.
Already a bestselling author in her own right—Everything I Know About Love has TCM’d 215,000 copies, with the February-released paperback spending 24 weeks in the Paperback Non-fiction top 20—Alderton is also a powerful “bookfluencer”. A Women’s Prize judge in 2019, Alderton also recommends books through her podcast “The High-Low”, with co-host Pandora Sykes, and on Instagram. Sales soared for Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women and Lemn Sissay’s My Name is Why when they received Alderton’s seal of approval.
There have been an embarrassment of riches for Alexander’s agency over the past 12 months, with prizes and bestsellers galore. On her own list there have been the welcome returns of Pat Barker and Jung Chang, plus one of the débuts of the year with Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer. Director Chris Wellbelove has spearheaded the new Profile Aitken Alexander Non-Fiction Prize; and luring Emma Paterson from RCW in 2018 was a canny move—her client highlight in 2019 was undoubtedly Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker win.
It has arguably been the most fruitful year for Anderson in his three decades as an agent, with a surging Lee Child, Martina Cole’s return and a breakout year for Tana French. But the agency is not just about the name above the door. Senior agent Camilla Bolton and rights director Mary Darby are poised to be Anderson’s long-term successor(s) when (if?) he decides to hang up his spurs. The children’s division is humming under Clare Wallace, while commercial women’s specialist Tanera Simons has had a run of knock-out deals.
In a blog post for The Bookseller in October, Annal made his work on Elton John’s memoir Me sound remarkably straightforward. Given the book had to be signed off by Macmillan’s global stakeholders and Elton’s entourage, it assuredly was no easy task. The cover—a colourful rework of a monochrome image—has been branding dynamite across platforms, a far cry from drab, airbrushed celeb fare. There have been strong visuals for a number of Pan Mac’s fiction brands too, including the unmistakeable recent breakout C J Sansom.
Since launching the Bradford Literature Festival five years ago, Aslam has grown it from a two-day programme to 2019’s 10-day extravaganza, featuring 400 events and 500 writers, with speakers including Jeanette Winterson and George the Poet. Its USP is its commitment to accessibility and inclusion, and to represent Bradford’s diverse community: around half its attendees hail from a BAME background, while events are free to refugees and asylum seekers, benefits recipients and people on state pensions.
Atkinson’s Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society is a lifeline for creatives trying to make a living out of working with their pen. This year, the organisation paid out £34.8m to 100,000 members for secondary (photocopying, scanning, educational use, etc) rights. But ALCS has a campaigning side, too, consistently keeping the issue of author pay front and centre—with Atkinson ably helped by deputy c.e.o. Barbara Hayes. Prizes are another key part of the portfolio, including the recently launched Educational Writers’ Award.
Baggaley will close out 2019 bidding adieu to Picador, his home for 11 years, to become Bloomsbury’s editor-in-chief. A fitting year to leave, though, as his list scored its second Imprint of the Year in four years at the Nibbies. Justifiably so, as the literary division has been rich in hits and prizes of late: Adam Kay, the Secret Barrister, A J Pearce, Robin Robertson, and on and on. He leaves the imprint with arguably the sharpest commissioning team in town, including Ravi Mirchandani, George Morley and Francesca Main.
Barley’s 10th year as director of EIBF saw Nicola Sturgeon take to the stage alongside Arundhati Roy, with appearances from a host of other big names, including Elif Shafak, Simon Armitage and Cressida Cowell. Attendee numbers grew to 265,000, while the expanded festival bookshops contributed to an increase in book sales of around 5%. In May, EIBF announced a new collaboration with the Bradford Literature Festival, Northern Lights, designed to unite publishers from Scotland and the North of England.
Writer and columnist Barr started his literary salon 11 years ago, and since then it has showcased a host of established names and emerging talents, from Taiye Selasi to John Waters, Caitlin Moran and David Nicholls—who launched his latest, Sweet Sorrow, there. Last month the salon was translated to the small screen, with Barr hosting new BBC Scotland literature series “The Big Scottish Book Club”. In the past year, Barr has contributed to Unbound’s Common People anthology, as well as publishing his novel, You Will Be Safe Here.
Barr steered his portion of the SAGE empire to a record year, with the UK-based part of the academic powerhouse having sales a smidgeon under £150m in its last set of resuts, driven in particular by rising digital sales and solid growth in the journals business. This year has seen the launch of SAGE vantage, a digital course platform. A new partnership with the Leading Routes initiative, aimed at boosting black representation in academia, underscores SAGE’s commitment to diversity.
When she took over from Ron Mobed in February, Bayazit became the first woman to lead Elsevier in its 140-year history. She inherited a ship in good nick—steady sales growth of 2% to £2.5bn, and a whopping £942m operating profit. Open Access and a sometime rocky relationship with the academy remain the crucial issues; key deals this autumn with institutions which had let journals subscriptions lapse, after OA disputes, suggest Elsevier might be winning back hearts and minds.
Claire Bayliss took over from Simon Mason as The Book People’s c.e.o. in August, after the former spent six months in the role. Claiming the company had become “invisible” in recent years, Bayliss immediately launched a strategic review of the business, then invested in a new e-commerce platform, extra school book buses and additional field support. The Big Book Boost, which sees £1 donated to school libraries for every order over £10, also launched, along with the company’s first ever TV adverts.
A strong year for Scholastic saw TCM sales rise 21% year on year, led by Craig Smith and Katz Cowley’s The Wonky Donkey, still riding the wave of last year’s viral video of unlikely YouTube star “the Scottish Granny” reading the picture book. Another Scottish Granny-approved title, Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird’s I Need a New Bum!, performed well, as did new releases by old hands Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Liz Pichon and Dav Pilkey. Diversity has been a focus, including the Voices series about BAME figures from British history.
The industry has been talking a lot in recent years about regional diversity and expanding the customer base to non-traditional and reluctant readers. The Works, by dint of the demographics it serves and the areas it operates in, has been doing this is practice for yonks. The cheap and cheerful chain is in fine fettle, with an expanding estate of over 500 stores and revenues in its 2019 fiscal year of £217.5m, helped mightily by the razor-sharp Bennett—whose role covers all of the retailer’s product lines—and her books team.
It was a year of change for the 30-year-old children’s indie Little Tiger, as it was acquired by PRH US. Co-founder and c.e.o. Bhatia continues to run the business as a standalone company, reporting to Random House Children’s Books US’ Barbara Marcus. When the deal was announced, Bhatia said it would enable the indie to “elevate our business to the next level, both in the US and internationally”. There are strong foundations to build on: TCM sales are up a robust 13% for the year to date.
It has been a busy spell for J K Rowling’s agent. Following a strategy shift, Pottermore rebranded as Wizarding World Digital and launched its first app, a mobile companion, a subscription service and a new interactive website. Oh, and The Blair Partnership has other clients. Recent deals include Rory Scarfe selling boxer Tyson Fury’s “warts-and-all memoir” to Century, while Hattie Grünewald—freshly arrived after six years at Blake Friedmann—sold Nancy Tucker’s début for six figures to Hutchinson.
After crowdfunding almost £64,000 to expand its premises at the end of 2018, a revamped Mr B’s Emporium (which Bottomley co-owns with his wife, Juliette) opened its doors early this year, boasting a new children’s section and space for more stock and events. In his BA president’s role, Bottomley has spoken out on many issues affecting the book trade. Following the association’s release of a green manifesto for the industry, he made a call to action for “big collaborative conversations” at the trade body’s annual conference.
Butterfield became publishing director of Viking 14 years ago, before setting up Penguin Life in 2016 and taking on Portfolio. In March, she was given a new crown: publisher of Penguin General, a freshly created role to recognise her “exceptional contribution”. This year has seen her department toast massive success: Michelle Obama’s record-busting Becoming has shifted a further 171,000 copies in 2019, while Elif Shafak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker.
Canongate’s TCM sales have slipped 3.4% year on year, but it was coming off a robust 2018. Matt Haig was again the star, responsible for six of its 10 top-selling books. Other hits included Samin Nosrat’s Netflix-boosted cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, crime duo Ambrose Parry’s The Way of All Flesh, and the memoir of this year’s PEN Pinter Prize winner, Lemn Sissay. The indie also partnered with the Nan Shepherd Estate and the University of Aberdeen to launch the Nan Shepherd Prize for Nature Writing.
Vintage has had a show-stopping year, with Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments jointly winning the Booker Prize. But perhaps even more impressive was the Atwood fever generated around the globe, as her literary agency Curtis Brown desperately fended off phishing attacks to intercept the manuscript, while real-life “Handmaids” greeted international journalists at a press conference in London. The Handmaid’s Tale sequel went on to defy the phishers and smash records instead, shifting 103,000 copies in the UK in its first week.
Higher Education giant Taylor & Francis continues to perform well under Callanan in her second year at the helm. Its flexible and strategic approach delivered steady growth, underpinned by robust subscription revenues and a burgeoning Open Access programme. New innovations introduced in 2019 include a Researcher app, and its Sustainable Development Goals Online platform, featuring an online library of over 12,000 articles and chapters. This year Callanan was also elected vice-president and treasurer of the Publishers Association.
Chapman’s S&S may have dipped 11% through the TCM in 2019—in line with its US parent’s worldwide drop—but it had plenty of hits, including its “biggest ever” campaign for Philippa Gregory’s Tidelands, which resulted in takings of almost £500,000 through BookScan. Key appointments this year included Orion’s Clare Hey returning to become publishing director of fiction, while HarperCollins’ Rachel Denwood succeeded Alexandra Maramenides as m.d. of the children’s division.
In addition to its usual books-based radio and TV programming—including autumn shows “His Dark Materials”, “War of the Worlds” and “Elizabeth is Missing”—the Beeb launched a year-long celebration of literature with the Novels That Shaped Our World project. This included a list of 100 novels chosen by an expert panel, a BBC2 series, and a year-long outreach festival. A series of documentaries about subjects including the African literary renaissance is one of the many books-based projects in the pipeline.
How to Train Your Dragon author and illustrator Cowell was announced as the Waterstones children’s laureate over the summer, succeeding fellow author-illustrator Lauren Child. She began her two-year term by launching a 10-point charter, setting out her desire for compulsory libraries in schools and for children to have “free-ranging” creative time. In her day job, her books sales have also risen through the TCM for the year, spiking 30% on 2018 to date with the release of her third Wizards of Once book, Knock Three Times.
Cowling has two tough acts to follow as c.e.o. of W H Smith. Kate Swann set the shareholder-friendly strategy of improving profits at the expense of sales, with immediate past-c.e.o. Stephen Clarke emulating her. It’s been remarkably successful too, with WHS’ share price trading at its highest level in five years, and the group eyeing acquisitions, including the airport retailer InMotion Entertainment. Cowling will be mindful that investment in stores at home will be as vital as looking overseas for growth.
OUP’s education divisions had two “challenging” years on the trot, according to c.e.o. Nigel Portwood (more to do with the major territories’ economies and government budgets than OUP’s output). To meet the increased pressure, this autumn Oxford Education and Asia Education were merged into a single global entity, with Dada at the helm. Dada has the nous; she joined OUP from Pearson and is deeply experienced in delivering digital services—which is where OUP’s schools future lies.
Danskin is the manager of Edinburgh’s Golden Hare Books, which was named Independent Bookshop of the Year at this year’s Nibbies, with the judges praising its “stylish boutique-style store, sharp growth in sales and capacity for innovation”. This innovation includes the Edinburgh Book Fringe, a festival Golden Hare runs in partnership with fellow indie Lighthouse Books and which this summer hosted authors including Elif Shafak and Marina Warner. Danskin also co-crowdfunded for the launch of new Scottish literary magazine Extra Teeth.
It has been a particularly busy year for author and campaigner de Waal. With 17 other women, she co-founded Primadonna, a new literary festival with an emphasis on female writers. She also crowdfunded and edited Common People, an anthology of literature from established and new working-class writers, wrote the launch title for Hachette Children’s new feminist YA list Bellatrix, and was a member of the panel selecting the BBC’s “100 Novels That Shaped Our World”. Oh, and she was also named Person of the Year at the 2019 FutureBook Live conference.
The cover for the biggest literary event of the year; perhaps even the decade? Little problem for Vintage’s design doyenne Dean, who enlisted minimal illustrator Noma Bar to create the striking neon cover for Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments. It was a resuscitation of their earlier collaboration on its prequel, The Handmaid’s Tale: both use negative space and a restrained colour palette—and immediately feel like modern classics. Yet it’s packaging backlist titles in covetable, display table-friendly livery that remains Dean’s signature.
Dickenson’s Dubray is, broadly, Ireland’s Foyles (if Foyles were still an independent): a mini-chain which punches far above its weight in its impact on the cultural life of a nation. That’s not to underplay its fine performance, as Dubray is roaring. Sales climbed 5% in its latest set of results, driven by a 52% jump in its online business, thanks to a revamped website. In June this year, Dubray opened its first new premises in 15 years, in the Liffey Valley shopping centre on the outskirts of Dublin, bringing the estate up to nine shops.
Dobrin continues to head the not-for-profit social enterprise which has placed more than 1,500 candidates from underrepresented backgrounds in the creative industries, and supported almost 30,000 with employability skills, since 2012. Creative Access’ list of 321 employer partners include several from the book trade, from big publishers such as Hachette UK, to indies like Oneworld, and trade bodies including World Book Day. The organisation placed its 1,000th intern in February (at the Royal Society of Literature).
There has been a slight drop in sales and market share for PRH Children’s, though it still remains by far the biggest kids’ publisher, with TCM revenue of £43.5m thus far in 2019. Standout authors were Jeff Kinney (responsible for five of its top seven books of the year), Philip Pullman (co-published with David Fickling Books and Dow’s list’s biggest earner this year), and American YA star Karen McManus. Alex Moyet joined the team in the newly created role of brand director, while Ladybird relaunched its trade brand
Long before the term “Northern Powerhouse” was coined, Duffy was flying the flag for regional publishing from his Hebden Bridge HQ. And he has consistently shown that you do not have to be London-based to make a huge impact. This year, débutant Rónán Hession’s Leonard and Hungry Paul has been a hit heralded by Foyles and featured for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. In 2020, all of Bluemoose’s titles will be from women authors aged 45-plus, and it will launch a creative writing school.
The Avon, HarperFiction and HarperNonFiction boss has had a nicely balanced year. Ant Middleton has been the non-fiction star, with First Man In and the follow-up, The Fear Bubble, shifting £2.3m through the TCM. Old “new” hands lead the way in fiction—Gail Honeyman’s 2017 release Eleanor Oliphant... has sold £1.5m in 2019, and is by some £700,000 the division’s top seller. A J Finn‘s 2018 crime début The Woman in the Window is second—the author’s sales were not dented by the (in)famous New Yorker article earlier this year.
Four years on from her disruptive arrival at Orion, Espiner is one of the highest-profile female leaders in the business. This year brought several new joiners—communications director Maura Wilding, publishing directors Vicky Eribo and Jamie Coleman, editorial director Charlotte Mursell, and commissioning editor Tom Witcomb. There were also promotions for Ru Merritt, Marleigh Price and Olivia Barber. Its 2019 bestsellers came from crime kingpins Ian Rankin and Michael Connelly.
Evaristo made history in October, becoming the first black woman to win the Booker Prize. Penguin Random House ordered a re-print of Girl, Woman, Other days later, with Waterstones reporting high demand. The polyphonic novel, featuring the lives of 12 different characters—ranging from a lesbian theatre dramatist to a Northumbrian farmer—has since soared 460% in volume, outselling the rest of Evaristo’s backlist combined. Rights have been sold in 21 languages, with an auction currently ongoing for film rights.
The educational publishing giant’s 175th year was a bit challenging, as it continues its digital transformation. As well as dealing with protests from shareholders at the firm’s a.g.m., and a data breach of 13,000 student accounts, a Q3 trading update reported a “weaker than expected” performance in its US Higher Education courseware business. Fallon said the company, which is moving away from print to embrace a digital strategy, still expects revenue to “stabilise” and begin to grow again in 2020.
Six years on from launching his kids’ indie, Fickling’s DFB is purring. The 2019 highlight has been the second in the Book of Dust series by Philip Pullman (whom Fickling has edited since Pullman’s début), co-published with PRH. But it is not all Lyra Belacqua—Lissa Evans’ sales continue to rise (her Small Change for Stuart was Carnegie and Costa shortlisted), while Chris Wormell is on the verge of a breakout. DFB will be bolstered in the new year by the arrival of ex-OUP Children’s publisher Liz Cross.
A decent year for Transworld, with sales through the TCM just a tad ahead of 2018, at £31.7m. Lee Child was its star again: the paperback of Past Tense is by far its bestseller this year, racking up 295,000 units, while the hardback of Blue Moon earned £1.1m and scored an overall number one. Bill Bryson’s The Body has sold £1.6m and will fare even better in the run-up to Christmas, while ex-special forces soldier Jason Fox’s memoir Battle Scars has been the non-fiction breakout, selling 127,000 copies.
Festival founder Florence this year took on another mantle–chair of the “rebel” Booker Prize judging panel. While the controversial move to crown two winners split the book industry, it certainly got people talking. Meanwhile, Hay Festival unveiled a major rebrand ahead of the flagship summer event, which hosted more than 600 speakers and sold 278,000 tickets. Hay Festival Winter Weekend celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and plans were announced for a 2020 festival in Abu Dhabi.
Folland crossed from “the other side” a year ago, joining Hachette after 13 years at Janklow & Nesbit. She was initially brought in as rights director for Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, John Murray Press and Quercus, and a notable success was selling Holly Miller’s The Sight of You in 20 territories. In October she also took on an additional role, chairing a forum of rights directors across Hachette UK, through which they will aim to co-ordinate activity and share best practices.
A transformational year in many ways for Forbes Watson’s Pan Mac—it moved into shiny new digs in Clerkenwell and is currently firing on all cylinders: it will obliterate its record revenue, achieved in 2016. Pinch of Nom racked up sales of £11m, Adam Kay is still going strong and Elton John’s memoir is rocketing. Children’s stalwarts Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Rod Campbell are hugely important, and a surging Ann Cleeves and Kate Mosse have also brought in strong returns.
Though her co-founder Anwen Hoosen left the PR firm last year to set up a literary agency, Gadher’s Riot has not lost a step with reams of clever, eye-catching campaigns. Bookish clients and initiatives include a number of projects for Penguin Random House (Yuval Noah Harari brand-building and helping with PRH’s big once-a-year group-wide showcase) and a variety of work for the National Centre for Writing. A formidable group of PR powerhouses are at the top of the Riot team, including Adele Minchin and Katy Macmillan-Scott.
Gadsby and his team have quickly built RLI into a formidable force that goes toe-to-toe with academic publishing’s big boys: after releasing just two titles in the launch year of 2013, it had over 125 frontlist titles in 2019. Revenues and profits have been on a consistent upward curve, buoyed by co-publishing deals with think-tanks and academic networks. Strategic partnerships with specialist trade publishers such as Quiller and Casemate have also borne fruit.
Geller’s agency launched a Heritage division in its 120th anniversary year to manage its literary estates, as well as the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize to discover “voices of the future”—it was awarded this year to début author Chikodili Emelumadu. Its enviable roster (Adam Kay, David Nicholls, John le Carré, Jojo Moyes, and on and on) was responsible for some of the biggest books of the year, while the agency also picked up a shared Booker triumph, with Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments.
Ruth Gill is the sixth generation to head the family business, Ireland’s biggest publisher, which has the triple threat of trade, education and distribution divisions. Education has historically been the driver—around 60% of its revenue comes from its schools business—but the trade list has been booming in the past couple of years, led by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen’s ongoing Aisling phenomenon. Other 2019 hits came from the comedian Blindboy Boatclub and Luke O’Neill’s The Great Irish Science Book.
Following a stormy 2018 World Book Day, 2019 saw the overall kids’ market during WBD week grow by 38% in value, and 43% in volume, year on year. Sales of this year’s titles have topped 1.13 million units, with all major supermarkets and book retailers on board, as well as 1,400 indie and high-street bookshops. Highlights included a deal with the Premier League, and “Reading Champions” such as the Duchess of Cornwall and Tim Peake sharing the message. In July, Cassie Chadderton joined WBD as its first chief executive.
There’s a good chance your favourite jacket of the year was designed by Gray or Keenan, two of the go-to contacts in art directors’ black book of freelances. From the livery for Zadie Smith’s Grand Union (Gray) to Ben Marcus’ Notes from the Fog (Keenan), their work never misses the mark. Yet the duo are listed mostly for their championing of fellow designers through their stewardship of the Academy of British Cover Design awards, a staple of the book design sector’s calendar.
Academic bookselling has been one of the trickiest parts of the trade to navigate, but Gray’s J S Group has stayed in and ahead of the game—and profitable—by altering its offering and business model to suit the changing needs of the modern student. Another strategic shift this year had the group ramping-up its Aspire Engage smartcard bursary scheme, which is geared towards online shopping and e-learning. This has not been without pain, as nine of its physical shops have closed across the chain as their institutions shift to the scheme.
With all due respect to bosses Catherine Bell and Steven Thompson, there may be no more valuable employee at Scholastic than Alison Green. Of Scholastic’s top 15 books of 2019, 10 are from her eponymous imprint. OK, all 10 of those are Julia Donaldson titles, but it is Green’s close working relationship with Donaldson and Axel Scheffler at Macmillan that convinced the Gruffalo duo to come over with her when she set up Alison Green Books in 2005. But it’s not all Donaldson; other 2019 hits include Nick Sharratt’s Nice Work for the Cat and the King.
It was a momentous year for the BA as executive chair Tim Godfray retired after 47 years with the organisation. But the future looks bright with Halls at the helm. The independent bookselling sector is in its second year of growth, and the seventh annual Bookshop Day saw around 1,200 bookshops participate across the UK. However, the BA remains alert to the challenges ahead, with Halls campaigning for business-rates reform. The BA further backed booksellers with the launch of its indie Children’s Book of the Month promotion.
Two and a half years in the top job at Ireland’s biggest bookseller and things are going pretty well for Hanly. In fact, in its latest set of results Easons posted its biggest profit (€3.9m) since 2006. There is some devil in the detail: that profit haul was largely owing to a strategy of selling off part of its property portfolio (the iconic O’Connell Street flagship is on the market for €24.5m at the moment). Operations were more challenging, with revenues slipping overall by 5% to €131m, with sales down 3% in Ireland, and 19% down in Northern Ireland.
The boss of specialist bookshop Goldsboro Books, D H H Literary Agency and indie publisher The Dome Press added another string to his bow this year, co-founding the Capital Crime festival with author Adam Handy. The inaugural event saw more than 100 authors in 40 panel talks, 600-plus attendees each day, and just over £14,000 worth of books sold. Goldsboro Books won Bookseller of the Year at the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Industry Awards.
Hill’s academic divsion has focused on its open research agenda, “flipping” some journals to Open Access and launching the Cambridge Core Share platform for faster dissemination of articles. The smart non-fiction trend has led to trade crossover hits, with Mike Berners-Lee’s climate crisis manifesto There is No Planet B and Steve Stewart-Williams’ The Ape That Understood the Universe among the hits. That crossover has led to a pilot programme for audiobooks for its more trade-facing titles.
Pearson boss John Fallon has promised that digital will move the world’s biggest education publisher to the next level, and Hitchcock is the man who he has tasked with directing that transformation. It is Hitchcock’s strategy and his team’s technical nous that are moving Pearson to be “the Netflix of education”. with the end game of having a single, more or less unified, highly scalable platform for its customers that can deliver learning “at any time, at any place around the world”.
A shake-up that saw all trade division m.d.s appointed to the Hachette UK board meant a shift in Hodder-Williams’ role. He is now charged with growing Hodder—no small task, as the division reported £131.3m in sales in its last results—and creating a new business to cater to non-print formats. Hodder-Williams’ deputy, Lucy Hale, leaves at the end of the year as a result of the restructure. At the tills, Hodder has scored with Stephen King’s The Institute and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s annotated “Fleabag” scripts.
Holgate’s Sunday Times is still the most influential books broadsheet out there, but Holgate has continued to stregthen the brand and promote books outside of its pages. This includes the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, which earlier this year announced changes to its sponsorship, with the University of Warwick becoming its title partner and PFD c.e.o. Caroline Michel named its first patron. First works from poet Raymond Antrobus, short-story writer Julia Armfield are among those being considered for this year’s award.
Revenues dropped slightly at Hopkin’s Bloomsbury consumer divison, owing to a sales dip for the Harry Potter titles. Adult highlights were The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, the Dishoom cookbook and Lisa Taddeo’s much-discussed Three Women, though its top earner was a late 2018 release, Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start, which the chef has just followed up with another health-conscious title. Picador’s Paul Baggaley is coming on board as the division’s editor-in-chief, with Alexandra Pringle becoming executive publisher, in the New Year.
If Markham is the business head of Audible, Howell is the creative force, developing a publishing programme that now also includes original audio and podcasts. Among them are hits Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry, of course; a musical version of The War of the Worlds; and Hag, a short-story collection of folklore tales. Audible is now talked of in the same breath as Netflix, with its publishing as outstanding as its retailing. Howell can take much of the credit for that.
After two and half years in the job, there is a sense that DK is now starting to perform how Hudson would want: a publisher focused on both its home and overseas markets, with author-led books, such as the Anthony Daniels (CP30) memoir mixing it with the famous DK brands and series, such as its Eyewitness guides. Bringing in Rebecca Smart as publishing m.d. was a big statement. Its highest earners through Nielsen have been a bloom of gardening titles, led by Huw Richards’ Veg in One Bed.
The importance of Hughes’ division to HarperCollins was underscored earlier this year when the education powerhouse won the relaunched British Book Award for Export. Collins has made remarkable inroads into the usual growing markets—China, the Far East, India—but part of its win was not neglecting the smaller territories; it grew sales by 33% in the Caribbean last year, for example. Collins’ eyes are still fixed on home turf—a major initiative was giving away free books to 20,000 UK schools in partnership with the Sun.
Hulley has run the UK’s biggest printer for five years, calmly steering it through some choppy waters, including last year’s acquisition by Italian firm Elcograf (from former parent St Ives, for £23.8m) and a board restructure. But the business is rock-solid: revenues did dip some 7% last year to around £75m, but that was largely owing to the loss of its HarperCollins business the previous year (even though it gained a huge PRH contract). The Italian bosses are supportive, and Clays has continued its investment in short-run technology.
While many of HarperCollins’ hits of recent years have come under the umbrella of fiction art director Claire Ward, Julian Humphries of HC’s literary lists was no slouch in 2019. Most notable was his work on a sure-fire hit of 2020, pivoting the aesthetic of Hilary Mantel for the third in her trilogy, nodding to recent commercial historical fiction successes. Under Humphries’ art direction, Jack Smyth’s Matchbox Classics won the Brand/Series Identity gong at the British Book Design & Production Awards.
Like many of his colleagues and competitors in academic publishing, Inchcoombe has been thinking deeply about the ramifications of Open Access and Plan S, the European open research initiative. Plan S might not be pretty for some in the game, Inchcoombe told this year’s FutureBook conference, particularly smaller and mid-sized players. Inchcoombe fix has been what he has called a “radical shift to transformative publishers”, urging firms not to be “passive enablers” but “active drivers” of Open Access and research.
Irving’s 2019 got off to a bang with the unveiling of the new sponsor of the Booker Prize, Crankstart, the charitable foundation of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz and his wife Harriet Heyman. Along with the Booker and its international counterpart, Four Culture runs PR for several other prizes–including the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (which Irving helped found; she also announced this year’s winner as Hallie Rubenhold’s The Five), the PEN Pinter Prize and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse.
We cannot pretend to have the inside track on Johnson or her plans for self-published books on Amazon’s Kindle—the e-tailer remains as secretive as the Kremlin—but under her stewardship Amazon has twice run its £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award for authors published via its Kindle Direct Publishing service. In 2019 the awards ceremony was held on the same night as the Booker Prize, controversially awarding just one winner, with the top prize going to Ian Sainsbury for The Picture on the Fridge.
A slight change this year, with Simon Johnson, country manager for UK books at Amazon, chosen ahead of Doug Gurr, who leads the entire UK business. Johnson is well-known in the book business after his stint at HarperCollins, where he worked under then-c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley during a period when it won the Man Booker and a Publisher of the Year Nibbie. Johnson joined Amazon in 2015: a book man with mathematical leanings, he finds himself in the right job at the right moment, overseeing the retailer’s relentless books push.
This November marked the 10th anniversary for Johnston’s Gutter. In the decade since opening in Dublin’s Temple Bar (the first book it sold was Where’s Wally Now?), Johnston has made Gutter the country’s pre-eminent indie and a key player in Ireland’s literary scene. A second branch in Dalkey launched in 2013 (a consequence of being asked to be the retailer for the Dalkey Book Festival). Gutter won the Nibbie for Independent Bookshop of the Year in 2017, after several shortlistings.
The British Library this year announced the acquisition of the 40-year archive of Granta magazine, featuring letters and papers from authors including Margaret Atwood, J G Ballard, Angela Carter and Kazuo Ishiguro. It revamped the bookshop in its flagship London location to make it bigger and better and outside the capital, the organisation invested in its existing Boston Spa site, near Wetherby, to expand archival storage facilities and upgrade staff spaces. At the start of the year, John Lee joined the British Library’s books arm as publisher.
King’s Little, Brown has made a few changes this year: Clare Smith was promoted to executive publisher, and Ailah Ahmed to publishing director across Little, Brown and Virago. A new literary imprint, The Bridge Street Press, was also launched, devoted to “ideas-led non-fiction”. Possibly looking to re-create the success of last year’s blockbuster Fire and Fury, this year Little, Brown again flouted the wishes of the US president by publishing a new tell-all about Donald Trump’s administration, A Warning.
Is there any major non-fiction auction that Kirschbaum lost this year? She nabbed “Griefcast” podcaster Cariad Lloyd’s début following a 15-way bidding war; picked up journalist Manjit Kumar’s group biography of Royal Society scientists in a seven-publisher auction; and won another seven-way-er for “the best teacher in the world”, Andria Zafirakou. Since moving to Bloomsbury from Penguin Press, she has shown a nose for trend-setting non-fiction, characterised by the 2019 publication of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women.
Kitson, who assumed his position as deputy c.e.o. at the start of 2018 in the wake of Tim Hely Hutchinson’s exit, is chairman of Hachette Australia and New Zealand and is responsible for the publisher’s UK and international sales, its digital, consumer insight and legal and contracts departments—and Neon Play. This year Hachette UK created a single Trade Publishing Operations unit, giving Kitson a new direct report in Ben Groves-Raines, the former chief operating officer of Orion and Little, Brown who in October became publishing operations director.
It has been one of the best 12-month periods in the business books indie’s 52 years under Kogan’s assured leadership. Highlights in 2019 include claiming two gongs at the Independent Publishers Guild Awards: one for Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year and another for International Achievement. The awards partially come as a result of its recent successful launches, such as its audio list, professional development online courses, and the Kogan Page Inspire imprint.
BCW has had a spring in its step since former University of Wales Press director Krause took over two years ago. She has a crucial place in Wales’ books world owing to BCW’s wide-ranging funding, promotional and distribution remit, and given the country’s ecosystem of small indie lists and dual-language outputs. BCW awarded £2.3m in grants last year to Welsh publishers, £1.6m of which was for Welsh-language products. Its distribution centre also sold more than £4m worth of books from Welsh indies.
As well as advocating for her clients, among which she counts the likes of Paula Hawkins and Rachel Abbott, as Association of Authors’ Agents president Kremer has been a champion for agents and the industry at large. Campaigns include AAA’s efforts to rout out sexual harassment, which resulted in the first sector-wide Industry Commitment to Professional Behaviour in Bookselling & Publishing. She has also been vocal on issues around author pay, arguing big advances are necessary for writers to get their fair share of publishers’ profits.
Lau is making progress after taking the reins in a boardroom putsch. The firm posted “encouraging” half-year results in August, with global revenues nudging up to $56.4m. Children’s, especially the Little People, Big Dreams series, is a big hit, although the adult market, particularly coeditions, is still challenging. But changes are afoot with Pavilion’s Polly Powell coming in on an advisory role, and imprints Aurum and Frances Lincoln being revived after merging into White Lion under the previous regime.
After dropping out of this list last year following his resignation from Quarto, Leaver returns as co-executive director (with former Bonnier Zaffre c.e.o. Mark Smith) of Welbeck, launched in April with the acquisition of Carlton Books. A whirlwind of appointments included sales, marketing and publicity director James Horobin; Wayne Davies, group publisher for non-fiction; Alex Allan, heading its children’s list; Orion veteran Malcolm Edwards as publisher for André Deutsch; and former agent John Elek, leading new fiction imprint Portland Press.
Since moving from Vermilion in 2016, Lennon has grown and broadened the publisher’s output, putting PRH in pole position in the burgeoning audiobook marketplace. Lennon was made audio publisher last year, bringing with him Sam Halstead as editorial director, and James Keyte as commissioning editor. Key launches this year include the Penguin Classics in Audio list and the Ladybird Audio Adventures series, which picked up a FutureBook award last month. He is recruiting, again.
There was a 3% dip in revenue at the Little family firm (to £283m) this year, but that must be contextualised in that Gardners was coming off a record 2018 which saw sales rocket by 30%. The bottom line—which at the moment is a rather tasty £12.9m after-tax profit—is that business is booming. But Little is far from complacent, as the firm has worked tirelessly to seek out new businesses at home and abroad. Technology is being invested in, too, such as its partnership with tech firm NearSt to give indies real-time stock information.
This is Lloyd’s 25th year across the wider Macmillan family—she previously had roles at Nature and Palgrave—and throughout the years there were plenty of clever campaigns co-ordinated by her and her digital and comms teams, but none more so all-conquering than this year’s impossible-to-miss launch of Elton John’s Me, which not only got clicks and attention, but helped the book do the business at the tills. Her team was bolstered by freelance publicist Hannah Corbett joining in the newly created role of head of publicity.
This year saw the PA chief campaigning for the removal of VAT on digital publications and sending political parties a manifesto ahead of the general election, setting out key priorities for the trade. The PA has also released a report on issues around Open Access, convened a free event on the legal and logistical challenges of a no-deal Brexit, and welcomed the first cohort of candidates to the Publishing Assistant Apprenticeship Standard, designed to help young people from diverse backgrounds get into the industry.
Lovegrove is at the front of publishing’s diversity discussion both in-house—she co-chairs Hachette’s inclusion network Changing the Story—and in the wider world with her campaigning voice. But her newish imprint is also getting traction, led by razor-sharp commissioning, with 2019 hits including Jeffrey Boakye’s Black, Listed. Lovegrove also launched the inaugural Mo Siewcharran Prize, which gives a Dialogue book deal to an unpublished BAME writer. Sarvat Hasin won the gong this year, and her The Giant Dark will be published in 2021.
Marlon James, Paul Beatty... and now Oneworld can add Tayari Jones to its list of American authors it talent-spotted and led to major prize glory. Jones’ Women’s Prize for Fiction winner An American Marriage has shifted close to 100,000 units through the TCM—and while the fiction side of the business has got the plaudits in recent years, Oneworld’s strength is its balance across non-fiction and its Rock the Boat kids’ imprint. Husband-and-wife team Mabey and Doostdar will move their publisher to the Indie Alliance next year.
Mann’s Bonnier’s print sales are up double digits this year, and it is on course to return to profit. Its standout title is still Heather Morris’ runaway début The Tattooist of Auschwitz, which sold almost 500,000 copies for nearly £3m in 2019, while the sequel, Cilka’s Journey, has shifted more than 65,000 copies since its October release. Bonnier also launched literary fiction and non-fiction list Manilla Press, led by publisher Margaret Stead. Plans are now afoot to bring its Kings Road Publishing and Zaffre trade teams under one roof.
Markham has been country manager at Audible since 2007, a time when audiobooks were still firmly a physical proposition. She backed the right horse: in 2007 Audible reported sales just shy of £3m, with 16 staff on the payroll. In 2018 its UK sales reached £106m, with the business now employing 94 staff. Such growth is not the work of just one person, of course, but under Markham’s stewardship the business has focused in the right areas, driving publishers ever forwards in their production of new audio, and helping to develop Audible’s own list.
Illustrator, campaigner and hat-wearer extraordinaire, McIntyre launched Pictures Mean Business in 2015 after being frustrated by a lack of recognition for illustrators in the industry—she herself was uncredited when Oliver and the Seawigs was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Focusing on the economic case for including illustrators’ names in metadata, Pictures Mean Business took on publishers, prizes and Nielsen BookScan (a certain industry trade magazine may have been on the receiving end, too) to improve the visibility of illustrators.
This year, McMorrough’s FMcM took over PR for World Book Day from The Corner Shop. WBD director Kirsten Grant hailed the 2019 campaign–which received more trade backing and social media reach–“better than ever before”. FMcM also looks after several literary prizes (Rathbones Folio Prize, The Cundhill History Prize, The British Book Awards, to name a few) and organisations (including The Literacy Consultancy and The London Book Fair). With the firm already working on WBD’s 2020 campaign, the future is only looking brighter for FMcM.
This year ended with quite a run for one of Michel’s longstanding clients, Edna O’Brien, claiming two major international gongs: the David Cohen Prize and Prix Femina. No Nobel, but the PFD boss must feel immensely satisfied with 2019. Highlights include Nelle Andrew’s author Sara Collins’ Costa shortlisting with The Confessions of Franny Langton, Silvia Molteni’s client Onjali Q Raúf winning the Waterstones kids’ award, and head of books Tim Bates selling Andrew Ridgeley’s memoir to Michael Joseph.
MMLA’s clients triumphed this year: Mark Edwards’ books sold three million copies; C J Tudor’s The Chalk Man won several international awards; Poonam Mistry was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal; while débutant Anna Fargher picked up a Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award. Oh, and the Eleanor Oliphant... paperback hit the million-copy mark. Milburn also struck huge deals for Ashley Audrain’s The Push (including a seven-figure UK deal with Michael Joseph) and Lizzy Goudsmit’s Seven Lies.
Milton’s HQ division launched at HarperCollins three years ago, and has kicked into high gear. The BOSH! boys solidified their place as vegan cookery superstars, Adele Parks has cemented her move to crime with Lies Lies Lies and Christina Dalcher’s VOX has been one of the most talked-about paperbacks of the year. A recent round of promotions saw Kate Mills stepping up to publisher and Manpreet Grewal to publishing director, while Abigail Fenton, who arrived from Bookouture earlier this year, was named editorial director at HQ Digital.
The all-conquering first tome from Instagram star Mrs Hinch, modestly titled Hinch Yourself Happy, was the huge breakout for Moore’s MJ this year, with the cleaning guru’s two titles shifting just under £4.5m and bagging four overall UK number ones. MJ’s usual big brands also pitched in: Jamie Oliver was bang on trend with Veg (£4m), Nadiya Hussain’s Time to Eat shifted 76,000 units, and the sainted Jojo “the saviour of Quick Reads” Moyes chipped in £1m. The celeb memoir hit, meanwhile, has been from Wham! man Andrew Ridgeley.
The Women’s Prize officially became a charity in early 2019 and expanded its patron scheme, a move co-founder Mosse said “will enable us to be even more ambitious”. The award, now sponsored by Baileys, NatWest and newest addition Fremantle, was won by Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage in June. With sales rising 164% in the week of the announcement, it has now shifted a whisker under 100,000 copies in print—making the Women’s Prize a more powerful sales motivator than an endorsement from Barack Obama.
A flat year in sales for HCG, but it made gains with Onjali Q Raúf’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-winner The Boy at the Back of the Class and Matthew Syed’s Nibbies Children’s Illustrated & Non-Fiction Book of the Year, You Are Awesome. The Kes Gray/Jim Field Oi! series continued to surge, while feminist YA list Bellatrix launched with titles from Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Kit de Waal. HCG has done its bit for expanding its regional activity too, with the inaugural £5,000 Hachette Children’s Novel Award for new Northern voices.
Stalwart HCCB author/illustrator Judith Kerr was named Illustrator of the Year at this year’s British Book Awards, before sadly passing away in May. Murtagh was among the many trade figures to pay tribute to the children’s book legend, who had worked with the publisher since her début The Tiger Who Came to Tea in 1968. Murtagh also signed a new four-book deal with David Baddiel, but another David remains HCCB’s star author: this year David Walliams crested the £100m mark through Nielsen BookScan’s TCM.
Napier took over as head of The Reading Agency in July, succeeding Sue Wilkinson, who retired after five years at the helm. Napier has hit the ground running at a charity which has greatly extended its reach and activities. A new initiative for 2020 is the expansion of audio titles in the World Book Night offer, with Napier pointing out that audio is an excellent tool to encourage reluctant and first-time readers. A boost this autumn was seeing TRA chosen as one of three charities in the Times’ Christmas appeal.
It was a brilliant year in trade and academic alike for Newton’s Bloomsbury. The non-consumer arm’s robust growth was driven by exports, although the departure of academic division m.d. Jonathan Glaspool, retiring after 20 years with the firm, will be a blow. The list also inked a licensing agreement to make 14,000 of its academic titles available on digital platform Classoos, and announced a partnership with Human Kinetics, an educational publisher of sport and physical activity titles.
Noel stepped up to rights director for the entire PRH group after 11 years leading the Penguin rights team. This is part of a centralisation of the department, with the aim to make a “larger, more nimble structure”. This did mean the departure of well-respected veterans such as Transworld’s Helen Edwards and Penguin’s Alex Elam. But there is oodles of talent in situ, such as Sarah Scarlett in the new role of PRH adult international rights director, and PRH Children’s rights boss Zosia Knopp.
Faber’s 90th year has been stellar, with literary gold-dust from Sally Rooney and Anna Burns continuing to drive sales. Rooney’s second novel took Book of the Year at the Nibbies, while Leïla Slimani’s Lullaby won the Début Fiction category and Faber was crowned Independent Publisher of the Year. Page has made internal tweaks through new joiners and freshly created roles, most notably Bloomsbury’s Alexa von Hirschberg stepping into Lee Brackstone’s shoes after the latter’s move to Orion.
Parkin was elevated to her newly created role—in which she oversees adult publishing over eight imprints—just over a year ago. Since then, she has been building and refining the senior team: Elise Burns came over from Bloomsbury as the trade sales and export director after James Horobin’s departure to Welbeck, Matt Phillips was made publisher of non-fiction imprints Blink and John Blake, while Margeret Stead was named publisher of Zaffre and the new literary “conversation creator” imprint Manilla.
There have been ructions galore at the top of Bertram over the past couple of years, but all the drama in the board room undoubtedly went completely unnoticed by the booksellers and customers the distributor serves. Patel came in as c.e.o. following the sale of the business to private equity firm Aurelis, and his first set of accounts were pretty nifty, with Bertram Books posting an £8.5m profit on sales of £246.6m (over an extended 16-month period). Rob Moss’ Wordery division remains a star with sales surging to nearly £80m.
Faber, with one of the UK’s most iconic design histories, keeps the bar high year in, year out under Payne. She oversees a team that produces a string of eye-catching designs, including Sally Rooney’s ouevre (designed by Gray); Max Porter’s Lanny, reprised by Jonny Pelham in a Waterstones-exclusive hardback as impressive as its original; and the inventive Faber Stories series. Not that Payne is shy of chipping in, too: her work adapting the US design of Leïla Slimani’s Lullaby for the UK market helped the novel on its way to bestsellerdom.
CUP chief Phillips was elected as the new PA president in April, and in the role has been speaking out on Brexit and copyright, as well as stressing the importance of the publishing industry to education. In the day job, CUP’s latest annual report showed a 42% surge in operating profit for the year to 30th April 2019, driven by a continuing focus on digital products and services. New innovations include its first audiobooks; a platform to publish research outputs, Cambridge Open Engage; and an Open Access agreement with the University of California.
The library sector continues to struggle, but Poole hopes innovation can turn things around, teaming up with US firm the EveryLibrary Institute to launch Libraries Deliver, an Arts Council-funded project bringing existing campaigns together, expanding their support and creating a database of supporters. Elsewhere, Poole got political, criticising Boris Johnson’s suggestion that library closures were down to councils’ financial mismanagement, and leading a campaign calling for politicians to make local libraries a big election issue.
Egmont moved from its Shepherd’s Bush home to WeWork’s Minster Court premises this year, with Poplak hoping the flexible space will encourage more agile, collaborative work. Notable successes this year have been with its début homegrown YA titles, such as Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, the bestselling UK children’s début of the year, and the third-bestselling YA book overall. Laura Steven’s The Exact Opposite of Okay won the Published Author category for the inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize, too.
Portwood’s OUP had a decent 2% turnover rise this year, to £841m. But it was a mixed bag across the divisions: the academic side had another excellent year, but it was a challenging time for its education arm. The biggest initiative was the online Oxford Test of English and Oxford Reading Buddy, a digital reading service for primary school children. A restructure of its children’s trade list saw four roles go, including that of well-respected head of children’s publishing, Liz Cross.
More positive notes from the Blackwell’s boss, with the (primarily) academic bookseller posting its third straight year of growth, up to £58.3m, which represents a rise of £15m since 2016. The firm, however, is not quite there yet on profitability, with a £0.9m loss, but that is a reduction from being £1.7m in the red the previous year. In February, Blackwell’s opened the latest of its new-build “flexible space” bookshops in Manchester’s University Green retail and leisure development, bringing the estate up to 32 stores and 10 business centres.
With the launch of the second Book of Dust title and the long-awaited BBC/HBO adaptation of His Dark Materials exhuming all memory of 2008’s turkey “The Golden Compass”, Pullman has had quite the autumn; year on year, his value through the TCM has zipped up 124%. As president of the Society of Authors, Pullman called upon the next UK government to “realise the treasure that the creative arts and industries represent, and to look after them with a full consciousness of the importance and value of those who work in this field” in its 2019 manifesto.
Macmillan Children’s behemoth The Gruffalo turned 20 this year and, as ever, creators Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (alongside Donaldson’s other illustrators) were among the publisher’s top earners, as were fellow staple bestsellers Rod Campbell and Andy Griffiths. Other hits for the publisher included award-winning The Umbrella Mouse by début author Anna Fargher and illustrator Sam Usher, and the paperback edition of Hilary McKay’s 2019 Costa Children’s Book Award-winner The Skylarks’ War.
David Walliams, Gail Honeyman, Ant Middleton, A J Finn and BOSH! continued to sell well for HC in 2019, and new standouts included Bridget Collins’ The Binding, Adele Parks’ Lies Lies Lies and Nigel Slater’s Greenfeast volumes. As well as a new global deal with Agatha Christie Ltd, the publisher announced enhanced parental leave and a blind recruitment process, and bolstered its sales team, adding Ben Wright, Debbie McNally and Kirsty Bradbury. Helen Garnons-Williams, Tom Killingbeck and Anna Kelly stepped up in editorial, too.
Rhodes’ Bookouture—built on the model of being primarily digital, with open submissions and a 45% digital royalty rate—has continued to expand as part of Hachette UK, making new hires of Sphere’s Lucy Dauman and HQ’s Cara Chimirri for its commissioning team. In August, the company recorded cumulative sales of over 30 million copies since it was founded by Rhodes in 2012. Almost four million of those sales have been purchases of books written by the list’s superstar crime author Angela Marsons.
Roberts has one of the most enviable jobs in retail, buying books for a whip-smart business that has a laser-focused view of who its customer is, what they want, and when they might want it. WHS’ Travel stores have been the jewel in the retailer’s slightly worn crown—in bookshop, as opposed to share price, performance—for a number of years now; the 2019 annual report showed the division’s sales rose 22% to £817m. Shop expansion drove that growth, but books and Roberts’ smart picks are key, too.
Another year, another 12 months of eye-popping returns for the Cumbrian indie test-guides dynamo. CGP’s most recent results show a none-too-shabby revenue of £35.4m (+8%) and after-tax profit of £11.4m (+17%). Ross, who will celebrate five years in charge early next year, has focused on diversification and expansion of the list over the past year or two—particularly successful have been its revision question cards range. Fun fact: 17 of the top 20, and 73 of the top 100 test guides through the TCM in 2019 are published by CGP.
Spotted on many an anti-Brexit march over 2019—the UK famously has yet to leave nearly three years on from Article 50, so he’s clearly doing something right—Scheffler marked 20 years of The Gruffalo with author Julia Donaldson this year. The bestselling picture book of all time and its spin-offs have brought in over £32m through the TCM in total. This autumn’s The Smeds and the Smoos, with its message of inclusivity, has already sold over 85,000 copies. The Snail and the Whale will be on TV screens this Christmas, with an adaptation of Zog and the Flying Doctors to follow in 2020.
Schmidt founded Manchester-based Carcanet in 1969 when he was 22 (and its influential “political wing” magazine, PN Review, in 1973) and over the past 50 years it has published scores of Nobel laureates and Forward and T S Eliot prize-winners. Poetry publishing is not easy, and Schmidt has often reinvented Carcanet to ensure it remains relevant and cutting-edge. That remains true in its Golden Jubilee year, with a rebrand and a clever multichannel social media campaign spreading the word.
Another stonking year for Scoular’s mighty United Agents: a ramble through a handful of highlights include Sarah Ballard’s client Hallie Rubenhold’s The Five claiming the Baillie Gifford; Anna Webber’s literary list coming up trumps again with David Szalay winning the Edge Hill Prize; and a young fellow named Philip Pullman (repped by Caradoc King) having a pretty decent year with The Secret Commonwealth. All of this was underpinned by a top-notch new-ish rights team led by Georgina Le Grice, Amy Mitchell and Jane Willis.
Selby joins W H Smith High Street at a interesting moment, with his boss Al Aldous moving sideways to FunkyPigeon.com and Ben Carrington in as trading director. A former Sainsbury’s book buyer, Selby knows what works in the fast-moving consumer goods business, with price, convenience and display the three levers he has at his disposal. The new-look Bath store, with a 2,000 sq ft space dedicated to books, suggests a new, proactive approach to bookselling that will have new emphasis on children’s books and local markets.
Sharabi co-founded and leads one of children’s publishing’s most innovative and exciting start-ups. Its personalised books have been a hit worldwide—its products have sold into 200 territories—and in a few short years have established a business that turned over £21.2m in its last set of accounts. The range has expanded to 25 book and activity kits, including My Golden Ticket, a personalised “tour” of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, made in partnership with the Roald Dahl estate.
Revenues are slightly down at Hachette owing to slow Education sales, but there was a standout performance from digital imprint Bookouture and Short Books, acquired by Octopus in June. Bestsellers included The Fast 800 Recipe Book, memoirs from Billy Connolly and Anne Glenconner, plus old hands Martina Cole and John Grisham. Long-serving employees Clare Harington and Malcolm Edwards left the firm, as did Lucy Hale, the latter as part of a shake-up that saw all trade division m.d.s appointed to the board and reporting to Shelley.
Shine spent much of this year helping indie publishers prepare for Brexit. As well as gathering advice from publishing, supply chain and legal experts to share with its members, the IPG entered talks with DCMS civil servants, asking for support to reduce “the financial and administrative burdens of Brexit” for indies. The annual IPG Awards saw 10 new publishers shortlisted for the first time, and there was an activist theme at the organisation’s Autumn Conference, with speakers such as Be More Pirate author Sam Conniff Allende.
As it celebrates its 45th anniversary, Publishing Scotland has more than 100 members, a distribution company in Glasgow and an International Publishing Fellowship. It also launched Scottish Books International—its service promoting Scottish literature overseas, run in partnership with the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Creative Scotland—at FBF in October. Sinclair has been optimistic about the health of Scotland’s publishing industry, reiterating the importance of the trade’s cultural impact in our current political climate.
With James Daunt spending much of his time in New York, hopefully steering Barnes & Noble into calmer waters, Skipper is essentially the de facto head of Waterstones, charged with maintaining the upward momentum of the chain. She is certainly up for the task, as she has been a crucial cog in the Daunt recovery. There are still bumps ahead: after a flat 2018, a new head-office buying structure was implemented and there remain shop-floor staff concerns about low pay. But the estate continues to grow, with six stores opening in 2019.
After a successful four years heading Ebury, Smart moved across town to DK in January to take on the newly created role of m.d. for publishing. Smart now oversees the UK’s five publishing divisions, design, UK marketing and PR, publishing operations and the Alpha business, which is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Although her overarching remit has been to expand DK’s new business and digital footprint. She is also expanding the team, luring Mark Searle from Quarto to lead the licensing division.
Solomon has continued her role as a tireless champion of authors—speaking out on the impact that a no-deal Brexit would have on them and the industry; joining calls for political parties to commit to removing VAT on digital publications; and pushing for volunteer-run community libraries to be included in the PLR system. The year also saw a move to new digs in Bloomsbury, and the introduction of the first steering committee for the SoA in Wales. The collective value of the SoA Awards to authors exceeded £100,000 for the first time, too.
Stevens-Hoare leads 20-year-old audiobook publisher and libraries supplier W F Howes during a pivotal moment for the business, with audio sales booming and the battle for audio rights intensifying. In 2019, W F Howes published more than 1,000 audiobook titles, an increase of 156% since 2012. As the company has expanded its output it has grown, now employing more than 50 staff. If it wants to challenge Amazon and Audible in the digital content space, Stevens-Hoare will have a key role to play.
Overseeing the design department at Penguin for 18 years is no small task, but Stoddart’s steering of a skilled team of designers ensures the erstwhile publisher’s output remains nimble, fresh, surprising and remarkably consistent, given its breadth. Yet sadly the biggest news story to emerge from the list’s design studio this year was a tragic one: the loss of Penguin General and Michael Joseph art director John Hamilton, who passed away aged 55. Stepping up to fill his sizeable boots will be Richard Bravery, a senior designer since 2007.
After launching #MerkyBooks with PRH last year, grime artist Stormzy is already following through on his aim to create a “home for a new generation of voices”. In March, the #MerkyBooks New Writers’ Prize launched in collaboration with The Good Literary Agency and First Story. The imprint also held a free writer’s camp, teamed up with Beats by Dre to open a pop-up shop in London’s Shoreditch, and made its first hire—commissioning editor Lemara Lindsay-Prince. Signing Malorie Blackman to write her memoir was a massive coup.
The godfather of literary publishing shows no sign of losing his touch in the 30th year of RCW. On the fresher-faced end of the scale he has recently negotiated great deals for Irish authors: Una Mannion’s début novel has gone to Faber, and Helen Cullen’s second outing went to Michael Joseph. Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte earned a Booker shortlisting, while Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me was a bestseller. RCW’s 30th anniversary party in May was as starry as one would expect, highlighted by Kazuo Ishiguro’s speech.
Summerhayes has had a spectacular 2018/19, and it was no surprise to see her crowned Agent of Year at this year’s Nibbies. Adam Kay’s star shows no signs of fading, with 1.25 million copies of his début sold and a strong showing for his second book. Novelist Lucy Foley has also been reinvented as a crime writer with an unmissable publicity campaign for The Hunting Party. This year Summerhayes pulled off a slew of successful deals, including for début author Rebecca Watson’s little scratch.
Tansey joined at the end of last year at a crucial point in Hachette’s expansion, to support “ambitious growth” and increase diversity across the group. In a shake-up that saw several old hands leave, and a number of new hires made from outside the industry, Tansey set up a new model, giving six heads of HR responsibility for strategic areas such as diversity and inclusion, talent management and leadership capability. New policies focus on the recruitment and retention of “the best of British talent”.
Taylor orchestrated a year of expansion and logistical moves for Ingram UK. A new distribution centre was opened in Milton Keynes, close to print-on-demand specialist Lightning Source, as part of the ongoing plan to relocate distribution operations of NBNi—acquired by Ingram in late 2017—from its Plymouth base. The move will complete in 2020, enabling Ingram to have a full in-house operation, having previously had to outsource some warehousing.
Telfer is overseeing a transformation at PRH as the publisher seeks to reach out wider than ever to more people. Esquire digital editor Sam Parker joined last May as its first ever editor-in-chief, marking the website’s shift from a predominantly marketing-led unit to an editorially-driven space “with a clear voice and purpose”. There is loads of talent across Telfer’s team, including 2019 Bookseller Rising Star Zainab Juma, who has spearheaded a host of eye-catching campaigns such as Penguin Pride and #LikeAWoman
If one were to characterise Testard’s commissioning sense, you might say “a young Christopher MacLehose”. He set up his largely fiction in translation indie just a few years ago and has brought oodles of taste-making and prize-winning foreign writers to our shores, not least the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, whom Fitzcarraldo published long before she was a gleam in the Nobel committee’s eye. It is not all translations, though, with recent English-language highlights including Jeremy Cooper’s Ash Before Oak.
The 2019 edition of London Book Fair introduced a line-up of live podcasts, with headline authors including Ian McEwan and Holly Bourne, and podcasters were recognised for the first time as part of its UK Book Blog Awards. With Brexit dominating conversation at Olympia, the fair was home to a Café Europe, while Swedish publisher Dorotea Bromberg received the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award. In another first-time move, LBF’s Cameo (Creativity Across Media: Entertainment and Originality) awards made their US début in May.
Tonkinson set up her imprint at Pan Mac after joining from HarperCollins in 2014, and it was this year when her ability to capture the zeitgeist helped Bluebird really soar, mainly down to Pinch of Nom’s arrival at the top of the charts. Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone’s slimming recipes were a publishing phenomenon, with the original book selling 1.04 million books for £10.3m since its March release, becoming the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time in the process. A sister imprint for titles on sustainable living launches in 2020.
Renegade Waterstone-ite turned indie stalwart Topping returns to this list after 10 years, with a particularly fruitful 2019 capped by the opening of a 4,000 sq ft new premises in Edinburgh this September. Topping and wife Louise’s mini-empire is now up to four outposts after the original Ely shop opened in 2002, Bath in 2007 and St Andrews in 2014. The Scottish capital store remains a family affair, led by the Toppings’ son and daughter Hugh and Cordelia, along with former St Andrews staffer Duncan Furness.
Pan Macmillan’s adult division is very much at the fore of a stellar 2019. Those figures have been buoyed by the spectacular success of Pinch of Nom and the perennial appearance of Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt in the bestseller lists. Picador was named Imprint of the Year at the Nibbies, and the publisher capped it all off with the release of Elton John’s Me, an anecdote-packed autobiography Trevathan had tried to land for decades. With another Nom... title on the way and a festive Kay follow-up, the publisher is on course for a record year.
Even as sales in the overall education sector were hit hard by declining government and schools’ budgets in 2019, Tribe held the good ship Hodder Education sector steady, marginally increasing the division’s overall market share from 21.2% to 21.9% in the UK as of its latest third-quarter results. Using her voice to rally for a more inclusive book trade in 2019, the former Publishers Association president also argued for concrete targets and auditing to tackle the gender imbalance in the industry’s top jobs.
The world’s longest-running literary festival turned 70 this year, with a record-breaking number of tickets sold (over 140,000), its most diverse programme yet, and a new broadcast partnership with Sky Arts. Its Seven at Seventy celebrations included seven guest curators—among them writers Max Porter and Tessa Hadley—working with Tuxworth’s programming team; and the festival’s work continued year-round too, with education and outreach schemes. As Tuxworth says, “here’s to 70 more years”.
The children’s indie continues to go from strength to strength under the father and daughter team. Sales through the TCM for 2019 are up 8.8% year on year to £19m, while the firm continues to see consistent growth through non-traditional retail channels. Its novelty and activity range, particularly the That’s Not My… series, drives sales, but fiction is also thriving, with Usborne scoring four out of the seven nominations on this year’s Branford Boase shortlist. Its fiction editorial director, Rebecca Hill, was rewarded with the Editor of the Year Nibbie.
In taking the reins from Amanda Harris for Seven Dials and Orion Spring, this year Valentine—a Rising Star in 2011, who set up Trapeze in 2016—oversees the bulk of Orion’s commercial non-fiction publishing. Her move up the ranks followed Trapeze’s shortlisting for Imprint of the Year at the British Book Awards in May, and her own nomination for Editor of the Year. Among her bestsellers are starry titles from Alan Partridge and Fearne Cotton, plus the Christmas smash hit The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book.
Waddington manages teams selling across both the UK and internationally, having originally cut his salesman teeth at Asda/Wal-Mart. He joined Random House in 2003 as a key account manager, rising to become sales director at Cornerstone. There he helped to drive the success of E L James’ Fifty Shades trilogy and grow the sales of authors including James Patterson, Robert Harris and Kathy Reichs. He was promoted to deputy international sales director in 2012, before taking the top sales job almost two years ago.
Walliams rarely has a bad year, but 2019 has been a fantastic one—and not just because he won a Nibbie. The Tony Ross-illustrated Fing soared straight to number one in February, with The World’s Worst Teachers breaking records in June. This was just the build-up to November, when a later-than-usual autumn release—the alarmingly topical The Beast of Buckingham Palace—saw Walliams obliterate his already sky-high launch week record, racking up two consecutive weeks of six-figure volumes. On top of that, his all-time BookScan sales surpassed £100m this year.
Three years after setting up PEW Literary, the former Conville & Walsh founder is riding high, showing particular nous for non-fiction and boosting the agency with strategic hires. He recently secured a Profile pre-empt for a title about anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in Malta two years ago, while a début non-fiction book by Irish scientist Olive Heffernan about the “Blue Gold Rush” led to three-way auctions in both the US and UK, again settling with Profile here.
It’s been a pretty good year for Weldon’s PRH, nearing a double-digit rise in TCM value sales, albeit against a relatively weak 2018. The Penguin divisions have led the way, with Michael Joseph the star. Of PRH’s four books in the UK’s 2019-to-date top 10, MJ published three, led by breakout Instagrammer Mrs Hinch’s Hinch Yourself Happy, the overall group’s bestseller of the year so far. The move of much of the group to the new digs in One Embassy Gardens will loom large on Weldon’s 2020 agenda.
A bit of change in personnel for Midas. A year and half ago Bartholomew , crossed over from a rights director role at Hachette to join Williams at the agency with the golden touch, with Tony Mulliken, Williams’ co-founder, concentrating on international business. This was followed by a management buyout, with directors Nicola Green and Tory Lyne-Pirkis among those who joined the new board. This year’s eye-catching hire was Georgina Moore, who joined the firm after spending 17 years at Headline.
Williams steered Emerald to sales of £50m in her second year in charge (though she knows the business inside and out, having worked at the Yorkshire-based social sciences indie in various roles for 20 years). Her early(ish) tenure at the top had a nice start when Emerald took home the 2019 Nibbie for Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year. Two big 2019 digital launches have been Open Access site Emerald Open Research, and its Emerald Insight research platform.
Wilson’s indie won its second Children’s Publisher of the Year title at the 2019 Nibbies for its breadth of creative publishing, collaboration with partners (among them John Lewis, the British Museum and the National Trust), and its excellent care of authors and staff, as well as its commitment to inclusivity. Sales through the TCM for the year are up 7.4% to £4.5m, against a strong 2018, while it continues to thrive overseas. Catherine Bruton’s No Ballet Shoes in Syria also bagged the Children’s Fiction Books Are My Bag Readers’ Award.
Wood may have expected a quieter year in her role as literary director of the Booker Prizes following 2018’s 50th anniversary celebrations, but 2019 has been just as noteworthy. Back in February, it was revealed the prizes had a new sponsor in Crankstart, an announcement that was welcomed by the trade. Less universally praised was the Booker panel’s shock decision to crown two winners, a move Wood later had to defend amid backlash from some in the industry. However, elsewhere it was hailed as “an absolute gift for bookselling”.
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Gadacz, René R.. "Kabloona". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 25 October 2016, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kabloona. Accessed 21 January 2020.
Gadacz, R., Kabloona (2016). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kabloona
Gadacz, René R., "Kabloona". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited October 25, 2016. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kabloona
Gadacz, René R.. The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Kabloona", Last Edited October 25, 2016, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kabloona
Kabloona
Article by René R. Gadacz
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited October 13, 2015
Kabloona is an Inuktitut term or name given by Inuit to non-Inuit who are long- or short-term residents in northern communities. The Kabloona include missionaries, teachers, police, government personnel and their spouses or companions.
Image of Gontran de Poncins, reprinted for the book, Kabloona (1941).
Uses of the Term
Kabloona comes from the Inuktitut term qallunaaq, which is used to refer to those who are not of Inuit descent. The Kabloona generally include missionaries, teachers, police, government personnel and their spouses or companions. Kabloonamuit, or "people of the White man," are those Inuit who consciously imitate Kabloona ways. They follow Kabloona-like customs, they have a dependence on manufactured food and clothing, seek wage employment, and generally value a non-Inuit way of life.
In 1941, French explorer Gontran de Poncins released Kabloona, a book that recounts his 15-month experience living among the Inuit people of the Arctic. De Poncins described his initial difficulties adjusting to Inuit customs and ways of life, as well as his eventual transformation into a man living as an Inuk.
Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak (1999) recounts the journey of the book’s author, Victoria Jason, and her two companions, Fred Reffler and Don Starkell,as they kayaked from Churchill, Manitoba to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, on the Beaufort Sea. During her four-year, 7,500 km journey, Jason became known to the Inuit as the “Kabloona in the yellow kayak.”
Gontran de Poncins, Kabloona (1941); Victoria Jason, Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak (1999); F.G. Vallee, Kabloona and Eskimo (1962)
Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts ChallengeThe website for the Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge, which features Canada's largest essay writing competition for Aboriginal youth (ages 14-29) and a companion program for those who prefer to work through painting, drawing and photography. See their guidelines, teacher resources, profiles of winners, and more. From Historica Canada.
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From building your loadout to moving through the map like a ninja, here are 11 tips for playing Titanfall 2 at the top of your game.
Prepare for Titanfall
Titanfall 2 is finally here, and both zipping around as a nimble Pilot and wreaking havoc as a huge Titan feel as great as ever. But while Respawn Entertainment's latest shooter is a blast to pick up and play, there are a ton of tricks and techniques that let you dominate both on-foot and from the cockpit of a deadly robot. From loadouts and general strategy to advanced movement, here's what you need to know to play Titanfall 2 at the top of your game.
Never Stay Still
In Titanfall 2, you should almost never be stationary when fighting on foot as a pilot. The game lets you sprint, slide, wall-run and double jump with ease, and you'll have to constantly chain these abilities with one another to get a jump on your enemies and avoid being picked off. If you want to get comfortable with moving, jumping and shooting all at once, the game's single-player tutorial mission is a good place to start.
Advanced Movement
Once you've got a decent grasp on Pilot movement, you can start performing more advanced techniques. If you're sandwiched between walls, for example, you can quickly bounce between them while wall-running to quickly pick up speed (you'll go slower the longer you run on a single wall). As a rule of thumb, wall running is almost always preferable to staying grounded, since you'll be faster and harder to hit.
By using the new sliding mechanic (performed by hitting crouch while sprinting), you can perform a "bunny hop" to keep your momentum while wall-running and thus move through the map insanely quickly. To bunny-hop, you'll need to jump, hit crouch in mid air, and then immediately hit jump again as soon as you land on the ground sliding. This move is invaluable in modes such as Capture the Flag, in which getting to the objective quickly is your priority.
Titan Basics
Pilot combat is just one half of Titanfall, and you'll have to get equally comfortable playing as a lumbering Titan robot to truly dominate. For starters, most of your Titan abilities have a cooldown phase, so be sure to save them for when your enemies are vulnerable. Most Titans have a defensive ability — such as Scorch's thermal shield and Ronin's sword block — which are invaluable under pressure. The best time to strike an enemy Titan is when they're reloading or have just exhausted one of their abilities, so get used to dashing in and out of combat and waiting for your opportunity.
Using Titan Cores
Each Titan has a "Core" move, which is essentially an extra-powerful ability that charges up while you battle. For example, Northstar can unleash a deadly airborne missile assault, while Ion can shoot a massive laser blast. Don't just let these moves rip as soon as you get them — the best time to unleash a core is when you've encountered a big cluster of enemy Pilots or a vulnerable Titan, or when your Titan is on the verge of defeat.
Building the Right Loadout
Creating the right loadout is key to success in Titanfall 2 multiplayer. Start by picking a Tactical ability that suits your playstyle — Grapple gives you great mobility, Pulse Blade lets you detect enemies and Stim gives you a quick health and speed boost, to name a few.
Then, try to find the right weapon to pair with your Tactical. For example, using Cloak with a sniper rifle allows you to pick off enemies from the shadows, while using a shotgun or SMG with Stim lets you rush your opponents for up-close kills. You'll also have to factor in your Ordinance (essentially your preferred grenade type) as well as your Boosts (which give you a bonus once you've scored enough) when building a loadout. Experiment and have fun!
Stick With Your Weapons and Titan
Once you've found a weapon loadout and a Titan that you particularly like, stick with them. Your weapons and Titans will level up as you get more kills with them, allowing you to unlock weapon mods and new abilities as you progress. That humble assault rifle will become a harrowing tool of destruction the more often you use it.
Easing into Multiplayer
If you're looking to try out Titanfall 2 multiplayer (or simply don't play many online shooters), start by playing a mode that mixes AI enemies into the human-on-human combat. Modes such as Attrition and Bounty Hunt allow you to score points by defeating computer-controlled opponents, so you can still contribute to your team even if you're getting creamed by fellow humans. If you prefer your matches AI-free, check out Capture the Flag, Amped Hardpoint and Pilots vs. Pilots.
Play the Objective!
Unless you're playing deathmatch-style modes such as Attrition or Pilots vs. Pilots, you'll have to focus on the objective and not just rack up your kill count to have any real success. In Bounty Hunt, make sure you're going after the AI bounties marked on the map, and that you’re depositing your cash between rounds. In Amped Hardpoint, focus on taking over control points. Playing the objective won't just help your team — it will also improve your score and allow you to access boosts and Titans faster.
Titanfall 2's battery system is a key part of the interplay between Pilots and Titans. As a Pilot, you can "rodeo" an enemy Titan by simply jumping or grappling toward them, which will allow you to steal that Titan's battery and make it more vulnerable. Once you've stolen a battery, you can put it inside of a friendly Titan, allowing it to stay on the battlefield longer. Just make sure to be sneaky when attempting to rodeo an enemy Titan — it can take you out pretty quickly when you're in front of it.
Grapple Like a Champ
Equipping the Grapple ability has the obvious benefit of letting you swing around the map like Spider-Man, but there's a lot more to this super-versatile tool. You can grapple-hook both friendly and enemy Titans, allowing you to quickly get on top of them from a distance. Even more satisfying is the ability to grapple an enemy pilot, which will pull you toward him or her for an instant melee kill.
With the right timing, you can crush and instantly kill an enemy by dropping your Titan on it. Once you have the ability to call in your Titan, aim where you expect your foe to be in a few seconds, hit the Titanfall button, and wait for destruction.
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The first half of the course provides the foundation of programming, while the second half of the course explores a wider range of applications and deeper principles, both of which also help you further consolidate your understanding of programming fundamentals. Applications include the coding behind games and graphics, as well as teaching you how to analyze sports statistics, simulate a retirement fund, and direct the path of a simple robot. Along the way, you get a feel for when to use a top-down design or a bottom-up strategy. You discover the power of object-oriented programming and the trade-offs of sequential programming versus event-driven programming. And you see for yourself how data structures and algorithms make possible even more powerful programs. Best of all, these and many other concepts become second nature as your programming fluency grows.
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What Is Programming? Why Python?
Hello, World!" Following tradition, write a program that produces this greeting as your first exercise in coding a computer program. Learn why Python is the ideal computer language for beginners and many others. After this lesson, follow the onscreen instructions for installing Python and the programming editor PyCharm." x
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Loops and Iterations
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Files and Strings
Learn the fundamentals of files: what they are, how they're named, and how to interact with them. Typically, the file format that you write to and read from will be one long string-a sequence of alphanumeric characters. See how these differ from binary files such as images, which are composed of 1s and 0s. x
Operations with Lists
Python makes it very easy to create lists and perform a wide range of operations on them. Learn the fundamentals of building lists. Then experiment with indexing into lists, looping over lists, and making slices of lists, lists of lists, and list-like structures called tuples. x
Top-Down Design of a Data Analysis Program
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Complete your introduction to elementary programming by looking at parameters-the major technique for passing information through functions. Learn when a parameter or variable is in scope," how to work with list data that can change when passed as a parameter, and what it means for parameters to have default values." x
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Confront the nemesis of all computer programmers: bugs. First, look into the history of this peculiar term. Then take a systematic approach to solving mysterious glitches in your own programs. Get acquainted with the debugger in PyCharm, and explore strategies for tracking down bugs and fixing them. x
Python Standard Library, Modules, Packages
Discover the remarkable programming tools called modules that you have at your fingertips with Python. Modules are ready-made programs that can be imported into your code as you write it, enhancing your creativity, expanding your options, and saving you time. Bundles of modules are called packages. x
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Use the knowledge you've gained so far to design a grid-based matching game-an entertaining way to practice top-down development of more complex programs using functions. You'll see how rough-and-ready lines of code known as stubs come in very handy as you tackle such projects. x
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Now experiment with bottom-up design, an approach that starts with the available elements and builds from there. Utilize a Python module called turtle graphics to model robot motion, relying on the basic turtle commands: forward, backward, and turn left or right by an angle you specify. x
Explore the visual style of programming seen on the web and in the graphical user interface of an operating system. Get started with pyglet, a Python package created to help support development of games and other audio-visual environments. Use pyglet to make a graphical version of the game from Lesson 13. x
Visualizing Data and Creating Simulations
Delve into data visualization and simulations-two areas where computers have had a revolutionary but under-recognized impact. Learn how to do both with matplotlib, a Python package for creating plots, graphs, and charts. Use it to design a financial simulation that can help you plan your retirement. x
Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
Learn about an exciting approach to programming called object-oriented design, which bundles functions together with data into a series of objects, whose tools and properties can be defined in a single class. Try your hand at this powerful technique by constructing a bank account program. x
Objects with Inheritance and Polymorphism
Dig deeper into object-oriented design, seeing how encapsulation-combining data and the functions that deal with data into a single package-is the basis for two other object-oriented features: inheritance and polymorphism. Apply these ideas to sports statistics. x
Data Structures: Stack, Queue, Dictionary, Set
Data structures allow you to perform operations more effectively. Start with two of the most basic data structures, stacks and queues, discovering that both can be executed using lists. Then move to non-linear data structures, exemplified by dictionaries and sets, which can be implemented using a hash table. x
Algorithms: Searching and Sorting
Enter the realm of algorithms, the heart of computer science. See how a well-designed algorithm-a general set of steps that accomplish a task-allows you to work out the logic of a program before you commit it to code. Try this with search and sort exercises. x
Recursion and Running Times
Expand your study of algorithms to cover recursion, one of the most fascinating ideas in computer science. Apply recursion to form a pair of sorting algorithms. Then see how another approach, iteration, excels at tasks that take too long with recursion, such as calculating the Fibonacci sequence. x
Graphs and Trees
In computing, a graph is a mathematical structure composed of vertices and edges. Discover its incredible power to capture relationships such as the airline routes between cities and the friends in a social network. Try writing programs utilizing graphs and a special type of graph called trees. x
Graph Search and a Word Game
Examine a famous graph algorithm called breadth-first search, which shows the shortest path connecting nodes in a tree. Use this technique to write a program creating an entertaining game, in which a word is transformed one letter at a time, with each new iteration required to be a valid word. x
Parallel Computing Is Here
One of the major trends in the present and future of computing is parallel processing. Put this clever technique to work in Python. Then close the course with Professor Keyser's suggestions for your further explorations of programming, along with his reflections on the personal benefits of this remarkable human achievement. x
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Dr. John Keyser is a Professor and the Associate Department Head for Academics in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he has taught since earning his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina. As an undergraduate, he earned three bachelor’s degrees—in Computer Science, Engineering Physics, and Applied Math—from Abilene Christian University. Dr....
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Photographer Lloyd Ziff captures Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe in new book "Desire"
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New York photographer Lloyd Ziff launches a new photography book, Desire, a photo series dedicated to the charismatic relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. Capturing the striking bond between the two creatives, the new book celebrates the alluring yet intimate trance of their personalities across 65 unpublished works. Synonymous with the streets of the American metropolis, Ziff's work captures the raw, yet vibrant energy of New York, establishing a personal narrative of the duo's history shaped by each other and by the delights of the city.
LOVE speaks to photographer Llloyd Ziff on working with such iconic entities, and the magnetism of New York City.
LOVE: You captured the early dynamism of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe’s artistry in your career as a photographer. How would you describe the energy of their artistic relationship?
Lloyd Ziff: As Patti wrote . . . we were all “just kids”. They were young, ambitious, intense, poor and beautiful.
LOVE: What originally drew you to publishing Desire, over fifty years after shooting the duo in your apartment in the West Village?
LZ: In 2009 Patti phoned and asked me for permission to use two of the 1968 Brooklyn portraits in “Just Kids” and she also wrote about the 1969 nudes we did. In 2018, she phoned again ago ask to use one or 2 of the nudes of Robert in the re-edition off “Just Kids”. I felt that after 50 years they all could be presented to the world.
LOVE: What was the most exciting thing about spending time with them? Are there any stand out moments that you’ll always remember ?
LZ: Robert and I were friends until he died. As the Art/Design Director of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, and Condé Nast Traveler in the 70s & 80s, I enjoyed commissioning photographs from him. In the 60s neither he or I spoke about being gay to each other, but in the mid-70s, while I was living in L.A., I visited NY and Robert took me on a tour of the gay bars on the West Side Highway .. the Mine Shaft, etc.
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LOVE: Can you tell us more about the two different photography sessions in the book. How did your relationship begin and how do the two shoots differ?
LZ: In 1968, we were living near the art school we went to, Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn. I was just starting to shoot photographs and I especially liked shooting portraits of my friends. I asked Robert and Patti if I could come by their little apt. on Hall St. and do some portraits . . .
In 1969, I had moved to NYC to a basement apt. on Charles Street in the West Village, and Robert and Patti to the Chelsea Hotel. Robert phoned and asked me to please shoot some simple nude shots of them for an animated film he wanted to make. They came over and we did it . . . we were all comfortable . . . no sexual tension . . .
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LOVE: How would you define the attitude of the photo series?
LZ: They LIKED having their portraits made. You can see it in the photographs.
LOVE: What’s one of your favourite photos from the book?
LZ: On page 94 and enlarged on page 95-96, roll 1-frame 2, the soft focus photograph of Robert, preparing for the nude shoot is obviously an accident. My publisher Nick Groarke and I discovered it when we had all the negatives scanned . . . I don’t think I had ever noticed it for 50 years! Robert looks so sweet and vulnerable . . . really who he was.
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LOVE: Your work captures a complex world and a period in New York that oversaw a “culturally defiant” era. How has the spirit of the city changed throughout your career as a photographer and the representation of the city in your work?
LZ: Obviously the city is cleaner, richer and much more glittery . . . but I don’t think that’s what you mean. It’s still exciting for me to walk all over w/my Leica (now digital) and/or my iPhone . . . there still are paradoxes, there is still irony, there still are beautiful and intense people. The great photographer Lee Friedlander told me many years ago “there are pictures everywhere . . . your job is to find them.”
LOVE: If I had 24 hours to spend in NYC, where should I go?
LZ: You should WALK ALL OVER without a map and KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. GET LOST!
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New Santa Fe Regional Trail Facts
States: Colorado
Counties: El Paso
Length: 17 miles
Trail end points: County Line Rd. (Palmer Lake Rec Area) and Woodmen Rd. (Colorado Springs)
Trail surfaces: Crushed Stone, Gravel, Sand
Trail activities: Bike, Fishing, Wheelchair Accessible, Horseback Riding, Mountain Biking, Walking, Cross Country Skiing
New Santa Fe Regional Trail Photos
New Santa Fe Regional Trail Description
The New Santa Fe Regional Trail provides a scenic journey along the front range of the mountains, from Palmer Lake Recreation Area in northern El Paso County through the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The trail follows a portion of the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line, which, heading north to south drops 1,200 feet in elevation.
The trail is popular among hikers, cyclists (hybrids or mountain bikes would be best-suited to the trail), equestrians and families out for a stroll. Along the way you'll find interpretive signs, wildlife and interesting geological features, not to mention incredible views, in particular Pikes Peak.
The trail passes through the town of Monument, where you'll find restaurants and some shops, as well as through the Air Force Academy, so don't be surprised to see jets overhead.
At the southern end of the trail at Woodmen Road, the New Santa Fe Regional Trail becomes the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail.
The trail has several access points:
Palmer Lake Recreation Area: Take I-25 north to Exit 161; head northwest on Route 105 for about 5 miles, then east on County Line Road to the park entrance.
Third Street in Monument
North Gate Road (north entrance of the Air Force Academy)
Baptist Road (south of Monument)
Ice Lake trailhead at the Air Force Academy
Two places at E. Woodmen Road: Going westbound on Woodman, parking is north of the road. If you're eastbound on Woodmen, turn south on Corporate Drive, then west on Mark Dabling Boulevard, followed by an immediate right into the lot.
Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space
New Santa Fe Regional Trail Reviews
January, 2018 by philcavinta
My wife and son rode from North gate to Palmer Lake and back. It’s a good track that’s relatively flat as compared to section 16 that my son and I normally ride. Recommend this section for and easy ride.
bike handling practice
April, 2017 by astroman
We parked at the Pikes Peak Greenway TH and rode the southern 10 miles out and back. Bathroom and water were still closed for the season here on April 16th, 2017 after a month of 70 degree weather. Gradual uphill in this direction but the rolling hills make it tough to realize the accumulated elevation. The trail runs relatively close to the freeway, but often seems on a distant prairie with frequent nice views of Pikes Peak. Trail surface is deep sand, loose gravel, with rolling hills.
Trail into USAF Academy Now Open
June, 2016 by robyn1
This is a great trail. The only problem was that it was closed going into the Academy. I heard a couple of days ago that they will now open access into the Academy.
June, 2015 by japaricanmama
As far as I know, and at least up until today (June 23, 2015), the stretch of this trail that goes through the Air Force Academy is closed. I'm hoping they open it again very soon!
The Santa Fe Regional Trail | Very Nice
October, 2013 by brooklyn75
This trail is long with great views of mountains and near train tracks if your a train person. (4:30PM) Although my party and I have only done about 3-4 miles, it was a great trail from what we've seen. I think the best part of this trail was seeing lots of people coming and going. Mostly on bikes, however several on foot.
Nice Earth Day Ride.
April, 2012 by al_pine
Had a nice ride on the New Santa Fe trail yesterday. Parking (@Woodman) lot was at capacity. Others were empty.
While the majority of the trail was in good condition, some of the sections were loose gravel. The steeper areas where washouts are occuring need some maintenance.
October, 2007 by mveggen55
"RIDE THE TRAIL FROM MONUMENT TO THE USAF ACADEMY. THEN FROM MONUMENT TO GREENLAND TRAILHEAD. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. THE SCENERY WAS GREAT. WE HAD BIKE TROUBLE AND WENT TO THE BIKE SHOP IN MONUMENT, WHICH IS VERY NEAR THE SANTA FE TRAIL, AND RECEIVED EXCELLENT SERVICE, THE OWNER WAS VERY HELPFUL. I WILL VERY LIKELY RIDE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. FOR A FLATLANDER THE TRAIL WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGING, DUE TO THE ALTITUDE, BUT A LOT OF FUN. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TRAIL, I WOULD RATE IT AS EASY AND AS SCENIC."
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Florida man fined $30,000 for tall grass. Now the city is foreclosing on his home.
By Laura Jazmin Tolliver ltolliver@pbpost.com
Letting your grass grow too high might cost you — or at least it did for one Florida man.
The city of Dunedin’s Code Enforcement Board moved to foreclose the home of Jim Ficken, 69, Tuesday after he failed to pay nearly $30,000 in code violation fines he accrued in 2018, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
The city fined him $500 per day over the summer because his grass grew higher than 10 inches.
Ficken filed a lawsuit against Dunedin on the same day the city moved to foreclose his home.
The suit also hopes to end the city’s alleged practice of fining people “without considering a homeowner’s ability to pay.”
Ficken held a news conference in front of his home Wednesday to announce the filing of the lawsuit. His lawn was trimmed.
“It’s an excessive fine, and everyone I’ve spoken to says it’s outrageous,” Ficken, a retiree on a fixed income, said.
Dunedin mayor Julie Ward Bujalski defended the Code Enforcement Board by saying it’s a “citizen-driven body that reacts to complaints from other Dunedin residents.”
Ficken’s attorneys said they haven’t seen any evidence that neighbors complained.
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The UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura expressed deep concern over the situation of the civilian population in the town of Zabadani. Media sources and contacts inside Zabadani have reported heavy bombardment, including by barrel bombs, since Syrian Government forces backed by pro-government militias started a military campaign against opposition fighters located in Zabadani . Reliable local sources have in fact confirmed that a large number of barrel bombs have been dropped on the city causing unprecedented levels of destruction and many deaths among the civilian population.
Armed opposition forces known as the “Army of Conquest” have retaliated by firing rockets and heavy mortar shells on two villages near Idlib, Al Foua and Kefraya, where a substantial number of civilians are trapped.
In both cases, civilians are tragically caught in the middle of the fighting.
The Special Envoy calls on all parties to uphold the principle of the protection of civilians and once again on the Syrian government to halt the use of crude and indiscriminate weapons such as the barrel bombs on its own cities.
Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura visited Teheran today where he met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Arab-African Affairs, Mr. Hussein Amir Abdollahian.
During his meetings Mr. de Mistura underscored the urgency of a Syrian-led political solution to the conflict and exchanged views on how to proceed with a political process, with the support of the Security Council. The Special Envoy took good note of Minister Zarif’s and Deputy Minister Abdollahian’s analysis of the current situation in the region, and its impact on the conflict in Syria. He underscored the absence of a military solution to this conflict and recalled the imperative for all its parties to uphold the principle of the protection of civilians.
Mr. de Mistura’s consultations are part of a rolling process to seek views of all Syrian and relevant regional and international parties on the operationalization of the Geneva Communiqué. In this context, Mr. de Mistura continues to meet separately with regional stakeholders and members of the Security Council. The Special Envoy is working to finalize his proposals to the Secretary-General on a way forward to support Syrian parties in their search of a political solution to the conflict, in preparation for a briefing to the Security Council.
زار المبعوث الخاص إلى سوريا ستيفان دي مستورا طهران اليوم حيث التقى مع وزير الشؤون الخارجية، السيد محمد جواد ظريف، ونائب وزير الشؤون الخارجية للشؤون الافريقية العربية، والسيد حسين أمير عبد اللهيان.
وشدد السيد دي مستورا خلال لقاءاته على الحاجة الملحة لإيجاد حل سياسي للصراع بقيادة سورية وتبادل وجهات النظر حول كيفية المضي قدما في العملية السياسية، بدعم من مجلس الأمن. كما أخذ المبعوث الخاص علماً وثيقاً بوجهات نظر الوزير ظريف ونائب الوزير عبد اللهيان في ما يخصّ الوضع الحالي في المنطقة، وتأثيره على الصراع في سوريا. وشدد على عدم وجود حل عسكري لهذا الصراع، وأشار إلى ضرورة تمسّك جميع الأطراف بمبدأ حماية المدنيين.
تشكّل مشاورات السيد دي مستورا جزءاً من عملية متواصلة للحصول على آراء جميع الأطراف السورية الإقليمية والدولية ذات الصلة من أجل تفعيل بيان جنيف. في هذا السياق، يواصل السيد دي مستورا الاجتماع بشكل منفصل مع الجهات المعنية السوريّة والإقليمية والدوليّة، كما مع أعضاء مجلس الأمن. ويعمل المبعوث الخاص على وضع اللمسات الأخيرة على المقترحات التي سيقدّمها إلى الأمين العام حول كيفيّة دعم الأطراف السورية في بحثهم عن حل سياسي للنزاع، وذلك استعدادا لإحاطة مجلس الأمن.
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met with Mr. Mohammad Marwan Al-Atrash and Mr. Habib Haddad from the Syrian Democratic National Block. They shared views on a political solution to the Syrian conflict. They also discussed with Mr. Ramzy the role of the international community and the United Nations in supporting Syrian efforts to end the conflict.
At the end of today’s meeting, Mr. Ramzy underscored the urgency of a Syrian-led political solution to the conflict. In this regard, he stressed the importance of efforts towards unity and consensus among opposition groups.
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As part of the implementation of the initiative set out by Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura before the Security Council on 29 July 2015 and endorsed by the Council in its Presidential Statement of 17 August 2015 (S/PRST/2015/15), the Special Envoy and his Deputy Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met over the last two days with the following facilitators appointed by the Secretary-General to head the intra-Syrian thematic working groups, under the direction of the Special Envoy:
Mr. Jan Egeland as facilitator for the Safety and Protection thematic Working Group; Mr. Nicolas Michel as facilitator for the Political and Legal Issues thematic Working Group; Mr. Volker Perthes as facilitator for the Military, Security and Counterterrorism thematic Working Group; and Ms. Birgitta Holst Alani as facilitator for the Continuity of Public Services, Reconstruction and Development thematic Working Group.
They discussed draft agendas with a view to ensuring coordination and parallel progress of the Working Groups.
Mr. de Mistura has just returned from consultations with Syrian interlocutors most recently in Damascus and Istanbul. These visits complement ongoing OSE outreach to regional capitals and elsewhere. The Special Envoy is now heading to NY to carry these discussions forward in the margins of the General Assembly.
“The Working Groups are intended to provide Syrians with a platform to address in-depth themes that are certainly not new, but have lacked to date sustained intra-Syrian discussion. It is hoped that their outcomes could eventually set the stage for a Syrian agreement to end the conflict on the basis of the Geneva Communique,” Mr. de Mistura said.
While the participation of Syrians is central for this process to move forward, the Security Council has also “emphasised the need for robust international and regional assistance” in support of the efforts of the Special Envoy.
Mr. de Mistura will continue consultations with relevant actors to accelerate such support. “This is the defining humanitarian challenge of our times,” he reiterated. “The Syrians deserve that we move faster towards a political solution”.
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura met with leaders of the Syrian tribes yesterday. They briefed Mr. de Mistura on their assessments of the situation on the ground and concerns of their respective communities. They also discussed perspectives for a political solution to the Syrian conflict.
Today, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met with Ms. Rajaa Altalli and Mr. Renas Sino of the Centre for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria. They briefed Mr. Ramzy on the escalating conflict and deteriorating situation on the ground as well as on the work of the Centre. They also shared their perspectives for a political solution in Syria and for ways civil society organizations could contribute to efforts for ending the Syrian conflict.
في إطار مشاورات جنيف، التقى المبعوث الخاص أمس ستيفان دي مستورا مع زعماء القبائل السورية الذين أطلعوا السيد دي مستورا على تقييمهم للوضع على الأرض واهتمامات مجتمعاتهم. كما ناقش الطرفان آفاق التوصل إلى حل سياسي للصراع السوري.
أمّا اليوم، فالتقى نائب المبعوث الخاص لسورية رمزي عز الدين رمزي مع السيدة رجاء التلّي والسيد ريناس سينو من مركز المجتمع المدني والديمقراطية في سوريا اللذين اطلعا السيد رمزي على حالة الصراع المتصاعد وتدهور الوضع على الارض فضلا عن أعمال المركز. كما تقاسم الطرفان وجهات النظر حول حل سياسي في سوريا والسبل التي يمكن لمنظمات المجتمع المدني أن تساهم فيها من أجل إنهاء النزاع السوري.
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met today with representatives of leading Syrian civil society organizations, including Mr. Fadel Al Shokfa and Mr. Wael Aleji of the Syrian Network for Human Rights. They briefed on the situation on the ground, and discussed prospects for a political solution in Syria.
Mr. Ramzy met with Mr. Haitham Manna, who briefed on the outcomes of the Cairo II meeting. The two discussed the ongoing efforts of the Syrian political, armed and civil society groups to find ways to end the conflict in Syria through political means.
Mr. Ramzy also met with a Palestinian delegation, headed by Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi, who briefed on the situation of the Palestine refugee community in Syria. The two also discussed the situation in the region and prospects for ending the conflict in Syria.
At the end of today’s meetings, Mr. Ramzy again registered the continued plea of the Syrian groups for an urgent end to the conflict. He stressed that there was no alternative for the United Nations to sparing no effort to help reach a political solution that would meet the aspirations of the Syrian people for peace, dignity and justice.
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Angels' Mike Trout, Dodgers' Cody Bellinger win AL and NL MVP Awards
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout received 17 first-place votes to edge Houston Astros slugger Alex Bregman for the AL MVP Award. File Photo by Trask Smith/UPI | License Photo
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Cody Bellinger (R) earned 19 first-place votes to beat out Christian Yelich for the NL MVP Award. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Angels star outfielder Mike Trout earned his third American League MVP Award, while Dodgers slugger Cody Bellinger was named National League MVP for the first time in his career, the league announced Thursday.
Trout received 17 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America to edge Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, who received the other 13 votes. Trout and Bregman were either first or second on all 30 ballots.
Oakland Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien, who had a career year with 33 home runs and 92 RBIs, finished third in voting.
"I am grateful to have coaches, teammates, family and a wife who continue to support me so I can play the game I love," Trout said in a statement. "To be acknowledged alongside such great competitors like Alex and Marcus is an incredible feeling. I'm truly humbled."
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For the third time in his career, Mike Trout is your AL MVP. pic.twitter.com/wN0AwBQztl— MLB (@MLB) November 14, 2019
Bellinger earned 19 first-place votes to beat out Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and runner-up Christian Yelich for NL MVP honors. Yelich was named first on 10 ballots and second on 18.
Washington Nationals star Anthony Rendon, who helped guide the franchise to a World Series title this season, received one first-place vote.
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Trout, 28, now trails only Barry Bonds for most career MVPs. Bonds, who retired as MLB's all-time home runs leader, finished with seven NL MVP Awards.
Trout set a career high with 45 homers in the 2019 season before sitting out of the Angels' final 19 games due to a foot injury. He also led the majors in on-base percentage (.438) and trailed only Yelich in slugging percentage (.645).
The moment @Cody_Bellinger became MVP. pic.twitter.com/ocMFsZ5fti— MLB (@MLB) November 15, 2019
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Bellinger clubbed 47 home runs and had 15 stolen bases this season. He became the first Dodgers player to win the NL MVP Award since pitcher Clayton Kershaw in 2014, and the first position player to be named MVP since Kirk Gibson in 1988.
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